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Thanks Whacky, good to see you round here.
posted by
CringeintheUSA
on October 31, 2007 at 8:59 PM
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They are always 'improving' the DMV and the lines just get longer.
Roses
from me and Bo =^..^= the wonder dog!
posted by
Whacky
on October 31, 2007 at 8:58 PM
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"trying to translate" sheesh, I leave out words
posted by
Zena77
on October 31, 2007 at 8:45 PM
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Cringe,, I was just to translate that comment to .Dave
I think I got it. Whew. At least I know what slagging means.
posted by
Zena77
on October 31, 2007 at 8:42 PM
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Thanks Offy, I'm going to pretend I don't speak English the next time.
posted by
CringeintheUSA
on October 31, 2007 at 8:38 PM
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Thank you Naut, at least it was clean, and nobody was peeing against a wall
which has happened back in the 'ould sodden sod.
But I do have DMV post traumatic stress, can I sue anyone for that?
posted by
CringeintheUSA
on October 31, 2007 at 8:38 PM
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Zena, taking the mick, is taking the piss, slagging, ribbing, ragging, or
just plain winding people up.
The dream was kinda innocent, though why I was in bed with my boss (the good looking one) and my female colleague is beyond me (we were dressed). I was hoping I could just sneak back into the dream, and pop Maria back to her PC where she belongs, and see where exactly my head was going with the rest.
As for the DMV, what a zoo, but at least animals get fed there.
posted by
CringeintheUSA
on October 31, 2007 at 8:36 PM
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Cringe...I am sorry for the day you had but I must confess I laughed my arse off reading about it...Dave sounds like a good soul. Good luck next time with the loons at the DMV..
posted by
Offy
on October 31, 2007 at 8:33 PM
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ROFLMAO, Cringe, you've nailed the DMV to a T.
Oh, Lord stuck in Lodi again, huh? (That's an old song). What is taking the mick? And are you ever going to tell about your dream? Did you ever figure it out?
posted by
Zena77
on October 31, 2007 at 8:28 PM
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Cringe, dear,
That was a) a
compliment, and
b) more a reference to the way in which you adressed, as did Kafka, the horrors of the human condition, rather than your style of writing, which is decidedly more Irish than Central European...
posted by
Nautikos
on October 31, 2007 at 8:11 PM
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Hahaha.....
Good stuff.
Good luck.
posted by
justanotherskinnybitch
on October 30, 2007 at 4:52 PM
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Naut, I had 25 mins to write and about 10 mins to edit, if it was
Kafka-esque you'll have to blame Rowan's nap scheduling and the inability to do a rough draft first. Besides, I write the way I speak, in big long sprawling monologues (if I'm left). I sometimes stop because I get tired of listening to myself.
Yeah, shut me up already!
posted by
CringeintheUSA
on October 30, 2007 at 3:13 PM
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Well, Dave was also the second name of choice had Rowan been a boy, I know
we already confused things by spelling the boy's version (instead of Rowen) but Rowan Dave would've been taking the mick all-together.
posted by
CringeintheUSA
on October 30, 2007 at 3:09 PM
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richinstore, I'm not sure where you're going with that one. The only area
I failed in that day was not having some rubber band and paper wads.
posted by
CringeintheUSA
on October 30, 2007 at 3:05 PM
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Pat B, Dave is a character, he's often dismissed as annoying old fart, as
annoying goes, I don't even thinks he registers on my scale (or maybe that's shot to shit after 30 odd years with my family).
Anyway, I don't mind snottiness, if it's something I've remotely deserved, but I didn't. I've been in customer service/admin for nearly most of my 11 years work experience and I've never treated anyone like that, but then I've been accused of being too nice.
posted by
CringeintheUSA
on October 30, 2007 at 3:04 PM
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Tony, the DMV is the seventh circle of hell, worse than dying & coming
to, to spend eternity in laser tattoo removal, with the Kinder Bueno, or Nutella advert theme tunes relentlessly played at 10,000,000,000 decibels.
posted by
CringeintheUSA
on October 30, 2007 at 3:00 PM
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Cringe
An epic of Kafkaesque frustrations! And I loved it...
posted by
Nautikos
on October 30, 2007 at 4:49 AM
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What an excellent name for a father-in-law.
posted by
_dave_says_ack_
on October 29, 2007 at 7:30 AM
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cringe
'once a failure' doesn't mean 'always a failure'. Try again and try harder this time.
posted by
richinstore
on October 28, 2007 at 6:23 AM
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Thanks Pat!!!
posted by
Antonionioni
on October 28, 2007 at 4:43 AM
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Cringe, you have my sympathy and an honorary license to
gripe about the dept of motor vehicles. It's a test of patience that would try a saint, and not just in Lodi or wherever, but right here in beautiful downtown Quiettown. Like some private employers, the govt has shortstaffed its drivers' license stations because they're a monopoly and they know you've got to put up with their crap... And Dave must be a great guy. Anyone who can get you laughing after a long ride on the bureaucratic merry-go-round is a wizard. :)
posted by
Pat_B
on October 27, 2007 at 2:23 PM
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I'm sorry, Cringe, but what is DMV - I ain't got the foggiest...
Enjoyed reading about it though - a good tale at least came out of the experience!
posted by
Antonionioni
on October 27, 2007 at 1:55 PM
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