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 Wow this Google thing is well bent.
	Wow this Google thing is well bent.They have indoor trees and the tabletops are the Chrome logo. What else is well bent?
(, Wed 17 Apr 2013, 8:57, 205 replies, latest was 13 years ago)
 NO.
	NO. God, it's like you don't even want to know about how interesting I find cars.
(, Wed 17 Apr 2013, 9:32, Reply)
 oh, I always forget the short thing, I'm still focusing on the prostitute angle.
	oh, I always forget the short thing, I'm still focusing on the prostitute angle. (, Wed 17 Apr 2013, 9:36, Reply)
 Maybe he used a hammer on the electrics. ..
	Maybe he used a hammer on the electrics. ..enough of that, what do you really reckon.?
(, Wed 17 Apr 2013, 9:41, Reply)
 I need to know what is wrong with his car now
	I need to know what is wrong with his car nowSpill the beans Windy
(, Wed 17 Apr 2013, 9:48, Reply)
 oh, probably some monkey apprentice did the refit and fucked the tracking,
	oh, probably some monkey apprentice did the refit and fucked the tracking, Or his wife or him is one if those cunt people who bump up on to kerbs instead of parking properly and has knocked a tracking rod out, or a ball end joint or something.
(, Wed 17 Apr 2013, 10:07, Reply)
 Indeed it was
	Indeed it wasI REALLY want it to be not shit. I've been hurt before, Windy.
(, Wed 17 Apr 2013, 9:26, Reply)
 well, watchmen and 300 were good, it's a good origin story in its own right,
	well, watchmen and 300 were good, it's a good origin story in its own right, They haven't made a big deal of Lois, so hopefully bo patronisingly slushy love sub plot, and let's be fair, has Costner ever made a bad film?
(, Wed 17 Apr 2013, 9:31, Reply)
 It has the ingredients of a good movie
	It has the ingredients of a good movieBut then so did Dark Knight Rises.
(, Wed 17 Apr 2013, 9:34, Reply)
 I never understood why they went with the bane story to end the trilogy.
	I never understood why they went with the bane story to end the trilogy. (, Wed 17 Apr 2013, 9:41, Reply)
 They're usually pretty spot on the money, so I'd go along with that.
	They're usually pretty spot on the money, so I'd go along with that.(, Wed 17 Apr 2013, 9:47, Reply)
 Kids love him, you can't deny it
	Kids love him, you can't deny itI'm a HUGE Star Wars fan, I'll admit it. But even I get embarrassed by the fan boys that lose their rag over anything SW related. "IT'S SO SHIT...I KNOW THIS BECAUSE I'VE SEEN IT 16 TIMES ALREADY."
(, Wed 17 Apr 2013, 9:54, Reply)
 I disagree with both things there
	I disagree with both things there300 was a music video and Watchmen was so dull and so reverent of the source material it was just like rubbing the comic on a big screen for three hours.
Apart from the end, it's good they fixed the end
(, Wed 17 Apr 2013, 9:51, Reply)
 While you're right on both points
	While you're right on both pointsI still enjoyed both of those movies.
(, Wed 17 Apr 2013, 9:52, Reply)
 I like bits of Watchmen, but it's bloated and padded to fuck
	I like bits of Watchmen, but it's bloated and padded to fuckDidn't like 300 though, was bored. Soz.
(, Wed 17 Apr 2013, 9:53, Reply)
 It's a real boys film, it's true
	It's a real boys film, it's trueBut I liked it. Hope this doesn't come between us, Theo x
(, Wed 17 Apr 2013, 9:55, Reply)
 I never read 300,but enjoyed it as a film,
	I never read 300,but enjoyed it as a film, I felt watchmen was good, it could have been better, but then a film of a comic is never going to be perfect.
Soz theo. Don't hit me.
(, Wed 17 Apr 2013, 10:00, Reply)
 This is a big leap of faith to take.
	This is a big leap of faith to take.The originals were a significant part of my childhood.
(, Wed 17 Apr 2013, 9:33, Reply)
 This will always be the problem with any new Superman movie
	This will always be the problem with any new Superman movieChristopher Reeves was and is the ONLY Superman.
(, Wed 17 Apr 2013, 9:34, Reply)
 I cried when he gave up his powers in Superman II
	I cried when he gave up his powers in Superman III don't mind admitting to that.
(, Wed 17 Apr 2013, 9:35, Reply)
 When he fights himself in the junk yard
	When he fights himself in the junk yardThen rips off his shirt...Man...that is one of the single greatest moments in cinema EVA.
(, Wed 17 Apr 2013, 9:37, Reply)
 I mean, 3 had some redeemable bits in it, but 4 was filmed in Milton Keynes ffs.
	I mean, 3 had some redeemable bits in it, but 4 was filmed in Milton Keynes ffs.And the New York subway was so obviously the London Underground.
(, Wed 17 Apr 2013, 9:46, Reply)
 Also Clive 'Where's me ear gone' Mantle was the original Nuclear Man in it
	Also Clive 'Where's me ear gone' Mantle was the original Nuclear Man in itbut they cut his scene on the basis that it made the film look really, really shit instead of just really shit.
(, Wed 17 Apr 2013, 9:48, Reply)
 Cool a super gritty take on a man who dresses up in tights and flies and shoots lasers from his eyes
	Cool a super gritty take on a man who dresses up in tights and flies and shoots lasers from his eyes(, Wed 17 Apr 2013, 9:48, Reply)
 That does appear to be the flaw in that trailer.
	That does appear to be the flaw in that trailer.You can't have gritty realism AND dress up in lycra with a bent cape.
(, Wed 17 Apr 2013, 9:50, Reply)
 Don't get me wrong, might be alright
	Don't get me wrong, might be alrightAnd I'll end up going to see it
But I hope it's not as SUPER SERIOUS as the trailers are making out, he's superman, he's one step up from Aquaman and not a big step at that
(, Wed 17 Apr 2013, 9:53, Reply)
 I like the bit where during the whole film superman never did any superheroics
	I like the bit where during the whole film superman never did any superheroicsapart from 30 seconds at the start and 30 seconds at the end
(, Wed 17 Apr 2013, 9:55, Reply)
 i liked the bit where he teamed up with Mothra to fight the evil Powerrangers zoid
	i liked the bit where he teamed up with Mothra to fight the evil Powerrangers zoid(, Wed 17 Apr 2013, 9:56, Reply)
 This leads us to the next point
	This leads us to the next pointWhat of JLA? Should they even bother? Should they make the JLA movie, and then make individual movies?
(, Wed 17 Apr 2013, 9:56, Reply)
 Oh man I'd love that, Aston is my favorite. I like all of his antics and backflips, he's well fit
	Oh man I'd love that, Aston is my favorite. I like all of his antics and backflips, he's well fit(, Wed 17 Apr 2013, 9:57, Reply)
 I wouldn't mind them copying Marvel's approach and having individual movies first
	I wouldn't mind them copying Marvel's approach and having individual movies firstBut they've had a stab at Green Lantern already and that was shit, so I dunno if they can be relied on to turn out some decent films.
I reckon, just bash it out
(, Wed 17 Apr 2013, 9:58, Reply)
 I agree
	I agreeThey'd have to make (good) movies of Wonder Woman, Batman (rebooted) and Flash at LEAST. I could live without an Aquaman movie.
Bang out the JLA movie, then see if anyone cares enough to see the rest.
(, Wed 17 Apr 2013, 10:01, Reply)
 They'll have to
	They'll have toI can't see Christian Bale/Chris Nolan's Batman fitting into a JLA type scenario.
(, Wed 17 Apr 2013, 10:05, Reply)
 It sounds like you have wondered into the set of
	It sounds like you have wondered into the set of "Teletubbies" by mistake
(, Wed 17 Apr 2013, 9:06, Reply)
 Amazon keeps recommending DVDs of tregorny tree fayre and live Hawkwind dvds
	Amazon keeps recommending DVDs of tregorny tree fayre and live Hawkwind dvdsThat's bent
(, Wed 17 Apr 2013, 9:06, Reply)
 Are you in google.
	Are you in google.Can you get someone to call me about my chrome plugin being shit plz xxx
(, Wed 17 Apr 2013, 9:23, Reply)
 Did anyone see the latest Have I got News for you?
	Did anyone see the latest Have I got News for you?Brian Blessed presented, I found it quite amusing.
(, Wed 17 Apr 2013, 9:27, Reply)
 I enjoyed it too.
	I enjoyed it too. Although I'm sure someone can tell us we're wrong, and the Brian Blessed is in fact, the worst sort of person.
(, Wed 17 Apr 2013, 9:30, Reply)
 He's "fucking shit", as I'm sure we'll both be persuaded as soon as the board wakes up.
	He's "fucking shit", as I'm sure we'll both be persuaded as soon as the board wakes up.(, Wed 17 Apr 2013, 9:33, Reply)
 His favourite place to go on holiday
	His favourite place to go on holidayis a crappy, chav-ridden ex fishing and mining village 3 miles down the road from where I live, for some bizarre reason.
(, Wed 17 Apr 2013, 9:37, Reply)
 Because a man who's punched up the Dalai Lama
	Because a man who's punched up the Dalai Lamagets to go on holiday wherever the hell he wants.
(, Wed 17 Apr 2013, 9:52, Reply)
 I got no problem with Brian Blessed
	I got no problem with Brian BlessedAlthough he was on telly in the 70s so I might have to revise that opinion when Operation Yewtree catches up to him
(, Wed 17 Apr 2013, 9:57, Reply)
 It's pretty shit that if you were alive for any point of the 70s you have to be a paedo
	It's pretty shit that if you were alive for any point of the 70s you have to be a paedoI'm not looking forward to confronting my parents
(, Wed 17 Apr 2013, 10:00, Reply)
 My mum and I have exchanged, via some meaningful looks over news programmes,
	My mum and I have exchanged, via some meaningful looks over news programmes,a "don't ask don't tell" policy, with an unwritten addendum that if Yewtree come knocking, I won't be providing any alibis.
(, Wed 17 Apr 2013, 10:07, Reply)
 I didn't mind it when your mum touched me up.
	I didn't mind it when your mum touched me up.She was very gentle.
(, Wed 17 Apr 2013, 10:09, Reply)
 I've got to get involved in a stock take today.
	I've got to get involved in a stock take today.That's well bent, not to mention extremely tedious.
(, Wed 17 Apr 2013, 9:49, Reply)
 We did allow ourselves a small glass of elderflower wine to celebrate.
	We did allow ourselves a small glass of elderflower wine to celebrate.(, Wed 17 Apr 2013, 10:09, Reply)
 I used to quite like doing stock takes
	I used to quite like doing stock takesEasy for me to say that now, with the benefit of hind legs.
(, Wed 17 Apr 2013, 10:04, Reply)
 I quite like sitting in my warm office, working at my own pace.
	I quite like sitting in my warm office, working at my own pace.There's just so much stuff to count and it's all out in a cold warehouse.
(, Wed 17 Apr 2013, 10:08, Reply)
 Ah, bummer
	Ah, bummerYou could always stack up loads of boxes, make a fort and do the stocktake from within.
(, Wed 17 Apr 2013, 10:09, Reply)
 Person called up asking if something was possible. I said no.
	Person called up asking if something was possible. I said no.They called back two minutes later, got my colleague, asked the same thing. He said no.
Got put through to my boss, asked him the same thing. Got told no.
People = cunts.
(, Wed 17 Apr 2013, 10:06, Reply)
 Sounds to me like you, your colleague and your boss are lazy cunts.
	Sounds to me like you, your colleague and your boss are lazy cunts.  (, Wed 17 Apr 2013, 10:07, Reply)
 i've heard they let themselves into the office at night and we everywhere
	i've heard they let themselves into the office at night and we everywherelike IT nerd foxes
(, Wed 17 Apr 2013, 10:12, Reply)
 EDIT:  I forget inept.  And ugly and stinky French bejumpered arsehole.  Thanks Jean.
	EDIT:  I forget inept.  And ugly and stinky French bejumpered arsehole.  Thanks Jean.  (, Wed 17 Apr 2013, 10:12, Reply)
 You can spot a fellow pro from a mile off by answers such as this.
	You can spot a fellow pro from a mile off by answers such as this.(, Wed 17 Apr 2013, 10:19, Reply)
 No, see
	No, seeyour mistake is obvious. You need to say maybe, and then never call them back.
(, Wed 17 Apr 2013, 10:16, Reply)
 I wasn't asking to go on one you bent spastic.
	I wasn't asking to go on one you bent spastic.You really are a window licking retard.
(, Wed 17 Apr 2013, 10:13, Reply)
 Look, we were having a relatively ok (for /OT) thread.
	Look, we were having a relatively ok (for /OT) thread.Why did you have to spoil it by mentioning the T word?
(, Wed 17 Apr 2013, 10:14, Reply)
 He's probably got a fucking Tax cut because he's a fucking "job creator" or some fucking shit.
	He's probably got a fucking Tax cut because he's a fucking "job creator" or some fucking shit.(, Wed 17 Apr 2013, 10:15, Reply)
 I get £200 extra next year
	I get £200 extra next yearBut I'm in the squeezed middle so i deserve it
(, Wed 17 Apr 2013, 10:16, Reply)
 I'm about £200 worse off.
	I'm about £200 worse off.But it's ok, because the treasury said 9/10 people are better off.
(, Wed 17 Apr 2013, 10:17, Reply)
 Wasn't their actual wording something along the lines of '9/10 HARDWORKING people are better off'?
	Wasn't their actual wording something along the lines of '9/10 HARDWORKING people are better off'?(, Wed 17 Apr 2013, 10:18, Reply)
 Did you hear Cameron this morning saying he thinks we're all Thatcherites now?
	Did you hear Cameron this morning saying he thinks we're all Thatcherites now?(, Wed 17 Apr 2013, 10:27, Reply)
 I did.
	I did.I bet George Osbourn is doing his gurning smile all day. Knowing full well that the fact the IMF have told him he's fucking up won't get any airtime.
(, Wed 17 Apr 2013, 10:30, Reply)
 that's alright though as you are a Labour voter and therefore welcome high taxes and profligate spending
	that's alright though as you are a Labour voter and therefore welcome high taxes and profligate spending(, Wed 17 Apr 2013, 10:17, Reply)
 It's fucking wrong.
	It's fucking wrong.  I'd arrest the senior company officers for defrauding the public purse and then let every taxpayer punch them once in the face.
(, Wed 17 Apr 2013, 10:19, Reply)
 I may have your hangover
	I may have your hangoverJust fucking annoyed with everything today
Ran out of coffee filters
Kids playing up
Pissing down with rain
Idiot suppliers changing prices after quotes have gone out
ACCOUNT MANAGERS
Stripping wallpaper until 11pm
(, Wed 17 Apr 2013, 10:18, Reply)
 "Oh woe is me, I have a family and a nice house and the day off"
	"Oh woe is me, I have a family and a nice house and the day off"Sadship Enterprise Stardate 456.9: Dear Diary, sportscow is an INSENSITIVE CUNT
(, Wed 17 Apr 2013, 10:21, Reply)
 He's probably already had sex with his wife today too!
	He's probably already had sex with his wife today too!  Bastard.
Although, I had sex with her yesterday.
(, Wed 17 Apr 2013, 10:24, Reply)
 You as well eh?
	You as well eh?Sorry I went first. My enormous penis will have left it for you like spinning a mouse around inside a cathedral.
(, Wed 17 Apr 2013, 10:25, Reply)
 Didn't matter. We were the same height laying down.
	Didn't matter. We were the same height laying down.Doesn't she make a strange noise when she cums?
Oh, sorry, you probably don't know.
(, Wed 17 Apr 2013, 10:29, Reply)
 Incorrect.
	Incorrect.They are;
Positive - "Yes, yes, yes!"
Religious - "Oh god, oh god, oh god!"
and Fake - "Oh, Battered!"
(, Wed 17 Apr 2013, 10:44, Reply)
 Except the BLOODY EU won't allow bent bananas, boomerangs, bent sticks or pianists any more!
	Except the BLOODY EU won't allow bent bananas, boomerangs, bent sticks or pianists any more!(, Wed 17 Apr 2013, 10:22, Reply)
 Haha
	Hahasome of my acquinatances like to troll UKIP and the like on Facebook. There appears to be a brilliant belief that "having to conform to EU regulations" costs UK business £150 billion a year amongst the frothy-mouthed Tunbridge Wells xenophobic fucktards.
If that's the case, some signwriter is charging bastard millions for the letters "k" and "g" over "l" and "b"
(, Wed 17 Apr 2013, 10:27, Reply)
 I love blaming the EU for stuff
	I love blaming the EU for stuffIn my industry our main demographic of customers consists of Daily Mail readers and I can get away with just about anything if I invoke big bad Brussels.
(, Wed 17 Apr 2013, 10:30, Reply)
 Would that be the same 40 million a day I heard about on their party political broadcast the other day?
	Would that be the same 40 million a day I heard about on their party political broadcast the other day?My maths sucks, soz.
How did they even get that figure?
(, Wed 17 Apr 2013, 10:30, Reply)
 No it wouldn't.  The national debt is something like a trillion pounds.
	No it wouldn't.  The national debt is something like a trillion pounds.  (, Wed 17 Apr 2013, 10:32, Reply)
 Yeah, I googled after posting that and got rid of that.
	Yeah, I googled after posting that and got rid of that.Serves me right for making baseless statements.
(, Wed 17 Apr 2013, 10:34, Reply)
 The 40 million a day is what we pay into the EU
	The 40 million a day is what we pay into the EUwell, it's about 37 million a day.
We also gain from the EU, in terms of subsidies, to the tune of about 25-30 million a day. They conveniently forget that. I think the "net loss" to the EU is about 10 million a day. For which we get free trade, easier border control, an a million and one business advantages (glossing over a degree financial protection, human rights laws and all the "non-business jazz")
(, Wed 17 Apr 2013, 10:36, Reply)
 And the fact we can negotiate really unfair trade deals with the third world
	And the fact we can negotiate really unfair trade deals with the third world(, Wed 17 Apr 2013, 10:37, Reply)
 I'd go as far as to say that they don't conveniently forget it at all, but are playing on the ignorance of the voting public
	I'd go as far as to say that they don't conveniently forget it at all, but are playing on the ignorance of the voting publicin the hopes a big number will get middle England frothing at the mouth.
(, Wed 17 Apr 2013, 10:38, Reply)
 yes.
	yes.but "conveniently forget" has fewer letters and I'm afraid of a Brokn Britn keyboard tax.
(, Wed 17 Apr 2013, 10:39, Reply)
 I think there's a lot to be said for a serious re-examination of what we spend and what for
	I think there's a lot to be said for a serious re-examination of what we spend and what forbut I don't think any intellectually serious person can doubt the benefits of EU membership. I am glad we're not part of the single currency, though.
(, Wed 17 Apr 2013, 10:41, Reply)
 It's my own personal suspicion as well that if we were to pull out, then anyone exporting to the EU would still have to jump through all the red tape hoops..
	It's my own personal suspicion as well that if we were to pull out, then anyone exporting to the EU would still have to jump through all the red tape hoops.....whilst making it more difficult for their counterparts to do business with THEM as they'd have to adapt to any new regs we might bring in.
(, Wed 17 Apr 2013, 10:41, Reply)
 Of course.
	Of course.I also love the idea that being out of the EU would make it easier for "the man in the street" because there wouldn't be all these "tedious regulations blah blah blah"
Yeah. Like the US. Where there are no laws at all and no regulations of manufacturing, sale of goods, etc. Obviously.
(, Wed 17 Apr 2013, 10:44, Reply)
 It may cost many millions to conform to EU regulations on products.
	It may cost many millions to conform to EU regulations on products.But then they're selling them to the EU, so they would just give up if it wasn't profitable.
(, Wed 17 Apr 2013, 10:32, Reply)
 I wouldn't even consider it a cost in the way they're saying.
	I wouldn't even consider it a cost in the way they're saying.It costs £7million a year to make baby formular that doesn't kill children!!!!*
Well yeah, but if that's what you're selling, then it's just a production cost.
*rather than just bottling whatever.
(, Wed 17 Apr 2013, 10:41, Reply)
 Ah, I see your point.
	Ah, I see your point.but, then, I suppose that's how they work. It isn't actually a real cost so they can make up any number they choose.
(, Wed 17 Apr 2013, 10:42, Reply)
 Hey, this reminds me of a gr8 joke
	Hey, this reminds me of a gr8 jokeI say, I say, I say...they're not growing bananas any longer!
(, Wed 17 Apr 2013, 10:32, Reply)
 Someone stole the milk off my doorstep this morning.
	Someone stole the milk off my doorstep this morning.The spirit of Thatcher lives on
#brokenbritain
(, Wed 17 Apr 2013, 10:26, Reply)
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