Friday 1 April 2011

The Great Mango Smoothie Disaster


I had a short but passionate affair with smoothies
which ended abruptly one Friday lunchtime...

lessons learned:

1.
shake smoothie with lid ON
2.
if planning to cover oneself
in bright yellow mango smoothie
choose Friday because it is quietest day

3.
keep bumper pack of wet wipes
in office at all times

4.
do not wear cashmere
when drinking mango smoothies

5.
do not wear dry clean only skirt
when drinking mango smoothies

6.
be familiar with quickest exit to car park
7.
ignore people staring at you...
pretend you are installation art

8.
black suede reviver is excellent product

9.
you CAN wash and dry your hair
in less than 20 minutes

10.
air freshener will remove toxic smell...
eventually

11.
keyboards can be replaced
12.
there is no disaster so great
that the human spirit cannot recover...
eventually.


it is a metaphor for life, no?

*****

off to Cornwall tomorrow
(planning to sleep for a week)

23 comments:

  1. I've never liked smoothies.

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  2. scot - in lower caseApril 01, 2011

    probably another reason not to have heated seats in the car...

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  3. Interessante lezione di vita

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  4. In bocca la spremuta - non sopra la jupa !

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  5. Oh my word Mrs M that is a good one, sorry to laugh, but mango is a bit glutinous and um yellow.

    Did similar once when at work, we were all on diet's, decided Tuna salad was the way forward, big mistake. Tuna tin spat stinky oil all over my blouse, not my finest hour.

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  6. Eeek! Have a lovely mango-free time in Cornwall.

    K x

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  7. I can promise you that ketchup is not so easily washed out of hair. It has a scent that tends to linger ...

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  8. MrsM will always be my fruit of the forest

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  9. I'm not laughing... honestly... well not much...

    Have a lovely sleep in Cornwall!

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  10. Instructions to Catering staff.
    Immediate menu change for Sunday.
    Cancel proposed dessert of Ginger ice cream with fresh Mango,
    Replace with more traditional fruit pie and custard.
    Head chef

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  11. Oh boy. Hopefully things in Cornwall will be less sticky.
    Eager to read your post and see pics upon your return.

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  12. enjoy your time away.
    not a big fan of the mango in any form.

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  13. Oh, sudden awful memory of a similar encounter with a strawberry smoothie in a similar office situation!
    Have a good break.

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  14. I have to say, you handled that well!

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  15. I am going to strongly focus on no.1
    You might be on your way to Cornwall right now and probably won't even care about mangoes anymore.
    Good.

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  16. Is (are?) the plural mangos or mangoes ?

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  17. Pff pff pff.... (muffled laughter)... I knew an unscrewed-on lid would feature somewhere!

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  18. Pretend you are installation art?

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  19. I do that with coffee too frequently (not the shaking part, the spilling everywhere - I'm not quite so silly as to try and shake a hot cup of brown)

    Enjoy Cornwall :)

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  20. I am now remembering a similar situation, early in my tenure here, with coffee -- which is probably not as bad as mango smoothie, but was definitely bad enough.

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  21. Oh dear Mango smoothie and cashmere.....they are the best though aren't they!! :-)

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  22. I will survive ....

    cue falsetto tones of Gloria Gaynor etc

    on quick boil pasta and baked beans. Might even make myself a coffee cake over the weekend if I pace myself

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  23. Mmm.....I have just soaked myself in 20, yes 20 unread posts. Its a good thing you are away this week..I couldn't have caught up.
    Thanks for the fun.

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