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rob, Sun 1 Apr 2001, 1:00)
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My god, what did people do before Coca-Cola was invented? And why is it better from a can than a bottle?
What modern-day creations couldn't you live without? And what idosyncracies do you struggle to get your head around?
Alt: think of a suitable punishment for anyone who bothers to tell me that Coke is awful for your teeth or enforces poverty or likes Oasis
EDIT: Bacon does not count
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They drank something nicer(
tangledupinblue hairy badge with moving eyes, Tue 17 Jan 2012, 12:35,
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I worked for The Coca-Cola Company for five years.It is better in a can than a plastic bottle as the can chills to a lower temperature.
I could not survive without my mobile phone (it goes everywhere with me due to my epilepsy), central heating and my power shower.
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Fucking hell Jeff I am not a robot, Tue 17 Jan 2012, 12:38,
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Apologies, I'm not getting why your epilepsy means your phone goes everywhere with youThanks for the offer of a pint last night by the way
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My phone contains my ICE number, details of my medication etc in case I have a seizure when away from home.(
Fucking hell Jeff I am not a robot, Tue 17 Jan 2012, 12:42,
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Oh that does make senseMy phone goes with me everywhere too, because I have neediness issues.
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Strange how you don't seem to remember how to USE IT thenMorning Dorothy.
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b3th Not shit. Not mod., Tue 17 Jan 2012, 12:44,
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It's afternoon, and you know that Dorothy is OUR SPECIAL NAMEMorning Princess
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Only once I've finally succumbed and done the decent thing.*necks bottle of pills*
*realises they were skittles*
*housewhales*
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b3th Not shit. Not mod., Tue 17 Jan 2012, 12:51,
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I can't help it, Chompy.It's what happens when you grow up without friends.
You wouldn't understand.
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b3th Not shit. Not mod., Tue 17 Jan 2012, 12:49,
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You grew up without friends?Jesus! Even I had friends and I was a total shy emo kid.
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girlinthehole, Tue 17 Jan 2012, 12:50,
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I was fat, speccy and a total bookworm.Add to that extremely strict parents, a total lack of 'trendy' clothes, and moving house every couple of years, and you hardly get a recipe for social butterflyness.
I honestly can't believe me and DJ are related, sometimes.
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b3th Not shit. Not mod., Tue 17 Jan 2012, 12:52,
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It's made me the freak I am today.Still, can't complain, eh?
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b3th Not shit. Not mod., Tue 17 Jan 2012, 12:57,
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What, the complaining?I know, I keep forgetting that internet isn't real.
I'm very sorry, Chompy. I'll try harder in future.
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b3th Not shit. Not mod., Tue 17 Jan 2012, 13:04,
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I'll be honestIf I came across someone having an epileptic fit, my first though wouldn't be "Quick, check his phone". Do I lack training in this matter?
Also, does your phone not have some sort of security measure, such as a PIN, to prevent other people from using it?
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tangledupinblue hairy badge with moving eyes, Tue 17 Jan 2012, 12:45,
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No pin. Paramedics know to check someone's phone for an ICE number.(
Fucking hell Jeff I am not a robot, Tue 17 Jan 2012, 12:47,
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What does ICE stand for?Please tell me it's not In Case of Epilepsy
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I would wipe their face clean, thoughIn case someone discovered what I had done.
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tangledupinblue hairy badge with moving eyes, Tue 17 Jan 2012, 12:47,
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Well, it's colder in a can, but there is also something else about drinking it from a can that is nicer(
Roota zweeeeeoooooowm, Tue 17 Jan 2012, 12:44,
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Battery powered feet pumice thingies.I don't drink fizzy pop often. I seem to have gone off it. Fizzy vimto is nice.
Edit - I do love fizzy water though. I'm a crazy mofo that's for sure.
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girlinthehole, Tue 17 Jan 2012, 12:46,
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What about fizzy beer?(
tangledupinblue hairy badge with moving eyes, Tue 17 Jan 2012, 12:52,
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DON'T TELL ME OFF, BATTEREDI'M NOT HAVING A GO!
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tangledupinblue hairy badge with moving eyes, Tue 17 Jan 2012, 12:53,
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And you can leave my bumhole alone(
tangledupinblue hairy badge with moving eyes, Tue 17 Jan 2012, 12:54,
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Sorry Strictly exit only.
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tangledupinblue hairy badge with moving eyes, Tue 17 Jan 2012, 12:58,
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I don't know...I'd watch that over dancing, I reckon.
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tangledupinblue hairy badge with moving eyes, Tue 17 Jan 2012, 13:01,
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A programme about men proving their bumholes aren't for sexingby pooing out of them?
You're weird
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I don't question your viewing choices.(
tangledupinblue hairy badge with moving eyes, Tue 17 Jan 2012, 13:06,
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Yes. Yes it is.It still amazes me that there are television programmes just about dancing. But then most programmes baffle me. I don't tend to watch the television.
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tangledupinblue hairy badge with moving eyes, Tue 17 Jan 2012, 13:11,
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It's really not a dancing programme any morebut you don't care so I won't bore you. Were I not a Ballroom enthusiast myself I admit I'd see your point. And yet there are much, MUCH more content-devoid shows out there.
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Ever get that feeling you've missed half an episode of a conversation?Has somebody else fallen out?
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b3th Not shit. Not mod., Tue 17 Jan 2012, 13:02,
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Lager?It's ok. It must just be pop. Too sugary perhaps.
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girlinthehole, Tue 17 Jan 2012, 12:53,
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I can't possibly imagine life without Diet cola. I don't know how Swipe is managing it.In my case though, it's Diet Pepsi instead of Diet Coke. I had to swap, as there's something in coke that I seem to be allergic to. Turns out, you can get used to whichever brand you don't usually drink. Now I prefer Pepsi.
Anyway, to answer your question, I would be lost without my MP3 player and my phone.
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b3th Not shit. Not mod., Tue 17 Jan 2012, 12:48,
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I cannot drink diet.That weird plasticy taste.
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Roota zweeeeeoooooowm, Tue 17 Jan 2012, 12:50,
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I can't drink the full sugar stuffTastes just like liquid sugar.
Oddly enough.
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b3th Not shit. Not mod., Tue 17 Jan 2012, 12:53,
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7 teaspoons of sugar in one can...imagine having 7 teaspoons of sugar in your tea
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Naked Ape call me Caitlyn, Tue 17 Jan 2012, 13:07,
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I would imagine it to still be nicer than CokeBut sugar in tea is incorrect, nonetheless.
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tangledupinblue hairy badge with moving eyes, Tue 17 Jan 2012, 13:12,
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And people who ask for half a sugar when I'm making drinks can fuck offI'll give you one or none. I'm not pissing around with half-teaspoons.
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tangledupinblue hairy badge with moving eyes, Tue 17 Jan 2012, 13:19,
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I don't know, I'm quite a fan of poons.(
Agnostic Antichrist Baltimora, Tue 17 Jan 2012, 13:20,
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when someone asked me for tea with a half sugar i put a whole sugar in and then poured away half the teacunts
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ArseI'm starting to think like you
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tangledupinblue hairy badge with moving eyes, Tue 17 Jan 2012, 13:23,
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He hasHe's now Quinten
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tangledupinblue hairy badge with moving eyes, Tue 17 Jan 2012, 13:22,
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don't put yourself down, one person's ugly is another persons beautiful(, Tue 17 Jan 2012, 13:24, Reply)
One man's trash is another man's treasure is a great phrase, but it's a horrible way to tell your children they're adopted.(
Agnostic Antichrist Baltimora, Tue 17 Jan 2012, 13:41,
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Well you can fuck right off you difficult bastard(
Naked Ape call me Caitlyn, Tue 17 Jan 2012, 13:22,
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You can make your own then.(
tangledupinblue hairy badge with moving eyes, Tue 17 Jan 2012, 13:27,
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Drink other things, I assume.According to a few people I know, it's even better from a glass bottle than it is from a can. I wouldn't know, as I'm a perishing left footer, and tend to only drink Diet Coke.
I'm quite attached to my phone, so probably that. I don't understand how anyone could start smoking these days, it couldn't be clearer that it's incredibly bad for you.
Alt: I treat them like The Silence, the instant they leave my sight, I forget they ever existed.
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Agnostic Antichrist Baltimora, Tue 17 Jan 2012, 13:15,
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No it's not.It knackers your teeth, fucks up your lungs, and more importantly to those around you, it makes you fucking stink.
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Agnostic Antichrist Baltimora, Tue 17 Jan 2012, 13:17,
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It could even make YOU cool**only if the cherry fell off and burnt your t-shirt off
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Naked Ape call me Caitlyn, Tue 17 Jan 2012, 13:24,
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Already damaged one piece of clothing by having a smoker stand too close to me, not something I'd wish to repeat.(
Agnostic Antichrist Baltimora, Tue 17 Jan 2012, 13:26,
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He managed to get a rather large ash burn straight through the hood on my jumperI wouldn't call it a favour.
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Agnostic Antichrist Baltimora, Tue 17 Jan 2012, 13:34,
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You'll get the last laugh when he dies prematurely.(
tangledupinblue hairy badge with moving eyes, Tue 17 Jan 2012, 13:27,
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Obesity is a far less cool way to die than smoking(
tangledupinblue hairy badge with moving eyes, Tue 17 Jan 2012, 13:32,
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true, especially when they knock down the wall of your house to remove your bloated naked corpsethat has to be peeled off the bed due to the massive numbers of bed sores and kfc bones.
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Naked Ape call me Caitlyn, Tue 17 Jan 2012, 13:33,
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Worst of allis slipping on the lid of a discarded munchy box and dashing your brains out against a pile of Art Attack DVDs.
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Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Tue 17 Jan 2012, 13:34,
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Might get that measured at some point soonMy BMI has me as 'Normal Weight', so I'm alright with that.
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Agnostic Antichrist Baltimora, Tue 17 Jan 2012, 13:33,
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Granted, I'm only just on 'Normal Weight', but it's better than it basically pointing and laughing at me.I think there's simply too much veggie food, and not enough proper man food in your diet, like the rather tasty steak I cooked for myself on Sunday.
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Agnostic Antichrist Baltimora, Tue 17 Jan 2012, 13:40,
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How the fuck would a lack of hard-to-digest protein make me lighter?In all seriousness I'll actually struggle to reach the "normal" weight range for my height because my legs must weigh about 5 stone each
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It wouldn't, I just fancied pointing out that I ate a delicious steak on SundayWhat made it even better is that it was reduced, as it was the end of the day when I picked it up!
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Agnostic Antichrist Baltimora, Tue 17 Jan 2012, 13:43,
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BMI is the biggest load of bollocks ever.According to it half of the professional athletes in the world are overweight.
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Aye, it certainly seems bollocks to meAs I'm pretty sure I'm overweight atm. Not by much, but I think I'd definitely come in as above average.
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Agnostic Antichrist Baltimora, Tue 17 Jan 2012, 13:45,
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To you and anyone with half an ounce of sense. Although just to make myself feel better/others feel worst, I'm just over the line of underweight into normal weight.
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It's pretty accurate for non-athletes though.Seems silly to rule it out when most of the population aren't athletes.
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tangledupinblue hairy badge with moving eyes, Tue 17 Jan 2012, 13:46,
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Sorry to be the bearer etcBut drinking pop of any sort is for children, try grown up drinks, tea, coffee, water are all acceptable non alcoholic drinks for adults.
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i had a bit too much to drink last night and it gave me nightmares:(((((((
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You are The Electric Prunes AI bet no-one bar Tango has a fucking clue about this gag(
Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Tue 17 Jan 2012, 13:28,
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Funnily enough that has been in my head since I read his post.(
tangledupinblue hairy badge with moving eyes, Tue 17 Jan 2012, 13:29,
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Ever heard any of the Back From the Grave garage comps?Volume three is one of the best of its kind. 'Best of Pebbles' vols 1 & 2 are also superb. Vol 1 took some serious looking to acquire.
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Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Tue 17 Jan 2012, 13:32,
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I've heard a couple of the BFTG ones, but don't own anyI have several of the Pebbles series.
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tangledupinblue hairy badge with moving eyes, Tue 17 Jan 2012, 13:34,
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Woo!Battered is in the cool club.
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Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Tue 17 Jan 2012, 13:32,
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i don't know what you're talking abouti can't remember the first one, but the second one involved me on a train, and a couple of scary looking old ladies running along the tracks next to it, one jumped between the wheels and exploded with a loud shriek and lots of blood. The train jumped off the trakcs and juddered. The other lady turned into a pteradactyl and started chasing the train.
Truly horrible it was, i'm never touching leibfraumilch again
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hahahhaI totally get this and it is hilarious. Can I be in the cool club?
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Naked Ape call me Caitlyn, Tue 17 Jan 2012, 13:45,
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This would create a paradoxA cool club with you as a member?
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tangledupinblue hairy badge with moving eyes, Tue 17 Jan 2012, 13:50,
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ShloerIs not an acceptable non alcoholic drink. If you are in a pub and a non drinker then fuck off, if you are a reformed alchoholic you may have a mixer such as tonic water. If you are the designated driver then you are a pussy and should have told your friends to fuck off and get a cab.
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Yeah Fuck them squashy pedestrians they wont damage the paintwork.
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I hate non-drinkers in pubs.Sit in the house and have a cup of tea you nuisance!
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Roota zweeeeeoooooowm, Tue 17 Jan 2012, 13:38,
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Or at least wait outside in the car until we're ready for a lift home.(
tangledupinblue hairy badge with moving eyes, Tue 17 Jan 2012, 13:44,
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They can stay at home You can just call them 20 minutes before you are ready for the lift,
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don't care, so long as they're not sat with me being a sly weirdo(
Roota zweeeeeoooooowm, Tue 17 Jan 2012, 13:46,
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my girlfriends boss is teetotalso her xmas party was shit, everyone has to behave because she's the one who'll remember everything the next day
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Exactly.Pure slyness and "I'M BETTER THAN YOU!"
Worst was my mum's mate husband who used to pretend to drink but it was lemonade. That's pure sly.
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Roota zweeeeeoooooowm, Tue 17 Jan 2012, 13:52,
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Yeah but if they are outside then you might see them when nipping out for a smoke
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Hmmm, yeah.yeah tell them to sit in the house drining their fucking tea and watching Family Fortunes while being better than you
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Roota zweeeeeoooooowm, Tue 17 Jan 2012, 14:12,
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Very true, I wasn't really thinking of anything other than soft drinks. I fucking loves Prosecco as well I does.
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I ain't had it in bare time. I'm not allowed in the Tesco by my house at uni any more and nowhere else knocks it out. Saying that a Waitrose just opened round the corner, an investigation is needed.
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Got some lovely Prosecco in Waitrose over Christmas.Think it was half price or soemthing as well.
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Roota zweeeeeoooooowm, Tue 17 Jan 2012, 13:47,
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Aye.They thought they caught me in the act but they didn't because I'm far too clever and I got away with it, but yes, I'm not supposed to go in there any more. I took thirty quids worth of food from there every day for eight months so I won anyway. I still go in now and again though.
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I love most fizzy pops, I hated them growing up, but when I hit about 23 or 24 I couldn't get enough of them.I like all the weird and wonderful ones, like Black Grape and Root Beer and all of the Rubicons.
I think I couldn't (or more like, wouldn't want to) live without an internet connection plus a device that can decently browse the net, for any really long period of time... Sad Times, my sex-life would take a nosedive.
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G/PP 💩💩💩💩💩€, Tue 17 Jan 2012, 13:35,
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please don't take this the wrong waybut if you had no internet, do you think maybe it would force you to go out and interact with more real women, and actually maybe inprove your sex life?
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i wasn't been mean! soz!i bet he is, the streets are crawling with fanny
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What a lovely image.(
Noeli overtheshoulderboulderholderthingstraplatchboobs, Tue 17 Jan 2012, 13:52,
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i meant streets like roads and that, not the streets with mike skinner(, Tue 17 Jan 2012, 13:53, Reply)
I just pictured loads of fannies crawling along the pavement and up the walls.And it's your fault.
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Roota zweeeeeoooooowm, Tue 17 Jan 2012, 13:53,
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That's what I got too, but with spidery legs like those ones off of John Carpenter's The Thing.YOU'VE RUINED FANNY FOR ME QUINTEN!
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Noeli overtheshoulderboulderholderthingstraplatchboobs, Tue 17 Jan 2012, 13:54,
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In truth I pictured them sliding like molluscs rather than crawling(
Roota zweeeeeoooooowm, Tue 17 Jan 2012, 13:55,
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I'm not entirely sure that's better.(
Noeli overtheshoulderboulderholderthingstraplatchboobs, Tue 17 Jan 2012, 13:59,
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going clit clitory clopp on the stairs?(
The Light in Chains don't touch the Pope's boner, Tue 17 Jan 2012, 14:09,
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can is better than bottle but fountain is better than can(
Lisette von Falcon, Tue 17 Jan 2012, 13:48,
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like from the machineI don't know the UK equivalent
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Lisette von Falcon, Tue 17 Jan 2012, 13:53,
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Fountain fizzy drinks in wax cups always go flat instantly, even when I ask for no ice.Apparently that's the only time it's legal to murder a Burger King employee.
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Noeli overtheshoulderboulderholderthingstraplatchboobs, Tue 17 Jan 2012, 13:51,
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that's why you get a medium fountain coke from mcdonalds because it's the best in the world, everyone knows that
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Lisette von Falcon, Tue 17 Jan 2012, 13:53,
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