Yob central
2006-01-10
[RANT] My neighbours are driving me crazy. We live in an apartment in the trendy "Lace Market" in Nottingham. All the apartments in the two buildings back into a mini courtyard thingie, with acoustics that could rival Carnegie Hall.
This seems to encourage the drunken yobs in the apartments across from us to use it as their own personal sounding board. At 4am. On a Monday. Pardon my french, but I could kill these motherfuckers.
Last night I got a drunken 12 part "harmony" of Survivor's "eye of the tiger". Ok, this song hasn't been around for ages, but I swear I've heard it a million times since I've been here. (Pete did a great drunken rendition at Tom and Mel's wedding). They should replace God Save the Queen with it as the national anthem. Yes, I've heard it that many times.
Anyway, what they didn't realise is that the electrical room is public and unlocked so everyone has access to everyone else's breaker boxes, so for the third time since I have moved in, I've shut down their power (and scurried away like the passive aggressive coward that I am).
This gets them to stop singing and the party breaks up quite quickly afterwards, but I have sit and listen to 20 minutes of drunken "What the fuck is going on?" before they finally shut the up. WHY DO YOU HAVE TO BE ON YOUR BALCONY TO QUESTION THE POWER FAILURE?!! Go inside and close the door so I don't have to listen to your sorry asses.
This is why you can't buy a gun in England. [/RANT]
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New Years Resolution progress: unsuccessful. Lasted seven days, I suck. Has been changed from "stop drinking" to "less drinking".
REO's for the last couple days:
- The term "Continental" refers to mainland Europe. I know this is disgustingly obvious to the English, and I am sure to get berated in the comments, but this has never occured to me before. The limeys kinda consider themselves part of Europe, but kinda not. So, when referring to mainland Europe, they say "the continent". Which is funny, because the Lincoln Continental is probably the most American car you can get -- it's enormous. Now you know who to blame for all those shitty "Continental breakfasts" at hotels -- Damn you Europe, what have got against bacon and eggs!!
- Whenever I say something, many limeys think I am speaking for all of North America. example:
Me: I don't like beets
Limeys: you mean "beetroot"...
Me: no I don't.
Limeys: Well it IS a root vegetable.
Me: Yeah, but you don't say Turniproot, Potatoroot or carrotroot, do you?
Limeys: Crikey, you north americans are stupid.
Paraphrasing of course ;)