tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35009574.post591485542905398413..comments2023-10-24T14:51:45.756+02:00Comments on Bloggertropolis: HubrisStevehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02133900289384226725noreply@blogger.comBlogger30125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35009574.post-76900749669946733182009-11-18T08:19:40.408+01:002009-11-18T08:19:40.408+01:00Inchy: a birthing pool? I didn't know you were...Inchy: a birthing pool? I didn't know you were expecting - or is there a type of foreplay that I no nothing about (highly likely, my wife says).<br /><br />Laura: toilet angel? No wonder the church is on it's uppers!<br /><br />Emma: I wish you were my employer's procurement officer...!<br /><br />Selina: Hmm, I'm sure the police have received enough donations for their Christmas party without snaffling my hard earned fiver...!Stevehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02133900289384226725noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35009574.post-23549392308370446942009-11-18T08:13:57.014+01:002009-11-18T08:13:57.014+01:00"Can I come in and watch" ??? That has ..."Can I come in and watch" ??? That has made me laugh so much although clearly the situation was not at all funny....!!<br />By the way, you know you have to hand that fiver into the police. That's the right thing to do. The friday 13th gods are testing you and watching. Be warned!Selina Kingstonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01515746813047397411noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35009574.post-38272269115809509722009-11-18T02:29:11.831+01:002009-11-18T02:29:11.831+01:00you're too caring by half - why didn't you...you're too caring by half - why didn't you just pour some cold water over him t'would have sorted him out no? or some cold lager? or maybe you could secretly buy a tazer gun to get the drunks who are fast asleep on the bog moving along - can get on the interweb i believe.MommyHeadachehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03924035710478459520noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35009574.post-73759510234364364672009-11-18T00:14:59.270+01:002009-11-18T00:14:59.270+01:00I don't know - a benevolent universe decides t...I don't know - a benevolent universe decides to give you your very own toilet angel (albeit unconscious!) and all you can do is criticise!<br /><br />Seriously, I hope he lived and was ok.<br /><br />Luckily after remembering in the morning I quickly forgot which date it was and that I was meant to be worried about it. Absolutely nothing of moment happened.The Poet Laura-eatehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07779308486569849157noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35009574.post-80503935276505013772009-11-17T23:01:36.337+01:002009-11-17T23:01:36.337+01:00Well if it's Karma we're on about, I shoul...Well if it's Karma we're on about, I should be due some payback after the week I've had to endure, so if The Universe is indeed listening, I'll have Julianne Moore, Eddie Wearing, some spicy Nik Naks and a birthing pool please, delivered on Saturday morning if that's not too much trouble.Inchyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05881822060745007191noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35009574.post-41617535451309125212009-11-17T22:55:20.319+01:002009-11-17T22:55:20.319+01:00Amanda: I hope the random dude met the wrong end o...Amanda: I hope the random dude met the wrong end of a fast braking bus... if you're listening, Universe, any time you're ready...Stevehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02133900289384226725noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35009574.post-26709463825246529842009-11-17T22:51:37.371+01:002009-11-17T22:51:37.371+01:00Thats a long time to wait for an ambo, and I agree...Thats a long time to wait for an ambo, and I agree the paramedic could have at least assessed the situation for himself. No points there for initiative.<br />Glad you got a fiver out of it anyway. Sometime ago I was weeding out the front of our house and a random dude rode past on his bike, and yelled at me "Oi, ya fat arsed bitch"....I was rather surprised he could tell I was a bitch, anyway...later on I found $20 in the weeds. So I think the universe sometimes shouldn't be messed with...The Sagittarianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05513045101496737031noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35009574.post-58657916865635169352009-11-17T22:48:01.150+01:002009-11-17T22:48:01.150+01:00Inchy: I'd say all your creative juices were p...Inchy: I'd say all your creative juices were present and correct. Next time my boss tells me to do something I don't like I might try the "waiting on back-up" line on him and see where it gets me... I suspect not very far.<br /><br />ArtSparker: welcome. The thought of that particular teenager's genes entering the global pool fills me with despair.Stevehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02133900289384226725noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35009574.post-77036346080066939672009-11-17T21:44:20.698+01:002009-11-17T21:44:20.698+01:00The teenager in question may drown in a toilet - m...The teenager in question may drown in a toilet - may be just as well if he doesn't go swimming in the gene pool.ArtSparkerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04875996639432864367noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35009574.post-36215306082293576772009-11-17T21:23:16.638+01:002009-11-17T21:23:16.638+01:00As is my way, I was intending to compose a witty, ...As is my way, I was intending to compose a witty, if slightly sarcastic response, but the pork-belly flu has robbed me of the creative juices required. Instead I'll just say that if you are someone who gravitates towards a career in the emergency services, then the last thing on earth you should be doing is "waiting on your backup".<br />I'd like to see that bloke's face if that's the answer he gets when his chip pan goes up in flames.<br />Twat.Inchyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05881822060745007191noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35009574.post-61369686971135204652009-11-17T15:48:38.550+01:002009-11-17T15:48:38.550+01:00The Crow: next Friday 13th I'm buying a lotter...The Crow: next Friday 13th I'm buying a lottery ticket!Stevehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02133900289384226725noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35009574.post-90686328417550297512009-11-17T15:35:13.820+01:002009-11-17T15:35:13.820+01:00The priest of a friend of mine told him, when a mi...The priest of a friend of mine told him, when a minor 'miracle' had ocurred, that he could expect that sort of thing, being a man of faith.<br /><br />Once you were a believer in the powers of Friday the 13th, as a faithful man, you can now expect things like the fiver to appear from out of the blue.<br /><br />I'm sure of it. Trust me.<br /><br />;)The Crowhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04846997590157958766noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35009574.post-84543020878349628902009-11-17T13:53:14.077+01:002009-11-17T13:53:14.077+01:00Gina: I think I would have been less with annoyed ...Gina: I think I would have been less with annoyed with the first paramedic who arrived if he'd actually got out of his car and assessed the situation for himself. Instead he just sat behind his wheel, didn't ask any questions and seemed content to leave us stuck with a prone body. If a lone paramedic can't act there seems little point in sending one out in the first place!Stevehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02133900289384226725noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35009574.post-33422829973312188242009-11-17T13:08:06.595+01:002009-11-17T13:08:06.595+01:00Oh dear! I don't know what to think about the...Oh dear! I don't know what to think about the ambulance response - I guess in the end it was appropriate, given that he was not really in danger but whether they could possibly have known that is another question. But not good that you were stuck there and certainly a real cop-out that the paramedic was not prepared/allowed to assist. Crazy. But yes, let's not go all Daily Mail about it! All's well that end's well as they say, particularly given your windfall.Ginanoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35009574.post-78730852690806679042009-11-17T10:24:24.282+01:002009-11-17T10:24:24.282+01:00AWB: you're right. The scourge of the modern a...AWB: you're right. The scourge of the modern age is responsibility paralysis. Nobody wants to take the rap if it all goes wrong so nobody does anything at all. It's so endemic that is seems to create a cocoon of indifference all around it. Nobody can be bothered to stick their neck out anymore to change things.<br /><br />FF: I was appalled by the slow response time of the emergency services but would be reluctant to drop them in it. Only last week there was a report of a fire crew somewhere in the UK unable to get to an injured toddler because local youths kept attacking them. You can see why some operatives would refuse to attend an emergency without effective back-up... the trouble is though, that creates delays itself and then it's the innocent who end up suffering. Not that the drunken oaf in our toilets was in anyway innocent, mind you.Stevehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02133900289384226725noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35009574.post-66664533126806178942009-11-17T09:46:30.349+01:002009-11-17T09:46:30.349+01:0050 minutes! That would make a journalist happy but...50 minutes! That would make a journalist happy but I guess you are too professional to pass it someone's way - plus there might be repercussions for you.<br /><br />It would have served the little git right if he had been locked in for the night. A Brit on holiday in France recently was locked in the Hotel de Ville all night. She'd gone in there thinking it was indeed a hotel - had rushed to the loo before 'checking in' and coincided her time with the very abrupt early Friday departure of the staff.<br /><br />Good news about the fiver - at least it had been laundered by the morning moisture.French Fancy...https://www.blogger.com/profile/04941577892849157015noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35009574.post-33955550114997710302009-11-17T09:42:40.100+01:002009-11-17T09:42:40.100+01:00Fascinating account Steve.
We seem to be getting ...Fascinating account Steve.<br /><br />We seem to be getting so embroiled with caveats in our society that one day the whole thing will just seize up.<br /><br />You can't do this or that until some condition is met. It sets up a whole chain of 'must dos' that cause so much wasted time.<br /><br />Fear. That's what rules us. Fear of making a mistake and being held accountable for it and fear of any kind of risk.<br /><br />Still, at least nature brought you a reward without any strings.The Joined up Cookhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02797087157041713649noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35009574.post-60642480156212955042009-11-17T08:13:47.235+01:002009-11-17T08:13:47.235+01:00Clippy Matt: is £5 all I'm worth? What about i...Clippy Matt: is £5 all I'm worth? What about inflation?!<br /><br />Owen: I think I'd earn more money from Somalian pirates by promising not to stow him away on one of their ships... not that they'd have any qualms about disposing of him themselves... fresh chum for the waters and all that, good for fishing I believe...<br /><br />Gypsy: I've only had rudimentary first aid training and at that time of night most of the building's staff had already gone home taking all their first aid experience with them. Mr Knobbly Knees was perhaps far luckier than he appreciates.Stevehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02133900289384226725noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35009574.post-7013658177456536502009-11-17T07:26:08.888+01:002009-11-17T07:26:08.888+01:00That's an appallingly long time to wait for an...That's an appallingly long time to wait for an ambulance. Does anyone at your work have first aid training because the guy could very well have had an obstructed airway from his own vomit given the state he was in. Just imagine how much more pissed off you would have been if you'd had to clear his airways. Actually we were taught to use the victims own fingers to clear anything that's preventing them from breathing.<br /><br /><br />Now that I've impressed you with my first aid knowledge I will just say how much I laughed at the doufus on the phone asking inane questions. Sheesh....that is just wasting what could have amounted to life saving time.Savannahhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05185485331789471194noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35009574.post-48150229752129159322009-11-17T02:17:53.030+01:002009-11-17T02:17:53.030+01:00Perhaps next time, having learned your lesson now ...Perhaps next time, having learned your lesson now (and having been tipped generously for it) you'll have the good sense to just drag the poor sod by the ankles out of the building, hopefully down a flight of stairs or two doing the head-bounce, and just leave him outside. An anonymous call to 999 can then be made with instructions on where to find the drunken lout, errr, the poor inebriated helpless victim of social woes, and you in the meanwhile can hurry off home, your conscience clear. And if left outside the premises, his mates might have spirited him off before the ambulance crew got there... best for all concerned.<br /><br />On second thought, maybe you should have boxed him up, (leaving a few airholes of course) and put the trunk on the next ship leaving for Somalia ?<br /><br />Friday the 13th indeed...Owenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12622587942009516590noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35009574.post-7080692130845802162009-11-17T01:39:14.864+01:002009-11-17T01:39:14.864+01:00you got that fiver then?
mission accomplished.
you...you got that fiver then?<br />mission accomplished.<br />you're welcome.<br />:-)Clippy Mathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15922234265229327474noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35009574.post-77463591184620190482009-11-16T21:48:23.463+01:002009-11-16T21:48:23.463+01:00Paul: Hmm. Maybe waiting for back-up isn't suc...Paul: Hmm. Maybe waiting for back-up isn't such an insane idea after all? But inviting an addled teenage stranger into your own home definitely is. Thank God I'm a misanthrope. It keeps me safe.Stevehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02133900289384226725noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35009574.post-71198375618099007062009-11-16T21:35:11.342+01:002009-11-16T21:35:11.342+01:00There was a similar story on Radio4 last month. Ex...There was a similar story on Radio4 last month. Except in the radio a man took pity on an addled teenager, inviting him home to sleep it off on his, (and his girlfreind's) couch.<br /><br />Hay-presto, he woke in the morning to find he had been relieved of his walet, his car and his phone. <br /><br />The moral? Becoming involved in the drama of others, particularly drunk young people, always has consequences!Paul Spoonerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00110246485785535281noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35009574.post-83552540736615172272009-11-16T19:07:05.906+01:002009-11-16T19:07:05.906+01:00Mark: Heaven forbid you ever have to dial 999 but ...Mark: Heaven forbid you ever have to dial 999 but if you ever do they'll be very quick to ask the same questions of you too!Stevehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02133900289384226725noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35009574.post-19581567443979744812009-11-16T18:27:52.975+01:002009-11-16T18:27:52.975+01:00Not sure if I think this is funny or concerning - ...Not sure if I think this is funny or concerning - a bit of both I suspect. Particularly liked the bit about the guy asking you irrelevant questions.The bike shedhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05195882998271591934noreply@blogger.com