Party!
It's Friiiiiiiiiiiday!

As it's the weekend, I've a joke motivational poster for you...enjoy.





(Eds Meds Mathskillz=1,Socialskillz=0, Fri 15 Aug 2008, 6:34, 176 replies, latest was 16 years ago)

Good morning!
It's Friday!
Hurrah!!!
( wanderlust, Fri 15 Aug 2008, 7:54, Reply)

morning!
thank fuck it's friday!
( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Fri 15 Aug 2008, 8:20, Reply)

morning Vipros
I am a very, very happy it's Friday. It's been a long week.
You ok today?
( wanderlust, Fri 15 Aug 2008, 8:23, Reply)

Oh dear Al
That doesn't sound like too much fun.
Here, have a kitten.
( wanderlust, Fri 15 Aug 2008, 8:27, Reply)

morning
Good morning folks!
Its friday! The week is over! Whoot whoot! Just need to move house at double speed after work, and my weekend can begin!

How is everyone else today?
(weekirst23 Is broken! Silly ice. Silly High heels!, Fri 15 Aug 2008, 8:28, Reply)

bye bye al
enjoy teh kittums
( wanderlust, Fri 15 Aug 2008, 8:37, Reply)

Tis a bit quiet this morning
People aren't actually working are they?!
( wanderlust, Fri 15 Aug 2008, 8:57, Reply)

No Fear
Not on your nelly! Deciding on lunch. Work has decided that they want to change their sandwhich place whilst all the bods in charge are away for the day. (they buy us lunch every friday! Yay! )
It's proving to be tricky. Any suggestions for a good sandwhich. Answers on a postcard please as orders to be in by 10! :-O
(weekirst23 Is broken! Silly ice. Silly High heels!, Fri 15 Aug 2008, 9:04, Reply)

even though my bathroom will be usable soon,
I'm tempted to carry on using the shower at work

it's really nice!

looks like there is going to be some surf this weekend which is nice. now all we need is for the sun to shine!

edit: @weekirst: tuna mayo, spring onion and sweet chilli sauce, preferrably in a bagel
( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Fri 15 Aug 2008, 9:04, Reply)

@kirst
BLT always a classic.

Edit: Vipros is on to something there with a bagel. Bagels FTW!
( wanderlust, Fri 15 Aug 2008, 9:10, Reply)

@vipros
Thats what I had yesterday, but with melted cheese on too! (on a wholegrain bagle too! )
(weekirst23 Is broken! Silly ice. Silly High heels!, Fri 15 Aug 2008, 9:11, Reply)

mmmm
can I then recommend tuna mayo, sweetcorn and crispy bacon

that is truly a sandwich of kings
( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Fri 15 Aug 2008, 9:12, Reply)

I'll take the bagel without tuna
I haven't eaten that in about 16 years.
Even the smell of it makes me feel sick :(
( wanderlust, Fri 15 Aug 2008, 9:19, Reply)

@wanderlust
What happened to make you hate fish so much? I love all things fishy! (no jokes you lot! )

@vipros your sandwich truly does sound fantastical. I shall give you my review after one!
(weekirst23 Is broken! Silly ice. Silly High heels!, Fri 15 Aug 2008, 9:21, Reply)

I love all things fishy too...

But it plays havoc with my gout.

Lorks, I am a physical wreck.
( Pooflake braces for an onslaught..., Fri 15 Aug 2008, 9:26, Reply)

@kirst
I don't know really, I just don't like fish.
Tuna's the worst though, the thought of tuna coming anywhere near my mouth makes me want to gag. It looks like it would feel like eating fishy, wet, grey cardboard.
*bulks*
( wanderlust, Fri 15 Aug 2008, 9:28, Reply)

God Moaning
All.

I am currently sitting in a 50 person office along with 7 colleagues, including the security guard.

Impressive parties will ensue*

*if the fellow colleagues will assist, anyway.
(Ethelred is watching cheese grow, Fri 15 Aug 2008, 9:30, Reply)

G'Morning!
And thank Crunchie it's Friday!

*excited, just can't hide it, about to lose control, think I like it*

The boss is away at a track day today, the internet is my mollusc!
( Devil_In_Tights the *real* DiT!, Fri 15 Aug 2008, 9:46, Reply)

ello DiT
My boss is away too. Hurrah!
It means I'm in charge of the temp today. I get to tell her when to go on her lunch break. Ohhhh the power!
( wanderlust, Fri 15 Aug 2008, 9:51, Reply)

my boss is away
and so is my team leader who sits behind me

she's not here most of next week either, and I have just a self-contained project to work on, so no one will have any reason to disturb me.

yay

now I've got some tea and a granola bar, and I've figured out why my model wasn't working properly

all is right with the world
( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Fri 15 Aug 2008, 9:56, Reply)

hmmm
Well, I'm glad you're all glad it's Friday.

Technically, it's Thursday for me.

*cries*
(happylittletulip helpless and delicious, Fri 15 Aug 2008, 9:56, Reply)

BGB reporting for duty Sah!
Salmon and watercress on brown bread FTW!


I loooooove fish.
( girlinthehole, Fri 15 Aug 2008, 9:56, Reply)

Oooh, Lusty!
Powerful women are sexy!

Don't let it go to your head though, eh?
( Devil_In_Tights the *real* DiT!, Fri 15 Aug 2008, 9:58, Reply)

friday morning joke for you
I'm one of those people that likes to have a shit while I'm reading.



This is also the reason why I'm banned from Waterstones.
( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Fri 15 Aug 2008, 10:00, Reply)

@ Vipros
Exit stage left. Make sure the curtain tuggers kick you on the way out.
(Ethelred is watching cheese grow, Fri 15 Aug 2008, 10:06, Reply)

oh yeah, and sandwiches
smoked salmon and cream cheese please, on a poppy seed bagel.

either that or a big slab of bread and butter.

does bread and butter count?

oh and chip butties with loads of ketchup.

bollocks, I wish I'd had breakfast now
(happylittletulip helpless and delicious, Fri 15 Aug 2008, 10:08, Reply)

@DiT
I shall try not to get power crazy. She is late though. Tisk tisk.
I was going to offer her a cup of tea when she got here, but I don't think I will now.
That'll learn her for being late when I'm the boss!

I'll still offer her a cup of tea though, it'd be rude not to.
( wanderlust, Fri 15 Aug 2008, 10:12, Reply)

Ningall
And how are we this fine morning?
( Mrs Entity is in hiding., Fri 15 Aug 2008, 10:14, Reply)

Lunch
I opted for a tuna cheese melt with sweetcorn and bacon...

I hope that works out as a sandwich.
right now i'm having mid morning coffee with a raspberry scone. yum!
(weekirst23 Is broken! Silly ice. Silly High heels!, Fri 15 Aug 2008, 10:15, Reply)

morning Mrs L!
fineanddandythankyouverymuchhowaboutyou?

I met a lovely American band last night. They were playing here and they were all just yummy. And I got a hug off one of them, so I'm all happy.
(happylittletulip helpless and delicious, Fri 15 Aug 2008, 10:16, Reply)

O, HAI HLT!
I didn't see you there! *smoosh*

And welcome, Liveinabin! Good to see you made it! *ruffles*

I have posted a story on QOTW. And it's not about Star Wars! *shamless whore*
( Devil_In_Tights the *real* DiT!, Fri 15 Aug 2008, 10:17, Reply)

'ning late arrivals
!
( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Fri 15 Aug 2008, 10:22, Reply)

*frowns*
Stupid, busy morning.
I'll be back about 2.
Might post a story about something this afternoon.
Might not.

*grumps off into the midday sun*
( Cawl, Fri 15 Aug 2008, 10:29, Reply)

quiet
Squiet here this morning... And me with nowt to do too :)
(weekirst23 Is broken! Silly ice. Silly High heels!, Fri 15 Aug 2008, 10:34, Reply)

I've just set a model running
I can get away without doing much for the next 2 hours and 45 minutes :-)

not that I've done much so far!
( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Fri 15 Aug 2008, 10:35, Reply)

la la la
too quiet for my liking.

I'm going to dance!

*dances*
(happylittletulip helpless and delicious, Fri 15 Aug 2008, 10:35, Reply)

Boss
All our bosses are out today, so there isn't much to do at all, and I'm terribly bored! (not that I do much normally, but this is taking the biscuit.
Coffee anyone? I think I could rustle up some more raspberry scones if anyone's interested. They're very tasty!
(weekirst23 Is broken! Silly ice. Silly High heels!, Fri 15 Aug 2008, 10:39, Reply)

*dances with hlt*
I'm up for the scones too!

*rocks out*

the ipod is choosing some good stuff this morning!
( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Fri 15 Aug 2008, 10:41, Reply)

@ Vipros
Can they run in high heels then?
(Ethelred is watching cheese grow, Fri 15 Aug 2008, 10:46, Reply)

I've not much to do at the moment.
*sighs*

I'm bored and not looking forward to the weekend as me and my family will be helping my sister to move house, of which two sisters are all hormonal with the time of the month and throwing wobblies left right and centre and thus arguements will insue and I really don't want to be there.

HELP ME!
( girlinthehole, Fri 15 Aug 2008, 10:48, Reply)

took me a moment....
trés droll

it's a shame I can't show you nice people some of the stuff that I do. some of it looks pretty
( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Fri 15 Aug 2008, 10:49, Reply)

@BGB
This tends to be my solution to most things but I think in this case, heavy drinking is the way forward.
(bazmorningstar efil4nat3b, Fri 15 Aug 2008, 10:51, Reply)

@ Vippy
What software you using then?

/ geekness
(Ethelred is watching cheese grow, Fri 15 Aug 2008, 10:51, Reply)

@BGB
Aw, hugs to you missis!

You could tell them you wish you could help, but you just don't want to.

Then go home and have a hot bath and a cold gin.
(happylittletulip helpless and delicious, Fri 15 Aug 2008, 10:53, Reply)

Oh dear.
The temp has arrived. We have a nice polite chat, she asks me if I'm mixed raced (this happens every now and then...I think it's because of my hair)

I reply with nahhhh I'm 100% honky.

She raises an eyebrow and turns away.

Did I mention she's black?
*shames*
( wanderlust, Fri 15 Aug 2008, 10:54, Reply)

iSIS and TUFLOW
are the modelling packages

I'm also using ArcView and Mapinfo for creating the models, and SMS for making animations.

wouldn't be surprised if no one had heard of them :-)
( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Fri 15 Aug 2008, 10:56, Reply)

@wanderlust
eh? See if 'honky' asked a 'racial' person what race they were, would 'honky' not be up for some kind of disciplinary?
(bazmorningstar efil4nat3b, Fri 15 Aug 2008, 10:58, Reply)

Someone could kidnap me.
Gaz me if you want my address for said kidnapping.

A randsom of £10 should do it.
( girlinthehole, Fri 15 Aug 2008, 10:58, Reply)

morning y'all
I've 20 minutes to kill before we head off to the CHeshire Arms in South Ken for a delicious birthday lunch for one of my collegues.

I then have to come back to do a presentation which I haven't actually written yet to an undetermined amount of people. It could be 10, it could be 40. Ho hum...
(Rakky (forgot her password) The muffin maverick, Fri 15 Aug 2008, 11:01, Reply)

@lusty
Why would someone ask if you were mixed race. I would never ask anyone that. Certainly not on the first time of meeting them.
( Mrs Entity is in hiding., Fri 15 Aug 2008, 11:02, Reply)

BGB
I'll kidnap you.

*grins*
( Cawl, Fri 15 Aug 2008, 11:04, Reply)

@baz
I hadn't thought of that.

@MrsL The next thing she said to me was
"So what star sign are you? I bet you're a pisces. They're honest. Sometimes too honest."

Maybe she just likes asking questions...
( wanderlust, Fri 15 Aug 2008, 11:05, Reply)

I may be thick...
In fact I am, but what does honky mean? Anyway, it's a bit much of her to barge in and ask what race you are.

Oh, and Ning, Rakky!
( Devil_In_Tights the *real* DiT!, Fri 15 Aug 2008, 11:06, Reply)

she believes in astrology
she's obviously below par in the headbrain
( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Fri 15 Aug 2008, 11:07, Reply)

@Kaol
I thought you might show up if the word kidnapping was being bandied about *laughs*


I think afro/carribean people talk about each other ethnesticity (sp?) more openly.

My nephew is mixed race and his dad's family are a wonderful array of different mixes.
( girlinthehole, Fri 15 Aug 2008, 11:08, Reply)

'ning DiT
Lordy, wanderlust, that's a bit much. Maybe you should counter her next time by offering up way too much info before she can start asking things. Tell her about your last smear test, par example...
(Rakky (forgot her password) The muffin maverick, Fri 15 Aug 2008, 11:08, Reply)

GAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH
If any radio station plays Kid Rock again today, I will personally hunt down all the sheep in the country, tie dynamite to them and set them forth towards the masses!
(Ethelred is watching cheese grow, Fri 15 Aug 2008, 11:10, Reply)

Hahaha!
My work-based plans changed, so I'm here today now.

*opens can of orange juice*

*turns up music*

*ponders writing a QOTW answer*
( Cawl, Fri 15 Aug 2008, 11:11, Reply)

@ethelred
imagine if you will kid rock's thought processes...

"I'm skint, but I'm a redneck with very small amount of talent and I can get away with ripping off a classic song.

I will do so and release it for the summer, safe in the knowledge that radio will play nothing else (because of aforementioned plagiarism). I can then sit back and rake in the dollars"
( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Fri 15 Aug 2008, 11:13, Reply)

DiT
Honkey's just a derogatory term for a white person.

@Rakky. I would, but I don't always like talking about my vagina to people I've just met.
( wanderlust, Fri 15 Aug 2008, 11:14, Reply)

Is it bad
that I'm eating breakfast now?
( Mrs Entity is in hiding., Fri 15 Aug 2008, 11:14, Reply)

Kid Rock?
What song has he gone and ripped off?
( Cawl, Fri 15 Aug 2008, 11:14, Reply)

@ VippyBaby
I know, I know. These untalented millionaire rednecks need a pension.


@ Kaol - All Summer Long is a rip off of 2 songs:

Werewolves in London - Warren Zevon
Sweet Home Alabama - Lynyrd Skynynd
(Ethelred is watching cheese grow, Fri 15 Aug 2008, 11:14, Reply)

Kaol
how have you missed it?

he's basically nicked half of sweet home alabama for his new song

he did it before a number of years ago, ripping of sad but true by metallica
( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Fri 15 Aug 2008, 11:15, Reply)

@wanderlust
Good point


*makes mental note not to open conversation with wanderlust with the phrase "so how's your mimsy?"*
(Rakky (forgot her password) The muffin maverick, Fri 15 Aug 2008, 11:16, Reply)

Effnick
It's a weird thing... Apparently, my local council needs to differentiate between Asian Pakistani and Asian Bangladeshi, yet settles for simply "White" to describe 98% of the population. However, they have the stupidity to leave a category blank for "Other: Please complete", which I take full advantage of.

As someone of Celtic-Saxon (and according to family legend my little toe on my left foot is apparently Japanese) origin I take full advantage of detailing my ethnic makeup.

*Edit* I know the Kid Rock song, I keep expecting him to break into "Sweet Home Alamama" at any minute, he even references it in the lyrics. Reminiscent of "Summer of Sixty Nine".
(Bicycle Repairman "you're also a bit of a wanker", Fri 15 Aug 2008, 11:17, Reply)

How have I missed it?
I don't listen to the radio and I don't watch TV.

So my exposure is minimal.
( Cawl, Fri 15 Aug 2008, 11:17, Reply)

you must not have done either at all
because I listen to minimal radio, other than planet rock (only plays good music) and have watched very little tv and I've still heard the fucking thing to death
( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Fri 15 Aug 2008, 11:20, Reply)

friday!!!
I'm LOVING the fact that it's Friday.

I started the morning by having some of those new Fox biscuits (biscuits made BY Fox, not OF fox) that have strawberry jam in them. Then I got a crappy meeting with another department manager that we've both been avoiding out of the way. The air con is broken at work so any staff that are in have taken themselves to different rooms so I can fart about online without feeling guilty, AND I'm going to V for the first time and I'm sooooo excited!

So, yeah. Morning all :)
( SeasonTicketless is too often the statue, and rarely the pigeon., Fri 15 Aug 2008, 11:20, Reply)

*arrives in time for Kaol's minimal exposure*
How do folks?

I'm knackered - this b3ta life is killing me.
( thealternativefact, Fri 15 Aug 2008, 11:21, Reply)

Mornin' Clendrix!
When're you off on your exciting voyage?

Vipros, you're right, when I say I don't watch TV or listen to the radio, I don't, at all!
( Cawl, Fri 15 Aug 2008, 11:24, Reply)

Farting while on-line FTW!
I can keep my persona of a genteel and stylish older women while trumping away like a navvy.
( girlinthehole, Fri 15 Aug 2008, 11:24, Reply)

I have so far avoided Kid Rock
and thank God for that.

Oh, I see. Why do we still get so hung up on ethnicity? I'm white, so what? Other people are black, or blue, or green, so what? Gah!
( Devil_In_Tights the *real* DiT!, Fri 15 Aug 2008, 11:24, Reply)

I'd be
personally concerned for the blue and green people.
(Ethelred is watching cheese grow, Fri 15 Aug 2008, 11:27, Reply)

See the thing that pisses me off
Is that everyone goes on about "Black People".
They aren't.
They're dark brown.

*shrugs*
( Cawl, Fri 15 Aug 2008, 11:28, Reply)

@DIT
I'm pink and Irish - we are NOT the same :)
(bazmorningstar efil4nat3b, Fri 15 Aug 2008, 11:28, Reply)

Morning Kaol, my lovely!
I'm off to DC next Friday - YAY! Can't bloody wait, even though it's like 100 degrees or something. Feck.

I had a mini-bash with Maladicta and Wookiee last night, and I'm sad to report that Wookiee and I had to put Maladicta on the train at Charing Cross because she had somehow become broken whilst out with us.
Oops.
( thealternativefact, Fri 15 Aug 2008, 11:29, Reply)

@ Clenny
I hope you didn't break her!
(Ethelred is watching cheese grow, Fri 15 Aug 2008, 11:31, Reply)

You broke Maladicta?
Whoops!
Too much alcohols?
( Cawl, Fri 15 Aug 2008, 11:31, Reply)

Ah, but...
The wonderful spectrum of human colour includes people that my gran would describes as 'black as the ace of spades'.

As Billy Connolly once said "So black that when the light shone on him he looked blue".

It's a gorgeous colour. Unlike this pasty whiteness.
( Devil_In_Tights the *real* DiT!, Fri 15 Aug 2008, 11:32, Reply)

Ouch
Not a clonky shoe related accident was it?
(Bicycle Repairman "you're also a bit of a wanker", Fri 15 Aug 2008, 11:32, Reply)

I fucking love this temp!
She keeps answering the phone and saying "Good morning royal bank of Scotland."

(This isn't where we work)

And she just pronounced Montreal as Mont Real.

I've just made her a cup of tea and I think I'll buy her a cake later. She's making me smile.
( wanderlust, Fri 15 Aug 2008, 11:33, Reply)

@lusty
Is where you work even a bank?

Is she asking all the callers what race they are?
( Mrs Entity is in hiding., Fri 15 Aug 2008, 11:36, Reply)

She sounds like a dream!
Ask her to pronounce Featherstone-Haugh, and then ask her what class she is. That'll show 'er! ;)
( Devil_In_Tights the *real* DiT!, Fri 15 Aug 2008, 11:38, Reply)

@Mrs Bin
It's an investment office, so she's a little bit right.
( wanderlust, Fri 15 Aug 2008, 11:39, Reply)

@DiT
Or Mainwaring or Cholmondeley
( Mrs Entity is in hiding., Fri 15 Aug 2008, 11:40, Reply)

Maladicta...
we weren't even all that drunk, but Wookiee and I panicked because Wheely Man was at the pub and we had to run away (long, tedious story behind that).

Maladicta didn't see the curb, and fell, twisting her ankle. Wookiee went to Sainsbury's and bought frozen peas for the injury and I fed her painkillers. Then we took her to the station in a cab, bought her a pasty and put her on the train. Poor thing! She was in loads of pain.
*feels sad*
( thealternativefact, Fri 15 Aug 2008, 11:42, Reply)

Wheely Man?
Was that the guy from The Old Dairy?

That sounds rubbish though, poor Maladicta :(
( Cawl, Fri 15 Aug 2008, 11:46, Reply)

Wheely man?
Sounds interesting!
( Devil_In_Tights the *real* DiT!, Fri 15 Aug 2008, 11:49, Reply)

Wheely man?
The guy with the amazing beard?
( wanderlust, Fri 15 Aug 2008, 11:50, Reply)

The Story of Wheely Man
Monday night, Wookiee and I were at the pub having a crafty beer or five before hometime. Wheely Man came up to us to share our ashtray - he (obviously) is in a wheelchair and is also a royal pain in the arse because he's an amateur historian, member of every committee ever, an expert on matters of the mind - fuck me, he doesn't half go on.

We couldn't get rid of him - he was waffling on about kinesthetic learning and shit, and then said, 'I'm dyslexic, you know,' at which point Wookiee said, 'No, I don't think so. It sounds to me more likely you have an autistic spectrum disorder,' and then proceeeded to argue with him about brain stuff while I sat and listened and tried not to cry.

We now hide from Wheely Man cos he likes us (and nicks all of Wookiee's smokes).

Kaol - yes, there was another one on Friday night, wasn't there? I must attract wheelchair metal, bit like a mental magnet.
( thealternativefact, Fri 15 Aug 2008, 11:54, Reply)

@clendrix
He sounds delightful!

I used to get stuck with all the pub weirdos when I worked in a yatess. A yatess for crying out loud! Their weirdos are the weirdoest of them all!
( wanderlust, Fri 15 Aug 2008, 12:00, Reply)

Wow!
You're a nutter magnet Clendrix...
Although the first meeting you had with a b3tan proved that :p

EDIT: When I do bar work, I end up being a weirdo magnet, but I then play the "can I out creep them" game.
Sometimes I win, sometimes I don't.

There was one man who flipped when I held his hand for thirty seconds, smiling, as I gave him back his change.

Didn't see him again all night.
( Cawl, Fri 15 Aug 2008, 12:00, Reply)

Ah yes...
There was another wheely man on Friday night. He smelled like old carpet.
( Devil_In_Tights the *real* DiT!, Fri 15 Aug 2008, 12:02, Reply)

@ DiT
Like 'body wrapped up in carpet' old carpet smell?
(Ethelred is watching cheese grow, Fri 15 Aug 2008, 12:07, Reply)

^
That's the one! :)
( Devil_In_Tights the *real* DiT!, Fri 15 Aug 2008, 12:11, Reply)

Ethel
How would you know what a body wrapped in carpet smells like?
( wanderlust, Fri 15 Aug 2008, 12:11, Reply)

101!
EDIT: DAMN!
( Devil_In_Tights the *real* DiT!, Fri 15 Aug 2008, 12:11, Reply)

*pokes tongue out at DiT*
too slow mofo!
( wanderlust, Fri 15 Aug 2008, 12:12, Reply)

I do!
*changes sig*

B3ta nutters are far more fun though. Random nutters with beards containing food, aromas of carpets and wank-juice and a predilection for nicked fags are a nuisance.
( thealternativefact, Fri 15 Aug 2008, 12:13, Reply)

@ wanderlust
I'm, erm, guessing.

*sweats*
(Ethelred is watching cheese grow, Fri 15 Aug 2008, 12:14, Reply)

Well,
all this talk of bodies in carpets seems to have killed the conversation somewhat!
( wanderlust, Fri 15 Aug 2008, 12:21, Reply)

I'm terribly sorry.
I think I turned the conversation bad.

I'm baking caramel slice tonight, so if anyone wants to come round and have some, do!
( thealternativefact, Fri 15 Aug 2008, 12:23, Reply)

here.
I'mm still here, but surfing old QOTW answers, Its making me giggle aloud at my desk again :) -Sometimes I worry my office buddies think I'm on drugs...
(weekirst23 Is broken! Silly ice. Silly High heels!, Fri 15 Aug 2008, 12:24, Reply)

Pub chains
are awful. That's something about England drives me mad is trying to find a decent pub with a genuine bit of character and history to it.
(bazmorningstar efil4nat3b, Fri 15 Aug 2008, 12:25, Reply)

@baz
couldn't agree more!
Every town looks the same, with the same shopping centre full of the same wanky shops and same chain pubs!
( wanderlust, Fri 15 Aug 2008, 12:28, Reply)

Baz, wanderlust
I agree. Fucking soul-less conurbations.

I love and hate living in the countryside, it's a double-edged sword.
( Cawl, Fri 15 Aug 2008, 12:33, Reply)

Gr3tans
Is it just me or are toomany people whingeing about this week's QOTW being crap? There's a few gems nestled amongst the entries.
( mistaspakkaman and the inedible shifting caterpillars, Fri 15 Aug 2008, 12:36, Reply)

There are some great little pubs
In London though. Tiny little places with just enough room for 6 people at the bar. Some friends and I have done a walking tour of pubs like that and ended up in some ace places with plenty to look at along the way.

hmmmm I want a b3ta walking tour of pubs now!
( wanderlust, Fri 15 Aug 2008, 12:38, Reply)

Wanderlust
I'm well up for that!

Spak, moaning is valid, if you do something about it!
( Cawl, Fri 15 Aug 2008, 12:42, Reply)

@Kaol
I've done something about it. I've posted an entry and it does not involve Starwars toys (or for that matter, any toys).
( mistaspakkaman and the inedible shifting caterpillars, Fri 15 Aug 2008, 12:45, Reply)

@Kaol
If you're up for it I could organise something.

I'll come prepared with a map.
Oh lordy! I could make it into a treasure hunt!
( wanderlust, Fri 15 Aug 2008, 12:46, Reply)

That sounds like a fab idea, Lusty!
Count me in!
( Devil_In_Tights the *real* DiT!, Fri 15 Aug 2008, 12:48, Reply)

Terrible, terrible idea..
Walking tour? Are you mental? The point of going to the pub is to sit down and get drunk from the legs up. Find me a comofrtable pub with a decent pint, bit of sport on the telly and a half decent looking barmaid and I will be a happy baz.
(bazmorningstar efil4nat3b, Fri 15 Aug 2008, 12:49, Reply)

Oh Lusters!
Yes, organise that (not while I'm on holiday though, as I will sulk terribly!).

Baz - I can see your point, but wobbling around the streets is also fun (unless you're Maladicta).
( thealternativefact, Fri 15 Aug 2008, 12:49, Reply)

@Clenderton
No! Not you too! I thought you were a pro-drinker?


EDIT: Just seen your edit.
(bazmorningstar efil4nat3b, Fri 15 Aug 2008, 12:51, Reply)

@baz
If I can dispense with the sport baz I'll come meet ya any time you like :) Perhaps we could do a crawl between oner or two pubs though eh? For someone who's been here a couple of years I have very limited pub knowledge :)
(weekirst23 Is broken! Silly ice. Silly High heels!, Fri 15 Aug 2008, 12:51, Reply)

@baz
Come along and I'll try and prove you wrong.
I love sitting down and taking it easy in a pub, but it's so much fun to go exploring!

Edit: Clendrix, I shall make it so!
( wanderlust, Fri 15 Aug 2008, 12:52, Reply)

@weekirst
Aye, I'll see you in September m'dear. I'm in the west of Ireland at the minute.


EDIT @Wanderlei (that's what I'm calling you - hope you like it) - yeah, maybe.
(bazmorningstar efil4nat3b, Fri 15 Aug 2008, 12:52, Reply)

Lunchtime
Pub is calling my name...
*grins*

Bye!
( Cawl, Fri 15 Aug 2008, 12:58, Reply)

.
Is 'Clenderton' clendrix's Transformer-name?

Re soul-less town centres: Find an isolated town far far away from London - they retain their character better.

PS. b3ta nutters FTW!

EDIT: Bye K
( mistaspakkaman and the inedible shifting caterpillars, Fri 15 Aug 2008, 12:58, Reply)

@baz
I keep forgetting you're not actually IN Dublin... whoops! :) (Still, i can't afford to go actually have a social life now till sept! ha ha ha!)
(weekirst23 Is broken! Silly ice. Silly High heels!, Fri 15 Aug 2008, 12:59, Reply)

ah Kirst,
if this was six weeks ago, we could be plotting a right aul evenin's debauchery in The Stag's Head, The Old Stand, Davy Byrne's, The Duke, Grogan's, alas!






EDIT: Most of these pubs feature on the Dublin Literary Pub Crawl Tour. They are all in central Dublin walking distance apart and were the haunts of the likes of Behan, O'Brien, Joyce and St. John Gogarty in their time.
(bazmorningstar efil4nat3b, Fri 15 Aug 2008, 13:08, Reply)

Ahh baz
Thats still a tour I've yet to participate in... (And yet i've been on the open top at least a dozen times. why oh Why? ) How long are you up for in Sept?.
(weekirst23 Is broken! Silly ice. Silly High heels!, Fri 15 Aug 2008, 13:14, Reply)

The best way to deal with pub weirdoes
is to out-weird them.
( mistaspakkaman and the inedible shifting caterpillars, Fri 15 Aug 2008, 13:16, Reply)

How long have you got in mind, love? ;)
Just kidding.

Dunno, wl see what I can swing with the job cos I can work in the Dublin office as well.
(bazmorningstar efil4nat3b, Fri 15 Aug 2008, 13:17, Reply)

@baz
Ahh I see! Well, maybe you can give me the tour ;)

BTW @Vipros Tuna Sweetcorn bacon not bad... spoiled cos it wasn't crispy, and possibly slightly by the addition of melted cheddar ! Ha ha ha! Still, I liked it!
(weekirst23 Is broken! Silly ice. Silly High heels!, Fri 15 Aug 2008, 13:21, Reply)

@kirst
The tour starts in The Duke at 7 on a Friday - maybe we can incorporate it.
(bazmorningstar efil4nat3b, Fri 15 Aug 2008, 13:24, Reply)

glad to hear the sandwich was ok
you need to get the bacon crispy to get the really strong, salty, bacony taste going on

mmmmm

have put my band's gigs on the calender (22nd August, and 25th October) in case anyone fancies heading down to Exeter to see us :-)

ask Ancrenne, Kaol, Clendrix and Spakka if it's worth it :-)
( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Fri 15 Aug 2008, 13:24, Reply)

It's worth it!
Exeter's great.
Vipros rocks.
( thealternativefact, Fri 15 Aug 2008, 13:29, Reply)

@baz
I have no objections to that :) I'll need to eat, cos I'll have to come straight from work. theres no way i'll make it cross town n back in for 7 on a friday...
Just need to ditch the ninja nurse/beauty therapist uniform before I come along :)
(weekirst23 Is broken! Silly ice. Silly High heels!, Fri 15 Aug 2008, 13:31, Reply)

Vipros's band rocks
I can honestly say it's worth coming to Exeter to see, but another Exeter bash will put me over the bash limit.
( mistaspakkaman and the inedible shifting caterpillars, Fri 15 Aug 2008, 13:42, Reply)

@kirst
ah wear it - the b3ta boys will love that. You can eat in The Duke if you get there early enough.
(bazmorningstar efil4nat3b, Fri 15 Aug 2008, 13:50, Reply)

:(
An Ireland bash sounds fun!

Whaddya mean by limit, Spak? I didn't know there was a limit! :)
( Devil_In_Tights the *real* DiT!, Fri 15 Aug 2008, 13:51, Reply)

understandable
exeter is in the back of beyond in terms of public transport :-)
( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Fri 15 Aug 2008, 13:53, Reply)

It's lovely outside!
I just went for a walk by St Pauls. I feel all happy now :D
( wanderlust, Fri 15 Aug 2008, 13:54, Reply)

Uniforms
Its not quite as cool as I make it sound :) Ha ha ha!


@baz I imagine I'll head there straight after work, so I'll probably make it for about 6 ish... I'll have to take my dining alone armor of a newspaper though :)


-edit- @DIT then come over! Make a weekend of it ! It'll be ace! Whoot whoot!
(weekirst23 Is broken! Silly ice. Silly High heels!, Fri 15 Aug 2008, 13:54, Reply)

@wanderlust re London bar-crawl
I was going to suggest you organise something for when I was still in London after the bash, but then clendrix asked for it to be when she came back. Perhaps the September 18th bash could be turned into a bar-crawl.

@DiT Re bash limit: There is one if you're unemployed and live far away.
( mistaspakkaman and the inedible shifting caterpillars, Fri 15 Aug 2008, 13:59, Reply)

agree with kirst - come over, all of yiz!
Missus, I'll be there before 6 to keep you company. The job is only down the road.
(bazmorningstar efil4nat3b, Fri 15 Aug 2008, 14:01, Reply)

@Baz
Sweet! I'm a sociable creature. I hate eating alone!
(weekirst23 Is broken! Silly ice. Silly High heels!, Fri 15 Aug 2008, 14:04, Reply)

@spakka
It's a good idea but as that bash is on a Thursday it might not work. I'm sure people will be coming from work and going on a pub crawl after work always ends up with a very sore head the day after! I think a Saturday would be a good day to do it, if other people are up for it. It's just finding a Saturday to do it on!
( wanderlust, Fri 15 Aug 2008, 14:04, Reply)

@Spak
D'oh! Of course! Any progression on that front?

@WK: I might just. When is it again?
( Devil_In_Tights the *real* DiT!, Fri 15 Aug 2008, 14:08, Reply)

Unless I get a job soon
I won't be in London on a Saturday after the bash for the forseeable future. Enjoy yourselves and raise a glass to those who couldn't make it.
( mistaspakkaman and the inedible shifting caterpillars, Fri 15 Aug 2008, 14:09, Reply)

@DIT
Why I'm glad you asked! It is of course on Friday the 5th of September!
(weekirst23 Is broken! Silly ice. Silly High heels!, Fri 15 Aug 2008, 14:11, Reply)

@DiT
I currently have two interviews lined up a few days after the bash. Also, I may be interviewed by phone for a contracting position, and have also recently sent off a completed questionnaire.

The two companies I'm interviewing with have both re-scheduled my interviews after we agreed a date, but thankfully, they've stopped playing musical-chairs with my time-slots.
( mistaspakkaman and the inedible shifting caterpillars, Fri 15 Aug 2008, 14:13, Reply)

Ah.
Unfortunately, then, I can't. I'll be at a wedding.

BUMS!

I've only ever been to Ireland once, and that was to Limerick in 1992. My 2nd cousin was a lecturer at the University there.

These are strange memories. Including when, before I got the plane home (on my own, I might add) and the police were checking the 'plane, he said "there's probably a bomb on it".

Just what a 12-year-old wants to hear.
( Devil_In_Tights the *real* DiT!, Fri 15 Aug 2008, 14:14, Reply)

150
woo.


I could make my Epic Road Trip into one big multinational B3ta bash. *ponders*

Cardiff, Dublin, Belfast, Edinburgh, Newcastle, London

Dates of my tour available on request.
Limited tickets, book early to increase avoid disappointment.
(Ethelred is watching cheese grow, Fri 15 Aug 2008, 14:17, Reply)

@DIT
that's the morbid Irish sense of humour. EVERYTHING has a funny side.
(bazmorningstar efil4nat3b, Fri 15 Aug 2008, 14:41, Reply)

I'm back from lunch
and everyone's fecked off.

Is this the pre-weekend slump, when that last 90 minutes seems interminable?
( thealternativefact, Fri 15 Aug 2008, 15:27, Reply)

I'm still hovering around
Just poking my nose in to all sorts of different threads, looking for some action!

I have just shaken a hangover... Looking forward to going home for some major league relaxing time!
( Devil_In_Tights the *real* DiT!, Fri 15 Aug 2008, 15:29, Reply)

I'm
lurking/causing havoc
(Ethelred is watching cheese grow, Fri 15 Aug 2008, 15:29, Reply)

Yes,
I suppose I could wander off into other threads, but I'm so lazy.
*sighs*
( thealternativefact, Fri 15 Aug 2008, 15:32, Reply)

I'm still here
But I'm skim-reading... I'm trying to work as well as write something too. Rest assured I'll jump in without warning, like the Spanish Inquisition.
(Bicycle Repairman "you're also a bit of a wanker", Fri 15 Aug 2008, 15:40, Reply)

Motivation
I've been here since half 8 and am yet to do anything paricularily constructive... any motivational tips fopr my last hour?
(weekirst23 Is broken! Silly ice. Silly High heels!, Fri 15 Aug 2008, 15:40, Reply)

I'm here
flitting between threads

debating whether I should be trying to do more work, or just abandoning the idea entirely for this week
( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Fri 15 Aug 2008, 15:41, Reply)

Temp update.
For those of you who care.
She can't spell Canada and she asked me if Scotland is in a different time zone.

Edit: A different time zone from England.
( wanderlust, Fri 15 Aug 2008, 15:42, Reply)

Wanderlust
I want that temp! Are you putting her straight, or sitting back and enjoying the show?
(Bicycle Repairman "you're also a bit of a wanker", Fri 15 Aug 2008, 15:43, Reply)

@PJM
I put her straight when she asked if you work 8 hours and take a 15 minute break How many hours is it.

When she asked if Scotland was a different timezone I just said ohhhhhh I don't know! It is a different country after all!
( wanderlust, Fri 15 Aug 2008, 15:45, Reply)

that's excellent Lusty
call her an ignor-anus

actually don't, that would be mean and probably spoil your fun
( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Fri 15 Aug 2008, 15:45, Reply)

She reminds me of the daffy secretary
in May to September.
(Bicycle Repairman "you're also a bit of a wanker", Fri 15 Aug 2008, 15:47, Reply)

She is really sweet,
Just a bit dim.
Gawd bless 'er
( wanderlust, Fri 15 Aug 2008, 15:49, Reply)

ah, but
is she hot?

the people need to know
( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Fri 15 Aug 2008, 15:53, Reply)

I shall be looking for a temp next month.
*shudders*
*sees b3ta time decreasing*
( thealternativefact, Fri 15 Aug 2008, 15:55, Reply)

Well...
Scotland is in a different time zone, sort of.

The only reason the time is the same all over the UK is so that trains can run to a uniform timetable - this is one of the relics of the Victorian era, along with daylight savings (when some posh bloke thought commoners should be getting up earlier and getting some excercise in).

So yeah... The real time in Scotland is very slightly different to the real time here. Or something. She may just be a genius.

EDIT: Agreed, the people need to know if she is hotornot. Alright, it might just be me and Vipros.

DOUBLE EDIT: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Local_Mean_Time - that's what I was talking about.
( Devil_In_Tights the *real* DiT!, Fri 15 Aug 2008, 15:55, Reply)

DiT
we are the people
( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Fri 15 Aug 2008, 15:58, Reply)

@Vipros
She quite hot, but I think her lack of a brain makes her less attractive.
( wanderlust, Fri 15 Aug 2008, 15:59, Reply)

^
We are the world. *sways*
( Devil_In_Tights the *real* DiT!, Fri 15 Aug 2008, 15:59, Reply)

that happens
kelly brook for example

absolutely stunningly gorgeous. everything I look for in a woman. but she is so stupid that it puts me right off

(not actually right off, just a bit.)
( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Fri 15 Aug 2008, 16:00, Reply)

DiT
She must be a genius!
All this time I thought the correct spelling was Canada, when in fact it must be Canda.

I think I should go to Mont Real in Canda and check!
( wanderlust, Fri 15 Aug 2008, 16:02, Reply)

Very true
I know a lot of chaps who'll be turned right off someone who's good looking but gobby and stupid.

It took the Radio One breakfast show bosses quite a while to figure out that one out...
(Bicycle Repairman "you're also a bit of a wanker", Fri 15 Aug 2008, 16:03, Reply)

Canda?
Nope, she's just touched, I think! ;)
( Devil_In_Tights the *real* DiT!, Fri 15 Aug 2008, 16:07, Reply)

Snoop Dogg has a solution for gobby birds
Any one know what it is?
(bazmorningstar efil4nat3b, Fri 15 Aug 2008, 16:07, Reply)

.
Was multitasking earlier today but the real world got the better of me.

I've been requested by one of the companies I've applied for to send out a CD with examples of my work. I'm giving them a little easter-egg as a bonus. If you pop the CD in an Audio-CD player instead of a CD-ROM drive, you get to hear me singing.
( mistaspakkaman and the inedible shifting caterpillars, Fri 15 Aug 2008, 16:13, Reply)

@baz
nopes, please enlighten me.
( wanderlust, Fri 15 Aug 2008, 16:14, Reply)

Mister Spakka
That is cool. Can you sing?
(Ethelred is watching cheese grow, Fri 15 Aug 2008, 16:20, Reply)

^ ^
I like to think I can sing (I usually only sing at Karaoke evenings). On another forum I frequent, I posted an mp3 of me singing Elvis Presley's Hound-Dog (that I made when I visited Memphis, USA). Someone noticed it and felt I had just the right voice for what he had in mind (something punk-rock-ish), so I recorded the vocals. The end-result is what I'm including on my CD as an easter-egg.
( mistaspakkaman and the inedible shifting caterpillars, Fri 15 Aug 2008, 16:28, Reply)