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(, Sun 1 Apr 2001, 1:00)
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you've succeeded where jmg and every other /talker have failed... you've killed off-topic with that last thread!
not that this will breathe any life into it, but it's all i can think of today. what are you looking at right now (beyond b3ta, smartasses)?
alt q: if something looks great but is really uncomfortable, do you wear it and suffer, or look less great and be more relaxed?
alt alt q: having done holidays with family, small and large groups friends and various other halves, i am ashamed that i am reeeeeeally tempted to a holiday all by myself next year. is this chilled out and cool or is it horrendously anti-social and weird?
(, Tue 4 Jan 2011, 16:15, 208 replies, latest was 15 years ago)
2 monitors, 4 Lego men, a wallet (empty), mobile, 4 music CDs and an empty coffee cup.
Alt Q:
No, its all about the comfort for us blokes. Ladies feel free to wear uncomfortable but attractive attire by all means
Alt Alt Q:
Do it!
(, Tue 4 Jan 2011, 16:18, Reply)
Bob. You cunt.
Alt q: No. That would be silly.
Alt alt q: No, go where you want, do what you want and enjoy yourself. And there won't be family or friends to judge you (or) the quality of Italian waiters you decide to get under.
(, Tue 4 Jan 2011, 16:18, Reply)
Alt: No, even my tight clothes aren't uncomfortable
Alt Alt: Nothing wrong with that, you'll soon meet new people and have fun.
(, Tue 4 Jan 2011, 16:21, Reply)
and some of them bicker and it's exhausting and-
gah, i know i am totally going to end up on the girly holiday, i just had this sophisticated image of myself actually chilling out round the pool and getting some early nights with a load of new books.
(, Tue 4 Jan 2011, 16:25, Reply)
If it's the latter, please god don't.
(, Tue 4 Jan 2011, 16:29, Reply)
rachelswipe in a nurse's costume with an L plate on the front, a tinsel halo and a fairy wand.
(, Tue 4 Jan 2011, 16:31, Reply)
Read the rest of the sentence - Shit.
(, Tue 4 Jan 2011, 16:33, Reply)
months and months of "what are you going to pack" and "can i borrow your gold sandals" and "do i need ten bikinis" and "if you take your straighteners, i'll bring my travel iron".
half the group getting leathered at the airport before we've even checked in.
someone forgetting their passport. someone else hating the accommodation/their roommate/crying because their boyfriend is on a stag do and might cheat on them despite the fact that they fucked the barman the night before in a moment of pre-holiday madness.
7 or 14 days of gossiping and drinking and hangovers and lying around the pool eating too much. and yeah, a certain amount of massages/manicures. but in general mostly the drinking and the gossiping.
(, Tue 4 Jan 2011, 16:33, Reply)
i have a few oxford sessions, a week in the new cornwall cottage, a week in madeira/somewhere in europe on my dad's holiday bond thing, a hen weekend, my brother's wedding long weekend and the usual family christmas trip, and i only get 30 days holiday a year, so.
(, Tue 4 Jan 2011, 16:45, Reply)
Some of stuff you have to listen to makes you want to rip your hair out. I can't imagine anything worse than a couple of weeks of that non-stop :S
(, Tue 4 Jan 2011, 16:40, Reply)
How none of us died from alcohol poisoning is still a mystery.
(, Tue 4 Jan 2011, 16:48, Reply)
I'll happily drink, but I'd much rather relax with a nice cold beer by the pool, than throwing them down my neck.
In Lanzarote, we did drink a lot, but it was always chilled out (except for 2 nights), and so it was relaxing, and wonderful. Although one afternoon we found a beer called Reina, which I'd had to drink, and that was quite strong, so it led to me having a considerably drunker afternoon than I'd intended.
(, Tue 4 Jan 2011, 16:52, Reply)
It should win the Nobel prize for fiction.
I have been on diving holidays on my own, but you end up in a dive group.
(, Tue 4 Jan 2011, 16:24, Reply)
makes me realise that mine are not entirely unique and i am not all alone in dealing with them
(, Tue 4 Jan 2011, 16:42, Reply)
His response, "It's more than he usually gives us"
Hey kids, can you say "Tax Investigation"?
(, Tue 4 Jan 2011, 16:46, Reply)
a lot of cash flying around and no paperwork to back anything up.
(, Tue 4 Jan 2011, 16:57, Reply)
and fit some light fittings and paint my ceiling?
(, Tue 4 Jan 2011, 17:08, Reply)
and I am excellent at painting ceilings (and painting in general)
(, Tue 4 Jan 2011, 17:12, Reply)
but i could bribe you and your electrician client with copious quantities of beer and pizza (after you've been up the ladder, clearly)
(, Tue 4 Jan 2011, 17:24, Reply)
That might be a bit beyond my "roller on a broom handle" technique
(, Tue 4 Jan 2011, 17:43, Reply)
Couple of monitors and my phone. WILD TIMES.
I don't wear it. This is possibly why I look like a trapm 90% of the time.
Go by yourself. I ended up being by myself after having gone on holiday with a friend and it was the single best holiday I've ever had. There's a lot to be said for being a free agent.
(, Tue 4 Jan 2011, 16:25, Reply)
We're open plan, so only the fact I'm a shortarse stops me from seeing everyone in the office.
Alt Q: No, as I'm not a woman.
Alt Alt Q: It's entirely your choice. I wouldn't do it, but the best holiday I ever had was 4 of us, just chilling out for the day, and having a few drinks at night.
(, Tue 4 Jan 2011, 16:26, Reply)
with a nice bottom, too. How about that? We're practically twins!
(, Tue 4 Jan 2011, 16:27, Reply)
(, Tue 4 Jan 2011, 16:30, Reply)
it's one of those things that has no possible flattering meaning, and it's quite hard for people to tell if it's a joke or a genuine dig
(, Tue 4 Jan 2011, 16:33, Reply)
Suggesting they are just a bit tubby is being kind then, surely?
(, Tue 4 Jan 2011, 16:34, Reply)
you should just refuse to speak to them 'in case you catch the fat-germ'
(, Tue 4 Jan 2011, 16:37, Reply)
Some women came round in tight tops and hotpants, advertising golf lessons. Every bloke in the building found an excuse to be downstairs to
I responded "Ah, shut it tubby" with a massive grin on my face, and followed it with a laugh. From looking at me, it's clear there was no malice, and everyone here already knows that I'm happy to take the piss.
(, Tue 4 Jan 2011, 16:41, Reply)
She said "How can you find that attractive, they're just skin and bones?"
when really she meant "I've got more meat on me, but I'm still attractive, right?".
Your reply gave her a resounding No, even if it was meant in jest.
Also, tubby funsters are usually touchy about their weight.
(, Tue 4 Jan 2011, 16:59, Reply)
She's very attractive.
(, Tue 4 Jan 2011, 17:05, Reply)
in front of several very slim girls is not ever going to endear you to her
(, Tue 4 Jan 2011, 17:10, Reply)
can you explain please?
(, Tue 4 Jan 2011, 16:38, Reply)
And a work station.
Alt: I love my corset. Next question.
Alt Alt: No- in fact I was talking to someone yesterday about this, I've been feeling a little wanderlustful and quite fancy it. Poppet is an inspiration to us all.
(, Tue 4 Jan 2011, 16:29, Reply)
but I suppose I don't tie them to masochistic levels
(, Tue 4 Jan 2011, 17:19, Reply)
(, Tue 4 Jan 2011, 17:27, Reply)
Alt Q: I'd wear it unless it made me feel too selfconscious. In which case no matter how good it looked I'd still be tugging at it, and awkward.
Alt Alt Q: Going on holiday on your own is fine in my eyes. Probably not for more than a week though.
(, Tue 4 Jan 2011, 16:29, Reply)
He just organises his visas and jumps on a plane.
He never gets bored, largely down to the fact you are constantly moving about and meeting new people.
(, Tue 4 Jan 2011, 16:32, Reply)
I'm unlikely to have three months of holiday a year though!
(, Tue 4 Jan 2011, 16:34, Reply)
there is a huge difference between travelling, when you meet loads of people, and a resort for a week. i can't decide if it would be blissfully peaceful or depressingly quiet. as i can't normally move without my blackberry and my iphone being glued to each hand, it is oddly appealing.
(, Tue 4 Jan 2011, 16:37, Reply)
Albeit with a cocktail and the sunshine.
(, Tue 4 Jan 2011, 16:39, Reply)
take the iphone and blackberry obviously. Or maybe rather than doing a resort go somewhere with less heat and more things to do. Rome, Prague, Berlin these are all good options
(, Tue 4 Jan 2011, 16:41, Reply)
He does clever stuff with pictures and advertising campaigns and things.
(, Tue 4 Jan 2011, 16:40, Reply)
He'll be away until the middle of this month.
(, Tue 4 Jan 2011, 16:46, Reply)
damn his interesting life. I bet he's a fun guy and a hit with the ladies too! (Don't answer that)
(, Tue 4 Jan 2011, 16:48, Reply)
And wondering why it doesn't look the way it's supposed to.
Alt q: Depends if it's actually supposed to be clothing. If yes...well, I don't know, I tend to dress like a middle-aged lesbian anyway so I don't really have any uncomfortable clothing.
Except my suit. I hate being stuffed into a suit.
Alt alt q: I've taken holidays by myself before. It feels a bit strange but is quite enjoyable. Keep a little diary of where you go and what you do and write it up for us in the same
(, Tue 4 Jan 2011, 16:36, Reply)
it's not horrendously anti-social and weird at all!
(, Tue 4 Jan 2011, 16:37, Reply)
if i could have 6 months or more off work, i'd do that by myself like a shot! i am just talking about a week in barbados or something.
(, Tue 4 Jan 2011, 16:38, Reply)
I'm enjoying it because I just do what I like, when I like.
(, Tue 4 Jan 2011, 16:42, Reply)
if she went to Barbados it would just be her, the barman and a sense of misery and loneliness that her life has descended to this level.
(, Tue 4 Jan 2011, 16:50, Reply)
that won't work on me, nor anyone else who would be hanging out around a five star infinity pool with the click of a finger being all that was needed to summon chilled towels, unlimited drinks, etc.
(, Tue 4 Jan 2011, 16:54, Reply)
having the bed to yourself is the best thing about being single. nobody sleeps as well when someone else is there!
(, Tue 4 Jan 2011, 17:07, Reply)
once I leave amsterdam for berlin tomorrow, I won't know anybody for two weeks until I get back to england.
(, Tue 4 Jan 2011, 16:56, Reply)
I don't have a phrasebook or anything, but I'll be right.
(, Tue 4 Jan 2011, 17:18, Reply)
So you might want to get a phrase book, at the very least, you'll be able to get a beer and all will be right with the world.
(, Tue 4 Jan 2011, 17:23, Reply)
(, Tue 4 Jan 2011, 17:24, Reply)
The surly fuckers at the airport station were a shower of unhelpful cunts.
(, Tue 4 Jan 2011, 17:28, Reply)
always works for me. :D
Seriously, even Chompy didn't loathe me, that's saying something.
(, Tue 4 Jan 2011, 17:31, Reply)
Alt q - Normally don't wear it, but for the likes of TG as long as it's not uncomfortable enough to ruin your night then go for it.
Alt alt q - I don't think I'd go on holiday on my own as I am well aware that I would spend the whole time in bed, but that's no reason why you shouldn't.
(, Tue 4 Jan 2011, 16:37, Reply)
they let your old teacher (Mr. Strangle) go
(, Tue 4 Jan 2011, 16:41, Reply)
and into the boot of
Probably
(, Tue 4 Jan 2011, 16:55, Reply)
They are waiting for Waddingtons to print some new rules, at the moment the investigation is hampered by the fact they can only accuse one person at a time, as long as they are standing in the room they think the murder was committed in.
(, Tue 4 Jan 2011, 16:59, Reply)
It's very important that they find the pizza. Everything hangs on that pizza.
I mean...was it tasty? Did it need a bit more cheese grated on top? Were the cooking times accurate? Could it have been spiced up with tobasco sauce?
Important questions Jeff.
(, Tue 4 Jan 2011, 17:06, Reply)
I called Crimestoppers to say I'd seen loads of them in my local Tesco Express.
Will they give me the ten-grand reward? Will they fuck.
(, Tue 4 Jan 2011, 17:16, Reply)
How do you fancy leaning on a gate and giving townies bad directions for a day or so :D
(, Tue 4 Jan 2011, 17:45, Reply)
Bad directions are the future.
Do you mind if we stand outside Dixons and protest about those new fangled Microwave Ovens that cook things dead quickly? It must be witchcraft. WITCHCRAFT I TELLS YA.
(, Tue 4 Jan 2011, 17:50, Reply)
someones in for a serious arse-forking!
(, Tue 4 Jan 2011, 17:53, Reply)
Are you one of the Somerset Freedom Fighters?
(, Tue 4 Jan 2011, 17:57, Reply)
Here's a pic.
Alt: If it's REALLY uncomfortable no, but if it's only a little bit, then I'll suffer to look awesome.
Alt alt: No that's not weird at all, I've gone on mini-breaks by myself before.
(, Tue 4 Jan 2011, 16:41, Reply)
I only understand lowest common denominator smut
(, Tue 4 Jan 2011, 17:01, Reply)
is a very important feature in a man, i find. best paired with other attractive features, such as opening doors, putting toilet seats down, saying "thank you", not complaining at having the duvet stolen/cold feet put on you to warm them up, always having a fridge full of cold diet coke... but still, base smut is a very important feature.
(, Tue 4 Jan 2011, 17:11, Reply)
Granted, the fridge of Diet Coke is at work, but I just thought I'd point it out, haha.
(, Tue 4 Jan 2011, 17:12, Reply)
of not calling women tubby though
(, Tue 4 Jan 2011, 17:14, Reply)
I think the two might be connected.
(, Tue 4 Jan 2011, 17:21, Reply)
toilet seat down...diet coke...cold feet (I have been known to shriek at cold feet...in a manly way of course).
(, Tue 4 Jan 2011, 17:15, Reply)
Edit - does that make sense? It was that or "Improving your socks-life"
(, Tue 4 Jan 2011, 17:22, Reply)
with criminally short black see-through lace negligee.
and hot pink fluffy totes with anti-slip cat pawprints on the soles.
i'll be round by 8.
(, Tue 4 Jan 2011, 17:26, Reply)
of the soles of my feet.
(, Tue 4 Jan 2011, 17:32, Reply)
they might be tiny cats on the soles, not tiny cat pawprints.
i will check it out when i get home.
(, Tue 4 Jan 2011, 17:39, Reply)
(, Tue 4 Jan 2011, 17:18, Reply)
I have certainly never shrieked like a sissy-girl. Oh no. Nope.
(, Tue 4 Jan 2011, 17:24, Reply)
High points are a fucking brilliantly decorated tree and a birthday balloon from my son's 21st (good times).
Altq. Comfort every time.
Alt Alt Q. It is only horrendously anti-social and weird if you don't take me.
No sexual shennanigans and undemanding, calm, witty and well-read conversation.
Do I get the job? (Don't tell the wife though.)
(, Tue 4 Jan 2011, 16:42, Reply)
No sex cos I'm far too lazy these days.
My reading tends to be quite eclectic so the conversation can take, shall we say, unusual turns.
I think something in my head is broken as I seem to see weird connections others miss and find them wildly hilarious. Alcohol tends to help in this.
(, Tue 4 Jan 2011, 17:10, Reply)
That's a hard sell you've got there. It's ok I'll bring my own viagra, that way I can get some sleep while you busy yourself.
(, Tue 4 Jan 2011, 17:22, Reply)
pay for me and the missus to come with you, we're great company and we promise not to just ignore you once we get to Barbados.
(, Tue 4 Jan 2011, 16:44, Reply)
That's a great holiday party right there. I'll work out when I'm free this summer.
(, Tue 4 Jan 2011, 17:01, Reply)
But that'll make it odd again... can I bring Idi Amin? No, wait, shit he's dead... can I bring Amberl? Damn, already on the list. I hate making snap decisions!
Ok, I'll bring Jesus Christ. It's ok, he won't need a plane ticket, as he's in all our hearts.
(, Tue 4 Jan 2011, 17:03, Reply)
we could throw al in the pool and see if he floats
(, Tue 4 Jan 2011, 17:09, Reply)
if the rest of you were wearing eyemasks and massive gloves
(, Tue 4 Jan 2011, 17:17, Reply)
the burkha that would be worn over my said bikini
(, Tue 4 Jan 2011, 17:24, Reply)
In fact, why don't you bring your missus and one of her friends, then we won't have any awkward silences when we're having dinner on the beach.
(, Tue 4 Jan 2011, 17:00, Reply)
So that is an even number.
Does that help at all?
(, Tue 4 Jan 2011, 17:04, Reply)
It's not that I would have gone on the imaginary trip, I have to many imaginary commitments, but it would have been nice to have been thought of at some point in the imaginaing of the imaginary trip.
(, Tue 4 Jan 2011, 17:35, Reply)
We'll go on our own holiday to a Jap restaurant or something with all the other internet people who aren't going on this imaginary internet holiday.
(, Tue 4 Jan 2011, 17:39, Reply)
But one where it's safe to walk down the streets at night.
(, Tue 4 Jan 2011, 17:43, Reply)
we can have whatever we want. I'd like a Greek island, if that's ok? Although I think I can forgo all the stray cats.
(, Tue 4 Jan 2011, 17:45, Reply)
(, Tue 4 Jan 2011, 17:55, Reply)
I'd rather keep the stray cats and lose the terrifyingly convincing lady boys.
(, Tue 4 Jan 2011, 17:56, Reply)
the only person who was invited was me.
everyone else has invited themselves.
(, Tue 4 Jan 2011, 17:41, Reply)
Anyway, i'm off home, gotta get home in time for the +1 hollyoaks.
L8erz t4taz
(, Tue 4 Jan 2011, 17:44, Reply)
And then be crushingly disappointed as hoves into view a peculiar and incongruous shamble of people sheltering from the sun they haven't been exposed to for years on end, discussing what they're having for lunch and occasionally extolling the virtues of breasts.
(, Tue 4 Jan 2011, 17:46, Reply)
It's like your half sister ending up in your wank bank.
(, Tue 4 Jan 2011, 17:54, Reply)
'cos I'm cool like that.
Alt: Yes, yes, a thousand times yes.
Alt alt: No, it's fine, the only reason I wouldn't do it is that I can't stand my own company.
(, Tue 4 Jan 2011, 17:07, Reply)
3 cameras, an empty rice pudding can with a spoon in, CDs, pens an ocarina, a recorder, a fife and a mouse made of felt
i have a messy desk
(, Tue 4 Jan 2011, 17:13, Reply)
4 packets of tobacco, a million and five (I counted) loose rizlas, 2 empty bottles of wine, 4 pages of gig listings, 5 lighters, painkillers (various), 2 boxes of filters, 3 mugs, 2 tea spoons, a DVD (Wire, s4), an ashtray and whipped cream.
(, Tue 4 Jan 2011, 17:16, Reply)
I chucked all the beer bottles away as it always looks bad if someone comes round. Usually there are plates and more mugs.
(, Tue 4 Jan 2011, 17:20, Reply)
My housemate, however, hasn't. I've decamped to my Mum's to babysit for an hour. I expect to have a cleaner desk upon my return.
(, Tue 4 Jan 2011, 17:27, Reply)
gets everywhere. I reckon non-smokers would get a buzz from using my keyboard.
(, Tue 4 Jan 2011, 17:26, Reply)
I think I've got mild Ambrosia.
(, Tue 4 Jan 2011, 17:19, Reply)
I didn't hear anyone saygo ...
(, Tue 4 Jan 2011, 17:30, Reply)
Oh, wait...
(, Tue 4 Jan 2011, 17:47, Reply)
He said to me, "I've got some cream for that."
(, Tue 4 Jan 2011, 17:47, Reply)
But don't be surprised if somebody Eccles.
(, Tue 4 Jan 2011, 17:56, Reply)
also much to my girlfriends chagrin I always put comfort over looks.
plus. go on treat yourself.
(, Tue 4 Jan 2011, 17:25, Reply)
"I'm built for comfort, I ain't built for speed..."
(, Tue 4 Jan 2011, 17:44, Reply)
at comicon
(, Tue 4 Jan 2011, 17:45, Reply)
although AA *was* only joking when he called his co-worker a horrible fat biffa and then told the internet and laughed.
(, Tue 4 Jan 2011, 17:46, Reply)
She's a mate of mine, we've worked together for a year, it's not like I insulted a woman I work with out of the blue.
(, Tue 4 Jan 2011, 19:25, Reply)
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