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I've talked about myself and my concerns too much today. Tell me what's worrying you.

alt q: If your hair was stood on end, could you get though doorways without ducking? Which doorway could you get through?
(, Fri 14 Jan 2011, 19:43, 133 replies, latest was 15 years ago)
I cleared about £900 of assorted property-related debt today.
I know the money wasn't mine, and it needed paying, but for that hour while it was in my bank account, I was quite happy.

On the plus side, everything to do with the money pit I used to own is done and dusted, and I am starting the new year debt free.

Yay me.
(, Fri 14 Jan 2011, 19:48, Reply)
well done!

(, Fri 14 Jan 2011, 19:52, Reply)
I know
right?
(, Fri 14 Jan 2011, 20:04, Reply)
I'm worried that I'll be asked to leave where I live and I will have no where to go.
alt: probably any standard door, my hair isn't so long anymore *sadface*
(, Fri 14 Jan 2011, 19:48, Reply)
*sadfaces* also...

(, Fri 14 Jan 2011, 19:50, Reply)
Why will you be asked to leave?

(, Fri 14 Jan 2011, 19:51, Reply)
because the girl only has roommates because she can't afford mortgage on her own
but has applied for a new job and will likely get an offer, so she will be able to afford on her own
she's already told a mutual friend if she gets a new job she will ask other tenant and I to leave
(, Fri 14 Jan 2011, 19:53, Reply)
but she has to give you
notice, right?
(, Fri 14 Jan 2011, 19:54, Reply)
yes, I've been looking around for a while
but I get paid under the table and would be unable to get a place on my own so I'll have to live with someone, with my dog this cuts my possibilities to about 5% of whats available
I really want to live on my own, but I'd have to find a new job, etc etc
(, Fri 14 Jan 2011, 19:58, Reply)
In which case
I will join in the sadfacing
(, Fri 14 Jan 2011, 20:01, Reply)
I think I'm more sad about my short hair than the possibility of being homeless

(, Fri 14 Jan 2011, 20:04, Reply)
it'll grow
and I bet it's not as bad as you think
(, Fri 14 Jan 2011, 20:12, Reply)
it's better than it was but it'll take over a year for it to be as it was before I cut it
stupid stupid stupid me
(, Fri 14 Jan 2011, 20:27, Reply)
Oh wow, that sucks
*sadfaces with you*
(, Fri 14 Jan 2011, 19:55, Reply)
There's quite a lot worrying me at the moment actually
My sleeping and eating patterns have become pretty bad, which is usually a sign of bad things to come. So that's not good.

alt: I'd still be able to get through 99.9% of doors, my hair is only down to my chin and I'm tiny. Hobbit doors may prove my only problem.
(, Fri 14 Jan 2011, 19:49, Reply)
does it tend to mean you're getting poorly
or that you are worrying about something you don't realise you are worried about?
(, Fri 14 Jan 2011, 19:52, Reply)
Tends to mean I'm shifting into another cycle of poorly
And it's not even the kind I get where the benefits make it bearable. It's the kind I get where I get no benefits at all. :(
(, Fri 14 Jan 2011, 19:57, Reply)
no way of preempting it and fixing it?
or just hibernating through it?
(, Fri 14 Jan 2011, 20:03, Reply)
I just need to MTFU and get through it
Make sure I make myself do things rather than just sitting and sulking, which will ultimately make everything much worse. If it carries on much longer I might have to go to the doctor though. I've missed three days off work in a row because I can't leave the house. Don't want to go to the doctor though, because a) I'm in denial a bit and b) I'm scared.
(, Fri 14 Jan 2011, 20:06, Reply)
He/She might be able to make it better though
which would be a good thing
(, Fri 14 Jan 2011, 20:09, Reply)
I'm not sure they could
I've tried before and only got useless stuff, and I don't want pills.
(, Fri 14 Jan 2011, 20:10, Reply)
is it pain then?
doctors aren't great at managing that, worth seeing a specialist
(, Fri 14 Jan 2011, 20:13, Reply)
No, it's not pain.
I'm off a three month 'high' period and into the slump. Which is rubbish, because when I'm in the 'high' part of the cycle, I don't have to eat or sleep, and I always have great adventures and end up with good stories to tell. When I'm in the low part, I just tend to avoid all human contact, eat too much and not sleep but *always* be exhausted.

I don't want meds though.
(, Fri 14 Jan 2011, 20:16, Reply)
might be worth it, though
even if they don't completely medicate for it. I know people with similar things and the lows are pretty devastating
(, Fri 14 Jan 2011, 20:20, Reply)
If you need the meds though
might just have to bite the bullet, or it's just going to get worse
(, Fri 14 Jan 2011, 20:20, Reply)
Taking meds means getting a new diagnosis though
The last time things were this bad I just got therapy (didn't really work), but I'm an adult now, so even that won't be as forthcoming. I don't want to be someone who's bad enough to need pills.
(, Fri 14 Jan 2011, 20:22, Reply)
I think the problem can be if people are on pills
and identify with that too much and rely on them. Happened to my mum for a while, but they eventually got her off them and she's a bit better now.
(, Fri 14 Jan 2011, 20:26, Reply)
That's just it
I don't want to be a person on medication, because then I wouldn't know what I was like not on medication, and I'd have to come off them at some point.
(, Fri 14 Jan 2011, 20:27, Reply)
if you have a decent doctor
you might not be on them long, it's just time for some stabilising and therapy and stuff. Mind you, I don't want to claim I really know about this stuff - I realise I'm probably coming across as one of those know alls who don't really know all. Sorry about that
(, Fri 14 Jan 2011, 20:30, Reply)
Easiest way to reconcile that
is to realise that whoever you are at any given second is who you are, whether you're on pills or not

And that little cliche was only realised after a long time
(, Fri 14 Jan 2011, 20:32, Reply)
I'll probably do something next week
I can't have any more time off work, I tried to pull 'generic ill' and they're convinced I've got swine flu. Plus, I hate lying.
(, Fri 14 Jan 2011, 20:49, Reply)
Go this weekend if you can
once it's sorted things will seem much better because it'll feel like you have a handle on it.
(, Fri 14 Jan 2011, 20:51, Reply)
Nah, I won't be able to make an appointment until Monday
I'm going to MTFU and go to work tomorrow and Sunday.
(, Fri 14 Jan 2011, 20:57, Reply)
go gogogoogogoogo
i hate going to the doctors too, but just mtfu and go, before things get too bad
(, Fri 14 Jan 2011, 20:10, Reply)
But.... doctors make stuff *real*!

(, Fri 14 Jan 2011, 20:13, Reply)
i know what you mean
but they might just make things better
(, Fri 14 Jan 2011, 20:15, Reply)
My hair is middling long
but I am very short. So pretty much any doorway I reckon.
I'm worried about my job. Since making a bit of a boo-boo before Christmas I've just not felt comfortable or happy there, it's like I'm waiting for the next cockup (be it small or large) and for them to fire me, especially since I don't work as hard as I probably should.
(, Fri 14 Jan 2011, 19:52, Reply)
maybe you need to do something
as equally awesome as your boo boo was bad. You know, balance things out a bit. and make it memorable
(, Fri 14 Jan 2011, 19:53, Reply)
I'm trying
but science isn't like that, I can't just magically miracle something out of my arse. I realised today that I didn't do something I said I'd do this week so I'm going to have to do some serious arse licking on Monday and it's really stressing me out.
(, Fri 14 Jan 2011, 19:56, Reply)
Why not make 2011 the year of sorting out your work life and forget about everything else.

(, Fri 14 Jan 2011, 19:59, Reply)
Barring a tendency to be a bit lazy
before the oops happened there was nothing wrong with my work life. But now I feel incredibly on edge and like I'm constantly playing catch-up. I'll work through it; I have no choice, and logically I know the likelihood of them firing me 8 months before the end of my contract is minimal. But it's stressing me out regardless.
I'm working harder to make sure my projects are complete before the end of september, when my contract finishes. If I don't get a PhD I doubt I'll stay, which means lots of job applications and the like so 2011 is going to be a year of very work-related stuff anyway.
(, Fri 14 Jan 2011, 20:05, Reply)
I see.
Then I suggest you go out and get pissed a lot : )
(, Fri 14 Jan 2011, 20:07, Reply)
Nobody to go with :(
I plan to bash a lot this year though.
(, Fri 14 Jan 2011, 20:08, Reply)
yay
I'm going to try and get to another one, too. Bashes are for winners
(, Fri 14 Jan 2011, 20:10, Reply)
blame it on being busy with other things
or tell them you have no idea what they're talking about, but you'll do it right away
(, Fri 14 Jan 2011, 20:00, Reply)
i regularly do this
sometimes if you ignore things for long enough you don't have to do them
(, Fri 14 Jan 2011, 20:02, Reply)
I'm a regular "no, you didn't ask me to do that, I don't know what you're talking about:"

(, Fri 14 Jan 2011, 20:04, Reply)
I do this sometimes
I'm not sure what I'll do on Monday, probably just say that I was busy and I'm doing it. Excuses excuses :(
(, Fri 14 Jan 2011, 20:07, Reply)
can you go in early? maybe stay late?
honestly, if it were me, I'd stay late and do it off the clock
not suggesting you do this, just saying it'd be what I would do to get it done
(, Fri 14 Jan 2011, 20:09, Reply)
I do go in early
and stay late when it's required. I imagine I will be doing this more in the next few months.
(, Fri 14 Jan 2011, 20:12, Reply)
I've decided to put more effort into my work.
I get what needs to be done finished but I could put myself out a bit and organise stuff better etc.
(, Fri 14 Jan 2011, 20:14, Reply)
Well, that's just it
generally I get the work done, so there's no real cause for my boss to be pissed off, but I'm not as organised as I could be, and I should be further on in my project than I am.
(, Fri 14 Jan 2011, 20:17, Reply)
I'm also hoping that if I look to be working harder then my dad won't whinge when I'm taking time off.
And I feel a bit guilty for not pulling my weight now and then,
(, Fri 14 Jan 2011, 20:20, Reply)
You're entitled to time off
by law. Your dad has no right to whinge if you get all your work done before you go away.
(, Fri 14 Jan 2011, 20:24, Reply)
I know : )
He just likes whinging.
(, Fri 14 Jan 2011, 20:26, Reply)
Dead relative?
Very distraught etc etc
(, Fri 14 Jan 2011, 20:10, Reply)
I'll think of something
the ridiculous thing is, is that I have had quite a busy week, but because I haven't done what I said I'd do whilst my boss was away, it's going to look like I've slacked off mightily when I haven't.
(, Fri 14 Jan 2011, 20:13, Reply)
Work
missed a collection.

Alt Q: my hair is quite long I probably couldn't.

Edit: plus my health is definitely kicking up
(, Fri 14 Jan 2011, 19:58, Reply)
What collection?

(, Fri 14 Jan 2011, 19:59, Reply)
what we call
beginning of term exams. I neglected to attend
(, Fri 14 Jan 2011, 20:01, Reply)
Ooof!

(, Fri 14 Jan 2011, 20:05, Reply)
The invigilator bumped into me
and reminded me. He also pointed out I've never ever turned up at the right time
(, Fri 14 Jan 2011, 20:08, Reply)
Haha!
Daft bugger!
(, Fri 14 Jan 2011, 20:11, Reply)
I do wander around
in a daze a lot of the time.
(, Fri 14 Jan 2011, 20:14, Reply)
my back
I've been a bit sedentary since just before christmas and it has started to take it's toll. I felt a twinge yesterday and now I'm walking like robocop.

alt q: no.
(, Fri 14 Jan 2011, 20:02, Reply)
pilates
surely there is a door you could get through? Not even a big cathedral door?
(, Fri 14 Jan 2011, 20:11, Reply)
alright a cathedral door maybe
but only if they open the thing properly and not just the tiny doorway inset in the main door.
(, Fri 14 Jan 2011, 20:19, Reply)
Lots of stretching will sort you out.
I have a good stretch in the morning and it starts the day off.
(, Fri 14 Jan 2011, 20:13, Reply)
Jeff! Strikethrough opportunity right here!
where'd that boy get to?
(, Fri 14 Jan 2011, 20:21, Reply)
He's gone out.
Thankfully.
(, Fri 14 Jan 2011, 20:24, Reply)
you two had a tiff?

(, Fri 14 Jan 2011, 20:26, Reply)
Not that I'm aware of.
I just meant thankfully no strikethroughs.
(, Fri 14 Jan 2011, 20:27, Reply)
I know what will cheer us up
big. blue. cock

www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-12190456
(, Fri 14 Jan 2011, 20:14, Reply)
Who said a big blue cock symbolises regeneration, awakening and strength?
Load of bollox.
(, Fri 14 Jan 2011, 20:16, Reply)
it'd wake me up
:)
(, Fri 14 Jan 2011, 20:21, Reply)
A blue one might put me off.
For a minute or two.
(, Fri 14 Jan 2011, 20:24, Reply)
no Dr Manhattan for you then?

(, Fri 14 Jan 2011, 20:28, Reply)
Does he actually have a cock?

(, Fri 14 Jan 2011, 20:29, Reply)
doesn't he shag Laurie in the film?

(, Fri 14 Jan 2011, 20:33, Reply)
No, they're getting it on
when she realises he's duplicated himself and is still working at the same time. She then ends up knobbing Night Owl. There is a quantity of blue penis wibbling about the place.
(, Fri 14 Jan 2011, 20:36, Reply)
...are you being serious?
It's out for the majority of the film and book! Just swinging away...

From the film From the book
(, Fri 14 Jan 2011, 20:48, Reply)
cock-a-doodle blue!

(, Fri 14 Jan 2011, 20:56, Reply)
That doesn't cheer me up
How much are they paying her for that shite? It'll just look daft.
(, Fri 14 Jan 2011, 20:18, Reply)
Have fun peeps.
I'm off to watch a film in bed and eat After eights.

Black death with Sean Bean if anyone is interested.
(, Fri 14 Jan 2011, 20:29, Reply)
enjoy
mmm chocolate mints
(, Fri 14 Jan 2011, 20:33, Reply)
I'm going to MTFU
and go for a run. If I don't come back I'm probably face down on the pavement somewhere, wheezing.
(, Fri 14 Jan 2011, 20:39, Reply)
well done RUN FOR YOUR LIFE!

(, Fri 14 Jan 2011, 20:40, Reply)
Essay, standard banter.
I have pretty much all the notes ever, just need to find something to say about Macrobius and St. Augustine, as the latter's pretty fucking pivotal. Though I did find a sentence in an essay that sums up the argument I want to make, so I'll plot it out and tidy it up and rustle up 2500 words of notes and quotes into 3000 words of argument and citations.

Alt: No, I am short in stature and of hair. Though it's growing nicely. Still trying to work out if I should get the chop or not.
(, Fri 14 Jan 2011, 20:42, Reply)
St Augustine
what a wanker*
How are you Lampito?


*not strictly true.
(, Fri 14 Jan 2011, 20:44, Reply)
I quite like him
"Lord, make me chaste, but not yet" is kind of pretty awesome.

I'm pretty tired, my darling Amberl. I went over to a friend's after my brain turned to mush around 5pm, and we made strawberry cheesecake cupcakes. I was good and didn't have one as I had licked the bowl of both the batter and the cream cheese icing.

How's it going with you?
(, Fri 14 Jan 2011, 20:47, Reply)
Well done for being good!
I wasn't so good- I went to the cinema and had nachos and salsa. Don't think they can have been too bad though.
(, Fri 14 Jan 2011, 20:50, Reply)
Nah, they won't have been.
I know I should eat that curry before it goes off but I can't justify it. It should be fine tomorrow, I hope.
(, Fri 14 Jan 2011, 20:54, Reply)
The chilli will probably keep it sterile haha
I'm going to have soup later. For some reason I have a pepperami. I may cut it into the soup.
(, Fri 14 Jan 2011, 20:57, Reply)
That will be nice.
I quite like salami now.
(, Fri 14 Jan 2011, 21:02, Reply)
I'm just annoyed
that I appear to be getting fatter!
(, Fri 14 Jan 2011, 21:04, Reply)
Really?!
I can't imagine why... You're doing all the right things!
(, Fri 14 Jan 2011, 21:09, Reply)
I really am
I have no idea why
(, Fri 14 Jan 2011, 21:13, Reply)
Is it a lot of weight gain though?
Maybe it's just water, or something.That is rather peculiar.
(, Fri 14 Jan 2011, 21:16, Reply)
it's enough
to make my jeans tighter and a tiny bit on my face. It's really strange because it's been two weeks now and I haven't majorly blown out at all
(, Fri 14 Jan 2011, 21:19, Reply)
That's totally bizarre.
I've not seen anything with me, but I'm not body aware, so there we are.
(, Fri 14 Jan 2011, 21:35, Reply)
Two weeks is not long
perhaps you have water retention, based on what you were saying about lady DOOM the other day.
(, Fri 14 Jan 2011, 21:37, Reply)
I hope so
because otherwise I will be pissed off!
(, Fri 14 Jan 2011, 21:42, Reply)
Keep at it.
I'm starting to want to cave, actually. Have NOT eaten well today.

Also, what time are you thinking of coming on Saturday?
(, Fri 14 Jan 2011, 21:44, Reply)
Keep strong
have that curry.

I was thinking of heading away from here about 12, getting there about half 2 :)
(, Fri 14 Jan 2011, 21:47, Reply)
To Marble Arch/Victoria?
148, 36 or 436 will get you to mine - Camberwell Church Street for the latter two, Denmark Hill/Camberwell Grn for the 148. Takes about half an hour from Marble Arch.
(, Fri 14 Jan 2011, 21:50, Reply)
I'll text you
and let you know when I'm on the bus :)
(, Fri 14 Jan 2011, 21:54, Reply)
If you text me when you're at Vassall Road for the 436/36 or Camberwell Road/Albany Road 148
that'll be better.

If you can remember that. Which is probably no. Text me to tell me what bus you're on and I'll update you.
(, Fri 14 Jan 2011, 21:58, Reply)
I shall save it on my phone
rather than trust to my memory
(, Fri 14 Jan 2011, 22:01, Reply)
Right I've just been to the gym and some fucker stuck a hairdryer up the crack of his arse and dried it
I wasn't aware that this was ever an option, I watched him out of the corner of my eye and he must have been at it a good 10 minutes. That's what's worrying me.
(, Fri 14 Jan 2011, 21:53, Reply)
10 minutes?!
Did he have half the english channel clinging to his hole-hair?
(, Fri 14 Jan 2011, 21:58, Reply)
I just don't know berk, he stood there like he didn't have a care in the world, with a hairdryer up his arse

(, Fri 14 Jan 2011, 22:00, Reply)
Gyms are bent.
What did you expect?
(, Fri 14 Jan 2011, 22:02, Reply)
I don't go there for enjoyment by any means, but you're right Monty there's a right collection of bent wankers there
and then there's me
(, Fri 14 Jan 2011, 22:09, Reply)
A mate of mine was on tour in the US
and went to a gym for a swim and reckons he saw a bloke in the showers whose arsehole was so ruined it looked like a fucking rooster's wattle.
(, Fri 14 Jan 2011, 22:12, Reply)
I have seen something similar in the showers
when I was playing rugby. Only it wasn't an arsehole, it was a fanny like a paper bag.
(, Fri 14 Jan 2011, 22:16, Reply)
Apparently it looked like a burgundy sock was hanging out of his 'Paul Gadd'.

(, Fri 14 Jan 2011, 22:18, Reply)
Eek!
no, it wasn't that bad.
(, Fri 14 Jan 2011, 22:20, Reply)
That is disgusting

(, Fri 14 Jan 2011, 22:23, Reply)
Truly.

(, Fri 14 Jan 2011, 22:31, Reply)
A prolapsed arse, all the benders can do is occasionally shove bits of it back up there with their fingers
Let that be a warning to the batty boi's
(, Fri 14 Jan 2011, 22:18, Reply)
If God had intended us to fly etc.

(, Fri 14 Jan 2011, 22:23, Reply)
Alt;

(, Fri 14 Jan 2011, 22:02, Reply)
great tickets aye Monty?

(, Fri 14 Jan 2011, 22:05, Reply)
GREAT TICKETS AMB, GREAT ONES.

(, Fri 14 Jan 2011, 22:07, Reply)
fantastic news Monty

(, Fri 14 Jan 2011, 22:13, Reply)
Alt: not a chance.
I am 6'2" and my hair is a good 18" long.

I could get through castle gates, church doors or grand stately home entrances only. And warehouse shutters, I suppose.
(, Fri 14 Jan 2011, 22:06, Reply)
Hello, darling. How goes it this evening?

(, Fri 14 Jan 2011, 22:13, Reply)
Great, thanks.
Just watched a fabulous documentary on Sister Rosetta Tharpe, and in an hour the Chess Records story is on. Wonderful stuff.
(, Fri 14 Jan 2011, 22:15, Reply)
None of this means anything to me in the slightest.
And the Ginger Creature referred to you as "a barrel of fun". I'm obviously living with a simpleton.
(, Fri 14 Jan 2011, 22:17, Reply)
That's why I am so useful to have around:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=v7lN1R2LP-4&feature=list_related&playnext=1&list=MLGxdCwVVULXe1pXR9pxA2ydordMgg7KVK
(, Fri 14 Jan 2011, 22:21, Reply)
That is an amazing voice.

(, Fri 14 Jan 2011, 22:26, Reply)
She was an awesome (NB correct usage) guitar player too.
EDIT watch this from about 1:30
www.youtube.com/watch?v=8kPqhZMgRls
(, Fri 14 Jan 2011, 22:30, Reply)
Yes. Although I'm 6'4" I only have about 1/8" of hair.
Getting through the lab doors with my hard hat on is a different matter.
(, Fri 14 Jan 2011, 22:22, Reply)

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