Annie Rhiannon

Monday, September 24, 2007

Karma biting me in my lazy arse

I guess "working from home" made me fatter and lazier than I'd thought, because I got the bus to college on my first day instead of cycling as planned. I'd never seen Dublin pre-9am before, and the 46b was jam-packed with people on their way to work. But I just stuck my beer-belly out and rubbed my lower back, until an old lady wobbled up and offered me her seat.

Today, somebody locked their bike to mine by mistake on Grafton Street. Arrfgh, I thought, when I realised what had happened. Looks like I'll be getting that pesky bus again. So I got out my studenty A4 paper and wrote a note:

"Hello. You have locked your bike to mine by mistake. Please text me when I have been freed: 085 12 345 67."

Which was a pretty nice note, considering I'm getting my period any day now. He's lucky I didn't write PJ Harvey lyrics all over it. Then, I slid it inside one of those studenty plastic pouches, and stuck it around his crossbar with those studenty polo-shaped stickers. And, a couple of hours later, I got a text message:

"Saw the note about the bike. LOL!"

LOL? I am outraged! LOL?! I expected a "sorry", or at least a "sry". I barely know what to say! So I say:

"Um, yeah. So have you unlocked it then?"

"Sry," came the reply. "Not my bike, just saw the note."

I suppose I had it coming to me. I wrote it in very large letters, after all, and went over my phone number with a very studenty pink highlighter pen.

33 comments:

  1. "Sry," came the reply. "Not my bike, just saw the note."


    Oh that's too funny. Sorry.

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  2. I guess LOL! wouldn't be an appropriate response!

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  3. In fairness I was "lolling" myself when I got the second text.

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  4. I lolled at that.

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  5. So did the actual owner of the bike ever get in touch?

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  6. ... a standard hacksaw will quickly cut through a bicycle frame...

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  7. That is just brilliant. If your life were a chick flick you'd continue the conversation and fall in love.

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  9. Oh man. This made my day, despite it running your's a bit. Too funny!

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  10. You were LOLed into a false sense of hope there, Annie.

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  11. Taking your lollerblades tomorrow then?

    Sorry couldn't resist.

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  12. Brilliant. Can I say also very irish? or is that a racist remark these days?

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  13. Nommed for POTW cos I'm still giggling.

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  14. Swiss rofl, that's great stuff.

    I once rang a number written in dirt on the side of a van, it turns out it was the number of a local vehicle recovery service... the lady on the end of the phone thought it was hilarious.

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  15. Anonymous25.9.07

    ahahaha!!! That's brilliant!!! Honestly, you can't make this stuff up can you??

    Poor you, I hate pointless texting at the best of times but REALLY pointless ones are even worse. I hope you managed to liberate your bike.

    ~Nate.

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  16. I could see the punchine coming from " So I got out my studenty A4 paper" but I still nearly chocked on my coffee as I read your punchline. It's the way ya tell 'em.

    (Whats LOL?)

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  17. It's those rogues from the destitute bus companies again, locking people's bikes so they're forced to take the bus. Shameful, I call it.

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  18. Marcia25.9.07

    Too funny, Annie! I couldn't stop laughing! I hope you did get your bike free, though. hehehehe Still laughing....

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  19. Annie, I'm a bit worried about Gaye. Her blogs have suddenly become inaccessible and there's no sign of her on any other blogs. Have you been in contact with her at all?

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  20. Me too, perhaps it's just a blip

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  21. I just had a cup of tea with Gaye's mother-in-law, and she said she was on her way over for dinner, so no worries there.

    I got another text last night from the real locker-upper, which went like this:

    "Your bike is free. It was lashing rain when I locked it, I'm sorry for being so careless."

    So I sent back:

    "No worries, it's easily done. Thanks for letting me know..."

    Thinking that he would text back AGAIN and we would have some kind of romantic affair like they do in the movies, but that was that.

    Ooh, thanks for the Post of the Week nomination, A.

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  22. Hmm... perhaps I'll send him my blog address. No, perhaps I'll send the FIRST texter my blog address.

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  23. You live in such a fantastic world of text messengering machines, bicycles, and highlighters. I can't imagine any of that.

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  24. LMAO! Poor Annie!! ;)

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  25. And Emma... LOL stands for "laugh out loud". There, I said it. It's internet speak.

    I just asked Bjarni what "rtfm" stands for. He said: "Think about it". So I was all like:

    "Um... Read... the... fucking... Read the fucking mictionary?"

    Cue much lolling.

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  26. There was a time when LOL was "lots of love".
    Annie, this post was more than a LOL it was ROFLMFAO.
    There now, I finally have the courage to post something here, again.

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  27. HAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!!!

    Holy shit that's hilarious.

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  28. Anonymous26.9.07

    rtfm?

    ROFLMFAO?

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  29. ROFLMFAO = Rolling on Floor Laughing My Fucking(Fecking, Facking) Ass(Arse) Off

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  30. Incredible that someone took the trouble to text because they thought the note was funny. You do live on a different kind of island.

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  31. well there is a movie in that story!

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  32. That really is hilarious. I, too, am disappointed that you didn't start some kind of hot cyber text thingy with texter #1. You have the best stories.

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  33. I have to say, I saw that coming. Still hilarious though
    :D

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