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(I helped save b3ta! rob, Sun 1 Apr 2001, 1:00)
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So a second senior policeman had resigned
over the phone hacking stories. What would it take for you to resign from your job?

What about the £6.5million Brooks has apparently got coming to her?
(PsychoChomp, Mon 18 Jul 2011, 14:50, 260 replies, latest was 15 years ago)
A £100 golden handshake.

(I helped save b3ta! Noeli overtheshoulderboulderholderthingstraplatchboobs, Mon 18 Jul 2011, 14:50, Reply)
I like how they resign saying they've done nothing wrong.
So if they've done nothing wrong, why are they resigning?

I'd stay in my job, force them to fire me and then take them to court for wrongful dismissal.

Unless, of course, they actually have done something wrong. That'd be a shocker.
(I helped save b3ta! Kroney, Mon 18 Jul 2011, 14:51, Reply)
I think, not knowing what your staff are up to in your name is wrong in itself innit?

(PsychoChomp, Mon 18 Jul 2011, 14:52, Reply)
You employ them to do a particular job so that you don't have to be aware of everything.
I don't think it's fair to force out the guy that didn't know what was going on. By all means, if they did know it was going on and did nothing, then they are culpable by means of indirect approval.
(I helped save b3ta! Kroney, Mon 18 Jul 2011, 14:55, Reply)
it's called "deemed knowledge"
same as if your agent or lawyer knows something, you are deemed to know about it. even if they haven't told you.
(I helped save b3ta! rachelswipe with a fork, Mon 18 Jul 2011, 14:55, Reply)
Which is fine in most applications
but if the guy's job's on the line, then deemed knowledge shouldn't be enough, you should have to prove that he knew about it.
(I helped save b3ta! Kroney, Mon 18 Jul 2011, 14:58, Reply)
Would you have any confidence in someone
who was such a bad manager that they weren't aware of what was happening?
(I helped save b3ta! Bazongaloid, Mon 18 Jul 2011, 15:00, Reply)
No, but that's not the point I'm making.

(I helped save b3ta! Kroney, Mon 18 Jul 2011, 15:01, Reply)
Well then you're missing the point.
If he is incompetent, then they should hold the senior positions they do, as they are clearly not capable of doing the job for which they are paid a fucking shitload of cash.

If they aren't incompetent then they are corrupt. Either way, they have to go.
(I helped save b3ta! Bazongaloid, Mon 18 Jul 2011, 15:03, Reply)
Yes, but it should be proven, not assumed.

(I helped save b3ta! Kroney, Mon 18 Jul 2011, 15:06, Reply)
But we know phone hacking has occured, and there is evidence that some officers took bribes
and this information has been know by the police for years and they have failed to investigate it properly. Therefore it can clearly be seen that these guys are either crap at their jobs, or corrupt. So they quit.
(I helped save b3ta! Bazongaloid, Mon 18 Jul 2011, 15:10, Reply)
It comes down to whether or not you feel the figureheads should be culpable
for the actions or negligence of their underlings. I happen to think they should be. What I don't agree with is the automatic dismissal of people because somebody in their department fucked up.

Now this guy might well have known what was going on, but if he was to be punished, there should be an investigation in his involvement and the finding of proof. Pressuring people into resigning so that they don't have to investigate them is every bit as negligent as now knowing what was going on in the department you're in charge of.

I just don't happen to think that getting rid of somebody who *should* have known what was going on is fair.
(I helped save b3ta! Kroney, Mon 18 Jul 2011, 15:14, Reply)
They resign until this whole thing clears over and they're absolved of all association with the scandal
Or they're banged up for it. Whilst the inquiries are ongoing, you could argue that they're not suitable for their job, therefore someone else who's not under the shadow of suspicion should do their job.
(I helped save b3ta! Labia Majora You keep on talking but it makes no sense at all, Mon 18 Jul 2011, 15:17, Reply)
Well, yes, that's a good point.

(I helped save b3ta! Kroney, Mon 18 Jul 2011, 15:19, Reply)
have you not heard the saying
"if they can't do their job, promote them until they can"?
(I helped save b3ta! Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Mon 18 Jul 2011, 15:08, Reply)
i think i disagree here
you are being paid all that money because you are responsible. therefore if the shit is going down because of something that happened on your watch, you are going down with it.
(I helped save b3ta! rachelswipe with a fork, Mon 18 Jul 2011, 15:10, Reply)
If you sign off a invoice for a private investigator you should know what they did to earn their money.

(PsychoChomp, Mon 18 Jul 2011, 14:56, Reply)
You should, yes.
But not knowing makes him negligent, not guilty of being complicit.
(I helped save b3ta! Kroney, Mon 18 Jul 2011, 15:01, Reply)
I think being in charge of an organisation which is either so inept
or so corrupt, that it failed to notice the blatantly illegal activities going on in a high profile newspaper despite investigating it twice.

Also, senior met official are reported to have warned the Guardian off reporting some of the issues.

Their positions were utterly untenable, and the people I know in the Met think they are cunts too.
(I helped save b3ta! Bazongaloid, Mon 18 Jul 2011, 14:55, Reply)
A second, better job lined up
Or three million pounds.
(I helped save b3ta! Labia Majora You keep on talking but it makes no sense at all, Mon 18 Jul 2011, 14:52, Reply)
What about 1 million?

(PsychoChomp, Mon 18 Jul 2011, 14:53, Reply)
Sure, it'll give me some paid time off to look for another job
Might be able to retire on it if you're careful.
(I helped save b3ta! Labia Majora You keep on talking but it makes no sense at all, Mon 18 Jul 2011, 14:55, Reply)
You'd have to be very careful at current interest rates.
Even at 5% it's only about £30k a year in interest.
(I helped save b3ta! Kroney, Mon 18 Jul 2011, 14:56, Reply)
Most hedge funds will double that rate.

(PsychoChomp, Mon 18 Jul 2011, 14:57, Reply)
most hedge funds can be outperformed by a chimp picking at random.

(I helped save b3ta! The Light in Chains don't touch the Pope's boner, Mon 18 Jul 2011, 14:58, Reply)
I just mean that having a million isn't necessarily the retirement fund it used to be.

(I helped save b3ta! Kroney, Mon 18 Jul 2011, 15:02, Reply)
It wouldn't allow you to stop working
but it would make you're life pretty damned cushty compared to most people.

Obviously I mean most people that you or I know, not most people that swipey knows.
(I helped save b3ta! Bazongaloid, Mon 18 Jul 2011, 15:04, Reply)
With a million, I'd probably just use it to supplement my income
rather than replace it.
(I helped save b3ta! Kroney, Mon 18 Jul 2011, 15:06, Reply)
Indeed
Still it'd be great for setting yourself up with a house or two, and you can make money from renting the second.
(I helped save b3ta! Labia Majora You keep on talking but it makes no sense at all, Mon 18 Jul 2011, 14:57, Reply)
Even without any interest
you could happily take 30K a year from that and it would last you another 30 years.
(I helped save b3ta! Bazongaloid, Mon 18 Jul 2011, 14:59, Reply)
What job?
Alt: I think in the interests of the moral compass of this country, she should give it to me
(I helped save b3ta! Amberl was stripey and dominated Europe, Mon 18 Jul 2011, 14:53, Reply)
sharing is caring. Amberl

(I helped save b3ta! Lisette von Falcon, Mon 18 Jul 2011, 15:00, Reply)
if the clueless spastic next to me asks me again why this record is appearing on the report
BECAUSE OF THE CHANGE I MADE LAST WEEK FOLLOWING DISCUSSIONS WITH YOU, AND THEN HAD TO EXPLAIN AGAIN TWICE ON FRIDAY, AND HAVE EXPLAINED TWICE TODAY ALREADY.

I wish "Jesus Christ, are you fucking retarded?" was an acceptable answer to a question in a business context.
(I helped save b3ta! The Light in Chains don't touch the Pope's boner, Mon 18 Jul 2011, 14:57, Reply)
apparently it's a psychologically proven fact
that anyone can be bribed by offering them a sum of money that is equivalent to 10 x their annual salary.

i wonder if this is true.
(I helped save b3ta! rachelswipe with a fork, Mon 18 Jul 2011, 14:57, Reply)
I am willing to volunteer
I'll gaz you my bank account details so you can transfer it
(I helped save b3ta! Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Mon 18 Jul 2011, 14:59, Reply)
10x what I earn, probably not.
10x what you earn, maybe.
(I helped save b3ta! Labia Majora You keep on talking but it makes no sense at all, Mon 18 Jul 2011, 15:00, Reply)
depends on what the bribery is for

(I helped save b3ta! Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Mon 18 Jul 2011, 15:00, Reply)
In my job, it'd likely be to do something illegal
There's no point being rich if you're in prison, and it doesn't matter how nice your house is if you can't sleep well at night.
Of course I've never been in the situation where I've been bribed, so whilst my sense of justice and what's right makes me think "No, I would never ever take a bribe", I'm not naive enough to think that actually being in the situation wouldn't change things.
(I helped save b3ta! Labia Majora You keep on talking but it makes no sense at all, Mon 18 Jul 2011, 15:03, Reply)
It depends what I'm being bribed to do
that might buy "looking the other way while someone does something illegal" but it wouldn't get you "stab a guy" or even "remove your data from a police database".
(I helped save b3ta! The Light in Chains don't touch the Pope's boner, Mon 18 Jul 2011, 15:00, Reply)
it probably depends on what you're asking someone to do
as a lawyer, do you know if you'd get to keep the money if you're caught?
(I helped save b3ta! Lisette von Falcon, Mon 18 Jul 2011, 15:01, Reply)
that would depend on the terms of the individual contract for payment
i read the original statistic somewhere. has always intrigued me.
(I helped save b3ta! rachelswipe with a fork, Mon 18 Jul 2011, 15:07, Reply)
It'd depend on what I was being asked to do.
There're a few things I could be bribed into with a packet of wine gums.
(I helped save b3ta! Kroney, Mon 18 Jul 2011, 15:03, Reply)
this, but booze
I made out with a girl for 3 dollars at my high school graduation party.
(I helped save b3ta! Lisette von Falcon, Mon 18 Jul 2011, 15:04, Reply)
Hmmmm.
I reckon I can spare 3 dollars when I'm in New York. Do you get to pick the girl or do I?
(I helped save b3ta! Bazongaloid, Mon 18 Jul 2011, 15:05, Reply)
you'd pick a munter

(I helped save b3ta! Lisette von Falcon, Mon 18 Jul 2011, 15:12, Reply)
Judging by his wife, he has great taste in women
Surpassed only by his luck.
(I helped save b3ta! Labia Majora You keep on talking but it makes no sense at all, Mon 18 Jul 2011, 15:14, Reply)
I've not kissed anyone since I've gotten my braces so it's unlikely I'll do it for his measly three dollahs

(I helped save b3ta! Lisette von Falcon, Mon 18 Jul 2011, 15:16, Reply)
That's not bribery
That's being furnished with an excuse for lezzing it up.
(I helped save b3ta! Labia Majora You keep on talking but it makes no sense at all, Mon 18 Jul 2011, 15:06, Reply)
it's totally bribery, we were 18, totally innocent. TOTALLY.

(I helped save b3ta! Lisette von Falcon, Mon 18 Jul 2011, 15:11, Reply)
I have done similar for a bar of Cadbury's caramel
and a bottle of Reef.

what the hell am I saying? I've lezzed it up for free. The chocolate and the booze were just a bonus.
(berk, Mon 18 Jul 2011, 15:24, Reply)
for real, I could buy a pack of smokes for that amount back then

(I helped save b3ta! Lisette von Falcon, Mon 18 Jul 2011, 15:25, Reply)
I'll snog anyone for a polo mint.

(I helped save b3ta! girlinthehole, Mon 18 Jul 2011, 15:34, Reply)
would you be allowed to have it before the kiss?

(I helped save b3ta! Lisette von Falcon, Mon 18 Jul 2011, 15:35, Reply)
No, I want to enjoy the mint afterwards.

(I helped save b3ta! girlinthehole, Mon 18 Jul 2011, 15:44, Reply)
lololololol

(I helped save b3ta! Lisette von Falcon, Mon 18 Jul 2011, 15:47, Reply)
She hangs them off her clit piercing and waits for them to dissolve.
She likes the tingle.
(I helped save b3ta! Bazongaloid, Mon 18 Jul 2011, 15:48, Reply)
I'll tingle you one day sunshine.

(I helped save b3ta! girlinthehole, Mon 18 Jul 2011, 15:49, Reply)
Yeah you will
next time I'm round at your house on my own, you'll tingle me all night long.
(I helped save b3ta! Bazongaloid, Mon 18 Jul 2011, 15:59, Reply)
I hear they make a cream for that.

(I helped save b3ta! Lisette von Falcon, Mon 18 Jul 2011, 15:50, Reply)
And a pessary.

(I helped save b3ta! girlinthehole, Mon 18 Jul 2011, 15:51, Reply)
I wouldn't be surprised if there were people on here who earned 10 x my annual salary.

(I helped save b3ta! Agnostic Antichrist Baltimora, Mon 18 Jul 2011, 15:09, Reply)
Does suffer a bit of a "divide by zero" error though, that one...

(LongJohnBaldry, Mon 18 Jul 2011, 16:07, Reply)
the letter that should be arriving at my house today.

(I helped save b3ta! Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Mon 18 Jul 2011, 15:00, Reply)
What's your new job?

(I helped save b3ta! Bazongaloid, Mon 18 Jul 2011, 15:04, Reply)
like this one
but better
(I helped save b3ta! Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Mon 18 Jul 2011, 15:05, Reply)
Awesome news
I've not heard back from my interviewer. That they've only interviewed me, and that there's apparently tensions concerning whether they can hire an extra person or not (despite having more work than available staff), makes me think I won't get it.
(I helped save b3ta! Labia Majora You keep on talking but it makes no sense at all, Mon 18 Jul 2011, 15:08, Reply)
Or, you might have been fantastic
and they have no need to interview anyone else.
(I helped save b3ta! Bazongaloid, Mon 18 Jul 2011, 15:11, Reply)
Well they were headhunting me
But I haven't heard anything from them in over a week, so I'm not going to keep my hopes up.
(I helped save b3ta! Labia Majora You keep on talking but it makes no sense at all, Mon 18 Jul 2011, 15:13, Reply)
If you've not heard from them for a week
can you not ring them up and ask for an update? Shows you're keen and all that jazz.
(berk, Mon 18 Jul 2011, 15:36, Reply)
^this
no harm in following things up at all.
(I helped save b3ta! Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Mon 18 Jul 2011, 15:51, Reply)
You both make a good point
I've corresponded so far via email, so will draft something up for a friend to look over.
(I helped save b3ta! Labia Majora You keep on talking but it makes no sense at all, Mon 18 Jul 2011, 15:52, Reply)
my mrs got an offer the other day
considerably better dough, but aside from that it's a massive leap forwards towards what she wants to do for a living, and to a good company as well.

Things are looking up in Chez Vipros. Still not allowed to boot the lodger out though.
(I helped save b3ta! Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Mon 18 Jul 2011, 15:15, Reply)
That's even better news, congrats!
Is the lodger a tard?
(I helped save b3ta! Labia Majora You keep on talking but it makes no sense at all, Mon 18 Jul 2011, 15:18, Reply)
mildly
we hardly see him to be honest. He's the ideal lodger, but it's just a bit weird having a stranger in the house, and will be more so once we are married.
(I helped save b3ta! Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Mon 18 Jul 2011, 15:19, Reply)
you can't anyway
he's entitled to not less than one month's notice under section 5 of the protection from eviction act 1977... sorry.
(I helped save b3ta! rachelswipe with a fork, Mon 18 Jul 2011, 15:19, Reply)
You are no longer to speak about these things publically
under Section 3a of the Prevention of Boredom act 1935
(I helped save b3ta! Kroney, Mon 18 Jul 2011, 15:21, Reply)
I'm aware of that
but it doesn't exactly skip off the tongue saying "still not allowed to boot the lodger out after giving him not less that one months notice in accordance with section 5 of the protection from eviction act 1977"
(I helped save b3ta! Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Mon 18 Jul 2011, 15:21, Reply)
but it is good advice nonetheless
lots of lodgers might just have packed up and gone.

others might have hit you with a criminal claim for harassment.
(I helped save b3ta! rachelswipe with a fork, Mon 18 Jul 2011, 15:39, Reply)
given that it never would have happened
the advice is a little redundant.
(I helped save b3ta! Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Mon 18 Jul 2011, 15:42, Reply)
other people on here will read it
and it might assist them in the future. god, you're just like sooooo selfish and narrow-minded......
(I helped save b3ta! rachelswipe with a fork, Mon 18 Jul 2011, 15:44, Reply)
Ain't there accelerated possession proceedings for a resident landlord in any event?

(I helped save b3ta! Light In Chains maker of the ikea sofa, Mon 18 Jul 2011, 15:47, Reply)
yes but you can't issue proceedings until you've already given the notice
and that only applies to written AST's and S21 notices, which are a minimum of 2 months' notice anyway.

only trespassers/squatters get less than 1 month's notice.
(I helped save b3ta! rachelswipe with a fork, Mon 18 Jul 2011, 15:49, Reply)
Does it have to be an AST for a household tenant? What about a weekly common law tenancy instead, surely a weeks notice is all that's then required.

(I helped save b3ta! Light In Chains maker of the ikea sofa, Mon 18 Jul 2011, 15:52, Reply)
it all depends on which parts of the house you share with them, if any, and whether it is the landlord's principal home
so in vipros' case, if they actually share a bathroom, kitchen etc (i assumed by "lodger" he meant they had an annexe or something, but if he's actually sharing the same house, then it would be excluded) and it was vipros' principal home before the agreement, then the PEA would not apply.

it's v technical and v v dull but can be v v v important.
(I helped save b3ta! rachelswipe with a fork, Mon 18 Jul 2011, 15:56, Reply)
my house, he's renting a room and sharing the bathroom

(I helped save b3ta! Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Mon 18 Jul 2011, 15:58, Reply)
you can boot him out with impunity then...

(I helped save b3ta! rachelswipe with a fork, Mon 18 Jul 2011, 15:59, Reply)
huzzah!

(I helped save b3ta! Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Mon 18 Jul 2011, 16:00, Reply)
Yes.
Vipros is incredibly selfish and narrow minded. Yes. Vipros is.
(I helped save b3ta! Bazongaloid, Mon 18 Jul 2011, 15:48, Reply)
don't you have some vegetables to grow?
or a ceiling to paint?

or a- zzzzzzzzzzzzzzz.
(I helped save b3ta! rachelswipe with a fork, Mon 18 Jul 2011, 15:52, Reply)
so what you are saying is that it's fine to say things that are irrelevant
because someone else might read them at somepoint?
(I helped save b3ta! Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Mon 18 Jul 2011, 15:48, Reply)
Sainsburys Extra Mature Irish Cheddar is rather nice.

(I helped save b3ta! Bazongaloid, Mon 18 Jul 2011, 15:49, Reply)
actually, my grandfather was rather tall

(I helped save b3ta! Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Mon 18 Jul 2011, 15:49, Reply)
Which reminds me
Anyone thinking of getting their ford repairs at the Dagenham Motors bodyshop in Enfield should go somewhere else instead as they are complete morons.
(I helped save b3ta! Bazongaloid, Mon 18 Jul 2011, 15:51, Reply)
why the fuck would anyone want to go to enfield
unless their car happened to have broken down whilst passing through there, i guess.
(I helped save b3ta! rachelswipe with a fork, Mon 18 Jul 2011, 15:52, Reply)
Because that is where the closest ford body shop is to our house

(I helped save b3ta! Bazongaloid, Mon 18 Jul 2011, 15:54, Reply)
apparently there is something wrong with living a pleasant and fulfilling life
with your wife, garden and own house which you are renovating. I suspect it's the lack of working all hours, not having a mortgage to pay and such that is the problem.
(I helped save b3ta! Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Mon 18 Jul 2011, 15:53, Reply)
I think having a pathetic salary also has an impact.

(I helped save b3ta! Bazongaloid, Mon 18 Jul 2011, 15:57, Reply)
"pleasant and fulfilling"
doesn't necessarily mean "interesting", though.
(I helped save b3ta! rachelswipe with a fork, Mon 18 Jul 2011, 16:01, Reply)
they do to me
for it to be pleasant and fulfilling it has to be interesting.
(I helped save b3ta! Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Mon 18 Jul 2011, 16:01, Reply)
interesting to YOU, as the participant, sure
but there's a reason why no great films or novels or plays or poems or songs are written about things like that though. they can make for pretty dull listening, esp if the perp is then criticising other people for their lives!
(I helped save b3ta! rachelswipe with a fork, Mon 18 Jul 2011, 16:04, Reply)
so you are saying that your life is more interesting to hear about?

(I helped save b3ta! Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Mon 18 Jul 2011, 16:06, Reply)
Of course it is.
I for one cannot wait to hear more about what a man I will never meet, but who if I did would almost certainly think was a cunt, is like in bed.
(I helped save b3ta! Bazongaloid, Mon 18 Jul 2011, 16:09, Reply)
just cos he's asian?
you TERRIBLE DREADFUL RACIST.
(I helped save b3ta! rachelswipe with a fork, Mon 18 Jul 2011, 16:11, Reply)
I daresay you have trouble remembering his name.
or at least spelling it.
(I helped save b3ta! Bazongaloid, Mon 18 Jul 2011, 16:13, Reply)
true
i really struggle with J-A-M-E-S.

god al, you're SUCH A RACIST.
(I helped save b3ta! rachelswipe with a fork, Mon 18 Jul 2011, 16:14, Reply)
no, i am saying that al's constant criticism of everyone
comes across as a tiny bit bitter, like. which makes me wonder what is missing in his life.

then he goes on about growing vegetables and decorating, and i realise he has answered my question!
(I helped save b3ta! rachelswipe with a fork, Mon 18 Jul 2011, 16:11, Reply)
I don't think that is what you are saying.
which is backed up by your "however dull the law is" comment. You appear to be looking down on the sort of life that Al is living.
(I helped save b3ta! Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Mon 18 Jul 2011, 16:15, Reply)
no, just on al
because he is so rude to/about everyone, so, you know.
(I helped save b3ta! rachelswipe with a fork, Mon 18 Jul 2011, 16:17, Reply)
to be fair to him though
they all deserve it most of the time. And I'd rather hear about vegetables and decorating.
(I helped save b3ta! Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Mon 18 Jul 2011, 16:19, Reply)
ooh no
your 50's are for growing vegetables. your 20's and 30's are for being disgraceful. surely.
(I helped save b3ta! rachelswipe with a fork, Mon 18 Jul 2011, 16:22, Reply)
any time of life is the time for anything.
I think you may be missing the point of life. you should sort that out before it's too late.
(I helped save b3ta! Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Mon 18 Jul 2011, 16:23, Reply)
this is not entirely true
it does depend what you like doing. eg if you are really into raves (which i am not), for example, you can't keep doing that in your 50's. you'd look like a dirty old paedo. so you should make the most of your weekends whilst you are young enough to go. don't miss the opportunity.
(I helped save b3ta! rachelswipe with a fork, Mon 18 Jul 2011, 16:26, Reply)
who cares how you'd look?
that's shallow. Do what you enjoy, regardless of what age.
(I helped save b3ta! Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Mon 18 Jul 2011, 16:32, Reply)
everyone else there would care
and 50 year old tits are not going to look good in a neon pink crop top, however shallow that might be!
(I helped save b3ta! rachelswipe with a fork, Mon 18 Jul 2011, 16:50, Reply)
it's called CONVERSATION
so yes
(I helped save b3ta! rachelswipe with a fork, Mon 18 Jul 2011, 15:52, Reply)
I think you'll find it's called "being shit at conversation"

(I helped save b3ta! Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Mon 18 Jul 2011, 15:54, Reply)
sorry yeah
i forgot that being stoned off your gourd and dribbling into your beard must add tonnes of sparkle and scintillating wit to conversation!
(I helped save b3ta! rachelswipe with a fork, Mon 18 Jul 2011, 15:58, Reply)
jumping to conclusions there my dear.
you displayed evidence of being shit at conversation.

I'm an excellent conversationalist, stoned or not. and beard dribbling only happens when I'm asleep.
(I helped save b3ta! Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Mon 18 Jul 2011, 16:00, Reply)
oh no
i was just talking about myself and my anal beard.
(I helped save b3ta! rachelswipe with a fork, Mon 18 Jul 2011, 16:01, Reply)
you should get that seen to

(I helped save b3ta! Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Mon 18 Jul 2011, 16:04, Reply)
it's ok, i have a salon appointment on friday

(I helped save b3ta! rachelswipe with a fork, Mon 18 Jul 2011, 16:06, Reply)
An offer from a polite, reasonable and non-parsimonious employer within 1.5 hours of my home.

(I helped save b3ta! Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Mon 18 Jul 2011, 15:05, Reply)
+ who doesn't know me.

(I helped save b3ta! Bartleby A dead man on vacation, Mon 18 Jul 2011, 15:10, Reply)
you'd travel an hour and a half?
that seems like an awful long way
(I helped save b3ta! Citizen Cavy Admires your passion for conformity, Mon 18 Jul 2011, 15:37, Reply)
I think that's how far he travels now
I have considered jobs where I would be travelling for longer.
(berk, Mon 18 Jul 2011, 15:38, Reply)
I had a job in Cardiff while living in Swansea
that felt like it took up way too much of my time already, and that took about an hour
(I helped save b3ta! Citizen Cavy Admires your passion for conformity, Mon 18 Jul 2011, 15:43, Reply)
I do 1.5 hours round trip
I would not want to do that one way. I'm doing 20,000 miles and close to 5 grand's worth of petrol a year as it is.
(I helped save b3ta! Kroney, Mon 18 Jul 2011, 15:42, Reply)
I can't imagine ever having to resign from my job.
I would wait to be sacked if the stuff I just designed burned down the whole of Blackfriars Station. None of this fair cop guvnor for me.

Bribes on the other hand, one turnip and I'm anybody's.
(I helped save b3ta! Bartleby A dead man on vacation, Mon 18 Jul 2011, 15:09, Reply)
My boss making a pass at me, which would be doubly gruesome considering he's my step-father.
I'm trapped in this job due to family commitments and the fact it's full of perks but luckily he's getting ready to pack it in in a year or two.........well so he keeps saying.
(I helped save b3ta! girlinthehole, Mon 18 Jul 2011, 15:12, Reply)
A couple of months ago, I would have simply said 'Another job'
But I'm starting to enjoy it here again, so I'd need a rather large payoff for me to leave.
(I helped save b3ta! Agnostic Antichrist Baltimora, Mon 18 Jul 2011, 15:13, Reply)
Being offered another one further east
I love my* job

*theoretical
(I helped save b3ta! Citizen Cavy Admires your passion for conformity, Mon 18 Jul 2011, 15:31, Reply)
A better job
I'd feel bad about quitting a contract early but for £5k more I'd probably just think 'yeah, fuck 'em'. I'm a paragon of virtue so I'd never do anything stupid I'd have to resign over - on purpose, anyway.

I'd rather not think about the money Brooks is getting to be honest, it'll just make me depressed and annoyed.
(berk, Mon 18 Jul 2011, 15:31, Reply)
Totally unrelated to the Question
But I was wondering if anyone had any experience of using your phones GPS abroad. I was intending to turn off data roaming as we'll have a wireless connection at the house, but I was wanting to use my running app which uses GPS tracking. But I don't want to get hit with a massive phone bill.

I asked the internet and it seems to indicate that as long as I'm not downloading maps using the GPS is free, but can anyone confirm this?
(I helped save b3ta! Bazongaloid, Mon 18 Jul 2011, 15:47, Reply)
That's not true...
the gps signal is free but the maps load from a data connection, if you download the maps to your phone it'll be free.
(PsychoChomp, Mon 18 Jul 2011, 15:49, Reply)
Isn't that what I meant by
"as long as I'm not downloading maps using the GPS is free"

I won't actually be downloading any maps to my phone at all, you just set it off and it tracks your GPS position and then uploads it to a website once you're finished. And I can do that over the wireless connection in the house.
(I helped save b3ta! Bazongaloid, Mon 18 Jul 2011, 15:50, Reply)
no, he's saying
it won't actually be downloading any maps to your phone at all, you just set it off and it tracks your GPS position and then uploads it to a website once you're finished. And you can do that over the wireless connection in the house.
(I helped save b3ta! Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Mon 18 Jul 2011, 15:52, Reply)
Basically so long as you don't download maps over a mobile data connection
But instead do it through the wireless, you should be fine. You should then also of course use said wireless to upload your GPS data to the website, not the mobile data connection as that would mean you'd incur a charge for data roaming usage abroad.
(I helped save b3ta! Labia Majora You keep on talking but it makes no sense at all, Mon 18 Jul 2011, 15:55, Reply)
But if, for example, I was wanting to evict my lodger at the same time
would I better off asking my tall grandfather, or the man that works in the ford bodyshop in Enfield?
(I helped save b3ta! Bazongaloid, Mon 18 Jul 2011, 15:57, Reply)
Extra Mature Irish Cheddar
from Sainsburys is your best bet
(I helped save b3ta! Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Mon 18 Jul 2011, 15:59, Reply)
Neither
You should consult the Housing and Ancillary Domicile Act 1872, or specifically the amended amendments released in 2089 (sections 14 to 3.1752, psalm soixante-deux).
(I helped save b3ta! Labia Majora You keep on talking but it makes no sense at all, Mon 18 Jul 2011, 16:00, Reply)
Im pretty sure that if you had a NEW MAN
who had a HOT BODY and was a DEMON IN THE SACK and earned 3 TIMES AS MUCH AS YOU then all that becomes a moot point unless you want to grow vegetables.
(I helped save b3ta! Bazongaloid, Mon 18 Jul 2011, 16:02, Reply)
The closest I have to any of that is some potatoes that are probably sprouting roots in the cupboard.

(I helped save b3ta! Labia Majora You keep on talking but it makes no sense at all, Mon 18 Jul 2011, 16:06, Reply)
shhh
stop talking about it. It's not interesting enough for anyone else to want to know about it.

Have they made films about that sort of thing? No. So shut up.
(I helped save b3ta! Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Mon 18 Jul 2011, 16:07, Reply)
Maybe that's how I'll earn a MILLION times more than all of you
I'll film the potatoes sprouting in a time lapse style, but then suddenly they'll disappear in a flash, and the message is that even great artists forget they're filming something when they're having a panicked tidy-up because they have a TEPID-BODIED OLD FRIEND coming over.
(I helped save b3ta! Labia Majora You keep on talking but it makes no sense at all, Mon 18 Jul 2011, 16:09, Reply)
So do you invite moderately attractive people
round to your house in the knowledge that they've not had any for a while and so after a bottle of wine or two you'll probably both just go ahead and do it as well?
(I helped save b3ta! Bazongaloid, Mon 18 Jul 2011, 16:13, Reply)
No al
I'm waiting for my hymen to grow back so I can pierce it.
(I helped save b3ta! Labia Majora You keep on talking but it makes no sense at all, Mon 18 Jul 2011, 16:29, Reply)
however dull the law is
it will never be as dull as wallpapering your house and growing vegetables and then talking about these things with pride. fact.
(I helped save b3ta! rachelswipe with a fork, Mon 18 Jul 2011, 16:09, Reply)
I grew up with a dad who worked in the law
you couldn't be more wrong and that was criminal law, the interesting kind (relatively speaking)

it wasn't his job that was being referred to though.
(I helped save b3ta! Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Mon 18 Jul 2011, 16:11, Reply)
I think I've gone and confused myself now.
Did I mean that using GPS abroad was free as long as I was downloading a wireless connection to my house and then uploading it to a map once i've finished?
(I helped save b3ta! Bazongaloid, Mon 18 Jul 2011, 15:56, Reply)
It's all free apart from the bits that charge you, so don't use them.
But to actually be helpful, so long as you turn off data roaming on your phone you should be fine. Pre-cache the maps when you're on the wireless, the GPS shouldn't cost you a thing.
(I helped save b3ta! Labia Majora You keep on talking but it makes no sense at all, Mon 18 Jul 2011, 15:58, Reply)
Thank you.
That's what I was hoping was the case.
(I helped save b3ta! Bazongaloid, Mon 18 Jul 2011, 16:00, Reply)
Yes.
You can also cache maps beforehand then turn off data roaming and use GPS and Google Maps without any cost. Got me to a campsite in Groningen.
(I helped save b3ta! crackhouseceilidhband Fuck off back to Mumsnet, Mon 18 Jul 2011, 16:19, Reply)
Woo!
Holiday training FTW.
(I helped save b3ta! Bazongaloid, Mon 18 Jul 2011, 16:21, Reply)
To have one in the first place.

(Barry from Eastenders is, despite the words written above, not a woman, Mon 18 Jul 2011, 15:58, Reply)
Just heard about the second policeman that resigned
He was apparently moments away from being suspended.

Does anyone else remember the episode of harry enfield where Smashy and Nicey raced through television centre to announce their resignation before the director of the BBC could sack them?

It was funny because it was based on Dave Lee Travis doing almost exactly the same thing in real life.
(I helped save b3ta! Bazongaloid, Mon 18 Jul 2011, 16:01, Reply)
enfield again?
you're obsessed...
(I helped save b3ta! rachelswipe with a fork, Mon 18 Jul 2011, 16:06, Reply)
how long will you be in new york?

(I helped save b3ta! Lisette von Falcon, Mon 18 Jul 2011, 16:09, Reply)
five nights.
We get in on the Thursday evening and we are leaving the following Tuesday evening.
(I helped save b3ta! Bazongaloid, Mon 18 Jul 2011, 16:14, Reply)
where are you staying?
I've found a mega cheap hotel but it's right by times square and there are mixed reviews.
(I helped save b3ta! Lisette von Falcon, Mon 18 Jul 2011, 16:18, Reply)
We haven't booked anywhere yet.
Last time the wife went to New York she stayed at a Holiday Inn near Central Park. But we're going to ask our friend who has been a few times on business where she stayed.
(I helped save b3ta! Bazongaloid, Mon 18 Jul 2011, 16:22, Reply)
Has this thread now turned into a gigantic piss-take of rachelswipe?
I've been on the phone for a while and I've lost track entirely.
(I helped save b3ta! Kroney, Mon 18 Jul 2011, 16:09, Reply)
I don't know, I've mostly been listening to taylor swift and wishing I was 16 again

(I helped save b3ta! Lisette von Falcon, Mon 18 Jul 2011, 16:10, Reply)
i think it's all kicking off
expect a proper ruckus in a minute
(I helped save b3ta! Citizen Cavy Admires your passion for conformity, Mon 18 Jul 2011, 16:10, Reply)
We'll have to install a Frisbee Adam-style flounce clock for her.
I hope this next one will be better than the last.
(I helped save b3ta! Kroney, Mon 18 Jul 2011, 16:11, Reply)
Am I missing something?
aren't we supposed to be mean and cunty to the rest of teh world, not each other?
(I helped save b3ta! b3th Not shit. Not mod., Mon 18 Jul 2011, 16:13, Reply)
Whoever said that?

(I helped save b3ta! Kroney, Mon 18 Jul 2011, 16:18, Reply)
I did. Just now.
Didn't you hear me?
(I helped save b3ta! b3th Not shit. Not mod., Mon 18 Jul 2011, 16:19, Reply)
nah
i am just waiting to be convinced why growing vegetables makes you good fun. you grow vegetables, you tell me??
(I helped save b3ta! rachelswipe with a fork, Mon 18 Jul 2011, 16:12, Reply)
I can't imagine it makes you good fun, that's a bit like saying someone that bathes is good fun
it's just something you do
(I helped save b3ta! Lisette von Falcon, Mon 18 Jul 2011, 16:14, Reply)
Not me
Growing vegetables is the ONLY thing I do. It defines me. It makes me who I am. You should try it too Kristine, without vegetables you life is meaningless and pathetic.
(I helped save b3ta! Bazongaloid, Mon 18 Jul 2011, 16:15, Reply)
Now that's not true. You also cycle.
I can't grow vegetables, Al. The bear and deer will eat them.
(I helped save b3ta! Lisette von Falcon, Mon 18 Jul 2011, 16:16, Reply)
Oh well, at least you can look at bears and deers
What sort of bears do you have?
(I helped save b3ta! Bazongaloid, Mon 18 Jul 2011, 16:17, Reply)
black bears

(I helped save b3ta! Lisette von Falcon, Mon 18 Jul 2011, 16:21, Reply)
racist

(I helped save b3ta! b3th Not shit. Not mod., Mon 18 Jul 2011, 16:22, Reply)
oh no you di'int

(I helped save b3ta! Lisette von Falcon, Mon 18 Jul 2011, 16:24, Reply)
Bitches best not be up in mah grill, playa whaaaaat?
Cuz Imma bust me some bitches bein' talking that shit, knowamean?

Mmmmmm hmmmm.
(I helped save b3ta! b3th Not shit. Not mod., Mon 18 Jul 2011, 16:26, Reply)
bitches better not be up in yo bear grill

(I helped save b3ta! Citizen Cavy Admires your passion for conformity, Mon 18 Jul 2011, 16:27, Reply)
better drink your piss

(I helped save b3ta! Lisette von Falcon, Mon 18 Jul 2011, 16:28, Reply)
I'm sorry, I don't speak broken trailer trash

(I helped save b3ta! Lisette von Falcon, Mon 18 Jul 2011, 16:27, Reply)
To be honest,
I'm not entirely sure what I even said. I'm just copying some cool girls I saw on TV once.
(I helped save b3ta! b3th Not shit. Not mod., Mon 18 Jul 2011, 16:29, Reply)
I'M TOTALLY JOKING, IT TOTALLY LOOKS LIKE GANSTAH SPEEK

(I helped save b3ta! Lisette von Falcon, Mon 18 Jul 2011, 16:30, Reply)
fo shizzle.
I still have no idea what it means.
(I helped save b3ta! b3th Not shit. Not mod., Mon 18 Jul 2011, 16:32, Reply)
Translation:
Female dogs (derogotary) had better not start behaving aggressively towards me, man who sleeps around.

Because I'm going to physically assault female dogs (derogotary) who've been saying these things, do you know what I mean?
(I helped save b3ta! Kroney, Mon 18 Jul 2011, 16:35, Reply)
Cool.
You should totally write a phrasebook for educated people to be able to visit 'the hood'.
(I helped save b3ta! b3th Not shit. Not mod., Mon 18 Jul 2011, 16:37, Reply)
All read out in clipped BBC RP

(I helped save b3ta! Kroney, Mon 18 Jul 2011, 16:38, Reply)
That's how I read her translation in my head.
EDIT: I assumed the translation was Kristine's. Oops.
(I helped save b3ta! b3th Not shit. Not mod., Mon 18 Jul 2011, 16:40, Reply)
that's not what fo shizzle means, you're the worst translator ever

(I helped save b3ta! Lisette von Falcon, Mon 18 Jul 2011, 16:38, Reply)
Fo shizzle means
"for shit", which in turn means "for sure".
(I helped save b3ta! Kroney, Mon 18 Jul 2011, 16:39, Reply)
Duh!
Then you catch the bears and the deer, whilst they're distracted by your produce, and eat them.
(LongJohnBaldry, Mon 18 Jul 2011, 16:18, Reply)
I mean, deer is okay, but it's not my favorite.
One time we were out smoking and it started snowing and the bear was in the neighbors yard, my roommate tried to get a photo but the snow was fucking up the picture, so I offered to smack it on the ass to get it to come closer. They said no and that I couldn't outrun the bear.
(I helped save b3ta! Lisette von Falcon, Mon 18 Jul 2011, 16:22, Reply)
You wouldn't have to outrun the bear
you only have to outrun your friend.
(I helped save b3ta! Bazongaloid, Mon 18 Jul 2011, 16:25, Reply)
right! they're stupid, I so couldn've ran to the house too, it's not like the bear would've tried to get in
it would've just pawed at the screen door and wondered why his paw didn't go through
(I helped save b3ta! Lisette von Falcon, Mon 18 Jul 2011, 16:26, Reply)
I've heard they can't get up stairs
Or maybe I'm thinking of daleks...
(LongJohnBaldry, Mon 18 Jul 2011, 16:27, Reply)
They totally can't, like how cows can't walk downstairs or whatever

(I helped save b3ta! Lisette von Falcon, Mon 18 Jul 2011, 16:28, Reply)
Ah, well there's your fallback mechanism.
Even if the bear can climb the stairs, park a cow halfway up and prod it to go downstairs - they'll never get past one another! Imagine the hilarity that could ensue!

Edit: Especially if the cow and bear are both British; they'll be too polite to argue about it and spend hours trying to work out how they can get around one another whilst minimising conversation and eye contact.
(LongJohnBaldry, Mon 18 Jul 2011, 16:29, Reply)
or, right, or I could just get bear spray

(I helped save b3ta! Lisette von Falcon, Mon 18 Jul 2011, 16:32, Reply)
I thought that was to stop your bear falling out of place?

(LongJohnBaldry, Mon 18 Jul 2011, 16:33, Reply)
Those women in the 60s who had massive bearhive hairdos used to go through entire cans of that stuff at a time.

(I helped save b3ta! Bazongaloid, Mon 18 Jul 2011, 16:34, Reply)
It's a vaginal deodorant for when they're 'on'

(I helped save b3ta! Labia Majora You keep on talking but it makes no sense at all, Mon 18 Jul 2011, 16:35, Reply)
EXACTLY
if I spray it all over the ground, AND the bear, I could keep him as a lawn ornament. Give him pretty clothes and feed him out of the palm of my hand.
It's a bit like stockholm for bears.
(I helped save b3ta! Lisette von Falcon, Mon 18 Jul 2011, 16:36, Reply)
do you mean Stockholm Syndrome?
or actually Stockholm? because if it's the latter I think you need to learn a bit more about Sweden.
(I helped save b3ta! Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Mon 18 Jul 2011, 16:38, Reply)
Syndrome.
Please take your smarty pants self elsewhere.
(I helped save b3ta! Lisette von Falcon, Mon 18 Jul 2011, 16:38, Reply)
sorry, I found it really amusing to think of a city full of bears stuck to the ground
with people feeding them
(I helped save b3ta! Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Mon 18 Jul 2011, 16:40, Reply)
we should do it

(I helped save b3ta! Lisette von Falcon, Mon 18 Jul 2011, 16:44, Reply)
Definitely

(I helped save b3ta! Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Mon 18 Jul 2011, 16:45, Reply)
Isn't it to attract big hairy bearded lumberjack type men?

(I helped save b3ta! b3th Not shit. Not mod., Mon 18 Jul 2011, 16:39, Reply)
I love this mental picture.

(I helped save b3ta! Bazongaloid, Mon 18 Jul 2011, 16:34, Reply)
It definitely does deserve a great eal of recognition.


EDIT: or a great DEAL of recognition.

*hands over great eel of recognition*
Please accept this eel as a token of our appreciation for your post.
(I helped save b3ta! b3th Not shit. Not mod., Mon 18 Jul 2011, 16:35, Reply)
Growing vegetables give me a quiet sort of satisfaction.
I wouldn't say it made me fun. Having said that, I wouldn't say that going to bed in the morning, starting work three hours later and getting dumped by a seemingly endless stream of weak-chinned man-children would make me fun, either.
(I helped save b3ta! Kroney, Mon 18 Jul 2011, 16:14, Reply)
HEY
i dump some of them!

at least i get laid doing it my way...
(I helped save b3ta! rachelswipe with a fork, Mon 18 Jul 2011, 16:15, Reply)
You could always grow some sizeable carrots.

(I helped save b3ta! crackhouseceilidhband Fuck off back to Mumsnet, Mon 18 Jul 2011, 16:23, Reply)
i've already grown some sizeable melons
i think that's enough!
(I helped save b3ta! rachelswipe with a fork, Mon 18 Jul 2011, 16:24, Reply)
Hahaha

(I helped save b3ta! Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Mon 18 Jul 2011, 16:31, Reply)
A massive cash payment.
or a really great job offer. and a massive cash payment.

Alt: Being as I am such a decrepit old cow, I seem to have completely fucked my wrist today, and can no longer bear any weight on it. This resulted in my OAP husband having to help *me* to my feet when I couldn't get out of my own chair this afternoon.
I fail at everything.

A also have twinges in both hips.
(I helped save b3ta! b3th Not shit. Not mod., Mon 18 Jul 2011, 16:10, Reply)
that twinge means they just want to dance
party time!
(I helped save b3ta! Citizen Cavy Admires your passion for conformity, Mon 18 Jul 2011, 16:13, Reply)
I would
but I've sat back down again, and I couldn't get out of my chair without help if the house was on fire. : (
(I helped save b3ta! b3th Not shit. Not mod., Mon 18 Jul 2011, 16:14, Reply)
yes you would, you'd have the adrenaline working on your side

(I helped save b3ta! Lisette von Falcon, Mon 18 Jul 2011, 16:15, Reply)
yay - quick - set fire to her house

(I helped save b3ta! Citizen Cavy Admires your passion for conformity, Mon 18 Jul 2011, 16:16, Reply)
aww lame

(I helped save b3ta! Citizen Cavy Admires your passion for conformity, Mon 18 Jul 2011, 16:15, Reply)
I'm an old lady, Cavy!
Old, I tell you!

And arthritic.
(I helped save b3ta! b3th Not shit. Not mod., Mon 18 Jul 2011, 16:18, Reply)
kick age in the face
and do some hand jiving
(I helped save b3ta! Citizen Cavy Admires your passion for conformity, Mon 18 Jul 2011, 16:19, Reply)
I can't!
It's my wrists that hurt!

If I'm completely paralysed by the time I'm 40, I'll be fucking angry about it. Someone might even get a sternly worded letter.
(I helped save b3ta! b3th Not shit. Not mod., Mon 18 Jul 2011, 16:23, Reply)
but you'd have to dictate it

(I helped save b3ta! Citizen Cavy Admires your passion for conformity, Mon 18 Jul 2011, 16:28, Reply)
^this.
and ViaVoice is/was shit.
(I helped save b3ta! b3th Not shit. Not mod., Mon 18 Jul 2011, 16:33, Reply)
It was always very good at swearwords as I recall.
Guess that's the only words it heard really regularly. POS that it was.
(BrianHequator was stretching owls, on, or around, Mon 18 Jul 2011, 16:39, Reply)
Guess who's in Brighton? I'M IN BRIGHTON !
I saw the sea and a burnt out pear and aside from that it's basicly Oxford Street in London. But they have dinosaurse in their shopping centre, DINOSOURSE I TELL YOU, fake, ovbously, but really good.

Lunch today was a disapointing rice salad with ham from Jamie Oliver's place.
(I helped save b3ta! G/PP 💩💩💩💩💩&#128, Mon 18 Jul 2011, 16:13, Reply)
I always thought you hated jamie oliver

(I helped save b3ta! Lisette von Falcon, Mon 18 Jul 2011, 16:14, Reply)
No, I'm one of the only people here who really likes him =)

(I helped save b3ta! G/PP 💩💩💩💩💩&#128, Mon 18 Jul 2011, 16:21, Reply)
when's your cooking class?

(I helped save b3ta! Lisette von Falcon, Mon 18 Jul 2011, 16:29, Reply)
Tomorow at 8 in the evening =D

(I helped save b3ta! G/PP 💩💩💩💩💩&#128, Mon 18 Jul 2011, 16:45, Reply)
OOOOOOOOOOOOOHHHHHHHHHH
what will you wear?
(I helped save b3ta! Lisette von Falcon, Mon 18 Jul 2011, 16:48, Reply)
I normally dress quite sharp when I go out, so just my normal smartly-dressed sharp clothes.
And when I come back, I'll be all like BO-YAH', PASTA BITCHES.
(I helped save b3ta! G/PP 💩💩💩💩💩&#128, Mon 18 Jul 2011, 16:50, Reply)
yay
sorry to piss on your parade, but there's a dinosaur in the swansea ASDA
(I helped save b3ta! Citizen Cavy Admires your passion for conformity, Mon 18 Jul 2011, 16:15, Reply)
They have to have a dinosaur at the opposite end of the country as well
Otherwise the whole island might overbalance and tip into the sea...
(LongJohnBaldry, Mon 18 Jul 2011, 16:16, Reply)
*checks science*
Yup! totally checks out
(I helped save b3ta! Citizen Cavy Admires your passion for conformity, Mon 18 Jul 2011, 16:17, Reply)
Is it a costal thing?

(I helped save b3ta! G/PP 💩💩💩💩💩&#128, Mon 18 Jul 2011, 16:22, Reply)
Oh Gonz, check out the new pedestrianised area around the Dome
There is a pub called the Mash Tun if you want to ask for directions.

It's all been recently done up round there and it's quite nice.
(I helped save b3ta! Bazongaloid, Mon 18 Jul 2011, 16:16, Reply)
I saw this shop called The Free Shop, where anyone could make a sign and put it up, like, in protest or something.
They had loads of stuff about goverment cuts and pensions and all that, but I don't have dreadlocks or a german army jacket or reek of piss, so I don't think they'd let me in. I almost want to take a wad of £250 in £5 notes, and use it as kindling to burn their hippy-hole.

Instead I'm going to pretend to be all cosmopoliton and take photos in black and white and then set up an exhebition in one of the gallaries in Soho, selling the prints for £25 for a 6x4, and donate all the money to Shell.
(I helped save b3ta! G/PP 💩💩💩💩💩&#128, Mon 18 Jul 2011, 16:26, Reply)
There is a kite shop in the North Laines
and there is also the Guitar and Amp Centre, which is amazing if you like guitars.
(I helped save b3ta! Bazongaloid, Mon 18 Jul 2011, 16:27, Reply)
oh and a really cool music shop
with loads of bongos and wooden flutes and things
(I helped save b3ta! Citizen Cavy Admires your passion for conformity, Mon 18 Jul 2011, 16:28, Reply)
0o0o0oh, I went to a music shop, my uncle plays pretty much every instruiment (or at least, every type) you can imagine.
I don't know if it was the same one but they had a yukeraily which looked very rock'n'roll in a V shape.
(I helped save b3ta! G/PP 💩💩💩💩💩&#128, Mon 18 Jul 2011, 16:30, Reply)
Does anyone know if it's iligal if you lean really far out the window to have a fag in a non-smoking hotel?

(I helped save b3ta! G/PP 💩💩💩💩💩&#128, Mon 18 Jul 2011, 16:30, Reply)
No one can see, my view is of pipe works on the roof of somewhere else.

(I helped save b3ta! G/PP 💩💩💩💩💩&#128, Mon 18 Jul 2011, 16:31, Reply)
did you have to pay extra for a view like that?

(I helped save b3ta! b3th Not shit. Not mod., Mon 18 Jul 2011, 16:31, Reply)
Hah, not the nicest of views, but the hotel room is lovely.
This place has given me some ideas as to how I wanna do my my digs. They have downstairs in the lobby framed wallpaper, seems like a good cheap way of doing it.
(I helped save b3ta! G/PP 💩💩💩💩💩&#128, Mon 18 Jul 2011, 16:45, Reply)
I don't know about illegal
but I've done it.
(I helped save b3ta! Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Mon 18 Jul 2011, 16:35, Reply)
Good, I've just done it, and if anyone says anything, I'll pass them your way.

(I helped save b3ta! G/PP 💩💩💩💩💩&#128, Mon 18 Jul 2011, 16:43, Reply)
What you need to do is masking tape a carrier bag over the smoke alarm,
then smoke away.
(I helped save b3ta! Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Mon 18 Jul 2011, 16:43, Reply)
listen to the man

(I helped save b3ta! Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Mon 18 Jul 2011, 16:44, Reply)
I now have Funky President by James Brown on the brain - that's absolutely fine by me.

(I helped save b3ta! Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Mon 18 Jul 2011, 17:13, Reply)
Are you in Brighton?
Is that who's in Brighton? Is it you, Gonz?

Have you had your first massage yet? When you do, ask for a happy ending. They all do that at those posh health spa places...
(I helped save b3ta! b3th Not shit. Not mod., Mon 18 Jul 2011, 16:24, Reply)
This'll be a good one for me.
"Pre & Post-natal Treatment", 85mins, £68........ 35 minutes massage, 15 minutes to nip to the hospital to knock it out, back for another 35 minutes.
(I helped save b3ta! G/PP 💩💩💩💩💩&#128, Mon 18 Jul 2011, 16:28, Reply)

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