The List

Nov 5th, 2009

by Dan.

Like many bloggers I have an on-the-go list to record potential post ideas for future use. I’m not convinced that this adds anything to the quality of what I spew out here, but it does sometimes give me something to write about when otherwise my mind is blank.

Here’s a small extract from my list that hints at what you lucky people might be reading here at All That Comes With It over the next few weeks. Warning, contains spoilers:

Hate having to pay for ketchup
Pictures of muddy boots
Dinner vs Lunch

Pretty thrilling stuff eh? Perhaps this blog should come with caveat that it shouldn’t be read by pregnant women and people with heart conditions.

But this list doesn’t always steer me right however. I was flicking through it this evening trying to figure out if I had the energy to post when I noticed a couple of entries I made after waking up at 3am this morning.

New word: Tonither
Play on words on Obi-Wan Kenobi: Oh bee? One ken no bee! – work out joke with this as punchline.

It seems that 3am is not my most creative time of the day. Or my most lucid.

Still, after contemplating them for a while I was able to add another idea to my list:

Lazy post about crap post ideas

Job done.

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34 Comments on “The List”

#1 Sally, Who's the Mummy
on Nov 5th, 2009 at 9:20 pm

Actually, I have fairly strong views on the whole lunch/dunner issue being a native Northerner who moved South for 12 years and is currently back in the North. It’s a minefield, I tell ya…
Sally, Who’s the Mummy´s last blog ..Magical Moments of Parenting #205

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Dan Reply:
November 5th, 2009 at 11:33 pm
@Sally, Who’s the Mummy, My views are also rather strong, and I battle daily with every other member of my family. You were born in Yorkshire, therefore the afternoon meal is DINNER damnit!!!

As I say, a post is coming.

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#2 Josie @Sleep is for the Weak
on Nov 5th, 2009 at 9:21 pm

A-ha! Oldest blogging trick in the book. Write a post about how you don’t know what to write about… I do it quite frequently.

Will look forward to the Obi-Wan joke (you know you’re committed to that one now right?)
Josie @Sleep is for the Weak´s last blog ..Available to Hire

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Dan Reply:
November 5th, 2009 at 11:34 pm
@Josie @Sleep is for the Weak, how dare you insinuate I was out of ideas!

I am insulted to my very core.

(I spent about two hours today trying to work out how to make that Obi-Wan joke work. Can’t be done)

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#3 SingleParentDad
on Nov 5th, 2009 at 9:26 pm

You stole my (scraps of paper with scribble on) pending list dude.
SingleParentDad´s last blog ..Signing the homework diary

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Dan Reply:
November 5th, 2009 at 11:35 pm
@SingleParentDad, I thought your list was in the form of a excel spreadsheet?

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#4 Mwa
on Nov 5th, 2009 at 9:32 pm

Very funny! And exactly what I do, too.
Mwa´s last blog ..The Sternum Tales – Final Installment & My library – Part I

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Dan Reply:
November 5th, 2009 at 11:35 pm
@Mwa, even the 3am stuff? I’m pretty sure that’s how all surrealist artists first started: by blearily jotting down ideas in the middle of the night

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#5 JJ Daddy-O
on Nov 5th, 2009 at 9:42 pm

I have so much crap in my “drafts” folder on Blogger, it ain’t even funny….

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Dan Reply:
November 5th, 2009 at 11:36 pm
@JJ Daddy-O, I actually have no drafts currently, my list is just a set of three or four word trigger sentences.

I have no idea what 80% of them refer to.

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#6 Martin
on Nov 5th, 2009 at 10:04 pm

I have a few pre-pregnancy drafts just sitting there. Maybe next time around.
Martin´s last blog ..25

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Dan Reply:
November 5th, 2009 at 11:37 pm
@Martin, I think we’ve all heard quite enough about your semen thank you.

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Martin Reply:
November 5th, 2009 at 11:38 pm
@Dan, I’m oddly hurt…
Martin´s last blog ..25

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Dan Reply:
November 5th, 2009 at 11:40 pm
@Martin, it’s probably your testicles aching

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Martin Reply:
November 5th, 2009 at 11:42 pm
@Dan, That’s a whole other story.

Still hurt though.
Martin´s last blog ..25

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#7 Insomniac Mummy
on Nov 5th, 2009 at 10:26 pm

I wish I had a list! Mine are usually spur of the moment ramblings, which probably explains alot….
Insomniac Mummy´s last blog ..Nursery nerves…..

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Dan Reply:
November 5th, 2009 at 11:37 pm
@Insomniac Mummy, you can borrow mine if you want.

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#8 Seattledad
on Nov 5th, 2009 at 10:55 pm

Crappy comment.

Check.
Seattledad´s last blog ..The Darndest Things

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Dan Reply:
November 5th, 2009 at 11:38 pm
@Seattledad, follow up comment.

Check

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#9 MrsW
on Nov 5th, 2009 at 11:43 pm

I have a draft post and all it says is “Loud sweary baby horse in the morning me”

Buggered if I know what it’s meant to prompt me to write.

I might have to make something up… it’s sitting there all smug just daring me to.
MrsW´s last blog ..9:30am past the woods and through the fields collecting worms

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Dan Reply:
November 5th, 2009 at 11:46 pm
@MrsW, isn’t that one of the lines from “I am the Walrus”?

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#10 Darren
on Nov 6th, 2009 at 2:06 am

I’m wondering how to pronounce “tonither.” Does it start like “tonight?”
Darren´s last blog ..Happy Halloween

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Dan Reply:
November 6th, 2009 at 1:34 pm
@Darren, I think I intended it to be a fusion of “together” and “neither”. I remember seriously thinking it was a great idea for a post.

In the cold light of day I think I was probably wrong.

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#11 Rol
on Nov 6th, 2009 at 2:43 pm

Ah, the curse of the 3am idea. I have them so often, and they always seem like genius… until you read them again the next morning.
Rol´s last blog ..Comics Come Out

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Dan Reply:
November 6th, 2009 at 9:47 pm
@Rol, I wouldn’t mind if it wasn’t such a disapointmetn that you haven’t come up with next blockbuster movie idea after all.

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#12 Gary
on Nov 6th, 2009 at 5:34 pm

I wouldn’t bother doing a post on the dinner/lunch argument.

Its dinner.

Everyone else is wrong.
Gary´s last blog ..Mary I, Queen of Scots

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Dan Reply:
November 6th, 2009 at 9:47 pm
@Gary, perhaps you’re right.

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#13 Gary
on Nov 6th, 2009 at 5:36 pm

PS,

I thought of a fantastic idea for a post when being driven in my brothers car yesterday, we extrapolated it at length during our journey and it was very funny.

Can I remember what it was now ?

Can I heck-as-like
Gary´s last blog ..Mary I, Queen of Scots

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#14 Kevin Spencer
on Nov 6th, 2009 at 6:24 pm

A post about ketchup? I can’t wait. Seriously. Ketchup just happens to be one of those things in life that deserves all the attention it can get. And HP Brown Sauce obviously.
Kevin Spencer´s last blog ..Those Kats

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Dan Reply:
November 6th, 2009 at 9:48 pm
@Kevin Spencer, my post involves the fury i experience at havign to pay 5p for one of those tiny sachets of them at cafes.

BASTARDS!!!

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#15 Rosie Scribble
on Nov 6th, 2009 at 9:27 pm

Absolutely brilliant and hilariously funny!
Rosie Scribble´s last blog ..Mistaken for Madeleine

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Dan Reply:
November 6th, 2009 at 9:49 pm
@Rosie Scribble, why thank you.

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#16 Jeff
on Nov 9th, 2009 at 4:41 am

Bravo… thrilling stuff. I too have woken up at 3 a.m. thinking I was more clever than I actually am.
Jeff´s last blog ..For real…

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Dan Reply:
November 10th, 2009 at 12:51 pm
@Jeff, to be fair though Jeff, hamsters wake up at 3am thinking they were more clever than you.

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