What bemused you today?

[Graham]

  Sounds like my kind of mayor! 

[Oldboy]

Since I live in Toronto I guess I must mention our mayor this week   He did make international news.

He did....but didn't know what to say. 

[donoreo]

Since I live in Toronto I guess I must mention our mayor this week   He did make international news.

He did....but didn't know what to say. 

The funniest was on twitter afterward.  The hashtag #inadrunkenstupor and people making comments on stupid things to do.  Of course none were smoking crack.

[Reinardina]

Just had a phone call from the 'Accident Action Centre." Young male, slightly hesitant voice with an Indian-ish accent (I'm still not very good on accents).
He had been made aware that someone on our number had had an accident. I feigned shock, horror and surprise in equal measure.
"Oh no," I said. "Who is it?"
He seemed surprised and offered the name Morrison. Don't know anyone of that name, so I casually said: "Oh him, he's been dead for fifty years."
"Did you kill him?" he asked.

Strongly denied it, and that confused him even more apparently, as he kept saying: "Oh, I am so sorry."
I had to (gently) remind him, he'd better call someone else.

[Beaux Reflets]

Just had a phone call from the 'Accident Action Centre." Young male, slightly hesitant voice with an Indian-ish accent (I'm still not very good on accents).
He had been made aware that someone on our number had had an accident. I feigned shock, horror and surprise in equal measure.
"Oh no," I said. "Who is it?"
He seemed surprised and offered the name Morrison. Don't know anyone of that name, so I casually said: "Oh him, he's been dead for fifty years."
"Did you kill him?" he asked.

Strongly denied it, and that confused him even more apparently, as he kept saying: "Oh, I am so sorry."
I had to (gently) remind him, he'd better call someone else.

what was he selling?

[Reinardina]

Just had a phone call from the 'Accident Action Centre." Young male, slightly hesitant voice with an Indian-ish accent (I'm still not very good on accents).
He had been made aware that someone on our number had had an accident. I feigned shock, horror and surprise in equal measure.
"Oh no," I said. "Who is it?"
He seemed surprised and offered the name Morrison. Don't know anyone of that name, so I casually said: "Oh him, he's been dead for fifty years."
"Did you kill him?" he asked.

Strongly denied it, and that confused him even more apparently, as he kept saying: "Oh, I am so sorry."
I had to (gently) remind him, he'd better call someone else.

what was he selling?

I never let them get to the selling point, but as he was from the "Accident Action Centre," I suppose he worked for ambulance chasers.

[Andrew]

ah yes, the ambulance chasers...

My brother works in one of the emergency services and was involved in an 'incident'
As said, he got a call (from a person in a country west of England) asking how he was in light of his accident.
Brother replied "i died, just waiting to be buried..."
20 seconds later the phone line went dead 

I'm ow waiting for the opportunity to use it myself 

[Graham]

ah yes, the ambulance chasers...

My brother works in one of the emergency services and was involved in an 'incident'
As said, he got a call (from a person in a country west of England) asking how he was in light of his accident.
Brother replied "i died, just waiting to be buried..."
20 seconds later the phone line went dead 

I'm ow waiting for the opportunity to use it myself 

  Mind if I steal that and claim it as my own? 

[Andrew]

i don't think he patented it - go ahead 

[Reinardina]

If I have time on my hands, I like to lead them along a bit.

I once told one, I just fell down the stairs, in my hurry to answer his call.

[Andrew]

I had my bi-annual check up at the dentist.
Advised since last we met i'd had to change my Oral B eletric tooth brush.
5 minutes later he says "don't know what the tooth brush is doing but stick with it. You need no work, not even a clean. Your gums and teeth are all looking healthier"

But here is the part that amused me....

My new toothbrush is.........

An Oral B eletric toothbrush 

[ABERS]

That anybody had the idea that this would sell


http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-25013411

Does anybody buy calenders any more anyway?

[Hinfrance]

Yes, we buy a calender every year, from the Sapeurs-Pompiers. There are usually some lovely pictures of the local yoofs' cars upside down in ditches and the odd barn on fire. Our local fire station is staffed entirely by volunteers, and this helps them with little extras like soup. 

[Andrew]

That anybody had the idea that this would sell


http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-25013411

Does anybody buy calenders any more anyway?

in a word - no! Got me iPhone & iPad to do all that 

[ABERS]

Attended a talk last evening entitled "Contemporary Photography and Current Trends".

I know I was doomed when the lady, who lectures at a couple of Photographic Colleges and hosts tours around Tate Modern, started with  an image by William Eggleston. By the time coffee break came around we had seen reams of work by 'up and coming' photographers who had taken the photographic art world by storm and were destined to form the backbone of photography in the near future. I'm afraid I can't  tell you any of their names as I was trying to work out what their pictures were all about when it was announced.

I remember that one or two of them produced prints about 8 feet square, which seemed to be to the delight of the speaker and they sold for quite large amounts of wonga. It did cross my mind if they sold because of their content or just by the square foot.

Then coffee break came, always a good time to slide out without anyone noticing. On the way home I realised that all the effort I had made trying to be understanding of other's work was for nothing. My photographic dyslexia and visual ignorance has returned with a vengeance but enforcing the belief that having more fart than art is not as enjoyable as doing what you think best.