  i love the british railway system; who else would write to you to let you know they are going to write to you? maybe i should write back: dear sir; thank you for your letter warning me of your impending letter; i was, however, startled to receive said advance letter without prior notice... i ask for the complaint forms with the tickets these days; it saves time.
although maybe i'm just bitter that soon i won't be considered a 'young person', and will have to forge my railcard. is it just me or is there no way&nbsp;anyone in their right mind would&nbsp;ever consider&nbsp;paying the 'full' fare? i'd want a piece of the train for that amount; the seat at least. or a section of brake cable. yeah, that'd be cool. sittin' at home, me and my brake cable... &nbsp; anyway. also continuing to amuse me are the details on the back of some of my calvin and hobbes books: "not for sale in the usa or canada.
humour". although my general intolerance of all but a few americans has been piqued recently with the arrival of 400 of their footballing children. not that i blame them for their general rudeness and arrogance per se ; when you talk to [most of] their coaches you can see where they are taking their example from. &nbsp; ah well. in other news, the pancakes of last night went very well, on account of good company, vanilla ice-cream and fair lashings of maple syrup.
in my general non-presence of mind i neglected to buy the crate of beer i'd decided was essential, and had to fill the void with blue aftershock, which is, according to the prophecy, foul. but never mind; i can't help but think how the conversation may have turned to tripe otherwise, and i may never have postulated that the consistency of calamari lends itself to being a useful emergency scrunchy. &nbsp; my woody allen cd has arrived! and has much funniness contained; it still sounds fresh despite being recorded forty years ago. i find that people treat woody allen in the same way as karate (bear with me on this one); they seem to have formed an opinion without having actually sampled any first hand. and so my mission shall be to play woody allen to all my friends, and if they don't like it i'll kick them in the face. harsh, but fair. &nbsp; things i know a fair amount about but have never really actually properly seen: quantum dynamics weezer my mind the postal system spike milligan &nbsp; i have recently moved onto the next jar of 'liberated' coffee.
i am reminded of urlLink simon , who used to be able to tell (i imagine he still can) what brand of coffee you gave him, with what milk and what type of sugar/sweetener. he didn't get out much. &nbsp; n. 
