tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-238582022009-11-11T21:19:01.280+01:00An englishman in ParisThe blogger is a thirty something rosbif, who hopes to give an insight into the trials and tribulations of living and working in "la plus belle ville du monde".
Although predominantly written in english it will probably veer off into franglais ...Damielhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07800043833038799255noreply@blogger.comBlogger1574125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23858202.post-52231186337076772552009-11-11T11:00:00.006+01:002009-11-11T21:19:01.566+01:00 IronCarl SandburgGuns,Long, steel guns,Pointed from the war shipsIn the name of the war god.Straight, shining, polished guns,Clambered over with jackies in white blouses,Glory of tan faces, tousled hair, white teeth,Laughing lithe jackies in white blouses,Sitting on the guns singing war songs, war chanties.Shovels,Broad, iron shovels,Scooping out oblong vaults,Loosening turf and leveling sod.I Damielhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07800043833038799255noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23858202.post-90967147676202059592009-11-09T21:36:00.003+01:002009-11-09T22:04:11.275+01:00Damielhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07800043833038799255noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23858202.post-48679092415530761932009-11-09T20:57:00.002+01:002009-11-09T22:03:55.614+01:00I knocked it off, i knocked it off ...For the first time in ages i've actually had, low and behold, a 'nice' day at workNot only because i've managed to arrange things so that i'm only working for two days this week, but also because Fluffy and Marge, la deuxième couille, are both off (Fluffy's gone to Berlin to celebrate the fall of the wall and Marge has booked a weeks holiday)Which means that Damielhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07800043833038799255noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23858202.post-62153407801014076802009-11-05T22:51:00.001+01:002009-11-06T00:02:21.391+01:00The Jam - That's entertainementDamielhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07800043833038799255noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23858202.post-27456200025369989812009-11-05T22:28:00.003+01:002009-11-06T00:01:48.724+01:00The joy of six .... alternative forms of amusement (I)Where do i begin with what will probably turn out to be my méa culpa for sins past ?-Sticking straws up a frog's bum, then blowing really hard until a satisfying stickily explosion of gore ensues ?-Tying fireworks to a puppy dog's tail and watching the poor pooch desperately scrambling of into the deepest dark of an uncharitable winters' nightDamielhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07800043833038799255noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23858202.post-59067876462681140172009-11-05T22:12:00.001+01:002009-11-06T00:01:27.149+01:00The Jam - Going undergroundDamielhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07800043833038799255noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23858202.post-61605558668008213692009-11-05T21:57:00.004+01:002009-11-06T00:00:48.738+01:00The joy of six .... alternative forms of amusement (II)What else to did we get upto, on the cusp of adolescence and staying out late after kerfew ?Well (rubs finger guiltily around shirt collar), at the time we thought that running around the neighbourhood, jumping into back gardens and breaking washing lines was pretty innocent.I wouldn't say that we targeted specific gardens more than others, Damielhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07800043833038799255noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23858202.post-70475726043014593882009-11-05T20:54:00.002+01:002009-11-06T00:00:25.045+01:00The Stranglers - Golden brownDamielhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07800043833038799255noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23858202.post-23451586336649758222009-11-05T19:35:00.004+01:002009-11-05T23:59:46.310+01:00The joy of six .... alternative forms of entertainement (III)Of a much less offensive order, we used to indulge in water fights ,even in the middle of January (!!) but one of our favorite games was mudfightsWe'd spend whole summer mornings preparing our 'arms' (sloppy mudballs, sausages on sticks, buckets of mud mixed with cat pee !!!)What glee and joy to be had thinking about how i was going to Damielhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07800043833038799255noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23858202.post-32255758356274087662009-11-04T20:31:00.002+01:002009-11-04T20:35:36.552+01:00Damielhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07800043833038799255noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23858202.post-5502318403356421862009-11-04T19:59:00.003+01:002009-11-04T20:36:02.516+01:00There's a fair bit of stressedoutness going on at WorldCorp just now,what with the end of timesthe year with it's usual lot of end of year training projects to set up, last years' figures to catch up on aaaannd ....... and a new all-improved management checklist that Fluffy has to scrupulously fill out at the end of each monthOne protocole out of many that Fluffy is having kittens about concerns Damielhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07800043833038799255noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23858202.post-57999158991142684112009-10-28T20:32:00.001+01:002009-10-28T21:43:59.251+01:00Damielhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07800043833038799255noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23858202.post-4697312910656126992009-10-28T20:28:00.001+01:002009-10-28T21:43:29.127+01:00This tooooooown is comin' like a ghost town ....Cor blimey, i got into work this morning to discover that the place hadn't been unexpectedly quarantined, but transformed ...Transformed into a fiesta of orange and black tinselImagine what would've happened if Quentin Crisp had met Karl Lagerfeld :Karl : I vant haloveen to be heppy, i vont to see happy fesses who lite up, not ze glum, gotic Damielhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07800043833038799255noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23858202.post-61365264793577649792009-10-27T22:31:00.004+01:002009-10-27T23:09:34.439+01:00The Art of Noise - ParanoimiaDamielhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07800043833038799255noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23858202.post-84779923359354161562009-10-26T23:19:00.002+01:002009-10-27T23:01:46.991+01:00Paranoimia ... bisAbout ten days ago or so, we were delivered enough 'pig flu' sanitary containers, (replete with their regulatory hospital-white bin liners and bio hazard symbols) to keep a small, banana republic sized army occupied until doomsdayThen, last week, we took delivery of antiseptic sheepdip that we're supposed to use before and after we've shaken hands or had any bodily, non biblicalDamielhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07800043833038799255noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23858202.post-42087768892454476262009-10-26T23:08:00.003+01:002009-10-27T23:02:04.034+01:00Damielhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07800043833038799255noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23858202.post-49705439746563338712009-10-20T20:36:00.003+02:002009-10-20T23:18:54.552+02:00French nerds
K. dit : Oh putain
K. dit : J'ai de nouvelles lunettes
K. dit : J'ai l'impression d'être passé à la HD
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shmo : bon, jtexplique. tu prends un objet, par exemple un string. ensuite tu fous ton paquet dedans. à partir de là ton paquet est referencé.
not : ok, et il est protégeé ?
shmo : non, tous ceux qui ont le même string peuvent y avoir accès. il faut que tu le dise Damielhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07800043833038799255noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23858202.post-8134978908272334402009-10-20T20:26:00.007+02:002009-10-20T23:16:22.759+02:00Ad-tistique license Damielhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07800043833038799255noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23858202.post-61651912361959379592009-10-19T19:22:00.002+02:002009-10-21T23:47:01.810+02:00Fcku tish kwan bollox - c'est rélousWhilst checking the on-line progress of my offer to tender for the french gouvernement, i stumblebutted onto another one which could, kinda, maybe, also be for us (me)Fluffy's boss (Mr Bean) said "pfffftf ... they never go in our favour'Me said " why not"Mr Bean : "because we're too expensive as they go through a tiers payer .."Me "ahh haa .. and ?"Mr Bean "Damielhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07800043833038799255noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23858202.post-37781375871491540072009-10-19T19:16:00.003+02:002009-10-20T23:15:56.122+02:00Damielhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07800043833038799255noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23858202.post-90500022575810593612009-10-15T23:38:00.004+02:002009-10-16T04:13:22.508+02:00The joy of six ..... post coital commentaries"I gotta go for a pee" (or take a dump)Geeeee, thank you !! So, then, for the last hour or so, you've been desperately holding it all in !?! All becomes evident"It's allllll damp on my side"And ? " Phouaaar, what did you eat tonight ?"You can't talk, i know what you've just been eating"And ....????"*crickets* I thought Angie looked really good tonight,Damielhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07800043833038799255noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23858202.post-72100320664309262382009-10-15T22:58:00.003+02:002009-10-16T00:17:25.242+02:00Happy Mondays - Kinky AfroDamielhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07800043833038799255noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23858202.post-60158268731162685482009-10-14T20:42:00.003+02:002009-10-15T22:51:49.645+02:00Money, its a crime...share it fairly but dont take a slice of my pieThings are a bit heavy at work right now for different reasonsFirstly, and somewhat evidently, i'm still in the middle of my debt collecting which leaves me little time for much elseFluffy's boss came in today for an un announced flying visit : so unannounced, that Fluffy was 'out' and i was the only body in the office (ooer, i Damielhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07800043833038799255noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23858202.post-19612325476270995222009-10-14T20:41:00.003+02:002009-10-14T22:26:14.691+02:00Damielhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07800043833038799255noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23858202.post-75349854538868410392009-10-14T20:37:00.003+02:002009-10-16T00:14:35.472+02:00" In fact, actually ....."_______________A quick flash back to my week so farTwo very early starts and late finishes : yesterday out interviewing people, back to the office at about two in the afternoon, financial proposal made out (which was just a formality as the deal had already been done and dusted) and invoiced at the same timeToday (which was, at first glance, easy peasy) : a quick hit Damielhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07800043833038799255noreply@blogger.com0