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Generic Lunch Thread
A bit of sushi bento box for me.

Let's say aliens came down and you got to choose a single movie to show them to represent the planet, so they decide not to blow it up, what movie would you pick?
(, Tue 1 Feb 2011, 12:25, 172 replies, latest was 15 years ago)
Independence Day
That'll show the little green fuckers!

I have two tortilla wraps with Mexicana cheese, boiled egg, red pepper and salad in. Odd combo but tastes good!
(, Tue 1 Feb 2011, 12:29, Reply)
Mindpiss!

(, Tue 1 Feb 2011, 12:30, Reply)
Haha!
That's about 3 times we've done that today!
(, Tue 1 Feb 2011, 12:31, Reply)
*plays theme from Our Tune*

(, Tue 1 Feb 2011, 12:33, Reply)
Surf's up.
I've had beans on toast and a mini pork pie.
(, Tue 1 Feb 2011, 12:29, Reply)
Independence Day, just so they knew who they were fucking with.
Chilli and rice for me today, and for the next 3 weeks, the only change is that it'll be jacket potato instead of rice from Thursday.

EDIT: Actually, maybe I'll show them Donnie Darko, so they can be bored to death? See also: War Of The Worlds, Something About Mary, Zoolander, Superbad, etc.
(, Tue 1 Feb 2011, 12:30, Reply)
Basicly, any film set in a forrest.

(, Tue 1 Feb 2011, 12:38, Reply)
Ferngully: the Last Rainforest?
which Avatar ripped off
(, Tue 1 Feb 2011, 12:47, Reply)
Avatar was alright 'cus it had neons, without it it would just be yet another forrest film.

(, Tue 1 Feb 2011, 12:57, Reply)
I thought it was Pocohontas it ripped off?

(, Tue 1 Feb 2011, 13:07, Reply)
you are wrong
donnie darko is BRILLIANT
(, Tue 1 Feb 2011, 13:07, Reply)
No it's not.
It's so far up it's own arse it's near unbearable.
(, Tue 1 Feb 2011, 13:14, Reply)
yes it is
it's all time paradoxy and curled in on itself and lovely and moving.
(, Tue 1 Feb 2011, 13:16, Reply)
I just didn't enjoy it, found it very dull
This was made worse by everyone else fawning over how 'amazing' it is. I feel the same about Fight Club too.
(, Tue 1 Feb 2011, 13:19, Reply)
given my love of sci fi and cyberpunk
I have to admit to being underwhelmed when I first saw The Matrix. There were some cool effects, but the story was nothing that hadn't been done in books for years before.
(, Tue 1 Feb 2011, 13:23, Reply)
I've never read any Sci Fi, so I thoroughly enjoyed the film.
2 & 3 were shit though.
(, Tue 1 Feb 2011, 13:27, Reply)
Fight Club is great
book is better though
(, Tue 1 Feb 2011, 13:26, Reply)
I didn't enjoy the film.

(, Tue 1 Feb 2011, 13:27, Reply)
ooh! I just realised now I have a DVD drive, I could watch a film!
My choice of DVDs is:
Serenity
Pirates of the Carribean (1 and 2)
The Snowman
The stage show of War of the Worlds
Children of Men
A thing we filmed at LARP once.

OH the choices!
(, Tue 1 Feb 2011, 13:29, Reply)
oh yeah
and a pirated version of every episode of The Prisoner

I think I need to work on my DVD collection
(, Tue 1 Feb 2011, 13:31, Reply)
Serenity.
Any of the others would simply be a waste of your time.
(, Tue 1 Feb 2011, 13:31, Reply)
The larp one is an epic tale, though
Goz won't like it, it's set in a forest
(, Tue 1 Feb 2011, 13:33, Reply)
It may be epic, but is it really as good as Serenity?

(, Tue 1 Feb 2011, 13:45, Reply)
not so much
I just watched all 10 minutes of it.
(, Tue 1 Feb 2011, 13:46, Reply)
Ah, fair enough.
Have you seen Firefly?
(, Tue 1 Feb 2011, 13:48, Reply)
I am offended that you think I hadn't :(
in fact the only reason I'm not going to the firefly larp this year is that it's fully booked
(, Tue 1 Feb 2011, 13:50, Reply)
It's a question I have to ask!
I actually saw Serenity before Firefly, supposedly that ruins it, but I'm not fussed!

Firefly LARP? To each their own, I suppose. Although, I was watching Castle recently, it had Nathan Fillion dress up as a 'Space Cowboy' for Hallowe'en, before his daughter turns to him and says "Come on Dad, didn't you do that about 5 years ago?" Made me chuckle.
(, Tue 1 Feb 2011, 13:52, Reply)
I've not been able to go yet
but apparently it's good. It's not so much based on the show as on the world the show/film is set in. I have a ship and crew planned and everything. One day I'll get round to it
(, Tue 1 Feb 2011, 13:57, Reply)
Sweet.

(, Tue 1 Feb 2011, 14:07, Reply)
And it has Jake Gyllenhaal
You forgot to mention Jake Gyllenhaal.
(, Tue 1 Feb 2011, 13:22, Reply)
really
I only know that guy's name because you always go on about him - who's he, then?
(, Tue 1 Feb 2011, 13:23, Reply)
The bender from Brokeback Mountain
The one who helped Heath Slater make a pencil disappear.
(, Tue 1 Feb 2011, 13:26, Reply)
never saw broke back mountain
I vaguely remember that batman film
(, Tue 1 Feb 2011, 13:30, Reply)
Neither have I, I just like this picture!

CFB

(, Tue 1 Feb 2011, 13:34, Reply)
OI, GONZ
icanhascheezburger.com/2011/01/28/funny-pictures-apology-accepted/

And for the film, Rising Damp, the movie.
(, Tue 1 Feb 2011, 12:30, Reply)
Wall-E.
To show we know our faults, and how thoughtful and sentimental we can be.
(, Tue 1 Feb 2011, 12:33, Reply)
and robot like?

(, Tue 1 Feb 2011, 12:34, Reply)
EXTERMINATE

(, Tue 1 Feb 2011, 12:35, Reply)
My usual
hummus, carrot, apple.

I'd show them the complete Lord of the Rings directors cut editions, and then we could use the 3 days they took to watch it to destroy their space ships. Sorted.
(, Tue 1 Feb 2011, 12:34, Reply)
I like this plan

(, Tue 1 Feb 2011, 12:35, Reply)
Oooh, lunch.
Home-made daal curry from the freezer and a bag of little mini poppadoms from Tesco which made me feel like a giant for five minutes. This has been the highlight of my day.
(, Tue 1 Feb 2011, 12:36, Reply)
Sounds good.

(, Tue 1 Feb 2011, 12:38, Reply)
Looking out for your spleen, I see.

(, Tue 1 Feb 2011, 12:41, Reply)
You'll slip up again soon, and I will get to use that joke one more time!

(, Tue 1 Feb 2011, 13:06, Reply)
Film?
Shaving Ryans Privates!
(, Tue 1 Feb 2011, 12:38, Reply)

Claims it's a documentary here...
(, Tue 1 Feb 2011, 12:39, Reply)
Indeed
In much the same way the texas chainsaw massacre was a health & safety film about chainsaws.
(, Tue 1 Feb 2011, 12:43, Reply)
Ahhh
That explains a lot
(, Tue 1 Feb 2011, 12:54, Reply)
Either pasta or soup, I can't decide.
Alt: Taxedermia. It would confuse them so much that we could steal their weapons.
(, Tue 1 Feb 2011, 12:50, Reply)
Soup with pasta in?

(, Tue 1 Feb 2011, 12:54, Reply)
That sounds suspiciously like something I might have to make myself
Rather than just heating up. Therefore: NO.
(, Tue 1 Feb 2011, 12:57, Reply)
Last night's cold Chinese.
I'd make them sit through Moulin Rouge. Partly because I had to so everyone else should have to suffer, and partly because once I tell them that the film was generally well-received, they'll pity us to such an extent that they'll fuck off.
(, Tue 1 Feb 2011, 12:55, Reply)
How in the name of shitting christ can you like Glee and hate Moulin Rouge?
HOW DARTH? HOW?
(, Tue 1 Feb 2011, 13:01, Reply)
It's not complicated
Moulin Rouge was shite. I can't stand Baz Luhrmann at the best of times, his films are all coated with such a veneer of ooh-look-at-me-aren't-I-fantastic pretension. And when you bear in mind what his debut was, that is not something I say lightly
(, Tue 1 Feb 2011, 13:16, Reply)
I've seen half his films, and thoroughly enjoyed both of them.

(, Tue 1 Feb 2011, 13:17, Reply)
I so loved Strictly Ballroom.
But I agree about Moulin Rouge. Didn't even finish watching it and I rarely do that.
(, Tue 1 Feb 2011, 13:18, Reply)
The first time I saw Strictly Ballroom I thought it was fucking ridiculous
The outfits, the hair, the fake tan. Now when I watch it I find it a little too close to home and painful. It was better when I could laugh at it.
(, Tue 1 Feb 2011, 13:21, Reply)
But... but...
Moulin Rouge is good.
(, Tue 1 Feb 2011, 13:25, Reply)
I agree.

(, Tue 1 Feb 2011, 13:31, Reply)
Nope
I'm with Bella on the Glee, but anything Baz Luhrmann sets his hands on turns to absolute shit, especially Moulin Rouge
(, Tue 1 Feb 2011, 14:00, Reply)
I really liked it.
Yep, I'm sure this'll mean I'm a 'bumder' and all that shite, but I thought the film was superb, made me laugh my arse off in bits, and I got to perve on Nicole Kidman.
(, Tue 1 Feb 2011, 14:05, Reply)
Moulin Rouge is fucking superb.

(, Tue 1 Feb 2011, 13:06, Reply)
Earth girls are easy.
Turkey sammiches.
(, Tue 1 Feb 2011, 13:05, Reply)
Is that so they'll 'probe' you?

(, Tue 1 Feb 2011, 13:07, Reply)
I'm hoping one of them will look like Jeff Goldblume.

(, Tue 1 Feb 2011, 13:11, Reply)
You have weird taste, Blousie

(, Tue 1 Feb 2011, 13:15, Reply)
what?
women love men dripping in viscera
(, Tue 1 Feb 2011, 13:16, Reply)
Seriously?


A wrestler most famous for playing the character of Viscera
(, Tue 1 Feb 2011, 13:17, Reply)
Why does the black man have a wizard standing behind him?

(, Tue 1 Feb 2011, 13:19, Reply)
what's that man doing in the background with that wand?

(, Tue 1 Feb 2011, 13:19, Reply)
It's meant to be a baton, his gimmick was that of a teacher.

(, Tue 1 Feb 2011, 13:20, Reply)
It's Bob on a weekend
With his big black bitch.
(, Tue 1 Feb 2011, 13:20, Reply)
it's a good thing those nipples are covered otherwise it might be nsfa

(, Tue 1 Feb 2011, 13:22, Reply)
His gimmick before this had him wearing velour tracksuits, being called the 'World's Largest Love Machine'
I'm not sure which one sickens me more.

Here's a picture of him wearing it, looking like he's raping someone...
(, Tue 1 Feb 2011, 13:23, Reply)
i HATE velour
it's making my nose itch just thinking about it :(
(, Tue 1 Feb 2011, 13:24, Reply)
DUDE
I've just eaten, thanks. I really didn't need to know ANY of that.
(, Tue 1 Feb 2011, 13:25, Reply)
I bet he's got a tiny cock.

(, Tue 1 Feb 2011, 13:27, Reply)
I bet it's been at least a decade since he last saw it, too.

(, Tue 1 Feb 2011, 13:27, Reply)
perhaps longer than that!
isn't it cruel how a man can get fatter, everywhere, but his cock
that's just so wrong
(, Tue 1 Feb 2011, 13:33, Reply)
That explains Al's temper...

(, Tue 1 Feb 2011, 13:36, Reply)
hahaha!

(, Tue 1 Feb 2011, 13:36, Reply)
OH GOD MY EYES

(, Tue 1 Feb 2011, 13:19, Reply)
he's a big fellow

(, Tue 1 Feb 2011, 13:21, Reply)
According to wiki, he weighs 487lb.
o.O
(, Tue 1 Feb 2011, 13:22, Reply)
He could do with a good bra, thats for sure

(, Tue 1 Feb 2011, 13:23, Reply)
hehehe

(, Tue 1 Feb 2011, 13:25, Reply)
I have no suggestions
but I probably do have supernoodles for lunch. In fact that might be all the food I have
(, Tue 1 Feb 2011, 13:09, Reply)
dirty dancing and pretty woman
i won't care if they blow up the planet then
(, Tue 1 Feb 2011, 13:14, Reply)
Something written by Richard Curtis.
The crazy alien folk would think 'What a pile of shite, these people have enough on their plate without us blowing them up'

They'd then get back into their flying saucer and fuck off.
(, Tue 1 Feb 2011, 13:18, Reply)
Unsure. May have some chicken and pasta salad. Or maybe a salad. I just don't know.
I would show them Fired Up!
(, Tue 1 Feb 2011, 13:18, Reply)
Who says that aliens would want to blow us up anyway?
they might be all about the peace and love and shit.

I had fish pie and a caramel. I'm feeling particularly full and would really like a snooze...
(, Tue 1 Feb 2011, 13:22, Reply)
America would ruin it all with their big dumb rednecks and their guns.

(, Tue 1 Feb 2011, 13:25, Reply)
Most likely...

(, Tue 1 Feb 2011, 13:26, Reply)
Kristine, you're american, what on earth does this mean "all of the boys and all of the girls I'm begging for if you seek amy" ?

(, Tue 1 Feb 2011, 13:36, Reply)
All of the boys and all of the girls are begging to EFF YOU SEE KAY me
She says "if you seek amy"
if said quickly it sounds like F U C K me
(, Tue 1 Feb 2011, 13:40, Reply)
I love the fact that no-one recognised that when she released it, it wasn't until after release it was noticed.
Well, supposedly.
(, Tue 1 Feb 2011, 13:44, Reply)
to the general public that didn't buy it
I read an article about some woman that'd bought the cd for her kids and I'm thinking, why the fuck would you buy a brittney cd for kids? It's all sexual.
(, Tue 1 Feb 2011, 14:14, Reply)
But at one point, to get pass the sensors on childrens telivision, where it's been played, they tried to pass it off as "All of the boys and all of the girls I'm begging for if you seek amy"....
.... what did they think that meant?
(, Tue 1 Feb 2011, 13:45, Reply)
nothing, they just had to sensor it

(, Tue 1 Feb 2011, 14:13, Reply)
Tokyo Gore Police.

(, Tue 1 Feb 2011, 13:30, Reply)
Alright Monty?

(, Tue 1 Feb 2011, 13:32, Reply)
I saw a less attractive and dashing version of you in Burnley today.

(, Tue 1 Feb 2011, 13:33, Reply)
That'll be the north-south divide Blousie.

(, Tue 1 Feb 2011, 13:34, Reply)
He was like a smart price Monty.

(, Tue 1 Feb 2011, 13:35, Reply)
Did he have a whippet and some pigeons with him?

(, Tue 1 Feb 2011, 13:36, Reply)
He had a scaggy girlfriend and a baby.

(, Tue 1 Feb 2011, 13:39, Reply)
Was there evidence of food from Greggs the baker?

(, Tue 1 Feb 2011, 13:40, Reply)
Probably ate it sat outside Greggs where all the pigeons congrigate.
He was also wearing a velour jacket.
(, Tue 1 Feb 2011, 13:41, Reply)
And smoking a Lambert and Butler?

(, Tue 1 Feb 2011, 13:43, Reply)
will everyone shut up about velour!
*shudder*
(, Tue 1 Feb 2011, 13:51, Reply)
I own velvet leggings.

(, Tue 1 Feb 2011, 13:52, Reply)
wrong
although for some reason I can deal with a velvet jacket
(, Tue 1 Feb 2011, 14:12, Reply)
Any sign of MD abuse?

(, Tue 1 Feb 2011, 13:55, Reply)
Judging by his girlfriend I would say he's been high since 1974.

(, Tue 1 Feb 2011, 14:02, Reply)
A lot like Monty then, yes?
It's probably all those years of injecting MDMA directly into his mouth.

A process known as 'E by gum' up North.

*Gets prepared for the usual Internet exit request*
(, Tue 1 Feb 2011, 14:04, Reply)
*fetches +14 Elven frying pan of further retribution*
*takes run up*
*spangs back to the stone age*

you terrible, terrible cunt.
(, Tue 1 Feb 2011, 14:06, Reply)
Good God Jeff!
Where do you get these terrible jokes?
(, Tue 1 Feb 2011, 14:13, Reply)



All credit to barryheadwound
(, Tue 1 Feb 2011, 14:18, Reply)

the north-south divide Burnley
(, Tue 1 Feb 2011, 13:36, Reply)
You've been then.

(, Tue 1 Feb 2011, 13:40, Reply)
Yep
To the town hall, of all places! I shall not return
(, Tue 1 Feb 2011, 13:40, Reply)
I would show them ET to prove that we are capable of love and friendship that can transcend the differences between our two races
and while they were blubbering over the ending I'd cave their vile insectoid heads with an crowbar until the celing was dripping with their blood and entrails.
(, Tue 1 Feb 2011, 13:46, Reply)
This would be the ET
where they cocoon the house in plastic and try to kill the alien, who is then forced to fuck off back to his own planet at the end after nicking a bike, yes?
(, Tue 1 Feb 2011, 13:48, Reply)
But THE LOVE OF A CHILD etc.

(, Tue 1 Feb 2011, 13:56, Reply)
Actually I'd probably just dim the lights and put some porn on,
they'd make their excuses and leave.
(, Tue 1 Feb 2011, 13:57, Reply)
peanut butter on toast (crunchy)
I think I'd show them Office Space just so I can then answer all their questions "mmmmmmmmkay"
(, Tue 1 Feb 2011, 13:49, Reply)
yes please
Oh wait, you were offering me some, right?
(, Tue 1 Feb 2011, 13:51, Reply)
oh sure I'm putting more toast in rightnow

(, Tue 1 Feb 2011, 13:53, Reply)
*raises hands*
Can I have two slices please?
(, Tue 1 Feb 2011, 13:53, Reply)
Yup
Although I don't do butter so if you want butter you're going to have to spread it yourself
(, Tue 1 Feb 2011, 14:10, Reply)

complicated strikethrough involving butt and spread it yourself. Honestly it would be funny, I just can't be bothered as I'm eating toast
(, Tue 1 Feb 2011, 14:11, Reply)
can i have some jam on it too, please?

(, Tue 1 Feb 2011, 14:12, Reply)
I'll go all in a huff if you get jam
I didnt even get butter
(, Tue 1 Feb 2011, 14:13, Reply)
peanut butter is already butter

(, Tue 1 Feb 2011, 14:19, Reply)
what's wrong with butter?
you weirdo. butter is godly.
(, Tue 1 Feb 2011, 14:20, Reply)
Ugh.
Toast without marmite, jam or plain butter/marge is simply a waste.
(, Tue 1 Feb 2011, 13:56, Reply)
Cheese?
Nutella?
(, Tue 1 Feb 2011, 14:00, Reply)
Cheese is a different matter, but I accept.
Nutella? Ugh.
(, Tue 1 Feb 2011, 14:03, Reply)
Nutella and banana
on wholemeal toast is amazing!
(, Tue 1 Feb 2011, 14:08, Reply)
marmite is wrong.
Nothing good can come of eating dead yeasts.
(, Tue 1 Feb 2011, 14:04, Reply)
Marmite is magnificent. Like Branston Pickle.

(, Tue 1 Feb 2011, 14:06, Reply)
Branston pickle is for lazy proles who can't make their own condiments, frankly.
and marmite is the greatest marketing move in the world. Know what it costs Unilever? about £1 per ton. They then add salt, put it in a jar and sell it for around £30,000 per ton. That's a profit margin, there.
(, Tue 1 Feb 2011, 14:09, Reply)
Bottled water
The prosecution rests
(, Tue 1 Feb 2011, 14:12, Reply)
That's pretty close.
but even just tap water costs £2.20 per ton and bottled water sells for about £2000 per ton, so still way below marmite profit margins
(, Tue 1 Feb 2011, 14:15, Reply)
*invests in Marmite shares*

(, Tue 1 Feb 2011, 14:17, Reply)
Then I'm a lazy prole
It's godly on ham and cheese toasties.
(, Tue 1 Feb 2011, 14:12, Reply)

Sammiches yes, toasties no
(, Tue 1 Feb 2011, 14:13, Reply)
Don't knock it til you've tried it.

(, Tue 1 Feb 2011, 14:15, Reply)
I have tried it
I just prefer a cold pickle
(, Tue 1 Feb 2011, 14:16, Reply)
There's a necrophilia joke here, I just can't see it...

(, Tue 1 Feb 2011, 14:18, Reply)
nah, I agree, it's good shit.
but making your own really is a piece of piss and it's way better.
(, Tue 1 Feb 2011, 14:19, Reply)
Never even tried it tbh
But would definitely give it a shot.
(, Tue 1 Feb 2011, 14:20, Reply)
How can you like Office Space and not The Office?
Give me just _one_ eppisode of the american office and I bet I'll get you to like it =)
(, Tue 1 Feb 2011, 14:12, Reply)
because the Office is fucking awful , Gonz
and Gervais is just a pointless wanker.
(, Tue 1 Feb 2011, 14:24, Reply)
This is very true
i was beginning to suspect it was only me who realised this
(, Tue 1 Feb 2011, 14:25, Reply)
Aside me and a couple of mates, we're the only people who I know who likes him.
I think he's great most of the time, but didn't really dig Extras.
(, Tue 1 Feb 2011, 14:27, Reply)
He is a smug cunt
I cant stand him
(, Tue 1 Feb 2011, 14:29, Reply)
Very, very early in his career
he was a decent stand-up. Then the Office got ridiculous acclaim, and he just got so far up his own arse that he thought he could do no wrong. And he's just not funny. Recent awards ceremony? just because you sling abuse at celebrities doesn't make it funny, it still just makes it abuse. An idiot Abroad? I would genuinely lose both legs for that never to have been made. Not so I don't have to watch it but so the rest of the world doesn't think that's what we consider humour.
(, Tue 1 Feb 2011, 14:35, Reply)
Hi Pauly
For lunch I had some food, washed down with a drink.

I would choose to show our alien overlords either:
Anal Cumsluts 14 OR Gigantic Jugged Cuntwhores 7

I'd let them choose which, depending on whether they were breast or arse kinda aliens.
(, Tue 1 Feb 2011, 14:08, Reply)
We could also offer them the imperial majesty that is
Ice Dildo Bitches. It does exactly what it says on the tin

unlike anal cumsluts of course, which is a tender and moving portrayal of a childhood lost in mid-sixites small town America. Obviously.
(, Tue 1 Feb 2011, 14:12, Reply)
Ouch
ice dildo? Would that not sting somewhat?
(, Tue 1 Feb 2011, 14:12, Reply)
i think it would stick

(, Tue 1 Feb 2011, 14:13, Reply)
Ooof!

(, Tue 1 Feb 2011, 14:15, Reply)
I can't say I've personally tried
however, in so far as my memory extends to my undergraduate years, it appeared not.
(, Tue 1 Feb 2011, 14:18, Reply)
I almost forgot, should also offer them Bare Bumming Bummer Boys 9 just in case they swing that way

(, Tue 1 Feb 2011, 14:13, Reply)
officelol

(, Tue 1 Feb 2011, 14:15, Reply)
Two of those Malteaster bunnies.
Alt: March of the Penguins. SHUT UP, THEY'RE SOOOO CUTE.
(, Tue 1 Feb 2011, 14:31, Reply)
'Soooo Cute'?
Who are you and what have you done with CHCB?
(, Tue 1 Feb 2011, 14:37, Reply)
quite. Stupid fucking birds can't even fly.
They are the evolutionary equivalent of Jordan.
(, Tue 1 Feb 2011, 14:39, Reply)
Surely it'd be her son?
Half black, and wobbly.
(, Tue 1 Feb 2011, 14:43, Reply)
oof.
I meant "survive by having people constantly film them for no reason" ... but I like yours better.
(, Tue 1 Feb 2011, 14:48, Reply)
Jordan as well now eh?
Is this the start of an Arabic Renaissance?
(, Tue 1 Feb 2011, 14:38, Reply)

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