Friday, July 20, 2007

The Parking Violation


Received my first parking violation yesterday (First of many I guess, I'm only driving about 4 years). Not that I'm annoyed over it, it was deserved (I was parked in a loading bay outside my office - c'mon everyone does it). But the thing I find amusing is the Parking Attendant, like myself this man is by no means slim. But how he managed to disappear without a trace in such a short period of time is amazing. Trims a small place maybe theres only 3 car parks and 3 streets withing the town itself - I should of easily been able to catch up and at least get my parking fines worth out of him by venting a little bit of steam.

Tuesday, July 10, 2007

What country are you from?

Another exciting conversation with an elderly lady today behind the bank ( I really ought to try another route to the office ). It basically began with how bad the weather was and what the "foreigners" thought of our weather. Then the question came where was I from? "Navan", I replied, she said "yeah, but what country are you from?"

Pale skin, freckles, Irish accent - Where could I possibly be from?