I’m new to all this gin lark, if I’m totally honest. I wasn’t really interested. Wine is more my thing – I definitely know what I like when it comes to wine. I even go to those wine tasting evenings at my local Majestic now and then, and if I’m honest I feel a littleContinue reading “G&T Taste Testing by a Gin Virgin (Part 1)”
Category Archives: So Just Be … Amused
Are You a Planner or a Pantser?
I’d go home and watch ‘Buffy the Vampire Slayer’ safe in the knowledge that it was only Tuesday and I had until Monday to get my homework written and submitted.
Keep Calm and Curry On
Until this point, the most exotic things we had eaten were Findus Crispy Pancakes or Birds Eye Savoury Rissoles.
10 Film Titles Ruined by Changing 1 Letter
Tom Cruise still has the lead (of course!), but is now a celebrity dentist. Based in Harley Street, he has been invited to attend the Top Gum championship.
Working on the Road to Hell – Our top 10 Travel Pet Hates
Not my hotel room sex. Other people’s hotel room sex.
This Gives Me The Pip!
I am not a marauding Viking or your honey, whatever that is.
Other People’s Dogs – The New Other People’s Children?
Not all kids are delightful. There. I’ve said it. We have all been in a situation where other people’s little darlings are being irritating, annoying, loud, smelly, messy (insert your own suitable adjective here). Whereas the children in our company (unless they are truly being little shits) will always be seen through the family microscopeContinue reading “Other People’s Dogs – The New Other People’s Children?”
Celebrity Cleaning Hacks – Why they piss us off!
Life-hacks for cleaning in the newspapers, beautifully lettered cleaning schedules for our journals on Pinterest and bloody ‘celebrities’ (most of whom are younger than my best comfy bra) telling me how to clean my kitchen.
My Boyfriend is in Love with Monty Don
What has the BF chosen? What do I get to watch whilst I’m eating the dinner that I have lovingly prepared? Fucking Monty Don. It’s 8 o’clock at night and I get to watch another bloody gardening programme starring fucking Monty Don. I almost choked on my gin.
Parents Online – Who’s Guiding the Silver Surfers?
When the pandemic hit in March 2020, the older generation were suddenly plunged into a whole new world of technology. We don’t know about you, but at SJB our experience of this was both terrifying and entertaining. All of a sudden, there we were trying to explain alien concepts such as Zoom, internet banking and click-and-collect.
