Soooo....
I'll pop this here.


( Boss Keloid Got your mother's maiden name tattooed on my arm, Mon 29 Sep 2008, 18:46, 191 replies, latest was 16 years ago)

*watches tumbleweed*

( TGB checking Off Topic is still shit at, Mon 29 Sep 2008, 18:48, Reply)

*noms tumbleweed*
Yummeh!
( Captain V, Mon 29 Sep 2008, 18:50, Reply)

@ TGB
Ah, the night is young!

*hug*

How's your day been?

*edit*
Hey V!
( Boss Keloid Got your mother's maiden name tattooed on my arm, Mon 29 Sep 2008, 18:50, Reply)

Good evening.....
....so what's the question of the day?

You've been assigned 3 wishes but they can't be used on yourself. They're altruistic wishes.

What would you wish for and why?
(The Stig, Mon 29 Sep 2008, 18:51, Reply)

V don't eat the tumbleweed!
Hey BK *hugs*

I'm good and now have my cheese! wooooooooo!
( TGB checking Off Topic is still shit at, Mon 29 Sep 2008, 18:54, Reply)

Hey BK
How've you been?

Right, putting my list of bits to do here, in the public eye, in the hope that doing so might focus me a bit.

Look into the trip to Canada
Find the number for the hospital
Chase useless friends for go karting money
Write my diary
( Captain V, Mon 29 Sep 2008, 18:55, Reply)

@ Stig
Wish 1)
I'd be the world's greatest lover. This is altruistic as it potential benefits a potential 3 billion people:P

Nah seriously:
1) I wish all organised religions would vanish

Can't think of anything else at the minute.

*edit*
@Captain V
Feeling a bit better now - chest's not half as bad.
( Boss Keloid Got your mother's maiden name tattooed on my arm, Mon 29 Sep 2008, 18:57, Reply)

*grins*
Ever the philanthropist al!
( Boss Keloid Got your mother's maiden name tattooed on my arm, Mon 29 Sep 2008, 19:07, Reply)

I'd wish
BK got better soon :p

Because I am so lovely. And I'd also wish for an open bar and a massive b3ta bash so everyone could get drunk and I'd wish for grass to be self cutting so no-one would have to mow the lawn again.
( TGB checking Off Topic is still shit at, Mon 29 Sep 2008, 19:10, Reply)

Hmm... 3 wishes
1) That the Mr Fusion in Back to the Future II was real. Being able to run cars on household waste would solve a hell of a lot of the world's problems.

2) That the US well and truly gets put in its place. They've been the school bully of the world for far too long, but the cracks are starting to show now.

3) That cheese plants grew real cheese. Nom nom nom
( rubberduck should only be used after consulting with your GP, Mon 29 Sep 2008, 19:13, Reply)

@TGB
Aww, that's sweet!

Thank you:)
I'm getting there.
Still smoking though.
( Boss Keloid Got your mother's maiden name tattooed on my arm, Mon 29 Sep 2008, 19:14, Reply)

My wishes:
1) that Dubya would disappear in a cloud of vaporized bullshit before he can do any more damage.

2) that the people who reaped all the benefits of the housing inflation would be the ones to pay money to the banks, rather than those of us who lived within our means.

3) that Scarlett Johansson would permanently give up wearing clothes.
( The Resident Loon Not a demographic. Do not measure., Mon 29 Sep 2008, 19:16, Reply)

bill is a bad man!
he made me drink cider and Shots. Now I am very drunk, hurrah for b3ta!

Xxx
( wanderlust, Mon 29 Sep 2008, 19:16, Reply)

*massive hugs for Lusty*
Yay for alcohol!
( Boss Keloid Got your mother's maiden name tattooed on my arm, Mon 29 Sep 2008, 19:17, Reply)

I can't believe I'm about to say this.......
....Rubberduck, Mr Fusion only powered the Flux capacitor. To run the car, you need petrol.



ARRRGGGHHH! I hate myself for saying that!
(The Stig, Mon 29 Sep 2008, 19:20, Reply)

@The Stig
Ahh yes... But it would at least make electric cars viable. You could have a massively powerful electric motor and not need to worry too much about the range.

All that torque right from the bottom. Wheeee!!
( rubberduck should only be used after consulting with your GP, Mon 29 Sep 2008, 19:23, Reply)

@rubberduck
What do you think of VW's "Bluemotion" technology? Do you reckon it can beat the Toyota Prius?

Personally, I like the Prius.
(The Stig, Mon 29 Sep 2008, 19:30, Reply)

*claps*
Making stew exciting Al!

I say yes to both!!
( TGB checking Off Topic is still shit at, Mon 29 Sep 2008, 19:34, Reply)

*wanders in*
Yes to lentils.

1) for Mr Bin to have a job that makes him happy.

2) for some renewable alternative to be found to petrol.

3) for people to only be able to make a baby when they really really want one for the right reasons. This would be some magic change to peoples reproductive systems that would create an guaranteed pregnancy. No unwanted pregnancies. No need to be on the pill. No IVF and all the heartache that goes with it.
( Mrs Entity is in hiding., Mon 29 Sep 2008, 19:37, Reply)

At the risk of getting on a soapbox
I think the Prius is technologically very clever. Unfortunately it's a very cack-handed way of solving the problem, to the extent that in the real world a diesel makes much more sense. It's good for reducing inner-city emissions, and that's about where the ball stops. In terms of dust-to-dust environmental cost, they're one of the worst cars around.

Personally, nothing would give me greater satisfaction than to see all the Prii (?) being crushed. Scrub that, crush them all with their smug owners still in them. I've only ever driven one car I hate more, and that's the Audi A4.

VW Bluemotion is along the right lines (same as Ford Econetic). Concentrate on getting the best efficiency out of what you've got first before you resort to bulky, expensive, dirty and heavy battery packs, electric motors, inflated senses of self-righteousness etc.

Sorry for the rant. I admire the Prius from a technological viewpoint, but that's where it ends. I've only just scratched the surface of how much I hate them :)
( rubberduck should only be used after consulting with your GP, Mon 29 Sep 2008, 19:39, Reply)

@ Mrs L
The third one's a good one.
No baby chavs! Yay!

I would have just said sterilise all chavs. Your solution is less fascist. Nicely done!
( Boss Keloid Got your mother's maiden name tattooed on my arm, Mon 29 Sep 2008, 19:41, Reply)

I'd have said kill all chavs
Does that count as genocide? All hail the TGB Reich.
( TGB checking Off Topic is still shit at, Mon 29 Sep 2008, 19:43, Reply)

Thanks BK
It just sickens me to see people who are so fecund that they just make babies for the extra benefits when there are couples who would, and almost do, give anything for a baby.
Solved in one stroke.

*edit* not TGB Reich. I'd be shot for putting a comma in the wrong place.
( Mrs Entity is in hiding., Mon 29 Sep 2008, 19:44, Reply)

Wourcester sauce!
And cinnamon.

Oh yes:D
( Boss Keloid Got your mother's maiden name tattooed on my arm, Mon 29 Sep 2008, 19:44, Reply)

To be fair though
Who would we laugh at if there were no chavs?

Midgets maybe?
( rubberduck should only be used after consulting with your GP, Mon 29 Sep 2008, 19:45, Reply)

@ Mrs L
I totally agree.

@TGB
A compelling argument:D
( Boss Keloid Got your mother's maiden name tattooed on my arm, Mon 29 Sep 2008, 19:45, Reply)

I'm surprised....
putting aside the smug owners (you can't do anything about it), I think hybrids are the way forward.

Diesels (especially German ones) seem to miss the point for me. What always get's swept under the carpet, is the extra engineering which goes into a diesel (re-enforced engine and engine block, urea injection into the exhaust, etc) which negates the extra "effort" which goes into a hybrid.

Not to mention the emissions are better on a hybrid (i.e less unburnt hydrocarbons, less, NOx and less carbon monoxide).

But, that's what I think. Personally, I hope someone mates a hybrid powertrain with a diesel powertrain. THAT'S when we'll see some better results! :O)
(The Stig, Mon 29 Sep 2008, 19:45, Reply)

I can't think of any wishes
Probably some some of indicator that was automatic to stop me murdering people in a fit of uncontrollable road rage.
(Himjim died a little more inside on, Mon 29 Sep 2008, 19:46, Reply)

Three Wishes?
1. Hydrogen fuel cells to be developed to such an extent that it means that Saudi Arabia can return to its much deserved obscurity as a backwards-camelling fcuking sh!thole. Ahem.

2. Human evolution to advance to such an extent that genetic diseases die out

3. Humanity to understand the meaninglessness of war

Fcuk me. I sound like a Miss World contestant.
(Eds Meds Mathskillz=1,Socialskillz=0, Mon 29 Sep 2008, 19:47, Reply)

The thing with
the Prius is the sodding batteries. What the shit do you do with them when the car is all done with?
( Mrs Entity is in hiding., Mon 29 Sep 2008, 19:48, Reply)

Ok duckie
How about we vastly cull the chav population and then have various "Running Man" type games with the rest of the to provide entertainment?
( TGB checking Off Topic is still shit at, Mon 29 Sep 2008, 19:48, Reply)

Mrs Liveinabin
Assuming that the battery dies out (there are cars in North America being used as taxis which are still going strong) they can be sold back to Toyota. There's a £1000 bounty on each battery, because they can be reconditioned.
(The Stig, Mon 29 Sep 2008, 19:50, Reply)

Hmm
Edmund genetic disease are often caused by mutations in the genome.. which is what is required for evolution.

So that is a bit of a catch 22. Also the whole natural selection thing...

If I was having a sensible wish it would be for religions to fuck off out Third World Counties and instead have comprehensive and free advice on birth control and STD/I's

and duckies cheeseplants. Good call!
( TGB checking Off Topic is still shit at, Mon 29 Sep 2008, 19:53, Reply)

I'M BACK!!!!!!!!!
And even more blousy than before : )

I had a wonderful week off.

I ate crap and drank far too much and flitted about this fair land with a merkin in tow and generally had a fun time.

Hands up who missed me.
( girlinthehole, Mon 29 Sep 2008, 19:53, Reply)

Don't have a bit in my bin for batteries.
BGB!!

Now you're back you can tell everyone how fantastic my biscuits were.
( Mrs Entity is in hiding., Mon 29 Sep 2008, 19:55, Reply)

*raises hand*
Hey Miss Blouse!
( Boss Keloid Got your mother's maiden name tattooed on my arm, Mon 29 Sep 2008, 19:56, Reply)

Mrs Bin
EXACTLY.

That's what people don't think about with hybrids - what do you do when the battery is conked after 7-8 years, but the rest of the car is OK?

I think there is a future for hybrids, but not with electric motors. A great proportion of the energy consumed by a car in traffic is starting off after being stopped. That's why I've been doing a great deal of research into flywheel hybrids (like the ones at www.flybridsystems.com). On paper at least, the gains are in the region of an electric hybrid but without the environmental costs.

Oh, and Stiggy, diesel/electric hybrids work well (look at railway locomotives) - they even work well in a car too, but they don't deliver anything like the gains over a petrol/electric hybrid that you'd expect. This is partly due to the fact that most petrol hybrids use the Atkinson cycle rather than the Otto cycle of a normal petrol engine. The Atkinson cycle is much closer to a diesel in terms of efficiency than the Otto cycle in the first place, so the gains you see by using a diesel engine in the hybrid aren't quite as you'd expect.

Right. That's it for my car geekery for one evening...
( rubberduck should only be used after consulting with your GP, Mon 29 Sep 2008, 19:56, Reply)

@ Al
Garlic?
( warmfuzzies Isn't here, Mon 29 Sep 2008, 19:57, Reply)

@Mrs Bin
I think I can speak for the Loon as well as myself when I say that....


Your biscuits kick ass!
( girlinthehole, Mon 29 Sep 2008, 19:58, Reply)

Hmm
Can I be bothered to cook me an all day breakfast. Or shall I just have a bacon and egg toasted sandwich?

All these and more answered later in "The big dinner debate"
( TGB checking Off Topic is still shit at, Mon 29 Sep 2008, 19:59, Reply)

Bacon and egg sarnie
That's my vote!
( Boss Keloid Got your mother's maiden name tattooed on my arm, Mon 29 Sep 2008, 20:00, Reply)

@Al
I delivered him safe and sound and on time at Manchester airport and then got stuck in the airport car park because of a problem with the machine eating my ticket.
( girlinthehole, Mon 29 Sep 2008, 20:00, Reply)

Well I'm glad they got there in one piece, BGB
I was worried that the box might get crushed, but brown paper and string looked so nice.
( Mrs Entity is in hiding., Mon 29 Sep 2008, 20:02, Reply)

@ Al
Then the conclusion I am left to draw is that you either have accidentally sewn your nostrils together, or have a cold :)
( warmfuzzies Isn't here, Mon 29 Sep 2008, 20:02, Reply)

@Rubberduck
one more comment and that's it! :O)

Citroen has produced a diesel-hybrid and they reckon it can work and be economically viable. So, let's hold fire until they release it. :O)

Mrs Liveinabin,

In case you missed it earlier:

1. I'd be extremely surprised if the battery conked out (there are car being used as taxis in North America which are still running fine).
2. If a battery did conk out, you sell it back to Toyota, because there's a £1000 bounty on each one. They can even recondition your current battery and put it back in your car.

It's a big misconception about hybrids....probably by the diesel marketing board! ;O)

anyway back to "3 wishes" drivel....! :O)
(The Stig, Mon 29 Sep 2008, 20:03, Reply)

Al
Fried bread? yucky!

No milk in your tea is fine though :p
( TGB checking Off Topic is still shit at, Mon 29 Sep 2008, 20:04, Reply)

I've made it home now.
I'm a bit wiped out, but I made it at least...

I've been introducing people over here to John Cooper Clarke. I played "Twat" for the woman I share an office with, and she giggled and said "Gawd that's harsh!"
( The Resident Loon Not a demographic. Do not measure., Mon 29 Sep 2008, 20:04, Reply)

Sorry Stig
I did read what you said about the Prius batteries and forgot to reply.
I was not aware of that, makes it better I guess.

*edit* although it's not about the batteries conking out, when the car finally dies, as all do. What happens then, will Toyota still have them back?
( Mrs Entity is in hiding., Mon 29 Sep 2008, 20:05, Reply)

Ha ha
I love 'Twat'!
( Boss Keloid Got your mother's maiden name tattooed on my arm, Mon 29 Sep 2008, 20:05, Reply)

@Mrs Bin
The box they came in was lovely : )



And yes, it was me that introduced the Loon to John Cooper Clarke.


America may never be the same again.
( girlinthehole, Mon 29 Sep 2008, 20:07, Reply)

@Mrs Liveinabin
When the car conks out, you go and get another one. Just like you would if ANY car conks out! :O)
(The Stig, Mon 29 Sep 2008, 20:09, Reply)

I meant to put in a note saying what they were
They were Chocolate Drops, All Butter Cherry Whirls and Anzacs.
( Mrs Entity is in hiding., Mon 29 Sep 2008, 20:09, Reply)

ning All
Evening all! How is everyone tonight??
Good?
(weekirst23 Is broken! Silly ice. Silly High heels!, Mon 29 Sep 2008, 20:10, Reply)

This is true Stig
but what happens to it?
The batteries have to go somewhere.
( Mrs Entity is in hiding., Mon 29 Sep 2008, 20:10, Reply)

Hi Weekirst
How's you?
( Boss Keloid Got your mother's maiden name tattooed on my arm, Mon 29 Sep 2008, 20:11, Reply)

Loon
I hope you got back safe, because you've just flown into a world of economic trouble!

I've just heard that House of congress have voted down the bailout package and the Dow Jones has fallen flat on its backside!

Even the Republicans refused to back Dubya's plans!

@ Mrs liveinabin

Toyota will take the batteries back, recondition them and sell them as such. Trust me, there's too much valuable material in those batteries for them to be thrown away! :O)
(The Stig, Mon 29 Sep 2008, 20:12, Reply)

@ The Stig
That's OK then.
( Mrs Entity is in hiding., Mon 29 Sep 2008, 20:14, Reply)

@bk
I'm very well. How are you my love?
(weekirst23 Is broken! Silly ice. Silly High heels!, Mon 29 Sep 2008, 20:15, Reply)

*noms bacon and egg sarnie*
this was a good call *glees*
( TGB checking Off Topic is still shit at, Mon 29 Sep 2008, 20:16, Reply)

Not bad wk
Getting over a bit of a chest infection but it's much better.
( Boss Keloid Got your mother's maiden name tattooed on my arm, Mon 29 Sep 2008, 20:16, Reply)

BK and BGB
introduced me to John Cooper Clarke via "Twat", and now I'm introducing others to him.

I can tell I'm going to have to order some CDs...
( The Resident Loon Not a demographic. Do not measure., Mon 29 Sep 2008, 20:17, Reply)

@Mrs Bin
The cherry whirls were my favorite.


I'm back at the gym tomorrow to undo all the damage I've done over my week off : (
( girlinthehole, Mon 29 Sep 2008, 20:18, Reply)

@bk
well i'm glad to hear your gettin better at least :)
(weekirst23 Is broken! Silly ice. Silly High heels!, Mon 29 Sep 2008, 20:21, Reply)

@ weekirst
Thanks.

Been a bit under the weather the last few weeks
( Boss Keloid Got your mother's maiden name tattooed on my arm, Mon 29 Sep 2008, 20:22, Reply)

@The Stig
I hadn't looked at CNN lately. Interesting.

I'm of mixed feelings about this. On the one hand it's going to raise all kinds of economic hell if things melt down that badly- but on the other hand, we're already in a world of debt thanks to Dubya's foreign policy of "Yee-Haw!" Adding this tax burden to us would have been extremely bad. Besides, those of us who have lived within our means and have good credit should not have to bail out the banks that pushed credit onto those that they knew would be unable to pay.

I'm scared, but at the same time I'm somewhat relieved that a load of hastily cobbled together legislation didn't go through. I'd rather they sat back and thought about it first.
( The Resident Loon Not a demographic. Do not measure., Mon 29 Sep 2008, 20:27, Reply)

Sorry off topic
But there's Christmas ads on TV :(

*sigh*
(Himjim died a little more inside on, Mon 29 Sep 2008, 20:31, Reply)

The shops had
Christmas stuff in from the beginning of the month FFS
( Mrs Entity is in hiding., Mon 29 Sep 2008, 20:32, Reply)

My boss was winding me up
and sending me christmas e-cards earlier.
bastard
( TGB checking Off Topic is still shit at, Mon 29 Sep 2008, 20:34, Reply)

Al, here Al,
*Distracts Al with this link*
www.rockthelist.com/2008/09/24/the-12-most-breathtaking-a-list-celebrity-racks-period/

Why my mate thought I wanted to look at this is beyond me
Angelina is smoking hot though
( TGB checking Off Topic is still shit at, Mon 29 Sep 2008, 20:37, Reply)

@ TGB
You minx!

Why you posted that in my permanently frustrated and horny state....

See you in 5.

*limps out*
*slams door...*
*...on cock*
( Boss Keloid Got your mother's maiden name tattooed on my arm, Mon 29 Sep 2008, 20:40, Reply)

BK that made me laugh :p
I think I saw the last set of triplets on some scientific study of twins on the beeb a while back....
( TGB checking Off Topic is still shit at, Mon 29 Sep 2008, 20:48, Reply)

It's not funny
I'm in a state of constant arousal at the moment.
It's getting very annoying.
( Boss Keloid Got your mother's maiden name tattooed on my arm, Mon 29 Sep 2008, 20:52, Reply)

@TGB
Despite the fact that TGB isn't on the list of top celebs ... Scarlett. Yummy.
(Eds Meds Mathskillz=1,Socialskillz=0, Mon 29 Sep 2008, 20:56, Reply)

Sorry BK
I'd give you hugs but... well you know.
( TGB checking Off Topic is still shit at, Mon 29 Sep 2008, 20:57, Reply)

Probably for the best
I don't want to start rotating.
If I went off you would be as shocked as that pic on your profile:D
( Boss Keloid Got your mother's maiden name tattooed on my arm, Mon 29 Sep 2008, 21:01, Reply)

haha
That is as shocked as I get as well :p
( TGB checking Off Topic is still shit at, Mon 29 Sep 2008, 21:02, Reply)

I should just stay away from women
at the minute.

One kind word could get them gooey:(
( Boss Keloid Got your mother's maiden name tattooed on my arm, Mon 29 Sep 2008, 21:04, Reply)

Is that word....
moist?

haha
( TGB checking Off Topic is still shit at, Mon 29 Sep 2008, 21:05, Reply)

Damn BK
You can do that with one word?
( Mrs Entity is in hiding., Mon 29 Sep 2008, 21:06, Reply)

Well
Think more along the lines of....

er...

...end of Ghostbusters II.
( Boss Keloid Got your mother's maiden name tattooed on my arm, Mon 29 Sep 2008, 21:06, Reply)

That's two words
I can't remember how that ends

*googles*

Is it "slime"?
( TGB checking Off Topic is still shit at, Mon 29 Sep 2008, 21:10, Reply)

More or less
"Why am I drippings with goo?"
( Boss Keloid Got your mother's maiden name tattooed on my arm, Mon 29 Sep 2008, 21:11, Reply)

100?
And that's a lovely image thanks BK!
( TGB checking Off Topic is still shit at, Mon 29 Sep 2008, 21:12, Reply)

@ TGB
You're welcome:)
( Boss Keloid Got your mother's maiden name tattooed on my arm, Mon 29 Sep 2008, 21:14, Reply)

Well
they were a fairly, ahem, interesting series of pictures!
(Eds Meds Mathskillz=1,Socialskillz=0, Mon 29 Sep 2008, 21:14, Reply)

"Don't cross the streams!"
Er, yes.

I think I've been guilty of oversharing:(

Sorry everyone.
( Boss Keloid Got your mother's maiden name tattooed on my arm, Mon 29 Sep 2008, 21:17, Reply)

Hmm
Given the pseudo scientific bolox in Ghostbusters, I'm trying to make up a joke about the LHC in regards to this...

Circle jerk, perhaps?
(Eds Meds Mathskillz=1,Socialskillz=0, Mon 29 Sep 2008, 21:19, Reply)

BK That takes on
a whole new meaning in the current topic of conversation :|
( TGB checking Off Topic is still shit at, Mon 29 Sep 2008, 21:19, Reply)

*blushes*
Ooh look, a kitten!

*legs it*
*slams door on cock again*

Fuck!!
( Boss Keloid Got your mother's maiden name tattooed on my arm, Mon 29 Sep 2008, 21:20, Reply)

BK
Is there no Mrs BK?

(sorry if I'm being horridly blunt and rubbing salt in wounds)
( Mrs Entity is in hiding., Mon 29 Sep 2008, 21:35, Reply)

Evening all
How is everyone?
I've just had an exhausting hour long phone conversation with Mr VP about him coming back to Wiltshire and us settling here for a while.
It was a loooooooooooooong talk.

And now I'm frantically turning my room upside down as I've misplaced my NI card and need it for tomorrow!
(Lucy Van Pelt embracing ginlovers, Mon 29 Sep 2008, 21:38, Reply)

Why do you need your NI card LVP?
I lost mine when my purse was stolen in 1994 and never needed it since.
( Mrs Entity is in hiding., Mon 29 Sep 2008, 21:39, Reply)

I need
Proof of my NI number and as I haven't worked in a while I don't have any stupid wage slips. (what are these things called wages that everyone talks about anyway? They sound similar to the mythical money that I don't believe exists).
I have an interview tomorrow with a temping agency and I guess they want proof I am a real person. My godawful passport photo certainly won't prove that.
(Lucy Van Pelt embracing ginlovers, Mon 29 Sep 2008, 21:40, Reply)

@ Mrs L
Not at the moment, no.

*wistful*
( Boss Keloid Got your mother's maiden name tattooed on my arm, Mon 29 Sep 2008, 21:41, Reply)

Have you got
an old P60 or P45?
That's what I use.
( Mrs Entity is in hiding., Mon 29 Sep 2008, 21:41, Reply)

I'm not sure
In a fit of tidiness my mother has filed everything away. She gave me some paper proof of it the other week and I have lost it. OOps.

On the plus side I have just found one of my favourite pairs of pants hiding under the bed.
Win.
(Lucy Van Pelt embracing ginlovers, Mon 29 Sep 2008, 21:43, Reply)

It's only win
if they are clean.
( Mrs Entity is in hiding., Mon 29 Sep 2008, 21:44, Reply)

Um
I think they were. I've put them in for washing though as they were dusty.
My dog has a tendency to hide things.
(Lucy Van Pelt embracing ginlovers, Mon 29 Sep 2008, 21:45, Reply)

@LVP
If you're currently in receipt of benefits they'll have this information so you might have the information there?
(Eds Meds Mathskillz=1,Socialskillz=0, Mon 29 Sep 2008, 21:45, Reply)

No benefits
I am a benefitless, paperless, NI numberless person.
I'm starting to doubt my own existance!

Al - they aren't exciting pants, but they are bloody comfy. Hence them being a favourite.
Funny you should pop up when underwear comes into conversation! ;p
(Lucy Van Pelt embracing ginlovers, Mon 29 Sep 2008, 21:46, Reply)

You ...
... could tell them ...

I Am Not A Number I Am A Free Person!

:D
(Eds Meds Mathskillz=1,Socialskillz=0, Mon 29 Sep 2008, 21:51, Reply)

I still have my NI card from when they were first given out.
It holds fond memories of my sporadic drug abuse and was much more classy than using a credit card. I lick it now and then just to remind myself what a twat I was.
( girlinthehole, Mon 29 Sep 2008, 21:51, Reply)

@ BGB
I've still got mine actually.
Still in pretty good nick actually.
( Boss Keloid Got your mother's maiden name tattooed on my arm, Mon 29 Sep 2008, 21:53, Reply)

I could...
but I don't think many people employ numbers.

Where on earth have I put that bloody thing?!
I'm such a muppet.

BGB - Nothing wrong with a bit of sporadic drug use!
(Lucy Van Pelt embracing ginlovers, Mon 29 Sep 2008, 21:54, Reply)

I remember the NI Card
being a 'badge of honour' at school. Proof that you were 16 and LEGAL
( Mrs Entity is in hiding., Mon 29 Sep 2008, 21:59, Reply)

@LvP
May not have actually been sporadic and I don't regret the experiences, just the waste of money.

I'm off to bed. Goodnight everyone!



Yes, I know it's only 10pm but I read for quite a while in bed.
( girlinthehole, Mon 29 Sep 2008, 22:00, Reply)

@BGB
Yeah, drugs are bloody expensive aren't they?
Well some of them are anyway.

In a new twist to the NI plot, looks like mum filed the card as well.
She's so sneaky.

Edit - Night BGB! Sweet dreams!
(Lucy Van Pelt embracing ginlovers, Mon 29 Sep 2008, 22:01, Reply)

@LVP
Do you have anything from your university with your NINo on it?
(Eds Meds Mathskillz=1,Socialskillz=0, Mon 29 Sep 2008, 22:02, Reply)

Night BGB!
I took the NI card as a badge of honour too!

Couldn't buy fags with it though!
( Boss Keloid Got your mother's maiden name tattooed on my arm, Mon 29 Sep 2008, 22:03, Reply)

Night BGB
Yeah, us up after 10pm guys are HARDCORE
( Mrs Entity is in hiding., Mon 29 Sep 2008, 22:03, Reply)

Edmund
I don't think so. I've never really needed it before.

Mum is rootling around in the "office" looking for it now. Damn her and her filing.
(Lucy Van Pelt embracing ginlovers, Mon 29 Sep 2008, 22:04, Reply)

I've just been bollocked by the missus
for suggesting that the film poster for the film Mongol would be a good basis for being photoshopped and also giggling like a school girl.

"British Rail enquiries? How much for a ticket to Hull?"
(SpunkyMcSpunkbubble Diddled your nubbin on, Mon 29 Sep 2008, 22:04, Reply)

LvP
Do you have any brothers/sisters?

The numbers are nearly always sequential within siblings, so the oldest child gets e.g AA 12 34 56 A, then the next child gets AA 12 34 57 B, then the next would get AA 12 34 58 C etc.

It's not always the case, but 95% of the time it is...
( rubberduck should only be used after consulting with your GP, Mon 29 Sep 2008, 22:05, Reply)

Filing...
The invention of the devil.

I hate it - and I suck at it.
(Eds Meds Mathskillz=1,Socialskillz=0, Mon 29 Sep 2008, 22:05, Reply)

Is that true RD
If so does that mean that the number after mine is waiting just in case Mother lets Father get within ten feet of her and I have a brother or sister?
( Mrs Entity is in hiding., Mon 29 Sep 2008, 22:07, Reply)

Duckie
I am an only child and I am pretty sure mine ends in D? Unless my mum isn't telling me something...
( TGB checking Off Topic is still shit at, Mon 29 Sep 2008, 22:09, Reply)

RD
I do indeed but they need paper proof of my number.

No-one in their right mind would believe my crazy sister walking in and confirming it's me.
She is crazy.

In a good way though.
(Lucy Van Pelt embracing ginlovers, Mon 29 Sep 2008, 22:10, Reply)

Mrs Bin
I dunno really - it's just something I noticed. I don't know if it's true all the time mind...

I also accidentally uncovered a skeleton in the closet of my ex's family with this method. I noticed that her dad's number ended in C when I was doing his tax return for him. I commented that this was unusual given that he only had one older brother. It was then that her grandma (who was in the room at the time) confessed to the older sister he never knew he had, who died before he was born.

Needless to say, the atmosphere was a little strange that afternoon...
( rubberduck should only be used after consulting with your GP, Mon 29 Sep 2008, 22:10, Reply)

As GB said
but she said it much better.

Also the last letter changes randomly. Never worked out why.
( Mrs Entity is in hiding., Mon 29 Sep 2008, 22:11, Reply)

@ Mrs L
You're dad only needs to get within 10 feet?

Impressive.
( Boss Keloid Got your mother's maiden name tattooed on my arm, Mon 29 Sep 2008, 22:11, Reply)

Randomness I can cope with Al
But my old boss used to have difficulty adjusting to company name changes so used to file things under old company names, like 10 -15 years ago.

Having to memorise the genealogy of numerous companies just so I could find a fucking file was not fun.
(SpunkyMcSpunkbubble Diddled your nubbin on, Mon 29 Sep 2008, 22:12, Reply)

I am an only child
He claims that he rolled over in his sleep once and she wouldn't let him get that close again in case they made another one of me!
( Mrs Entity is in hiding., Mon 29 Sep 2008, 22:13, Reply)

Strange
Mine is definitely D though.

I think I need to go scream. The guy who is supposed to be running a forum I am join admin on doesn't appear to have validated any new members for months.

*naughty words, blue air*
( TGB checking Off Topic is still shit at, Mon 29 Sep 2008, 22:16, Reply)

Hooray
I have found paper proof. I can now apply for a new card.
Panic over people!
(Lucy Van Pelt embracing ginlovers, Mon 29 Sep 2008, 22:20, Reply)

Al
A song just came on Winamp by a band called Clutch and the song was titled "Goat Warfare"

I thought of you.

Good news Lucy :)
( TGB checking Off Topic is still shit at, Mon 29 Sep 2008, 22:21, Reply)

w00t!!
Excellent.

Also: you should post your passport pic ;)
(Eds Meds Mathskillz=1,Socialskillz=0, Mon 29 Sep 2008, 22:21, Reply)

@edmund
My darling mother has described my passport photos as "eastern bloc murderess-esque".

She's right as well.
(Lucy Van Pelt embracing ginlovers, Mon 29 Sep 2008, 22:25, Reply)

haha
My drivers license is "chav-tastic" according to my friends *cries*

I look fairly normal in my passport one :p
( TGB checking Off Topic is still shit at, Mon 29 Sep 2008, 22:25, Reply)

Hello
today I am mostly angry. And anaemic.
( Madam Marlboro wonders if you've found her yet, Mon 29 Sep 2008, 22:28, Reply)

Quick I need
a Guinness over here for MM STAT!
( TGB checking Off Topic is still shit at, Mon 29 Sep 2008, 22:29, Reply)

TGB
Does Guiness really have iron in it?
( Madam Marlboro wonders if you've found her yet, Mon 29 Sep 2008, 22:31, Reply)

A small amount...
www.vhi.ie/experts/diet/diet_q242.jsp
( TGB checking Off Topic is still shit at, Mon 29 Sep 2008, 22:32, Reply)

MM
Oh noes!
That is a dangerous combination.

Have some green vegetables. Nom.
Or iron tablets if it's easier.

Would a hug be helpful? Not nutritionally valuable but good all the same.
(Lucy Van Pelt embracing ginlovers, Mon 29 Sep 2008, 22:32, Reply)

looks like
i'll be having weetabix with lamb and apricots for breakfast. Also, iron tablets are not in the correct form for the body to break down and use.

FACT.

And more FACT.

LvP- my mates not fucking each other would help. But a hug is more realistic, thank you x
( Madam Marlboro wonders if you've found her yet, Mon 29 Sep 2008, 22:33, Reply)

My mum
Has low iron levels as well and she's rubbish at taking her tablets.

I force feed her spinach. ha.

@MM - I read that about your friends. I'm sorry it's such a gash situation.
(Lucy Van Pelt embracing ginlovers, Mon 29 Sep 2008, 22:35, Reply)

Someone said
Broccoli had a higher iron content than spinach?

*googles*

EDIT: obviously they lied to me
www.vrg.org/nutrition/iron.htm
( TGB checking Off Topic is still shit at, Mon 29 Sep 2008, 22:36, Reply)

E European Murderess?
WTF? You are Rosa Klebb and I claim my £5!
(Eds Meds Mathskillz=1,Socialskillz=0, Mon 29 Sep 2008, 22:36, Reply)

Spinach doesn't have a very high iron content
the whole myth is because someone accidentally got a decimal place wrong. And peas have more iron than broccoli, according to Suggs.

EDIT: wikipedia Popeye the Sailor Man has a strong affinity for spinach, becoming much stronger after consuming it. This is partially due to the iron content being mistakenly reported ten times the actual value, a value that was rechecked during the 1930s, where it was revealed that the original German scientist had misplaced a decimal point in his calculations. In truth, spinach actually has about the same iron content as a lot of other vegetables, and even less than others. Cooked broccoli and cauliflower, for example, have almost double the iron content of spinach.[citation needed]
( Madam Marlboro wonders if you've found her yet, Mon 29 Sep 2008, 22:37, Reply)

Might I suggest a group hug
*offers hugs all round*
(Eds Meds Mathskillz=1,Socialskillz=0, Mon 29 Sep 2008, 22:38, Reply)

Edmund
I googled that and am not impressed.

It's a bloody bad photo though. A man on the Easyjet plane did a double take and sniggered at me.
Bastard.
(Lucy Van Pelt embracing ginlovers, Mon 29 Sep 2008, 22:38, Reply)

MM
well the second link is apparently from 2005 so you would have thought they would have corrected it if it was wrong!
( TGB checking Off Topic is still shit at, Mon 29 Sep 2008, 22:39, Reply)

Broccoli
Broccoli is the best vegetable ever. Nom. I could eat it forever.

Yummers!
(Lucy Van Pelt embracing ginlovers, Mon 29 Sep 2008, 22:39, Reply)

@LVP
On bended knee, I offer my most humble apologies and beg your mercy.

I DID manage to get sniggered at with an eight year old passport picture in Geneva some while ago though.
(Eds Meds Mathskillz=1,Socialskillz=0, Mon 29 Sep 2008, 22:40, Reply)

TGB
wikipedia says I win
( Madam Marlboro wonders if you've found her yet, Mon 29 Sep 2008, 22:41, Reply)

haha I am more than happy to let you win
:)
( TGB checking Off Topic is still shit at, Mon 29 Sep 2008, 22:41, Reply)

hooray!!!
That's up there with all my top 10 favourite facts.
( Madam Marlboro wonders if you've found her yet, Mon 29 Sep 2008, 22:43, Reply)

Ooh MM
Whats the number one fact then? ?I love crap facts.

Edmund - I may forgive you. I should really, the photo is super awful.
(Lucy Van Pelt embracing ginlovers, Mon 29 Sep 2008, 22:44, Reply)

Factoid
Mercury is both the hottest and coldest planet in the solar system as it's the only planet in the solar system that doesn't spin on it's axis, meaning that one side is constantly facing the sun and one is constantly facing away from it.
(Eds Meds Mathskillz=1,Socialskillz=0, Mon 29 Sep 2008, 22:48, Reply)

Ummmm
My brain just went all empty of fact. They may appear sporadically as they come back.


may not actually have a list

oooh an office desk has 400 times more bacteria than a toilet.
( Madam Marlboro wonders if you've found her yet, Mon 29 Sep 2008, 22:48, Reply)

Also
you have more than the average number of legs.
( Madam Marlboro wonders if you've found her yet, Mon 29 Sep 2008, 22:50, Reply)

@LVP
In consideration of your forgiveness and mercy I shall provide either jelly babies.
(Eds Meds Mathskillz=1,Socialskillz=0, Mon 29 Sep 2008, 22:50, Reply)

Right I am off to bed
Night all :)
( TGB checking Off Topic is still shit at, Mon 29 Sep 2008, 22:50, Reply)

Random Factoid The Second
Four planets in the solar system have naturally occurring "rings".

Jupiter (containing effluvia from the volcanoes of Io)

Saturn

Uranus (vertical rings - very unusual, very cool)

Neptune

Plus, Rhea (a Saturnian moon) also has rings. Also cool.
(Eds Meds Mathskillz=1,Socialskillz=0, Mon 29 Sep 2008, 22:53, Reply)

Do i?
Ooh leggy leggy me.

Right I'm off to bed too. I've tired myself out searching like a tit for that bloody piece of paper.

I shall return in the morning!

Sweet dreams all!
(Lucy Van Pelt embracing ginlovers, Mon 29 Sep 2008, 22:53, Reply)

Sweet dreams
LVP - and all, I'm off too.
(Eds Meds Mathskillz=1,Socialskillz=0, Mon 29 Sep 2008, 22:54, Reply)

Just you and me al
just you and me.
( Madam Marlboro wonders if you've found her yet, Mon 29 Sep 2008, 22:59, Reply)

You are so unimaginative alex
*sharpens baby*

*slices christmas*
( Madam Marlboro wonders if you've found her yet, Mon 29 Sep 2008, 23:02, Reply)

It's the sexual equivalent
or serving spaghetti bolognaise at a dinner party
( Madam Marlboro wonders if you've found her yet, Mon 29 Sep 2008, 23:06, Reply)

i have returned
just to say goodnight.

Goodnight
( Mrs Entity is in hiding., Mon 29 Sep 2008, 23:09, Reply)

night night xx

( Madam Marlboro wonders if you've found her yet, Mon 29 Sep 2008, 23:10, Reply)

If by viagra
you mean taped up squirrels, and by your naked body you mean launched into the air on the breath of a fanny fart, then yes.
( Madam Marlboro wonders if you've found her yet, Mon 29 Sep 2008, 23:15, Reply)

Yeah....
but the twine really hurts when they asplode
( Madam Marlboro wonders if you've found her yet, Mon 29 Sep 2008, 23:25, Reply)

thanks for posting that
while I am eating spaghetti bolognese.
(bamboozled Can hear you getting fatter, Mon 29 Sep 2008, 23:27, Reply)

If you like your penis mutilated
I shall let you be.


I have to go and read scripts now. But I made /board people put up seams horses, and they are funny.
( Madam Marlboro wonders if you've found her yet, Mon 29 Sep 2008, 23:28, Reply)

only just
how goes it?
(bamboozled Can hear you getting fatter, Mon 29 Sep 2008, 23:51, Reply)

Cidery?
A state I never want to be in.

Unfortunately just heading off to bed as well.

Have an early class tomorrow.
(bamboozled Can hear you getting fatter, Mon 29 Sep 2008, 23:59, Reply)

night then
I'm sure it was more fun than it sounds :)
(bamboozled Can hear you getting fatter, Tue 30 Sep 2008, 0:07, Reply)

Hello!
I'm back and ready to get on with some work.
Anyone about?
( Cawl, Tue 30 Sep 2008, 0:17, Reply)

Woo to you Kaol
Are you as awesome as ever this evening?
( djtrialprice, Tue 30 Sep 2008, 0:21, Reply)

I should say
that I most certainly am awesome myself. Why this evening I ironed a shirt in preparation of having to work in London tomorrow. Although I've completely failed to go to bed early so I will be zombified tomorrow morning.
( djtrialprice, Tue 30 Sep 2008, 0:23, Reply)

Yeah, not a bad night
Been heaving a van-load of wood around most of tonight, so I'm fucking knackered.
My body is, anyway.
My brain's awake, so just doing some design work :)
( Cawl, Tue 30 Sep 2008, 0:24, Reply)

Not yet it isn't
Gotta build a stage first.
*sighs*

That's for tomorrow night though.
And Thursday. And Friday.
I'm gonna be a state by the weekend.
( Cawl, Tue 30 Sep 2008, 0:28, Reply)

Hehe
You've been heaving wood, huh-huh-huh.

Sorry, I watched a Beavis & Butthead DVD this evening.

Night Kaol. Night ancrenne, good luck with the cravings.
( djtrialprice, Tue 30 Sep 2008, 0:29, Reply)

Night DJ!
Nice to meet you the other night, by the way :)
( Cawl, Tue 30 Sep 2008, 0:31, Reply)

My nearly new boss
looked at me aghast when I told him I hadn't possessed an iron for about ten years.

But I've never needed to... I'm not sure why, maybe I just THINK my clothes flat... I never look crumpled.
( warmfuzzies Isn't here, Tue 30 Sep 2008, 0:40, Reply)

Burning stuff is always worth it.
ALWAYS.

*grins*
( Cawl, Tue 30 Sep 2008, 0:41, Reply)

Petrol
A few pipe bombs, maybe.
*grins*
( Cawl, Tue 30 Sep 2008, 0:47, Reply)

hey ancrenne *huggles*
I did some cleaning work for a large and messy family last year. They had disabled twin girls and there was a LOT of laundry to do. I rejoiced when my employer said to me "I believe ironing is a pointless waste of life".

Bah... I should really go and do some stuff... the ex is coming over tomorrow and I can't let it look like I've let the housework go in his absence. Besides I have to get up early so I have time to primp myself in preparation, as I will obviously be attempting to seduce him.

In other news, this made me laugh rather a lot.
( warmfuzzies Isn't here, Tue 30 Sep 2008, 0:53, Reply)

Because
Petrol can taint the taste of your food, and is also more likely to "mushroom" when you light it.
Like in that video I showed you :)
( Cawl, Tue 30 Sep 2008, 1:07, Reply)

G'night
Ms. A.
I'm going to bed too, really sleepy.
Night anyone-who's-left!
( Cawl, Tue 30 Sep 2008, 1:17, Reply)

Night Kaol
And ancrenne - sorry I missed you, but yeah, and thanks *hugs*

*eats chips and gherkins at no-one*
( warmfuzzies Isn't here, Tue 30 Sep 2008, 1:20, Reply)