18 December 2008 ~ 10 Comments

Best thing in Heathrow

I can’t sleep on planes dude to my (self-diagnosed) ADHD, so my biggest fear when travelling on one is that the tv screen won’t work. And they won’t move my seat. And I have nothing to do. Nothing to do.

NOTHINGGGGGGGGGGGG.

I’m freaking out with boredom just thinking about it.

When I went into the final waiting area before my flight, I panicked – my netbook battery was dying, I had no papers, no books…what if the unthinkable happened? Sweat started pouring from my head (metaphorically speaking).

Then I saw it. It was like a shining beacon of hope.

How sweet is this?! I admit I’m a sucker for vending machines for non-edible products (and an even bigger one for edible stuff) but this took it to the next level….

Then I saw it…

Just £4! Delivered! Well delivered one metre…but still…

It came in its own heavy duty cardboard box…with a ‘free bookmark’ which looked suspiciously like a piece of the box ripped off (but I’m not a hata, so I give them the benefit of the doubt)…

The finished article.

Ok I really feel like a country-bumpkin now.

country bumpkin playing sudoku

10 Responses to “Best thing in Heathrow”

  1. oytun 18 December 2008 at 10:03 am Permalink

    Why even have shops anymore.. just have a gigantic machine where you just pick ANYTHING you want and it gets automatically delivered……oh wait, Amazon beat me to it!

  2. Oli 18 December 2008 at 10:58 am Permalink

    What ever happened to that drug vending machine in the game store?!

  3. Ugly Betty 18 December 2008 at 1:48 pm Permalink

    i heart sudoku and its my ‘sleeping pill’ when i cant get into dreams. currently doing the one with 12 boxes.

    really, wtf is sudoku?

  4. wittieb 18 December 2008 at 11:03 pm Permalink

    Wait.

    Did they re-make The Omen and set it in Berkshire circa 1930?

    What’s going on in that picture, Damien?

  5. Jean 18 December 2008 at 11:32 pm Permalink

    Sudoku saved u from boredom ^^ No wonder it’s pre-installed in Nokia’s Mp.

  6. chriso 19 December 2008 at 12:03 am Permalink

    I can’t sleep on planes dude to my (self-diagnosed) ADHD, so my biggest fear when travelling on one is that the tv screen won’t work. And they won’t move my seat. And I have nothing to do. Nothing to do.

    DUDE it’s DUE! Sorry i’m anal. Do me.

  7. Iain 19 December 2008 at 12:54 am Permalink

    Oh yes the glory days, growing up in Sturton-le-Steeple in the 1900′s, I remember it so well!!

  8. Oli 19 December 2008 at 8:59 am Permalink

    Ugly Betty: 12 boxes?! ADVANCED!
    wittieb: Victorian day at school! Although I think the headmaster was pressing for a return to traditional values after the success of the ‘workhouse’ lesson.
    Jean: omg sudoku on the phone…the only game I have is ‘Coin Flipping’. I wish it was a joke.
    chris: HAHA! I read it like 20 times…still couldn’t see the mistake. I think it’s just reflex to type dude.
    Iain: Basketball in your garden! Stealing milk before dawn! Camping! It sounds so much better than it was…

  9. oytun 19 December 2008 at 9:46 am Permalink

    Picture also reminds me of “Field of Dreams”

  10. Oli 19 December 2008 at 11:26 am Permalink

    If you build it, they will probably still not come.


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