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(, Sun 1 Apr 2001, 1:00)
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Morning team.
I watched Armageddon last night, thinking I'd seen it before and would just sort of snooze through it, turns out I was wrong and have never seen that film. It wasn't very good. When was the last time you were sure of something that turned out to be not true.

Alt: my big boss is in today, I only see him about once a year, and it's only when he wants me to do something like go hold a pub for a bit somewhere shit. Do you get much contact with your superiors? Are they alright?

Altalt: something not about me.
(, Fri 11 Jan 2013, 10:10, 175 replies, latest was 13 years ago)
I like how the premise of the film is that it's easier to train a driller to be an astronaut than it is to train an astronaut to use a drill

(, Fri 11 Jan 2013, 10:10, Reply)
I thought it was more
We'd rather lose 4 astronauts and 8 drillers on a madcap scheme than lose 12 astronauts.
(, Fri 11 Jan 2013, 10:12, Reply)
Oh, maybe.

(, Fri 11 Jan 2013, 10:12, Reply)
that's what I got.

(, Fri 11 Jan 2013, 10:13, Reply)
this probably says something interesting about our personal psyches

(, Fri 11 Jan 2013, 10:13, Reply)
Fuck dem drillers. There - I've said it.

(, Fri 11 Jan 2013, 10:18, Reply)
This is what i thought

(, Fri 11 Jan 2013, 10:26, Reply)
Well stomped.Swipe's thread was crap.

(, Fri 11 Jan 2013, 10:12, Reply)
don't get your hopes up in here yet.

(, Fri 11 Jan 2013, 10:12, Reply)
Yeah but that Aerosmith song totally saves it, right?

(, Fri 11 Jan 2013, 10:16, Reply)
I watched some of 'Up' last night.
It got to a bit which I'd deffo not seen before, and I thought 'I thought I'd seen all of this but I must have switched it off before this bit'. Then - get this, right - about a minute later I SWITCHED IT OFF!!! Work *that* out, so-called 'experts'!.
(, Fri 11 Jan 2013, 10:17, Reply)
You half watched "Up"?
I bet you still aint done watched that movie I told you about?
(, Fri 11 Jan 2013, 10:20, Reply)
Nope.,
My computer lacks the power and space to download a whole film. This will remain the case until either I replace it or Kroney magics it.
(, Fri 11 Jan 2013, 10:23, Reply)
Has he still not fixed it, what an arsehole

(, Fri 11 Jan 2013, 10:26, Reply)
I made Batts. a promise to drop off a couple of bottles next time I'm in London
If by then you haven’t watched it I’ll burn you a copy
(, Fri 11 Jan 2013, 10:30, Reply)
Haha yeah I love Frankie Howerd in that.

(, Fri 11 Jan 2013, 10:22, Reply)
*titters not*

(, Fri 11 Jan 2013, 10:23, Reply)
'Up' is an excellent film.
Never have I known a film to be that depressing in the first 10 minutes.
(, Fri 11 Jan 2013, 10:35, Reply)
the first 10 minutes is a proper tear jerker.
Yeah, I go on, strike it through.
(, Fri 11 Jan 2013, 10:37, Reply)
You've clearly never watched 'Twilight'.

(, Fri 11 Jan 2013, 10:57, Reply)
Alt: Being the most important person here, I am in fairly regular contact with the bosses.
They're alright.
Good mates, in fact. I almost feel bad for wasting so much time on here.
(, Fri 11 Jan 2013, 10:19, Reply)
All the fucking time :(
alt: good, we havea very falt organisation. i can wander up to the CEO's office and chat to him if he has time.

alt: Anyone want a CRT tv with in built DVD player?
(, Fri 11 Jan 2013, 10:19, Reply)
No thanks Nakers.
Not going to Lusty's for your dinner then? Making a mistake, brah. Making a mistake.
(, Fri 11 Jan 2013, 10:21, Reply)
I heard what happened to you last time you went there *nudge nudge wink wink*

(, Fri 11 Jan 2013, 10:24, Reply)
My immediate superior is a Brummie. I'd be willing to forgive him this
as you can't choose where you're brought up and he was sensible enough to move BUT, although he's a decent guy, he's not a very good manager. Good techie, not a great manager.

His boss is the IT director. He's from Yorkshire, or something. Northern, anyway. He's got one of them booming Northern voices. Every Tuesday he marches in with an "ALRIGHT, GIRLS?" This is funny because we're all men, except for the women in the department but we don't talk about them. He's not very technical, but he's a gadget nut. He brought in one of those speakers that you stick to flat surfaces and it uses those as a driver. He stuck it to one of the glass dividing panels in the office and drowned the entire office out with shitty music. He had a big grin on face that said "I'm a director, I can do whatever the fuck I want."

I quite like our director.
(, Fri 11 Jan 2013, 10:21, Reply)
CSB

(, Fri 11 Jan 2013, 10:24, Reply)
I tell ya, those IT guys are crazy!

(, Fri 11 Jan 2013, 10:25, Reply)
I don't get it.

(, Fri 11 Jan 2013, 10:35, Reply)
cool story bro

(, Fri 11 Jan 2013, 10:35, Reply)
I saw the words Big Boss
And I now have an image of you speaking to Kareem Abdul Jabar...

and I have the theme to Enter the Dragon stuck in my head... Fucking thanks for that WP
(, Fri 11 Jan 2013, 10:26, Reply)
Replace it with the theme tune from "Monkey"
This will resolve the situation
(, Fri 11 Jan 2013, 10:32, Reply)
Howards Way theme tune was in my head when I woke up

(, Fri 11 Jan 2013, 10:33, Reply)
Every time Monty posts
I keep getting Gap Bands “Oops Upside Your Head”
(, Fri 11 Jan 2013, 10:34, Reply)
"But just remember, my name is Roger Murdock. I'm an airline pilot."

(, Fri 11 Jan 2013, 10:33, Reply)
Being the girl I am, I cried the first time I saw Armageddon
Now I watch it and realise it's a mostly crap film.

Alt: I can see him from my desk, and deal with him everyday. He varies between being a twat and a nice guy. He also gave me some swords before Christmas, which was nice (gift from a customer that he didn't want).

AltAlt: Sorry Windy, you're the most interesting one here. What ale do you sell the most?
(, Fri 11 Jan 2013, 10:32, Reply)
Who gives swords as a gift to a supplier?

(, Fri 11 Jan 2013, 10:33, Reply)
Drug dealers?

(, Fri 11 Jan 2013, 10:34, Reply)
Monty's brother?

(, Fri 11 Jan 2013, 10:34, Reply)
That was, apparently, more of a gift to the police than the "supplier"

(, Fri 11 Jan 2013, 10:35, Reply)
No idea.
We deal with a lot of mentalists.
(, Fri 11 Jan 2013, 10:34, Reply)
Doom Bar is our only regular ale.
The other 3 change about, although we have Pride of Oxford in a fair bit as the guys with the brewery are nice guys and it's fucking cheap.
(, Fri 11 Jan 2013, 10:36, Reply)
What is cheap for there?
Also, much to my shame, I've never tried Doom Bar.
(, Fri 11 Jan 2013, 10:38, Reply)
I pay around 45 quid for a 9 gallon barrel.
So its almost 50p a pint to me. I charge 3 quid a pint for it.
(, Fri 11 Jan 2013, 10:57, Reply)
i love a bit of Doom Bar

(, Fri 11 Jan 2013, 10:39, Reply)
I don't like Doom Bar on draught, but I like it bottled.
I suspect it should be the other way around.
(, Fri 11 Jan 2013, 10:40, Reply)
Bottled is fine, it's cans which are the devil's work

(, Fri 11 Jan 2013, 10:42, Reply)
why do beers taste so different depending on draft/bottled/can?

(, Fri 11 Jan 2013, 10:46, Reply)
Cans react. Glass doesn't.

(, Fri 11 Jan 2013, 10:47, Reply)
why don't they make them from something non reactive?

(, Fri 11 Jan 2013, 10:48, Reply)
This is verging on the whiskey debate
Cans don't react. That's why you can stuff to preserve it.
(, Fri 11 Jan 2013, 10:49, Reply)
so why does beer not taste as nice from a can?!!! :S

(, Fri 11 Jan 2013, 10:50, Reply)
Pour it into a glass.
Hope this helps.
(, Fri 11 Jan 2013, 10:51, Reply)
what if the "glass" is made from wood?

(, Fri 11 Jan 2013, 10:52, Reply)
Then it's a mug.

(, Fri 11 Jan 2013, 10:53, Reply)
Or a tree.

(, Fri 11 Jan 2013, 10:53, Reply)
I think I know where I've been going wrong

(, Fri 11 Jan 2013, 10:54, Reply)
no YOURN ARE

(, Fri 11 Jan 2013, 10:53, Reply)
I'm just parroting what these people say.
I don't know the truth of it.
(, Fri 11 Jan 2013, 10:51, Reply)
The can affects flavour (slight metal taste)
Some beers are "bottle conditioned" so are still fermenting in the bottle to get the right taste.
Even how a pint is pulled affects the flavour, to do with bubbles etc, and also how it's looked after from brewery to pump.
(, Fri 11 Jan 2013, 10:50, Reply)
I might invent a non-reactive plastic can
who wants to crowdsourch fund me?
(, Fri 11 Jan 2013, 10:51, Reply)
No it fucking doesn't
You pull the pump, the beer comes out, you drink it. If the pub doesn't clean the lines then you can get a load of manky rnacid beer in with your nice beer which ruins it, but the action of pouring has no fucking effect at all. And none of if tastes "peaty"
(, Fri 11 Jan 2013, 10:53, Reply)
Hand pumped tastes different from electric pumped
the electric one being generally shit.
(, Fri 11 Jan 2013, 10:56, Reply)
do you have a chin strap beard and napsack?

(, Fri 11 Jan 2013, 10:57, Reply)
No, it's becasue the only beers that are electric pumped are shit ones like "John Smiths" and "Tetleys"

(, Fri 11 Jan 2013, 10:58, Reply)
This is true, however they are also available hand pumped
which makes them passable in the absence of anything better.
Food and drink companies devote a lot of money and research into how bubbles and foams affect taste and texture. Particularly in the case of cakes!
(, Fri 11 Jan 2013, 11:02, Reply)
This is boring me.
And I spent 3 hours at the weekend reading about the temperatures different hops break down.
(, Fri 11 Jan 2013, 11:22, Reply)
You're more of a fan of the 'Gay Bar' I should imagine.

(, Fri 11 Jan 2013, 10:43, Reply)
Pork swords?
Chipolata's?

Pigs in blankets.
(, Fri 11 Jan 2013, 10:58, Reply)
No.

(, Fri 11 Jan 2013, 11:04, Reply)
I got on the Front Page
Proving once and for all that not only and I super funny, but super talented as well..

Armageddon is shite

Alt. Yes but he's a pisshead so he doesn't ever remember the insults
(, Fri 11 Jan 2013, 10:33, Reply)
Oh man, that's hilarious
Can I touch you?
(, Fri 11 Jan 2013, 10:44, Reply)
i didn't get it if I'm honest

(, Fri 11 Jan 2013, 10:46, Reply)
Show me on the Doll where

(, Fri 11 Jan 2013, 11:07, Reply)
Yeah, every day at work. They're nice enough people.
Alt alt: It's too warm here. Someone buy me an oscillating fan.
(, Fri 11 Jan 2013, 10:37, Reply)
I thought the Hobbit was going to be shit and it was half shit and then got better near the end
I slept through a bit of it though, when it had been on for seventeen hours and they were still in the fucking Shire.

Alt: My boss is in France and is a Frenchman, we have a weekly video conference with him and no-one can understand what he says, so we just get on with things normally. Best boss ever.
(, Fri 11 Jan 2013, 10:42, Reply)
You work for Kronely?

(, Fri 11 Jan 2013, 10:43, Reply)
What's a kronely

(, Fri 11 Jan 2013, 10:44, Reply)
*waves*
I'm forever alone, you see. It's a pun, or a play on words.
(, Fri 11 Jan 2013, 10:46, Reply)
That sounds horrid
I hope you're alright and can find love in these harsh times, post 9/11
(, Fri 11 Jan 2013, 10:47, Reply)
I'm struggling manfully on, but it is difficult.
I just console myself with the knowledge that one day I'll find somebody that's desperate enough to sleep with me.

Eventually.
(, Fri 11 Jan 2013, 10:52, Reply)
Just belittle someone until their self esteem is low enough
Works every time
(, Fri 11 Jan 2013, 10:56, Reply)
Why do you think everyone is here?

(, Fri 11 Jan 2013, 10:57, Reply)
We're waiting 'til we're ready enough to sleep with Kroney?

(, Fri 11 Jan 2013, 11:00, Reply)
You're all taking your time about it and that's a fact.

(, Fri 11 Jan 2013, 11:05, Reply)
Shame Bou's not around anymore
You could've got greased off her, no worries
(, Fri 11 Jan 2013, 11:10, Reply)
Then, for the full b3tan experience, I could have got well scared
about her turning up on other websites and all worried that she was going to stab me and such despite the fact that she was on the other side of the world and couldn't actually do anything other than send me nasty messages.
(, Fri 11 Jan 2013, 11:22, Reply)
And ring up your work. She did that.

(, Fri 11 Jan 2013, 11:24, Reply)
Who to?

(, Fri 11 Jan 2013, 11:30, Reply)
Shambles.

(, Fri 11 Jan 2013, 11:30, Reply)
Is that why he is the way he is?

(, Fri 11 Jan 2013, 11:33, Reply)
That and he married a frenchie.

(, Fri 11 Jan 2013, 11:34, Reply)
Poor shambles
all shacked up with Kroney and nowhere to go.
(, Fri 11 Jan 2013, 11:36, Reply)
I'll have you know that I'm an adequate lover.

(, Fri 11 Jan 2013, 11:46, Reply)
that fat faced prick fritz once said i looked like her
i'm glad he's dead now.
(, Fri 11 Jan 2013, 11:27, Reply)
I thought it was his baby that died?

(, Fri 11 Jan 2013, 11:30, Reply)
he's dead to us on here i mean
i don't give a fuck if he's king of the world or rotting under the thames in real life
(, Fri 11 Jan 2013, 11:32, Reply)
I don't think he was ever really alive to me
just some words on the internet.
(, Fri 11 Jan 2013, 11:33, Reply)
i'm glad his words on the internet are dead now

(, Fri 11 Jan 2013, 11:33, Reply)
I'm thinking of going to see The Hobbit this weekend.
Se'sly. I'm not even lying, here.
(, Fri 11 Jan 2013, 10:44, Reply)
You're meeting Battered for a Tayyabs?

(, Fri 11 Jan 2013, 10:45, Reply)
This post deserves more recognition.

(, Fri 11 Jan 2013, 10:53, Reply)
Soz, was having a huge row with a cretin.

(, Fri 11 Jan 2013, 11:11, Reply)
did you then sharpen your nose on some cuttlefish

(, Fri 11 Jan 2013, 11:20, Reply)
This is funny because I am implying that Monty is a budgie
and the argument was with a mirror
(, Fri 11 Jan 2013, 11:21, Reply)
i think it was the great philosopher socrates who wisely said
"if you have to explain a joke, it's not fucking funny."



that being said, i LOL'd.
(, Fri 11 Jan 2013, 11:25, Reply)
I only went cos my friends were going and we had Nando's before
Thug lyfe
(, Fri 11 Jan 2013, 10:45, Reply)
nando's is revolting

(, Fri 11 Jan 2013, 10:49, Reply)
shit sorry I didn't realise, I was under the impression I enjoyed it

(, Fri 11 Jan 2013, 10:51, Reply)
your mouth was incorrect, i hope this post helps you to make better life decisions in future

(, Fri 11 Jan 2013, 10:53, Reply)
I'm going to have a stern talk with it later
Sort it out
(, Fri 11 Jan 2013, 10:54, Reply)
It's not revolting, how can it be revolting?
It's just chicken. Do you not like chicken at all?
(, Fri 11 Jan 2013, 10:54, Reply)
I like chicken
I don't like their stupid "piri piri" chicken and they're nasty chips and minging side orders and stupid "order at the bar" bollox
(, Fri 11 Jan 2013, 10:55, Reply)
This is mainly because I'm a snob

(, Fri 11 Jan 2013, 10:56, Reply)
I had fried chicken for tea last night
It was quite good for a shop called "Sri Lanken Friend Chicken"
(, Fri 11 Jan 2013, 10:57, Reply)
A sub continental twist on the traditional American recipe

(, Fri 11 Jan 2013, 10:58, Reply)
Tasted like a less greasy version of KFC to me.
Not too salty either, and the guy gave me four bits of chicken for the price of three.
(, Fri 11 Jan 2013, 11:00, Reply)
Bonus

(, Fri 11 Jan 2013, 11:18, Reply)
Overpriced chicken and chips
Loved by students and gays
(, Fri 11 Jan 2013, 11:02, Reply)
Woah, what's with the homophobia?

(, Fri 11 Jan 2013, 11:04, Reply)
Yeah, gay people can be students

(, Fri 11 Jan 2013, 11:09, Reply)
True facts
I'm a bender myself.

But I hate Nando's...

Hate is a strong word. Dislike.

You're essentiallly paying a tenner for Peri Peri Sauce
(, Fri 11 Jan 2013, 11:23, Reply)
25% NHS discount makes it not too expensive.

(, Fri 11 Jan 2013, 11:32, Reply)
Ignore Theoban, it's excellent.

(, Fri 11 Jan 2013, 10:57, Reply)
Half of it is

(, Fri 11 Jan 2013, 11:04, Reply)
I downloaded it off the torrents weeks ago

(, Fri 11 Jan 2013, 11:08, Reply)
Just gonna stick this here to save us all a lot of time:
www.b3ta.com/questions/offtopic/post1810036
(, Fri 11 Jan 2013, 11:12, Reply)
So I should send Monty a copy right?

(, Fri 11 Jan 2013, 11:14, Reply)
Fuck yes, plus the Wu-Tang martial arts film that Hartles recommended.
I'll infringe the copyright of a load of beers for you when you come and stay, if you do x x x x
(, Fri 11 Jan 2013, 11:31, Reply)

www.b3ta.com/questions/offtopic/post1827871
(, Fri 11 Jan 2013, 11:34, Reply)
*fistbumps*

(, Fri 11 Jan 2013, 11:35, Reply)
The Hobbit is amazing. You're wrong. It's amazing from start to finish.

(, Fri 11 Jan 2013, 10:48, Reply)
It was dull and got duller and then some shit happened for some reason and then no-one could talk for five seconds without spouting exposition and going into fourteen hour long flashbacks
Then there was Doctor Who having wacky adventures and then some trolls turned up and were LOL and had a really poorly choreographed fight and then some elves turned up and were as shit as they've been in anything with elves in, and then they all talked in some wacky language for a bit just so you could pretend it was a fancy foreign film, then Queen Elizabeth and Scaramanga spoke for seventeen hours even though they had already said everything that needed to be said, then there were some stone giants for some reason and then it suddenly got good and I enjoyed it until the end.
(, Fri 11 Jan 2013, 10:51, Reply)
Sooo, I should sneak in after the first half then?

(, Fri 11 Jan 2013, 10:52, Reply)
yeah totes
The first half is just some tiny people moaning about food, as far as I could tell
(, Fri 11 Jan 2013, 10:54, Reply)
I think you went to Battered's office by mistake

(, Fri 11 Jan 2013, 10:54, Reply)
Ohhhhhhhhh
Man, shit nando's and then this, I'm confused about everything
(, Fri 11 Jan 2013, 10:56, Reply)
you need to pay more attention

(, Fri 11 Jan 2013, 10:58, Reply)
Will do
I'm writing all this down
(, Fri 11 Jan 2013, 11:00, Reply)

5.9.83.79/questions/offtopic/post1827931
(, Fri 11 Jan 2013, 11:18, Reply)
This is the best post ever made on /OT

(, Fri 11 Jan 2013, 11:13, Reply)

on about
(, Fri 11 Jan 2013, 11:14, Reply)
Yes, it is faithful to the book.

(, Fri 11 Jan 2013, 11:17, Reply)
Deep Impact was better

(, Fri 11 Jan 2013, 10:44, Reply)
that's what your mum said

(, Fri 11 Jan 2013, 10:47, Reply)
She was just humouring you, she's nice like that
Coz they're more likely to tip after
(, Fri 11 Jan 2013, 10:52, Reply)
Morning!
My bosses are cool dudes. I work in a very relaxed office. They pop in and out. No bother.

That's all I have for this.

Armageddon outta here.
(, Fri 11 Jan 2013, 10:59, Reply)
You should stay out.

(, Fri 11 Jan 2013, 11:02, Reply)
You should sit on it

(, Fri 11 Jan 2013, 11:23, Reply)
armageddon was dull as fuck, i slept through most of it
alt: all day, every day. they are mostly great, for a law firm.

altalt: lunch? i have a protein bar and a litre of water.
(, Fri 11 Jan 2013, 11:12, Reply)
I'm going to meet the wife for lunch
Probably end up having a sandwich. Or a salad.
(, Fri 11 Jan 2013, 11:22, Reply)
it depends how you define salad
if it's just dreary lettuce and shit, salad can fuck right off. but if it's nice things like giant wheatberries or brown rice with lots of vegetables and a bit of cheese, it's the best lunch ever. one of life's great philosophical mysteries: what IS salad.
(, Fri 11 Jan 2013, 11:24, Reply)
lezza food innit

(, Fri 11 Jan 2013, 11:26, Reply)
I had fried chicken for dinner last night
I feel in desperate need of eating something fresh today.
(, Fri 11 Jan 2013, 11:27, Reply)
Fresh fried chicken it is!

(, Fri 11 Jan 2013, 11:32, Reply)
Fair enough

(, Fri 11 Jan 2013, 11:35, Reply)
I don't get how a pasta salad is a pasta.
It rarely has any raw vegtables in, for starters.
(, Fri 11 Jan 2013, 11:30, Reply)
not the way i make it!
fresh pasta, strong cubed cheese (either blue or cheddar or feta), fresh onion, fresh peppers, fresh mushrooms, fresh cucumber, jalapenos, fresh chilli, tossed with flavoured mayo.

if you were a total wrong-un, you could add tomatoes. urgh.
(, Fri 11 Jan 2013, 11:32, Reply)
It's got pasta in it, though.
Just sayin'
(, Fri 11 Jan 2013, 11:32, Reply)
I think he meant salad, not pasta.

(, Fri 11 Jan 2013, 11:34, Reply)
IF ONLY I WAS AS SMART AS YOU AL

(, Fri 11 Jan 2013, 11:35, Reply)
Then you wouldn't be in so much debt.

(, Fri 11 Jan 2013, 11:44, Reply)
Does this help at all?
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Salad
(, Fri 11 Jan 2013, 11:34, Reply)
we have ALL met your wife for a sandwich
I am in a fine wacky mood today and no mistaking
(, Fri 11 Jan 2013, 11:25, Reply)
something about mayonnaise

(, Fri 11 Jan 2013, 11:26, Reply)
That's probably why she's never hungry when I see her.

(, Fri 11 Jan 2013, 11:26, Reply)
someone in my office just said
"oh fuck you, you motherfucking son of a cunt"

It was about conditional formatting in excel 2003
(, Fri 11 Jan 2013, 11:33, Reply)
But 2003 makes sense, the version on 2010 is fucking stupid.

(, Fri 11 Jan 2013, 11:34, Reply)
I meant 2010.

(, Fri 11 Jan 2013, 11:34, Reply)
Then your colleague is fully justified.

(, Fri 11 Jan 2013, 11:35, Reply)
NO EXCEL CHAT

(, Fri 11 Jan 2013, 11:39, Reply)
But the new version has a wonderful peaty aroma.

(, Fri 11 Jan 2013, 11:43, Reply)
I just done a new thread.

(, Fri 11 Jan 2013, 11:43, Reply)
One of my colleagues got angry that his underling doesn't swear.
He believes that as a developer, he should basically have tourette's.

I can't really argue, I do an obscene muttley chunter all day.
(, Fri 11 Jan 2013, 12:31, Reply)
Do you do it an hour after everyone has gone?

(, Fri 11 Jan 2013, 12:40, Reply)
No, why would I hang around after people have left?

(, Fri 11 Jan 2013, 13:34, Reply)

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