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JTDF Birthday Thread
In honour of Jeff's birthday, tell the world of your best and worst birthdays, presents, parties, cards, days, etc....
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Work woes
( , Tue 23 Sep 2014, 10:01, 145 replies, latest was 10 years ago)
In honour of Jeff's birthday, tell the world of your best and worst birthdays, presents, parties, cards, days, etc....
Alt:
Work woes
( , Tue 23 Sep 2014, 10:01, 145 replies, latest was 10 years ago)
Contractor, in'ee
And, like all contractors, he is necessarily a committed paedophile.
( , Tue 23 Sep 2014, 10:07, Reply)
And, like all contractors, he is necessarily a committed paedophile.
( , Tue 23 Sep 2014, 10:07, Reply)
I'm in a grump with him after he suggested on Twitter this morning
that Ross from Friends could beat me up.
( , Tue 23 Sep 2014, 10:12, Reply)
that Ross from Friends could beat me up.
( , Tue 23 Sep 2014, 10:12, Reply)
Friends is shit and I want them to shut up with their whining
Also, obviously I was being a curmudgeon, that is what I am.
( , Tue 23 Sep 2014, 11:01, Reply)
Also, obviously I was being a curmudgeon, that is what I am.
( , Tue 23 Sep 2014, 11:01, Reply)
My birthday last tuesday was pretty uneventful.
I was suffering from a mixture of ill and hangover so had my tea and went to bed.
( , Tue 23 Sep 2014, 10:03, Reply)
I was suffering from a mixture of ill and hangover so had my tea and went to bed.
( , Tue 23 Sep 2014, 10:03, Reply)
Oh, I will.
There's an Oktoberfest celebration in a giant marquee this weekend. Going to take a halfer on Friday and go to that.
( , Tue 23 Sep 2014, 10:14, Reply)
There's an Oktoberfest celebration in a giant marquee this weekend. Going to take a halfer on Friday and go to that.
( , Tue 23 Sep 2014, 10:14, Reply)
My next birthday will be my best one as I'm getting two pet turtles.
Alt: Oh God, I wouldn't know where to start, just leave it yeah?
( , Tue 23 Sep 2014, 10:06, Reply)
Alt: Oh God, I wouldn't know where to start, just leave it yeah?
( , Tue 23 Sep 2014, 10:06, Reply)
If you don't get the rat who will teach the turtles how to fight?
( , Tue 23 Sep 2014, 10:11, Reply)
( , Tue 23 Sep 2014, 10:11, Reply)
I don't want them to fight, I just want them to swim about in a tank looking cool, I'm easily pleased.
( , Tue 23 Sep 2014, 10:12, Reply)
( , Tue 23 Sep 2014, 10:12, Reply)
Then how will they protect themselves against the warthog and rhino?
( , Tue 23 Sep 2014, 10:18, Reply)
( , Tue 23 Sep 2014, 10:18, Reply)
Just keep them upstairs innit, warthogs and rhinos, like gays and albinos can't go upstairs.
( , Tue 23 Sep 2014, 10:20, Reply)
( , Tue 23 Sep 2014, 10:20, Reply)
Told the missus she looked like a turtle last night.
Surprisingly, she didn't appreciate the comparison. Women, amirite?
( , Tue 23 Sep 2014, 10:08, Reply)
Surprisingly, she didn't appreciate the comparison. Women, amirite?
( , Tue 23 Sep 2014, 10:08, Reply)
When I was 10 my grandad died on my birthday
not so good, that one
( , Tue 23 Sep 2014, 10:08, Reply)
not so good, that one
( , Tue 23 Sep 2014, 10:08, Reply)
I barely knew him to be honest
it was more that other people around me were upset.
( , Tue 23 Sep 2014, 10:15, Reply)
it was more that other people around me were upset.
( , Tue 23 Sep 2014, 10:15, Reply)
Yeah, having a great time mooching around a RAF base.
Plus got the kitchen finished. It looks tip top.
( , Tue 23 Sep 2014, 10:22, Reply)
Plus got the kitchen finished. It looks tip top.
( , Tue 23 Sep 2014, 10:22, Reply)
Too right, should have got you the board game 'I VANT TO BITE YOUR FINGER'
( , Tue 23 Sep 2014, 10:14, Reply)
( , Tue 23 Sep 2014, 10:14, Reply)
I want Ghost Castle too, and Kong Man, and I'm sulking for weeks if it doesn't happen.
( , Tue 23 Sep 2014, 10:17, Reply)
( , Tue 23 Sep 2014, 10:17, Reply)
Proportionate and fair.
No child likes to receive a 'practical' birthday present.
I was given an electric razor for my 16th birthday by my parents. A fucking razor.
( , Tue 23 Sep 2014, 10:16, Reply)
No child likes to receive a 'practical' birthday present.
I was given an electric razor for my 16th birthday by my parents. A fucking razor.
( , Tue 23 Sep 2014, 10:16, Reply)
haha awww
thing is, your folks probably felt dead proud of you for that. Our little boy and all that.
( , Tue 23 Sep 2014, 10:20, Reply)
thing is, your folks probably felt dead proud of you for that. Our little boy and all that.
( , Tue 23 Sep 2014, 10:20, Reply)
All in all it was a pretty shit birthday.
Of my three closest friends, one had stopped being my friend because he had a girlfriend now; one was away on holiday and the other had been grounded and wasn't allowed to come out with me.
But none of that stopped my from going to the Groovy Garden at the Tic Toc and dancing my skinny arse off all night.
( , Tue 23 Sep 2014, 10:30, Reply)
Of my three closest friends, one had stopped being my friend because he had a girlfriend now; one was away on holiday and the other had been grounded and wasn't allowed to come out with me.
But none of that stopped my from going to the Groovy Garden at the Tic Toc and dancing my skinny arse off all night.
( , Tue 23 Sep 2014, 10:30, Reply)
Chicks man, am I right?
But hey, you got to boogie. And isn't that what it's all about?
( , Tue 23 Sep 2014, 10:33, Reply)
But hey, you got to boogie. And isn't that what it's all about?
( , Tue 23 Sep 2014, 10:33, Reply)
I have a picture of it here
but b3tards isn't working. What do I do?
( , Tue 23 Sep 2014, 10:19, Reply)
but b3tards isn't working. What do I do?
( , Tue 23 Sep 2014, 10:19, Reply)
The down side is that I've had to be really nice to my wife ever since
It's barely worth it, to be honest
( , Tue 23 Sep 2014, 10:27, Reply)
It's barely worth it, to be honest
( , Tue 23 Sep 2014, 10:27, Reply)
At 65 years old, the Ru Paul tribute act is surprisingly popular in southern Hampshire.
( , Tue 23 Sep 2014, 10:09, Reply)
( , Tue 23 Sep 2014, 10:09, Reply)
Worst birthday was my 20th that I spent on my own, in my room above a pub,
9 cans of export Guinness and a kebab. Good times.
Alt: No woes great job here, heard some official secrets today about ongoing action in Iraq and Syria. Signed a form and all sorts.
( , Tue 23 Sep 2014, 10:10, Reply)
9 cans of export Guinness and a kebab. Good times.
Alt: No woes great job here, heard some official secrets today about ongoing action in Iraq and Syria. Signed a form and all sorts.
( , Tue 23 Sep 2014, 10:10, Reply)
Tell the boys about the military stuff. We'll keep it between ourselves?
Daughters birthday next month, might get her a budgie.
( , Tue 23 Sep 2014, 10:14, Reply)
Daughters birthday next month, might get her a budgie.
( , Tue 23 Sep 2014, 10:14, Reply)
I'm starting to spec out my first entirely new PC in about four years.
I'm so excited I keep banging my erection on my desk leg.
( , Tue 23 Sep 2014, 10:10, Reply)
I'm so excited I keep banging my erection on my desk leg.
( , Tue 23 Sep 2014, 10:10, Reply)
We can't all be uber-cool guitarists.
Restrung my Takamine for the first time in a clear decade though, the other day.
( , Tue 23 Sep 2014, 10:13, Reply)
Restrung my Takamine for the first time in a clear decade though, the other day.
( , Tue 23 Sep 2014, 10:13, Reply)
Ten years between restrings?!
I wish! Even with coated strings mine only last about 3 months with home use - or one gig - especially if the acid-fingered git that is Pooflake plays them.
( , Tue 23 Sep 2014, 10:19, Reply)
I wish! Even with coated strings mine only last about 3 months with home use - or one gig - especially if the acid-fingered git that is Pooflake plays them.
( , Tue 23 Sep 2014, 10:19, Reply)
Then keep your strings slackened off until you strum* - the guitar's neck will thank you for it
*Fnaaar
( , Tue 23 Sep 2014, 10:29, Reply)
*Fnaaar
( , Tue 23 Sep 2014, 10:29, Reply)
Serious answer
I'd really like to do this. I've been scrounging up parts from work for the last few years and have a pretty good spec. Dual Quad core Xeons, Pair of Crossfired HD5770's 16gb RAM etc etc but it would be lovely to start one from scratch and not have to scrimp in any area. Trouble is the graphics card I picked out costs almost 500 quid on its own.
( , Tue 23 Sep 2014, 10:31, Reply)
I'd really like to do this. I've been scrounging up parts from work for the last few years and have a pretty good spec. Dual Quad core Xeons, Pair of Crossfired HD5770's 16gb RAM etc etc but it would be lovely to start one from scratch and not have to scrimp in any area. Trouble is the graphics card I picked out costs almost 500 quid on its own.
( , Tue 23 Sep 2014, 10:31, Reply)
I could probably make do with a newer GPU
But then it'll bottleneck at the RAM and that's ddr2, so to update that I'll have to do the motherboard, which means a new chip. Fucking snowballing cunt.
( , Tue 23 Sep 2014, 10:44, Reply)
But then it'll bottleneck at the RAM and that's ddr2, so to update that I'll have to do the motherboard, which means a new chip. Fucking snowballing cunt.
( , Tue 23 Sep 2014, 10:44, Reply)
I built a quick-ish one about 3 years ago or so and all I've done to it is install about 3 programs.
It's all 'tablet this' and 'mobile that' in Gormo towers these days.
( , Tue 23 Sep 2014, 10:32, Reply)
It's all 'tablet this' and 'mobile that' in Gormo towers these days.
( , Tue 23 Sep 2014, 10:32, Reply)
New Civ spin-off's coming out, innit.
It's about all the gaming I do nowadays.
( , Tue 23 Sep 2014, 10:47, Reply)
It's about all the gaming I do nowadays.
( , Tue 23 Sep 2014, 10:47, Reply)
I could never get into Civ, for some reason.
Age of Empires all the way.
( , Tue 23 Sep 2014, 10:49, Reply)
Age of Empires all the way.
( , Tue 23 Sep 2014, 10:49, Reply)
Could the reason possibly be because you are neither an acne-ridden, BO-stinking teenage boy, nor a sad, fat neck-beard still living with your parents despite being in your late 20s?
Maybe you should be baking cupcakes or getting into burlesque instead?
( , Tue 23 Sep 2014, 10:57, Reply)
Maybe you should be baking cupcakes or getting into burlesque instead?
( , Tue 23 Sep 2014, 10:57, Reply)
I bought one that was cheap 4 years ago
Amazingly it can still do Internet and store photos!!!
( , Tue 23 Sep 2014, 11:26, Reply)
Amazingly it can still do Internet and store photos!!!
( , Tue 23 Sep 2014, 11:26, Reply)
Most of my childhood birthdays were crap
My mother and I didn't get on.
Alt: Work's pretty good at the moment - Last job was fucking dire. Bit difficult when you're the only non-German in a German company, working as the only guy in the UK and there's a poisonous fucker in the German office dripping bile against you into the MD's ear on a daily basis.
Still, i was very well paid and managed to terrify the poor fucker into a crying fit when I left.
Happy days.
( , Tue 23 Sep 2014, 10:12, Reply)
My mother and I didn't get on.
Alt: Work's pretty good at the moment - Last job was fucking dire. Bit difficult when you're the only non-German in a German company, working as the only guy in the UK and there's a poisonous fucker in the German office dripping bile against you into the MD's ear on a daily basis.
Still, i was very well paid and managed to terrify the poor fucker into a crying fit when I left.
Happy days.
( , Tue 23 Sep 2014, 10:12, Reply)
'German office employee reports accurately on UK based work to rule Bolshevik.' Or 'Man surprised at having to find another job yet again'. They both kindof write themselves really.
( , Tue 23 Sep 2014, 10:31, Reply)
( , Tue 23 Sep 2014, 10:31, Reply)
Oh come on!
19 minutes to get this one in? You're slacking (not as much as me though)
( , Tue 23 Sep 2014, 10:33, Reply)
19 minutes to get this one in? You're slacking (not as much as me though)
( , Tue 23 Sep 2014, 10:33, Reply)
Happy birthday, Jeffers old fruit.
Alt: the only woe with my awesome job is that doesn't pay a fair wage. Still, that's what you get for working in a supermarket, I guess.
( , Tue 23 Sep 2014, 10:41, Reply)
Alt: the only woe with my awesome job is that doesn't pay a fair wage. Still, that's what you get for working in a supermarket, I guess.
( , Tue 23 Sep 2014, 10:41, Reply)
Are you aware that many supermarkets have pharmacies in them now?
In fact, didn't you arrange for them to be there in order to meet the precise needs of the customers?
( , Tue 23 Sep 2014, 11:24, Reply)
In fact, didn't you arrange for them to be there in order to meet the precise needs of the customers?
( , Tue 23 Sep 2014, 11:24, Reply)
I just hope that clubcard users were at the very heart of the strategy
( , Tue 23 Sep 2014, 11:28, Reply)
( , Tue 23 Sep 2014, 11:28, Reply)
My 21st was amazing
Nice meal with parents, pub golf, fantastic day, woke up with no hangover the next day. It then was topped off with my family meal a week later, had an absolutely beautiful steak dinner.
My 25th was shit, due to me being so hungover that I could barely keep food down all day, let alone drink.
Alt: I'm here, that's bad enough.
( , Tue 23 Sep 2014, 10:46, Reply)
Nice meal with parents, pub golf, fantastic day, woke up with no hangover the next day. It then was topped off with my family meal a week later, had an absolutely beautiful steak dinner.
My 25th was shit, due to me being so hungover that I could barely keep food down all day, let alone drink.
Alt: I'm here, that's bad enough.
( , Tue 23 Sep 2014, 10:46, Reply)
I've just ordered some feed and return hoses
for my car's heater!!! :D
( , Tue 23 Sep 2014, 11:03, Reply)
for my car's heater!!! :D
( , Tue 23 Sep 2014, 11:03, Reply)
Best would be 13th or 14th (cant remember which) when I had my first proper introduction to the orals
Alt: just bored but busy.
( , Tue 23 Sep 2014, 11:06, Reply)
Alt: just bored but busy.
( , Tue 23 Sep 2014, 11:06, Reply)
I has a new bottle of whisky to look forward to on my birthday.
Aberlour a'bunadh batch 48, which is meant to be rather nice.
( , Tue 23 Sep 2014, 11:32, Reply)
Aberlour a'bunadh batch 48, which is meant to be rather nice.
( , Tue 23 Sep 2014, 11:32, Reply)
It's my 40th and our 10th wedding anniversary next year, my wife wants to do something special. I really can't be arsed to tell the truth.
I'm up for something for the anniversary but bollocks to the birthday. #midlifecrisis
( , Tue 23 Sep 2014, 11:34, Reply)
I'm up for something for the anniversary but bollocks to the birthday. #midlifecrisis
( , Tue 23 Sep 2014, 11:34, Reply)
Would you go in all guns blazing or sat atop a building picking off people who have wronged you from a list?
( , Tue 23 Sep 2014, 11:41, Reply)
( , Tue 23 Sep 2014, 11:41, Reply)
I think the considered sniper approach would bring the best results
Turning people's heads into pink mist and all that
( , Tue 23 Sep 2014, 11:44, Reply)
Turning people's heads into pink mist and all that
( , Tue 23 Sep 2014, 11:44, Reply)
An interesting theory.
I might have to watch Falling Down again now.
( , Tue 23 Sep 2014, 11:46, Reply)
I might have to watch Falling Down again now.
( , Tue 23 Sep 2014, 11:46, Reply)
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