Weekend
How was your weekend? Productive or restful? Productively restful? Wastefully enjoyable? Enjoyably wasted? Elegantly wasted?

Alt: what's the biggest waste of money you've ever splashed out on?
(McChinaman banned, Mon 19 Sep 2011, 8:16, 169 replies, latest was 14 years ago)

I did bugger all except buy a new buggy for my daughter
Alt: a new buggy for my daughter
(McChinaman banned, Mon 19 Sep 2011, 8:24, Reply)

It took us three children and countless buggies until we found the perfect one..
..that ticked all the boxes. Lightweight, fits in car boot/through doorways, sub-Krypton Factor ease of folding and no loss of fingers in the process. I don't miss all that, babies have more accessories than Batman.
( Bill Clay a.k.a. Claudio, Mon 19 Sep 2011, 8:37, Reply)

This one is to take on a plane so it has to be small and foldaway
Visiting in-laws FML.
(McChinaman banned, Mon 19 Sep 2011, 8:40, Reply)

Ihope you eventually found the perfect child.

( scarpe We Stole Bikes, Mon 19 Sep 2011, 8:57, Reply)

+1

(McChinaman banned, Mon 19 Sep 2011, 9:07, Reply)

Maclaren Techno XT
FTW.

*heeds own sig*
( crackhouseceilidhband Fuck off back to Mumsnet, Mon 19 Sep 2011, 10:01, Reply)

I'm going to A3babybarn on Friday
to try a few buggies... There's so much choice I have no idea what I want. I hope we'll find something close to perfection.
(Aberracion Life's getting very complicated, but a lot of fun., Mon 19 Sep 2011, 11:00, Reply)

Dull but productive.
Alt: dating sites.
( girlinthehole, Mon 19 Sep 2011, 8:26, Reply)

A shining example of womanhood like you on dating sites?
*panders*
(McChinaman banned, Mon 19 Sep 2011, 8:38, Reply)

i no rite.

( girlinthehole, Mon 19 Sep 2011, 9:01, Reply)

I've never paid for a dating site, but I somehow can't believe they'd be more useful than free ones
Unless, say, you'd just moved to a new city and just wanted to meet people.
(McChinaman banned, Mon 19 Sep 2011, 8:44, Reply)

I got 2 different girlfriends off dating sights in the past.
One was paid and pone free, I think the personality matching gubbins was better on the paid one and it did match me up with someone who, while I am not with her anymore am still very close to.
( CQ Knows the truth, all of it., Mon 19 Sep 2011, 9:50, Reply)

I did sweet ef all, except see a flat that is a bit too small for me, and expand my search params online.
My budget has shot up a bit, if it's perfect for me, but it would have to be just right for me.

I wrote a "FUCK YOU" letter to the people we were gonna buy from (Ma's friend's daughter), because they're treating us like scum who have kicked a kitten, 'cus we uncovered the property has £20k worth of bills that would have to be paid in the next couple of years, they didn't say a word 'till we found out and asked. GUTTED, SUCKERS. They're so screwed now, tee hee eee, we worked out it'll cost about £500/month for hte next 3 years, tee hee eee.

The new Scroobius Pip album came out, it's alright mostly, it normally takes me about 5 listens to a hip-hop like album to like it, because I can't always follow the lyrics all the way the first time. He's let his mate get involved in some of the songs, and they're not very good, check out these lyrics "Bad time's coming, bash up a castle, I know the zoo keeper, line them up, lions on 'em." WTF?

I made an awesome pizza last night and I still have half of it so I can have it tonight for my dinner or maybe for lunch while I'm at work, I donno, what do you reckon? I reckon if I have lunch out at work again, it'll cost me about £7, probs best not too. Ohhh, I bought some plane qwahsontz, I forgot, I can fill them with some ham and cheese and mustard and have that instead. It's too early to think about this TBH.

I got to see the doctor in a bit and pick up a prescription, I'm a bit early on my tablets 'cus I had a few bad days over the last week.

I got Windows 8 that I might install this week, I think it'll be much better for the average user, if someone can invent something you can fit over a monitor or screen to turn into touch compatitble, they'd make a rediculous fortune.
( G/PP 💩💩💩💩💩&#128, Mon 19 Sep 2011, 8:33, Reply)

OH LORDY
www.ebuyer.com/282002-fairground-popcorn-machine-popcornmachine
www.ebuyer.com/282001-fairground-candy-floss-machine-candyfloss

JUST SO YOU ALL KNOW, IT IS MY BIRTHDAY AT THE END OF NEXT MONTH
( G/PP 💩💩💩💩💩&#128, Mon 19 Sep 2011, 8:55, Reply)

If only there was some sort of event in London at the end of the month
that many b3tans could attend to give you presents.
( The Light in Chains don't touch the Pope's boner, Mon 19 Sep 2011, 9:19, Reply)

Although free shit sounds good, I'm not gonna hijack it, would rather make my own one later on.

( G/PP 💩💩💩💩💩&#128, Mon 19 Sep 2011, 9:35, Reply)

Just keep casually mentioning it
and see what happens.

I'm actually 23 in Martian Years in October.
( The Light in Chains don't touch the Pope's boner, Mon 19 Sep 2011, 9:55, Reply)

Where'd you get windows 8 from? Is there a beta out?

(PsychoChomp, Mon 19 Sep 2011, 9:33, Reply)

Preview build
www.buildwindows.com =)
( G/PP 💩💩💩💩💩&#128, Mon 19 Sep 2011, 9:34, Reply)

Cooool, I'll have a go a dual booting tonight
thanks!
(PsychoChomp, Mon 19 Sep 2011, 9:36, Reply)

Football (watching), unpaid overtime, made a nice pot of chilli, watched a crap film.
The film in question was Insidious, which was like Poltergeist but shit, and lacking both tension and squeaky-voiced midget psychics.

Alt: There have probably been worse ones but the trip to Legoland last year in the half term holiday was an utter waste of time, I've never paid so much for the pleasure of standing in a queue. I'm never going to a theme park again when schools aren't open.
( Bill Clay a.k.a. Claudio, Mon 19 Sep 2011, 8:43, Reply)

"I'm never going to a theme park again when schools aren't open."
That was your first etc.
(McChinaman banned, Mon 19 Sep 2011, 8:46, Reply)

I think I would have quite enjoyed Insidious, if I hadn't been watching it with a stupid bitch who kept talking through it
Therefore missing any tension that was building up, so when the big 'scare' happened, she'd say 'This is shit', because she'd missed all the buildup.

What a knob.

If she'd done that with a decent horror film on my first watch, I think I'd have killed her.
( Agnostic Antichrist Baltimora, Mon 19 Sep 2011, 8:48, Reply)

With a hockey mask or glove with finger-knives
Might as well be arty and referential while murdering. That's the post-modern way.
(McChinaman banned, Mon 19 Sep 2011, 9:18, Reply)

I went to Legoland last Sunday with mymissus, my brother and niece.
Near end of season, schools already back, so despite it being a Sunday and the sun being out, it was lovely. Hardly any queuing at all. 10 minutes for a boat ride at the end of the day was the longest by far. Used vouchers so we paid half what we should to get in, so good value.

I had a great day.
( scarpe We Stole Bikes, Mon 19 Sep 2011, 9:00, Reply)

This is pretty impressive
www.engadget.com/2011/09/18/legos-augmented-reality-at-idf-eyes-on-video/
( G/PP 💩💩💩💩💩&#128, Mon 19 Sep 2011, 9:10, Reply)

Dull, lonely, and a bit productive.
Finally tidied my room, feel far better now I've done that. Also did washing, ironing, washing up, hoovering, etc.

Alt: Probably Father Ted on DVD, it cost me £40 for something I rarely watch. I think I've watched it once since I bought it.
( Agnostic Antichrist Baltimora, Mon 19 Sep 2011, 8:50, Reply)

WATCH AGAIN
It's ace!
(McChinaman banned, Mon 19 Sep 2011, 9:13, Reply)

You may have your pocket money, now that your room is tidy.
But I will be checking that you haven't merely stuffed everything under the bed/in the wardrobe.
( tangledupinblue hairy badge with moving eyes, Mon 19 Sep 2011, 9:18, Reply)

That used to be my method, stuff it all under the bed.
My Dad was never too pleased.
( Agnostic Antichrist Baltimora, Mon 19 Sep 2011, 9:20, Reply)

This is very thought provoking
www.jewify.org/
( G/PP 💩💩💩💩💩&#128, Mon 19 Sep 2011, 9:01, Reply)

Do I dare click on that at work
or will I get dragged off for Diversity Counselling?
( The Light in Chains don't touch the Pope's boner, Mon 19 Sep 2011, 9:21, Reply)

In that context
you've managed to make 'diversity counselling' sound like a horrific euphemism for 'labour camps'. Which wasn't exactly an honest description in the first place.
( scarpe We Stole Bikes, Mon 19 Sep 2011, 9:22, Reply)

I was thinking more along the lines of strapped-to-a-chair style brainwashing
THERE ARE FOUR JEWS!
( The Light in Chains don't touch the Pope's boner, Mon 19 Sep 2011, 9:32, Reply)

My favourite of all The Two Ronnies sketches.

( scarpe We Stole Bikes, Mon 19 Sep 2011, 9:33, Reply)

I watch too much Star Trek.
Also, I'll never be able to get the sight of Patrick Stewart's arse out of my mind.
(The Luggage is haunted..., Mon 19 Sep 2011, 9:35, Reply)

This is one of the many reasons for your prolonged virginity

( Light In Chains maker of the ikea sofa, Mon 19 Sep 2011, 9:42, Reply)

this is the stupidest thing i've seen today

( Naked Ape call me Caitlyn, Mon 19 Sep 2011, 9:28, Reply)

I have to say I disagree with you Gonz
Because large groups of Jewish people don't move onto land that they don't own and make an awful mess of it. They also don't buy land and then build illegal settlements. Oh hang on. That last bit isn't strictly true is it.

But lets stick to the UK. In the UK groups of Jewish people don't build large encampments without getting the correct planning permission.
(Bazongaloid, Mon 19 Sep 2011, 9:33, Reply)

Oh lol, totally going to copy'n'paste that if any of my jewish mates/family mention it.

( G/PP 💩💩💩💩💩&#128, Mon 19 Sep 2011, 9:37, Reply)

I'd only just thought of that as I ws typing it.

(Bazongaloid, Mon 19 Sep 2011, 9:38, Reply)

them jews sure have a strong persecution complex, don't they?
Get over it Streisand, Hitler's dead
(Quinton had to abandon other account as i broke it, Mon 19 Sep 2011, 10:00, Reply)

My boss just related that his small daughter announced at the weekend
"We're being superninjas and rescuing people. Hitler wouldn't have done that!"

He's now wondering exactly what topics they're covering at nursery.
( The Light in Chains don't touch the Pope's boner, Mon 19 Sep 2011, 10:21, Reply)

sounds more like a Naziery to me

(Quinton had to abandon other account as i broke it, Mon 19 Sep 2011, 10:23, Reply)

Nurembert Trials

( tangledupinblue hairy badge with moving eyes, Mon 19 Sep 2011, 10:25, Reply)

Bertin' 2: Electric Boogaloo

(Quinton had to abandon other account as i broke it, Mon 19 Sep 2011, 10:28, Reply)

Weekened
was some great football - a Southend win (although I am starting to take offence at the amount of teams who sack their manager straight after a defeat to Southend, it's like "Well, that's rock bottom, time to start again") and lots of laughing at Liverpool, Arsenal and dirty, dirty Chelsea fans ("That Torres miss was the worst I have seen in Chelsea's entire 8 year history").

Biggest waste of money? I think i mentioned it last week actually, but comics. I dread to think how much money I have spent on comics. I could probably afford a deposit on a house.
( scarpe We Stole Bikes, Mon 19 Sep 2011, 9:03, Reply)

I read the beano once, it was shit. Why the hell do you waste your money on that stuff?
Chelsea fans at the game were the biggest bunch of crying wankers I have seen in a long while.
( Light In Chains maker of the ikea sofa, Mon 19 Sep 2011, 9:47, Reply)

I'm clearing out my old place
Would you like a metric fuckton of old X-Men and Cerebus the Aardvark? There are also far too many issues of Dragon Magazine.
( The Light in Chains don't touch the Pope's boner, Mon 19 Sep 2011, 9:57, Reply)

God, I'd love them, but the other half would kill me.
This is the woman who didn't think that 50 back issues of 2001:AD for a fiver was an irresistable bargain.

Mind you, the fact that I I haven't touched them since I opened the plastic wrap to see what was included may suggest she has a point.
( scarpe We Stole Bikes, Mon 19 Sep 2011, 10:40, Reply)

Oh god that reminds me
there are 4 big boxes of 2000AD in the loft. Shit.
( The Light in Chains don't touch the Pope's boner, Mon 19 Sep 2011, 10:56, Reply)

I can't believe I just called it '2001'.
Fucking idiot.
( scarpe We Stole Bikes, Mon 19 Sep 2011, 11:00, Reply)

None of the above.
A bit shit, really. Planning funerals and all that shit is not a pleasant business.
(The Luggage is haunted..., Mon 19 Sep 2011, 9:10, Reply)

No indeed. Sorry to hear that.

(McChinaman banned, Mon 19 Sep 2011, 9:14, Reply)

Thanks mate.
It's the family I feel sorry for, but it doesn't make it any easier. Time to cheer myself up a bit.
(The Luggage is haunted..., Mon 19 Sep 2011, 9:22, Reply)

Mildly productive
should/could have been more so though. And i'm utterly fucking knackered so likelihood of getting anything done tonight is slim indeed.
I can't think of anything that was purely a waste of money. Getting another mini after the first one died, knowing what a bottomless pit for money they are was silly, but I had enough fun in it to be worth it.
(berk, Mon 19 Sep 2011, 9:17, Reply)

Driving fun, or sexy time fun?

(Bazongaloid, Mon 19 Sep 2011, 9:37, Reply)

Not the biggest waste, but it was at the weekend so kind of answers both...
Smugglers Adventure in Hastings.
It's shit and disappointing and certainly not worth the £20 it cost for three of us.
( tangledupinblue hairy badge with moving eyes, Mon 19 Sep 2011, 9:20, Reply)

I had a lovely weekend in Dorset, ate too much, drank too much, but enjoyed myself with new friends
Alt: Probably clothes that i buy and then don't really wear, aside from that I'm not a big splurger.

Alt edit: booze, if I worked out how much it cost me over a year I might have heart attack
( Naked Ape call me Caitlyn, Mon 19 Sep 2011, 9:27, Reply)

I wernt to a 3 day punk festival.
20 bands for a fiver seemed excellent value.
(Bear Pookie The Frankly Challenged. Halloween is coming to town., Mon 19 Sep 2011, 9:28, Reply)

seemed?

( Naked Ape call me Caitlyn, Mon 19 Sep 2011, 9:29, Reply)

Well, you have to take into account they were punk bands.

( scarpe We Stole Bikes, Mon 19 Sep 2011, 9:31, Reply)

I'd only heard of one band, Total Bloody Chaos.
It was nu-punk, nice to see that them there youngstres are still into decent music, and not that x-Factor rubbish.
(Bear Pookie The Frankly Challenged. Halloween is coming to town., Mon 19 Sep 2011, 9:32, Reply)

I'm looking for some good new hardcore bands to listen to, any suggstions?

( Naked Ape call me Caitlyn, Mon 19 Sep 2011, 9:36, Reply)

Try Dead Circus.
They played a blinding set.
(Bear Pookie The Frankly Challenged. Halloween is coming to town., Mon 19 Sep 2011, 9:42, Reply)

Cheers will look them up

( Naked Ape call me Caitlyn, Mon 19 Sep 2011, 9:45, Reply)

I'm off to see The Damned in November.
30th Anniversary tour! One of the best live acts ever.
(Bear Pookie The Frankly Challenged. Halloween is coming to town., Mon 19 Sep 2011, 10:02, Reply)

I saw them... 24 years ago
Good Lord.
( The Light in Chains don't touch the Pope's boner, Mon 19 Sep 2011, 10:09, Reply)

I saw them supporting Motorhead last year: fucking brilliant.

( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Mon 19 Sep 2011, 10:13, Reply)

Damned! Damned! Damned! is my favourite punk album of all time
Never seen them live though, which is a big regret.
(McChinaman banned, Mon 19 Sep 2011, 10:24, Reply)

Saturday wasn't very productive
I didn't even have pants on to sit around in until 14:30, had pizza for dinner and drank a bottle of wine.

Sunday I went out for breakfast, then went over to my old house and filled two bags of rubbish/old computer games and boxed up all the CDs and DVDs. I shopped, ran up and down 5 flights of stairs multiple times, did laundry and had a shower. A bit more productive.
( The Light in Chains don't touch the Pope's boner, Mon 19 Sep 2011, 9:35, Reply)

Alt: Booze, fags and hookers.

( The Light in Chains don't touch the Pope's boner, Mon 19 Sep 2011, 9:59, Reply)

Not a bad weekend, if a little dull.
Spent most of it doing fatherly stuff, I also finished a book, try to contain your excitement.

Alt: Not the most I've spent, but I think the most pointless: £20 on a 4" high model of a bicycle. I feel there must be other things but they elude me.
( CQ Knows the truth, all of it., Mon 19 Sep 2011, 9:48, Reply)

Comedy ad placement
assets0.ordienetworks.com/images/user_photos/1221663/f91e38cce6be1a7daa20a8cd473721d5_width_640x.jpg?61506832
/from links.
(PsychoChomp, Mon 19 Sep 2011, 9:50, Reply)

HAHA
That's rather unfortunate.
(Bazongaloid, Mon 19 Sep 2011, 9:51, Reply)

Rape is no laughing matter
It's hard enough to maintain an erection in the first place.
( The Light in Chains don't touch the Pope's boner, Mon 19 Sep 2011, 10:07, Reply)

My weekend was pretty productive
Out for a meal at a new Indian on Friday, went to the pictures a couple of times, went to the gym a couple of times.

Got an early birthday prezzie from my GF's folks - a Kindle. It's actually pretty good. I've downloaded a couple of books (although I haven't started reading them yet as I'm still finishing an actual book) but it looks like it could be pretty useful. I'm going away for a week or so, so it'll save me having to lug a couple of books about with me.

Has anyone else got one? Do you rate it?
(Reverend Fister "a disciplined fuckwit", Mon 19 Sep 2011, 10:20, Reply)

I have one
And it's fantastic. Got the WiFi but no 3G option, but it's just a matter of waiting until you get home. Lots off free books from Amazon plus *cough* plenty of torrents etc. You can forget you're reading from it, which I've never managed with another e-reader.
(McChinaman banned, Mon 19 Sep 2011, 10:22, Reply)

I like my sony reader
It doesn't even have wi-fi, you need a cable and everything.

But I really like the leather cover, makes it look like a little journal and it feels nice when you're using it.
(Bazongaloid, Mon 19 Sep 2011, 10:24, Reply)

Yeah the GF folks are minted so they got me the Wi-Fi/3G version
and my GF bought me the leather cover. The whole thing is smaller than an actual book, and looks great, so I think it'll come in really handy.

One question though - presumably I won't be able to use it during take off and landing - even if Wi-Fi/3G is switched off?
(Reverend Fister "a disciplined fuckwit", Mon 19 Sep 2011, 10:29, Reply)

Well, technically you shouldn't
But as long as you turn it off when they walk around doing their checks, it can't make any difference if you then turn it on and start reading.
(Bazongaloid, Mon 19 Sep 2011, 10:31, Reply)

If my plane falls out of the sky I will be holding you personally responsible.

(Reverend Fister "a disciplined fuckwit", Mon 19 Sep 2011, 10:32, Reply)

No worries.
I'm happy to have that on my conscience.
(Bazongaloid, Mon 19 Sep 2011, 10:40, Reply)

No, I think it would eat you up inside
culminating in your slide into alcoholism, drugs, depression and suicide.

I'll keep it switched off during take off and landing - but just for your sake, not mine.

No need to thank me.
(Reverend Fister "a disciplined fuckwit", Mon 19 Sep 2011, 10:44, Reply)

I feel a little bit better inside.
I should stop doing it myself now.
(Bazongaloid, Mon 19 Sep 2011, 10:46, Reply)

I can't say that I'd seen the free books.
That sounds pretty handy. Is that just on the Kindle section of amazon?

I certainly didn't know about the *cough* torrent stuff. That would be very handy. Perhaps 'someone' could *ahem* gaz me some info? Ta.
(Reverend Fister "a disciplined fuckwit", Mon 19 Sep 2011, 10:27, Reply)

If you like
I could send you some actual books. Do you like John Le Carre?
(Bazongaloid, Mon 19 Sep 2011, 10:29, Reply)

My mum came over to visit a few months ago, I got her to bring a Kindle with her
My uncle gave her 4 DVDs with 200,000 e-books to give me :-)
(McChinaman banned, Mon 19 Sep 2011, 10:33, Reply)

Holy shit, that's a lot of reading.

(Reverend Fister "a disciplined fuckwit", Mon 19 Sep 2011, 10:37, Reply)

I can't imagine ever being able to read that many books.

(Bazongaloid, Mon 19 Sep 2011, 10:40, Reply)

It sounds great, but there's hell of a lot of crap on it
Maeve Binchy, JK Rowling, Tom Clancy, all that. Got some Stephen King, James Joyce, Iain Banks, EM Forster, Jack Kerouac, William Burroughs, Tolkien, James Clavell, etc, so that's fucking awesome.
(McChinaman banned, Mon 19 Sep 2011, 10:41, Reply)

I reckon if you liked that sort of thing, having all the Tom Clancy and James Patterson kind of stuff
would keep you occupied for years.

I've never tried them, but I did download a few of teh Alex Cross novels since I enjoyed the films of "Kiss The Girls" and "Along Came A Spider".
(Bazongaloid, Mon 19 Sep 2011, 10:45, Reply)

"I reckon if you liked that sort of thing, having all the Tom Clancy and James Patterson kind of stuff
would keep you occupied for years."

Well, yes, it would. Largely because you read while moving your lips and running your finger across the page.
( scarpe We Stole Bikes, Mon 19 Sep 2011, 10:50, Reply)

hahahahahahaha

(McChinaman banned, Mon 19 Sep 2011, 10:54, Reply)

The early Tom Clancy stuff was very good

(Reverend Fister "a disciplined fuckwit", Mon 19 Sep 2011, 11:25, Reply)

To be honest, I've never read any.
I just assume that anything people are willing to lump in with James Patterson must also be lowest common denominator stuff for people who don't really like reading.
( scarpe We Stole Bikes, Mon 19 Sep 2011, 11:37, Reply)

James Joyce was a shit paddy cunt.
Ulysses is the ultimate 'Emperor's New Clothes' book. The cunt said he he had "put in so many enigmas and puzzles that it will keep the professors busy for centuries arguing over what I meant". Bollocks - fuck off you pompous turd.
( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Mon 19 Sep 2011, 10:47, Reply)

Dubliners and Portrait of the Artist are fucking brilliant
Ulysses on the other hand is unreadable.
(McChinaman banned, Mon 19 Sep 2011, 10:52, Reply)

The people who claim to like it
are the same turds who stand in the Tate Modern looking at pile of old shit, stroking their chins and claiming to 'get what the artist was trying to do'.
( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Mon 19 Sep 2011, 11:03, Reply)

^so much this
I told a friend Ulysses was a pile of old shit, and she tried to suggest that I just hadn't understood it properly.
( Amberl was stripey and dominated Europe, Mon 19 Sep 2011, 11:05, Reply)

It is unreadable gibberish and anyone who claims to think otherwise is
a) lying and
b) pretentious
( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Mon 19 Sep 2011, 11:10, Reply)

ask them if they've ever read "the emperor's new clothes"...

( rachelswipe with a fork, Mon 19 Sep 2011, 11:16, Reply)

I used to like his early stuff but now it's too commercial

(McChinaman banned, Mon 19 Sep 2011, 11:27, Reply)

I liked Ulysses
and hate the Tate Modern, and do not "get what the artist was trying to do"
(Aberracion Life's getting very complicated, but a lot of fun., Mon 19 Sep 2011, 11:26, Reply)

Did you read it in English?

( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Mon 19 Sep 2011, 11:28, Reply)

I've tried to read it four or five times
But I just can't get past about Proteus. The Norton Anthology of Literature I have has 2 excerpts from Ulysses - each requires half a page of footnotes, for EVERY PAGE, to make sense of it. This just makes the demands on the reader completely unreasonable. (Finnegans Wake, on the other hand, is 1/3 text, 2/3 footnotes).
(McChinaman banned, Mon 19 Sep 2011, 11:31, Reply)

I just got an e-reader for my phone
I like it, the only advantage with a Kindle I think would be the amount it can hold.
( The Light in Chains don't touch the Pope's boner, Mon 19 Sep 2011, 11:05, Reply)

How big's your phone?
I can't imagine it being easy to read that much on say an iPhone.
(Reverend Fister "a disciplined fuckwit", Mon 19 Sep 2011, 11:26, Reply)

Pretty big - 4.3" screen
Plus I don't look like a giant dork if I read while sitting alone in a restaurant.

don't look look less
( The Light in Chains don't touch the Pope's boner, Mon 19 Sep 2011, 11:44, Reply)

Are you sure about that?

(Reverend Fister "a disciplined fuckwit", Mon 19 Sep 2011, 11:48, Reply)

Arrrrr
Avast
Me Hearties
Etc...
( Peej, Mon 19 Sep 2011, 10:27, Reply)

It was excellent, thank you.
Rested, had great fun with my daughter and got riotously pissed.

Saw my little'un through the school gates for her first day at nursery today. She looked very, very cute. Her mother was a cunt. The end.
( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Mon 19 Sep 2011, 10:27, Reply)

Monty
This weekend I stayed up until 5am on saturday night. Then I felt really odd most of sunday as I only had a bout 2 hours sleep and we ate a whole cake with the neighbours and I made sausage and bacon and egg sandwiches.

Is that a bit like what it feels like being you?
(Bazongaloid, Mon 19 Sep 2011, 10:31, Reply)

Welcome to my freaky world.
Apart from the cake bit that shit is my regular shizzle.
( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Mon 19 Sep 2011, 10:32, Reply)

I don't like being you.

(Bazongaloid, Mon 19 Sep 2011, 10:39, Reply)

Not overly keen on it myself.

( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Mon 19 Sep 2011, 10:41, Reply)

My weekend was 9 days long
I Went to Alton Towers, turned 30, saw some bands, got laid and drank way more alcohol than was safe. No MASSIVE drugs though. Shame.
( Peej, Mon 19 Sep 2011, 10:36, Reply)

You fucking poofter.

( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Mon 19 Sep 2011, 10:37, Reply)

You forgot old

( Peej, Mon 19 Sep 2011, 10:42, Reply)

SUPERMODELS?

(McChinaman banned, Mon 19 Sep 2011, 10:37, Reply)

Only if you count the wife as supermodel hot.

( Peej, Mon 19 Sep 2011, 10:42, Reply)

Do you?

(Bazongaloid, Mon 19 Sep 2011, 10:44, Reply)

Nemesis is better than Oblivion.

( Agnostic Antichrist Baltimora, Mon 19 Sep 2011, 10:40, Reply)

I prefer oblivion.

( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Mon 19 Sep 2011, 10:41, Reply)

We already had this talk
and I already admitted you were right about the rear seats being better than the front. However it is too short.
( Peej, Mon 19 Sep 2011, 10:41, Reply)

This is incorrect.
You may try again.
(Reverend Fister "a disciplined fuckwit", Mon 19 Sep 2011, 10:45, Reply)

i am going with the bloke at the end of the month
utterly overexcited, i LOVE alton towers so much it almost hurts me.
( rachelswipe with a fork, Mon 19 Sep 2011, 11:08, Reply)

I am very disappointed in you.

( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Mon 19 Sep 2011, 11:23, Reply)

sorry darling
but i would rather go on a rollercoaster than do anything else on the planet. it's better than drugs, sex, booze, catamarans, winning at the races... even the lemon cheesecake chocolate at hotel chocolat...
( rachelswipe with a fork, Mon 19 Sep 2011, 11:29, Reply)

I went down with the kids and GF last month. We spent 2 whole days there.
Outstanding.
(Reverend Fister "a disciplined fuckwit", Mon 19 Sep 2011, 11:23, Reply)

I managed to get through an entire weekend without spending any money
Yet was thoroughly productive and social. I even donated 3 carrier bags worth of old clothes to charity, which had the instant karmic reward of finding three whole pounds in the pocket of a pair of jeans.
( Labia Majora You keep on talking but it makes no sense at all, Mon 19 Sep 2011, 10:51, Reply)

How's the Japanese going?

( girlinthehole, Mon 19 Sep 2011, 10:53, Reply)

About 99% accurate with two of the three alphabets
And am starting lessons at Warwick Uni next month. Kanji is still largely a mystery to me.
( Labia Majora You keep on talking but it makes no sense at all, Mon 19 Sep 2011, 10:55, Reply)

Japanese has three alphabets?

(berk, Mon 19 Sep 2011, 11:06, Reply)

Yep
Katakana is for 'loan' words, words taken from Western languages. For example カメラ = ka me ra = camera

Hiragana is syllabic, used for Japanese words for which there are no kanji (but you can use it in place of kanji too, I think). For example みどり = mi do ri = green.

Kanji is not syllabic, is adapted from Chinese, each pictoral represents a word, and combinations can be made to make other words. There are thousands of different kanji, and each one can have more than one reading (context being used to distinguish the meanings). In other words, it's a fucking nightmare.
( Labia Majora You keep on talking but it makes no sense at all, Mon 19 Sep 2011, 11:56, Reply)

kanji is japanese for "women", right?!

( rachelswipe with a fork, Mon 19 Sep 2011, 11:07, Reply)

Lery Lery Good.

(Bazongaloid, Mon 19 Sep 2011, 10:56, Reply)

WRONG
They don't use 'L', and 'V' sounds become 'B', so you should have typed "Bery Bery Good".
( Labia Majora You keep on talking but it makes no sense at all, Mon 19 Sep 2011, 11:06, Reply)

Last night's curry has just lead to a rather severe 'Johnny Cash moment' on the bog

( Naked Ape call me Caitlyn, Mon 19 Sep 2011, 10:53, Reply)

You shot a man in Reno just to watch him die?

(Bazongaloid, Mon 19 Sep 2011, 10:56, Reply)

DAMN YOU.

( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Mon 19 Sep 2011, 10:57, Reply)

DAMN YOU.

( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Mon 19 Sep 2011, 10:57, Reply)

DAMN YOU SQUEEZE!

(Bazongaloid, Mon 19 Sep 2011, 10:58, Reply)

I'm starting to dislike these seats, you know.
I sit in them far too often.
( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Mon 19 Sep 2011, 11:00, Reply)

+h

( rachelswipe with a fork, Mon 19 Sep 2011, 11:07, Reply)

You shat yourself in Reno?

( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Mon 19 Sep 2011, 10:56, Reply)

Yes, but's that's a story for another day

( Naked Ape call me Caitlyn, Mon 19 Sep 2011, 10:59, Reply)

Ultimately unproductive
after tidying all day for some visitors we really didn't want to see, they cancelled, so we gorged on the excess amount of food we'd bought to cover up our dislike.

The next day was spent in repentence watching films, using a rowing machine and drinking soup.
( Amberl was stripey and dominated Europe, Mon 19 Sep 2011, 11:00, Reply)

What rude wankers

( Naked Ape call me Caitlyn, Mon 19 Sep 2011, 11:01, Reply)

Yeah, and they waited til about half an hour after
they were supposed to arrive to tell us
( Amberl was stripey and dominated Europe, Mon 19 Sep 2011, 11:06, Reply)

You should de-friend them or kill them
which ever seems most appropriate
( Naked Ape call me Caitlyn, Mon 19 Sep 2011, 11:12, Reply)

hello children
weekend was good ta, but far far too much vodka and zero food. i have not been as hungover as i was yesterday in a long time.

i have the most beautiful blender that i bought because it was all brushed stainless steel and i thought it would look good in my kitchen. have never used it. and it was a huge waste of money. until my flatmate found it - she had a holiday job working in a smoothie/milkshake stand as a kid, so she powered that baby up real nice.

made my own smoothie for the first time this morning. it was AMAZING. so much nicer than the ones in bottles which make me heave. however, i am annoyed at pikey tesco; i only bought all that fruit on sat, and by this morning it was already going off.... why is tesco fruit and veg sooo shit?
( rachelswipe with a fork, Mon 19 Sep 2011, 11:06, Reply)

The town I've just moved to has an amazing booze shop
they have marmalade vodka. I saw it and thought of you. It was bloody nice as well.
(berk, Mon 19 Sep 2011, 11:09, Reply)

omg
hawksmoor does a marmalade cocktail, which is pretty special.

that vodka sounds amazing.
( rachelswipe with a fork, Mon 19 Sep 2011, 11:10, Reply)

It's made by Chase
the same guy that makes Tyrells crisps and has apparently won all kinds of awards. I only like it because the bottle is pretty.
(berk, Mon 19 Sep 2011, 11:13, Reply)

i shall be googling!

( rachelswipe with a fork, Mon 19 Sep 2011, 11:16, Reply)

Ta dah
voted world's best vodka in 2010, apparently.

shop.chasedistillery.co.uk/

The apple one sounds amazing. A-ma-zing.


EDIT - although I think the U'luvka bottle is prettier.
(berk, Mon 19 Sep 2011, 11:22, Reply)

Haha breakfast Martinis sound excellent

( Amberl was stripey and dominated Europe, Mon 19 Sep 2011, 11:27, Reply)

Bleurgh
way too hardcore for me.
(berk, Mon 19 Sep 2011, 11:29, Reply)

You'll have to train yourself up ;)

( Amberl was stripey and dominated Europe, Mon 19 Sep 2011, 11:33, Reply)

I'm getting far too old for that sort of nonsense
the hangovers my aging body produces/the inability of said aging body to deal with them are no longer worth the fun of getting properly shitfaced.
(berk, Mon 19 Sep 2011, 11:35, Reply)

Someone at work had a wasabi cocktail on Saturday
sounded gross
( Naked Ape call me Caitlyn, Mon 19 Sep 2011, 11:13, Reply)

Err.

( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Mon 19 Sep 2011, 11:14, Reply)

Lusty got given
'Vincent Van Gogh' brand espresso vodka by her cousin. What I suspected would be tourist shite because of the crap brand name turned out to be one of the nicest drinks I've ever had.
( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Mon 19 Sep 2011, 11:14, Reply)

interesting
i loathe coffee but i can see how if you liked it, it could be quite a dark sophisticated drink
( rachelswipe with a fork, Mon 19 Sep 2011, 11:15, Reply)

It's delicious.
But then I like coffee...
( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Mon 19 Sep 2011, 11:18, Reply)

That sounds lovely
I love espresso cocktails, so I imagine the vodka would be brilliant
( Amberl was stripey and dominated Europe, Mon 19 Sep 2011, 11:29, Reply)

I have never known anything as 'on the turn' as tesco fresh produce.
It is literally brown mush within one or two days.
And it's not cheap. It's just shit.
Aldi and Lidl last the longest in my opinion, but they're further away etc etc.
( Roota zweeeeeoooooowm, Mon 19 Sep 2011, 11:33, Reply)

I possibly should have picked up on the clue in the name
but the fact that I just had a huge bite of one of a "Rom: Baton cu Crema Rom" and now have an ovewhelming taste of Rum in my mouth has really pissed me off.
( scarpe We Stole Bikes, Mon 19 Sep 2011, 11:21, Reply)