Manifestations of Mind

• Corn, corned beef and spam fritters. From maninblack in Manifestations of Mind (1463 days old)

  Why is it called CORNED BEEF? It has no sodding corn in it. If it had those foul little bits of corn in it then I wouldn’t eat it. One of the least known facts is that there has only ever been … more

• Dogging...a final solution. From maninblack in Manifestations of Mind (1464 days old)

  Dogging. A member of a website that I am a moderator for asked for suggestions as to what he should do to amuse himself at the expense of the local doggers. For those not in the know dogging is … more

• MiB Promises to Write More Often. From maninblack in Manifestations of Mind (1465 days old)

  I must write more often. I must write more often. I must write more often. I must write more often. I must write more often. I must write more often. I thought I would write a few lines in the… more

• The Noble Art Of Rubber Dicking! From maninblack in Manifestations of Mind (1501 days old)

  A military thought occurred to me today. As a young NCO I was always being rubber dicked by the RSM or one of the other senior NCOs. About five minutes ago, whilst giving birth to an otter, it dawn… more

• Harry Potter And The Rectal Prolapse From maninblack in Manifestations of Mind (1578 days old)

  So, the latest improbably named book has been released, the queues have gone and the wife has read it from cover to cover within 23 hours. Whilst she was out yesterday I had a conversation with the… more

• Bars, Smoking and Murphy. From maninblack in Manifestations of Mind (1582 days old)

  I had to go to Ireland on business this week. Not one of my favourite destinations as it is a bit too familiar. I had a couple of Murphy’s finest and a bar snack before retiring to a sweaty room fo… more

• Biff Chits, Bosses, Headhunters and Getting Old. From maninblack in Manifestations of Mind (1590 days old)

  Five years ago, when I sold my own business, I was unemployable. I had gone through 150 job applications, over 50 interviews and received 3 verbal job offers that all failed to materialise. One compa… more

• I’ve Reached That Age When....! From maninblack in Manifestations of Mind (1596 days old)

  About a year ago I noticed a tickle on the underside of my nose. I kept rubbing it and it went away only to come back a few minutes later. After some initial investigation and a minute in front… more

• Mice and Screaming Women. From maninblack in Manifestations of Mind (1599 days old)

  We have mice in the kitchen. A couple of days ago I saw a shadow scuttle across the kitchen floor as I walked into the room. With a house that is almost 110 years old you are going to get mice occa… more

• The Tooth Fairy and Other Lies. From maninblack in Manifestations of Mind (1599 days old)

  We spend so much of our time trying to get our children to be honest in their relationships. We punish them when they tell lies yet at the same time we perpetrate some giant porkies on our kids. … more

• Collecting Money In Toilets. From maninblack in Manifestations of Mind (1611 days old)

  I am back from the land of ham and cheese baguettes. I have seen few examples of progress in France since I first went there in 1977. The police are still divided into different types who all compe… more

• Poppies, Slaughter and Family Honour. From maninblack in Manifestations of Mind (1615 days old)

  On Sunday morning, probably after you read this, I will set off for my biannual trip to Paris Airshow. In June as you drive down the A1 from Lille to Paris the poppies of the Somme valley are in full … more

• Visiting The Lost Uncle. From maninblack in Manifestations of Mind (1615 days old)

  This afternoon I had to do one of my least favourite things…..ironing. Tomorrow morning I have to drive to Paris for the air show, yes that time is upon us again. I love some bits of Paris air show… more

• Management By Bean Counting. From maninblack in Manifestations of Mind (1618 days old)

  I identified a problem with a product at work. We hand make these things and I thought that this was frankly ludicrous when we owned a machine that could make parts of the item for next to nothing w… more

• Pulling Arses Out of Fires. From maninblack in Manifestations of Mind (1620 days old)

  This week started off just the same as the past few weeks. I know that I have targets to achieve in the working week. Some I set for myself and others are set for me. Every week however produces a … more

• Chickens, Dickens, Teachers and Aardvarks. From maninblack in Manifestations of Mind (1620 days old)

  I know the title sounds like a firm of lawyers but I have to attract your attention somehow. Back to the subject of school. What is it with teachers at the local school? They inform the childr… more

• Dressmaking for Men In Night Vision Goggles. From maninblack in Manifestations of Mind (1620 days old)

  The wife informed me on Friday night that we had until Tuesday to produce a costume for our 10 year old daughter who was playing the role of an apple seller in the school production of Oliver Twist. … more

• Nobody Likes A Bullshitter. From maninblack in Manifestations of Mind (1621 days old)

  A fact; nobody likes a bullshitter. They make the world go round, every industry has them and some even manage to spiral upwards by leaving each position before they are caught. The military however h… more

• Bratwurst and Archduke Ferdinand. From maninblack in Manifestations of Mind (1621 days old)

  I have never been a loyal supermarket customer, in fact I will shop anywhere except Tescos on the grounds that their morals and customer service stink. One day I will rant about Tescos and it won’t ju… more

• Laptops....The Devil's Computer. From maninblack in Manifestations of Mind (1623 days old)

  I have been writing this on a laptop. Have you got one? Have you ever tried working on one? I am not the smallest man on the planet, in fact, having a 48 inch chest makes using a laptop very int… more

• Big Gay Dave...The Bad Heterosexual. From maninblack in Manifestations of Mind (1623 days old)

  Big Gay Dave. I first met Dave about 4 years ago in the pub across the road. Dave is blonde, athletic and 6 feet 8 inches. It would be logical to assume that he would be knee deep in women. I… more

• Trolls without Billy Goats From maninblack in Manifestations of Mind (1623 days old)

  Have you ever had to deal with a troll? There are certain creatures on the interweb thingy that just get off on causing trouble. MiB is a moderator for a military website and on this site we have h… more

• The Evening Meal From maninblack in Manifestations of Mind (1623 days old)

  This evening we all ended up in the local plastic pizza chain being served by Mr Scarface; Just my luck. On duty were the 19 year old pretty one with the dark hair and the one in her early twenties wi… more

• Day One From maninblack in Manifestations of Mind (1623 days old)

  I got bored whilst feeding lunch to the kids and doing the laundry. You may wonder why I am doing laundry on a work day.....perhaps you don't wonder or even care. I don't care whether you care or … more

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