Good morning All
I has a strange dream on the bus this morning. Much Like seasonTicketless yesterday its funny what you think about when your asleep isn't it ?

I was in my higher english class from many moons ago, and was being told that Terry Pratchett wasn't considered Literary enough to do my final book report type thing on. (I thought, at the time that following character development over 3 books was sufficient for high school, but I digress) With the benefit of hindsight, I began to outline my counter argument. It was pretty good, in my head.

Is there anything that you wished you'd said at the time, but didn't get a really good retort until well after the fact?

And in general, how is eveyone today?
(weekirst23 Is broken! Silly ice. Silly High heels!, Fri 22 Aug 2008, 8:27, 64 replies, latest was 16 years ago)

Morning!
What the hell am I doing up this early? Oh yeh, I'm on my way to Heathrow and then on to sunny DC for some Loon time. Hurrah!
Hello Kirst.
( thealternativefact, Fri 22 Aug 2008, 9:00, Reply)

morning Clendrix
I'm very jealous! Have a good holiday!!
(weekirst23 Is broken! Silly ice. Silly High heels!, Fri 22 Aug 2008, 9:05, Reply)

Ahoy hoy!
Last day of work for five days yipeeeee! And a lovely trip to the Isle of Wight :)
( TGB checking Off Topic is still shit at, Fri 22 Aug 2008, 9:07, Reply)

Morning
I'm still in bed ............. and nekkid!
( Mrs Entity is in hiding., Fri 22 Aug 2008, 9:17, Reply)

@ Kirst
I go over several situations in my life and wish I'd said or done differently. Mostly when daydreaming though. I blame it on my analytical brain :(

@ Clendrix: Ning!

@ TGB: The isle of wight isn't that great this time of year, even when you had a gf to look forward to seeing when you got there.

@ MrsLIAB: Mental images like that isn't good for a lazy morning at work!
(Ethelred is watching cheese grow, Fri 22 Aug 2008, 9:23, Reply)

Ning!
I'm good today. Practicing harmonica in the office kicks ass! Plus, from 5pm I get to spend 72 whole hours hanging out with my daughter.

*dances*

Edit: TGB... where bouts are you going? I've spent a lot of time in Ryde.
( Noeli overtheshoulderboulderholderthingstraplatchboobs, Fri 22 Aug 2008, 9:24, Reply)

Morning all
I'm sitting in my work having a drink on my day off. What a shame their dishwasher is broken.....

Oh well, off shopping.
(PenguinOfDeath is Scottish, and most likely angry, Fri 22 Aug 2008, 9:24, Reply)

@ethelred
lol, well yes. But I was particularily pleased with my bus dream retort. (If only i could remember the actual argument it would have been so much better!! )
(weekirst23 Is broken! Silly ice. Silly High heels!, Fri 22 Aug 2008, 9:29, Reply)

@Ethelred
Surprised you had a bad time because I always love it there, but I am meeting the rest of the Morris Marina people and we are all crazy and have a laugh :)

@No3l We are staying in Shanklin but normally go all over the place. The Wight Mouse Inn in Chale is awesome we always go there for a meal on Sunday :) Ryde is good for getting very very drunk!
( TGB checking Off Topic is still shit at, Fri 22 Aug 2008, 9:31, Reply)

@ TGB
Well those owning Marinas can hardly be sane and boring :P

I used to visit Sandown every week, most of it is closed this time of year, but if you have stuff planned, then all the better :)
(Ethelred is watching cheese grow, Fri 22 Aug 2008, 9:32, Reply)

Yeah and most people own more than one...
So twice as mad! We are going to Robin Hill on the Monday I believe and weather depending we either take a trip to the needles or Ventnor radar station and admire the views.

Saturday will be spent in Sandown at my friends garage replacing the interior of my car!
( TGB checking Off Topic is still shit at, Fri 22 Aug 2008, 9:34, Reply)

TGB
The RADAR station is pretty cool I must admit, great views when the sun is out.

I went up there once, there was a bunch of toffs in tweed loading their shotguns outside the entrance to a wood.

300 yards up the road the field on the opposite side of the road was full of pheasants, maybe they aren't that stupid after all!
(Ethelred is watching cheese grow, Fri 22 Aug 2008, 9:39, Reply)

*crawls in*
Morning everyone!

I'll just be over here in the corner, dying, if that's OK?

*hangs over*

Other than that, Thrice were A-MA-ZING.

In other news, this time in 364 days, Mrs DiT will actually be a proper Mrs. Scary!
( Devil_In_Tights the *real* DiT!, Fri 22 Aug 2008, 9:52, Reply)

TGB
Drunk? In Ryde? You must have the wrong town :)

Culver Down is worth a punt for the view alone. Take bi-noc-u-lars.
( Noeli overtheshoulderboulderholderthingstraplatchboobs, Fri 22 Aug 2008, 9:53, Reply)

@DiT Ooh Congratulations!
I shall start my hat shopping immediately!

Have a cuppa that fixes everything :) Glad to hear Thrice were awesome

@No3l Noted. Binoculars check! (Are you being sarcastic about Ryde? I'm very very very very tired and my sarcastometer is broken)
( TGB checking Off Topic is still shit at, Fri 22 Aug 2008, 9:54, Reply)

@ DiT
Congratudolences.

Theres a lot of people with hangovers at work today as there was a major leaving doo last night.
(Ethelred is watching cheese grow, Fri 22 Aug 2008, 9:59, Reply)

Me? Sarcastic?
You must have the wrong bloke :)

Yup. Eating fish and chips on the seafront wall by the Cat terminal drinking Merrydown cider is a very happy memory of mine.

Edit: your annoyingpersonwhocorrectsyourgrammar is swollen? Is it painful?
( Noeli overtheshoulderboulderholderthingstraplatchboobs, Fri 22 Aug 2008, 10:00, Reply)

Hmm I see you are trying to be pedantic
However if you care to check the second definition it is :

Excessive preoccupation with, indulgence in, reliance on, or possession of the qualities of

Which I think is about right ;)
( TGB checking Off Topic is still shit at, Fri 22 Aug 2008, 10:05, Reply)

Merely jovial mate
I definitely prefer your definition. Not sure it applies to tonsils tho :)
( Noeli overtheshoulderboulderholderthingstraplatchboobs, Fri 22 Aug 2008, 10:11, Reply)

Good morning.
I've got an hour to kill before I set off on my travels.

*is organized*
( girlinthehole, Fri 22 Aug 2008, 10:13, Reply)

Which is why mine is the second definition
as the first is swelling or inflammation ;)

I have 7 hours before my weekend starts woo :(
( TGB checking Off Topic is still shit at, Fri 22 Aug 2008, 10:14, Reply)

Where're you going BGB?
*as if he didn't know anyway*
( Devil_In_Tights the *real* DiT!, Fri 22 Aug 2008, 10:22, Reply)

I'm dressed now
you can uncover your eyes.

Who's got a Marina? Mr Bin's ma and pa had one of those.
( Mrs Entity is in hiding., Fri 22 Aug 2008, 10:23, Reply)

Home!
Woohoo!
(Eds Meds Mathskillz=1,Socialskillz=0, Fri 22 Aug 2008, 10:24, Reply)

Morning folks
Sorting out hangover with liberal application of bacon and sausage, and enjoying DiT's story again.

Yay Edmund!
Good journey back?
( Boss Keloid Got your mother's maiden name tattooed on my arm, Fri 22 Aug 2008, 10:25, Reply)

In English
A long time ago....

During some kind of book report / group reading, a observant student picked out an example where the author used in part of the story:

(something like) "He finally realised he had forgotten his pencil and his ruler and his homework and his P.E. kit..."

Obviously nobody likes seeing so many 'ands' being used in one sentence but apparently it conveys a sense of a long and desperate list or something.

ANYWAY!

The following week, being the bright pupil I was, I tried using this excessive 'and-ing' in a story I wrote. The teacher quickly went nuts saying at this level I shouldn't be making such basic mistakes.

Didn't have the balls to explain what I was doing, so no doubt she had me down as a retard for the rest of term :(
( whenanimalsattackhumans clad in global hypercolour, Fri 22 Aug 2008, 10:25, Reply)

@DiT
I've been invited for tea and fondant fancies with the Queen.

She's heard about my sterling work be-friending internet nerds and she wants to give me an OBE.

Then I'm off to carry on my charity work by meeting up with some internet loners and getting them to socialize in a comfortable and safe environment.

Modesty stops me from telling you how good I am at this work.
( girlinthehole, Fri 22 Aug 2008, 10:26, Reply)

Good morning
Got just under five hours before I set off on my travels and I've barely started packing.

Could any of the bash people Gaz me their mobile number so I have someone to text in case the four people coming who I met last time all choose to arrive late?
( mistaspakkaman and the inedible shifting caterpillars, Fri 22 Aug 2008, 10:26, Reply)

Oooh, get you!
Still, they'll give OBE's to anyone these days... ;)

EDIT: The Queen doesn't eat Fondant Fancies, surely? She always struck me as a sort of 'builders tea and a bourbon' kind of girl.

"Shag the Queen! Got a picture of the Queen in my locker door!"
( Devil_In_Tights the *real* DiT!, Fri 22 Aug 2008, 10:29, Reply)

Safe and comfortable environment?
Take 'em to /talk
( Noeli overtheshoulderboulderholderthingstraplatchboobs, Fri 22 Aug 2008, 10:29, Reply)

Have a lovely time BGB
Pity the timing didn't allow for a quick coffee tomorrow morning though.
( Boss Keloid Got your mother's maiden name tattooed on my arm, Fri 22 Aug 2008, 10:30, Reply)

Hi BK.
I know...tis a shame but we'll hopefully meet up soon.

The weather is looking good for this weekend. Huzza!
( girlinthehole, Fri 22 Aug 2008, 10:32, Reply)

In response t the original question
I get that 'I should've said...' feeling quite often, then spend a while giggling at my retort anyway... five minutes after I could have done with it :(
( Noeli overtheshoulderboulderholderthingstraplatchboobs, Fri 22 Aug 2008, 10:34, Reply)

Mrs L
It's me with the Marinas (yes I have two!)

My main one is a 1.8 TC with bigger carbs on and race tuned which means whilst it's 32 years old I can beat most chavs in their corsas off the line. Love watching the surprise in their faces :)
( TGB checking Off Topic is still shit at, Fri 22 Aug 2008, 10:35, Reply)

Mr Bin
has fond memories of the family Marina, especially travelling to Cornwall from the Midlands on the family holiday.

How they managed to get a family of 6 in it I'll never know!
( Mrs Entity is in hiding., Fri 22 Aug 2008, 10:43, Reply)

They are a lot of fun :)
The TC needs a lot of work (resrpay mainly as it's red with a blue roof.. long story) but she is getting a new interior and windscreen rubber to stop the leaks this weekend. I have a 1.3 as well but that needs a lot of work. And it currently doesn't have any seats. And the clutch doesn't work. Or the brakes. And the battery is dead but the engine will actually run.. so that's good :) *happily dreams about cars for a while*
( TGB checking Off Topic is still shit at, Fri 22 Aug 2008, 10:47, Reply)

Right, I'm off.
Have a nice day!
( girlinthehole, Fri 22 Aug 2008, 11:05, Reply)

Hoorah, home!
Turns out it's really hard to buy anything of any use around here, so I've given up for now.

How are we all? Other than getting ready for tomorrow.
(PenguinOfDeath is Scottish, and most likely angry, Fri 22 Aug 2008, 11:13, Reply)

Bye bye, BGB...
See you tomorrow! :)

Minor TJ - Some of you may have read Chapter One of my book project yesterday.

I am giving One Lucky B3tan the chance to create and name a character to be put in to the book.

Here are the characters so far:

God - God
Lucifer - The Fallen Angel
Darwin - An Action Naturalist
Dodo - The Bounty Hunter
Jennifer Spry - The Headless Essex Girl
Clint Spark - The Hopeless Reporter

(There will be more!)

Let's hear your ideas! Results will be by public vote (all texts will be charged!)
( Devil_In_Tights the *real* DiT!, Fri 22 Aug 2008, 11:14, Reply)

Hmm *puts on thinking hat*
Benjamin Franklin the friendly electrician for when god is figuring out how to get the stars to twinkle :p

Or I will also sell you the rights to use Robokaol
( TGB checking Off Topic is still shit at, Fri 22 Aug 2008, 11:26, Reply)

Hello everybody
So is everybody (who's comming that is) excited about the bash tomorrow?

Do I find you well this day?

I'm doing some work (?) atm, it involves sorting out where my place of work has spent it's fucktons of cash this year. Now there are a lot of abreviations used by the lazy people here who don't want to type out the full name of the company, that's fine by me because they tend to be easily readable.

One that has just gotten me a load of funny looks in the office though was The British Psychological Society, which was shortened (badly) to The Brit Psycho Sock.

It also made me chortle because I can't immagine just how thick this person must be to abreviate society to sock!

EDIT Happy B3taday Al
(Herr Doktor Lemminge Is bored, so cheer me up!, Fri 22 Aug 2008, 11:27, Reply)

I love the idea, TGB...
But it wouldn't fit, really. :(

I shall save him for another time! :)

EDIT: Ning, Her Do Lem!
( Devil_In_Tights the *real* DiT!, Fri 22 Aug 2008, 11:28, Reply)

Hahaha
Maybe in the epilogue!

Good point though... where is K2k6? *checks down back of sofa*
( Devil_In_Tights the *real* DiT!, Fri 22 Aug 2008, 11:34, Reply)

Happy b3ta-day al
I think he is away on holiday. He appeared last week at one point and was away on holiday, so I'm presuming it's a long holiday. A very long one.
(PenguinOfDeath is Scottish, and most likely angry, Fri 22 Aug 2008, 11:35, Reply)

What is the context of the book?
Is it (stealing a phrase) a brief history of time where you work through the ages or mainly set in "modern" times? Or are you mixing it up. I'd like to see Eve guilt tripping Adam into buying her new shoes.

edit: Happy beta birthday Al :) they grow up so fast *looks at Al* or not...
( TGB checking Off Topic is still shit at, Fri 22 Aug 2008, 11:38, Reply)

Where is everyone?
Must all be down the pub. :(
( Devil_In_Tights the *real* DiT!, Fri 22 Aug 2008, 12:06, Reply)

I still have 5 hours and 7 minutes
of work left *cries*
( TGB checking Off Topic is still shit at, Fri 22 Aug 2008, 12:08, Reply)

Yeah
I wish I was down the pub, then I wouldn't be at crappy work!
(Herr Doktor Lemminge Is bored, so cheer me up!, Fri 22 Aug 2008, 12:11, Reply)

5 hours and 15 to go...
And I might even pass on the pub tonight, even though this hangover dissipated quite quickly...

Saving myself for the bash!

Why don't I see your name on there, TGB? Why?

EDIT: WOO! See ya tomorrow, ancrenne! :)
( Devil_In_Tights the *real* DiT!, Fri 22 Aug 2008, 12:16, Reply)

*hangs head*
Because I was already going to the Isle of Wight for the weekend. :(
( TGB checking Off Topic is still shit at, Fri 22 Aug 2008, 12:21, Reply)

Oh, really?
And what, pray, is so good about the Isle of Wight? Hmm?


_{have a lovely time...}
( Devil_In_Tights the *real* DiT!, Fri 22 Aug 2008, 12:24, Reply)

I go every year for a car thing
It is normally a lot of fun but I am sad I don't get to get ridiculously drunk with you lot.

Ancrenne and Koal are having a drink for me and you should have one too. And have a big toast for me and everyone can say "hear hear, not the commonly said "here here" which annoys the delightful Grammar Badger who we are all sad isn't here and are going to make sure she can attend the next bash"

or something like that
( TGB checking Off Topic is still shit at, Fri 22 Aug 2008, 12:32, Reply)

*writes down*
Will do!

Still, if it's a car thing I completely understand! :)
( Devil_In_Tights the *real* DiT!, Fri 22 Aug 2008, 12:38, Reply)

You a car nut?
I love old cars, but they are really easy to become way too attached to. :)

Marinas get a lot of stick but they are fun and easy to work on and everyone in the club is awesome :) this propaganda was brought to you by the Morris Marina Press Office
( TGB checking Off Topic is still shit at, Fri 22 Aug 2008, 12:42, Reply)

*returns*
Mr Bin agrees Ms Badger.
He loved their Marina. Do you have any pictures? He'd love to see them!
( Mrs Entity is in hiding., Fri 22 Aug 2008, 12:53, Reply)

I certainly am
Though sadly carless at the moment. This is not a good situation.

I'm also very in to motorbikes as well.

*daydreams*
( Devil_In_Tights the *real* DiT!, Fri 22 Aug 2008, 12:56, Reply)

@DiT
Ooh, a competition.

Eugene Balaclava:
Baton Rouge-based Televangelist and Holocaust revisionist.
( Boss Keloid Got your mother's maiden name tattooed on my arm, Fri 22 Aug 2008, 13:04, Reply)

Pictures I have lots of!
A whole album!

My babies are JBL (the red and black - later with blue roof) and CGT (orange very sorry looking thing)

Marina Madness
( TGB checking Off Topic is still shit at, Fri 22 Aug 2008, 13:11, Reply)

Thanks GB
I shall show them to Mr Bin when he comes home for lunch.

There are quite a few pictures. I don't think that many Marinas have been together in one place since the unions went on strike at British Leyland.
( Mrs Entity is in hiding., Fri 22 Aug 2008, 13:30, Reply)

hehe
I think we have about 350 cars in the club and the DVLA says about 600 on the road or SORN'd only 72 Itals remaining though.

Our National in June had over 40 cars including 9 Itals which was pretty good :) Expecting 25+ this weekend as well.

*is full of useless Marina knowledge*
( TGB checking Off Topic is still shit at, Fri 22 Aug 2008, 13:35, Reply)