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Post details: Thursday Thirteen: Facebook Status Part Deux

12/04/08

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Thursday Thirteen: Facebook Status Part Deux

...and, just for something completely different, allow me to revisit a "popular" Thursday Thirteen I did... but with ALL NEW CONTENT!

You see, once again I find myself ~~creatively bankrupt~~ going back and looking at what people enjoyed the most in my past Thursday Thirteen offerings, and a list of my (then) favourite "Facebook Status Messages"... those one-sentence or so blurbs you can type to let people see what you're up to right away... was one people liked, so here's my NEW list of ALL NEW...

THIRTEEN PERSONAL (and used)
FACEBOOK STATUS MESSAGES
I'VE USED...

#13: Matthew puts his pants on one leg at a time... not necessarily his leg, but the statement stands none the less.

#12: Matthew doesn't run with scissors... often.

#11: Matthew is busy fighting zombies and keeping the world safe from brain eaters... yeah, and what are YOU up to? Reading Facebook... Oh yeah, that's a big help.

#10: Matthew is now pretty sure Sue is The Weevil Queen. Alert Ianto and Jack. - Thus making Doctor Who and Torchwood fans happy.

#9: Matthew was up for a Nobel Prize for physics... but couldn't cut it in the bathing suit competition... but ACED the talent competition!

#8: Matthew is trying to think up something very clever to put in his Facebook status... and failing... can you tell? - It was a bad day...

#7: Matthew is an enigma, wrapped in a riddle, shrouded by mystery, and topped off with your choice of zesty barbecue or dynamite hot sauce.

#6: Matthew believes that supreme executive power derives from a mandate from the masses, not from some farcical aquatic ceremony. - Thus making Monty Python fans happy.

#5: Matthew thinks, therefore he is... unless you're into quantum mechanics, in which case, he might be.

#4: Matthew is indeed wearing pants... why speculate otherwise?

#3: Matthew has been known, on occasion, to put his underwear on top of his head, stick two pencils up his nose, and repeatedly say "Wibble". - Thus making Blackadder fans happy.

#2: Matthew thinks you should all be thankful he hasn't unleashed Plan 21ac.67 on the Earth... because as soon as he finds the right frozen waffles, you're all in trouble!

#1: Matthew thinks the purple crayons taste best. - Sometimes the simple ones are best.

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Comments:

Comment from: Brenda [Visitor]

· http://otherworlddiner.blogspot.com

I'm glad to hear you don't run with scissors often. Happy TT!

Permalink 12/04/08 @ 10:08

Comment from: admin [Member]

· http://www.doubledeckerbuses.org/

Hey Brenda... And I thought the "wearing pants" deal would put people's minds at ease...

Permalink 12/04/08 @ 10:17

Comment from: DrillerAA [Visitor]

· http://www.jr-brainfreeze.blogspot.com

No. 3 paints a picture that I would have just as soon not seen, mentally or in reality. I do hope the underwear is freshly laundered. Just sayin.'

Permalink 12/04/08 @ 23:51

Comment from: Joyce T. [Visitor]

· http://joyce.taron.net

I have been so truthfully, non-creative with my Facebook status, while you have been spreading good cheer, and interesting things to think about. I plan to change my ways.

Permalink 12/05/08 @ 00:41

Comment from: admin [Member]

· http://www.doubledeckerbuses.org/

Hey DrillerAA... You have to be a fan of the television program "Blackadder Goes Forth" based in the WWI trenches to really get the comedy... Our hero is ordered to "advance" (over the top) and in order to avoid it, wishes to play act at insanity... and since he heard that one person HAD done the underwear/pencil routine, he was going to try it... Well, the commanding general comes to see for himself, and before entering the enclosure in the trench, explains to another soldier, loudly, that they had once shot a man for pretending to be insane... and laughing that he had tried to pass off his insanity by... you guessed it... Anyway, as he walks into the enclosure, there's our hero, underwear on head, pencils in nose, but now aware of the "fate" of this other fellow, so he immediately passes it off as if he was demonstrating the SAME story to a footsoldier as a warning NOT to try that as a ploy.

Wow, that loses something in the translation... :)

Hello Joyce T.... I just thought it was a giggle, that's all... Sometimes, I know my wife especially wishes I was more "honest" than comedic with it, so when I was at work, she'd know if I was really busy or having a bad day... or not...

Permalink 12/05/08 @ 07:12

Comment from: Debbie [Visitor]

· http://www.likearose-deb.blogspot.com/

Too funny! I like the scissors one. I had an employye once that I bought a T-shirt for Christmas that said "Runs with Scissors". He loved it.

Permalink 12/05/08 @ 14:37

Comment from: admin [Member]

· http://www.doubledeckerbuses.org/

Hey Debbie... If he's still around, see if you can find one that says, "Eats Paste" for his next gift!

Permalink 12/05/08 @ 21:05

Comment from: SandyCarlson [Visitor]

· http://slchome.blogspot.com

No. 11 made me laugh out loud!

Permalink 12/05/08 @ 21:09

Comment from: admin [Member]

· http://www.doubledeckerbuses.org/

Hey SandyCarlson... Well, it's not like people were lining up to help me, y'know!

Permalink 12/06/08 @ 14:28

Allow me to start with we do not own nor are we selling a bus. Just had to get that out...

This blog was started in April of 2006... during a very bad time for me and my family when money was very tight and life was very hard.

We maintained a happier outlook on life by fantasizing... talking about what we would do when times were better... and as Sue and myself are Anglophiles, England factored greatly into our "plans".

During these bad times, while looking at news items which, at the time included items about London removing their venerable old Routemasters, I came across one photo of an old green bus... and somehow, my whole family adopted it. It became very much "our bus". (Details about "our bus" are available by clicking here.)

Like most of you, I'd heard about the fellow who'd made a million dollars selling tiny ads online... and the fellow who did trades and turned a paper clip into a house... so I thought, since we couldn't make our bus actually into "our bus" (well beyond our means,) I'd try an "online" appeal... to make the focused item of our hopes into a tangible thing in our lives...

More specifically, in a burst of adult/juvenile optimism, I had hoped to show the youngest member of the family, who at the time was still very youthful and impressionable, that dreams really could become reality if you hope and, more importantly, try.

Well, I'm pretty sure you figured it out... we had limited succes in this venture... and the youngest has now reached an age where she is more traditionally "teenaged" cynical than much else about the world, which isn't a dreadful thing... but there's a "good news" portion to this... our personal situation with money is better, life has improved, and some people really liked my rambling here... so, I decided to keep things going... Yes, I will "give up" on asking for help on a bus... and have to give up on even trying as hard to get the bus through online means... and yes, be far more realistic... but I don't mind this "turn" of things as I actually enjoy venting, trying my hand at humour, and generally keeping on online presence outside my usual things.

Thanks to those who were/are "Busly Dream" enthusiasts... I suppose that our buses for now will be single-deck with the letters "TTC" emblazoned on them... but this blog will live as does our dream! (It's just a little quieter on that latter bit...)

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