i just saw a headline
about protests in bahrain now.

why can't people just be nice to each other. sigh.
( rachelswipe with a fork, Mon 14 Feb 2011, 14:45, 6 replies, latest was 15 years ago)

Why don't you send them all some flowers?

( JeffTheDogFucker Can you dig it?, Mon 14 Feb 2011, 14:46, Reply)

just because nobody sent YOU any flowers!

( rachelswipe with a fork, Mon 14 Feb 2011, 14:49, Reply)

he could easily have sent himself some

( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Mon 14 Feb 2011, 14:50, Reply)

Or at least just told people I'd had some flowers sent to me.

( JeffTheDogFucker Can you dig it?, Mon 14 Feb 2011, 14:51, Reply)

nobody would believe you
there's the difference
( rachelswipe with a fork, Mon 14 Feb 2011, 14:55, Reply)

it is not a good thing that we wouldn't believe he'd sent flowers to himself
no one is particuarly impressed that you have done so
( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Mon 14 Feb 2011, 14:56, Reply)

ha
i reeeeeeeally didn't!
( rachelswipe with a fork, Mon 14 Feb 2011, 15:04, Reply)

Bet you did.
No returns.
( JeffTheDogFucker Can you dig it?, Mon 14 Feb 2011, 15:06, Reply)

True story, in Japan, it's the female who treats the male.
Just saying, you know, 'cus I like japanese culture and all that, and there is a new iPad coming out soon and all that too, you know, just so you're aware.
( G/PP 💩💩💩💩💩&#128, Mon 14 Feb 2011, 14:52, Reply)

White Day though isn't it a bit after?
and it's a reciprocal thing Gonz.
( Amberl was stripey and dominated Europe, Mon 14 Feb 2011, 14:52, Reply)

my ex had 3 years in tokyo
he said it went something like this: on valentines day, the girls buy chocolates for boys. not ones they want to date, just ones they know. then on white day, the men have to reciprocate, and have to spend about 10 times what the girls spent. so he said that all the secretaries etc would spend as much as possible to be sure of getting nice gifts in return. you buy something really special for the other half.

then there is black day, which is for people who get nothing on white day.

that was how he explained it anyway, if you can trust the word of a bitter alcoholic.
( rachelswipe with a fork, Mon 14 Feb 2011, 14:54, Reply)

That sounds about right
so Gonz if a girl buys you an ipad, you're going to have to spend several thousand on her
( Amberl was stripey and dominated Europe, Mon 14 Feb 2011, 14:55, Reply)

i think this is an excellent summary

( rachelswipe with a fork, Mon 14 Feb 2011, 14:57, Reply)

*looks at bank account*, *looks at ipad*, *looks at bank account*, *looks at half packet of wriggly's gum on desk*.

( G/PP 💩💩💩💩💩&#128, Mon 14 Feb 2011, 15:02, Reply)

I'm not to sure what White Day is I'm afraid, but I looked up reciprocal thinking it meant some sort of container.
Although I think I like the meaning I've been given by my computer for reciprocal...

"(of an agreement or obligation) bearing on or binding each of two parties equally : the treaty is a bilateral commitment with reciprocal rights and duties."

... it would have guarntied me some nookie or my thornton's chocolates back when I gave the teacher a quid to give them to a girl I fancied in school. And I was (was?...is) a fat kid so aren't to bothered eaither way.
( G/PP 💩💩💩💩💩&#128, Mon 14 Feb 2011, 14:57, Reply)

Because then you'd be out of a job.

(LongJohnBaldry, Mon 14 Feb 2011, 14:46, Reply)

god forbid people try and get a better life for themselves

( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Mon 14 Feb 2011, 14:47, Reply)

plus I'm getting a cheap holiday out of it.

(PsychoChomp, Mon 14 Feb 2011, 14:49, Reply)

and after all isn't that what is most important?

( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Mon 14 Feb 2011, 14:49, Reply)

it's all v relative
i mean, say you want something decent but not too grand, eg 3-4 stars. if you go to tunisia or egypt even now, it'll prob cost you about £600 upwards for a week, including going out etc. but you could do an all-inclusive in barbados or jamaica from about £600-800. you'd spend much less because all your food/drinks are included, and you'd be in a really beautiful destination.
( rachelswipe with a fork, Mon 14 Feb 2011, 14:52, Reply)

It's £160 for a week 4* all inclusive in Tunisia at the moment.

(PsychoChomp, Mon 14 Feb 2011, 14:54, Reply)

You should take a few flags over.
You'd make a killing.
( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Mon 14 Feb 2011, 14:56, Reply)

5* resorts are about £8-10 per person per night
Egypt hotels are even cheaper but the flights are expensive.
(PsychoChomp, Mon 14 Feb 2011, 14:56, Reply)

the thing that we found out, though
is that their idea of five star is some way from our idea of two star.

whereas the two star motel we ended up with in miami was really nice, comfortable, clean, great swimming pool and 2 mins from the beach.
( rachelswipe with a fork, Mon 14 Feb 2011, 14:59, Reply)

that's because thus far at least
our star rating is endorsed by the government.
( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Mon 14 Feb 2011, 15:00, Reply)

by which you mean NICK CLEGG AND HIS CRONIES?

( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Mon 14 Feb 2011, 15:01, Reply)

i am so naive, i was really shocked
when i saw some of the reviews of the tunisian five stars. this being said, i think it's worse for girls, and we were 3 single girls.
( rachelswipe with a fork, Mon 14 Feb 2011, 15:01, Reply)

naive indeed
stupid place to go on holiday if you are single girls.

"ooo, but it'll be really hot!"
( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Mon 14 Feb 2011, 15:02, Reply)

this is why we didn't go...
..... the other 2 were blonde as well. extra camels!
( rachelswipe with a fork, Mon 14 Feb 2011, 15:07, Reply)

ah, I see
I misconstrued.

good work
( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Mon 14 Feb 2011, 15:09, Reply)

there is a reason for that though
even before all this, it wasn't a great holiday destination. we looked at it for an october break a couple of years ago, all the reviews on trip advisor etc put us right off. we went to miami instead and had a brilliant time.

it did cost more than £160 though, admittedly.
( rachelswipe with a fork, Mon 14 Feb 2011, 14:56, Reply)

Well shockingly I can't afford to go to Miami.

(PsychoChomp, Mon 14 Feb 2011, 14:58, Reply)

fair enough
i'm not intentionally pissing on your chips, it's just that you don't want to find yourself somewhere that you really can't enjoy just because it was cheap, you know?
( rachelswipe with a fork, Mon 14 Feb 2011, 15:00, Reply)

I'm sure it's not the intention
but that really reads like "I can't enjoy things if they are cheap"
( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Mon 14 Feb 2011, 15:02, Reply)

i just think £160 plus a week's precious holiday time is too much to waste
but i have occasionally been wrong before.
( rachelswipe with a fork, Mon 14 Feb 2011, 15:06, Reply)

I have a hard time spending any money going on holiday to be honest

( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Mon 14 Feb 2011, 15:08, Reply)

it'd be nice if I could afford a honeymoon
or to fix my car

or both.
( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Mon 14 Feb 2011, 15:01, Reply)

So you're not Will Smith IRL then.
*crosses Will Smith off list*
( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Mon 14 Feb 2011, 15:06, Reply)

Random!
Oi loikes it
( sporters I’m sincerely gratitude to you, Mon 14 Feb 2011, 15:07, Reply)

Places I've loved as a kid that have since become ruined (at the moment) by war/civil unrest/chavs
- Cancoon
- Kenya
- Tunisia
- Egypt
( G/PP 💩💩💩💩💩&#128, Mon 14 Feb 2011, 15:17, Reply)

Out of £600
That leaves £400 for prostitutes and 40quid for extra penicillin shots.
( Bartleby A dead man on vacation, Mon 14 Feb 2011, 14:58, Reply)

i don't know anything about bahrain
but i did think it was fairly well-off, do they have a shit standard of living there, then?
( rachelswipe with a fork, Mon 14 Feb 2011, 14:50, Reply)

I suspect the rich people don't
but like all such places, not everyone can be rich, and the rich ones didn't get there by being nice to the poor ones.
( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Mon 14 Feb 2011, 14:51, Reply)

Yes, all middle eastern coutries have shit conditions by western standards.

(PsychoChomp, Mon 14 Feb 2011, 14:52, Reply)

*burns flag*
*wails 'aieeeeeee' in the street*


zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz
( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Mon 14 Feb 2011, 14:48, Reply)

I think it's amazing what is happening, I hope it spreads throughout the entire middle east and africa.
And I hope when Bush and Blair meet their makers, he tells them this is fuck all to do with them.
( G/PP 💩💩💩💩💩&#128, Mon 14 Feb 2011, 14:51, Reply)

Surely your comment would be more applicable
to the leaders of those countries, rather than the protestors.
(Bazongaloid, Mon 14 Feb 2011, 14:52, Reply)