New thread time
and from the opposite end of the spectrum of what passes for internet humour, have a sports question. You know the thing you have to go outside for. Do you play a sport at all? Or undertake some exercise? Or do you watch sport- if so what was the last thing you watched?

Alt: I think it's about time for some lunchness to counter this healthy talk. What do you have for lunch?
( Amberl was stripey and dominated Europe, Wed 1 Feb 2012, 13:07, 154 replies, latest was 14 years ago)

I'll be walking to the dole office later, if that counts as exercise.

( Davros' Granddad a voice of calm reason in a world of spastics., Wed 1 Feb 2012, 13:10, Reply)

In the North East it practically qualifies you for the Olympics !!

( Light In Chains maker of the ikea sofa, Wed 1 Feb 2012, 13:11, Reply)

It's a two mile round trip, Rory.
I'll be running marathons in three months, mark my words.
( Davros' Granddad a voice of calm reason in a world of spastics., Wed 1 Feb 2012, 13:12, Reply)

In fact, I sign on at 3:40, so I'd best get my skates on and set off now.

( Davros' Granddad a voice of calm reason in a world of spastics., Wed 1 Feb 2012, 13:13, Reply)

It's going to take you an hour and a half to walk a mile?

( tangledupinblue hairy badge with moving eyes, Wed 1 Feb 2012, 13:16, Reply)

It's a joke based on the repeated meme that everyone on here is a fat, asthmatic layabout.

( Davros' Granddad a voice of calm reason in a world of spastics., Wed 1 Feb 2012, 13:19, Reply)

Ohhh a joke. I get jokes.
*doesn't get it*
( tangledupinblue hairy badge with moving eyes, Wed 1 Feb 2012, 13:20, Reply)

You best have charged up your mobility scooter this time

( Light In Chains maker of the ikea sofa, Wed 1 Feb 2012, 13:16, Reply)

I don't qualify for one, Rory.
I find this insulting.
( Davros' Granddad a voice of calm reason in a world of spastics., Wed 1 Feb 2012, 13:20, Reply)

I thought everyone in the North East had one, what with you all bein on the D.A.

( Light In Chains maker of the ikea sofa, Wed 1 Feb 2012, 13:25, Reply)

He's got my badge, the fucker

( sporters I’m sincerely gratitude to you, Wed 1 Feb 2012, 13:27, Reply)

They stopped dishing them out after the wheels kept getting nicked.

( Davros' Granddad a voice of calm reason in a world of spastics., Wed 1 Feb 2012, 13:27, Reply)

I walk to mine
two miles there and two back. Good exercise
( Amberl was stripey and dominated Europe, Wed 1 Feb 2012, 13:12, Reply)

Then of course there's the pen lifting in the middle.

( Davros' Granddad a voice of calm reason in a world of spastics., Wed 1 Feb 2012, 13:14, Reply)

Tires me out that is
with the effort not to strangle the woman on the other side of the desk
( Amberl was stripey and dominated Europe, Wed 1 Feb 2012, 13:23, Reply)

Last time I asked the woman if she could print something off for me
and she declined, saying she had people to see. It would have taken her a matter of seconds to fucking do it.
( Davros' Granddad a voice of calm reason in a world of spastics., Wed 1 Feb 2012, 13:25, Reply)

I'm sure I've already mentioned the secretary comment
but this particular one also told me there was 'no call for someone like me.'
( Amberl was stripey and dominated Europe, Wed 1 Feb 2012, 13:26, Reply)

I remember the secretary comment, yeah.
How's the search going anyway?
( Davros' Granddad a voice of calm reason in a world of spastics., Wed 1 Feb 2012, 13:27, Reply)

Shit. I've applied for so many things
and not even got replies back. I'm crossing fingers on this internship possibility, and feeling rage that my brother mentioned it casually to his girlfriend and now she is applying as well.
( Amberl was stripey and dominated Europe, Wed 1 Feb 2012, 13:28, Reply)

Uuugh, that's a bit shit.
Fingers crossed that something comes along soon.
( Davros' Granddad a voice of calm reason in a world of spastics., Wed 1 Feb 2012, 13:32, Reply)

Thanks you too
any interviews coming up?
( Amberl was stripey and dominated Europe, Wed 1 Feb 2012, 13:33, Reply)

Not that I know of.
Hoping to hear about one shortly, but it was a national recruitment drive for 4000 posts so I suspect the sifting process may take longer than normal. Couple more applications going in as well.
( Davros' Granddad a voice of calm reason in a world of spastics., Wed 1 Feb 2012, 13:40, Reply)

I used to really enjoy playing Cricket
Haven't played in years though, tried to bowl a couple of overs at some nets last year, my shoulder ached for a week.

The last sport I watched was Liverpool drubbing Wolves 3-0 at Molyneux.

Alt: Chicken & chorizo dish, thoroughly underwhelming, not sure where I went wrong with it.
( Agnostic Antichrist Baltimora, Wed 1 Feb 2012, 13:14, Reply)

I had chicken, chorizo and courgette risotto on Saturday
and the leftover chorizo on Sunday
( sporters I’m sincerely gratitude to you, Wed 1 Feb 2012, 13:18, Reply)

Sounds good.

( Agnostic Antichrist Baltimora, Wed 1 Feb 2012, 13:48, Reply)

I'm running a marathon.
I haven't mentioned this before.
(Bazongaloid, Wed 1 Feb 2012, 13:15, Reply)

How is your training going?
My 5k last night didn't feel too bad at all. I may change this statement tomorrow though
( sporters I’m sincerely gratitude to you, Wed 1 Feb 2012, 13:35, Reply)

Over the last 4 weeks I have run 3, 9, 15 and 17 miles. In total.
This week I believe I will end up having run 17 again. I think I may have run a bit further than intended last week.
(Bazongaloid, Wed 1 Feb 2012, 13:42, Reply)

Roasted red pepper, tomato and pesto soup
it might be my new favourite flavour AND it's healthy. Ish. We'll not talk about the two packs of wotsits I had earlier...
(berk, Wed 1 Feb 2012, 13:15, Reply)

I made some roasted pepper, tomato and chilli soup a few weeks ago
It was fucking NOM
( sporters I’m sincerely gratitude to you, Wed 1 Feb 2012, 13:18, Reply)

What chilli would you use for that?

( Agnostic Antichrist Baltimora, Wed 1 Feb 2012, 13:18, Reply)

I just chucked normal red chillis in with the tomato and peppers, olive oil, thyme and salt/pepper
Roasted it for about 45 mins, then blended it with some chicken stock
( sporters I’m sincerely gratitude to you, Wed 1 Feb 2012, 13:19, Reply)

I was considering something like using 1 scotch bonnet, what you think?

( Agnostic Antichrist Baltimora, Wed 1 Feb 2012, 13:49, Reply)

Only if you want to be shitting rusty water for the next 48 hours
unless you've a high tolerance for capsaicin, anyway. One scotch bonnet is a lot, I doubt you'd be able to taste much else over the top of it.
(berk, Wed 1 Feb 2012, 13:51, Reply)

Ahh, fair enough
I used to use one when I was making large chillies, but at the same time I'd add other bits of spice too, so I didn't think it was that bad.

I'll go for something a little tamer then, methinks
( Agnostic Antichrist Baltimora, Wed 1 Feb 2012, 13:53, Reply)

Sounds delicious
I'm determined to make some soup this week
( Amberl was stripey and dominated Europe, Wed 1 Feb 2012, 13:19, Reply)

I have recipes if you are interested
this one is incredibly simple, provided you have a blender.
(berk, Wed 1 Feb 2012, 13:23, Reply)

Sounds good, send it along :)
I'm back on my soup diet, and I'd rather make my own than rely on canned/ cartoned soup
( Amberl was stripey and dominated Europe, Wed 1 Feb 2012, 13:23, Reply)

I know that butternut squash is meant to make a rather tasty soup

( Agnostic Antichrist Baltimora, Wed 1 Feb 2012, 13:51, Reply)

It does, but it needs something to keep it from being too bland
Stick your Scotch Bonnet in that, maybe?
( tangledupinblue hairy badge with moving eyes, Wed 1 Feb 2012, 13:54, Reply)

Roast it with red peppers, and a deseeded scotch bonnet?

( Agnostic Antichrist Baltimora, Wed 1 Feb 2012, 13:56, Reply)

Do what sporto did below

( tangledupinblue hairy badge with moving eyes, Wed 1 Feb 2012, 14:01, Reply)

So, don't roast the chilli?

( Agnostic Antichrist Baltimora, Wed 1 Feb 2012, 14:02, Reply)

That all depends on whether you want the flavour of a roasted chilli or not.
I reckon fresh would be more than adequate though.
( tangledupinblue hairy badge with moving eyes, Wed 1 Feb 2012, 14:08, Reply)

Cool cool

( Agnostic Antichrist Baltimora, Wed 1 Feb 2012, 14:09, Reply)

I does indeed
I roasted some with some butter and garlic in the cavity where the seeds were and then blitzed it with some fresh chilli
( sporters I’m sincerely gratitude to you, Wed 1 Feb 2012, 13:55, Reply)

Not all sports have to take place outside
As I understand it, at least. I don't actually play any sports and I find the idea of watching sport dull beyond recognition. I think the last sport I ever watched was probably snooker, during my heavy stoner college days, sometime in the late 90s.
One of the problems with being skinny is that you have no motivation to exercise, so I never do and as a result I am desperately unfit.

Alt: Usually functional, rarely exciting. A sandwich and some fruit.
( tangledupinblue hairy badge with moving eyes, Wed 1 Feb 2012, 13:15, Reply)

Just started running again to get fit for a 10K run in April
I managed 5k in 29 mins last night. Quite pleased with that as a first attempt.

Alt:
Today was peri-peri and red pepper hummous with wholemeal pitta. I try and have something completely different each day. The thought of eating a ham and cheese sandwich with plain crisps 5 days a week fills me with TEH FEAR
( sporters I’m sincerely gratitude to you, Wed 1 Feb 2012, 13:17, Reply)

Sporters, AA has kindly linked you to Spak's pre cum post in the last thread.

( Davros' Granddad a voice of calm reason in a world of spastics., Wed 1 Feb 2012, 13:19, Reply)

I shall read it at once
Thank you kindly
( sporters I’m sincerely gratitude to you, Wed 1 Feb 2012, 13:20, Reply)

You have eaten already, yeah?

( Davros' Granddad a voice of calm reason in a world of spastics., Wed 1 Feb 2012, 13:21, Reply)

....and now I see it again
*books trip to KFC*
( sporters I’m sincerely gratitude to you, Wed 1 Feb 2012, 13:22, Reply)

I'm not sure why I went to read that.
I'd heard about it before and decided I was glad I didn't know what people were talking about.

I already yearn for those innocent days.
( scarpe We Stole Bikes, Wed 1 Feb 2012, 14:01, Reply)

I still don't think it's quite as bad as Chart Cat's story

( Agnostic Antichrist Baltimora, Wed 1 Feb 2012, 14:01, Reply)

Oh god, that is every kind of wrong.

( Davros' Granddad a voice of calm reason in a world of spastics., Wed 1 Feb 2012, 14:10, Reply)

The top comment on it cracks me up more than the actual story does though

( Agnostic Antichrist Baltimora, Wed 1 Feb 2012, 14:13, Reply)

That's more disgusting in terms of what happened
but somehow it doesn't feel as bad to read to me.
( scarpe We Stole Bikes, Wed 1 Feb 2012, 14:16, Reply)

I find the story vile, but the responses to both absolutely crack me up

( Agnostic Antichrist Baltimora, Wed 1 Feb 2012, 14:22, Reply)

I'm now scared to admit I missed this one too

( sporters I’m sincerely gratitude to you, Wed 1 Feb 2012, 14:27, Reply)

One of the best stories I've ever seen on QOTW
www.b3ta.com/questions/sexualmisconceptions/post258292
( Agnostic Antichrist Baltimora, Wed 1 Feb 2012, 14:28, Reply)

I had read this one
Just didn't realise it was chart cat
( sporters I’m sincerely gratitude to you, Wed 1 Feb 2012, 14:37, Reply)

doesn't it bother you that the whole thing is so obviously made up?

(Quintno EXPERIMENT RUINED CANCELLED, LEFT 4EVER, Wed 1 Feb 2012, 14:38, Reply)

I read more fiction books than I do non-fiction, it doesn't bother me there, so why should it bother me now?
If it's true, it's seriously fucking funny. If it's not, ah well, it's very well told, and still very funny.
( Agnostic Antichrist Baltimora, Wed 1 Feb 2012, 14:39, Reply)

it strikes me as 'I DONE A SEX ONCE' talk and i'll be having none of it

(Quintno EXPERIMENT RUINED CANCELLED, LEFT 4EVER, Wed 1 Feb 2012, 14:40, Reply)

I wish it was
I added a sprinkling of word-parsley for garnish like any writer recounting a personal tale, but I assure you the vast bulk of that story is --to my unending regret-- quite true. All the stories I post are genuine; I find it much easier writing about stuff that actually happened.
( chart cat has an itch, Thu 23 Feb 2012, 7:26, Reply)

If it's the one I think it is
Don't read it while drinking hot chocolate.
( tangledupinblue hairy badge with moving eyes, Wed 1 Feb 2012, 14:29, Reply)

Captain V's comment in that thread cracks me up every single time

( Agnostic Antichrist Baltimora, Wed 1 Feb 2012, 13:49, Reply)

10K? Pah!
I ran over 10K the last two weekends.
(Bazongaloid, Wed 1 Feb 2012, 13:34, Reply)

Just starting off
I'll do this 10K then try the Great North Run
( sporters I’m sincerely gratitude to you, Wed 1 Feb 2012, 13:36, Reply)

Are you running multiple short distances during the week?
That's the best way to train and build up, don't try and run one 3 or 4 mile run having not done anything, just try and run 1 or 2 miles 4 times a week until you don't feel any ill effects the next day.

Then you can add a slightly longer run at weekends instead of one fo the short runs.
(Bazongaloid, Wed 1 Feb 2012, 13:40, Reply)

I dont feel any effects today
This is most pleasing. I'll go for another run tomorrow night as I have the joy of finishing painting the bathroom tonight (and some overtime)
( sporters I’m sincerely gratitude to you, Wed 1 Feb 2012, 13:43, Reply)

It was so cold last night,
I didn't realise how cold it was until I took a swig of my drink and got a brain freeze. I think this is what was starting to cause me stomach cramps.
(Bazongaloid, Wed 1 Feb 2012, 13:45, Reply)

Whichever way I ran last night seemed to be into the wind
It was fucking cold
( sporters I’m sincerely gratitude to you, Wed 1 Feb 2012, 13:56, Reply)

I watched the Djorevick v Nadal match
it was very good. As for exercise, walking two miles a day at the moment, might try and build up to jogging.

Alt: Soup. Again.
( Amberl was stripey and dominated Europe, Wed 1 Feb 2012, 13:20, Reply)

The last two sets were phenomenal
...they were the only two I watched due to being asleep for the others. I wish I could play tennis like that. And I ought to start running again, too. Or swimming. Or something.
(berk, Wed 1 Feb 2012, 13:26, Reply)

The whole thing was brilliant
It made me want to play tennis again. Or do some exercise.
( Amberl was stripey and dominated Europe, Wed 1 Feb 2012, 13:27, Reply)

i hate it when you get a banana and you can't snap the top properly so the top of the banana becomes mushy
FML
(Quintno EXPERIMENT RUINED CANCELLED, LEFT 4EVER, Wed 1 Feb 2012, 13:46, Reply)

I hope this helps:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=nBJV56WUDng
( tangledupinblue hairy badge with moving eyes, Wed 1 Feb 2012, 13:48, Reply)

i only click porn links thanks

(Quintno EXPERIMENT RUINED CANCELLED, LEFT 4EVER, Wed 1 Feb 2012, 13:48, Reply)

That banana gets stripped totally naked
You get to see it all
( tangledupinblue hairy badge with moving eyes, Wed 1 Feb 2012, 13:49, Reply)

how many skins?

(Quintno EXPERIMENT RUINED CANCELLED, LEFT 4EVER, Wed 1 Feb 2012, 13:51, Reply)

Four

(Bazongaloid, Wed 1 Feb 2012, 13:52, Reply)

Stop bullying AA

( tangledupinblue hairy badge with moving eyes, Wed 1 Feb 2012, 13:53, Reply)

Hahahaha

( Agnostic Antichrist Baltimora, Wed 1 Feb 2012, 13:53, Reply)

well done everyone, team effort

(Quintno EXPERIMENT RUINED CANCELLED, LEFT 4EVER, Wed 1 Feb 2012, 14:06, Reply)

All sports are shit and for cunts/thickoes, except croquet.
I used to go running and should do so again but I spend so long at work and/or travelling here and back it's practically impossible. I loathed every second of it, healthy though it was.

Alt: I had Lusty's pork meatballs in a spicy tomato sauce, and brown rice. It was superb.
( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Wed 1 Feb 2012, 13:51, Reply)

Run to work?

( tangledupinblue hairy badge with moving eyes, Wed 1 Feb 2012, 13:52, Reply)

It would take fucking hours.
Plus there's no shower here.

Not surprising really, seeing as I work for a Jew - they aren't mad keen on them for some reason...
( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Wed 1 Feb 2012, 14:11, Reply)

Hahaha

( tangledupinblue hairy badge with moving eyes, Wed 1 Feb 2012, 14:12, Reply)

If your 'sauce' is feeling like spicy tomato, you should probably get yourself seen to.
Also, can you please send me your Chimichurri recipe?
( Agnostic Antichrist Baltimora, Wed 1 Feb 2012, 13:52, Reply)

I shall try to find it later on

( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Wed 1 Feb 2012, 14:10, Reply)

Danke

( Agnostic Antichrist Baltimora, Wed 1 Feb 2012, 14:11, Reply)

You should run in a state of low arousal.

(Bazongaloid, Wed 1 Feb 2012, 13:52, Reply)

There's something rather oxymoronic about exercising with a lazy lob on...

( Agnostic Antichrist Baltimora, Wed 1 Feb 2012, 14:13, Reply)

Worst Euphemism ever

(Bonzodog29 is an unemployed sponge of the worst kind, Wed 1 Feb 2012, 14:40, Reply)

I fuck tigers for a laugh.

( Dr. Shambolic je suis charlie, Wed 1 Feb 2012, 13:56, Reply)

just cos its got stripes and a growler doesn't make it a tiger

(Quintno EXPERIMENT RUINED CANCELLED, LEFT 4EVER, Wed 1 Feb 2012, 14:07, Reply)

They should call it giraffe fucking instead.

( tangledupinblue hairy badge with moving eyes, Wed 1 Feb 2012, 14:09, Reply)

I'm feeling thoroughly ashamed that I just laughed at this

( Agnostic Antichrist Baltimora, Wed 1 Feb 2012, 14:09, Reply)

It's going to go viral and everyone in the world with think I'm really cute and want to sleep with Shambo.

( tangledupinblue hairy badge with moving eyes, Wed 1 Feb 2012, 14:10, Reply)

I quite enjoyed watching the female curling, in the Commonwealth Games.
Scottish lesbians, a broom of some kind and sensible clothing, quite a turn on.
(Bear Pookie The Frankly Challenged. Halloween is coming to town., Wed 1 Feb 2012, 14:00, Reply)

glass coffee table lolz

( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Wed 1 Feb 2012, 14:11, Reply)

 
( broadsword now that's fresh, Wed 1 Feb 2012, 14:23, Reply)

I read on the BBC re the Stock Exchange bomb plotters that
'The men, who are all British nationals, had been inspired by the preachings of the recently-killed radical extremist Anwar Al-Awlaki'

Read as 'extremely lolwaki'
( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Wed 1 Feb 2012, 14:14, Reply)

Haha

( Agnostic Antichrist Baltimora, Wed 1 Feb 2012, 14:15, Reply)

its no wonder the muslims hate us

(Quintno EXPERIMENT RUINED CANCELLED, LEFT 4EVER, Wed 1 Feb 2012, 14:17, Reply)

Excellent
Our panel of experts awarded your post a hefty 9.23/10 on the Coffee/Monitor scale
( sporters I’m sincerely gratitude to you, Wed 1 Feb 2012, 14:26, Reply)

I'm a big fan of competitive jiggling

( broadsword now that's fresh, Wed 1 Feb 2012, 14:17, Reply)

I like jiggling

( sporters I’m sincerely gratitude to you, Wed 1 Feb 2012, 14:25, Reply)

So why are you trying to lose weight?

( tangledupinblue hairy badge with moving eyes, Wed 1 Feb 2012, 14:27, Reply)

I shall clarify
I like jiggling in others
( sporters I’m sincerely gratitude to you, Wed 1 Feb 2012, 14:28, Reply)

lolrape

(Quintno EXPERIMENT RUINED CANCELLED, LEFT 4EVER, Wed 1 Feb 2012, 14:29, Reply)

"SURPRISE!"

( sporters I’m sincerely gratitude to you, Wed 1 Feb 2012, 14:34, Reply)

*jiggling FIVES*

( broadsword now that's fresh, Wed 1 Feb 2012, 14:52, Reply)

Surely twos?

( tangledupinblue hairy badge with moving eyes, Wed 1 Feb 2012, 14:53, Reply)

GET READY FOR A SURPRISE!

( sporters I’m sincerely gratitude to you, Wed 1 Feb 2012, 14:56, Reply)

most upsetting story today
this nearly made me cry when i saw it in the metro this morning :(((

www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2094372/Essexs-Colchester-Zoo-barn-owl-demonstration-ends-lion-EATS-bird-prey.html
( rachelswipe with a fork, Wed 1 Feb 2012, 14:44, Reply)

I read that yesterday, absolutely cracked up

( Agnostic Antichrist Baltimora, Wed 1 Feb 2012, 14:45, Reply)

lols

( sporters I’m sincerely gratitude to you, Wed 1 Feb 2012, 14:47, Reply)

I laughed
would laugh again.
(Bonzodog29 is an unemployed sponge of the worst kind, Wed 1 Feb 2012, 14:49, Reply)

it made you cry? get a frigging grip woman
the lion was doing what comes naturally, the owl was stupid for flying anywhere near it
(Quintno EXPERIMENT RUINED CANCELLED, LEFT 4EVER, Wed 1 Feb 2012, 14:46, Reply)

There were no Penguins in the fridge that day

( sporters I’m sincerely gratitude to you, Wed 1 Feb 2012, 14:47, Reply)

look, i'm all for making fat jokes about rachelswipe but this is taking it too far

(Quintno EXPERIMENT RUINED CANCELLED, LEFT 4EVER, Wed 1 Feb 2012, 14:48, Reply)

hahaha!

( sporters I’m sincerely gratitude to you, Wed 1 Feb 2012, 14:49, Reply)

if you had fallen in and been eaten
nobody would have given a fuck.

in fact, we would have given the lion free steak for life.
( rachelswipe with a fork, Wed 1 Feb 2012, 14:53, Reply)

it lives in a zoo
and lions tend not to pay for their food anyways, you dopey shite
(Quintno EXPERIMENT RUINED CANCELLED, LEFT 4EVER, Wed 1 Feb 2012, 14:59, Reply)

A+++++++++++++ Would Click Again!!!!!

(Bazongaloid, Wed 1 Feb 2012, 15:03, Reply)

you're not the first person I've seen say they found that upsetting.
It worries me about peoples priorities when they think this is more upsetting than almost any other story in the news at the moment though.
( scarpe We Stole Bikes, Wed 1 Feb 2012, 14:49, Reply)

What else is in the news that's more important than a fluffy owl being eaten?

( Light In Chains maker of the ikea sofa, Wed 1 Feb 2012, 14:51, Reply)

Where they found that hamster

( sporters I’m sincerely gratitude to you, Wed 1 Feb 2012, 14:52, Reply)

I was Gereing up to that

(Quintno EXPERIMENT RUINED CANCELLED, LEFT 4EVER, Wed 1 Feb 2012, 14:52, Reply)

"Armageddon!"

( Agnostic Antichrist Baltimora, Wed 1 Feb 2012, 14:52, Reply)

I thought she was answering the Alt Q

( tangledupinblue hairy badge with moving eyes, Wed 1 Feb 2012, 14:52, Reply)

It said 'Lion' not 'Cougar'

( scarpe We Stole Bikes, Wed 1 Feb 2012, 14:56, Reply)

it's horrible
sure you can't blame the lions, but you can blame the twats who think it's ok to make a nocturnal bird fly around during the day with camera flashes and screaming kids NEAR THE LION ENCLOSURE and then wonder why it gets disorientated, falls in and gets ripped apart. i think there is a difference between a wild animal catching food in the wild and this, which was a display put on for the public, it just disturbed me a lot!
( rachelswipe with a fork, Wed 1 Feb 2012, 14:53, Reply)

Meh. It's an owl.
It'd been nicer if it hadn't happened, but in the overall scheme of things I find it hard to get upset.


Sorry, sounds like I'm digging at you, that's not the intent, it's more a general point about everyone who seems to be getting worked up about it. I heard more people on the train talkig about this than I have ever heard talking about anything important.
( scarpe We Stole Bikes, Wed 1 Feb 2012, 14:57, Reply)

I wish it had been you Scarpe, jumping drunk into an enclosure to pet the puddy cat, then we could all have had a good laugh.
At least the fucking owl had some use in life ILLNEVA$GETUASH!!!!111!!!!
( Light In Chains maker of the ikea sofa, Wed 1 Feb 2012, 14:59, Reply)

That's the nicest thing you've ever said to me, Rory.

( scarpe We Stole Bikes, Wed 1 Feb 2012, 15:03, Reply)

I fancy you secretly

( Light In Chains maker of the ikea sofa, Wed 1 Feb 2012, 15:05, Reply)

I know.

( scarpe We Stole Bikes, Wed 1 Feb 2012, 15:05, Reply)

Fucking hell, this is a prime example of reading so much more into a story to whip up some hysteria.
There is no mention that there were screaming kids and loads of people taking photos with flashes as you are clearly implying. The quote says "The owl, who was nine and might have lived for up to 20 years in captivity, is believed to have been frightened by a noise or a camera flash and veered into a nearby window."

So there could have been a crowd of quiet people watching a well organised display and one persons camera flashed by accident, it's just as likely.

There is no blame to be laid, people carry out falconry displays all over the country and sometimes the birds fuck off and sometimes they attack people but most of the time they don't and the fact that an unfortunate accident occurred is no reason to start blubbing.
(Bazongaloid, Wed 1 Feb 2012, 15:00, Reply)

It's the Daily Mail, would we ever expect anything else?

( Agnostic Antichrist Baltimora, Wed 1 Feb 2012, 15:06, Reply)

No, it's Swipe. The article itself is actually quite tame and non hysterical.

(Bazongaloid, Wed 1 Feb 2012, 15:08, Reply)

You are entirely correct, and I do apologise
It makes a change though, usually they're like This
( Agnostic Antichrist Baltimora, Wed 1 Feb 2012, 15:09, Reply)

Actually, having read it again
it really does upset me after all. There are some proper fucking morons in this world and this is just yet another prime example of the utter, irredeemable pointlessness of the human race. What kind of fucking idiot would use a flash in broad daylight?

I despair.
( scarpe We Stole Bikes, Wed 1 Feb 2012, 15:11, Reply)

There is no proof there actually was a flash
If the stupid bird couldn't actually land, how do we know it hadn't suffered from a stroke which is what caused the disorientation?
(Bazongaloid, Wed 1 Feb 2012, 15:12, Reply)

I know.
I was just being facetious.
( scarpe We Stole Bikes, Wed 1 Feb 2012, 15:13, Reply)

You ever tried stroking a bird in mid air?
If you have, then you'll understand why I'm banned from ever flying with Easyjet again.
( Agnostic Antichrist Baltimora, Wed 1 Feb 2012, 15:16, Reply)

I think you misunderstood why they call it 'easy'.

( scarpe We Stole Bikes, Wed 1 Feb 2012, 15:20, Reply)

having met several of the cabin crew
no, he's definitely not misunderstood.
( the mighty badger Aphrodite, on a bar stool, by your side, Wed 1 Feb 2012, 15:21, Reply)

It's just a shame it wasn't ANGRY OWL.
ANGRY OWL would have fucked that lion's shit right up.
( the mighty badger Aphrodite, on a bar stool, by your side, Wed 1 Feb 2012, 15:19, Reply)

( Agnostic Antichrist Baltimora, Wed 1 Feb 2012, 15:20, Reply)

hahaha. Aw, man, that's epic.

( the mighty badger Aphrodite, on a bar stool, by your side, Wed 1 Feb 2012, 15:21, Reply)

Bow to the ANGRY OWL

( sporters I’m sincerely gratitude to you, Wed 1 Feb 2012, 15:21, Reply)