Double trouble on Valentines

Lass’s worlds collide on loved-up day

OH what a tangled web we weave…

Young Toowoomba lass was showered in Valentine’s Day wishes this week… more than she had bargained for perhaps.

While boyfriend No. 1 was away with work, boyfriend No. 2 happened to ride into town from his digs in northern NSW.

Things got a little awkward though when both arrived to shower her in Valentine’s blessings on Thursday.

SHORT AND SWEET

ON THE topic of romantics, Toowoomba bloke couldn’t resist sending his ex-wife a Valentine’s message on Thursday.

While not usually one for brevity, the message simply read: “Happy VD.”

IT’S ONLY A GAME

BARMAN about town has been spruiking to customers and mates about the pub’s recent acquisition of a pool table.

Something of a keen pub games man himself, he challenged all and sundry to game on the bright new table but unfortunately has yet to register a win.

EARLY OPENERS

GROUP of Toowoombaites took in a trip to the North recently and climbed aboard a 6am flight from Brisbane.

Once above the clouds, a flight attendant asked if the group wanted anything from the catering trolley.

Jokingly, lass leaned over her mate and suggested to the attendant that he beside her would like a beer.

“Is that possible?” our man chimed in, having been refused early booze service on other flights.

“Why yes,” the attendant replied, much to the surprise of the group, “there are no restrictions on our flights, the bar is open 24 hours.”

She might have been pulling our man’s leg at the time, but the friend also accepted the challenge of an early morning beer at 10,000m.

FLEEING THE FLOOD

FORMER Toowoomba man is now an engineer in Townsville where he is also a member of the Townsville Disaster Management Team.

A mate in Toowoomba was travelling north and so called the former Toowoomba bloke to see how things were with Townsville being in flood.

“The airport is still open at the moment, so you’ll have no problems landing but the roads are cut out of the city,” the engineer told his mate.

“Okay,” said the Toowoomba mate, “I’ll see you up there on Saturday.”

“Oh, I won’t be here,” the engineer replied, “I’m flying out to Adelaide in the morning.”

The engineer assured his mate that the Adelaide trip had been planned for some months and that he wasn’t skipping out on his Disaster Management Team obligations.

MAFS-SIVE FANS

TRIO stranded due to the same natural disaster recently has developed a rather unhealthy obsession with a trashy TV show.

Having found themselves barricaded inside due to torrential and unrelenting rain, said trio turned on the tele in search of something to watch other than news covering what they could see outside the door.

The only program offering entertainment value? Married

At First Sight.

What they didn’t realise was how addictive - and divisive the show would become.

Each viewing was followed by a MAFS debate, about which couple would last and just how ridiculous some of the brides and grooms were.

While the trio began watching begrudgingly, the group has become quite a fan and has taken to scheduling all social outings around screenings.

THE ART OF CLEANING

IF ONE man’s trash is another’s treasure, then one man’s dirty desk is another’s artistic masterpiece.

Office worker with a particular habit of accumulating dirty coffee cup rings on his white desk was stunned into silence arriving at work this week.

After months (possibly a year) of suggestive comments from a colleague he clean up the murky brown rings for hygiene reasons (among others), our lad had steadfastly refused, or simply forgotten.

So on getting to work, he was astonished to see not only had his colleague cleaned every inch of his desk, but photographed the filthy coffee rings and framed it. The framed masterpiece now proudly hangs in the lad’s home.

DODGY DIVER

AMATEUR snorkeller has discovered a disclaimer that should come with every reef diving tour booking: snorkels don’t float.

Tourist in the tropical north had to abandon her efforts to find Nemo after losing her mask and snorkel to the sea swell. Either it sunk or was eaten by a shark stalking the shallow waters.