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long thread is too far over to the right
so the trainee has just cracked and gone out for a fag, having given up for new year. thank god, he has been irritable all week! he is moaning a lot but i am finding it hard to have any sympathy, because he knew what smoking did to him when he took it up, so there is 100% contrib neg, in my sympathetic supervisor's opinion.

so the question is, what is the hardest thing you've ever had to give up? did you stick to it?? or take up (eg running)??? and did you stick to that????
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rachelswipe with a fork, Wed 19 Jan 2011, 11:10, 226 replies, latest was 15 years ago)

I found giving up cigarettes pretty easy and have just done so again. (started again because I wanted to, not because I was craving it)
Spliff intake is reduced now. I'd find that harder to give up because I enjoy it, and it makes sleeping much easier.
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Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Wed 19 Jan 2011, 11:13, Reply)

my grandma
used to stop and start again. she'd stop smoking for years at a time, then go back to 10 or more a day.

the other grandma smoked about 25 a day, and eventually lost a toe to gangrene. gangrene - who gets that outside of the 18th century?! this is what made me hate smoking so much, the sight of that horrible blackened toe. and then having to help an old lady wedge a four-toed foot into a shoe... put me off for life!
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rachelswipe with a fork, Wed 19 Jan 2011, 11:16, Reply)

Zsa Zsa Gabor, apparently.

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Davros' Granddad a voice of calm reason in a world of spastics., Wed 19 Jan 2011, 11:17, Reply)

I??? Gave up ????? Putting loads of????????? unnecessary punctuation??????? in my sentances??????!!!!!!!%$£&("&%($(&"($

(Bazongaloid, Wed 19 Jan 2011, 11:16, Reply)

gave up your spell-checker too, by the look of it

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rachelswipe with a fork, Wed 19 Jan 2011, 11:18, Reply)

I also gave up my "ignore irrational and crazy women" filter
which is how I ended up married.

And talking to you.
(Bazongaloid, Wed 19 Jan 2011, 11:22, Reply)

i am not irrational
and i am not crazy

i am perfectly charming and normal!
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rachelswipe with a fork, Wed 19 Jan 2011, 11:35, Reply)

In crazy irrartional land maybe

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TGB checking Off Topic is still shit at, Wed 19 Jan 2011, 11:39, Reply)

so... london, then?

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rachelswipe with a fork, Wed 19 Jan 2011, 11:40, Reply)

touche
You are a lot less crazy than most of the people on my bus, so I'll give you that
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TGB checking Off Topic is still shit at, Wed 19 Jan 2011, 11:43, Reply)

Surely that's only because you massively skew the average craziness upwards

(Bazongaloid, Wed 19 Jan 2011, 11:49, Reply)

i do dribble and talk to myself though

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rachelswipe with a fork, Wed 19 Jan 2011, 11:51, Reply)

not from the mouth though

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Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Wed 19 Jan 2011, 11:51, Reply)

Vagtriloquism is an art form, I hear.

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Davros' Granddad a voice of calm reason in a world of spastics., Wed 19 Jan 2011, 11:52, Reply)

it fucking well should be
I had to stifle some proper officelols there
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Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Wed 19 Jan 2011, 11:56, Reply)

You have a vagina???

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Davros' Granddad a voice of calm reason in a world of spastics., Wed 19 Jan 2011, 12:05, Reply)

TGB has Keith Harris hidden up hers, I hear.
Mind you, that's cheating.
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Davros' Granddad a voice of calm reason in a world of spastics., Wed 19 Jan 2011, 12:11, Reply)

HAHA BUSWANKER

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Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Wed 19 Jan 2011, 11:51, Reply)

Junk food.
Fags, piece of piss. Weed, so-so. Alcohol, easier than I thought. Rubbish crappy fatty empty-calorie junk food? It might be the death of me.
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Noeli overtheshoulderboulderholderthingstraplatchboobs, Wed 19 Jan 2011, 11:21, Reply)

Once again you speak the truth
Alcohol is very easy to give up, but tasty take out pizza is not.
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Labia Majora You keep on talking but it makes no sense at all, Wed 19 Jan 2011, 11:24, Reply)

it's easier to give up pizza etc.
when you aren't drunk
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Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Wed 19 Jan 2011, 11:25, Reply)

I crave pizza more when I'm sober
When I'm drunk, I want chicken.
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Agnostic Antichrist Baltimora, Wed 19 Jan 2011, 11:44, Reply)

~~chicken~~ cock.
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Davros' Granddad a voice of calm reason in a world of spastics., Wed 19 Jan 2011, 11:49, Reply)

*waits for edit*

(Bazongaloid, Wed 19 Jan 2011, 11:49, Reply)

Oops. Fixed.
Bloody spazzy fingers.
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Davros' Granddad a voice of calm reason in a world of spastics., Wed 19 Jan 2011, 11:51, Reply)

Thiiiiiiisssss
I've not had a drink in 2 weeks, haven't missed it, can't see myself drinking in the immediate future, but I was dreaming about takeaway pizza last night. /fatty boom boom
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Lampito rise with the moon, go to bed with the sun, Wed 19 Jan 2011, 11:26, Reply)

I had takeaway pizza last night
/smug
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The Light in Chains don't touch the Pope's boner, Wed 19 Jan 2011, 12:42, Reply)

Whinging about my love life has been the hardest thing to give up in all honesty.
Booze, fags, drugs etc was fairly easy.
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girlinthehole, Wed 19 Jan 2011, 11:22, Reply)

A boy.
/emo

I'm ok with going home and not smoking for weeks at a time. This is GOOD. Giving up my eating habits has been hard, but I'm keeping going.

Gym will be very hard to keep up if I keep ruining my body like this. It hurts. So much.
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Lampito rise with the moon, go to bed with the sun, Wed 19 Jan 2011, 11:24, Reply)

in theory it should stop hurting so much the more you do of it

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Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Wed 19 Jan 2011, 11:26, Reply)

I'm trying to decide whether or not to go to Tai Bo this evening.
I can't really lift my arms above my head or my legs at all.
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Lampito rise with the moon, go to bed with the sun, Wed 19 Jan 2011, 11:27, Reply)

Do it, someone else will hold your legs above your head for you

(Bazongaloid, Wed 19 Jan 2011, 11:28, Reply)

Oh man maybe I SHOULD go

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Lampito rise with the moon, go to bed with the sun, Wed 19 Jan 2011, 11:30, Reply)

You should
then while you're jumping about and air boxing, you can fantasise about all those muscular men in the class ravishing you.
(Bazongaloid, Wed 19 Jan 2011, 11:38, Reply)

I'm not keen on muscles.
Skinny yesssss
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Lampito rise with the moon, go to bed with the sun, Wed 19 Jan 2011, 11:47, Reply)

Have you turned into Gollum suddenly?

(Bazongaloid, Wed 19 Jan 2011, 11:50, Reply)

yesss i haves
tricksy little alllll, yesssss
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Lampito rise with the moon, go to bed with the sun, Wed 19 Jan 2011, 11:52, Reply)

/stock anal sex gag

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Noeli overtheshoulderboulderholderthingstraplatchboobs, Wed 19 Jan 2011, 11:28, Reply)

Wahey.
Hello Noel nice to see you hope you're fine kthanx
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Lampito rise with the moon, go to bed with the sun, Wed 19 Jan 2011, 11:28, Reply)

Watcha Lampito.
I'm fucking ace ta!
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Noeli overtheshoulderboulderholderthingstraplatchboobs, Wed 19 Jan 2011, 11:30, Reply)

Glad to hear it.
Your road trip sounds amazing, I just want to get on a train and go to the beach. I might do that in February, if I can find a willing victim to go with me and endure the sight of me in a swimming costume.
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Lampito rise with the moon, go to bed with the sun, Wed 19 Jan 2011, 11:32, Reply)

have you been in the sea in February?
the water is below 8 degrees at the moment

when I go surfing I am wearing a very expensive 5mm wetsuit, a hood, and the best wetsuit boots and gloves I can get my hands on
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Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Wed 19 Jan 2011, 11:34, Reply)

Oh shit, I remember someone saying that it's warmer in December
that's the latest I've been in the sea. (In Ireland)

Maybe just "endure the sight of me full stop"
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Lampito rise with the moon, go to bed with the sun, Wed 19 Jan 2011, 11:37, Reply)

February is pretty much the coldest time for the sea
I'd steer clear if I were you.
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Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Wed 19 Jan 2011, 11:39, Reply)

But I love grey skies and rainy beaches :(

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Lampito rise with the moon, go to bed with the sun, Wed 19 Jan 2011, 11:39, Reply)

by all means go to the beach
just don't get in the sea.
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Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Wed 19 Jan 2011, 11:41, Reply)

I have decided I like my feet too much.

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Lampito rise with the moon, go to bed with the sun, Wed 19 Jan 2011, 11:43, Reply)

wise
second to last time I went for a surf, even with wetsuit boots on my feet were so cold they hurt, a lot. I was in for 2 hours plus, but even so it forced me to spend £50 on the best new boots I could find on the way home.
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Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Wed 19 Jan 2011, 11:45, Reply)

We'll be paddling in the source of the Thames on Sunday
then in the sea at the estuary the following Sunday. Poppet's gonna fucking FREEZE.
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Noeli overtheshoulderboulderholderthingstraplatchboobs, Wed 19 Jan 2011, 11:40, Reply)

It's going to be absolutely MEGA mate.
I can't wait! I'm now officially half-way through my working week then it's ten days off work and a few hundred miles around the country. Woo!
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Noeli overtheshoulderboulderholderthingstraplatchboobs, Wed 19 Jan 2011, 11:38, Reply)

"The hump of the week"
Which is how the receptionist greeted me this morning. I thanked her for the compliment.
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Labia Majora You keep on talking but it makes no sense at all, Wed 19 Jan 2011, 11:40, Reply)

Well I hope you both have a lot of fun.
What will you be doing in London? I'll pop in and see you if you want.
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Lampito rise with the moon, go to bed with the sun, Wed 19 Jan 2011, 11:40, Reply)

Faffing mostly, sunset on the Eye, straddling the Greenwich meridian, that kind of shit.
I'll get her to gaz you and sort something out, she's doing all the social stuffs.
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Noeli overtheshoulderboulderholderthingstraplatchboobs, Wed 19 Jan 2011, 11:42, Reply)

I've not straddled the meridian
(OMG LAMPS HAS NOT STRADDLED SOMETHING!)
But yes, I'll gaz her. You should totes do Borough Market, depending on what day you're here.
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Lampito rise with the moon, go to bed with the sun, Wed 19 Jan 2011, 11:45, Reply)

Thursday and Friday I think.
Do gaz her, it'd be great to see you if we can.
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Noeli overtheshoulderboulderholderthingstraplatchboobs, Wed 19 Jan 2011, 11:48, Reply)

Will do.

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Lampito rise with the moon, go to bed with the sun, Wed 19 Jan 2011, 11:50, Reply)

the planetarium is pretty good
if you've not done that before
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Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Wed 19 Jan 2011, 11:46, Reply)

I've not, so we'll check it out, ta.

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Noeli overtheshoulderboulderholderthingstraplatchboobs, Wed 19 Jan 2011, 11:50, Reply)

it's also a good place for a snooze

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Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Wed 19 Jan 2011, 11:52, Reply)

Isn't it just mostly animated shows now, though?
Rather than an interesting perspective on the wonders of the universe? Last Time I was in it was some shitty 'educational' cartoon aimed at five year olds they were showing, and you had to buy admission to Madame Tussauds to enter.
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Davros' Granddad a voice of calm reason in a world of spastics., Wed 19 Jan 2011, 11:54, Reply)

I went to one at some point in the last couple of years
and it was mostly about spotting constellations and stuff and about where planets can be seen.

Just have to try and pick a good show I think.
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Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Wed 19 Jan 2011, 12:00, Reply)

Probably best to check the website then.
First time I went as a kid it was brilliant, and they did evening shows which were basically just an hour's worth of a laser display set to music. They did a War of the Worlds one as well.
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Davros' Granddad a voice of calm reason in a world of spastics., Wed 19 Jan 2011, 12:05, Reply)

Ew.
I want big booming science-guy voices and wonderous epic visuals, not Teletubbies Visit the Small Magellanic Cloud.
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Noeli overtheshoulderboulderholderthingstraplatchboobs, Wed 19 Jan 2011, 12:02, Reply)

It's weird but my stamina levels fluctuate so much each day and I don't know why.
You'd think my stamina would build up the more I go but it doesn't seem to work like that.
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girlinthehole, Wed 19 Jan 2011, 11:28, Reply)

mine do a surprising amount as well
I also find that if I do exercise regularly, and then stop for a few weeks and then do it again I have more stamina after the break.

That said I've already noticed a marked improvement in the situps I've been doing in between sets of lengths of the pool.
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Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Wed 19 Jan 2011, 11:31, Reply)

Yes me too.
I'm thinking of going swimming again to mix things up a bit but I'm going to have to go early Sunday morning. It's the only time I can fit it in and not be surrounded by plebs playing in the pool.
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girlinthehole, Wed 19 Jan 2011, 11:40, Reply)

it's going to be a shock when I stop being able to swim on my own in the pool straight after work twice a week
but by then I should be a load fitter and can just plough people out of the way
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Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Wed 19 Jan 2011, 11:43, Reply)

I fucking love being able to excercise again
I've started doing squats and weights again and my legs are really sore, as are my abs. It feels good knowing that the more you do it, the less sore your muscles get.
(Bazongaloid, Wed 19 Jan 2011, 11:28, Reply)

I have just found out that under the inches of fat on my stomach there are muscles
and they hurt.
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Lampito rise with the moon, go to bed with the sun, Wed 19 Jan 2011, 11:30, Reply)

this reminds me of one of my dad's charming expressions
instead of "pinch an inch" he'll say "christ, talk about hook a foot".

this is why i live 200 miles away from him.
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rachelswipe with a fork, Wed 19 Jan 2011, 11:34, Reply)

Because that's the closest your centre of mass can get to him without crushing him?

(Bazongaloid, Wed 19 Jan 2011, 11:36, Reply)

he's at the lagrange point between her and the sun

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Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Wed 19 Jan 2011, 11:36, Reply)

Pfffft, science lolz

(Bazongaloid, Wed 19 Jan 2011, 11:39, Reply)

*googles*
Hah!

Visits home often involve sophisticated guidance systems, parachutes and for the return trip a mere 250,000 lb of thrust.
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Kroney, Wed 19 Jan 2011, 11:47, Reply)

I'm trying to give up posting on B3ta during office hours
as you can see, it's going great
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Colonel Dracula Two manky hookers and a racist dwarf, Wed 19 Jan 2011, 11:31, Reply)

get back to work you
how can i ever give up work and retire if you don't??
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rachelswipe with a fork, Wed 19 Jan 2011, 11:34, Reply)

Yes Miss Swipe
Sorry Miss Swipe

It wont happen again Miss Swipe
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Colonel Dracula Two manky hookers and a racist dwarf, Wed 19 Jan 2011, 11:36, Reply)

that's mrs dracula to the likes of you, i only use miss swipe when the husband is away and i can-
oh.

damn.
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rachelswipe with a fork, Wed 19 Jan 2011, 11:38, Reply)

I found it surprisingly easy to do
when work blocked the site.

Today, however, I am working from home due to a sickly child, so I find myself lured here whilst trying to wade through the mass of project information I'm trying to decipher.
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Davros' Granddad a voice of calm reason in a world of spastics., Wed 19 Jan 2011, 11:35, Reply)

i've just been given the most fascinating new job
wish i could tell you lot about it, as the property is so unique, i am frothing at the legal gash here!
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rachelswipe with a fork, Wed 19 Jan 2011, 11:36, Reply)

Buckingham Palace?

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girlinthehole, Wed 19 Jan 2011, 11:41, Reply)

better!

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rachelswipe with a fork, Wed 19 Jan 2011, 11:41, Reply)

Playboy Mansion?

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Labia Majora You keep on talking but it makes no sense at all, Wed 19 Jan 2011, 11:45, Reply)

Beckingham Palace?

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girlinthehole, Wed 19 Jan 2011, 11:48, Reply)

MI5/6
(Teamspunk Is putting the spunk in steampunk, Thu 20 Jan 2011, 1:24, Reply)

Sadly, mine isn't that fascinating.
Just an extension of a project that I worked on in 2009. When I first got the file I read through it and thought "hang on, this is the same fucking project, they're trying to pull a fast one and get more money from a different pot to finish it off the cheeky fuckers".

A few 'phone calls confirmed that this wasn't the case, but the detail in the application is almost exactly the bloody same, which is why it's taking some time to wade through all the supplementary info, because if it gets audited along with the original project the auditor is going to have to be able to see that they are two different projects.
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Davros' Granddad a voice of calm reason in a world of spastics., Wed 19 Jan 2011, 11:41, Reply)

I gave up being nice to people about 5 years ago
Sometimes it's tough but I manage to get through it
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TGB checking Off Topic is still shit at, Wed 19 Jan 2011, 11:31, Reply)

Not directly giving up
But I've cut right down on the booze through the week, and feel much better for it. Last Thursday we were out for dinner and I consumed wine for the first time since the weekend and I felt like death the next day.
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Davros' Granddad a voice of calm reason in a world of spastics., Wed 19 Jan 2011, 11:32, Reply)

i'm saving the quitting the booze and fags etc for after I get married

(DeeDee, Wed 19 Jan 2011, 11:35, Reply)

Alrite DeeDee

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Light In Chains maker of the ikea sofa, Wed 19 Jan 2011, 11:44, Reply)

ey up Rory
how's things?
(DeeDee, Wed 19 Jan 2011, 11:46, Reply)

I've stopped having a hard time of it if that helps
Have you got a scary matrix built up after your impressive lurkage years?
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Light In Chains maker of the ikea sofa, Wed 19 Jan 2011, 11:49, Reply)

I'm very shy, used to post on 4rthur before it went down
I remember back in the day, when it was all Bovine and Supermoore...
(DeeDee, Wed 19 Jan 2011, 11:54, Reply)

Just post drunk then, keep the tears and self pity to a minimum and you should fit right in

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Light In Chains maker of the ikea sofa, Wed 19 Jan 2011, 12:01, Reply)

Duly noted
I'll go get a drink then!
(DeeDee, Wed 19 Jan 2011, 12:06, Reply)

Hooray!

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girlinthehole, Wed 19 Jan 2011, 12:09, Reply)

ONETWOTHREEFOUR

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Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Wed 19 Jan 2011, 11:50, Reply)

Ramones meme/

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girlinthehole, Wed 19 Jan 2011, 11:52, Reply)

Hey everybody, look busy.

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Noeli overtheshoulderboulderholderthingstraplatchboobs, Wed 19 Jan 2011, 11:55, Reply)

I'm not surprised he was irritable
what with you telling him what he can and can't eat and making go and get you coke and so on.

Giving up smoking is a real pain in the arse, though. I spend a week in a near constant rage when I did.
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Kroney, Wed 19 Jan 2011, 11:36, Reply)

diet coke
if he gets ordinary coke he gets sacked
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rachelswipe with a fork, Wed 19 Jan 2011, 11:36, Reply)

Sounds reasonable to me.

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Kroney, Wed 19 Jan 2011, 11:43, Reply)

I've never given anything up
I think the hardest thing I had to force myself to do was my dissertation, after I was told I couldn't do my original choice, as I'd assumed. I had to do my shitty backup choice, which was just something I'd chucked oit because I couldn't be arsed thinking of anything else good.
(BelladonnaAnodyne Melissa's gonna wet herself, I swear..., Wed 19 Jan 2011, 11:37, Reply)

What was your original choice?
I've got to start thinking for the future as to what I'll do.
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Lampito rise with the moon, go to bed with the sun, Wed 19 Jan 2011, 11:39, Reply)

if it helps
mine was "Modelling the impact of mangrove trees on water elevations in riverine basins"
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Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Wed 19 Jan 2011, 11:40, Reply)

Hahahaha
I've found a group of people I am going to email and ask if I can do "work experience" with them. Not a hope in hell but it's basically my area of interest.
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Lampito rise with the moon, go to bed with the sun, Wed 19 Jan 2011, 11:41, Reply)

"Analysing and critiquing how modern science fiction films raise questions about reality"
That was the gist of it, I forget the exact wording.
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Labia Majora You keep on talking but it makes no sense at all, Wed 19 Jan 2011, 11:43, Reply)

Mine was female sexuality in Art.
Titled....The last taboo.
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girlinthehole, Wed 19 Jan 2011, 11:50, Reply)

*Shoehorns in Bert shagging his sister reference*

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Light In Chains maker of the ikea sofa, Wed 19 Jan 2011, 11:51, Reply)

That was subtle

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Lampito rise with the moon, go to bed with the sun, Wed 19 Jan 2011, 11:53, Reply)

Younoesit

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Light In Chains maker of the ikea sofa, Wed 19 Jan 2011, 12:05, Reply)

It should have been
"Analysing the direct correlation between watching science fiction films and the growth of additional chins"
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TGB checking Off Topic is still shit at, Wed 19 Jan 2011, 12:04, Reply)

Not very philosophical though, is it?
What did you do your disserta- OH WAIT YOU DROPPED OUT.
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Labia Majora You keep on talking but it makes no sense at all, Wed 19 Jan 2011, 12:13, Reply)

Yeah, dropped out
managed to buy myself a sweet ass car (with awesome cup holder) then decided to up and leave and live in London town, where I get paid enough to get by and get to see all my favourte people all the time.

It's pretty crap really
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TGB checking Off Topic is still shit at, Wed 19 Jan 2011, 12:17, Reply)

Whereas I graduated
Get paid fairly well, live by myself in a shit town with some alright friends around me, and travel in my average-but-I-like-it Ka to see lovely Internet people.
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Labia Majora You keep on talking but it makes no sense at all, Wed 19 Jan 2011, 12:19, Reply)

I think we all know I win

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TGB checking Off Topic is still shit at, Wed 19 Jan 2011, 12:32, Reply)

Mine was the effect on Canabanoids and opiods on appetite in rats.

(PsychoChomp, Wed 19 Jan 2011, 11:53, Reply)

She originally wanted to do an exploration into human sexuality and mental illness.
her backup was how to fuck an emo transvestite.
(Bazongaloid, Wed 19 Jan 2011, 11:41, Reply)

pfft

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Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Wed 19 Jan 2011, 11:43, Reply)

I cannot wait to see you again.
Last Monstock was one of the best evenings of my life.
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Lampito rise with the moon, go to bed with the sun, Wed 19 Jan 2011, 11:49, Reply)

Better than the time you put your tongue inside Psychochomps mouth and then punched him in the face?

(Bazongaloid, Wed 19 Jan 2011, 11:58, Reply)

I punched him before I kissed him.
No, meeting Monty for the first time was incredible. I was so shocked I fell over.
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Lampito rise with the moon, go to bed with the sun, Wed 19 Jan 2011, 11:59, Reply)

That's only because you had to lean so far back to look up at him
that the weight of your head pulled you to the ground.
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Davros' Granddad a voice of calm reason in a world of spastics., Wed 19 Jan 2011, 12:02, Reply)

I was so shocked I lost my footing and bumped into this tall bloke with stupid hair and a flannel shirt who was also a lot taller than me
That was my introduction to Crow.
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Lampito rise with the moon, go to bed with the sun, Wed 19 Jan 2011, 12:03, Reply)

I wanted to argue for the removal of juries in trials that rely heavily on forensic evidence
And instead have a panel of experts like they do in big fraud trials.
(BelladonnaAnodyne Melissa's gonna wet herself, I swear..., Wed 19 Jan 2011, 11:42, Reply)

Oh, I gave up exercise in 2006.
Piece of piss.
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Davros' Granddad a voice of calm reason in a world of spastics., Wed 19 Jan 2011, 11:44, Reply)

I gave up wanking.
That was a hard (fnarr) half hour.

Nah, the only thing I've ever given up properly was junk food, I lasted a couple of months without it.

Then one night, I was heading into town to meet someone to take back to a party. As I was walking to meet them, I passed a takeaway, and decided to pick something small up. 1 piece chicken and chips later, I was addicted again.

Although I'm dropping it again, by making myself work out the cost of every meal I'm eating at home, and weighing it against a takeaway. The difference is pretty much always staggering enough for me to not bother.
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Agnostic Antichrist Baltimora, Wed 19 Jan 2011, 11:53, Reply)

I'm trying to give up being on b3ta at work
judge for yourselves how well that's going. See also: bitching and complaining about everything and anything.
I should eat less chocolate - a lot less - but frankly that's never gonna happen. I also ought to go out running a fucksight more than I do now, given that I'm meant to be doing a half marathon in three months time.
(berk, Wed 19 Jan 2011, 11:56, Reply)

I somehow gave up chocolate by accident, didn't eat it for 2 years
I'm still not sure why...
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Agnostic Antichrist Baltimora, Wed 19 Jan 2011, 11:58, Reply)

I gave it up for Lent once
fuck knows why, I don't believe in any of that god nonsense. It was abysmal, and I'm never doing it again. *clutches galaxy bar feveredly to chest*
(berk, Wed 19 Jan 2011, 12:00, Reply)

My preciousss...

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Agnostic Antichrist Baltimora, Wed 19 Jan 2011, 12:03, Reply)

Giving up is for quitters
I kind of wish I could give up cocaine as it’s not desperately healthy and costs fucking loads. I am only a casual cigarette smoker and my pot consumption is probably 10% of what it was even five years ago. I am a firm believer in ‘you’ll cut down/stop when you really want to’. My problem is not really wanting to cut down or stop.

I did running for two years, stopped because I started getting aching knees but was really quite good by the time I packed it in – 45-50 minutes without stopping. I thought that was good anyway. I may start again as I’m feeling rather chubby, not helped by my purchase of new jeans which are effectively a pair of denim tights.
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Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Wed 19 Jan 2011, 11:57, Reply)

Well, that's a disturbing mental image...

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Agnostic Antichrist Baltimora, Wed 19 Jan 2011, 11:58, Reply)

Monty has bought jeggings.
THE WORLD IS OVER
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Lampito rise with the moon, go to bed with the sun, Wed 19 Jan 2011, 11:58, Reply)

Oh god, this

(berk, Wed 19 Jan 2011, 11:59, Reply)

*bokes*

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Davros' Granddad a voice of calm reason in a world of spastics., Wed 19 Jan 2011, 12:00, Reply)

It would be perfect
If she said 'bought' instead. Clicked it regardless for the officesmirks it caused.
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Labia Majora You keep on talking but it makes no sense at all, Wed 19 Jan 2011, 12:01, Reply)

Failampito.

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Lampito rise with the moon, go to bed with the sun, Wed 19 Jan 2011, 12:02, Reply)

On skim reading, I thought this said 'fellatio'

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Agnostic Antichrist Baltimora, Wed 19 Jan 2011, 12:09, Reply)

Hahah no I haven't, they are just rather closer-fitting than I anticipated.

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Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Wed 19 Jan 2011, 12:01, Reply)

Wear them on Saturday plz

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Lampito rise with the moon, go to bed with the sun, Wed 19 Jan 2011, 12:02, Reply)

k bbz

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Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Wed 19 Jan 2011, 12:09, Reply)

you fat twat
afternoon old chap

are you well?
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Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Wed 19 Jan 2011, 12:02, Reply)

Good thank you.
You?
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Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Wed 19 Jan 2011, 12:04, Reply)

splendid thanks
looking forward to getting home this afternoon
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Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Wed 19 Jan 2011, 12:09, Reply)

A pal of mine is serving me his (fucking amazing) jerk chicken tonight.
I have to go to West pissing London to claim it.
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Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Wed 19 Jan 2011, 12:10, Reply)

worth it though?
I'm having some glorious thai-style salmon fishcakes when I get home
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Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Wed 19 Jan 2011, 12:12, Reply)

He gave me about 6 pieces a few months back.
Part-cooked and covered in the sauce - I just had to griddle them and serve - I'd travel to fucking Exeter for some more to be honest. I will get you the recipe if you want it. It was proper Carnival-style.
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Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Wed 19 Jan 2011, 12:18, Reply)

yeah I'd like that, cheers
chimichurri has been well received btw. Made jars for my family for christmas and they all love it.
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Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Wed 19 Jan 2011, 12:22, Reply)

Jerk chicken served by a mate?
Is he just going to wank on a plate for you, then?
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Davros' Granddad a voice of calm reason in a world of spastics., Wed 19 Jan 2011, 12:13, Reply)

Yes.

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Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Wed 19 Jan 2011, 12:23, Reply)

Thought so.

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Davros' Granddad a voice of calm reason in a world of spastics., Wed 19 Jan 2011, 12:27, Reply)

Next you'll have your hair in an asymmetrical fringe over one eye

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Labia Majora You keep on talking but it makes no sense at all, Wed 19 Jan 2011, 12:03, Reply)

Well, I am having my haircut in Shoreditch on Saturday
ANYTHING COULD HAPPEN.
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Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Wed 19 Jan 2011, 12:05, Reply)

I would actually laugh until my organs ruptured
If you rocked up with an emo fringe, jeggings and guyliner.
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Labia Majora You keep on talking but it makes no sense at all, Wed 19 Jan 2011, 12:09, Reply)

You know what? So would I.

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Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Wed 19 Jan 2011, 12:10, Reply)

AND WHAT IS WRONG WITH THAT!?

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Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Wed 19 Jan 2011, 12:08, Reply)

On guys, it's a bit bent
On women, it looks silly unless they're hot.
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Labia Majora You keep on talking but it makes no sense at all, Wed 19 Jan 2011, 12:15, Reply)

*brushes fringe out of eye*

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Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Wed 19 Jan 2011, 12:17, Reply)

Yeah! wanting to quit is the bit that's important.
I would never have had you down as a runner.
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girlinthehole, Wed 19 Jan 2011, 12:05, Reply)

I view him as a ruiner. Of arses.

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Lampito rise with the moon, go to bed with the sun, Wed 19 Jan 2011, 12:08, Reply)

I hated every second of it,
apart from the 'listening to junglist pirate stations' part.
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Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Wed 19 Jan 2011, 12:08, Reply)

Diet Coke
I had to give it up when I discovered that was what was breking me out in a chin full of spots. Addiction lost out to vanity, in the end.

On the plus side, I discovered that Diet Pepsi doesn't have the same effect. So, as long as I only drink one or two (or four or five) cans a day, I can still get that yummy cola-y goodness.

In other news, I have inherited my dad's addictive personality, which means that I start lots of things with boundless enthusiasm, then get bored and give up when it gets hard.
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b3th Not shit. Not mod., Wed 19 Jan 2011, 12:04, Reply)

Diet Pepsi is vile
Diet Coke is superior in every way (aside from the spots bit).
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Agnostic Antichrist Baltimora, Wed 19 Jan 2011, 12:05, Reply)

diet coke mings
as do all varieties of pepsi

coke and to a lesser extent coke zero are where it's at
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Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Wed 19 Jan 2011, 12:11, Reply)

You're totally right
but as I said, vanity won in the end. Having said that, I am able to sneak the odd bottle when I'm out, and my face doesn't seem to notice.
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b3th Not shit. Not mod., Wed 19 Jan 2011, 12:11, Reply)

I've never been a fizzy pop afficianado.
Fizzy Vimto is as far as I'll stoop.
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girlinthehole, Wed 19 Jan 2011, 12:06, Reply)

Too sweet for my liking, although it does do well in disguising the taste of Vodka.

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Agnostic Antichrist Baltimora, Wed 19 Jan 2011, 12:10, Reply)

Diet coke is hanging.
Nasty chemical taste, diet pepsi isn't much better. I don't like the diet forms of most pops. Give me full-fat, please.
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Kroney, Wed 19 Jan 2011, 12:16, Reply)

Thank Christ I picked the foundation phase,
Spent the mornIng in a secondary school and witnessed chaos. Fuck that.
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SteveFrench Cardio is for homo's. do you even lift bro?, Wed 19 Jan 2011, 12:05, Reply)

What were they doing?

(BelladonnaAnodyne Melissa's gonna wet herself, I swear..., Wed 19 Jan 2011, 12:07, Reply)

First lesson was ok with the year 11's thEn it was yr 10 re.
Took twenty minutes to start the lesson, four people sent out, girls openly talking about sex in one corner ,two boys fighting and countless other madness. All in 45 minutes.
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SteveFrench Cardio is for homo's. do you even lift bro?, Wed 19 Jan 2011, 12:11, Reply)

oh god
*trauma flashbacks*
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b3th Not shit. Not mod., Wed 19 Jan 2011, 12:12, Reply)

Sounds like you had a lucky escape.
I can't for the life of me think why anyone would want to teach teenagers.
(BelladonnaAnodyne Melissa's gonna wet herself, I swear..., Wed 19 Jan 2011, 12:14, Reply)

They would eat you alive Bobby.

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girlinthehole, Wed 19 Jan 2011, 12:07, Reply)

I know. I would havE lost it with one of them, he was a cunt.
Wouldn't leave one of the only ones trying alone. MADDENS ME
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SteveFrench Cardio is for homo's. do you even lift bro?, Wed 19 Jan 2011, 12:12, Reply)

Might take them a while.

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Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Wed 19 Jan 2011, 12:16, Reply)

^this
Oh, so much ^this.

I was teaching french to remedial students from a sink estate in a Somerset shithole. Half of them could barely read and write in English.

Added to that, I was female and in my twenties. I had no fucking chance discipline-wise.
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b3th Not shit. Not mod., Wed 19 Jan 2011, 12:10, Reply)

So many people have suggested I go into teaching.
What you have described is exactly the kind of thought that has always prevented me.
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Roota zweeeeeoooooowm, Wed 19 Jan 2011, 12:17, Reply)

I'd love to teach the baby ones
Adults are fine too, cos they actually want to learn, but a lot of language work is role-play, and not many adults are willing to act like tits in a class full of other adults.
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b3th Not shit. Not mod., Wed 19 Jan 2011, 12:19, Reply)

I would like to teach baby ones
but then there's snot and stuff.
Also they would be better than me at maths.
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Roota zweeeeeoooooowm, Wed 19 Jan 2011, 12:25, Reply)

Apparently the little ones are horrible too
Because they haven't learnt how to be proper people yet, they can be pretty harsh.
(BelladonnaAnodyne Melissa's gonna wet herself, I swear..., Wed 19 Jan 2011, 12:29, Reply)

I've always babysat, so harshness of little'uns doesn't get to me
but the snot of a complete stranger? Hmmm...
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Roota zweeeeeoooooowm, Wed 19 Jan 2011, 12:33, Reply)

And they wee themselves
Kids are rubbish. I want nothing to do with them until they become of an age where they're not just essentially animals.
(BelladonnaAnodyne Melissa's gonna wet herself, I swear..., Wed 19 Jan 2011, 12:36, Reply)

The idea of being a nanny appeals
But then I remember that most people are cocks who have neither the ability nor the inclination to discipline their babbies and therefore I would be harassed all day by arrogant brats that I'm not allowed to correct.
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Roota zweeeeeoooooowm, Wed 19 Jan 2011, 12:40, Reply)

Psychological torture is your only option then.
I'd make them watch Watership Down, then buy them rabbits.
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Agnostic Antichrist Baltimora, Wed 19 Jan 2011, 12:40, Reply)

have you seen The Plague Dogs?

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Roota zweeeeeoooooowm, Wed 19 Jan 2011, 12:46, Reply)

Nope, never heard of it either...
Just looked it up though, holy fuck!

Think Richard Adams was a bit of a nutter?
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Agnostic Antichrist Baltimora, Wed 19 Jan 2011, 12:55, Reply)

I gave up smoking just over 3 years ago
It was difficult, but easier than I'd feared. I put on a lot of weight but then soon lost it - with my outfit for a friend's wedding as the incentive.

I once gave up sex for Lent and managed until Easter Saturday.

I once gave up men totally, hoping for it to last as long as necessary, but at least until Lent was up. Sadly I managed to snog someone on 29th January and then acquire a boyfriend in the March.

Have never given up booze or sweets. I'm on a bit of a diet at the mo but I'm allowing treats.
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Roota zweeeeeoooooowm, Wed 19 Jan 2011, 12:12, Reply)

I replaced
smoking with fisherman's friends.

Now I'm addicted to fisherman's friends.
(Zapiola zip-zap-zop, Wed 19 Jan 2011, 12:16, Reply)

Now I'm addicted to PIES.
Alright dude?
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Roota zweeeeeoooooowm, Wed 19 Jan 2011, 12:17, Reply)

I like pies
I've not had one for ages.

Unless you count a 4 week out of date mince pie I found in a cupboard at work.
(Zapiola zip-zap-zop, Wed 19 Jan 2011, 12:18, Reply)

One day I will overstep the mark with my Best Before risk-taking.

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Roota zweeeeeoooooowm, Wed 19 Jan 2011, 12:19, Reply)

Yeah
I ate a can of peaches I found at the weekend that had a best before date of November 2007. They were ok as it turned out.
(Zapiola zip-zap-zop, Wed 19 Jan 2011, 12:20, Reply)

I don't worry about canned stuff so much
I recently found some oragano that EXPIRED in 2003
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Roota zweeeeeoooooowm, Wed 19 Jan 2011, 12:26, Reply)

Canned stuff is ok for quite a few years
Its when you have to cut a slice of bread like a jigsaw piece to get rid of the disturbingly coloured mould before you can make toast that I start to wonder if my life is on the right track.

Then again, that also may explain the exceptionally vivid dreams.
(Zapiola zip-zap-zop, Wed 19 Jan 2011, 12:28, Reply)

See also jig-saw cheese

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Roota zweeeeeoooooowm, Wed 19 Jan 2011, 12:32, Reply)

The best part of cheese
is the hard rind. Sometimes I leave that part out overnight and then eat it in the morning.
(Zapiola zip-zap-zop, Wed 19 Jan 2011, 12:35, Reply)

I'm out...

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Roota zweeeeeoooooowm, Wed 19 Jan 2011, 12:36, Reply)

Weak

(Zapiola zip-zap-zop, Wed 19 Jan 2011, 12:36, Reply)

Yum
I'm contemplating a Mr Kipling's apple pie - there is currently a box in the fridge, but they're not the same unless they're heated and served with custard. That's just too much effort.
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b3th Not shit. Not mod., Wed 19 Jan 2011, 12:20, Reply)

Oh man
I love apple pie.

Goddamn January get healthy plan. I want pie now.
(Zapiola zip-zap-zop, Wed 19 Jan 2011, 12:24, Reply)

I could much a whole box of those.
Cold.
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Roota zweeeeeoooooowm, Wed 19 Jan 2011, 12:26, Reply)

easily done with a few mugs of tea.

(Zoz prayed for twink on, Wed 19 Jan 2011, 12:31, Reply)

Yeah
not bad. Not been on here for ages. I'd say I've had better things to do but I'd be lying.
(Zapiola zip-zap-zop, Wed 19 Jan 2011, 12:19, Reply)

You must have been up to something

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Roota zweeeeeoooooowm, Wed 19 Jan 2011, 12:20, Reply)

New job
which has proved to be far more boring than I could even hope for. On the bright side its motivating me to go back to University.

Erm... not much else.

Yep. That's it.
(Zapiola zip-zap-zop, Wed 19 Jan 2011, 12:22, Reply)

Gave up smoking and MASSIVE drugs for 4 years
That was no problem, then just started again ('cos I'm stoopid like that).

After last weekend I'm off the alcomahol for a while - I'll let you know how that goes.
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snee held his breath since, Wed 19 Jan 2011, 12:15, Reply)

I don't think I've ever struggled to give something up.
Although I reckon I'd find it hard to stop smoking at first. But then again I don't want to stop smoking, it makes you look cool infront of girls. I've not had alcohol for up to nine months at a time, that's a piece of piss.

Mind you I definitely have a problem with buying clothes and I don't think I could ever stop. Again, I don't really want to though.
(Barry from Eastenders is, despite the words written above, not a woman, Wed 19 Jan 2011, 12:23, Reply)

That's me
Giving up things is hard, why would I do that?

Plus, smoking makes me look big and clever.
(BelladonnaAnodyne Melissa's gonna wet herself, I swear..., Wed 19 Jan 2011, 12:27, Reply)

The only thing that could make you look big is the Lollipop Guild!
Morning Bella
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Agnostic Antichrist Baltimora, Wed 19 Jan 2011, 12:33, Reply)

I'd say morning, but I'm quite obviously not talking to you now.

(BelladonnaAnodyne Melissa's gonna wet herself, I swear..., Wed 19 Jan 2011, 12:34, Reply)

I thought that comment was quite witty for me.

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Agnostic Antichrist Baltimora, Wed 19 Jan 2011, 12:36, Reply)

Firstly, that film's about 75 years old, so do you think you're really the first to make that joke?
Secondly, I'm not *that* ridiculously small.
(BelladonnaAnodyne Melissa's gonna wet herself, I swear..., Wed 19 Jan 2011, 12:39, Reply)

This is true, I'm likely not. 72 years old though, not a bad guess! I'd have been miles out.
Aye, you're no Oompa Loompa.
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Agnostic Antichrist Baltimora, Wed 19 Jan 2011, 12:41, Reply)

*Warning* Board thief has posted, claims to have 'bought' something *Warning*

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Light In Chains maker of the ikea sofa, Wed 19 Jan 2011, 12:28, Reply)

I thought it was a given that we all had to lie on here.

(Barry from Eastenders is, despite the words written above, not a woman, Wed 19 Jan 2011, 12:31, Reply)

Only dangerous fantasists and the interminably dull resort to wholesale fabrications

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Light In Chains maker of the ikea sofa, Wed 19 Jan 2011, 12:34, Reply)

He did say "I definitely have a problem with buying clothes"
so you can interpret that either way, really.
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Davros' Granddad a voice of calm reason in a world of spastics., Wed 19 Jan 2011, 12:35, Reply)

Yes the claim of not really wanting to 'buy' clothing seals the deal.
He'd make a fortune by 'workshopping' his tealeafing skillz. Today ladies and gentleman you will observe me taking three t-shirts to the changing room at Burton, and as if by magic only return two.
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Light In Chains maker of the ikea sofa, Wed 19 Jan 2011, 12:39, Reply)

That's a load of bollocks.
I wouldn't be seen dead in Burton.
(Barry from Eastenders is, despite the words written above, not a woman, Wed 19 Jan 2011, 12:41, Reply)

I somehow imagine it as the destination of choice for 'Barry from Eastenders'

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Light In Chains maker of the ikea sofa, Wed 19 Jan 2011, 12:42, Reply)

You imagine wrong, I only wear threads from the finest of establishments.
Like Next and BHS. Not really.
(Barry from Eastenders is, despite the words written above, not a woman, Wed 19 Jan 2011, 12:45, Reply)

I didn't do too badly on the smoking
mostly by telling people I was finding it easy and then being too conscious of the stick I'd get if I started again.
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The Light in Chains don't touch the Pope's boner, Wed 19 Jan 2011, 12:41, Reply)

Reckon you'll ever give up expensive red wine?

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Agnostic Antichrist Baltimora, Wed 19 Jan 2011, 12:42, Reply)

Probably not
But I have given up drinking to excess. A glass a night in the week, a bottle max on Saturdays, none on Sunday.

Been doing it for about 3 weeks, so far so good.
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The Light in Chains don't touch the Pope's boner, Wed 19 Jan 2011, 13:27, Reply)

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