Eight Days Till Home Time
Good morning, and a very happy penultimate-day-of-the-working-week to you all!

Was thinking last night, what's my greatest wish? Getting through the day seems to work for me - nothing more, nothing less.

Ahem. Composure, Ed, composure.


(Eds Meds Mathskillz=1,Socialskillz=0, Thu 14 Aug 2008, 6:53, 200 replies, latest was 16 years ago)

howaya lad?
I had a world champion sleep last night so I'm a very happy baz this morning.

rafter!
baz
(bazmorningstar efil4nat3b, Thu 14 Aug 2008, 7:43, Reply)

Good Morning t'ya
good morning Baz, good to hear that you're up and awake!
(Eds Meds Mathskillz=1,Socialskillz=0, Thu 14 Aug 2008, 7:45, Reply)

breakfast television
is usually shite but they've just had poker prodigy Annette Obrestad on and now they have Monaghan writer Pat McCabe chatting about a literary festival he's holding. Nice one.




EDIT: Festival site link doesnt work - gr
Now they're pimping homeless kittens.
(bazmorningstar efil4nat3b, Thu 14 Aug 2008, 7:48, Reply)

Morning all
I like Patrick McCabe. Have you read Winterwood.
Very disturbing.

I've had a lie in as going to the docs before work so I had plenty of kip too:)

*edit* although my spell-checking still needs some work.
*ninjas* Ha!
( Boss Keloid Got your mother's maiden name tattooed on my arm, Thu 14 Aug 2008, 7:52, Reply)

just found a tenner (euro) in me pocket
day just keeps getting better.
(bazmorningstar efil4nat3b, Thu 14 Aug 2008, 8:04, Reply)

Hell...
...don't knock it - €10 is €10!
(Eds Meds Mathskillz=1,Socialskillz=0, Thu 14 Aug 2008, 8:07, Reply)

agreed Ed!
two pints in my local gives E1.50 change from a tenner for a bag of chips on the way home:)
(bazmorningstar efil4nat3b, Thu 14 Aug 2008, 8:09, Reply)

My day so far
Has involved waking up half an hour before my alarm went off, and eating some breakfast. Off into town soon to pick up my scart to vga cable from the post office, then got many other things to do.

It's my weekend!
(PenguinOfDeath is Scottish, and most likely angry, Thu 14 Aug 2008, 8:09, Reply)

scart to vga
my telly isnt clever enough to accept one of these so I bought 500G hard drive multimedia player. Cool toy.

C'mere, the news this morning reports the death of an Irish aid worker in Afghanistan along with two others. I'm sure this is completely unreasonable but fuck Afghanistan. Why even bother when this shit happens?
(bazmorningstar efil4nat3b, Thu 14 Aug 2008, 8:14, Reply)

Good morning everyone.
Just learnt today that my youngest sister got into uni... Woo!

@BK, if you see a small, curvy, very dark skinned and bubbly asian girl in Leeds over the next few years then that's her.
( girlinthehole, Thu 14 Aug 2008, 8:26, Reply)

uni
How come you guys are only finding out about that now? My little sis got her results over a week ago! :-O


-edit- She is in scotland, not leeds, possibly something do do with it doh!
(weekirst23 Is broken! Silly ice. Silly High heels!, Thu 14 Aug 2008, 8:40, Reply)

I think we have a temp on our reception today
called Sunshine
( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Thu 14 Aug 2008, 9:06, Reply)

In work now, day going downhill again :)
Morning Kirst, BGB,

congrats to your siblings!

The newspapers here are full of pictures of smug teens with cricket scores for exam results, warning signs for suicidal teens and helplines.
(bazmorningstar efil4nat3b, Thu 14 Aug 2008, 9:08, Reply)

@baz
Ta very much! She's gone to the same uni I went to, and though I left a good few years ago, I'm ... ahem remembered. I just hope everyone isn't expecting a carbon copy of me (she's almost a foot taller for a start! :) )
(weekirst23 Is broken! Silly ice. Silly High heels!, Thu 14 Aug 2008, 9:20, Reply)

@kirst
agus an bhfuil si ag staidear...sorry!

is she studying the same thing as you too?
(bazmorningstar efil4nat3b, Thu 14 Aug 2008, 9:22, Reply)

@baz
no, I actually thought she was going to go down the science route but she has decided in her infinate wisdom that she will make more money in the long run doing Business Management.
Its hard to imagine her in the course though. When I was there it was full of Blonde bimbo types who got up at 5 to do hair and makeup and wore mini skirts and flip flops mid winter.
Science was a haven for me in my baggy jeans and hoodies (or if i was really late my pj's)
(weekirst23 Is broken! Silly ice. Silly High heels!, Thu 14 Aug 2008, 9:29, Reply)

business management
*shudder*
(bazmorningstar efil4nat3b, Thu 14 Aug 2008, 9:33, Reply)

Why hello
there people. How are we all?
(Ethelred is watching cheese grow, Thu 14 Aug 2008, 9:34, Reply)

@baz
I told her it was a mickey mouse course, but I she is of the opinion that as a scientist I'm a snob about non-science degrees! ha ha ha! I'm thinking within about 6 months she'll either become one of the blondies herself, or see the error of her ways


-EDIT- Morning ethelred!
(weekirst23 Is broken! Silly ice. Silly High heels!, Thu 14 Aug 2008, 9:37, Reply)

@weekirst
One of the advantages of doing a science degree is that we CAN look down our noses at those who do things like "business management" or *shudders* media studies!
(Eds Meds Mathskillz=1,Socialskillz=0, Thu 14 Aug 2008, 9:41, Reply)

Languages and business studies in the travel industry.
That's what my sisiter is doing in Leeds. She did want to be an air hostess but we told her to aim a little higher *laughs*

I remember when I got my place at Polytechnic millions of years ago. I couldn't stop smiling for weeks.
( girlinthehole, Thu 14 Aug 2008, 9:43, Reply)

Gutten Morgen!
It's A-Level results day, so congrats to BGB's sis, and to wk's sis, and good luck to anyone who's about to pick up their results.

*takes me back to 1998*

Orlright?

My greatest wish, ed, is that sooner or later I'll be able to buy a house. I finally get a wage where I can afford it, and the credit crunch hits. And so now my graduate account is expiring, I won't qualify for a graduate mortgage.

Balls. I fucking hate renting.

That's quite a sad wish really, isn't it?

EDIT: Ning, acrenne! I have a BA in Theatre, arts degrees FTW!
( Devil_In_Tights the *real* DiT!, Thu 14 Aug 2008, 9:55, Reply)

@DiT
Not really, we all want to get on the housing market at some point...

I share that wish too, together with getting a job in the Kent locale for obvious reasons ;-)
(Bicycle Repairman "you're also a bit of a wanker", Thu 14 Aug 2008, 9:59, Reply)

@ancrenne
Sorry, didn't mean to come off completely offensive. I actually wanted to take fine art, but was told that you can learn science, but If you're crap at art then you're screwed. its just Business management @ RGU I take exception to :)
(weekirst23 Is broken! Silly ice. Silly High heels!, Thu 14 Aug 2008, 10:16, Reply)

@ancrenne / DiT
Apologies from this geek too.

It's just that some degree course that I object to. I mean - media studies, wtf?

EDIT: for example N292 - Casino Operations Management 2 year full-time Foundation Degree
(Eds Meds Mathskillz=1,Socialskillz=0, Thu 14 Aug 2008, 10:18, Reply)

^It's pretty useful
if you want to be in media, I'd imagine! :)
( Devil_In_Tights the *real* DiT!, Thu 14 Aug 2008, 10:21, Reply)

My greatest wish as asked by Ed...
is that my sister sails through college with a good grade at the end, travels the world and has a wonderful time meeting new and interesting people and working in a job she loves instead of wasting her life like her big sister did : (


It's ok, I'm over it now : )
( girlinthehole, Thu 14 Aug 2008, 10:21, Reply)

what BGB said
As above but for mine :)
(weekirst23 Is broken! Silly ice. Silly High heels!, Thu 14 Aug 2008, 10:24, Reply)

@all
that all students going to universities now will have life changing and defining experiences there, and develop into well-adjusted adults with good jobs to go into!

(and that university science departments start to get funded properly and start to attract students)
(Eds Meds Mathskillz=1,Socialskillz=0, Thu 14 Aug 2008, 10:26, Reply)

Morning all
I went for a run again Ed!

@ DiT I've got BA in theatre too. Where did you do yours?
( Mrs Entity is in hiding., Thu 14 Aug 2008, 10:32, Reply)

Well...
I got my degree (BA (hons) Theatre (acting)) from (drum roll):

Bretton Hall College, University of Leeds!

EDIT; How rude of me - and you?
( Devil_In_Tights the *real* DiT!, Thu 14 Aug 2008, 10:34, Reply)

@Mrs L
Good for you! Did you get further this morning?

It's great to hear that you're out running. I did eight miles on a cross-trainer last night with some weight on my back. Aceness.
(Eds Meds Mathskillz=1,Socialskillz=0, Thu 14 Aug 2008, 10:35, Reply)

Go Mrs Bin.
I can't run in the mornings although it's been a long time since I tried.



@Ed - your going to be as fit as a butchers dog at this rate.
( girlinthehole, Thu 14 Aug 2008, 10:37, Reply)

@Ed
No I didn't get any further but I felt less like shit when I finished.
( Mrs Entity is in hiding., Thu 14 Aug 2008, 10:38, Reply)

@MrsL
That's a great advance!
(Eds Meds Mathskillz=1,Socialskillz=0, Thu 14 Aug 2008, 10:42, Reply)

It's amazing how quickly you can progress in getting fit.
When I first started swimming again I would manage 1 or 2 lengths of the pool before I had to stop and have a breather and then after a time I was swimming for 40 minutes non-stop.
( girlinthehole, Thu 14 Aug 2008, 10:46, Reply)

Nice one Mrs L
It won't be long until you feel pretty good after your run. Glad to hear that you're undeterred and going for it!
(Bicycle Repairman "you're also a bit of a wanker", Thu 14 Aug 2008, 10:47, Reply)

Right the weather is nice
I'm off out driving with the top down.
( Mrs Entity is in hiding., Thu 14 Aug 2008, 10:48, Reply)

Enjoyable QOTW
Seeing as we have all enjoyed the QOTW this week, wouldn't it be Karmically uplifting to say as much as when we dont like it, we tend to make our disgruntled e-voices heard?
(bazmorningstar efil4nat3b, Thu 14 Aug 2008, 10:50, Reply)

QOTW
I found it a bit too icky... I only got inspired to post late in the week too.

I'm a tad squemish, me.
(Bicycle Repairman "you're also a bit of a wanker", Thu 14 Aug 2008, 10:54, Reply)

QOTW
Fraid it was too Icky for me too. I've hurt myself quite a lot too, but I couldn't think of anything amusing enough to put in :( I couldn't read most of it. All this week I've had ultra gory nightmares too...
(weekirst23 Is broken! Silly ice. Silly High heels!, Thu 14 Aug 2008, 10:57, Reply)

My story was fab
and not icky at all.


*whores shamelessly*
(bazmorningstar efil4nat3b, Thu 14 Aug 2008, 10:59, Reply)

@Baz
A shameless whore?.....I wondered why we got on so well : )
( girlinthehole, Thu 14 Aug 2008, 11:02, Reply)

Blatant plug
Mine didn't exactly involve blood as such, but is about some rather nasty bruising I received when I crashed my mountain bike a few years ago.

*eyes water at the memory*
(Bicycle Repairman "you're also a bit of a wanker", Thu 14 Aug 2008, 11:02, Reply)

@PJM
yup, read it. clicked it. Cant believe you got back in the saddle after that.

EDIT: @BGB - you coming to the Irish bash then?
(bazmorningstar efil4nat3b, Thu 14 Aug 2008, 11:03, Reply)

Another day of work avoidance looms.

On the subject of non-science degrees, I am very pleased with my English one, because I am now officially qualified to make up words.
FACT.
( thealternativefact, Thu 14 Aug 2008, 11:10, Reply)

@Clenderfeld
g'wan then!
(bazmorningstar efil4nat3b, Thu 14 Aug 2008, 11:11, Reply)

My QOTW story was fab too
*nods at baz*

So, how is everyone today?
( Cawl, Thu 14 Aug 2008, 11:15, Reply)

Bigly.
This is my favourite word, although I acknowledge it can be used as a last name, with possible repercussions including having one's head chopped off.

I prefer to use it thus:

*hugs baz bigly*
( thealternativefact, Thu 14 Aug 2008, 11:16, Reply)

Yo Kaol, Clendrix, Baz and friends
I R back on track to a sunny day like work ethic.
(Ethelred is watching cheese grow, Thu 14 Aug 2008, 11:21, Reply)

Morinin' Everyone
How goes it?

At least its sunny out!

edit: *waves at Kaol, Clendrix and baz*
( Axai is in Montréal, Canada O.o, Thu 14 Aug 2008, 11:28, Reply)

Morning Folks (again)
Still feeling a bit grumpy, maybe I'll head to the range and miss some clays for a while to make myself feel better - nothing like firing off a couple of hundred rounds to make you feel on top of the world, albeit with a bruised shoulder.

Actually hitting some of them would be a pleasant bonus as well, mind you.

However, I think I'll wait for a bit to see if last night's insane maragarita/chilli combo is planning any revenge in the trouser department first.
(osok Rebel without a clue, Thu 14 Aug 2008, 11:29, Reply)

@Baz
Don't know yet. I have a friend coming over from America and if he does then I can't. Won't know till nearer the time.
( girlinthehole, Thu 14 Aug 2008, 11:30, Reply)

*waves back at friendly people*

Ooh, BGB - 'friend' eh?
*digs*
( thealternativefact, Thu 14 Aug 2008, 11:35, Reply)

Big shout-out to all the homies just logging in this morning!
@BGB, that damn sig...
(bazmorningstar efil4nat3b, Thu 14 Aug 2008, 11:41, Reply)

Yo Baz
Hows it hanging dawg?
(Ethelred is watching cheese grow, Thu 14 Aug 2008, 11:42, Reply)

@MC Ethel in da place!
oh, you know, keepin' it real. Hustling for my dough.
(bazmorningstar efil4nat3b, Thu 14 Aug 2008, 11:43, Reply)

Fo sho.
I is digging it.
(Ethelred is watching cheese grow, Thu 14 Aug 2008, 11:44, Reply)

Good morrow onto thee...

In keeping with the above...erm...'Stylie', I would wish my deepest regard to erm...'kick it'...erm...'Down with the homies' etc.

*tucks hands under arms*
( Pooflake braces for an onslaught..., Thu 14 Aug 2008, 12:02, Reply)

Quoth the great Dylan Moran,
"I'm home with the downies"
(bazmorningstar efil4nat3b, Thu 14 Aug 2008, 12:09, Reply)

*flicks fingers in vague street stylee*
Pah, to quote the great Enzyme, I'm more Avenue than Street these days.

BTW, have just been rereading some of your posts this week. There's some excellent ones on there, Pooflake, DiT, Kaol make me fall off my chair, cringe in sympathy and gag. Osok managed to make me do all three.
(Bicycle Repairman "you're also a bit of a wanker", Thu 14 Aug 2008, 12:10, Reply)

Why thank you, sir!
"I have tried, I have really tried, to like Rap music. It makes me feel so very, very old."

I got my pecs, I got limos, I got bitches, and all my limo's powered by bitch juice, and my spare pecs are in the limo.
( Devil_In_Tights the *real* DiT!, Thu 14 Aug 2008, 12:13, Reply)

I made you gag?
*ahem*

...

*zips up fly*
( Cawl, Thu 14 Aug 2008, 12:18, Reply)

In defence of Hip-Hop,
it's not all like that. I was listening to The Rza on the way in this morning. No mention of bling or beeyotches there but guns and joints there are plenty. Funky as fuck tho'. Plenty of actual music there as opposed to the bleeps and booms shit beloved of today's youth. I doubt there are too many b3tan's 'of a certain age' dont own a copy of DeLaSoul's 'Three Feet High and Rising'.
(bazmorningstar efil4nat3b, Thu 14 Aug 2008, 12:21, Reply)

My boss walked in this morning and said to me...
Oh you look tired. Are you hungover?

No, I'm not hungover I just look like this in the morning. Thanks for that!

*cries*
*carries on looking like shit*

Edit: Morning folks, how rude of me not to have said anything! I trust all are well!
( wanderlust, Thu 14 Aug 2008, 12:22, Reply)

@baz
I went to see De La Soul a couple of months ago in Tripod! They were Immense! :)
(weekirst23 Is broken! Silly ice. Silly High heels!, Thu 14 Aug 2008, 12:24, Reply)

@Wandy
I generally look dishevelled, like a tramp in a borrowed suit so any effort to groom is remarked upon favourably. I cut my hair, shaved and wore a suit yesterday for an interview and the MD even noticed, saying, "You scrub up well, baz". Upwardly mobile, me, what?
(bazmorningstar efil4nat3b, Thu 14 Aug 2008, 12:26, Reply)

Ning Lusty!
Also, @Baz, I agree. For example, I blady love Jurassic 5. Proper hip-hop.

And I want to scream whenever I hear someone talking about R&B. It's not rhythm and blues, you fucks!
( Devil_In_Tights the *real* DiT!, Thu 14 Aug 2008, 12:29, Reply)

@baz
I did make an effort this morning though.
Well, when I say effort I mean I'm not wearing yesterdays makeup and I have clean pants on.
( wanderlust, Thu 14 Aug 2008, 12:30, Reply)

@wanderlust
Even though I can't see you from here, I know for a fact that you look bloody gorgeous.

Cheesy Alan says hi.
( thealternativefact, Thu 14 Aug 2008, 12:31, Reply)

@Wanderlei
then he's just a cnut. We have an expression for that. Fuck him.


EDIT: @DIT - try some Blackalicious then or DJ Shadow (early stuff such as 'Endtroducing' is superb).
(bazmorningstar efil4nat3b, Thu 14 Aug 2008, 12:32, Reply)

Let's take you back to the concrete streets.
Thanks clendrix you lovely lady you.

Tell Alan I say hello!
( wanderlust, Thu 14 Aug 2008, 12:39, Reply)

I've just decided that today
Is a good day, over all.

Not good stuff:

Found out I won't be moving to London with my mate.

Work is rubbish.

Good stuff:

Found out my brother got 3 A's and a B for his A/S levels.

My Blood story will make the Best Of.

Just over a week 'til the big b3ta bash.

*other as-yet-secret good news*
EDIT: This is now un-secret www.b3ta.com/questions/offtopic/post220830
( Cawl, Thu 14 Aug 2008, 12:44, Reply)

As to my sig...I was once a dance fiend.
I could move like a frienzied gazelle to the funky beat.


Now I just listen to dance music when I'm exercising.
( girlinthehole, Thu 14 Aug 2008, 12:51, Reply)

Oh,
no Kaol in London.
:(
( thealternativefact, Thu 14 Aug 2008, 12:52, Reply)

No Kaol in London...
My friend's housemates wanted to "keep the house balanced" so there shall be a female picked instead.

I can kinda see their point, so it's fine *smiles*

But I'm too scared to move to London on my own, haha!
( Cawl, Thu 14 Aug 2008, 12:56, Reply)

@ Baz
Its like that, and thats the way it is.

Run DMC & Jam Master Jay, Run.
(Ethelred is watching cheese grow, Thu 14 Aug 2008, 12:59, Reply)

Hello everyone
and once again congratulations to ancrenne for getting funding for her pants.
( mistaspakkaman and the inedible shifting caterpillars, Thu 14 Aug 2008, 13:00, Reply)

I still want to try some funky cold Medina.
I don't think Threshers do it.
( girlinthehole, Thu 14 Aug 2008, 13:01, Reply)

@ BGB
I would, but I don't want to pull a Tranny called Sheena.
(Ethelred is watching cheese grow, Thu 14 Aug 2008, 13:05, Reply)

Hey folks
I have pharyngitis according to the doc:(
At least it's not glandular fever. Apparently you only get that once, which is reassuring.
( Boss Keloid Got your mother's maiden name tattooed on my arm, Thu 14 Aug 2008, 13:09, Reply)

@ BK
Whats that involve?
(Ethelred is watching cheese grow, Thu 14 Aug 2008, 13:10, Reply)

It's like laryngitis
But in my pharynx, whatever that is.
Just means a viral infection in my throat and tonsils. Nothing too major.
( Boss Keloid Got your mother's maiden name tattooed on my arm, Thu 14 Aug 2008, 13:14, Reply)

@Ethel
some of that ol' skool stuff is ace. I dont play games but a mate gave me the soundtracks to San Andreas GTA and the like - they are chock with classic hip-hop from the 80's and 90's.
(bazmorningstar efil4nat3b, Thu 14 Aug 2008, 13:15, Reply)

@ Baz
I've been getting back into breakdancing (yes I'm too young to have partaken in the first time, but I enjoy it) so been listening to some seriously cool early hip-hop and electro.
(Ethelred is watching cheese grow, Thu 14 Aug 2008, 13:17, Reply)

.
Re Science degreees:
I found that my BSc Computer Science degree was too academic for the real word, but I remedied that by learning stuff on my own afterwards.

Re QOTW: I also found slightly icky (but not too icky), but here's a nice story, and here's a story that's just downright strange. God I feel like such a dirty little whore for doing that!

@bazmorningstar: While I don't own a copy of DeLaSoul's 'Three Feet High and Rising', De La Soul from that era are still one of my fave rap groups.
Also, I avoid job interviews where I'm expected to cut my hair and wear a suit. To date, have never worn a suit at a job interview.

@BK: Sorry to hear about that.
( mistaspakkaman and the inedible shifting caterpillars, Thu 14 Aug 2008, 13:17, Reply)

@ancrenne
Dead chuffed for you, miss A.
I'm in a good mood too, bouncing round the office, for no real reason. Despite the pharyngitis. Sod it, I'm off for a cig.
( Boss Keloid Got your mother's maiden name tattooed on my arm, Thu 14 Aug 2008, 13:24, Reply)

@MC Ethel
in the bad old days of the 1980's, there were a number of 'Crews' in dirty aul Dublin town who used to meet up down alleyways, break open finagled cardboard boxes, spread them about and have 'Beatdowns' where one 'Crew' would compete against the other to the soundtrack you described above played through whatever means of playing music was available. Sometimes, a skinny white kid would even 'beatbox'. I was barely a child watching them and could never decipher how they decided who won but at the time, it seemed impossibly cool. It was possibly, crap, of course and nothing like the kind of shenanigans you see nowadays.

I was in St Michelle in Paris earlier this year and saw the most acrobatic feats of breakdancing being performed by baggy-panted Africans to the accompaniment of an enormous 'Ghetto Blaster' reminiscent of 'Radio Raheem' (see Spike Lee's 'Do The Right Thing'.

It was way cooler.
(bazmorningstar efil4nat3b, Thu 14 Aug 2008, 13:24, Reply)

Hip Hop was a lot better in the 80's
ICE T - Body Rock
Eric B. & Rakim - Paid In Full (Coldcut mix)
Sir Mix-A-Lot - Iron Man (videomix) - IMO the best Rock/Rap crossover ever!
( mistaspakkaman and the inedible shifting caterpillars, Thu 14 Aug 2008, 13:27, Reply)

bleurgh
I've been in a meeting all morning

meetings suck

how is everyone?

edit: greatest hip hop track ever = NWA - Express yourself
( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Thu 14 Aug 2008, 13:27, Reply)

Well done, ancrenne.
Let the pants commence.
( thealternativefact, Thu 14 Aug 2008, 13:28, Reply)

Hey clendrix
*ninja flex*
*buggers off to do some work*

Later peeps
( Boss Keloid Got your mother's maiden name tattooed on my arm, Thu 14 Aug 2008, 13:33, Reply)

@mistaspakkaman
Lucky you! I have fuck all qualifications and widows peaks! :)
(bazmorningstar efil4nat3b, Thu 14 Aug 2008, 13:34, Reply)

I'm glad
BK can manage a flex whilst ill.
*smiles*
*whistles*
( thealternativefact, Thu 14 Aug 2008, 13:35, Reply)

I'm shooting off
and hope to return to see a brand new shiny QOTW when I come back.

Take care, make pants, be sick, and have fun avoiding work.
( mistaspakkaman and the inedible shifting caterpillars, Thu 14 Aug 2008, 13:39, Reply)

I have the original 12" of Grandmaster Flash and the Furious 5's 'The message'.
I love that record.
( girlinthehole, Thu 14 Aug 2008, 13:39, Reply)

@ Vipros
99

dammit BGB!

100 Woo!
(bazmorningstar efil4nat3b, Thu 14 Aug 2008, 13:40, Reply)

I'm aching for a new QOTW!
I'm second at the moment... could be my highest ever finish!

*gets down*
( Devil_In_Tights the *real* DiT!, Thu 14 Aug 2008, 13:42, Reply)

Meh
I won't make the "best of"...

*get clicking everyone*

What?
(Bicycle Repairman "you're also a bit of a wanker", Thu 14 Aug 2008, 13:53, Reply)

a pair of boots
that I'd bought my gf off ebay just arrived.

they are clearly women's boots

the letter with them said: "Dear Tom, Enclosed are the boots you won on Ebay. I hope you like them and that they fit"

I feel the need to include something in my feedback saying my gf is very pleased with them...
( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Thu 14 Aug 2008, 13:55, Reply)

@ Vipros
Are you sure someone else has seen this 'gf'? Or does she only visit on the weekends that no one is about?
(Ethelred is watching cheese grow, Thu 14 Aug 2008, 13:56, Reply)

@Vipros
How did you manage to buy a pair of women's boots? For what purpose?

*adjusts garter belt*
(Bicycle Repairman "you're also a bit of a wanker", Thu 14 Aug 2008, 13:56, Reply)

Vipros
You don't need to lie to your ebay seller any more than you need lie to us.
We know.
It's fine.
There are lots of ladies on here who like fellas in girly clothing...
( thealternativefact, Thu 14 Aug 2008, 13:57, Reply)

Ooooo! all the ladies on here are known for liking the trannies.
Don't be ashamed : )
( girlinthehole, Thu 14 Aug 2008, 14:02, Reply)

Loft elves
I want some! But I need a loft first.
(Bicycle Repairman "you're also a bit of a wanker", Thu 14 Aug 2008, 14:04, Reply)

thanks ancrenne
*huggles*

nice to know someone isn't casting aspersions...

although I must admit, they are some cool boots and if I could get them in a size 11 or 12 then I would probably wear them...
( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Thu 14 Aug 2008, 14:05, Reply)

I'm not doubting the existence of his lovely gf
for I too have seen her.

I just doubt her feet will ever be in those boots, especially as they're now all stretched*...

*the boots, not her feet

Edit @ Vipros: ;)
( thealternativefact, Thu 14 Aug 2008, 14:05, Reply)

Trannies
Head pops up at the mention of trannies...

Did anyone else find Tim Currie in Rocky horrow picture show really hot?
(weekirst23 Is broken! Silly ice. Silly High heels!, Thu 14 Aug 2008, 14:05, Reply)

Afternoon all
I just got home, and found out I won £50 on national savings and investments! It made me many happies.

How are we all?
(PenguinOfDeath is Scottish, and most likely angry, Thu 14 Aug 2008, 14:06, Reply)

@kirst
Absolutely!

Phwoar, etc.

Edit: PoD, we're all a lot happier now we know the drinks are on you tonight.
( thealternativefact, Thu 14 Aug 2008, 14:07, Reply)

@WK
Erm hello! yesyesyesyes

Watching that film is where my love of men in women's clothing started.

But I'm talking Frankenfurter/Eddie Izzard and not some saddo dressed like my grandmother.

Edit - btw - I read in the paper today that they're going to do a re-make of that film.

Edit 2 - Actually my grandmother is quite a snappy dresser.
( girlinthehole, Thu 14 Aug 2008, 14:07, Reply)

Loft Elves?
Hahaha!
Cool!

I want Crotch Fairies.
I have no idea what for, just sounds like fun/an affliction.
( Cawl, Thu 14 Aug 2008, 14:08, Reply)

Trannies
Any man with eye liner still makes me look twice :) mmmm
(weekirst23 Is broken! Silly ice. Silly High heels!, Thu 14 Aug 2008, 14:13, Reply)

Kaol
Wouldn't you prefer Crotch Goblins?
( thealternativefact, Thu 14 Aug 2008, 14:15, Reply)

*rapidly applies eyeliner*
Ah, they were the good old days. Black and White (or Red and Green at Christmas) nails and Eyeliner.

What happened to those days? I didn't grow up, did I?
( Devil_In_Tights the *real* DiT!, Thu 14 Aug 2008, 14:18, Reply)

*raises eyebrow*
Crotch goblin'?

How very droll...
A jolly good laugh, aren't you Clenderton old chap?
( Cawl, Thu 14 Aug 2008, 14:19, Reply)

Stops, turns has a good look...
We used to only dress in two colours. Black and something, but we all did, like we were in some crazy cult, we thought we were soo cool. I even dyed my hair pillar box red to complete a black and red night... Ahhh those were the days :)
(weekirst23 Is broken! Silly ice. Silly High heels!, Thu 14 Aug 2008, 14:22, Reply)

Battle of the hiphop?
Regulate - Warren G f. Nate Dogg.

16 in the clip and one in the hole, Nate Dogg is about to make some bodies turn cold.
(Ethelred is watching cheese grow, Thu 14 Aug 2008, 14:27, Reply)

Regulators.
We regulate any stealin' on this property, and we're damn good too. But you can't be any geek off the street - gotta be handy with the steel, if you know what I mean, earn ya keep.

REGULATORS! Mount up!
( Devil_In_Tights the *real* DiT!, Thu 14 Aug 2008, 14:31, Reply)

I must admit I've always had a soft spot for Missy Elliot.
Even though she brought out an Adidas range that only went up to a size 14 and she's been a heffer most of her life.


Not that I wanted to buy any of it. I just thought it was a bit bad.
( girlinthehole, Thu 14 Aug 2008, 14:31, Reply)

Fat man scoop
played in a club I used to work in. He told me he liked my shoes, then DJ Knuckles walked me to the taxi rank and waited with me until my cab arrived to make sure I got home ok.

Bless 'em.

I have never felt more ghetto than I did that night.


Edit: I am aware fat man isn't very good...
( wanderlust, Thu 14 Aug 2008, 14:37, Reply)

@wanderlust
Change that sig immediately, young lady!
( thealternativefact, Thu 14 Aug 2008, 14:39, Reply)

*changes sig*
Yes ma'am

I do feel quite boring today though.
( wanderlust, Thu 14 Aug 2008, 14:46, Reply)

where rhythm is life, and life is rhythm
man, Regulate is one of my favourite songs of all time

everyone should check out Richard Cheese's version of Gin and Juice by Snoop Dogg too. it's cracking.

*sings "I've got bitches in the living room getting it on!"*
( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Thu 14 Aug 2008, 14:49, Reply)

@wanderlust
*hugs*

That's better. Whether you *feel* boring or not is another matter - you're not, and that's that.
( thealternativefact, Thu 14 Aug 2008, 14:50, Reply)

@ Vipros.
Me too!

Blood Brothers, erm, Blud.
(Ethelred is watching cheese grow, Thu 14 Aug 2008, 14:51, Reply)

Whatever happened to Warren G?
Whenever I hear 'Regulate' I get transported back to 1994, playing basket ball in the school gym.

They were more innocent days!
( Devil_In_Tights the *real* DiT!, Thu 14 Aug 2008, 14:51, Reply)

*skips through ipod vainly searching for hip hop*
*finds Thunderstruck instead*

*rocks*
( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Thu 14 Aug 2008, 14:53, Reply)

I have taught my 7 year old nephew to reply when asked, what time is it?
Hammer time!

He does the dance and everything *laughs*


Now this is what having an auntie is for.
( girlinthehole, Thu 14 Aug 2008, 14:55, Reply)

@ancrenne and clendrix
Thank you lovely ladies.
Ahh if only I could be the filling in an ancrenne, wanderlust and clendrix sandwich again.

*dreams*
( wanderlust, Thu 14 Aug 2008, 14:56, Reply)

Hammertime
I got an add on for firefox, so when you click stop it goes "Stop, Hammertime"
( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Thu 14 Aug 2008, 14:56, Reply)

Oh wow vipros.
I will search for that when I get home.

*wants*
( girlinthehole, Thu 14 Aug 2008, 14:58, Reply)

@BGB
one day, that poor kid will get beat up in the playground for doing that and it will be your fault.

Solution? Thai Boxing lessons.
(bazmorningstar efil4nat3b, Thu 14 Aug 2008, 15:00, Reply)

B3ta Sandwiches...
Possibly the bestest sandwiches in the WHOLE WORLD!
( Devil_In_Tights the *real* DiT!, Thu 14 Aug 2008, 15:01, Reply)

OK
New question wait begins.

*drums fingers*

Tired of waiting already.
( thealternativefact, Thu 14 Aug 2008, 15:03, Reply)

I worry about my life
I've spent the whole day thinking it was Wednesday and only realised it was Thursday because the QOTW has closed!
( Mrs Entity is in hiding., Thu 14 Aug 2008, 15:03, Reply)

The QOTW closed?
Bye!
( Cawl, Thu 14 Aug 2008, 15:05, Reply)

@Baz
My nephew won't get beat up as he's usually the biggest lad in the class.

Us Blouses are built for war!
( girlinthehole, Thu 14 Aug 2008, 15:06, Reply)

Annoyed
Firstly, I'm hungry. There's not a crumb of cake in the place.

Secondly, I'm waiting for the QOTW to kick off. And I'm worried that it's going to be a chthonic chosen one.

Bah.
(Bicycle Repairman "you're also a bit of a wanker", Thu 14 Aug 2008, 15:06, Reply)

@BGB
cool!

Send him to www.ufc.com
(bazmorningstar efil4nat3b, Thu 14 Aug 2008, 15:08, Reply)

^Have faith, good sir!
*prays to Mods*

Woohoo! Best-ever result! Second! Thanks for all the clicks, B3ta!
( Devil_In_Tights the *real* DiT!, Thu 14 Aug 2008, 15:10, Reply)

Got my second ever 'best' page
Don't mind where, me.
(bazmorningstar efil4nat3b, Thu 14 Aug 2008, 15:12, Reply)

I was on there twice!
*adds own smugness to the pile*
( thealternativefact, Thu 14 Aug 2008, 15:13, Reply)

Twice?
Burn the witch!
( Cawl, Thu 14 Aug 2008, 15:15, Reply)

Listen to me young man,
there's been more than enough cheek out of you today.
Go away.
( thealternativefact, Thu 14 Aug 2008, 15:16, Reply)

@Baz
He loves all that fighting and wrestling stuff. Me and his mum were always play fighting with him. We taught him Sumo wrestling when he was 4.



His dad is a boring old fart and didn't do anything like that.
( girlinthehole, Thu 14 Aug 2008, 15:17, Reply)

Awh...
I'm sorry...

*goes away*
( Cawl, Thu 14 Aug 2008, 15:19, Reply)

*sighs*
Boring.
Even the abuse from Kaol was more interesting than this.
( thealternativefact, Thu 14 Aug 2008, 15:28, Reply)

It was only playful abuse
As I feel so crushingly inadequate...
( Cawl, Thu 14 Aug 2008, 15:30, Reply)

Don't crush yourself too much Kaol
We won't have anything to destroy when we do get round to pick on you.
(Ethelred is watching cheese grow, Thu 14 Aug 2008, 15:36, Reply)

@BGB
Nice one. He's a proper boy then.
(bazmorningstar efil4nat3b, Thu 14 Aug 2008, 15:38, Reply)

*frowns*
If you must...
( Cawl, Thu 14 Aug 2008, 15:39, Reply)

BORED!
I'm so bored I might actually have to do a bit of work.

The horror!

EDIT: LET'S GET REEEEADYYYYYYYY TO RRRRUUUMBEEEEEEEEELLLLLLLL!!

*munches popcorn*
( Devil_In_Tights the *real* DiT!, Thu 14 Aug 2008, 15:41, Reply)

As long as I don't get the pot lid
Battle Royale!
( Cawl, Thu 14 Aug 2008, 15:41, Reply)

Yay!
I like the idea of Battle Royale!
( thealternativefact, Thu 14 Aug 2008, 15:45, Reply)

My machete
Like a giant knife.
Could cut arms off with it, woo!
( Cawl, Thu 14 Aug 2008, 15:48, Reply)

My weapon of choice today
will be glue.

I'm bored, but who cares, cos I'm about to leave work and go to the pub and drink with two people who have flowing locks and a desire to chat and laugh.

Life's nice.
( thealternativefact, Thu 14 Aug 2008, 15:51, Reply)

Big knives
For the win.
Maybe catch you later!

Really busy at work, no time for F5ing :(
( Cawl, Thu 14 Aug 2008, 15:52, Reply)

Weapon of Choice?
Fatboy slim of course...


I'd have a Cucumber. By the time they stop laughing, they'd be ill on the floor.
(Ethelred is watching cheese grow, Thu 14 Aug 2008, 15:55, Reply)

I think I'd use
partially cooked chicken.

Or one of those gun/chainsaw combination things from Gears of War.
( Devil_In_Tights the *real* DiT!, Thu 14 Aug 2008, 15:56, Reply)

Hover taxi
with a big circular saw mounted on the front

that or a super nailgun
( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Thu 14 Aug 2008, 16:02, Reply)

@Vipros
you'd get one good run out of that then you'd run out of fuel and then be beholden to the lad with the fuel tank.


Bagsies the fuel tank!
(bazmorningstar efil4nat3b, Thu 14 Aug 2008, 16:07, Reply)

the thing can hover
who says it runs on a fuel source that isn't self replenishing?
( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Thu 14 Aug 2008, 16:10, Reply)

grand so -
long as we're in the realm of total fantasy.

I wanna be the guy with the Elixir Of Life in copious quantities.
(bazmorningstar efil4nat3b, Thu 14 Aug 2008, 16:15, Reply)

that's fine baz
it's not an Elixir of Not-being-dismembered
( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Thu 14 Aug 2008, 16:18, Reply)

I have
a hankering for cheese all of a sudden.
(Ethelred is watching cheese grow, Thu 14 Aug 2008, 16:19, Reply)

yeah but I can live to be pissed off about it
for as long as I like so there.
(bazmorningstar efil4nat3b, Thu 14 Aug 2008, 16:19, Reply)

"I KNOW!
He fucked up with the elixir, and it killed him!"

Name the show!

EDIT: *passes ethel a nice Gouda*

DOUBLE EDIT: Bye ancrenne, have a ruddy good festival!
( Devil_In_Tights the *real* DiT!, Thu 14 Aug 2008, 16:30, Reply)

@DIT
The Princess Bride ?
(bazmorningstar efil4nat3b, Thu 14 Aug 2008, 16:31, Reply)

@Baz
Nah, but that is a very good film anyway.

Clues: There were three series, and five stage shows. This is from the fifth. Quad bike. Extreme violence.
( Devil_In_Tights the *real* DiT!, Thu 14 Aug 2008, 16:34, Reply)

baz: that was my first thought too
but that doesn't say "fucked"
( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Thu 14 Aug 2008, 16:35, Reply)

I never watched it, but it sounds suspiciously like...
Bottom

Based on the number of stage shows anyway.
( Fireflier La la la la, not listening on, Thu 14 Aug 2008, 16:37, Reply)

Fireflier has it!
From the 'Weapons Grade Y-Fronts' tour.

All this talk of The Princess Bride makes me want to watch it, and I only saw it last on Sunday...

"Inconceivable!"
( Devil_In_Tights the *real* DiT!, Thu 14 Aug 2008, 16:39, Reply)

@vipros
you clearly havent seen the adult version then.

The Princess Bride: Knights!
(bazmorningstar efil4nat3b, Thu 14 Aug 2008, 16:41, Reply)

was playing risk the other day
someone was planning to take Asia

we were stoned and drunk and I said "you've fallen victim to one of the classic blunders. most well known is never enter a land war in asia, but only slightly less so is never go up against a sicilian when death is on the line!. hahahahahahahah. "

then I fell over

I may have enhanced my reputation for eccentricity
( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Thu 14 Aug 2008, 16:47, Reply)

Oh, fucking YES!
You're made of win for that one, sir!
( Devil_In_Tights the *real* DiT!, Thu 14 Aug 2008, 16:49, Reply)

I was pleased with myself
I must admit

as if anyone needed a reason to play risk, then using that speech is one
( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Thu 14 Aug 2008, 16:51, Reply)

If one more person on the QOTW
says that their mum threw away their fucking Star Wars toys and they had all of them and they were all mint on the card, I am going to scream.


*and that cunt called me dogface, cunt*
( Mrs Entity is in hiding., Thu 14 Aug 2008, 16:56, Reply)

@Mrs Bin
Are just you feeling particularly tetchy today, or is it general (justifiable?) antipathy towards Star Wars obsessives?

BTW - you have your new target - "Phe"
( Fireflier La la la la, not listening on, Thu 14 Aug 2008, 17:05, Reply)

I had a bunch of star wars toys
but they wouldn't be worth shit because when I played with my toys they knew they had been played with!
( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Thu 14 Aug 2008, 17:07, Reply)

No I'm not tetchy
I've just heard so many people say this in the past. Especially when the new films were coming out. If all the people who say that their mums threw out their Star Wars toys were telling the truth then the landfills would be full of them.

*edit* @Vipros. Exactly. You didn't keep them mint on the fucking card did you.
And I resent being called dogface by some twunt whose profile is full of pictures of his RC helicopter.
( Mrs Entity is in hiding., Thu 14 Aug 2008, 17:08, Reply)

Honestly...
I have a feeling that every other answer is going to be something to do with Star Wars.

I only ever had a few Star Wars figures, and I gave them to my little cousin when I'd grown out of them. That said, I'm not too fussed on Star Wars anyways.

EDIT: I'm sure you don't look like a Dog, liveinabin. Your ears are too small, for one thing! ;)
( Devil_In_Tights the *real* DiT!, Thu 14 Aug 2008, 17:08, Reply)

the dogface comment was out of nowhere
no need for instant hostility like that!

call him a donkey-raping shit-eater :-)

he has given a sort of good reason for having them on the card now, but even so, people who keep things in the box because they might be worth something one day aren't living in the present enough.
( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Thu 14 Aug 2008, 17:11, Reply)

I think we should have a "Star Wars Wall of Shame"
Or possible "Star Walls of Shame"?

Everyone who admists to having regrets that their Star Wars toys were thrown out (when they were over 18), or who admit to never taking them out of the packet (when they were under 18) should taken out the back and ritually humiliated...
( Fireflier La la la la, not listening on, Thu 14 Aug 2008, 17:14, Reply)

^@ Vipros: Agreed.
This kind of person probably keeps limited edition chocolate bars in case they increase in value.
( Devil_In_Tights the *real* DiT!, Thu 14 Aug 2008, 17:15, Reply)

But the fact is
that the star wars toys were one of the first cases of film tie in merchandise. At this time this kind of stuff was not collectable so no one kept them in the packet in the hope that they might be because they had no reason to think that anyone would ever pay over the odds for cheap plastic toys.
( Mrs Entity is in hiding., Thu 14 Aug 2008, 17:16, Reply)

I used to buy up Star Wars toys
just so as children could play with them and wreck them.
(bazmorningstar efil4nat3b, Thu 14 Aug 2008, 17:59, Reply)

200
w00t
( Mrs Entity is in hiding., Thu 14 Aug 2008, 18:08, Reply)