I could just .....

Now I know I am getting on in years and the younglings have all these new-fangled words and things but some things cross a line, even for a crotchety, foul-mouthed bastard like me!

To wit, I am walking down a corridor at work. Two young guys are approaching me and one of them has obviously got some good news which he is really happy about. Much woohoo-ing and horseplay ensues. Just as they walk past me, I caught the tail end of a very excited sentence (and I know with 100% certainty that I heard this correctly) " ..... and that is just so cool. I'm so happy I could just lick my own ass! You know what we ..... "

Now I am all for celebrating but even this old reprobate draws the line at licking his own ass! I mean - what the fuck? Even if it was just an expression (and I suspect that he wasn't really drawing up his plans for the evening when he said that!), how does that expression capture excitement or fun or celebration or whatever the hell it was he was trying to say?

I just don't get the youth of today.

OK, I'll put the crotchety old bastard away now!

King Cheapo stikes again

My second alter-ego - King Cheapo - appeared for the first time in ages today. I am notorious for being ... umm .... not overly generous with my money. So I am in the shops wondering how I can get enough money together to buy BSG S2 on DVD. Right now it is usually AUS$65 at the store I was in. As I look through the cabinet for the boxset, I have a momentary panic when I see that they have all gone, only to notice that there is one set left on the shelf but it is flat on the shelf rather than upright (and that's why I missed it on first glance). I don't know why but I went to have a closer look but I did. In the stampede that followed, I think I elbowed two grannies out of the way, kicked at least one infant in the face and headbutted the guy who looked like he was going to get to the counter before me.

The reason? Well the price sticker on that very last boxset read AUS$24.95(that's just US$18.78 for those of you playing in the US!)

So I am now the proud owner of Battlestar Galactica Season 2 for about a third of its usual price. That deserves both a "WOO" and a "HOO"!

YESSSSSSSSSS!!!!!