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Universal truths

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Mags

Mags Report 19 Jul 2004 03:35

LOL - I nearly did that - then worked it out - I think

Mags

Mags Report 19 Jul 2004 03:33

No wonder you're bored! Hope the pay's good. Son does similar shifts and it makes a lot of difference to his pay packet. Not such long hours though, 2 days , 2nights, 4 days off. Well it's 3 off really by the time he's had a sleep. He works for Air New Zealand in Auckland

Darren white

Darren white Report 19 Jul 2004 03:29

And I have just found the missing "truth no.9" 9) Everyone who has just read no.5 has just typed it into a calculator.

Darren white

Darren white Report 19 Jul 2004 03:28

No, work 2 days, 2 nights 48 hours in 4 days...then 6 days off. I work for Waste recycling group, and montitor the gas production on landfill site around the country.....just involves me sitting in office all day watch a computer screen.

Mags

Mags Report 19 Jul 2004 03:21

I woke up at around 2am and had to have a cup of tea! Night shift is deadly - are you on permanent nights? What do you do?

Darren white

Darren white Report 19 Jul 2004 03:08

hi mags, I'm sat at work. 7pm-7am, very boring.

Mags

Mags Report 19 Jul 2004 03:02

v. funny anyway - what are you doing up at this time of night?

Darren white

Darren white Report 19 Jul 2004 02:49

No, I can't take credit for it...it was Peter Kay. Well spotted bout no.9 I hadn't even noticed!

Mags

Mags Report 19 Jul 2004 02:44

Universal truth no.37: there's always some smart arse who wants to know where truth no. 9 got to!! Great reading - did you make it up? Magsx

PennyDainty

PennyDainty Report 19 Jul 2004 00:27

So true Darren. BTW I never knew guys did that flush thing! You learn something new everyday. Lol Christine

Darren white

Darren white Report 18 Jul 2004 22:54

2) At the end of every party there is always a girl crying. 3) One of the most awkward things that can happen in a pub is when your pint-to-toilet cycle gets synchronised with a complete stranger. 4) You've never quite sure whether it's ok to eat green crisps. 5) Everyone who grew up in the 80's has entered the digits 55378008 into a calculator. 6) Reading when you're drunk is horrible. 7) Sharpening a pencil with a knife makes you feel really manly. 8) You're never quite sure whether it's against the law or not to have a fire in your back garden. 10) Nobody ever dares make cup-a-soup in a bowl. 11) You never know where to look when eating a banana. 12) Its impossible to describe the smell of a wet cat. 13) Prodding a fire with a stick makes you feel manly. 14) Rummaging in an overgrown garden will always turn up a bouncy ball. 15) You always feel a bit scared when stroking horses. 16) Everyone always remembers the day a dog ran into your school. 17) The most embarrassing thing you can do as schoolchild is to call your teacher mum or dad. 18) The smaller the monkey the more it looks like it would kill you at the first given opportunity. 19) Some days you see lots of people on crutches. 20) Every bloke has at some stage while taking a pee, flushed half way through and then raced against the flush. 21) Old women with mobile phones look wrong. 22) Its impossible to look cool whilst picking up a Frisbee. 23) Driving through a tunnel makes you feel excited. 24) You never ever run out of salt. 25) Old ladies can eat more than you think. 26) You can't respect a man who carries a dog. 27) There's no panic like the panic you momentarily feel when you've got your hand or head stuck in something. 28) No one knows the origins of their metal coat hangers. 29) Despite constant warning, you have never met anybody who has had their arm broken by a swan. 30) The most painful household incident is wearing socks and stepping on an upturned plug. 31) People who don't drive slam car doors too hard. 32) You've turned into your dad the day you put aside a thin piece of wood specifically to stir paint with. 33) Everyone had an uncle who tried to steal their nose. 34) Bricks are horrible to carry. 35) In every plate of chips there is a bad chip. 36) Knowledge is knowing a tomato is a fruit; Wisdom is not putting it in a fruit salad

Darren white

Darren white Report 18 Jul 2004 22:53

1) Triangular sandwiches taste better than square ones.