Feeling self-employed

Got some work under my belt. It's a strange feeling; mostly good. Having been postponed for 2 jobs this week, I enjoyed the spring sunshine, birdsong, early butterflies and carpets of bluebells, yesterday - all the more satisfying because I had expected to be working. Perhaps I won't be saying that when I'm down to my last shilling! Enough of these musings. Down to business.

Next three sayings, which include an office favorite:

We got a wasp trap to take us into the free postage bracket

If you rub sandpaper on your face it really hurts

My mum had two up her skirt in Torquay

No prizes for guessing where the snowglobe comes from. What sort of a person spends their honeymoon looking for a snowglobe? Although I have to say that this one ticks all the boxes. Well done, Paul!

Which to choose next?

A tough choice. This is one of my personal favorites, and is almost certainly the one that travelled furthest. If I am not mistaken, it was supplied by Nikki and really captures the spirit of the snowglobe. In future, I will respond to requests!

Now for the first delve into "the book". The origin of the idea - to record utterances we thought we'd never hear - came from a colleague in the north east, who told us that the lizard had gone to Redcar for its holidays. Hence the blog address. The next decisions are context or no context, and attributed or unattributed? I think no context is probably better, then people can try to remember, or - even more fun - invent their own. Perhaps I'll leave them unattributed as well. I'm open to suggestions. Three to get us stated. Here we go:

Prakash has eaten the baby.

Can I just sort Amanda out with a crocodile?

You had his pudding at the national conference.

I'm reliant on "in office" colleagues to keep me up to date with new ones. I'm sure I don't need to remind people about "dignity and respect at work"!

The story so far...

This blog is all about a certain office, its fabulous collection of snowglobes, and some of the utterances you thought you'd never hear. It's a place for news of and for those who, like me are now "out of office". This globe is a recent addition from my 70 mile trek in the Sandlings of Suffolk, culminating in the delights of Southwold.

Over the coming weeks / months, watch this space for more globes, anecdotes, news and utterances you thought you'd never hear.

The emperor's new clothes quote of this particular moment was from a small boy on the seafront heard to say: "but mum, they're just sheds!" Worthy of Jim, I'd say.

Unlikely people I met on my travels included a New Zealander JK Rowling wannabe, a ghostwriter, and a lady clown.