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 so tired (ssh sssh)
	so tired (ssh sssh)home from work: 3.15am. back in work: 7.15am. this sucks. why does it suck to be you today?
alt: why is it cream-your-pants-and-rub-them-on-your-grandma's-knee fantastic to be you?
altalt: breakfast? or talk amongst yourselves. i'll be sleeping here in the corner. oh no wait, I mean attending a city focus seminar and then running around to hit a court deadline...
(, Tue 10 Dec 2013, 7:47, 154 replies, latest was 12 years ago)
 Because of vaguely similar and related reasons.
	Because of vaguely similar and related reasons.Alt: It isn't, I'm rubbish but it's okay because I feel like I'm about to die anyway
Altalt: A drink of all in one anti-death medicine
(, Tue 10 Dec 2013, 7:51, Reply)
 No, nothing like that old boy.
	No, nothing like that old boy.I am a broken shell of a man, I ruined myself at the weekend, now I am more run down and exhausted than usual, and poorly, and I want to curl up in a ball and hibernate for a fortnight.
(, Tue 10 Dec 2013, 8:30, Reply)
 It was the Barcelona trip innit. I had about 6 hours sleep between Friday morning and Sunday night.
	It was the Barcelona trip innit. I had about 6 hours sleep between Friday morning and Sunday night.(, Tue 10 Dec 2013, 8:37, Reply)
 What are you wittering on about woman.
	What are you wittering on about woman.That alt doesn't make sense.
(, Tue 10 Dec 2013, 8:03, Reply)
 Think someone needs to address their work/life balance.
	Think someone needs to address their work/life balance.Altalt; Nothing, aside from a cup of coffee. I feel a bit sick today.
(, Tue 10 Dec 2013, 8:03, Reply)
 If you will walk the streets
	If you will walk the streets looking or some rough trade what do you expect
(, Tue 10 Dec 2013, 8:06, Reply)
 Breakfast is of the animal variety I'm afraid. Black pudding,  scrambled eggs and nommy toast from an unsliced cob. Im a growing lad me.
	Breakfast is of the animal variety I'm afraid. Black pudding,  scrambled eggs and nommy toast from an unsliced cob. Im a growing lad me.(, Tue 10 Dec 2013, 8:10, Reply)
 Sucks to be me today because...
	Sucks to be me today because......I have to host some bigwigs from our suppliers and take them to a car factory. One of the bigwigs is a social hand grenade so I'll be babysitting him very closely.
Alt: The reason for the above. I sold a half-million pound machine to these people and the bigwigs are glory sponging, getting their faces in the trade press etc when they did fuck-diddley-all to gain the contract. C'est la vie I suppose.
altalt: Brekky will be at some motorway services, I suspect that meat will be involved, followed by an incredulous snort at the wallet-raping cost.
(, Tue 10 Dec 2013, 8:19, Reply)
 Offer the bigwigs a snort as well.
	Offer the bigwigs a snort as well.They'd probably appreciate that.
(, Tue 10 Dec 2013, 8:21, Reply)
 he's going to take them to twang club so he can impress them with his traditional musicianship
	he's going to take them to twang club so he can impress them with his traditional musicianship(, Tue 10 Dec 2013, 8:45, Reply)
 Dentist in an hour :-(
	Dentist in an hour :-(Still, my dentist is really nice, so meh.
Alt: it really, really isn't.
AltAlt: maybe when I get back. I have some crumpets that need finishing off.
(, Tue 10 Dec 2013, 8:20, Reply)
 Oh stop your complaining
	Oh stop your complainingYou are well remunerated for your work, if the hours were so bad to make it intolerable you could easily change jobs.
My life doesn't suck, so I too have to find petty things to complain about, usually something dull like the morning traffic, which I admit doesn't make for great internet.
(, Tue 10 Dec 2013, 8:31, Reply)
 I'm amazed that a man who has decided to forgo regular employment for a life of smoking and selling weed wouldn't be the very definition of punctual
	I'm amazed that a man who has decided to forgo regular employment for a life of smoking and selling weed wouldn't be the very definition of punctual(, Tue 10 Dec 2013, 8:56, Reply)
 Morning class. I'm tired, coming down with a cold and have no appetite. I'll manage tea but that will be it.
	Morning class. I'm tired, coming down with a cold and have no appetite. I'll manage tea but that will be it.Any suggestions for business cards suppliers? I usually go to Vistaprint wondering if the Internet has any ideas.
(, Tue 10 Dec 2013, 8:44, Reply)
 make sure they have a watermark, that the colour is bone and that the lettering is something called 'silian rail'
	make sure they have a watermark, that the colour is bone and that the lettering is something called 'silian rail'(, Tue 10 Dec 2013, 8:46, Reply)
 I think there's a machine at the train station where you can get like 500 cards for a fiver or summat
	I think there's a machine at the train station where you can get like 500 cards for a fiver or summat(, Tue 10 Dec 2013, 8:47, Reply)
 moo.com seem to be better quality, higher GSM or whatever but they cost a bit more.
	moo.com seem to be better quality, higher GSM or whatever but they cost a bit more.(, Tue 10 Dec 2013, 8:53, Reply)
 I'm going to have to write an article about the benefits of non-advised annuities
	I'm going to have to write an article about the benefits of non-advised annuitiesThat's as dull as it sounds.
(, Tue 10 Dec 2013, 8:53, Reply)
 Not bad, got a new job, moving house in jan, got another baby due in march
	 Not bad, got a new job, moving house in jan, got another baby due in marchI think that covers everything since we last spoke!
(, Tue 10 Dec 2013, 9:05, Reply)
 holy crap, another fucking baby?
	holy crap, another fucking baby?congrats man!
I'm moving in with the fella this week actually. Rented our first place together, we get the keys on Thursday morning.
(, Tue 10 Dec 2013, 9:14, Reply)
 Well congratulations all round!
	Well congratulations all round!Although for the sake of stereotyping please refer to your fella as the Bruce from now on.
(, Tue 10 Dec 2013, 9:17, Reply)
 Wipe your eyes on a fifty and blow your nose on a handful of twenties and you'll feel fine.
	Wipe your eyes on a fifty and blow your nose on a handful of twenties and you'll feel fine.Alt. Because I am fucking great at everything I do.
(, Tue 10 Dec 2013, 8:58, Reply)
 I am a wonderful husband and can tie a perfect tie.
	I am a wonderful husband and can tie a perfect tie.I was in character as a filthy french man in the picture you are referring to and purposely tied a shit tie.
(, Tue 10 Dec 2013, 9:17, Reply)
 You dressed up as Kroney?
	You dressed up as Kroney?Also, I don't think either of you know what husbandry means
(, Tue 10 Dec 2013, 9:21, Reply)
 It means keeping your wife from wandering off into traffic, I think.
	It means keeping your wife from wandering off into traffic, I think.(, Tue 10 Dec 2013, 9:37, Reply)
 Its OK she's not Cornish
	Its OK she's not CornishHer dad is Spanish and her mum is Native American.
(, Tue 10 Dec 2013, 9:39, Reply)
 probably not
	probably notthey probably won't realise how my christmas name is the best one here.
(, Tue 10 Dec 2013, 10:26, Reply)
 He's Cornish
	He's CornishOf course he's up to the back wheels in farmyard stock.
(, Tue 10 Dec 2013, 10:08, Reply)
 Sun's out,
	Sun's out, Driving around the county today.
Life is OK.
Hope you all are too xxx.
(, Tue 10 Dec 2013, 9:05, Reply)
 People are people - so why should it be you and I get along so awfully?
	People are people - so why should it be you and I get along so awfully?(, Tue 10 Dec 2013, 9:40, Reply)
 Constant tiredness is why
	Constant tiredness is whyAlt:
At the moment it isn't
AltAlt:
Muesli with raspberries and banana. Coffee
(, Tue 10 Dec 2013, 9:41, Reply)
 Black pudding's black today mother. Even the white bits are black.
	Black pudding's black today mother. Even the white bits are black.Ripping Yarn's reference.
(, Tue 10 Dec 2013, 9:54, Reply)
 I agree 100%
	I agree 100%However the tikka chicken I made last night is fucking amazing
(, Tue 10 Dec 2013, 10:01, Reply)
 I might make a curry now that you've put the thought in my mind.
	I might make a curry now that you've put the thought in my mind. Prawn madras perhaps, or egg vindaloo.
(, Tue 10 Dec 2013, 10:03, Reply)
 is there anything on the planet that would make a man produce more eye watering guffs?
	is there anything on the planet that would make a man produce more eye watering guffs?urgh
(, Tue 10 Dec 2013, 10:27, Reply)
 Yeah that's what it's like hanging around waiting for 'someone' innit
	Yeah that's what it's like hanging around waiting for 'someone' innit(, Tue 10 Dec 2013, 10:27, Reply)
 man that was actually a fascinating talk
	man that was actually a fascinating talkeconomists and planners re future of London v the rest of the uk.
the stats/predictions are depressing and awe inspiring in equal measures.
(, Tue 10 Dec 2013, 10:18, Reply)
 Let me guess
	Let me guessLondon's going to be paved with gold and the rest of the UK is fucked into a cocked hat?
*yawns*
(, Tue 10 Dec 2013, 10:22, Reply)
 Anyone would think there aren't thriving cities in other parts of the UK
	Anyone would think there aren't thriving cities in other parts of the UKObviously Bristol, Birmingham, Leeds, Edinburgh, Manchester & Glasgow don't have an economy.
(, Tue 10 Dec 2013, 10:24, Reply)
 it wasn't that broad; i'm a property lawyer, remember
	it wasn't that broad; i'm a property lawyer, rememberit was about redevelopment. the stats were about how many people will be living here; how much it will cost; how many new homes are needed etc etc etc.
(, Tue 10 Dec 2013, 10:26, Reply)
 ... which won't fit because there isn't any space and which no-one will be able to afford anyway, right?
	... which won't fit because there isn't any space and which no-one will be able to afford anyway, right?(, Tue 10 Dec 2013, 10:28, Reply)
 I'm actually quite interested in this
	I'm actually quite interested in thisbecause there are two, both equally respected (in terms of the "respect" of the economists involved anyway) theories about which way this will go, and they are diametrically opposite.
It's almost - almost - as if economists don't have a fucking clue what will happen, what with economics being based entirely on precedent and there not being any, and are purely producing the most extreme scenarios in a desperate bid for attention. The Lady Gaga approach to economics, if you will.
(, Tue 10 Dec 2013, 10:27, Reply)
 When your job involves predicting the future, where there are many variables at play, the capacity for getting it wrong is huge.
	When your job involves predicting the future, where there are many variables at play, the capacity for getting it wrong is huge.(, Tue 10 Dec 2013, 10:31, Reply)
 Hypersonic flight. Mach 5. Australia to London in 2 hours.
	Hypersonic flight. Mach 5. Australia to London in 2 hours.en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scramjet
www.google.com/search?q=scramjet+plane&safe=off&espv=210&es_sm=122&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ei=6e-mUoPWBIfxhQfasoGoAg&ved=0CAkQ_AUoAQ&biw=1600&bih=784
(, Tue 10 Dec 2013, 10:43, Reply)
 Absolutely.
	Absolutely.It would just be nice the cunts doing it would admit to this.
(, Tue 10 Dec 2013, 10:32, Reply)
 If the tailor had admitted that his plan was to send the emperor out naked, he wouldn't have been paid.
	If the tailor had admitted that his plan was to send the emperor out naked, he wouldn't have been paid.(, Tue 10 Dec 2013, 10:33, Reply)
 Aberdeen is like a microcosm of London economics, sorta. Only more one-dimensional.
	Aberdeen is like a microcosm of London economics, sorta. Only more one-dimensional.(, Tue 10 Dec 2013, 10:31, Reply)
 
	 (, Tue 10 Dec 2013, 10:33, Reply)
 It's fucking grey.
	It's fucking grey.It's also fucking wealthy.
The jury's out on "shit" although, granted, that depends on your opinion of class A's, booze and high-end hookers as there's fuck all else to do there.
(, Tue 10 Dec 2013, 10:35, Reply)
 I had a damn good curry in Aberdeen last year:
	I had a damn good curry in Aberdeen last year:www.bluemoon-aberdeen.com/
(, Tue 10 Dec 2013, 10:45, Reply)
 I used to spend a lot of time in the Holburn Street area.
	I used to spend a lot of time in the Holburn Street area.Never been to that Indian though.
(, Tue 10 Dec 2013, 10:47, Reply)
 It's really good. I had the best aubergine curry there I have ever had and I chose that dish quite often.
	It's really good. I had the best aubergine curry there I have ever had and I chose that dish quite often. (, Tue 10 Dec 2013, 10:50, Reply)
 it's a cool city
	it's a cool cityWhat took you that far north? Didn't think there were that many companies in your field up there. It's pretty much all oil and gas.
(, Tue 10 Dec 2013, 10:52, Reply)
 Union Street is fucked now
	Union Street is fucked nowTry Bieldside, Cults and Milltimber. Big money areas.
(, Tue 10 Dec 2013, 10:57, Reply)
 highest cost of living outside of London and the south east
	highest cost of living outside of London and the south eastProperty prices have doubled in the last ten years. More millionaires per capita than anywhere else in the UK. Terrible poverty, horrific levels of heroin and crack use.
(, Tue 10 Dec 2013, 10:39, Reply)
 although, oddly unlike the rest of the UK
	although, oddly unlike the rest of the UKthe smack and crack use doesn't actually directly correlate with the poverty, as a lot of it is the offshore boys.
(, Tue 10 Dec 2013, 10:55, Reply)
 boring work + good disposable income = drug use.
	boring work + good disposable income = drug use. As seen in many ex-pat communities around the globe.
(, Tue 10 Dec 2013, 10:57, Reply)
 I see about 20% of my grads go offshore.
	I see about 20% of my grads go offshore.Most of them say the tests were, well, while you were offshore.
Most rig boys don't actually shoot up on the rigs.
(, Tue 10 Dec 2013, 11:24, Reply)
 The provinces are shit and pointless and should be purged from the earth
	The provinces are shit and pointless and should be purged from the earth Starting with Coventry
(, Tue 10 Dec 2013, 10:22, Reply)
 I spent a nice couple of hours at City airport before all flights were cancelled and coming back to the office.
	I spent a nice couple of hours at City airport before all flights were cancelled and coming back to the office.  Bacon roll and a coffee for £12. Cunts.
(, Tue 10 Dec 2013, 11:08, Reply)
 Yup.  It's funny.  The only part of the Docklands that was foggy was the airport.  The DLR drove into
	Yup.  It's funny.  The only part of the Docklands that was foggy was the airport.  The DLR drove intothe fog on one side and out of it on the other.
(, Tue 10 Dec 2013, 11:17, Reply)
 Innit doe.
	Innit doe.  I thought these planes could take off and land on their own.
(, Tue 10 Dec 2013, 11:32, Reply)
 City's a bit tricksy though.
	City's a bit tricksy though.All the buildings and, y'know, water and shit. Plus a lot of the planes are tiny little things that probably don't have autoland or whatever the fuck you call it.
(, Tue 10 Dec 2013, 11:53, Reply)
 If I had to still be at work for 3.15am then I would have to really love my job.
	If I had to still be at work for 3.15am then I would have to really love my job.It doesn't really suck to be me but I'm sure I had done more weekdays.
alt. It's awesome to be me because I'm likeable, funny, not bad to look at, easy going, loyal.
altalt. Cinnamon Porridge
You got a big case on or summat? Why so busy?
(, Tue 10 Dec 2013, 11:09, Reply)
 I'm going to visit and purposefully throw coke round.
	I'm going to visit and purposefully throw coke round.The drink.
(and the drug)
(, Tue 10 Dec 2013, 11:15, Reply)
 you never close your eyes any more when i kiss your liiiiiiips
	you never close your eyes any more when i kiss your liiiiiiipsand there's no tenderness like before in your fingertiiiiiiiiiiiips
(, Tue 10 Dec 2013, 11:51, Reply)
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