There comes a time when you will be walking down the street, and you see something on the floor. You think to yourself what it could be, but are unwilling to bend down and pick it up in case its just a piece of paper and you've made yourself look like a fool.
But you know it's going to be a good day when you bend down, thinking there is no way that what you're to pick up is going to be of any value, and to your surprise, you find money!
You cannot believe your luck, it's like finding money in your own clothes, but this isn't your money, this is someone you don't know and there is no way that you are going to give it back.
This money is now rightfully yours, to spend on whatever you see fit, whether that be a big lunch, a present to someone else, or more often, a present for yourself.
The thought goes through your mind for the person that has lost the money, because you would feel very low if you lost money yourself, even if it's just a small amount, but now it's yours, you are not letting it out your sight unless it is to pay for something.
23/11/2011
17/11/2011
#7 - When you walk into class and see a substitute teacher
I don't think that there are many better sites when you were at school than walking into a class you really didn't want to be in and seeing a substitute teacher sitting there waiting for you. It just makes the rest of that lesson fly by, because even the sub knows that not much work is going to be done during this lesson.
Normally the teacher would have given the sub a plan of what to do during that lesson, but whether the worksheet is given out or not, all that is going to happen is an hour of catching up with your pals.
But what is even better than that is if the teacher you normally have didn't even provide a plan, and all that means is a film would be put on. Now this is great as for you there are now options, depending on the film put on watch that or have a tactical power nap until the class is over.
Or sometimes the work, normally depending on what class you're in and what time of the year it is, the work that you do could be something festive if it's just before christmas, or something good and enjoyable if it's towards the end of the year.
Substitute teacher's do get it hard, let's not lie. But without them, these lessons would not even happen, and that hope nearly every morning before you get in that you hope a certain teacher you have today isn't in.
This gets better in college or university, when instead of a substitute teacher coming in, you normally don't have the lesson at all which means you get an extra long break!
Normally the teacher would have given the sub a plan of what to do during that lesson, but whether the worksheet is given out or not, all that is going to happen is an hour of catching up with your pals.
But what is even better than that is if the teacher you normally have didn't even provide a plan, and all that means is a film would be put on. Now this is great as for you there are now options, depending on the film put on watch that or have a tactical power nap until the class is over.
Or sometimes the work, normally depending on what class you're in and what time of the year it is, the work that you do could be something festive if it's just before christmas, or something good and enjoyable if it's towards the end of the year.
Substitute teacher's do get it hard, let's not lie. But without them, these lessons would not even happen, and that hope nearly every morning before you get in that you hope a certain teacher you have today isn't in.
This gets better in college or university, when instead of a substitute teacher coming in, you normally don't have the lesson at all which means you get an extra long break!
#6 - When you see an old school episode of a TV show you like
Most of the time when watching TV, you watch the same episodes time and time again, whether it be The Simpsons or Scrubs, it is normally the same few episodes played over and over again. But sometimes you do come across an episode you may have seen once, or maybe not even at all!
This makes you listen and watch intensely, as for the first time for as long as you can remember, there is an episode on that you DON'T know most, if not all the words to.
This is a great feeling to have and feels as if the rest of the TV for that night should be good! But it probably never lives up to expectations...
This feeling can also be introduced into films. But with films it is usually the other way round, and you want to see films you've watched before but have never got bored of. Examples being Shaun of the Dead, Step Brothers, Anchorman and so on...TV usually offers the same boring films from before you were born, or films you have seen time and time again, but sometimes you'll be channel flicking, and you come across an absolute classic, but something you would never have thought to put on yourself. An example of this type of film is The Goonies...
This makes you listen and watch intensely, as for the first time for as long as you can remember, there is an episode on that you DON'T know most, if not all the words to.
This is a great feeling to have and feels as if the rest of the TV for that night should be good! But it probably never lives up to expectations...
This feeling can also be introduced into films. But with films it is usually the other way round, and you want to see films you've watched before but have never got bored of. Examples being Shaun of the Dead, Step Brothers, Anchorman and so on...TV usually offers the same boring films from before you were born, or films you have seen time and time again, but sometimes you'll be channel flicking, and you come across an absolute classic, but something you would never have thought to put on yourself. An example of this type of film is The Goonies...
16/11/2011
#5 - Having a word/quote of the day and hearing someone totally random say it
It gets to that point with your mates when you come across 'Word of the Day'. The rules are simple: find a word, not one of those usual words you hear all the time, but a word, or even a quote from a film, and try and hear it out in the public.
Some of the time, depending on the word, such as "Gazeeboe" or "Vicinity", which have been used on a personal account, never get said and it's just a pointless game, but some of the time, you pull a real cracker out between that when you hear it out, you know it's gonna be a good day.
Again, talking from personal experience, we came up with a word of the day, which was actually a quote from the film White Chicks, in which they use the term "Bitch Fit" or a "BF".
After this was announced as the quote of the day, we went to a party, and without any hinting from us, a person at the party, after knocking a drink over, exclaimed "I'm gonna have a BF!"
Well, the party was only ever gonna get better for us after hearing that, and it did not disappoint!
Some of the time, depending on the word, such as "Gazeeboe" or "Vicinity", which have been used on a personal account, never get said and it's just a pointless game, but some of the time, you pull a real cracker out between that when you hear it out, you know it's gonna be a good day.
Again, talking from personal experience, we came up with a word of the day, which was actually a quote from the film White Chicks, in which they use the term "Bitch Fit" or a "BF".
After this was announced as the quote of the day, we went to a party, and without any hinting from us, a person at the party, after knocking a drink over, exclaimed "I'm gonna have a BF!"
Well, the party was only ever gonna get better for us after hearing that, and it did not disappoint!
14/11/2011
#4 - Seeing the Coca-Cola christmas advert for the first time this year
As it's getting towards that time of year again, when you start to feel it becoming absolutely freezing and you spend longer and longer in bed in the morning, you may have started seeing certain things that make you realise that christmas is approaching VERY quickly, and soon we'll be woken up by younger siblings wanting to open presents that by New Year's Eve, will be out of fashion already.
But apart from the above, there is also one certain advertisment that always makes you feel christmas is upon us, and no its not XFactor's attempt at a christmas advert (courtesy of John Lewis) or this this one to "pull at the heart strings" but this absolutely classic advert from Coca-Cola.
Once you've seen this advert for the first time, as Perry Como (or Bing Crosby depending on what generation you're from) you know "it's beginning to look a lot like christmas", and you should start counting the coppers in order to buy some presents so you don't look like the modern day Scrooge.
Or you could just spend most of that money on "getting in the christmas spirit", like we seemed to do last year...
But apart from the above, there is also one certain advertisment that always makes you feel christmas is upon us, and no its not XFactor's attempt at a christmas advert (courtesy of John Lewis) or this this one to "pull at the heart strings" but this absolutely classic advert from Coca-Cola.
Once you've seen this advert for the first time, as Perry Como (or Bing Crosby depending on what generation you're from) you know "it's beginning to look a lot like christmas", and you should start counting the coppers in order to buy some presents so you don't look like the modern day Scrooge.
Or you could just spend most of that money on "getting in the christmas spirit", like we seemed to do last year...
11/11/2011
#3 - Finding old clothes that still fit
Most people must of had a time where you have gone into your wardrobe at home, and realised that there are no clothes you would normally wear in there, all either screwed up on the floor or in the wash. So here lies the dilemma of what you are going to wear.
But then you see something hidden in the depths, which you believe could be worth trying on as you used to like it and wear it all the time, when you were 16...
So you try it on and, somehow it still fits! So for today and today only, the old piece of clothing, whether it be a t-shirt or pair of trousers will make their comeback!
But after this day of wearing it is over, you feel that it could become, once again, a regular item of clothing, even though it is about four years out of date!
But then you see something hidden in the depths, which you believe could be worth trying on as you used to like it and wear it all the time, when you were 16...
So you try it on and, somehow it still fits! So for today and today only, the old piece of clothing, whether it be a t-shirt or pair of trousers will make their comeback!
But after this day of wearing it is over, you feel that it could become, once again, a regular item of clothing, even though it is about four years out of date!
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04/11/2011
#2 - Hearing a song whilst driving and knowing ALL the words to it
It's one of them days when you are in your car, casually listening to the radio which is full of songs you either know a bit but don't fancy singing your heart out to, or one's you do not have a clue what they are. But then, whilst flicking through endless dodgy radio stations you come across an absolute classic you haven't heard in a while but know ALL the words to.
So regardless of where you are, whether it be in the middle of nowhere with no one else in sight, or in the middle of a massive traffic jam, you know you're going to turn the radio up so high and belt out every single word!
Even if you are in the middle of a traffic jam, which has gone nowhere for a long time, hearing that song brightens up your day, even if it's just a little bit. But it gets even better when after hearing that song, it's in your head for the rest of the day, so when you're walking round the office/walking to get lunch, you can be heard singing this song you heard, with the odd thought of "Why am I not on XFactor?"
So regardless of where you are, whether it be in the middle of nowhere with no one else in sight, or in the middle of a massive traffic jam, you know you're going to turn the radio up so high and belt out every single word!
Even if you are in the middle of a traffic jam, which has gone nowhere for a long time, hearing that song brightens up your day, even if it's just a little bit. But it gets even better when after hearing that song, it's in your head for the rest of the day, so when you're walking round the office/walking to get lunch, you can be heard singing this song you heard, with the odd thought of "Why am I not on XFactor?"
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