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Yey tuesday! Aren't Tuesday's great? They are like Monday but a day later
I did some ironing last night, it took. Me about 20 minutes a shirt, what are you shit at?
(, Tue 18 Feb 2014, 8:03, 140 replies, latest was 11 years ago)
YEAH! GO TUESDAY WOOHOO!!!!
I'm crap at judging the correct amount of rice or pasta to cook. I usually end up with far too much.
More spine-chilling news as it happens.
(, Tue 18 Feb 2014, 8:06, Reply)
One tea cup of rice per person
100 g pasta per person
(, Tue 18 Feb 2014, 8:15, Reply)
Nothing I am awesome at everything

(, Tue 18 Feb 2014, 8:09, Reply)
how the fuck can a shirt take 20 minutes to iron?

(, Tue 18 Feb 2014, 8:11, Reply)
I am going to suggest
BENT SPASTIC
(, Tue 18 Feb 2014, 8:14, Reply)
There were several issues:
1- the electric core was far too short massively hindering my movement
2- the shirt had been washed some time ago so the creases were well developed
3- until a couple of weeks ago I'd never really ironed a shirt

I hope this answers all of your questions
(, Tue 18 Feb 2014, 8:14, Reply)
ironing a shirt is a piece of piss m8

(, Tue 18 Feb 2014, 8:26, Reply)
That's what I'm doing wrong! I didn't piss on it first
I just need some practice and an extension lead
(, Tue 18 Feb 2014, 8:29, Reply)
So there was a cable issue.

(, Tue 18 Feb 2014, 8:37, Reply)
Yes :(
But this wasn't my fault, the iron has a short power cable
(, Tue 18 Feb 2014, 8:39, Reply)
Good Morning Nakers, Good Morning Everybody
I am shit at meeting new people, behaving normally in social situations, establishing friendships, showing empathy and having deviation from my usual routines.
(, Tue 18 Feb 2014, 8:27, Reply)
I'm great at meeting new people
What hate is seeing them again

Morning frog!
(, Tue 18 Feb 2014, 8:28, Reply)
Obviously IRL I am awesome, amiable and approachable but only to peoples faces, behind their backs I am horrible about nearly everyone.

(, Tue 18 Feb 2014, 8:30, Reply)
Is that why you got the angry sun? To represent your inner turmoil and hatred for the world?

(, Tue 18 Feb 2014, 8:32, Reply)
Nah, I got *angry sun* because I thought it was 'cool' when I was 17

(, Tue 18 Feb 2014, 8:37, Reply)
Do you have a favourite colour as well, you child?
I am shit at answering questions on the internet.
(, Tue 18 Feb 2014, 8:34, Reply)
Also, 20 minutes?
You bent spastic.
(, Tue 18 Feb 2014, 8:34, Reply)
I JUST NEED PRACTICE

(, Tue 18 Feb 2014, 8:36, Reply)
Blue, cos I'm a boy

(, Tue 18 Feb 2014, 8:36, Reply)
Wait, you're not a bird?

(, Tue 18 Feb 2014, 8:36, Reply)
Yeah, I'm totes a 16 year old girl, home alone and bored
What do you wanna do?
(, Tue 18 Feb 2014, 8:38, Reply)
wat r u wearin?

(, Tue 18 Feb 2014, 8:40, Reply)
Burka...with nothing underneath!

(, Tue 18 Feb 2014, 8:44, Reply)
Phwor

(, Tue 18 Feb 2014, 9:09, Reply)
you should expect a psychochomp gaz

(, Tue 18 Feb 2014, 8:42, Reply)
Gill killed him in her killing room...why do you think the door was locked?

(, Tue 18 Feb 2014, 8:45, Reply)
I thought he hanged himself due to his despair at his crippling debts, dead end job, life of penury and inability to ever get on the housing ladder?
Despite, y'know, being the cleverest man on the internet and that.
(, Tue 18 Feb 2014, 8:47, Reply)
he'll have found a b3ta replacement and be boring the tits off everyone on there with how to do everything and run a country. prob 16 year old girls on Facebook chat.

(, Tue 18 Feb 2014, 8:50, Reply)
hey, all you need to succeed in life is wikipedia

(, Tue 18 Feb 2014, 8:52, Reply)
and a wow account

(, Tue 18 Feb 2014, 8:53, Reply)
a what?

(, Tue 18 Feb 2014, 8:56, Reply)
world of sadcraft

(, Tue 18 Feb 2014, 9:03, Reply)
oh, I see
It's not something I'm familiar with.
(, Tue 18 Feb 2014, 9:05, Reply)
I thought you were a gamer?

(, Tue 18 Feb 2014, 9:06, Reply)
console gamer
Not MMO games, those are for BO afflicted Games Workshop aficionados with bad dress sense and no taste in music beyond dadrock and the rock charts.
(, Tue 18 Feb 2014, 9:08, Reply)
Anyone else struggling to see a difference here?

(, Tue 18 Feb 2014, 9:09, Reply)
it's like the difference between shitting your pants with a solid log and with diarrhoea

(, Tue 18 Feb 2014, 9:10, Reply)
It's always about the poo play with you, isn't it?

(, Tue 18 Feb 2014, 9:11, Reply)
just painting a picture that you would understand, sweetheart

(, Tue 18 Feb 2014, 9:12, Reply)
After 24 years of a strict vegetarian diet, I can't remember the last time I passed a truly solid log

(, Tue 18 Feb 2014, 9:14, Reply)
Have you tried adding sawdust to your diet?

(, Tue 18 Feb 2014, 9:16, Reply)
He's a veggie
Hasn't he suffered enough FFS?
(, Tue 18 Feb 2014, 9:46, Reply)
Yes.

(, Tue 18 Feb 2014, 9:11, Reply)
No he is gormless

(, Tue 18 Feb 2014, 9:08, Reply)
one has to wonder why he was trying to get in there at all, when he was expressly not invited
surely when you're in someone else's home, opening doors to rooms where they don't take you is a bit... odd? nosy?
(, Tue 18 Feb 2014, 8:49, Reply)
Alright swipeypoo?

(, Tue 18 Feb 2014, 8:50, Reply)
hello randy butter

(, Tue 18 Feb 2014, 8:52, Reply)
camouflage, clear, black, mirror

(, Tue 18 Feb 2014, 8:43, Reply)
I am shit rather a lot of things, including:
Keeping my temper (apart from with Micro for some reason).
Stopping smoking.
Portion control.
Delayed gratification.
(, Tue 18 Feb 2014, 9:14, Reply)
Back on the tabs then?

(, Tue 18 Feb 2014, 9:16, Reply)
Unfortunately.

(, Tue 18 Feb 2014, 9:17, Reply)
*offers wheezing hug*
welcome back into the fold brother
(, Tue 18 Feb 2014, 9:19, Reply)
Mashed potato
Always end up with lumps in it, no matter how long I take over it. Clearly a mong.

Morning all
(, Tue 18 Feb 2014, 9:22, Reply)
Buy a potato ricer
www.johnlewis.com/john-lewis-potato-ricer/p230954591
(, Tue 18 Feb 2014, 9:24, Reply)
Does that change the texture much?

(, Tue 18 Feb 2014, 9:33, Reply)
It's excellent, I have one
I resisted for a while as it looked a bugger to clean but now I wouldn't go back to a masher.
(, Tue 18 Feb 2014, 9:34, Reply)
Makes it smoother. Texture is also influenced by the amount of butter, milk etc. that you add.

(, Tue 18 Feb 2014, 9:35, Reply)
May well give it a go

(, Tue 18 Feb 2014, 9:54, Reply)
1) make sure you buy floury potato rather than waxy ones
2)add melted butter and a splash of milk to the pan prior to adding the spuds
3) ensure the spuds are as dry as possibly prior to putting them back in the pan
4) once you have been through them with the masher get a wooden spoon and beat them.

should get lumps out
(, Tue 18 Feb 2014, 9:31, Reply)
Think point 1 is likely where I go wrong
I mainly just buy whatever potatoes are there.
(, Tue 18 Feb 2014, 9:33, Reply)
Larger types like Maris Piper or Kind Edward for mashing and roasting
Smaller types like Charlotte for boiling
(, Tue 18 Feb 2014, 9:36, Reply)
although with a ricer you can get decent results from Charlottes

(, Tue 18 Feb 2014, 9:39, Reply)
Well I dare say if you dropped a grand piano from a 3rd floor window they'd probably mash up alright as well

(, Tue 18 Feb 2014, 9:42, Reply)
point 3 is important too
if there is too much water left on/in the boiled spuds you end up with wallpaper paste
(, Tue 18 Feb 2014, 9:36, Reply)
In order
1) yes
2) what?
3) see above
4) what?

Here's what you do

1) boil spuds
2) drain spuds
3) add butter and a splash of milk
4) mash the fuckers

It's really not difficult at all. The wrist action during mashing is quite important though...down and twist.

Strikethrough coming in 3,2,1...
(, Tue 18 Feb 2014, 9:35, Reply)
see above for point 3 explaination
if you heat the butter and milk prior to adding the spuds you get a smoother mixture,
the spoon bit at the end is an optional extra.
(, Tue 18 Feb 2014, 9:38, Reply)
I can't say I have a problem with lumpy mash
So I don't see the need to over-complicate it for the poor lad.
(, Tue 18 Feb 2014, 9:43, Reply)
Make the mash with baked potatoes, this way you avoid the excess water associated with boiling
Heat the milk/cream/butter before mashing it in

Stop being a potato spastic
(, Tue 18 Feb 2014, 9:40, Reply)
*preheated milk and butter fives*

(, Tue 18 Feb 2014, 9:43, Reply)
^^Ironing spastic

(, Tue 18 Feb 2014, 9:43, Reply)
I've not heard the baked potato idea before, not a bad idea.

(, Tue 18 Feb 2014, 10:00, Reply)
Luckily Yahoo has all the answers
answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20061116203431AAC7PSt
(, Tue 18 Feb 2014, 9:41, Reply)

answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20121009091513AAkmGAe
(, Tue 18 Feb 2014, 9:42, Reply)

answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20110804115010AAYB6T4
(, Tue 18 Feb 2014, 9:44, Reply)
Wow, MASH CHAT really has got the board moving

(, Tue 18 Feb 2014, 9:36, Reply)
Sure did. I hope next people can explain how to make toast.

(, Tue 18 Feb 2014, 9:37, Reply)
we have a right laugh here don't we

(, Tue 18 Feb 2014, 9:39, Reply)
i really don't know anymore

(, Tue 18 Feb 2014, 9:39, Reply)
That's the spirit!

(, Tue 18 Feb 2014, 9:47, Reply)
What are we doing with our lives Tangles?

(, Tue 18 Feb 2014, 9:47, Reply)
Have you considered ending yours recently
if not I can recommend it
(, Tue 18 Feb 2014, 9:50, Reply)
I think I shall just come back later

(, Tue 18 Feb 2014, 9:50, Reply)
Well that doesn't help the situation now, does it?

(, Tue 18 Feb 2014, 9:51, Reply)
Well what would you have me do? I don't know how much more ironing and potato chat I can take!

(, Tue 18 Feb 2014, 9:52, Reply)
How about taking the initiative
and starting a thread you would like to talk in...
(, Tue 18 Feb 2014, 9:54, Reply)
NO U

(, Tue 18 Feb 2014, 9:55, Reply)
I think I can safely say
That all of the threads I have ever started have been epically shit
(, Tue 18 Feb 2014, 9:56, Reply)
1) add yeast to flour and salt
2) add a small amount of olive oil
3) add water and mix until the dough starts to form together
4) remove from bowl and knead until the dough has gone smooth
5) place back in bowl and leave for a good few hours to prove and for the taste to improve
(, Tue 18 Feb 2014, 9:40, Reply)
1. Toast bread.

(, Tue 18 Feb 2014, 9:41, Reply)
Shove it under the grill until black, scrape off the burnt bits, eat

(, Tue 18 Feb 2014, 9:41, Reply)

www.b3ta.com/questions/offtopic/post2216301
(, Tue 18 Feb 2014, 9:42, Reply)
I liked the bit where the guys tried to look at Hotlips in teh shower

(, Tue 18 Feb 2014, 9:38, Reply)
Turn the items inside out before doing them, for a non-shiny finish.

(, Tue 18 Feb 2014, 9:38, Reply)
Or just use a heat setting that doesn't irradiate the fuck out of the item concerned

(, Tue 18 Feb 2014, 9:46, Reply)
You're no fun any more.

(, Tue 18 Feb 2014, 9:48, Reply)
Your iron is radioactive?

(, Tue 18 Feb 2014, 9:49, Reply)
Yeah that's right, I've got a Magnox toaster
Or you know, maybe heat radiation.
(, Tue 18 Feb 2014, 9:54, Reply)
Oh right, a different word then

(, Tue 18 Feb 2014, 9:59, Reply)
Surely if you're pushing the hot plate against the clothes, you're not using raditation to heat them?

(, Tue 18 Feb 2014, 10:02, Reply)
Yes, you are.
This, however, has little to do with irradiation.
(, Tue 18 Feb 2014, 10:06, Reply)
But you're not, you're using conduction as the heat is directly moving from the hot plate, to your clothes.
It's only radiating heat when you remove it from the clothes
(, Tue 18 Feb 2014, 10:10, Reply)
Would someone please start a new thread?
This one has gone a bit shit.
(, Tue 18 Feb 2014, 9:53, Reply)
No
It started a BIT shit,
But we have managed to drag it down lower
(, Tue 18 Feb 2014, 9:55, Reply)
^
I don't know how it managed to get lower than ironing chat.
I guess I underestimated AA.
(, Tue 18 Feb 2014, 10:00, Reply)
I take great pride in my part in the shitness

(, Tue 18 Feb 2014, 10:06, Reply)
You asked a question, I answered it.

(, Tue 18 Feb 2014, 10:07, Reply)
No I didn't

(, Tue 18 Feb 2014, 10:08, Reply)
Oops

(, Tue 18 Feb 2014, 10:12, Reply)
did a new thread

(, Tue 18 Feb 2014, 10:04, Reply)
I have a new phone handset, the ringer isn't quite as good as my old one
but the sound is clearer, so overall I'm happy.
(, Tue 18 Feb 2014, 9:56, Reply)
Mobile? What have you gone for? I'm due for an upgrade soon.

(, Tue 18 Feb 2014, 9:59, Reply)
No, my office phone handset.
I used to have a Grandstream and now I have a Yealink T20
(, Tue 18 Feb 2014, 10:00, Reply)
But if you're getting a mobile, get a Nexus 5. Or a Galaxy S4.

(, Tue 18 Feb 2014, 10:01, Reply)
Thanks. I like the look of the Galaxy.

(, Tue 18 Feb 2014, 10:03, Reply)
Its always about the chocolate with you innit

(, Tue 18 Feb 2014, 10:06, Reply)
That's not Bartleby

(, Tue 18 Feb 2014, 10:08, Reply)
I've just got mine, gone for an S4 mini
Was originally going for the HTC One, but realised that £37 per month is fucking ridiculous, got the S4 for £25 p/m.
(, Tue 18 Feb 2014, 10:07, Reply)
How mini is it?

(, Tue 18 Feb 2014, 10:11, Reply)
4.91 x 2.41 x 0.35 in

(, Tue 18 Feb 2014, 10:12, Reply)
That's hardly mini, it's barely smaller than my S3.

(, Tue 18 Feb 2014, 10:18, Reply)
Aye, the full size one is massive though

(, Tue 18 Feb 2014, 10:19, Reply)
No they aren't, they're very slightly bigger than an S3

(, Tue 18 Feb 2014, 10:20, Reply)
Feels massive in my hand though, have had a tiny phone the last 2 years

(, Tue 18 Feb 2014, 10:23, Reply)
oh the strike through hilarity

(, Tue 18 Feb 2014, 10:31, Reply)

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