Every day is like Sunday,
especially today.

( thealternativefact, Sun 21 Sep 2008, 10:08, 240 replies, latest was 16 years ago)

Nice and quiet on here today...
so you're either all still in bed or out enjoying the sunshine. Top marks for either.
( thealternativefact, Sun 21 Sep 2008, 10:21, Reply)

I suppose that means I don't get top points
I've just woken up and having a bit of a mooch about.

I really want to go out and have a few drinks tonight as it's my birthday tomorrow but this stupid chest infection is going to ruin that idea ='[
( Captain V, Sun 21 Sep 2008, 10:25, Reply)

Oh dear...
you're poorly, so you get to do whatever you feel like doing.
If you rest up today you might be OK tomorrow, but chest infections are nasty.
Poor V.
( thealternativefact, Sun 21 Sep 2008, 10:29, Reply)

Well I've taken the day off tomorrow
So a day in bed should be nice. Going out for dinner in the evening with my family and the family of a girl who was born on the same day as me (our mums met giving birth) as a kind of joint birthday meal.

I believe we've got an entire pub to ourselves!
( Captain V, Sun 21 Sep 2008, 10:33, Reply)

That sounds great.
Hope you feel better quickly!
( thealternativefact, Sun 21 Sep 2008, 10:34, Reply)

Thankings!
I'm sure I'll feel better soon. Going to have a bit of a binge eating fest I think as I'm feeling 'ungry.
( Captain V, Sun 21 Sep 2008, 10:37, Reply)

BTW,
why are you going to Cardiff?
( thealternativefact, Sun 21 Sep 2008, 10:43, Reply)

Unfortunately I'm not going now
I was going to go and visit some friends I have there but the trip has fallen through. Might go out later in the year instead.
( Captain V, Sun 21 Sep 2008, 10:45, Reply)

Oh right.
Shame (or not, depending on one's views on Wales).

*hides in case ancrenne is lurking*
( thealternativefact, Sun 21 Sep 2008, 10:46, Reply)

Well my only expereience of Wales has been living in Cardiff
Which is more like going to a different part of England than visiting Wales. Still, I love Cardiff.
( Captain V, Sun 21 Sep 2008, 10:47, Reply)

moaning moaning moaning
i'm currently sunning myself in the middle of Canary Wharf, tisn't arf sunny.
(Ethelred is watching cheese grow, Sun 21 Sep 2008, 11:09, Reply)

Morning Ethel
Canary Wharf? Odd place to be on a Sunday - having a nice time?
( thealternativefact, Sun 21 Sep 2008, 11:39, Reply)

Good afternoon, all!
I hope everyone is well and had a good saturday evening! I've just come back from the gym and finished working on my car. I really hate mothers who bang on about their children as if everyone in the world should be as interested as they are, but I feel the same way about my cars! :O)
(The Stig, Sun 21 Sep 2008, 12:45, Reply)

Hello Stig!
OK, I could be getting into places I have no business being in here (for despite my immense enjoyment of Top Gear, I am rather dim when it comes to cars) but what motor have you been working on today?
( thealternativefact, Sun 21 Sep 2008, 13:13, Reply)

Well....
I have 2 cars. A Jaguar X-Type and a Toyota Yaris. Today, I've been working on the Toyota. I bought her brand new and treated her like a princess (insert obligatory Princess Diana joke here). I've given her a wash, glossed the tyres, cleaned the engine (internally and externally), inflated tyres to correct pressure and cleaned the air conditioning. She needs re-gassing, but that'll be done next month.

The Jaguar is in good condition, but I think her tyres need inflating.
(The Stig, Sun 21 Sep 2008, 13:18, Reply)

noon all
fine sunny day here - I spent a fun morning watching some flats come down

Linky

uk.youtube.com/watch?v=hDQXNh4jCQY

Okay, I absolutely pooped myself when the explosives went bang, but still, it was good fun to watch!
(TheWeeWitch hasn't been here much recently .., Sun 21 Sep 2008, 13:26, Reply)

!
You've a couple of lucky ladies there, Stig. I've always been a bit of an 'oh well, another dent' kinda girl*, so I promise not to venture within 50 yards of them.


*Then again, I've never owned something classy!
( thealternativefact, Sun 21 Sep 2008, 13:27, Reply)

Well....
The Jaguar X-type is a brilliant drive! All wheel drive and a terrific ride quality (typical of Jaguars). Great at long distance travelling, but no good in towns. That's where the Toyota comes into play. I have thrown everything at that little engine and I swear I can hear her shouting "Is that all you got, punk?!" :O)

They're the only ladies I have in my life right now (sighs). I would like a lady with whom I could take to dinner, cook for and snuggle up with! You try doing that with a Jaguar X-type!

I did try sleeping with my cars once....one left me "run down" the other left me "exhausted"!

erm...I'll just put the directions to Hull in my sat nav......
(The Stig, Sun 21 Sep 2008, 13:44, Reply)

I love driving.
I'm currently car-less because I live in London and I can't afford both a travel card and a car :(
I'd love to have a go at rally driving one day. Learning to drive at top speed on tiny Cornish roads must have given me a taste for it.

A man with a Jag and a wish to cook for and snuggle with a lady will not stay single for long.

Edit: Hello WeeWitch! *hugs* Love the link.
( thealternativefact, Sun 21 Sep 2008, 13:51, Reply)

Well...
I think cooking for someone is much more personal than taking someone out. No imagination. That's what I think, anayway...

Well, I've been single for 6 years (admittedly, I've only had the Jaguar for a year) and no-one wants to know!

Clendrix, m'dear, looks rule them all! Unless you look like Brad Pitt or Angelina Jolie, you're screwed!
(The Stig, Sun 21 Sep 2008, 14:00, Reply)

Stig
I wish I could say, 'Oh Stig, that's not true, blah blah bollocky blah.' But sadly there is some truth in that and I can comment on this with authority from my place on the shelf.
( thealternativefact, Sun 21 Sep 2008, 14:05, Reply)

.
I KNOW it's all twaddle! I'm glad you're as cynical as me! :O) How old are you? If you don't mind my asking....
(The Stig, Sun 21 Sep 2008, 14:07, Reply)

Oooooh, is romance budding?
Stig and Clendrix sitting in a tree

K I S S I N G

Sorry, I'm just a big kid really ....
(TheWeeWitch hasn't been here much recently .., Sun 21 Sep 2008, 14:09, Reply)

I'm 36
so I suspect I'm older than you. I'm older than most of the young whippersnappers on here! You?

Edit: Witchy! Stop that!
( thealternativefact, Sun 21 Sep 2008, 14:09, Reply)

36?
That's not so bad. You might have had a point if you were 40 something.

I'm not that young....29! Gah!

@weewitch

Did I say something wrong?
(The Stig, Sun 21 Sep 2008, 14:13, Reply)

*Pulls up chair*
*Gets out Bi-noc-u-larrrrrs to watch ensuing action*
*warms palm*

@ Stig- whats wrong with being 40 something?
( Duke Of Belmsford has got 99 records, but Jay-Z ain't one, Sun 21 Sep 2008, 14:16, Reply)

Hello Duke
you naughty man.

This is an innocent exchange of ideas. There's nothing to see.
( thealternativefact, Sun 21 Sep 2008, 14:18, Reply)

I ought to clarify.....
I'm still trying to get to know everyone around here! I don't know you lot from Adam!

Dukey, I was talking about being 40 and being on the shelf. Clendrix is 36 so she's got nothing to worry about.
(The Stig, Sun 21 Sep 2008, 14:19, Reply)

Stig
you're quite safe with me. Old married woman. Old being the operative word.

You have to flatten a block of flats to get me going these days.

*shakes hands*
(TheWeeWitch hasn't been here much recently .., Sun 21 Sep 2008, 14:22, Reply)

How do you do?
Pleased to make you acquaintance, Witchy :O)
(The Stig, Sun 21 Sep 2008, 14:25, Reply)

@ The Wee Witch
*Has a box of dynamite*

Fancy a bang?

*runs*
( Duke Of Belmsford has got 99 records, but Jay-Z ain't one, Sun 21 Sep 2008, 14:26, Reply)

I'm good
You?

Interesting profile, btw
(TheWeeWitch hasn't been here much recently .., Sun 21 Sep 2008, 14:28, Reply)

Ooooh, Dukey
that's the best offer I've had all day

*chases*

Will it be a big bang?
(TheWeeWitch hasn't been here much recently .., Sun 21 Sep 2008, 14:29, Reply)

thanks
not quite sure which part is interesting, but thanks anyway!
(The Stig, Sun 21 Sep 2008, 14:29, Reply)

Dear Wee
All depends on how much it needs to get to a shuddering end, with dust, rumbling & Bricks.
( Duke Of Belmsford has got 99 records, but Jay-Z ain't one, Sun 21 Sep 2008, 14:42, Reply)

*wipes eyes*
"shuddering end"? Shouldn't it always come to a shuddering end?

*giggles*

Edit: off out now, bye all.
(TheWeeWitch hasn't been here much recently .., Sun 21 Sep 2008, 14:45, Reply)

Well, well, well!
Duke and Witch, sitting in a tree....

F U ......


Maybe I shouldn't....
(The Stig, Sun 21 Sep 2008, 14:47, Reply)

Nice one, Stig!
*grins*
( thealternativefact, Sun 21 Sep 2008, 14:59, Reply)

Good afternoon
At last, I have a keyboard with a full set of working keys.

Have just cycled from Southampton through the New Forest and am now in a cybercafe the outskirts of Bournemouth. Seemed to go quicker than I had expected, but I was carrying my rucksack on my back which made it harder.

Had a dream last night involving loads of b3tans, although most of them were made-up b3tans. There were bashes going on every day near where I lived.

As for yesterday's bash, it was good. Not many b3tans turned up, but some of ancrenne's friends joined us.
( mistaspakkaman and the inedible shifting caterpillars, Sun 21 Sep 2008, 15:11, Reply)

Ooh, it's all quiet
Anyone about?

No?

*gets naked*
( Boss Keloid Got your mother's maiden name tattooed on my arm, Sun 21 Sep 2008, 15:47, Reply)

I'm back!
What's going o.....Holy Jesus! Put some clothes on!!!!!
(The Stig, Sun 21 Sep 2008, 15:48, Reply)

* covers eyes *
I'm still here until my time runs out.
( mistaspakkaman and the inedible shifting caterpillars, Sun 21 Sep 2008, 15:53, Reply)

god I'm bored
watching BBC text football, nothing on TV, and can't be arsed finding a film to put on.

I'm reading World Without End, but even that can only keep me occupied so long.

Ideas anyone?
(bamboozled Can hear you getting fatter, Sun 21 Sep 2008, 15:54, Reply)

*covers up*
I'm tired but happy.

Got back from Todmorden where I spent a lovely evening with BGB, Tourette's, Davros G and the mythical Resident Loon.

We had a lock in at the pub and I fell asleep in the corner. Christ I was drunk!
( Boss Keloid Got your mother's maiden name tattooed on my arm, Sun 21 Sep 2008, 15:57, Reply)

OK a slight pea-raost...
I have a theory that the music you listen to when you're 17 - 21 is the music you'll always have an affinity for, for the rest of your life.

Mine is the indie/britpop era (late 90's). Suede and Pulp are still GODS to me.

What's your "17 - 21" music of your life?
(The Stig, Sun 21 Sep 2008, 15:59, Reply)

@stig
I have this theory too. With me, it was old-skool rave ('92)
( mistaspakkaman and the inedible shifting caterpillars, Sun 21 Sep 2008, 16:00, Reply)

@ The Stig
Metal!!!

Still what I listen to mainly now.
( Boss Keloid Got your mother's maiden name tattooed on my arm, Sun 21 Sep 2008, 16:01, Reply)

And here's one of my faves
The Shamen - Move any Mountain (this one's actually from '91)
( mistaspakkaman and the inedible shifting caterpillars, Sun 21 Sep 2008, 16:04, Reply)

Afternoon all
Just back from a coffee shop, tried to go to a music shop, but it was closed :(

Quiet evening in my flat, watching tv and eating curry.
(PenguinOfDeath is Scottish, and most likely angry, Sun 21 Sep 2008, 16:05, Reply)

Spakka..
"The Shamen"?! Hmmm....takes all sorts, I suppose! So were part of the "Madchester" scene?
(The Stig, Sun 21 Sep 2008, 16:07, Reply)

Stig
good point. Mainly metal, and although I like most sorts of music now, it's still my favourite.

*sees BK is fully dressed*
*wanders off again disappointedly*
( thealternativefact, Sun 21 Sep 2008, 16:11, Reply)

My time is running out
I shall be back when I next have net access.

Cyal8r
( mistaspakkaman and the inedible shifting caterpillars, Sun 21 Sep 2008, 16:13, Reply)

OK....
Here's another point....

What brought you to B3ta?

Loneliness?
Social ineptitude?
Bordeom?
Or a mixture?
(The Stig, Sun 21 Sep 2008, 16:18, Reply)

*wanders in*
*removes clothes*

Well if it's good enough for BK...
( K2k6 has a proper job these days, Sun 21 Sep 2008, 16:32, Reply)

OOH
My love of nudey men brought me to b3ta - rock on, Scots Boy!

No, actually my brother insisted I sign up cos he thought I'd like posting stories on QOTW. He was right. I was here long before all this lovely chit-chat started up.
( thealternativefact, Sun 21 Sep 2008, 16:35, Reply)

Wooooo!
*shoogles*

*edit*
My mate showed me B3ta, so I signed up. I *heart* my B3ta!
( Boss Keloid Got your mother's maiden name tattooed on my arm, Sun 21 Sep 2008, 16:36, Reply)

Hmm, it's getting a bit chilly here
*shrivels*

Liberating as it is to have nowt on, I think I'd better cover up again. I've already got a stinking cold - don't want to compromise my immune system any further.

*does a final waggle*

*re-enrobes*

Edit - I was brought to b3ta by Buffy's swearing keyboard!
( K2k6 has a proper job these days, Sun 21 Sep 2008, 16:39, Reply)

Hello all
Social ineptitude brought me here!

I'm a New Wave/ Punk girl. But I didn't really listen to that when I was 17 - 21.
I don't know what I listen to then.

*edit* actually, yes I did.
( Mrs Entity is in hiding., Sun 21 Sep 2008, 16:41, Reply)

17-21
was all about heavy metal to me, but I have since mellowed and found Pink Floyd and Led Zeppelin

the new Metallica album however has brought those heady days screaming back.

One of my mates showed me b3ta. can't remember what and I was hooked.

makes me smile now when we get emails round full of comedy images that I have already seen a month previously because they were all made by b3tans
( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Sun 21 Sep 2008, 16:43, Reply)

I don't actually remember
what brought me here.

Found it bout a year ago - Have mostly lurked since. (as all the stories I have fit in old, already-asked QOTWs)
(bamboozled Can hear you getting fatter, Sun 21 Sep 2008, 16:44, Reply)

P.S.
If my questions bring back any thoughts of nostalgia, which, in turn brings back thoughts of "What happened to my life?", which, in turn, makes you question "What the hell am I doing wasting my life on B3ta?!" then I'm really, really, really sorry!
(The Stig, Sun 21 Sep 2008, 17:12, Reply)

I can't remember how I found this place
But I'm glad I did. I lurked a long time before I ever signed up, wanted to answer a QOTW, and then had to wait a week and missed it. Meh.

Afternoon ancrenne. Sounds like you had a good night.
(PenguinOfDeath is Scottish, and most likely angry, Sun 21 Sep 2008, 17:17, Reply)

Yeah, I am thanks
Not really seen either of my flatmates much yet, but met up with my brother today and one of his friends for some coffee. And I got the important things like my drumkit working, which is good.

Now I just have to wait and do that work thing which will no doubt start soon.

Yet another bash that I was not in attendance at.
(PenguinOfDeath is Scottish, and most likely angry, Sun 21 Sep 2008, 17:27, Reply)

@ ancrenne
If it's any consolation, I still feel like death too. Top night though!
( Boss Keloid Got your mother's maiden name tattooed on my arm, Sun 21 Sep 2008, 17:27, Reply)

Acrenne
Then don't forget my handy hint about roasting potatoes!

www.b3ta.com/questions/toptips/post244882

If you can be bothered that is....!
(The Stig, Sun 21 Sep 2008, 17:43, Reply)

Ancrenne
King Eddies are the best for Roast tatties, but Estimas are a cheaper alternative.

What do you have? A packet of "Smash"? ;O)
(The Stig, Sun 21 Sep 2008, 17:56, Reply)

*sings* For mash, get Smash.








No, don't.
Really. I mean, how fucking hard is it to mash potatoes?
( thealternativefact, Sun 21 Sep 2008, 18:30, Reply)

*makes robotic laughing noise*
You're showing your age there, clendrix!

But you're right. It's not exactly rocket science to boil a couple of tatties for 20 minutes and mash them up. The 15 minutes you save by boiling the kettle and mixing up the vile concoction that purports to be potato-based is not worth it!

Smash is minging. At least it was in the 1970s, when I last had it.
( K2k6 has a proper job these days, Sun 21 Sep 2008, 18:34, Reply)

Smash...
I remember the "Smash" adverts! They were brilliant! Better than the rubbish we have now!

The Trident adverts.
The Lynx adverts.
The Strongbow adverts.

Any wonder we're becoming stupider as a race?
(The Stig, Sun 21 Sep 2008, 18:39, Reply)

Yay!
I thought, 'God, none of these young things will know what the hell I'm going on about,' but here's my thirties-chum to help me out.

Edit: Hurrah!
*doesn't feel so old*
*gets out of chair too quickly*

Oops.
( thealternativefact, Sun 21 Sep 2008, 18:39, Reply)

Does anyone remember
the toothpaste ad from the late 1970s, or possibly early '80s, with the woman whose front was painted like stripey toothpaste, but who then turned round 180° to reveal a naked rear view?

I found that quite exciting when I was a nipper!
( K2k6 has a proper job these days, Sun 21 Sep 2008, 18:48, Reply)

Yay! clendrix!
*hugs*
*flex*

That's all my energy gone. I still feel bloody rough!
( Boss Keloid Got your mother's maiden name tattooed on my arm, Sun 21 Sep 2008, 18:50, Reply)

K2k6
We're more-or-less the same age, but I don't remember that one.
However, I think it more likely that the woman's bare arse would be remembered by you than by me.
( thealternativefact, Sun 21 Sep 2008, 18:51, Reply)

I seem to remember
thinking that they got the woman the wrong way round!

It was Aquafresh or something like that. With stripes, anyway.

*goes off to Google for it*
( K2k6 has a proper job these days, Sun 21 Sep 2008, 18:52, Reply)

*shudders*
I feel fragile today.
I was in a goth-club from ten last night 'til 4 this morning, then night-bussed across london and was home by half eight.

Also, I was nearly sexually molested by a 40-year old goth woman (the bad, Cher-looking kind). She also told me that I have a "dark aura, and dead souls follow me around".
*rolls eyes*
( Cawl, Sun 21 Sep 2008, 18:55, Reply)

What brought me to b3ta...
This is not only a very good question but also the second most common one I get asked at bashes (no. 1 is "who are you"!).

It was about 5 1/2 years ago when that consulting company renamed themselves to MONDAY (apparantly the capitalisation was important) one of the lovely folks here did a parody advert (Wednesday possibly, can't quite remember).

The then informative but now unfortunately crap folks over at theregister.co.uk linked here and the rest is history.

Although my post count is so low that I have officially been to more bashes then I have number of posts I tend to lurk here quite often. Now if only I could get the timing right and get here on time more often when I actually have a qotw answer instead of turning up a week late every. Fucking. Time!

Anyway, apologies for lack of funny & inevitable typing errors inflicted by posting from the iPhone.

Bill
(bill, Sun 21 Sep 2008, 18:57, Reply)

I haven't yet found it
but I have turned up what must be the least successful tagline ever.

Signal toothpaste...the toothpaste with hexachlorophene in the stripe.

WTF?
( K2k6 has a proper job these days, Sun 21 Sep 2008, 18:57, Reply)

I shall cook a pizza
I managed to fall asleep in the pub during the lock-in and Tourette's virtually had to lug me back to Blouse's while I babbled shite at her. Look out for her posting pics of me asleep at some point, or if you're lucky, the video of me doing a Chewbacca impression and then belming at the camera with Davros!
( Boss Keloid Got your mother's maiden name tattooed on my arm, Sun 21 Sep 2008, 18:58, Reply)

Evening all who weren't here earlier
I just made some curry.

The curry was amazing. I did, however make far, far, far to much rice. And then, being a student, I didn't want to waste any, so ate it. All.

I don't feel so much good now.

*ricey*
(PenguinOfDeath is Scottish, and most likely angry, Sun 21 Sep 2008, 18:58, Reply)

@ al
Did you go anywhere nice?

Nice to have you back!
( Boss Keloid Got your mother's maiden name tattooed on my arm, Sun 21 Sep 2008, 19:00, Reply)

@ ancrenne
I thought, "Right, what I won't do is make a twat of myself this evening."

*fails*
( Boss Keloid Got your mother's maiden name tattooed on my arm, Sun 21 Sep 2008, 19:03, Reply)

BK
We've all been there :p
( Cawl, Sun 21 Sep 2008, 19:03, Reply)

Making a twat of myself
is pretty much de rigueur for me where excess alcohol is concerned!

Still haven't found my bare bum toothpaste advert. :(
( K2k6 has a proper job these days, Sun 21 Sep 2008, 19:07, Reply)

@ Kaol
Happens to me more than most.
I shouldn't have opened the wine at 5 o'clock then switch to cider in the pub.

I was trying to play pool and the cue loked like it had 2 tips, the belming cross-eyed look isn't attractive:(

*edit* @al
But it was a great weekend!
( Boss Keloid Got your mother's maiden name tattooed on my arm, Sun 21 Sep 2008, 19:07, Reply)

I regret the photo
I look spakkered!
( Boss Keloid Got your mother's maiden name tattooed on my arm, Sun 21 Sep 2008, 19:11, Reply)

It's ok
If it's any conciliation I made a drunken twat of myself last night.

I've also, over the course of the weekend, nearly smoked into treble figures.
Whoops.

Oh, and I nearly got into a fight with five skinheads, I'm reliably informed.
( Cawl, Sun 21 Sep 2008, 19:11, Reply)

Evening al
Where abouts in Ireland were you?

I tried posting from my iPod the other day. It took ages, and I'm pretty sure I still made some mistakes.
(PenguinOfDeath is Scottish, and most likely angry, Sun 21 Sep 2008, 19:11, Reply)

Film review..
Just finished watching "Get Smart". It's bloody funny! Highly recommended.
(The Stig, Sun 21 Sep 2008, 19:12, Reply)

@ Kaol
At least it's not just me then

*feels slightly better*

I was heroically drinking and smoking through a bout of man-flu. Nearly coughed a lung up this morning.
( Boss Keloid Got your mother's maiden name tattooed on my arm, Sun 21 Sep 2008, 19:13, Reply)

@clendrix
Having a Jag is no recipe for not being single.

Quite the opposite in fact. Mine has such a thirst for the old dinosaur juice that I can't afford to spend money on anyone :)
( rubberduck should only be used after consulting with your GP, Sun 21 Sep 2008, 19:16, Reply)

I wasn't even ill
But getting to a club, finding that it's buy one, get one free on vodka for ten more minutes, and spanking a load of cash down is a recipe for disaster.
( Cawl, Sun 21 Sep 2008, 19:16, Reply)

*frowns*
Wisdom had deserted me.

Badly.
( Cawl, Sun 21 Sep 2008, 19:21, Reply)

I'm off
to do constructive stuff for a bit.

Au revoir.
( K2k6 has a proper job these days, Sun 21 Sep 2008, 19:28, Reply)

Later K2k6
Too true ancrenne, too true!
( Boss Keloid Got your mother's maiden name tattooed on my arm, Sun 21 Sep 2008, 19:29, Reply)

I'm cooking too
So here on and off.
Roast pork, roast potatoes, peas and baby.

Woo to roasts!
( Cawl, Sun 21 Sep 2008, 19:44, Reply)

Evening recent arrivees.
BK, got the flex. Perfect for a dull Sunday evening!

Kaol, glad you survived the goths...and they survived you, you maniac.
( thealternativefact, Sun 21 Sep 2008, 19:47, Reply)

@ clenders
I aim to please!

*aims*
*pleases*
( Boss Keloid Got your mother's maiden name tattooed on my arm, Sun 21 Sep 2008, 19:49, Reply)

*sniggers at BK's post*
rubberduck, just saw your jag comment.

Tbh, my head could be turned by a bloke with a Micra at the moment - he could take me to the supermarket. I could actually buy heavy things and not nearly kill myself getting them home on the bus!
( thealternativefact, Sun 21 Sep 2008, 19:57, Reply)

I would like to print a retraction
In my earlier post, I mentioned I was having "peas and baby." for dinner.

This was meant to read "Peas and baby carrots".

K-T-M Incorporated would like to apologise for any concerns raised.
( Cawl, Sun 21 Sep 2008, 19:58, Reply)

Kaol
I thought you were using a euphemism!

Baby = gravy. "Baby gravy"? Geddit....?
(The Stig, Sun 21 Sep 2008, 19:59, Reply)

No, I wish I was being clever.
I'm afraid I was just being retarded.

Also, there will be gravy.
( Cawl, Sun 21 Sep 2008, 20:00, Reply)

@ clendrix
I do exactly like it says on the tin!

*ronseals*
( Boss Keloid Got your mother's maiden name tattooed on my arm, Sun 21 Sep 2008, 20:02, Reply)

@ Clendrix
Micras are good cars. Built in Sunderland, UK. Shares the same platform as the Renault Clio (though, the Clio is nowhere near as reliable) and they come pretty well equipped.

I need to get some friends..... (Sighs)
(The Stig, Sun 21 Sep 2008, 20:06, Reply)

yep kinda here
Hiya everyone,

Yes, this evening I am kind of here, I went to the bar expecting lots of friends to be here but I don't know anyone tonight :-( still, people will probably arrive later.

So iPhone posting FTW. Also by the way my phone wanted to say something:

Bill's iPhone - "Hi Ancrenne, thanks for saying hi" *hugs*

I'm considering sabotaging my own food tonight just so I have something to post to the question, what are the group thoughts on pasta, pesto & skunk? I'm trying to decide if it'll taste awful or if I'm a genius.

Anyway

Xoxo

Bill
(bill, Sun 21 Sep 2008, 20:08, Reply)

How nice to 'see' Bill!
*waves*

Stig, I owned a Micra (old style). Never let me down - great little car.
( thealternativefact, Sun 21 Sep 2008, 20:13, Reply)

If it's the model, I'm thinking of, then....
that was Nissan's best version of it. The styling was just right, fuel economy was good, handling was ok and it was well built. Better still, it was before Nissan starting working with Renault, so all the parts are Japanese and not French.

Yes, I'm a car bore! (sighs)
(The Stig, Sun 21 Sep 2008, 20:17, Reply)

Evenings all
I'm about to have a bath so that I'm nice and clean for tomorrow if anybody fancies joining me.
( Captain V, Sun 21 Sep 2008, 20:17, Reply)

@The Stig
Also known as the K11...

<small voice>I'm the definition of car bore..</small voice> Gets coat...
( rubberduck should only be used after consulting with your GP, Sun 21 Sep 2008, 20:20, Reply)

@ rubberduck
I was reading your story about programming a gearbox on Talisker! I reckon you'd beat me in a "car bore" off! I know about about cars, their chasiis, parts etc but no more.
(The Stig, Sun 21 Sep 2008, 20:23, Reply)

Happy dance!
I'm doing a mini happy dance (mini due to public setting) after worrying that I did something wrong on Friday night I just found out that I wasn't being blanked 'cause I'm in trouble, just standard mutual hangover hiding from the world.

*Yay*
(bill, Sun 21 Sep 2008, 20:30, Reply)

@ acrenne
Eating before going swimming is no more dangerous, than swimming on an empty stomach. It's a myth. It was on QI.

Think about it. In a normal sized meal, it probably weighs no more than 2lbs (under 1kg). That kind of addition to a normal adult is neglible.

Grown ups do talk some rubbish!
(The Stig, Sun 21 Sep 2008, 20:30, Reply)

O hai!
It's been a while since I've had time to pop on here of an evening. Mr Maladicta is sat beside me playing FF4 on his DS and the kitchen is clean. Yay.
( Maladicta, Sun 21 Sep 2008, 20:33, Reply)

@althegeordie
Apparently, QI reckon (and backed it with research) that it's a myth. I believe this, because I've never heard of it being a problem for anyone.

As for the "making yourself sick" while exercising is a new one on me. I eat my dinner and start gym work 30 minutes later, with no problems whatsoever. In fact, my best workouts are when I've eaten.
(The Stig, Sun 21 Sep 2008, 20:38, Reply)

Mmm, QI
I watched the QI omnibus last night on Dave. It was awesome.

Collapsed in a heap on my bed, watching funny tv. What a life I lead.

I say go for a bath. What's the worst that could happen?

Oh yeah, drowning....
(PenguinOfDeath is Scottish, and most likely angry, Sun 21 Sep 2008, 20:48, Reply)

Evening all
...how's life?
(Eds Meds Mathskillz=1,Socialskillz=0, Sun 21 Sep 2008, 20:51, Reply)

Bath?
Showers are more energy, water and time efficient. Save the World! Watch "An Inconvenient Truth". Al Gore for President! Oh he was.......
(The Stig, Sun 21 Sep 2008, 20:51, Reply)

But baths are more wet
And help me clean parts of my body that I don't even know I have.

Showers are more fun for sexytiem though.
( Captain V, Sun 21 Sep 2008, 20:53, Reply)

*sighs*
Right...
Swimming stuff...

The human body only has a certain amount of blood. You don't need lot of it in lots of places, at the same time.

When you're being active, there's an increased bloodflow to the lungs and big muscles that you're using.

This means that the "extra blood" has to come from elsewhere. This means that there's reduced bloodflow to the digestive tract, amongst other places.

Ok...

So, if you eat a big meal your body needs to do several things with the food.
The tube-pipes like the throat and intestines move food with muscles, and the stomach is a big bag of muscle that mashes food up.
These muscles need an increased bloodflow to digest food well.

So, the point I'm making is that you can't do hard physical exercise at the same time as digesting food.

You can go swimming, sure. The worst that'd happen is you get cramps. Maybe not awful craps, but cramps all the same.

Just don't go for a sprint after Christmas dinner.
You'll feel terrible, and likely throw up.


EDIT: I hate you all for making me think hard after a roast dinner.
( Cawl, Sun 21 Sep 2008, 20:54, Reply)

Don't sprint after Christmas dinner eh?
I feel an "in the name of science" coming on.
( Captain V, Sun 21 Sep 2008, 20:58, Reply)

Kaol
I think this needs investigating. In the name of SCIENCE of course...
( rubberduck should only be used after consulting with your GP, Sun 21 Sep 2008, 20:59, Reply)

Feel free to
Captain V.

Christmas day is the one day of the year I don't seem to be the only one amongst my friends and family who has alcohol before lunch :p

I ain't running.
( Cawl, Sun 21 Sep 2008, 20:59, Reply)

Just don't go for a sprint Kaol
I was thinking about something yesterday, and thought to myself, "Kaol would know the answer to this."

I cannot remember what it was. Oh well.

Have you been sleeping muchly today Mr K?
(PenguinOfDeath is Scottish, and most likely angry, Sun 21 Sep 2008, 21:00, Reply)

Jackass B3ta style
"Hi! I'm The Stig and welcome to Jackass!"

Every stunt should be signed off with a reference to length....
(The Stig, Sun 21 Sep 2008, 21:01, Reply)

I'm ashamed to report
That the Espresso Challenge is over.
I had a migrane for two days. Not even SCIENCE is worth that.

Starting tomorrow, however, is:

Kaol's Whisky Challenge^TM.
( Cawl, Sun 21 Sep 2008, 21:02, Reply)

@Kaol
I wont be running this year as I'll be having Christmas dinner with my family.

When I move out I'm hoping to organise a big Christmas dinner for friends with all sorts going on.
( Captain V, Sun 21 Sep 2008, 21:03, Reply)

Ha
I like how that got emboldened when I reloaded the page.

When abouts in the day is the whiskey challenge going to be taking place?
(PenguinOfDeath is Scottish, and most likely angry, Sun 21 Sep 2008, 21:08, Reply)

PoD
It deserved emboldening :p

It'll take place same as the Espresso did, about half one each day.
( Cawl, Sun 21 Sep 2008, 21:10, Reply)

And more to the point
surely he'll need the experiment to be repeated by an independent party, all in the name of scientific verification.

<volunteers/>
( rubberduck should only be used after consulting with your GP, Sun 21 Sep 2008, 21:11, Reply)

Rubberduck
Is that a committed volunteering?

Are you able to have five shots of whisky at Friday lunchtime, and work that afternoon with no problems?
( Cawl, Sun 21 Sep 2008, 21:12, Reply)

Well...
I finish work at lunchtime on a Friday, so that's no problem :)

*edit* Thursday afternoon might cause some amusements though, especially as I'm pencilled in to spend 2 hours driving on the test circuit
( rubberduck should only be used after consulting with your GP, Sun 21 Sep 2008, 21:15, Reply)

I could whiskey on Friday lunchtime
But I can't afford it, and I'm pretty sure I'm meant to be doing something that night.
(PenguinOfDeath is Scottish, and most likely angry, Sun 21 Sep 2008, 21:16, Reply)

^PoD
Washing your hair?
( thealternativefact, Sun 21 Sep 2008, 21:21, Reply)

I've got
rather a lot of Aberlour in my kitchen cupboard, so it would have to be that...
( rubberduck should only be used after consulting with your GP, Sun 21 Sep 2008, 21:22, Reply)

I do have quite a lot of hair
I'm letting it grow again now I'm finished at work and back at uni.

I could go some nice Bushmills whisky.
(PenguinOfDeath is Scottish, and most likely angry, Sun 21 Sep 2008, 21:24, Reply)

Ancrenne
Whisky.
Something like Talisker, I think.
( Cawl, Sun 21 Sep 2008, 21:29, Reply)

I think
if I were to down 5 measures of Talisker at once, I'd be sick.

Although nicely disinfected by all the phenols!

Hello again, by the way.
( K2k6 has a proper job these days, Sun 21 Sep 2008, 21:32, Reply)

I know that I'd be able to
Drink that amount of whisky at once.
From preliminary experimentation.
( Cawl, Sun 21 Sep 2008, 21:35, Reply)

Longish ancrenne
And it starts to get quite big too. I'll try and find a photo of it when it was at it's biggest.
(PenguinOfDeath is Scottish, and most likely angry, Sun 21 Sep 2008, 21:36, Reply)

Hello again K2
Done your constructive things then?
( Boss Keloid Got your mother's maiden name tattooed on my arm, Sun 21 Sep 2008, 21:41, Reply)

Well...
I want to see what the best amount of whisky to drink in a lunchtime is.
And what'll make the afternoon go quickest.

Mostly, I'm trying to make up for the dismal failure of the Espresso Challenge :(
( Cawl, Sun 21 Sep 2008, 21:42, Reply)

You could get decaf espressos Kaol
We had someone coming into work and getting those. I didn't see the point in the slightest.
(PenguinOfDeath is Scottish, and most likely angry, Sun 21 Sep 2008, 21:44, Reply)

Crack challenge?
How many rocks?
Or wise cracks?
Or arse cracks?
( thealternativefact, Sun 21 Sep 2008, 21:51, Reply)

Crack?
No!
Not crack.

It's gotta be legal.

I think the Cigar Challenge might be next.
Then the Wasabi Challenge.

Or the hooker challenge...
( Cawl, Sun 21 Sep 2008, 21:52, Reply)

How do you do the arse crack challenge?
Call 5 plumbers round by Friday?
( Boss Keloid Got your mother's maiden name tattooed on my arm, Sun 21 Sep 2008, 21:54, Reply)

Oh please do the arse one, Kaol!
*wonders what it will entail*
( thealternativefact, Sun 21 Sep 2008, 21:56, Reply)

I'm not a performing monkey!
Dammit!

I'm a professional scientist, thank you very much.
( Cawl, Sun 21 Sep 2008, 21:57, Reply)

That depends, ancrenne
It could be how many hookers can he arrest in one lunchtime.
(PenguinOfDeath is Scottish, and most likely angry, Sun 21 Sep 2008, 21:59, Reply)

I don't mean kill them!
I just meant sex.

EDIT: That's not legal either, is it? :(
( Cawl, Sun 21 Sep 2008, 22:01, Reply)

*sulks*
*thinks about own arse crack experiment*
*wonders what to do with own arse crack*
*thinks better of it*
( thealternativefact, Sun 21 Sep 2008, 22:02, Reply)

@ clendrix
That made me giggle!

I'm off to bed for I am plum tuckered.
*huggles all*
( Boss Keloid Got your mother's maiden name tattooed on my arm, Sun 21 Sep 2008, 22:04, Reply)

Fine...
I'm gonna stick with the Whisky Challenge.
( Cawl, Sun 21 Sep 2008, 22:07, Reply)

Yes
I shall devise my own theory and experiment.
Thank you.

The nature, conduction and results of which will never be discussed here. you will all be pleased to hear.
( thealternativefact, Sun 21 Sep 2008, 22:07, Reply)

But... You're not a scientist!
You might break the world!
We're carefully trained.
( Cawl, Sun 21 Sep 2008, 22:09, Reply)

*appears again after hiatus*
Someone just phoned me, and it lasted 36 minutes. Damn.

But yes, thanks, my constructive pursuits are complete for the evening.

I'm intrigued by the idea of an arse crack challenge.

Edit - re the hooker challenge. As far as I know, prostitution is not illegal in the UK, although soliciting is. So you may be OK with that one, Kaol.
( K2k6 has a proper job these days, Sun 21 Sep 2008, 22:10, Reply)

Arse crack challenge?
Well, Mr. K, bend over, and I'll fill you in.
*laughs*
( Cawl, Sun 21 Sep 2008, 22:11, Reply)

Er, if it's all the same, Kaol
I'd rather keep my arsehole as a one way valve. Exit only.
( K2k6 has a proper job these days, Sun 21 Sep 2008, 22:12, Reply)

Kaol
Hey, I did A' Level Biology. I am now qualified to, er, read the New Scientist.
( thealternativefact, Sun 21 Sep 2008, 22:13, Reply)

Hahaha!
Ah...
I love OT :D
( Cawl, Sun 21 Sep 2008, 22:14, Reply)

You want butter
On your toast?
( Cawl, Sun 21 Sep 2008, 22:18, Reply)

Oh K2k6, you're a scientist.
Support the work of others!
( thealternativefact, Sun 21 Sep 2008, 22:21, Reply)

Funnily enough
that's one of the relatively few films that I have seen.

Wasn't too impressed, mind you.

Edit - that said, I wouldn't mind doing the experiment with that girl in the film, Terry Waite's allotment notwithstanding.
( K2k6 has a proper job these days, Sun 21 Sep 2008, 22:21, Reply)

Right then
bedtime for me.

Night all. I shall return in the morning.
( K2k6 has a proper job these days, Sun 21 Sep 2008, 22:28, Reply)

Fuckin' net
Broke for me.
I may vanish at any time, due to interweb-crapness.
( Cawl, Sun 21 Sep 2008, 22:31, Reply)

'ning!
Not stoping long as we've had a loooong day and a heavy night last night (as BK has already mentioned earlier). 'twas a great evening, and the Loon now has his very own copy of the Viz Profanisaurus... expect liberal splashings of convoluted rude phrases from him in the coming months.

Good job Tourette's is in bed - she'd be frothing at the mouth at the use of 'splashings' and 'coming' in the same sentence...
( Davros' Granddad a voice of calm reason in a world of spastics., Sun 21 Sep 2008, 22:36, Reply)

Hahaha!
Sound like a fun night, Mr D!
( Cawl, Sun 21 Sep 2008, 22:37, Reply)

Kaol may vanish?
We won't know if he's gone completely or if he's just invisible.
*scareds*
( thealternativefact, Sun 21 Sep 2008, 22:37, Reply)

You should see
the belming wookiee contest video we took on the camera...

We got some odd looks.
( Davros' Granddad a voice of calm reason in a world of spastics., Sun 21 Sep 2008, 22:39, Reply)

Evening all!
How we doing?

Tonight, I made roast duck. Om nom nom.

img.photobucket.com/albums/v417/jimbo2117/DSC01349.jpg
(Himjim died a little more inside on, Sun 21 Sep 2008, 22:45, Reply)

I think I shall disappear...
not because of interweb crapness but because hideous week-from hell-at-work-ahead crapness.
G'night!
( thealternativefact, Sun 21 Sep 2008, 22:47, Reply)

Mmmm...
Looks good, himjim!

Save me a bit, I'll be there in two weeks :D

G'night Clendrix!
( Cawl, Sun 21 Sep 2008, 22:47, Reply)

I was thinking if you're here
on Saturday night, then I can do a famous breakfast on Sunday morning...
(Himjim died a little more inside on, Sun 21 Sep 2008, 22:48, Reply)

'ello ancrenne
Unfortunately not - our digital camera is actually too advanced for the software currently on our PC. We have to get the pics loaded onto disc, and videos don't seem to store.

We may keep it on though, so you may get to see it one day...
( Davros' Granddad a voice of calm reason in a world of spastics., Sun 21 Sep 2008, 22:49, Reply)

Well,
The plan is that I get the train to get to Leam on Saturday, arrive about lunchtime.
Then I'm about for Poof's gig, so I'll head back Monday some time.
Looking forward to meeting you all :D
( Cawl, Sun 21 Sep 2008, 22:52, Reply)

Right
Tourette's is asleep, so I'm gonna call it a night as well. Night all.
( Davros' Granddad a voice of calm reason in a world of spastics., Sun 21 Sep 2008, 22:53, Reply)

G'night
DG :)
( Cawl, Sun 21 Sep 2008, 22:55, Reply)

Hmm...
Anyone still about?

Just me and the butter...
( Cawl, Sun 21 Sep 2008, 23:26, Reply)

*nods*
I wonder how many sherbert fountains I could eat before I'm sick.
( Cawl, Sun 21 Sep 2008, 23:44, Reply)

has everyone
gone away?

EDIT. Kaol - I bet 26
(bamboozled Can hear you getting fatter, Sun 21 Sep 2008, 23:47, Reply)

Nope
I'm still here, designing away in the background.
( Cawl, Sun 21 Sep 2008, 23:48, Reply)

Oh fucksox I've missed everyone again
Oh well, I've had a lovely day wandering around Clapham and watching Mongol this evening. Off to bed now.
( fuck shit up the best you never had, Sun 21 Sep 2008, 23:50, Reply)

Oh dear...
It'd be like that scene in Scarface...
( Cawl, Sun 21 Sep 2008, 23:51, Reply)

I take it you
don't mean Clapham North Yorkshire? You could wander round that in 5 minutes.

Well, I have catched up on all the stuff up there, and had lots of answers to lots of questions, and now I've forgotten them all.

Except the one about why you shouldn't eat and swim because of the blood being needed elsewhere, but you beat me to that one Kaol... And now I don't look as clever as you :( huff.
( warmfuzzies Isn't here, Sun 21 Sep 2008, 23:53, Reply)

As long as I get
A "little friend", I'll be happy.

Good evening to the new-comers :)
( Cawl, Sun 21 Sep 2008, 23:57, Reply)

Nings all
I would quite like to do a sherbert challenge.

I have some UFOs still, but prolly not enough to provide a credible experiment.

And also, not relevent now, but Shamen FTW!
( warmfuzzies Isn't here, Mon 22 Sep 2008, 0:00, Reply)

hello everybody
who's still here

got over my bout of boredom earlier, and now my missus is playing "Scottish language lesson" videos on youtube, instead of working

i'm hungry again though
(bamboozled Can hear you getting fatter, Mon 22 Sep 2008, 0:00, Reply)

Hmmm...
I like to skate close enough to the edge to look down :)
( Cawl, Mon 22 Sep 2008, 0:02, Reply)

Speaking of which
well not really. The bloon came back, and this time I was ready:

I haven't got a grappling hook sadly, joyriding would have been favourite.
( warmfuzzies Isn't here, Mon 22 Sep 2008, 0:11, Reply)

Oh, a gun!
How exciting!

In related news, I went to a knife shop yesterday, and got the most vicious looking knife I've ever seen :D

Ancrenne, OT without me would be like America after that UFO zapped Kennedy.
( Cawl, Mon 22 Sep 2008, 0:14, Reply)

I have a bear hunting knife.
It must work, there are no bears in these parts.

Actually, that's not my gun. I don't think it is anyway. Mine is a sub machine gun, and as I was planning to claim the inhabitants of the bloon for myself, I preferred to take them alive.

EDIT: it's hiding behind the tree on the right, it's one of those big red Vrigin ones.
( warmfuzzies Isn't here, Mon 22 Sep 2008, 0:16, Reply)

How can you have an SMG
In the North of England?
Other than "illegally" :P
( Cawl, Mon 22 Sep 2008, 0:20, Reply)

OK
Ya got me. It's not a real one. It fires plastic. Might possibly be capable of killing via erosion if you fired enough bbs into the same place to wear a hole.

ancrenne sorry sweetie (((fluffeh hugs))) I am full of teh fluff honest, I just happen to have a house full of militaria and stuff as my ex had a company that sold it. He insisted I was prepared for any eventuality and equipped me with a vast armoury, which will presumably gather dust until World War Three, the apocalypse, or I see another bloon.
( warmfuzzies Isn't here, Mon 22 Sep 2008, 0:26, Reply)

Well...
If you've got anything you wanna get rid of...

*smiles sweetly*
( Cawl, Mon 22 Sep 2008, 0:28, Reply)

Kaol...
You smiling sweetly is more unnerving than you grinning evilly.

But, will ponder.
( warmfuzzies Isn't here, Mon 22 Sep 2008, 0:29, Reply)

*grins*
I'm lovely really, I promise :p

P.S. The knife I got is nearly identical to this:
i100.photobucket.com/albums/m25/WhyNot_007/Harpy/Harpy50.jpg
( Cawl, Mon 22 Sep 2008, 0:30, Reply)

I ought to
gather it all into a pile and make an inventory. There are lots of bits and pieces and accessories. I won't part with my SD6 or my Walther though, they both have sentimental value.

*wonders about some kind of selection process interview*
( warmfuzzies Isn't here, Mon 22 Sep 2008, 0:37, Reply)

Aw ancrenne
Feel bad for being all non fluffeh now... sorry :(

Kaol, that does look very nasty...
( warmfuzzies Isn't here, Mon 22 Sep 2008, 0:39, Reply)

It is
And I shall sleep with it under my pillow tonight :D

Night Ms. A, sweet dreams :p
( Cawl, Mon 22 Sep 2008, 0:40, Reply)

Right...
I'm taking my Little Friend and going to bed now.
G'night.
( Cawl, Mon 22 Sep 2008, 0:54, Reply)

Na night
And sleep safely.
( warmfuzzies Isn't here, Mon 22 Sep 2008, 1:02, Reply)

is there
anyone else still here?
(bamboozled Can hear you getting fatter, Mon 22 Sep 2008, 1:19, Reply)

still here
hello
(Eds Meds Mathskillz=1,Socialskillz=0, Mon 22 Sep 2008, 1:27, Reply)

hello there
any reason for being here, or not tired?
(bamboozled Can hear you getting fatter, Mon 22 Sep 2008, 1:29, Reply)

Experiment results
If you look far up there ^^^^^ you'll see I had the idea of trying pasta, pesto & skunk for this week's question.

I can now sadly report that not only does it taste awful but I also ended up with a full stomach and the munchies at the same time.

Having nothing left in the house but tainted pasta I ended up eating a kebab on top of the pasta so am now off to bed all bloaty feeling :-(

I'll write this up all pretty like and post it proper tomorrow but thought I should report back here asap in case anyone else decided to follow my stupid example.

BDC

Edit for missing letters: how is it I can post coherently from a phone but mess up with a proper keyboard?

Edit 2: Ahh, weed & booze might explain typing efficentcy

Edit 3: & spelling!
(bill, Mon 22 Sep 2008, 3:53, Reply)