Illness is always good, a bad stomach is a good "ailment" to use as its not long-term and most people won't want to ask any more.
I should add that wifey won't tell a fib (so she says), so any excuse must have at least a small element of truth.
Stuck in traffic accident tailback (a perennial cause of huge delays along the A27-M27 Hampshire / West Sussex coast)
Unfortunately in this case venue is less than two miles away, but have put this idea into memory bank for the future
Ah OK. How about trapped sciatic nerve? That one would make 2 miles seem like a marathon over hot coals...Unfortunately in this case venue is less than two miles away, but have put this idea into memory bank for the future
Tell them your going away on holiday on that day. Then go and book a holiday.
Tell them the night before that you've just tested positive for Covid....and the wife doesn't want to come in case she's picked it up too.
Covid is useful nowadays, and you can always find a photo of a positive test online if you want to send them proof.Tell them the night before that you've just tested positive for Covid....and the wife doesn't want to come in case she's picked it up too.
A smartphone or earphones shrinks the visible universe down to 18 inches. Nothing outside that distance from the body can be detected.I’ve had comments like ‘don’t ring that f…..in bell at me…!!’
Also those walking with ear/headphones, where no matter how much you ring your bell they can’t hear you. So you approach them slowly, try to creep past, then get abuse because they didn’t know you were there.
Sometimes you just can’t win
Not necessarily, it could be any number of rural areas with open space.
Well let’s be honest, the Welsh could never spell properly. Beats me how you can write a whole sentence which contains no vowels.
I gather that for "vowel-less verbiage", Welsh has nothing on the Czech and Slovak languages. There's a much-loved tongue-twister therein, totally free of vowels: strc prst skrz krk, meaning "stick a finger through the neck" -- barely makes sense, but that is not what tongue-twisters in any language are essentially about ...Well let’s be honest, the Welsh could never spell properly. Beats me how you can write a whole sentence which contains no vowels.
Note: I love Wales & the Welsh
I do prefer that to owner to be fair
The B Team, then
Or when the row (or couple) makes no attempt to "give way" to oncoming walkers preferring that they veer onto the grass verge or road itself or briefly walk sideways in order not to disturb their formation.
I won’t give way. If they are in a line walking towards me I’ll walk at the side but no way will I walk in the road or verge. I’ve had quite a few instances of face to face standoffs.
The name of our country is The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland. We compete as Great Britain due to folk in NI having the option of competing for Ireland if they so wish.
Likewise, although I often simply walk into them.
Team GB this or Team GB that seems to be a particular thing these days. Seemingly the British Team seems too much for the modern generation to say and doesn’t appear “trendy “ enough to those that spin names.
Problem I can see is that you’d need a pretty big running vest to fit that on. Every athlete would need to be built like Geoff Capes
I bet not many forum members under the age of 40 will remember him!Problem I can see is that you’d need a pretty big running vest to fit that on. Every athlete would need to be built like Geoff Capes
