Toy Rescue
Nov. 25th, 2006 09:38 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
alobearAbout twelve years ago, I was walking round Manchester city centre with my mum, when I spotted a tiny teddy bear lying in the road. He was completely flattened and had a tyre track across his nose. Needless to say, I took him home, gave him a wash, named him Hornby (10 points to anyone who can work out why!), and he is still in my stuffed toy collection.
Two years ago, I got a job in London, which turned out to be awful and made my physically ill. At the office, there was a small, incredibly dirty, stuffed turtle jammed between the struts of a desk lamp. When I left the company, I took him with me, gave him a wash, named him Wibble (because that's pretty much all I could say after five months in that job), and he is still part of my stuffed toy collection. He's actually a very important part of my collection, because he reminds me that anything that doesn't kill you makes you stronger - we both managed to escape that awful place, and we're now both a lot happier.
Yesterday, Dave presented me with a small, very dirty Bagpuss he had found abandoned in one of the aisles at Budgens. He's already got a name, but I'm about to give him a wash and add him to my stuffed toy collection!
Two years ago, I got a job in London, which turned out to be awful and made my physically ill. At the office, there was a small, incredibly dirty, stuffed turtle jammed between the struts of a desk lamp. When I left the company, I took him with me, gave him a wash, named him Wibble (because that's pretty much all I could say after five months in that job), and he is still part of my stuffed toy collection. He's actually a very important part of my collection, because he reminds me that anything that doesn't kill you makes you stronger - we both managed to escape that awful place, and we're now both a lot happier.
Yesterday, Dave presented me with a small, very dirty Bagpuss he had found abandoned in one of the aisles at Budgens. He's already got a name, but I'm about to give him a wash and add him to my stuffed toy collection!
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Date: 2006-11-29 06:18 pm (UTC)Because he looked like he'd been run over by a (toy) train?
>anything that doesn't kill you makes you stronger
This is true. I'm also a fan of 'Whatever does not kill me would be wise to have departed before I get up again'. As my boss may be about to find out next week. ;)
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Date: 2006-11-30 11:31 am (UTC)Good effort, but no. It's a bit more obscure than that... :o)
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Date: 2006-12-01 03:41 pm (UTC)Obscure, huh? OK,if it's personal, not pop-culture, I'll try: because he reminded you of Simon H?
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Date: 2006-12-01 05:18 pm (UTC)It's pop culture, not personal - but it is because he reminded me of somebody (though most definitely not Simon H, considering the bear's size and shape...)
:o)