Reproduction

Well, it was my first 'profound' post, and someone decided to reproduce it in its entirety over at their place.
I don't know whether I feel chuffed or not.

Getting more than a bit pissed off

My faux-housemate, who arrived late one night clutching a plane ticket from Malaysia and wearing a badge saying 'Please take care of this bear' (not actually true) is now officially Someone I Do Not Like.
It takes a great deal of hard, sustained work to achieve this, and so let's go back and see how Hee did it.

1) Walked into the local Blockbuster in order to find my house. Got people who only wanted pizza, coke and a film to bring him to me.

2) Turned up at my front door clutching plane ticket pathetically in one hand, as if expecting another baggage check.

3) Five minutes after I took a gamble accepting a complete stranger into my house at night, he tries to sell me Sagee (TM) tablets. Also asks me if I suffer from leg pain as a result of alcohol abuse (all Europeans suffer from alcohol abuse, apparently), as he has something I can coat my feet with at night to help with this. I diplomatically decline. He accepts a ham sandwich after his long journey, but spends a minute examning it and then leaves it. When I left the room for 20 seconds, I hear the bin lid swing. Sandwich miraculously gone on my return.

4) Next day he wanders into my room and points at the computer, demanding that I watch a CD-ROM for Sagee (TM) brain enhancing tablets. I inform him that my PC doesn't work (it does). He asks if the Playstation will run it. I say no. (It wouldn't) At this point I tell him I don't want to buy anything. Nicely.

5) Next day my food starts disappearing. No evidence.

6) My housemate Danny has not asked any of the rest of us if he can stay. Hee has not asked us, either. It's been three weeks now. Khalil who only moved in last weekend, actually thought Hee was his housemate.

7) He drank all my tea.

8) I caught him nicking a packet of crisps from Claire's cupboard. He makes his daily special of fried eggs drowned in Soy sauce, accompanied by pilchards in tomato sauce, with rice. This stinks out the house. He looks down on anything I make. "You eat pizza?"... "Yes."... "Ho! (laughs) Okay..."

9) He makes late-night shouting phone calls.

10) Last night, he started playing music. I assume, Malaysian music. At 1am.

...and breathe.

The Final Thought

I think it was Sir Winston Churchill (I don't have a quotes book that goes past his war speeches) that said 'We shape our living environment, thereafter, it shapes us.'.
Maybe we can stretch that a little.
Humanity...look at the world around you. How much input and control have you had in the way the world is today?
How do you feel?

No further comments your honour. I'm off on holiday. I will be being intentionally shallow. No more profound thoughts for a week or two.