Generic Friday Evening Thread.
Food: JD Ribs (+ chips), Vegas Prawns, Onion Rings, Root Beer, Blue Cheese Dip, BBQ Sauce (for the record, this'll also be my entire food intake for tomorow too)

Telly: Haven't watched hollyoaks this week so I think I'll get that in.

Entertainment: Pissing about on the internet and working on my mobile app. I want to learn how to create Live Tiles, that's my process to learn tonight.

Relaxation: Gonna have a bath with LUSH stuff and try to pick up American Gods again. Might slip myself an extra tablet to my usual amount too.

Alt: Tell me something you're excited about, anything, weather it's a new film coming out, a new book. Something to do with work or your life, maybe a date you've got lined up.
( G/PP 💩💩💩💩💩&#128, Fri 25 Nov 2011, 18:57, 185 replies, latest was 13 years ago)

This is shaping up to be an excellent evening in.
I have pizza and beer that I'd clean forgotten I'd bought, I whole bunch of lovefilm rentals, plus a bunch of recorded telly, to watch and Skyrim to play.
( Kroney, Fri 25 Nov 2011, 18:59, Reply)

Sounds like a winner to me.
IS 'skyrim' entertaining? I would have thought there is to much wondering around forrests (and my opinion on forrests is well documented).
( G/PP 💩💩💩💩💩&#128, Fri 25 Nov 2011, 19:17, Reply)

I haven't really played it much, but so far I'm having fun pretending to be a Viking :P
There are quite a lot of forests, Gonz, I won't lie to you.
( Kroney, Fri 25 Nov 2011, 19:27, Reply)

Is there any action in these forrests? How often do you get into a tare up, and how does that bit work? Do you just keep on pressing the same button over and over?
Is there mining for gold to trade for good in it? I really can't even think about how it plays. Is there a lot of reading?
( G/PP 💩💩💩💩💩&#128, Fri 25 Nov 2011, 19:33, Reply)

Love Skyrim
Tis the cause of many a forgotten meal.
(Catomiagi is in with a chance, Sat 26 Nov 2011, 8:11, Reply)

Hi Gonz.
Food: Pain blanc avec fromge et pomme d'amore

Telly: big bang theory, followed by NCIS and CSI

Entertainment: setting up one PC and dismantling another

Relaxation: when I finally get to bed.

Alt: bumming aroung Camden tomorrow 'christmas shopping'
( CQ Knows the truth, all of it., Fri 25 Nov 2011, 19:02, Reply)

Let's see if I can get my culonary french right......
Some sort of cheese white sauce over potatos, like a doofinwars or cheese on jacket potato?
I can't get into NCIS or CSI, for some reason I don't like the stories or characters, but I love L&O:SVU
0o0o0h, new toy?
Sweet, I wanna check out camden at some point this year or early next to see if I can get any kitch/niche things for my flat.
( G/PP 💩💩💩💩💩&#128, Fri 25 Nov 2011, 19:20, Reply)

white bread with cheese and apples of love

( Citizen Cavy Admires your passion for conformity, Fri 25 Nov 2011, 19:21, Reply)

I think the latter is a french term
for licking bollocks
( Citizen Cavy Admires your passion for conformity, Fri 25 Nov 2011, 19:21, Reply)

Well I know he's supple but I don't think he'd bother.

( girlinthehole, Fri 25 Nov 2011, 19:22, Reply)

hey, I'm just translating!

( Citizen Cavy Admires your passion for conformity, Fri 25 Nov 2011, 19:23, Reply)

White bread and cheese and lovely crisps I think.

( girlinthehole, Fri 25 Nov 2011, 19:21, Reply)

Chease on toast wiv tomatos, innit?
probly should of added a brulé in there some where.
( CQ Knows the truth, all of it., Fri 25 Nov 2011, 19:27, Reply)

tomatoes are
les tomates I think
( Citizen Cavy Admires your passion for conformity, Fri 25 Nov 2011, 19:28, Reply)

Ohhh, yes, although I thought pomme was potato? I read it as..
[something] [white sauce] [with] [cheese] [and] [potato] [don't know].

I know Pomme Frits are chips. I think Pomme means ground so it's possible that pomme d'amore means something like 'fruit of the ground that I love'.

yes, I know, I can google, but this is more fun.
( G/PP 💩💩💩💩💩&#128, Fri 25 Nov 2011, 19:36, Reply)

Yeah! googling is cheating : )

( girlinthehole, Fri 25 Nov 2011, 19:37, Reply)

Totally !
Sometimes I don't like asking questions on forums because people then LMGTFY it, which although is efficent, it isn't fun. If you were in a pub, people would think 'what a prick' to the person who goes around googling or IMDBing (unless it's been a good 20 minutes or soo of guessing).
( G/PP 💩💩💩💩💩&#128, Fri 25 Nov 2011, 20:19, Reply)

Tomatoes are love apples, innit?
pomme d'amore is love apple.
( b3th Not shit. Not mod., Fri 25 Nov 2011, 19:41, Reply)

Actually, I read it as pizza.

( b3th Not shit. Not mod., Fri 25 Nov 2011, 19:42, Reply)

Ahhh, coolio =)

( G/PP 💩💩💩💩💩&#128, Fri 25 Nov 2011, 20:18, Reply)

Pomme means apple
Which is why in French potatoes are known as Pommes des terre- apples of the earth.
(dozers, do fuck off ur a nob m8, Fri 25 Nov 2011, 20:19, Reply)

Ahhhhhhhh, yeah', that's the one.

( G/PP 💩💩💩💩💩&#128, Fri 25 Nov 2011, 20:33, Reply)

a cheese and crisp butty is still a cheese and crisp butty
no matter how gourmet you try and make it sound by saying it in french..
(berk, Fri 25 Nov 2011, 19:28, Reply)

Evenin'
Food: lime and chilli chicken, mange tout and soate spuds.

Telly: Probably an episode of Foyles War we have recorded.

Entertainment: my daughter. She has started "chatting" and giggling.

Relaxation: A beer or two.

Alt: More of the same hopefully, including cooking some game (tbd) purchased from our local farmers market on Sunday.
( Fucking hell Jeff I am not a robot, Fri 25 Nov 2011, 19:07, Reply)

Yay! babies are boring at the start.

( girlinthehole, Fri 25 Nov 2011, 19:14, Reply)

She is AWESOME
How are you m'dear?
( Fucking hell Jeff I am not a robot, Fri 25 Nov 2011, 19:23, Reply)

Default state of meh!
But a busy weekend planned to keep me from self harming ; )
( girlinthehole, Fri 25 Nov 2011, 19:25, Reply)

If you start self harming I will track you down. I have never hit a woman, but there may be a first time for everything. Do not dare mess with me on this!
You are far too lovely to self harm. I mean it.
( Fucking hell Jeff I am not a robot, Fri 25 Nov 2011, 19:32, Reply)

I'm just joking petal. Hence the wink at the end.

( girlinthehole, Fri 25 Nov 2011, 19:34, Reply)

I missed that!
Make sure you give DG manly punch from me.
( Fucking hell Jeff I am not a robot, Fri 25 Nov 2011, 19:36, Reply)

On the arm or the cohones?

( girlinthehole, Fri 25 Nov 2011, 19:36, Reply)

Arm, please.

( Davros' Granddad a voice of calm reason in a world of spastics., Fri 25 Nov 2011, 19:40, Reply)

: )

( girlinthehole, Fri 25 Nov 2011, 19:40, Reply)

Only the arm.
He doesn't deserve a knacker punch.

as far as I know.
( Fucking hell Jeff I am not a robot, Fri 25 Nov 2011, 19:40, Reply)

Chicken sounds good, how you doing it?
Wha'ts Foyle's War 'bout?
Aww, bless, it's great to see you content with homelife. You keep being awesome at it.
What sort of beer do you like?
Oh lovely, sounds great.
( G/PP 💩💩💩💩💩&#128, Fri 25 Nov 2011, 19:26, Reply)

Whole chicken portioned in to 6 pieces. Put in a roasting tin. Add zest and juice of two limes, 4-5 bird's eye chilli, 3 large table spoons of clear honey, half a pint of chicken stock. Mix, bake in oven for 45 minutes on 180 (fan oven). Turn regularly.

Foyles War: British crime drama set on the south coast of England during WW2. Excellent.

Thanks.

Tonight's beer is Tanglefoot. A mid-strength malty beer with a strong hop finish. 5% ABV so not a session beer, but then I am not planning on getting pissed tonight.

Game purchased on Sunday will hopefully be pheasant or rabbit.
( Fucking hell Jeff I am not a robot, Fri 25 Nov 2011, 19:31, Reply)

I fucking love Tanglefoot.
I also like the reason it got its name.
( Davros' Granddad a voice of calm reason in a world of spastics., Fri 25 Nov 2011, 19:46, Reply)

How did it get it's name?
Am guessing it's something to do with getting pissed and not being able to walk?
( Fucking hell Jeff I am not a robot, Fri 25 Nov 2011, 19:58, Reply)

Pretty much, yes.
It tells you on the bottle / can.
( Davros' Granddad a voice of calm reason in a world of spastics., Fri 25 Nov 2011, 20:58, Reply)

If I could make a suggestion as a veriation on it, something to maybe trie, is 2 teaspoons of mild curry powder or maybe cumin into that. Might work, might not.
Ahh, is it about the fighting or the 'effort at home' bits?
I've seen that beer, I think I should try some more, give it another chance, I like a really strong bitter shander, I think what I don't like is Larger or pretty much anything out of a can.
Game sounds goood. Never had Rabbit, not knowingly, I think I might have done in cyprus once, but am not sure.
( G/PP 💩💩💩💩💩&#128, Fri 25 Nov 2011, 19:47, Reply)

Thanks for the tip.

Much more "effort on the home".

Cook yourself rabbit. Delicious and cheap too.
( Fucking hell Jeff I am not a robot, Fri 25 Nov 2011, 19:53, Reply)

Cool, I do a glaze which is 2p Honey, 1p Mustard, 1/2p mild curry powder, it's ace on pork chops and duck legs.
When I'm in my new joint, I *think* there is a proper butchers, so i'll give it a shot. You can get it in the nice amazing butchers in Cockfosters but I don't wanna do any heavy cooking again in this place.
( G/PP 💩💩💩💩💩&#128, Fri 25 Nov 2011, 20:17, Reply)

Meat from supermarkets is low quality and highly prices. Go for a butchers or a market every time.

( Fucking hell Jeff I am not a robot, Fri 25 Nov 2011, 20:58, Reply)

I'm a miserable shit right now Gonz.
I should be excited about my new gaff but it's been a fuckload of trouble so far.
( mark morrisons prison shoes I love Willie, Fri 25 Nov 2011, 19:10, Reply)

It'll all be worth it in the end, tell me about it, what you looking forward to about it?

( G/PP 💩💩💩💩💩&#128, Fri 25 Nov 2011, 19:26, Reply)

i just had a massive curry
after a pretty stressy week. I also just spent an hour longer than I had to at work because someone hadn't done the thing I asked them for a month ago and now I've missed a deadline and look like an incompetent dick

edit: I have nothing exciting lined up at the moment, that's why I whinged
( Citizen Cavy Admires your passion for conformity, Fri 25 Nov 2011, 19:10, Reply)

Sorry, missed you out, donno why, dyslexia, innit.
Oh man, what curry you get? Damn cunts, I hate it when that hpapens.
( G/PP 💩💩💩💩💩&#128, Fri 25 Nov 2011, 19:47, Reply)

oh man, I was all worried and offended and shit
I had chicken dhansak, because it's my favourite. I stupidly ordered a starter, too, because someone at work was saying how great prawn puri was. I think that's is why I am now proper full
( Citizen Cavy Admires your passion for conformity, Fri 25 Nov 2011, 19:51, Reply)

Oh soz,
I've not had those two before, I think I might have had the prawn thing, is that like tiny shrimp between layers of pastry?
( G/PP 💩💩💩💩💩&#128, Fri 25 Nov 2011, 20:14, Reply)

nah, it comes with a chipati, though

( Citizen Cavy Admires your passion for conformity, Fri 25 Nov 2011, 20:20, Reply)

I dig Chipatis so hard, they're probably my fave flatbread.

( G/PP 💩💩💩💩💩&#128, Fri 25 Nov 2011, 20:33, Reply)

I'm having a fat day so nothing is cheering me up. /female blog
Dinner: New potatoes, purple sprouting broccoli and mexican bean burgers.

TV: Unreported world then channel hop all evening.

Relaxation: Tea and biscuits.

Alt: off oop north weekend after.
( girlinthehole, Fri 25 Nov 2011, 19:13, Reply)

You need to get some galaxy in your gob.
What are mexican been burgers?
I donno what Unreported evening is.
Like the lady on the twinnings advert, through the storm finding yourself.
Up north? You ARE up north !
( G/PP 💩💩💩💩💩&#128, Fri 25 Nov 2011, 19:27, Reply)

Haha!
Burger made with spicy beans and stuff with some sort of coating.

Unreported world is about a news story happening somewhere in the third world that we wouldn't normally hear of. It's very interesting and sometimes very upsetting.

Further north : )
( girlinthehole, Fri 25 Nov 2011, 19:29, Reply)

Further north indeed.
I'll have to remember to get me fish out.
( Davros' Granddad a voice of calm reason in a world of spastics., Fri 25 Nov 2011, 19:47, Reply)

Sounds alright, both the burger and the show.
Does it need a moistener like some kind of condiment?
( G/PP 💩💩💩💩💩&#128, Fri 25 Nov 2011, 19:48, Reply)

Not really. The coating is crispy and I prefer it that way.

( girlinthehole, Fri 25 Nov 2011, 19:49, Reply)

Every meal needs a crunch, in my books.

( G/PP 💩💩💩💩💩&#128, Fri 25 Nov 2011, 20:13, Reply)

Food: no idea yet, there's some fresh pasta in the fridge, or a couple of pizzas in the freezer.
Telly: there's fuck all on.

Entertainment: banging my head off a wall at the sheer vagueness of what an employer wants covered on a covering letter to go with a CV.

Relaxation: probably having said head kissed better, assuming the missus awakens from her ick-induced torpor.

Excited about: meeting a mate I haven't seen for a bit in the pub tomorrow to watch the Newcastle-Man U game. And the Avengers film.
( Davros' Granddad a voice of calm reason in a world of spastics., Fri 25 Nov 2011, 19:16, Reply)

Any news on the missus headhunting?

( girlinthehole, Fri 25 Nov 2011, 19:18, Reply)

Not a word so far, no.
Still, she only sent her CV off yesterday. It might come to nothing, but it's nice she was thought of. It was Artie, the cellist in Gladstone who contacted her about it.
( Davros' Granddad a voice of calm reason in a world of spastics., Fri 25 Nov 2011, 19:19, Reply)

Ah! that was good of him.

( girlinthehole, Fri 25 Nov 2011, 19:20, Reply)

It's the school he works at, there's some kid who's off the scale behaviour wise.
None of the staff can handle him, apparently. But they pay their learning support staff £20k a year, which is almost unheard of.
( Davros' Granddad a voice of calm reason in a world of spastics., Fri 25 Nov 2011, 19:22, Reply)

Eek! sounds like she'd be earning her money then.

( girlinthehole, Fri 25 Nov 2011, 19:23, Reply)

Deffo. But she's done it before, and still does, only for a piss poor wage.
And she's got all the strategies and stuff to put in place. I've always said she should be paid in the region of what I was getting for what she had to do.
( Davros' Granddad a voice of calm reason in a world of spastics., Fri 25 Nov 2011, 19:25, Reply)

I live a nice bit of fresh pasta, sometimes it's good to just stir in osme sauce and forget about it.
Think to yourself "Right, I own Mr Big Bollocks LTD, what do I want in a [whatever you do] ?" and cator to that. Try and find out any clients they have and customise it to their needs.
Oi oi oi , wink wink wink, nice one.
Holy shit man, is Avengers out? I didn't know.
( G/PP 💩💩💩💩💩&#128, Fri 25 Nov 2011, 19:29, Reply)

Avengers not until next year, no.
I'm also going to contact said employer on Monday as I don't want to cock my chances up at the first hurdle over something that could be interpreted a number of ways.
( Davros' Granddad a voice of calm reason in a world of spastics., Fri 25 Nov 2011, 19:39, Reply)

So how you seeing it tomo? I don't get it.
Good, you know that advert where there is a kid looking at a slide and he goes "Slide? I own you." and then there is the same thing on a diving board and I think there is another one at a driving test or something.... well, yeah', say that before you walk out the door. "[job], you're mine, I own you.".
( G/PP 💩💩💩💩💩&#128, Fri 25 Nov 2011, 19:50, Reply)

I'm not, I'm just excited to see it :)

( Davros' Granddad a voice of calm reason in a world of spastics., Fri 25 Nov 2011, 19:51, Reply)

Ahhhhh, I getsya, 'cus everyone mentioned this weekend stuff I had it in my head that's what I asked.
Yeah', I'm looking forward to that.
( G/PP 💩💩💩💩💩&#128, Fri 25 Nov 2011, 20:13, Reply)

Be warned. I have asked BGB to give you a "manly punch" when she sees you...
I have no idea why.
( Fucking hell Jeff I am not a robot, Fri 25 Nov 2011, 19:37, Reply)

Evening boys and girls
Well now, let's see.
Food: pork shank in mustard sauce, boiled new potatoes, steamed tenderstem broccoli, baby corn, julienned carrots & string beans.
Telly: Eggheads, now channel hopping a load of satellite shit, later HIGNFY etc.
Entertainment: internet, then computer games when that gets boring.
Relaxation: same.
Alt: Long weekend in Liverpool SHOPPING next weekend. May involve some drinking with Roota, and after lights out girly chats in our PJs*

*added for the benefit of sweaty internet virgin shutins.
( b3th Not shit. Not mod., Fri 25 Nov 2011, 19:21, Reply)

*Hand slides repeatedly off mouse*

( Davros' Granddad a voice of calm reason in a world of spastics., Fri 25 Nov 2011, 19:23, Reply)

Food: Yup, totally sounds good, well up for a bit of that. You do your own sauce?
Telly: First one ain't my cuppa, but I like HIGNFY, what time's that on? I'll watch that.
Entertinament: What games you play?
Alt: Totally wish I was there, I got some stunning PJs.
( G/PP 💩💩💩💩💩&#128, Fri 25 Nov 2011, 19:30, Reply)

HIGNFY should be 9pm, I think.
I like sims type games, and Spore, stuff like that. At the moment I'm working my way through a long list of hidden object games, with alternating sessions of chuzzle.

I'm looking forward to teh new Professor Layton next month though.
( b3th Not shit. Not mod., Fri 25 Nov 2011, 19:34, Reply)

Coolio.
Ahh, my mate likes those sorts of games, and the ones like Farmvile and ShoppingMallVile or whatever. They're not bad time wasters.

Oh sweet, is it gonna be on the 3DS?
( G/PP 💩💩💩💩💩&#128, Fri 25 Nov 2011, 19:51, Reply)

piss off.
The 3DS is such a shit gimmick. There's no way it's worth £150, then £40 a game. Plus, the screen is tiny. I've got a nice blue XL, and a very naughty Acekard to go with it.
( b3th Not shit. Not mod., Fri 25 Nov 2011, 19:55, Reply)

Nah', I enjoy it, The 3D really makes the graphics feel a lot better, I can't explain it, but it does work.
The only games worth buying on it though are Super Mario 3DS Land and Zelda. I wouldn't buy one if I had normal one though.
( G/PP 💩💩💩💩💩&#128, Fri 25 Nov 2011, 20:08, Reply)

my friend has one
and at a party was showing off that it took pictures in 3D. Later someone shouted about someone being drunk and passed out in the bathroom, so he went upstairs with it to take a photo of them. Came back down without a photo, though, because apparently "..he was lying on the floor so there wouldn't be much point as he wouldn't be 3D..."
( Citizen Cavy Admires your passion for conformity, Fri 25 Nov 2011, 20:11, Reply)

Haha, I bought about 10 websites themed around adult stuff to upload and download 3DS photos, but I never implimented it.

( G/PP 💩💩💩💩💩&#128, Fri 25 Nov 2011, 20:12, Reply)

Cos you have no access to naked ladies?

( b3th Not shit. Not mod., Fri 25 Nov 2011, 20:14, Reply)

Hah, well, the idea was that the 3DS was gonna have a web browser.
A 3D porn website for the 3DS would bring in some serious dough.
( G/PP 💩💩💩💩💩&#128, Fri 25 Nov 2011, 20:20, Reply)

Like the sound of the pork. Recipe please.

( Fucking hell Jeff I am not a robot, Fri 25 Nov 2011, 19:41, Reply)

oink oink

( Citizen Cavy Admires your passion for conformity, Fri 25 Nov 2011, 19:45, Reply)

Go to ASDA
Buy 'Extra Special pork shank in mustard sauce'
Stick in microwave
Enjoy

It actually tasted really nice considering it was a microwave thing. The meat was (originally) slow cooked so it just fell apart when you touched it. I don't want to saound too gonzy, but it was melt in the mouth-y and totally worth the £3.50 for two pieces.

*pats arse pocket*
( b3th Not shit. Not mod., Fri 25 Nov 2011, 19:46, Reply)

I am so disappointed.
i thought (to quote Gonz) you were a "chefologist"
( Fucking hell Jeff I am not a robot, Fri 25 Nov 2011, 19:59, Reply)

I am so far from a chefologist, it's not funny.
Also, I have just sent a rambling and uninteresting gaz. Sorry.
( b3th Not shit. Not mod., Fri 25 Nov 2011, 20:11, Reply)

Don't be daft. Will read and respond over the weekend.

( Fucking hell Jeff I am not a robot, Fri 25 Nov 2011, 20:19, Reply)

*beams*

( b3th Not shit. Not mod., Fri 25 Nov 2011, 20:20, Reply)

It's alright, when we hook up, you only really need one in a relationship.

( G/PP 💩💩💩💩💩&#128, Fri 25 Nov 2011, 20:40, Reply)

As long as you enjoyed it, that's what counts.

( G/PP 💩💩💩💩💩&#128, Fri 25 Nov 2011, 20:11, Reply)

Prawn curry, cheesecake and sleep
I'm living the dream, man. Assuming my bloody train ever turns up, anyway.
(berk, Fri 25 Nov 2011, 19:37, Reply)

Do you know what pisses me off about my local curry house? it's well known for being a really good curry house....
.... but their prawns are fucking pathetic, you get like 6 and you could probably comfortably eat two at a time. But the sauces are good. I dig cheesecake SOOO hard, it's my fave, one day I'll make a peanutbutter'n'banoffee one. Just so you know, if you're stuck, like, you can't get a train going from [where you work] to [where you live] but can get one going from [where you work] to Kings cross and then the picadilly up to southgate... you're more than welcome to come over and have an affair, you know, like, if you're stuck for a choice.
( G/PP 💩💩💩💩💩&#128, Fri 25 Nov 2011, 19:54, Reply)

My line manager has just started maternity leave.
Instead of getting someone in on a temporary contract and training them up, I and the other technician are taking on most of her work. This is simultaneously quite exciting and pant-shitting.
( The Mock TurtIe ™ --- Thinks you are a cunt, on, Fri 25 Nov 2011, 19:42, Reply)

Will you get extra pay for this?
I had to do two jobs simultaneously a few years ago and I got my pay increased a bit for it. Not as much as the job at the higher grade would have got normally, but it was a reasonable compromise all the same.
( Davros' Granddad a voice of calm reason in a world of spastics., Fri 25 Nov 2011, 19:43, Reply)

We have been assured that we will both be officially going up a grade at some point.

( The Mock TurtIe ™ --- Thinks you are a cunt, on, Fri 25 Nov 2011, 19:45, Reply)

That's a positive then.
When I did my two jobs, I can honestly say it was probably the happiest six months I ever spent in an office. Plus I was always busy, which made the days fly over.
( Davros' Granddad a voice of calm reason in a world of spastics., Fri 25 Nov 2011, 19:49, Reply)

So this means if she leaves for good you can apply for her position?

( girlinthehole, Fri 25 Nov 2011, 19:44, Reply)

It's such a small team it'd probably get restructured anyway.

( The Mock TurtIe ™ --- Thinks you are a cunt, on, Fri 25 Nov 2011, 19:47, Reply)

Oh sweet, what is it you do again? I'm sure it was someting scientific.

( G/PP 💩💩💩💩💩&#128, Fri 25 Nov 2011, 19:55, Reply)

R&D for a cosmetics/toiletries manufacturer.
What it mostly amounts to is that we'll be making executive decisions on projects as well as running them from day to day.
( The Mock TurtIe ™ --- Thinks you are a cunt, on, Fri 25 Nov 2011, 19:57, Reply)

So pouring soap in to rabbit's eyes? WIN.

( Fucking hell Jeff I am not a robot, Fri 25 Nov 2011, 20:07, Reply)

Don't say that, I don't want the Animal Defence League firebombing my flat.

( The Mock TurtIe ™ --- Thinks you are a cunt, on, Fri 25 Nov 2011, 20:10, Reply)

I did a greenpeace chugger in a few weeks ago, as in, countered most of his points. He was well against Dove.

( G/PP 💩💩💩💩💩&#128, Fri 25 Nov 2011, 20:09, Reply)

Ethical, commercial or other reasons?

( The Mock TurtIe ™ --- Thinks you are a cunt, on, Fri 25 Nov 2011, 20:13, Reply)

Both
1) Displacement of local population and wildlife due to deforistation, along with a lot of Ocupy talk, who he couldn't give a main objective too. We totally agreed that any american against a nationalised healthcare isn't 'human'.....

It was was meet with....

"So we as westeners are allowed to use up our natural resources, manage to get a good quality of life, but nobody else can?.... these companies create jobs where none exist, creates a local economy. It's horrofic when you see young children sowing together shoes, but they're the ones who'll be eating that evening. Ok, they should pay a hell of a lot more, too much profit, but where it's gone wrong is between the farm and factory owners, and their staff. THAT is where things need to change.".
( G/PP 💩💩💩💩💩&#128, Fri 25 Nov 2011, 20:25, Reply)

I have a regular sport of telling chuggers to fuck off. Regardless of the charity.
As I dislike the fact that the charity doesn't see any of the money for at least the first 12 months.

I have managed to tell 4 to fuck off this week. This is down on my weekly average of 6.
( Fucking hell Jeff I am not a robot, Fri 25 Nov 2011, 20:16, Reply)

I hate the way they try and reel you in with their cheerfulness and false compliments.
Hello young lady my arse.
( girlinthehole, Fri 25 Nov 2011, 20:23, Reply)

one said I she thought I was about 28
but I had already agreed to sponsor a kid so I take it as a real compliment. especially as some drunk guy asked if I was my mate's mum that same day :(
( Citizen Cavy Admires your passion for conformity, Fri 25 Nov 2011, 20:24, Reply)

haha! drunk guys don't count.

( girlinthehole, Fri 25 Nov 2011, 20:25, Reply)

how about his landlady's daughter
who has a mental age of about 6 who said the very same thing later that day?
( Citizen Cavy Admires your passion for conformity, Fri 25 Nov 2011, 20:27, Reply)

Nope! she don't count either.
Drunks, mentals and kids don't count.
( girlinthehole, Fri 25 Nov 2011, 20:28, Reply)

When DJ was a teenager
people used to think I was his mum.
I'm only six years older than he is. *cries*
( b3th Not shit. Not mod., Fri 25 Nov 2011, 20:29, Reply)

The very worst ones are the ones who go door-to-door.
Got one a few years ago and made the mistake of answering the door to him. I only agreed and signed up to get him to fuck off out of my house.
( The Mock TurtIe ™ --- Thinks you are a cunt, on, Fri 25 Nov 2011, 20:25, Reply)

They're like vampires.
They can only come in if you invite them. So don't.
( girlinthehole, Fri 25 Nov 2011, 20:26, Reply)

They're there at Farringdon station at least every 3 days.
I normally say something like "OK, I already give to 3, you choose who's spot you'll take because I have limited funds" I'd ask them to do that on camera if they agree.
( G/PP 💩💩💩💩💩&#128, Fri 25 Nov 2011, 20:26, Reply)

Holborn and High St Ken' tubes seem to be the worst that I have encountered.
I have seen a couple of good things on the tube recently:

A hawk being released (on a long lead) inside Marylebone to scare the pigeons away. Watched this for ages.

Several blokes offering to help a mum with a newborn baby get up the stairs - reassures me that people will help my wife if I am not around when she is out and about.

Sniffer dogs stood at the bottom of the escalator. The look on some peoples faces as they come down is priceless as they try and work out how to ditch whatever they are carrying.
( Fucking hell Jeff I am not a robot, Fri 25 Nov 2011, 20:31, Reply)

Oh man, the hawk thing sounds amazing.
Above Smithfields they have a kite that is shaped like a big bird that I presume is there for that reason. The snifferdog thing would make me lol, it's not like if you can start running up. They seem to use Kings Cross for guide-dog training, I do like it when I see them. And the new trains on the metropole are amazing when I get on one of those.

Yeah', you're right 'bout the misses, it's always good to help out, I've helped out a few times, plus grannies with big bags. But what gets me is that sevrel times Iv'e gone home and been blatently what I thought that I wasn't right (bent over double and squatting down), without getting offered a seat.
( G/PP 💩💩💩💩💩&#128, Fri 25 Nov 2011, 20:39, Reply)

You're at McBxxxxx aren't you?
(I went to school with Bxx McBxxxxx's daughter - think I've told you that.)

I'm in line for another process-mapping contract with a company doing similar stuff on the far side of Leeds - an area that sounds like it should be on the coast.
( The Disappointed Caravanner of the year, Fri 25 Nov 2011, 20:13, Reply)

I am indeed.
Funny you should say that, one of the top brass in the Barrow site's engineering department has been doing a lot of that stuff round here in the last few months.

This place in Leeds. It wouldn't be U****** would it?
( The Mock TurtIe ™ --- Thinks you are a cunt, on, Fri 25 Nov 2011, 20:18, Reply)

That'd be the one
Not what I want, but since the property market doesn't want me I'll take it.

Bxx McBxxxxx hasn't done too bad since he walked away from his family on Shxxxxxx Grxxx, Barrow, in 197x.
( The Disappointed Caravanner of the year, Fri 25 Nov 2011, 20:24, Reply)

I like this thread. It's like being in the foreign office.

( girlinthehole, Fri 25 Nov 2011, 20:27, Reply)

One of the participants would make a fine Anthony Blunt.

( The Disappointed Caravanner of the year, Fri 25 Nov 2011, 20:34, Reply)

Or Anthony Burgess, as the papers often mistakenly called him at the time.

( The Mock TurtIe ™ --- Thinks you are a cunt, on, Fri 25 Nov 2011, 20:36, Reply)

Easy mistake to make

( The Disappointed Caravanner of the year, Fri 25 Nov 2011, 20:38, Reply)

Aye, it's a multinational these days.
If this job is anything like our process mapping it'll be wall-to-wall with acronyms. Still it's better to drown in acronyms than bullshit business speak; at least they actually mean something.
( The Mock TurtIe ™ --- Thinks you are a cunt, on, Fri 25 Nov 2011, 20:34, Reply)

It's stock control - one of my specialist subjects.
It's trying to turn a Rothko into a Mondrian.
( The Disappointed Caravanner of the year, Fri 25 Nov 2011, 20:45, Reply)

Turning a shambolic pick face with no less than seventeen part-pallets into a lean, efficient workspace with a place for everything and everything in its place.

( The Mock TurtIe ™ --- Thinks you are a cunt, on, Fri 25 Nov 2011, 20:58, Reply)

Yes
Or, if you'd like, Escher into Beck.
( The Disappointed Caravanner of the year, Fri 25 Nov 2011, 21:02, Reply)

turning aPollak
into a B&Q emulsion department
( Citizen Cavy Admires your passion for conformity, Fri 25 Nov 2011, 21:05, Reply)

Just had excellent fish&chips&mushypeas from the central cafe in Annan.
Well, the chips were a bit dry but the mushy peas sorted that out.
Cups of tea were had, then ice cream&meringues&raspberries.
My belly feels as large as a large thing and I can see me dozing off soon.
( blaireau69 , the Cumbrian Travis Bickle., Fri 25 Nov 2011, 19:52, Reply)

Get out of Annan double quick
Nothing good comes of spending time in Annan.
( The Disappointed Caravanner of the year, Fri 25 Nov 2011, 20:07, Reply)

Ingratiating ourselves with one of the few elderly relatives I have.
Might "pay-off" in the long-run...
And the central really does do excellent fish.
But apart from that? Yes, Annan has seen better days.
( blaireau69 , the Cumbrian Travis Bickle., Fri 25 Nov 2011, 20:28, Reply)

Sounds contentfull.
Did you ever live in the states? For soem reason I thought you were american.
( G/PP 💩💩💩💩💩&#128, Fri 25 Nov 2011, 20:10, Reply)

Never even been there.
Where did you get that crazy idea?
( blaireau69 , the Cumbrian Travis Bickle., Fri 25 Nov 2011, 20:26, Reply)

I think I got that from Batsomething, I thought you two were offline dating at some point, and presumed she moved over there to be with you.

( G/PP 💩💩💩💩💩&#128, Fri 25 Nov 2011, 20:30, Reply)

Oh lol, I wouldn't have been such a cunt in the past if I knew you could turn up on my doorstep and give me a smack around the chompers.

( G/PP 💩💩💩💩💩&#128, Fri 25 Nov 2011, 20:31, Reply)

Ahaaa!
But not my style. Not sneaky enough ;)
I think the whole BSM period is best forgotten, not that there were ever any bumhole pictures or anything!
( blaireau69 , the Cumbrian Travis Bickle., Fri 25 Nov 2011, 20:35, Reply)

Haha, too true =)

( G/PP 💩💩💩💩💩&#128, Fri 25 Nov 2011, 20:46, Reply)

This is boring again now.
Let's do something else.

What's the best lie you've ever got away with?

What's the worst lie you've ever got caught trying to tell?
( b3th Not shit. Not mod., Fri 25 Nov 2011, 20:44, Reply)

The worst was meeting a Scottish bird in a boozer
And trying to pretend that I was Scottish as well. I didn't think that one through too well.
( The Disappointed Caravanner of the year, Fri 25 Nov 2011, 20:47, Reply)

Excellent.
So did you get any?
( b3th Not shit. Not mod., Fri 25 Nov 2011, 20:49, Reply)

No
I lost it in the end and blubbed.
( The Disappointed Caravanner of the year, Fri 25 Nov 2011, 20:56, Reply)

I have a great QOTW about something similar
I nearly got glassed.
(berk, Fri 25 Nov 2011, 20:51, Reply)

I was very creative
This was in Barrow, and I was 18 or 19, but I knew my way round Scotland.

It all hinged on the fact that I knew how to pronounce the Glasgow suburb of Milngavie. It's MILguiy.
( The Disappointed Caravanner of the year, Fri 25 Nov 2011, 21:01, Reply)

my best lies are silly lies
like the one about house elephants, or the other day when I told another lecturer that 'Sexting' (which was a topic supposedly covered that day in tutorial) was putting your phone on vibrate and shoving it up your chuff. Luckily someone told her before she went to teach.
( Citizen Cavy Admires your passion for conformity, Fri 25 Nov 2011, 20:48, Reply)

That does rather make it sound
like she was about to teach the practice of sexting.
( b3th Not shit. Not mod., Fri 25 Nov 2011, 20:50, Reply)

i sometimes wonder about tutorial topics
I liked it when we got sent to a presentation on drugs. At one point, going through a powerpoint the woman presenting said "what's next...ooooooh, Ketmine!"

that was also the one with an A4 sheet about people abusing whipped cream canister things which felt the need in bold text to add "when treated properly, whipped cream can be a delicious addition to desserts and cakes". Thanks.
( Citizen Cavy Admires your passion for conformity, Fri 25 Nov 2011, 20:53, Reply)

Ahh, yes, I knew a very world-dim/book-clever univsertiy girl who did history. I convinced that Eva Braun invented the Braun razor.

( G/PP 💩💩💩💩💩&#128, Fri 25 Nov 2011, 20:53, Reply)

pff!
oh and have you heard about 'German Night'? it's a celebration in which everyone dresses in lederhosen and eats sausages and german beer.

(this one isn't one of mine)
( Citizen Cavy Admires your passion for conformity, Fri 25 Nov 2011, 20:55, Reply)

Hah, I like this via the newsletter.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/East_Germany_jokes
( G/PP 💩💩💩💩💩&#128, Fri 25 Nov 2011, 20:57, Reply)

Hmm, I've not done any real epic lies.
I always one-up my abilities when it comes to getting jobs, but I'm extremely good at adapting and getting the hang of coding, so have always managed to brush up in moments. I've never lied about an actual language but I have done on frameworks and coding methordology/principles.

On that "Dug's Life" or whatever it's called TV Show, at least, that's where I think it was... anyway, when I was really young, someone said "I don't lie because then I have to remember what I said" and I generally keep with that... telling what's happened is natural, telling a lie is not, you have to think about it and remember it... you don't have to really remember the truth, you just know it.

I used to steal money from Dad's coin thing when I was little, a quid here, 50p there, never more than a fiver. That was the worst kind of thing, theift was, that I've done... because it was a trust thing, rather than the amount. Did that for a few years.

I've done a few white lies in my time.
( G/PP 💩💩💩💩💩&#128, Fri 25 Nov 2011, 20:51, Reply)

Oh, i can't do lies
I start grinning like an idiot. It also makes me a really bad card player.
( b3th Not shit. Not mod., Fri 25 Nov 2011, 20:57, Reply)

Hah, sweet (as in adorable sweet, rather than 'ok' sweet that londoners use)

( G/PP 💩💩💩💩💩&#128, Fri 25 Nov 2011, 21:16, Reply)

This is really bizarre
some wanker in my house has eaten all of the prawns out of my leftover curry. There were 7 when I put it in to the tupperware and in to the fridge, and there are 2 now. I certainly haven't had the other 5. I'm really quite upset by this.
(berk, Fri 25 Nov 2011, 20:51, Reply)

That sort of thing would really piss me off on account of that meaning I now have to get something else for dinner when you've been wanting it all day and looking forward to it.

( G/PP 💩💩💩💩💩&#128, Fri 25 Nov 2011, 20:52, Reply)

Well I'm eating it anyway
but it's really irked me.
(berk, Fri 25 Nov 2011, 20:53, Reply)

Oh'aye', but I mean, is it still enough food?
At least you got your cheesecake to contend for, what type is it?
( G/PP 💩💩💩💩💩&#128, Fri 25 Nov 2011, 20:54, Reply)

Raspberry and clotted cream
one of the Taste the Difference Sainsbury's ones.
(berk, Fri 25 Nov 2011, 20:57, Reply)

Nice, any good?

( G/PP 💩💩💩💩💩&#128, Fri 25 Nov 2011, 21:03, Reply)

Fairly, yeah
I want to try the chocolate and praline one they have, but this one was reduced, so...
(berk, Fri 25 Nov 2011, 21:05, Reply)

Lovely !

( G/PP 💩💩💩💩💩&#128, Fri 25 Nov 2011, 21:14, Reply)

That didn't make sense until I realised you don't live alone.
I thought maybe you had a prawn-stealing ghost.
( b3th Not shit. Not mod., Fri 25 Nov 2011, 20:58, Reply)

Used to
alas, no longer.
(berk, Fri 25 Nov 2011, 21:01, Reply)

yeah, prawn stealing ghosts are rare
people prefer them to the ghost prawns. Once they are dead, they always assume they will come back as people. When they find out that they aren't, they just go round telling everyone how they are prawn-again
( Citizen Cavy Admires your passion for conformity, Fri 25 Nov 2011, 21:03, Reply)

LTI

( b3th Not shit. Not mod., Fri 25 Nov 2011, 21:05, Reply)

haven't had one of those in a while

( Citizen Cavy Admires your passion for conformity, Fri 25 Nov 2011, 21:05, Reply)

I got one this morning.
I think it was my first.
( b3th Not shit. Not mod., Fri 25 Nov 2011, 21:07, Reply)

link?

( Citizen Cavy Admires your passion for conformity, Fri 25 Nov 2011, 21:17, Reply)

Seconded
motion carried. Sorry Cavy.
(berk, Fri 25 Nov 2011, 21:06, Reply)

but..but...I'm comfy here

( Citizen Cavy Admires your passion for conformity, Fri 25 Nov 2011, 21:07, Reply)

you guys are so shellfish

( Citizen Cavy Admires your passion for conformity, Fri 25 Nov 2011, 21:07, Reply)

IDGI

( G/PP 💩💩💩💩💩&#128, Fri 25 Nov 2011, 21:15, Reply)

eh?

( Citizen Cavy Admires your passion for conformity, Fri 25 Nov 2011, 21:21, Reply)

I don't get it.

( G/PP 💩💩💩💩💩&#128, Fri 25 Nov 2011, 21:31, Reply)

oops
broke the internet. YOu haven't all gone out to do something less boring instead, have you?
( Citizen Cavy Admires your passion for conformity, Fri 25 Nov 2011, 21:13, Reply)

Sorry Cave, eyes are sturrlign to stay open at the mo

( G/PP 💩💩💩💩💩&#128, Fri 25 Nov 2011, 21:16, Reply)

I've been out having a tab and talking to my neighbour
I can't smoke in my own house.

Nobody else lives here except the cats and - sometimes - the dogs.

But I have to go outside to smoke.
( The Disappointed Caravanner of the year, Fri 25 Nov 2011, 21:18, Reply)

that' s because smoking smells

( Citizen Cavy Admires your passion for conformity, Fri 25 Nov 2011, 21:21, Reply)

No, that's because the ex Mrs TD wouldn't let me smoke in the house
And I've kept the habit of going outside.
( The Disappointed Caravanner of the year, Fri 25 Nov 2011, 21:23, Reply)

Watching HIGNFY.
Laughing my tits off about the Benton story.
( b3th Not shit. Not mod., Fri 25 Nov 2011, 21:18, Reply)

what's the benton story?

( Citizen Cavy Admires your passion for conformity, Fri 25 Nov 2011, 21:20, Reply)

ou know
the dog chasing deer in Richmond Park.
I can watch that again and again...
( b3th Not shit. Not mod., Fri 25 Nov 2011, 21:23, Reply)

why is that so popular?
It's just some guy chasing his dog chasing some deer, I don't get it
( Citizen Cavy Admires your passion for conformity, Fri 25 Nov 2011, 21:25, Reply)

It makes me laugh
because I know his pain. Once a dog gets it into his head to chase something, there's no getting him back, no matter how well trained he is.
( b3th Not shit. Not mod., Fri 25 Nov 2011, 21:30, Reply)