Here's one of my more stupid moments. Earlier this week while taking the dogs out (I'm currently looking after a friend's dog), I saw this homemade sign in front of a building that is being renovated. I just had to have a photo of this original and funny sign. It said something like: 'Caution - Men at work - Guard dog on duty' along with a drawing of a chihuahua. As luck would have it, I didn't have my camera with me, but I decided to go back to the building once I got the dogs home. Instead of putting the camera in its case, I grabbed a plastic bag, placed the camera inside and took off to immortalize that sign. Wouldn't you know by the time I got there, the sign had been removed and the area around the building closed off! I suppose the big boss has no sense of humour or he was protecting himself against a fine or worse in case bits of brick should fall on anyone walking underneath.So where is the stupid moment? The plastic bag where I'd put the camera had served another purpose in its previous life. I'd put a milk carton and an Actimel bottle in it until I could dispose of them properly. The plastic bag was empty except for some putrid-smelling liquid in the bottom, which unfortunately I failed to notice until I took an extremely sticky smelly camera out. I'm sure it was the remains of the Actimel, and I swear I could smell that awful odour the entire day. The button for turning the camera on was glued by the sugar from the Actimel, but I finally got it all cleaned to the point that it turned on easily and no longer smelled. Every time I take the camera out now I have a sniff. Thank goodness it still works.
The word 'leche' (milk) is a much used word in Spanish in rude expressions and should be avoided. LOL. While getting out of a car once my foot got caught in the seatbelt and I fell and split my lip, my friends said I exclaimed (though I don't remember) '!Qué leche me he dado!' Polite translation: 'I really came a cropper'. Talking about bad luck: !Qué mala leche! Or a person who is in a bad, bad mood: !Qué mala leche tiene!
There might have been a couple of bad milk secrets on Post Secret today, These I ignore and remember the ones like the one at the top. After all, I'm a teacher. Another odd number on the visitor counter: 253,365,513.
Hope everybody has a great week. How time flies! There are four upcoming birthdays on my network calendar today and three of them are for family!
CHUCKLES AT YOUR CAMERA MISHAP BECAUSE I THOUGHT I WOULD BE THE ONLY ONE TO DO SUCH A THANG. GLAD IT IS STILL WORKING. AND THE FALL OUTSIDE YOUR CAR THAT WOULD BE ME TOO. LOL HAVE A GREAT WEEK BRENDA. YOUR LITE RAIN HAS PEACEFULLY REACHED UTAH AND NESSIE IS OUT LAYING ON THE PORCH ENJOYING THE COOL OF THE EARLY MORN. I AM IN A SOMEWHAT BETTER MOOD . BACK TO WORK TONIGHT AND DIDN'T ACCOMPLISH A THANG. JUST GAVE MY KNEE A REST. I WISH JOY THE WHOLE WEEK. LOTS OF LOVE. DEB I MISS DIANA!
ReplyDeleteI love leche flan. lol
ReplyDeleteI was 253,564,682. I too focus on the good...how people have maybe saved their own lives by being able to get a card to Post secret to say how they're feeling, and for the ones that call the hotline and are saved.
ReplyDeleteAs for your plastic bag experience, Brenda, I might not have done exactly precisely the same thing, but in so many other ways, "been there, done that!"
What a fun information about "leche". So, it's alsoa bad word, eh? Good to know.
ReplyDeleteI couldn't help laughing at your journey with a milk-smelly camera! It's so rude to laugh when someone's having bad luck but your way of telling was just too fun.
Once when my little sisters, me, and my father were leaving the cottage (perhaps five years ago) my father had a chuckle when he'd packed the food in the car and I suddenly cried out, "Some sour milk has been split on my suitcase!" Suddenly,w hen I looked closer, I gave him a grin back and said, "It seems to be all over your laptop too." It was a good way to stop the laughter and being malicious, lol! How rude of me though! :-D