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(, Sun 1 Apr 2001, 1:00)
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What's the best way to get rid of a tension headache? Apart from ridding oneself of tension, obviously. Which I am completely unable to do, ever.

Alt: I don't know. Weirdest home remedy you've ever tried.
(, Wed 1 Jun 2011, 10:35, 162 replies, latest was 15 years ago)
I find strangling a child does wonders.
Alt: strangling a child.
(, Wed 1 Jun 2011, 10:36, Reply)
officelol

(, Wed 1 Jun 2011, 10:39, Reply)
Massage
and ensure that your work station is set up correctly, also buy loser pants.

i once had a sore throat, i had some TCP and a tap but nothing to mix them in, I therefore decided to mix them in situ in my gob, I put the TCP in first, this was a mistake.
(, Wed 1 Jun 2011, 10:37, Reply)
What are loser pants?

(, Wed 1 Jun 2011, 10:40, Reply)
Y-fronts

(, Wed 1 Jun 2011, 10:40, Reply)
what are loser pants?
pants for losers?
(, Wed 1 Jun 2011, 10:40, Reply)
I think Ape knows the makers well

(, Wed 1 Jun 2011, 10:40, Reply)
It's good to know Who Made Your Pants?

(, Wed 1 Jun 2011, 10:43, Reply)
I find it's also good to know who is in your pants

(, Wed 1 Jun 2011, 10:46, Reply)
Just relax and think rude thoughts.
Always helps me.
(, Wed 1 Jun 2011, 10:40, Reply)
Don't be shy - have a wank

(, Wed 1 Jun 2011, 10:40, Reply)
I can't now we have a salesman.
He keeps coming into the office.
(, Wed 1 Jun 2011, 10:42, Reply)
spurtinglols

(, Wed 1 Jun 2011, 10:43, Reply)
Are there bash photos?
I like to point and laugh
(, Wed 1 Jun 2011, 10:42, Reply)
There are a few on flickr.

(, Wed 1 Jun 2011, 10:43, Reply)
Al looks nothing like I'd have expected him to.

(, Wed 1 Jun 2011, 10:46, Reply)
Linky please!!

(, Wed 1 Jun 2011, 10:47, Reply)

Here we are, he's the cunt on the left
(, Wed 1 Jun 2011, 10:50, Reply)
The fat bastard

(, Wed 1 Jun 2011, 10:51, Reply)
Just looked at that pic again, seen some zider, and find my hangover returning, oh fuck.
*head in hands*
(, Wed 1 Jun 2011, 10:51, Reply)
I can only find those weird /boarders at their London bash

(, Wed 1 Jun 2011, 10:50, Reply)
Go to page 3

(, Wed 1 Jun 2011, 10:51, Reply)
Link:
www.flickr.com/groups/b3tabashes/pool/page3/
(, Wed 1 Jun 2011, 10:52, Reply)
If he can't count, it's his fault, not mine.

(, Wed 1 Jun 2011, 10:55, Reply)
It's NakedApe
of course he can't count.
(, Wed 1 Jun 2011, 11:06, Reply)

www.flickr.com/groups/b3tabashes/pool/page3/
(, Wed 1 Jun 2011, 10:52, Reply)
Sleep.
Dark room and lying down. Oh, and water. Maybe that's a placebo though.

Alt: Not a home remedy, but kaolin and morphine is the vilest thing I've ever had.
(, Wed 1 Jun 2011, 10:41, Reply)
mr b3th was once a huge slug of that
from a rather old bottle, which had separated. All the kaolin had sunk to the bottom, so he basically got a monster hit of morphine. I can only conclude this would be a good thing. Morphine is fucking wonderful stuff.

I remember being given kaol and morph at school, and you are right - it *is* fucking vile.
(, Wed 1 Jun 2011, 10:45, Reply)
an old friend had a story about his missus doing that
she had diarrhea on her first day at a new job so she took a swig of the K&M. Spent the whole day giggling and shitting.
(, Wed 1 Jun 2011, 10:54, Reply)
I was given it because I felt sick
I chundered everywhar.
(, Wed 1 Jun 2011, 10:56, Reply)
Did you get stabbed?

(, Wed 1 Jun 2011, 10:57, Reply)
Noooo.....
should I have been?
(, Wed 1 Jun 2011, 11:07, Reply)
Well, you were given Kaol...

(, Wed 1 Jun 2011, 11:09, Reply)
Oh, that was our matron's answer to everything.
Mind you, she was a terrible alky, so it might just have been her answer to everything anyway.
(, Wed 1 Jun 2011, 11:12, Reply)
Sorry, should explain
Kaol is an ex b3tan, who was renowned for being rather stabby.
(, Wed 1 Jun 2011, 11:21, Reply)
Ah. Right then.

(, Wed 1 Jun 2011, 11:22, Reply)
He was like a nutta, beatin up mad skillz drug dealerz, and skankin randomz on the streets
The way he went on about knives all the time was a bit weird and childish
(, Wed 1 Jun 2011, 11:25, Reply)
Coming from you, Rory
I'd take that as a massive insult.
(, Wed 1 Jun 2011, 11:28, Reply)
Yeah, I'm not sure if he followed the seven point plan of recovery from his lolalcoholism, I do hope so

(, Wed 1 Jun 2011, 11:36, Reply)
Hence /offtopic

(, Wed 1 Jun 2011, 11:28, Reply)
There's /offtopic, and then there's being massively shit; granted a thin line on many an occasion

(, Wed 1 Jun 2011, 11:37, Reply)
I do wonder why you actually come on here.
You're like Monty, but without the amusing stories.
(, Wed 1 Jun 2011, 11:41, Reply)
It's nice to see you follow me around Al, I feel all special now

(, Wed 1 Jun 2011, 11:44, Reply)
It's nice to see you're taking it personally.

(, Wed 1 Jun 2011, 11:50, Reply)
I always imagined you with a moustache

(, Wed 1 Jun 2011, 11:51, Reply)
I do.
It's just attached to my beard.
(, Wed 1 Jun 2011, 11:53, Reply)
That's crazy talk

(, Wed 1 Jun 2011, 11:54, Reply)
Yes Al, I do note comments made specifically about me as personal, I'm pretty sure that's how these things work, are you stupid or something?
Gosh perhaps you're building up to shaking teh ALARM OF INDIGNATION!!!
(, Wed 1 Jun 2011, 11:54, Reply)
No, I think you've beaten me to it there.

(, Wed 1 Jun 2011, 11:56, Reply)
You're the one whining Al

(, Wed 1 Jun 2011, 11:59, Reply)
You spelled 'winning' wrong.

(, Wed 1 Jun 2011, 12:03, Reply)
Hmmmmm, with due regard to the correct procedures of the playground court
1) you started it
and 2) baggsie no comebacks
(, Wed 1 Jun 2011, 12:03, Reply)
*fight, fight fight, fight*

(, Wed 1 Jun 2011, 11:50, Reply)
Unless your knees are playing up, go for a walk
Drink a pint of water too
(, Wed 1 Jun 2011, 10:42, Reply)
My wife is good at curing hiccups
She basically demands you to hiccup and from then on 9 out of 10 people seem to stop. I may burn her as a witch
(, Wed 1 Jun 2011, 10:47, Reply)
I may need to borrow her occasionally
I get hiccups all the time, and they keep going for up to an hour after I get them, too.

My body is basically deficient. *sadfaces*
(, Wed 1 Jun 2011, 10:48, Reply)
I know an awesome hiccup cure that guarantees to stop them.
Unfortunately, if you do it correctly, it makes you look like a fucking idiot.
(, Wed 1 Jun 2011, 10:49, Reply)
does it involve shitting in someone's cunt?

(, Wed 1 Jun 2011, 10:50, Reply)
That would make the recipient look like a fucking idiot. not me

(, Wed 1 Jun 2011, 11:01, Reply)
It involve shitting in someone's freezer.

(, Wed 1 Jun 2011, 11:06, Reply)
And that doesn't make anybody look like a fucking idiot.

(, Wed 1 Jun 2011, 11:09, Reply)
Whisky and ginger.
Alt: Spicy food to clear a hangover. It didn't work.
(, Wed 1 Jun 2011, 10:44, Reply)
Blowjob
However, as you are a girl, I'm not sure if it will have the same effect.
(, Wed 1 Jun 2011, 10:46, Reply)
girls can also receive oral sex
but in a slightly different way

hope this helps
(, Wed 1 Jun 2011, 10:47, Reply)
That's crazy talk
This is the internet so I don't believe you.
(, Wed 1 Jun 2011, 10:59, Reply)
*Googles*
*Drops monocle*

I say.
(, Wed 1 Jun 2011, 12:19, Reply)
What you need to do, right,
is seal up your windows and doors, put the heating on full blast (ideally use a Calor gas heater), drink a bottle of port and smoke fifteen large unfiltered Old Holborn rollups.

Make sure you drink no water. By tomorrow morning you'll be right as rain.
(, Wed 1 Jun 2011, 10:51, Reply)
Right.
I'll get right on that, shall I?
(, Wed 1 Jun 2011, 10:54, Reply)
Off you pop.

(, Wed 1 Jun 2011, 10:57, Reply)
I very nearly did that once, sort of.
After a charming tenant had turned my flat into a skag den and fucked off, I had to clean it without the use of electricity. I quickly found out that using a diesel powered generator in an enclosed space with no windows open is a Bad Idea.
(, Wed 1 Jun 2011, 11:06, Reply)
Rio by Duran Duran
To both
(, Wed 1 Jun 2011, 11:10, Reply)
Oh, you're talking to me now, are you?
Morning, you raging bumder. I reject your eighties pop in favour of another, better suggestion I've just received.
(, Wed 1 Jun 2011, 11:14, Reply)
If there's anything better than Rio by Duran Duran I'm not sure I want to know what it is
Lest my tiny mind be blown
(, Wed 1 Jun 2011, 11:17, Reply)
Gaymo.

(, Wed 1 Jun 2011, 11:18, Reply)
The fruitier way to cut your lawn

(, Wed 1 Jun 2011, 11:21, Reply)
Rhinestones the grass as it trims!

(, Wed 1 Jun 2011, 11:23, Reply)
Vajazzle your lawn with the NEW Gaymo!

(, Wed 1 Jun 2011, 11:24, Reply)
There's a clear gap in the market here
Assuming they have grass in Essex, I try to avoid the place myself
(, Wed 1 Jun 2011, 11:25, Reply)
I saw a teenage girl in our corner shop the other day
who was quite literally tanned orange. She was wearing about in inch of makeup though, so I could have been mistaken.
(, Wed 1 Jun 2011, 11:29, Reply)
Welcome to my world

(, Wed 1 Jun 2011, 11:31, Reply)

*leaves bread crumb trail and keeps bum to the wall*
(, Wed 1 Jun 2011, 11:49, Reply)
Pinch, gently and firmly, the fleshy/muscly area between the thumb and index finger of one hand
with the thumb and index and middle fingers of the other. Hold that steady, gentle pinch until you start to feel the pain ease (1-2 minutes). Switch hands.

Weirdest home remedy? Dunno but I once drunkenly snorted St Johns Wort.
(, Wed 1 Jun 2011, 11:42, Reply)
That's disgusting, where abouts on his body was it?

(, Wed 1 Jun 2011, 11:49, Reply)
Screw tension headaches, I've got a hangover.

(, Wed 1 Jun 2011, 11:46, Reply)
I'm sure it's no more than you deserve.

(, Wed 1 Jun 2011, 11:47, Reply)
Yeah but am about to go and do it all again now. Woohoo

(, Wed 1 Jun 2011, 11:48, Reply)
It's 11:50 you tramp

(, Wed 1 Jun 2011, 11:50, Reply)
Student privileges

(, Wed 1 Jun 2011, 11:51, Reply)
Those are my taxes you're spending!

(, Wed 1 Jun 2011, 11:53, Reply)
No, he only spends Swipeys taxes.
Yours are spent on immigrants.
(, Wed 1 Jun 2011, 11:55, Reply)

www.thedailymash.co.uk/news/society/daily-mail-calls-for-increase-in-dead-poor-people-201105273871/
(, Wed 1 Jun 2011, 11:56, Reply)
one internet fight at a time, Al.
them's the rules.
(, Wed 1 Jun 2011, 11:56, Reply)
I don't think any of this could possibly count as fighting.

(, Wed 1 Jun 2011, 11:58, Reply)
there's rules?!

(, Wed 1 Jun 2011, 11:59, Reply)
Lots of rules
Were you away the day they handed out the rulebooks?
(, Wed 1 Jun 2011, 12:02, Reply)
I NEVER read the rules
that goes for LARP, too. If you don't know the rules, they can't kill you
(, Wed 1 Jun 2011, 12:03, Reply)
I'm pretty sure they can't kill you anyway

(, Wed 1 Jun 2011, 12:04, Reply)
i guess we have different definitions of dead

(, Wed 1 Jun 2011, 12:05, Reply)
It would be a pretty short-lived hobby if they could

(, Wed 1 Jun 2011, 12:05, Reply)
but in some cases
not unwarrented
(, Wed 1 Jun 2011, 12:05, Reply)
Someone should suggest it

(, Wed 1 Jun 2011, 12:06, Reply)
No it's my savings actually

(, Wed 1 Jun 2011, 11:59, Reply)
I spent student loans
and I'm still paying them back, they took £600 off me last month :(
(, Wed 1 Jun 2011, 12:04, Reply)
I paid mine off this month.

(, Wed 1 Jun 2011, 12:05, Reply)
Well done, i have no idea what i have left and trying to find out is like trying to find secret files in the CIA
i must be almost done, then i'll be £120 better off a month, whoop!
(, Wed 1 Jun 2011, 12:07, Reply)
They send you a statement once a year between April and September. Or sometimes later.

(, Wed 1 Jun 2011, 12:07, Reply)
yeah I know, but i want to know now!

(, Wed 1 Jun 2011, 12:08, Reply)
Have you thought of telephoning the number in the top right hand corner and quoting your account number?

(, Wed 1 Jun 2011, 12:15, Reply)
I don't know where the paperwork is smart-arse

(, Wed 1 Jun 2011, 12:17, Reply)
Even if he did
all they would be able to tell him would be the info on his last statement. It's down to you to then use the online calculator to work out how much you've paid since then and how much is left. Then you need to contact your employer and get them to stop taking payments from PAYE. Or you might need to get the tax office to issue something, I can't remember how the wife did it.

The other choice is actually overpaying and then they will refund you, but it will take an extra year or so to get the money back.
(, Wed 1 Jun 2011, 12:18, Reply)
Or
get a nice accountant who can work it all out for you. I have an accountant. He is awesome.
(, Wed 1 Jun 2011, 12:20, Reply)
That sounds like a load of shit. I rinsed my loans out ages ago and can't remember it ever having been so shit re account maintenance

(, Wed 1 Jun 2011, 12:23, Reply)
Yes, but you're clearly old and your memory sucks
My wife has just done this and that is exactly the rigmarole she had to go through. Student Loans company doesn't get the information about what you've paid via PAYE until the end of each tax year.
(, Wed 1 Jun 2011, 12:25, Reply)
Also before you start again, I'm going to refer you to the earlier judgement:
www.b3ta.com/questions/offtopic/post1221958
(, Wed 1 Jun 2011, 12:26, Reply)
Being participant and arbitrator are mutually exclusive
No cunts gonna shut me up
(, Wed 1 Jun 2011, 12:32, Reply)
I had fuck all loan and pretty much lump summed it within a year as I couldn't be arsed dragging a student loan around
I am old though, yet half the weight of a typical b3tan
(, Wed 1 Jun 2011, 12:28, Reply)
Never had any

(, Wed 1 Jun 2011, 12:07, Reply)
Haven't got a loan yet, using my savings and I qualify for A
Grant.
(, Wed 1 Jun 2011, 12:07, Reply)
Being a very old woman
I went to uni before hte student loan came into effect. I also sponged of my parents a bit. Hence, no student loan.
(, Wed 1 Jun 2011, 12:09, Reply)
Me too!
Apart from the woman part.
(, Wed 1 Jun 2011, 12:11, Reply)
How about the breasts?

(, Wed 1 Jun 2011, 12:12, Reply)
I like breasts

(, Wed 1 Jun 2011, 12:13, Reply)
*old person high fives*


*old person joint pains*
(, Wed 1 Jun 2011, 12:14, Reply)
me, too!
including the woman part

edit: oh yeah and I got a bursary for my MA
(, Wed 1 Jun 2011, 12:14, Reply)
I got a grant for my PGCE, too

(, Wed 1 Jun 2011, 12:16, Reply)
I just got fees paid on that
it was only secondary teachers that got that grant thing
(, Wed 1 Jun 2011, 12:19, Reply)
It was obviously a great investment by her majesty's government
as the bastard kids I was teaching broke me.
(, Wed 1 Jun 2011, 12:21, Reply)
Need some help
I picked up some pork steaks last night, and I'm looking to make a curry with them.

I've got this recipe to start with, but I want to change it around (mainly because I don't like chickpeas), does anyone have any suggestions for it?

One of the stranger ones I've heard today is to add some apple sauce and some sultanas, make it really fresh, what're your thoughts on that?
(, Wed 1 Jun 2011, 11:59, Reply)
black pudding
or lentils, but I'm guessing you don't like them either as they are similar
(, Wed 1 Jun 2011, 12:03, Reply)
Why don't you go fuck yourself, you irritating wank rag?
You're not funny, no use to anyone, your spelling is atrocious, and no-one likes you. Do us all a favour, and throw yourself under a fucking train.

Nah, lentils are a little dull, I feel.
(, Wed 1 Jun 2011, 12:05, Reply)
CAYKE

(, Wed 1 Jun 2011, 12:06, Reply)
Why don't you go fuck yourself, you irritating wank rag?
You're not funny, no use to anyone, your spelling is atrocious, and no-one likes you. Do us all a favour, and throw yourself under a fucking train.
(, Wed 1 Jun 2011, 12:09, Reply)
Muy spelllnig si grate

(, Wed 1 Jun 2011, 12:09, Reply)
Try potato instead of the chickpea
Would bulk it out and they are nom in a curry
(, Wed 1 Jun 2011, 12:07, Reply)
Any particular type?

(, Wed 1 Jun 2011, 12:09, Reply)
Floury i would have thought rather than waxy

(, Wed 1 Jun 2011, 12:10, Reply)
Yeah, but don't cook them for too long

(, Wed 1 Jun 2011, 12:12, Reply)
Ok, I've got some of those Rooster ones at home, reckon they'd do?

(, Wed 1 Jun 2011, 12:12, Reply)
Chuck 'em in
Worst case you can fish them back out again at the end.
(, Wed 1 Jun 2011, 12:13, Reply)
It'll say on the pack, floury for mashing and baking
waxy for roasting and frying.
(, Wed 1 Jun 2011, 12:13, Reply)
Ahh, I get you
Cheers
(, Wed 1 Jun 2011, 12:14, Reply)
This is classic error made by people, the right potatoe will make all the difference
especially for roasties.

See I can be useful, you slaaag
(, Wed 1 Jun 2011, 12:15, Reply)
I can see that, you caaaant

(, Wed 1 Jun 2011, 12:16, Reply)
True
What do you reckon, boil and add or let the sauce cook them?
(, Wed 1 Jun 2011, 12:12, Reply)
Boil for 5 then chuck in

(, Wed 1 Jun 2011, 12:13, Reply)
I concur
*nods seriously*
(, Wed 1 Jun 2011, 12:13, Reply)
Par-boil for 5 minutes or so
If you add them where the chickpeas are added you're only cooking for 10 minutes.
(, Wed 1 Jun 2011, 12:14, Reply)
That recipe looks rubbish
since it involves curry powder, which tastes shit.

You should just dice it up and pour a pataks sauce over it.
(, Wed 1 Jun 2011, 12:07, Reply)
Depends on the curry powder
Try getting a proper blend from an Indian shop
(, Wed 1 Jun 2011, 12:09, Reply)
It also only has one garlic clove and a pinch of chili
clearly it is for pooves and girls.
(, Wed 1 Jun 2011, 12:10, Reply)
It's only a base, am planning on making it hotter than that.

(, Wed 1 Jun 2011, 12:12, Reply)
It's 7oz of chickpeas
pick a vegetable you like in curry - spinach, onion, pepper. Do 7oz of them instead of the chickpeas. Sorted.

Edit: Or potato as suggested above, that's a good one. Ooh, or Sweet Potato, that'd be nice with pork.
(, Wed 1 Jun 2011, 12:08, Reply)
Sweet potato is good with everything!

(, Wed 1 Jun 2011, 12:13, Reply)
Sweet potato recipe!
Fry off an onion until soft. Boil and mash a couple of sweet potatoes. Chuck the onion, some cheddar cheese, some peas, a spoonful of flour and an egg into the mix and make sure it is all thoroughly mixed together.

Spoon into an ovenfroof dish, score the top with a fork and bake until the top goes crispy.

It is fucking lovely
(, Wed 1 Jun 2011, 12:24, Reply)
On this front, a nice bit of butternut squash would work

(, Wed 1 Jun 2011, 12:14, Reply)
Roasted butternut squash with a bit of garlic and chilli is amazing!
I chuck the chunks into soups too
(, Wed 1 Jun 2011, 12:18, Reply)
YAY!
I've been waiting in for DHL to collect a parcel - they said they would arrive some time between 7am and 7pm. The man has just been, and now I am free to go outside and play!
(, Wed 1 Jun 2011, 12:15, Reply)
Are you gonna play swingball?

(, Wed 1 Jun 2011, 12:16, Reply)
oohh, me, pick me!

(, Wed 1 Jun 2011, 12:17, Reply)
*flaps arms like a thalidobird*

(, Wed 1 Jun 2011, 12:18, Reply)
*picks NakedApe*
*NakedApe doesn't get better*
(, Wed 1 Jun 2011, 12:19, Reply)
oooo good idea
except that every time I have ever played swingball, I have twatted myself in the face. I have zero co-ordination.
(, Wed 1 Jun 2011, 12:18, Reply)

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