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I just won at sewing.
I've made four wine bags and made my corset look skirt actually suck flab in like a corset really should.

I know that this doesn't really deserve a thread, but nobody is home to brag to.
(, Mon 25 Apr 2011, 15:46, 152 replies, latest was 15 years ago)
i'd quite love a corset
but i can't sew worth shit

so, well done you
(, Mon 25 Apr 2011, 15:49, Reply)
sewing always deserves a thread
also, still need help here
www.b3ta.com/questions/offtopic/post1180827

so why aren't you posting pictures of it? that's the real way to brag
(, Mon 25 Apr 2011, 15:52, Reply)
Take a look
www.flickr.com/photos/52268180@N00/5653612491/
(, Mon 25 Apr 2011, 16:47, Reply)
nice job

(, Mon 25 Apr 2011, 17:08, Reply)
Thanks
Thanks for that Crunchy.

I think I'm going to put two up for sale on Etsy. I really have no need to carry 24 bottles of wine.
(, Mon 25 Apr 2011, 17:21, Reply)
any more than 6 bottles
and you might as well just get it delivered :)
(, Mon 25 Apr 2011, 17:22, Reply)
I don't know
I still like to think that I will find my prince while I am browsing for a new pinot noir.
(, Mon 25 Apr 2011, 17:24, Reply)
wine bag?

(, Mon 25 Apr 2011, 15:55, Reply)
it's a bag
with 6 separate compartments, so you can carry 6 bottles of wine, or 6 empty bottles of wine to the recycling place.
(, Mon 25 Apr 2011, 16:14, Reply)
I can foresee that the first one would be more useful

(, Mon 25 Apr 2011, 16:17, Reply)
thus
the second use would be handy. Eventually.
(, Mon 25 Apr 2011, 16:24, Reply)
Amberl just tosses the empties over her shoulder willy-nilly
like Francis Begbie in Trainspotting.
(, Mon 25 Apr 2011, 16:28, Reply)
personally
I gather them, until visiting my home makes me look like a ghastly alcoholic, then I scuffle off to the bottle bank, four or five times.
(, Mon 25 Apr 2011, 16:32, Reply)
I usually clear them out once I start running out of space to prepare food
or when friends/family try for an intervention, whichever comes first.
(, Mon 25 Apr 2011, 16:45, Reply)
Perhaps
I could get funding to follow Amberl around and collect the empties. Does she drink enough to keep me in full time employment?
(, Mon 25 Apr 2011, 17:05, Reply)
quite probably
more worrying I was lazily watching Malcolm in the Middle and realised that it reminded me of my own family.
(, Mon 25 Apr 2011, 17:07, Reply)
Could be worse
watching Shameless reminds me of mine..
(, Mon 25 Apr 2011, 20:37, Reply)
I spent today destroying a digusting fireplace.
amazing how much rubble came out.
(, Mon 25 Apr 2011, 16:43, Reply)
Wow
Did you find anything interesting amongst the rubble?
(, Mon 25 Apr 2011, 16:49, Reply)
some candle wax, cotton buds, a dog end
and a drill bit.

by which I mean no, I did not.
(, Mon 25 Apr 2011, 17:13, Reply)
depends which end of the dog

(, Mon 25 Apr 2011, 17:28, Reply)
i've been tidying out cupboards all day
and am so allergic to dust that i look/sound like i've got flu.

what the fuck my cleaner has been doing for the last 12 months i have no idea..........
(, Mon 25 Apr 2011, 17:14, Reply)
she's been wearing your pants
and dancing round your flat
(, Mon 25 Apr 2011, 17:15, Reply)
new Coll3ctive post!
and this one is useful

www.coll3ctive.co.uk/world/crunchy/rough-guide-to-the-interior-of-the-earth/
(, Mon 25 Apr 2011, 17:22, Reply)
Good work
I remember Graboids from Tremors but didn't realise they had such a comprehensive Wikipedia page. Walter would be proud.
(, Mon 25 Apr 2011, 17:48, Reply)
there was a surprising amount of information on them
except exact depths of where they live
(, Mon 25 Apr 2011, 18:01, Reply)
That's really very useful Captain.
*Packs picnic*
(, Mon 25 Apr 2011, 17:52, Reply)
I couldn't find a youtube link
to The Wombles song King Merton and his journey to the centre of the earth. They pack sandwiches and ginger beer
(, Mon 25 Apr 2011, 17:54, Reply)
Where are dragons from?

(, Mon 25 Apr 2011, 17:58, Reply)
anywhere you don't know what's there
so probably where you go for a picnic. Careful, they'll go for your sandwiches and they are much worse than wasps
(, Mon 25 Apr 2011, 18:00, Reply)
They could toast my sarnies for me.

(, Mon 25 Apr 2011, 18:04, Reply)
Hokie smokes!
Are moles really only 30cm away from us? A ruler length is my standard 'off the top of me head' measurement, they can't be there! They. Just. Can't.
(, Mon 25 Apr 2011, 18:18, Reply)
wear thick-soled shoes and
you should be OK. But still, beware
(, Mon 25 Apr 2011, 18:50, Reply)
Since Thursday I have had an absolutely unbelievably good few days.
Topped off by QPR hilariously pitch invading to celebrate a meaningless draw at home to Hull about an hour ago. Only downside was my shades smashing into a thousand pieces whilst celebrating our goal on Saturday.
(, Mon 25 Apr 2011, 18:03, Reply)
I take it the whistle blew before the Norwich goal then
Whose goal were you celebrating?
(, Mon 25 Apr 2011, 18:09, Reply)
Aye it did.
Warnock's face was a picture on Sky Sports News. I hate that tinpot club beyond words.

Was celebrating Fulham's equaliser away to Wolves. Means nothing in the grand scheme of things, but it was my brother's first away day so was nice to be able to both go loopy for a bit and take the piss out of the home fans.
(, Mon 25 Apr 2011, 18:14, Reply)
Did little Bro enough his first away trip?
I trust you took him on the train and got him wrecked-up on cans of lager.
(, Mon 25 Apr 2011, 18:25, Reply)
He loved it and I did.
My mates have already told him whenever he wants to go he's more than welcome to go with them, he's made up with that.
Here's us with a comedy flag at half time, he's the one on the far left and yes I know he looks about twice my age: a7.sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc6/221928_10150251055535120_649460119_9059364_2641662_n.jpg
(, Mon 25 Apr 2011, 18:34, Reply)
Will the Fulham Yoof also be making tea-towels and mugs to mark the big day?

(, Mon 25 Apr 2011, 18:42, Reply)
Ha I didn't notice that at the bottom.
We stick to commemorative plates mostly.
(, Mon 25 Apr 2011, 18:50, Reply)
I am dreading next weekend.
I've promised myself I'm going to get shit sorted.

This weekend has been fab though.
(, Mon 25 Apr 2011, 18:21, Reply)
Are all of your spare stools lying about higgledy piggledy at the moment?
*Waves*
(, Mon 25 Apr 2011, 18:23, Reply)
*waves*
eh?
(, Mon 25 Apr 2011, 18:29, Reply)
All of your shits need sorting out.
I suggest you grade them, based on how firm they are.
(, Mon 25 Apr 2011, 18:31, Reply)
Oh Jeff!
Tongue healed yet?
(, Mon 25 Apr 2011, 18:32, Reply)
Kinda.
It only bleeds if I eat crisps now.
(, Mon 25 Apr 2011, 18:32, Reply)
What on earth have you done to it?
Did you try to lick a broken window or something?
(, Mon 25 Apr 2011, 18:34, Reply)
I sent Blousie a photo.
I might have well tried licking a broken window, it wouldn't have been any worse.

Cider was a factor is this particular injury.
(, Mon 25 Apr 2011, 18:41, Reply)
Envelope paper cut?
Ouch.
(, Mon 25 Apr 2011, 18:41, Reply)
No.
It was a cider fulled slip that resulted in a tooth thru tongue related injury.
(, Mon 25 Apr 2011, 18:44, Reply)
Oh.
Silly cunt.
(, Mon 25 Apr 2011, 18:45, Reply)
Yeap.
I'm always doing things like this though.
(, Mon 25 Apr 2011, 18:46, Reply)
Photo?

(, Mon 25 Apr 2011, 18:44, Reply)
You assumed it was some sort of joke.

(, Mon 25 Apr 2011, 18:46, Reply)
I have also decided cider drinking is the way forward for less dreadful hangovers the day after.
Also this FTW. It's nommy.

www.thedrinkshop.com/products/nlpdetail.php?prodid=4398
(, Mon 25 Apr 2011, 18:49, Reply)
that sounds like doom flavoured doom

(, Mon 25 Apr 2011, 18:51, Reply)
They sell that in The Hatchet in Bristol.
It's quite sweet, but if you're looking for something a bit different, it isn't a bad drop.

The trick is to have a mouthful of beer and then sling another shot of Tequila into it. Someone did come up for a name for it in the pub, but I can't remember what it was. Something along the lines of 'Expresso-Depresso' or something,
(, Mon 25 Apr 2011, 18:53, Reply)
I certainly felt the effects after two bottles.

(, Mon 25 Apr 2011, 19:05, Reply)
When you see it....

(, Mon 25 Apr 2011, 18:51, Reply)
this is the camouflage
used by the Ottoman army...
(, Mon 25 Apr 2011, 18:53, Reply)
I wanted to buy some camouflage trousers.
I couldn't find them anywhere.

Boom. Boom.
(, Mon 25 Apr 2011, 18:54, Reply)
I have won at nothing today
although I did get quite a nice lie-in.
(, Mon 25 Apr 2011, 18:55, Reply)
Hi berk

(, Mon 25 Apr 2011, 18:56, Reply)
Hi Jeff.

(, Mon 25 Apr 2011, 18:57, Reply)
How long until you go on your holiday?

(, Mon 25 Apr 2011, 19:04, Reply)
Thursday lunchtime I fly out
so, not long. However I've just checked the weather forecast for where I'm going and it's pissing it down. Not happy.
(, Mon 25 Apr 2011, 19:05, Reply)
You'll have a fantastic time, doing interesting stuff and being all touristy.
You'll get to enjoy coffee and people watch. That's always a highlight of any break.
(, Mon 25 Apr 2011, 19:07, Reply)
That's the plan
I can forget about stupid boys and stupid jobs and stupid stuff and just go and see new and interesting and pretty stuff.
(, Mon 25 Apr 2011, 19:10, Reply)
And if the new stuff is also stupid, it'll be stupid in a different language, so you won't know just how stupid it is.
Win!
(, Mon 25 Apr 2011, 19:11, Reply)
are things better with your man friend?

(, Mon 25 Apr 2011, 18:58, Reply)
Meh
your guess is as good as mine. I can't keep up with what's going on any more.
(, Mon 25 Apr 2011, 18:59, Reply)
I'm sorry dear.

(, Mon 25 Apr 2011, 19:01, Reply)
It'll sort itself out
or it won't, and I'll be reduced to beakering on here. Again.

But thanks though.
(, Mon 25 Apr 2011, 19:02, Reply)
that's what here is for:
beakering and showing off. So either way a useful servicce
(, Mon 25 Apr 2011, 19:04, Reply)
well, at least you don't seem to be freaking out about it

(, Mon 25 Apr 2011, 19:05, Reply)
I am
but I'm so bloody weary of it that I can't be arsed to get all angsty.
(, Mon 25 Apr 2011, 19:07, Reply)
I think that's a sign, that it's not really worth it, and obviously he isn't as great as you thought he was
/outsiders perspective
(, Mon 25 Apr 2011, 19:08, Reply)
I could be worrying about nothing though
it has been known for me to read stuff in to things and overcomplicate things by being paranoid. So yeah, I'm worried about why I haven't heard from him, but equally I could be worrying about nothing. Also equally, I shouldn't have to do all the fucking legwork. No doubt I will get bored of waiting for him to contact me, but at the moment I'm still playing the waiting game.
(, Mon 25 Apr 2011, 19:12, Reply)
I'm saying, 'ignore the advice of both Blousie and K, and do what you want to do, even if you think it might well be the wrong thing'

(, Mon 25 Apr 2011, 19:09, Reply)
Relationships are supposed to be hard work at the end and not at the beginning.

(, Mon 25 Apr 2011, 19:11, Reply)
In theory I agree with you Blousie.

(, Mon 25 Apr 2011, 19:12, Reply)
I'm not giving her advice, I'm stating my opinion
nobody knows what is best for her, only she knows that

by what she's been saying it seems that she can't be herself around him without him getting upset and ignoring her
(, Mon 25 Apr 2011, 19:16, Reply)
Having been in relationship where I did all the hard work I would recommend forgetting about him.
It's not worth it.
(, Mon 25 Apr 2011, 19:07, Reply)
We'll see.
I do have a tendency to worry over nothing, or to believe the worst in situations like this and it's entirely possible that this is exactly what I'm doing...
But if he's still being a stroppy douche when I get back off holiday then I think it's byebye time.
(, Mon 25 Apr 2011, 19:15, Reply)
I've just had that scam phone call saying there's a problem with my windows software and I told them to feck off.
The fucker kept ringing back.

And in good news I TOTALLY CLEANED MY CAR OR SHOULD SAY TOOK MY CAR TO BE CLEANED.
(, Mon 25 Apr 2011, 19:26, Reply)
i think i could try to take my car to be cleaned but they'd probably turn me away in horror.

(, Mon 25 Apr 2011, 19:29, Reply)
My car was sticky : /

(, Mon 25 Apr 2011, 19:30, Reply)
The inside of my car is great
the outside of my car is horrifying: tree sap and brick dust. I'm not even sure I want to try cleaning it, I'd probably need some kind of pressure hose thing.
(, Mon 25 Apr 2011, 19:31, Reply)
I keep my home clean and tidy but I can't seem to muster the same pride in my car.
Just as well due to the amount of dog hair in it.
(, Mon 25 Apr 2011, 19:33, Reply)
baby oil would probably take the sap off

(, Mon 25 Apr 2011, 19:38, Reply)
I wonder if that is also what made the inside of Blousies car all sticky.

(, Mon 25 Apr 2011, 19:42, Reply)
they should get together
things would be sorted in no time
(, Mon 25 Apr 2011, 19:49, Reply)
I had one of those the other day.
I made the lad on the phone cry I was that rude to him.
(, Mon 25 Apr 2011, 19:33, Reply)
I got one of those a few weeks ago, I was so supprised.
www.coll3ctive.co.uk/news/paulypops/indian-cold-callercomputer-virus/
(, Mon 25 Apr 2011, 19:37, Reply)
Your post is what put me on to them.

(, Mon 25 Apr 2011, 19:46, Reply)
It was Gonz who gave them your number!

(, Mon 25 Apr 2011, 19:49, Reply)
Haha!

(, Mon 25 Apr 2011, 19:50, Reply)
Ace !

(, Mon 25 Apr 2011, 19:57, Reply)
I win at napping.
I've had two four-hour naps and four two-hour naps this past five days. It's been bliss. I'm starting to feel almost human again.
(, Mon 25 Apr 2011, 19:57, Reply)
You can't beat a good nap.
I can't wait to retire and take it up full time.
(, Mon 25 Apr 2011, 20:01, Reply)
I can't believe how easy it's been, maybe the doctor was right.
These other pills seem to be working their cotton-wool magic, which is nice. I've even noticed patterns; I have two-hour cycles, so two-hour or four-hour naps is where it's at. Figures - eight hours sleep seems to have worked wonders for me over the years.
(, Mon 25 Apr 2011, 20:03, Reply)
: )

(, Mon 25 Apr 2011, 20:05, Reply)
Citalopramorama.
:D
Good weekend then?
(, Mon 25 Apr 2011, 20:08, Reply)
Awesome!
I hate having to leave : (
(, Mon 25 Apr 2011, 20:10, Reply)
I know.
Four and a half weeks til more awesometimes!
(, Mon 25 Apr 2011, 20:12, Reply)
I am now playing the age old game of "find a working printer in the library"
Essay est fini.
(, Mon 25 Apr 2011, 19:59, Reply)
YAY wel done

(, Mon 25 Apr 2011, 19:59, Reply)
Cheers.
Now for exam revision...
(, Mon 25 Apr 2011, 20:25, Reply)
Some things I really miss about uni
exams are not one of them..
(, Mon 25 Apr 2011, 20:30, Reply)
I tried to choose essay assessed modules for next year.
I hate exams.
(, Mon 25 Apr 2011, 20:38, Reply)
SUSHI TIME!

(, Mon 25 Apr 2011, 20:04, Reply)
Had sushi at 3800 words
I'd like to thank my mac, Margaret Reynolds and m&s chocolate honeycomb.

But not the no working printers. They can expect a coversheet written in my own blood.
(, Mon 25 Apr 2011, 20:24, Reply)
I had Chinese tonight, it always comes back to food dunnit.
Crispy shredded beef is win in any language. Boeuf déchiqueté croustillant. Knusperiges zerrissenes rindfleisch. Manzo tagliuzzato croccante. Carne de vaca destrozada curruscante.
(, Mon 25 Apr 2011, 20:33, Reply)
Think I had that in oxford. It was delish

(, Mon 25 Apr 2011, 20:39, Reply)
This one's slightly different, but the one at Noodle Nation that Amberl introduced me to is like sex in the mouth, I could eat myself to death with it.

(, Mon 25 Apr 2011, 20:41, Reply)
I find crispy shredded beef too sweet.
If it was spicy it would be lovely.
(, Mon 25 Apr 2011, 20:41, Reply)
There's usually two versions a takeaway will do, a dry salted one and one in a sticky sweet sauce.
The dry one is fucking awesome and hot.
(, Mon 25 Apr 2011, 20:43, Reply)
Does the dry one go under a different name as my local takeouts just have 'crispy shredded beef' listed

(, Mon 25 Apr 2011, 20:45, Reply)
My Chinese lady once said "Dry or sticky?"
Ask for it dry and spicy, if they're any good they'll know.
(, Mon 25 Apr 2011, 20:57, Reply)
theres a place here that does that crispy beef on their buffet
but it's usually left over from the day before
so it's less crispy delicious and more dry/rubbery
(, Mon 25 Apr 2011, 20:47, Reply)
If I go to my local Chinese and ask them for something nice.
They'll always say, 'try this, it rubbery'
(, Mon 25 Apr 2011, 20:53, Reply)
i'm surprised it took that long, Jeff
well done
(, Mon 25 Apr 2011, 20:57, Reply)
How are your little piggies getting on, are they happy with socks and straw?

(, Mon 25 Apr 2011, 20:59, Reply)
they're not too bad. Still nervous
I hovered up the straw on the floor. It scared them so they ran about scattering more on the floor.

They are called Captain Higgs and Bosun Boson, now
(, Mon 25 Apr 2011, 21:00, Reply)
Are the names supposed to mean something to me?

(, Mon 25 Apr 2011, 21:01, Reply)
The Higgs-Boson
is the subatomic particle the LHC are trying to find/prove.

I like to think they live in their own LHC - Large Hamster Cage
(, Mon 25 Apr 2011, 21:02, Reply)
Woh! For writing lots.

(, Mon 25 Apr 2011, 20:21, Reply)
Not looking forward to dissertation funtimes.
Will make this look like a walk in the park.
(, Mon 25 Apr 2011, 20:26, Reply)
Funtimes... Walks in the park....
You are doing Theme Park Studies.

AICMFP.
(, Mon 25 Apr 2011, 20:27, Reply)
I wish.
Though that probably would involve lots of physics. Maybe not. I'm doing something even less useful.
(, Mon 25 Apr 2011, 20:37, Reply)
Why not have a nice glass of wine and kick back for an hour.
It sounds like you've earnt it.
(, Mon 25 Apr 2011, 20:42, Reply)
I'm just going to get up early tomorrow, hand in the essay, and work extra hard tomorrow.
Bath for me I think.

There's a screaming devilspawn on the bus though. Not doing my head favours.
(, Mon 25 Apr 2011, 20:44, Reply)
Well take a glass of wine with you when you have a soak.

(, Mon 25 Apr 2011, 20:45, Reply)
well done on finishing demon essay of doom!

(, Mon 25 Apr 2011, 20:51, Reply)
My sig is for you.

(, Mon 25 Apr 2011, 20:58, Reply)
and now we are left wondering
is her's for you...?
(, Mon 25 Apr 2011, 21:01, Reply)
ha!
thank god my friend hasn't tagged the pics from sat night on fb, or noel could have horrified himself by seeing me do exactly that...

er, the dancing, not the family guy quote!
(, Mon 25 Apr 2011, 21:04, Reply)
ditto for last friday for me, too..

(, Mon 25 Apr 2011, 21:12, Reply)
my friend has called the album
"maggies and the giant fishbowl cocktail of doom" which is accurate!!!
(, Mon 25 Apr 2011, 21:14, Reply)
this is the fishbowl that cost £100 or something daft?

(, Mon 25 Apr 2011, 21:17, Reply)
they're about £150 i think
but they do have an entire bottle of vodka and an entire bottle of champagne in there. and they do keep you all going all night!
(, Mon 25 Apr 2011, 21:20, Reply)
That's a mighty fucking fishbowl alright!
christ, Swipe, and you had two?!
(, Mon 25 Apr 2011, 21:23, Reply)
WE had 2.....
i had partners in crime!
(, Mon 25 Apr 2011, 21:33, Reply)
Who were all, I suspect
as equally and tremendously ill as you were..
(, Mon 25 Apr 2011, 21:39, Reply)
2 of them went home with each other
there is much awkwardness there.
(, Mon 25 Apr 2011, 21:40, Reply)
*snigger*

(, Mon 25 Apr 2011, 21:46, Reply)
Whilst £150 isn't cheap.
If it has a bottle of vodka and a bottle of champagne in it, it isn't bad value for money, given what you'd expect to pay for a shot of vodka on its own.
(, Mon 25 Apr 2011, 21:27, Reply)
EXACTLY!

(, Mon 25 Apr 2011, 21:33, Reply)
Have you been tempted to buy some fish-bowl glasses so you can make your own?

(, Mon 25 Apr 2011, 21:38, Reply)
i don't own one already. and i never stole it.
no, not at all.
(, Mon 25 Apr 2011, 21:40, Reply)
Good work.
My first flat was filled with glasses liberated from pubs. When it was my round, people never got the drink they wanted, they got whatever would be served in the glasses I was light on.
(, Mon 25 Apr 2011, 21:42, Reply)
this
I think the only glasses I actually bought were wine glasses from ikea. The rest I've nicked..
(, Mon 25 Apr 2011, 21:49, Reply)

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