Overheard today

[TheLurker]

Last Sat.  M&S Cafe, Witney.

Voice No. 1 "Tomato and basil soup please."
Voice No. 2 "Chocolate sprinkles?"

[Cudzoziemiec]

"My pyjamas bring me joy."
Three women on a train discussing clothes. One of them had done a "programme" where you hold up each individual item from your wardrobe and ask "Does this bring me joy?" If the answer is no, you get rid of it. She got rid of half her clothes. (This programme would leave me naked. There's an awful lot of space between "joy" and "superfluous".)

[Guy]

What a weird idea. Were I to discard the clothes that don't bring me joy I would be naked  except for the blue and white EDDY MERCKX cotton racing cap I was given when I was seven.

Books, on the other hand, do bring feelings of joy. As does my Brompton, which has supplanted all the others as No 1 Favourite Bike.

[ElyDave]

Clothes do function, not joy. This week, Aberdeen, winter coat. Function=not death.

Confused

[Moleman76]

"My pyjamas bring me joy."
Three women on a train discussing clothes. One of them had done a "programme" where you hold up each individual item from your wardrobe and ask "Does this bring me joy?" If the answer is no, you get rid of it. She got rid of half her clothes. (This programme would leave me naked. There's an awful lot of space between "joy" and "superfluous".)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_ea6i0J8W2U  This "sparks joy" decision making is A Thing and is intended to apply to more than just clothing.

I could use it to explain N + 5 for my bicycles, perhaps

[Cudzoziemiec]

"My pyjamas bring me joy."
Three women on a train discussing clothes. One of them had done a "programme" where you hold up each individual item from your wardrobe and ask "Does this bring me joy?" If the answer is no, you get rid of it. She got rid of half her clothes. (This programme would leave me naked. There's an awful lot of space between "joy" and "superfluous".)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_ea6i0J8W2U  This "sparks joy" decision making is A Thing and is intended to apply to more than just clothing.

Yes! I know the woman on the train mentioned a name in connection with it but I couldn't remember it. Her expressive skills are quite entertaining. 

I could use it to explain N + 5 for my bicycles, perhaps

Oh yes! "This one sparks joy when I'm riding fast on a sunny Sunday. This one sparks joy when I'm blasting through the woods covered in mud. This one sparks joy when I'm going to work on Monday morning, it's raining and the sun hasn't yet risen. This one sparks joy when I'm lost, cold, hungry and tired two hours from the next control at 2a.m. and this one sparks joy when I caress its shiny parts."

[Kim]

"This one sparks joy when it gets tangled in an electric fence during a damp comedy off-roading session..."

[Cudzoziemiec]

"This one sparks joy when it gets tangled in an electric fence during a damp comedy off-roading session..."

I know we've had this before but... https://youtu.be/eUL56vrK75I

[Cudzoziemiec]

"I love her but I need to learn to say her name and ask her to marry me, because I think it won't be getting off to a good start if I can't say her name."

[Kim]

Cyclists riding past my window...

Cyclist 1: "There'd better not be a hill..."
Cyclist 2: "There's no hill.  It's an optical illusion."

 

[Basil]

Cyclists riding past my window...

Cyclist 1: "There'd better not be a hill..."
Cyclist 2: "There's no hill.  It's an optical illusion."

 

Just to confirm.  There is, in fact, a hill.

[ElyDave]

Not here there isn't, its just windy

[L CC]

We've GAMI to replace the shower.

Righty Tighty

Good to know 

[hatler]

We've GAMI to replace the shower.

Righty Tighty

Good to know 

Lefty Loosey

[L CC]

Indeed. I was just surprised to hear it from a pro.

[woollypigs]

Indeed. I was just surprised to hear it from a pro.

That is how they became a pro

[Kim]

Indeed. I was just surprised to hear it from a pro.

That is how they became a pro

Is it time to repost this?

https://youtu.be/Wpzvaqypav8?t=1064

[hatler]

Always.

[Basil]

Indeed. I was just surprised to hear it from a pro.

That is how they became a pro

Is it time to repost this?

https://youtu.be/Wpzvaqypav8?t=1064

Excellent.

[Beardy]

We've GAMI to replace the shower.

Righty Tighty

Good to know 

Lefty Loosey

Not if gas is your business.

[Cudzoziemiec]

"They're not masks, they're muzzles, and none of us should be wearing them." (woman who'd been asked to put a mask on in a shop)

[Kim]

I had the front door open for ventilation earlier as I was using gloss paint.  Some sober-sounding BloodyStudents walk past, evidently reminiscing about the good old days of drunken debauchery with complete disregard for the spread of infectious diseases:

"Do you remember that time Leo pissed in his^[1] ear?"
"Yeah, and he put [INAUDIBLE] under his foreskin..."

I'm guessing medical students.  Or rugball players.  Or rugball-playing medical students...


_{[1] Unlear as to whether this means Leo's own ear or that of a third party.  Also unsure as to which is worse.}

[PaulF]

But more intriguing is the second sentence. I assume he is Leo. But does his also refer to Leo? Or the guy with the wet ear? Or someone else?

We have a right to know! Please can you track them down and find out?

Pretty please?

[Cudzoziemiec]

_{[1] Unlear as to whether this means Leo's own ear or that of a third party.  Also unsure as to which is worse.}

Also not sure which is worse, but pissing in your own ear is bloody impressive in terms of body contortions. Even more so if Leo is actually Leonora.

[Wowbagger]

_{[1] Unlear as to whether this means Leo's own ear or that of a third party.  Also unsure as to which is worse.}

Also not sure which is worse, but pissing in your own ear is bloody impressive in terms of body contortions. Even more so if Leo is actually Leonora.

Are you not aware of The Young Man from Nantucket?