Well I never

They say you never stop learning and that's definitely been the case over the last week. Before I go into the details I should preface it by saying almost nothing I've learnt over the last few days is likely to be of any use to me in future. Allow me to demonstrate:

- McDonald's do a crème brûlée McFlurry. My experience of crème brûlées is limited but I'm betting it bore little to no resemblance of that particular flavour. I also managed to confuse two separate employees when ordering it, in fact one of them even said "I have no idea what that is".

- A walk around the perimeter of Stanley Park is a hell of a lot colder in January than it is in August.

- Expressing myself without using bullet points is hard.

- Taking phone calls when I'm on a webcam chat is a bad idea.

- A banjo looks like a magnifying glass.

- Greg can say no to food. I know, I find this one hard to believe as well. Suddenly one evening whilst the four of us were enjoying a meal the one man food-o-matic turned down some burger in favour of a few salad scraps. Henry Jones Junior put it best: "You're insulting them and you're embarrassing me. Eat it."

- Most people think snow is crap.

It's been pretty slow at work recently but it's just the calm before the Olympic storm. I won't start talking about the Olympics though as that usually results in me swearing a lot. Spent some time re-watching classic films (that's right, Jingle All The Way is on that list) and catching up on some British culture in the form of old sitcoms. I've also caught myself thinking about when I come home, but almost immediately stopped myself. It's five months today but to honest I don't want to think about it. In fact, I don't even want to talk about it.