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(, Sun 1 Apr 2001, 1:00)
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nobody around yet? some of us have been at work since 7.30am. which is far too early.
are you a morning person, who bounces out of bed singing disney songs with tweeting birds and blinking rabbits perching along your arms? or are you the shambling bastard baby of oscar the grouch and a rotting stinking zombie until about 11am?
also, i have a black tie ball this evening. easy for men. social nightmare for women. is the dress too long, too short, too bright, too sober, too similar to your colleague's... would it bother you if you turned up to a ball/party/wedding and someone else was in the same outfit? (like my sister-in-law, who has twice worn "coast" dresses to a wedding - only to find it was the same dress as the bloody bridesmaids, ouch)
(, Thu 24 Mar 2011, 8:04, 219 replies, latest was 15 years ago)
I've been putting cold spoon handles into my ears to try and cool my temperature.
I am cheerful but shambolic in the morning.
I once saw a bride wearing one of my Coast dresses. I'm glad I wasn't there, wearing it.
(, Thu 24 Mar 2011, 8:07, Reply)
But then they start to get warm and you have to put them back in the cold water.
I have these teaspoons with very solid thin 'tubes' for handles. Fit right down your ear.
What's the name for a tube/cylinder when it has no hollow bit? Pole?
(, Thu 24 Mar 2011, 8:13, Reply)
Cooling rods. Topical. Oh Al I don't want to go to work.
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I'm not gonna get a doc's note for a bad cold.
(, Thu 24 Mar 2011, 8:20, Reply)
you are allowed to self certify up to 4 or 5 days off work.
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if you're still feeling rough then stay in bed.
(, Thu 24 Mar 2011, 8:28, Reply)
it's fucking irritating. I was in hospital having an operation last Thursday and I might still have to prove it. Even though I'm not in any way actually contractually obliged to be in work at any specific point anyway.
(, Thu 24 Mar 2011, 8:26, Reply)
Lurgi is of Italian derivation.
(, Thu 24 Mar 2011, 8:18, Reply)
I don't know Luigi. Never met him.
(, Thu 24 Mar 2011, 8:19, Reply)
Well not until I've had coffee. I'm trying to make do by listening to Tin Machine, which is nice, bbut not hitting the spot.
Black tie balls, I've managed not to do them thus far. Hopefully I can maintain this trend for the second half of my life.
What are you wearing to the ball? Or are you awaiting your fairy god mother to lend a hand?
(, Thu 24 Mar 2011, 8:14, Reply)
i have a silver "prom" dress with a black velvet pattern and fine black mesh traced over the silver and a slightly sparkly black bolero cardigan. i also have beautiful stuart weitzman lace and sparkly black heels, which will put me in agony about 5 mins in...
(, Thu 24 Mar 2011, 8:17, Reply)
because you obsess about it vastly unneccesarily.
the length of the dress should be apparent from the invitation, if it doesn't say then it doesn't matter. And who cares if it's the same as anyone elses? it's not like there's anything you can do about it.
(, Thu 24 Mar 2011, 8:24, Reply)
I'm most certainly a shambling bastard until home time. Then I am less of a bastard, but still shambling.
I don't understand the dress thing. Why not dress in a manner which you think is correct for the situation. If you look the same as someone else, why is that a disaster? All the blokes look the same anyway.
(, Thu 24 Mar 2011, 8:24, Reply)
leads to a vicious cycle of bitchiness and stupidity
(, Thu 24 Mar 2011, 8:26, Reply)
You think like a man.*
*Excluding Darth obviously.
(, Thu 24 Mar 2011, 8:29, Reply)
because obviously that is the only way they will stand out, as apparently, personality, looks, intelligence etc have all been sucked into a massive fucking vacuum of Ohgodihopethisdressisn'taninchtooshort.
(, Thu 24 Mar 2011, 8:38, Reply)
Do you ever stop talking like your living in some yuppie wet dream.
No one gives a fuck, but the ladies are too poilte to say so, and the chaps endure it in the hope you'll gaz them a pic of your freshly waxed (at a top salon, costing £120) clopper.
(, Thu 24 Mar 2011, 8:30, Reply)
I frequently point out that she talks an awful lot of shit.
Do you have anything that is interesting to contribute?
(, Thu 24 Mar 2011, 8:32, Reply)
Speeding summons, I've missed invoicing a job from ages ago which my dad will bollock me for and no messages from lonely men.
(, Thu 24 Mar 2011, 8:43, Reply)
I got to do a speed awareness course rather than take points, I'm waiting for them to tell me how to book it.
(, Thu 24 Mar 2011, 8:47, Reply)
I always know what speed I'm doing : )
(, Thu 24 Mar 2011, 8:49, Reply)
I just didn't know that the speed limit for my van was 10mph less than the speed I was driving.
(, Thu 24 Mar 2011, 8:50, Reply)
I merely didn't think that the speed limit was sensible for the car concerned, the road and the conditions. Turns out the court doesn't think that's a viable defence, strangely.
(, Thu 24 Mar 2011, 8:53, Reply)
Why is anyone's guess. There's been no accidents that I'm aware of.
(, Thu 24 Mar 2011, 8:53, Reply)
that has come from 50 to 40 to 30 in the 5 years I've been here. To protect people crossing the road. It's a dual fucking carriageway, with fences. If I kill someone trying to run across that rather than use the underpass or the crossing, it's bastard Darwinian.
(, Thu 24 Mar 2011, 8:56, Reply)
he will explain about how it's all a conspiracy by the banks and the government.
(, Thu 24 Mar 2011, 8:56, Reply)
However the general move to keep absolutely everybody safe, even the really stupid, all the time, has gone way too far. See also: spending millions on adverts telling people that unmanned level crossing might just be dangerous. If you can't work out that two metal tracks occasionally contain hurtling piles of heavy death, then you're lower on the evolutionary scale than an Irish Setter and why excatly are we wasting our time and money keeping you alive against all the odds?
(, Thu 24 Mar 2011, 9:05, Reply)
Irish setters are not dim, as commonly believed - just as single minded as swipey on the pull
(, Thu 24 Mar 2011, 11:25, Reply)
Dual Carriageway. Limit is 60mph if you vehicle has a gross weight of over 2000kg.
(, Thu 24 Mar 2011, 9:38, Reply)
I intend to get a VW T5 at the end of the year and turn it into a camper, but don't think I am going to meet the criteria to get it reclassified from a van by the DVLA. So will have to bear those speed limits in mind
(, Thu 24 Mar 2011, 9:43, Reply)
Hmmmmm, let me think.
Well, my sister in law got headbutted by her rugger bugger husband at the weekend, and had him arrested. But he got away with it, lack of evidence, no witnesses etc. She is now swithering about forgiving him etc, despite the mass protestations by her family.
So my question is, if there are no witnesses, do I have carte blanche to kick his fucking head in and get away with it?
(, Thu 24 Mar 2011, 8:37, Reply)
but morally, yeah why not.
He'll still get you arrested though and it's far more likely you'll get charged.
(, Thu 24 Mar 2011, 8:41, Reply)
No witnesses equals no charges.
Or does domestic abuse have a different set of rules?
(, Thu 24 Mar 2011, 8:43, Reply)
you're just being facetious. Presumably if your SIL is talking about forgiving him, then she isn't pressing charges. And if she isn't pressing charges then there is nothing the police can do.
But if someone ends up in hospital who wants to press charges then they can more easily get enough evidence to charge you. It's not certain by any means, but it's more likely.
(, Thu 24 Mar 2011, 8:46, Reply)
and they don't need witnesses. What they need is solid case. They obviously haven't got one. Shit though might be in this case, there's no point blaming the police. We have a balanced justice system for a reason. If the CPS won't press then there is limited chance of a conviction.
(, Thu 24 Mar 2011, 8:46, Reply)
Is it any wonder that the Police aren't willing to pursue the matter.
(, Thu 24 Mar 2011, 9:14, Reply)
I said she was 'swithering'. Her resolve isn't as strong as we had hoped. But she is an intelligent girl who has the support of her family, so hopefully she will see it through.
(, Thu 24 Mar 2011, 9:39, Reply)
and then your wife got so depressed at losing her beloved sister that she realised life is too short to be stuck with a mean-spirited insufferable cat-killing cunt and left you though.
is that less tedious?
(, Thu 24 Mar 2011, 9:53, Reply)
If it's you're sister-in-law, doesn't that make her husband your brother?
(, Thu 24 Mar 2011, 8:42, Reply)
And he is a navel gazing cunt.
In my defence I wasn't picking on Rswipe, merely pointing out that her vaccuous posts are incredibly tedious.
(, Thu 24 Mar 2011, 8:45, Reply)
Although I should imagine she expects to be riled for her yuppie lifestyle like I expect to be riled for my Bridget Jones waffling.
(, Thu 24 Mar 2011, 8:47, Reply)
"You're so fucking rich" beats the fuck out of "you're gay, needy and whiney"
(, Thu 24 Mar 2011, 8:54, Reply)
we take the piss out of her complete lack of self awareness that she is in fact very rich, and yet thinks she's almost on the breadline.
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and likes to play on this. But you've known her longer than me and have had more chance to develop memes
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Very difficult to claim I'm being camp in an ironic fashion
(, Thu 24 Mar 2011, 9:12, Reply)
No more than I can claim my chins are.
(, Thu 24 Mar 2011, 9:24, Reply)
Thanks for the reminder though. What would I do without you
(, Thu 24 Mar 2011, 8:57, Reply)
But graffiti is an unreliable source at the best of times
(, Thu 24 Mar 2011, 8:59, Reply)
Cracked open a nice bottle of red and that helped I think
(, Thu 24 Mar 2011, 9:19, Reply)
I would give anything to be sat outside right now with a glass of wine, listening to TMS.
God I'm old.
(, Thu 24 Mar 2011, 9:21, Reply)
Hang on, surely you don't like cricket - it doesn't exist in your part of the world, does it?
(, Thu 24 Mar 2011, 9:32, Reply)
Forgive my arrogance, being from Nottinghamshire has certain advantages at this point in time
(, Thu 24 Mar 2011, 9:35, Reply)
I've only been to about 2 or 3 games and thoroughly enjoyed them.
Sitting in the sun drinking beer whilst occasionally perusing the sport seem exceedingly English
(, Thu 24 Mar 2011, 9:39, Reply)
Then I moved to Norfolk where cricket is viewed with suspicion as a new-fangled invention
(, Thu 24 Mar 2011, 9:46, Reply)
Actually if I'm honest I couldn't really care less. I am however most enamoured with the female species for the vast amounts of effort they pour into their appearance. For what would the world be without the glitz, glamour and beehive hairdo's? And of course the sublime efforts of those trying to graciously traverse the room while holding back the pain their pointy high heeled shoes have gifted them. And for what? Their vanity and our satisfaction. Women of the world I salute you.
(, Thu 24 Mar 2011, 8:44, Reply)
It's a dress from a shop called Coast, although I think Monsoon is far better.
(, Thu 24 Mar 2011, 8:44, Reply)
Only the best for Miss Blouse. Not that I often wear dresses.
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I don't suit whispy things. I suit structured thngs with just one or two colours.
I hope so anyway, because that's what I wear!
(, Thu 24 Mar 2011, 9:34, Reply)
For example, all manner of 'done up' women have got on and off my train, probably been up since half six applying the war paint etc. Meh!
Then a few stops back, this one girl gets on. No make, flat shoes, long skirt, modest top. She looked absolutely radiant. Her slightly flushed cheeks were all the make up she needed. Absolutely gorgeous.
(, Thu 24 Mar 2011, 8:52, Reply)
I saw a girl who got on a train looking really average and then she put on a bit of make up and looked absolutely stunning.
So that's 50/50 now, anyone else want to contribute?
(, Thu 24 Mar 2011, 8:54, Reply)
I was pointing out my preference regarding the appearance of women. Handily there was a perfect example fresh in my mind.
There is a very fine line between just enough and too much when it come to women getting done up.
(, Thu 24 Mar 2011, 9:05, Reply)
But there does come a time when a bit of slap can help disguise the ravages of time. I can't wear makeup, and God knows I've tried.
(, Thu 24 Mar 2011, 9:08, Reply)
(Me too)
Once again I am absolutely in accord with you, much prefer the natural look but dark shading to accentuate the eyes can look smokin'. If done right.
(, Thu 24 Mar 2011, 9:17, Reply)
particularly the shiny or sparkly stuff. That stuff looks fucking shit without exception
(, Thu 24 Mar 2011, 9:23, Reply)
Just a bit of lip stain or nude lipstick can be nice.
(, Thu 24 Mar 2011, 9:25, Reply)
Like geisha or Queen Amidala.
(, Thu 24 Mar 2011, 9:26, Reply)
Just that as far as lipstick goes, that can be a good look on the right gal.
(, Thu 24 Mar 2011, 9:32, Reply)
In all fairness, if someone did the geisha look and got it right, I'd have nought but respect for them
(, Thu 24 Mar 2011, 9:36, Reply)
Most failed to hit the mark.
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who had developed a very simple game called InFest Bingo. Basically a printed list of things to look out for, notably "Manga Fail", "One man and his laptop" (one of the bands) and "WTF?!" (Nazi sympathiser). Plenty of the latter to be had last year as Nachtmahr were playing.
(, Thu 24 Mar 2011, 9:43, Reply)
I promised myself I'd stop hassling you about InFest this year so am now struggling for a response that isn't "come to InFest this year". Umm... lovely weather, or something
(, Thu 24 Mar 2011, 9:52, Reply)
Unless it's very subtle. It tends to act as a distraction at best and look garish at worst. But that's probably just because of my personal taste, I'm more attracted by eyes than lips
(, Thu 24 Mar 2011, 9:23, Reply)
that makes it look like the girl's lip blend into their face. It freaks me the fuck out
(, Thu 24 Mar 2011, 9:25, Reply)
Nude should match your natural lip colour to some extent.
(, Thu 24 Mar 2011, 9:26, Reply)
What do I know?
you know which one I mean though? It looks like they have had their lips stolen
(, Thu 24 Mar 2011, 9:34, Reply)
I am absolutely a morning person and tend to get out of bed 45 minutes earlier than necessary to exercise. Ms Foxtrot obviously LOVES this practice. She is not a morning person.
By bizarre coincidence I also have a black tie ball this evening! Well, I'm going to Frankie & Benny's for a meal with friends. That might not sound quite as glamorous but remember that standards are lower around these 'ere parts
(, Thu 24 Mar 2011, 8:52, Reply)
It was fucking disgusting. Plus our waiter was quite possibly one of the owners by which I mean he certainly looked like a Benny.
(, Thu 24 Mar 2011, 9:24, Reply)
Rolling that one out tonight if the service is less than stellar. Not my choice of restaurant destination I must stress, there's a Chinese not ten yards from the place which is vastly superior. This is what happens if one befriends the locals.
(, Thu 24 Mar 2011, 9:38, Reply)
After finished last night at 22:30, I am most definately not a morning person and had to literally drag myself from my bed to work, horrible ungodly time =[ oh well only another 9hours left...
(, Thu 24 Mar 2011, 8:55, Reply)
Using only your arms to pull the unresponsive lower half of your body along the road?
(, Thu 24 Mar 2011, 9:03, Reply)
You should see the scratches on my legs. In hindsight I probably used more energy/effort than I would've if I'd have just walked to my car and drove, but there ya go
(, Thu 24 Mar 2011, 9:15, Reply)
I need a coffee, the news and peace and quiet in the morning. I get everything ready the night before so there is no thinking to do till I get in the car.
(, Thu 24 Mar 2011, 9:04, Reply)
when I choose to be.
I should say I'm functional in the mornings.
If my sleep is disturbed then I'm not. At all.
(, Thu 24 Mar 2011, 9:06, Reply)
Two blokes walk in wearing the same shirt would compliment each other on a good purchase. Two women wearing the same thing would run off shrieking like harpies
I am a morning person it would seem as I'm always up early. As long as the coffee is on and I get 30 mins watching my shite on Sky Plus then all is OK with the world
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Men's clothing is much more generic than womens. Women compliment each other on their clothing and admire their choices.
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and after 10pm I was at my mum and dads.
I haven't wished you a happy birthday yet though have I? I'm very sorry.
I hope you had a happy birthday and Gonz made you something lovely.
(, Thu 24 Mar 2011, 9:41, Reply)
but I don't like getting out of bed, both/neither for me.
If I turned up at something and there was a fellow dressed identically to me I'd be more surprised and perhaps a little freaked out than embarrassed. Really, I wouldn't give two hoots.
(, Thu 24 Mar 2011, 9:14, Reply)
He'll come back for the sequel, they always do.
(, Thu 24 Mar 2011, 9:29, Reply)
That mask won't protect him from the bristles...
(, Thu 24 Mar 2011, 9:33, Reply)
As the camera pulls back from a closeup to show them rocking in a padded cell just before the credits roll. Those who survive Ol' Murder Eyes are forever changed...
(, Thu 24 Mar 2011, 9:40, Reply)
Thank you!
I'm a bit busy, so can you assume that I'm going to go outside and take a photo of the badger that's dead at the side of the road? Cheers.
(, Thu 24 Mar 2011, 9:52, Reply)
It'll be like that scene in Taken when Liam Neeson has the guy tied to the chair and sticks nails in his legs.
(, Thu 24 Mar 2011, 9:42, Reply)
I want to be Liam Neeson in Taken!
(, Thu 24 Mar 2011, 9:43, Reply)
But then again he also didn't have a massive vagina.
(, Thu 24 Mar 2011, 9:44, Reply)
I struggle to get out of bed in the mornings on work days, always leaving it until the last possible moment then having another minute or two just lying there.
I'm wearing a black tie this morning, but I doubt I'd fit in with your fancy ball-going crowd, but thanks for the invite Swipey.
(, Thu 24 Mar 2011, 9:20, Reply)
The champers would be spilled everywhere
(, Thu 24 Mar 2011, 9:35, Reply)
But I do bounce out of bed with the grace and exuberance of a lamb on a spring day. I frolic into the shower before gambolling into my clothes and cleaning at least one part of the house before I leave for work.
(, Thu 24 Mar 2011, 9:24, Reply)
They might want to talk with me and stuff.
(, Thu 24 Mar 2011, 9:30, Reply)
Then I realised that you're calling someone else a bender. I'm not sure how to process this
(, Thu 24 Mar 2011, 9:31, Reply)
It's not as if I sing "Under the Sea" when I'm in the shower then pick up the refrain of "Part of Your World" when I'm dusting the TV cabinet.
Oh :(
(, Thu 24 Mar 2011, 9:31, Reply)
My collars will be floppy and wrinkled, like Darths overused anus.
(, Thu 24 Mar 2011, 9:48, Reply)
but I do like to sing the horn part loudly.
(, Thu 24 Mar 2011, 9:33, Reply)
your choice of Disney standards to belt out of a morning is beyond reproach
(, Thu 24 Mar 2011, 9:40, Reply)
The only Disney song worth singing, and not at all bent, is Everybody wants to be a cat, from the Aristocats. Perhaps I may allow I'm the king of the swingers, but that's it.
And dusting before going to work..... Stay in bed longer and avoid such pursuits.
(, Thu 24 Mar 2011, 9:47, Reply)
It's sunny and I'm working from home, good times
(, Thu 24 Mar 2011, 9:33, Reply)
Today I stumbled out of the windowless broom cupboard of a room where I've been sleeping lately (don't ask), greeted my flatmate with a "Burn in hell" and shambled into the bathroom.
(, Thu 24 Mar 2011, 9:45, Reply)
But you're not actually that far off with the cupboard thing. My choices are: Sleep in my actual bedroom with its single glazing and get woken up at 5am every day by noises outside (very light sleeper) or sleep on the floor in the tiny box room.
Box room it is.
(, Thu 24 Mar 2011, 9:57, Reply)
Isn't about time you started a new thread slagging me off in some manner?
(, Thu 24 Mar 2011, 9:51, Reply)
Call me gay in a witty and imaginative manner. It'll make you feel better
(, Thu 24 Mar 2011, 9:56, Reply)
Instead of talking about wine and being a snob, get your game on and go get a shag.
(, Fri 25 Mar 2011, 3:01, Reply)
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