Why Do Inconvenient Things Always Happen at the Worst Times?

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In summary, the conversation is about various frustrating and ironic situations, including spilling coffee, running out of ink, forgetting a wallet, and nearly hitting a parked car while putting on a seatbelt. The conversation also touches on the annoyance of someone parking next to you in an otherwise empty parking lot.
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When I spill my coffee while reaching for my coffee to move it so that it won't get spilled.

When my printer or fax runs out of ink on page 9 of 10. Of course, this always happens when I need the print in the next five minutes and I'm out of new cartridges.

When I don't notice the empty TP roll until you know when! :devil:

When I drive into to town [15 minutes each way] at 12 AM, for Nyquil or something that I really have to have, and I forget my wallet.
 
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Me nuh like dat eethah !

When I drive into to town [15 minutes each way] at 12 AM, for Nyquil or something that I really have to have, and I forget my wallet.
It’s doubly frustrating when you forget what you came into town for in the first place!
 
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Ivan Seeking said:
When I spill my coffee while reaching for my coffee to move it so that it won't get spilled.
This is poignantly ironic.
When I drive into to town [15 minutes each way] at 12 AM, for Nyquil or something that I really have to have, and I forget my wallet.
Speaking of forgotten wallets, the one and only time I was ever pulled over was the one and only time I have ever not had my liscense with me. Cops can smell this more sensitively than sharks smell blood. I hate it when that happens.
 
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zoobyshoe said:
This is poignantly ironic..

Likewise, once I nearly hit a parked car because I was putting on my seatbelt while I was driving.

Both accounts are memorable I thought. :rofl:
 
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BoulderHead said:
It’s doubly frustrating when you forget what you came into town for in the first place!

I'm sorry...what were we talking about?

how about those dodgers? :biggrin:
 
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Ivan Seeking said:
Likewise, once I nearly hit a parked car because I was putting on my seatbelt while I was driving.

Both accounts are memorable I thought. :rofl:
No, the second one is not poignantly ironic because you didn't actually hit the parked car. The best I can do for you is "poignantly awkward."
 
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I hate it when you park in an almost completely empty car park, and them some loser comes and parks right next to you.
 

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