but I was hoping to get at least one in response.
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Mon 30 Jul 2012, 11:50,
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LEGO LASS
Try the steak!
*leaves*
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Mon 30 Jul 2012, 15:30,
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Try the steak!
*leaves*
i made some quick & dirty speaker stands out of my old lego
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Mon 30 Jul 2012, 11:26,
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Ā£70 + for a set when the hell did Lego get so expensive?
*raids my parents loft for the bucket loads to flog on ebay :D
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Mon 30 Jul 2012, 11:27,
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*raids my parents loft for the bucket loads to flog on ebay :D
ridiculous
but i might buy this thing: thebrickblogger.com/2012/01/lego-storage-head/
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Mon 30 Jul 2012, 11:35,
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sorts LEGO? Half the fun is digging about in a massive container trying to find the right bits for what you want to do.
I was also surprised recently to see how expensiv ethe stuff had got. This means that my mum gave away literally thousands of pounds-worth of LEGO to jumble sales while I was at Uni that I could now be giving to my kids.
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Mon 30 Jul 2012, 11:49,
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I was also surprised recently to see how expensiv ethe stuff had got. This means that my mum gave away literally thousands of pounds-worth of LEGO to jumble sales while I was at Uni that I could now be giving to my kids.
Got the midi sized one for £23 in the January sales. Far more reasonable.
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Mon 30 Jul 2012, 11:51,
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I'm sure it was cheaper than that when it first came out. Still stupidly expensive but in a 'I might be stupid enough to buy this while drunk if it's very soon after payday' rather than two grand. More like about £600 if I remember right.
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Mon 30 Jul 2012, 12:09,
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Mon 30 Jul 2012, 12:20,
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Mon 30 Jul 2012, 12:27,
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although buying a lego kit for £350 isn't exactly living life on the edge!
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Mon 30 Jul 2012, 12:35,
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Mon 30 Jul 2012, 12:47,
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remembers when I could get a box of the stuff with my pocket money pennies
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Mon 30 Jul 2012, 11:59,
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I had loads of the stuff. I reckon between about 5 and 15 something like 50% of all my birthday/Christmas presents were Lego.
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Mon 30 Jul 2012, 12:12,
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Mon 30 Jul 2012, 12:18,
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Ā
And actually yes, that IS a moon.
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Mon 30 Jul 2012, 11:17,
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And the gold medal for the Fuckathon goes too . . .
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Mon 30 Jul 2012, 11:18,
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Click for 400+ more thingies
Previously: part 1 and part 2.
She's still quite, quite beautiful.
Nice pic, except in my head I am now re-writing the lyrics to Deep Blue Something's only hit. Which is not really a fair thing to lump on anyone on a Monday morning.
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Mon 30 Jul 2012, 10:41,
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Nice pic, except in my head I am now re-writing the lyrics to Deep Blue Something's only hit. Which is not really a fair thing to lump on anyone on a Monday morning.
There may well be people in need of viewing your image.
I myself tore my very eyes out and rammed them up my own arse in horror.
I put them back soon after and I am now able to see again post viewing that twisted image of depravity.
In short, outstanding!, I raise a cheek in honour and award you some imaginary CDC honour in recognition of your innate ability to engender revulsion and subsequent horror via such a simple medium.
Even shorter, fucking well done you twisted sod.
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Tue 31 Jul 2012, 15:26,
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I myself tore my very eyes out and rammed them up my own arse in horror.
I put them back soon after and I am now able to see again post viewing that twisted image of depravity.
In short, outstanding!, I raise a cheek in honour and award you some imaginary CDC honour in recognition of your innate ability to engender revulsion and subsequent horror via such a simple medium.
Even shorter, fucking well done you twisted sod.
Especially as he always moans that there isn't enough sauce with the dishes he judges
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Tue 31 Jul 2012, 14:21,
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Heinz ketchup?, c'mon.
Tesco Value red, vinegary piss-water extracted from a cystitic beetroot munching fanatic, with added disturbing chemically smell on pasta.
Accept all substitutes that constitute both edible and healthier than that voluble blood tinged, consumptive phlegm in a bottle.
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Tue 31 Jul 2012, 15:30,
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Tesco Value red, vinegary piss-water extracted from a cystitic beetroot munching fanatic, with added disturbing chemically smell on pasta.
Accept all substitutes that constitute both edible and healthier than that voluble blood tinged, consumptive phlegm in a bottle.
I think the happy smile at the end kept me watching.
But then I started to think, "oh fuck please chew your food"
thinking of all those worm-like lengths of spaghetti
sliding down his throat.
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Wed 1 Aug 2012, 6:49,
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But then I started to think, "oh fuck please chew your food"
thinking of all those worm-like lengths of spaghetti
sliding down his throat.
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Mon 30 Jul 2012, 0:39,
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and until now he thought it was perfectly normal.
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Mon 30 Jul 2012, 1:54,
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I hope you're proud of yourself.
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Mon 30 Jul 2012, 13:25,
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and it's stayed like it.
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Mon 30 Jul 2012, 3:57,
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I can see you've put a lot of effort into that cock.
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Mon 30 Jul 2012, 3:58,
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However my strongpoint is currant buns.
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Sun 29 Jul 2012, 23:54,
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I wonder where he's going to go. Switzerland seems unlikely
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Mon 30 Jul 2012, 0:31,
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Paraguay or Brazil? Who will triamph
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Mon 30 Jul 2012, 0:49,
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so she didn't lose it in the wash or the dressing room or whatever
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Sun 29 Jul 2012, 22:55,
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It appears the manufacturer of my modem don't make drivers that are Win7 compatible. I'm going to phone my ISP and ask for a new one in the morning.
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Sun 29 Jul 2012, 23:23,
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Weirdly and scarily, I can't even connect to the internet, but when I did open Explorer it immediately popped up with "Do you want to install the Bing toolbar?", and it's one of those sneaky ones where you click "No thanks", but it turns out actually the whole pop-up is a great big "Yes please" button. That shit is actually inside the software package. Oddly enough though I was given the option of blocking it by McAfee... which also came as part of the package! Bizarre-o-world!
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Sun 29 Jul 2012, 23:51,
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James Cameron please take note
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Mon 30 Jul 2012, 1:10,
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I went on pilgrimage today. What I've learned is that Smug (who I will now refer to as the "Alsterglacis Asshole") lurks on a street that is currently more-or-less a building site, and that Hamburg has some pretty horrible weather.

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Sun 29 Jul 2012, 21:43,
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It was genuinely foul today. And I lurked on a street corner for about ten minutes, getting wet, taking a few surreptitious photos and wondering when the first drivers would report me to the police.
well done
although part of me wishes you had got arrested just for the explanation you'd had to give
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Sun 29 Jul 2012, 21:50,
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although part of me wishes you had got arrested just for the explanation you'd had to give
I've learned two things about my German in the last two days
1) It's a lot better than I expected it to be
2) It's shit
Managing to explain to a German police officer about Smug would seriously over-extend my abilities
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Sun 29 Jul 2012, 21:53,
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1) It's a lot better than I expected it to be
2) It's shit
Managing to explain to a German police officer about Smug would seriously over-extend my abilities
Can't think why, when German is such a fun language.
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Sun 29 Jul 2012, 22:24,
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but what I learned from living here is that a lot of Germans lack confidence to actually speak English. In many ways that's a good thing because then you're forced to learn German to live here. Up here there's less of a habit for people to swap into English when your accent gives you away, but it's not actually that bad. The younger someone is, the more likely they are to have better English than the average American. That makes me feel stupid when they've stood patiently listening to me stagger through childish, broken German for two or three minutes, of course, but there we go.
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Sun 29 Jul 2012, 22:28,
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Das ist der haus von Herr Schmug
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Sun 29 Jul 2012, 22:49,
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und viele Fotos machen, mit Orangensaft, und Buttercroissant! Bitte, bitte schoen.
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Sun 29 Jul 2012, 22:50,
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In future years this could become one of Hamburg's tourist attractions, although it may not be for the type of tourist Hamburg would wish to attract.
There's no chance of getting up there, it's a privately-owned building with some kind of half-impressive looking meeting room downstairs.
That's right, not only did I lurk on the corner and take surreptitious photos but I peered through their windows. I think I might now be on an Interpol list.
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Sun 29 Jul 2012, 21:57,
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There's no chance of getting up there, it's a privately-owned building with some kind of half-impressive looking meeting room downstairs.
That's right, not only did I lurk on the corner and take surreptitious photos but I peered through their windows. I think I might now be on an Interpol list.
either that, or worried...
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Sun 29 Jul 2012, 22:20,
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Enough that after I explained it to a constable I'd explain it to a sergeant, and then a captain, and then an anti-terror officer. I'd be a celebrity!
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Sun 29 Jul 2012, 22:26,
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I dont think that stardom could possibly compare to meeting Freebase though. I'd probably faint with excitement!
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Sun 29 Jul 2012, 22:31,
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Ideally I would meet the man himself, though what I'd say I have no idea. "Err, hi, err, 'Jonesy'. Err, I've made a load of photoshops of you gurning, you know, based on that photo of you on a rowing machine? Flanbase was in the same photo set! Sorry, I forget Flanbase's name. We call you 'Freebase'. Err, can I buy you a beer?"
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Sun 29 Jul 2012, 22:47,
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of all the 'shops b3ta has done of freebs and flan, and present it to him, michael aspel style.
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Sun 29 Jul 2012, 22:50,
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"Jonesy, this is *your* B3ta! Jonesy, what are you doing? What are you doing with that weight? No, Jonesy, please, no!"
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Sun 29 Jul 2012, 22:51,
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I do wonder how he would react to seeing himself becoming an internet celebrity to some strange people
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Sun 29 Jul 2012, 22:52,
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so I suspect he already knows, has judged as as totally unimportant, and ignored us. It would be brilliant to test this hypothesis in person though.
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Sun 29 Jul 2012, 22:54,
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One of his Youtube vids there's some guy trolling him really aggressively. Jonesy basically outdoes him by being extremely polite and reasonable, and even ends by inviting him down to the gym for a free training session.
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Sun 29 Jul 2012, 23:32,
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I began to think, "What the fuck am I doing? I'm 32 years old and hunting down a balcony that some model was photographed on 10 years ago". I suppressed that kind of thought, and after I'd taken a few photos, went back down into town to find a friendly cafe. This being Hamburg, I gave up and just went looking for a cafe instead.
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Sun 29 Jul 2012, 21:50,
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i don't know where you live, but if you travelled quite a long way ONLY to see 'smug balcony' then i'd start getting a bit worried.
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Sun 29 Jul 2012, 22:02,
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I'm in town for some friends' wedding, and had all of today free. Well, after I got over the hangover. So when in Hamburg, how better to spend the time than walking for an hour through the rain to Smug Balcony?
(There's an U-Bahn stop a few minutes up the road, actually. Interested observers should note that they can go to Stephansplatz U-Bahn, get out on the Northern side and then walk down Alsterglacis towards town, and the balcony will be on the right. But I eschew such frivolities as U-Bahns. Shank's mare, for me. Shank's mare.)
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Sun 29 Jul 2012, 22:07,
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(There's an U-Bahn stop a few minutes up the road, actually. Interested observers should note that they can go to Stephansplatz U-Bahn, get out on the Northern side and then walk down Alsterglacis towards town, and the balcony will be on the right. But I eschew such frivolities as U-Bahns. Shank's mare, for me. Shank's mare.)
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Sun 29 Jul 2012, 22:34,
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That would've cost me five hundred quid or something. I think it's certainly the next challenge though - get onto the balcony, with a folding chair, a table, a glass of orange juice, and a croissant. I bet that's what Smug did in the first place and it's why he looked so smug.
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Sun 29 Jul 2012, 22:45,
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The women are Hamburgerins, which sounds a bit like a meaty fruit.
I spent a lot of time in South Germany so I got a bit tainted with their prejudice, but people from the North are notoriously unfriendly. What I've actually found is some very unfriendly staff in cafes who suddenly go through some phase transition and start acting friendly. I have no idea what causes it, because I start politely and in German, and end politely and in German, but somewhere in between they decide they can be friendly. Very odd.
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Sun 29 Jul 2012, 22:12,
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I spent a lot of time in South Germany so I got a bit tainted with their prejudice, but people from the North are notoriously unfriendly. What I've actually found is some very unfriendly staff in cafes who suddenly go through some phase transition and start acting friendly. I have no idea what causes it, because I start politely and in German, and end politely and in German, but somewhere in between they decide they can be friendly. Very odd.

I think I should go to bed.
and I found the people there to be friendly, easy going and funny (including the staff at the Kogge Rock'n'Roll Hotel, where I stayed).
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Sun 29 Jul 2012, 23:00,
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I've quite liked Hamburg. I *prefer* Heidelberg, Frankfurt and Munich, but I like Hamburg. And it has the massive benefit of not being Bavarian, unlike Munich. (Well, many Bavarians complain that Munich isn't Bavarian any more and blah blah blah. It's lovely to see Germany has all the same silly squabbles between states as Britain has been countries.) And the staff at the Hofbraeuhaus here turned out to be perfectly friendly and pleasant. I think I just caught staff at the start of their shifts and pissed off.
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Sun 29 Jul 2012, 23:09,
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One's a bit stand offish; the other's down to earth and a super nice guy to work with.
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Sun 29 Jul 2012, 23:16,
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I think I'd have bricked myself if I saw that looking back at me through the windows
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Sun 29 Jul 2012, 21:59,
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i've no idea how they did it - could be they were native hamburg
edit: www.b3ta.com/board/10780000 it's thanks to prodigy finding a whole host of smug source pics and some lurker tipping him off. i thank both the lurker and prodge :)
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Sun 29 Jul 2012, 22:15,
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edit: www.b3ta.com/board/10780000 it's thanks to prodigy finding a whole host of smug source pics and some lurker tipping him off. i thank both the lurker and prodge :)
Now you have to visit the gym Freebase frequents :D
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Sun 29 Jul 2012, 22:17,
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and risking the wrath of Jonesy :(
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Sun 29 Jul 2012, 22:19,
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You know, it looks remarkably nice on photos - all those trees, greenery, nice broad streets. In reality, just behind you the street is coated in roadworks and on the other side are a load of crappy-looking motorbike shops, and I'd swear I saw a "bike museum", and some guy staring through the window with his poor 4-year old daughter.
He gave me a suspicious look when he walked by on the other side of the street too. Should've taken a photo of him and reported him as a paedophile or something, that would've learned him.
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Sun 29 Jul 2012, 22:25,
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He gave me a suspicious look when he walked by on the other side of the street too. Should've taken a photo of him and reported him as a paedophile or something, that would've learned him.
not look like shit ;)
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Sun 29 Jul 2012, 22:34,
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Silly thing is about five minutes' walk from Smug's Balcony you get to Colonnade, which while being very touristy is genuinely quite pretty. Evidently they couldn't get onto a balcony there so they had to do some clever photography instead....
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Sun 29 Jul 2012, 22:43,
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There's some kind of strange allure about smug's world. I think it's the setting is as familiar as the man himself. I mean, you said you'd been to Freebase's gym it wouldn't seem that incredible. I can now imagine how The Hedgehog From Hell would make some comment about this not being incredible either. I miss his curmudgeonlyness.
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Sun 29 Jul 2012, 22:40,
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I bet you any money, particularly Monopoly money
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Sun 29 Jul 2012, 22:45,
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I'm hoping we can entice him back by drawing attention to the THFH-shaped hole on /board.
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Sun 29 Jul 2012, 23:27,
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The b3ta investigative team is alive!
Great thing to see after coming in from a fantastic bike ride.
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Sun 29 Jul 2012, 23:00,
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Great thing to see after coming in from a fantastic bike ride.
:)
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Sun 29 Jul 2012, 23:10,
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Fucking TOP post. This has filled me with glee.
Might be worth mentioning this to Rob.
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Mon 30 Jul 2012, 4:07,
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Might be worth mentioning this to Rob.
I was already getting suspicious enough looks as it was; how it would've been if I turned up with a folding chair, paper and croissant I have no idea :)
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Mon 30 Jul 2012, 19:19,
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(If Hamburg has tourists that is!)
I bow down at your awesomeness at actually being there..
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Mon 30 Jul 2012, 21:33,
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I bow down at your awesomeness at actually being there..
I hope she looked out her window when Marianne Vos won gold on that female bicycle thing they had this afternoon.
Looks a lot more Thatcheresque...
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Sun 29 Jul 2012, 21:44,
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this makes more sense than most of the olympics
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Sun 29 Jul 2012, 20:26,
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wimmins swimmins is where its at. Theyve got some flesh on their bones and curvy bits and everything!
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Sun 29 Jul 2012, 20:51,
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Nicely streamlined and... all wet and, and...
excuse me a second
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Sun 29 Jul 2012, 20:53,
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excuse me a second
I once played Pooh Sticks with my sister... took her ages to float under the bridge... *CYMBAL CRASH*
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Sun 29 Jul 2012, 20:50,
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rather good considering this may be the last post ever on the dying b3ta board...like a little time capsule...shame the apes won't understand it in a few thousand years
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Sun 29 Jul 2012, 19:59,
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