• Why can't I sleep? Must be backtowork-itis. • I'm sure this belt used to fit me once. • I hope I turned the iron off. • Oh for goodness sake stop dawdling in front of the ticket barrier. • I wish I'd remembered my shuffly iPod thing.
• Yes I did have a good Christmas thanks. • No I did not have a good New Year thanks. • Why is my inbox full of annoying petty administrative emails? • I'll be able to help you out once I've dealt with these petty administrative emails. • It feels like business as normal, even though it clearly isn't. • I never noticed that "risk management workshop" in my calendar, honest. • I'll be able to help you out once I've dealt with these additional petty administrative emails. • But that makes no sense at all. Yes of course I'll do it. • Do I really only get three potatoes? • This chicken'll taste fine so long as I can scrape the garlic out. • No really, I will be able to help you out once I've dealt with these additional petty administrative emails. • Ha, I think you meant 15, not 17. Thank goodness I noticed. • I really do not care whether my objectives are SMART or not. • Can we move one of these essential meetings back a fortnight please? • I'll be able to help you out... erm, tomorrow, sorry.
• No I do not want a bloody free paper, thankyou. • Move inside the carriage a bit and I can squeeze in behind you. • Another pizza leaflet? That's going in the bin. • That's the 38th time you've told me that my call is important to you. • You can't charge me for a full year, and I don't care what your smallprint says. • Just to confirm, I really don't have to pay my latest gas bill? Thank you. • I'm sure a chicken slice with a sell-by date 3 days ago is perfectly edible. • How strange, that looks exactly like... • ... oh god, no, they sit next to me at work!! Retreat now. • How long have you been a confirmed pagan? (if that's not a contradiction) • I'd recommend a tumble drier, or maybe an Audi windscreen. • Damn, this is still one of those "not quite sure how it's going" things. • OK, I'll buy you the book again next year. • I bet the view from the 10th floor is fantastic. • Yes, I just happened to be in the County Records Office. I'm glad you like it. • Oh Dermot, Dermot, why have you stooped to this? • But there are no railways in the Outer Hebrides. • Do you want to go and stand in a crowd with Rosie again? • Perhaps I mix in the wrong circles. • Life's rarely as good as it could be. Or as bad.
• I'd better be able to sleep tonight. • Where did the last fortnight go? • Sigh.
