A tale of eyerolling

[misscam]

CSI shippers already heading for the trenches

Oh, it's going to be some fun weeks of much wank and eyerolling, oh yes. I've got the drinks ready.

Now, let me introduce you to a tale of the stupidity of Norwegian customs. So, I get the mail today, and my large BBC package has arrived in the country. Yay. However, as expected, I will have to pay taxes on it. First eyeroll of the day - the bill comes to about 5/12ths of what I paid for the package in the first place. Second eyeroll of the day, 1/3rd of this tax total is "taxing service", and that comes with an additional service tax of 25%. But okay, I was expecting this (I have dealt with customs before, oh yes), and I'll pay it, albeit while eyerolling. Then I notice my surname is wrong. I'm now "Sandem" (how do you do?). Also, they've actually failed to include *the street number*. How the heck the postman managed to deliver it correctly with the wrong surname and only the streetname without a number, I don't know. I applaud him or her. And inside the envelope, attached to the bill, is a copy of the BBC order sheet - with my name spelt correctly and the streetnumber right there. (Maybe postie looked?)

Well done, Norwegians customs! Brilliant, truly. If I have to cough up cash I'm very fond of, the least they could do was get my name right. The indignity... The BBC pwns your accuracy level. Pwns, I say! I love you, BBC. I don't love you, Norwegian customs. But I do love you, Norway.

So, for some reason I've been friended by harryhunting, which I don't quite get, since I'm not active in Harry Potter fandom, and I very rarely write slash, but... Okay.

Finally, if anyone wants a 17th of May card from me - Norway's national day, for the unaware - send me an e-mail with your address to camilla.sandman at gmail dot com and you shall get one.

Comments

[lotus79.livejournal.com]

Ooh, more postcards? Most assuredly I would like one. And I'm asking you here instead of by email because I'm special. And you know my address.

[misscam.livejournal.com]

You sheeeeeshul person you.

[yattara.livejournal.com]

The Beeb is very luvverly, yes.

That's sme pretty hefty taxes. *boggles.*

[misscam.livejournal.com]

Welcome to Norway. Have some taxes.

[yattara.livejournal.com]

Can I come and just avoid forking over the money?

[misscam.livejournal.com]

What, and leech of our wealth?

[yattara.livejournal.com]

The best way to live, I've always found.

*grins.*

[mittendorfer.livejournal.com]

Ah just like Parcelforce, the UK parcel delivery section of the Post Office (or Parcelfarce as I like to call them.) They charge £15 on top of the custom fee due (which may be less) for 'administration'. Which of course means 'do nothing'.

*feels your pain*

[misscam.livejournal.com]

What charming people they are, truly.

[dragonlp86.livejournal.com]

*hides from fellow CSI fans*

Oh dear...

[rhipowered.livejournal.com]

Yeah...

[avonassac.livejournal.com]

hehe, we weren't that scary were we?

*goes back to read what everyone else wrote*

Oh wow. That. Oh wow. The finale should be full of wank, methinks. I didn't know everyone else's threads were that bad ;P

[misscam.livejournal.com]

At least the fandom won't be short on point&mock material the next few weeks...

[highwindpav.livejournal.com]

Yikes on customs and taxes on taxes o_O

Only dipped my toe in the thread there...but the OP? Uh...Lady Heather? That's kinda left field, although Caprice and her shared a similar job that they went about in completely different ways...

[misscam.livejournal.com]

If you go looking for connections, you usually find them, just because you want to, really.

[jessickuh.livejournal.com]

I wish they'd just let us have our cake and eat it too. Stupid wankers!

And that's the first time I've ever used that term...and I like it!

[misscam.livejournal.com]

It's a fun wee word. Wankitywankwank. Waaaaank.

[velocityofsound.livejournal.com]

Is it wrong that I am hoarding popcorn and chocolate for the amusement that is the upcoming wank? It's like Christmas for two weeks, followed by your birthday.

Did Tazzer make her Grissom wants to buy Sofia a diamond bracelet post yet, by the way? I need to bookmark that site.

[jessickuh.livejournal.com]

Who's Tazzer, and where is this site? Amuse me by commenting with the appropriate links.

[misscam.livejournal.com]

One hangout of Tazzer's

[jessickuh.livejournal.com]

Gil's ladybug? ROFLMAO! These people are the epitome of the word delusional.

[misscam.livejournal.com]

Tazzer is... certainly something. She writes very delusional fic, too.

[misscam.livejournal.com]

Nope. She hasn't said anything yet. I'm waiting eagerly.

Some of the Snickers and Grillows lot are starting the wank early, though.

*steals some popcorn*

[jessickuh.livejournal.com]

See that's the thing I hate about Goffia. Even the Grillows are plausible...but Sofia? Ech! See? Even Sara thinks it's hilarious.

[hadria.livejournal.com]

Tazzer's off writing a fic where Sara uses a tampon to steal all the jewerly Grissom has given to Sofia and then goes home and masturbates with it.

[misscam.livejournal.com]

I want to read this fic so I can laugh and laugh and mock.

[marcasite.livejournal.com]

Ah, love basking in the glory that is our fandom. It didn't take very long for the wankage to start though.

[piaffe.livejournal.com]

I get subscribe to a US magazine - and they always get my street name wrong. Yet somehow, it always gets to me. I applaud the poor posties / mail sorters daily.