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(, Sun 1 Apr 2001, 1:00)
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Fuck's sake, /OT
What the hell's wrong with you people?
Quick, tell me the most unexpected thing you can put your hands on without moving.

Alt: what was the last item you misplaced? I'm talking 'I know it's in the house somewhere, but buggered if I know where' kind of misplaced.
(, Mon 7 Oct 2013, 12:22, 153 replies, latest was 12 years ago)
My penis.
Alt; Apple TV remote.
(, Mon 7 Oct 2013, 12:24, Reply)
UNexpected, battered.

(, Mon 7 Oct 2013, 12:31, Reply)
A gum sheild
Alt: Pens, pens hate me the devious little bastards are forever hiding from me :(
(, Mon 7 Oct 2013, 12:24, Reply)
That's cos they loathe your sweaty hare paws.

(, Mon 7 Oct 2013, 12:26, Reply)
This may well be true :(

(, Mon 7 Oct 2013, 12:26, Reply)
Don' be sad love. Have a skip, and gake the piss out pf Pig and Tortoise.

(, Mon 7 Oct 2013, 12:30, Reply)
I keep forgetting you are one of the few that knows where my user name comes from
In the battle to stop losing pens I now own four Faber Castell pens
(, Mon 7 Oct 2013, 12:39, Reply)
YM, obviously, failing that laptop and some nice pork pies.

(, Mon 7 Oct 2013, 12:24, Reply)
Toss up between a Crookes radiometer
a solar-powered grasshopper or the piezo-drive for an atomic force microscope.

Or, for some reason, a tin of Ronseal.

Alt: I've misplaced my Oyster Card. Typical when it has about 30 notes on it.
(, Mon 7 Oct 2013, 12:31, Reply)
^tggi

(, Mon 7 Oct 2013, 12:32, Reply)
I suppose only the Ronseal is strictly unexpected
as in, the others have valid reasons for being in my office. The Ronseal probably does as well, I just can't remember what it is.
(, Mon 7 Oct 2013, 12:34, Reply)
What does it say on the tin?

(, Mon 7 Oct 2013, 12:35, Reply)
Outdoor Varnish
Clear, waterproof protection.
(, Mon 7 Oct 2013, 12:37, Reply)
Perhaps it was for varnishing something.
It *is* the start of conker season...
(, Mon 7 Oct 2013, 12:38, Reply)
nah, I lied really, I know was it was for
it was for suspending luminescent dyes for some of our quantum downshifting work.

I just thought I'd fib for comic purpose. Imagine, an apparent hypocritical prick and a liar. I hope Rory can cope :(
(, Mon 7 Oct 2013, 12:43, Reply)
He's probably wanked himself to a tumescent rage under his bridge

(, Mon 7 Oct 2013, 12:45, Reply)
A purple minion that giggles.

(, Mon 7 Oct 2013, 12:32, Reply)
I thought minions were yellow?

(, Mon 7 Oct 2013, 12:36, Reply)
not the mutants....

(, Mon 7 Oct 2013, 12:36, Reply)
Oh I thought you were an adult now, Pops.
You'd better ignore the pics in that gaz I sent you.
(, Mon 7 Oct 2013, 14:03, Reply)
A 1/8" brass nipple..........
Alt: Yesterday I lost a box of Persil tablets (NON BIOLOGICAL), I *knew* I had bought some. Then I found it. Next to the fucking washing machine.
(, Mon 7 Oct 2013, 12:32, Reply)
Non bio?
What are you, some kind of POOF?
(, Mon 7 Oct 2013, 12:33, Reply)
That shit make me itch.

(, Mon 7 Oct 2013, 12:33, Reply)
Hey frog.
I also have to use non bio for my sensitive skin. I think we might be brothers
(, Mon 7 Oct 2013, 12:42, Reply)
I like you more and more everyday.

(, Mon 7 Oct 2013, 12:43, Reply)
Maybe you're the two love children of Kermit and Miss Piggy

(, Mon 7 Oct 2013, 12:43, Reply)
Are you suggesting they're a pair of muppets?

(, Mon 7 Oct 2013, 12:44, Reply)
More than my job's worth, guvnor

(, Mon 7 Oct 2013, 12:45, Reply)
I dunno about Pigsy, but I *can* be a muppet at times.
I'm okay with that though.
(, Mon 7 Oct 2013, 12:45, Reply)
Guilty.

(, Mon 7 Oct 2013, 12:49, Reply)
*muppetfives*

(, Mon 7 Oct 2013, 12:50, Reply)
Plastic pokéball
alt: my work badge. The answer was 'in the drying machine'. That's right, drying machine. Well done to those playing at home.
(, Mon 7 Oct 2013, 12:33, Reply)
My girlfriend.
Alt: my wife
(, Mon 7 Oct 2013, 12:34, Reply)
To answer my own question...
A Rosetta Stone Polish CD

Alt: The 2013 diary I bought last December. Still haven't found it. It'll probably surface in the middle of December this year.
(, Mon 7 Oct 2013, 12:35, Reply)
my 32GB microSD card for the second bit.

(, Mon 7 Oct 2013, 12:35, Reply)
I just got a pay rise :-)

(, Mon 7 Oct 2013, 12:35, Reply)
Woo hoo!
Drinks are on Froggy tonight!
(, Mon 7 Oct 2013, 12:36, Reply)
They're always on me anyway as i am KIND and GENEROUS with what little I have.

(, Mon 7 Oct 2013, 12:40, Reply)
Bully for you. I just got a cold shower halfway through.
Not. Happy.
(, Mon 7 Oct 2013, 12:37, Reply)
Hot water was off at my place for 4 days last week
When the guy showed up to fix it yesterday, I don't think he was expecting the 10 pissed off people waiting for him.

Sorted it in no time, mind.
(, Mon 7 Oct 2013, 12:41, Reply)
Put another 50p in the meter

(, Mon 7 Oct 2013, 12:48, Reply)
Well done Froggleston
Now you can get that bluray set of Home Improvement you've always wanted
(, Mon 7 Oct 2013, 12:37, Reply)
Wilson be trippin'

(, Mon 7 Oct 2013, 12:41, Reply)
Pkllow biting now pays minimum wage? Congratulations :)

(, Mon 7 Oct 2013, 12:39, Reply)
I love biting 'pkllow'

(, Mon 7 Oct 2013, 12:42, Reply)
This is a new pkllow for offtopic

(, Mon 7 Oct 2013, 12:54, Reply)
It's a bitter pkll to swallow.

(, Mon 7 Oct 2013, 12:56, Reply)
OK "Alanis Mkrissette"

(, Mon 7 Oct 2013, 12:57, Reply)
CONGRATULATIONS

(, Mon 7 Oct 2013, 12:41, Reply)
AND CELEBRATIONS

(, Mon 7 Oct 2013, 12:42, Reply)
We should go out and celebrate.

(, Mon 7 Oct 2013, 12:43, Reply)
I'll take you to Maccy D's for a happy meal

(, Mon 7 Oct 2013, 12:44, Reply)
Not even a kebab?
For shame
(, Mon 7 Oct 2013, 12:44, Reply)
Happy meals for lunch innit, then a couple of beers and kebabs later. BIG NIGHT OUT.

(, Mon 7 Oct 2013, 12:47, Reply)
You know how to party.

(, Mon 7 Oct 2013, 12:48, Reply)
NO BALLOON HATS

(, Mon 7 Oct 2013, 12:51, Reply)
Can I get nuggets?

(, Mon 7 Oct 2013, 12:45, Reply)
OK, but just this once.

(, Mon 7 Oct 2013, 12:46, Reply)
It's always about the fooood with you lot

(, Mon 7 Oct 2013, 13:13, Reply)
I like the Bountys which no one else does.

(, Mon 7 Oct 2013, 13:16, Reply)
The white chocolate ones?
You complete headwrong.
(, Mon 7 Oct 2013, 13:37, Reply)
White chocolate Bounty? GET OUT THAT AINT REAL BRUV

(, Mon 7 Oct 2013, 13:43, Reply)
Guernsey exclusive, innit

(, Mon 7 Oct 2013, 13:51, Reply)
*books flight*

(, Mon 7 Oct 2013, 14:01, Reply)
A set of Danish instructions that make perfect sense, despite my not knowing the language.
Alt: Serrated bread knife, ended up massacring the bread.
(, Mon 7 Oct 2013, 12:36, Reply)

1. Dëlåt ur åkkunt.
2. Kïl ürsìlf
(, Mon 7 Oct 2013, 12:40, Reply)
You are on fucking fire today b3th!

(, Mon 7 Oct 2013, 12:45, Reply)
Not even in my top ten Ikea shelving units

(, Mon 7 Oct 2013, 12:49, Reply)
YM.
Alt. I've got a pair of trousers that I'm sure I haven't thrown out, but God knows where they are.
(, Mon 7 Oct 2013, 12:40, Reply)
Not much out of the ordinary at my desk... A screwdriver I suppose
alt. Parcel tape.

O/T IS SAVED!!!
(, Mon 7 Oct 2013, 12:40, Reply)
Drinking at your desk? Terrible.

(, Mon 7 Oct 2013, 12:41, Reply)
*facepalms* why did it take me so long to get this

(, Mon 7 Oct 2013, 12:43, Reply)
Because you're a flid?

(, Mon 7 Oct 2013, 12:44, Reply)
Well really, that's a bit harsh :(

(, Mon 7 Oct 2013, 12:44, Reply)
Because you're drunk?

(, Mon 7 Oct 2013, 12:49, Reply)
What, wait.....woah, I've just realised I'm working from home and have beers in the fridge
yet it's not even crossed my mind to open one
(, Mon 7 Oct 2013, 12:52, Reply)
You silly boy.

(, Mon 7 Oct 2013, 12:53, Reply)
I think I may have one more coffee first

(, Mon 7 Oct 2013, 12:55, Reply)
VODKA AND OJ IS NOT A COCKTAIL.

(, Mon 7 Oct 2013, 13:20, Reply)
A specification for Regulatory Reporting Counterparty Nondisclosure
which basically consists of reminding Customer Services "DON'T TELL HIM PIKE" when they get asked.

Alt: I have not much storage space in the flat so there's a limited number of places things can be. Did find a pair of jeans I'd been looking for under a pile of towels in the wardrobe instead of with the rest of the jeans, though. Not sure what my thinking was on that one.
(, Mon 7 Oct 2013, 12:42, Reply)

A Lego Yoda with a blue baseball cap on at a jaunty angle
A swiss army knife
A picture of a penguin
A broken glass parrot
A party popper
(, Mon 7 Oct 2013, 12:48, Reply)
Popped or Un popped.

(, Mon 7 Oct 2013, 12:49, Reply)
I think, and I can't emphasis this enough
Winders has hit the nail right on the head with the question that is on all of the country's lips.
(, Mon 7 Oct 2013, 12:51, Reply)
ENQUIRING MINDS!

(, Mon 7 Oct 2013, 12:52, Reply)
Unpopped and uncorked
The cardboard bit and the swirly paper removed for maximum poppage
(, Mon 7 Oct 2013, 12:53, Reply)
Is it a special popper?
Saved for posterity?
(, Mon 7 Oct 2013, 13:01, Reply)
It is saved for when someone has a PC open and/or is plugging something in under a desk

(, Mon 7 Oct 2013, 13:02, Reply)
Excellent.

(, Mon 7 Oct 2013, 13:06, Reply)
It works surprisingly well
See also:

Sellotape to bottom of chair leg. Tie string to desk
(, Mon 7 Oct 2013, 13:08, Reply)
Is there a high rate of heart failure in your office?

(, Mon 7 Oct 2013, 13:11, Reply)
Almost

(, Mon 7 Oct 2013, 13:14, Reply)
Do you live in an arcade 'claw' machine?

(, Mon 7 Oct 2013, 12:49, Reply)
10/10

(, Mon 7 Oct 2013, 12:50, Reply)
You have saved our lives
We are eternally greatful
(, Mon 7 Oct 2013, 12:54, Reply)
Fucking hell people
Where have you all gone?
(, Mon 7 Oct 2013, 13:32, Reply)
Lunchtime innit. They're all out power lunching, probably doing some 'walking and talking' cos they're all so busy and important.

(, Mon 7 Oct 2013, 13:34, Reply)
Without my inanities gibbering forth every few seconds you lot are fucked.

(, Mon 7 Oct 2013, 13:35, Reply)
this^
Gabber on, McDuff
(, Mon 7 Oct 2013, 13:39, Reply)
A Hong Kong dollar found in the washing machine
Alt: I've misplaced my hairbrush this morning and it won't be found.
(, Mon 7 Oct 2013, 13:33, Reply)
That money has been laundered.

(, Mon 7 Oct 2013, 13:36, Reply)
POWWWWWW

(, Mon 7 Oct 2013, 13:37, Reply)
That's absolutely terrible

(, Mon 7 Oct 2013, 14:04, Reply)
Alt: I've lost a £100 cheque that I was sent for my birthday and I *really* need the money.
So tonight I have to call up and ask my mum's 'paaaartner' to send me another one, whilst apologising for not sending her a 70th birthday present because I can't afford to buy her one.

'f', as they say 'ml'

I'm fucking fed up.
(, Mon 7 Oct 2013, 13:33, Reply)
I'll lend you a ton m8. No probs, I'm rocking up some serious scrilla these days.

(, Mon 7 Oct 2013, 13:36, Reply)
Heavy cheddar, yeah?
Sweet bruv.
(, Mon 7 Oct 2013, 13:37, Reply)
I'm gonna get a money clip, as my cheese only folds, ya hear me?

(, Mon 7 Oct 2013, 13:39, Reply)
I have no cheese

(, Mon 7 Oct 2013, 13:40, Reply)
I DON'T EAT RAW CHEESE

(, Mon 7 Oct 2013, 13:41, Reply)
My sig tells you all you need to know about my formaggio status.

(, Mon 7 Oct 2013, 13:41, Reply)
As I have said before, your sig works best on this day of the week, Mon.

(, Mon 7 Oct 2013, 13:42, Reply)
Yes baas.

(, Mon 7 Oct 2013, 13:43, Reply)
ELLODEREMON

(, Mon 7 Oct 2013, 13:44, Reply)
lol

(, Mon 7 Oct 2013, 13:45, Reply)
You are from good brieding

(, Mon 7 Oct 2013, 13:42, Reply)
Fuck off (camem)Bert.

(, Mon 7 Oct 2013, 13:44, Reply)
Edam I wouldn't stoop that low

(, Mon 7 Oct 2013, 13:44, Reply)
I'm gonna pay (blue) Vinnie Jones to do you over.

(, Mon 7 Oct 2013, 13:45, Reply)
That would be a bit of a Saga

(, Mon 7 Oct 2013, 13:48, Reply)
Sonic the Hedghogs

(, Mon 7 Oct 2013, 13:50, Reply)
You Oka know better

(, Mon 7 Oct 2013, 13:56, Reply)
I once did a tour of the Cheddar factory at Chedder Gorge that put me off cheese for about two hours

(, Mon 7 Oct 2013, 13:43, Reply)
I once rimmed your missus
That put me off cheese for about 2 hours too... Coincidence I think not
(, Mon 7 Oct 2013, 13:44, Reply)
:o
All right Stunned give B-dog his log in back
(, Mon 7 Oct 2013, 13:45, Reply)
'b-dog' has some rather, ah, *unfortunate* connotations...

(, Mon 7 Oct 2013, 13:46, Reply)
please expand
I know of it as a 90's gang term
(, Mon 7 Oct 2013, 13:49, Reply)
Bot Dog.
n. colloquial: a baguette containing a human stool, garnished with onions, ketchup etc. usually sent via mail as a threat or insult:

"Imma post that cunt a bot dog"
(, Mon 7 Oct 2013, 13:52, Reply)
Ah
A little slow on the uptake there... I shall have a special Joey moment to compensate
(, Mon 7 Oct 2013, 13:54, Reply)
You knows it

(, Mon 7 Oct 2013, 13:49, Reply)
*looks down*
* sees 2 feet*

Nope not stunned (stunning but not stunned)
(, Mon 7 Oct 2013, 13:47, Reply)
Ain't that an insult to you rather than her?

(, Mon 7 Oct 2013, 14:02, Reply)
So when are you going to kick the fuck out of Mighty Badger
for trolling your friends on FB?
(, Mon 7 Oct 2013, 14:04, Reply)
I don't really know what happened, I fucked off by that time and it was mostly deleted when I got back.

(, Mon 7 Oct 2013, 14:07, Reply)
ouch

(, Mon 7 Oct 2013, 13:39, Reply)
I believe the correct response to this is to say
"You fucking idiot"


HTH
(, Mon 7 Oct 2013, 13:44, Reply)
Thanks Bonz!

(, Mon 7 Oct 2013, 13:44, Reply)
No prbs bbz
Stay strong eh
(, Mon 7 Oct 2013, 13:46, Reply)
Who the fuck sends a cheque these days?
Call her up and tell her unless she transfers that money directly into your bank account PRONTO, you will shit in her cunt.
(, Mon 7 Oct 2013, 13:54, Reply)
70 year old women?

(, Mon 7 Oct 2013, 13:55, Reply)
Well my mother doesn't turn 70 until January, but she is well capable of chucking me a pile of birthday money via the internet.

(, Mon 7 Oct 2013, 13:56, Reply)
Yes but your mother reeks like a Mongolian fishmarket so swings and roundabouts eh.

(, Mon 7 Oct 2013, 14:13, Reply)
random gig and train tickets from the past five or so years that I feel the need to keep in my bag
/megahoarder

Alt: at least three hammers and a couple of those mini screwdriver sets. They're always there blocking drawers when you don't need the fuckers.
(, Mon 7 Oct 2013, 13:38, Reply)
Chilli Sauce.
Alt: Counterpart driving license; last time I looked I found two.

It was for a photo renewal, in the end I said I'd lost it.
(, Mon 7 Oct 2013, 13:45, Reply)
Nothing wrong with me,
but for a scary couple of hours there all the evidence seemed to suggest that b3ta and all the proxies had been blocked at my workplace.
There is nothing unexpected about what I can lay my hands on - I put it all there, why would it surprise me?

Alt: Goggles
(, Mon 7 Oct 2013, 13:48, Reply)
So is it all back to normal now?

(, Mon 7 Oct 2013, 13:50, Reply)
Yup, /ot smells of yohgurt and yak shit once again.

(, Mon 7 Oct 2013, 13:50, Reply)
\o/

(, Mon 7 Oct 2013, 13:52, Reply)
Apparently so.
I'm using a proxy, out of some perhaps misplaced belief that it might be a bit safer.
An IT nerd can pop up now and say it ain't so.
(, Mon 7 Oct 2013, 13:52, Reply)
No nerds have corrected me, so I must be safe.

(, Mon 7 Oct 2013, 14:03, Reply)
Main Q: a copy of 'Christian Imagination in Poetry and Polity: Some Anglican Voices from Temple to Herbert'.
By Rowan Williams AS IF YOU DIDN'T ALREADY KNOW.
(, Mon 7 Oct 2013, 13:50, Reply)
A signed copy from when he came to see you at work?

(, Mon 7 Oct 2013, 13:53, Reply)
Yes, with an invitation to holiday with him in Guernsey 'whenever you like xx'

(, Mon 7 Oct 2013, 13:54, Reply)
does he still do the Mr Bean character

(, Mon 7 Oct 2013, 13:58, Reply)
My desk is the model of sobriety
With the possible exception of a rubber band ball and John Peels biography
(, Mon 7 Oct 2013, 13:53, Reply)

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