Anyone planning on going to 2000 trees festival this year, tickets go on sale via facebook page
tomorrow morning. I thought it was a while yet so might want to get in early if anyone is going?

Alt Q: how are you?
( SteveFrench Cardio is for homo's. do you even lift bro?, Sun 30 Jan 2011, 11:56, 100 replies, latest was 15 years ago)

Alt Q: I am not the least bit surprised
That Andy Murray has bottled it. Again.
(Barry from Eastenders is, despite the words written above, not a woman, Sun 30 Jan 2011, 12:00, Reply)

I think Al Murray would have played better.
Doh! why do the british think they can play sport?
( Bartleby A dead man on vacation, Sun 30 Jan 2011, 12:48, Reply)

I have been a busy bee today and I am totally making home made chicken soup.
I would have made an awesome grandma.
( girlinthehole, Sun 30 Jan 2011, 14:13, Reply)

Do you have a recipe for that?

( Bartleby A dead man on vacation, Sun 30 Jan 2011, 14:30, Reply)

I have a traditional Jewish Cookbook that I got the recipe from.
There are some awesome recipes in it from around the world. Tourettes had it and I immediatly bought a copy.
( girlinthehole, Sun 30 Jan 2011, 14:32, Reply)

Chicken soup I can make already.
I want a recipe for the awesome grandma you would have made.
( Bartleby A dead man on vacation, Sun 30 Jan 2011, 14:34, Reply)

Oh! hahaha!
Take one old female.
Add some grey hair and youthful vigour.
Sprinkle with broadmindedness and a pinch of twinkle in the eye.
Add a homemade chicken recipe and cup of kindess.
Leave to stand for about 25 years.
( girlinthehole, Sun 30 Jan 2011, 14:38, Reply)

What's the cookbook?
I love Claudia Roden's. The little stories she puts in it make it so much better- in her recipe for falafel she descibes visiting her uncle in Egypt I think it is. He's colossally fat, and lives above a great falafel shop. They'll sit out on the balcony, and every so often throw down a basket with some money in, and when they draw it back up, there's fresh falafel and pitta and tahini in it.
( Lampito rise with the moon, go to bed with the sun, Sun 30 Jan 2011, 14:36, Reply)

This one.
www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/075481825X/ref=oss_product

Already made Plov and gave the recipe to Beekers.
( girlinthehole, Sun 30 Jan 2011, 14:40, Reply)

This one is worth gold dust.....
www.amazon.co.uk/New-Complete-International-Jewish-Cookbook/dp/1861057326/ref=sr_1_4?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1296398692&sr=1-4
( G/PP 💩💩💩💩💩&#128, Sun 30 Jan 2011, 14:45, Reply)

Oh man, so much urge to just jump on a bus and go to Brick Lane for beigals.

( Lampito rise with the moon, go to bed with the sun, Sun 30 Jan 2011, 14:46, Reply)

Put some of this stuff in it, it's amazing, the best bit, I like the bowl/mug filled with them.
www.google.co.uk/search?sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8&q=motza+balls#hl=en&safe=off&pwst=1&sa=X&ei=snlFTfXlPMiU4gbQpIX3Dw&ved=0CCQQvwUoAQ&q=matzo+balls&spell=1&fp=7fec747829b3f1f5

Go down your local big supermarket at the jewish section, find something called "kneidlach mix" or "motza ball mix", just follow the instructions.
( G/PP 💩💩💩💩💩&#128, Sun 30 Jan 2011, 14:49, Reply)

I'm staying away from the dumplings as I'm trying to lose weight.

( girlinthehole, Sun 30 Jan 2011, 14:50, Reply)

what's that then?
I'm more poorly :(
( Citizen Cavy Admires your passion for conformity, Sun 30 Jan 2011, 14:26, Reply)

Oh seriously this.
Woke up about an hour ago. This is turning into a repeat of last year. Am sipping diet coke and watching a very good but very depressing film.
( Lampito rise with the moon, go to bed with the sun, Sun 30 Jan 2011, 14:30, Reply)

is it requiem for a dream?
I watched that yesterday on iplayer
( Citizen Cavy Admires your passion for conformity, Sun 30 Jan 2011, 14:31, Reply)

I woke up and had the choice of National Treasure and that
According to flatmate the former is one of those really bad it's good films, but I decided to watch one I've watched to death but love.

I relate a little too much to Sara :(
( Lampito rise with the moon, go to bed with the sun, Sun 30 Jan 2011, 14:32, Reply)

Which film is it?
I'm watching Beckett.
( Bartleby A dead man on vacation, Sun 30 Jan 2011, 14:32, Reply)

Requiem For A Dream
it's on iPlayer, I really recommend seeing it if you haven't.
( Lampito rise with the moon, go to bed with the sun, Sun 30 Jan 2011, 14:33, Reply)

it's not very upbeat
if you wanted something light, though
( Citizen Cavy Admires your passion for conformity, Sun 30 Jan 2011, 14:35, Reply)

Shush, what are you saying, the first 20 minutes are EXACTLY what the rest of the film is like

( Lampito rise with the moon, go to bed with the sun, Sun 30 Jan 2011, 14:37, Reply)

Watch it once
you'll never want to watch it again. I've got it on dvd and I've never managed to persuade myself to watch it a second time. It's very good but utterly soul destroyingly depressing.
(berk, Sun 30 Jan 2011, 14:48, Reply)

It certainly helped change my mind about drugs
that and my own Harry and Marion.
( Lampito rise with the moon, go to bed with the sun, Sun 30 Jan 2011, 14:55, Reply)

I have to say, it certainly put me off trying any of the harder drugs
not that I was ever likely to in the first place, but still...
(berk, Sun 30 Jan 2011, 14:57, Reply)

I used to be quite laissez-fair about people doing drugs
But now I don't really like people doing them near me at all. My over-riding urge not-to-break-the-law has come back, it seems.
( Lampito rise with the moon, go to bed with the sun, Sun 30 Jan 2011, 14:59, Reply)

Depends on the drug, really
I wouldn't be comfortable being out in a pub/club with people who were taking drugs, it just seems like a really bad idea. What people do in their own homes is different, I have no objection to being at my friends house whilst he hoovers coke down his nostrils, it's just not something I particularly fancy doing myself.
(berk, Sun 30 Jan 2011, 15:04, Reply)

I get very edgy and paranoid
and being around illegal stuff really puts me on edge.

Oh god I've got 20 mins to go. I forgot how bad Fall gets, and the fact it was still fall and all that was happening reminded me of how fucking ATROCIOUS Winter is. Fuckfuckfuckfuckfuckfuck
( Lampito rise with the moon, go to bed with the sun, Sun 30 Jan 2011, 15:06, Reply)

Happy candle day.

( JeffTheDogFucker Can you dig it?, Sun 30 Jan 2011, 14:44, Reply)

Woo Jeff!
I'm cooking up a storm. Am I a good internet wife or what?
( girlinthehole, Sun 30 Jan 2011, 14:45, Reply)

The BESTEST Internet Wife I've ever had.
What flavour storm are you making?
( JeffTheDogFucker Can you dig it?, Sun 30 Jan 2011, 14:46, Reply)

Homemade chicken soup flavour.
The smell is driving me crazy.
( girlinthehole, Sun 30 Jan 2011, 14:49, Reply)

Is the smell fowl?

( JeffTheDogFucker Can you dig it?, Sun 30 Jan 2011, 14:52, Reply)

Pfft!

( girlinthehole, Sun 30 Jan 2011, 15:01, Reply)

Sorry Blousie.
It was a poultry effort by me.
( JeffTheDogFucker Can you dig it?, Sun 30 Jan 2011, 15:02, Reply)

Cheers Jeff

( Bartleby A dead man on vacation, Sun 30 Jan 2011, 15:59, Reply)

just been to gym
and now v v achey. eating an innocent veg pot and trying to put off the evil moment of going to work. then dinner with a lovely lovely friend this evening.
( rachelswipe with a fork, Sun 30 Jan 2011, 14:27, Reply)

I haven't been to the gym but I have done lots of little jobs around the home.

( girlinthehole, Sun 30 Jan 2011, 14:33, Reply)

*WAVES!*
Howdy Blousie.
( JeffTheDogFucker Can you dig it?, Sun 30 Jan 2011, 14:44, Reply)

You used the word 'achey'
Now I've got that Billy Ray Cyrus song in my head.

Thanks for that. Thanks a lot.
( JeffTheDogFucker Can you dig it?, Sun 30 Jan 2011, 14:45, Reply)

you could have
kept that to yourself, you bastard
( Citizen Cavy Admires your passion for conformity, Sun 30 Jan 2011, 14:46, Reply)

Don't tell my heart, my achey breaky heart.
I just don't think you'll understand.
( JeffTheDogFucker Can you dig it?, Sun 30 Jan 2011, 14:47, Reply)

The scary thing is that I know the lyrics that follow.

( girlinthehole, Sun 30 Jan 2011, 14:49, Reply)

And what is it Blousie? What is it?
*I want to everyone else to suffer with me*
( JeffTheDogFucker Can you dig it?, Sun 30 Jan 2011, 14:51, Reply)

You cock
*hums unwillingly*
(berk, Sun 30 Jan 2011, 14:52, Reply)

Ha-Ha!
My work here is DONE. DONE I TELLS YA!

*Swishes cape and exits stage left*
( JeffTheDogFucker Can you dig it?, Sun 30 Jan 2011, 14:53, Reply)

M'alright, but I really can't be arsed today at all
and I have to go out babysitting very shortly *heaves sigh*
I've been looking at holidays to cheer myself up - anyone fancy coming to Croatia at easter?
(berk, Sun 30 Jan 2011, 14:51, Reply)

I was always under the impression that Croatia was quite expensive?
Egypt is supposed to be good value at the moment.
( JeffTheDogFucker Can you dig it?, Sun 30 Jan 2011, 14:53, Reply)

I prefer to go on holiday
somewhere where I won't get set on fire, ta. Croatia is pretty cheap as far as I'm aware - certainly cheaper than the eurozone.
(berk, Sun 30 Jan 2011, 14:54, Reply)

Croatia's lovely, and cheaper than, say, Prague if you're going in that general direction.
I'd love to go back there and see more of the place (though I don't think it's going to be a possibility this easter!)
(LongJohnBaldry, Sun 30 Jan 2011, 14:57, Reply)

Prague was pretty cheap
if Croatia is even cheaper, that is Good News. Especially as I can't afford to go on holiday in the slightest but I'm bloody well going to go anyway. Whereabouts did you go? The plan thus far is to fly in to Dubrovnik and out of Split, so I get to travel and see Trogir and maybe some of the national parks and stuff.
(berk, Sun 30 Jan 2011, 14:59, Reply)

I was a bit boring and just stayed in Dubrovnik*
Which is lovely, don't get me wrong, although I was kind of running out of things to do and see by the fourth day. I think if I'd been less of a loner and not gone by myself then I'd have made more of an effort to visit another city.

*_{Typing 'Croatia' or 'Cro(w)atia' into the search function will probably bring up the horrendously self-indulgent travel diary I posted on here after I came back.}
(LongJohnBaldry, Sun 30 Jan 2011, 15:02, Reply)

I just don't fancy east Europe for some reason.
I am most definitely going to Goa or Sri Lanka next year.
( girlinthehole, Sun 30 Jan 2011, 15:04, Reply)

But Croatia is so pretty!

(berk, Sun 30 Jan 2011, 15:08, Reply)

It's not that great
It's alright, but I wouldn't go back there.
(Bazongaloid, Sun 30 Jan 2011, 15:18, Reply)

I'm fairly easily pleased when it comes to holiday destinations
and I'm going to go anyway and have an awesome time, so there.
(berk, Sun 30 Jan 2011, 15:19, Reply)

Awwwww, it's a tree!
Yeah, I'm sure you'll enjoy it, especially Dubrovnik. But outside the old city it's still very Eastern Bloc.
(Bazongaloid, Sun 30 Jan 2011, 15:21, Reply)

Really?
I've always found going on holiday on my own makes me more inclined to travel round and see more stuff. I am failing thus far to persuade any of my friends to come to Croatia though...
(berk, Sun 30 Jan 2011, 15:05, Reply)

It's not that cheap either
not anymore.
(Bazongaloid, Sun 30 Jan 2011, 15:18, Reply)

Split is nice
and ripe for puns
( Citizen Cavy Admires your passion for conformity, Sun 30 Jan 2011, 15:21, Reply)

And plums?

(Bazongaloid, Sun 30 Jan 2011, 15:30, Reply)

and bums

( Citizen Cavy Admires your passion for conformity, Sun 30 Jan 2011, 15:34, Reply)

I went to prague twice
once before the revolution (like a couple of months before) and once when it was proper capitalistified. There was quite the contrast
( Citizen Cavy Admires your passion for conformity, Sun 30 Jan 2011, 15:21, Reply)

There were 15 years between my first and second visit
And there was a huge difference, not least in the cost of living. The first time I went, I managed to spend less than £70 in a week, that included eating out every night and quite a few cab fares/nightclubs etc.

Most recently, the cost of things there was similar to that in the UK.
( JeffTheDogFucker Can you dig it?, Sun 30 Jan 2011, 15:28, Reply)

my first trip was one day with guides (we were camping in germany).
As I remember it we were hours at the border, there was NO ONE in the streets and we were ushered quickly to a giant church (I think it was, anyway), fed a 11 course meal, then ushered out again. It was a long time ago, but I don't remember sightseeing or anything

edit: august 1989 and a quick check of wikipedia says the velvet revolution was November
( Citizen Cavy Admires your passion for conformity, Sun 30 Jan 2011, 15:33, Reply)

What's worse than a guide in your pocket?

( JeffTheDogFucker Can you dig it?, Sun 30 Jan 2011, 15:52, Reply)

a brownie in your pants?

( Citizen Cavy Admires your passion for conformity, Sun 30 Jan 2011, 16:00, Reply)

Alt: Quite well so far. Have managed to retrieve my bass amp from the cellar of the pub it's been sitting in since September
And am now off to stock up on wine as I believe the place up the road is still running an offer. Meh, even if they're not I fancy buying some wine.
(LongJohnBaldry, Sun 30 Jan 2011, 14:58, Reply)

Right I'm off to do some Spanish.
Hasta luego!
( girlinthehole, Sun 30 Jan 2011, 15:08, Reply)

Can you get me a San Miguel please Blousie?

( JeffTheDogFucker Can you dig it?, Sun 30 Jan 2011, 15:11, Reply)

*cough*not spanish*cough*

(berk, Sun 30 Jan 2011, 15:14, Reply)

That's a terrible cough you've got there berk
Have you been licking your own genitals again?
(Bazongaloid, Sun 30 Jan 2011, 15:19, Reply)

uno Senorita Beater por favour.
gracias
( JeffTheDogFucker Can you dig it?, Sun 30 Jan 2011, 15:20, Reply)

Alt: Oh wow
I was just at work, and just as my shift was about to finish, we noticed there was a BIG FIRE in a garage next to the pub. There were coppers and two fire engines and loads of firemen and everything! The police wouldn't let anyone leave the pub. Exciting times. I like firemen.
(BelladonnaAnodyne Melissa's gonna wet herself, I swear..., Sun 30 Jan 2011, 15:17, Reply)

f
( JeffTheDogFucker Can you dig it?, Sun 30 Jan 2011, 15:20, Reply)

I think I made the wrong film choice.

( Lampito rise with the moon, go to bed with the sun, Sun 30 Jan 2011, 15:29, Reply)

I'm watching Sherlock Holmes
What did you watch?
(Bazongaloid, Sun 30 Jan 2011, 15:30, Reply)

Requiem For A Dream
Again.

Cried solidly for the last 15 mins, screamed a lot. So much so my flatmate had to check I was ok.
( Lampito rise with the moon, go to bed with the sun, Sun 30 Jan 2011, 15:31, Reply)

I watched Rabbit Proof Fence last night and cried at the end.

( girlinthehole, Sun 30 Jan 2011, 15:32, Reply)

That's Homeward Bound with aboriginals, isn't it?

( Lampito rise with the moon, go to bed with the sun, Sun 30 Jan 2011, 15:34, Reply)

Yeah! But I never realised it was based on a true story.

( girlinthehole, Sun 30 Jan 2011, 15:35, Reply)

Awwwww

(Bazongaloid, Sun 30 Jan 2011, 15:32, Reply)

I cry altogether too much
Though I can cry at the moment, which is only a good thing.
( Lampito rise with the moon, go to bed with the sun, Sun 30 Jan 2011, 15:34, Reply)

really
I felt sad, but it didn't make me cry (or scream). Perhaps I am dead inside
( Citizen Cavy Admires your passion for conformity, Sun 30 Jan 2011, 15:35, Reply)

Not even the bit with the needles in the car?!
And the bit where he calls and says he's on his way home?
( Lampito rise with the moon, go to bed with the sun, Sun 30 Jan 2011, 15:36, Reply)

um, no

( Citizen Cavy Admires your passion for conformity, Sun 30 Jan 2011, 15:37, Reply)

The bit with the needles makes me want to claw my own arm off in sympathetic pain.

( Lampito rise with the moon, go to bed with the sun, Sun 30 Jan 2011, 15:38, Reply)

I did grimace slightly
is that better?
( Citizen Cavy Admires your passion for conformity, Sun 30 Jan 2011, 15:39, Reply)

If you watched that sequence without any emotion you would be a replicant and therefore terrifying.

( Lampito rise with the moon, go to bed with the sun, Sun 30 Jan 2011, 15:44, Reply)

i will admit it was sad
and nasty, I just didn't end up in tears
( Citizen Cavy Admires your passion for conformity, Sun 30 Jan 2011, 15:46, Reply)

As I said up above
I cry way too easily.
( Lampito rise with the moon, go to bed with the sun, Sun 30 Jan 2011, 15:48, Reply)

Requiem for a Dream is a bad film to watch even if you are the happiest, most jolly fucker on the planet!

( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Sun 30 Jan 2011, 15:54, Reply)

Just got back from town, I'm nervous as heck now.
An hour til our game. We better fucking win.
(Barry from Eastenders is, despite the words written above, not a woman, Sun 30 Jan 2011, 15:30, Reply)

Back again.
Just realised that B3th send me Spanish Latin American and not the other Spanish. I've been learning the wrong one.

haha!
( girlinthehole, Sun 30 Jan 2011, 15:30, Reply)

Why not learn that?
Then you can join the Miami Sound Machine and have a coach crash?
( JeffTheDogFucker Can you dig it?, Sun 30 Jan 2011, 15:33, Reply)

Wut?

( girlinthehole, Sun 30 Jan 2011, 15:33, Reply)

www.youtube.com/watch?v=3A7CVrBFC7M&feature=related

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gloria_Estefan
( JeffTheDogFucker Can you dig it?, Sun 30 Jan 2011, 15:42, Reply)

Ah yes! I remember now.

( girlinthehole, Sun 30 Jan 2011, 15:49, Reply)

I've still got Achey Breaky Heart in my head.
Make it stop. Please.
( JeffTheDogFucker Can you dig it?, Sun 30 Jan 2011, 15:51, Reply)

No! You started it.

( girlinthehole, Sun 30 Jan 2011, 15:55, Reply)

I just don't think you'll understand.

( JeffTheDogFucker Can you dig it?, Sun 30 Jan 2011, 15:55, Reply)