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( , Sun 1 Apr 2001, 1:00)
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So, Cairo eh? There's a reddit thread from a guy who was out photographing it all and it sounds crazy. Police killing civilians, snipers, tanks. What's your take on it all? A fair reaction to violent protests or a government running scared?
Alt: I've been ordered to Hoover the house, tips on doing a half assed job but making it look good?
Altalt: so, I've been up to the vet again, looks like Max is quite ill, bit worried about the poor lamb, they say he'll be ok, but he looks so miserable. Got any pets? Got any dead pets?
( , Thu 15 Aug 2013, 9:35, 236 replies, latest was 12 years ago)

Because if it's not an actual Hoover....do you see where I'm going with this? LOOPHOLE.
( , Thu 15 Aug 2013, 9:37, Reply)

You could argue this one...but it's probably not worth the aggro.
( , Thu 15 Aug 2013, 9:43, Reply)

Just scuff my feet along the pile to raise it, air freshened and back to eati crisps in my pants
( , Thu 15 Aug 2013, 9:45, Reply)

Just tell her you couldn't be arsed. Yeah, she'll be pissed, but you know...who cares. It's not like women's opinions actually matter.
( , Thu 15 Aug 2013, 9:55, Reply)

Then it'll get technical
( , Thu 15 Aug 2013, 9:44, Reply)

President cheese isn't a true reflection of the range of dairy products in France
( , Thu 15 Aug 2013, 10:08, Reply)

Cunt rings up. Cunt is idiot. Cunt pisses you off.
( , Thu 15 Aug 2013, 9:48, Reply)

Alt: Ensure that you raise the carpet pile, spray some air freshener in the corner of each room and leave the vacuum cleaner out.
Altalt: I've never had a pet.
( , Thu 15 Aug 2013, 9:40, Reply)

And they were more protesting the actions of the government, than they were the result. Of course that is just one perspective, and I don't really trust reddit, but I'd really like to understand it a bit better.
( , Thu 15 Aug 2013, 9:43, Reply)

Then there are those who may or may not support him, but think his removal by the army was something of a blow for their nascent democracy.
Then there are those who just like lobbing rocks at the police.
Oh and the army and the police are there with guns.
It's a good job the British Museum is taking care of all their ancient artefacts, otherwise they'd probably all get ruined in the kerfuffle.
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Alt: Just do the middles.
Altalt: when our cat had kittens my sisters, who were 3 and 4 at the time, were helping one of them to learn how to do somersaults, and broke it's neck.
( , Thu 15 Aug 2013, 9:48, Reply)

Considering what they've been through. One of them woke up in the middle of the night to find my mum and dad dissecting they guinea pig who had only just died that afternoon and she'd buried with a little funeral service.
( , Thu 15 Aug 2013, 10:00, Reply)

What the fuck is wrong with you people?
( , Thu 15 Aug 2013, 10:04, Reply)

They're ... like that.
My dad to this day has a culture of snails that he's studying, and is getting little papers published here and there for shits n' giggles.
( , Thu 15 Aug 2013, 10:09, Reply)

That shows a weird mental state.
( , Thu 15 Aug 2013, 10:13, Reply)

And she'd been put to bed hours before.
I think they'd got on the outside of a bottle of wine and thought it would be interesting.
In fact, I know this, as they've told us that's what happened.
I think they found a cancer, although we rarely get to that bit as A We're all too busy laughing and B Anyone who hasn't heard the story is too busy staring in horror.
( , Thu 15 Aug 2013, 10:14, Reply)

So my department's split into two non-equal factions. The application people, who support maybe five web apps and us, who support everything else. The manager of the other department has for years relied on two key members of staff that knew all her stuff inside and out. They both left. Now it's rapidly becoming clear that she doesn't have the first idea how to support any of her apps, she's hiring staff left, right and centre in a bid to cover the gaps in her knowledge and she's failing. Net result is she's coming over here in a fluster and asking us lots of questions about how her stuff works.
Conclusion: I don't know and her constant panicking is a) mildly inconveniencing me and b) mildly irritating.
Fuck Egypt, can we please focus on some REAL problems?
God, it's good to get that off my chest.
( , Thu 15 Aug 2013, 9:49, Reply)

I wouldn't have bothered posting on the internet about it.
Come on, man. You're a clever guy, have a word with yourself, yeah?
( , Thu 15 Aug 2013, 9:52, Reply)

WAR IS PEACE
FREEDOM IS SLAVERY
IGNORANCE IS STRENGTH
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( , Thu 15 Aug 2013, 9:59, Reply)

she's got the protection of professional inertia. She'll have to fuck up big-style before she gets binned.
( , Thu 15 Aug 2013, 10:04, Reply)

Your positive get up and go attitude is a breath of fresh air here on the board.
( , Thu 15 Aug 2013, 10:05, Reply)

You will then have the satisfaction of a job well done.
Altalt: That's not nice. Get well, Max.
( , Thu 15 Aug 2013, 9:50, Reply)

If you can't stand people having a sit in then just surround them for a week, stop anyone going in with food/water but let anyone leave.
Don't know if that's allowed though.
( , Thu 15 Aug 2013, 9:51, Reply)

Did you make it up with the missus or has she run off to stay with Big Tony, the rough-looking, crag-faced doorman with a heart of gold that was always there for her whenever a customer got a bit "handsy"?
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and advised that if you had to change planes in Cairo not to leave the airport and that was before all this shit kicked off.
Alt: It's only a bit of hovering, just do a great job she may reward you*
Alt:alt: I may not have mentioned it but I got given a Turtle on fathers day.
*nudge nudge wink wink
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( , Thu 15 Aug 2013, 10:07, Reply)

now he has a deep water tank with a basking area he really has come out of his shell* he's a rapid little bugger when you put live food in the tank.
*no pun intended
( , Thu 15 Aug 2013, 10:14, Reply)

then when double H takes a sneaky nap beneath a tree he will cruise past in into the arms of his beloved
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The sooner the whole lot of them wipe each other out the better.
Fucking wankers.
Altalt: go to the pub, and just pretend you did it
Altaltalt: loads, what're you after?
( , Thu 15 Aug 2013, 10:06, Reply)

That'll teach me to show any heartfelt concern for my fellow man :(
( , Thu 15 Aug 2013, 10:07, Reply)

I'm guessing not good and he's lashing out with the violence only a broken heart can give you.
Poor man.
( , Thu 15 Aug 2013, 10:10, Reply)

Edit: Oh off topic politics, not qotw
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"soooooooo upset right now, but can't talk about it"
( , Thu 15 Aug 2013, 10:15, Reply)

but autists gonna aut
( , Thu 15 Aug 2013, 10:21, Reply)

I'm a bit annoyed that I'll have to log out to have a look at my own wit, now. Pretty inconsiderate of him.
( , Thu 15 Aug 2013, 10:23, Reply)

i've only got that from his blooo-blooooo-ing about how she got upset by what people put on here. given the two options of (i) him lying to try and shut people up or (ii) her bothering to read through all these pages of drivel, i suspect the former is far, far more likely.
( , Thu 15 Aug 2013, 10:27, Reply)

which he doesn't like because seeing what people post about her upsets her and he wants to protect her from it, or something.
I don't know, the rationale isn't totally clear to me.
( , Thu 15 Aug 2013, 10:29, Reply)

that she's no shrinking violet...she's taken all sorts of abuse from Balmonkey over the years, and taken it with good humour.
( , Thu 15 Aug 2013, 10:34, Reply)

i know where my money is
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( , Thu 15 Aug 2013, 10:39, Reply)

but here, i think the opposite. "this cunning plan will stop people saying bad things about me."
( , Thu 15 Aug 2013, 10:42, Reply)

She'd let them know, right?
( , Thu 15 Aug 2013, 10:50, Reply)

but even if i'm wrong, i don't believe that she can't see through it, ie people having a poke at psycho, and nothing to do with her. because he certainly is quick to have a poke at everyone else.
( , Thu 15 Aug 2013, 11:00, Reply)

but being unable to take it that I've seen on here.
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i just hope for her sake that they didn't have make-up sex*. she'll be wincing in agony every time she goes for a piss for the next 3 days.
*you may have seen similar techniques on history programmes, with people using battering rams on castle gates
( , Thu 15 Aug 2013, 10:10, Reply)

don't become the victim of my first ever 2.0, man
( , Thu 15 Aug 2013, 10:13, Reply)

I think he'd look smashing with a bit of lippy on.
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( , Thu 15 Aug 2013, 10:28, Reply)

but he was pretty cruel over it. One little tickle of his own medicine and he's all blooblooignore.
I don't know, Twoey, I've never been ignored to my knowledge before. Except with Q's grand experiment, obviously. I don't understand anything anymore. My world's turned upside down.
( , Thu 15 Aug 2013, 10:25, Reply)

into his repertoire of foreplay and things weren't as well received as he would have hoped
( , Thu 15 Aug 2013, 10:26, Reply)

He made a couple of posts about having ruined everything and how he's going to go for a smoke in the woods in an attempt to man up. Since then radio silence. I'm worried about him, Al. He sounds like he might go and stand out in the rain at any moment.
( , Thu 15 Aug 2013, 10:27, Reply)

So that the falling raindrop mingle with the tears rolling down his cheeks and he feels like his life has become a cure song.
( , Thu 15 Aug 2013, 10:29, Reply)

I hope he has somebody to pick him up and take him to a titty bar to get over it.
Oh, actually, that's probably not the best place. Maybe go-karting?
( , Thu 15 Aug 2013, 10:34, Reply)

I, for one,am quite surprised to see that Egypt is fielding tanks as new and shiny as the M1 Abrams. Also good to see some more venerable Pattons on the streets, if you're a fan of classic US tanks. Myself I was hoping to see some vintage Soviet hardware as these are my favourite. On the upside I did pop by to see the Mandella Way T34 on my way home last night, which was nice as it's probab;y one of my favourite tanks of ever.
Alt:Just do a good job, stop slacking.
AltAlt: no pets these days, can't see the point and I don't, realistically have the time for them. I have had many pets which are now dead, mostly gerbils, nothing interesting there, rodents make dull pets, although, having said that, I might have a rat one day.
( , Thu 15 Aug 2013, 10:35, Reply)

Tanks ahoy!
Cheers.
( , Thu 15 Aug 2013, 10:39, Reply)

In my head middle east = old soviet tanks, I was forgetting Egypt was one of the 'good' guys.
( , Thu 15 Aug 2013, 11:12, Reply)

as it's just off Old Kent Road
( , Thu 15 Aug 2013, 10:41, Reply)

The current paint job isn't stellar, but it's worth a look.
( , Thu 15 Aug 2013, 11:11, Reply)

With the exception of the vampire cat I had with my ex, which I assume is still disembowelling small field creatures with aplomb.
( , Thu 15 Aug 2013, 10:39, Reply)
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