h2g2 The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy: Earth Edition

*brrring brrrring*

Hello?

Mr North?

Speaking.

I've called to see if you're aware of our special offer on fridges, which ends this week.

*click*

*5 minutes elapse*

*brrring brrrring*

Hello?

Am I speakeeng to Mrs North?

It's Mr North

Ah, he say Mrs North here I change *tap tap*

What do you want?

Are you liking your freezer? We have new model.

*click*

*10 minutes elapse*

*brrring brrrring*

*pauses for a second* Hello?

Mr North?

Ye-es…

Can I interest you in a weekend break in the world famous ice hotel this winter?

*click*


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What is it with these cold callers?

A chilling tale Icy

Sent shivers up my spine.

I rarely get such calls on the house phone now (yes I still have one of those), and on the mobile it tends to be scilent calls, only without any heavy breathing (though I have been known to heavy breathe back to them if I'm boared and want to annoy them) one call last night on the mobile, a dropped call, and another, the same today

Having registered with all the TPS and MPS stuff, its come to my attention that a lot of these cold calls, arn't 'cold calls' anymore; not according to their discriptions....

As a sad person I bothered to read the small yellow pages worth of the 'change in T&Cs', I got from my bank; Natwest oo a while ago now....

As part of which, I was, apparently giving them permission to sell my details to 'selected third partys', by virtue of having an account or banking service with them... no opt out, asides from closing my accounts and banking elsewhere... I would imagine most banks do this now, so figured there probably wasn't much point in changing... ; so I wonder how many of these calls we get, we effectively give permission to recieve; even if most of the time we don't realise we're giving permission to recieve themn? still damn annoying though....

Mind, I'm interested to know... how is your freezer?

Yes, is you're refrigerator running?

Damn grammar fail. I really want a timed edit option.

My fridge-freezer is fine, thanks. I'm currently renewing all the decorative magnets, though.

I painted a rectangle on the front of my fridge freezer with black board paint, then used acrylics to paint an ornate silver picture frame around the outside. We use it for our shopping lists

http://www.tellows.co.uk/

how odd... someone seems to have painted my refridgerator.... with a mixture of what looks like bacon fat, butter and hmmm.... yeh, cheese fat... How on earth do my magnetic guinness fridge magnets manage not to fall off?

Our fridge excercises the dog and provides entertainment.

The only things that drops off my fridge are cats and that tends to be when the dog walks up to his food. The first sign of this is yelping, and the noise of a dog running at 10 mph on a wood laminate floor, but moving at about a foot a minute. With a cat(s) hanging on like a jockey(s).

Extra amusement (if you can call it that(I DO)) is afforded by a crash as the dog hits the dining table at full speed as he always forgets the sudden acceleration when he gets on to the dining room carpet, and as a result looses all control. And there is a tangle of cats dog and various cat toys seething on the floor. The cats love the game and timed right they get the dogs tea as well.

Still it is excercise for the dog I suppose

Things are interesting at your house.

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's its always amusing the only problem is we get no dawn chorus "they devoured" that years ago feathers and all

Shouldn't laugh, but am laughing a lot.

They will probably eat the dog one day

My will chase my around my apartment. I think he likes it, until he gets caught.

I have seeen 2 of mine get the dogs attention the rest stage a lightening attack on the unprotected rear, I did not know dogs could climb trees.

It sounds to me Bob that you have the makings of a viral youtube video if you can capture the action between your cats and dog. I am dismayed that you allow your killing minipredators out and destroy birds. Don't you like birds? No wonder the UK is losing too many birds.

Cant help it we keep them in as much as possable and stuff them with food there is not much sign of hunting of birds plenty of mice it might just be the birds stay away

Maybe they're better mousers? We had one that could catch a bird in midair, but since then, all ours have been dedicated housecats. They can look but not touch.

Sorry, Icy - that's not about a fridge.

We've got a big cat that uses the fridge to get up on top of the kitchen cabinets. Monarch of all he surveys.