If you could make one change or addition to b3ta what would it be?
Little pictures by your names?
Some kind of ranking system for bestest b3tan of the week?
A new sub-board?

Alt: You've got 24 hours in the city of your choice with no money. What do you do?

Altalt: How do you sleep at night?
( Reginald Donkeyfuck, Wed 26 Jun 2013, 11:57, 162 replies, latest was 12 years ago)

Close QOTW
Alt. Have a wank

AltAlt. See Above.
( Peej, Wed 26 Jun 2013, 11:59, Reply)

Where would you go to have your wank Joey?
The McDonalds bogs?
( Reginald Donkeyfuck, Wed 26 Jun 2013, 12:01, Reply)

In YM's hair
Oh I forgot to mention my city of choice is whichever one YM is in at the time.
( Peej, Wed 26 Jun 2013, 12:01, Reply)

and have them clogging up this plcae with their noncy lies?

( Naked Ape call me Caitlyn, Wed 26 Jun 2013, 12:02, Reply)

The real question for today is:
Do you think chicken and squid will go well together in a stir fry?
(PsychoChomp, Wed 26 Jun 2013, 12:05, Reply)

Possibly
What else would be in it?
( sporters I’m sincerely gratitude to you, Wed 26 Jun 2013, 12:06, Reply)

Peppers noodles, shit like that.

(PsychoChomp, Wed 26 Jun 2013, 12:08, Reply)

I like to put tofu in my stir fries

( tangledupinblue hairy badge with moving eyes, Wed 26 Jun 2013, 12:09, Reply)

i don't see why not, chicken isn't exactly overpowering
do you not have enough of either or summit?
( Naked Ape call me Caitlyn, Wed 26 Jun 2013, 12:10, Reply)

yeah, it's called paella.

( the mighty badger Aphrodite, on a bar stool, by your side, Wed 26 Jun 2013, 12:17, Reply)

More crazy people, more well lol people to point and laugh at the crazy people and fewer tedious shitcunts
Alt: I'll probably just stay in this city and get an early night then.
Altalt: On my side, I think.
( tangledupinblue hairy badge with moving eyes, Wed 26 Jun 2013, 12:08, Reply)

Basically bring back the likes of Bert and the rest should take care of itself.

( tangledupinblue hairy badge with moving eyes, Wed 26 Jun 2013, 12:09, Reply)

Naked chicks and cash prizes
Alt: Go for a stroll probably. Why?

Altalt: On my back mainly, sometimes on my side.
( Two Hats 🎩🎩, Wed 26 Jun 2013, 12:08, Reply)

They should put some embedded games like facebook.

(PsychoChomp, Wed 26 Jun 2013, 12:08, Reply)

Nearly

( tangledupinblue hairy badge with moving eyes, Wed 26 Jun 2013, 12:10, Reply)

Almost

( tangledupinblue hairy badge with moving eyes, Wed 26 Jun 2013, 12:10, Reply)

Next one?

( tangledupinblue hairy badge with moving eyes, Wed 26 Jun 2013, 12:10, Reply)

YES!

( tangledupinblue hairy badge with moving eyes, Wed 26 Jun 2013, 12:10, Reply)

Surely I'm going to win a prize for getting post number 2000000?

( tangledupinblue hairy badge with moving eyes, Wed 26 Jun 2013, 12:11, Reply)

A real accomplishment.

( Kroney, Wed 26 Jun 2013, 12:14, Reply)

FUCK YEAH

( G/PP 💩💩💩💩💩&#128, Wed 26 Jun 2013, 12:15, Reply)

WHAT A GUY

( Reginald Donkeyfuck, Wed 26 Jun 2013, 12:18, Reply)

I owe it all to you, big man

( tangledupinblue hairy badge with moving eyes, Wed 26 Jun 2013, 12:26, Reply)

Alt, YMCA.

(Pookie Bear had some very shiny foez, Wed 26 Jun 2013, 12:13, Reply)

My mums what now?

( Reginald Donkeyfuck, Wed 26 Jun 2013, 12:16, Reply)

she is fun to stay in

(Bonzodog29 is an unemployed sponge of the worst kind, Wed 26 Jun 2013, 12:27, Reply)

Cavernous Aperture

( The Light in Chains don't touch the Pope's boner, Wed 26 Jun 2013, 14:30, Reply)

Alt: have a 24 hour drinking session.
Altalt: very well thanks.
( Fucking hell Jeff I am not a robot, Wed 26 Jun 2013, 12:14, Reply)

So you'd take s carry out?

(Pookie Bear had some very shiny foez, Wed 26 Jun 2013, 12:16, Reply)

You've got no money, what are you drinking?

( Reginald Donkeyfuck, Wed 26 Jun 2013, 12:17, Reply)

The case of red wine I've borrowed.

( Fucking hell Jeff I am not a robot, Wed 26 Jun 2013, 12:18, Reply)

Just you leave Chompy's Rioja alone, he earned it

( Reginald Donkeyfuck, Wed 26 Jun 2013, 12:20, Reply)

£2.50 a bottle, it's going to be really nice.

( Kroney, Wed 26 Jun 2013, 12:21, Reply)

www.b3ta.com/questions/offtopic/post1999154
( tangledupinblue hairy badge with moving eyes, Wed 26 Jun 2013, 12:27, Reply)

Doesn't this point work in both directions?

( tangledupinblue hairy badge with moving eyes, Wed 26 Jun 2013, 12:27, Reply)

Eh?

( Kroney, Wed 26 Jun 2013, 12:29, Reply)

Well, leaving aside the fact that Chompy's Rioja isn't priced at £2.50 a bottle, just because a wine is more expensive doesn't mean it will be nicer.

( tangledupinblue hairy badge with moving eyes, Wed 26 Jun 2013, 12:32, Reply)

I've had a few really nice bottles of wine that cost me..... get this £0
Yep nothing....zip...nadda...not a penny
( hartley hare Just some prick who thinks it doesn't apply to him, Wed 26 Jun 2013, 12:34, Reply)

He said it was £2.50 a bottle in the very thread you linked to.
And actually, it kind of does.
( Kroney, Wed 26 Jun 2013, 12:37, Reply)

when bought by the dozen and with 40 guid off
I suppose you think the bottle of wine you buy in a restaurant is better than the same bottle in a supermarket... because its more expensive.
(PsychoChomp, Wed 26 Jun 2013, 12:43, Reply)

Haha yes, I do. That's exactly my point.
You've beaten me! Well done.

I genuinely can't remember the last time I saw you make an argument that wasn't straw-based.
( Kroney, Wed 26 Jun 2013, 12:44, Reply)

It is priced at £6.99 a bottle, he has a voucher to get money off this price.
I make no claims to being any kind of authority on wine, but as I understand it, there is more to the pricing of a bottle than the flavour of the contents.
To go to the other extreme, a bottle dug out of a cellar and sold at auction for thousands of pounds is quite likely to taste a bit shit.
( tangledupinblue hairy badge with moving eyes, Wed 26 Jun 2013, 12:43, Reply)

If it tasted like shit it wouldn't be worth any money at all.
Bottling costs work out at about £3 a bottle. This is pretty standard across the industry, though there is some deviation from place to place. Therefore if you're paying a fiver, you're getting £2 worth of wine. For that money, it's going to be pretty poor quality. You may well get some perfectly drinkable wine, yes. However, if you spend a tenner, you're getting wine that's worth £7. The difference in quality is going to be noticeable.

Obviously, like all things, the law of diminishing returns applies and there's always going to be exceptions. However, across the broad spectrum, the more you spend, the better the wine.
( Kroney, Wed 26 Jun 2013, 12:47, Reply)

Unless it's a over branded product like Moët & Chandon

( hartley hare Just some prick who thinks it doesn't apply to him, Wed 26 Jun 2013, 12:49, Reply)

Read the last paragraph.
First sentence.
( Kroney, Wed 26 Jun 2013, 12:49, Reply)

Sorry I just don't like Moët & Chandon

( hartley hare Just some prick who thinks it doesn't apply to him, Wed 26 Jun 2013, 12:55, Reply)

Oh, well, that's fair enough.

( Kroney, Wed 26 Jun 2013, 12:56, Reply)

I dislike it to the point I would rather pay that money for Chompy's homebrew
than drink it
( hartley hare Just some prick who thinks it doesn't apply to him, Wed 26 Jun 2013, 12:57, Reply)

Not even in my top six Friends characters

( sporters I’m sincerely gratitude to you, Wed 26 Jun 2013, 12:57, Reply)

Dunno, I prefer beer.
What I meant was a very old bottle of wine, something bottled in 1750 or summat, where there would be no way of knowing what it would taste like.
It is often the case where a 'cheap wine' is hailed by wine experts as perfectly drinkable or as good as a more expensive brand.
I'd also assume that at some point in the pricing there is a levelling out in the quality and other factors are at play.
( tangledupinblue hairy badge with moving eyes, Wed 26 Jun 2013, 12:59, Reply)

Other factors being, rarity, or the desire of some rich prat to be seen chucking money at stuff because he can.
Second one is champagne, definitely.

First one definitely applies to whisky - one of my mates is a whisky bore, he has at least one bottle worth over £1k, not because it's fantastic to drink, but cos there are very few bottles left.
(localboy purveyor of pisspoor puns, Wed 26 Jun 2013, 13:10, Reply)

You're using "facts" you don't understand.

(PsychoChomp, Wed 26 Jun 2013, 13:04, Reply)

Sure thing, chief.

( Kroney, Wed 26 Jun 2013, 13:04, Reply)

Ok then explain why I can buy wine bottles at about £10 for 15 and corks for about 15p each.
At home I'm 1/3rd the price of your quoted bottling figure.
(PsychoChomp, Wed 26 Jun 2013, 13:12, Reply)

I must be super efficient without any machinery.

(PsychoChomp, Wed 26 Jun 2013, 13:13, Reply)

Maybe I should pay myself £40 an hour with my hand corker.

(PsychoChomp, Wed 26 Jun 2013, 13:14, Reply)

Or people to pay, or land to rent, or much in the way of any kind of overheads at all.

( Kroney, Wed 26 Jun 2013, 13:14, Reply)

Then say overheads not bottling.
Then try to understand that the overheads on a mail order, bulk sell specialist business will be different than other places to get wine.
(PsychoChomp, Wed 26 Jun 2013, 13:17, Reply)

Ah, a semantic argument.
OK, nice work. You're much cleverer than me.
( Kroney, Wed 26 Jun 2013, 13:18, Reply)

Arguing about the value of a product then quoting a figure that is wrong is more than just semantics.

(PsychoChomp, Wed 26 Jun 2013, 13:20, Reply)

It's not wrong
he's separated the "cost of the actual drunk product" which varies with quality and the "cost of everything else associated with conveying that prodcut to a drinker's gob" which, of course, doesn't particularly. He's just called it bottling costs to simplify, and you are just trying to win through semantics.
( the mighty badger Aphrodite, on a bar stool, by your side, Wed 26 Jun 2013, 13:24, Reply)

Most unlike him to not understand what he's banging on about.

( Kroney, Wed 26 Jun 2013, 13:25, Reply)

Those fixed costs are SIGNIFICANTLY different by buying cases of 12, paying delivery seperatly and getting it from a specialist wine club.
To the point that him saying that they account for £3 of the £6.99 bottle is meaningless.
(PsychoChomp, Wed 26 Jun 2013, 13:27, Reply)

You mean distribution, unpacking from the cases of 6 or 12 that they are shipped in, and stacking on a shelf?
OK, I'll concede that extra penny per bottle.
( the mighty badger Aphrodite, on a bar stool, by your side, Wed 26 Jun 2013, 13:29, Reply)

And the cost of the possibly hundreds of local sites rather than one or two national warehouses.
The staffing costs?
It's the difference between amazon and your local bookshops.
(PsychoChomp, Wed 26 Jun 2013, 13:31, Reply)

I think you might be blobbing.
Calm down, eh, petal?
( Kroney, Wed 26 Jun 2013, 13:32, Reply)

You just don't understand anything.

(PsychoChomp, Wed 26 Jun 2013, 13:33, Reply)

Haha, yes, sweetheart.
This definitely looks like another victory for Team Chompy, here.
( Kroney, Wed 26 Jun 2013, 13:34, Reply)

If Amazon only sold books.
In the same way that Tesco only sells wine. Oh, wait.
( the mighty badger Aphrodite, on a bar stool, by your side, Wed 26 Jun 2013, 13:35, Reply)

glucks guide
always used to be good for this in that he would rate the wine not only by its taste but also its value... You would find some surprising ones rate very highly.
(Bonzodog29 is an unemployed sponge of the worst kind, Wed 26 Jun 2013, 13:09, Reply)

Alt: go and get some fucking money so as not to waste 24 hours being a tramp.
altalt: like a baby. I wake every couple of hours screaming and covered in my own filth.
( the mighty badger Aphrodite, on a bar stool, by your side, Wed 26 Jun 2013, 12:18, Reply)

Job or crime? Or begging?

(Pookie Bear had some very shiny foez, Wed 26 Jun 2013, 12:30, Reply)

I think I'd start with the left-field "going to a cash machine"
if that failed, sucking off sailors down the docks for pennies, obvs.
( the mighty badger Aphrodite, on a bar stool, by your side, Wed 26 Jun 2013, 12:37, Reply)

Is this offer only open to sailors?

( tangledupinblue hairy badge with moving eyes, Wed 26 Jun 2013, 12:44, Reply)

I could probably extend it to anyone wearing a jaunty hat?

( the mighty badger Aphrodite, on a bar stool, by your side, Wed 26 Jun 2013, 13:14, Reply)

Am I to late for the 2000000th post?
we could do with a way of making a musical note appear in the body of our text*
*Well I would like to be able to do this

Alt:Amsterdam, I know an area I could make some money and have fun at the same time

Altalt: Upside down like a bat**

**This may not be true
( hartley hare Just some prick who thinks it doesn't apply to him, Wed 26 Jun 2013, 12:31, Reply)

Make baldmonkey TOP QOTW MOD.

( stuj (^(^;;^)^) GO TEAM SPIDERS!(^(^;;^)^), Wed 26 Jun 2013, 12:56, Reply)

What are his qualifications?

( Reginald Donkeyfuck, Wed 26 Jun 2013, 12:58, Reply)

1. Bald
2. Monkey
( sporters I’m sincerely gratitude to you, Wed 26 Jun 2013, 12:59, Reply)

He seen a bird.

( stuj (^(^;;^)^) GO TEAM SPIDERS!(^(^;;^)^), Wed 26 Jun 2013, 13:12, Reply)

Give each poster a space where they can post what they like.
let's call it a 'wall'. They can write a 'status report' of what they're up to, or add videos, pictures etc.
The rest of us could then comment or ignore as we choose.
Maybe keep the 'like' button and 'friend' facility that we have on here.

Seriously though, I don't think it's the site that's the problem. The site itself was just the same back in what we now consider /qotw and /OT's heyday. It's mostly just down to a large number of interesting/fun posters leaving, and more trolls moving in.

Alt: I choose Edinburgh. I'd wander over to DJ and Roota's, and mooch off them for a day.

AltAlt: really fucking badly.
( b3th Not shit. Not mod., Wed 26 Jun 2013, 13:06, Reply)

I think it's more that old posters haven't been replaced by fresh meat.
People are always going to slowly drift away, but the site no longer draws the crowds it once did.
( Windy Pig I'm naturally quite suspicious about the moon., Wed 26 Jun 2013, 13:16, Reply)

You're one of our most recent additions.
What drew you here?
( b3th Not shit. Not mod., Wed 26 Jun 2013, 13:20, Reply)

YEAH DEAL WITH THAT LOGIC WP

(Bonzodog29 is an unemployed sponge of the worst kind, Wed 26 Jun 2013, 13:22, Reply)

The logic of me asking a question?

( b3th Not shit. Not mod., Wed 26 Jun 2013, 13:23, Reply)

I lurked a bit back in the day when it was a bustling hub of hilarity and a gem of the Internet.
Then I stopped looking at it for a few years, occasionally dropping in for the odd newsletter, or a browse around links. Then I was hospitalised for a few months and started posting on talk to try kill the boredom.
( Windy Pig I'm naturally quite suspicious about the moon., Wed 26 Jun 2013, 13:26, Reply)

Gingivitis?

( Naked Ape call me Caitlyn, Wed 26 Jun 2013, 13:27, Reply)

No, motorcycle accident.

( Windy Pig I'm naturally quite suspicious about the moon., Wed 26 Jun 2013, 13:29, Reply)

bad times

( Naked Ape call me Caitlyn, Wed 26 Jun 2013, 13:31, Reply)

I'd say /talk is more likely to kill your will to live

( b3th Not shit. Not mod., Wed 26 Jun 2013, 13:28, Reply)

It was alright for a bit,
But it was dying when I joined.
( Windy Pig I'm naturally quite suspicious about the moon., Wed 26 Jun 2013, 13:28, Reply)

I'd add a little alarm, that every time some horrible bully is put on ignore,
We all get a gaz as well so we know to ignore the horrid bully trolls as well.

Alt: I'd spend my day in London, enjoying all the free attractions I've heard so much about, then I'd get involved in the local culture by shoplifting some cheap high strength booze and drink it on the tube.
( Windy Pig I'm naturally quite suspicious about the moon., Wed 26 Jun 2013, 13:14, Reply)

There are a lot of soup kitchens in London.
I'd start there.
(Pookie Bear had some very shiny foez, Wed 26 Jun 2013, 13:22, Reply)

i'm not that keen on soup, is there an alternative?

( Naked Ape call me Caitlyn, Wed 26 Jun 2013, 13:28, Reply)

Well, you could buy it in a case for an introductory offer.
Be warned though, it's likely to be of an inferior quality.
( Kroney, Wed 26 Jun 2013, 13:33, Reply)

12 bottles of cup-a-soup masquerading as Covent garden :(

( Naked Ape call me Caitlyn, Wed 26 Jun 2013, 13:35, Reply)

No, but you see it's better because it's cheaper!

( Kroney, Wed 26 Jun 2013, 13:35, Reply)

\o/
price is EVERYTHING...

I bet the thinks he's trolling
( Naked Ape call me Caitlyn, Wed 26 Jun 2013, 13:39, Reply)

Price is everything when it involves buying stuff.

(PsychoChomp, Wed 26 Jun 2013, 13:41, Reply)

look, you know it's not, I know it's not
Do you only eat "value" food and only buy your clothes in charity shops?
( Naked Ape call me Caitlyn, Wed 26 Jun 2013, 13:43, Reply)

Would you like some magic beans?

(PsychoChomp, Wed 26 Jun 2013, 13:44, Reply)

no, but i'd like real reared and tasty meat, clothes that fit and look good, a car that works and oesn't break down etc etc
because I've spent an amount of money on them above the bare minimum thus recieving better quality and over time better value.

Now be quiet and stop trolling.
( Naked Ape call me Caitlyn, Wed 26 Jun 2013, 13:46, Reply)

They're £4000 each.
But they're very good beans and will technically last forever and give you an infinite supply of more beans if you treat them well.
(PsychoChomp, Wed 26 Jun 2013, 13:46, Reply)

This is a silly argument. And you're being silly.

( Windy Pig I'm naturally quite suspicious about the moon., Wed 26 Jun 2013, 14:01, Reply)

have you seen bash pics?
you know the answer to that one
( rachelswipe with a fork, Wed 26 Jun 2013, 14:01, Reply)

When did I say it was better?
You seem to be putting words in my mouth.
(PsychoChomp, Wed 26 Jun 2013, 13:42, Reply)

but it probably comes with a free television

( rachelswipe with a fork, Wed 26 Jun 2013, 13:36, Reply)

DEATH

( sporters I’m sincerely gratitude to you, Wed 26 Jun 2013, 13:34, Reply)

And I'm afraid we're out of soup.

( the mighty badger Aphrodite, on a bar stool, by your side, Wed 26 Jun 2013, 13:37, Reply)

I was thinking maybe of a rabbit terrine and chutney?

( Naked Ape call me Caitlyn, Wed 26 Jun 2013, 13:41, Reply)

I like a good terrine

( Windy Pig I'm naturally quite suspicious about the moon., Wed 26 Jun 2013, 14:03, Reply)