What bemused you today?

[Oldboy]

I suspect that by 'qualified' Clegg simply means Guardian subscribers.

I would hazard a guess he meant that the teacher should be proficient in five or six other languages besides English, which he or she would need for the odd few whose native tongue it was.

I disagree, I don't think the teachers need English, as the state will pay for an interpreter! 

[Jediboy]

I'm bemused by the fact that it's 0030 and I'm watching football.

I hate football.

[Hinfrance]

I'm bemused by the fact that it's 0030 and I'm watching football.

I hate football.

I know the feeling - we got home from a show last night and watched the first half while we unwound before hitting the sack. Nothing much happened, so it was quite relaxing

[Reinardina]

Haven't had the TV on for at least ten days. A friend was quite surprised, as the Dutch team apparently did very well. He watched it, and was raving about van Persie.
I was pleased, but couldn't really care.

I'm going to Holland for three weeks on Thursday, and I fear I will not be able to escape it there. Part of the time, I'm staying with football mad friends.

[donoreo]

My neighbours had their TV outside in the back and a crowd watching the Italy England game.  They back onto the path to the park so they had extra people.  They also did the same thing for part of the hockey playoffs (which thankfully ended this week - season is too long - preseason in Sept, regular season Oct to April, playoffs through June). 

[spinner]

People posting incredibly bad photos to their Facebook accounts. A friend is continually posting blurry shots to her page. Another just posted a bunch of shots where a flash should have been used, but wasn't. I can 'see' who's in the shots because I know them. 

[jinky]

People posting incredibly bad photos to their Facebook accounts. A friend is continually posting blurry shots to her page. Another just posted a bunch of shots where a flash should have been used, but wasn't. I can 'see' who's in the shots because I know them. 

I know what you mean Spinner. What gets me is when you see a blurred, poorly composed photo even  adopted as a profile picture getting comments like " Wonderful photo" and I`m there thinking - really! It hurts even more when someone posts phone / poor compact wedding shots before I am allowed to release any official ones from a job and they get similar responses. I`m always happy tp pick out 2/3 of my best efforts and put small one with logo out there to try and make them see photos don`t have to be bad.

[Jediboy]

People posting incredibly bad photos to their Facebook accounts. A friend is continually posting blurry shots to her page. Another just posted a bunch of shots where a flash should have been used, but wasn't. I can 'see' who's in the shots because I know them. 

I know what you mean Spinner. What gets me is when you see a blurred, poorly composed photo even  adopted as a profile picture getting comments like " Wonderful photo" and I`m there thinking - really! It hurts even more when someone posts phone / poor compact wedding shots before I am allowed to release any official ones from a job and they get similar responses. I`m always happy tp pick out 2/3 of my best efforts and put small one with logo out there to try and make them see photos don`t have to be bad.

Likewise, I know what you mean. But I think that most people are not interested in photography, and the only thing they do is take snaps on their phones. And invariably these snaps are not very good.
My wife does it occasionally. She doesn't look at technical merit, but rather what the photo has captured - a memory usually. So I guess I can see why people do it. To a degree.

[spinner]

Likewise, I know what you mean. But I think that most people are not interested in photography, and the only thing they do is take snaps on their phones. And invariably these snaps are not very good.
My wife does it occasionally. She doesn't look at technical merit, but rather what the photo has captured - a memory usually. So I guess I can see why people do it. To a degree.

Ha, I don't think my wife knows she has a camera on her phone. 

[spinner]

What bemused me? Kids today. No wasting time when they want something. On my daughter's 1 month wedding anniversary announces she's 2 months pregnant. 

[jinky]

That's quite disciplined nowadays Spinner. I shot a wedding a couple of months back where the bride was 8.5 months pregnant. Managed to do  it as a combined bump shoot but boy was she hormonal! Baby in fact came the next week!

[Reinardina]

Crutches and walking sticks all over town. Spent most of the day in town, and was amazed by the number of people with 'walking aids.' Not only old people, and people with plaster casts, but many a young man and woman, with no visible injury, stumbling about with often two crutches. What is going on?

[Oldboy]

Crutches and walking sticks all over town. Spent most of the day in town, and was amazed by the number of people with 'walking aids.' Not only old people, and people with plaster casts, but many a young man and woman, with no visible injury, stumbling about with often two crutches. What is going on?

It could 'Be a Pirate Day', but they forgot the Parrots! 

[Reinardina]

Crutches and walking sticks all over town. Spent most of the day in town, and was amazed by the number of people with 'walking aids.' Not only old people, and people with plaster casts, but many a young man and woman, with no visible injury, stumbling about with often two crutches. What is going on?

It could 'Be a Pirate Day', but they forgot the Parrots! 

They all had two complete legs.

[kerbside]

How many school kids drive cars. Since they have been on holiday getting to work has been a doddle.