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(, Sun 1 Apr 2001, 1:00)
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oh my god, why has there been no new threads yet?
tell me what you're having for lunch, and how your day is going so far.

Alt: one skill you wish you had?

EDIT: I was just talking with noel about an idea I had for my thesis that I need to write in third year (it just popped into my head while I was in the shower I swear). I want to work out whether or not the biology of a Timelord could feasibly sustain life. What do you think?
(, Tue 12 Apr 2011, 11:31, 156 replies, latest was 15 years ago)
You're doing a proper degree course in biological sciences, right?
I'd strongly recommend staying well away from "made-up science fiction shit" in your work. We tend to frown upon it.
(, Tue 12 Apr 2011, 11:35, Reply)
We tend to frown upon you.

(, Tue 12 Apr 2011, 11:37, Reply)
I'm sure you do, sir.
but as I'm the best example you've got of "person that will mark Poppet's thesis" then you might want to at least consider what I'm saying.

I don't think it's not interesting. But science fiction is not biomedical science. You could probably look into the physiology of multiple organs, or such like, quite well, if you can find examples in nature. Giraffes have an interesting valve arrangement, for example, and squids/octopi have mutiple simple hearts rather than our complex 4 chamber job. But don't justify it "because of doctor who, innit?"
(, Tue 12 Apr 2011, 11:45, Reply)
Pffft.
I fackin' love you man, banter what!
(, Tue 12 Apr 2011, 11:46, Reply)
that's actually a good idea, I wasn't sure if it actually happened in nature.
I suppose I was thinking about The Doc cos I hadn't watched any today.. :(
(, Tue 12 Apr 2011, 11:48, Reply)

I hadn't watched any today I'm fucking obsessed with it.
(, Tue 12 Apr 2011, 11:50, Reply)
AM NOT.

(, Tue 12 Apr 2011, 11:50, Reply)
But seriously, if Noel was David Tennent, you'd do all kinds of nasty role play with him.

(, Tue 12 Apr 2011, 12:22, Reply)

"I am the timelord, the lord of time, I have a sonic screwdriver and I am here to save the earth from the ghosts of alien zombies. But first, I must fornicate with the first australian person I see, and let her wee on my arm.... or the world is DOOOMED"
"G'day? timelord? I'm? australian? and a women? I shall pee on your hand? Then slap a few shrimp on the barby? g'day? g'day?"

The '?' are to show off the australian accent.
(, Tue 12 Apr 2011, 12:24, Reply)
This is some good comedying

(, Tue 12 Apr 2011, 12:34, Reply)
it does indeed.
differing organ numbers from the mammalian "model" is quite common.
(, Tue 12 Apr 2011, 12:01, Reply)
yeah, biomedical science.
but still, think about it. The Doctor has two hearts. How would his body sustain the oxygen needs if he has everything else in the "normal" amounts? How would it function? I think it'd be interesting. Even if I never did it as a proper thesis, I'm half tempted to do it as one in my spare time.
(, Tue 12 Apr 2011, 11:38, Reply)
heart's just a pump
one, two or seven doesn't really matter to anything else.
(, Tue 12 Apr 2011, 11:40, Reply)
But what of love?

(, Tue 12 Apr 2011, 11:43, Reply)
Two hearts living in just one mind.

(, Tue 12 Apr 2011, 11:44, Reply)
Who could refrain that had a heart to love and in that heart courage to make love known?

(, Tue 12 Apr 2011, 11:44, Reply)
Help me! Hence! Ho!

(, Tue 12 Apr 2011, 11:47, Reply)
Oh boy, I'm sending my gaz of love

(, Tue 12 Apr 2011, 11:51, Reply)
haha, I did Macbeth in year 10 as a little swot.
I was studying year 11 english and we had to analyse it. I liked the witches best though.
(, Tue 12 Apr 2011, 11:55, Reply)

www.b3ta.com/questions/offtopic/post1161712
(, Tue 12 Apr 2011, 11:44, Reply)
Wrong forum to ask about that mate

(, Tue 12 Apr 2011, 11:44, Reply)
They still love pies

(, Tue 12 Apr 2011, 11:46, Reply)
love is the whole history of a woman's life, but a mere episode of a man's.

(, Tue 12 Apr 2011, 11:46, Reply)
Speak low if you speak love

(, Tue 12 Apr 2011, 11:51, Reply)
I wish I had the skill of concentration.
I can't concentrate on anything for longer than a minute or two without getting distracted by shiny things.
(, Tue 12 Apr 2011, 11:38, Reply)
shiny things?
what shiny things? I want shiny things!
(, Tue 12 Apr 2011, 11:39, Reply)
He's talking about his shiny purple bellend

(, Tue 12 Apr 2011, 11:40, Reply)
It's usually a link, or news item, or my phone, or camera, or book, or drawing doodles, or someone talking to me, or a thought or a daydream or some crap like that.
Edit: or my shiny purple bellend.
(, Tue 12 Apr 2011, 11:40, Reply)
I have that same problem too
Before the Edit, btw.

I should be working now.
(, Tue 12 Apr 2011, 11:51, Reply)
Bit early for lunch...
Nunchuck skills

Thesis idea is a bit silly, maybe if you dug through the archives there might be someone who was born with two hearts?
(, Tue 12 Apr 2011, 11:40, Reply)
s'what I'm thinking.
It literally popped into my head while I was in the shower. Of course I'll do a "proper" one. But I just figured there's likely to be some sci-fi people around here with ideas!
(, Tue 12 Apr 2011, 11:42, Reply)
Thanks a fucking lot.
I've now got Phil Colins 'two hearts, living in just one mind' on my internal jukebox.
(, Tue 12 Apr 2011, 11:43, Reply)
Ahaha fuck.

(, Tue 12 Apr 2011, 11:44, Reply)
:)

(, Tue 12 Apr 2011, 11:44, Reply)
You fucking bastard
Now so have I.

*Tries desperately to think of "Hearts Burst Into Fire" by BFMV, for the first time ever*
(, Tue 12 Apr 2011, 11:44, Reply)
Hammerfall will sort you out.
"Hearts on fire, hearts on fire, burning burning with desire..."

Lyrical genius right there.
(, Tue 12 Apr 2011, 11:59, Reply)
It still vaguely makes sense though
BFMV's Matt Tuck seems to have Timelord aspirations. "When I see your face my hearts burst into fire"? Really? Do they?
(, Tue 12 Apr 2011, 12:00, Reply)
A cheese and ham salad sandwich
with a bag of Kolak "Taste of India" Masala flavoured potato crisps. Comes to something when the side dish is more interesting than the main.

As for my day, most of the rest of the office have done "training" on our new printer, but I have declined. It's not exactly rocket science, is it? I read the email announcement, I just have to type in a PIN to retrieve my print. It doesn't take 10 minutes of handholding to walk me through it, for fucks sake.
(, Tue 12 Apr 2011, 11:42, Reply)
it depends how scary the printer is for me
I don't like the uni ones, they're too complicated. I just use the one in my room that I brought from home.
(, Tue 12 Apr 2011, 11:51, Reply)
Alt: balance
Thesis idea is excellent. Aim big though - forget the two hearts, if you could work out how to make things bigger on the inside than they appear from the outside (arse jokes will be dismissed as "crap") you'll be rich. RICH, I tells ya!
(, Tue 12 Apr 2011, 11:43, Reply)
And if
they can travel in time and space, well, you'll be a millionaire!
(, Tue 12 Apr 2011, 11:53, Reply)

millionaire Billionaire!
(, Tue 12 Apr 2011, 11:53, Reply)
Or even
a trillionaire!

I want part of the money, or at least a trip on it with you!
(, Tue 12 Apr 2011, 11:55, Reply)
I think the bigger inside technology alone will be enough to make you a millionaire
Obviously if I could make the object travel through time I could make myself a millionaire whilst I was still young, but Poppet IS young so this is of less concern to her.

How are you today darling?
(, Tue 12 Apr 2011, 11:54, Reply)
Oh, well
the day goes slowly, but I'm seeing Mark tonight and we'll have a place to live in 9 days.

How are you? Is Glee still bothering you? I tried to watch a chapter yesterday and was very close to cut myself. Then I saw Buffy was in another chanel and that probably saved my life.
(, Tue 12 Apr 2011, 11:56, Reply)
Yay to the marital home!
Whereabouts is it?

I've found that complaining about Glee on FB is surprisingly cathartic. And it still contains the occasional moment of comic genius
(, Tue 12 Apr 2011, 12:01, Reply)
Yey!
It's in Redhill, we'll be there only for 6 months and look for something to buy, but don't know where yet.

I quite laugh at your comments, even when I haven't seen the series. Mainly because I find funny that you hate them so much and still watch it.
(, Tue 12 Apr 2011, 12:11, Reply)
It's a bit sad, but watching Glee is something Ms Foxtrot and I always do together
So am unwilling to give it up no matter how bad it gets
(, Tue 12 Apr 2011, 12:15, Reply)
Well, if it keeps you two together
the it's a good thing. I'm just glad that Mark doesn't like to watch anything that I don't like. We've both been in the mood of Star Wars for a while now, so I should get it and watch it tonight.
(, Tue 12 Apr 2011, 12:18, Reply)
You mean you don't already have it?!!

(, Tue 12 Apr 2011, 12:23, Reply)
We do
Packed somewhere, in one of those boxes, maybe here, maybe in Worthing, maybe in Manchester...

It's easier to rent another one for tonight.
(, Tue 12 Apr 2011, 12:31, Reply)
Fair enough then
I am pleased by your appreciation for the classics
(, Tue 12 Apr 2011, 12:35, Reply)
Yep, and that's a problem
Mark doesn't want to watch the new version of the trilogy, I don't know where I'm going to find the original ones.
(, Tue 12 Apr 2011, 12:37, Reply)
They are still out there
There was a re-release of the original versions a while back. Not sure if a video rental store will have both though.
(, Tue 12 Apr 2011, 12:49, Reply)
Lunch will be lasagna (a good for you one)
I wish I had the skill of not being a chicken and be able to sleep on an empty house. I'm glad Mark's staying with me tonight, because yesterday I couldn't close my eyes.

About your thesis, I'm sorry to say that you'll be wasting your time, as the answer is obvious. The Doctor is there, isn't he? so you'll only have to write one sentence at the most. Now, if you're going to study the biology of a Timelord and how it sustains life, then that's different.
(, Tue 12 Apr 2011, 11:49, Reply)
I'm having the remains of the amazing soup I had yesterday
Malay chicken laksa. Can't wait.

Day is going ok. Model is working well, I'm not tired (surprisingly). Only downside was the fucking shit hire car I have this week.

Chevrolet Spark: Do not like!

I agree with TMB regarding your thesis.
(, Tue 12 Apr 2011, 11:53, Reply)
Alright chap?
How much longer does your secondment go on for?
(, Tue 12 Apr 2011, 11:55, Reply)
2 days a week till end of June

(, Tue 12 Apr 2011, 11:59, Reply)
Has it been reduced?
I thought it was like four days a week or something. At least it's only for another three months and you'll be done by the summer.
(, Tue 12 Apr 2011, 12:09, Reply)
it was 3 days a week until end of march
now reduced, which is nice
(, Tue 12 Apr 2011, 12:10, Reply)
Chevrolet bought out Daewoo for the UK market
Hence they're shit cars.
(, Tue 12 Apr 2011, 11:55, Reply)
1967 Chevrolet Impalas are fucking SEX on wheels though.

(, Tue 12 Apr 2011, 11:57, Reply)
Yes they are
Proper Chevrolet American muscle cars rock. The cars they produced for the UK/Euro markets suck.
(, Tue 12 Apr 2011, 12:00, Reply)
:(
I know. it's so sad.

Right. Being poorly and stuff, I'm off to bed. Chat amongst yourselves!!
x
(, Tue 12 Apr 2011, 12:01, Reply)
That is a gorgeous fucking car
And I'm sure your affection for it has nothing to do with it being driven by Jensen Ackles
(, Tue 12 Apr 2011, 12:02, Reply)
Chevy Camaro SS.
Or nothing. I'll consider a Dodge Challenger HRT. If you're going muscle, go proper muscle...
(, Tue 12 Apr 2011, 12:06, Reply)
Chevrolet Spark? Oh dear

(, Tue 12 Apr 2011, 11:55, Reply)
I got a Spark as a hire car a while ago
I think I described it as the Hollyoaks of cars; looks sort of cute, unless you inspect it too closely, and fundamentally shit at what it's supposed to deliver
(, Tue 12 Apr 2011, 12:03, Reply)
Whenever I book a hire car I always request an automatic.
Usually you get something nice.
(, Tue 12 Apr 2011, 11:56, Reply)
Automatics are for benders and people who are missing limbs

(, Tue 12 Apr 2011, 11:56, Reply)
I don't know how to drive one.
I've only ever driven a manual.
(, Tue 12 Apr 2011, 11:57, Reply)
it's fucking easy

(, Tue 12 Apr 2011, 11:59, Reply)
Hint: they're really easy

(, Tue 12 Apr 2011, 11:59, Reply)
mate, my mum said the same thing about riding a bike and I still struggle.
my balance and coordination is SHIT.
(, Tue 12 Apr 2011, 11:59, Reply)
Srs no clutch, just point and drive.
I've got auto stick with paddles and a million times better than manual.
(, Tue 12 Apr 2011, 12:02, Reply)
the man talks sense though
ask for an automatic and for the same price, instead of a Chevrolet Spark you can get something much much better. One of my colleagues is Canadian and she has had Passats, a Merc and a Saab convertible because they are the only automatics the place had.
(, Tue 12 Apr 2011, 11:58, Reply)
This is your best ever car.
That's your Ferrari that is.


(, Tue 12 Apr 2011, 11:59, Reply)
speaking of shit cars
I am a big fan of the Chrysler PT Cruiser. Mostly because it looks like one of those big old-fashioned cars.
(, Tue 12 Apr 2011, 12:14, Reply)
Then I'll cut one of my arms
because if I'm ever buying a car, it'll be an automatic.
(, Tue 12 Apr 2011, 12:01, Reply)
we usually get automatics with cruise control
once you're on the motorway you may as well be in the back seat.
(, Tue 12 Apr 2011, 12:13, Reply)
I think you need to get a life.

(, Tue 12 Apr 2011, 12:08, Reply)
little harsh

(, Tue 12 Apr 2011, 12:11, Reply)
Psst Stay out of it doood they might have a massive fight.

(, Tue 12 Apr 2011, 12:11, Reply)
in jelly?

(, Tue 12 Apr 2011, 12:12, Reply)
Or mud

(, Tue 12 Apr 2011, 12:13, Reply)
Melted chocolate.

(, Tue 12 Apr 2011, 12:13, Reply)
mmmmm
chocolaaaaaate........
(, Tue 12 Apr 2011, 12:13, Reply)
might want to let that cool down a little first

(, Tue 12 Apr 2011, 12:14, Reply)
Then it would be too thick to fight in.
You're not thinking this through.
Have to add oil to it like in those chocolate fountains.
(, Tue 12 Apr 2011, 12:15, Reply)
I was just concerned about you getting scalded by really hot chocolate
have you considered some kind of mousse?
(, Tue 12 Apr 2011, 12:16, Reply)
Mousse might work better.
But what about moose?
(, Tue 12 Apr 2011, 12:18, Reply)
It's loose aboot this hoose
Like Vipros' mum.
(, Tue 12 Apr 2011, 12:19, Reply)
my mum looks like the woman in the post office from Postman Pat
Mrs Goggins.
(, Tue 12 Apr 2011, 12:20, Reply)
I know, but she puts her grey hair into pigtails for me
As I rail her hard enough to knock her wire-framed specs off her face.
(, Tue 12 Apr 2011, 12:21, Reply)
Hoots mon!

(, Tue 12 Apr 2011, 12:23, Reply)
might work
are we talking liquidised?
(, Tue 12 Apr 2011, 12:21, Reply)
I was thinking actually inside a whole one.

(, Tue 12 Apr 2011, 12:26, Reply)
Chevron ruiner!

(, Tue 12 Apr 2011, 12:27, Reply)
it'd have to be large
and you might need to hollow it out.
(, Tue 12 Apr 2011, 12:27, Reply)
I heard that they smell worse on the inside
than they do on the outside.
(, Tue 12 Apr 2011, 12:36, Reply)
I like what you've done there

(, Tue 12 Apr 2011, 13:08, Reply)
Pudding!

(, Tue 12 Apr 2011, 12:21, Reply)
Or maybe in a chevron

(, Tue 12 Apr 2011, 12:24, Reply)
What?

(, Tue 12 Apr 2011, 12:33, Reply)
*Chevron Gllees*
SUPER DOOPER POWERS..... still didn't fix it though.
(, Tue 12 Apr 2011, 12:33, Reply)
Did you just delete a subthread?

(, Tue 12 Apr 2011, 12:35, Reply)
I was just thinking that

(, Tue 12 Apr 2011, 12:37, Reply)
Someone did.
I was totally kissing your arse.
(, Tue 12 Apr 2011, 12:37, Reply)
I was about to reply with thanks
Gonz, how could you? I will now make it a point to ruin each and every chevron you try to create.
(, Tue 12 Apr 2011, 12:38, Reply)
Tried to fix the chevron, but it didn't work.
For the record though, Applebite was saying how she wants me to eat half-melted galaxy ripple off her.
(, Tue 12 Apr 2011, 12:38, Reply)
No Gonz, you went too far this time
You're a nice guy, I like your cute posts, but thread deletion is a sin. You shall suffer the consequences.
(, Tue 12 Apr 2011, 12:39, Reply)
Bring it on, bitch.
Just because I ran away after 3 pokes of acupuncture and you have tattos over 30% of your body, it doesn't mean to say I can't out Chevron you in a game of who can build a chevron.

You won't know it's coming, you won't see it, but it'll be there, sitting, waiting, biding it's time.
(, Tue 12 Apr 2011, 12:44, Reply)
Melted galaxy ripple? I love galaxy ripple.

(, Tue 12 Apr 2011, 12:25, Reply)
naa, Poppet already said she was off to bed

(, Tue 12 Apr 2011, 12:15, Reply)
says the man who accused me of trying to bore everybody to death
*lets it go*
(, Tue 12 Apr 2011, 12:11, Reply)
I think you'll find that I was accusing Darth

(, Tue 12 Apr 2011, 12:13, Reply)
And it didn't end up looking too good for you, did it

(, Tue 12 Apr 2011, 12:16, Reply)
could've been worse

(, Tue 12 Apr 2011, 12:18, Reply)
hmph
Also, I kind of got my own back last night: http://www.b3ta.com/questions/offtopic/post1161303
(, Tue 12 Apr 2011, 12:16, Reply)
not really getting your own back
I am quite smug

in order of how true to life b3ta memes are it goes:
1. Darth is a gargantuan queer
2. Vipros is smug
and so on
(, Tue 12 Apr 2011, 12:19, Reply)
I'm desperate.
Lampito loves anal.
Monty is a nazi. (Although this may have a ring of truth)
Noel's best friend is a 15" black rubber cock.
(, Tue 12 Apr 2011, 12:43, Reply)
Surely there are others?
Al is obese
Chompy is a rapist
Labs has a preposterous number of chins
Jeff makes bad puns (scraping the barrel now)
(, Tue 12 Apr 2011, 12:51, Reply)
That last one's not a meme.

(, Tue 12 Apr 2011, 12:51, Reply)
It's also the only one that is 100% fact

(, Tue 12 Apr 2011, 12:52, Reply)
Nor is Vipros being smug
I did mention that I was scraping the barrel... are there any I've missed?
(, Tue 12 Apr 2011, 12:52, Reply)
Nope, that's definitely all of them.

(, Tue 12 Apr 2011, 13:20, Reply)
That's not very nice
Is it, Applebite?
(, Tue 12 Apr 2011, 12:11, Reply)
Meh.

(, Tue 12 Apr 2011, 12:17, Reply)
You alright?

(, Tue 12 Apr 2011, 12:19, Reply)
Yep

(, Tue 12 Apr 2011, 12:26, Reply)
Good.

(, Tue 12 Apr 2011, 12:30, Reply)
And then when that life is over....
you get another life.
(, Tue 12 Apr 2011, 12:12, Reply)
Idea for thesis: faeces.

(, Tue 12 Apr 2011, 12:20, Reply)
Reece's Pieces.

(, Tue 12 Apr 2011, 12:21, Reply)
Reece's stuff is very much akin to faeces
edit: I've just had an idea. It's terrible, but it's made me laugh.

Form a really bad tribute band called the Small Faeces
(, Tue 12 Apr 2011, 12:25, Reply)
Like little slimy Malteasers.

(, Tue 12 Apr 2011, 12:27, Reply)
I'm afraid my brother and I beat you to this idea in about 1987.
We did not actually carry it out, mind you.
(, Tue 12 Apr 2011, 12:31, Reply)
sonofabitch
I was 6 in 1987 and was unfamiliar with the Small Faces
(, Tue 12 Apr 2011, 12:34, Reply)
WILL NOT BUY, WILL NOT BUY.... I can't afford this, in the respect that I'll have no self respect, BUT IT'S SO CHEAP.
www.game.co.uk/Wii/Hardware/Console/~r354628/Preowned-Nintendo-Wii-Console-with-New-Zumba-Fitness/?cm_mmc=Facebook-_-Digital-_-DODT_Wii_Zumba_FB-_-Link
(, Tue 12 Apr 2011, 12:29, Reply)
Oh wow, I've literally only just woken up
having been up half the night vomiting. Totally not cool :(
I wish I could sleep well.
(, Tue 12 Apr 2011, 12:29, Reply)
You and me both.
I'm pleased I'm not vomiting. I did wake up at 4.30am today having woken at 5am every day for the past five or six. Hope you feel better - what's causing your upchucks?
(, Tue 12 Apr 2011, 12:30, Reply)
Not too sure.
I've been forgetting to eat then being ravenous, so I think that has something to do with it. But it's not nice :(
(, Tue 12 Apr 2011, 12:37, Reply)
I *DIDN'T EAT* the last two chicken wings last night, I was so proud of myself.
I still went to bed looking like I'd swallowed a rugby ball.
(, Tue 12 Apr 2011, 12:46, Reply)
Alt: not giving a fuck.
Lunch same as yesterday.
(, Tue 12 Apr 2011, 12:38, Reply)
Hi BGB, do you need an internet hug?

(, Tue 12 Apr 2011, 12:39, Reply)
You can give me a hug if you like but I'm fine.
I'm just talking generally and not relating to anything specific.
(, Tue 12 Apr 2011, 12:41, Reply)
My dad has threatened to give me a three year old I-phone that my grandad gave him : )
Which is spooky because my phone screen broke last night. Woo!
(, Tue 12 Apr 2011, 12:55, Reply)

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