b3ta.com qotw
You are not logged in. Login or Signup
Home » Question of the Week » Off Topic » Post 1829800 | Search
This is a question Off Topic

Are you a QOTWer? Do you want to start a thread that isn't a direct answer to the current QOTW? Then this place, gentle poster, is your friend.

(, Sun 1 Apr 2001, 1:00)
Pages: Latest, 836, 835, 834, 833, 832, ... 1

« Go Back | Popular

January Thrift
Lets face it - everyone is skint in January. Tell us your money saving tips

Alt:
Stupidest thing you've done this year
(, Mon 14 Jan 2013, 15:09, 213 replies, latest was 12 years ago)
Don't spend too much.
Alt: This reply.
(, Mon 14 Jan 2013, 15:11, Reply)
lols

(, Mon 14 Jan 2013, 15:12, Reply)
I don't have any thrift tips.
I've been saving money by virtue of some distant relative dying and leaving me a bunch of cash. I don't think you can rely on that as a savings plan, though.
(, Mon 14 Jan 2013, 15:12, Reply)
*unleashes Shipman*

(, Mon 14 Jan 2013, 15:12, Reply)
*gazzes mother-in-law's address*

(, Mon 14 Jan 2013, 15:13, Reply)
^ this ^

(, Mon 14 Jan 2013, 15:13, Reply)
Like I dont already know both of your mothers-in-law intimately

(, Mon 14 Jan 2013, 15:15, Reply)
Then you're a sicker individual than I thought possible.

(, Mon 14 Jan 2013, 15:15, Reply)
This is the nicest thing you've ever said to me
*sniffs*
(, Mon 14 Jan 2013, 15:16, Reply)
Alt: coming back out here.
About 8" of snow has fallen in the last 3 hours.

Not. Impressed.
(, Mon 14 Jan 2013, 15:13, Reply)
8" of snow is 3 hours is impressive

(, Mon 14 Jan 2013, 15:14, Reply)
8" of anything* impresses you
* particularly cock.
(, Mon 14 Jan 2013, 15:15, Reply)
Yep, every time I look down

(, Mon 14 Jan 2013, 15:15, Reply)
+ and realise what a truly pathetic liar I really am.

(, Mon 14 Jan 2013, 15:17, Reply)
Tripod

(, Mon 14 Jan 2013, 15:17, Reply)

Tripod Micropenis.
(, Mon 14 Jan 2013, 15:19, Reply)
Isn't that your daughter?

(, Mon 14 Jan 2013, 15:19, Reply)
No.
How are the carpet burns on your nipples?


I'm inferring that your tits sag down to the floor.
(, Mon 14 Jan 2013, 15:21, Reply)
Only down to my knees

(, Mon 14 Jan 2013, 15:22, Reply)
You are just happy if you can see the end
Over your expansive internet gut
(, Mon 14 Jan 2013, 15:19, Reply)
I'm imagining a small wooly hat poking through the top of some fresh snow

(, Mon 14 Jan 2013, 15:20, Reply)
Give up alcohol and cigarettes.
Also, try not to buy dozens of comics that you haven't read.
(, Mon 14 Jan 2013, 15:13, Reply)
Not spent a penny on beer this month
Dont smoke
Dont buy comics

CHECK

Edited to not sound McScotch
(, Mon 14 Jan 2013, 15:14, Reply)
All right Adam Ant

(, Mon 14 Jan 2013, 15:20, Reply)
What you do

(, Mon 14 Jan 2013, 15:22, Reply)
He doesn't chew

(, Mon 14 Jan 2013, 15:24, Reply)
Alt: reading today's threads

(, Mon 14 Jan 2013, 15:15, Reply)
Start with the last one.

(, Mon 14 Jan 2013, 15:15, Reply)
this^
Afternoon miss

*stands behind chair*
*tucks in tie*
(, Mon 14 Jan 2013, 15:15, Reply)
Is that part of your mod duties?

(, Mon 14 Jan 2013, 15:16, Reply)
No, just part of me being a nosey bitch

(, Mon 14 Jan 2013, 15:16, Reply)
How was Midsummer Murders today?
was a middle class white person killed by any chance?
(, Mon 14 Jan 2013, 15:17, Reply)
Wouldn't know.
I don't watch ITV.
(, Mon 14 Jan 2013, 15:19, Reply)
Don't tell me, the batteries in your remote control have run out & you could be bothered to get off your fat saggy butt to change channels?

(, Mon 14 Jan 2013, 15:20, Reply)
Oh, do fuck off, there's a dear.

(, Mon 14 Jan 2013, 15:21, Reply)
No chance.

(, Mon 14 Jan 2013, 15:22, Reply)
Where is everyone today, anyway?

(, Mon 14 Jan 2013, 15:23, Reply)
Well, I for one am in Poland.

(, Mon 14 Jan 2013, 15:24, Reply)
Don't hurry back.

(, Mon 14 Jan 2013, 15:24, Reply)
xx

(, Mon 14 Jan 2013, 15:25, Reply)
+und

(, Mon 14 Jan 2013, 15:32, Reply)
I don't get this.

(, Mon 14 Jan 2013, 15:36, Reply)
Poundland.

(, Mon 14 Jan 2013, 15:39, Reply)
It took me a while.
I think it is to be added in the middle of a word, not the end.
Probably not worth the effort though.
(, Mon 14 Jan 2013, 15:40, Reply)
Just say no
P R
(, Mon 14 Jan 2013, 15:35, Reply)
She just needs something to read until she can be arsed to make breakfast.

(, Mon 14 Jan 2013, 15:16, Reply)
*flounces*

(, Mon 14 Jan 2013, 15:17, Reply)
Get a disability
and then get a disability rail card. Third off all fares. Bargain.

Alt: agreed to take on more work because I'm skint.
(, Mon 14 Jan 2013, 15:18, Reply)
I dont need to take the train

(, Mon 14 Jan 2013, 15:19, Reply)
You can get a free bus pass too.

(, Mon 14 Jan 2013, 15:19, Reply)
Do migraines count as a disability?
Because I've got a doozy brewing today.

Probably not a great idea to be staring at a computer screen, really.
(, Mon 14 Jan 2013, 15:20, Reply)
Waaaaaaaaaahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhmbulance required.

(, Mon 14 Jan 2013, 15:22, Reply)
It's justa headache isn't it? Probably self inflicted
*makes drinky hand gesture*
(, Mon 14 Jan 2013, 15:24, Reply)
Ooh, good idea.
I'll have a double.


No, seriously, it's proper evil. Feel really queasy too *sadface*
(, Mon 14 Jan 2013, 15:26, Reply)
^ Proving my earlier point here.

(, Mon 14 Jan 2013, 15:24, Reply)
we can still disable you if you like?

(, Mon 14 Jan 2013, 15:21, Reply)
Can you?!

(, Mon 14 Jan 2013, 15:23, Reply)
I'll send Bobby up to sit on you

(, Mon 14 Jan 2013, 15:24, Reply)
Forever in our hearts.
What's happened to him? Heart attack or something?
(, Mon 14 Jan 2013, 15:25, Reply)
Gone the way of all the OTers except for the dedicated hardcore core.

(, Mon 14 Jan 2013, 15:26, Reply)
dead from type 2 diabetes?
how are you and minicrackhouse?
(, Mon 14 Jan 2013, 15:27, Reply)
I saw catfaceceilidhbaby's excellent cardigan today on fb.
She has some rather good taste in woollens.
(, Mon 14 Jan 2013, 15:29, Reply)
That's probably what caused your migraine.

(, Mon 14 Jan 2013, 15:29, Reply)
hahaha!

(, Mon 14 Jan 2013, 15:30, Reply)
Still alive and working hard.
Well, she's not working hard enough. In my day we earned a living from 2 years old. She's too busy playing with her teaset, though she showed promise by trying to charge people for pretend cups of coffee.
(, Mon 14 Jan 2013, 15:29, Reply)
she can be payed in pretend money, JUST LIKE THE BANKS DO!

(, Mon 14 Jan 2013, 15:30, Reply)
No, she demands "shiny pennies".
I've had to hide my purse.
(, Mon 14 Jan 2013, 15:33, Reply)
NOT. REAL. LIFE?!!?!?!11?
*shudders*
(, Mon 14 Jan 2013, 15:27, Reply)
Never go full real-life.

(, Mon 14 Jan 2013, 15:29, Reply)
I never have yet

(, Mon 14 Jan 2013, 15:31, Reply)
Spend less than you earn.
Alt: Your mum.
(, Mon 14 Jan 2013, 15:27, Reply)
she does pay well though...

(, Mon 14 Jan 2013, 15:27, Reply)
Sage advice

(, Mon 14 Jan 2013, 15:28, Reply)
mash it in with some butter, freeze then serve on a pork chop.

(, Mon 14 Jan 2013, 15:29, Reply)
*trigger fingers*

(, Mon 14 Jan 2013, 15:31, Reply)
i do this at the end of every recipe

(, Mon 14 Jan 2013, 15:31, Reply)
Actually, fry the leaves in butter until crispy
Fucking lovely
(, Mon 14 Jan 2013, 15:31, Reply)
don't spend it like i do
taxis to and from work because the tube smells and is full of the disgusting public would be the first thing i should give up. but it's more addictive than smack laced with refined sugar and caffeine.
(, Mon 14 Jan 2013, 15:28, Reply)
Sorry, but that is fucking stupid

(, Mon 14 Jan 2013, 15:29, Reply)
I know, you don't really need to add the caffeine or sugar.

(, Mon 14 Jan 2013, 15:29, Reply)
INORITE

(, Mon 14 Jan 2013, 15:31, Reply)
taxis are stupid
they are slower than the tube and cost a fortune. Worst of both
(, Mon 14 Jan 2013, 15:29, Reply)
not for me
tube takes about 45 mins, including a walk at both ends. taxi anything between 25-40 mins. and you get to sit in peace on a comfortable seat and listen to your ipod without fighting for oxygen/space/not to die from someone's armpit/arse/breath stench
(, Mon 14 Jan 2013, 15:32, Reply)
and much does one trip cost you?

(, Mon 14 Jan 2013, 15:32, Reply)
£20 including tip

(, Mon 14 Jan 2013, 15:32, Reply)
So your weekly commute costs £200?
or £9600 a year...
(, Mon 14 Jan 2013, 15:34, Reply)
My weekly commute cost more than that last term.
Admittedly, it was 250 miles each way, three days a week.
(, Mon 14 Jan 2013, 15:36, Reply)
you can be excused

(, Mon 14 Jan 2013, 15:37, Reply)
I get a third off now that the DVLA won't let me drive a car.
I put the 'fit' in 'epilepsy'.
(, Mon 14 Jan 2013, 15:38, Reply)
The DVLA gave me my license back after I'd been seizure-free for a year. Only a 3 year license though.
I didn't realise you are an epi as well.
(, Mon 14 Jan 2013, 15:39, Reply)
it doesn't stunt everyone's growth you know

(, Mon 14 Jan 2013, 15:40, Reply)
Diagnosed in November.
Turns out I wasn't having psychic visions after all.
(, Mon 14 Jan 2013, 15:40, Reply)
That sounds disappointing

(, Mon 14 Jan 2013, 15:41, Reply)
Ah. Sorry to hear that. I was diagnosed 6 years ago.
Have they got you stable on medication yet?
(, Mon 14 Jan 2013, 15:42, Reply)
Yeah, lamotrigine.
Side effects are clumsiness and night sweats. Lucky I'm already married, eh?
(, Mon 14 Jan 2013, 15:43, Reply)
so you slide out of bed in the night punching catface as you go?

(, Mon 14 Jan 2013, 15:44, Reply)
Fortunately we have separate duvets.
It's the secret of a successful relationship.
(, Mon 14 Jan 2013, 15:45, Reply)
+ bathrooms

(, Mon 14 Jan 2013, 15:45, Reply)
That would be lovely.
Some day, I hope.
(, Mon 14 Jan 2013, 15:46, Reply)
That was before she started the meds.

(, Mon 14 Jan 2013, 15:46, Reply)
Tru fact

(, Mon 14 Jan 2013, 15:50, Reply)
I'm on Lamtrigine, citalapram and diazepam (required only if I think I'm going to fit)
The side effects are a lot worse on other types of treatment than on Lamotrigine.
(, Mon 14 Jan 2013, 15:48, Reply)
*citalopram high fives*

(, Mon 14 Jan 2013, 15:49, Reply)
I'm on lamotrigine and citalopram
and I want diazepam because it's bloody lovely. Yeah, I've been on sodium valproate before (for bipolar) and that sucked hippocock, ain't no way I want back on that.
(, Mon 14 Jan 2013, 15:49, Reply)
Carbamazepine is fucking shit. Avoid. Avoid. Avoid.
Panic attacks, hallucinations, sleep walking & loss of memory. Nasty stuff.
(, Mon 14 Jan 2013, 15:53, Reply)
Nice on cakes though

(, Mon 14 Jan 2013, 15:54, Reply)
*calls of posse of villagers with flaming torches*

(, Mon 14 Jan 2013, 15:42, Reply)
That's reassuring.
So your seizures are well under control?
(, Mon 14 Jan 2013, 15:48, Reply)
95% of the time.
I was very closing to having a seizure a few weeks before Christmas, but haven't had one a full on grand mal / tonic clonic seizure for 5 years
(, Mon 14 Jan 2013, 15:50, Reply)
The idea of a tonic clonic terrifies me,
Glad to hear your meds work. I've been having complex partial seizures. Not too awful except for the freaky visions, nausea and absolute feeling of dread that accompanies them.
(, Mon 14 Jan 2013, 15:52, Reply)
I've told my wife to video it on her phone if I have another tonic clonic. I have no idea what happens as I lose consciousness and want to see it.

(, Mon 14 Jan 2013, 15:56, Reply)
I'm sure we'd all enjoy seeing that.

(, Mon 14 Jan 2013, 15:57, Reply)
£200 on YBF
Just sayin'
(, Mon 14 Jan 2013, 15:57, Reply)
Plus
you'll get £250 from YBF...
(, Mon 14 Jan 2013, 15:57, Reply)
what happens if you are no where near the bathroom?

(, Mon 14 Jan 2013, 15:58, Reply)
I lose bladder control (never bowel so far thankfully), so end up pissing myself.
It's a bit like being Scarpe, but without the pleasure of getting pissed first.
(, Mon 14 Jan 2013, 16:02, Reply)
A tonic clonic sounds like something a Kensington girl would have to sort out her innards

(, Mon 14 Jan 2013, 15:59, Reply)
Sensible Question
How can you almost have a seizure?
(, Mon 14 Jan 2013, 15:53, Reply)
You get what is known as an aura in advance of a seizure (depending on the type of epilepsy you have)
These are different for different people, I get pins and needles down the side of my face and a sudden aversion to heat.

I then pop a diazepam & lay down until I feel normal again.
(, Mon 14 Jan 2013, 15:54, Reply)
Fortunately I know nothing about all this
Sounds fucking horrible
(, Mon 14 Jan 2013, 15:55, Reply)
It isn't very pleasant.

(, Mon 14 Jan 2013, 15:58, Reply)
Can only speak from my own experience
but I get a weird feeling that I know I'm going to tip over into one at some point that day. I was getting clusters of 5-10 partial seizures for a day or two each month and I often knew what days they were going to happen because that day I would have the start of the weird feelings that accompany the seizure.
(, Mon 14 Jan 2013, 15:55, Reply)
What I don't like is having to do certain things differently or not at all in case I have a fit.
As an example, I can't take my daughter swimming without my wife or another adult accompanying us.
(, Mon 14 Jan 2013, 16:00, Reply)
This is purely because of height restrictions at the baths though

(, Mon 14 Jan 2013, 16:01, Reply)
No, that's because you're a filthy Saville and can't be trusted alone in a swimming pool.

(, Mon 14 Jan 2013, 16:01, Reply)
Yes dear.

(, Mon 14 Jan 2013, 16:03, Reply)

accompanying throwing their washing in with
(, Mon 14 Jan 2013, 16:01, Reply)
I reckon his mrs must follow him round with a couple of persil liquitabs in her handbag at all times.
That and a morning after pill so they don't have to renew their marriage vows again.
(, Mon 14 Jan 2013, 16:03, Reply)
Well, at least my fertility isn't a problem.
Unlike some people I could mention eh Al?

What was it like trying to spunk in to a petri dish?
(, Mon 14 Jan 2013, 16:05, Reply)
The first neurologist I saw advised me not to go swimming with my daughter in a deserted mountain lake.
It's pretty crap. I love those deserted mountain lakes.
(, Mon 14 Jan 2013, 16:03, Reply)
It's not deserted if you're there, though.

(, Mon 14 Jan 2013, 16:06, Reply)
That's why she can't go swimming in deserted mountain lakes!

(, Mon 14 Jan 2013, 16:08, Reply)
That's very true.
I expected better logic from a neurologist. It's not brain surgery.
(, Mon 14 Jan 2013, 16:08, Reply)
LOL

(, Mon 14 Jan 2013, 16:27, Reply)
how do you know you're close?

(, Mon 14 Jan 2013, 15:53, Reply)
See above.

(, Mon 14 Jan 2013, 15:55, Reply)
He does that pre-cum thing

(, Mon 14 Jan 2013, 15:55, Reply)
Damn you

(, Mon 14 Jan 2013, 15:56, Reply)
ha, i don't do it every day
sometimes a couple of times a week. still, it's about £60 a week i could be saving. if i am here past 9pm the firm pays.
(, Mon 14 Jan 2013, 15:39, Reply)
Forty quid a day to get to work and back?
Christ almighty. fair play to you if you can spare it, though.
(, Mon 14 Jan 2013, 15:35, Reply)
fucking hell
I don't put that much in my car, for a week!
(, Mon 14 Jan 2013, 15:37, Reply)
I do :( Twice that :((

(, Mon 14 Jan 2013, 15:39, Reply)
mine's over £100 to fill it
and does about 280 miles for that before screaming at me to fill it up again. the thirsty little bastard.
(, Mon 14 Jan 2013, 15:40, Reply)
20mpg??
That's one lead foot you have there
(, Mon 14 Jan 2013, 15:43, Reply)
it's a fast car
and i like to make it go brooom.
(, Mon 14 Jan 2013, 15:45, Reply)
SHe only ever uses it to drive to Manchester (despite definitely not being a Manc)
at 90mph.
(, Mon 14 Jan 2013, 15:45, Reply)
You should get yourself a shit 15-year-old Peugeot diesel then.
£80 to fill it and goes almost 500 miles before shuddering to a halt.
(, Mon 14 Jan 2013, 15:45, Reply)
Sounds like your sex life.

(, Mon 14 Jan 2013, 15:49, Reply)
hahahaha!

(, Mon 14 Jan 2013, 15:52, Reply)
Don't be me.
Alt: been me
(, Mon 14 Jan 2013, 15:30, Reply)
good to see your self esteem at an all time high
well you're in the right place for an ego boost!
(, Mon 14 Jan 2013, 15:31, Reply)
mmm
boost

i haven't had ANY chocolate since december :(
(, Mon 14 Jan 2013, 15:32, Reply)
Doesn't look like you haven't.

(, Mon 14 Jan 2013, 15:34, Reply)
YOU HAVEN'T SEEN ME SINCE CHRISTMAS
ner
(, Mon 14 Jan 2013, 15:39, Reply)
Thankfully.

(, Mon 14 Jan 2013, 15:42, Reply)
it's lucky i know that you know that i know that you know
that i know you think i'm gorgeous and you love me
(, Mon 14 Jan 2013, 15:45, Reply)
hey Montz, I topped up my jar of Christmas pudding rum with more rum and it's good for a second round.
Also, you can put the rum-soaked raisins in porridge. Sets you up nicely for the day.
(, Mon 14 Jan 2013, 15:32, Reply)
breakfast of champions
/scarpe
(, Mon 14 Jan 2013, 15:33, Reply)

r c

Obvious strikethrough is obvious.
(, Mon 14 Jan 2013, 15:33, Reply)
It never tasted so good.

(, Mon 14 Jan 2013, 15:34, Reply)
*swallows*

(, Mon 14 Jan 2013, 15:35, Reply)
*books ticket to north east*

(, Mon 14 Jan 2013, 15:36, Reply)
Bluetits.

(, Mon 14 Jan 2013, 15:36, Reply)
It is a touch cold, yes

(, Mon 14 Jan 2013, 15:37, Reply)
Good good
Lovely stuff, that.
(, Mon 14 Jan 2013, 15:59, Reply)
STOP MOANING.

(, Mon 14 Jan 2013, 15:32, Reply)
It's just me, me, me with him, isn't it

(, Mon 14 Jan 2013, 15:36, Reply)
All the time. Tsk. Honestly. If I hadn't met the bloke I would be convinced he was a girl, what with all the self obsessed moaning.

(, Mon 14 Jan 2013, 15:38, Reply)
and the long girly hair

(, Mon 14 Jan 2013, 15:38, Reply)
Dont forget the leggings too

(, Mon 14 Jan 2013, 15:40, Reply)
OH! I've got one!
Don't go on dates. That gets expensive.
(, Mon 14 Jan 2013, 15:40, Reply)
*checks watch*
Not for about 10 years
(, Mon 14 Jan 2013, 15:40, Reply)
So Kronely :(

(, Mon 14 Jan 2013, 15:40, Reply)
Yeah, but I'm RICH
Well, not really. I spent all the date money on Star Trek dolls, thus perpetuating the loneliness, but I could be RICH
(, Mon 14 Jan 2013, 15:42, Reply)
you couldn't because your government will tax all of your money away
lilbiddainternaionalpolitcis
(, Mon 14 Jan 2013, 15:43, Reply)
It was an Uhuru
Sex doll wasnt it...


WASNT IT come on own up
(, Mon 14 Jan 2013, 15:43, Reply)
It was Data.
He's FULLY programmed in various techniques.
(, Mon 14 Jan 2013, 15:44, Reply)
Lies
You couldn't even date a Data
(, Mon 14 Jan 2013, 15:45, Reply)
:(

(, Mon 14 Jan 2013, 15:46, Reply)
I would.
I'd date his fucking brains out.
(, Mon 14 Jan 2013, 15:47, Reply)
McFrench

(, Mon 14 Jan 2013, 15:48, Reply)
i bet he fucks it in the ear

(, Mon 14 Jan 2013, 15:44, Reply)
She gets an incoming transmission, alright.

(, Mon 14 Jan 2013, 15:49, Reply)
He likes opening a channel.....

(, Mon 14 Jan 2013, 15:45, Reply)
Stream me muck, Scotty

(, Mon 14 Jan 2013, 15:46, Reply)
I thought you were married now

(, Mon 14 Jan 2013, 15:46, Reply)
Never

(, Mon 14 Jan 2013, 15:48, Reply)
Don’t buy into this over consumerised thing called Christmas
Spending moar than you need to on loved ones just to show them you care, stocking up your fridge/freezer like it’s the apocalypse and having dreadful people round your house eating and drinking like maniacs when you don’t bother with them for the other 11 months.
JUST SAYING
(, Mon 14 Jan 2013, 15:50, Reply)
Now you fucking tell me....

(, Mon 14 Jan 2013, 15:55, Reply)
One of the best tips I can give regarding Christmas
Our local supermarket is the never pikey Tesco...

Get the reward points doodad and save up the vouchers throughout the year. By the end of the year you will have £100 (or so) to cover a large part of the christmas food and booze shop...
(, Mon 14 Jan 2013, 15:54, Reply)
Yeah but you only get face value for the vouchers that way
You can double their value to buy stuff from Tesco Direct, use them for holidays, all that jazz.
(, Mon 14 Jan 2013, 16:45, Reply)
save money: have no social life
alt: everything I do is intelligent and well thought out
(, Mon 14 Jan 2013, 16:20, Reply)

« Go Back | Reply To This »

Pages: Latest, 836, 835, 834, 833, 832, ... 1