I used to in a previous job. They brought in a thing where if your birthday fell on your usual shift day, you got it off at full pay.

That’s really great to hear!

Awesome! Did it do what it said on the tin? Did you make the mental shift so that you didn’t want to smoke after? Or do you ever feel tempted?

You might try Allen Carr’s easyway book, it’s meant to make you give up in a way that you don’t even want to smoke anymore, rather than fighting the urge. I’m a non smoker so I can’t give my personal experience on it. But it was recommended by some former smokers on the ukcasual community. I bought a used copy for a colleague, but I don’t work there anymore, so I’ll try to catch up with him sometime and find out how he went with it. I’m currently reading Carr’s other book, The Nicotine Conspiracy, and I’m finding it very interesting. (I have an ebook copy of his easyway book if you want it).

That’s okay. The GF actually stands for gayfriend.

Microwave for water?! I am going to spontaneously combust with rage, and you can use the heat to boil the water for your tea properly! 😡🥵🔥☕👍🏽 🇬🇧

It’s obvious. A sealion in a hat!

(I hope at least one person gets the reference)

It’s not even innuendo, it’s just overt! “That’s what s/he said” comes up every five minutes!

Yep. Just watch any of Thunderfoot’s musk videos and you’ll see that clip featured at least once.

That might be a bit awkward given I’m a woman!

It’s tricky, because I would feel worse if anyone asked if I was okay. I’m very much an introvert and would just reply with I’m fine, or just pretend to not have heard you. But other people might appreciate the offer of a tissue and a chat.

My therapist actually has blue hair though…

Well, I mean, I didn’t do it on purpose. I prefer to go somewhere private if I need a good cry, but when that’s not an option, if I gotta let it out, I’m gonna let it out. I care less about strangers seeing me cry than people I know.

My android 6 tablet and my android 13 phone both do it when I have earphones in.

You can get away with it in London. Source: experience.

You can cry on the tube and the bus, and the rule of “don’t make eye contact” means everyone just leaves you the heck alone and lets you get on with it it peace. I’ve twice cried while serving customers (after being bullied by a manager, two different jobs) and customers just try to get out of there. They might look at you a bit concerned but they mostly mind their own business.

What about blue whales?

I knew, even as I wrote it, that a trolleybus was beneath their contempt.

I used to buy mealworm for the garden birds, and I can confirm this warning is needed. I used to get told off by one bird if I took too long giving him his worms.

Here he is:

What if all the passengers were billionaires?

Depends, I guess. It does nothing for period pains with me, but when I burst my ear drum last month, it took the pain from excruciating to manageable.