Room 101
Please submit five things you want banished to Room 101.

I get to go first-

SpankyHanky.
Pendulum.
That bit in that Nina Simone song when she sings that she's got her liver.
Monty Boyce.
Reggae.
(dozers, do fuck off ur a nob m8, Sun 15 Jan 2012, 21:22, 131 replies, latest was 14 years ago)

Scales of 1-10
How tired are you?
How productive as your weekend been?
How much have you enjoyed your weekend?

Please show your working.
( Fucking hell Jeff I am not a robot, Sun 15 Jan 2012, 19:01, 193 replies, latest was 14 years ago)

I had a terrible night's sleep, really not very pleasent at all. Always being bullied from the inside out =(
Sunday plans? Mine are to blitz the flat all over, get the whole lot cleaned up and looking good again, not that it looks bad now, it could just do with a bit of a top-up. Ma' is then taking me to some homeware store to look at tealight holders and bits'n'bobs like that, might get some photo frames and maybe some art or whatever. I want to do some work on my mobile app that I was working on before, bring that project to life again.
( G/PP 💩💩💩💩💩&#128, Sun 15 Jan 2012, 10:07, 34 replies, latest was 14 years ago)

So, anyone in here know much about Qatar?
The missus is being heavily courted by Qatar University.

Pros:
-up to about $90K/year tax-free income. (Above that it gets taxed at US rates.)
-housing and utilities provided.
-free education for me, if I want to get a Masters.
-lots of expatriates to hang out with.
-a three year contract (in case we hate it).

Cons:
-hotter than hell.
-loads of sand and not much else there.
-limited number of places you're allowed to drink as a non-Muslim adult.
-to get said free education I'd have to wear native garb. (Although an Arab man-dress might be comfortable...)
-being halfway around the globe from my family. (Which might actually be a pro, now that I think about it...)
-hotter than hell.
-did I mention the heat?

Anyone else got input on this? If it comes available, should we go for it or avoid it like a biblical plague?
( The Resident Loon Not a demographic. Do not measure., Sun 15 Jan 2012, 1:47, 8 replies, latest was 14 years ago)

Chemists, come forth!
My housemate's Dad seems to think he can improve the fuel efficiency of his car using water, that it's the hydrogen from the water, apparently splitting the water molecule using the leftover heat from the engine. I think he is wrong, as it takes more energy to split said molecule than what you will get by burning the leftover hydrogen. This caused an argument by the way. Can you settle this?
(The Luggage is haunted..., Sun 15 Jan 2012, 1:13, 4 replies, latest was 14 years ago)

Saturday natter?

( JeffTheDogFucker Can you dig it?, Sat 14 Jan 2012, 22:21, 160 replies, latest was 14 years ago)

It's Saturday night.
Time for shut in wish I was going out jukebox. Show your links.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bcf5kzBCdy4&ob=av3e

Alt: www.youtube.com/watch?v=9YCLOPghc34
( mark morrisons prison shoes I love Willie, Sat 14 Jan 2012, 18:55, 164 replies, latest was 14 years ago)

Good Saturday
Wotcha doing today?
( JeffTheDogFucker Can you dig it?, Sat 14 Jan 2012, 10:50, 123 replies, latest was 14 years ago)

Corrections. During last week's QOTW I posted this about Mr Cash.
jelly.b3ta.com/questions/books2012/post1493182
Turns out I was a wee bit off the mark, but not by far.
www.upvenue.com/article/1471-7-interesting-facts-about-johnny-cash.html

Fucking legend.

Tell me about an utter legend.
( blaireau69 , the Cumbrian Travis Bickle., Sat 14 Jan 2012, 1:20, 1 reply, 14 years ago)

Anyone still up?
Or just got in?

Anything to share or relate? We can pass it to Ed Milliband as he has no original ideas about anything.
( The Disappointed Caravanner of the year, Fri 13 Jan 2012, 23:29, 10 replies, latest was 14 years ago)

*grudgingly starts new thread that no one's going to contribute to*
what you up to this weekend, guys?

alt: ask a question yourselves
( Citizen Cavy Admires your passion for conformity, Fri 13 Jan 2012, 19:16, 176 replies, latest was 14 years ago)

That thread's been going on for two hours now.
Time for a BBC newslink.

There's been some discussion on the radio this morning about this: www.bbc.co.uk/news/education-16535191

I general I think I agree with the principle, but is there a difference between a teacher not being competent, and a teacher being unable to do their job properly because of the badly behaved, disruptive little shits they have to try and teach in the first place?

I'm not giving you an alt as no doubt you'll find some other way to amuse yourselves anyway you undisciplined spastics.
( Davros' Granddad a voice of calm reason in a world of spastics., Fri 13 Jan 2012, 14:06, 80 replies, latest was 14 years ago)

The sun is shining in That London and the brids are singing.
I got paid today and I have a curry for lunch. Not a bad day.

What are your weekend plans?

Alt: Favourite Saint? Lampito is doing her dissertation on St Augustine who is the patron saint of brewers. Sounds good to me.
(Set your faces to Stunned Bigly, Fri 13 Jan 2012, 12:09, 184 replies, latest was 14 years ago)

That thread seemed a bit rubbish.
What are the best and worst things about where you live?

Alt: What's your earliest childhood memory?

Alt alt: Are you fucking bent or what?
( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Fri 13 Jan 2012, 9:29, 257 replies, latest was 14 years ago)

you're all bitches

I may or may not have been drinking
( Lisette von Falcon, Fri 13 Jan 2012, 7:03, 75 replies, latest was 14 years ago)

eeeeeeeeeeeeeeevening
wassup bitches?
( Citizen Cavy Admires your passion for conformity, Thu 12 Jan 2012, 19:19, 231 replies, latest was 14 years ago)

I was going to join that last thread, but Darth and Bobby have disgusted me.
What has disgusted you today?

Alt: My head hurts from lots and lots of coughing. I'm seriously considering chopping it off just to stop the pain. Tell me something that will cheer me up.
( b3th Not shit. Not mod., Thu 12 Jan 2012, 16:42, 144 replies, latest was 14 years ago)

That thread is lacking in direction
People often say "I just want to go to the airport and get on the next flight anywhere", tell me about a time when you were spontaneous. Did it work out? Or did you end upo in the rain without a kagool?

Alt: in light of AWT getting caught by the fuzz, have you ever shoplifted?
( Naked Ape call me Caitlyn, Thu 12 Jan 2012, 14:26, 221 replies, latest was 14 years ago)

Races
Not running ones but in fact Monty's faves. I'm currently having to deal with a Swedish chap who is the archetypal stereotype of a Scandinavian. He is 100% logical and also refuses to admit when he is wrong

Tell me of your stereotypes oh please, denizens of offtopic

Alt:
Or your lunch
( sporters I’m sincerely gratitude to you, Thu 12 Jan 2012, 13:18, 138 replies, latest was 14 years ago)

I think they should bring back lepers.
Lepers were cool. Also, Texan Bars. And hanging for petty theft.

What do YOU think they should bring back?
( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Thu 12 Jan 2012, 10:20, 173 replies, latest was 14 years ago)

Question of the week vote
...is here, featuring a nice picture of Smug Bastard
( Scaryduck LIKES EGG, Thu 12 Jan 2012, 10:04, 2 replies, latest was 14 years ago)

Morning peeps!
In a good mood this morning which probably wont last once the book keeper comes and starts trying to fathom out my wacky accounts.

How the hell are you?
( girlinthehole, Thu 12 Jan 2012, 8:24, 189 replies, latest was 14 years ago)

Evening thread.
How will you be better tomorrow?
( SteveFrench Cardio is for homo's. do you even lift bro?, Wed 11 Jan 2012, 19:53, 189 replies, latest was 14 years ago)

I'm sacking work off for the day
And going to the pub for a couple of hours.

Achieved anything today?
( JeffTheDogFucker Can you dig it?, Wed 11 Jan 2012, 17:15, 113 replies, latest was 14 years ago)

Oh, for fuck's sake, new thread time already.
How many new year's resolutions have you broken already?

Alt: If you could bring one person back from the dead who would it be? They get the rest of their natural lifespan, or 10 years which ever is longer.

I'll have Douglas Adams I think.
( CQ Knows the truth, all of it., Wed 11 Jan 2012, 15:50, 87 replies, latest was 14 years ago)

OPINION POLL - warning contains talk of children, please feel free to ignore.
My ex just told me she's taking my kid to church this Sunday - this is a ruse (too late anyway I suspect) to get her a place at the Catholic primary school where she's currently doing pre-school.

I have a massive moral objection to the Catholic church in particular. CofE are just amiable and stupid, but I genuinely believe some of the principal tenets of Catholicism are actively bad and I really don't want my daugher to be fed a pack of lies and be left with guilt complexes and other wrong things. The idea that you can be exonerated from anything you've done by repeating some fucking mumbo-jumbo is extremely bad news if you ask me, and don't even get me started on transubstantiation...

BUT - all the non-faith schools in our area are really, really shit and all the kids struggle with English. Which is worse? Having a sub-standard academic training or a better one but being fed a pack of evil lies in exchange? I really am troubled by this.
( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Wed 11 Jan 2012, 13:41, 227 replies, latest was 14 years ago)

As that thread seems to have died
Who would you like to murder? Why?

How would you go about it?

Alt: Lunch I suppose.
( Fucking hell Jeff I am not a robot, Wed 11 Jan 2012, 12:18, 171 replies, latest was 14 years ago)

You can save one thing (non-living) from your burning home.
What is it, and why have (you) chosen it?
( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Wed 11 Jan 2012, 10:13, 127 replies, latest was 14 years ago)