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(, Sun 1 Apr 2001, 1:00)
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 Jelly bean candles are nice. What gay shit do you like?
	Jelly bean candles are nice. What gay shit do you like? Soft furnishings - strictly for queers or do they represent your character?
For the men. Best meat?
(, Tue 3 Apr 2012, 13:56, 293 replies, latest was 14 years ago)
 Ben n Jerrys ice cream might count as gay, I suppose
	Ben n Jerrys ice cream might count as gay, I supposeBloody love the stuff though.
The best meat is pork. I had some fantastic pork belly last night, I think I prefer cooking with it to any other meat.
(, Tue 3 Apr 2012, 13:58, Reply)
 Lampito - Marginally elevating the level of humour on teh board above rock bottom
	Lampito - Marginally elevating the level of humour on teh board above rock bottom(, Tue 3 Apr 2012, 14:27, Reply)
 I tell you what
	I tell you what if Battered works for Ask restraunts he's got some stupid fucking responses coming from the survey I just filled out.
(, Tue 3 Apr 2012, 14:28, Reply)
 Do a company that sounds like something you make toast out of own ASK?
	Do a company that sounds like something you make toast out of own ASK?(, Tue 3 Apr 2012, 14:29, Reply)
 I like premier inn,
	I like premier inn, all you can eat breakfast on company expense YES!
(, Tue 3 Apr 2012, 14:33, Reply)
 He said he worked for a company that represented chain restraunts.
	He said he worked for a company that represented chain restraunts.It had loads of questions about the celebrity chefs and decor of the place I think I answered most the questions deeply sarcastically and for the first half I was getting Ask and Zizzi confused.
(, Tue 3 Apr 2012, 14:32, Reply)
 According to his Linkedin page he works for a company which sounds like something you make toast out of.
	According to his Linkedin page he works for a company which sounds like something you make toast out of.Or fairy bread.
(, Tue 3 Apr 2012, 14:35, Reply)
 fairy bread? toast? I can't work it out from that.
	fairy bread? toast? I can't work it out from that.Why is he asking us to do his homework for him? Why would he need us lot to fill out a servey for a big name brand when the big name brand could just use their social media outlets to get a billion times higher and greater response?
(, Tue 3 Apr 2012, 14:57, Reply)
 He didn't I got an email from Ask saying fill out this survey and win an IPad3
	He didn't I got an email from Ask saying fill out this survey and win an IPad3so I did.
(, Tue 3 Apr 2012, 14:58, Reply)
 Oh, ok.
	Oh, ok.Are you on his LinkedIn network? It's very important to add everyone you have ever possibly come in contact with on your LinkedIn. In fact, keep a few print outs of your CV on you next time you go to the pub.
(, Tue 3 Apr 2012, 15:11, Reply)
 I don't know. We'd have to work out how many Ask restaurants there were in the country
	I don't know. We'd have to work out how many Ask restaurants there were in the countryand then do a calculation based on population densities.
(, Tue 3 Apr 2012, 14:29, Reply)
 I've invested in crotchless ones, I'm now too lazy to even bother lowering them.
	I've invested in crotchless ones, I'm now too lazy to even bother lowering them.(, Tue 3 Apr 2012, 14:38, Reply)
 I reckon Crow appreciates the time you save him
	I reckon Crow appreciates the time you save himand the energy he would otherwise have to expend on his wrists.
(, Tue 3 Apr 2012, 14:42, Reply)
 Soft furnishings make a room along with the other "little touches" otherwise it looks stark and unlived in
	Soft furnishings make a room along with the other "little touches" otherwise it looks stark and unlived inAlt: all meats are excellent and have a place at my table
(, Tue 3 Apr 2012, 14:03, Reply)
 That's more of a major feature rather than finishing touch
	That's more of a major feature rather than finishing touchi will also accept other hard or softwoods
(, Tue 3 Apr 2012, 14:13, Reply)
 there's just been a big case on that - a guy was allowed to keep his £100,000 oak flooring
	there's just been a big case on that - a guy was allowed to keep his £100,000 oak flooringbecause of a technicality in the licence provision that waived the requirement for carpets in the flats in the lease.
tru fax.
(, Tue 3 Apr 2012, 14:38, Reply)
 I'm confused
	I'm confusedThis is someone renting a property who is now allowed to take out all the oak flooring and put it somewhere else?
(, Tue 3 Apr 2012, 14:40, Reply)
 no
	noguy bought a long lease (like 99 or 125 years long which is almost always what people mean when they say "bought a flat") and then installed the flooring. owner/tenant of flat underneath complained about the noise and went for an injunction requiring him to remove it and lay carpets. failed.
(, Tue 3 Apr 2012, 14:43, Reply)
 Can building control not do something on the grounds of acoustic buffering between flats?
	Can building control not do something on the grounds of acoustic buffering between flats?(, Tue 3 Apr 2012, 14:45, Reply)
 i'd have thought it was a landlord's issue mostly
	i'd have thought it was a landlord's issue mostlywould have to be seriously bad otherwise
(, Tue 3 Apr 2012, 14:45, Reply)
 I was made to watch the first film
	I was made to watch the first filmNever going to watch any of the others. Utter tripe.
(, Tue 3 Apr 2012, 14:23, Reply)
 They didn't explain anything
	They didn't explain anythingThey just presume people have read it. So it made sense to me but didn't to the wife.
(, Tue 3 Apr 2012, 14:25, Reply)
 I hadn't realised just how much I appreciate you saying thanks.
	I hadn't realised just how much I appreciate you saying thanks.I feel like I should have done this when Battered gave me advice on New York.
(, Tue 3 Apr 2012, 14:39, Reply)
 Eh?
	Eh?Sorry to be the bearer etc but if it didn't make sense to your wife I suspect the plot of teletubbies might tax her.
(, Tue 3 Apr 2012, 14:29, Reply)
 She let her husband name her daughter after an iron man
	She let her husband name her daughter after an iron manI wouldn't have had much hope for her anyway.
(, Tue 3 Apr 2012, 14:30, Reply)
 seriously, I'd go and see it.
	seriously, I'd go and see it.I've never read the fucking thing, I thought it was pretty good and it made perfect sense. There's a bit towards the end that demonstrated a rather large flaw in the "concept" of the thing but I'm guessing that's in the book too. And picking conceptual holes in children's books seems rather harsh.
Your only issue is the cinema will be full of teenagers of course.
(, Tue 3 Apr 2012, 14:32, Reply)
 I rather liked the books morality
	I rather liked the books moralityIt shows the lead character becoming progressively more disturbed as the trilogy goes on, and then the ending isn't all happy endings, it's quite warped.
(, Tue 3 Apr 2012, 14:34, Reply)
 I might give them a go, as it happens
	I might give them a go, as it happensIt's a lot darker than I expected it to be.
(, Tue 3 Apr 2012, 14:35, Reply)
 I enjoyed them.
	I enjoyed them.I quite enjoy the genre of "government forces children to do horrific things to retain control". If that's not too specific.
(, Tue 3 Apr 2012, 14:37, Reply)
 Battle Royale
	Battle Royaleand the Long Walk.
Running Man almost qualifies but that's one guy, rather than 20-40 or so terrified children.
(, Tue 3 Apr 2012, 14:41, Reply)
 Battle Royale, written 1996, published 1999, film made 2000.
	Battle Royale, written 1996, published 1999, film made 2000.The Running Man, written 1982, film made 1987.
(, Tue 3 Apr 2012, 15:01, Reply)
 I enjoyed the Long Walk though it got a bit much after a while
	I enjoyed the Long Walk though it got a bit much after a whileHow are you bbz?
(, Tue 3 Apr 2012, 15:02, Reply)
 I am good thanks, yourself?
	I am good thanks, yourself?The Long Walk was pretty good, but the ending was a bit meh.
(, Tue 3 Apr 2012, 15:04, Reply)
 It apparently ties in to the Dark Tower series
	It apparently ties in to the Dark Tower seriesThe shadowy figure can be interpreted to be the villain in those books. But I've not read them so yeah.
Dissertation bluez :( It's just not working. Apparently I just need to cite more people's arguments and theories so that's ok, at least.
(, Tue 3 Apr 2012, 15:15, Reply)
 I might go and see it on Sunday
	I might go and see it on SundayOnly £3.20 for the local cinema, and you get to take in your own drinks, etc
(, Tue 3 Apr 2012, 14:35, Reply)
 To go to any of the chain ones it's about £6-7, but this is a tiny one in an old mill
	To go to any of the chain ones it's about £6-7, but this is a tiny one in an old millIt's great.
Also, that price is only on Sundays and Mondays.
(, Tue 3 Apr 2012, 14:38, Reply)
 Actually, I do apologise, it's an old Sunday school
	Actually, I do apologise, it's an old Sunday schoolwww.visitchester.com/things-to-do/silk-museum-heritage-centre-p28251
(, Tue 3 Apr 2012, 14:40, Reply)
 Example
	ExampleThey didn't explain how your name got in more than once so the 42 thing didn't make sense to her.
Also the sponsors thing was rendered pretty much pointless. All that effort for some balm that wasn't from a sponsor and some soup. Oh and saying most of them die from natural causes and then showing them all die from non natural causes was pointless too.
(, Tue 3 Apr 2012, 14:40, Reply)
 the 42 thing was hardly relevant to the plot.
	the 42 thing was hardly relevant to the plot.I'm pretty sure they don't stop "Titanic" to explain that the faults in the intermediate bulkhead design are what was responsible for rapid water ingress, either. It's a film. They expect people to be mentally strong enough to cope with it.
I agree about the sponsors but it doesn't cause any confusion in the plot so what's the issue? it's fiction. It isn't obliged to be explainable.
(, Tue 3 Apr 2012, 14:47, Reply)
 because it explains why each tribute has to "perform" to show their skills.
	because it explains why each tribute has to "perform" to show their skills.And I suspect is why there was a bow available in the arena at all.
(, Tue 3 Apr 2012, 14:51, Reply)
 because it was relevant to how unlucky her sister was to get selected, I assume.
	because it was relevant to how unlucky her sister was to get selected, I assume.Do you do this to every film you see?
(, Tue 3 Apr 2012, 14:55, Reply)
 I'm jut wondering about why question tiny plot inconsistencies
	I'm jut wondering about why question tiny plot inconsistencieswhilst ignoring the elephant in the room of the whole thing, that being the big dog things. Presumbaly they are in the book, but it's still a rather epic inconsistency.
(, Tue 3 Apr 2012, 15:02, Reply)
 The concept is wrong.
	The concept is wrong.Direct intervention causing death. Surely, the tributes must kill each other or succumb to the environment. If rules permit the people outside can kill tributes on a whim, as they then do, what's the point of the game?
(, Tue 3 Apr 2012, 15:07, Reply)
 Ah well in the book it explains/suggests that the mutations are in fact made from the other tributes DNA
	Ah well in the book it explains/suggests that the mutations are in fact made from the other tributes DNASo its still the tributes fighting the others in a roundabout sort of way
In the film it makes no sense.
(, Tue 3 Apr 2012, 15:10, Reply)
 Yeah, you wouldn't know they had the same eyes in the film
	Yeah, you wouldn't know they had the same eyes in the filmunless she actually said "Oh my gosh! They've got the same eyes as the tributes I already killed!"
(, Tue 3 Apr 2012, 15:11, Reply)
 I'm not bothered by it making sense or not so much.
	I'm not bothered by it making sense or not so much.It's fiction after all. From a conceptual point of view, a story about a game like that becomes weaker without relevant rules. Maybe that's just me.
(, Tue 3 Apr 2012, 15:12, Reply)
 Unless the Government being a bunch of cheats is part of the story
	Unless the Government being a bunch of cheats is part of the storyPlus its not really a story about a game, its a story of control and rebellion.
(, Tue 3 Apr 2012, 15:15, Reply)
 granted, but if they are going to cheat, what's the point of the game?
	granted, but if they are going to cheat, what's the point of the game?might as well just feed 24 kids to bears.
(, Tue 3 Apr 2012, 15:16, Reply)
 The game is televised everywhere
	The game is televised everywherethere wouldn't be hope if it became obvious to the districts that there was cheating going on.
(, Tue 3 Apr 2012, 15:20, Reply)
 The district that won wouldn't care
	The district that won wouldn't careand the ones that lost would be just as controlled
(, Tue 3 Apr 2012, 15:23, Reply)
 Yeah, they were mutants created by the capital
	Yeah, they were mutants created by the capital in the same way as the massive wasp things
(, Tue 3 Apr 2012, 15:06, Reply)
 yeah but the wasps are effectively passive
	yeah but the wasps are effectively passivethe lass had to get involved to use them as a weapon. That makes sense to me. The dogs are just the controllers picking off people, which seems to go against the point really.
(, Tue 3 Apr 2012, 15:08, Reply)
 The book does say that the controllers do often cheat to take out certain kids
	The book does say that the controllers do often cheat to take out certain kidsone is mentioned that went mental and ate the heart of every victim but was killed by an avalanche that she thinks was started by the controllers to stop him winning.
(, Tue 3 Apr 2012, 15:10, Reply)
 not if it's shit, no
	not if it's shit, nobut you're attacking this one for trivial and meaningless inconsistencies.
(, Tue 3 Apr 2012, 15:04, Reply)
 I hardly attacked it
	I hardly attacked itI said they didn't explain things properly. If they aren't going to explain why something is said, why have it in the film. It annoyed my wife because she was asking why they said things in the film and the answers were in the book.
(, Tue 3 Apr 2012, 15:06, Reply)
 I haven't read the book and it caused no confusion to me
	I haven't read the book and it caused no confusion to meI assume my mind just produced a plausible infill. I think the problem here is that your wife asks silly questions, not an issue with the film per se.
(, Tue 3 Apr 2012, 15:10, Reply)
 But if she asks "Why would his name be in 42 times?" Which isn't really a silly question as it directly relates to why the are called The Hunger Games
	But if she asks "Why would his name be in 42 times?" Which isn't really a silly question as it directly relates to why the are called The Hunger Gamesand the answer is in the book but not the film, perhaps they should just not have bothered to have the character say it.
(, Tue 3 Apr 2012, 15:12, Reply)
 your mum was explained in the film
	your mum was explained in the filmyou pair of complete and utter cock gobblers
(, Tue 3 Apr 2012, 15:19, Reply)
 your mum choked to death opn your brother's cock?
	your mum choked to death opn your brother's cock?I feel for you man
(, Tue 3 Apr 2012, 15:23, Reply)
 the only thing you'd have noticed
	the only thing you'd have noticedis if a kid in a children's film aimed at children based on a kids book had a fucking NICKNAME
(, Tue 3 Apr 2012, 15:24, Reply)
 It is pretty good.
	It is pretty good.disappointingly, you can spot the bits they cut to get the 12A cert, though. Having never read the book I'd have rather they'd have left it complete and settled for a 15.
(, Tue 3 Apr 2012, 14:30, Reply)
 One of the bits they obviously cut isn't for gruesomeness per se, I don't think
	One of the bits they obviously cut isn't for gruesomeness per se, I don't thinkit's just that you don't seem to be allowed to show children fwuffy animals being killed.
(, Tue 3 Apr 2012, 14:33, Reply)
 i reckon they should make two versions of films, when this issue occurs
	i reckon they should make two versions of films, when this issue occursi mean how much more would it cost compared to potential additional revenue? I would have paid double to see Shia Laboef disembowled in transformers
(, Tue 3 Apr 2012, 14:32, Reply)
 OK the film wasn't shit
	OK the film wasn't shitBut considering the source material it could have been loads better.
(, Tue 3 Apr 2012, 14:42, Reply)
 I dunno
	I dunnoThe books are so cinematically written that the source does half the job for the filmmakers. About the only thing I'd change would be casting Lenny Kravitz
(, Tue 3 Apr 2012, 14:44, Reply)
 Never mind that shit
	Never mind that shitI just found the twitter of Helen who says "I pretend my epilepsy meds are vitamins. Nobody wants a one night stand with an epileptic"
Trust me love people don't want a one night stand with you whether they see the meds or not!
(, Tue 3 Apr 2012, 14:20, Reply)
 Seems she works for the BBC, odd that someone working for them would be 'allowed' to make such an off colour comment
	Seems she works for the BBC, odd that someone working for them would be 'allowed' to make such an off colour comment(, Tue 3 Apr 2012, 14:24, Reply)
 Only a grade A mental would go through someone's medicine cabinet
	Only a grade A mental would go through someone's medicine cabinetbefore boffing them on a one night stand surely? And if you only shag people you can fool people into thinking epilepsy meds are multivits you're aiming pretty fucking low in the mental gene pool
(, Tue 3 Apr 2012, 14:25, Reply)
 Nice of you to write me a thread Bob
	Nice of you to write me a thread BobThe best thing about gay shit is that you're more likely to get it cleaned up than if you fuck a straighty.
Too much?
(, Tue 3 Apr 2012, 14:38, Reply)
 Not bad you know
	Not bad you knowToo much work = not enough internet absue time, otherwise good cheers. You?
(, Tue 3 Apr 2012, 14:41, Reply)
 Ok, meeting my manager later to tell him why i should be promoted, so trying to write shit about myself, which i hate doing!
	Ok, meeting my manager later to tell him why i should be promoted, so trying to write shit about myself, which i hate doing!"Explain how the role has expanded and has greater impact in the following areas: Business Leadership, Client Impact, People Management, Innovation, Scope of Responsibility/Accountability and Technical Contribution"
zzzzzzzzzz
(, Tue 3 Apr 2012, 14:42, Reply)
 I suggest using b3ta as examples of all of these
	I suggest using b3ta as examples of all of theseIf he doesn't see the value in being able to do a good job whilst being called a cunt in a variety of innovative and colourful ways then you'll be entitled to cockslap him.
(, Tue 3 Apr 2012, 14:45, Reply)
 Read the lates buisiness plan and just write it out in your own words in the first person.
	Read the lates buisiness plan and just write it out in your own words in the first person.That is what generally ticks the boxes.
(, Tue 3 Apr 2012, 15:03, Reply)
 Afternoon sir.
	Afternoon sir.My large bet with a friend from Christmas on City imploding and United winning is looking safer by the minute.
I predict Balotelli being caught up to the back wheels in a farmyard animal before the month is out.
(, Tue 3 Apr 2012, 14:40, Reply)
 Afternoon old boy
	Afternoon old boyAs amusing and worryingly plausible as that is, it wouldn't be the most ridiculous thing to happen at City this year. Allowing Tevez back into the team shows a terrible lack of nous on Mancini's part. He should be left to rot in the reserves until he's forgotten by all but the most avid LOTR fans. Surely City should have enough firepower to not need him?
(, Tue 3 Apr 2012, 14:42, Reply)
 He'll get another tilt at it, of course
	He'll get another tilt at it, of courseas Roman Abramovich isn't his boss. Nonetheless if they don't win the title this has to qualify as a backwards step on last year
(, Tue 3 Apr 2012, 14:52, Reply)
 I made a similar
	I made a similarstatement back in November and was roundly mocked... I am enjoying being more smug than usual
(, Tue 3 Apr 2012, 14:54, Reply)
 I am famously shit at predicting anything apart from bra sizes
	I am famously shit at predicting anything apart from bra sizesbut have to admit that United timing their run of form to perfection was almost as obvious to see (with hindsight, etc) as the likelihood that City's collection of egomaniacs, children and mentalists would crack under the pressure.
(, Tue 3 Apr 2012, 14:58, Reply)
 Oh man, now I really regret Darth being such a massive girl about the internet.
	Oh man, now I really regret Darth being such a massive girl about the internet.(, Tue 3 Apr 2012, 14:59, Reply)
 Are you still upset about me defriending you?
	Are you still upset about me defriending you?Christ, you really need to take the internet less seriously
(, Tue 3 Apr 2012, 15:01, Reply)
 I'm upset about it
	I'm upset about itThe odd picture of you covered in cocks and googly eyes always brightens the old place up a bit.
(, Tue 3 Apr 2012, 15:46, Reply)
 He's been good enough to point out that I've lost the game
	He's been good enough to point out that I've lost the gameTradition dictates that I advise Ms Foxtrot of the same, I'd hide if I were you
(, Tue 3 Apr 2012, 14:58, Reply)
 Agreed
	AgreedIt's got to the point where I can guess words just from the letters available
(, Tue 3 Apr 2012, 15:14, Reply)
 
	 well yeah, that's standard, try using the letters to insult your opponent before filling in the real answer, but I bet you press skip don't ya.
(, Tue 3 Apr 2012, 15:17, Reply)
 Some fuckwit drew the leaning tower of Pisa when when describing "Paris"...
	Some fuckwit drew the leaning tower of Pisa when when describing "Paris"...(, Tue 3 Apr 2012, 15:29, Reply)
 No, that's Houston
	No, that's Houstonbut to be fair it's not easy to keep track of women who're only famous for having sex on camera
(, Tue 3 Apr 2012, 15:38, Reply)
 Maybe it was a cock
	Maybe it was a cockDid it have a vajazzled fanny just above it? And a night-vision video camera in the corner?
(, Tue 3 Apr 2012, 15:37, Reply)
 soft furnishings make a place
	soft furnishings make a placebut too many make clutter.
it would freak me out if a guy had too many girly things around - but it would freak me out more if he had things like unwashed towels, really old toothbrush, tissues under the bed etc.
(, Tue 3 Apr 2012, 14:41, Reply)
 obviously i don't mean a box of virginal kleenex
	obviously i don't mean a box of virginal kleenexi mean balled up stiff tissues and white stained socks
(, Tue 3 Apr 2012, 14:44, Reply)
 leave it in a bully tin and barbecue it that way
	leave it in a bully tin and barbecue it that waynothing tastes better than freshly barbecued water
(, Tue 3 Apr 2012, 15:15, Reply)
 many headed snakes aren't actually that uncommon
	many headed snakes aren't actually that uncommon3.bp.blogspot.com/_awaeWdWdJZw/TQ4TC9lLo-I/AAAAAAAAAL8/s7T2K7IYOUY/s1600/Two-headed%2Brat%2Bsnake.jpg
(, Tue 3 Apr 2012, 15:24, Reply)
 is that what it was?
	is that what it was?it was the first greek/roman thing that came to mind. where's lampito when you need her?
(, Tue 3 Apr 2012, 15:25, Reply)
 alot of legends come from stupid people trying to make sense out of unusual situations
	alot of legends come from stupid people trying to make sense out of unusual situations(, Tue 3 Apr 2012, 15:26, Reply)
 Greek.
	Greek.It was some sort of snakey creature where if you cut off one head, 2 would grow back in its place.
(, Tue 3 Apr 2012, 15:32, Reply)
 its also why hydrants are called hydrants
	its also why hydrants are called hydrantscos they have 3 heads, one on top and two on the sides
/not really, but maybe
(, Tue 3 Apr 2012, 15:33, Reply)
 They possibly share a root word of ὕδωρ if it helps!
	They possibly share a root word of ὕδωρ if it helps!EDIT: Whoops. Make that ὕδωρ.
(, Tue 3 Apr 2012, 15:43, Reply)
 well
	wellthat sounds every bit as attractive and delicious as quentin's "bbq'd pasta".
thanks lamps.
(, Tue 3 Apr 2012, 15:46, Reply)
 bbq'd pasta works best if you use dry pasta and hold it directly over the flame, before the coal is grey
	bbq'd pasta works best if you use dry pasta and hold it directly over the flame, before the coal is grey(, Tue 3 Apr 2012, 15:49, Reply)
 it's cos i got two buttons undone on me shirt and you can see chest hair innit?
	it's cos i got two buttons undone on me shirt and you can see chest hair innit?(, Tue 3 Apr 2012, 15:57, Reply)
 this raised a smile, cheers terry
	this raised a smile, cheers terrymy cold is getting better already
(, Tue 3 Apr 2012, 15:26, Reply)
 What the fuck are jelly bean candles?
	What the fuck are jelly bean candles?I have a sofa, does that count as a soft furnishing.
Or is soft furnishing some sort of gay slang that I don't understand?
And what is all this about man meat?
This thread is totally gay.
(, Tue 3 Apr 2012, 15:36, Reply)
 Is this how you usually try to seduce straight men?
	Is this how you usually try to seduce straight men?Your cod-mediaeval talk doesn't impress me.
(, Tue 3 Apr 2012, 15:42, Reply)
 Once he gets them back to his crib his oak flooring always seals the deal
	Once he gets them back to his crib his oak flooring always seals the deal(, Tue 3 Apr 2012, 15:43, Reply)
 I'm on day three of
	I'm on day three of"really easy plan to take down wallpaper and paint walls white"
I've almost finished the stage will will let me begin the stage before the stage where I can paint. yay.
(, Tue 3 Apr 2012, 15:43, Reply)
 You've done all the sanding and filling?
	You've done all the sanding and filling?I always forget how much hassle it is to prep walls for painting.
(, Tue 3 Apr 2012, 15:44, Reply)
 just got priming on the bits
	just got priming on the bits where the plaster fell out and I had to polyfilla it and trying to prepare the bits with the distemper paint (which is a bitch...see what I did there) so the last bit of paint doesn't fall off
(, Tue 3 Apr 2012, 15:46, Reply)
 I didn't know there was special distemper paint.
	I didn't know there was special distemper paint.Maybe that's what I need on my bathroom ceiling.
(, Tue 3 Apr 2012, 15:50, Reply)
 in this case more like eight tenths
	in this case more like eight tenthsthere was 75 years of paint and wallpaper to get rid of
(, Tue 3 Apr 2012, 15:47, Reply)
 In that case the plaster'll be fucked, unless you're any good at skimming, could be best to leave well alone, and just stick up more wall paper
	In that case the plaster'll be fucked, unless you're any good at skimming, could be best to leave well alone, and just stick up more wall paper(, Tue 3 Apr 2012, 15:49, Reply)
 Since it's just my art room
	Since it's just my art roomI'm hoping I can get to a point where I can just paint it all white and then if I'm still here in a few years I'll get someone to replaster
(, Tue 3 Apr 2012, 15:51, Reply)
 It's gonna be a ballache, and plenty of that shitty decayed plaster with horsehair
	It's gonna be a ballache, and plenty of that shitty decayed plaster with horsehair(, Tue 3 Apr 2012, 15:53, Reply)
 I had woodchip wallpaper through my flat when i bought
	I had woodchip wallpaper through my flat when i boughtI genuinely would buy somewhere with it again, it's a fucking nightmare.
(, Tue 3 Apr 2012, 15:55, Reply)
 there's some of that in my bedroom
	there's some of that in my bedroomBut I'm thinking I might pay someone to do that room
(, Tue 3 Apr 2012, 15:56, Reply)
 It's alright, just messy
	It's alright, just messyyou end up covered in little bits of wood.
(, Tue 3 Apr 2012, 15:58, Reply)
 the problem is, it's "waterproof", so the steam doesn't really penetrate
	the problem is, it's "waterproof", so the steam doesn't really penetratethen the violence needed to scrape it off damages the plaster leaving it all chipped. It's a miserbale job, whoever invited should eb shot in front of their children
(, Tue 3 Apr 2012, 15:59, Reply)
 All the stuff on our ceilings
	All the stuff on our ceilingscame off in huge strips once you managed to get a bit off.
(, Tue 3 Apr 2012, 16:02, Reply)
 you are a lucky, lucky man.
	you are a lucky, lucky man.there were around 4 layers of paint of ours which probably didn't help
(, Tue 3 Apr 2012, 16:04, Reply)
 What is the proper name for brick wall supports?
	What is the proper name for brick wall supports?Anyone got any ideas?
(, Tue 3 Apr 2012, 15:58, Reply)
 Yeah, I'm waiting for my thanks here and clique offer of a visit to Needoo's
	Yeah, I'm waiting for my thanks here and clique offer of a visit to Needoo's(, Tue 3 Apr 2012, 16:03, Reply)
 I should go down to london with her at some point.
	I should go down to london with her at some point.Not this month though, I'm still povo.
(, Tue 3 Apr 2012, 16:12, Reply)
 Well I'm never invited to anything so I guess I'm outside the circle of trust
	Well I'm never invited to anything so I guess I'm outside the circle of trust(, Tue 3 Apr 2012, 16:09, Reply)
 Oh no.
	Oh no.The whole evening is turning into a disaster. We'll all just have to take it in turns to take chompys girlfriend to a premier inn.
(, Tue 3 Apr 2012, 16:18, Reply)
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