A tribute to the stupid
This post is dedicated to all the really stupid people that have been part of my life at one time or another. My life wouldn’t be the same without you 
And to open, a brief story of more train stupidity. This time though, the culprits were younger. Which makes it mildly more acceptable…
For those of you who don’t know about trains in England, the stations are labelled [City]. So I get on a train that says Leicester, and I end up in Leicester. Simple. Unless it’s a big city with more than one station. Then you get it in the form [City Station Name]. So if I wanted to go to London, I could go to London Euston, London St Pancras, etc. etc. Still simple, right? Because after all the train companies WANT you to get on a train and end up at a place you WANT to be. So this is pretty common knowledge. And I get on a train to go home, and one of the stations is ‘Manchester Oxford Road’…
Girl 1: Hey, this train goes to Oxford! (bear in mind at this point we are travelling NORTH, and Oxford is SOUTH).
Girl 2: Really? Where does it say that?
Girl 1: It says right there! *points to electronic screen thing with the names of all the stations*
Girl 2: Um…I’m not sure that we are…this train is going north…
Girl 1: It says Oxford ROAD though. So maybe it’s a road that goes near Oxford from Manchester. You know, like Derby Road goes near Derby?
My head nearly exploded at this point from the thought of a single road (not even a motorway) going from Manchester to Oxford, somehow via Nottingham (where we’d started). And also because Derby Road goes TO Derby, not ‘near’ it.
Here’s a nice little map to show Manchester, Nottingham and Oxford in relation to each other for you non-Brits.
And I was semi-bored tonight so I started watching WAGs Boutique. My favourite part was definitely the part where one of them said, ‘Yeah, readers of Now magazine are probably independent career women’. Not their immediate target audience I would think…
So anyway, I’ve had a productive week so far (although it IS only Tuesday of course). Yesterday I went to a lecture at 10, then I went to the gym, and after that I went to the library…got back home about 5 pm. Then today, I had a lecture at 10, went to the library until 2, went to a seminar, and then went back to the library because we were supposed to get the essay questions for literature today. Checked my email…when it eventually loaded, there were no questions. So I went off to English to pick up a hard copy, then it was back to the library to decide on a question and get some reading in before other people took all the books out. I’m just panicking because we have 5 essays this semester, and the other 4 are due in May and we’ve had the questions a while. This one is due in on the 21st March and we got the questions TODAY (in fact a lot of people will be waiting until tomorrow or even later I think). Plus, I’m scheduled to do a lot of stuff at work soon, including ‘training’ for implementing some program that is apparently ‘different’ to the stuff I’ve done before, and it sounds like a big deal. As in they normally call me the day before/up to half an hour before they want me to work, and this time they called about three weeks in advance (which is totally messing with my head, but that’s another story). I got home, and since then I’ve typed up some notes, charged my ipod, and done some laundry. Yay.
Anyway, I went home for the first time in over a month at the weekend, and everyone was ill. I had two parents wandering around the house repeatedly saying, ‘I’m ill and nobody cares about me!!!!!11111′. Plus I had to deal with a very sulky cat – Fuzz always spends a day or so sulking because I’ve left her, and by the time she wants attention and is sleeping on my bed, I’m leaving again. So I played some Zelda with my sister, went shopping, and took Pom for a walk. At least he seemed happy, bless him.
So…tis about time I returned comments I think. I overslept this morning and managed to get to the lecture on time by the skin of my teeth, and if I’m going to keep productivity up by going to the library and the gym tomorrow, I need sleep!
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February 28th, 2007 at 12:25 am
Hey Jenni, I’ll respond back to your comments the next time I blog, and I’ll be sure to e-mail you to let you know that it’s up! Anyways…
Hehe about the girls on the train! I know EXACTLY what you mean! Hehe, it’s pretty funny. LOL, yeah, there are A LOT of streets here in Fresno, that doesn’t go anywhere NEAR those places, like Harvard, etc. LOL!
Aww, I’m glad you’re productive this week! That’s awesome! I’m tooo tired to be productive now… Maybe I just want a break. LOL. Good luck keeping up with this the rest of the week!
February 28th, 2007 at 1:55 am
haha that’s funny! crazy girls! I wanna go and visit sometime, just for the train ride lol
Wow, a lot of things got done. Good luck with papers, that’s a lot to write, the next one is close to me b-day! lol
February 28th, 2007 at 2:28 am
Thanks a lot for your comment. It meant a lot to me. I’m trying to work things out.
I’m glad things seems good on your end. =)
March 2nd, 2007 at 3:53 am
I love this site! it’s kewl…. XD:!::mrgreen:
March 2nd, 2007 at 11:22 am
Lol… that’s pretty bad. I’m horrible at navigation… but least I know my north/south and whether if we’re going the opposite direction, it’s obvious it’s not the same place =p That doesn’t make sense. I’m good with buses, but horrible with trains to. Only been on a train twice in my life.
Productiveness yay! 3 weeks in advance is crazy… my work is the same, tells me in really short notice when I have work, like less than a day.
Haha parents, “noone cares.. we bring you into this world and do so much for you etc etc”. My parents use that guild trip on me.
Have a good rest for your efforts =D
Take care
March 2nd, 2007 at 11:35 am
By the way… I noticed my name in the ‘top commenters’ over there ~>… and the link is jaycie.empty-tears. Lol!! That was like 2 years ago or something. Woww. But yeah, I got confused coz if it’s top commenters… wasn’t that ages ago
oh Iunno.
April 15th, 2007 at 9:00 pm
youre out of control you lost the bet
youre still very tired your hair is still wet
Why? Why? you ask yourself
the school, the people, the dreaded bookshelf
your penicl just smeared
you take take out your eraser
guess who walks in? Mary Frasier
“dummy dumb dumb stupid head,
come see your report that i just read”
“there and there, i spy to wrongs
did someone just remove your brain with some tongs?
” i woulndt be suprsied to find it just lying there, ———-_______ ————
upon the sidewalk, without a care l_____
id say “hey little guy, you look lost. / im with \
and your owner casey, is taking the cost \ stupid /
of an..an… ok i said —————
shell get an F on her test without you in her head
the class laughed, and she smirkerd
i got red in the face and my fist jerked
towards her head- she got punched in the face
by the pissed off girl with such posture and grace
April 15th, 2007 at 9:02 pm
ingeniusnous! ( is that even a word?) i made a poem about stupid ppl!
youre out of control you lost the bet
youre still very tired your hair is still wet
Why? Why? you ask yourself
the school, the people, the dreaded bookshelf
your penicl just smeared
you take take out your eraser
guess who walks in? Mary Frasier
“dummy dumb dumb stupid head,
come see your report that i just read”
“there and there, i spy to wrongs
did someone just remove your brain with some tongs?
” i woulndt be suprsied to find it just lying there,
upon the sidewalk, without a care
id say “hey little guy, you look lost.
and your owner casey, is taking the cost
of an..an… ok i said
shell get an F on her test without you in her head
the class laughed, and she smirkerd
i got red in the face and my fist jerked
towards her head- she got punched in the face
by the pissed off girl with such posture and grace *rewrite