Friday, 9 December 2011

The Quickest Way to Soil One's Underwear

I had the pleasure of doing English level checks at one of Japan's fastest growing companies yesterday. The people working there were very pleasant, interesting and engaging. One thing that was not all pleasant and lovely was the fact that I went up to the twenty-third floor in a glass elevator. Definitely not great. I had to close my eyes going up. However, coming down I mad the mistake of opening my eyes too early and saw what death must surely look like for those who plummet from buildings. I didn't, actually, drop one in my pants but I must have been close to evacuation.

Glass and steel
Glass and Steel by filmvanalledag on Flickr

Seriously, has there ever been as tortuous a form of architectural ornamentation since spiral staircases in high buildings. If so, I can't think of one.

2 comments:

  1. Definitely with you on this one, speaking as someone who gets dizzy on the fourth or fifth steps of a step ladder. I'd have been a gibbering wreck by the twenty-third floor!

    (Kippers posting anonymously as my Google account apparently "doesn't have permission to post here".)

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  2. Cheers for the comment, Kippers. Dunno what's up with Google. My Blogger settings aren't blocking you. Quite strange.

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