Tuesday, July 22, 2008

Mr Marshmallow Man

As we live in a newly constructed building there is usually some sort of construction work going on at some time - and for some reason it always seems to be in the middle of the night when you trying to sleep.

They are working on the ground floor of the building and the sound of banging vibrates up the entire building so it sounds like someone is banging next door.

Last night we woke up to the banging at midnight - you usually put up with it for a little while, until you can take no more.

So Nick gets out of bed and gets changed - but does not change his t-shirt (don't you love Peter Alexander PJ's) I was going to say something but thought better of it - he had steam coming out his ears.



THIS IS THE TSHIRT!!!!

So off he goes down to see the security guards.  He comes back and said that they were laughing until he not so kindly told them them to shut the ##$$@@!!!! up.

Still with steam coming from his ears, I said you know it must have looked so funny you standing there going off and your tshirt says 'Marshmallow Man' - and hes flexing his muscles - we both just laughed.

Alas the banging did not stop - so he gets on the phone and calls the director of the building (he has done this many times in the middle of the night) and he says 'I will be as polite and precise as I can, can the construction stop its @@##$$!!! midnight - so much for being polite Nick!!
His response 'I will tell those crazy people to stop'
And it did stop almost instantly.

This morning I am still laughing at the image of Nick steam coming out of his ears in the tshirt.

Drive Thru - Arabic Style


This restaurant looks quite dodgy from the outside ... and the inside to be honest.  Its not dine in.  You just pull up outside and park on the footpath or anywhere that you can find - it's incredibly  busy.  You wind down the window and yell out to one of the boys standing outside or beep the horn ... take your pick, then  someone will come over and take your order.

Its just a kebab shop or shawarma as they are called here and they are dirt cheap - about $1.40 each and they are really good !!