Sorry Got to Go!!

We've all run into them. You know. The types of people who just love to hear themselves talk, either that, or they think that your time is THEIR time and so they just talk and talk and talk. Take the office for example. How many times in a day does someone drop by in your cubicle who starts chatting away, and you're in the middle of something important or are just not in the mood to talk. What do you do? "Sorry, love to chat, but I have to get ready for a meeting.", "I was just gonna head down to the bathroom, would you like to walk with me?" Then there are times when you go ask someone a question, wanting just a simple answer, but they just can't stop rambling and justifying their answer in 20 different ways.

Or how about on the phone. What do you do about those annoying callers? The telemarketer? The clingy friend? Girlfriend? Boyfriend? The in-laws? You could always go to this site for the easy way out!!

Who's on First? Bush Style.

This has to make you laugh. (Thanks to StumbleUpon for the link).
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George: Condi! Nice to see you. What's happening?
Condi: Sir, I have the report here about the new leader of China.
George: Great. Lay it on me.
Condi: Hu is the new leader of China.
George: That's what I want to know.
Condi: That's what I'm telling you.
George: That's what I'm asking you. Who is the new leader of China?
Condi: Yes.
George: I mean the fellow's name.
Condi: Hu.
George: The guy in China.
Condi: Hu.
George: The new leader of China.
Condi: Hu.
George: The Chinaman!
Condi: Hu is leading China.
George: Now whaddya' asking me for?
Condi: I'm telling you Hu is leading China.
George: Well, I'm asking you. Who is leading China?
Condi: That's the man's name.
George: That's who's name?
Condi: Yes.
George: Will you or will you not tell me the name of the new leader of China?
Condi: Yes, sir.
George: Yassir? Yassir Arafat is in China? I thought he was in the Middle East.
Condi: That's correct.
George: Then who is in China?
Condi: Yes, sir.
George: Yassir is in China?
Condi: No, sir.
George: Then who is?
Condi: Yes, sir.
George: Yassir?
Condi: No, sir.
George: Look, Condi. I need to know the name of the new leader of China. Get me the Secretary General of the U.N. on the phone.
Condi: Kofi?
George: No, thanks.
Condi: You want Kofi?
George: No.
Condi: You don't want Kofi.
George: No. But now that you mention it, I could use a glass of milk. And then get me the U.N.
Condi: Yes, sir.
George: Not Yassir! The guy at the U.N.
Condi: Kofi?
George: Milk! Will you please make the call?
Condi: And call who?
George: Who is the guy at the U.N?
Condi: Hu is the guy in China.
George: Will you stay out of China?!
Condi: Yes, sir.
George: And stay out of the Middle East! Just get me the guy at the U.N.
Condi: Kofi.
George: All right! With cream and two sugars. Now get on the phone.

Lost Lake

Just got back from a great mountain biking day-trip to Whistler, with Nicole, R & W, C & W and R & V. Rather than spend $45 to get into the mountain bike park, we decided to stick to the FREE trails around Lost Lake, and to much of our surprise we were all quite impressed at how well the trails were groomed, and the terrain variety. The first part along the Tin Pants trail, started as a steady, but easy, climb upwards towards Lost Lake, before slowly descending down back towards the village. Caught some great sceneary, and a few, single-track downhill paths -- that challenged Nicole (a first time downhill biker) with her 10+ year old, almost-on-the-verge-of-being-a-classic, purple, Norco bike...but she made it. I think she deserves a new bike though -- maybe Xmas will come early, and Santa will buy one for her.

We also came across a nice "trick" park, where we could try different kinds of obstacles, including skinnys, ramps and a teeter-toter (sp??), which as you can see, I was able to do...but due to the beauty of digital pictures, you didn't see any of my two nasty falls. Ha ha. Makes for a sweet photo-opp though...eh?

R & V have been in training for this adventure race this September, from Vancouver to Whistler, consisting of biking, kayaking and running. Sounds like so much freakin' fun...and it just might be the one thing that could start motivating me to train on a more regular basis. I just might start training for something like this race in October, and then go for something like the Sea2Summit. We'll see...