Conversation #6 Monday 8 December 2008

Conversation while feeding Reuben and Joshua the other night.
Gareth: You know, in many ways having children is like having a dishwasher.
Jane: Really?! How?
Gareth: Well, you know … you don’t actually need one but life feels somehow … better … with one.
Jane: Yeah, but the main difference is that a dishwasher makes your life easier.
Gareth: I [...]

Conversation Tuesday 2 December 2008

Gareth: Once your health has recovered, and my health has recovered, I’d like to take you out for a meal just to say “Well done!”
Jane: Aw! That’s lovely!
Reuben (one of our 15 day old twins): AARRRRGGGHHH!!!!
What perfect comedy timing!  It was like he was saying: NOOOO!!! DON’T LEAVE US!

Conversation Friday 27 June 2008

Conversation about content management systems on instant messenger.  We were talking about Plone:
Colleague #1: BTW Why did [the University] abandon Plone?
Colleague #2: In Plone you can’t mirror content.
Me: In Plone no one can hear you scream!
Actually, to be fair we’re still using Plone for some intranet work.
Still, it made me laugh.

Conversation: language Friday 20 June 2008

It can be embarrassing when you’re so tired you can’t quite find the right words. From the other night:
Gareth: My feet look so dry, I’ll have to … erm … liquidize them.
Jane: Do you mean moisturise?
Gareth: MOISTURISE! That’s the word.
I don’t recommend that you liquidize your feet. Unless you want to appear on an [...]

Conversation: paper Saturday 15 March 2008

Jane: Aw… I’m sorry, I didn’t get you a paper.
Gareth: That’s okay, I’ve got the Internet.
Jane: It’s not the same though…
Answers on page 71.

Conversation about backing-up websites, pt.2 Tuesday 11 March 2008

Conversation with a colleague at the office colour printer.
Gareth: I’m pioneering a revolutionary new way of backing up the website.
Hamish: Is it Subversion, by any chance?
Gareth: No. I’m printing out all the pages.
Hamish: Well, if my kids grow up not knowing what a rainforest is I’ll blame you!
I was only kidding!

Conversation: backing up websites Monday 4 February 2008

Jokey conversation with my friend James about backing up websites:
James: You mean you don’t have a paper backup of the website?!
Gareth: No we don’t.  We decided that we didn’t want one as printing on paper is these days regarded as environmentally unfriendly. Instead … get this … we’ve decided to create an embroidered backup!
James: It’s [...]

Conversation Sunday 3 February 2008

Chatting with someone at work about coffee the other day.
Colleague: I used to make coffee for someone who just had a mug of hot water and three granules of instant coffee in it.
Gareth: That’s not coffee. That’s homeopathy!

Conversation with a doctor Saturday 22 December 2007

Last night Jane and I were at her parents’ wedding anniversary party. I was chatting with Jane’s cousin Andrew.
Gareth: You’re a doctor, aren’t you.
Andrew: Yeah.
Gareth: If you were to eat an apple a day, would you have some kind of existential crisis?

Conversation at Co-op Saturday 8 December 2007

The check-out girl was dutifully scanning our purchases, when all of a sudden she stopped and stared at two vegetables on the conveyor belt.
Check-out girl: Excuse me, what are these?
Gareth and Jane (together):  Courgettes!
Check-out girl: Thanks. I recognised them, just didn’t know what they were called.
She looks at her product list.
Check-out girl: Excuse me, is [...]