Why do I have to work so hard?

[venta]

Why is it that what Mo always called "Life Admin" takes so damn long? I've spent a hefty chunk of the past two evenings doing really dull stuff like tidying, filing, writing letters, paying bills, doing washing...

And there's still lots left to do. The holiday photo website didn't get a look in :(

One of my many tasks was putting leather balm on my trenchcoat to generally look after it. You smear this stuff on with your hands - then go to wash it off and remember the wretched goop is waterproof. As a result, I'm carrying a faint perfume of boot polish around with me this morning; I'm sure it'll be all the rage soon.

I know April is a bit late to remember to bring a calendar into work, but I kept forgetting :)

At Christmas I was given a Zobmondo! calendar (no, I didn't know either - it seems to be based on a board game). Every day, it presents a dilemma ("would you rather do A, or B"), and a relevant fact or stat, which is "a sure fire way to promote lively thinking and debate, especially among friends or coworkers".

Well, yesterday's:

Would you rather
Have a job you love but a boss who hates you
OR
A mother-in-law who hates you?

completely failed to do anything of the sort. I don't hold out much hope for today's either:

Would you rather
Throw the first pitch at the 7th game of the World Series
OR
Get $3,000 in cash?

I'm sure we could do better than that :)

Comments

[uitlander]

Would you rather:

(a) be eaten alive by carnivorous snails

-or-

(b) write documentation

Hmmm... let me try.

[condign.livejournal.com]

Would you rather:

a) have to explain yourself against (erroneous) tax evasion charges to the Inland Revenue

or

b) Spend time fighting the advance of a strange and persistent shower mould?

[wimble.livejournal.com]

Would you rather
Gain 1,500,000 pounds, but have to give up working
(~50,000 pounds a year interest)
OR
Keep your underpaid job?

[(Anonymous)]

would you rather :

1. Be a guest on Richard and Judy.

2. Be a guest on Graham Norton.

[jiggery-pokery.livejournal.com]

Heard of this, but never played it. I do know that to win a game of Zobmondo!! (sic - two exclamation marks for double horror) you need to devise a WYR which splits the other players in two - that is, one where some players pick one option and others the other. My best guess, though it's not a lot of fun, is:

WYR
lose your first two fingers on your writing hand
or
lose the whole of a foot?

[venta.livejournal.com]

The latter. Learning to write with the other hand is easy - I've done it.

[lathany.livejournal.com]

Wouldn't that make it the former ?

<looks puzzled>

[venta.livejournal.com]

Er. Yeah.

Bloody observant people who are paying attention :)

[lathany.livejournal.com]

Ooops. Sorry.

<slinks off>

;-)

[(Anonymous)]

probably something to do with downing 5 pints at lunchtime ... :p