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[peterbirks]

My life seems pretty regimented at the moment, in an unregimented kind of way. Get up, make sandwiches, have bath, get train, walk from Charing X to office, trawl sources, write daily e-mail summary, send it out, go to gym, exercise on bike, do weights, exercise on rowing machine, cool down with stretches, shower, dress, come back, do admin stuff, do a bit more writing, walk to station, go home, have a nap, get up, take pictures of the back of the house destruction demolition derby, fire up Party, laser several hundred dollars out of existence, go to bed. Into this maelstrom is thrown occasional bouts of eating, drinking coffee and other special occurrences that I do not have time to fit into the day anyway. Such as this afternoon, when I am popping up to Bishopsgate for Brit's interim results. This is all a bit of a waste of time, really, since I've already written and sent out the story. But, hell, it gets me out of the office, and the canapés are quite nice.

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Headline in today's Los Angeles Times, referring to the Supreme Court.

Next Bush pick could steer court to right

Damn, that blasts to hell my Betfair wager that he would pick Jesse Jackson. I felt sure that, given his previous picks had been right-wingers, that he would pick a far-left Liberal this time round. I used to have the same bad luck when I bet against the Harlem Globetrotters. I felt that their run was bound to end eventually.

Yes, I know that last joke was originally used by Krusty the Klown.

Comments

[geoffchall.livejournal.com]

I'm not sure how Bush's next pick will swing things to the right. I'd thought Renquist was a right-winger anyway. Roberts was the swing selection wasn't he?

[andy-ward-uk.livejournal.com]

It's well worth reproducing that joke in full :

Accountant : Krusty, you bet AGAINST the Harlem Globetrotters ?

Krusty : Aaaagh, I figured the Generals were due ! [Looks at TV] Oh come on, he's using a freaking ladder !

Almost as good as Homer's "Hello Vegas ? Gimme a hundred bucks on Red ... Doh !! ... OK I'll send you a cheque".

Sports betting and Internet gambling summed up perfectly.

Andy.

[simong-uk.livejournal.com]

Do people really still get up and make sandwiches?? How quaint! I would have thought a man with your experience could blag 2-3 lunches a week and on the other days spread it around a decent sarny shop/hot food deli bar/sushi etc for a bit of variety. Perhaps it isn't the Party donations that are making you a bit low, it is the subconcious prospect of facing another day looking down at cheese and pickle!

sarnies

[peterbirks.livejournal.com]

1) I like cheese and pickle. Don't forget the OCD here.

2) I retain an absolute horror at the prices charged by sandwich bars in London. I still remember being poor. Knocking out a fiver a day for a couple of sandwiches and a coffee keeps looking to me like a thousand quid a year wasted.

3) The sarnies tend to be eaten by 9am, so I guess that they are more of a substitute breakfast.

Contrariwise, I have no objection to going out for a proper lunch and paying fifty quid for it, because that is something that I cannot replicate at home with ease.

Re: sarnies

[simong-uk.livejournal.com]

I look at it this way:
Monday L'Escargot f.o.c - KPMG and the like
Tuesday Coq d'Argent f.o.c - ditto
Wednesday overpriced sarnie £5
Thursday overpriced sarnie £5
Friday Gauchos - your expense card.

Total for week = £10 for eating like a lord. Although I resent paying too much for sarnies too, I think that's a fair shake for a tenner for the week.

If you can convince others that the only spare time you have to meet them would be for a breakfast meeting then you wouldn't need to scoff the butties at 9 a.m either.

I think I've just worked out why I am a fat git.