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Things I've discovered from Geneva

Posted on September 5, 2005 By admin 4 Comments on Things I've discovered from Geneva

1. There's dogshit everywhere on the sidewalks. The Swiss have been badly influenced by the French. Le poo. Literally.

2. Campeed blister bandages work quite well but they melt if your feet get warm enough after two hours of walking in the hot sun. Picking wax out of your socks is a really nice way to spend the evening.

3. The morning session of the meeting lasted 3 hours. The content of what was said can be distilled down to a very simple powerpoint slide. The consensus is that “we're going to do it”, but the *it* part still needs to be defined properly. Joy.

4. Walking around a topless beach with a camera might not be the brightest thing I've ever done.

5. The chairs in the conference hall add strength to Sod's Meeting Law that stipulates that the comfort of a chair is inversely proportional to the length of time you spend in it.

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Comments (4) on “Things I've discovered from Geneva”

  1. oraboras says:
    September 5, 2005 at 5:17 pm

    1. You are in Geneva???

    4a. There are topless beaches in Switzerland?!?!?

    4b. Did you take any pictures???

    4c. If so, you know my e-mail address :)

    5. What is Sod's law??? Is it the similar to Murphy's law???

    (http://livejournal.com/users/oraboras)

  2. petkatyyazzick says:
    September 5, 2005 at 8:45 pm

    if he has taken pictures, he's in BIG touble! as in HUGE trouble!!!!

    (http://livejournal.com/users/petkatyyazzick)

  3. talisker says:
    September 6, 2005 at 7:29 am

    I was taking pictures of the lake when I realized that people around me were topless. There are no naughty pictures. The camera was swiftly put away at that point before I got in any trouble with the locals. I didn't linger around either, so you can put the sharp edged weapons away :P

    (http://livejournal.com/users/talisker)

  4. talisker says:
    September 6, 2005 at 7:32 am

    Yes.
    Yes.
    No.
    No.
    Kinda.

    (http://livejournal.com/users/talisker)

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