A full tank of unleaded costs me £45
When I first got the car 3 years ago, it cost ~£35.
( Labia Majora You keep on talking but it makes no sense at all, Tue 24 May 2011, 13:34, 1 reply, 15 years ago)

£77
*sobs*
( sporters I’m sincerely gratitude to you, Tue 24 May 2011, 13:35, Reply)

Fuck you I'm pretty much double that :(

( Light In Chains maker of the ikea sofa, Tue 24 May 2011, 13:36, Reply)

WTF do you drive?
A train?
( sporters I’m sincerely gratitude to you, Tue 24 May 2011, 13:37, Reply)

ml350
glug glug glug glug
( Light In Chains maker of the ikea sofa, Tue 24 May 2011, 13:39, Reply)

Well you are an idiot then for driving a stupid car

( Naked Ape call me Caitlyn, Tue 24 May 2011, 13:39, Reply)

Nah fuel efficiency wise it's quite good, bluefficency range and all that shizzle
Plus handy on hills round London in the snow kids
( Light In Chains maker of the ikea sofa, Tue 24 May 2011, 13:42, Reply)

My 1lt Polo took me up the alps in a snow storm with no bother at all
I can only assume people that can't drive in snow are retards
( Naked Ape call me Caitlyn, Tue 24 May 2011, 13:42, Reply)

I had one of those as my first car
the boxy ones in faded VW burgundy
( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Tue 24 May 2011, 13:45, Reply)

Beautiful, mine was blue, NOT purple as has been suggested
It was a tank, I did 80k init with nothing going wrong, even though it was very rarely serviced and hardly driven kindly!
( Naked Ape call me Caitlyn, Tue 24 May 2011, 13:47, Reply)

I had a rear wheel drive bmw before, it was a bag of shit and just dangerous to drive in the snow
Front wheel drives will always do better
( Light In Chains maker of the ikea sofa, Tue 24 May 2011, 13:47, Reply)

Nice car sir
Bloke at the end of my street has one
( sporters I’m sincerely gratitude to you, Tue 24 May 2011, 13:42, Reply)

I can't really fault it, no problems with it at all

( Light In Chains maker of the ikea sofa, Tue 24 May 2011, 13:49, Reply)

What the hell do you drive that costs £150 to fill?!

( Labia Majora You keep on talking but it makes no sense at all, Tue 24 May 2011, 13:37, Reply)

My first car (a basic 1.0 Nova) cost twelve quid to fill up, 'back in the day'.

( JeffTheDogFucker Can you dig it?, Tue 24 May 2011, 13:36, Reply)

My first car was a 1.2 Nova
My Dad won it on Wheel of Fortune in 1988, back when it was a top-notch new car. By the time I got to drive it in 1996, less so.
(Darth Foxtrot A one-man army dedicated to making fetch happen, Tue 24 May 2011, 13:38, Reply)

How many game-shows has Father Foxtrot been on, and what are his career winnings to date?

( JeffTheDogFucker Can you dig it?, Tue 24 May 2011, 13:40, Reply)

1 show
£12
( Naked Ape call me Caitlyn, Tue 24 May 2011, 13:43, Reply)

Fucking loads
Started with Odd One Out in '82, he won patio furniture and loads of other stuff that was AWESOME at the time. Wheel of Fortune was the big one. Also been on Countdown, Fifteen to One (five times including the grand final, came 3rd), Mastermind (specialist subject; Status Quo), Jim'll Fix It and more lesser-known cable quiz shows than you can shake a stick at.

But he only came 2nd on the Weakest Link.
(Darth Foxtrot A one-man army dedicated to making fetch happen, Tue 24 May 2011, 13:44, Reply)

So following your Weakest Link win
What gameshow will you be applying for next?
( JeffTheDogFucker Can you dig it?, Tue 24 May 2011, 13:46, Reply)

Man O Man

( Naked Ape call me Caitlyn, Tue 24 May 2011, 13:46, Reply)

+n
shurely?
(BrianHequator was stretching owls, on, or around, Tue 24 May 2011, 13:50, Reply)

Not today
Payday tomorrow. Out of lube.
(Darth Foxtrot A one-man army dedicated to making fetch happen, Tue 24 May 2011, 13:53, Reply)

Man, Match Game from the 70s was fucking awesome. I'd like to be on that.

( Lisette von Falcon, Tue 24 May 2011, 13:47, Reply)

Total Wipeout
Winning an assault course-based show in combination with a quiz should catapult me to D-list celebrity status. Then I wheel out the arm candy, have a very public break-up and reunion with her, shag a footballer and I'll be set for life.

Serious answer; not sure, possibly The Chase on ITV
(Darth Foxtrot A one-man army dedicated to making fetch happen, Tue 24 May 2011, 13:48, Reply)

the guy on that is a know-all twat
and annoys the living hell out of me.
( b3th Not shit. Not mod., Tue 24 May 2011, 13:50, Reply)

Ideally it would be Countdown, just to meet Jeff Stelling
but I'm shite at the letters rounds. If it was entirely maths-based I'd own the motherfucker.
(Darth Foxtrot A one-man army dedicated to making fetch happen, Tue 24 May 2011, 13:51, Reply)

you should go on fear factor

( Lisette von Falcon, Tue 24 May 2011, 13:54, Reply)

No
I should not. As soon as there's a heights-based challenge I'd physically soil myself.
(Darth Foxtrot A one-man army dedicated to making fetch happen, Tue 24 May 2011, 13:54, Reply)

another thing we have in common.
I've awarded you pre-emptive film reference points further up. Don't let me down.
( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Tue 24 May 2011, 13:55, Reply)

Hadn't spotted that
Full Metal Jacket. Good work sir.
(Darth Foxtrot A one-man army dedicated to making fetch happen, Tue 24 May 2011, 13:57, Reply)

Beat you to it.

( Agnostic Antichrist Baltimora, Tue 24 May 2011, 13:59, Reply)

Damn you youngsters and your sharp reactions
*waves cane threateningly*
(Darth Foxtrot A one-man army dedicated to making fetch happen, Tue 24 May 2011, 14:01, Reply)

yeah but I heard that a couple weeks ago they gave a couple $50,000 for shaving their heads

( Lisette von Falcon, Tue 24 May 2011, 13:56, Reply)

I think the key thing there is "a couple"
I'm not going to get £25k for shaving my head, and Ms Foxtrot wouldn't do that. Unless you add a zero.
(Darth Foxtrot A one-man army dedicated to making fetch happen, Tue 24 May 2011, 13:58, Reply)

then she's a moron
no offence, lol, etc
( Lisette von Falcon, Tue 24 May 2011, 13:59, Reply)

She'd do it if it was entirely private
but not on TV. She's very shy. As would anyone who spent that much time around me would be.

shy mortified
(Darth Foxtrot A one-man army dedicated to making fetch happen, Tue 24 May 2011, 14:02, Reply)

I was more worried about you refusing to shave your head, to be honest.

( Lisette von Falcon, Tue 24 May 2011, 14:03, Reply)

Pfft
Like I've never done that before. It's me, remember, I've run the entire gamut of embarrassing haircuts.
(Darth Foxtrot A one-man army dedicated to making fetch happen, Tue 24 May 2011, 14:05, Reply)

you say that like I've known you my whole life

( Lisette von Falcon, Tue 24 May 2011, 14:06, Reply)

You're familiar with my proclivity for changing my hair every few weeks

(Darth Foxtrot A one-man army dedicated to making fetch happen, Tue 24 May 2011, 14:08, Reply)

had nobody told the producers
that hair grows back? God, I despair of the general public, I really do.
( b3th Not shit. Not mod., Tue 24 May 2011, 14:00, Reply)

That show is in no way scary at all

( Naked Ape call me Caitlyn, Tue 24 May 2011, 13:58, Reply)

putting a mother fucking scorpion in your mouth is scary

( Lisette von Falcon, Tue 24 May 2011, 14:04, Reply)

OH DARTH
Glee is on tour here, did you know?
( Lisette von Falcon, Tue 24 May 2011, 13:52, Reply)

I did not
I know Matthew "Bumchin" Morrison is doing a tour over here though. Can't bring myself to go see Glee live. Too gay, even for me.
(Darth Foxtrot A one-man army dedicated to making fetch happen, Tue 24 May 2011, 13:54, Reply)

We know who the strongest link is in that family then.
My dad was on Winner Takes All, back in the day. He lost spectacularly, to a BIRD. And he said Jimmy Tarbuck was a cunt.
( b3th Not shit. Not mod., Tue 24 May 2011, 13:49, Reply)

He was the second person I called after winning, after the missus, obv. Not that she answered her phone, as usual
"Dunno what you're on about Dad, it's a piece of piss, winning The Weakest Link"
(Darth Foxtrot A one-man army dedicated to making fetch happen, Tue 24 May 2011, 13:50, Reply)

You called my dad?
Was he well?
( b3th Not shit. Not mod., Tue 24 May 2011, 13:51, Reply)

Very well
Told me to ask if you've been to church lately
(Darth Foxtrot A one-man army dedicated to making fetch happen, Tue 24 May 2011, 13:52, Reply)

Did you tell him I was a godless heathen with a penis fetish?

( b3th Not shit. Not mod., Tue 24 May 2011, 13:54, Reply)

He knows the first part
I may have elaborated on the second to rather too great an extent
(Darth Foxtrot A one-man army dedicated to making fetch happen, Tue 24 May 2011, 13:55, Reply)

Did Geoffrey Wheeler say
'We have a difference of opinion here Jim, we've got Father b3th at 4-1 with 'Jimmy is a cunt' and some Doris at 2-1 with 'Jimmy is an unfunny golf playing cunt'
( JeffTheDogFucker Can you dig it?, Tue 24 May 2011, 13:52, Reply)

You're incredibly well informed about a shit TV show that hasn't been seen in thirty years

( b3th Not shit. Not mod., Tue 24 May 2011, 13:53, Reply)

I'm sure I remember watching that episode.
So, will you come back next week and try and win again?
( JeffTheDogFucker Can you dig it?, Tue 24 May 2011, 13:55, Reply)

It's try TO
you witless spestic
( b3th Not shit. Not mod., Tue 24 May 2011, 13:57, Reply)

witless what?

( JeffTheDogFucker Can you dig it?, Tue 24 May 2011, 14:00, Reply)

I think she's saying it in an upper class accent...

( Agnostic Antichrist Baltimora, Tue 24 May 2011, 14:01, Reply)

Oh, touché
/joins the witless spastic club
( b3th Not shit. Not mod., Tue 24 May 2011, 14:02, Reply)

£56 for a 1.6lt petrol
if it was still £1 a litre wich seemed a lot at the time, this would be £17 less...
( Naked Ape call me Caitlyn, Tue 24 May 2011, 13:37, Reply)

^this
I just filled up the other day for £75.

Fucking diesel, fucking £1.40 a fucking litre.

On the plus side, it will last me about two months.
( b3th Not shit. Not mod., Tue 24 May 2011, 13:43, Reply)