Comments for Grumpy Old Man http://northerngrump.wordpress.com ... complaining for as long as I can remember ... Fri, 22 Feb 2008 15:41:42 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 Comment on Murphy’s law by RamblingMan http://northerngrump.wordpress.com/2008/02/21/murphys-law/#comment-3 RamblingMan Fri, 22 Feb 2008 15:41:42 +0000 http://northerngrump.wordpress.com/?p=6#comment-3 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Murphy's_law murphy was a right funny man - btw had to drive back from dublin (another awards ceremony) via carton house to pick up my dinner jacket - left that in the hotel too ! this move has me head frazzled - at least team twat won http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Murphy’s_law

murphy was a right funny man – btw had to drive back from dublin (another awards ceremony) via carton house to pick up my dinner jacket – left that in the hotel too ! this move has me head frazzled – at least team twat won

]]> Comment on by RamblingMan http://northerngrump.wordpress.com/2008/02/18/5/#comment-2 RamblingMan Tue, 19 Feb 2008 09:06:32 +0000 http://northerngrump.wordpress.com/2008/02/18/5/#comment-2 its worse when you might have already availed of the available protruding paper only to be half finished and THEN have to go searching for the end with your backside in the air ! its worse when you might have already availed of the available protruding paper only to be half finished and THEN have to go searching for the end with your backside in the air !

]]> Comment on Hello world! by Mr WordPress http://northerngrump.wordpress.com/2008/02/18/hello-world/#comment-1 Mr WordPress Mon, 18 Feb 2008 14:06:15 +0000 #comment-1 It's the first day of a new era - at long last, after many years of just grumbling to friends, family and work colleagues, I've decided it's time to complain publicly to the rest of the world! We are a nation of complaint avoiders, in that we rarely tell the person most likely to be able to do something about whatever it is that is annoying us at the time (take poor service in a restaurant)...but boy can we moan about to our friends afterwards. So let's start with the basics - what is about modern toilet roll holders? Inevitably these bloody dispensers are mounted about 18 inches off the floor, which means getting your hand in to try to find the end of the loo roll is fraught with peril. And why is it that the end of the roll is always hidden several inches inside a large drum, making it almost totally impossible to get at without personal injury? It's crazy that every visit to the most private room in almost every restaurant, shop, theatre - and even the office - involves degrees of dexterity only possessed by Olympic gymnasts. Grrr! It’s the first day of a new era – at long last, after many years of just grumbling to friends, family and work colleagues, I’ve decided it’s time to complain publicly to the rest of the world!

We are a nation of complaint avoiders, in that we rarely tell the person most likely to be able to do something about whatever it is that is annoying us at the time (take poor service in a restaurant)…but boy can we moan about to our friends afterwards.

So let’s start with the basics – what is about modern toilet roll holders? Inevitably these bloody dispensers are mounted about 18 inches off the floor, which means getting your hand in to try to find the end of the loo roll is fraught with peril. And why is it that the end of the roll is always hidden several inches inside a large drum, making it almost totally impossible to get at without personal injury? It’s crazy that every visit to the most private room in almost every restaurant, shop, theatre – and even the office – involves degrees of dexterity only possessed by Olympic gymnasts. Grrr!

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