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You got £350 to go treat yourself, can't be spent on clearing up debts, can't be saved for a rainy day.
Whatcha gonna do with the dosh?
(, Thu 17 Jan 2013, 12:02, 148 replies, latest was 13 years ago)
I wonder if Battered will suggest coke and prossies again

(, Thu 17 Jan 2013, 12:04, Reply)
Dinner at the Fat Duck or similar

(, Thu 17 Jan 2013, 12:04, Reply)
You'll need more money for that if two of you go and have the tasting menu with wine.

(, Thu 17 Jan 2013, 12:10, Reply)
yeah, but it should break the back of it

(, Thu 17 Jan 2013, 12:20, Reply)
Go here for dinner
www.hibiscusrestaurant.co.uk/

Thinking about going there for my 40th with Mrs B.
(, Thu 17 Jan 2013, 12:04, Reply)
The lunch menu is pretty reasonable
also 40, fuck me it's getting old in here
(, Thu 17 Jan 2013, 12:05, Reply)
No it isn't.

(, Thu 17 Jan 2013, 12:08, Reply)
reasonable or old?

(, Thu 17 Jan 2013, 12:09, Reply)
reasonable.
pumpkin in stock
partridge
and cheese isn't really worth £35 without drinks if you ask me.
(, Thu 17 Jan 2013, 12:12, Reply)
For lunch in a two star restaurant in London it isn't a bad price.

(, Thu 17 Jan 2013, 12:14, Reply)
I'd expect at least a five star place for that money.

(, Thu 17 Jan 2013, 12:15, Reply)
Michelin only go up to 3 stars.

(, Thu 17 Jan 2013, 12:15, Reply)
He's really proved my point there

(, Thu 17 Jan 2013, 12:17, Reply)
Quite.

(, Thu 17 Jan 2013, 12:17, Reply)
Have you eaten there? no, then you have no idea what you are talking about
i know you out of towners are happy with an Early Bird special down the Harvester, but we sophisticated townies aim a little higher
(, Thu 17 Jan 2013, 12:15, Reply)
I know what michellin starred places are like.
And it's not how I like to enjoy food, it's overpriced, pompus and uptight.
I enjoy myself much more in a more relaxed place for a fraction of the price.
(, Thu 17 Jan 2013, 12:21, Reply)
It is possible to have relaxed good value Michelin star food.
Such as at Quo Vardis and at The Hand and Flowers.
(, Thu 17 Jan 2013, 12:23, Reply)
I have heard good things about the hand and flowers.
But you're never going to get what I consider good value at pretty much anywhere that has a "tasting menu"
(, Thu 17 Jan 2013, 12:27, Reply)
Depends how you define value.
If you define it as eating loads of Brake Bros food, drinking Jacob's Creek and waddling out the door with change from £40, then no a tasting menu won't be for you.

However if you define culinary value as paying £100ph for an opportunity to experience new flavours, textures and combinations made with high quality ingredients, put together with technical expertise then yes.
(, Thu 17 Jan 2013, 12:31, Reply)
I was a waiter at a michelin listed, not starred restraunt, for 18 months at university.
I served caviar on ice noodles, with jus and pickled fucking everything, Lobster tail soup etc. Having tried the specials every shift, the best thing they made was roast beef on a sunday.
(, Thu 17 Jan 2013, 12:43, Reply)
Nothing wrong with that at all, Nando's do some nice stuff*
However some people prefer a more sophisticated experience and are happy to pay for it.

*they really don't
(, Thu 17 Jan 2013, 12:23, Reply)
Plus, going somewhere like Hibiscus is a treat for a big event; hardly a regular occasion.

(, Thu 17 Jan 2013, 12:25, Reply)
I've just phoned them and booked a table for my wife and me to go for my birthday.
No internet types invited. Particularly bent spastics like Nakers.
(, Thu 17 Jan 2013, 12:08, Reply)
i cannot wait!

(, Thu 17 Jan 2013, 12:10, Reply)
See my edit.

(, Thu 17 Jan 2013, 12:12, Reply)
Luckily we've got you and me dragging the average down
to 37
(, Thu 17 Jan 2013, 12:08, Reply)
AA is positively fetal

(, Thu 17 Jan 2013, 12:10, Reply)
What... Eh
Speak up sonny
(, Thu 17 Jan 2013, 12:12, Reply)
I'm not 100% behind that menu, its a good idea though, a proper posh meal.

(, Thu 17 Jan 2013, 12:12, Reply)
Going to go for the 6 course menu with matching wine.

(, Thu 17 Jan 2013, 12:14, Reply)
Might as well sort yourself out a nice hotel while you're at it.
For that kindda meal, she'd best put out.
(, Thu 17 Jan 2013, 12:23, Reply)
Stuff for the project car, I expect.
But since only Winders would even theoretically be interested, I'll not bore you with precisely what.
(, Thu 17 Jan 2013, 12:07, Reply)
hi.

(, Thu 17 Jan 2013, 12:10, Reply)
hi!

(, Thu 17 Jan 2013, 12:13, Reply)
like additional reverse gears?

(, Thu 17 Jan 2013, 12:13, Reply)
I thought that this article had a picture of tranny at the top, irony lols
www.telegraph.co.uk/comment/columnists/allison-pearson/9806112/Why-taking-offence-is-Britains-new-national-sport.html
(, Thu 17 Jan 2013, 12:09, Reply)
She does have a look of Damian Lewis about her...

(, Thu 17 Jan 2013, 12:11, Reply)
She looks like she is covering up two black eyes too

(, Thu 17 Jan 2013, 12:15, Reply)
shouldnt have to be told twice then

(, Thu 17 Jan 2013, 12:18, Reply)
She looked the type to have to tell twice

(, Thu 17 Jan 2013, 12:18, Reply)
Probably festival tickets.
My car door is frozen shut gonz, not cool.
(, Thu 17 Jan 2013, 12:11, Reply)
I'm fucking baking in here, in my flat.
Ain't been outdoors yet.
(, Thu 17 Jan 2013, 12:12, Reply)
I only went out to get the paper out of the car,
But no, nature doesn't want me to finish the crossword.
(, Thu 17 Jan 2013, 12:22, Reply)
That would just about cover my MOT, road tax, and insurance,
all of which are due in the next three weeks.
(, Thu 17 Jan 2013, 12:12, Reply)
Nononono, fun stuff ! Like a 3D telly or something !

(, Thu 17 Jan 2013, 12:13, Reply)
How the hell can it cover all that?
UNless you are referring to your mobility scooter?
(, Thu 17 Jan 2013, 12:13, Reply)
She only drives her beige Nissan Micra down to the shops and back once a week
at 25 miles an hour.
(, Thu 17 Jan 2013, 12:17, Reply)
I'm on the very lowest insurance premium on Direct Line's books.
£170 with the legal cover added.
Road tax is horrendous, seeing as my car is ancient and inefficient, and MOT is about £60-80

*shrugs*
(, Thu 17 Jan 2013, 12:29, Reply)
Insuarnce: £300, Tax: £160, MOT £60
and I thought that was pretty good
(, Thu 17 Jan 2013, 12:30, Reply)
I was worried it would go up horrendously because of the legal ruling last year
but it's actually gone down.
(, Thu 17 Jan 2013, 12:31, Reply)
Just told somebody they're more than welcome to ring me again if they have further issues.
They're not more than welcome AT ALL. They're a fucking moron. I'd rather talk Nakers through building a nuclear device.
(, Thu 17 Jan 2013, 12:13, Reply)
Funny you should say that...

(, Thu 17 Jan 2013, 12:14, Reply)
However, I have just been thanked for ruining somebody's day
to which I also replied "you're more than welcome" and I really did mean it.
(, Thu 17 Jan 2013, 12:15, Reply)
hahaha, was the person you were speaking to 8 years old?

(, Thu 17 Jan 2013, 12:16, Reply)
They were trying to log into somebody else's laptop.
They're encrypted and restricted to one registered user. I said she couldn't use it. She said she had to and she needed it. I said "bad luck, then".

I have a reputation at work.
(, Thu 17 Jan 2013, 12:18, Reply)
Part of this post isn't serious.

(, Thu 17 Jan 2013, 12:19, Reply)
I know, I know...It's the bit about you having a 'job', isn't it?

(, Thu 17 Jan 2013, 12:23, Reply)
^ not dead ^
\o/
(, Thu 17 Jan 2013, 12:24, Reply)
Hooray!

(, Thu 17 Jan 2013, 12:26, Reply)
He's been on a cock bending sabbatical

(, Thu 17 Jan 2013, 12:26, Reply)
helicoptering

(, Thu 17 Jan 2013, 12:27, Reply)
Similarly I started an email to a customer this morning with the words "Thanks for your enquiry"
When what I really meant was "You can find out the answer to this question yourself simply by looking on our website, you fuckwit."
(, Thu 17 Jan 2013, 12:19, Reply)
Hotel in Vegas

(, Thu 17 Jan 2013, 12:13, Reply)
Bas+

(, Thu 17 Jan 2013, 12:14, Reply)
The Holiday Inn next to the bowling alley is doing a winter deal at the moment.
£350 would get you a long weekend, all the bowling you want and a choice of Chiquitta or Frankie & Benny's for dinner.
(, Thu 17 Jan 2013, 12:18, Reply)
I really hope you are joking

(, Thu 17 Jan 2013, 12:19, Reply)
Fucking northerners.
They don't even understand what they're doing wrong, Nakers.
(, Thu 17 Jan 2013, 12:20, Reply)
But it seems so obvious Kdawg!

(, Thu 17 Jan 2013, 12:22, Reply)
Well, I'm not planning on doing any of that
but yes, it's all true. I'm a Basildon boy, I know these things about The Festival Leisure Park, which is what the "+Bas" was referring to, I believe. You see?
(, Thu 17 Jan 2013, 12:20, Reply)
It's a good job I showed up when I did to make people think we're both fucking idiots, isn't it?

(, Thu 17 Jan 2013, 12:24, Reply)
Indeed
though I do know where you are on about
(, Thu 17 Jan 2013, 12:25, Reply)
I'd say 'you poor, poor man', but it's my local cinema, I'm there quite a lot, so i'll save my sympathy for me.#

(, Thu 17 Jan 2013, 12:27, Reply)
I've stayed in the Holiday Inn AND eaten at Frankie and Bennies
*opens vodka*
(, Thu 17 Jan 2013, 12:28, Reply)
Holy fuck.

(, Thu 17 Jan 2013, 12:28, Reply)
INORITE
Fucking tight expenses claims here
(, Thu 17 Jan 2013, 12:29, Reply)
Pub with mates, followed by epic curry

(, Thu 17 Jan 2013, 12:14, Reply)
Buy records.
Lots of 'em.
In fact, that is what I'm doing right now and I don't have £350 spare to treat myself.
(, Thu 17 Jan 2013, 12:15, Reply)
You're talking about buying your own record aren't you?

(, Thu 17 Jan 2013, 12:17, Reply)
I've already spent a fair bit of money on that.
It would make more financial sense if I could sell some to other people really.
(, Thu 17 Jan 2013, 12:21, Reply)
GOOD LUCK WITH THAT!

(, Thu 17 Jan 2013, 12:21, Reply)
THANKS!

(, Thu 17 Jan 2013, 12:22, Reply)
Buy comics.
Wait, no...something less embarrassing...um...

Coke & Prossies.
(, Thu 17 Jan 2013, 12:19, Reply)
Buy most of a new PC

(, Thu 17 Jan 2013, 12:20, Reply)
ROCK AND ROLL!!!!!

(, Thu 17 Jan 2013, 12:21, Reply)
A nice spruce guitar top and a rosewood back & sides

(, Thu 17 Jan 2013, 12:24, Reply)
A haircut doesn't cost £350
unless you are swipe
(, Thu 17 Jan 2013, 12:25, Reply)
It's the "spruce" and "rosewood" hair dyes that cost.
Although it just sounds like a lot of marketing rhubarb for "brown Grecian" to me.
(, Thu 17 Jan 2013, 12:31, Reply)
A load of mahogany if you ask me

(, Thu 17 Jan 2013, 12:32, Reply)
Definitely goes against the grain

(, Thu 17 Jan 2013, 12:36, Reply)
Aaaaw c'mon guys!
Nobody's come up with 'Faaarrr - CP's going to get wood'
(, Thu 17 Jan 2013, 12:47, Reply)
Nobody needs that mental image.

(, Thu 17 Jan 2013, 12:56, Reply)
go to an interstate lindy exchange.

(, Thu 17 Jan 2013, 12:25, Reply)
70cl XO Henny, 2g bugle, 1/8 weed and the rest on lager and curry.

(, Thu 17 Jan 2013, 12:26, Reply)
winnar

(, Thu 17 Jan 2013, 12:28, Reply)
"Daddy, My shoes have holes in and the other girls make fun of my dress"

(, Thu 17 Jan 2013, 12:28, Reply)
Monty isn't your Dad scarpe

(, Thu 17 Jan 2013, 12:29, Reply)
+ go home, mate, you've had enough

(, Thu 17 Jan 2013, 12:31, Reply)
Hahah last time I saw my kid she was wearing an £80 Stella McCartney jumper and playing on her iPad.
She's 4
(, Thu 17 Jan 2013, 12:32, Reply)
I'll tell you how you can one-up that.
Boxes. big boxes that are big enough for her to fit in, a skip light, two packets of crisps on a paper plate and one of those 150ml cans of fizzy pop.
(, Thu 17 Jan 2013, 12:53, Reply)
Hello
Got a Remy Martin VSOP as a sort of mid-range control, so that I can tell the difference when I buy a good one. Are you proud?

NO BREANDEAH CHAT
(, Thu 17 Jan 2013, 12:28, Reply)
BREANDEH CHAT IS PERMITTED
How're finding it? Not a bad mid-range choice I'd say - but you know my top pick for that price range AND CHOSE TO IGNORE MY SUPER-TIP SO FUCK YOU
(, Thu 17 Jan 2013, 12:30, Reply)
But if I go straight for the top
that'll become my base line for judging. Everything else will taste like shit and I won't be able to learn to actually appreciate it. This way around, I get to do that and spot the taste of a shit one.
(, Thu 17 Jan 2013, 12:32, Reply)
There is a twisted logic to this I suppose

(, Thu 17 Jan 2013, 12:34, Reply)
Also, Sainsbury's had a limited selection
and I'll be seen dead in Tescos at around the time the world ends.
(, Thu 17 Jan 2013, 12:39, Reply)
Really?
The world is about to end and your final wish would be to find out what the inside of a Tesco store is like before you go?
(, Thu 17 Jan 2013, 12:41, Reply)
Have you seen the Tesco's in Slough?

(, Thu 17 Jan 2013, 12:43, Reply)
I haven't even seen Slough.

(, Thu 17 Jan 2013, 12:46, Reply)
It'd be about the only way I could do so
and be certain of not being told off by mother when she found out about it.
(, Thu 17 Jan 2013, 12:43, Reply)
order it online

(, Thu 17 Jan 2013, 12:49, Reply)
I basically get all my spirits from thedrinkshop.com
I'm probably being ripped off but they have a big selection.
(, Thu 17 Jan 2013, 12:58, Reply)
:(

(, Thu 17 Jan 2013, 13:03, Reply)
New lens - Canon 28-135mm
And a big bag of sweets.
(, Thu 17 Jan 2013, 12:30, Reply)
NONCE ALERT

(, Thu 17 Jan 2013, 12:35, Reply)
I am alert it's true.

(, Thu 17 Jan 2013, 13:58, Reply)
some more Vivienne Westwood cufflinks
A bottle of Auchentoshan 21 year old, a big bag of bumbles and tickets to the Leeds Warehouse 34th birthday party.
(, Thu 17 Jan 2013, 12:41, Reply)
if you can say "Some more" vivienne westwood, then you need to donate that money to charity.

(, Thu 17 Jan 2013, 12:44, Reply)
I only have the one pair.

(, Thu 17 Jan 2013, 12:45, Reply)
you make me SICK.

(, Thu 17 Jan 2013, 12:47, Reply)
I also have one of the 'tits' t shirts.

(, Thu 17 Jan 2013, 12:49, Reply)
I don't know who they are.
But I'm pretty sure they're shit.
(, Thu 17 Jan 2013, 12:49, Reply)
Westwood t shirts with a picture of a pair of pert tits on the chest.
As originally worn by the Sex Pistols.

Mine is the recent one, not the seventies one.
(, Thu 17 Jan 2013, 12:53, Reply)
I'd go down the pub

(, Thu 17 Jan 2013, 12:52, Reply)
Expert spending right here

(, Thu 17 Jan 2013, 12:56, Reply)
NEW THREAD.

(, Thu 17 Jan 2013, 12:56, Reply)

A rowboat, a sack of dead dogs, a fishing line and a carton of beer.

Paddle out on the bay, chuck the sack of dead dogs into the murky depths. Have a couple of beers, wait a bit and then cast a line and reel in in the bottom dwelling fish as they are attracted to the stench.

Or maybe the biggest motorbike as budget allows.

Dunno, it's a toss up.
(, Thu 17 Jan 2013, 12:56, Reply)
Only £350?
POVVO!
(, Thu 17 Jan 2013, 14:01, Reply)

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