My Biggest DisappointmentOften the things we look forward to the most turn out to be a huge let down. As Freddy Woo puts it, "High heels in bed? No fun at all. Porn has a lot to answer for."
Well, Freddy, you are supposed to get someone else to wear them.
What's disappointed you lot?
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chthonic, Thu 26 Jun 2008, 14:15)
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Electric BraeI was raised on stories about Electric Brae in Ayrshire being a place where there was an optical illusion such that it looked as though water ran uphill.
Chancing to be driving through it with a large bottle of water in the car a couple of years ago, I stopped and poured it over the surface of the road.
I squinted; I changed my position; I looked from between my legs; I turned my back and suddenly looked to surprise it. Whatever I did, the water was definitely running downhill.
DAMN YOU, GRAVITY!
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Enzyme is powered by sunlight, Mon 30 Jun 2008, 12:10,
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You sure you were at the right bit?Every time I've been there, the illusion is quite convincing. But there's a part where the slope gets steeper and it's definitely 'correct'.
Next time I'm there, I might get out for a pee and see which way the urine flows.
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K2k6 has a proper job these days, Mon 30 Jun 2008, 12:16,
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@K2k6Probably not.
But I did see the effect in the gutter during a rainstorm near my home a couple of years ago, so I'm not entirely despondent.
Well: actually, I wasn't despondent at all.
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Enzyme is powered by sunlight, Mon 30 Jun 2008, 12:18,
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it'sa myth put about by backward people. (Boom boom.)
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crackhouseceilidhband Fuck off back to Mumsnet, Mon 30 Jun 2008, 12:44,
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