I was just checking out my stats and we are running close to 1500 wow!!! But sometimes it shows how people came to your blog. Some one googled the following random words Super Cheese Dance. Well they seem random to me. If you are the one who googled Super Cheese Dance thank you for reading my blog and I hope you return again and again. Precious hits mmm more precious hits.
Till Next Time I Will See You All At The Super Cheese Dance,
Chops
Some one let the Chaos monkey loose!!! Frisky little character that gets loose most days on the afternoon shift. He has some favourite things he likes to do. One of them is when you have something set up and others forget or don’t know why it is there and move it. Like yesterday and the 15 chairs needed for awards that were moved. The chaos monkey also loves to see you run. I had a case very recently where I had two clients wanting me and they were on either ends of the building. My favourite was when I busted a gut to get somewhere and when I did they had sorted what ever was so urgent in the first place. And as soon as I got there they said don’t worry and then the phone rang it was the other client who wanted to see me urgently.
It was ne of those days where you wish cloning was allowed and then put the clone back behind the glass that says smash in case of emergency.
Till Next Time Don’t Bust A Gut It Hurts,
Chops
At the moment we have a gig that a few of the others dread to a degree. It is a follow up client that has had several events with us. And from time to time we have mistakes happen. This client likes to take those a little personally and remembers us by them. But it is almost like she blames us floories for them. When they are often the mistake of the particular department involved. But she likes me and that holds good for me. As she is not someone who you wish to get on the bad side of. One of those very particular, knows exactly how they want things set up people.
The Rainbow Connection and I were doing a change over when we literally bumped into a world famous conservationist who had a t.v show in the 80’s. R.C being a opportunist of the highest order thrust out and welcomed him to the building. I just stood there wishing I had done that first. Because to then thrust my hand out and also welcome him to the building would seem more than a little naff. But it was all cool.
Till Next Time Thrust Your Hand Out First,
Chops
Have had a busy couple of days. I looked after a big multinational company. It was for all their staff and partners. It was a bit of a dream dinner because the client did not arrive till twenty minutes before Pre Dinner Drinks. Her guests were arriving as I put up the table allocations which is never good form really.
One really cool thing about when the client turns up late like that is nothing can be done if they want changes. As I have explained many times before in my rants we need time to make miracles happen. So if you turn up when your guests arrive it is too late for me to make changes. So a quite easy night was had by one Mr Chops. Basically all I did was greet the client tell them that everything had been done as ordered on the event order and here is your free parking pass and this is PRC from F&B, good luck! Whish I had more dirt to spread with you but I don’t. It all went very smoothly.
Till Next Time Lets Hope Something More Exciting Happens,
Chops
Today I crossed the line. I went from being part of us and was part of them. I know this may sound a little confusing but I became a client today at the House of Chops. In my role as Wedding consultant for the Wedding of the year for the Police State and his lovely intended fiance Chlorophyll. We had a meeting with their event coordinator.
As I think I have outlined previously. I have had several meetings with the lovely couple and in particular with the Police State about what we wish to do with the Wedding. The event coordinator whom we will call the rainbow sash was quite impressed with the amount of info we were able to cover today. It was because we were all about cutting the crap and getting down to details which is so much better for both sides.
The Police State probably has the sash thinking we are a little strange. When the sash asked do you have any premium beverages required for the occassion. The Police State replied with Oh yes Grenadine. For any of those out there that don’t know what it is. Grenadine is a sickly sweet syrupy concocation that people place in cocktails. Or if you are a psycho like my friends and I we add it to the already super sugary suffiency of a cola beverage. So I think the sash thinks we are a bunch of non alcoholic sugar freaks who don’t dance. Because we laughed when she asked us if we want a dance floor. Trust me if any of the three blokes that make up the boys side in this wee shindig would be quite a site on the dancefloor and should never be slightly encouraged to step onto the parquetry and shake their groove thing. Let me tell you we are talking about some rather sizeable groove things in question.
It was quite weird being on the other side. Not completely bad. I scored a free drink and free parking. I did get some weird looks from other staff members. I think some may have heard my lovely girlfriend’s name which can also be a boy’s name. So I am sure some of them may have thought we were planning our gay wedding. Which I wish to categorically state is not the case. The Police State snores way too much for my liking. Place the whole not being Gay thing may also put a stop to that.
Till Next Time I Really Am Not One Of Them But One of Us Honest,
Chops
I went down to the Christian Bookstore in search of a book by the author who I saw in workshops whilst in the good Ol US of A. I am a fairly independent shopper if I can be. But if I can’t find what I am looking for I will ask for it. I looked in the Christian Living section and found one or two titles of the Author. I bought another book and whilst paying asked if they stocked the book I was looking for with cryptic clues as I did not know the title. The guy behind the counter loved the work of the author and knew the book. He took me to it with pin point accuracy. It was actually in the Christian Living section well sorta. To be accurate it was in Christian Living – Evangelism. I don’t want to sound like a way out there convert everyone protestant evangelical freak
but should not evangelism or living a christian life that gives God glory be automatically Christian Living. Maybe I am little off the track this time but I am a little worried if you need to separate it. But at the end of the day I have my book and I am loving it.
Till Next Time Enjoy All Facets Of Christian Living,
Chops
I frequented my local take away the other day craving fish. I was not so impressed by the selection on offer so I went with a burger. I love take away burgers they are so huge and you have to dislocate your jaw just to take a bite.
My local merchant of all good things bad for you has the standard burgers the works and the normal hamburger. If you not in the know there is a galaxy of difference between the two. One is the gemini of the burger world and the other is the jaguar.
But our local has the added Super Burger. I asked the difference between the Works and the Super. The elderly Asian man told me that the salad was the same. Except the Works had pineapple and the super did not. I was pleased to hear this as I am no fan of the pineapple on the burger. Maybe a pizza and sparingly on the pineapple but a burger is no place for pineapple. But the super had egg and bacon but no cheese. No cheese on a burger well that is downright only half a burger in my book. Well in fact it may as well be not burger at all. So I ordered a Super burger with cheese. To which the Lovely One quickly jumped on the cheese band wagon.
But the question I leave you with is what sort of burger has no cheese. And if it has no cheese do you think it has the right stuff to be called a super burger?? I would say simply to the young people of the world NO!
Till Next Time Make Mine Super With Cheese Shop Keep,
Chops
Yesterday was the end of the gig I had been working on for a couple of days. Plenty of adventures there. Including meeting a former Nobel Peace Prize winner. But I will tell those stories another day. I was busy making sure everything was cool and doing signs and stuff. I got a call from one of the AV guys saying that the client for a breakfast turned up and wanted to add another 24 for breakfast. It is a little too late people less than 13 hours before the breakfast. The client also said they would be there at 4pm and this was 5.30. Did I mention that the necessary staff needed to add tables but had gone for the day seeing how late it was. The AV guy also mentioned that there was another guy wanting to grab some budweisers. What after 5.30 you want budweisers to set up for a breakfast. I was thinking if you want alcohol set up and then go get your stoopid budweisers.
I went up then and went and checked out things. The client was cool apart from wanting to add the 24 people. Which we then did and pulled off. So that was good and pleasing. Another victory for the House of Chops. But our semi house florist Crazy Rupert who is of European extraction (previously mentioned in the blog 14/3/2005) was there. He was very excited to see me saying things like oh you can get me the budweisers. We don’t stock budweiser Rupert. Yes you do all the time. No We don’t stock budweiser we never have. You do You do he insisted. The switch in my brain clicked. Rupert do you mean Bud Vases. Yes Yes budweisers. I then called the serfs to come and give crazy Rupert his precious budweisers I mean Bud Vases.
Till Next Time Know the Difference Between Budweiser and Bud Vases It Will Save Much Confusion,
Chops
Gentle Reader,
Had a very quiet day and got myself ready for the big conference. It starts the day after next and has generated about 5-6 pages of changes. Which by the way is a lot. The organisers are organised but the committee behind them are not so organised. Lots of VIP’s so that should cause a few headaches including visits from the Police and such.
I thought it would be good to keep the blog a rolling. I have had some random thoughts recently and thought I would share them with you.
Advertisers are confusing me. Recently with two different products they have matched the claims of the advertsing guys. Firstly underwear. My underwear claims to be the most comfortable in the world. And it in fact it is. So much so I have bought more than one pair. I am not sure exactly why. It may have something to do with the material it is made out of and it has something to do with the cut of them as well. But the good folks who desing and them make them must wear them themselves because they truly are the most comfortable unides in the world. And before the smarties out there suggest that yes g-strings are comfortable for men as well, they are actually boxer style lycra numbers. In a very nice manly light blue colour.
The other is my razor. The sad part is that last time I tried a new razor it was given to me and was the closest shave I ever had. So the good folks at the razor company release the new razor and say it is in fact the closest shave you’ve ever had. I am a bit of a sucker for anything new. Any new food item I usually am the first one to try it. But the Police State had bought the new whizz bang razor and said it was the best shave he ever had. My razor went missing when I got back from O.S. So I thought I would give it a burl. As weird as it feels it really is the best shave a man could ever have.
So what is up with you advertisers telling us the truth. We have been taught over many years not to trust you people and then you trick us by telling the truth. It is a very low thing to do to us poor not so smart consumers.
Till Next Time Trust No One Especially If They May Actually Be Telling The Truth,
Chops
When I was younger (much younger than today) I was part of a ministry team. We would do drama and sing – no dancing! and minister in rural churches. This all happened around 14 yrs ago. Recently a couple that I met on those trips visited my church.
The Lovely One happened to be with me this Sunday. I left her for just a moment. I had introduced everyone briefly before I ducked away. We left after Church as you do. I said to the Lovely One oh you got to meet that
couple behind us. Oh Yes she said. They introduced themselves again and asked if we were together and how we had met. The Lovely One told them yes and the short version of the story. They then asked ther Lovely One if she had long term intentions for our relationship. I felt so bad for the Lovely One.
I am quite well known in my Church. It is quite a small denomination so most people know each other. But it seems every time the Lovely One meets people not from my local church they either do the following. Oh you must be the Lovely One I have heard so much about you. Which would make anyone feel a little concerned. Another reaction is Oh you’re dating Chops. Why? Do you know what he is like? Or my favourite is Do you intend marrying him or something along those lines. I am not sure if that aligns itself well with the Do you know what he is like question.
When it boils down to it, I can really feel the love. It is just a little weird to be on the end of that sort of love.
Till Next Time Feel The Love,
Chops