That blog's been unchanged for years now. I'm sure I first came across it in 2002 or 2003.
I considered it the private rantings, made public, of a guy about this particular girlfriend. The guy's clearly not among the winners in life's lottery, but he did have a somewhat humorous take on the 'battle between the sexes'. Some people find that funny; other's find it awful.
I think it falls under the category of funny for one reason, and that is the FAQ answer wherein he tells the internet at large that he's still together with her, thankyouverymuch.
It's much better when viewed as a humorous look at the annoying parts about someone he still loves.
It started off quite funny, but as I scrolled down I noticed that I had only read a sliver of the entire thing - and the humor disappeared to be replaced by a sense of pathos and later, boredom. I couldn't read the entire thing.
Perhaps its because I dated girls like Margret - until I realized the fact that some people are simply neurotic and I haven't been placed on this Earth to fix them.
I find it interesting that people have such disparate reactions to this. The whole thing is clearly (to me anyway) a creative endeavor with great liberties taken to exaggerate situations as much as possible, and he pokes fun at himself as much as he does his girlfriend. It reminds me of a sort of combination between Mark Twain, Henny Youngman and Rodney Dangerfield.
If you haven't figured out by the fourth or fifth entry that he truly loves Margret and they are enjoying each other's company, you're not getting what he's saying.
I think one part that demonstrates his true feelings is when he is invited to 11 Downing Street, is mystified by the "clerical error" but is secretly thrilled by the invitation and he shows it to Margret and Margret simply looks at it, looks in her daily planner and says "You have a dentist appointment that day." and he says "How can you not love this woman?"
I came away from the whole thing thinking that this was a couple not only in love, but secure enough in their relationship that they could poke fun at it publicly. I found the whole thing rather charming in a way.
Mil Millington (the author of this site and the attendant book) sends out an occasional email update to his saga with Marget. It is one of the best examples I've ever seen of British wit so dry you could make James Bond martinis with it.
Two hours wasted reading the entire list today. Well, I say wasted. It was either that or extensive scratching, and I think I made the right call. The joy of self employment.
I think Mil's current problem deserves a little attention. His hosts Hostingplex have been holding his site hostage for a month following a false accusation of spamming. Bar stewards.
Seems that way from the FAQ's.
I considered it the private rantings, made public, of a guy about this particular girlfriend. The guy's clearly not among the winners in life's lottery, but he did have a somewhat humorous take on the 'battle between the sexes'. Some people find that funny; other's find it awful.
Me? It depends on what mood I'm in.
Mil: "Brr.... I'm cold."
Margret: "Where?"
Theres a sort of genius to that, I think.
Heh.
Check it out, courtesy of the Wayback machine
It's much better when viewed as a humorous look at the annoying parts about someone he still loves.
Perhaps its because I dated girls like Margret - until I realized the fact that some people are simply neurotic and I haven't been placed on this Earth to fix them.
"...jigs direction randomly and erratically like a shoal of Argument Fish being followed by a Truth Shark."
Now, that's funny.
If you haven't figured out by the fourth or fifth entry that he truly loves Margret and they are enjoying each other's company, you're not getting what he's saying.
I think one part that demonstrates his true feelings is when he is invited to 11 Downing Street, is mystified by the "clerical error" but is secretly thrilled by the invitation and he shows it to Margret and Margret simply looks at it, looks in her daily planner and says "You have a dentist appointment that day." and he says "How can you not love this woman?"
I came away from the whole thing thinking that this was a couple not only in love, but secure enough in their relationship that they could poke fun at it publicly. I found the whole thing rather charming in a way.
And it is clear to me that he does love her.
I think Mil's current problem deserves a little attention. His hosts Hostingplex have been holding his site hostage for a month following a false accusation of spamming. Bar stewards.