The Funniest Word Award Goes To...

woolly.

Literally?

If you are 16 and you're still pissing your pants, nobody wants to stand next to you at the Wolfmother concert. It's 18+ because of you, buddy. 

Ramadanadingdong

So it's Ramadan, which I like, however in Qatar we are not allowed to eat or drink in public:

Adults found eating or drinking in public between dawn and dusk (the fasting time) during the holy month can be taken to task, said [lawyer] Mohsin Thiyab Al Suwaidi. The act attracts up to three months of imprisonment or a fine of up to QR3,000 or both under Article 267 of Qatar’s criminal code.

Dave and I have both fasted this Ramadan, although it is definitely not required of non-Muslims, and a few people have looked as us as though we were crazy (we are) when we told them we were fasting.

I am not fasting today, as it happens, and I think it's just ridiculous that I have to stand in the tiny department kitchen to enjoy a midday cup of tea and bagel.

All week I have been taking bagels from the cinnamon raisin bagel bag in the freezer. I had assumed they were cinnamon raisin bagels, but they were not. I guess I consolidated two bags at some point. On Sunday I brought cream cheese to go with my cinnamon raisin bagel, which was actually a plain bagel, so I craved cheese. On Monday I brought jalapeno jelly, but I ended up feeling like Paddington Bear all afternoon, despite my best efforts not to get my hands sticky. Today I remembered that the cinnamon raisin bagels were actually plain bagels so brought a jar of Cheez Whiz.

But I guess I still had some cinnamon raisin bagels left. Who says you can't put Cheez Whiz on cinnamon raisin bagels?

It tasted like Indian food, but I can't tell you why.

No Vel?

I'm going to do NaNoWriMo and I have Chris Baty's book No Plot? No Problem! but it's been taking me a while to get through it, despite its slim figure. So far they have not explained how to think of a good plot, which is discouraging. I have a feeling my book will be called No Vember? No Plot.

Rant: Facebook

Have you ever noticed that every single food ever mentioned or pictured on Facebook is described as "yummy?" Always.
Recent (unrelated) examples:

(please note: 3 people cared)

Friendly Fire

We saw last week's copy of AHLAN! and wondered what they meant by "using their kids as weapons!"

Are they, like, hitting each other, holding the girls by the feet?

Maybe they are fencing, or playing lightsabers: en garde!

They wouldn't stuff the kid in a canon, would they?

Pull Over!