Ok. This story is one of the reasons I have written this blog under a pseudonym. I think it makes for good reading, but potentially volatile career wise and some people may not appreciate the sense of humour in some cases.
But first of all I felt I needed a name. This little piece of silly was written in a crowded bus after a weeks skiing etc in Queenstown. I felt I was being pretty normal sitting there writing calmly into a PDA, but in retrospect probably looked like some sort of deranged bum grinning manically into my palm occasionally looking around furtively for conspirators.
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Bored on the bus trying to think up names for my possible blog alter ego, this in itself could constitute an entry.....
Dr. Cool McTuff: has all the elements I want but lacks subtlety and technically I am not a true md yet.
Grobag: again, contains some elements that hint at the filth etc that will surely follow, but I have used it in the past and may face legal battles if I re hash.
Porthos: the character always intrigued me, un original but worth a mention.
Padraig Rodriguez: always been curious what a red moustached spic would be capable of; would he use his power for good or silly? Potentially the best or worst of both worlds, would explain a lot if you think about it.....
Pugrand: made it up, sounds sort of like a glorified down syndrome stunt double. "Quick, Pugrand, run in front of that train and narrowly avoid death so (insert short actors name here) doesn't fill his nappy". Cousin to Pigrand, brother of Pugrette.
I think the tween next to me read some of that, she edged away for no reason.
Ultra bored, sorry in advance, but if I am going to have a good mental spew I need a fitting name.
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And that is how to fill in time on a bus. But as usual, I have another tangent to explore. Namely, the name of this entry and the name of this blog. Leads me to a good natured story of whimsy and good old fashioned romance. A tale for the whole family.
I had the good fortune to escort a colleague (an actual colleague, not just someone from my life who would cave in my head with a tyre iron for mentioning this story in a public accessible forum….) to a place that has good food and service and wine. A restaurant. She was charming, I was awkward. We discussed weighty contemporary issues and I felt that I did have a place in my heart for this person. Consider this noble sentiment later on in this recounting and it will sooth your venomous thoughts about my depravity. So the evening continued. I had “borrowed” a work vehicle to allow me to follow social forms when escorting the lady about town. Opening doors, laying my coat in the mud so she could keep her booties clean, that sort of stuff.
So the romance was reaching a crescendo. I was dropping the lady back to her car at our place of work so she could return home to rest and reflect on her night of good clean conversation and ponder the future. But aforementioned romance was creeping in and suffocating us both as we sat and said our respectful goodbyes. I leaned in and almost brotherly pecked the lady goodnight, as a gentleman would. She was understandably flushed and demurely backed away from my advances. So sitting in this dark car park, at work in a work vehicle feeling dejected and more then a little heartbroken I was caught by surprise by this lady.

She pounced like a starving cheetah. This gazelle was, willingly, I’ll admit, caught in the clutches of a wild animal that wanted to gorge. All rational thoughts of security guards and becoming a headline due to my sex related dismissal from work faded from my mind as this gorgeous animal tore me to shreds. In the restricting confines of the work car front seat clothes were efficiently discarded where necessary and a comfortable, though unconventional posture was achieved. A load bearing part of this was my hand on the steering wheel. I felt pretty cool at this stage. It was a very cold night and the car was fogged up to the max. giving the space a “misty” feel. Yes, that’s my link to the title. Very very flimsly I know.
Back to the misty cabin. Things went very well. The “meeting” in the carpark was a success, all parties were happy. I had to take a half time break and take an unpanted walk to seclusion to relieve myself. This, combined with the rocking of the car was starting to make me wary of detection. But I pushed these thoughts aside and resumed my work in the work car in the carpark of work. This was not very late at night, it was silly. But comfortableness with the load bearing steering wheel playing, you got it, the third wheel (!) was achieved once again. Now, as happens in events of this nature, an end had to occur. I am only human after all and this woman was driving me crazy. In a moment of lunacy, as things peaked for me, I moved my hand from the top of the steering wheel to the horn. So, imagine my feelings at this stage.
I felt immense pleasure, gut wrenching surprise as to why my climax had resulted in a really loud horn going off and as I realised what was happening, fear. I had visions of a security guard coming to find two half naked sweaty employees in a work vehicle after hours forced, grinning to give them up to the FBI for questioning. But above all I felt happy and thought this was hilarious. It was an accident, but I think that deep down some part of me must have known that it would be hilarious to adjust my hand at that exact moment and cause the panic.
The look on the ladies face was a twisted reflection of my sentiments. She had more of the fear I think. She was still beautiful, laughing and throwing her clothes on expecting at any second to be invaded by an old man carrying a torch. I was hysterically convulsing with laughter by now, defending my innocence.
No one got the sack that day and the title of a blog was born.