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 G-g-g-g-g'breaker. Guten morgen.
	G-g-g-g-g'breaker. Guten morgen.I had an amazing weekend, thanks for asking. I don't care about yours so shut up about it, OK? Seriously, no-one cares.
In this morning's paper I saw an advertisement for 'BEAR GRYLLS LIVE' at the Hammersmith Apollo. Eh? What's he going to do, survive in a concert venue for an hour? Or give a fucking lecture about 'survival'? If it's the former, fuck off Bear, I could do that (and in fact have done on hundreds of occasions), if it's the latter, who'd pay God knows how many pounds to go and see a slideshow'n'talk by some bent squaddie who has been proven to be a dirty lying cheater? What's going on, eh?
I'm being treated to a slap-up meal this evening featuring a main dish that is £44, which seems rather a lot. What's the most expensive thing you've ordered in a restaurant (apart from booze) and was it worth it?
Alt: Want to see some puppies?
(, Mon 9 Jan 2012, 8:24, 188 replies, latest was 14 years ago)
 I haven't really got any puppies, I'm afraid.
	I haven't really got any puppies, I'm afraid.It's a ruse to help me nonce up some kids.
Soz.
(, Mon 9 Jan 2012, 8:28, Reply)
 My main course at our standard 'work do' restaurant costs £17.85, that's probably about as expensive as I go
	My main course at our standard 'work do' restaurant costs £17.85, that's probably about as expensive as I goMy weekend wasn't bad, helped my friend move in on Friday night, spent Saturday fixing the network at another house, turns out someone had been fucking with it, which had caused the problems.
Saturday night I was at a friend's 21st, that was a pretty good night.
Yesterday, did a little cooking, and pretty much fuck all else. Sadly, I didn't get to sleep until gone 4am, ao I'm shattered this morning.
There you go, I told you about my weekend, I'm a rebel like that!
(, Mon 9 Jan 2012, 8:28, Reply)
 How crass
	How crassSurely a man of your refinement does not ask how much a meal costs?
As a vegetarian I am consistently overcharged for any meal I eat in a restaurant. Vegetables are incredibly cheap. I don't care how poncey the preparation is or if you've topped it with goat's cheese or some other shite.
Alt: No. People who insist on showing pictures of their pets are idiots.
(, Mon 9 Jan 2012, 8:55, Reply)
 Morning Nonce.
	Morning Nonce.I'm basing that on my experience of the last time someone asked me if I wanted to see some puppies.
If I can't talk about my weekend I have nothing else to say.
Sherlock was great though.
(, Mon 9 Jan 2012, 8:56, Reply)
 Not shit Sherlock
	Not shit Sherlockor something. I dunno, it's early and I lack sleep. Anyway, I've never watched it. Don't mind me. As you were.
(, Mon 9 Jan 2012, 8:59, Reply)
 It was good, but last week's was better
	It was good, but last week's was betterI wonder if after next week, they'll kill the series off...
(, Mon 9 Jan 2012, 9:03, Reply)
 Last weeks was better, yes.
	Last weeks was better, yes.I did have a slight problem with Russell Tovey hunting giant wolf-like creatures, it was too close to causing a Being Human crossover...
Also, last weeks had Lara Pulver, so was always going to be better.
I doubt it will be killed off by the BBC, but it may be over anyway just because Martin Freeman is about to become huge because of The Hobbit and Benedict Cumberbatch just because he fucking deserves to for being brilliant.
(, Mon 9 Jan 2012, 9:07, Reply)
 My main problem was the fact he was screaming like a bitch the entire way through it, was really fucking annoying
	My main problem was the fact he was screaming like a bitch the entire way through it, was really fucking annoyingWell, I know next week's episode is based on 'The Final Problem', which was originally the end of Holmes.
Cumberbatch really is excellent.
(, Mon 9 Jan 2012, 9:16, Reply)
 I don't know the originals that well
	I don't know the originals that wellWhich one ended with him going over the waterfall?
(, Mon 9 Jan 2012, 9:18, Reply)
 It's OK, I googled it.
	It's OK, I googled it.This was the waterfall one, so it wasn't actually the last one in the end, although it was supposed to be.
It's a smart one to use at this stage, because it gives a proper ending if needed, but room for it to come back if they can find a way.
(, Mon 9 Jan 2012, 9:21, Reply)
 Monty, you do know that for that price, he'll want to have sex with you at the end of the night?
	Monty, you do know that for that price, he'll want to have sex with you at the end of the night?(, Mon 9 Jan 2012, 8:59, Reply)
 He's been allowing Stunned to do all sorts of vile things to him recently in the name of free booze.
	He's been allowing Stunned to do all sorts of vile things to him recently in the name of free booze.Including take him up the arsenal
(, Mon 9 Jan 2012, 9:05, Reply)
 Oh shit, I must have spelt the poster wrong, the whole thing is a bear being grilled on a spitroast by heston bloomingtile.
	Oh shit, I must have spelt the poster wrong, the whole thing is a bear being grilled on a spitroast by heston bloomingtile.I'm watching in the telly the premier of this new "War Horse" film, they took a film to the permier, I'm not convinced it's the same horse as in the film, and I don't see how that would be allowed into the cinema when the only other animal allowed is blind dogs.... do blind people go pictures? Do they get cheaper tickets? They're not using as much electricity (no need to project an image for them) so they should get it for cheaper.
(, Mon 9 Jan 2012, 9:05, Reply)
 It costs more
	It costs moreThe entire film needs to be transcribed into braille and they all need to be able to reach the screen in order to read it.
(, Mon 9 Jan 2012, 9:07, Reply)
 Trigger the horse stayed at the Adelphi Hotel in Liverpool when Roy Rogers came here.
	Trigger the horse stayed at the Adelphi Hotel in Liverpool when Roy Rogers came here.(, Mon 9 Jan 2012, 9:09, Reply)
 PHOTOGRAPHS
	PHOTOGRAPHSwww.bbc.co.uk/liverpool/localhistory/journey/lime_street/adelphi/roy_rogers.shtml
(, Mon 9 Jan 2012, 9:16, Reply)
 Amazing!
	Amazing!www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-16460272
I see Gonz must have run out of garlic
(, Mon 9 Jan 2012, 9:19, Reply)
 Fungus The Bogeyman stayed at The Palace in Manchester
	Fungus The Bogeyman stayed at The Palace in Manchesterjudging by the smell when I stayed there a couple of weeks ago.
(, Mon 9 Jan 2012, 9:14, Reply)
 It might have been a guide horse
	It might have been a guide horseI am sure a while ago I saw something about people getting guide ponies which was fucking wierd.
(, Mon 9 Jan 2012, 9:15, Reply)
 Having a nice meal for two in Rome many years ago
	Having a nice meal for two in Rome many years agoLangoustines in champagne sauce, the works. Cost almost 200 euros.
Ooops. Next night was the Italian equivalent of McDonalds. Two starts, two mains and one bottle of red for 20 euros.
(, Mon 9 Jan 2012, 9:15, Reply)
 I had the tasting menu at Purnells, that was £75
	I had the tasting menu at Purnells, that was £75I may have mentioned it at the time.
Alt: fuck puppies, that's old news. Kids today probably want Justin Burner merchandise or summat.
(, Mon 9 Jan 2012, 9:21, Reply)
 ooh, I wouldn't mind doing that
	ooh, I wouldn't mind doing thatThat's the menkle one with bacon icecream and liquid nitrogen, isn't it?
(, Mon 9 Jan 2012, 9:26, Reply)
 Yep
	YepMy friends have been and the pics are hilarious! His missus got a bit confused and actually ate a menu card, thinking it was part of the dish
(, Mon 9 Jan 2012, 9:27, Reply)
 It was the instructions for the mad hatter's tea party thing he does!
	It was the instructions for the mad hatter's tea party thing he does!(, Mon 9 Jan 2012, 9:48, Reply)
 I also had a lovely weekend with my daughter, who was utterly perfect
	I also had a lovely weekend with my daughter, who was utterly perfectRay Mears would haev Bear Grylls ina fight any day, simply by sitting on him, then eating him and using his skin to make a canoe.
Twenty odd quid probably, I find that the correlation between quality of a meal and price is not always straight and true.
(, Mon 9 Jan 2012, 9:21, Reply)
 Quite so.
	Quite so.My father forked out the best part of a grand on an 8-course meal cooked by Michael Caines for his 60th. I didn't really like it at all - much too salty. I then vomited on the croquet lawn.
(, Mon 9 Jan 2012, 9:27, Reply)
 You didn't give him a hand afterwards then?
	You didn't give him a hand afterwards then?  Hahahahahaha!
I've had a Wagyu steak that was just shy of £100. Tasted like good steak.
(, Mon 9 Jan 2012, 9:33, Reply)
 I suppose it's a marginally more appealing show
	I suppose it's a marginally more appealing showthan Bear Grylls Dead?
It'd probably be some form of cow but I doubt it was much more than 50 notes. If I'm going to eat an extremely expensive ingredient I'd rather cook it myself to be sure.
Edit - actually I think I spent marginally more than that on Sea Urchin in Maritius. A lot of money for slightly salty snot.
Alt: Why, yes, I would. But that rag smells a little funn..
(, Mon 9 Jan 2012, 9:48, Reply)
 not necessarily.
	not necessarily.Because I doubt I'd last 5 seconds in the pressure of a professional kitchen. I'm certain I'm not as creative as most good chefs either. However, technique wise and in terms of following a recipe, I'm good enough, yeah.
(, Mon 9 Jan 2012, 10:00, Reply)
 If by "win"
	If by "win"you mean "get out of the studio without slaughtering them all"
then no.
(, Mon 9 Jan 2012, 10:09, Reply)
 what's going on is that the general public are thick twats who will go and see anything
	what's going on is that the general public are thick twats who will go and see anythingrestaurant - probably wine at about £200 a bottle, and whilst it probably was, i was so cunted that it might as well have been water.
hmm, normally you are asking me to show you my puppies...
(, Mon 9 Jan 2012, 9:51, Reply)
 no, just  a total flaming rebel
	no, just  a total flaming rebeli have given up drinking anything other than water for 100 days. today is day 4. it must be the detox catching up with me.
(, Mon 9 Jan 2012, 9:55, Reply)
 Nice!  100 days is a lot though.  It's also
	Nice!  100 days is a lot though.  It's alsofar worse to detox and cold turkey instead of cut down.
(, Mon 9 Jan 2012, 10:00, Reply)
 i have a calendar with big black crosses on it
	i have a calendar with big black crosses on itso far i have 3 lonely little crosses shivering on it. urgh.
the booze isn't a problem, i can happily take it or leave it. but the diet coke... MAN!
(, Mon 9 Jan 2012, 10:03, Reply)
 it probably takes about 2 days to detox
	it probably takes about 2 days to detoxso you are all done, well done
(, Mon 9 Jan 2012, 10:05, Reply)
 and it's fucking pointless and does the body no good.
	and it's fucking pointless and does the body no good.but, otherwise, yeah.
(, Mon 9 Jan 2012, 10:09, Reply)
 hmmmm i have to disagree here
	hmmmm i have to disagree herei think the kind of urgent "eat seaweed and drink unicorn piss to lose 7lbs in a week" detoxes that you see in magazines are pointless.
but i mean that i am cutting out bad things like diet coke, chocolate, chips, alcohol etc for 100 days. this can't be pointless!
(, Mon 9 Jan 2012, 10:14, Reply)
 yeah
	yeahthat's probably more accurate. not quite as snappy though.
which is more than can be said for me, on the 4th morning of diet coke withdrawal.
(, Mon 9 Jan 2012, 10:19, Reply)
 well, no
	well, noit's living more healthily for 100 days and then pissing it immeadiately all up the wall straight afterwards but somehow feeling self-righteous that you've achieved something.
(, Mon 9 Jan 2012, 10:34, Reply)
 no, it's pointless.
	no, it's pointless.if you cut it out two days a week for the rest of your life, that has a point. Cutting it out for a short period of time then going back to it is a complete waste of time.
(, Mon 9 Jan 2012, 10:32, Reply)
 there are loads of reasons not to drink diet coke, though
	there are loads of reasons not to drink diet coke, thoughit's really bad for you. plus i'm pretty stubborn, and i've set myself this challenge, so.
(, Mon 9 Jan 2012, 10:10, Reply)
 Probably at Le Gavroche - a tasting menu.  Sadly
	Probably at Le Gavroche - a tasting menu.  Sadlyin those kind of establishments only one person usually gets the menu with the prices on.
I've personally paid approx 50 quid for a tasting menu at Morgan M and then an extra 50 or so for matched wine per course. I would recommend it to anyone. Amazing.
(, Mon 9 Jan 2012, 9:53, Reply)
 these things generally suck if you're vegetarian though
	these things generally suck if you're vegetarian thoughoh, you can taste the bread rolls. and the.... tablecloth?
(, Mon 9 Jan 2012, 9:54, Reply)
 Don't be a loser then.
	Don't be a loser then.  Get with the meat eaters.
I had a lovely Ox cheek stew yesterday, made with stout. Fucking nom.
(, Mon 9 Jan 2012, 9:57, Reply)
 Just now I went to get my deposit back from my old place, and they ask me if I want to interest or not.
	Just now I went to get my deposit back from my old place, and they ask me if I want to interest or not.WHO THE HELL WOULD SAY "No, I do not want 5 years on a big sum of money worth's of interest? Please keep it" ?
(, Mon 9 Jan 2012, 9:55, Reply)
 because you then have to declare it for tax purposes
	because you then have to declare it for tax purposesand then it gets more complicated
(, Mon 9 Jan 2012, 9:57, Reply)
 Oh, is this like if it takes someone over from one threshold into another?
	Oh, is this like if it takes someone over from one threshold into another? (, Mon 9 Jan 2012, 10:00, Reply)
 Let's say it's £100, how much do you think I'd get? It didn't tell me what rates it was.
	Let's say it's £100, how much do you think I'd get? It didn't tell me what rates it was.(, Mon 9 Jan 2012, 10:00, Reply)
 Just trouser it and don't worry.  Put it into a savings account, that way you will pay some tax on it.
	Just trouser it and don't worry.  Put it into a savings account, that way you will pay some tax on it.  (, Mon 9 Jan 2012, 10:06, Reply)
 This man speaks the truth.
	This man speaks the truth.I'm not saying you shouldn't trouser it, I'm only pointing out why they asked.
(, Mon 9 Jan 2012, 10:07, Reply)
 you'll get no more than 0.5%
	you'll get no more than 0.5%so 50p per 100 quid per year I imagine.
(, Mon 9 Jan 2012, 10:03, Reply)
 Or is it one of those things where it's
	Or is it one of those things where it'sYear1: £100.50
Year2: 0.5% of £100.50
Year3: 0.5% of 0.5% of £100.50
....etc....
(, Mon 9 Jan 2012, 10:06, Reply)
 no
	noit's because you've earnt money (the interest) and you have to pay tax on it. If it's in a savings account, the bank does it for you. But since it's not, you'll have to pay it, which means you'll have to start doing tax returns. If you already do one, no worries, but if you don't, it might not be worth the couple of hundred quid interest to then have to fill in a full tax return every year for the rest of your life (well, the ten years until they realise you don't need to again)
(, Mon 9 Jan 2012, 10:02, Reply)
 They are obliged to keep the deposit money in a separate account under the legislation.
	They are obliged to keep the deposit money in a separate account under the legislation.  Your money, your interest.
(, Mon 9 Jan 2012, 9:58, Reply)
 The proportion of B3tans who think you're a bent spastic.
	The proportion of B3tans who think you're a bent spastic.(the answer is 100%, by the way)
(, Mon 9 Jan 2012, 10:03, Reply)
 Alt: No.
	Alt: No.I got kittins on Saturday morning and they are the CUTEST things ever.
(, Mon 9 Jan 2012, 10:04, Reply)
 It's £40 a fucking ticket to see Bear Live.
	It's £40 a fucking ticket to see Bear Live.I know this because my son has become very fond of the man and thus I will be travelling to Brighton on the day before his birthday to see the aforementioned performer with him. I shall faithfully report back on what he actually does, just for you Monty.
STill, it'll probably be better than either Hannah Montana The Movie or Chipmunks 2, The Squeakquel, both of which I have sat though out of paternal love.
Come to think of it it'll probably be more fun and likely cheaper than taking him and 10 of his little friends (one with tourettes, wish I'd been warned about that) to Pizza fucking hut.
Alt: yes please Uncle Monty.
(, Mon 9 Jan 2012, 10:07, Reply)
 Probably half of that
	Probably half of thatHis mother (or more likely her mother) would have paid the other half. One of the advantages of divorce being a slightly fairer distribution of who pays for what.
(, Mon 9 Jan 2012, 10:12, Reply)
 I had a gormet set menu in a little restraunt in the South of france
	I had a gormet set menu in a little restraunt in the South of france it was about £80 when there was a good exchange rate
but I got lobster, foie gras, truffles wrapped in goats cheese then deep fried, muscles, creme bruele and a bottle of wine, so it was worth it.
(, Mon 9 Jan 2012, 10:10, Reply)
 Except I don't really like wine, can I have some Robbinsons instead? I like red flavour over orange.
	Except I don't really like wine, can I have some Robbinsons instead? I like red flavour over orange.(, Mon 9 Jan 2012, 10:11, Reply)
 There was actually a really nice salad as well but I didn't think people would care.
	There was actually a really nice salad as well but I didn't think people would care.(, Mon 9 Jan 2012, 10:12, Reply)
 Fois gras was done in three ways I think,
	Fois gras was done in three ways I think,one it was just as is, second slice was fried in seasoned butter then there was a pate of Fois gras all with nice warm bread.
Lobster was boiled then cut open and grilled with a breadcrumb and herb crust on the top twas good.
(, Mon 9 Jan 2012, 10:16, Reply)
 Nah he's been caught shoplifting Cheese and wine from Tescos.
	Nah he's been caught shoplifting Cheese and wine from Tescos.Gill hit on the REAL issue YEAH!
If that was you or me we would be in jail. celebrity you get off
- gill, manchester, 9/1/2012 9:30
Those prisons are full of people who shoplift about a tenner of stuff.
(, Mon 9 Jan 2012, 10:28, Reply)
 i saw some eels living inside a sea cucumber on tv last night
	i saw some eels living inside a sea cucumber on tv last nightlooked like a big horrible anus
(, Mon 9 Jan 2012, 11:07, Reply)
 how big was the cucumber that it could fit eels in it and still look like an arsehole?
	how big was the cucumber that it could fit eels in it and still look like an arsehole?(, Mon 9 Jan 2012, 11:09, Reply)
 fucken massive
	fucken massivelooked about 5ft long and as big as a barrel
just like *chubby b3tans name here*
(, Mon 9 Jan 2012, 11:11, Reply)
 oh right
	oh rightfucken massive
looked about 5ft long and as big as a barrel
just like roota, only with fewer eels in its craw
(, Mon 9 Jan 2012, 11:16, Reply)
 That reminds me of this
	That reminds me of this www.geek.com/articles/chips/man-attempts-to-turn-monitor-into-a-mirror-by-scanning-a-mirror-20091127/
(, Mon 9 Jan 2012, 11:26, Reply)
 From the annals of tech support this morning:
	From the annals of tech support this morning:"Hi, I have changed your password to xxx"
"So I put that in the username field?"
"No, in the password field."
"So it's my usual username?"
"Yes"
Please convince me that not everybody in the world is a moron.
(, Mon 9 Jan 2012, 10:13, Reply)
 yeah, this place will do that
	yeah, this place will do thatsee for example the clown above who thinks that he got served "muscles" in a restaurant. who was cooking, hannibal lecter?
face - palm
(, Mon 9 Jan 2012, 10:15, Reply)
 What he meant was the bill arrived and he couldn't pay
	What he meant was the bill arrived and he couldn't payso the chef treated him like a fois gras goose, but with his dirty french cock instead of corn.
(, Mon 9 Jan 2012, 10:17, Reply)
 You could make it happen, after all you are the Cock Fairy.
	You could make it happen, after all you are the Cock Fairy.  I don't reckon you went to Barbados, I think you were doing panto in some Northern town.
(, Mon 9 Jan 2012, 10:28, Reply)
 i like to think of myself as living proof that not everyone in the world is a moron
	i like to think of myself as living proof that not everyone in the world is a moronmost are tho
(, Mon 9 Jan 2012, 11:00, Reply)
 This.
	This. Food really means nowt to me, I just eat the healthiest and most filling stuff I can. My diet is tremendously bland.
(, Mon 9 Jan 2012, 10:39, Reply)
 Well yeah.
	Well yeah. But I don't care enough to fork out for it if it's costly, I just eat basics to keep me going init. I am addicted to olives though.
(, Mon 9 Jan 2012, 10:43, Reply)
 Oh dear.
	Oh dear.  Get a book or something. A man should not go through life without this knowledge.
(, Mon 9 Jan 2012, 11:03, Reply)
 i have never paid for food
	i have never paid for foodalt: no, I'm not easily taken in by false promises
(, Mon 9 Jan 2012, 10:44, Reply)
 well those aren't false promises
	well those aren't false promiseslike last week, i got a kipper for tidying my room
(, Mon 9 Jan 2012, 11:30, Reply)
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