Wednesday, 3 August 2016

JAY-Z's ACTUAL LIST OF 99 PROBLEMS

1. Getting soufflé to rise.
2. Finding a reliable plumber.
3. Getting the smell of oranges off his hands after eating Jaffa Cakes.
4. Transitioning to internet banking.
5. When to use 'affect' and 'effect'.
6. Long division.
7. Not understanding 3D printing.
8. Global warming.
9. Gluten intolerance.
10. Parallel parking.
11. Poaching eggs.
12. Remembering that Sydney isn't the capital of Australia.
13. The plight of the British red squirrel.
14. Not being able to play Pokemon Go without being mobbed by paparazzi.
15. The plot of 'Star Trek Beyond'.
16. Exma.
17. How to spell ‘Eczema’.
18. The rising cost of stamps.
19. Seeded grapes.
20. Bedroom tax.
21. The pedestrianisation of Birmingham city centre.
22. Trying not to snack between meals.
23. Not being able to find the end of the Sellotape.
24. Finding half sizes for shoes.
25. Understanding the economic implications of Brexit.
26. Hiccups.
27. Cryptic crosswords.
28. Whether to make the switch from DVD to Blu-ray.
29. Unexpected items in the bagging area.
30. The point of the new 'Ghostbusters' movie.
31. Hayfever.
32. Pins and needles.
33. Ordering a cocktail without an embarrassingly silly sexual nickname.
34. Underripe avocados.
35. Overripe avocados.
36. His obsession with perfectly ripe avocados.
37. Feeling sleepy after lunch.
38. When to use the Oxford comma.
39. Daddy longlegs.
40. Knowing that his current lifestyle isn’t compatible with dog ownership.
41. Shin splints.
42. Rail replacement bus services.
43. The meaning of life.
44. Not enjoying eating yoghurt as much as the women in the adverts.
45. The hole in the ozone layer.
46. Not being able to trust contactless card payments.
47. Fixed versus variable rate mortgages.
48. Why four-finger KitKats taste slightly different to the two-fingered variety.
49. The Milton Keynes grid system.
50. Recurring nightmare about a bucket of pens.
51. Wasps.
52. The western world’s over-reliance on fossil fuels.
53. Crumbs in the bed.
54. Only remembering the names of 4 of Henry VIII's wives.
55. Forgetting to put the bins out.
56. What to do when the wi-fi goes down.
57. Needing the loo in the middle of the night.
58. The declining bee population.
59. Two day hangovers.
60. Wondering if Tom Hiddleston and Taylor Swift’s relationship is real or not.
61. Why the BBC cancelled 'The Musketeers'.
62. Stress-induced twitchy eye.
63. Not enjoying 'Game of Thrones' as much as everyone else.
64. Calls from unknown numbers.
65. Burnt toast.
66. Being endorsed for skills he doesn't have by people he doesn't know on LinkedIn.
67. Still wanting to call Emojis emoticons.
68. Foot cramp.
69. People making immature jokes about the number 69.
70. Accidentally ‘replying all’.
71. How much water to cook rice with.
72. Mosquitoes at dusk.
73. Kanye West.
74. Finding a Natwest card reader.
75. People who respond ‘maybe’ to Facebook event invites.
76. The middle three Star Wars films.
77. Tickly coughs.
78. The increasing gap between rich and poor
79. Clammy hands.
80. People putting milk back in the fridge when there's only a tiny bit left.
81. Not knowing what his local council does and doesn’t recycle.
82. Whether it makes fiscal sense to buy an annual travelcard.
83. Opening the dishwasher before it's done.
84. Insufficient legroom on the bus.
85. Sunday traffic.
86. Feeling quite indifferent to Marmite.
87. Going for dinner and drinking water yet Beyonce` having four Daiquiris.
88. How to pronounce ‘scone’.
89. Worrying that he doesn’t suit hats.
90. The Edinburgh tram debacle.
91. The lyrics to 'Ummagumma' by Pink Floyd.
92. Ambiguous toilet door signs in restaurants.
93. Understanding the politics of the Middle East.
94. Going to the toilet on airplanes.
95. Mobile phones.
96. Washing his trousers with a tissue in the pocket
97. Meaning to buy tuna in spring water but accidentally buying it in brine.
98. Donald Trump.
99. Realising, once he started writing them all down in list form, just how many problems he actually has.

Still, at least a b***h ain't one of 'em, eh Jezzie ??