by Stuart · November 23, 2006
Me: “Have you got any plans for the 19th? Your Dad is trying to arrange something.”
Me: “No, nothing at the moment. Why? What is he organizing?”
Mum: “I’m sworn to secrecy but we’re going to book tickets and it should give you another funny story for your blog.”
Me: “Considering that most of my funny blog entries involve me getting trapped in lifts, breaking bones or some other kind of physical injury, should I worry about what you have planned?”
Stuart
Stuart is an accident prone Englishman who has been living in the Netherlands since 2001. Even his move to the country was an unintentional accident, the result of replying to a cryptic job advertisement he found one day in a local British magazine. Since then he has learned to love the Dutch (so much so that he married one of them) and now calls the country home. He started the blog Invading Holland in 2006 as a place to share his strange stories of language misunderstandings, cultural confusions and his own accident prone nature.
Just wanted to post a comment to say what a great blog! I saw the posts on the blog forum and thought I would take a peek and see what the fuss is about!
I once spent 6 months working in Antwerp (belgium) so I can really emphasise with your experiences!
A punk rock concert with a mosh pit?
I’ll look forward to the 19th then ;)
Tickets for a bungee-jumping weekend?
After you have done three succesful jumps you get a certificate, and the chance to do it WITHOUT the elastic! Cool!
I just wanted to say congrats on being blog of the week at blogger forum.
I hope it brings you a few new readers. It did not bring me one new comment. :( LOL
Ps: Yes, you should be very worried.
Rose ( Google’s Blogger Blog*Star)
Anonymous – Thanks :)
Ellen – My parents in a mosh pit…. that would be a strange sight
Charlemagne Stavanger – If I’m not in hospital I’ll report what happens.
Keith – Isn’t it the other way around :p
Stuart, don’t you trust your Dad.
The punk rock concert is closer than you think, not sure what a mosh pit is though.
Barring really strange accidents you WILL be safe.
interesting. it could involve some sort of horribley embarrassing family get together? I always worry when my parents start to make secret plans.
Wow, this better make an interesting and hilarious blog entry or *makes threatening neck breaking motion with his hands*. :p
Your parents must be so cool to provide you with blog content!
Rose – Thanks :) I didn’t even realize until I saw your comment
Dragon lady – “Barring really strange accidents,” like all the other ones that have happened to me?:p
Shruti – Thank you :) It’s always nice to know I can make people laugh
Marycub – It would be strange if they had to book tickets to a family reunion… but profitable
Bonestorm – Eep! At least I still have time to flee the country before you find me.
ChickyBabe – They are avid readers as well which means the ‘time I tried weed’ posts don’t always go down well :p