Adventures of one who is totally floored.

As you may have guessed from the blog Mr Chops is a pretty social creature. I gain energy from being around people generally. Some people have the distinct opposite affect on me however.

But today on my day off I did something unusual for me. I went to the movies by myself. I did call a friend to see if they wanted to go see it with me but they had already seen the fillum I was about to see. So I ventured down to the local miniplex to the see the fillum.

The movies in the morning on a Wednesday does attract a “different” sort of crowd. There were a couple of uni age people. They were pretty cool but they had to comment on how lame every preview looked. The during the movie they clucked away about how bad things in the movie were. I went and saw the Borat movie. I think people get suckered in to thinking it is a documentary on the Kazak style of life. It is a farce pure and simple but a bit of a mirror on American culture.

We also had the pensioners out for a big a morning who were speaking quite loudly during the previews and such. Thankfully they quietened down during the movie and all i could hear from them was laughter.

And then there was me. The guy who felt slightly uncomfortable at being alone in a activity usually enjoyed by one or more. I also noticed those around me a whole lot more than I usually do. And that bit i didn’t like too much.

Till Next Time There Is Safety In Numbers,

Chops

Just the other week readers would recall that Mr and Mrs Police State had only a month of expecting their new bundle of joy. Well in the tradition of the rest of this child’s pregnancy we are proud to announce that Little Police State entered the world last week a whole week early.

We were actually passing through their fair town on the way back from our holiday. Oh, by the way Mrs Lovely One and will be away for all of last week on holiday on a tropical isle. Oh yeah back to little Police State he is a real cutey and he pulls many old man faces for such a small child.

So Little Police State welcome to the world and may God continue to draw close to you and bless you richly through the journey of life.

Till Next Time Chops Is Clucky,

Chops

If you have not read the blog entry called the Good Shepherd do yourself a favour or today’s adventure in the world of Chops will make no sense.

The other night Mrs Lovely One and I went to the U2 concert in our town. It was situated in a very large stadium which holds 50 odd thousand people. We got there a bit early and were made to walk the long way around the stadium to get to the relevant gate. This was causing warning bells to go off in my head. This was a delibrate stalling technique to save a back log of people by keeping them busy with walking around the long way. We came around a corner and saw all number of barricades that formed a funnel shape. At the funnel stood about 2000 people. They let us through the next section which was a 100 metre walk onto the warm up track of the stadium.

Once at the warm up track we then walked through what looked like the world’s longest airline line. It was about 80 metres long and went through about 12 lanes. We were walked through this maze for around an hour at a pretty good speed. The line held a couple of thousand people. There no gaps and the lines got closer together at the end where you went up the hill over the bridge and into the stadium after the compulsory frisk, bag check and ticket scan.

The show was awesome by the way.

But there were a lot of negative comments about the crowd control. It was truly like a cattle run. But they had a couple of thousand people all supervised by 3 security guards. As a professional I was pretty jealous because it ran well. A little bit of a dehumanising act but the best possible way to control the crowd given the circumstances.

Till Next Time Moo!!,

Chops

I got an email today telling me it is only 9 weeks before the global youth ministry summit thing that I am goign to in South Africa. One of the things that they have asked us to do is bring a small gift for the 2-3 others from around the world you will be bunking down with.

Here are the challenges something small but not too small and stingy looking. But not too over the top so you are flaunting the fact you come from a 1st world nation. My fellow bunkee’s may not speak english or come from the first world. Which is kinda cool because their is a lot of sponsorship flying around to make this a truly global event.

So good wibbers get your thinking caps on and let me know what you think I should take. This competition is open for those inside and outside the Land of Chops to get a well rounded view.

Till Next Time You Decide,

Chops

One of the joys I have is working with mass numbers of that dreaded scourge of society “The PUBLIC”. It is funny what happens to people when they are in a crowd their collective I.Q drops 50 points and they just become plain old dumb. They no longer can ask questions they just stand in front of you and look blankly at you. They can’t read signs no matter how big or small they are.

We had a pretty busy show over the weekend and we set up a area with our ticket sellers with some rope and staunchions. We had nine sellers and people are hesitant to move up to an empty booth even thought the sellers are waving their hands and saying next please. The line was getting longer and more impatient so Chops comes to the rescue with his impressive control of the english language and flailing arms. I would direct people to the next available open seller. Kinda like those elctronic signs at the bank but in a more human form.

Someone said you are treating them like sheep. My reply is treating them with respect doesn’t work they just stand there but if you bark directions and flail your arm like a psycho scarecrow it seems to work. People deep down become like sheep when they are in a crowd and so the answer is to treat them like sheep and they don’t seem to mind.

Till Next Time Listen To Chops And He Will GUide You To Green Pastures,

Chops

I have already posted this on the wibsite proper but thought I would post it here as well to get maximum exposure. It looks like Mrs lovely One and I will be in Sydney on the weekend of the 15th to the 17th of December. So if you will be around that part of the world on those date head over to the wibsite and join the Oz Wibmeet December thread.

I am not sure where we are going or where we are staying. We shall have a hire car and Papa Lovely One’s GPS nav unit hopefully. Where would be a good place to dine? I know Dee was keen for us to dine at her version of the House of Rib’s.

Till Next Time What A Wonderful Time It Will Be,

Chops