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(, Sun 1 Apr 2001, 1:00)
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OK new thread as last one too long.
Cheer me up. OR laugh at me.

Ask me a question - or tell me something I won't know and should. Just fucking post something, alright?

NB Not you, Bert.
(, Wed 20 Apr 2011, 13:22, 159 replies, latest was 15 years ago)
you should check out Closer to Doom by Bigelf
when you get the opportunity. You will like it.
(, Wed 20 Apr 2011, 13:25, Reply)
Will do, ta.

(, Wed 20 Apr 2011, 13:26, Reply)
hopefully I am remembering correctly
but that song in particular is kind of like that Electric Wizard stuff.
(, Wed 20 Apr 2011, 13:37, Reply)
I have been for pizza with Mrs Cow and Cow Jr
It was most pleasant and took me away from the overwhelming drudgery of work
(, Wed 20 Apr 2011, 13:25, Reply)
Did you get drunk too
or you behaved while the kid was there? Are you going to get drunk now? Is your laptop working?
(, Wed 20 Apr 2011, 13:28, Reply)
My laptop is still fooooked
and I have had no beer
(, Wed 20 Apr 2011, 13:30, Reply)
It's a bad day today, isn't it?
I'm just waiting another 2.5h to go home. I'd like to go to bed early, but with the Madrid-Barcelona on tv at 8.30 I fear it'll be a late night and a difficult day tomorrow.
(, Wed 20 Apr 2011, 13:33, Reply)
What pizza did you go for?

(, Wed 20 Apr 2011, 13:39, Reply)
Pizza Hut unfortunately
Cow Jr loves it and she is a very picky eater. £6.99 buffet
(, Wed 20 Apr 2011, 13:52, Reply)
can someone send me some onion rings? I really miss them.
*that was your question, by the way*
(, Wed 20 Apr 2011, 13:26, Reply)
The crisps or actual onion rings?

(, Wed 20 Apr 2011, 13:27, Reply)
actual deep fried, artery hardening, cholesterol raising, heart attack causing Onion Rings.
*drools*
(, Wed 20 Apr 2011, 13:28, Reply)
come visit me again
and you can have some Hassans
(, Wed 20 Apr 2011, 13:29, Reply)
It's a date. :D

(, Wed 20 Apr 2011, 13:30, Reply)
You have flour and onions in your country don't you?
They're easy to make.
(, Wed 20 Apr 2011, 13:29, Reply)

They lost everything in the floods you insensitive bastard.
(, Wed 20 Apr 2011, 13:56, Reply)
Just make some then. Piece of piss.

(, Wed 20 Apr 2011, 13:29, Reply)
yeah but are they gonna be as good as the ones from the chippy by the seaside where it' fucking FREEZING?

(, Wed 20 Apr 2011, 13:30, Reply)
Eat them in the fridge

(, Wed 20 Apr 2011, 13:32, Reply)
Oh, you made me laugh
I know this is silly, but I did LOL. LOOOOL
(, Wed 20 Apr 2011, 13:38, Reply)
I've just had some from our canteen
canteen restaurant bistro

with a very nice DIY burger and curly fries.

Sorry this wasn't the nommy lunchtime thread, was it?
(, Wed 20 Apr 2011, 13:34, Reply)
I had lunch from the canteen at uni.
potato gemsssssss. YUM.
(, Wed 20 Apr 2011, 13:40, Reply)
What are those?
Never heard of them.
(, Wed 20 Apr 2011, 13:43, Reply)
Croquettes I think.

(, Wed 20 Apr 2011, 13:58, Reply)
OIC
Excellent
(, Wed 20 Apr 2011, 14:03, Reply)
Hi, Monty
I was going to try to cheer you up, but whatever I say you're going to reply with a that doesn't work or that doesn't make me happy, so I won't try.

You're not going to follow my advice, either, so I won't repeat it again.

I'll just try to avoid you getting upset with me for the day. That shouldn't be too difficult, as you're in a good mood now.
(, Wed 20 Apr 2011, 13:27, Reply)
No I'm fucking not.

(, Wed 20 Apr 2011, 13:27, Reply)
To what of all I said
you are replying "no"? It's confusing.
(, Wed 20 Apr 2011, 13:29, Reply)
No I'm fucking not in a good mood now.
I could quite happily punch a dog to death.
(, Wed 20 Apr 2011, 13:30, Reply)
I see
Maybe you'd be happier if you followed my advice? You can try for a week and see what happens... there's nothing to loose.
(, Wed 20 Apr 2011, 13:31, Reply)
The only problem is
most people are quite sensitive about how others feel about them. So if he starts being overly sweet and nice, she'll feel he's up to something and will become even more paranoid
(, Wed 20 Apr 2011, 13:32, Reply)
Not overly
Just say sorry for the 5mins late of the other day. Say he thought about it, he understands she was worried and that it won't happen again. And he can see how she reacts. What can he lose, he's fucked already.
(, Wed 20 Apr 2011, 13:34, Reply)
I'm going to watch U2 at glastonbury and I'm going to enjoy it.

(, Wed 20 Apr 2011, 13:27, Reply)
I have no reply to this.

(, Wed 20 Apr 2011, 13:31, Reply)
tescos no longer has a photo lab

(, Wed 20 Apr 2011, 13:27, Reply)
That sounds like the work of the dastardly NICK CLEGG AND HIS CRONIES.

(, Wed 20 Apr 2011, 13:28, Reply)
I've started reading the book you went on about ages ago. CJ Samson (sp)
It's very readable. I read Wolf Hall first to get me in the mood.
(, Wed 20 Apr 2011, 13:28, Reply)
I really hope you enjoy it. I found him to be a wonderful writer and his research is exemplary too.

(, Wed 20 Apr 2011, 13:29, Reply)
He does paint a very good picture of the time and place.

(, Wed 20 Apr 2011, 13:31, Reply)
With John Stapleton?

(, Wed 20 Apr 2011, 13:42, Reply)
Pfft!

(, Wed 20 Apr 2011, 13:45, Reply)
Something you won't know and should...
On this day in 1968 Enoch Powell made his rivers of blood speech.
(, Wed 20 Apr 2011, 13:28, Reply)
*holds street party*

(, Wed 20 Apr 2011, 13:29, Reply)
Today is also Hitlers birthday
*bakes cake*
(, Wed 20 Apr 2011, 13:30, Reply)
*holds Nazi party*

(, Wed 20 Apr 2011, 13:31, Reply)
Today was the birth of Mr Witty-Re
How about a celebration for something most people will clearly never understand?

Yes, it's a shit joke, but it's amused me
(, Wed 20 Apr 2011, 13:41, Reply)
Isn't it hitlers birthday or something today?

(, Wed 20 Apr 2011, 13:30, Reply)
*checks tattoo*
Yup.
(, Wed 20 Apr 2011, 13:31, Reply)
tell you something: i quite like doing taxes, makes me feel smart
ask you something:
do you have a favorite pen? describe it.
is it blue or black ink?
do you still write letters?
if so, do you use stationary?
do you seal the envelope?
(, Wed 20 Apr 2011, 13:31, Reply)
I prefer stationery. It moves a bit faster.

(, Wed 20 Apr 2011, 13:32, Reply)
is this a joke?
can you answer them all please?
(, Wed 20 Apr 2011, 13:35, Reply)
I've got a couple of nice Mont Blanc pens
A finer pen I've yet to own.
(, Wed 20 Apr 2011, 13:34, Reply)

pen Writing Instruments
(, Wed 20 Apr 2011, 13:36, Reply)
You've clearly never had a Berol Notewriter.

(, Wed 20 Apr 2011, 13:36, Reply)

Berol Notewriter. crayon clutched in your fist while you stab at the colouring book with your tongue sticking out the side of your mouth, and your brow and forehead creased in concentration.
(, Wed 20 Apr 2011, 13:41, Reply)
hahaha

(, Wed 20 Apr 2011, 13:42, Reply)
I only 'own' pens while I use them
it's like a zen/transitory use-orientated ownership thing.

The student I explained this to in an exam who asked "do you have a pen" probably didn't want that answer. especially when it went on for some time
(, Wed 20 Apr 2011, 13:42, Reply)
I have a Parker biro that I've been using since I did my GCSEs
which was 13 years ago. Great pen. I found it somewhere, and had to replace part of it with a bit off another one I found somewhere because, despite it being made of metal, I chewed a round part of it until it was square.

interesting eh?
(, Wed 20 Apr 2011, 13:40, Reply)
I use a peacock feather quill, vellum instead of paper, and negro blood instead of ink. .
This is because I am a colossal wankstain.

I write letters occasionally but mainly just after Xmas to thank gift-givers. I do indeed use stationery as I have found merely writing one's message on the table does not have the desired effect.

If you knew how dodgy UK postmen were you'd not have bothered with the last Q.
(, Wed 20 Apr 2011, 13:41, Reply)
Our local pub-quizmaster is a postie
and possess an almost encyclopaedic knowledge of shitey daytime TV.

I conclude that he does his "day's" work in about 15 minutes before returning to his midden and taking root in front of the box.

And if he spent a further 15 minutes a day on personal grooming I'd be fucking amazed.
(, Wed 20 Apr 2011, 13:47, Reply)
postman is yet another of the temp jobs I applied for and didn't even hear back about
to add to the list of grave digger and porn photoshopper.
(, Wed 20 Apr 2011, 13:48, Reply)
I use bic black biros at home and at work.
Best all-day-writing pen in existence. They last five or six days at work.
(, Wed 20 Apr 2011, 13:51, Reply)
my parker pen has last approximately 13 years on 4 refills
if I'd paid for it then it would be excellent value for money.
(, Wed 20 Apr 2011, 13:52, Reply)
50p a pack of ten at Tesco on offer a while back.
Oh look I've died of shitness.
(, Wed 20 Apr 2011, 13:55, Reply)
so....
how 'bout those waterproof trousers?
(, Wed 20 Apr 2011, 13:57, Reply)
Where DOES that come from?
Cave Duck appears to have said it a lot, before Monty jumped on it.
(, Wed 20 Apr 2011, 14:01, Reply)
don't know about that
me and Al were discussing the merits of waterproof trousers and got (rightly) mocked for doing so. By Monty I thought
(, Wed 20 Apr 2011, 14:06, Reply)
Yeah, Monty is its main proponent.

(, Wed 20 Apr 2011, 14:08, Reply)
I was given a 10 year award of a Yard O'Led fountain pen
It is very nice
(, Wed 20 Apr 2011, 14:28, Reply)
there are animals at the Zoo

(, Wed 20 Apr 2011, 13:31, Reply)
Fuck off are there. Not since the cuts. Now they all roam free in Hyde Park.
THANKS, GORDON CLOWN.
(, Wed 20 Apr 2011, 13:32, Reply)
Ah, that explains
all the shouting and screaming from people this morning on the way to work.
(, Wed 20 Apr 2011, 13:36, Reply)
No that was chompy
Merrily raping his way to work, zipideedooda!
(, Wed 20 Apr 2011, 13:42, Reply)
He works near me?
And I've been coming here every day unprotected? The horror!
(, Wed 20 Apr 2011, 13:43, Reply)
That means you now have AIDs :(

(, Wed 20 Apr 2011, 13:44, Reply)
Oh, no!
I'll call the doctors to get the vaccine now! It might not be too late!
(, Wed 20 Apr 2011, 13:45, Reply)
What do you call a zoo with just one small dog in it?

(, Wed 20 Apr 2011, 13:46, Reply)
A dog house?

(, Wed 20 Apr 2011, 13:47, Reply)
A Shitzu.

(, Wed 20 Apr 2011, 13:49, Reply)
Gonz's flat?

(, Wed 20 Apr 2011, 13:49, Reply)
He hasn't got a dog
He's not allowed.
(, Wed 20 Apr 2011, 13:51, Reply)
why do you like people asking you questions so much?

(, Wed 20 Apr 2011, 13:33, Reply)
Because I get sick of asking them.
This place is like herding cretins, sometimes.
(, Wed 20 Apr 2011, 13:34, Reply)
I think of it more like hunting cretins.

(, Wed 20 Apr 2011, 13:36, Reply)
or hunting croutons
for the more soup obssessed
(, Wed 20 Apr 2011, 13:43, Reply)
Oh look we've managed to somehow get back to food again
Excellent b3taing
(, Wed 20 Apr 2011, 13:47, Reply)
do I get points?
I got points earlier
(, Wed 20 Apr 2011, 13:48, Reply)
As many as you can eat

(, Wed 20 Apr 2011, 14:02, Reply)
Facts
Gropecunt (as a street name) was last recorded in 1561...
(, Wed 20 Apr 2011, 13:39, Reply)
Lolfacts like that are always in the newsletter, get with the programme

(, Wed 20 Apr 2011, 13:41, Reply)
I refuse to subscribe to your programme...
dont you oppress me,
(, Wed 20 Apr 2011, 13:46, Reply)
I am in THE NORTH
However I haven't yet been clobbered by a local who is scared of the witch craft of my "matching shoes"
(, Wed 20 Apr 2011, 13:41, Reply)
I am in THE SOUTH
and despite having a couple of painful days of walking on the streets of London feeling sick and almost fainting with the pain, nobody has asked me if I'm ok or if I need help. Londoners...
(, Wed 20 Apr 2011, 13:48, Reply)
That's not the fault of Londoners, that's the fault of cunts.

(, Wed 20 Apr 2011, 13:51, Reply)
Well
all the people I've met in the streets of London are cunts, then, from your words.
(, Wed 20 Apr 2011, 13:53, Reply)
No, all the people you've met have become sick of being preyed on by cunts.
Although maybe some of them were.
(, Wed 20 Apr 2011, 13:57, Reply)
I see what you mean
It's sad, though. I could have done with some help last week.
(, Wed 20 Apr 2011, 14:01, Reply)
UPDATE
I have just seen a whippet, disappointingly it was not wearing a flat cap
(, Wed 20 Apr 2011, 13:59, Reply)
Fact that is more well known than I realised, but I still like it.
If the Sun was to disappear, we would still feel it's heat, and see it's light for 8 minutes afterwards. However, more oddly, the Earth would continue to orbit it for the same time period too.
(, Wed 20 Apr 2011, 13:44, Reply)
What about The Mirror?

(, Wed 20 Apr 2011, 13:45, Reply)
the light thing is known by everyone
the orbit one is odd though. do you have a source?
(, Wed 20 Apr 2011, 13:46, Reply)
He does. Chilli - it came with his munchy box.

(, Wed 20 Apr 2011, 13:47, Reply)
It's in the new Brian Cox book, does that count?

(, Wed 20 Apr 2011, 13:47, Reply)
yeah, he's a scientist
more or less
(, Wed 20 Apr 2011, 13:49, Reply)
Sounds reasonable assuming that gravity is limited by the speed of light the same as everything else.

(, Wed 20 Apr 2011, 13:54, Reply)
Oh hello you I met your friend last night, I think she liked me.
I certainly liked her.
(, Wed 20 Apr 2011, 13:58, Reply)
Yes I have just found a text from her, she said you're lovely.

(, Wed 20 Apr 2011, 14:07, Reply)
for some reason I feel like it should either be instant, or take longer
I have no reason for that
(, Wed 20 Apr 2011, 13:58, Reply)
but gravity doesn't travel, does it?
also there's some weird shit about gravity and why it's so weak. Something about links with other universes...potentially anyway
(, Wed 20 Apr 2011, 14:02, Reply)
Brane theory, yes.
I don't know if we have a good enough model of gravity to know if it needs to travel.
(, Wed 20 Apr 2011, 14:08, Reply)
Wouldn't it just get gradually cooler?

(, Wed 20 Apr 2011, 13:47, Reply)
I don't think so, it'd simply go from hot to cold.

(, Wed 20 Apr 2011, 13:51, Reply)
Hmmm,
I can't see that happening. If the sun turned off, there would be a gradual twilight. But I'm not a scientist.
(, Wed 20 Apr 2011, 13:53, Reply)
It would get instantly dark.
The temperature would feel like it had dropped a big chunk instantly, like going from bright sunshine to shade, and then the rest of the heat would radiate away down to a baseline supported by decaying thorium in the earth's crust and the fuck-off amount of molten rock and metal inside the planet.
(, Wed 20 Apr 2011, 13:56, Reply)
How long would it be before we all died?

(, Wed 20 Apr 2011, 13:58, Reply)
Not a clue.
People would be able to survive though, we have the technology. I remember reading a short story when I was a kid about people having to go out and fill buckets with frozen oxygen off the ground to replenish their air supply.
(, Wed 20 Apr 2011, 14:03, Reply)
we'd only survive if we had
warning, though, surely
(, Wed 20 Apr 2011, 14:04, Reply)
I would have thought those with access to self-contained nuclear-powered bunkers would last a while,
even with minimal warning.
(, Wed 20 Apr 2011, 14:06, Reply)
Andy Mcnab would survive it.
He'd slot the bastard.
(, Wed 20 Apr 2011, 14:07, Reply)
so pack a jumper
just in case
(, Wed 20 Apr 2011, 13:58, Reply)
Bollocks.
The atmosphere, earth's surface and seas hold a fuckload of heat energy. Unless you mean, like, sunlight on your face, in which case yes.
(, Wed 20 Apr 2011, 13:54, Reply)
Yes, that's what I mean, sorry.

(, Wed 20 Apr 2011, 14:19, Reply)
Gorillas can't swim.

(, Wed 20 Apr 2011, 13:44, Reply)
nor can chimpanzees
I learnt this from the episode of Quantum Leap when he leaps into a chimpanzee
(, Wed 20 Apr 2011, 13:45, Reply)
Sounds vaguely like bestiality.
Poor chimp.
(, Wed 20 Apr 2011, 13:47, Reply)
RACIST.

(, Wed 20 Apr 2011, 13:46, Reply)
But they do like to use steam rooms.
I saw a film about it.
(, Wed 20 Apr 2011, 13:46, Reply)
They can also fly,
at least, in The Wizard of Oz they can.
(, Wed 20 Apr 2011, 13:48, Reply)
The steam room fact came about from reading the title of a film
'Gorillas in the mist' or something.
(, Wed 20 Apr 2011, 13:49, Reply)
One appeared with Ronald Reagan,
in "Bed time for Bonzo".
(, Wed 20 Apr 2011, 13:52, Reply)
Despite being in Kentish Town, the Southampton Arms is a nice boozer and has a proper record player.

(, Wed 20 Apr 2011, 13:47, Reply)
I've not been out in the area since my brother left there 3 years ago.
It's getting more gentrified but not where I lived, the aptly named 'Weedington Road'. I was offered amphetamines in the chippy.
(, Wed 20 Apr 2011, 13:51, Reply)
battered ones?
/elvis
(, Wed 20 Apr 2011, 13:53, Reply)
Instead of salt?

(, Wed 20 Apr 2011, 13:54, Reply)
Monty
In my new role as SportCow's (how you doin' Tiger? Good pizza?)lifecoach I feel that I need to spread some goodwill your way.

Did you know that you are 100% better than your ex and that you will overcome this problem shortly? It is something you should apply your considerable ability to solving, not reacting to. You are emminently capable of doing this in your sleep.

We should all be having sunshine drinks.
(, Wed 20 Apr 2011, 13:48, Reply)

drinks coach trips.
(, Wed 20 Apr 2011, 13:50, Reply)
Haha!
Some of the more "senior" members.
(, Wed 20 Apr 2011, 13:52, Reply)
Your words are most kind, and most welcome.
However I am well and truly stumped. I've tried being reasonable - she takes the piss - shitty - she flares up - you name it, I've tried it...
(, Wed 20 Apr 2011, 13:53, Reply)
Just leave it for a week. Mabe even two.
Then softly, softly raise it again.

You're being reasonable highlights to her how unreasonable she likely feels which gives her nowhere to go to save face.
(, Wed 20 Apr 2011, 13:55, Reply)
Bitches be crazy.
Are you not aware of this?
(, Wed 20 Apr 2011, 13:59, Reply)
Yes.
The only thing I have come to appreciate in my 37 years is that in this sort of situation, less can definitely be more.
(, Wed 20 Apr 2011, 14:01, Reply)
I suspect that you may be missing something here
I don't think (from what Monty has told us) that she's even vaguely aware that she's being unreasonable.
(, Wed 20 Apr 2011, 14:00, Reply)
Trudat.
I think leaving it alone for a bit may help rather than hinder.
(, Wed 20 Apr 2011, 14:02, Reply)
Have you tried having her sectioned?
I'm only half joking.
(, Wed 20 Apr 2011, 13:56, Reply)
You seem to keep expecting her to be a reasonable human being. This is a mistake.

(, Wed 20 Apr 2011, 14:01, Reply)
Not his first one, though.

(, Wed 20 Apr 2011, 14:02, Reply)
Ooo! do me do me.

(, Wed 20 Apr 2011, 13:53, Reply)
That's a bit forward Blousie.

(, Wed 20 Apr 2011, 13:55, Reply)
Life coaches are used to it Jeff.

(, Wed 20 Apr 2011, 13:56, Reply)
*Makes note*

(, Wed 20 Apr 2011, 13:57, Reply)
How I have longed to hear those words!

(, Wed 20 Apr 2011, 13:55, Reply)
Right words, wrong mouth.

(, Wed 20 Apr 2011, 13:57, Reply)
Story of my life.

(, Wed 20 Apr 2011, 13:59, Reply)
Hey! you're supposed to be the life coach, not me.

(, Wed 20 Apr 2011, 14:00, Reply)
It's my first day.

(, Wed 20 Apr 2011, 14:01, Reply)
Isn't a life coach a bit of a non job?
Like a personal shopper?
(, Wed 20 Apr 2011, 14:10, Reply)
That the first SNP MP was a Classicist and did translations of Sappho into Scottish?
Not Gaelic. Scottish. The one I'm looking at now is entitled "Thon Time We Aa Wonned".
(, Wed 20 Apr 2011, 13:55, Reply)
He must have been a hoot at parties.

(, Wed 20 Apr 2011, 14:04, Reply)
Hoots mon!

(, Wed 20 Apr 2011, 14:20, Reply)

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