Nickin' Stuff From Pumpkin, Again

So I wended my way around the net for a bit and, unsurprisingly, ended up at Pumpkin's place. Hey, she makes me laugh. Visit if you don't believe me. Ah, mutual appreciation, what it's all about.

So since I got a woohoo from her I decided I would visit some of the other woohoos. I really do love my command of the English language. And no, woohoo is not rude. Well, not the way I'm using it. You can use it which ever way you please.

I went to Norman's place. I had to know why the lady is Norman. Who wouldn't ? Norman is great. Why Norman is Norman is great. Normans ghost stories had me laughing, especially shouting at the ghost. About coffee. Don't get me wrong, I sympathise with Normans terror at the whole thing, it's just I personally haven't been frightened by a ghost. Wasps on the other hand freak me the fuck out so I just imagined the stories were about them.

Not the best plan I ever had to be honest. Hearing wasp foot steps coming up behind you ? A wasp shouting "Hey" at you ? Hell no. I went back to laughing at the ghosts. Then a frickin' wasp buzzed up to me. Queue hysteria. They are monitoring my thoughts man, planning their attacks. The skinheads of the insect world have formed a coalition to get at me. Nooooooooooo. I still don't know were it went. Will be sleeping completely under the covers tonight. Who needs to breathe ? Mind you, compared to Norman's spider maybe it's not so bad. Actually no, I'll take the spider, it's not like you're gonna lose track of that thing. No wait, is there a neither option here ? I'll take that, thanks.

After ensuring that I had a can of hairspray beside me in case of wasp attack, I continued my wandering ways. I checked some of Norman's posts and links and somehow stumbled into wendi aarons world. I don't know how, Norman doesn't have a link to her, maybe it was through a comment, maybe though another link. Oh, who cares !! Wendi is great too. She makes me laugh. And she doesn't have scary spiders. That I know of.

You may have received an email at some point about a letter sent to the some ass at Proctor and Gamble, over the "Have a Happy Period" greetings on the adhesive tape of Always maxi pads. Well ladies, and any gentlemen who are aware of this, it seems it was not an urban/net/whatever myth. Wendi is the author. It's posted on her blog in march. I absolutely fucking love it. Please, go to wendi's place and read it if you are unaware of it. It contains immortal lines like;

"Kudos on being the only company smart enough to realize how crucial it is that maxi pads be aerodynamic. I can't tell you how safe and secure I feel each month knowing there's a little F-16 in my pants."

"does any part of your tiny middle-manager brain really think happiness—actual smiling, laughing happiness—is possible during a menstrual period?"

"If you just have to slap a moronic message on a maxi pad, wouldn't it make more sense to say something that's actually pertinent, like "Put Down the Hammer" or "Vehicular Manslaughter Is Wrong"?"

"I have chosen to take my maxi-pad business elsewhere."

I never got passed wendi's place.