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 Alright.
	Alright.I bought a Valentines card today and cut out paper clothes to go over the "woman" to make it 2 men. Have you ever sent a transvestite valentines?
Are you doing anything special this Friday, or do you not need a made up Hallmark Holiday to make your crywanks special?
Alt. I'm fitting a new end on my rooftop aerial this week and extending it to my bedroom. Is this easy to do? I've got as far as stripping the outer wire.
How DIY savvy are you? Changing lightbulbs, flat pack furniture or building your own house?
AltAlt. weather eh?! What a fuck up it's been for the south. Have you been affected?
\o/
(, Mon 10 Feb 2014, 11:45, 197 replies, latest was 12 years ago)
 Can I join this thread please?
	Can I join this thread please?Rory's trying to start an argument with Rachel about her kitchen. It's going to get rubbish.
Nothing planned as yet for VD. Probably do something predictable.
I like the diy stuff, old man was a builder so I grew up with it. I like power tools :)
(, Mon 10 Feb 2014, 11:53, Reply)
 As a doctor, you really ought to be aware that VD is usually a surprise event.
	As a doctor, you really ought to be aware that VD is usually a surprise event.(, Mon 10 Feb 2014, 11:55, Reply)
 Rory argues with everyone. Myself and Rach more. He loves the bite.
	Rory argues with everyone. Myself and Rach more. He loves the bite. Poor overlooked, petulant, middle child syndrome.
One of his many.
(, Mon 10 Feb 2014, 11:57, Reply)
 Doesn't argue with everybody, as a matter of fact.
	Doesn't argue with everybody, as a matter of fact.Just those who'll react.
(, Mon 10 Feb 2014, 12:01, Reply)
 It's been a while!
	It's been a while!It's the best one here.
What's your best cable, frog?
(, Mon 10 Feb 2014, 11:59, Reply)
 my least favourite is the apple lightning cables as I only have one and nothing else fits the ipad
	my least favourite is the apple lightning cables as I only have one and nothing else fits the ipad(, Mon 10 Feb 2014, 12:00, Reply)
 I think it's dodgy how you can't change the battery in an iphone, so it's always on, so they can track you.
	I think it's dodgy how you can't change the battery in an iphone, so it's always on, so they can track you.*wears tin foil hat*
(, Mon 10 Feb 2014, 12:04, Reply)
 maybe she can borrow monty's hat
	maybe she can borrow monty's hathopefully seeing the lovely purchaser of said hat over the weekend, I've missed her!
(, Mon 10 Feb 2014, 12:18, Reply)
 She's made micro a scarf which is kind of her. Haven't seen her since before Christmas.
	She's made micro a scarf which is kind of her. Haven't seen her since before Christmas. (, Mon 10 Feb 2014, 12:23, Reply)
 I've just had a youtube and even I can manage it!
	I've just had a youtube and even I can manage it! Ordered 2x male and 2x female ends, all bases coverd.
(, Mon 10 Feb 2014, 11:58, Reply)
 Not for want of trying!
	Not for want of trying!But no, I get the general idea of male to female.
It turns my stomach but it's natures way I suppose.
(, Mon 10 Feb 2014, 12:03, Reply)
 Long as they don't shove it in my face, they can do what they want
	Long as they don't shove it in my face, they can do what they want(, Mon 10 Feb 2014, 13:02, Reply)
 I don't think I've sent a Valentine card since I was at school.
	I don't think I've sent a Valentine card since I was at school.Alt: I can change a light bulb. For everything else I pay someone else to do it.
Altalt: Haven't really noticed.
(, Mon 10 Feb 2014, 11:58, Reply)
 Yeah me and the fella aren't really bothered about it, a card will do and a takeaway instead of cooking with a nice bottle of bolly
	Yeah me and the fella aren't really bothered about it, a card will do and a takeaway instead of cooking with a nice bottle of bolly(, Mon 10 Feb 2014, 12:00, Reply)
 I have never sent a transvetite valenties - there's an unusual sentence to type!
	I have never sent a transvetite valenties - there's an unusual sentence to type!Alt: I'm pretty savvy - I've fitted bathrooms including replumbing/showers etc. I've fitted kitchens, refloored a whole house, laminate floored several others. Built several kit cars, used to tune engines for fun (before all this electronics/injection poncery) and I've rewired - under supervision - a house.
Altalt. If you live on a flood plain which floods please don't take it wrong when I say FUCKING DUMBASS - IT'S A FLOOD PLAIN, THE CLUE IS IN THE WORDS FLOOD AND PLAIN YOU FUCKWIT!
I haven't been affected as I live:
a) On a hill and
b) As far away from the coast as it's possible to be in this country
(, Mon 10 Feb 2014, 12:00, Reply)
 I'm sure those affected aren't just on the flood planes.
	I'm sure those affected aren't just on the flood planes. But yeah, same as people crying about earthquakes and tornados when they move to areas prone to it etc.
(, Mon 10 Feb 2014, 12:02, Reply)
 It's like moving to the Sahara and then compaining about the heat and sand
	It's like moving to the Sahara and then compaining about the heat and sandAs to the coastal issues - I have more sympathy. Coastal defences should be better, they should be maintained and reviewed as to effectiveness regularly and properly financed.
(, Mon 10 Feb 2014, 12:08, Reply)
 They will be after this public shambles.
	They will be after this public shambles.Why couldn't it have been Blackpool or somewhere more deserving? :(
(, Mon 10 Feb 2014, 12:24, Reply)
 i sent a valentine's card to a teacher who later on turned out to be gay, which is as close as i've come
	i sent a valentine's card to a teacher who later on turned out to be gay, which is as close as i've comepresents and cooking dinner at home on fri night, nothing fancy. he might get lamb, if he's lucky.
alt: I had to pay someone to put together a flatpack bookshelf, if that answers your question.
altalt: no. but as i'm looking at walking to and from work on wed and thu, it better stay fucking dry.
(, Mon 10 Feb 2014, 12:02, Reply)
 sadly not
	sadly notI am yet to convert him to our animal loving, greener ways.
(, Mon 10 Feb 2014, 12:04, Reply)
 i'm NOT ginger
	i'm NOT gingerand I cook meat for other people, but don't eat it myself, leaving MOAR meat for them.
what more do you want?
(, Mon 10 Feb 2014, 12:21, Reply)
 
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(, Mon 10 Feb 2014, 12:34, Reply)
 you sound like my 4 year old niece
	you sound like my 4 year old niecewhen I find out which of my brothers taught her to say it to me, i'll kill them
(, Mon 10 Feb 2014, 12:39, Reply)
 if you stopped reacting to it, people will stop mocking for it.
	if you stopped reacting to it, people will stop mocking for it. Why don't you dye it a lovely "Auburn Sunset" for a time
(, Mon 10 Feb 2014, 12:43, Reply)
 
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 Alt: piece of piss
	Alt: piece of pissI'm pretty handy, yeah. DIY's a blue job, innit.
(, Mon 10 Feb 2014, 12:02, Reply)
 I'm going to get 12 roses from the garage, a box of £4.99 thorntans, a teddy bear and card from clintons.... then pay the teacher a quid to deliver it.
	I'm going to get 12 roses from the garage, a box of £4.99 thorntans, a teddy bear and card from clintons.... then pay the teacher a quid to deliver it.(, Mon 10 Feb 2014, 12:07, Reply)
 i like roses
	i like rosesbest of all teh flowers. and also those bright big colourful daisies, not gerbera, but sounds like it.
not lilies though. they might look beautiful, but they smell like tramp corpse piss.
(, Mon 10 Feb 2014, 12:09, Reply)
 Who are you wooing that you'll need a teacher to deliver for you on a weekday?
	Who are you wooing that you'll need a teacher to deliver for you on a weekday?Actually, you know what? I don't need to know.
(, Mon 10 Feb 2014, 12:09, Reply)
 I'd have thought 13 years of marriage would get me out of having to participate in that shit
	I'd have thought 13 years of marriage would get me out of having to participate in that shitI mean, I bought her flowers the other day when I wasn't fucking obliged to by a meaningless date, surely that's more romantic. I even remembered to peel the yellow Whoops! sticker off.
Alt: I fitted a kitchen that lasted a good ten years before we got a new one put in. I put up some pictures using a spirit level at the weekend which, given our house was seemingly built before spirit-levels were invented, was a complete waste of fucking time.
Altalt: Bit wet and windy, musn't grumble etc
(, Mon 10 Feb 2014, 12:09, Reply)
 The mistake you're making there is in attempting to apply logic to a fundamentally illogical creature.
	The mistake you're making there is in attempting to apply logic to a fundamentally illogical creature.Just view it as necessary payment for being able to hide in the shed for most of the year.
(, Mon 10 Feb 2014, 12:12, Reply)
 I have no shed, but then I have no wife.
	I have no shed, but then I have no wife.Ergo I have no need of a shed.
(, Mon 10 Feb 2014, 12:18, Reply)
 I have both AND a greenhouse!!!
	I have both AND a greenhouse!!!I also built a barbecue. Garden time is excellent.
(, Mon 10 Feb 2014, 12:21, Reply)
 Wow, you must really fucking hate your wife.
	Wow, you must really fucking hate your wife.Superb avoidance skills, there. A lesson to us all.
(, Mon 10 Feb 2014, 12:22, Reply)
 I've got a brick shed
	I've got a brick shedwith an old outhouse attached that I've converted into a coal bunker. I use the shed about once a year to clear out all the shit that gets chucked in there.
(, Mon 10 Feb 2014, 12:31, Reply)
 Musical-loving, shed-mehing 'Bill Clay'
	Musical-loving, shed-mehing 'Bill Clay'I fear the veil has well and truly dropped
(, Mon 10 Feb 2014, 13:03, Reply)
 Illogical aint the half of it
	Illogical aint the half of itThe other day I said to her that Take Me Out was a bit of a laugh but mostly shit, which led to her not talking to me for the rest of the day and being on the verge of tears because (and it took me a good few hours of silence and "nothing's wrong"'s to get this out of her) "we have nothing in common anymore" and "what are we going to do when the kids move out?". Fucks sake.
(, Mon 10 Feb 2014, 12:18, Reply)
 translation: you had done something minor to annoy her previously and it had been building up to this for a while
	translation: you had done something minor to annoy her previously and it had been building up to this for a while(, Mon 10 Feb 2014, 12:20, Reply)
 Yeah Take Me Out was the catalyst. Do you go out on date nights or anything like that?
	Yeah Take Me Out was the catalyst. Do you go out on date nights or anything like that?(, Mon 10 Feb 2014, 12:27, Reply)
 Fucksake some people!
	Fucksake some people!You ent supposed to have things in common, she's a woman.
Let her be different without knocking her and maybe she'll stop sulking.
/Marge Proops blog
(, Mon 10 Feb 2014, 12:28, Reply)
 Voice of reason here
	Voice of reason hereWhere would we all be if blokes were into the same nonsense that women find entertaining?
(, Mon 10 Feb 2014, 12:30, Reply)
 We'd all be living in expertly decorated homes
	We'd all be living in expertly decorated homeswith shelves that fall off the walls the moment you put any of your wonderfully aromatic home-made pot pourri on them.
(, Mon 10 Feb 2014, 12:32, Reply)
 here is how it works
	here is how it worksif you buy something, she will roll her eyes and say it's stupid, but be secretly pleased. even if she isn't secretly pleased, her friends will ask her what you got her, and they will JUDGE you.
if you buy nothing, she will JUDGE you.
(, Mon 10 Feb 2014, 12:14, Reply)
 I care about brains, which is why I can put up with your pig ugly face.
	I care about brains, which is why I can put up with your pig ugly face.(, Mon 10 Feb 2014, 12:18, Reply)
 remember what stunned said about hanging onto me?
	remember what stunned said about hanging onto me?YEAH! THAT GUY GETS IT!
(, Mon 10 Feb 2014, 12:22, Reply)
 i was thinking of having everyone over for a massive trash my old kitchen party
	i was thinking of having everyone over for a massive trash my old kitchen partyhe'd be good at that.
(, Mon 10 Feb 2014, 12:27, Reply)
 ^Ahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaah^
	^Ahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaah^*breathes*
Ahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha!
They're ALL mental!
(, Mon 10 Feb 2014, 12:17, Reply)
 we usually tell each other not to bother with presents
	we usually tell each other not to bother with presentssometimes even the card
I've got her something she'll love this year though, I'm a great present buyer but I'm apparently not easy to buy for. *practices pleasant surprise face*
(, Mon 10 Feb 2014, 12:49, Reply)
 Watched the new Hotel Inspector at the weekend and the owner gave her some flowers.
	Watched the new Hotel Inspector at the weekend and the owner gave her some flowers.Pair of poofs that me and the boyfriend are noticed he left the price sticker on and heckled him for it. Haha!
(, Mon 10 Feb 2014, 12:26, Reply)
 Yeah she did a nice rolleyes, then saw the sticker herself.
	Yeah she did a nice rolleyes, then saw the sticker herself.Like when a fan got Madonna Hydrangeas and she bitched about it "forgetting" her mic was on...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=OBNDiE5sDsc
(, Mon 10 Feb 2014, 12:36, Reply)
 She's a power woman and no mistake.
	She's a power woman and no mistake.Very eloquent with her language.
(, Mon 10 Feb 2014, 12:42, Reply)
 She's alright for somebody on the wrong end of forty, I suppose.
	She's alright for somebody on the wrong end of forty, I suppose.Go off well quick past thirty, don't they?
(, Mon 10 Feb 2014, 12:46, Reply)
 The flooding's hit Berkshire, so it's vaguely important now.
	The flooding's hit Berkshire, so it's vaguely important now.If it hits London it will be actually important.
(, Mon 10 Feb 2014, 12:15, Reply)
 Thank fuck it's lunch.
	Thank fuck it's lunch.Butties from yesterday's roast, very nice bit of beef. TOpped with tomatoes, mustard and crumbly cheese. Been thinking about these fuckers all morning.
(, Mon 10 Feb 2014, 12:16, Reply)
 Shouldn't have a problem, after all Valentine was a bloke.
	Shouldn't have a problem, after all Valentine was a bloke.Build or make most things, more tools than /talk.
Pissed down worse than Noah's nightmare and we're flat as fuck here but no flooding. Us thick worzels built drainage you see.
(, Mon 10 Feb 2014, 12:22, Reply)
 Well you can't take credit for that.
	Well you can't take credit for that.You see, all those people that bought on a flood plain and didn't bother investigating the risk of flooding or taking out insurance have said it's the government's fault for not doing enough to prevent it for them. Since it's apparently all down to the government to sort this shit out, it must have been them that put in your drainage and they all live in the South East, like civilised people.
(, Mon 10 Feb 2014, 12:25, Reply)
 No the farmers done it.
	No the farmers done it.Choice between that and drowning.
Or, unthinkably, moving south.
(, Mon 10 Feb 2014, 12:32, Reply)
 I find it all quite funny, out of pure schadenfraude.
	I find it all quite funny, out of pure schadenfraude.OK, if your place floods, it's a shame. But if you move to the Somerset Levels, whose natural state is under water, I don't see how you can be surprised that it floods. It wants to flood. Flooding makes it happy.
(, Mon 10 Feb 2014, 12:35, Reply)
 I'd love to live in that area, but not being a spastic, I'll buy on a hill.
	I'd love to live in that area, but not being a spastic, I'll buy on a hill.I'd probably keep an inflatable dinghy in the attic, too. Again, not a spastic.
(, Mon 10 Feb 2014, 12:48, Reply)
 when i suggested that to my friend
	when i suggested that to my friendmy predictive text changed it to "flange unchained". we never did see it.
saw the aids one on Saturday afternoon, that was good.
(, Mon 10 Feb 2014, 12:36, Reply)
 I'm going to watch Pacific Rim tonight, finally.
	I'm going to watch Pacific Rim tonight, finally.What could possibly ruin a film about giant robots punching giant monsters? An attempt at a plot. I hope they haven't bothered.
(, Mon 10 Feb 2014, 12:47, Reply)
 Dunno, it's the one about giant monsters being punched to death by giant robots, if that helps?
	Dunno, it's the one about giant monsters being punched to death by giant robots, if that helps?(, Mon 10 Feb 2014, 12:49, Reply)
 the only thing that could possibly improve that precis
	the only thing that could possibly improve that precisIs Rihanna's arse.
(, Mon 10 Feb 2014, 12:50, Reply)
 if you'd gone to her show, you could have seen her rimming one of her dancers
	if you'd gone to her show, you could have seen her rimming one of her dancerspathetic, there were kids in that audience.
(, Mon 10 Feb 2014, 12:50, Reply)
 funny, when i was in barbados, i met her dad
	funny, when i was in barbados, i met her dadand he said she couldn't stop talking about you
(, Mon 10 Feb 2014, 12:55, Reply)
 I think there would have been a bit more outcry if she'd rimmed one of them...
	I think there would have been a bit more outcry if she'd rimmed one of them...(, Mon 10 Feb 2014, 12:52, Reply)
 she squatted over her face and gyrated
	she squatted over her face and gyratedI am far from prudish, but that was just gratuitous and pathetic.
(, Mon 10 Feb 2014, 12:54, Reply)
 yer
	yerI'm thinking of broadening my palette, I might add 'striated' to my favourite colours.
(, Mon 10 Feb 2014, 13:06, Reply)
 I have a houndstooth jacket, I don't have a harlequin one
	I have a houndstooth jacket, I don't have a harlequin oneI think that tells you all you need to know
(, Mon 10 Feb 2014, 13:16, Reply)
 I'd have thought you could get a valentines card for same sex couples
	I'd have thought you could get a valentines card for same sex couplesyou can get incestuous ones there. I was most disturbed when I went to get one for the missus and saw "Happy valentines to my brother/sister/aunty/uncle/mum/dad/mum in law/dog/cat etc" cards
(, Mon 10 Feb 2014, 12:37, Reply)
 i think that's quite an american Thing
	i think that's quite an american Thingmy American former flatmate sent me a big bunch of flowers on valentines day as a thank you for letting her live with me for a year. I won't say I was disappointed when I saw the card, but...
(, Mon 10 Feb 2014, 12:38, Reply)
 You probably can but I'm not trekking to Clone Zone to find one.
	You probably can but I'm not trekking to Clone Zone to find one.HaPpY IncEst DAy!!
(, Mon 10 Feb 2014, 12:40, Reply)
 Don't they do valentine's cards for raging quares?
	Don't they do valentine's cards for raging quares?I've seen wedding day cards for them, so I'd have thought there would be a market for valentine ones. Someone's missing a gap in the market there.
Alt: I'm getting a lot better since I've been married to an engineer. I'll have a go at most things, as long as I have clear instructions.
AltAlt: although we technically live on a flood plain, our part of Somerset is completely unaffected. Been a lot of high winds, though. I've lost three umbrellas in the last month.
(, Mon 10 Feb 2014, 12:55, Reply)
 Just picked it up in Sainsburys. It's more fun now I have made one a drag King.
	Just picked it up in Sainsburys. It's more fun now I have made one a drag King.altalt. people who use umbrellas in wind deserve their deaths.
The umbrellas, not the people.
(, Mon 10 Feb 2014, 13:06, Reply)
 I've just bought a Fulton.
	I've just bought a Fulton.I'm hoping it will survive the rest of the winter.
(, Mon 10 Feb 2014, 13:11, Reply)
 My new one's a Fulton! OMG we're umbrella twins.
	My new one's a Fulton! OMG we're umbrella twins.So far it handles gusty wind much better than my old one. Some pretty serious bracing in the parasol supports going on.
(, Mon 10 Feb 2014, 13:12, Reply)
 They seem to be a lot better made than most.
	They seem to be a lot better made than most.I got a transparent one though, and the PVC smell takes me right back to 1970s toys and wendy houses.
(, Mon 10 Feb 2014, 13:16, Reply)
 That's a shame.
	That's a shame.  You missed the classic show, "Wait till your father gets home".
Which in your house, of course, he never did.
(, Mon 10 Feb 2014, 13:23, Reply)
 I don't feel there is any evidence in the performance related data I have recieved to date to warrant any changes to your contract in terms of remuneration
	I don't feel there is any evidence in the performance related data I have recieved to date to warrant any changes to your contract in terms of remuneration(, Mon 10 Feb 2014, 13:24, Reply)
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