Comments on: Room without a view

By: sooz

sooz — Wed, 31 Jan 2007 23:35:53 +0000

We stayed at a guest-house in France. Gorgeous! Farmhouse with flagstones – old cv in the garage complete with birds nesting in it – hilariously clichéd.

I had to share a bed with my ex-sister-in-law (non lesbian) and as I settled down to sleep I got a hefty waft of B.O.

I sniffed discreetly at my own arm pits (as you do!)
Nope.
I sniffed across at hers.
Nope.
Then I sniffed the sheets.

YUK!!!!!!

Sure enough – this gorge farmhouse had pit-stench on their sheets!

I also spoke French in Chamonix to a waitress – only to find we were both speaking French and she was from Scotland!!

We had to turn the sheets upside-down and no they didn’t smell of feet (thankyougod!)

By: Cliff

Cliff — Tue, 30 Jan 2007 21:15:22 +0000

Angry,

No, I was either in Megeve or Chamonix. Are you somehow saying this is my fault?

By: Mr Angry

Mr Angry — Tue, 30 Jan 2007 13:39:17 +0000

Dr J – There were 8 of us, 4 boys four girls, but only one couple. Still Grumpy though…

Heather – I only wish I was better at it.

Léonie – Obviously, ahem…

billboy – absolutely not.

cliff – You weren’t in Courchevel 1850 were you?…

BoT – Oh yes, it dumped on Tue/Wed so the second half of the week was very much mountain bound.

By: BoyOnTop

BoyOnTop — Tue, 30 Jan 2007 11:56:37 +0000

So, any snow then, or was this an involuntary drinking holiday on a mountain?

By: Cliff

Cliff — Tue, 30 Jan 2007 10:05:37 +0000

Angry –

The only time I have ever had a rubber matress was when I was on a skiing trip in France. Maybe it’s something to do with the altitude or simple mountain ways. Either way, I was not amused. Not enough to piss myself, anyway.

By: billyboy

billyboy — Mon, 29 Jan 2007 19:31:20 +0000

Not the sort of holiday bunk up one hopes for.

By: Léonie

Léonie — Mon, 29 Jan 2007 18:16:09 +0000

Anytime. And just so you know, I have seen adverts. Otherwise I wouldn’t know what they were, either. Definitely.

By: Heather

Heather — Mon, 29 Jan 2007 17:45:52 +0000

Well I did wonder, you know with your love of all things BMW..Snowboarding definitely the best way to get down a mountain.

By: Dr J

Dr J — Mon, 29 Jan 2007 17:44:11 +0000

So, Chalet, Bunk Beds, eight occupants and only one identified as female….

Does that make you Grumpy rather than Angry?

By: Mr Angry

Mr Angry — Mon, 29 Jan 2007 16:47:42 +0000

Léonie – I had to Google Tena Lady. Thanks. I knew what wet wipes were though.

drunk punk – I think we’ve all got one of those ‘friends’. I don’t mean me though, for clarification.

By: drunk punk

drunk punk — Mon, 29 Jan 2007 16:16:57 +0000

I have a friend who would love the rubber mattress. I don’t think I’ll say anymore about that though.

By: Léonie

Léonie — Mon, 29 Jan 2007 15:17:34 +0000

Did you get a complementary pack of Tena Lady and some wet wipes as well? I think that would have completed the gesture.

By: Mr Angry

Mr Angry — Mon, 29 Jan 2007 14:52:05 +0000

Heather – Snowboarding. Obviously. Because I am hip and cool and cannot ski.

By: Heather

Heather — Mon, 29 Jan 2007 14:19:36 +0000

Sounds like fun were you Snowboarding or skiing?

By: Mr Angry

Mr Angry — Mon, 29 Jan 2007 14:09:20 +0000

ella – only if you’re not too drunk to remember them in the first place.

JPT’s – The thought had crossed my mind…

greavsie – only in my joints greavsie, only in my joints.

Alan – If I didn’t know better, I’d say we knew each other.

By: Alan

Alan — Mon, 29 Jan 2007 13:33:24 +0000

So the “crinkling mattress” would have given you away for the surepticious midnight w*nk, or was the reason for hitting the bar just an excuse not to flick one of the wrist?

By: greavsie

greavsie — Mon, 29 Jan 2007 12:31:23 +0000

Lots of early morning creaking then?

By: Jimmy Page's Trousers

Jimmy Page's Trousers — Mon, 29 Jan 2007 11:27:37 +0000

If the chalet-owners are so used to basement bed-wetters that they felt it necessary to provide some ‘protection’, odds are pretty good that you’ve slept in a bed and possibly on a rubber sheet that people have taken a wee in/on.

Happy holidays.

By: ella

ella — Mon, 29 Jan 2007 09:54:31 +0000

Don’t you just love holidays!!!! fortunately the drunken memories remain in the head for longest, i find

By: Mr Angry

Mr Angry — Mon, 29 Jan 2007 09:37:35 +0000

Oli – To be fair to her, the room she had wasn’t much better. One on suite room and one shower between eight of us. Read the fine print!!!

M.C. Glammer – I didn’t wet the bed, and I didn’t find it funny. The other seven did though.

All – I am back and in one piece! I am just about to catch up on all the work emails that have accumulated wilst I was away, then I will drop back into last week to read all the nice ‘have a great time’, and ‘hope you come back in one piece’ messages that I’m sure you all left.