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(, Sun 1 Apr 2001, 1:00)
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Can you name a town/city in mainland Britain
which is a good place to go for a weekend break, that isn't London? If so, please do so, and also qualify your answer.

Alt Q: And if James told you to jump off a cliff, would you do that as well? No sir. EXACTLY.
(, Wed 5 Jan 2011, 10:45, 249 replies, latest was 15 years ago)
Bath.
Plenty to see and do, and if you're lucky you'll get to kick an American in the bollocks.

visitbath.co.uk/
(, Wed 5 Jan 2011, 10:47, Reply)
fuck off Jeff that brings him far too close our vicinity!

(, Wed 5 Jan 2011, 10:49, Reply)
I used to live in Cheltenham
and I studied Roman Britain on and off for about 15 years - I have consequently milked Bath like a prize frieisan, but thanks - it's a good call.
(, Wed 5 Jan 2011, 10:55, Reply)
Yeh', I guess he could do with a bit of a wash.
lololololololololol
(, Wed 5 Jan 2011, 11:15, Reply)
If you like the theatre and/or Shakespeare then Stratford's a lovely place to visit
Mind you, the main theatre doesn't reopen for a few months, so all that's on is Matilda.
I suppose I should ask what you're looking for in a weekend break? Sightseeing, relaxing or romantic places to get engaged?

Alt: James who? May, definitely not. Earl Jones... maybe.
(, Wed 5 Jan 2011, 10:48, Reply)
good alt answer there

(, Wed 5 Jan 2011, 10:49, Reply)
Why thank you

(, Wed 5 Jan 2011, 10:50, Reply)
I dislike the theatre intensely, sadly.
Chock full of fucking benders.
(, Wed 5 Jan 2011, 10:56, Reply)
I don't like the theatre either
Too much pretension, not enough explosions.
(, Wed 5 Jan 2011, 10:58, Reply)
Overblown ponces mincing about bellowing
and awful smug cunts in the audience making a real point of laughing at the "jokes".

'AHAHAHAHA, what a hilarious reference to the then-Earl of Gloucester's penchant for brightly-coloured stockings! HAHAHAHAHA!!!11!'

Fucking CUNTS.
(, Wed 5 Jan 2011, 11:04, Reply)
I know
Still, better than football.
(, Wed 5 Jan 2011, 11:10, Reply)
Rather like cancer in that regard.

(, Wed 5 Jan 2011, 11:31, Reply)
I've seen explosions in the theatre
that weren't bad. The car chase I saw, though, was a total abortion.
(, Wed 5 Jan 2011, 11:08, Reply)
Of course, it does depend on the type of weekend you want.

(, Wed 5 Jan 2011, 10:48, Reply)
Dogging and whizz, mainly.

(, Wed 5 Jan 2011, 11:05, Reply)
Exeter
quiet, pleasant and I live there

real answer: St Ives. It's lovely, there are some great restaurants and places to stay that won't break the bank
(, Wed 5 Jan 2011, 10:49, Reply)
Bit too much bigamy for my liking
Seven wives? Fuck off
(, Wed 5 Jan 2011, 11:01, Reply)
Sounds a tad 'Mormon'

(, Wed 5 Jan 2011, 11:03, Reply)
st ives is v v pretty
although my friend got mugged by a seagull for her chips
(, Wed 5 Jan 2011, 11:12, Reply)
Derby
It'll make you so thankful that you live where you do
(, Wed 5 Jan 2011, 10:53, Reply)
How far are you willing to go?
I'm assuming this is from North London. If you're willing to drive for a while then York's worth a visit.
(, Wed 5 Jan 2011, 10:54, Reply)
By "if you're willing to drive for a while"
I do, of course, mean "if wanderlust is willing to drive for a while".
(, Wed 5 Jan 2011, 10:55, Reply)
hahaha

(, Wed 5 Jan 2011, 10:58, Reply)
York was my first idea actually.
Being of Norse stock I have a great interest in visiting, and haven't since I was very small.
(, Wed 5 Jan 2011, 10:58, Reply)
I would love to go to the Viking museum there

(, Wed 5 Jan 2011, 10:59, Reply)
Animatronic Vikings are great.
Sadly the reek of shit is not artificial.
(, Wed 5 Jan 2011, 11:00, Reply)
that reminds me
where I am on secondment, the laptops and external hard drives and stuff need to be kept in a safe (thieving public sector workers) and when you open the safe it absolutely reeks of jizz. I swear some filthy fucker has been cracking one off into the safe every night.
(, Wed 5 Jan 2011, 11:02, Reply)
That's alarming
But not as alarming as the lack of 'safe sex' jokes.
(, Wed 5 Jan 2011, 11:13, Reply)
I can't believe I hadn't thought of that

(, Wed 5 Jan 2011, 11:20, Reply)
York's one of my favourite cities
If you're there for a while and fancy getting all Kate Bush, then the moors are worth a poke about in, too.

As Labs says, the Jorvik Viking Centre is top drawer.
(, Wed 5 Jan 2011, 10:59, Reply)
York is lovely and within range of pleasant wanderings along Hadrian's Wall.
Go there.
(, Wed 5 Jan 2011, 10:59, Reply)
all the men in the viking village display they have in the Jorvik centre look like my dad

(, Wed 5 Jan 2011, 10:59, Reply)
Are you suggesting he knobbed all their mothers back in the day?
Is your dad a kind of Nordic Screamin' Jay Hawkins or something?
(, Wed 5 Jan 2011, 11:01, Reply)
Yes
or alternatively, suggesting that the people who created the figures weren't very inventive.
(, Wed 5 Jan 2011, 11:02, Reply)
I thought you meant the staff.

(, Wed 5 Jan 2011, 11:06, Reply)
I can understand how you would make that mistake

(, Wed 5 Jan 2011, 11:07, Reply)
York is class for a wander around and lots of pints
Do it!
(, Wed 5 Jan 2011, 11:02, Reply)
I had a weekend shopping in York at the beginning of December
I didn't get to see too much apart from the shopping district, but it looked reet nice.

And as I recall, when I were nobbut a lad (or lass, maybe, I forget) I had trips to both the Yorvik centre and the National Railway museum. Both were fun.

And there was a top restaurant type place we went in this last time, fairly close to the minster.

EDIT: here it is...
(, Wed 5 Jan 2011, 11:08, Reply)
Any decisions on where we're going next time?

(, Wed 5 Jan 2011, 11:16, Reply)
definitely the Pool
I'm in charge of booking accommodation, and I have some ideas which I'll run past you soon. We want somewhere right in the middle of the shops, so we can stagger back periodically with armfuls of bags.

Also, I got your text yesterday. I'll send you an email with what I've got.
(, Wed 5 Jan 2011, 11:21, Reply)
Yay!
Such a shame I won't have my roomy pad in town anymore.
Or maybe by then your brother will be off on a World odyssey and I'll still be there in a cobwebbed wedding dress, with Tigger in a tuxedo and kilt.
(, Wed 5 Jan 2011, 11:29, Reply)
Edinburgh
(I'd suggest Liverpool and its surrounding beauty but no doubt this suggestion will be met with prejudice and swearing.)
(, Wed 5 Jan 2011, 11:00, Reply)
How about Southport instead then?

(, Wed 5 Jan 2011, 11:02, Reply)
B&M Bargains!

(, Wed 5 Jan 2011, 11:04, Reply)
I would be met with prejudice and swearing
the moment I stepped off the train, la.
(, Wed 5 Jan 2011, 11:02, Reply)
They'd love you
We have a long history of worshipping long-haired drug-fiends.
(, Wed 5 Jan 2011, 11:03, Reply)
And a nice sideline in slavery too. My kind of place.

(, Wed 5 Jan 2011, 11:06, Reply)
ah, well, if it's slavery you want
get yourself down here to Bristol. Positively reeking of it, we are.
(, Wed 5 Jan 2011, 11:12, Reply)
Is that what that smell is?

(, Wed 5 Jan 2011, 11:32, Reply)
When it gets a bit brighter, the Lake District is nice, as is Buxton
But not even worth it currently.

You could try Bristol, it's where I had my most embarrassing evening, I want to see if I'm the only one.

Alt Q: No, but all he ever asked me to do is Sit Down.
(, Wed 5 Jan 2011, 11:00, Reply)
Bristol is shit

(, Wed 5 Jan 2011, 11:03, Reply)
He's not wrong

(, Wed 5 Jan 2011, 11:05, Reply)
I'm aware
I just want to make sure I'm not the only one to make a twat of themselves there
(, Wed 5 Jan 2011, 11:07, Reply)
Bobby lives there
I don't think you need to worry
(, Wed 5 Jan 2011, 11:10, Reply)
Edinburgh is quite nice.
I was delighted to find an ACTUAL FRENCH EAGLE in one of the little museums in the castle, although I will accept that this may just be because I have read far too many Sharpe novels. Also there is a zoo, with wolves in.
(, Wed 5 Jan 2011, 11:03, Reply)
I remember your little smeagol eyes lit up at that
Then Kaol bought a sword.
(, Wed 5 Jan 2011, 11:12, Reply)
Shut up it was exciting.
I'm still not sure why Mel let him buy that.
(, Wed 5 Jan 2011, 11:18, Reply)
Because he'd have only moaned about it for years after

(, Wed 5 Jan 2011, 11:26, Reply)
His attention span is MINISCULE
he'd have forgotten all about it within minutes.
(, Wed 5 Jan 2011, 11:34, Reply)
Ambleside is lovely
If you're into all that outdoors stuff.

www.amblesideonline.co.uk/
(, Wed 5 Jan 2011, 11:04, Reply)
I went on a hike up Elterwater a couple of years back, was ace.

(, Wed 5 Jan 2011, 11:08, Reply)
Hike...ace...same sentence?
Does not compute.
(, Wed 5 Jan 2011, 11:11, Reply)
Lazy
Nah, the hike itself was alright, what was entertaining was 2 of the lads deciding they fancied a swim, and going into the freezing cold river, before struggling out again ten seconds later.

That, and the cracking few pints we had when we got back into Elterwater.
(, Wed 5 Jan 2011, 11:15, Reply)
There's a difference between being lazy
And loathing hiking with a fierce and burning passion.
(, Wed 5 Jan 2011, 11:17, Reply)
I assume this is due to hikers you get in the pub?

(, Wed 5 Jan 2011, 11:23, Reply)
Why would we get hikers in the pub?
No, it's due to being taken to Keswick one too many times as a kid and being taken on forced marches up the hills. In January. One time my trousers froze solid :/
(, Wed 5 Jan 2011, 11:26, Reply)
I bet you were taken to "Keswick" one too many times
and a "forced march up the hills" is bound to make your "trousers freeze solid"
(, Wed 5 Jan 2011, 11:47, Reply)
I last went when I was 13
Don't be disgusting.
(, Wed 5 Jan 2011, 11:50, Reply)
welcome to b3ta
why not take some time to familiarise yourself with how things are done around here ;-)
(, Wed 5 Jan 2011, 11:51, Reply)
I was being mock-outraged
I assure you, I have quite the twisted sense of humour.
(, Wed 5 Jan 2011, 12:09, Reply)
it didn't contain enough superlatives to properly get across the mock nature

(, Wed 5 Jan 2011, 12:19, Reply)
Terribly sorry
I'll try harder next time.

*Grabs thesaurus*
(, Wed 5 Jan 2011, 12:22, Reply)
Todmorden.
I live there and I have biscuits.

May not be true about the biscuits.
(, Wed 5 Jan 2011, 11:05, Reply)

biscuits bum-AIDS

I was thinking of a pilgrimage to Rothbury.
(, Wed 5 Jan 2011, 11:07, Reply)
That's near DG and Tourettes.
Get Tourettes to cook you some greek food. Just don't fall asleep near Burt.
(, Wed 5 Jan 2011, 11:10, Reply)
^This
Todmorden is awesome.
(, Wed 5 Jan 2011, 11:07, Reply)
I can't go there because the name reminds me of Todd Carty.

(, Wed 5 Jan 2011, 11:09, Reply)
it also sounds like it'd be full of inbred retards
or "Northerners" as they are known
(, Wed 5 Jan 2011, 11:10, Reply)
I know for a fact that my uncle is not my father.
He's gay.
(, Wed 5 Jan 2011, 11:11, Reply)
my uncle is gay too
we should form a club
(, Wed 5 Jan 2011, 11:12, Reply)
Is your gay uncle also dead?
Because that would be really spooky.
(, Wed 5 Jan 2011, 11:14, Reply)
he is still alive (as far as I know)

(, Wed 5 Jan 2011, 11:16, Reply)
Oh well.
Gay uncle club it is then. My side can be the dead gay uncle offshoot.
(, Wed 5 Jan 2011, 11:18, Reply)
Splitter!

(, Wed 5 Jan 2011, 11:26, Reply)
I'm 100% certain that I posted that
but now I look back it seems it's you.

I don't know how you did it, but you are a bastard.
(, Wed 5 Jan 2011, 11:27, Reply)
Bwahahahaha.
Eeeexcellent.
(, Wed 5 Jan 2011, 11:32, Reply)
I can only assume that I clicked a link before it had finished posting

(, Wed 5 Jan 2011, 11:36, Reply)
No excuses.
You failed, I win.
(, Wed 5 Jan 2011, 11:39, Reply)
again :-(

(, Wed 5 Jan 2011, 11:46, Reply)
Tucker Jenkins?

(, Wed 5 Jan 2011, 11:12, Reply)
I think he was thinking about Mark Fowler
Bumder.
(, Wed 5 Jan 2011, 11:19, Reply)
*Waves*
Morning Blousie.
(, Wed 5 Jan 2011, 11:08, Reply)
*waves*
Hello chuck. How's it hanging?
(, Wed 5 Jan 2011, 11:10, Reply)
My head is all stuffy.
I sound a bit downsy as a result.
(, Wed 5 Jan 2011, 11:11, Reply)
More JeffAids?

(, Wed 5 Jan 2011, 11:12, Reply)
I don't know.
I've been a bit 'meh' since having various needles stuck in my arm last week.
(, Wed 5 Jan 2011, 11:14, Reply)
That would probably be the heroin then.

(, Wed 5 Jan 2011, 11:15, Reply)
What has a wading bird got to do with this?

(, Wed 5 Jan 2011, 11:18, Reply)
4/10

(, Wed 5 Jan 2011, 11:19, Reply)
Monty.
Based on the fact that everyone thinks everywhere is shit, might I suggest you just stay at home for the weekend?
(, Wed 5 Jan 2011, 11:11, Reply)
London is shit.

(, Wed 5 Jan 2011, 11:12, Reply)
somewhere in dorset
my friends and i go most may bank holidays, it's beautiful, and only about 2 hours from london. lots of amazing country pubs that cook lovely meals.

but if this is a romantic break..... isn't the surprise going to be a bit less surprising when wanderlust sees this?!
(, Wed 5 Jan 2011, 11:11, Reply)
Dorset is like a shit, budget version of Devon
with more cunts in it
(, Wed 5 Jan 2011, 11:12, Reply)
ssssh you
i liked it and i am not known for being un-snobbish!
(, Wed 5 Jan 2011, 11:13, Reply)
East Dorset is particularly shit
there are some nice bits of West Dorset, some good coast, but it's generally just not as good as Devon.

The point is though, that he was after a nice town or city. Dorset is only good for countryside, and Cornwall only has about two nice towns, whereas Devon has splendid examples of both.
(, Wed 5 Jan 2011, 11:15, Reply)
oh well
manchester then!

manchester rocks.
(, Wed 5 Jan 2011, 11:18, Reply)
Ha.

(, Wed 5 Jan 2011, 11:21, Reply)
And Devon is like Cornwalls gay retarded half-brother

(, Wed 5 Jan 2011, 11:14, Reply)
how has nobody yet made a 1980's sit-com
about a gay retarded half-brother?
(, Wed 5 Jan 2011, 11:14, Reply)
Tony Slatterly was in something close to that in the early 90's

(, Wed 5 Jan 2011, 11:17, Reply)
oh god i forgot all about him
my friend, who is now an artist, was IN LOVE with him when we were about 14. she painted two gorgeous pictures and sent them to him, c/o his agent. 12 months later she had heard nothing, so she wrote and said "if you didn't like them, send them back."

she got a grovelling apology from him, saying (prob truthfully) that he had never been told by his agent where they came from, how much he liked them, and offering to return them if she wanted. it was a really sweet letter. but by then she had moved onto real boys so she just replied with "yes, please return them." and he did.

he must have thought she was stark, raving mad. actually, he'd be right.
(, Wed 5 Jan 2011, 11:21, Reply)
Your friend painted pictures of Tony Slatterly and sent them to him?
that's bizzare.

I once sent Greg Proops a death threat, but that's another story.
(, Wed 5 Jan 2011, 11:24, Reply)
no no the pictures weren't of him!
they were just random landscapes. she didn't paint them in bodily fluids with brushes made out of her own pubes either!!!
(, Wed 5 Jan 2011, 11:36, Reply)
That's still quite strange
I bet Tony Slatterly double checks that his doors are locked at night now.

I could really mess with his head by sending him a landscape painting with a note: "I'M BACK!"
(, Wed 5 Jan 2011, 11:41, Reply)
Do it.
Do it. Do it.
(, Wed 5 Jan 2011, 11:42, Reply)
You know, you try and give up taunting has-been z-list celebrities
but it pulls you back in.
(, Wed 5 Jan 2011, 11:47, Reply)
she was an odd child
she's an eccentric adult, but she's an old friend and a lovely girl.
(, Wed 5 Jan 2011, 11:49, Reply)
They have,
it’s called ‘My Life as AA’s Completely Fictitious Sibling’ – special guest star Neil Buchanan.
(, Wed 5 Jan 2011, 11:18, Reply)
He's in a band dontcha-know

(, Wed 5 Jan 2011, 11:21, Reply)
Did your dad ever enter Mr TSW?

(, Wed 5 Jan 2011, 11:18, Reply)
I have no idea what you are talking about

(, Wed 5 Jan 2011, 11:19, Reply)
Judy Spiers presented it
ftvdb.bfi.org.uk/sift/title/432787
(, Wed 5 Jan 2011, 11:21, Reply)
She's asking if your father had sexual intercourse with Mr. T

(, Wed 5 Jan 2011, 11:26, Reply)
You watched Channel 4 last night as well then lar?

(, Wed 5 Jan 2011, 11:19, Reply)
Indeed
And I wondered if one of them might be related to Vipros
(, Wed 5 Jan 2011, 11:20, Reply)
He was probably the hamster on Jim'll Fix It.

(, Wed 5 Jan 2011, 11:23, Reply)
Oof, you bastard, I saw that!

(, Wed 5 Jan 2011, 11:23, Reply)
Christ
I'd completely forgotten how weird Jim'll Fix It could be. I have fond childhood memories of kids meeting famous people and go-karting and stuff.
(, Wed 5 Jan 2011, 11:27, Reply)
Bitches who met Go West and A-Ha better watch themselves.
I never forget.
And he never even let ANYBODY meet Harry Connick Jr, not even me.
(, Wed 5 Jan 2011, 11:31, Reply)
You mean you didn't really want a go in the Gary Numan dodgem car?

(, Wed 5 Jan 2011, 11:33, Reply)
I couldn't picture owt else but Alan in his caravan

(, Wed 5 Jan 2011, 11:36, Reply)
I told my landlady to watch it, just as the mechophiles came on

(, Wed 5 Jan 2011, 11:27, Reply)
Did you see the introduction to Hitler clip?
He was really a space alien don't you know.
(, Wed 5 Jan 2011, 11:31, Reply)
I have taped it because I was on the phone and missed some
That is my idea of perfect tv. Obscure archive footage.
ESPECIALLY ITV regional stuff.
(, Wed 5 Jan 2011, 11:32, Reply)
Quite agree.
I even went as far as gazzing Monty to tell him to have a gander on 4OD as it was that good.
(, Wed 5 Jan 2011, 11:34, Reply)
In Dorset?
Yeap, Swipe'll recommend it to anyone
(, Wed 5 Jan 2011, 11:13, Reply)
Anywhere that has an aquerium and maybe even a planeterium.

(, Wed 5 Jan 2011, 11:14, Reply)
London then

(, Wed 5 Jan 2011, 11:14, Reply)
or buxton

(, Wed 5 Jan 2011, 11:15, Reply)
Milton Keynes
I don't need to qualify it at all.
(, Wed 5 Jan 2011, 11:14, Reply)
Of course not.
Everyone loves roundabouts and concrete cows.
(, Wed 5 Jan 2011, 11:15, Reply)
He can go blow kisses at the Nazi stuff at Bletchley park
Punch a monkey that jumps on his car at Woburn Safari park.
Go sailing, windsurfing, skiing, hot air ballooning, indoor skidiving, bowling, go to the cinema, go rock climbing, visit the roman ruins, the medieval abbey the biggest buddist peace pagoda in europe, walk in the woods, go on the canals or get drunk in chain pubs with me.
(, Wed 5 Jan 2011, 11:21, Reply)
Have you changed jobs to the Milton Keynes tourist board?

(, Wed 5 Jan 2011, 11:22, Reply)
Yep that's it.
There's a Farm Museum as well but I can't recommend that to anyone, it's shit.

The art gallery is good though.
(, Wed 5 Jan 2011, 11:23, Reply)
Plus it has some logically laid out housing estates.
I've seen pictures.
(, Wed 5 Jan 2011, 11:25, Reply)
Looking at other peoples houses is a bit of a niche tourist attraction.

(, Wed 5 Jan 2011, 11:26, Reply)
So's Milton Keynes.

(, Wed 5 Jan 2011, 11:27, Reply)
wasn't that the slogan of the town planners?

(, Wed 5 Jan 2011, 11:15, Reply)
I'll go for the third "Edinburgh"
lovely city. And not just because I live here. And Gonz, it has an aquarium and the camera obscura is better than any planetarium, so it meets your criteria. Better and cheaper food and pubs than London. Zoo. Beach. What's not to love?

Also, happy new year you delightfully hideous bunch of shits.
(, Wed 5 Jan 2011, 11:17, Reply)
I think you have sold it to me
I want to take my mrs to see the penguins in the zoo there, and the rest of it sounds good too.
(, Wed 5 Jan 2011, 11:19, Reply)
Make sure you watch the penguin parade.
It is a top place. Just a little windy and cold some of the time.
(, Wed 5 Jan 2011, 11:20, Reply)
PENGUIN PARADE YOU SAY???

(, Wed 5 Jan 2011, 11:23, Reply)
hell yeah.
about 3pm every day (in the summer anyway) they let a load of the penguins out and they wander round the zoo in a parade. For seriuz.
(, Wed 5 Jan 2011, 11:25, Reply)
Oh my dear god in heaven
I am so there.
I didn't even see no muthafuckin Camera Obscura.
(I love that band...)
(, Wed 5 Jan 2011, 11:26, Reply)
penguins are awesome
they have live streaming webcams on their website. The mrs watches them all the time.
(, Wed 5 Jan 2011, 11:27, Reply)
I don't mind cold and windy
I went to the outer hebrides for two weeks last year
(, Wed 5 Jan 2011, 11:26, Reply)
See if you can spot the Glenguins
They're the smaller, more retarded-looking ones.
And take pics of the polar bear to send to Kaol.
(, Wed 5 Jan 2011, 11:24, Reply)
Mercedes has gone, now.
she's moved to a safari park up north (not sure if it's Blair Drummond or another one)
(, Wed 5 Jan 2011, 11:26, Reply)
hahaha the glenguin

(, Wed 5 Jan 2011, 11:29, Reply)
I was in Edinburgh on the Sunday.
I didn't see you.
(, Wed 5 Jan 2011, 11:20, Reply)
*checks under desk*
are you stalking me?

I was in *thinks about it* Shropshire on Sunday. Or Preston. Or on the M6. depending what time, really.
(, Wed 5 Jan 2011, 11:21, Reply)
awight fuckface

(, Wed 5 Jan 2011, 11:20, Reply)
awright monghammer.
how's yer bum for spots?
(, Wed 5 Jan 2011, 11:22, Reply)
*looks at bum*
OH MY GOD IT'S MASSIVE

Yeah I'm ok
(, Wed 5 Jan 2011, 11:23, Reply)
Any city
that made all its poor live underground and then set fire to them has to be a city Monty can get along with.
(, Wed 5 Jan 2011, 11:22, Reply)
fuck, yeah.
nothing like a good bit of poor oppression.
(, Wed 5 Jan 2011, 11:23, Reply)
I need to go again very soon because we had hardly any time there
And I want to visit Mary King's wotsit and have the mister take me up Arthur's Seat.
(, Wed 5 Jan 2011, 11:23, Reply)
*euphemismometer asplodes*

(, Wed 5 Jan 2011, 11:23, Reply)
Innit

(, Wed 5 Jan 2011, 11:24, Reply)
ooer

(, Wed 5 Jan 2011, 11:24, Reply)
oo-er missus
Embra is shite. Glesca's whaur it's at.

DJ and i differ greatly on this point.
(, Wed 5 Jan 2011, 11:24, Reply)
But he's trying to edge me away from common things
I might revert to type
(, Wed 5 Jan 2011, 11:25, Reply)
remind him gently that he is from pretty common stock himself
and that he needs to crawl out of his own arse.
(, Wed 5 Jan 2011, 11:28, Reply)
It's too tight to get out of!

(, Wed 5 Jan 2011, 11:35, Reply)
Glasgow is ace

(, Wed 5 Jan 2011, 11:28, Reply)
Glasgow has the problem that any other city bar Edinburgh has
It's too big. Edinburgh you can walk across in a couple of hours but it still has everything you'd want in a capital city.

Glasgow also has Glaswegians* of course, but I suppose some of them can't help being psychotic bigoted idiots. Oh wait, yeah, they can.

*disclaimer. I accept that there are plenty of nice Glaswegians, but until they drive all the Rangers and Celtic fans into the sea I'll continue to tar the whole population with the same brush.
(, Wed 5 Jan 2011, 11:33, Reply)
Liverpool's nice and traversible

(, Wed 5 Jan 2011, 11:38, Reply)
Is it?
I'd always assumed the gert big river in the middle kind of slowed you up?
(, Wed 5 Jan 2011, 11:40, Reply)
Nah, the other side of the river isn't Liverpool (strictly speaking)
All the decent stuff is on one side.
(, Wed 5 Jan 2011, 11:46, Reply)
This ^
There are separate cities over there, the one opposite being Birkenhead.
Liverpool is one one side.
(, Wed 5 Jan 2011, 11:49, Reply)
You mean George's sofa

(, Wed 5 Jan 2011, 11:24, Reply)
It's now called Brighthouse's Chaise

(, Wed 5 Jan 2011, 11:26, Reply)
Dave's chaise longue.

(, Wed 5 Jan 2011, 11:30, Reply)
Chardonay's futon

(, Wed 5 Jan 2011, 11:32, Reply)
Ashley's beanbag

(, Wed 5 Jan 2011, 11:37, Reply)
Dean's lazyboy

(, Wed 5 Jan 2011, 11:38, Reply)
Albert's Stool

(, Wed 5 Jan 2011, 11:39, Reply)
Barry's pew

(, Wed 5 Jan 2011, 11:41, Reply)
My lack of invite into your family's home, and hearts.

(, Wed 5 Jan 2011, 11:46, Reply)
Gonz, you r alwayz in R harts.

(, Wed 5 Jan 2011, 11:50, Reply)
Canterbury
It's not too far out of London, the locals should still be cunty enough not to make you feel out of your comfort zone, and there are some nice things to see in and around the town.
(, Wed 5 Jan 2011, 11:23, Reply)
He could visit his ex's parents while he's there

(, Wed 5 Jan 2011, 11:28, Reply)
Parentpiss

(, Wed 5 Jan 2011, 11:31, Reply)
Not that i'm keeping mental notes about your life
because that would be crazy.

Don't forget that it's your brothers birthday soon, buy him something to cheer him up because he hasn't been the same since he cycled for miles to get a deal on cheap light bulbs....
(, Wed 5 Jan 2011, 11:38, Reply)
hi bert

(, Wed 5 Jan 2011, 11:42, Reply)
I don't even have a sister
not even a long-lost half-sister
(, Wed 5 Jan 2011, 11:44, Reply)
My ex-family all live there so it’s a ‘no-go’ zone for me, sadly.
It’s a lovely town and has a couple of great record shops.
(, Wed 5 Jan 2011, 11:29, Reply)
Poppet and I have just spent a few days planning visits to places along the Thames.
Cirencester, Oxford, Reading, Windsor, Addlestone, Homerton, Sheerness, Whitstable, Canterbury and a little spot right next to the Queen Mary Reservoir. We have no idea what charm or attractions most of these places hold but I'm sure we'll find the best of them. I reckon half the enjoyment of going somewhere new is who you go with.
(, Wed 5 Jan 2011, 11:28, Reply)
Is this your way of telling us you are shagging poppet?

(, Wed 5 Jan 2011, 11:29, Reply)
No.

(, Wed 5 Jan 2011, 11:30, Reply)
*stops ripping down shrine*
oh.. ok whatevs like
(, Wed 5 Jan 2011, 11:31, Reply)
What is your way of telling us you're shagging poppet?

(, Wed 5 Jan 2011, 11:31, Reply)
If I was shagging Poppet the whole fucking world would know about it.

(, Wed 5 Jan 2011, 11:32, Reply)
Offtopicers would make sure of that.

(, Wed 5 Jan 2011, 11:33, Reply)
Front page of the Fucking World Times?

(, Wed 5 Jan 2011, 11:34, Reply)
No one here's got a subscription.

(, Wed 5 Jan 2011, 11:36, Reply)
Maybe they'll do a special bumper edition with the Daily Rapist and you can catch up

(, Wed 5 Jan 2011, 11:37, Reply)
I think being politely rejected is my new "thing"

(, Wed 5 Jan 2011, 11:44, Reply)
I used to get that for free
Now I have to pay for it :(
(, Wed 5 Jan 2011, 11:36, Reply)
Haha the joke is you ALWAYS have to pay for it in some way
Money, dignity, sanity...
(, Wed 5 Jan 2011, 11:44, Reply)
talking to yourself again dear?

(, Wed 5 Jan 2011, 11:47, Reply)
It's the only way to guarantee decent conversation

(, Wed 5 Jan 2011, 11:49, Reply)
I think you'd make quite a nice couple

(, Wed 5 Jan 2011, 11:41, Reply)
isn't she only 18...
surely even this lot must have SOME morals somewhere?!
(, Wed 5 Jan 2011, 11:40, Reply)
I don't!

(, Wed 5 Jan 2011, 11:45, Reply)
yes, but you are only 12 yourself
if you are over about 25, it's just a bit... icky... to do (or try and do) someone under 20, no??
(, Wed 5 Jan 2011, 11:50, Reply)
The 'rule' is half your age plus 7
So 18 is as young as I can go.

I know what you mean though, but I'm also of the opinion that if you're happy, who cares? My brother just came out of a relationship with a 21 year old, he's 27.
(, Wed 5 Jan 2011, 11:54, Reply)
Yeah, but he could have had a 20-and-a-half year old
According to your rule.
(, Wed 5 Jan 2011, 12:24, Reply)
Just think of how much she could have gotten on her trip !
Seriously, I'm considering befriending a female forum based in the states or australia or something like that. She's put the hard work in, spent years on this place, so I reckon if I start now, by the time I turn 30, I could totally double the amount of nookie I've ever had inside a month trip.

Bra-vo, that's a well good idea.
(, Wed 5 Jan 2011, 11:49, Reply)
Addlestone?
You took a foreigner on a sight-seeing trip and visited *Addlestone*?

You vicious, cruel bastard.
(, Wed 5 Jan 2011, 11:30, Reply)
Aha, it was in the right area and cheeeeaaaap.

(, Wed 5 Jan 2011, 11:31, Reply)
I guess in the relief high you had
at making it out of Reading alive, you could be forgiven.
(, Wed 5 Jan 2011, 11:33, Reply)
argh fucking fucking reading
my client has a massive property there and some losers broke in and had a party over new year. this is going to take me weeks to sort out and all sorts of legal issues about not taking back possession......

BUY YOUR OWN PROPERTY AND TRASH YOUR OWN PROPERTY YOU RETARDS.
(, Wed 5 Jan 2011, 11:51, Reply)
Aw
poor rich people =(
(, Wed 5 Jan 2011, 11:53, Reply)
oh it's not a house
it's commercial, big office block.
(, Wed 5 Jan 2011, 11:56, Reply)
Aw
poor big business =(
(, Wed 5 Jan 2011, 11:58, Reply)
shut it you jealous little lefty

(, Wed 5 Jan 2011, 12:03, Reply)
Haha

(, Wed 5 Jan 2011, 12:08, Reply)
I can say that Blakeny, in Norfolk is a nice quiet place to go for a weekend.
The White horse is a good place to stay. Good wines and other booze, and nommy food. Good walks along the beaches and marshes nearby. Boat trips to see the seals are available. Very few shops selling crystals and other tat is a bonus.
(, Wed 5 Jan 2011, 11:32, Reply)
The stunning small market town of Text Me Back.
It lies near the river of I Assume No, Then.

Other than that, I'm not too sure. I don't really travel much in Britain. Edinburgh is lovely though.
(, Wed 5 Jan 2011, 11:41, Reply)
One of my pet peeves is when people don't reply to texts/emails in a timely manner
Especially when said texts/emails contain questions, thus signifying a definite desire to continue the conversation.
(, Wed 5 Jan 2011, 11:43, Reply)
if you want a timely answer you shouldn't use text or email

(, Wed 5 Jan 2011, 11:45, Reply)
When the text/email conversation has been flowing rapidly
Then it suddenly ending in the middle of a conversation is a bit annoying.
Plus I don't really like calling people for chats so much.
(, Wed 5 Jan 2011, 11:48, Reply)
me neither it's hard to get rid of them once you do

(, Wed 5 Jan 2011, 11:51, Reply)
you people are shit at communications

(, Wed 5 Jan 2011, 11:53, Reply)
"step out the back, jack
make a new plan stan
hop off the bus gus
just drop off the key, lee
and set yourself free"
(, Wed 5 Jan 2011, 11:58, Reply)
are you leaving me?

(, Wed 5 Jan 2011, 12:07, Reply)
*my battery's running low*
*ooh that's the timer going, my dinner's done*
*sorry there's someone at the door*
*go away*
(, Wed 5 Jan 2011, 11:54, Reply)
*hangs up*

(, Wed 5 Jan 2011, 11:58, Reply)
*starts the timer from when I gazzed you*

(, Wed 5 Jan 2011, 11:46, Reply)
I agree

(, Wed 5 Jan 2011, 11:48, Reply)
One of my pet peeves is when people think I would rather text them back answering their innane questions
when I could be I don't know staring at a wall or something even more interesting.
(, Wed 5 Jan 2011, 11:51, Reply)
It's always awkward, innit
Trying to make conversation and being shot down by them not even replying. That is NOT what happened with Montsie, btw.
(, Wed 5 Jan 2011, 11:54, Reply)
Is that near 'Oops, sorry'?
I need to consult my manager, and will do shortly.
(, Wed 5 Jan 2011, 11:53, Reply)
Sure thing.

(, Wed 5 Jan 2011, 12:06, Reply)
Much Marcle - Herefordshire
It's the birth place of Fred West.
(, Wed 5 Jan 2011, 11:51, Reply)
Places to visit?
Chester - and you can get to it on the train..........Lots of nice roman walls and interesting features, riverside pubs etc.......
(, Wed 5 Jan 2011, 14:41, Reply)
York or Edinburgh
Scenery, stuff to do, drink.
The Dungeons at both are fun.

Mind York is nicer in the Summer when you can walk along the walls.
(, Wed 5 Jan 2011, 14:48, Reply)
come to Hull
It has 'The Deep'. And some shops.
And that's it.
(, Wed 5 Jan 2011, 16:43, Reply)

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