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# lovers at first sight

inspired by thesparrowman down there
(, Thu 22 Oct 2009, 13:40, archived)
# hahaha love it!
(, Thu 22 Oct 2009, 13:41, archived)
# a bit clunky but .....
(, Thu 22 Oct 2009, 13:42, archived)
# Hahaha! Nicely!
(, Thu 22 Oct 2009, 13:43, archived)
# hahahahhahahahha! bloody ace :D
just a little TJ (sorry!): some poor business man - late fifties, and a fairly large fellow, had obviously fallen arse over tit in oxford street (I didn't see that bit), and was now sitting in starbucks with one of those cycling paramedics, who was treating the HUGE bump on his head. I didn't have the nerve to go over to the guy to point out his flys were open and everyone could see...
(, Thu 22 Oct 2009, 13:44, archived)
# hahaha
poor sod.

what colour are his boxers? and are they mr men boxers like mine?

and if he's not wearing any, does he have ginger pubes to top off the humiliation?
(, Thu 22 Oct 2009, 13:45, archived)
# being concerned is more than enough
you're a good man
(, Thu 22 Oct 2009, 13:46, archived)
# When you say 'large fellow'...
(, Thu 22 Oct 2009, 13:46, archived)
# overweight, but not obese. not a length reference,
(, Thu 22 Oct 2009, 13:49, archived)
# Have an Adobe Penguin...
Photobucket
(, Thu 22 Oct 2009, 13:47, archived)
# hahahaha!
(, Thu 22 Oct 2009, 13:48, archived)
# ROFLCOPTER, nice one
(, Thu 22 Oct 2009, 13:54, archived)
# hahaha
joyous!
(, Thu 22 Oct 2009, 14:00, archived)
# ha!:D
(, Thu 22 Oct 2009, 14:19, archived)
[challenge entry] 'nother one
(, Thu 22 Oct 2009, 13:39, archived)
# Heh
It's funny cuz it's true.

TJ-ish: I wonder; how many "takedown" type notices will be sent because of this compo?
(, Thu 22 Oct 2009, 13:41, archived)
# it is very true, unfortunately...personal experience etc
and i wonder if the ginger fuhrer had considered takedowns and such... haha fuckit!
(, Thu 22 Oct 2009, 13:42, archived)
# There is the satire defence...
...so I suggest he put them all up for public show (along with the "offending" pic) and rip the piss out of them (a la "BoingBoing" and Ralph Lauren).
(, Thu 22 Oct 2009, 13:44, archived)
# They're good publicity
I think we should be running the risk of takedowns constantly. Much more fun that way.
(, Thu 22 Oct 2009, 13:44, archived)
[challenge entry] MacRedux
(, Thu 22 Oct 2009, 13:32, archived)
# didn't i see this with a white background a few minutes ago?
(, Thu 22 Oct 2009, 13:32, archived)
# nope
it was a black background, but I fucked up and deleted it
(, Thu 22 Oct 2009, 13:34, archived)
# Bad form, pal.
(, Thu 22 Oct 2009, 13:36, archived)
# It was fine before fella ?
(, Thu 22 Oct 2009, 13:34, archived)
# Thanks for sorting out your FP
It was really bothering me ;)
(, Thu 22 Oct 2009, 13:35, archived)
# Uh-oh ...
(, Thu 22 Oct 2009, 13:34, archived)
# Twerze.
(, Thu 22 Oct 2009, 13:34, archived)
# Hey, radspunkulous dudehero.
(, Thu 22 Oct 2009, 13:38, archived)
# Yo, rockshrimp megavoyager.
(, Thu 22 Oct 2009, 13:41, archived)
# Oh fuck.
I do megavoyage. How did you know? Also hello I trust you're well and happy?
(, Thu 22 Oct 2009, 13:44, archived)
# Has it gone from portrait to landscape or summat?
(, Thu 22 Oct 2009, 13:35, archived)
# RAAAAAAAWWWR, MAXI SMASH
(, Thu 22 Oct 2009, 13:35, archived)
# this whole compo is a week-long deja vu
/moan-about-compo-blog
(, Thu 22 Oct 2009, 13:36, archived)
# I didn't see the last one
but this one still makes me angry and confused, like a hungry baby, because I don't know what it is or what it signifies.
(, Thu 22 Oct 2009, 13:38, archived)
# BSE.
Bombay Stock Exchange. Duuuhhh.
(, Thu 22 Oct 2009, 13:40, archived)
# Oooooooh
that M on it's side is supposed to signify a B

I see.
(, Thu 22 Oct 2009, 13:43, archived)
# bovine spongiform encephalopathy
a.k.a. mad cow disease. in burger form.
(, Thu 22 Oct 2009, 13:41, archived)
[challenge entry] Im a PC!
(, Thu 22 Oct 2009, 13:30, archived)
# I agree.
(, Thu 22 Oct 2009, 13:36, archived)
# But dude, you're Linux...
Dude.
(, Thu 22 Oct 2009, 13:41, archived)
# I love my Macbook
It's a lovely little machine, and gives me a Unix system (which I need for work) without the arsing around and moronic compromises of Linux. I also love my iPod. My entire CD collection on one machine, in decent quality (once you replace those crappy headphones).

On the other hand, Apple are a horrible, horrible company, with business practices that would make Microsoft shudder with jealousy to observe. Plus, they make iTunes. And Safari.
(, Thu 22 Oct 2009, 13:49, archived)
# If you rip as m4a I'm going to destroy you.
(, Thu 22 Oct 2009, 13:53, archived)
# Oh fuck no
It's all as MP3. My iPod won't last forever, and MP3's easily the most portable. I have a habit of ripping video to .mp4, but that's mainly laziness and the fact that they've always seemed to play fine on my Windows machine too.
(, Thu 22 Oct 2009, 13:57, archived)
# Well thank fuck. I dispise m4a and garner a hideous dislike for those that believe that it's an OK format. It isn't.
(, Thu 22 Oct 2009, 14:01, archived)
# I posted a rant about sound stuff earlier
I insulted AAC a couple of times in it. This made me feel better.
(, Thu 22 Oct 2009, 14:05, archived)
# You're a good person.
(, Thu 22 Oct 2009, 14:12, archived)
# What's wrong with m4a?
As I understand it, it's just an MP4 container, with an "a" as a reminder that it's got audio content inside.
(I have no axe to grind, btw)
(, Thu 22 Oct 2009, 14:13, archived)
# It's a hack.
The compression is useless, it's impossible to encode it in a decent and specific way, such as you can with MP3. It's also horrendous to use on a Windows machine.

I fail to see why anyone would choose to use M4A over MP3 - there are absolutely zero benefits.
(, Thu 22 Oct 2009, 14:20, archived)
# *is interested*
(I'm assuming we're really talking about AAC here, versus "MPEG-1 Audio Layer 3" aka MP3).

I'm only going on Wikipedia stuff here, but I thought AAC achieved better compression -- ie. better fidelity for a given bit-rate? And that where MP3 introduces very noticeable compression artefacts, AAC distortion is less noticeable? (Err, these two might even be the same thing, perhaps). I'm just going on what I've been told, not what I've heard :-)

"encode in a decent & specific way" -- is this saying that MP3 has more knobs to twiddle? Why would you want that? Answers might be: to generate a specific audio distortion effect; to allow extreme compression (with distortion) but giving you the choice of what part (of the spectrum, I guess?) gets distorted).

Why is AAC bad on Windows?

Sorry for all the questions -- if there's a site or previous discussion that covers this, feel free to just point me at it instead!

Ta!
(, Thu 22 Oct 2009, 14:34, archived)
# mmm, proteins
:)
(, Thu 22 Oct 2009, 13:44, archived)
[challenge entry] WWF
(, Thu 22 Oct 2009, 13:28, archived)
# WTF
(, Thu 22 Oct 2009, 13:30, archived)
[challenge entry] haha :)
(, Thu 22 Oct 2009, 13:30, archived)
# :)
(, Thu 22 Oct 2009, 13:32, archived)
# YES.
(, Thu 22 Oct 2009, 13:34, archived)
# ..

Click pic for bigger
(, Thu 22 Oct 2009, 13:41, archived)
# Ha, nice variation.
(, Thu 22 Oct 2009, 13:45, archived)
[challenge entry] hah!
(, Thu 22 Oct 2009, 13:37, archived)
# Nice, I like
(, Thu 22 Oct 2009, 13:40, archived)
# Wrestling?
(, Thu 22 Oct 2009, 20:31, archived)
# Wouldn't
this be better as "ringpiece"
(, Tue 27 Oct 2009, 18:20, archived)
[challenge entry] Medicinal and health giving properties
(, Thu 22 Oct 2009, 13:26, archived)
# I wish I could get a bottle or two here.
(, Thu 22 Oct 2009, 13:27, archived)
# it would cost a small fortune to import.
(, Thu 22 Oct 2009, 13:30, archived)
# alas, i fear no one imports it.
How else am I supposed to maintain good heath and lively blood?
(, Thu 22 Oct 2009, 13:33, archived)
# You'll be able to find Benedictine
It'll still cost a packet, but it'll be there.

If you add heaps of sugar to it and, I dunno, boil it for a bit, then it'll taste like Buckfast, at least.

I don't like Benedictine very much, though I did have a very nice day in Honfleur one time which included going around the abbey where they make the stuff.
(, Thu 22 Oct 2009, 13:38, archived)
# I think I'll just visit the uk one day and find out i don't like it...
(, Thu 22 Oct 2009, 13:41, archived)
# I can pretty much guarantee that
But it has to be done. I'd buy it in Glasgow. You've not drunk Bucky if it's not in its natural environment. Fuck this Cornwall crap, Glasgow's where Bucky's at.
(, Thu 22 Oct 2009, 13:59, archived)
# Made by monks,
drunk by chavs. It truly represents a bridge between two otherwise disparate groups in society, who would otherwise have nothing in common. It's healing the world and bringing people together in a new understanding of each other.

/Age of aquarius blog
(, Thu 22 Oct 2009, 13:28, archived)
# One good thing about Buckfast
Brewed by monks
Drunk by punks
And it gets you fucked fast

/Captain Hotknives
(, Thu 22 Oct 2009, 13:29, archived)
# well..I've got a smashin' bottle in the fridge right now

woo!
(, Thu 22 Oct 2009, 13:28, archived)
# YES
www.youtube.com/watch?v=SmIz-vPaxPw Was playing this last night. Bucky and Fray Bentos are the only supplies you can buy for your troops.
(, Thu 22 Oct 2009, 13:32, archived)
[challenge entry] ..
(, Thu 22 Oct 2009, 13:25, archived)
# Haha!
They were on the news last night with another planning application round the corner from us.

I think they do it just to laugh at hippies getting all stressed about it!
(, Thu 22 Oct 2009, 13:29, archived)
# clevah!
..
(, Thu 22 Oct 2009, 13:39, archived)
# very good sir
(, Thu 22 Oct 2009, 13:41, archived)
[challenge entry] Not corporate...


but certainly the truth. Why are they so shite now??
(, Thu 22 Oct 2009, 13:23, archived)
# what do you mean now?
they did a terrible job of recording otherwise good songs.
(, Thu 22 Oct 2009, 13:24, archived)
# I guess because they started shite
were shite for a bit and are now shite.

EDIT: They did, however, do a good job of taking all of the emotion out of Dead Souls and making it as bland and uninteresting as humanly possible. So bland, in fact, that a mere lack of talent can't explain it.
(, Thu 22 Oct 2009, 13:24, archived)
# ^pretty much this
(, Thu 22 Oct 2009, 13:25, archived)
# Were they ever?
Proto emos banging on dustbins.
(, Thu 22 Oct 2009, 13:25, archived)
# no no no
I liked them upto The Fragile, but that was a pile of shitty pants.
After that NIN just made me flaccid. Now the live band looks like the fucking Backstreet Boys having some gay-muscle reunion or something.
(, Thu 22 Oct 2009, 13:28, archived)
# NIN is bad.
(, Thu 22 Oct 2009, 13:37, archived)
[challenge entry] Pearosti for compo
(, Thu 22 Oct 2009, 13:17, archived)
# Edit: :P
(, Thu 22 Oct 2009, 13:18, archived)
#
fixed a lost backslash.
(, Thu 22 Oct 2009, 13:19, archived)
# ?


EDIT OK as you were...
(, Thu 22 Oct 2009, 13:20, archived)
# pearosti blah blah new thread blah
i like your picture :) *click*
(, Thu 22 Oct 2009, 13:20, archived)
[challenge entry] Tried to go on the Overground the other week.
(, Thu 22 Oct 2009, 13:12, archived)
# Bloody Jerry.
If he'd had a bit more pluck during WWII he would have smashed through the RAF and flattened our railway network, and we would have got a nice shiny new one like France.
(, Thu 22 Oct 2009, 13:13, archived)
# Or if we'd accepted Hitler's offer of an alliance...
wait...

De ja vu.
(, Thu 22 Oct 2009, 13:17, archived)
# Shiny metro with Art Nouveau-esque entrances.
(, Thu 22 Oct 2009, 13:17, archived)
[challenge entry] ..New Lib Dem Bird logo
(, Thu 22 Oct 2009, 13:10, archived)
# meep meep
I mean

Woo!
(, Thu 22 Oct 2009, 13:11, archived)
# heh:D
"Vote for a "clang!"
(, Thu 22 Oct 2009, 13:12, archived)
[challenge entry] and another pearoast for compo
(, Thu 22 Oct 2009, 13:13, archived)
[challenge entry] Oh Hai
(, Thu 22 Oct 2009, 13:22, archived)
# This is great!
You mental.
(, Thu 22 Oct 2009, 13:24, archived)
# mentalist
(, Thu 22 Oct 2009, 13:35, archived)
# LOVE IT.
(, Thu 22 Oct 2009, 13:42, archived)
# It eats 'em for breakfast
:D
(, Sat 24 Oct 2009, 22:05, archived)
# Nicely.
On an unrelated note, my bloke follows you on twitter, and RT'ed one of your things and I was all, like, WOAH, that chap is on B3ta and he was all, like, REALLY? And I was, like, YEAH. It was amazing.
(, Thu 22 Oct 2009, 13:17, archived)
# WOAH
That is like so cool. I mean for REAL!!!
(, Thu 22 Oct 2009, 13:22, archived)
# totALLY.
(, Thu 22 Oct 2009, 13:23, archived)
# SRSLY!
(, Thu 22 Oct 2009, 13:29, archived)
# enthralling.
(, Thu 22 Oct 2009, 13:23, archived)
# I had to go and have a lie down.
(, Thu 22 Oct 2009, 13:26, archived)
# all those "LIKE WHOA" moments can really stress you out
(, Thu 22 Oct 2009, 13:28, archived)
# This is one of the finest posts on B3ta.
(, Thu 22 Oct 2009, 13:33, archived)
# You're a silly :)
(, Thu 22 Oct 2009, 13:38, archived)
# haha!
done in the best Armstrong & Miller style.
(, Thu 22 Oct 2009, 13:42, archived)
# It's all in the eyes
(, Thu 22 Oct 2009, 13:08, archived)
# haha
(, Thu 22 Oct 2009, 13:11, archived)
# But Nicholas, you did not _convince_ me!
(, Thu 22 Oct 2009, 13:29, archived)
# Excuse me, I've just shit myself
(, Thu 22 Oct 2009, 13:42, archived)
# its funny because ive seen the film
(, Thu 22 Oct 2009, 13:44, archived)
# The BBC have gone too far...
Photobucket
(, Thu 22 Oct 2009, 13:04, archived)
# I bet all the flowers are planted in different colour rows in his garden
(, Thu 22 Oct 2009, 13:05, archived)
# I wonder what he'd make
of my black hollyhocks?
(, Thu 22 Oct 2009, 13:09, archived)
# Only native indigenous species in British gardens!
(, Thu 22 Oct 2009, 13:12, archived)
# It's ok to be racist if it's not about people!
I am keen on growing native plants, but I keep finding out that things I grow are not native after all.

*checks hollyhocks*

Nope.
(, Thu 22 Oct 2009, 13:16, archived)
# "No no you've got it all wrong white fly isn't a pest!"
(, Thu 22 Oct 2009, 13:11, archived)
[challenge entry]

(, Thu 22 Oct 2009, 13:01, archived)
# i laughed through my nose because i have a mouthful of sandwich
im still chewing while i type.... still chewing... swallowed half... schewing more... swallowed... getting the loose bits ... done.
(, Thu 22 Oct 2009, 13:03, archived)
# THERE IS ONLY ONE MARMITE!
and I think the reason no other yeast extract sells well is that most marmiteeers don't even realise what they are eating. "Yeast extract - eurgh sounds like a fanny disease"
(, Thu 22 Oct 2009, 13:04, archived)
# Hang on
That's the Vegemite jar isn't it?

There are actually two marmites as well. New Zealand marmite and British/South African marmite are too entirely different things.
(, Thu 22 Oct 2009, 13:20, archived)
# Satan's Bottom Scratchings
actually though have you tried one of those mini Marmite Cheeses they are lovely.
(, Thu 22 Oct 2009, 13:05, archived)
# YES!!
Finally, everyone else on here hates them. Silly heads.
(, Thu 22 Oct 2009, 13:09, archived)
# I haven't tried them
but want to

I love Marmite

Oi loves cheeses

(apart from Stilton)
(, Thu 22 Oct 2009, 13:10, archived)
# All types of stilton or just blue?
(, Thu 22 Oct 2009, 13:13, archived)
# Un-blue Stilton is just blue stilton that isn't ready yet.
People need to learn patience.
(, Thu 22 Oct 2009, 13:21, archived)
# I bought two bags for my friend who can't find any.
But I eated them :(
(, Thu 22 Oct 2009, 13:22, archived)
# We get them from Morrisons
they sell them in little net bags - I was shocked how good they taste.
(, Thu 22 Oct 2009, 13:33, archived)
# That, is a vegemite jar. Which, not only, have you callously defaced it, you have insulted the finest of all the yeast based spreads.
You will be hearing from our diplomats.
(, Thu 22 Oct 2009, 13:15, archived)
# Wait, I've seen this!
You'll just invite him over there and give him "the boot"
(, Thu 22 Oct 2009, 13:16, archived)
# Personally, I'm not so hospitable :)
(, Thu 22 Oct 2009, 13:26, archived)
# oh
will he give me the punishment of a boot to the buttocks?
(, Thu 22 Oct 2009, 13:17, archived)
# HAHA :D
(, Thu 22 Oct 2009, 13:19, archived)
# you should be so lucky...
lucky lucky lucky...
(, Thu 22 Oct 2009, 13:27, archived)
# I read a piece by an Australian bloke who was going round the world eating stuff (as you do)
He said Vegemite in the UK isn't as nice as the stuff in Oz and he thought Marmite was better. Vegemite does taste like shit compared to Marmite over here. I'm sorry, but it's true.

None of them are as nice as Bovril anyway.
(, Thu 22 Oct 2009, 13:24, archived)
# Lies, lies, all lies.
(, Thu 22 Oct 2009, 13:25, archived)
# Seriously
sometimes it has a crust on it when you open the jar. Unless they've made significant improvements on it since I last tried it in 1992. It was always the stuff you got when the Marmite ran out, usually with a resigned shrug/shudder.
(, Thu 22 Oct 2009, 13:28, archived)
# Bovril is wrong.
It's wrong.
(, Thu 22 Oct 2009, 13:26, archived)
# Bovril is now made with yeast extract
and is basically concentrated marmite (which is already concentrated to start with).
(, Thu 22 Oct 2009, 13:42, archived)
# But so, so right.
(, Thu 22 Oct 2009, 13:42, archived)
# Yes!
(, Thu 22 Oct 2009, 13:29, archived)
# hahahaha :D
(, Thu 22 Oct 2009, 13:35, archived)
# ^ew
(, Thu 22 Oct 2009, 13:36, archived)
[challenge entry] Ah, new compo at last.
(, Thu 22 Oct 2009, 12:57, archived)
# you should have copied the face and flipped it over
with another bearing down on top
(, Thu 22 Oct 2009, 13:00, archived)
# Bah
Good thinking. Wish I had thought that.
(, Thu 22 Oct 2009, 13:02, archived)
# ninja it
(, Thu 22 Oct 2009, 13:03, archived)
# pfft.....change from a tenner?
not bad:)
(, Thu 22 Oct 2009, 13:11, archived)
[challenge entry] ..
(, Thu 22 Oct 2009, 12:53, archived)
# ha ha
Indeed :D
(, Thu 22 Oct 2009, 12:53, archived)
# Yay the Daily Fail
liking this
(, Thu 22 Oct 2009, 12:54, archived)
# ahahaha
they should try doing some bloody work.
(, Thu 22 Oct 2009, 12:54, archived)
# hehe 50 pfennigs!
(, Thu 22 Oct 2009, 12:55, archived)
# wouldn't that be 50f
not sure about German.
(, Thu 22 Oct 2009, 12:58, archived)
# I know a little German...


...He's sitting over there
(, Thu 22 Oct 2009, 12:58, archived)
# Hey leave old man Hilter alone!
actually the abbreviation is Pf
(, Thu 22 Oct 2009, 13:00, archived)
# He lives next door to Thatcher
(, Thu 22 Oct 2009, 13:02, archived)
# Pfatcher?
(, Thu 22 Oct 2009, 13:10, archived)
# Are you well?
(, Thu 22 Oct 2009, 13:13, archived)
# Pf actually or



did you know that the Bat Computer was in fact just an early version of wikipedia
(, Thu 22 Oct 2009, 13:06, archived)
# I bet Wikipedia told you that
(, Thu 22 Oct 2009, 13:11, archived)
# I had to beat it out of it
(, Thu 22 Oct 2009, 13:28, archived)
# ace
(, Thu 22 Oct 2009, 12:56, archived)
# hurah for this
(, Thu 22 Oct 2009, 12:58, archived)
# biting!

(, Thu 22 Oct 2009, 13:11, archived)
# Very much inspired by that lovely stig one..


(, Thu 22 Oct 2009, 12:49, archived)
# Im this, does Mr Darcy just lounge round under a tree all day
While the bennets do all the hunting?
(, Thu 22 Oct 2009, 12:50, archived)
# Yeah send those pumas back
(, Thu 22 Oct 2009, 12:51, archived)
# was tempted ...
to pop some burning crosses in the bottom pic
... also found a lovely picture of a lynched elephant but meh.
(, Thu 22 Oct 2009, 12:53, archived)
# "them bloody cheetahs, coming over here, taking our prey that we're too sow to catch" etc
woo!
(, Thu 22 Oct 2009, 12:52, archived)
# haha
needs more Nick Griffin though ;)
(, Thu 22 Oct 2009, 12:52, archived)
#
(, Thu 22 Oct 2009, 12:58, archived)
# Ha!
Have one of the first things I made for b3ta:
(, Thu 22 Oct 2009, 13:12, archived)
# Just because


(, Thu 22 Oct 2009, 13:21, archived)
[challenge entry] I'll just slip some social networking in here
(, Thu 22 Oct 2009, 12:42, archived)
# ha ha
Oddly enough a rather odd (indeed presumptuous) lady on Flickr kept pm'ing me and asking if I would "do her a tribute". I was not aware what this meant, so I asked.... I really am quite shocked at some people!
(, Thu 22 Oct 2009, 12:49, archived)
# I just searched that on the UD
what the hell is wrong with some people?!!?
(, Thu 22 Oct 2009, 12:51, archived)
# WTF?
I'm beginning to think that the internet was a terrible idea.
(, Thu 22 Oct 2009, 12:54, archived)
# Bloody hell!
So many things I really shouldn't look up, and yet I still do...
(, Thu 22 Oct 2009, 12:59, archived)
# ooh er.
no, this is actually a tribute to my mate who recently admitted to using facebook to mine material for his wank bank.
(, Thu 22 Oct 2009, 12:51, archived)
[challenge entry] Have a pee


I origonaly did it for a worth1000 compo so Not Budpiss
(, Thu 22 Oct 2009, 12:34, archived)
# agreed
does taste like piss
(, Thu 22 Oct 2009, 12:36, archived)
#
does taste like is
(, Thu 22 Oct 2009, 12:38, archived)
# ^ this...
(, Thu 22 Oct 2009, 12:42, archived)
# oh
that explains it

haha just remembered that scene in dumb and dumber, where they got stopped by that cop 'i wouldn't do that, officer' lols
(, Thu 22 Oct 2009, 12:44, archived)

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