The idea of drinking tap water out of a tea mug makes me feel physically sick.
One of my staff is doing this very thing RIGHT NOW. I find it genuinely repulsive.

MORE NEWS AS IT HAPPENS.

Speaking of news, do you reckon anyone will go to prison for the NOTW phone-tapping shit? I don't. I think they should execute that ranga woman, she looks like a right cunt.
( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Thu 7 Jul 2011, 9:49, 183 replies, latest was 15 years ago)

Dunno, what news did they exactly illicit ?
Milly Milly, where are you?? Your tea's getting cold!!
( Light In Chains maker of the ikea sofa, Thu 7 Jul 2011, 9:52, Reply)

FRONT PAGE THAT SHIT!!!

( Light In Chains maker of the ikea sofa, Thu 7 Jul 2011, 9:52, Reply)

I thought there were already a couple of people who'd done time for the phone hacking.
A journalist and a private detective.
( JeffTheDogFucker Can you dig it?, Thu 7 Jul 2011, 9:52, Reply)

They are a bunch of low lifes
However what feeds them in the public's appertite for salcious gossip, so basically everyone is cunt
( Naked Ape call me Caitlyn, Thu 7 Jul 2011, 9:53, Reply)

From this day on I will only drink tap water out of a mug.

( wanderlust, Thu 7 Jul 2011, 9:55, Reply)

Make sure it's tepid

( Naked Ape call me Caitlyn, Thu 7 Jul 2011, 9:55, Reply)

Me also, while gazing adoringly at my Bowie poster.

( girlinthehole, Thu 7 Jul 2011, 9:56, Reply)

I've been on B3ta too much
I read "gazing" as "gazzing". *shakes head* Morin' chuck.
( CQ Knows the truth, all of it., Thu 7 Jul 2011, 9:57, Reply)

Morning!
How's my favorite communist today?
( girlinthehole, Thu 7 Jul 2011, 9:59, Reply)

Not bad
although I seem to be tripping over my tongue when uttering relatively simple sentences today, I suspect irreversible brain damage or something
( CQ Knows the truth, all of it., Thu 7 Jul 2011, 10:06, Reply)

Keep shtum then.

( girlinthehole, Thu 7 Jul 2011, 10:09, Reply)

.

( CQ Knows the truth, all of it., Thu 7 Jul 2011, 10:11, Reply)

Not to me though.
I'm used to your silly ways.
( girlinthehole, Thu 7 Jul 2011, 10:14, Reply)

wibble
a fibberder filb flob fleeb
( CQ Knows the truth, all of it., Thu 7 Jul 2011, 10:17, Reply)

Saucy!

( girlinthehole, Thu 7 Jul 2011, 10:19, Reply)

Monty said he is "up to his knees in fanny" everyday in the last thread,
this sounded to me like a massive slur on your good character to me.
( Naked Ape call me Caitlyn, Thu 7 Jul 2011, 9:56, Reply)

I saw that.
I am not impressed.
( wanderlust, Thu 7 Jul 2011, 9:58, Reply)

Fuck him up Lusty

( Naked Ape call me Caitlyn, Thu 7 Jul 2011, 9:59, Reply)

Yeah! cut him to the quick.

( girlinthehole, Thu 7 Jul 2011, 9:59, Reply)

Personally, I don't think I could even get the whole foot in, and if I could, it would only go up to the bottom of the shin, deffo not up to the knee.
Not that I would dump you or anything if I could get my leg in up to the knee, because you're so much more than that.
( G/PP 💩💩💩💩💩&#128, Thu 7 Jul 2011, 10:02, Reply)

who the fuck does he think he is?
Brian Cox?
(Zoz prayed for twink on, Thu 7 Jul 2011, 10:02, Reply)

Like a warm, fleshy sleeping bag.
You're such a grass, Ape.
( Kroney, Thu 7 Jul 2011, 10:02, Reply)

Oh lordy, what I wouldn't give to be that mug, or the tap, or the water, or anything else that is in your company.

( G/PP 💩💩💩💩💩&#128, Thu 7 Jul 2011, 9:59, Reply)

Well, if Monty carries on telling everyone he's either cheating on me
or I've got a giant fanny then I'm all yours gonz.
( wanderlust, Thu 7 Jul 2011, 10:09, Reply)

Oh cool, I'll convince him to do that more so in the future !

( G/PP 💩💩💩💩💩&#128, Thu 7 Jul 2011, 10:23, Reply)

I want to do a musical about pork products.
Do you dine, on the swine? Pork is so devine, it's all mine, bacon is fine.
How do you feel, with fried pig peal? The skin, it is crisp, like a salty kiss, it is pure bliss.
I should be keeping kosha, but this story I gotta tell ya', bacon brings god closer.
For one more bite, I would fight, at the start of the day, or the end of the night.

That's how far I've gotten so far.
( G/PP 💩💩💩💩💩&#128, Thu 7 Jul 2011, 9:57, Reply)

You'll have to ham it up a bit.

( JeffTheDogFucker Can you dig it?, Thu 7 Jul 2011, 9:58, Reply)

I'd pay to see that.

( girlinthehole, Thu 7 Jul 2011, 9:58, Reply)

it's better than Ben Elton can do

( Naked Ape call me Caitlyn, Thu 7 Jul 2011, 10:00, Reply)

I only drink water out of my brother's protein shake thing cos it holds half a litre.
I get through about twelve a day, can't go into the kitchen and not have a glass cos I've got it into my head something terrible will happen if I don't.
(Barry from Eastenders is, despite the words written above, not a woman, Thu 7 Jul 2011, 9:59, Reply)

you need around 2ltrs of liquid a day, this can be acquired from drinks and food and doesn't have to be exclusively water
a magazine made up the 8 glasses (2ltrs) of water a day thing and it became fact
( Naked Ape call me Caitlyn, Thu 7 Jul 2011, 10:01, Reply)

I tried that but I was constantly peeing all day.

( girlinthehole, Thu 7 Jul 2011, 10:02, Reply)

It's is completely unnecessary

( Naked Ape call me Caitlyn, Thu 7 Jul 2011, 10:02, Reply)

Well I know that now.

( girlinthehole, Thu 7 Jul 2011, 10:03, Reply)

plus drinking too much water can fuck you up

(Zoz prayed for twink on, Thu 7 Jul 2011, 10:03, Reply)

It depends what you're doing.
Basically you should drink when you're thirsty.
(PsychoChomp, Thu 7 Jul 2011, 10:03, Reply)

you need liquid when you are thirsty
there is no arbitrary amount.
( the mighty badger Aphrodite, on a bar stool, by your side, Thu 7 Jul 2011, 10:04, Reply)

Oh I know.
I think it's just a little OCD-esque thing.
(Barry from Eastenders is, despite the words written above, not a woman, Thu 7 Jul 2011, 10:05, Reply)

no real harm in it.
as long as you don't drink too much it probably lowers the osmotic stress on your kidneys. But the liquid can come from anywhere - water, tea, coffee, food, beer. it's all the same really.
( the mighty badger Aphrodite, on a bar stool, by your side, Thu 7 Jul 2011, 10:07, Reply)

I choose beer and coffee mainly

( Naked Ape call me Caitlyn, Thu 7 Jul 2011, 10:08, Reply)

Can it come from the moon?

( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Thu 7 Jul 2011, 10:12, Reply)

fuck yeah
moon juice. best of all the hydration sources.
( the mighty badger Aphrodite, on a bar stool, by your side, Thu 7 Jul 2011, 10:13, Reply)

Lol

( girlinthehole, Thu 7 Jul 2011, 10:13, Reply)

Good choice
Cheese water
( sporters I’m sincerely gratitude to you, Thu 7 Jul 2011, 10:14, Reply)

You realise that's irrational right?

(PsychoChomp, Thu 7 Jul 2011, 10:00, Reply)

Killing gingers or drinking water from a mug?

( Naked Ape call me Caitlyn, Thu 7 Jul 2011, 10:02, Reply)

Being scared of drinking from a mug.

(PsychoChomp, Thu 7 Jul 2011, 10:03, Reply)

I have to say i agree with monty
there is something odd about drinking water from a mug. In the same way beer doesn't taste as nice out of a plastic pint "glass"
( Naked Ape call me Caitlyn, Thu 7 Jul 2011, 10:04, Reply)

I don't think it scares him.
It just hurts his sensebilities.
( girlinthehole, Thu 7 Jul 2011, 10:04, Reply)

He's totally scared of it.
big pussy.
(PsychoChomp, Thu 7 Jul 2011, 10:05, Reply)

agreed
manky warm london tap water out of a thick-edged mug? retch.

this is why i buy bottles of evian/vitamin water and keep them chilled to fuck.
( rachelswipe with a fork, Thu 7 Jul 2011, 10:03, Reply)

You like to fuck chilled Evian?
madness. Bottle shape's all wrong.
( the mighty badger Aphrodite, on a bar stool, by your side, Thu 7 Jul 2011, 10:05, Reply)

i know
this is why i screamed at ocado last week for bringing 250ml bottles instead of 500ml bottles. quite ruined my filthy weekend.

i am still mad about this, 5 days and a £30 gift voucher later. what kind of a moron thinks this is a "substitution"? sure, change the brand. i might whinge, but that is a substitution. what the fuck can you do with pointless 250ml bottles? i am not a child's lunchbox...
( rachelswipe with a fork, Thu 7 Jul 2011, 10:06, Reply)

utter cunts that they are.
this is why I don't shop online.
( the mighty badger Aphrodite, on a bar stool, by your side, Thu 7 Jul 2011, 10:09, Reply)

i just buy all my water and drinks online
because i thought they couldn't get that wrong. seems i was wrong.
( rachelswipe with a fork, Thu 7 Jul 2011, 10:10, Reply)

I only buy stuff online that it's hard to get nearby up here


y'know, fruit and the like.
( the mighty badger Aphrodite, on a bar stool, by your side, Thu 7 Jul 2011, 10:11, Reply)

why did i read that as "i only buy stuff online that it's hard to get up there" ?
i was really disturbed by the smaller font, until i re-read it.
( rachelswipe with a fork, Thu 7 Jul 2011, 10:14, Reply)

because you have a dirty mind.

( the mighty badger Aphrodite, on a bar stool, by your side, Thu 7 Jul 2011, 10:17, Reply)

sorry, hang on whilst i get the kettle over here so that you can say that to his face...

( rachelswipe with a fork, Thu 7 Jul 2011, 10:20, Reply)

and £30 won't even cover the price of a salad
the insolence!
(Zoz prayed for twink on, Thu 7 Jul 2011, 10:13, Reply)

it would have bought me 3 lovely lunches
if the bloody place hadn't been repossessed
( rachelswipe with a fork, Thu 7 Jul 2011, 10:19, Reply)

haha, I love the fact that it can charge up to a tenner for a salad and still go bust
it must have been run by an absolute fuckwit. probably an apprentice winner.
( the mighty badger Aphrodite, on a bar stool, by your side, Thu 7 Jul 2011, 10:23, Reply)

drug addict

( rachelswipe with a fork, Thu 7 Jul 2011, 10:30, Reply)

Well looky what we have here
Morning Swipe. Apologies if I missed your grand re-entrance, unless this is it, in which case, "oooooooooh"
(Darth Foxtrot A one-man army dedicated to making fetch happen, Thu 7 Jul 2011, 10:08, Reply)

nah
i finally got given a piece of work that was even more boring than ANOTHER bbc newslink, so i am on here for light relief whilst doing that!
( rachelswipe with a fork, Thu 7 Jul 2011, 10:10, Reply)

Welcome (back) to our world
And how have you been entertaining yourself?
(Darth Foxtrot A one-man army dedicated to making fetch happen, Thu 7 Jul 2011, 10:13, Reply)

buy isklar, funny shaped bottle

( SteveFrench Cardio is for homo's. do you even lift bro?, Thu 7 Jul 2011, 10:18, Reply)

Oh talking of News of the World.
It's almost possible they listened to a voicemail I left now they apparently targeted soldiers families.
(PsychoChomp, Thu 7 Jul 2011, 10:04, Reply)

If there was an absolute definiton
of total cuntitude, it would be Rebekah Wade. So, yeah, I'm with you there.
( the mighty badger Aphrodite, on a bar stool, by your side, Thu 7 Jul 2011, 10:06, Reply)

I'm starting to feel a bit sorry for her.

(PsychoChomp, Thu 7 Jul 2011, 10:07, Reply)

She beat up Ross Kemp
No one beats up Ross Kemp on my watch, he is a HERO
( Naked Ape call me Caitlyn, Thu 7 Jul 2011, 10:07, Reply)

why? she is genuninely fucking awful and always has been.
Remember it's not like she hasn't got shit loads of form for this kind of stuff.
( the mighty badger Aphrodite, on a bar stool, by your side, Thu 7 Jul 2011, 10:08, Reply)

I know I know, but it's turning into a massive witch hunt
I'm sure she's a cunt and deserves probably prison, but she one of many, it's not all her fault, I'm sure she didn't invent phone hacking.
(PsychoChomp, Thu 7 Jul 2011, 10:12, Reply)

She will have driven the culture that lead to lowlier journalists taking those risks
They are all guilty, but she carries greater responsibility
( Naked Ape call me Caitlyn, Thu 7 Jul 2011, 10:14, Reply)

she's ultimately responsible.
Her salary, her position and her fucking precious moral stances dictate that she has to fall furthest for this.

This is a woman who led a campaign to publish the names and fucking addresses of sex offenders who had served their time and been released in the national press without checking any accuracy* and got away with it.

*not that whether or not they actually were sex offenders has anything to do with the fact that it's a disgrace that a paper would identify them.
( the mighty badger Aphrodite, on a bar stool, by your side, Thu 7 Jul 2011, 10:16, Reply)

I'd rather they took aim at Murdoch to tell you the truth.
But we'll see he's defending her a lot at the moment which is risky. "she was on holiday" was the best thing I saw from the news yesterday.
(PsychoChomp, Thu 7 Jul 2011, 10:18, Reply)

Murdoch, cunt though he undoubtably is
Can justifiably argue he had no knowledge of the whole affair (I'm sure that's not true but that's not the point) as he's not responsible for the day-to-day running or even the output. He just owns the holding company. Wade/Brooks can't possibly argue the same, although I'm sure she'll try.
( the mighty badger Aphrodite, on a bar stool, by your side, Thu 7 Jul 2011, 10:21, Reply)

I think the interesting thing is to see if Ofcom go for the "unfit organisation" route.
See how they get out of that.
(PsychoChomp, Thu 7 Jul 2011, 10:24, Reply)

Theyn interviewd the chap i charge of the internal investigation at the NOTW yesterday
He was so slimey and evasive, they claim to be co-operating, but it feels like they are desperately trying to minimise damage
( Naked Ape call me Caitlyn, Thu 7 Jul 2011, 10:21, Reply)

She was on holiday from the other day
back to Millie Dowling's* murder?

*or whatever hammer-girl's name was.
( Kroney, Thu 7 Jul 2011, 10:21, Reply)

Around the time of Milly and the Soham killings.

(PsychoChomp, Thu 7 Jul 2011, 10:25, Reply)

That's a long holiday.

( Kroney, Thu 7 Jul 2011, 10:31, Reply)

Two seperate holidays apparently.

(PsychoChomp, Thu 7 Jul 2011, 10:32, Reply)

Two separate and convenient holidays.

( Kroney, Thu 7 Jul 2011, 10:34, Reply)

I bet she killed them!

(PsychoChomp, Thu 7 Jul 2011, 10:37, Reply)

Oh, man, let's start a meme on that.

( the mighty badger Aphrodite, on a bar stool, by your side, Thu 7 Jul 2011, 10:42, Reply)

She went out with Ross Kemp and is ginger.
How can you feel sorry for her?
( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Thu 7 Jul 2011, 10:10, Reply)

She got herself into it
and she is responsible for a lot of relentless media hounding. If she now complains that she's getting too much attention then she's merely adding hypocrisy to her long list of unpleasant personal characteristics.
( Kroney, Thu 7 Jul 2011, 10:13, Reply)

We should make her and Sharon Shoesmith fight to the death

( Naked Ape call me Caitlyn, Thu 7 Jul 2011, 10:15, Reply)

why can't she spell her own name?
serves the dumbass in america who has been getting all the twitter abuse right for also being a twat and spelling it in such a WAKKKI fashion.
( rachelswipe with a fork, Thu 7 Jul 2011, 10:07, Reply)

I know a Rebekah
She (or her mother, I suppose) is Jewish, and used the biblical spelling.

In other news, welcome back. I've missed your gentle musings.
( b3th Not shit. Not mod., Thu 7 Jul 2011, 10:17, Reply)

hello you
and goodbye, gotta work now...
( rachelswipe with a fork, Thu 7 Jul 2011, 10:36, Reply)

If the tea mug wasn't properly drained of tea or coffee and then toppe up with water your employee is a truly sick motherfucker
If they're drinking water out of a clean mug, they're just a bit weird and in need of a glass.
(Darth Foxtrot A one-man army dedicated to making fetch happen, Thu 7 Jul 2011, 10:09, Reply)

+ing

( Naked Ape call me Caitlyn, Thu 7 Jul 2011, 10:10, Reply)

As soon as anyone posts something like that
I immediately and instinctively scan the preceding post for potential gay jibes I neglected to excise
(Darth Foxtrot A one-man army dedicated to making fetch happen, Thu 7 Jul 2011, 10:13, Reply)

I drink water from a mug when I'm feeling lazy.
Speaking of News, I PASSED EVERYTHING!!
(Poppet some assembly required., Thu 7 Jul 2011, 10:16, Reply)

Yay!
what did you pass?
( CQ Knows the truth, all of it., Thu 7 Jul 2011, 10:17, Reply)

A MASSIVE STOOL.

( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Thu 7 Jul 2011, 10:18, Reply)

Blood and Urine

( Naked Ape call me Caitlyn, Thu 7 Jul 2011, 10:19, Reply)

my exams.
high distinctions in biology, and Structure and function, distinction in understanding health, and credit in chemistry. really really happy. :D
(Poppet some assembly required., Thu 7 Jul 2011, 10:19, Reply)

Well done you, have a Tim Tam

( Naked Ape call me Caitlyn, Thu 7 Jul 2011, 10:20, Reply)

Nah mate, Lindt all the way.

(Poppet some assembly required., Thu 7 Jul 2011, 10:21, Reply)

even the lightbulb you swallowed for a bet?

( the mighty badger Aphrodite, on a bar stool, by your side, Thu 7 Jul 2011, 10:19, Reply)

Huzzah!
With flying colours no doubt?
( girlinthehole, Thu 7 Jul 2011, 10:19, Reply)

Congrats Poppet :-)
Apologies for the FB status this morning, have asked everyone to keep it shut from now on.
(Darth Foxtrot A one-man army dedicated to making fetch happen, Thu 7 Jul 2011, 10:26, Reply)

thank you!
I only *JUST* started watching it yesterday and I was like GARGAOEIH EUKHEJ FUUUUUUUUCK. I feel bad for saying the equivalent on your status.
(Poppet some assembly required., Thu 7 Jul 2011, 10:27, Reply)

Please don't, my friends are numpties
Don't worry about the comment above your post - that particular friend was always most enamoured with Starbuck, she's a mouthy cow too.
(Darth Foxtrot A one-man army dedicated to making fetch happen, Thu 7 Jul 2011, 10:33, Reply)

Is it the mug or the tap water that you have a problem with, here.
Would it be ok in a glass? Is drinking distilled water from a mug acceptable?

The people need to know.

*taps phone*
( Kroney, Thu 7 Jul 2011, 10:20, Reply)

I love drinking water.
I'll usually drink it out of a bottle rather than a glass, though. I have a Bobble bottle which is fucking ace.

Of course those peaople won't be punished. We have no moral standards in this country any more. It's all bread and circuses in the public forum anyway.
( b3th Not shit. Not mod., Thu 7 Jul 2011, 10:20, Reply)

what's a BOBBLE bottle?

(Poppet some assembly required., Thu 7 Jul 2011, 10:23, Reply)

It has a filter in the mouthpiece, like a brita filter
You fill it with ordinary tap water and you can use it as long as you like. Every three months you just replace the top.

here

EDIT: changed to different, non-spazzy link.
( b3th Not shit. Not mod., Thu 7 Jul 2011, 10:27, Reply)

Ohhh okay.
that makes sense. I just buy bottled water from the reject shop cos the water on res is chlorinated and I don't like the taste...
(Poppet some assembly required., Thu 7 Jul 2011, 10:29, Reply)

Is it a standard twist top?
I mean could you attach the filter to a Coca Cola bottle for example?

p.s. that website is fucking annoying
( Peej, Thu 7 Jul 2011, 10:31, Reply)

I gave up at 30%

( Naked Ape call me Caitlyn, Thu 7 Jul 2011, 10:34, Reply)

Sorry. I didn't make the website, so I'm not responsible for its content.
I think it is a little bigger than a standard size top. Might fit a Pepsi bottle though. They're a little bigger, usually.

On a weird but related note, I was buying my Diet Pepsi in Morrisons yesterday (admittedly by the crateload) and some random old bloke started lecturing me on how bad it is for my insides.
( b3th Not shit. Not mod., Thu 7 Jul 2011, 10:34, Reply)

He's quite right
I bet if you did make the website it would be even more annoying with 10 times more swirly animations and slidey bits
( Peej, Thu 7 Jul 2011, 10:36, Reply)

I don't drink pepsi or coke.
they're both foul.
(Poppet some assembly required., Thu 7 Jul 2011, 10:41, Reply)

I only drink virgins piss
and only eat swans eyelids
( Peej, Thu 7 Jul 2011, 10:46, Reply)

I don't.
I drink lots of water and tea and juice. :D
(Poppet some assembly required., Thu 7 Jul 2011, 10:53, Reply)

Morning Internet Nemesis
How are you today?
(Darth Foxtrot A one-man army dedicated to making fetch happen, Thu 7 Jul 2011, 10:24, Reply)

Good, thank you. You?
I have successfully managed to avoid seeing 'that' this morning, by virtue of being a lazy cow and getting up late. By the time I looked there were so many comments the bad one had disappeared off the feed.

Only got six episodes left to go though. I am excited and sad in equal measure.
( b3th Not shit. Not mod., Thu 7 Jul 2011, 10:30, Reply)

If you're six episodes from the end then there's no spoilers in there for you anyway.
It's good isn't it. ISN'T IT.
(Darth Foxtrot A one-man army dedicated to making fetch happen, Thu 7 Jul 2011, 10:34, Reply)

BRING BACK CAPRICA!

( Peej, Thu 7 Jul 2011, 10:38, Reply)

I'm desperately hoping that Blood and Chrome is a massive hit and they decide it's worth picking Caprica up to flesh out the history
What? Could happen...
(Darth Foxtrot A one-man army dedicated to making fetch happen, Thu 7 Jul 2011, 10:41, Reply)

American TV has so many shows that don't get picked up after their first series
I wouldn't get attached to them, if I were you. Because if you like it, it's almost certainly going to be one of the many that don't win ratings in the States.
( Kroney, Thu 7 Jul 2011, 10:44, Reply)

Not now they did a "FILL IN ALL THE GAPS IN 5 MINUTES"
At the end of the last episode. Which was bollocks, he suddenly had the tech to make a new body for his kid. Bollocks they Cylons went off and did that themselves. They ruined the whole plot in 5 minutes
( Peej, Thu 7 Jul 2011, 10:45, Reply)

http://www.b3ta.com/questions/offtopic/post1269387
( b3th Not shit. Not mod., Thu 7 Jul 2011, 10:48, Reply)

Trust me, that spoils nothing
Caprica is brilliant, the last 5 minutes were shit.
( Peej, Thu 7 Jul 2011, 10:55, Reply)

stoppit stoppit stoppit.
*LALALALALALLALALA*
(Poppet some assembly required., Thu 7 Jul 2011, 10:46, Reply)

and Tidyup?

( Peej, Thu 7 Jul 2011, 10:46, Reply)

yeah that.

(Poppet some assembly required., Thu 7 Jul 2011, 10:51, Reply)

I promise I haven't spolied anything

( Peej, Thu 7 Jul 2011, 10:56, Reply)

I live in Cornwalland
Us pasty Wogs don't need to filter our water because it doesn't taste like shit so ner ner nerner nerrrrrr!
( Peej, Thu 7 Jul 2011, 10:29, Reply)

She's vile
www.youtube.com/watch?v=v1AJjnl2y8U
( Peej, Thu 7 Jul 2011, 10:42, Reply)