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I'm busy setting up my new office and I thought I'd broken my monitor stand but it turns out my entire desk is wonky so i've just spent 10 minutes crouched underneath it lifting it on my back and extending the legs.
I feel a lot straighter now.
Unlike Darth.
I've not been here for a few days, other than baiting a 16 year old and being referred to as a Neo-Trotskyist by Rory, what's been happening in your worlds since last friday?
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went to london at the weekend.Discussed grown up stuff with freefair.
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BGB had a real life birthday yesterday.Everyone was very nice to her. I don't think anything else happened.
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Bartleby A dead man on vacation, Wed 15 Jun 2011, 8:23,
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It was wonderful.It made the transition into 46 bearable.
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girlinthehole, Wed 15 Jun 2011, 8:25,
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How did the wanking go?Or did you just have a nice cup of Ovaltine instead?
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Distracted by chips, I'll wager.(
Noeli overtheshoulderboulderholderthingstraplatchboobs, Wed 15 Jun 2011, 8:35,
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Does your sig. refer to all roofing contractors?(
Bartleby A dead man on vacation, Wed 15 Jun 2011, 8:37,
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I'm being an antagonistic council-house-scum leftie today Bartleby, I'm wearing my Che Guevara teeshirt and munching on dry red split peas.Later on I might post a link to www.isthatcherdeadyet.co.uk/ on the BBC News web site and start a blog about how the current arrangement is wrong and how I refuse to be part of the class system.
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Noeli overtheshoulderboulderholderthingstraplatchboobs, Wed 15 Jun 2011, 8:40,
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Oh yeah. Erm.... Down with naive 16 year old kids.Who think they know it all.
Speaking as council house scum myself. Until 1988 that is.
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Bartleby A dead man on vacation, Wed 15 Jun 2011, 8:44,
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I've never lived in a council houseand therefore consider myself better than you
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I had a friend at school who lived in what may have been a council house.(, Wed 15 Jun 2011, 8:45, Reply)
Isn't it lovely, all of us ex council house and non council house tenants all coming together and being friends.*wells up*
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girlinthehole, Wed 15 Jun 2011, 8:46,
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And current council-house tenants.(
Noeli overtheshoulderboulderholderthingstraplatchboobs, Wed 15 Jun 2011, 8:47,
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I didn't want to be part of your love-in anyway, I'm smashing the system from withinand later on I might watch old episodes of Newsnight to verse myself in the good old days of rabid conservatism.
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Noeli overtheshoulderboulderholderthingstraplatchboobs, Wed 15 Jun 2011, 8:49,
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I ironically called him a tedious spastic, it was fun like jelly babies.(
Noeli overtheshoulderboulderholderthingstraplatchboobs, Wed 15 Jun 2011, 8:52,
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I'm not friends with him any moreI went off an bettered myself at university. I imagine he hung around on the dole.
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Good for you AlBut that is not much of an achievment really.
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Bartleby A dead man on vacation, Wed 15 Jun 2011, 8:53,
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Looks like 11pm ish, I had a good read this morning instead of wanking.(
Noeli overtheshoulderboulderholderthingstraplatchboobs, Wed 15 Jun 2011, 8:46,
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Yup.Conversation with Darth which turned into a name change suggestion. I liked his suggestion, and I'm keeping it.
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You realise that by professing your admiration for Mr Pratchett, you will forever earn Monty's Ire.(, Wed 15 Jun 2011, 8:56, Reply)
Monty accepted it to mean something else, although he knew it was from Pratchett, as he's read The Colour Of Magic.(
Agnostic Antichrist Baltimora, Wed 15 Jun 2011, 8:58,
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Yeah, he took it to mean "unwanted hanger-on".I'm not quite sure how to take that.
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I would take it as a grave insultand perform a flounce. But make sure it's better than Swipeys, that was shit.
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ENTERTAIN US ROBBIE WILLIAMS(
Noeli overtheshoulderboulderholderthingstraplatchboobs, Wed 15 Jun 2011, 9:04,
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Shit Meatloaf impression 3/10.(
Noeli overtheshoulderboulderholderthingstraplatchboobs, Wed 15 Jun 2011, 9:12,
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I fucking love the class system.I think its weakening over the past 50 years has had terrible consequences for this country. Fucking jumped-up little oiks all over the place not knowing their station. Dreadful.
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Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Wed 15 Jun 2011, 8:45,
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I'd have loved you, al, swipe and bella here last night, the lad was brilliant.(
Noeli overtheshoulderboulderholderthingstraplatchboobs, Wed 15 Jun 2011, 8:46,
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YeahIt's amazing how he kept up a stream of complete bilge for hours on end.
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You did that.And you gave me a few pointers as well- cheers for that!
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That's okayJust have a wee sit down and I'll prepare your banana mash.
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Happy birthday for yesterday.(
Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Wed 15 Jun 2011, 8:41,
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He woke up without a seek kebab stuck to his face.So he had to have cornflakes for breakfast.
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Monty hates seek kababs, and muslim ones too.(
G/PP 💩💩💩💩💩€, Wed 15 Jun 2011, 8:51,
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OH MY DEAR SWEET MONTY !Fake it 'till you make it. Be the person you want to be. Make that glass half full. Carpay Deeum !
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G/PP 💩💩💩💩💩€, Wed 15 Jun 2011, 8:50,
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SUPPRISE RIBS ! YES !I didn't know anything about, but yeah', sure, sounds good =D
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G/PP 💩💩💩💩💩€, Wed 15 Jun 2011, 8:52,
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When I die, and it's a few hundred years on, and people are studying my life, I want someone to create this around me.www.youtube.com/watch?v=P2kyNbZc7oc
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G/PP 💩💩💩💩💩€, Wed 15 Jun 2011, 8:48,
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I did something stupid, injured myself, nothing new there.Fucking hell, just read Freefair's posts from last night, what a cocking bellend.
I've never seen such reasoned debate on here, telling someone why they are clearly wrong, backing it up with clear explanations, before telling them to 'Shit the fuck off'.
Magnificent.
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Agnostic Antichrist Baltimora, Wed 15 Jun 2011, 8:48,
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That really made me grin.(
Noeli overtheshoulderboulderholderthingstraplatchboobs, Wed 15 Jun 2011, 8:51,
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It was rather fantastic.Morning Noel, how are we?
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Agnostic Antichrist Baltimora, Wed 15 Jun 2011, 8:54,
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Alright AA?Stressed but good thanks, gotta get myself back on my walking feet I reckon. Might go this evening if the weather's not shit, get my 1984 on.
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Noeli overtheshoulderboulderholderthingstraplatchboobs, Wed 15 Jun 2011, 9:05,
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Aye, not bad thanks. Knackered finger, but I'm just amused by that now. You?How long's it been since your last good trudge?
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Agnostic Antichrist Baltimora, Wed 15 Jun 2011, 9:07,
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Far too long, did Stoodley Pike at the bash, two five-milers over the past two months, otherwise fuck all.I need to get back into the mindset of walking on my own - I've been spoiled by company.
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Noeli overtheshoulderboulderholderthingstraplatchboobs, Wed 15 Jun 2011, 9:09,
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Well, company is nice, I tend to call friends when I walk home from work every dayIt's 3 miles, so a little conversation about nothing is quite enjoyable, I feel.
But walking alone to clear your head is da bomb, boiiiii!
*feels dirty*
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Agnostic Antichrist Baltimora, Wed 15 Jun 2011, 9:12,
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Yup.I've got a bunch of audiobooks to listen to, might roll a fatty and get myself some George Orwell.
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Noeli overtheshoulderboulderholderthingstraplatchboobs, Wed 15 Jun 2011, 9:14,
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Works for me.Never heard the phrase "shit the fuck off" though. I'll be nicking that, if Plumdozer doesn't mind.
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It's quite a good one, although I can't imagine it having the same impact IRLMorning Luggage.
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Agnostic Antichrist Baltimora, Wed 15 Jun 2011, 8:55,
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Morning AAYou're right, probably wouldn't work. I'll save it for the internet.
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I can't see all this frivolityI assume someone went delete-crazy after being proven wrong by people with actual life experience
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Woodside screengrabbed it allThere is a link on the thread below, but you probably can't see it.
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I saw the screengrab but can't zoom in enough to make it legible!Fucking work computer
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Stupid firewall is blocking it"personal storage"
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Naked Ape call me Caitlyn, Wed 15 Jun 2011, 9:09,
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pretty muchhe couldn't have made himself seem much more retarded
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Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Wed 15 Jun 2011, 9:04,
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Yup.Poor sod gave himself an ample amount of rope to hang himself with.
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Morning sirGlad you're sticking with the name. Am genuinely sorry I missed this little debate last night. Could you replicate it for me please?
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Someone got screenshots.So I'll say no. But the short version is:
Teenager: Blah blah Conservatives rule blah undeserving poor blah bilge bilge blah
Plumdozer/myself: You're wrong, because of x/y/z.
Teenager: Yeah but...
Plumdozer: Shit the fuck off.
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he really was a spasticvery amusing to read though.
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Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Wed 15 Jun 2011, 9:04,
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I was chuckling quietly at it, then when he revealed his age, I cracked up.Kids can't really talk politics seriously until they've lived in the real world. The real world doesn't tend to exist when you still live with Mummy and Daddy.
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Agnostic Antichrist Baltimora, Wed 15 Jun 2011, 9:07,
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I've lived in the real world for some time nowand I still can't talk politics seriously. Certainly not with the amount of weight he seemed to think his views had.
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Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Wed 15 Jun 2011, 9:09,
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He's probably going to do Politics A-levelMuch as I did. I can tell you that people who do Politics A-level fit into one of two categories; those looking to learn out of interest in the subject matter (me) and those who think they know it all and try to tell their teachers that their views are outmoded (the twunts in my class)
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You always were the class rebel, you 5 fingered freak!(
Agnostic Antichrist Baltimora, Wed 15 Jun 2011, 9:13,
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Everyone in my school had the normal number of fingers fellaI was quite normal until I moved to Norwich!
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It's quite true that anyone who thinks they want to go into politicsshould be immediately banned from being involved in politics.
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I agree entirelyWhen I was 17 I couldn't help but wonder if politics might be an intriguing career path, then I met some of the sort of people I'd have to work with every day if I pursued it. Put me right off.
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The phrase "career politician" fills me with dread(
Naked Ape call me Caitlyn, Wed 15 Jun 2011, 9:17,
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Us, of courseRory as PM, Monty as Chancellor of the Exchequer, Chompy as Home Secretary... what could possibly go wrong?
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some of the comments to plumdozer amused meplumdozer says he's a working class hero and lists some achievements (in a fairly amusing way) and the guy says "I assure you I will do better than you"
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Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Wed 15 Jun 2011, 9:15,
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BrilliantIf there's one person you don't want to infuriate with an unjustifiably superior attitude... it's probably Monty actually, but if there's two, the second would be Dozer
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I asked himMaths, Physics, Economics, Politics.
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Lampito rise with the moon, go to bed with the sun, Wed 15 Jun 2011, 9:15,
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judging by his ill-advised posturing on hereI think he's too thick to do maths and physics
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Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Wed 15 Jun 2011, 9:16,
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Some incidence of dodgy grammar.When saying ADHD and dyslexia weren't real conditions, and the product of the poor education here in the UK, he came out with the classic "So... There's something actually wrong with their Brain's?"
-smacks head-
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Lampito rise with the moon, go to bed with the sun, Wed 15 Jun 2011, 9:19,
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hahahha, I missed that bit(
Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Wed 15 Jun 2011, 9:20,
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I don't think ADHD is a real conditionsome kids just need a fucking smack and some better parents.
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My Headmaster at secondary didn't believe in DyslexiaHe thought kids were just being lazy.
He was really old, though. He's probably dead now.
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There is a bit of a difference thoughAnd there is no money to be made diagnosing people with dyslexia, whereas drug companies are making lots of money giving people ritalin and stuff, pluss parents would rather blame a condition that just accept that they are shit parents and have a total cunt for an offspring.
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Interesting points allAlso worth noting that ADHD has only been "diagnosed" in recent years
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I didn't used to believe in ADHDBut seeing the difference of one of my friend's younger brothers before and after the drugs was a bit of an eye opener.
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Agnostic Antichrist Baltimora, Wed 15 Jun 2011, 9:32,
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Just because drugs made a difference to someonedoesn't mean they actually had a problem.
Look at Monty.
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Oh God, I forgot about that.I thought he was a potentially bright kid until he came out with that bit of genius.
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The missus did Maths and Physics, and Further MathsShe tells me that it was absurdly difficult and only a genuine interest in the subject matter would see a student through it. And she's one of the smartest people I've ever met, despite her highly dubious taste in men.
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He say Economics too.I'm sure the country will be in safe hands when he finishes.
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Bartleby A dead man on vacation, Wed 15 Jun 2011, 9:15,
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I'm exactly the same, because while I know it should, it simply holds no interest for me whatsoever.(
Agnostic Antichrist Baltimora, Wed 15 Jun 2011, 9:13,
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Ultimately it might as well hold no interest in anyone other than those actually in the jobsince armchair posturing aside, your ability to influence anything at all is negligible. But it still winds me up.
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the older I getthe more I realise I don't know enough to really discuss it without sounding like a tit.
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Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Wed 15 Jun 2011, 9:19,
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The problem with discussing politics is that there's always some cunt who knows more about it than you doWhich it would appear FreeFair would have been well-advised to realise.
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I thought he was the one who knew more.Boy is my face red now.
Because I'm wanking.
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www.b3ta.com/questions/offtopic/post1238665
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Agnostic Antichrist Baltimora, Wed 15 Jun 2011, 9:23,
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YeahPlumdozer showed me a thing or two as well. Always a good thing.
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because he's a horrible cunt(
Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Wed 15 Jun 2011, 9:30,
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This^He and I have resolved our differences now, but we had quite the row based purely on a difference of opinion over one band.
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Moved into my new flatwaited 9 hours for the landlady to come round and sign the tenancy agreement and walk through the inventory with me. My only internet access my phone! WOE IS ME
It's nice though.
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The Light in Chains don't touch the Pope's boner, Wed 15 Jun 2011, 9:10,
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Congratulations, have you had a wank in every room yet?(
Noeli overtheshoulderboulderholderthingstraplatchboobs, Wed 15 Jun 2011, 9:12,
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What I've not been doing is going to the gymSo today I'm going for a 45 minute run, not sure how far that will take me, about 8 1/2km I reckon.
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Naked Ape call me Caitlyn, Wed 15 Jun 2011, 9:13,
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Good manI managed 9 miles in 75 minutes last week, and am so chuffed that I've given myself 7 days off it. That might just be laziness though.
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Well done you, I've realised that to shift my little bit of belly fat and lovehandles requires some additional effortfirstly I haven't had a drink since Sunday (shit that's only 2 days *cries*) and I need to increase my cardio massively.
I have no idea why i am doing this.
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Naked Ape call me Caitlyn, Wed 15 Jun 2011, 9:16,
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Yeah maybe, but I'm fit enough for that already i reckonJust want to shift the gut!
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Naked Ape call me Caitlyn, Wed 15 Jun 2011, 9:20,
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You should sign up to the Bristol half marathon.Also, are you happier now than the other day, and what did you do to upset your wife?
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No way, I used to live there and I remember how hilly it is!Much better thanks back on the straight and narrow; short answer I was an idiot.
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Naked Ape call me Caitlyn, Wed 15 Jun 2011, 9:23,
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Did she catch you watching pornand when she got upset you said "It's only because you look fat and unattractive at the moment"
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Naked Ape call me Caitlyn, Wed 15 Jun 2011, 9:26,
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Dammit my cunning disguie as a monkey rather than a hairsuit welshman has been blown wide openjust like my brothers wife
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Naked Ape call me Caitlyn, Wed 15 Jun 2011, 9:30,
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Yeah I'm doing it to shift the last of my gutAlso just to be fitter for the sake of dancing. In 6 year we'll be in the over-35s section at Ballroom competitions and I have every intention of being the fittest competing couple in the country.
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Predominantly alehowever on a hot day I'll happily have lager
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Naked Ape call me Caitlyn, Wed 15 Jun 2011, 9:27,
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Had a lovely pint of Peroni last night, sat in the courtyard in one of the local pubs, really nice warm night.Fucking lovely.
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Agnostic Antichrist Baltimora, Wed 15 Jun 2011, 9:31,
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Haha, decided not to torment you last night(
Agnostic Antichrist Baltimora, Wed 15 Jun 2011, 9:58,
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Most women aren't usually bothered about a bit of belly on a guy.And you're married anyway.
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girlinthehole, Wed 15 Jun 2011, 9:32,
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This might be true.But I fucking hate mine. I used to have a 32 inch waist. Now it's a 36 with overhang at the front.
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Yeah, I've gone from 32" to 34" doesn't sound much but, I hate it(
Naked Ape call me Caitlyn, Wed 15 Jun 2011, 9:38,
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I don't have this problemI've always been a little bit podgy, ever since I was 13. So I have nothing to shoot for in that respect. My motivation is knowing how absurdly far out of my league the missus is.
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yeah i know, but irregardless of this I need to do it for me in myself(
Naked Ape call me Caitlyn, Wed 15 Jun 2011, 9:38,
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I'm only jealous because mine won't shift.I'm learning to accept the fact it never will unless I starve myself and give up alcohol.
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girlinthehole, Wed 15 Jun 2011, 9:41,
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I know!I honestly think that if I suddenly developed a condition that forced me to give up beer for three months I'd be pretty damn svelte by the end of it
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since last friday, I've had an exam and studied, ordered textbooks and been quiet in my room at uni.(, Wed 15 Jun 2011, 9:26, Reply)
Noel's package finally arrived in the postApparently it was an awkward shape to post
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Naked Ape call me Caitlyn, Wed 15 Jun 2011, 9:39,
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