Seeing as Sporty must be having a lie in
May I be the first to say 'morning', did you have a nice weekend?

Alt; anything to look forward to this week? I have Friday off and I am going to do my Christmas shopping and then hopefully meet up with a couple of people from here for food and drink.
( JeffTheDogFucker Can you dig it?, Mon 5 Dec 2011, 7:23, 185 replies, latest was 14 years ago)

Morning Jeff
I had a nice weekend thank you very much. I did almost all the christmas shopping on Saturday, with the exception of my brother in law and his wife, and then we got drunk and I had fried chicken. But I did burn my tongue on the chicken.

On sunday we bought a christmas tree and the wife decorated the living room while I did manly DIY things in the bathroom and went food shopping.

Next weekend I am going Bowling with some people off the internet and some people who aren't off the internet.
(Bazongaloid, Mon 5 Dec 2011, 7:33, Reply)

I don't feel remotely festive.
And I doubt this will change for at least a fortnight.
( JeffTheDogFucker Can you dig it?, Mon 5 Dec 2011, 7:48, Reply)

I haven't felt festive since about 1984.

( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Mon 5 Dec 2011, 8:25, Reply)

Somehow I doubt this. There's no way you made it all the way to 11 without disliking Christmas.

( Fucking hell Jeff I am not a robot, Mon 5 Dec 2011, 8:31, Reply)

Hahaha true indeed
There was the one classic year when my sister farted at the dinner table, and was then so embarrassed she wet herself.

That one was excellent.
( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Mon 5 Dec 2011, 8:33, Reply)

Oh my god.
that's hilarious.
(Poppet some assembly required., Mon 5 Dec 2011, 8:33, Reply)

She left the table
and returned a few minutes later, bright red, in different trousers. My brother and I almost died from hilarity.
( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Mon 5 Dec 2011, 8:35, Reply)

I bet you did!

(Poppet some assembly required., Mon 5 Dec 2011, 8:37, Reply)

Of course, we bring this up every year.
Along with the time my mother chased my brother down the street waving a rolling pin after he'd sneaked home mid-boozeup to get some drugs from my bedroom, and then collapsed on the floor in front out our grandmother.

Another family favourite.
( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Mon 5 Dec 2011, 8:39, Reply)

oh wow. That's intense.

(Poppet some assembly required., Mon 5 Dec 2011, 8:42, Reply)

On christmas day last year I managed to get pissed on 10 year old Macallem and tell my father-in-law he was a cunt.
Boxing Day was a little quiet after this.
( Fucking hell Jeff I am not a robot, Mon 5 Dec 2011, 8:45, Reply)

Men should not drink whisky in front of their extended families.
I have done exactly the same thing. Had to sneak out of the house at 6am and drive home.
(Set your faces to Stunned Bigly, Mon 5 Dec 2011, 8:50, Reply)

oh dear...
but in fairness, I think it happens to most people.
(Poppet some assembly required., Mon 5 Dec 2011, 8:51, Reply)

2009 was a good year.

( Fucking hell Jeff I am not a robot, Mon 5 Dec 2011, 8:36, Reply)

hahahaha

( JeffTheDogFucker Can you dig it?, Mon 5 Dec 2011, 8:36, Reply)

Magnificent.

( Agnostic Antichrist Baltimora, Mon 5 Dec 2011, 8:38, Reply)

I did have a nice weekend.
I'm looking forward to tomorrow - I'm going to look at two houses, one of which I'm almost definitely going to take a room in, and I'm going to resume drop all around geelong, and then I'm going to go to dance class. :D
(Poppet some assembly required., Mon 5 Dec 2011, 8:04, Reply)

I was sick.
All weekend. Rubbish.

Cheer up, Scrooge.
(Set your faces to Stunned Bigly, Mon 5 Dec 2011, 8:11, Reply)

I'm trying to. For fuck's sake man.

( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Mon 5 Dec 2011, 8:18, Reply)

Are you still ill Monty?

(Bazongaloid, Mon 5 Dec 2011, 8:18, Reply)

Yes. But not too ill for curry.

( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Mon 5 Dec 2011, 8:22, Reply)

Morning all.
I had a complete failure of a shopping weekend, so I'm doing it all by internet right now.

Alt: I've got Friday off too. For walking with my mates and then cutting trees down over the weekend. We've been doing this for twenty years now.
( Bartleby A dead man on vacation, Mon 5 Dec 2011, 8:13, Reply)

Internet shopping FTW
I don't think I've purchased anything in a physical shop this year. Woo!
( The Light in Chains don't touch the Pope's boner, Mon 5 Dec 2011, 8:31, Reply)

A very quiet weekend.
Saturday was dull and nothing was achieved. Sunday started with a bad hangover and gradually improved, culminating in roast pheasant and 11 hours sleep.
( Fucking hell Jeff I am not a robot, Mon 5 Dec 2011, 8:13, Reply)

Roast pheasant? Brilliant.
Did you shoot it yourself?
(Set your faces to Stunned Bigly, Mon 5 Dec 2011, 8:14, Reply)

Unfortunately not - haven't been shooting for about 15 years. Purchased from the local farmers market.

( Fucking hell Jeff I am not a robot, Mon 5 Dec 2011, 8:15, Reply)

Despite still being not at all well my weekend was excellent.
Friday night/Saturday morning with daughter, went to a German bierkeller and then to a William Morris exhibition in a beautiful building in Temple on Saturday afternoon, followed by some Mexican 'street food' and Ye Drugges. Yesterday I made a nomalicious beef stew which we scoffed with stir-fried savoy cabbage and a swede & potato mash. Drank mulled wine, got an early night.

Tonight I am off for one of this week's two Needoo visits, and I might be getting a new bed too. New to me, anyway...

BUT my throat's still agony, my right ear has joined it and you are all tedious benders so it's not all good news.
( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Mon 5 Dec 2011, 8:22, Reply)

Why have you not been to get antibiotics?
It sounds like the sort of thing you need.
(Bazongaloid, Mon 5 Dec 2011, 8:23, Reply)

It's a virus, I am told, and thus anti-biotics won't work on it, or something.
The doctor was rather dismissive, in truth, but I have never experienced pain like it.
( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Mon 5 Dec 2011, 8:24, Reply)

Have you tried gargling with soluble aspirin?
It can help to sooth a sore throat. Alternatively very salty water, tastes rank, makes you gag, but again, it can help kill off infections.
(Bazongaloid, Mon 5 Dec 2011, 8:27, Reply)

Montenegro
Have you tried stopping note swapping?
(Set your faces to Stunned Bigly, Mon 5 Dec 2011, 8:30, Reply)

I am relieved to say
I've no idea what you're on about here.
( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Mon 5 Dec 2011, 8:31, Reply)

^ this works ^

( Fucking hell Jeff I am not a robot, Mon 5 Dec 2011, 8:30, Reply)

Yeah I've been doing the salt water thing for the past week.
It may have helped but it doesn't seem to have, to be honest.

I watched The Golden Compass last night, and I thought it was quite good. They should have made the other two.

The end.
( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Mon 5 Dec 2011, 8:31, Reply)

On the bright side - if you want to stop smoking now whilst your throat is fucked would be an easier time than normal.

( Fucking hell Jeff I am not a robot, Mon 5 Dec 2011, 8:33, Reply)

Apart from a few on Saturday when drunk/high
I've smoked about three times in the past 8 or 9 days. It's just too unpleasant to gain any pleasure from at all.
( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Mon 5 Dec 2011, 8:34, Reply)

Yeah it was alright as a kids film
but it didn't do nearly well enough at the box office to justify the investment. Shame really, it was marketed too much at adults as well as kids I reckon, when really the books are just childrens stories that some adults happened to like too.
(Bazongaloid, Mon 5 Dec 2011, 8:39, Reply)

Not that I've read the book
but apparently (in the book) she leads that little boy to her father, who then kills him.
(Set your faces to Stunned Bigly, Mon 5 Dec 2011, 8:39, Reply)

Yes, that's true.

(Bazongaloid, Mon 5 Dec 2011, 8:42, Reply)

Her dad is a bit of a cunt to be honest.

(Bazongaloid, Mon 5 Dec 2011, 8:42, Reply)

Not much of an ending to a kids book/film.

(Set your faces to Stunned Bigly, Mon 5 Dec 2011, 8:44, Reply)

They kill god, that's the best bit

( Naked Ape call me Caitlyn, Mon 5 Dec 2011, 9:07, Reply)

Top tip: Stop gargling semen and your throat should recover.

( Fucking hell Jeff I am not a robot, Mon 5 Dec 2011, 8:24, Reply)

Top tips:
1. Shut up
2. Fuck off
3. Die in a fire
( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Mon 5 Dec 2011, 8:25, Reply)

*there there*

( JeffTheDogFucker Can you dig it?, Mon 5 Dec 2011, 8:32, Reply)

Where?

etc.
( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Mon 5 Dec 2011, 8:34, Reply)

Not too bad thanks
Had a half day Friday, managed to be in and out of the hospital in an hour, which I consider a success. Then, met up with some friends for a few beers, before getting an early night.

Saturday wasn't bad, met with a friend for an afternoon pint, later on went to see the Christmas lights being turned on (they are shit), nipped home, cooked a rather spicy stew, then headed to his to watch a film and have a few beers. All in all, quite a good day.

Sunday I did washing, some tidying, and that's about it really. I watched 2012, that film is utter tosh. The only upsides to it are the scale of the destruction being so OTT it's entertaining, and the fact that most people die. Sadly, they still save quite a few, and the majority are American (as fucking ever). Either way, don't waste your time watching it.
( Agnostic Antichrist Baltimora, Mon 5 Dec 2011, 8:36, Reply)

What annoyed me about that film is that they put all that effort into building the ships
but some dickhead decided that an appropriate safety feature is that you can't start the engines when the doors are slightly open.

And that they didn't make the door closing motors, which are clearly critical to the main engines being able to work, strong enough to be able to just crush a rather weedy pneumatic drill within the enormous fuck off gears.
(Bazongaloid, Mon 5 Dec 2011, 8:41, Reply)

It did seem a tad odd
Then again, I was fairly amused that the blonde woman died, and no-one actually gave a shit.

It's like the directors understood how the rest of us felt at that point.
( Agnostic Antichrist Baltimora, Mon 5 Dec 2011, 8:42, Reply)

American or Arab.
The Queen made it though. Small mercies and all that.
(Set your faces to Stunned Bigly, Mon 5 Dec 2011, 8:41, Reply)

My weekend was ruined retrospectively by the FA Cup 3rd Round draw yesterday.
I went from thinking what a great result we had drawing with Oldham to wanting to go back and kick Bilel Mohsni for missing the last minute header that would have guaranteed us a game with Liverpool in the next round.

Sorry, dull football talk.

Not much to look forward to until Saturday when my new bed finally should be arriving and I can ditch the futon that I've had for the last few weeks.
( scarpe We Stole Bikes, Mon 5 Dec 2011, 8:40, Reply)

Sorry, I read that as
'SPORTzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz'
( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Mon 5 Dec 2011, 8:42, Reply)

I read that as "oooo, I forgot to check that *looks on internet* Ah, Arsenal vs Leeds"

(Bazongaloid, Mon 5 Dec 2011, 8:43, Reply)

Oh man I'm such a 'Gooner'
*sing ribald song about someone being black*
( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Mon 5 Dec 2011, 9:13, Reply)

That's OK, I nearly fell asleep halfway through writing it.

( scarpe We Stole Bikes, Mon 5 Dec 2011, 8:43, Reply)

Futons are extremely uncomfortable to sleep on. I don't know how anybody manages to get proper rest sleeping on such a thing.

( Fucking hell Jeff I am not a robot, Mon 5 Dec 2011, 8:43, Reply)

I know.
I've learnt my lesson, no more bed breaking activities for me. Luckily my soporific sex life won't suffer, but I won't be doing WWE Belly Flops onto the missus again.
( scarpe We Stole Bikes, Mon 5 Dec 2011, 8:47, Reply)

I had a middleling to good weekend, the details are boring
This week is busy, I have drinks, funerals, rugby, meetings and if there is some time cheeses
( Naked Ape call me Caitlyn, Mon 5 Dec 2011, 8:50, Reply)

There is always time for cheeses.

(Set your faces to Stunned Bigly, Mon 5 Dec 2011, 8:51, Reply)

DAMN IT we'll make time GOD DAMMIT

( Naked Ape call me Caitlyn, Mon 5 Dec 2011, 8:52, Reply)

I've been checking out the cheese selections in the supermarkets
I think we're gonna take the cheeseboard to christmas dinner this year, I need to eat my share on the day as we're going away on boxing day.
(Bazongaloid, Mon 5 Dec 2011, 8:53, Reply)

I have a cheese mongers on my high street run by two slightly eccentric but cheese loving old ladies

( Naked Ape call me Caitlyn, Mon 5 Dec 2011, 8:54, Reply)

If you're in London before Christmas have a look at this place for cheese
www.lafromagerie.co.uk/#
( Fucking hell Jeff I am not a robot, Mon 5 Dec 2011, 8:55, Reply)

NOM NOM NOM
*hearts attacks*
( Naked Ape call me Caitlyn, Mon 5 Dec 2011, 8:56, Reply)

Ooooo, there's one in Highbury.

(Bazongaloid, Mon 5 Dec 2011, 8:57, Reply)

Montenegro and I walked past that on the way to the footie the other day.
I had to drag him away.
(Set your faces to Stunned Bigly, Mon 5 Dec 2011, 9:11, Reply)

Anyone watch 'Black Mirror: The National Anthem' last night

( Naked Ape call me Caitlyn, Mon 5 Dec 2011, 8:52, Reply)

Yes, I thought it was rather funny.
Especially when the nurse tried to turn the telly off and they said "He's been going nearly an hour now"
(Bazongaloid, Mon 5 Dec 2011, 8:53, Reply)

It was pretty blunt satire, but I did enjoy it.
I lolled hard when the pig fucking was first mentioned
( Naked Ape call me Caitlyn, Mon 5 Dec 2011, 8:55, Reply)

PVR'd it. Was it any good?
What do you call it when you Tivo/Sky Plus something not on a Tivo/Sky Plus box? "PVR'd" sounds wank.
( scarpe We Stole Bikes, Mon 5 Dec 2011, 8:54, Reply)

It was although I've just ruined it a little bit, soz

( Naked Ape call me Caitlyn, Mon 5 Dec 2011, 8:55, Reply)

I still say "videod"
Or "taped"
(Bazongaloid, Mon 5 Dec 2011, 8:56, Reply)

recorded

( Fucking hell Jeff I am not a robot, Mon 5 Dec 2011, 8:56, Reply)

That'd be the one...

( scarpe We Stole Bikes, Mon 5 Dec 2011, 8:57, Reply)

this.

( the mighty badger Aphrodite, on a bar stool, by your side, Mon 5 Dec 2011, 9:00, Reply)

that

( Naked Ape call me Caitlyn, Mon 5 Dec 2011, 9:00, Reply)

the other

( Naked Ape call me Caitlyn, Mon 5 Dec 2011, 9:00, Reply)

isn't it, though? Mmmm?

( the mighty badger Aphrodite, on a bar stool, by your side, Mon 5 Dec 2011, 9:01, Reply)

I like to say that I've made an 'echo in time'

( Naked Ape call me Caitlyn, Mon 5 Dec 2011, 8:59, Reply)

Sounds like something childish to say after you've farted.

( scarpe We Stole Bikes, Mon 5 Dec 2011, 9:00, Reply)

That's a wizz-pop

( Naked Ape call me Caitlyn, Mon 5 Dec 2011, 9:00, Reply)

I thought those were the things that if you ate them while you drank coke you'd explode.

( scarpe We Stole Bikes, Mon 5 Dec 2011, 9:01, Reply)

wiiz-pop, wizz-bang, feel the bubbles go down!

( Naked Ape call me Caitlyn, Mon 5 Dec 2011, 9:02, Reply)

I watched it.
I thought it was disappointing. Apart from a couple of 'fucking a pig, lol' gags, there didn't seem to be much of a point to it.
( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Mon 5 Dec 2011, 9:01, Reply)

Meant to watch it, but a belly full of roast game sent me to sleep on the sofa so I missed it.

( Fucking hell Jeff I am not a robot, Mon 5 Dec 2011, 9:03, Reply)

I've been ill all weekend.
I'm still ill. I haven't slept in 3 days. it's like free hallucinogens in my mind right now.
( the mighty badger Aphrodite, on a bar stool, by your side, Mon 5 Dec 2011, 9:01, Reply)

Welcome to my world.

( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Mon 5 Dec 2011, 9:06, Reply)

I don't like it, Monty.
I'd like my old one back. I don't "do" ill. I have the immune system of a horse. I'm becoming convinced it's that AIDS.
( the mighty badger Aphrodite, on a bar stool, by your side, Mon 5 Dec 2011, 9:09, Reply)

I'm generally of robust constitution
but this past few months has seen me laid low twice. I don't like it either old boy.
( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Mon 5 Dec 2011, 9:12, Reply)

Morning!
I did actually have somewhat of a lie in this morning. 8 HOURS SLEEP FTW!

It was my birthday yesterday which consisted of vast amounts of carvery beef, Stella and Leffe, puncuated with watching Sunderland get beat again and chocolate.

This weekend I am working but also taking the kids on the Tanfield Railway thingy which is basically an old steam train where at the end of the journey they get to meet Santa
( sporters I’m sincerely gratitude to you, Mon 5 Dec 2011, 9:02, Reply)

Still. Bendtner did one good thing.
That's one more than he ever managed for Arsenal.
( the mighty badger Aphrodite, on a bar stool, by your side, Mon 5 Dec 2011, 9:03, Reply)

What was that good thing then?
I must have missed it amongst his walking round, lazy, stuck out on the wing when I should be a centre forward play for 90 mins
( sporters I’m sincerely gratitude to you, Mon 5 Dec 2011, 9:05, Reply)

Wasn't it his flick that set up Richardson's goal?

( scarpe We Stole Bikes, Mon 5 Dec 2011, 9:07, Reply)

Nope - Sessegnon, our only good player

( sporters I’m sincerely gratitude to you, Mon 5 Dec 2011, 9:07, Reply)

What fuck td I know? I just realised I called him Richardson.

( scarpe We Stole Bikes, Mon 5 Dec 2011, 9:08, Reply)

No, wait, it IS Richardson, isn't it?
Fucking Monday mornings. I'm not drunk, I swear.
( scarpe We Stole Bikes, Mon 5 Dec 2011, 9:09, Reply)

Richardson scored, yes

( sporters I’m sincerely gratitude to you, Mon 5 Dec 2011, 9:09, Reply)

No, Bendtner pulled off an exquisite back-heeled flick half-way across the pitch
to Sessegnon, who fed Richardson.
( the mighty badger Aphrodite, on a bar stool, by your side, Mon 5 Dec 2011, 9:11, Reply)

That's what I thought. But given that I then started to doubt Richardson's name, I wasn't convinced I'd remembered it right.

( scarpe We Stole Bikes, Mon 5 Dec 2011, 9:19, Reply)

apparently, I can't sleep, I can't regulate my temperature, I can't work, I can't focus on anything
but I can remember sunderland's goal perfectly. fuck knows what's going on, scarpe.
( the mighty badger Aphrodite, on a bar stool, by your side, Mon 5 Dec 2011, 9:22, Reply)

yep.
It was quite good. I did titter when I heard Balotelli described as suffering from "Nicolas Bendtner syndrome"
( the mighty badger Aphrodite, on a bar stool, by your side, Mon 5 Dec 2011, 9:08, Reply)

Earlier on in the move, yes

( sporters I’m sincerely gratitude to you, Mon 5 Dec 2011, 9:09, Reply)

Sorry, WHO?

( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Mon 5 Dec 2011, 9:08, Reply)

Unfortunately they are talking about football.

( Fucking hell Jeff I am not a robot, Mon 5 Dec 2011, 9:09, Reply)

Niklas Bendtner.
Pronounced Nik-lARSE BENT-ner
(Bazongaloid, Mon 5 Dec 2011, 9:09, Reply)

He wouldn't have lasted five minutes at my school.

( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Mon 5 Dec 2011, 9:10, Reply)

That's 'cos he is a forrin'

( sporters I’m sincerely gratitude to you, Mon 5 Dec 2011, 9:18, Reply)

Exactly

( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Mon 5 Dec 2011, 9:25, Reply)

You left wing crusties will like this
www.telegraph.co.uk/motoring/news/8934718/Astonishing-accident-involving-eight-Ferraris-worlds-most-expensive-car-crash.html
( Naked Ape call me Caitlyn, Mon 5 Dec 2011, 9:02, Reply)

wha?
"A new Ferrari 355 retails for several hundred thousand pounds"

Does it fuck. Firstly, you've not been able to buy a "new" 355 for about 15 years at least and secondly, they cost about £50K even mint second hand. I don't think they ever cost over £100K when they were new.
( the mighty badger Aphrodite, on a bar stool, by your side, Mon 5 Dec 2011, 9:07, Reply)

'Badger correct on the internet shocker'

( Naked Ape call me Caitlyn, Mon 5 Dec 2011, 9:10, Reply)

I've had to go and school /QOTW about sugar.
I'm back on my a-game.
( the mighty badger Aphrodite, on a bar stool, by your side, Mon 5 Dec 2011, 9:11, Reply)

Sorry, the words I understand, but the sentence is meaningless.

(Bazongaloid, Mon 5 Dec 2011, 9:12, Reply)

I have edited.

( the mighty badger Aphrodite, on a bar stool, by your side, Mon 5 Dec 2011, 9:14, Reply)

I read all that. The poster is devoid of intelligence.

( Fucking hell Jeff I am not a robot, Mon 5 Dec 2011, 9:12, Reply)

I was just reading that.
What a moron.

Not you.
( scarpe We Stole Bikes, Mon 5 Dec 2011, 9:19, Reply)

"Shares in both tailors and George D suits rise rapidly"

(Bazongaloid, Mon 5 Dec 2011, 9:12, Reply)

Quite amusing really.

(Bazongaloid, Mon 5 Dec 2011, 9:08, Reply)

It really is.
I do love a fast car, but you do have to laugh at something like that. And it's not as if any of them were priceless or irreplaceable. If you own a Ferrari the least you could fucking do is learn how not to crash into other Ferraris. They're mostly big and red, you can't miss them.
( the mighty badger Aphrodite, on a bar stool, by your side, Mon 5 Dec 2011, 9:13, Reply)

I have a drive in an Aston Martin awaiting me after the weekend
I like this very much
( sporters I’m sincerely gratitude to you, Mon 5 Dec 2011, 9:15, Reply)

Which model?

( Fucking hell Jeff I am not a robot, Mon 5 Dec 2011, 9:16, Reply)

A Vantage I believe
Due to the kids going mental yesterday, I didn't get a chance to read it all properly
( sporters I’m sincerely gratitude to you, Mon 5 Dec 2011, 9:17, Reply)

A mate of mine was given a year old Vantage convertible (LN400 limited edition) by his extremely wealthy brother in law
I want a brother in law like that.
( Fucking hell Jeff I am not a robot, Mon 5 Dec 2011, 9:19, Reply)

"given" as in "to keep" ?
the spawny fucking cunt.
( the mighty badger Aphrodite, on a bar stool, by your side, Mon 5 Dec 2011, 9:20, Reply)

Yes to keep. His brother in law also insured it for him for the first twelve months.
His brother in law is seriously loaded. Runs a hedge fund. Has a garage full of about 8 high performance cars.
( Fucking hell Jeff I am not a robot, Mon 5 Dec 2011, 9:21, Reply)

fucking hell.

(Poppet some assembly required., Mon 5 Dec 2011, 9:23, Reply)

Indeed.
He is getting rid of his Lamborghini Gallardo as he lives in southeren Spain and has to get it to Madrid each time it needs a service. He's replacing it with a Ferrari, the flash fucker.
( Fucking hell Jeff I am not a robot, Mon 5 Dec 2011, 9:31, Reply)

Still - people that well-off are rarely that generous.
that's why they are that well off in the first place. Fair play.
( the mighty badger Aphrodite, on a bar stool, by your side, Mon 5 Dec 2011, 9:28, Reply)

I think people who have inherited a lot of money tend to be tight with it. Those who made it themselves (as in this case) tend to be more generous.

( Fucking hell Jeff I am not a robot, Mon 5 Dec 2011, 9:29, Reply)

Really?
I think the entire capitalist system might disagree with you there.
(Bazongaloid, Mon 5 Dec 2011, 9:31, Reply)

I've based this opinion solely on what I have witnessed.

( Fucking hell Jeff I am not a robot, Mon 5 Dec 2011, 9:33, Reply)

Could be.
I dunno, one of my PhD students moved into the city when she graduated and I nearly slapped her when she was complaining that she couldn't decide whether to spend her first bonus on a 911 or pay off a lump of the mortgage on her docklands flat. Cow. She's never bought me a car.
( the mighty badger Aphrodite, on a bar stool, by your side, Mon 5 Dec 2011, 9:32, Reply)

I agree
My brother in law has an old Ford Focus...
( sporters I’m sincerely gratitude to you, Mon 5 Dec 2011, 9:24, Reply)

Sweet
I keep ummming and aaahing about buying a TVR Tuscan. I really want one but I fucking know I can't afford to keep the bastard on the road. They need engine rebuilds about every 30K or something.
( the mighty badger Aphrodite, on a bar stool, by your side, Mon 5 Dec 2011, 9:19, Reply)

Bastards if you live in a town too.
My colleague has one and reckons he can only pull away in second because it either stalls or shreds the tyres.

It could just be he is a shit driver.
(Set your faces to Stunned Bigly, Mon 5 Dec 2011, 9:22, Reply)

I've briefly driven a Tuscan and a Cerbera and more or less managed.
but in fairness to him, the clutches are seven shades of bastard and I could have just driven slightly easier ones
( the mighty badger Aphrodite, on a bar stool, by your side, Mon 5 Dec 2011, 9:25, Reply)

I had a second hand Chimera 4 litre high compression.
Never had a problem with it. I was gutted when I had to sell it (I was skint so it had to go). Brilliant car.
( Fucking hell Jeff I am not a robot, Mon 5 Dec 2011, 9:25, Reply)

Chimeras had Rover V8s though, didn't they?
Cerbera and the Tuscan were the first ones to get the TVR V8 which, I'm told, is a little "sensitive"
( the mighty badger Aphrodite, on a bar stool, by your side, Mon 5 Dec 2011, 9:26, Reply)

Yep it had the rover engine - 3.5 from the rover SD1, bored out to 4L.

( Fucking hell Jeff I am not a robot, Mon 5 Dec 2011, 9:28, Reply)

I'm tempted to be honest - a good one is only 7 or 8K now, and I really do like them
but I know, deep down, it'll always be a second best choice, because the Tuscan is fucking beautiful.
( the mighty badger Aphrodite, on a bar stool, by your side, Mon 5 Dec 2011, 9:30, Reply)

That Rover engine is "reliable" though.
You'd likely get to drive it more.
(Set your faces to Stunned Bigly, Mon 5 Dec 2011, 9:31, Reply)

My Dad had an SD1
so I feel those speech marks.
( the mighty badger Aphrodite, on a bar stool, by your side, Mon 5 Dec 2011, 9:33, Reply)

British Leyland rustiness at it's finest.
Horrendous electrical problems too.
( Fucking hell Jeff I am not a robot, Mon 5 Dec 2011, 9:39, Reply)

If you get one, make sure it has had the 60,000 mile cambelt change, otherwise you are in for a £2k bill.

( Fucking hell Jeff I am not a robot, Mon 5 Dec 2011, 9:32, Reply)

I thought ferraris were usually small and sleek?
But then I'm not hugely familiar with cars...
(Poppet some assembly required., Mon 5 Dec 2011, 9:22, Reply)

they tend to be very wide.
but, compared to Aussie cars, they probably are on the small side.
( the mighty badger Aphrodite, on a bar stool, by your side, Mon 5 Dec 2011, 9:23, Reply)

Well where I live there are lots of utes and 4wds - purely because of the lines of work that people do here.
My car is considered very small by comparison.
(Poppet some assembly required., Mon 5 Dec 2011, 9:24, Reply)

same as the US - no advantage in small cars.
until recently.
( the mighty badger Aphrodite, on a bar stool, by your side, Mon 5 Dec 2011, 9:27, Reply)

Yes, thanks.
Noel and Blousie came to stay, we did lovely food on Friday, a nice hill walk (if a tad windy and cold) on Saturday followed by curry then going to see my mate's band. Yesterday consisted of a walk along the beach and then out for an Italian's, where my father in law excelled himself in the complaining about his dinner stakes by sending his steak back to the kitchen. As per usual. Next time, no matter where we are, I'll just ask the staff to bring him a bacon sandwich, and if they haven't any bacon I shall insist they go and fucking find some.

Today, the missus starts her trial at a potential new job. And I'm about to take Noel through to Newcastle for his bus home, but we shall hopefully have time for a wander around and then meet Sportius Bovine for a pint and some lunch.
( Davros' Granddad a voice of calm reason in a world of spastics., Mon 5 Dec 2011, 9:03, Reply)

woop!

( sporters I’m sincerely gratitude to you, Mon 5 Dec 2011, 9:06, Reply)

Any news on your applications?

(Bazongaloid, Mon 5 Dec 2011, 9:10, Reply)

One rejection (the employment adviser post).
Apparently I didn't have the experience they were looking for (because ten years in a benefits / employment adviser role counts for fuck all, apparently).

Got an interview on Friday for the other position, though. Which means I'll have to be up super early to get to Newcastle as the interview is at 9am and the missus need the car to get to South Shields for 8.15.
( Davros' Granddad a voice of calm reason in a world of spastics., Mon 5 Dec 2011, 9:15, Reply)

Chin up, DG.
Good luck for Friday.
(Set your faces to Stunned Bigly, Mon 5 Dec 2011, 9:23, Reply)

To be honest
although the money was good, and it was local, I'm not sure I could do that again anyway. It was soul destroying last time.
( Davros' Granddad a voice of calm reason in a world of spastics., Mon 5 Dec 2011, 9:26, Reply)

didn't have the experience they were looking for (because ten years in a benefits / employment adviser role counts for fuck all, apparently) have silly hair
( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Mon 5 Dec 2011, 9:26, Reply)

kettlepot

( sporters I’m sincerely gratitude to you, Mon 5 Dec 2011, 9:28, Reply)

Fuck off hippy.
And I'm off. Toodles!
( Davros' Granddad a voice of calm reason in a world of spastics., Mon 5 Dec 2011, 9:30, Reply)

Not much, my mothers birthday
so I got her a present and went to lunch with her.
Spent the rest of it on Skyrim, and using my newly working washing machine.
(PsychoChomp, Mon 5 Dec 2011, 9:38, Reply)

OMG!
I totally did loads of washing this weekend too!

I also picked and cooked my beetroot. They weren't very big.
(Bazongaloid, Mon 5 Dec 2011, 9:40, Reply)

I don't even own a beetroot.
You smug prick!
(PsychoChomp, Mon 5 Dec 2011, 9:45, Reply)

If it makes you feel better
I split one of my nails in half by catching it on a door frame.
(Bazongaloid, Mon 5 Dec 2011, 9:46, Reply)

I just did that thing where you jump in the air and click your heels together.

(PsychoChomp, Mon 5 Dec 2011, 9:47, Reply)

I'm imagining you look a lot like Bruce Forsyth.

(Bazongaloid, Mon 5 Dec 2011, 9:49, Reply)

There is a whole website devoted to doing it properly
www.wikihow.com/Heel-Click
(Bazongaloid, Mon 5 Dec 2011, 9:51, Reply)

Have you just pickled them?
I boiled some then roasted in foil with balsamic vinegar and chilli flakes. They were "fucking nom"
( sporters I’m sincerely gratitude to you, Mon 5 Dec 2011, 9:47, Reply)

No, I just boiled them
I was then planning on sticking them in a roasting dish and having them with some trout fillets I bought. But the mrs didn't fancy having trout so we had pasta instead.
(Bazongaloid, Mon 5 Dec 2011, 9:49, Reply)

If you have plenty, try this with one

( sporters I’m sincerely gratitude to you, Mon 5 Dec 2011, 9:49, Reply)

Next year I am investing in a timer watering system
and then I will have a better crop of larger beetroots.
(Bazongaloid, Mon 5 Dec 2011, 9:51, Reply)

My neighbours have one of these and I swear by it
Cos I don't have to water their garden every day while they're away.
(Reverend Fister "a disciplined fuckwit", Mon 5 Dec 2011, 10:41, Reply)

Weekend was good
Apart from I was leaving the house yesterday and the outside mat flew out as I stood on it and I landed on my arse and now my arse is all bruised.

This week. Hot meat tonight, leaving drinks tomorrow, dinner with an awesome person on Wednesday. Sleeping Tursday/Friday
( TGB checking Off Topic is still shit at, Mon 5 Dec 2011, 9:42, Reply)

I'm sure no one saw that happen.
If it's any consolation - I was dropped by one of my dance partners last week, and EVERYONE saw my knickers as I fell.
(Poppet some assembly required., Mon 5 Dec 2011, 9:43, Reply)

I didn't

( sporters I’m sincerely gratitude to you, Mon 5 Dec 2011, 9:45, Reply)

But everyone has already seen your knickers anyway.

(Bazongaloid, Mon 5 Dec 2011, 9:45, Reply)

You wish you had.

(Poppet some assembly required., Mon 5 Dec 2011, 9:47, Reply)

well, think positive. At least you were wearing knickers.

( the mighty badger Aphrodite, on a bar stool, by your side, Mon 5 Dec 2011, 9:46, Reply)

For the first time in months.

(Bazongaloid, Mon 5 Dec 2011, 9:47, Reply)

She could have broken her back and been paralysed as well.
It happens.
(PsychoChomp, Mon 5 Dec 2011, 9:49, Reply)

Thank god that didn't happen!

(Poppet some assembly required., Mon 5 Dec 2011, 9:51, Reply)

Because then you wouldn't have been able to pull your skirt down
so not only would all the people in your dance class see your pants, but so would the paramedics and hospital staff.

It might even have made the local papers.
(Bazongaloid, Mon 5 Dec 2011, 9:52, Reply)

It would just get worse and worse.

(Poppet some assembly required., Mon 5 Dec 2011, 9:53, Reply)

My weekend was pretty good
I saw somebody I'm extremely fond of on Friday, Saturday was spent skipping loads of junk in preparation for my move and yesterday was spent working out why my car wasn't running right. Dodgy mass air flow meter you won't be interested to hear.

However, I am coming down with a filthy cold, so all is not well.
( Kroney, Mon 5 Dec 2011, 9:52, Reply)

honey and lemon tea, and vicks vapo drops.
best things ever invented.
(Poppet some assembly required., Mon 5 Dec 2011, 9:53, Reply)

Alexander Fleming would possibly disagree.

( the mighty badger Aphrodite, on a bar stool, by your side, Mon 5 Dec 2011, 10:01, Reply)

you can have mine
it's a cunt. Although I can't work out what it is, it's not a cold, I am physically able to move so it's not flu. It's got to be cat AIDS or something.
( the mighty badger Aphrodite, on a bar stool, by your side, Mon 5 Dec 2011, 9:59, Reply)

apparently every single fucking thing that goes wrong with a car* these days
Is that or the EGR valve sticking. I blame hippies and polar bears.

*as long as the car is a post-2006 diesel.
( the mighty badger Aphrodite, on a bar stool, by your side, Mon 5 Dec 2011, 10:00, Reply)