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Book thread.What are you reading at the moment? What would you recommend others read?
I'm reading this one, about lives in North Korea: www.amazon.co.uk/Nothing-To-Envy-Lives-ebook/dp/B003V4ASV8/ref=dp_kinw_strp_1
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Fucking hell Jeff I am not a robot, Tue 19 Mar 2013, 10:10,
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Latest Ian Rankin"standing in another man's grave" I think.
I recommend "spot goes dogging"
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the mighty badger Aphrodite, on a bar stool, by your side, Tue 19 Mar 2013, 10:11,
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ffs i read that as "digging". and was going to strikethrough.
now i can't.
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rachelswipe with a fork, Tue 19 Mar 2013, 10:13,
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You could do thisIt would be TERRIBLY witty and some sort of statement about strikethroughs.
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the mighty badger Aphrodite, on a bar stool, by your side, Tue 19 Mar 2013, 10:17,
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How about this?(
tangledupinblue hairy badge with moving eyes, Tue 19 Mar 2013, 10:20,
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Oh, I say.(
the mighty badger Aphrodite, on a bar stool, by your side, Tue 19 Mar 2013, 10:21,
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through the gap and off to the covers for 4.(
The Light in Chains don't touch the Pope's boner, Tue 19 Mar 2013, 11:18,
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I'm reading "A million little pieces"a memoir about a guy trying to get clean from drugs and alcohol. It's brutal but as it turns out, fairly embellished in places.
www.amazon.co.uk/Million-Little-Pieces-James-Frey/dp/0719561027
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Naked Ape call me Caitlyn, Tue 19 Mar 2013, 10:12,
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Great bookBut when I read it I thought it was all true, and was massively impressed with the guy. My impression of it has obviously been diminished with hindsight but it's still a very well-written tome.
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it is an interesting insight into the mind of an addictand those bits are I guess the more true bits
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Naked Ape call me Caitlyn, Tue 19 Mar 2013, 10:17,
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Absolutely, I'd recommend it to anyoneI just wish I'd had the whole picture when I read it
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Been on a call since 9:15 and had some strong coffeeI might just shit myself
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Naked Ape call me Caitlyn, Tue 19 Mar 2013, 10:13,
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Going through all the Harry Potter's with the kidsDon't seem to find much time to read myself these days
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Two Hats 🎩🎩, Tue 19 Mar 2013, 10:13,
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COMICSAm also nearing the end of A Feast For Crows, the fourth book in the Song Of Ice And Fire series. The above represents a poor attempt to look clever by not just calling it "Game of Thrones".
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I wouldn't bother with the trying to look clever thingIt's a good story. People don't like it, that's their problem.
Only issue is, apparently the lazy fucker isn't publishing the next one til 2015.
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the mighty badger Aphrodite, on a bar stool, by your side, Tue 19 Mar 2013, 10:20,
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You fucking what?!Have you seen the state of him? He might be dead by the time he finishes it!
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"The Winds of Winter" is the nextand then "A Dream of Spring"
both supposed to be 1500 pages plus, so probably 2 volume jobs again, and he's years away from finishing either.
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the mighty badger Aphrodite, on a bar stool, by your side, Tue 19 Mar 2013, 10:29,
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I have Catch 22 to readStill not even started it though, not been reading much recently.
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Agnostic Antichrist Baltimora, Tue 19 Mar 2013, 10:14,
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Problem with that is, that if you read it you might get ink all over your handsor something
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Two Hats 🎩🎩, Tue 19 Mar 2013, 10:16,
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I have a pile of books that I intend on reading.Haven't quite worked out when I will have the spare time to read them.
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tangledupinblue hairy badge with moving eyes, Tue 19 Mar 2013, 10:18,
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Rather pointless closing the stable door now.(
tangledupinblue hairy badge with moving eyes, Tue 19 Mar 2013, 10:26,
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Well that depends on how old your progeny areTheoretically, if you do close said stable door, you'll get some free time in a decade or so
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My copy is still sitting unopened.I just haven't had the time to look at it.
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tangledupinblue hairy badge with moving eyes, Tue 19 Mar 2013, 10:26,
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www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Time-Management-For-Dummies-CD-Audiobook-with-Free-Gift-/290674242172
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Two Hats 🎩🎩, Tue 19 Mar 2013, 10:28,
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For some reason my FB news feed is full of "suggested ads" for bodybuildingGod only knows why these people think targeting me is a good idea. The state my shoulder's in, I couldn't get ripped if I walked around 19th century Whitechapel dressed as a prostitute.
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Yesterday I was offered cheeseCheese and mobile phones.
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Two Hats 🎩🎩, Tue 19 Mar 2013, 10:21,
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What more does a man need?(
the mighty badger Aphrodite, on a bar stool, by your side, Tue 19 Mar 2013, 10:21,
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You see, that's usefulIn all seriousness, bodybuilding though. I suppose this is my own fault for ordering something from myprotein.com once.
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The really daft thing is that all the pics are of ludicrously well-built menwho I have no desire to look like. Or bum.
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Just re-reading 'Give the Anarchist a Cigarette' by Mick Farren.It's superb. However I don't recommend it to anyone bar Tango and poss TH, because you're all a bunch of Deacons.
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Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Tue 19 Mar 2013, 10:20,
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hartley hare Just some prick who thinks it doesn't apply to him, Tue 19 Mar 2013, 10:22,
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Seeing as how I've been mentioned in this postI now have to read this book.
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Two Hats 🎩🎩, Tue 19 Mar 2013, 10:22,
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Bit of peer pressure here.(
tangledupinblue hairy badge with moving eyes, Tue 19 Mar 2013, 10:29,
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Seeing as how you've called me out as a DeaconI'm going to have to check this book out, now. Just to spite you.
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the mighty badger Aphrodite, on a bar stool, by your side, Tue 19 Mar 2013, 10:24,
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You probably won't find it interesting. I'd be happy to be wrong but it's somewhat 'specialist'(
Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Tue 19 Mar 2013, 10:30,
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sub/dom goat porn 'specialist'or hipster 'specialist' ?
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the mighty badger Aphrodite, on a bar stool, by your side, Tue 19 Mar 2013, 10:31,
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Or 'Memoirs of a dull 60's cling on' as it should be titled. (
Fucking hell Jeff I am not a robot, Tue 19 Mar 2013, 10:24,
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Or 'pivotal figure in the late 60s UK underground' as anyone with even a cursory knowledge of the subject would know.When I've finished reading 'Backpedalling on the Internet: the Travelodge Edition' I'll give it back.
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Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Tue 19 Mar 2013, 10:28,
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Zing(
hartley hare Just some prick who thinks it doesn't apply to him, Tue 19 Mar 2013, 10:30,
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I'm writing 'Get off your arse, stop sponging and get a fucking job'.I'll give you a signed copy for you to pass on.
Problem is, I'm enjoying standing outside the Kilburn job centre shouting at dolemongers so much I'm not finding enough time to write.
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Fucking hell Jeff I am not a robot, Tue 19 Mar 2013, 10:31,
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don't forget to make personal insults based on theur appearances as well(
Naked Ape call me Caitlyn, Tue 19 Mar 2013, 10:33,
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have you sent doris her cheque for £32 yet?(
Naked Ape call me Caitlyn, Tue 19 Mar 2013, 10:40,
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I'm currently reading "The One Hundred Year Old Man Who Climbed Out A Window And Disapeared".... I'm enjoying it, it's like the film Big Fish, but it's starting to wear thin a little bit towards the end.
www.amazon.co.uk/Hundred-Year-Old-Climbed-Window-Disappeared-ebook/dp/B008D30K7E/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1363688602&sr=8-2
After that, I think I'm gonna read "Best of all possible worlds"
www.amazon.co.uk/The-Best-Possible-Worlds-ebook/dp/B00ANJW37G/ref=sr_1_1?s=digital-text&ie=UTF8&qid=1363688676&sr=1-1
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G/PP 💩💩💩💩💩€, Tue 19 Mar 2013, 10:24,
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I've read the Hundred...Quite funny, but the premise gets a bit tedious after a while.
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Fucking hell Jeff I am not a robot, Tue 19 Mar 2013, 10:26,
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That's what I'm thinking, without ruining it for anyone else, I'm 80% through and if this was the last couple of pages, I think it would end perfectly.I think I would have enjoyed it a lot more if I was more aware of the political names. It's cute to see il jong kim as a boy who just wants to be hugged when "Uncle Starlin" dies, but I don't have a scooby who the chinese political figures are in general.
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G/PP 💩💩💩💩💩€, Tue 19 Mar 2013, 10:29,
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EA are giving away a free game to people who have bought Sim city
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hartley hare Just some prick who thinks it doesn't apply to him, Tue 19 Mar 2013, 10:30,
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I know, I got the email last night.None of the games are that good though. You'd have though they'd have added a stratergy or managment game in.
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Battlefield 1943, is quite entertaining e-mail them back and demand this
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hartley hare Just some prick who thinks it doesn't apply to him, Tue 19 Mar 2013, 10:31,
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Good book thatwww.amazon.co.uk/Incredible-Book-Eating-Boy/dp/0007182317
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tangledupinblue hairy badge with moving eyes, Tue 19 Mar 2013, 10:30,
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to busy reading the articles in 60 and over eh?(
Naked Ape call me Caitlyn, Tue 19 Mar 2013, 10:31,
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"The three Billy goats gruff"Best of all troll books
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hartley hare Just some prick who thinks it doesn't apply to him, Tue 19 Mar 2013, 10:34,
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A++++++ would live under bridges again(
the mighty badger Aphrodite, on a bar stool, by your side, Tue 19 Mar 2013, 10:34,
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'poor' ?I don't think that even counts. It has to actually not be so shit that it has a chance of provoking response to be trolling
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the mighty badger Aphrodite, on a bar stool, by your side, Tue 19 Mar 2013, 10:36,
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This theory of Freefair being a trollcould he be the opposite? An account dropped into the mix to liven our days up by making crass statements just begging to have the piss ripped out of?
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exactly and he deletes because he knows that it annoys people(
Naked Ape call me Caitlyn, Tue 19 Mar 2013, 10:43,
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I'm dismissing an entire genre of entertainment based on the assumption that some are aimed at children.Like some on here do for computer games. It's very witty.
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pfftok lets be fair here, computer games are for children and the childish. happy now?
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Naked Ape call me Caitlyn, Tue 19 Mar 2013, 10:57,
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I heard he calls her his sweet 'nintendo powerglove'(
glued eel /questions/questionsyoudliketoask/post1648081, Tue 19 Mar 2013, 11:17,
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Thank God your missus doesn't read b3ta or that would be really insulting.Hang on.
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Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Tue 19 Mar 2013, 11:04,
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I finished Chattering which is a collection of short stories by some deaf girlit's shit
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glued eel /questions/questionsyoudliketoask/post1648081, Tue 19 Mar 2013, 10:31,
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I just caught site of myself in a mirror and I am looking hawt todaythought you'd all like to know
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Naked Ape call me Caitlyn, Tue 19 Mar 2013, 10:36,
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looking like, but not actually being oneyessssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssss
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Naked Ape call me Caitlyn, Tue 19 Mar 2013, 10:39,
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Abysmal spelling aside(, Tue 19 Mar 2013, 10:38, Reply)
ma brain gets muddled between words spelt the same(
Naked Ape call me Caitlyn, Tue 19 Mar 2013, 10:40,
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If only I'd made reference to his poor spelling in my original post(, Tue 19 Mar 2013, 10:40, Reply)
Could do with a bit of a trim there, old boy.
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tangledupinblue hairy badge with moving eyes, Tue 19 Mar 2013, 10:39,
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No, I'm saying he is a cocksucker.(
Fucking hell Jeff I am not a robot, Tue 19 Mar 2013, 10:46,
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He's prepared to pay.(
tangledupinblue hairy badge with moving eyes, Tue 19 Mar 2013, 10:47,
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I'm reading And The Hippos Were Boiled in Their Tanks.As a novel it's not that great, but in terms of how Burroughs and Kerouac developed as writers it's fascinating, as is the whole story around it.
Also reading the Vermilion Sands collection by JG Ballard, and STILL reading Gravity's Rainbow.
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Tell that to John Woo(
hartley hare Just some prick who thinks it doesn't apply to him, Tue 19 Mar 2013, 10:43,
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Cheers(
hartley hare Just some prick who thinks it doesn't apply to him, Tue 19 Mar 2013, 10:46,
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Elephants on Acid is goodwww.amazon.co.uk/Elephants-Acid-Other-Bizarre-Experiments/dp/0330506641
and penguins stopped play for anyone that likes cricket
www.amazon.co.uk/Penguins-Stopped-Play-Village-Cricketers/dp/0719563461/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1363689498&sr=1-1
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Naked Ape call me Caitlyn, Tue 19 Mar 2013, 10:38,
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it's just a collection of anecdotes really, it's not pretending to be anything more(
Naked Ape call me Caitlyn, Tue 19 Mar 2013, 10:42,
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I know.'Shiterature' isn't a value judgment, it means books you read on the bog.
It's a good bog book.
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ffswho the blue fuck wants the image of you two shitting and reading?
men are disgusting!
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rachelswipe with a fork, Tue 19 Mar 2013, 10:46,
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and yet i turned you downi think it was when you wanted to bring the hamster into the mix
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rachelswipe with a fork, Tue 19 Mar 2013, 10:48,
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It was because you insisted that I adopt an RP accentAnd also that I shout out 'Giles, release the hounds' at the moment of climax.
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I'm reading this to "Moves Like Jagger"(
sporters I’m sincerely gratitude to you, Tue 19 Mar 2013, 10:57,
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Thats the oneI'm not actually listening to it, just the words seemed to fit the "tune"
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sporters I’m sincerely gratitude to you, Tue 19 Mar 2013, 11:02,
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shouting "release the hounds" as you hit the vinegars would be fucking funny.Also "FENTON! FENTON! for fucks sake, Fenton!"
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the mighty badger Aphrodite, on a bar stool, by your side, Tue 19 Mar 2013, 10:56,
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Releasing the hounds into the burst badger(
sporters I’m sincerely gratitude to you, Tue 19 Mar 2013, 10:59,
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Yeah guys, don't rub it inYou know women can't do two things as complicated as reading AND shitting at the same time.
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Two Hats 🎩🎩, Tue 19 Mar 2013, 10:47,
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Penguins stopped play is goodbut also really fucking sad.
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the mighty badger Aphrodite, on a bar stool, by your side, Tue 19 Mar 2013, 10:55,
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For those of you with young kidsI highly recommend Allan Ahlberg's 'The Pencil', 'Runaway Dinner' and 'Previously'.
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Two Hats 🎩🎩, Tue 19 Mar 2013, 10:44,
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where can I find kids?(
glued eel /questions/questionsyoudliketoask/post1648081, Tue 19 Mar 2013, 10:45,
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Bartleby?(
hartley hare Just some prick who thinks it doesn't apply to him, Tue 19 Mar 2013, 10:46,
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O2 are cunts.Two calls, one reset handset (and manual resetting of all tones and alerts etc) and about ten reboots later they tell me that despite there being 'no reported issues' in my area, there is actually a 'major reported issue' in my area which they somehow repeatedly missed, which they aim to resolve within five days. All I had to do was switch off 3G and it works, the fuckling flids.
Carry on
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Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Tue 19 Mar 2013, 10:53,
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that's happned beforeswitching off 3g helped before.
hth xx
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Naked Ape call me Caitlyn, Tue 19 Mar 2013, 10:55,
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Castaway 3g and all will be well(
sporters I’m sincerely gratitude to you, Tue 19 Mar 2013, 10:56,
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Shame O2's own customer services people don't know as much as Ben Fogle off the internet, isn't it?(
Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Tue 19 Mar 2013, 10:56,
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I know"...as a row of pink tents"
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sporters I’m sincerely gratitude to you, Tue 19 Mar 2013, 11:02,
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quick, see if you can find some personal infomation about him in his profileso you can make him cry online
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Naked Ape call me Caitlyn, Tue 19 Mar 2013, 10:58,
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Im reading the Blade Itself by Joe Abercrombie,It kicks the shit out of Game Of Thrones
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Locus213 Slightly to the left of Bakunin, Tue 19 Mar 2013, 10:59,
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Hi LocusWhere's Wally kicks the shit out of Game of Thrones. TV Times 17-25th July 1980 kicks shit out of etc etc
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Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Tue 19 Mar 2013, 11:01,
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Hi MontyThats nice. This books really good though its really gritty if anyone likes the genre they should have a go. just saying
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Locus213 Slightly to the left of Bakunin, Tue 19 Mar 2013, 11:05,
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Your mum's fanny is really gritty.No offence.
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Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Tue 19 Mar 2013, 11:07,
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I am so offended I may never usethe internet again. Well done.
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Locus213 Slightly to the left of Bakunin, Tue 19 Mar 2013, 11:15,
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I'm following Gonz' advice and reading "The Magicians"I'm also reading Xmen comics.
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I assume by "reading" comics you mean, looking at some pretty pictures(
Naked Ape call me Caitlyn, Tue 19 Mar 2013, 11:06,
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Hi my name is Al and I like comics and playing computer games and riding on my bike.Spiderman is my favourite he can clime on walls and has a special suit. On Saturdays my mummy and daddy sometimes take me to the swimming baths. I have mental age of 6. The end.
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Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Tue 19 Mar 2013, 11:12,
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PahhhhhhSpiderman isn't even in his top 10
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hartley hare Just some prick who thinks it doesn't apply to him, Tue 19 Mar 2013, 11:22,
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YES ! I love that book so much, and it's sequal.Are you enjoying it?
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G/PP 💩💩💩💩💩€, Tue 19 Mar 2013, 11:18,
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A book about WWII airfields in my local area. Mentions some crashes quite near where we live, too.
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I am rereading Great ApesBy smug supremo Will Self. Good book though.
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