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Lunchtime Thread Time.Ended up with a ham/emingtile/something/champaign-bread melted toasted sandwich from Paul's, with a pistashio macaroon and hazlenut milk.
God, I <3 Farringdon.
Tell me, what have you been watching on the telly recently?
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G/PP 💩💩💩💩💩€, Wed 5 Jan 2011, 12:43,
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I watched Awfully Good TV last night on Channel 4.It made me laugh quite a lot.
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JeffTheDogFucker Can you dig it?, Wed 5 Jan 2011, 12:47,
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What's it about?(
G/PP 💩💩💩💩💩€, Wed 5 Jan 2011, 12:49,
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I've seen the adverts for that 'Morgana' show.I swear, I have no idea how her, Cathrine Tate or Katy Brand managed to get contracts.
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G/PP 💩💩💩💩💩€, Wed 5 Jan 2011, 12:49,
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Awfully Good TVWas a clips show, highlighting the worst of television, but in such a way it was entertaining, amusing and all round good.
Matt Bianco? WANKERS!
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JeffTheDogFucker Can you dig it?, Wed 5 Jan 2011, 12:54,
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Like Harry Hill's TV Burp?I fucking <3 Harry Hill's TV Burp.
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G/PP 💩💩💩💩💩€, Wed 5 Jan 2011, 12:58,
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No, it was quite different to TV Burp.(
JeffTheDogFucker Can you dig it?, Wed 5 Jan 2011, 13:02,
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Original Planet of the Apes last night.Awesome!
And for lunch I had a very nice superfood couscous salad thing from M&S with some added left over chicken.
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girlinthehole, Wed 5 Jan 2011, 12:47,
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Awesome sauces ! I haven't seen Planet of the Apes in YONKS, but I think I liked it, can't quite remember.(
G/PP 💩💩💩💩💩€, Wed 5 Jan 2011, 12:50,
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I forgot how much I liked it.Not really a fan of the naked Charlton Heston scenes though.
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girlinthehole, Wed 5 Jan 2011, 12:52,
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I had a gammon, brie and cranberry couscous salad for lunchRecently I've been watching The Walking Dead
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Maximinimus you stick around I'll make it worth your while, Wed 5 Jan 2011, 12:48,
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What's that about again?Is there another show called "Waking the dead", 'cus I'm pretty sure me ma' likes both of them.
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It's about ZOMBIES(
Maximinimus you stick around I'll make it worth your while, Wed 5 Jan 2011, 12:53,
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I <3 zombiesRoses are red, zombies are blue, aim for the head or you'll become one too
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Maximinimus you stick around I'll make it worth your while, Wed 5 Jan 2011, 12:59,
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I've watched very little tv recently, electing instead to fuck about writing music or waste hours gassing on the internet.I just had a big pot of home-made beef curry and a couple of chappatis. Take that, shitty stomach!
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Noeli overtheshoulderboulderholderthingstraplatchboobs, Wed 5 Jan 2011, 12:51,
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Wicked, how did you do the curry?I had my first chappati about 2 months ago, fuck pashwarri nan, chappati is the future.
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G/PP 💩💩💩💩💩€, Wed 5 Jan 2011, 12:53,
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That's the point of them, I think. You can mop up all the sauces and it'll taste of whatever the sauce is.And I really like the texture, the way you get crispy and soft and all that.
I think it's a bit like Filo pastery, only instead of butter between each sheet, they've got about 1/8th of a cow's worth of fat. Or pig, maybe, 'cus they don't eat cow.
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G/PP 💩💩💩💩💩€, Wed 5 Jan 2011, 12:57,
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Chappatis are too doughy.I'd rather have garlic naan to sop up my curry sauce.
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girlinthehole, Wed 5 Jan 2011, 13:00,
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That's the trouble with Naans, I'm always like "PASHWARI NAAN, ITS GOT COCONUT AND IT'S LIKE HAVING TWO DESERTS !" and neglect the other ones.(
G/PP 💩💩💩💩💩€, Wed 5 Jan 2011, 13:04,
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Stewing beef,strips of red green peppers and onions fried until browned, chuck in some garlic.I got some amazing curry powder from the ethnic foods shop around the corner, it's hot but good.
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Noeli overtheshoulderboulderholderthingstraplatchboobs, Wed 5 Jan 2011, 12:57,
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Cool, nice and simple, sounds good.I can't do the hot curries, but ASDA used to do a "Tandori Maslala" chicken that was just perfect for me, but they got their "Cooked in store" curry section =(((
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G/PP 💩💩💩💩💩€, Wed 5 Jan 2011, 13:01,
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For lunch today I shall have cigarettes and FantaI have watched nothing on the TV.
That was a really boring answer. Sorry.
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I'm sorry that this thread wasn't relivent to your interests.Maybe if you fancy, you could talk about your favorite book? Naturally everyone else is free to do soo too.
Here is a good book to read that most people I don't htink have heard off: levgrossman.com/magicians.html
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G/PP 💩💩💩💩💩€, Wed 5 Jan 2011, 12:55,
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My favourite book is The Rules of AttractionIt's a tongue in cheek tale of life in a Liberal Arts college in America in the 80's, told from different points of view. There are three main characters who tell the story, but lots of incidental characters get their own chapter. I like it because you get to see scenes through different character's eyes, and it is funny.
Now please grade my book report.
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HahaNah, it wasn't that bad a film, it was the constant DVD restart that was boring.
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Agnostic Antichrist Baltimora, Wed 5 Jan 2011, 13:18,
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I didn't realise you were into teacher/student rolplay, if only i had known !That sounds alright, I like it when they do that in films.
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G/PP 💩💩💩💩💩€, Wed 5 Jan 2011, 13:25,
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piece of wheaten bread I thinkpossibly some marmalade.
Been watching very little. Some Come Dine with Me, Enid last night and keep meaning to catch up on House
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Amberl was stripey and dominated Europe, Wed 5 Jan 2011, 12:56,
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I'm really bored of House, even though it was my fave show =(Come Dine With Me is always good, but it's very rare I'd watch one and go "Ohh, I don't recongise this lot". I think I've OD'd on it =(
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G/PP 💩💩💩💩💩€, Wed 5 Jan 2011, 12:59,
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I haven't watched any of season 6because it didn't look right. Come Dine with Me is good though there are some awful people on it
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Amberl was stripey and dominated Europe, Wed 5 Jan 2011, 13:05,
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I had cinnamon waffles and eggs.I've been watching Jerseylicious. Parenthood started again last night and the new season of Jersey Shore starts on Thursday.
Yessssss.
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Lisette von Falcon, Wed 5 Jan 2011, 13:05,
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I watched the Goodies on TV over Christmas.Mad keen on it when I was a kid, I would say it was mildly silly now. But still almost the best thing on telly over the period.
Fot lunch I will be having christmas pudding.
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Bartleby A dead man on vacation, Wed 5 Jan 2011, 13:09,
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I used to love the Goodies too,Bought a DVD - watched fifteen minutes, gave up.
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Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Wed 5 Jan 2011, 14:00,
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All my "shows" are either on hiatus or have finished for the seasonbut I've been watching The Event, Glee, House and Misfits.
Misfits is excellent brainless TV.
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Lampito rise with the moon, go to bed with the sun, Wed 5 Jan 2011, 13:12,
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It is fucking superbNathan's one liners in it are superb - "We're like the Mitchell brothers, only we're not fat, bald and shit."
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Agnostic Antichrist Baltimora, Wed 5 Jan 2011, 13:19,
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Ooh, I watched season 1 over the breakand now have season 2 to watch, thanks for reminding me!
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The Light in Chains don't touch the Pope's boner, Wed 5 Jan 2011, 13:39,
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Chicken super noodles4 of the series I watch are on hiatus, so nothing from Bones, HIMYM, Chuck or Castle. Misfits has just finished too, which I'm pretty gutted about, that series is ace.
I watched the first 2 episodes of Primeval the other night, and have watched the new Top Gear.
Mainly, I'm watching Angel at the minute, as I never saw it when it was on. It's pretty good, and Charisma Carpenter is rather tasty!
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Agnostic Antichrist Baltimora, Wed 5 Jan 2011, 13:17,
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HIMYM and Castle are backwatched them last night.
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The Light in Chains don't touch the Pope's boner, Wed 5 Jan 2011, 13:40,
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Everything is on hiatusso I've had to resort to rewatching Legend of the Seeker and rekindling my love of the two main women in it.
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Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Wed 5 Jan 2011, 13:20,
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That wizard guyis the strangest looking man I've ever seen. I bet he likes pizza.
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Kroney, Wed 5 Jan 2011, 13:25,
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I bet you are righthe also plays the Train Man in one of the shit Matrix sequels
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Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Wed 5 Jan 2011, 13:28,
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you are not wrong there!didn't know that was him
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Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Wed 5 Jan 2011, 13:41,
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Over the festive periodI watched the first seasons of a couple of new American shows (yay internet) called Lost Girl and Nikita. Hot Women in Tight Pants Kicking Ass, top stuff. Apart from that, I've watched very little.
Leftover pizza for lunch, woo! I love pizza so much.
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The Light in Chains don't touch the Pope's boner, Wed 5 Jan 2011, 13:37,
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You say that but Dark Angel is shitDollhouse was shit
and Alias was shit.
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Alias was alrightas long as you switched your brain off.
I'll give you the other two, and to be honest these new ones are in Alias territory - Oh no, the plot is shaky, throw in another sex scene!
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The Light in Chains don't touch the Pope's boner, Wed 5 Jan 2011, 13:44,
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Dollhouse had Eliza Dushku, Amy Acker and Summer Glau in itThat makes it better.
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Agnostic Antichrist Baltimora, Wed 5 Jan 2011, 13:47,
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This LOTS(
Labia Majora You keep on talking but it makes no sense at all, Wed 5 Jan 2011, 13:54,
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Get Cava bread then, much cheaper(
Labia Majora You keep on talking but it makes no sense at all, Wed 5 Jan 2011, 13:44,
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Dust gathering.And cheese sandwiches.
Your challenge is to work out which answer goes with which question.
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Ooo! I like a good challenge.*uses powers of deduction*
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girlinthehole, Wed 5 Jan 2011, 13:56,
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It has occurred to me that the dust could be a particularly extreme fad diet,and the cheese sandwiches a particularly uninspired edition of 'Come Dine with Me.'
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Been watching it on my laptop, same thing really.But I've started watching House. It's extremely formulaic and easy viewing but I quite like it. I'm an idiot for starting another TV series though.
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Like my timing when I start crying in GleeI should start timing when House has that "stare-into-the-distance-and-leave-the-room-in-a-hurry-as-he's-had-an-idea-leading-to-the-diagnosis" moment. If one were to plot a graph it'd probably be level at around 39 mins.
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Lampito rise with the moon, go to bed with the sun, Wed 5 Jan 2011, 14:02,
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Every episode is the same. Just with different patients and diseases.I'm glad I've managed to stop watching Glee though.
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Glee is awesome and while I can see why people hate it I personally don't.I need to watch it all again so I can see Kurt go from being the most annoying character to my favourite.
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Lampito rise with the moon, go to bed with the sun, Wed 5 Jan 2011, 14:39,
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Winter vegetable and smoked sausage stew/soupthe skiing, fucking CONSTANTLY, because I've been at my parents. And if it wasn't skiing, it was bloody CSI or some variant thereof.
I'm so damn glad I don't own a tv and thus don't have drivel pouring in to my eyes and ears for god-knows-how-many hours a day.
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I only seem to watch the news and the odd film on film 4 nowadays.And yet I stil get nothing done.
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girlinthehole, Wed 5 Jan 2011, 13:59,
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Oh, I still don't get anything donemostly because I come on here instead, or read a book and pretend the washing up has already been done.
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girlinthehole, Wed 5 Jan 2011, 14:01,
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I really fail to understand how people can voluntarily watch televised skiing.It's just people falling down a hill with bits of wood stuck to their feet. Surely it becomes a bit repetitive after the first one?
And CSI pisses me off because the science is so horrendously misrepresented. Quite frankly I don't know how you coped.
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I enjoy CSIApart from when they do anything related to computers, phones or image enhancement, because they do it wrong and inevitably invalidate the integrity of the evidence. Which makes me angry. No such thing as Good Practice on CSI.
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Labia Majora You keep on talking but it makes no sense at all, Wed 5 Jan 2011, 14:03,
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thiiiiiiiiiiiscan't speak for your field obviously but this has more truth in it than I care to admit, and by christ it annoys me to watch it.
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Oh I agree with that completely!Unfortunately it's created the CSI Effect, where jurors believe that this shit is actually possible, and the lack of a super-enhanced CCTV image of the suspect automatically acquits him.
I have done some awesome CSI-worthy things though, like zoom in on a pic of a party to show lines of coke on the glass table, along with a credit card with the suspect's name on it. That probably wouldn't have been possible if the suspect hadn't taken a pic using an expensive (but stolen) DSLR camera and had then saved the pic in it's orignal high res format.
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Labia Majora You keep on talking but it makes no sense at all, Wed 5 Jan 2011, 14:23,
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It's a rather common occurenceSee also posing with guns. Did a murder case where a teen got shot for being on the wrong 'turf'. Kid portrayed as an innocent, hard working guy with good prospects, but photos and mobile phone vids of him posing with and firing guns into the air said otherwise.
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Labia Majora You keep on talking but it makes no sense at all, Wed 5 Jan 2011, 14:29,
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*facepalms*If it doesn't exist already, there should be a criminal equivalent of the Darwin Awards.
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*prouds*Thanks! I love it when crims do things like that, it really makes my day!
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Labia Majora You keep on talking but it makes no sense at all, Wed 5 Jan 2011, 14:30,
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CSI is one of my favourites.It's binge-food for the soul.
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Lampito rise with the moon, go to bed with the sun, Wed 5 Jan 2011, 14:05,
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As ever you are correctI actually preferred the skiing to CSI because at least I could look at the snow and daydream about going sledging (which I missed out on YET AGAIN). CSI and it's brethren are so ludicrously unscientific from time to time that it makes me seethe and want to throw things at the tv.
I coped by spending most of my evenings hiding upstairs, trying to smoothe the tic out of my cheek.
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This is where not being remotely scientific has it's benefits.Ignorance is bliss and all that.
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girlinthehole, Wed 5 Jan 2011, 14:16,
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It's when they go to a crime scene and log into the suspect's webmail that gets meNot only have they contaminated the crimescene and rendered the computer inadmissable, they've stepped outside the boundary of their search warrant by accessing files on a remote server. GAH!
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Labia Majora You keep on talking but it makes no sense at all, Wed 5 Jan 2011, 14:27,
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Unfortunately I can't even think about skiing with a straight face after a Viz top tip:"Want to go skiing but can't spare the expense in these recession-riddled times? Simulate the experience by strapping planks of wood to your feet, then sitting in the freezer for an hour before running headfirst into the nearest tree."
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*snort*yes, I can see how that thought might ruin televised skiing for you. How's you, anyway?
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Not bad at all, thanks. (Makes a change, I realise)The year seems to have got off to a reasonable start. I'm still chronically un-productive at work but no worse than I was before, and other, more interesting things seem to be happening around it so I'm going to take that as a positive thing. How about you? Did you get your car fixed in the end?
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Yeah, my brother hit it with a screwdriverand it bizarrely was fine thereafter. (Took it to the garage anyway and they charged me despite finding nothing wrong) but at least it got me home without blowing up or charging at high speed in to the central reservation.
Glad to hear things are better than before Christmas though. Do you think you're nearly done with your PhD or still a ways to go?
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It's amazing how many things can be fixed by belting them with a blunt object.Sadly a PhD is not one of them. I'm going to be here a while longer. Probably still going to be here after the funding runs out, if I'm honest. Not that this should discourage you if you're still looking to do one - the more people I talk to, the more convinced I am I just drew the short straw with this one.
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I had a Muller Light 'cheesecake inspired' yoghutIt was disappointing.
I don't watch tv, but have just finished acquiring The Walking Dead, so will give that a look over the next week.
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Labia Majora You keep on talking but it makes no sense at all, Wed 5 Jan 2011, 13:56,
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Silent Witness but only cause my mate was a dead body in it.It's brilliant!!
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SteveFrench Cardio is for homo's. do you even lift bro?, Wed 5 Jan 2011, 13:57,
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SteveFrench Cardio is for homo's. do you even lift bro?, Wed 5 Jan 2011, 14:04,
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*gets in before Jeff*Why was he addicted to large wading birds?
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girlinthehole, Wed 5 Jan 2011, 14:06,
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Sorry for the threadjack, but here's one for you foodies.There is a cake on my desk.
Only it's not a cake.
It's texture is more like a sweet bread and it contains dollops of something that has the consistency of butterscotch cream from Greggs doughnuts, but also has a coffee/cinnamon-y taste. Also the cake-loaf smells, but doesn't taste, VERY boozy.
What am I eating?!
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They said it was just something left over from Christmas.And they're an idiot.
I'm disappointed in you.
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