Rachelswipe says: My niece - after months of begging - was finally allowed to get a hamster, and her grandfather was utterly horrified to learn that it had been called "Nipples", a pretty good name for a pet if you ask us. Alas, it was only the more mundane "Nibbles" - what have you misheard or misunderstood, with truly hilarious consequences?
(, Thu 28 Aug 2014, 21:35)
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To be honest, everything west of the M25 is either airport, unpleasant but unavoidable business parks, or the slow road to Devon and Cornwall.
(, Tue 2 Sep 2014, 20:03, 1 reply)
I live in a city rather than a retirement village.
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You're out pretty much every night?
What sat in the pub typing on your phone like some kind of Marshmallow saddo? I suppose you're 'out on the town' right now?
(, Tue 2 Sep 2014, 20:12, closed)
And no ... I'm at home now. It's barely 8 o'clock. I realise that's ovaltine and bed time down there in sleepy dullshire.
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A fat 40 something consultant rocking it with the students down at the corn exchange. You're my inspiration.
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I'm off to a gig tomorrow though. Shall I put it in the calendar?
I'm sorry that your life is already over but some of us are still quite enjoying ours.
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Can we have a photo of the 'gig' and for no reason whatsoever a picture of a Wednesday's newspaper in the shot.
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www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2014/aug/03/the-case-for-fortysomething-festival-goers
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But then I'm not going to brag to a messageboard about all the cool gigs I got to because I'm not 14.
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and we both know that you never go out in London anyway so your theoretical proximity is entirely academic
(, Wed 3 Sep 2014, 9:17, closed)
when you go down to play the O2 with your rock band?
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really dunno where you're going with this given that you've already whimpered that gigs are for the yoof
It may come as a shock but it's not actually much fun for me to watch a real person getting upset online. Why are you doing this to yourself?
(, Wed 3 Sep 2014, 9:29, closed)
So upset I didn't have to post a guardian article about how it's 'cool' to be having a mid-life crisis.
And I am yoof, you tragic old man.
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no wonder you're so up tight
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And you do, for a moment when you close your eyes, at a Phil Collins concert.
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I'm not a prematurely old dullard trapped in the commuter belt.
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while you pretend go out and party with the cool kids to complete the Marshmallow-style illusion.
You two are so much more alike than either of you are prepared to admit.
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