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# "WE'RE UNDERPAID SAY 99% OF THE PUBLIC"
(, Fri 11 Jan 2013, 13:45, archived)
# Blimey
stealth newsletter! Ta Rob!
(, Fri 11 Jan 2013, 13:46, archived)
# You didn't feature SBF's awesome compo entry in the highlights? For shame!
*ragequits*
(, Fri 11 Jan 2013, 13:49, archived)
# oh fuck. I was just about to start doing some work too
(, Fri 11 Jan 2013, 13:52, archived)
# riiiiiiight ;)
(, Fri 11 Jan 2013, 14:03, archived)
# *whistles*
(, Fri 11 Jan 2013, 15:13, archived)
# cheers, bobble
(, Fri 11 Jan 2013, 13:54, archived)
# the adobe link is still questionable
they are refusing to say people can use it if you haven't paid for it.
The initial intention was to turn off the servers but leave a backup copy for anyone still using it. Why they provided serial numbers is obviously the question.
Big fuck up more than generosity by the sounds of it
(, Fri 11 Jan 2013, 13:58, archived)
# I thought it was just for pre intel macs?
Which means recent versions of OSX won't run it as they don't carry rosetta.

www.theregister.co.uk/2013/01/08/free_adobe_cs2_download/

The consensus is somebody at Adobe cocked up.
(, Fri 11 Jan 2013, 14:05, archived)
# That 4chan thing is a fascinating read.
Their use of "fake Anonymous warnings", rather confirms my belief that Anonymous' anonymity is both its power and its Achilles heel.
(, Fri 11 Jan 2013, 14:00, archived)
# Cheers, Rob.
(, Fri 11 Jan 2013, 14:14, archived)
# ha!
Cheers for slogan ;)
(, Fri 11 Jan 2013, 14:22, archived)
# Pffffft
(, Fri 11 Jan 2013, 13:40, archived)
# Sorry for posting this in the middle(ton) of the Kate painting bandwagon
(, Fri 11 Jan 2013, 13:30, archived)
# haha
you may make a course correction at that old abandoned coalmine
(, Fri 11 Jan 2013, 13:31, archived)
# Ha ha ha ha!
Milk theft, turn left.
(, Fri 11 Jan 2013, 13:35, archived)
# Pfft!
(, Fri 11 Jan 2013, 13:37, archived)
# It must be defective, it only turns right!
(, Fri 11 Jan 2013, 15:21, archived)
# holy shit, spang factor 20 captain
(, Fri 11 Jan 2013, 13:36, archived)
# Haha!!
Where there is a roundabout, may we bring confusion...
"
(, Fri 11 Jan 2013, 13:47, archived)
# Hahahaha!
(, Fri 11 Jan 2013, 13:52, archived)
# Hahaha
(, Sun 13 Jan 2013, 18:42, archived)
# haha! on a similar note:

(, Fri 11 Jan 2013, 15:04, archived)
# Ohhhh fuck
(, Sun 13 Jan 2013, 18:41, archived)
# Can i get a reeeeeeee-wind?
Unintentional Jade Goodyness

(, Fri 11 Jan 2013, 13:08, archived)
# alreet our Wills?
(, Fri 11 Jan 2013, 13:10, archived)
# haha proper genuine real unfake office lolz
(, Fri 11 Jan 2013, 13:11, archived)
# ^this
(, Fri 11 Jan 2013, 13:11, archived)
# Proper Bo!
WOO!
(, Fri 11 Jan 2013, 13:15, archived)
# :)
(, Fri 11 Jan 2013, 13:15, archived)
# hahaha
thought it was a Ninj at first. Nice work
(, Fri 11 Jan 2013, 13:30, archived)
# That's proper bo I tell thee!
(, Fri 11 Jan 2013, 13:31, archived)
# Ha ha ha!
That's proper bo!
(, Fri 11 Jan 2013, 13:35, archived)
# KES!!
(, Fri 11 Jan 2013, 15:23, archived)
# Would.
(, Fri 11 Jan 2013, 13:07, archived)
# Rob?
(, Fri 11 Jan 2013, 13:07, archived)
# It's like an optical illusion that flicks between the two
Rob.
Mr. Bean.
Rob.
Mr. Bean.
Rob.
Mr. Bean.
Rob.
Mr. Bean.
(, Fri 11 Jan 2013, 13:13, archived)
# HAHAHAHAHA
^this
(, Fri 11 Jan 2013, 13:29, archived)
# Mr Bean?
(, Fri 11 Jan 2013, 13:10, archived)
# That one :)
(, Fri 11 Jan 2013, 13:11, archived)
# it weirdly looks like someone else and I can't put my finger on it
Paul McCartney a bit...
(, Fri 11 Jan 2013, 13:13, archived)
# Jonathan Ross?
(, Fri 11 Jan 2013, 13:19, archived)
# Good call
I see it now
(, Fri 11 Jan 2013, 13:31, archived)
# Yeah, me too.
John Turturro springs to mind.
(, Fri 11 Jan 2013, 13:20, archived)
# Bill Murray?
(, Fri 11 Jan 2013, 13:21, archived)
# :D
(, Fri 11 Jan 2013, 14:48, archived)
#
(, Fri 11 Jan 2013, 20:21, archived)
# /awaits call to the palace.
(, Fri 11 Jan 2013, 13:01, archived)
# rather more flattering than the official one
(, Fri 11 Jan 2013, 13:02, archived)
# ^this
(, Fri 11 Jan 2013, 13:03, archived)
# COR
(, Fri 11 Jan 2013, 13:02, archived)
# This is much better.
At least this one doesn't look 50 and knackered.
(, Fri 11 Jan 2013, 13:03, archived)
# ^THis
(, Fri 11 Jan 2013, 20:45, archived)
#
im imagining the mnmnmughghghmnmnuuuu noise she is making
(, Fri 11 Jan 2013, 13:04, archived)
# let us know when you've finished in the loo
(, Fri 11 Jan 2013, 13:05, archived)
# FUCK YES
FP this now
(, Fri 11 Jan 2013, 13:05, archived)
# Would.
(, Fri 11 Jan 2013, 13:05, archived)
# My go, my go
(, Fri 11 Jan 2013, 13:06, archived)
# Ha ha ha, she looks so serene.
(, Fri 11 Jan 2013, 13:09, archived)
# excellent
(, Fri 11 Jan 2013, 13:09, archived)
# WOO!
splendid.

although i like the other one as well, i think they messed up on the released image as it makes it look all a bit shit. i think people should go and see the full sized thing as it's huage.
(, Fri 11 Jan 2013, 13:12, archived)
# Bwahahahahahah
:D
(, Fri 11 Jan 2013, 13:13, archived)
# yes!
(, Fri 11 Jan 2013, 13:21, archived)
# Woah
for some reason, I'm thinking Weird Science?
(, Fri 11 Jan 2013, 13:33, archived)
# Yay!
(, Fri 11 Jan 2013, 13:47, archived)
# Yes to this
(, Fri 11 Jan 2013, 13:51, archived)
# Surprisedface!
(, Fri 11 Jan 2013, 13:54, archived)
# Every portrait looks better after Smallbrainfieldifying
(, Fri 11 Jan 2013, 14:22, archived)
# O_O
(, Fri 11 Jan 2013, 14:49, archived)
# Hahaha! Brilliant.
(, Fri 11 Jan 2013, 14:55, archived)
# Needs more crow's feet!
Excellent work sir.
(, Fri 11 Jan 2013, 15:10, archived)
# I think she's actually prettier there than in real life
(, Fri 11 Jan 2013, 15:18, archived)
# WILL USED THE GEL!!!!!!
(, Fri 11 Jan 2013, 16:46, archived)
# sunshine elephant would
(, Sat 12 Jan 2013, 9:31, archived)
# there now,
that's much better!
(, Sat 12 Jan 2013, 18:07, archived)
# Haha
Wonderfully deranged :D
(, Sat 12 Jan 2013, 23:09, archived)
# oh dear lord
can'tsleepduchesswilleatmecan'tsleepduchesswilleatme
(, Sun 13 Jan 2013, 2:19, archived)
# ...
(, Fri 11 Jan 2013, 12:43, archived)
# indeed, but I can't quite put my finger on it
(, Fri 11 Jan 2013, 12:44, archived)
# Hideous isn't it!
(, Fri 11 Jan 2013, 12:47, archived)
# I'm guessing the quality of the reproduced image is partially to blame
Probably due to bad lighting and the nature of the translucent layering of paint.
It looks better bigger static.guim.co.uk/sys-images/Guardian/Pix/pictures/2013/1/11/1357904086933/Portrait-of-Catherine-Duc-001.jpg
I think its pretty good, thank fuck he didn't airbrush it like every other picture of a woman in her early 30s in the media
(, Fri 11 Jan 2013, 12:51, archived)
# Hahaha, that link says quim
doesn't, it's a g really
(, Fri 11 Jan 2013, 12:54, archived)
# It's all the blue,
it kills the portrait. Would have been better with some warmer tones in it. She looks like a greeter for Dignitas.
(, Fri 11 Jan 2013, 13:07, archived)
# my brain keeps telling me the top half of her face doesn't match the bottom half
(, Fri 11 Jan 2013, 13:03, archived)
# Has she just put plum jam on the top of her head?
(, Fri 11 Jan 2013, 12:49, archived)
# Don't want to spam the board

So i'll just drop this here, if that's OK?
(, Fri 11 Jan 2013, 12:59, archived)
# Is the NPG having a joke?
(, Fri 11 Jan 2013, 13:02, archived)
# oh Halibut
this one doesn't like like either Justin Lee Collins or Gail from Corrie
(, Fri 11 Jan 2013, 13:04, archived)
#
worthy of its own thread i rekon as it did make me laugh !
(, Fri 11 Jan 2013, 13:06, archived)
# Bollocks.
I must learn to look down the board before I bother to open tatty shop.
(, Fri 11 Jan 2013, 13:06, archived)
# Ray... we'd like to shoot the monster, could you move, please?
(, Fri 11 Jan 2013, 12:38, archived)
# THERE IS NO KATE THERE IS ONLY ZUUL
(, Fri 11 Jan 2013, 12:39, archived)
# lolol
(, Fri 11 Jan 2013, 12:43, archived)
# :D
(, Fri 11 Jan 2013, 12:44, archived)
# I used to work on the arcade cabinet version of Zool.
This is therefore excellent.
(, Fri 11 Jan 2013, 12:49, archived)
# there was an arcade version?
I thought it was home computer only
(, Fri 11 Jan 2013, 12:53, archived)
# There was an arcade version? :O
(, Fri 11 Jan 2013, 12:53, archived)
# Yup, fellas. Gremlin Interactive. 1993. Link below.
(, Fri 11 Jan 2013, 15:26, archived)
# Oh Egon ... !
It's always the quiet ones!
(, Fri 11 Jan 2013, 12:40, archived)
# I had part of a slinky once
but I straightened it
(, Fri 11 Jan 2013, 12:48, archived)
# Hahaha! Nice.
(, Fri 11 Jan 2013, 12:54, archived)
# Ha ha ha!
The PKE meter is off the scale.
(, Fri 11 Jan 2013, 13:00, archived)
# hahaha win!
(, Fri 11 Jan 2013, 13:08, archived)
# Yes!!
:D
(, Fri 11 Jan 2013, 13:14, archived)
# hahaha, I Sky-plus'd that the other night
(, Fri 11 Jan 2013, 13:37, archived)
[challenge entry] "Come on already! - I like, ordered my Martini over 5 minutes ago!"
(, Fri 11 Jan 2013, 12:33, archived)
# Heh heh
The Queen actually looks like that woman in Benidorm I always think.
(, Fri 11 Jan 2013, 12:42, archived)
# Steve Pemberton?
(, Fri 11 Jan 2013, 12:43, archived)
# hahaha
(, Fri 11 Jan 2013, 12:52, archived)
# Hahahahahahah
:D
(, Fri 11 Jan 2013, 13:03, archived)
# 'ere's yer gin, luv
(, Fri 11 Jan 2013, 15:26, archived)
[challenge entry]

It rains a fucking lot, mind.
(, Fri 11 Jan 2013, 11:21, archived)
# Why is it always raining in y...
Oh. Hang on...
(, Fri 11 Jan 2013, 11:23, archived)
# OI!
(, Fri 11 Jan 2013, 11:28, archived)
# Ha ha ha
(, Fri 11 Jan 2013, 11:31, archived)
# I concur
(, Fri 11 Jan 2013, 11:39, archived)
# :)
(, Fri 11 Jan 2013, 11:55, archived)
# Haha!
(, Fri 11 Jan 2013, 13:04, archived)
# haha
If I ever start to wonder what the Pyramids would look like if they'd been built in Glencoe, I now know
(, Fri 11 Jan 2013, 11:29, archived)
# Aces
Yay, time for a pea.

(, Fri 11 Jan 2013, 11:47, archived)
# :D
(, Fri 11 Jan 2013, 11:58, archived)
# My favourite so far.
Ace!
(, Fri 11 Jan 2013, 12:19, archived)
# Epic sir!!
Top drawer :)
WOOt and *click*
(, Fri 11 Jan 2013, 12:27, archived)
# Every where you go, always bring the weather with you . . .
Nice work SBF :D
(, Fri 11 Jan 2013, 12:34, archived)
# see, if we were still in charge, all of Africa's drought problems would be solved
but we might flood the rest of the world
(, Fri 11 Jan 2013, 12:45, archived)
# Best yet haha
(, Fri 11 Jan 2013, 13:05, archived)
[challenge entry] heh :-)
I'll just park this here then:
(, Fri 11 Jan 2013, 14:15, archived)
# :'(
(, Fri 11 Jan 2013, 14:50, archived)
# Maybe it does
Problem is, no one's ever seen it
(, Wed 16 Jan 2013, 22:26, archived)
[challenge entry]
(, Fri 11 Jan 2013, 11:15, archived)
# That's the way to travel in style.
(, Fri 11 Jan 2013, 12:00, archived)
# the eyes follow you round the room
(, Fri 11 Jan 2013, 10:53, archived)
# Christ, that's awful!
he has taken an incredibly pretty girl and made a worn-out middle aged woman out of her.

They should have got Rolf to do it
(, Fri 11 Jan 2013, 10:55, archived)
# haven't we all
(, Fri 11 Jan 2013, 10:56, archived)
# ha!
(, Fri 11 Jan 2013, 10:57, archived)
# Hahahahahahaha
(, Fri 11 Jan 2013, 11:09, archived)
# :D
(, Fri 11 Jan 2013, 11:11, archived)
# Ha ha ha ha!
(, Fri 11 Jan 2013, 11:18, archived)
# =))
(, Fri 11 Jan 2013, 13:06, archived)
# chortle
(, Fri 11 Jan 2013, 13:55, archived)
# *sniggle*
(, Fri 11 Jan 2013, 14:20, archived)
# Agreed.
She looks like a 45-year-old chain-smoker, or the kind of person who'd sooner use a Glade Plug-In than open a window.
(, Fri 11 Jan 2013, 11:17, archived)
# you can catch all sorts from outside air
(, Fri 11 Jan 2013, 11:18, archived)
# something, something, heir inside, something.
Full joke to follow.
(, Fri 11 Jan 2013, 11:22, archived)
# Hahaha! ROFL!

(, Fri 11 Jan 2013, 11:55, archived)
# *makes wobble board noise*
(, Fri 11 Jan 2013, 12:22, archived)
# thats ace
(, Fri 11 Jan 2013, 12:26, archived)
# actually as its xmas ill add this link (as I've forgot how to repost)
(, Fri 11 Jan 2013, 12:28, archived)
# :D :D
(, Fri 11 Jan 2013, 12:56, archived)
# oh noes...
Poor Rdli Hakkis...
(, Fri 11 Jan 2013, 13:24, archived)
# teething troubles
(, Fri 11 Jan 2013, 14:34, archived)
# A+
"The technique was necessary to...instil a guttural sensation of horror" :D
(, Fri 11 Jan 2013, 11:07, archived)
# Cold dead eyes etc...
(, Fri 11 Jan 2013, 11:09, archived)
# Crikey. It's like a "faces of meth".
What did he do? Mix up her picture with one of her mum?

He won't be getting a knighthood for that.
(, Fri 11 Jan 2013, 11:10, archived)
# Kirstie Alley, or Anita Dobson?
(, Fri 11 Jan 2013, 11:12, archived)
# has he only ever seen paintings that need to be cleaned?
(, Fri 11 Jan 2013, 11:16, archived)
# Kate likes to smoke 80 a day, and eats pies. Washed down with lashings of gin.
(, Fri 11 Jan 2013, 11:16, archived)
#
(, Fri 11 Jan 2013, 11:17, archived)
# Mind the piss :P
(, Fri 11 Jan 2013, 12:34, archived)
# She'll make a great Queen Mum in 60 years then.
(, Fri 11 Jan 2013, 11:58, archived)
# Bloody hell!
He's made her look like Edwina Currie
(, Fri 11 Jan 2013, 11:17, archived)
# conflicting light sources
probably

something isn't right apart from how rough the artist has made her look
(, Fri 11 Jan 2013, 11:18, archived)
# like a mad childess auntie looming at you from inside a wardrobe
(, Fri 11 Jan 2013, 11:19, archived)
# That's a bit grim.
Edit: Next week's image challenge: Do a decent portrait of Kate.
(, Fri 11 Jan 2013, 11:19, archived)
# ^ Fucking THIS
I'm doing mine in pasta
(, Fri 11 Jan 2013, 11:24, archived)
# at the very least it should be a sub challenge
a week of one face gets painfully repetetive
(, Fri 11 Jan 2013, 11:26, archived)
# As is demonstrated here every night.
Well, three faces in that case, but cumulatively for far more than a week each.
(, Fri 11 Jan 2013, 11:28, archived)
# Yep, you're right.
We did self portraits not long back. Maybe portraits of famous folk in general?
(, Fri 11 Jan 2013, 11:34, archived)
# I'd vote for that.
(, Fri 11 Jan 2013, 11:59, archived)
# I especially like the
- five o'clock shadow
- half-lidded, rohypnol eyes
- boxer's nose
(, Fri 11 Jan 2013, 11:23, archived)
# o_O
They should've waited to reveal this shit until after the baby was born!
(, Fri 11 Jan 2013, 11:26, archived)
# Yeah...
Being told by a footman that the nanny was woken three times in the night as he deliveres your breakfast in bed at half-past-nine is quite tiring...
(, Fri 11 Jan 2013, 11:32, archived)
# ??
I'm more concerned about the unborn baby and the stress this image may cause it?
(, Fri 11 Jan 2013, 11:49, archived)
# I thought you meant she looked tired, like someone with a newborn
(, Fri 11 Jan 2013, 12:59, archived)
# yikes
(, Fri 11 Jan 2013, 11:38, archived)
# that's fucking awful!
perhaps he's a republican :D
(, Fri 11 Jan 2013, 11:46, archived)
# That poor cat...
(, Fri 11 Jan 2013, 11:49, archived)
# :)
(, Fri 11 Jan 2013, 11:54, archived)
# this is genuinely better
(, Fri 11 Jan 2013, 11:57, archived)
# Exactly. A bit more
contrast and saturation and bob's your uncle.

(, Fri 11 Jan 2013, 12:06, archived)
# Charlotte Church?
(, Fri 11 Jan 2013, 12:52, archived)
# Ha ha ha ha!
Marfelous!
(, Fri 11 Jan 2013, 12:59, archived)
# this reminds me or Dr Dawn Thing off Embarrassing Bodies
https://www.tampap.com/asset/image/Dawn_Harper.jpg
(, Fri 11 Jan 2013, 13:11, archived)
# Terrifying!
:D
(, Fri 11 Jan 2013, 11:56, archived)
# Just been reading the article.
The last line's great: "The portrait, called HRH The Duchess of Cambridge ... "
(, Fri 11 Jan 2013, 12:05, archived)
# Hahaha
(, Fri 11 Jan 2013, 12:33, archived)
# Fuuuuck, I could paint better than that.
(, Fri 11 Jan 2013, 12:35, archived)
# really? go on then
(, Fri 11 Jan 2013, 12:40, archived)
[challenge entry] I do believe that you were not actually there...
(, Fri 11 Jan 2013, 10:07, archived)
# Excellent :)
I can't stand toad in the hole though.

I love sausages.
I love Yorkshire Pudding.
Put the two in the same dish and i hate it.
(, Fri 11 Jan 2013, 10:09, archived)
# HEATHEN!
BURN HIM!

mind you i've not had it in a while. or toad in the hole for that matter. ba dum tish!
(, Fri 11 Jan 2013, 10:19, archived)
# I call it 'frogs in a fanny'
I don't really.

I know what you mean though, 2 rights don't always make a right
(, Fri 11 Jan 2013, 10:56, archived)
# hahaha, very good mate
Hmmm, hungry now, is it lunchtime yet?
(, Fri 11 Jan 2013, 10:13, archived)
# :D
took me a sec
(, Fri 11 Jan 2013, 10:20, archived)
# :)
I really should have done Cucumber Sandwich Hill :)
(, Fri 11 Jan 2013, 10:29, archived)
# haha!
(, Fri 11 Jan 2013, 10:40, archived)
# nicely
do the planes dump onion gravy instead of napalm?
(, Fri 11 Jan 2013, 10:46, archived)
# Tally ho!
Of course, being the Empire, we wouldn't have lost.
(, Fri 11 Jan 2013, 11:19, archived)
[challenge entry] much better.
(, Fri 11 Jan 2013, 10:07, archived)
# Get your kicks
On the A36.
(, Fri 11 Jan 2013, 10:13, archived)
# hehe, nice
Is that the Historic M66?
(, Fri 11 Jan 2013, 10:14, archived)
# the one and only
(, Fri 11 Jan 2013, 10:33, archived)
# It's my 10 year b3ta birthday
So to celebrate, I'm going to have some toast and coffee

Instead of cakes for the office I have made a crap shopped image



Mornin'
(, Fri 11 Jan 2013, 9:48, archived)
# Happy b3taday!
(, Fri 11 Jan 2013, 9:49, archived)
# happy candles
(, Fri 11 Jan 2013, 9:57, archived)
# 10 years and still no donation, shocking
(, Fri 11 Jan 2013, 10:00, archived)
# Good point. Doing now, better late than never.
(, Fri 11 Jan 2013, 10:07, archived)
# yay! emotional blackmail/sarcasm works!
(, Fri 11 Jan 2013, 10:08, archived)
# Happy Candles
:)
(, Fri 11 Jan 2013, 10:07, archived)
# TEN YEARS MAN!!! TEN YEARS!!!


(, Fri 11 Jan 2013, 10:07, archived)
# Fuuuuuuuuuuck!
I remember when you were young and handsome.
(, Fri 11 Jan 2013, 10:14, archived)
# no cake for you!
(, Fri 11 Jan 2013, 10:07, archived)
# Is the appropriate response Panowie?
(, Fri 11 Jan 2013, 10:09, archived)
#
Yes. and... "have a biscuit."
(, Fri 11 Jan 2013, 10:18, archived)
# Hppy Btday
(, Fri 11 Jan 2013, 10:12, archived)
# happy burpday!
(, Fri 11 Jan 2013, 11:48, archived)
[challenge entry] "I say old chap, could you pass me one of those darling scones?"
(, Fri 11 Jan 2013, 9:20, archived)
# I woke up in the morning and felt like a zombie, that tequila gold label had bombed me
(, Fri 11 Jan 2013, 9:37, archived)
# Sounds like the start of a good book
:)
(, Fri 11 Jan 2013, 10:16, archived)
# Excellent stuff Q!!
*Click* :D
(, Fri 11 Jan 2013, 9:41, archived)
# :D
Cheers Ninj
(, Fri 11 Jan 2013, 10:17, archived)
# top lols
(, Fri 11 Jan 2013, 9:45, archived)
# Conceited oaf!
Nicely :o)
(, Fri 11 Jan 2013, 9:45, archived)
# My he has big hands
My sort of fellow
(, Fri 11 Jan 2013, 9:55, archived)
# hahaha
Hands like a bunch of bananas!
(, Fri 11 Jan 2013, 10:12, archived)
# hurrah!
(, Fri 11 Jan 2013, 10:41, archived)
# Great stuff.
(, Fri 11 Jan 2013, 12:05, archived)
# Oh Bravo.
(, Fri 11 Jan 2013, 22:56, archived)
[challenge entry] Sunday afternoon rowing at the Washington Monument.
(, Fri 11 Jan 2013, 8:31, archived)
# Hahaha!
Bit short though. Which is something that I normally hear.
(, Fri 11 Jan 2013, 9:08, archived)
# KuKluxKlan HQ
Nicely Brian
(, Fri 11 Jan 2013, 9:13, archived)
# Thanks. :)
(, Fri 11 Jan 2013, 10:19, archived)
[challenge entry] i love a cup of char
(, Fri 11 Jan 2013, 7:27, archived)
# I was talking about this just the other day
how are the high streets so full of coffee shops when the old British tea rooms died a death?
(, Fri 11 Jan 2013, 7:41, archived)
# retail invasion by other countries
personally I hate coffee, can't stand the stuff
(, Fri 11 Jan 2013, 7:44, archived)
# Stainless steel teapots that dribbled and were too hot to pick up,
and cartons of UHT milk didn't help.
(, Fri 11 Jan 2013, 7:44, archived)
# because bad tea is undrinkable
but no one notices when coffee is badly made, cos it already tastes rank, but people are too concerned with looking cool to say so
(, Fri 11 Jan 2013, 7:55, archived)
# I think you may be on to something
(, Fri 11 Jan 2013, 8:06, archived)
# that seems fair.
there have been a few places that have tried to be tea shops, but they've never been as fashionable as coffee shops to the general public.
(, Fri 11 Jan 2013, 8:11, archived)
# every time I say "that coffee smells like dirt"
someone always replies "well it was ground this morning"


/coat
(, Fri 11 Jan 2013, 8:14, archived)
# and it was monkey shit the previous night
(, Fri 11 Jan 2013, 8:20, archived)
# Not really
the coffee on the Dutch train stations is so much more rank, that people became aware of its various appearances of rankness. The coffee in the coffee shop chains is just slightly less rank and/or masked by copious amounts of sugar and fat.
(, Fri 11 Jan 2013, 8:47, archived)
# I don't think no one notices
they've just been brainwashed into believeing that coffee should taste shit, because most of them sell shit coffee.

If all you can buy is shit coffee, you'll believe that's how coffee tastes.

(, Fri 11 Jan 2013, 8:55, archived)
# Black with no sugar and you soon work out where to avoid...
(, Fri 11 Jan 2013, 9:30, archived)
# Yes, coffee shops
(, Fri 11 Jan 2013, 9:56, archived)
#
It seems everyone is prepared to allow someone else to make their coffee, but the world can get to fuck if it tries to make their tea.
(, Fri 11 Jan 2013, 10:20, archived)
# Tea rooms are generally full of ornery old women and chintz.
I don't know about you, but that just doesn't do it for me.
(, Fri 11 Jan 2013, 7:56, archived)
# I was in one the other day
Half- full of families, and the waitress was seriously fit. Whoop Woop!
(, Fri 11 Jan 2013, 7:57, archived)
# there's a great one in St Albans the used to have the best bacon sandwich on the planet
(, Fri 11 Jan 2013, 8:21, archived)
# Is that a euphemism?
(, Fri 11 Jan 2013, 8:46, archived)
# Coffee is seen as a slightly stronger stimulant, perhaps
(, Fri 11 Jan 2013, 7:57, archived)
# Whereever Location, Location, Location go
they always seem to find a tea room. Mainly oop north.

My missus has been bemoaning this very fact also
(, Fri 11 Jan 2013, 8:56, archived)
# "FRIENDS" and their Central Jerk are to blame
While I was at Uni I saw the coffee shops pop up and groups of "FREINDS" trying to re-create the sitting around posing, pretending they lived in NY
(, Fri 11 Jan 2013, 9:17, archived)
# "FRIENDS", you say?
(, Fri 11 Jan 2013, 9:57, archived)
# hahaha
Love that
(, Fri 11 Jan 2013, 10:20, archived)
# because tea is seen as cheap
people will happily pay £3.50 for coffee (ooh, exotic, from remotest Colombia) but feel ripped off at £1.50 for tea, mainly because they know it's just a teabag from ASDA and hot water
(, Fri 11 Jan 2013, 9:44, archived)
# Fact.
I don't mind if it's a posh teabag though, like a Teapigs one. Furthermore, there is a place in Twickenham what does reet nice tea, in a pot, with leaves and everything, even for takeaway, which is ace.

And other musings.
(, Fri 11 Jan 2013, 10:00, archived)
#
(, Fri 11 Jan 2013, 15:31, archived)
[challenge entry] In a spot of bother old chap? Then I implore you to hail these sprightly fellows.

(, Fri 11 Jan 2013, 6:11, archived)
# If you can seek them out
(, Fri 11 Jan 2013, 6:19, archived)
# If one can seek them out.
Manners please. You cunt.
(, Fri 11 Jan 2013, 6:52, archived)
# Hahaha
Simply marvelous old boy :)
(, Fri 11 Jan 2013, 7:03, archived)
# Pip pip.
Those ruffians are in for a rum old time now, I'll wager.
(, Fri 11 Jan 2013, 7:35, archived)
# Should we read something in the fact that the chap from the colonies isn't wearing a hat?
"I ain't puttin' on no hat, foo'"
(, Fri 11 Jan 2013, 7:52, archived)
# I thought it was a miniature brimless bowler
(, Fri 11 Jan 2013, 7:56, archived)
# hahahaha
Face wears it well
(, Fri 11 Jan 2013, 9:18, archived)
# I say, that fellow on the right appears to be a damned Frenchman
(, Fri 11 Jan 2013, 9:45, archived)

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