Morning folks
Come and get your early morning cup of vitriol here.


( chickenlady b3ta's very own Elizabeth Taylor, Wed 15 Oct 2008, 7:46, 422 replies, latest was 16 years ago)

I woke up early
And now feel in a filthy mood.

So it is with great cynicism and general bad temperedness that I ask....

What sort of mood are you in today.

Bugger me that's a dull question.

What puts you in a bad mood?

That's better, then you can all feel as pissed off as me.
( chickenlady b3ta's very own Elizabeth Taylor, Wed 15 Oct 2008, 7:49, Reply)

Good Morning!
All well miss chick?

Edit: Obviously not...Why so pissed off? I was reading The Book Thief on my way to work and now I'm feeling all pensive.
( wanderlust, Wed 15 Oct 2008, 7:50, Reply)

@chickenlady
Good morning!

Credit card schemes stringing me along and then at the last minute saying "Oh, I'm sorry, we don't have the budget for this, but it's a great idea".

Grr,
(Eds Meds Mathskillz=1,Socialskillz=0, Wed 15 Oct 2008, 7:53, Reply)

Everything is absolutely normal
It's just me that's pissed off.

Mainly because I haven't been able to climb for about a month because I was ill and that makes me put on weight and now I'm even pissed off about feeling pissed off.

Gah!
( chickenlady b3ta's very own Elizabeth Taylor, Wed 15 Oct 2008, 7:55, Reply)

The Book Thief
is an excellent book.

I'm currently reading The Tenderness of Wolves.
( chickenlady b3ta's very own Elizabeth Taylor, Wed 15 Oct 2008, 7:56, Reply)

Sounds familiar
I haven't run in two weeks due to a recurrence of a knee injury and I'm SOOOOOOOOOOOOO pissed off I can't describe it.
(Eds Meds Mathskillz=1,Socialskillz=0, Wed 15 Oct 2008, 7:56, Reply)

I just found a review for The Tenderness of Wolves
I shall have to read it after I've finished The Book Thief and then I, Lucifer.
( wanderlust, Wed 15 Oct 2008, 8:04, Reply)

Edmund
It's amazing how much exercise changes your mood. I haven't cycled in about three months because I've got a reoccurring hip problem which the dr says will just heal itself. Add to the kidney infection I had a few weeks back and therefore no energy to climb and it all makes me really, really pissed off and at least half a stone heavier than normal.
( chickenlady b3ta's very own Elizabeth Taylor, Wed 15 Oct 2008, 8:05, Reply)

And now I must leave for a bit
Kids to take to school and with any luck a doctor to see about the hip, again.

Catch y'all later!
( chickenlady b3ta's very own Elizabeth Taylor, Wed 15 Oct 2008, 8:06, Reply)

I'm in a bad mood after yesterday
Why is it that things always happen in threes?

The day didn't start well, as I spent most of it in Nuneaton. If Stratford upon Avon is the jewel in the crown of Warwickshire, then Nuneaton is the dangly bit of fluff hanging from the arse of Warwickshire.

Then, on the way back home, I managed to pick up a puncture in one of the rear tyres of my car - a puncture right next to the sidewall that couldn't be repaired. While I was looking at it, I noticed that the tyre on the other side was pretty damn close to the legal wear limit too. So, 2 new tyres later I was just over £500 lighter.

Then if that wasn't enough, I made myself a cheese toastie when I got in. Being an impatient sod, I started eating it right away only for a jet of superheated cheddar to squeeze out and onto my lip. I swear this stuff is an effective napalm substitute, as it immediately started burning and set solid almost on contact, taking half of the skin off my lower lip.

So here I am, £500 lighter and a scabby lip thanks to yesterday.

*grumps*

Hope today is better
( rubberduck should only be used after consulting with your GP, Wed 15 Oct 2008, 8:06, Reply)

Morning lovelies!
I'm in a fine, fine mood this morning!

*hands out lollipops*

No particular reason other than a good night's sleep and getting deeper into Zelda on the Wii. I lead a simple life.

I had half-price pheasant for dinner last night. Yum!
( Noeli overtheshoulderboulderholderthingstraplatchboobs, Wed 15 Oct 2008, 8:07, Reply)

@duck
If I had £1 for every time I'd eaten a cheese toastie too fast and burnt my lip. I'd have £3.
( wanderlust, Wed 15 Oct 2008, 8:15, Reply)

Firstly, good morning, all. I trust we're all good?
What puts me in a bad mood?

I'd have to say what puts me in a bad mood is when I think about the state of this country.

Now before I go off on a diatribe, I ought to clarify that I'm of an ethnic persuasion, so it should put my following comments into context.

I can't stand the way this country is going. There used to be a sense of community and a spirit of "let's work together". Now we have immigrants and homegrown scum claiming benefits and not working and contributing to society. We have gangs hanging around on street corners making people feel unsafe on their own streets.

There was also a time when people took a pride in what they did. "Made in the UK" was almost like a seal of quality, now, it's met witn derision. We had a thriving industry of manufacturing. But due to "saving money" they have been closed down and moved to lower cost countries (so the next time you buy something "Made in China/Poland/Latvia (delete as applicable)" because it's £5 cheaper, remember what the REAL cost is!). Now people buy foreign made goods and people lose jobs here.

Then, we have the opposite end of the scale, where, let's say, everyone in the UK was a productive member of society. They paid their taxes, bought British, and helped everyone form communties to work together. The government would screw the people over in a heartbeat. Spending taxpayers' money on expensive cars for them for "state visits" (cars which aren't even made in the UK!). Politicians being caught fiddling their expenses. Buying second homes with more tax money, because "it's closer to where I work" (whereas most people have to move house to be closer to work, rather than buy a second home). Then, the government will spend more money bailing out banks (approximate cost £300bn and rising) because the banks made bad investments. Any other industry (i.e MG Rover) would receive no money from the government and be told "that's laws of economics". But when a bank fails? "Have loads of money! You're so valuable to our economy!"

It pains me to see the UK turning into this. It used to be such a great country.

There are still decent people and decent communities around, but the scum are gradually out-numbering us.
(The Stig, Wed 15 Oct 2008, 8:17, Reply)

Good morning fellow b3tards
I'm in a top mood this morning, as I'm now well rested after a second full night's sleep.

My stomach is a bit grumbly though. May have to go upstairs and sort that out in a bit...sorry, you really didn't need to know that!
( K2k6 has a proper job these days, Wed 15 Oct 2008, 8:18, Reply)

Wow Stig thats harsh!
I'd say the genuine scum are a tiny minority of the people of this country. They're just more visible. To use a business analogy - you're much more likely to get a complaint than a compliment - ie. you're more likely to hear about benefit-sucking scum or notice chavs hanging around outside Subway than you are to hear about the normal, everyday people.

I think yours is quite a narrow view... we are nowhere near being outnumbered by scum.
( Noeli overtheshoulderboulderholderthingstraplatchboobs, Wed 15 Oct 2008, 8:26, Reply)

I don't read The Daily Mail
and I'm still in bed, so I'm in quite a good mood.
( thealternativefact, Wed 15 Oct 2008, 8:29, Reply)

@N03l
Don't get me wrong, I'd LOVE to be wrong on this one! I really do! But come and live in the South east and make that statement again. When you have places like Luton, Hull (not South east, I know!), Margate, Ramsgate, etc. It worries me. Even the town I live in is overrun with scum!

Even, that aside. the economic arguments rile me just as bad. Claiming benefits and not working (through laziness), nobody supporting local business, etc.

@Clendrix. I hate the Daily Mail (I like "The Independent"). But even they can be right sometimes.....unfortunately.
(The Stig, Wed 15 Oct 2008, 8:31, Reply)

Ooh!
Happy thoughts! :)

Morning clendrix!
( Noeli overtheshoulderboulderholderthingstraplatchboobs, Wed 15 Oct 2008, 8:32, Reply)

@ No3l
That sounds like the kind of thing a scummer would say. Pretty soon you'll be spending my hard earned tax money on fags and cider and stealing my girlfriend.
( wanderlust, Wed 15 Oct 2008, 8:32, Reply)

Karma? Bollocks.
I did a good thing yesterday (helped a woman on the train who'd fainted and waited with her at the station whilst the ambulance came) morning and was subconsciously hoping to get some form of karmic reward.

Did I buggery. Instead, my supposedly-new client decided to fcuk me over by saying "yes, yes all very interesting, all very exciting but we haven't got the budget for it". FFS! Couldn't you have told me this months ago?!
(Eds Meds Mathskillz=1,Socialskillz=0, Wed 15 Oct 2008, 8:34, Reply)

Stig
I've been lucky enough to live in a rural market town nearly my whole life, so I can't really comment on places I've not spent more than a day or so in.

But I'll reiterate that I firmly believe the vast majority of people in ANY town in the UK are hard-working, thoughtful, family-oriented and generally a nice bunch. The scum are, by far, the minority.

Edit: lusty, I'd like to think I'm not scum :) although I did spend a year signing-on once.
( Noeli overtheshoulderboulderholderthingstraplatchboobs, Wed 15 Oct 2008, 8:36, Reply)

Morning No3I and Lusty
I love to start the day with a cliched diatribe!
How are you both this fine morn?
( thealternativefact, Wed 15 Oct 2008, 8:37, Reply)

Hello
all. Just a small bad mood one for me - people who don't indicate when driving, or just when turning off a road.

Makes me weep devils blood on the way to work in the morning.
(Himjim died a little more inside on, Wed 15 Oct 2008, 8:37, Reply)

@N03l
Precisely! You haven't seen how much scum there is out there.

Anyway, I did write a disclaimer that there are hard working, good people left in this country.

It's just we disagree on the ratios, that's all. :O)
(The Stig, Wed 15 Oct 2008, 8:38, Reply)

*shrugs*
Stig,

I wouldn't say that there's any more scum now than there were in the past - they're perhaps just a bit more visible through the media that's all.

I spent the whole of my life up to the age of 18 living in one of the least salubrious parts of the UK (Stoke on Trent). Don't get me wrong, there WERE scum there, but they were just the loud, vocal minority. There were also a great number of people there that some people would consider to be scum, but the reality was that they'd committed no greater crime than having a lack of ambition and being full of pig-ignorance. Once you looked past that, they were fairly decent people.

Until fairly recently I lived in a suburb of Birmingham that neighboured one of the most notorious Birmingham hot-spots. Once again, I couldn't really see any reason for this other than a lack of ambition, and a touch of xenophobia by some people due to its extremely high ethnic minority population.

It's just one of those things that I feel is perhaps blown out of all proportion by the media. It's not a problem that's any worse now than at any point earlier in my life in my opinion.
( rubberduck should only be used after consulting with your GP, Wed 15 Oct 2008, 8:39, Reply)

Yes, there are plenty of scum around
but they are in the minority. Even in grotty cities. As was pointed out above, it's not the ordinary people whom you notice, it's the troublemakers.
( K2k6 has a proper job these days, Wed 15 Oct 2008, 8:41, Reply)

@rubberduck
I'd like to draw a line on this because it's a more volatile topic, than I gave it credit for.

I used to believe that it was blown out of proportion by the media. But the more I walk my town and other towns, the more I don't like what I see.

Maybe it's just the areas I go to, but I strongly believe there's more scum than there used to be.

@K26k

Morning, you brainy Jock, you! :O)
(The Stig, Wed 15 Oct 2008, 8:42, Reply)

Hello hello!
I am in a fairly good mood, I have a telephone interview at 9 and then I'm off to Swansea to visit my sister and see Dan Le Sac and Scroobius Pip. Aceness.

What pisses me off - currently, companies who don't give graduates a chance and try us out. I know unemployment is on the rise etc etc but if people don't give others a chance, how do they get the experience!
That's just my personal opinion and it is heavily biased by my own situation.

Other things that piss me off are pandas and bananas.
(Lucy Van Pelt embracing ginlovers, Wed 15 Oct 2008, 8:45, Reply)

@ No3l
I know you're not really scum my lamb.

@clendrix How are you this morning? I keep thinking about Saturday and having beer and drinking tea and eating sandwiches and being all posh. I'm going to wear my fancy hat to Kensington Palace. If I can find my satin opera gloves I shall wear them too.
( wanderlust, Wed 15 Oct 2008, 8:46, Reply)

This is indeed a subject blown out of all proportion by the media.
Fortunately, the majority of people can see this.

I hesitate to describe anybody as 'scum' (I'm not a Sun reader either), and I certainly don't think that the people described thus outnumber the good amongst us. Nowhere near.

Lusty - let's start the day as fine, upstanding citizens and finish it as worthless crap!
( thealternativefact, Wed 15 Oct 2008, 8:46, Reply)

Stig
Just because I've not lived all over the UK doesn't mean I haven't visited them, and had a generally lovely time everywhere I've been. In fact I've never had a bad experience anywhere I've been in this country.

I distinctly dislike the opinion that 'this country's going to the dogs', mutters of immigration and yob culture ruining society. Cos from what I see, it's sensationalist, ill-informed and just plain wrong.

So yeah, I'll happily let the ratio thing rest. I just feel that your view is skewed by your experience and you're not giving everyone a fair chance by being so narrow-minded.

This is my last post on the subject as I don't want to argue.

But things that make me angry?

This.
( Noeli overtheshoulderboulderholderthingstraplatchboobs, Wed 15 Oct 2008, 8:49, Reply)

clendrix.
That is the plan!
I'm going to see if I can smuggle a cream cake in my handbag to have with my pint of cider in the pub.
( wanderlust, Wed 15 Oct 2008, 8:51, Reply)

Lusty
Then I shall have my tongue in your clutch before the evening is out.
( thealternativefact, Wed 15 Oct 2008, 8:52, Reply)

Chickenlady
If you've put any weight on then I haven't noticed.

xxx
(Bicycle Repairman "you're also a bit of a wanker", Wed 15 Oct 2008, 8:53, Reply)

clendrix.
Just be careful my creamy delights don't end up all over your face instead of just in your mouth.
( wanderlust, Wed 15 Oct 2008, 8:55, Reply)

@Lusty
"Just be careful my creamy delights don't end up all over your face instead of just in your mouth."

*spluffs*

*files away sentence for future reference*
( K2k6 has a proper job these days, Wed 15 Oct 2008, 8:58, Reply)

Filthy mood
Hmmm... As this seems to be the place to vent spleen, I'll start by venting at the boringness of my job of late. I feel unchallenged and unvalued right now.

As for the world around me, I'll let others rant for me. Suffice it is to say that we live in a world of cretins. Cretins in government, cretins in banks, cretins on the streets and cretins in the media.

Otherwise, today is "hump" Wednesday - meaning it's the hump in the middle of the week and it's all downhill to the weekend when hopefully I'll be reunited with a very comely lady of my acquaintance and will be trying out Lucy Van Pelt's recipe for sweet potato curry.

That doesn't sound too bad to me.
(Bicycle Repairman "you're also a bit of a wanker", Wed 15 Oct 2008, 8:59, Reply)

PJM
I want feedback on the curry please! I hope you like it as much as I do.

ooooh, 2 minutes until telephone interview!
(Lucy Van Pelt embracing ginlovers, Wed 15 Oct 2008, 9:00, Reply)

K2k6
I meant cream cake! Nothing more. honest.
( wanderlust, Wed 15 Oct 2008, 9:04, Reply)

Did you?
Oh.

:(
( thealternativefact, Wed 15 Oct 2008, 9:05, Reply)

*rants like spoiled kid*
I want a better job!
I also want to move house.

I like the sound of cake too....
(Bicycle Repairman "you're also a bit of a wanker", Wed 15 Oct 2008, 9:06, Reply)

I'm currently eating
home-made steak and Murphy's pie. For breakfast.

And it's gooooood!
( Noeli overtheshoulderboulderholderthingstraplatchboobs, Wed 15 Oct 2008, 9:06, Reply)

LVP
Good luck with the telephone interview. *crosses fingers*

I always find them really strange - I just don't adapt well to not having the face-to-face aspect of a normal interview, and as such I've never had any success with them. Most other people don't really seem to have a problem though, and I hope you're one of them.

I suppose it must be a symptom of my crippling undiagnosed Aspergers or something ;)
( rubberduck should only be used after consulting with your GP, Wed 15 Oct 2008, 9:07, Reply)

Good morning all :)
Lots of things annoy me but I am all ranted out from yesterday so how about things that make me glee?

Chocolate
Cider
Hugs
( TGB checking Off Topic is still shit at, Wed 15 Oct 2008, 9:07, Reply)

PJM
WRT your missive to the Lady of Chickens, I am forced once again to quote the immortal Spymil.

"Grovelling little bastard"

:p
(osok Rebel without a clue, Wed 15 Oct 2008, 9:07, Reply)

From now on
I shall be popping over to No3l's house for breakfast each day.

Cereal and toast can just fuck off.
( thealternativefact, Wed 15 Oct 2008, 9:09, Reply)

clendrix
Of course I didn't really. I just didn't want K2k6 to think I was some kind cream filled hussy.
( wanderlust, Wed 15 Oct 2008, 9:11, Reply)

Ooh a girl in my house!
*TIDIES*
( Noeli overtheshoulderboulderholderthingstraplatchboobs, Wed 15 Oct 2008, 9:12, Reply)

Lusty
OK! Let's do it when he's not looking.
*giggles*

No need to tidy, No3l - just get your pies out.
( thealternativefact, Wed 15 Oct 2008, 9:12, Reply)

* Does the in-out thing before he sets off to work *
Hi.

Bye.
( mistaspakkaman and the inedible shifting caterpillars, Wed 15 Oct 2008, 9:16, Reply)

You dirty bastard, Spak.

( thealternativefact, Wed 15 Oct 2008, 9:19, Reply)

*chants at No3l*
Get your pies out for the girls, get your pies out for the girls
( TGB checking Off Topic is still shit at, Wed 15 Oct 2008, 9:21, Reply)

Get my pies out?
Yeah! Euphemism of the day!

They're meaty and full of gravy.
( Noeli overtheshoulderboulderholderthingstraplatchboobs, Wed 15 Oct 2008, 9:22, Reply)

Morning Folks
*huggles to all*

*flexes at clendrix*
( Boss Keloid Got your mother's maiden name tattooed on my arm, Wed 15 Oct 2008, 9:23, Reply)

Morning all
There's something depressing about this country, but I can't quite put my finger on it. I think I'm turning into Marvin. This is not good.
( jim_bob can herd cats., Wed 15 Oct 2008, 9:24, Reply)

morning all
sneezing like a cat allergic to itself today.

What pisses me off? Children and teenagers who don't do work/homework and come to class to be a cock. Luckily I can keep my temper mostly
(bamboozled Can hear you getting fatter, Wed 15 Oct 2008, 9:26, Reply)

Morning BK, piston (edit: and flesh!)
Piston, it's the weather. I swear, it's the bloody weather.
( Noeli overtheshoulderboulderholderthingstraplatchboobs, Wed 15 Oct 2008, 9:29, Reply)

No3l I may pass on those pies
I'm trying to cut back on my salt intake.
( TGB checking Off Topic is still shit at, Wed 15 Oct 2008, 9:30, Reply)

What pisses me off today
That it's two days til I go down to London.

And work isn't busy, so it's going to draaaaaaaggg!
( Boss Keloid Got your mother's maiden name tattooed on my arm, Wed 15 Oct 2008, 9:30, Reply)

He shoots he scores!
Just had a phone call. I went to a job interview last Monday. Got a call back saying they liked me and want me back for a second interview!

If this all goes well (finger crossed), I could be made redundant from my old job and transfer seamlessly into my new job and have a big, fat redundancy cheque from my job!
(The Stig, Wed 15 Oct 2008, 9:31, Reply)

Weather?
And banks.
And the economy
the trains
the media
chav culture
New Labour
The Tories
etc, etc...

Edit - good luck Stig!
(Bicycle Repairman "you're also a bit of a wanker", Wed 15 Oct 2008, 9:31, Reply)

Hello my lovlies
*Hugs* for everyone

I'm fine and chipper this morning. I'm putting it down to the fact that I slept more last night than I have done in weeks, a whole five hours. Woo and Yay for me.
(Herr Doktor Lemminge Is bored, so cheer me up!, Wed 15 Oct 2008, 9:31, Reply)

@ No31
More than likely it is the weather. I can't wait to start saving so I can get the fuck out of this benighted country.
( jim_bob can herd cats., Wed 15 Oct 2008, 9:32, Reply)

*beams at TGB*
So anyway... I always wondered, what's the score at these bashes? Do you call each other by your screen names or real names?

I can just imagine the look on bartenders faces if it's the former :)
( Noeli overtheshoulderboulderholderthingstraplatchboobs, Wed 15 Oct 2008, 9:34, Reply)

I want to go to the bash now
*sulks*

Not to see your pies though No3l before you say anything!
( TGB checking Off Topic is still shit at, Wed 15 Oct 2008, 9:36, Reply)

@No3l
Neither. We have bash-specific names. At the last Leam bash, I was neither my real name nor rubberduck, and was instead referred to as Jethro Black.

may be a lie
( rubberduck should only be used after consulting with your GP, Wed 15 Oct 2008, 9:36, Reply)

@PJM
thanks

@Piston Broke

I'm saving my money to buy a house in the Netherlands. I'll buy it up lock, stock, the lot, get a shelf stacking job to pay for the rest and spend the rest of my days smoking, drinking and being happy.


Pleasure.....I've forgotten what that feels like!

@N03l

When I went to my first bash, I refused to call anyone by their screenname. I wanted to know their real names. People seem happy enough to use screennames, but I don't like it.
(The Stig, Wed 15 Oct 2008, 9:36, Reply)

Bashes
Ah, you turn up and look around furtively for people who look like b3tans ought to look. Then you realise there is no stereotype. Rotating Wobbly Hat turned up with an etch a sketch bearing the legend "B3ta?"

First bash I went to everyone wore pink carnations to identify us.
(Bicycle Repairman "you're also a bit of a wanker", Wed 15 Oct 2008, 9:37, Reply)

You lazy sod, Dok...
whiling away your life asleep.

No3l - we tend to use real-life names unless someone has a particularly real-life friendly user name.

Thanks for the flex, Beekers!
( thealternativefact, Wed 15 Oct 2008, 9:37, Reply)

Hullo hullo
I'm in an angry mood today because the girl that works for me phoned in sick so now I'm in the shop by myself all day. Which admittedly means unlimited b3ta time without her watching me but also means I need to close the shop every time I want a pee.

How are you all?
(Holy Cremola Foam Batman will be back on, Wed 15 Oct 2008, 9:38, Reply)

I'd rather
I was called by my screen name.

Because my real name is Audrey.

*edit* But obviously Beekers is fine!
( Boss Keloid Got your mother's maiden name tattooed on my arm, Wed 15 Oct 2008, 9:40, Reply)

Drixy
There's not a lot to do in the wilds of Saaaaarrrrffffff Laaaaandaaaaan in the middle of the night, well nothing that doesn't involve shooting or stabbing.

Boss, but Audrey is such a fine name.
(Herr Doktor Lemminge Is bored, so cheer me up!, Wed 15 Oct 2008, 9:41, Reply)

Duckie I am going to call you Jethro now!
Batman you'll just have to hold it in!
( TGB checking Off Topic is still shit at, Wed 15 Oct 2008, 9:42, Reply)

I shan't be attending this one
It clashes with daughter time. But rest assured I'll turn up to one soon... especially if it'd be fun to hitch-hike to.
( Noeli overtheshoulderboulderholderthingstraplatchboobs, Wed 15 Oct 2008, 9:42, Reply)

Ah, pleasure
I have indeed forgotten what that is like. My plan- beach, palm trees, TEFL.

The work to get there? 9 months slog in a 2nd job with the savings going straight into my account.
( jim_bob can herd cats., Wed 15 Oct 2008, 9:43, Reply)

@ No3l
Imagine if you got picked up by a B3tan while hitch-hiking.

Oh, the tales you could tell!
( Boss Keloid Got your mother's maiden name tattooed on my arm, Wed 15 Oct 2008, 9:43, Reply)

@TGB
You're just bitter that your bash name was Gordon...
( rubberduck should only be used after consulting with your GP, Wed 15 Oct 2008, 9:44, Reply)

TGB
Morning *hugs*

If I hold it in I'll blow up and then there would be weewee all over the shop which is never good.

I'd quite like to be called Batman when I attend a bash. Or Holy actually. Or just a random combination of all the words in my name actually.
(Holy Cremola Foam Batman will be back on, Wed 15 Oct 2008, 9:45, Reply)

@BK
Seriously, your name is Audrey?!
(The Stig, Wed 15 Oct 2008, 9:46, Reply)

@ Stig
Only at weekends.

While watching Sharpe.
( Boss Keloid Got your mother's maiden name tattooed on my arm, Wed 15 Oct 2008, 9:47, Reply)

Duckie I think you mean
Flash ah ahhhhhh Gordon.
( TGB checking Off Topic is still shit at, Wed 15 Oct 2008, 9:47, Reply)

Heh BK
It's crossed my mind to wear a b3ta teeshirt while hitch-hiking before.

Never scraped together enough to buy one tho :(
( Noeli overtheshoulderboulderholderthingstraplatchboobs, Wed 15 Oct 2008, 9:49, Reply)

Good morning.
@Chickenlady, I'm in a bad mood also. I'm slightly hung over and shouting at inanimate objects with gusto.

I don't want to play at being a grown up any more.
( girlinthehole, Wed 15 Oct 2008, 9:49, Reply)

BK
Sharpe? Again? Dude this is getting a bit creepy...
(Holy Cremola Foam Batman will be back on, Wed 15 Oct 2008, 9:50, Reply)

Gid Moaning!
Right:

I'm with No31. It's very simple to insist that Britain is 'Broken', or that it's going to the dogs, or to cry that it's populated by cider drinking hoodies who smack each other up with heroin while they stab each other in the guts.

However, I live in the Capital city. Even better, I live in the East End, where you'd expect trouble to be rife.

I find (and I have lived in the North, in the Countryside, and in other countries), that people will always be people. For the most part, they are accomodating, friendly and proud people. And, as with many things, it is the tiny minority of people (and the analogy can be applied elsewhere) who give the majority a bad name.

So that's what puts me in a bad mood. If people (the media, the people that swallow the headlines) keep crying out about how awful Britain is, then it might just turn that way. Perhaps if we all tried being a bit more positive, then we could attempt to have a positive impact on the bad stuff that does happen in our society. If we constantly paint all young people as being blood-crazy hooligans, it's not going to get us anywhere (I use this as just one example).

Britain is great. You British should be proud of it!

/ends rant.

We all well today?
( Devil_In_Tights the *real* DiT!, Wed 15 Oct 2008, 9:53, Reply)

Just wondering
If you were being intimate with a fellow b3tan, would it be weird to call out their user name?
( wanderlust, Wed 15 Oct 2008, 9:53, Reply)

Batman
Don't fight your secret love for Sharpe anymore. It's ok. You can admit he is hot, you're among friends here *hugs*

Lusty I think that depends on the B3tan.
( TGB checking Off Topic is still shit at, Wed 15 Oct 2008, 9:53, Reply)

Lusty
Hell no.
Although I'd probably get the giggles.

Hey everyone! I did so well in my telephone interview that they've booked me a face to face interview for tomorrow! whoop whoop!
(Lucy Van Pelt embracing ginlovers, Wed 15 Oct 2008, 9:55, Reply)

Well said DiT!
I couldn't agree more,
(Herr Doktor Lemminge Is bored, so cheer me up!, Wed 15 Oct 2008, 9:56, Reply)

@wanderlust.
*makes note for future reference should she find herself in bed with fellow b3tan doing the horizontal two-step*
( girlinthehole, Wed 15 Oct 2008, 9:56, Reply)

Yay for Lucy :)
congrats
( TGB checking Off Topic is still shit at, Wed 15 Oct 2008, 9:56, Reply)

Lusty
I would think that it would depend on the B3tan in question.
(Herr Doktor Lemminge Is bored, so cheer me up!, Wed 15 Oct 2008, 9:57, Reply)

@ Lusty
I don't know.

Yours might work!

"Oooh, Lusty!!!!"

:P
( Boss Keloid Got your mother's maiden name tattooed on my arm, Wed 15 Oct 2008, 9:57, Reply)

@Lusty
I think it would be downright creepy to use one's screenname!

Do people use their nicknames in bed?!
(The Stig, Wed 15 Oct 2008, 9:58, Reply)

Well done LVP!
You're obviously much better at the telephone thing than I am...

*crosses everything for LVP tomorrow*
( rubberduck should only be used after consulting with your GP, Wed 15 Oct 2008, 9:58, Reply)

TGB
Yeah who am I kidding I can't fight it.

Congratulations Lucy, that's great! Good luck in your face to face one.

Yeah I think it would be weird wanderlust. Speaking of b3tans hooking up, does anyone know what happened with Stumoo and that girl that asked him out? I'll try find the thread from a few weeks back.
(Holy Cremola Foam Batman will be back on, Wed 15 Oct 2008, 9:59, Reply)

@ Lucy *hugs*
Best of luck.

You will get this one!
( Boss Keloid Got your mother's maiden name tattooed on my arm, Wed 15 Oct 2008, 10:00, Reply)

hehe
Yeah calling out "lemminge" may be a bit weird!
*thinks of bizarre user names*
*wonders what Labiamajora would say if he were here...*

*sniggers*
*gets funny look from boss*
( TGB checking Off Topic is still shit at, Wed 15 Oct 2008, 10:00, Reply)

Ahem.

( Noeli overtheshoulderboulderholderthingstraplatchboobs, Wed 15 Oct 2008, 10:01, Reply)

And clearly
"Fuck me Beekers!" would be blatantly awesome!
( Boss Keloid Got your mother's maiden name tattooed on my arm, Wed 15 Oct 2008, 10:01, Reply)

LvP
Great news there, you'll do brilliantly.
(Herr Doktor Lemminge Is bored, so cheer me up!, Wed 15 Oct 2008, 10:02, Reply)

I'm back - albeit briefly before I do some work
And no, PJM and I don't call out our b3ta names - that would be weird.

Much better to stick to Snufflybottomkins.
( chickenlady b3ta's very own Elizabeth Taylor, Wed 15 Oct 2008, 10:03, Reply)

@BK
HAHAHAHAHAHA.

If only they knew....
( wanderlust, Wed 15 Oct 2008, 10:03, Reply)

Britain is good...
I just want to travel for a while.
( jim_bob can herd cats., Wed 15 Oct 2008, 10:03, Reply)

No3L
I'm reading that as No Thrill now. :)
(oneinthepink is at your cervix m'lady, Wed 15 Oct 2008, 10:04, Reply)

snufflybottomkins
Since when has my bottom been snuffly?
(Bicycle Repairman "you're also a bit of a wanker", Wed 15 Oct 2008, 10:06, Reply)

@ Lusty
i think they probably do now:P
( Boss Keloid Got your mother's maiden name tattooed on my arm, Wed 15 Oct 2008, 10:06, Reply)

Thanks!
It's for the same company that Mr VP works for, only in their centre here in wiltshire. If I worked my ass off I could get promoted to do a similar job to what he does in London.
either way, it's good for the CV and better than the dole!
(Lucy Van Pelt embracing ginlovers, Wed 15 Oct 2008, 10:07, Reply)

And what's the problem with Screennames all of a sudden?
At my first bash, we all used our screennames at first. Many people call me tightly rather than my real name. I don't care. These people are still my friends. I know all of the names, I just choose to use the screenname.

It really doesn't matter.

That said, I don't think I would if I had hopped on the good foot and done the bad thing with one of you. ;)
( Devil_In_Tights the *real* DiT!, Wed 15 Oct 2008, 10:07, Reply)

Ooh! Look! Look! Our first Domestic!
And all carried out online!

Wow...we can save it and look back it in years to come.


Awww.


*vomits*
( chickenlady b3ta's very own Elizabeth Taylor, Wed 15 Oct 2008, 10:08, Reply)

@ Stig
Going back to your politicians buy expensive cars...



The limo i am currently in possession of was £33,000 in 1984. More than double the cost of my Dad's first house in the same year.

It was for the Mayor of Poole for his 'state visits'
(Ethelred is watching cheese grow, Wed 15 Oct 2008, 10:08, Reply)

Using screen names
makes me feel like I'm part of a secret club.
( wanderlust, Wed 15 Oct 2008, 10:11, Reply)

@Ethelred
Dude, you're talking about cars and politics, 2 subjects which I'm forbidden to talk about.

I'm sticking to less inflammatory subjects.....like Religion! And why people are called things like "Snufflybottomkins"......

Screennames are good because we can pick the name we want. Something which will reflect our personality or what we like.

When we're children, our parents decide that. We have no say in the matter! So on balance, screennames are better.....!
(The Stig, Wed 15 Oct 2008, 10:12, Reply)

TGB
Screaming Doktor would be fine.

There are a few names that would be fine, but most of them would just be so wrong, and probably end up in fits of laughter.

EDIT Lusty, is tht 'Secret Club' as in 'Cult'?
(Herr Doktor Lemminge Is bored, so cheer me up!, Wed 15 Oct 2008, 10:12, Reply)

I blame Kaol
and his secret underhand campaign to get people to call me No 31 :)

It's quite sweet really.
( Noeli overtheshoulderboulderholderthingstraplatchboobs, Wed 15 Oct 2008, 10:13, Reply)

@ Lucy
That's ace, I'm sure this is the one!

@Lusty

I would be more than happy to have Beekers as a real-life nickname.
I don't have a nickname, people just shorten my name. That's rubbish:(
( Boss Keloid Got your mother's maiden name tattooed on my arm, Wed 15 Oct 2008, 10:13, Reply)

@ wander
It is secret! *winks*

Stig:

I'm sorry, how about talking about fluffeh meeses?
(Ethelred is watching cheese grow, Wed 15 Oct 2008, 10:14, Reply)

*pushes Ethelred into a muddy puddle*
har har!

Nothing wrong with screenames, if I ever get down Laaandaaaan way you can all call me Queen Grammar Badger the third.
( TGB checking Off Topic is still shit at, Wed 15 Oct 2008, 10:14, Reply)

Cream Gammy Badger the Turd
Would suit better :P
(Ethelred is watching cheese grow, Wed 15 Oct 2008, 10:16, Reply)

hahaha
you bastard :p
( TGB checking Off Topic is still shit at, Wed 15 Oct 2008, 10:17, Reply)

@Ethelred
Nah.....but screennames are interesting.

I like the one I chose. But others do have good screennames too. Take "Big Girl's Blouse" I think that's a cracker!

"Herr Doktor Lemminge" is a good one, too. But I'd drop the final "e" and make it "Lemming".

Goodness me, I loved that game "Lemmings"!
(The Stig, Wed 15 Oct 2008, 10:17, Reply)

Dons Hip Cat Shades
and *smugs*

Pwned!!!!11one.

All the Lemmings games rocked until the 3D one :( (same as Worms)

I had Lemmings on my phone, I'll have to dig that out to sit alongside Quake :P
(Ethelred is watching cheese grow, Wed 15 Oct 2008, 10:18, Reply)

Stig brings up a good point there...
If you could have chosen your name, what would you have called yourself?

Apparently, when I was about seven, my Mum came home to find me crying.

"What's wrong, sweetheart?" said she.

"Why didn't you call me PERCY?" I wailed.

Lord knows why, but when I was seven I wanted to be called Percy. I even wrote it on my Pencil Case, and that's commitment.
( Devil_In_Tights the *real* DiT!, Wed 15 Oct 2008, 10:18, Reply)

Nah, Stig
Leave it as Lemminge.

That way I can still refer to him as Dr Minge :)
( K2k6 has a proper job these days, Wed 15 Oct 2008, 10:18, Reply)

@Dok
I don't mean cult, it just makes me feel like I'm a spy. I always wanted to be a spy. The kind who wears long coats and has a cigarette holder and doesn't do much actual spying but just sits around in bars looking glamorous.
( wanderlust, Wed 15 Oct 2008, 10:19, Reply)

I think I'm going to change my username
From the wholly unimaginative "PJM" to "snufflybottomkins"
(Bicycle Repairman "you're also a bit of a wanker", Wed 15 Oct 2008, 10:20, Reply)

I'd call myself.....
....."Matty". I always liked that name. Or "Andrew".

@K26k

I'm killing myself laughing now! :O)
(The Stig, Wed 15 Oct 2008, 10:20, Reply)

Percy
always reminds me of the senseless gibbering idiot in the Blackadder series :)
( Noeli overtheshoulderboulderholderthingstraplatchboobs, Wed 15 Oct 2008, 10:23, Reply)

I like my name
And I am for you changing your name PJM!
( TGB checking Off Topic is still shit at, Wed 15 Oct 2008, 10:24, Reply)

Hahah
There are some certain... similarities! ;)


A lump of purest Green!
( Devil_In_Tights the *real* DiT!, Wed 15 Oct 2008, 10:25, Reply)

I'd like to have been called
Dr Xavier Columbus Chuffmongler III, esq.

Has a fashionable ring to it.
( Noeli overtheshoulderboulderholderthingstraplatchboobs, Wed 15 Oct 2008, 10:27, Reply)

morning all!
how goes it?

Percy, it looks like you've sneezed!
(happylittletulip helpless and delicious, Wed 15 Oct 2008, 10:29, Reply)

Yeah I quite like my name
too. It's Andrew which apparently means masculine in Greek. Or so they say.

I was almost called Norman though which wouldn't have been much fun.

As for nick names my family call me Susan because the Doctor thought I was a girl until I was born and that's the name my parents chose. When they saw my cock they were a bit surprised. My dad was furious as he had spent ages making me room pink.
(Holy Cremola Foam Batman will be back on, Wed 15 Oct 2008, 10:29, Reply)

@ Al
Were you the cause of the accident? Did you stand on a bridge and pose?
(Ethelred is watching cheese grow, Wed 15 Oct 2008, 10:31, Reply)

Ooh new people influx
Al: I dunno but I would be for an afternoon thread as my refresh rate is pants

Ancrenne! *hugs* And well said

HLT! *hugs*
( TGB checking Off Topic is still shit at, Wed 15 Oct 2008, 10:32, Reply)

*stands guard for grumpy crocuses*
Morning hlt, Ancrenne!
( Noeli overtheshoulderboulderholderthingstraplatchboobs, Wed 15 Oct 2008, 10:33, Reply)

Lusty
So you want to be a Mata Hari type person, that would be soooooo cool.

K2 you can call me that, it's one of the reasons I chose it.

Stig the other reason is because I was given it as a nickname when that game came out, and Lemminge is German for Lemming.

The final reason is that I kept Lemmings as pets for a while.
(Herr Doktor Lemminge Is bored, so cheer me up!, Wed 15 Oct 2008, 10:33, Reply)

Hey Tulip
I pined for ice cream last night.

You got my hopes up!
( Boss Keloid Got your mother's maiden name tattooed on my arm, Wed 15 Oct 2008, 10:34, Reply)

We seem to be a bit more loquacious at the moment
Yesterday we reached 500 in the day thread. It's easily going to get to that at this rate.
( K2k6 has a proper job these days, Wed 15 Oct 2008, 10:34, Reply)

Probably as work is so slow everywhere
Well mine is *Watches tumbleweed go past*
( TGB checking Off Topic is still shit at, Wed 15 Oct 2008, 10:36, Reply)

Hello ancrenne!
*hugs*

I shall have to do some tube navigating on Saturday when I decide how to spend my afternoon. Possibly the V and A could be a shout!
( Boss Keloid Got your mother's maiden name tattooed on my arm, Wed 15 Oct 2008, 10:37, Reply)

Morning
Miss crenne and HLT, hope today finds both of you well.
(Herr Doktor Lemminge Is bored, so cheer me up!, Wed 15 Oct 2008, 10:37, Reply)

Hullo Ancrenne!
You could prolly walk it from Shoreditch.

Otherwise, walk down to Liverpool Street, and get the Eastbound Central Line to Bethnal Green.

Easy!
( Devil_In_Tights the *real* DiT!, Wed 15 Oct 2008, 10:38, Reply)

I'm still in a bad mood.
*goes away again*







*hugs ancrenne*
( girlinthehole, Wed 15 Oct 2008, 10:39, Reply)

good morning my lovely peoples
miss 'crenne, dr minge, HCFB, Miss badger, mr keloid, tightly, k2, miss blouse and everyone!

the ice cream was lovely and honeycomby and soothy thank you beekers!
(happylittletulip helpless and delicious, Wed 15 Oct 2008, 10:39, Reply)

@ ancrenne
Likewise!

I'm going to pack tonight as Thursday is quiz night and I'm heading down after work Friday.

I could spend all afternoon in pub, but then I'd be mashed by the time the Bash started. And, as I'm sure Lusty and Lucy could testify, having to navigate a drunk BK up Oxford Street at 6pm is a bit tricky.

*edit* @ Tulip
bah! *jealouses*
( Boss Keloid Got your mother's maiden name tattooed on my arm, Wed 15 Oct 2008, 10:40, Reply)

@Dok
Sort of, only less of the exotic dancing and violent husband.
( wanderlust, Wed 15 Oct 2008, 10:41, Reply)

@No3L
and there are no angry crocuses (crocii?) today, hup hup huzah!
(happylittletulip helpless and delicious, Wed 15 Oct 2008, 10:42, Reply)

Morning all
Nothing is pissing me off today which makes a nice change.

Onthe name front I think I would, and have, answer to just about anything apart from Wayne. I don't know why, I just don't like the name. (Sorry to any Waynes out there)
(Pirate Monkey is not the goddamn Batman, Wed 15 Oct 2008, 10:43, Reply)

@Al
Big words FTW.

@tulip - couldn't you just have misappropriated some ice cream from your theatre shop last night? I'm sure you could call it staff discount.

100% staff discount.
( K2k6 has a proper job these days, Wed 15 Oct 2008, 10:43, Reply)

*plays fanfare*
good morning al and ethel!

good morning to you althegeordie and ethelred!

it's althegeordie AND ETHELRED!

yay!

*leaps upon*

edit - hopes no-one will notice sneaky edit. oh.
(happylittletulip helpless and delicious, Wed 15 Oct 2008, 10:43, Reply)

@ Al
Yeah, people always seem to miss me out.

*complexes*
(Ethelred is watching cheese grow, Wed 15 Oct 2008, 10:43, Reply)

@k2k6
well I could, but we charge £1.50 for a tiny...

*runs to freezer to check amount*

...100ml pot, whereas I got a whole litre of Mackie's Honeycomb icecream for 2p less than that at tesco.

woo!
(happylittletulip helpless and delicious, Wed 15 Oct 2008, 10:45, Reply)

@HLT
Yea, but if you'd stolen it, you'd have saved £1.48!

Admittedly you'd have to have stolen a lot to make it sufficiently nomworthy.
( K2k6 has a proper job these days, Wed 15 Oct 2008, 10:48, Reply)

Lusty
And of course the whole execution for being a double agent, I think that would put a crimp in your social life as well.
(Herr Doktor Lemminge Is bored, so cheer me up!, Wed 15 Oct 2008, 10:49, Reply)

@ Al
You would have 5 handy mouthful sized lumps of ice cream to place strategically!

*heart flutter*
(Ethelred is watching cheese grow, Wed 15 Oct 2008, 10:51, Reply)

oh lordy
now I'M thinking about misuse of ice cream.
(happylittletulip helpless and delicious, Wed 15 Oct 2008, 10:53, Reply)

I'm not a fan of ice cream
And spluffy ice cream appeals even less.
yuk.
(Lucy Van Pelt embracing ginlovers, Wed 15 Oct 2008, 10:59, Reply)

LvP
Whipped?



cream
(Ethelred is watching cheese grow, Wed 15 Oct 2008, 11:00, Reply)

Al
He is. We have a marvellous agreement where if he has any cookie dough ice cream, I get the cookie dough and he gets the ice cream.
It's all about the compromise.
(Lucy Van Pelt embracing ginlovers, Wed 15 Oct 2008, 11:01, Reply)

That sounds like an awful compromise, Lucy!
Cookie Dough FTW!
( Devil_In_Tights the *real* DiT!, Wed 15 Oct 2008, 11:03, Reply)

Al
Yes, we have similar agreements to that as well.
I am very territorial of chipsticks so I have to buy Mr VP some other crisp based distraction so he'll leave me in peace with them.
(Lucy Van Pelt embracing ginlovers, Wed 15 Oct 2008, 11:06, Reply)

I don't bother buying cookie dough ice cream
I just make cookie dough.

And then eat a spoonful before cooking them and turning them into cookies.

does that make them "uncookies", then? or "rawies"?
(happylittletulip helpless and delicious, Wed 15 Oct 2008, 11:06, Reply)

Woohooo
I'll have internet in my flat tomorrow for the first time in years, that's going to be even more time spent on b3ta, hoooray! Thought you would like to know.

I'm off for a smoke to celebrate.
(Holy Cremola Foam Batman will be back on, Wed 15 Oct 2008, 11:07, Reply)

@ al
Yeh, but in that situation, you get to play the Indiana Jones game where you get to pretend you're Indiana Jones, robbing a sacred chip or two then scarpering before a marauding pack of Mrs als tear you limb from limb.

Or is that just me?
(Pirate Monkey is not the goddamn Batman, Wed 15 Oct 2008, 11:07, Reply)

I don't like chips
So you can have mine Al :p
( TGB checking Off Topic is still shit at, Wed 15 Oct 2008, 11:07, Reply)

Dammit
I fancy some ice cream now.

I may even eat it.
( K2k6 has a proper job these days, Wed 15 Oct 2008, 11:08, Reply)

In sad news
I took the drastic step and shaved of my beard this morning. Now when I go outside my face is cold :(
(Herr Doktor Lemminge Is bored, so cheer me up!, Wed 15 Oct 2008, 11:09, Reply)

Dok
Why?
( thealternativefact, Wed 15 Oct 2008, 11:10, Reply)

@Dr Minge
You do realise that you've just removed yourself from wanderlust's Christmas card list?
( K2k6 has a proper job these days, Wed 15 Oct 2008, 11:10, Reply)

@ K2
and no doubt her lustful bean dreams
(Ethelred is watching cheese grow, Wed 15 Oct 2008, 11:13, Reply)

Dok
I will pretend I didn't read that.

K2k6. I can draw another one back on for him. This also means I get to touch his face. Yay!
( wanderlust, Wed 15 Oct 2008, 11:13, Reply)

TGB
You don't like chips? But... but.... but...

*dies a little inside*
( Devil_In_Tights the *real* DiT!, Wed 15 Oct 2008, 11:14, Reply)

Drixy
I felt like a change, and it was getting too mant grey hairs in it. Christ the only grey hairs I get and they have to be in my beard!

K2, It'll grow back by then (I hope), and I may even dye it to get rid of the grey!
(Herr Doktor Lemminge Is bored, so cheer me up!, Wed 15 Oct 2008, 11:15, Reply)

@lusty
My current mental image is of you wielding a huge black marker pen on Dr Minge's chin!
( K2k6 has a proper job these days, Wed 15 Oct 2008, 11:18, Reply)

mushy peas and waffles?
I will eat a few chips if there isn't any alternative but I wouldn't ever go "ooh I really want chips"

I don't really like battered fish either and prefer breadcrumbs
( TGB checking Off Topic is still shit at, Wed 15 Oct 2008, 11:18, Reply)

@ TGB
not like chips? how can you not like chips?


oddball.
(happylittletulip helpless and delicious, Wed 15 Oct 2008, 11:18, Reply)

I don't like chips
either.

I usually have smiley faces instead. With alphabety spaghetti so I can give them all names.
(Holy Cremola Foam Batman will be back on, Wed 15 Oct 2008, 11:20, Reply)

Batman
We're made for each other, please marry me and get us some spaghetti hoops.

Hi everybody!

EDIT You're a weirdo for not liking chips, but alphabites, smiles and alphabetti spaghetti rock in a way that nothing else can even compare to.
( Bert Monkeysex is waiting for the mods to delete him, Wed 15 Oct 2008, 11:21, Reply)

Bert
I called dibbs on Batman first! So hands off.
We're going to skip down the road wearing our mittens and bobble hats.
( wanderlust, Wed 15 Oct 2008, 11:23, Reply)

Blimey, it's Bert!
I can take or leave chips. Most places sell crap ones.

Oven chips are shit.
( thealternativefact, Wed 15 Oct 2008, 11:23, Reply)

@ HCFB
That sounds like so much fun!

Can I come and have tea at yours please?

edit: hello Bert! *snoggles*
(happylittletulip helpless and delicious, Wed 15 Oct 2008, 11:25, Reply)

Ooooo face drawing
Lusty I promise I won't shave again, for another long while, but the beard does make me look old, especialy the grey bits.

Al's dissapointed with me. *cries*

I'll grow it back honest, I may even go for a different style this time.
(Herr Doktor Lemminge Is bored, so cheer me up!, Wed 15 Oct 2008, 11:26, Reply)

Hi al, HLT, lusty and clendrix!

...al, I may occasionally flirt with every b3tan going, but you know that you're special to me.
( Bert Monkeysex is waiting for the mods to delete him, Wed 15 Oct 2008, 11:26, Reply)

Sorry Bert
As appealing as you are wanderlust is correct, she called me first. We're going to have matching hats and everything.

Sometimes, just sometimes mind, if I'm feeling really adventerous I have smiley faces with spaghetti and sausages and I give them bodies AND hair. It's awesome. The only thing you can do with hoops is give them glasses but then I feel guilty for eating a specky face.


EDIT Al, what ever happened to the badge you were going to make for P.E.D.O? I could be the official chef. Magic.


HLT Of course you can! I'm absolutely brilliant at putting spaghetti in the microwave and cooking smiley faces. My timing is perfect.
(Holy Cremola Foam Batman will be back on, Wed 15 Oct 2008, 11:26, Reply)

I like chips
although I only eat them maybe once a week. Often with fish. Battered or breadcrumbed, it doesn't matter.

*mouth waters*

Edit@HCFB - Food anthropomorphism, eh? The closest I've come to that is having toast soldiers with my boiled egg!
( K2k6 has a proper job these days, Wed 15 Oct 2008, 11:27, Reply)

Hey bert!
I can take or leave chips too.

Mash is the way forward!

*noms*
( Boss Keloid Got your mother's maiden name tattooed on my arm, Wed 15 Oct 2008, 11:27, Reply)

Batman
I can offer you so much more than wanderlust ever could though. I've got spiderman pants, an army of goats to felch, SUPER MONKEYSEX powers and small, very smooth hands to fist you with.
( Bert Monkeysex is waiting for the mods to delete him, Wed 15 Oct 2008, 11:28, Reply)

@ HCFB
goody, it's a date

I'll bring jelly and icecream and party hats and games.

edit and I'm much, much prettier than Bert.
(happylittletulip helpless and delicious, Wed 15 Oct 2008, 11:31, Reply)

hi bert
Oh i am so giddy with the thought of not being on the dole anymore.
whoopdewhoop.

And this talk of chips is making me hungry.
Personally, I will eat chips, waffles, smiley faces, alphabites or mash. As long as there is no fish or banana involved I'm all in.
(Lucy Van Pelt embracing ginlovers, Wed 15 Oct 2008, 11:32, Reply)

Bert
Spiderman pants eh? What worries me is you would start shouting "go web, go!" and flinging your jizz in my eye whilst wearing those. Although your tiny hands would make my cock look massive...

I'm going to stay with wanderlust I'm afraid. She shares my love for winter clothing.

HLT woohoo! What games are you going to bring? I want to play Twister, man I love that game.
(Holy Cremola Foam Batman will be back on, Wed 15 Oct 2008, 11:33, Reply)

I sense the tone has been lowered....
*sees Bert*

Ahhhh Hey Bert. /ernie voice
( TGB checking Off Topic is still shit at, Wed 15 Oct 2008, 11:34, Reply)

Lucy
I think I missed something while on my way to work - did the telephone interview result in a job?
( thealternativefact, Wed 15 Oct 2008, 11:34, Reply)

@Bert
I HAVE BOOBS.
I win.
( wanderlust, Wed 15 Oct 2008, 11:35, Reply)

Clendrix
It's not a job offer but they were so pleased they have arranged an interview for tomorrow and I will find out the result by Monday.

It's working for the same company as Mr VP and it's a call centre. It's less money than other stuff but my dad has just told me if I get the job he will get me an old banger so I can get there.
(Lucy Van Pelt embracing ginlovers, Wed 15 Oct 2008, 11:36, Reply)

It's true Bert
She does win due to boobage (and love of knitted hats)

*snogs wanderlust*

Sorry about that!
(Holy Cremola Foam Batman will be back on, Wed 15 Oct 2008, 11:36, Reply)

humph
I've got boobs too you know.

And a chocolate tabletop version of twister.

And a dickhead game from Ann Summers.

I'll just have to find someone else to play with then.
(happylittletulip helpless and delicious, Wed 15 Oct 2008, 11:38, Reply)

*sticks hand in air*
If no-one else wants to play with you, HLT...

Edit@al - rather than using the "img src" tag, use the "a href" tag.
( K2k6 has a proper job these days, Wed 15 Oct 2008, 11:41, Reply)

i can play with you both
but we'll have to share and take turns.
(happylittletulip helpless and delicious, Wed 15 Oct 2008, 11:42, Reply)

Lucy
Hurrah! Best of luck!
( thealternativefact, Wed 15 Oct 2008, 11:42, Reply)

@ HLT
You may play with me at your leisure ma'am.
(Ethelred is watching cheese grow, Wed 15 Oct 2008, 11:42, Reply)

*ensnuggles batman*
I shall make you an extra special cock cake.
( wanderlust, Wed 15 Oct 2008, 11:43, Reply)

A chocolate tabletop twister?
Ooooooh what's that? And what's a dick head game?

I was thinking more like Cluedo or something but a dickhead game could work...

But yeah do you love knitted hats and mittens as much as wanderlust and I do HLT?

We could still have tea together? Look I named a smiley face after you...


EDIT Cockcake eh? That sounds good!

Al...that's going in my profile I hope you know.
(Holy Cremola Foam Batman will be back on, Wed 15 Oct 2008, 11:43, Reply)

It's OK chaps
I'll settle for Mondays, as usual. You can fight out your HLT schedule for the rest of the week.
( K2k6 has a proper job these days, Wed 15 Oct 2008, 11:43, Reply)

HLT
And very nice boobs they are, or so I imagine them to be.

Chocolate Twister? Who massy would you get playing that? I would suggest playing it in the buff, for cleaning purposes of course!
(Herr Doktor Lemminge Is bored, so cheer me up!, Wed 15 Oct 2008, 11:43, Reply)

@ Al
It will suffice.
(Ethelred is watching cheese grow, Wed 15 Oct 2008, 11:52, Reply)

ooh I want to play with everyone now!
the dickhead game is very childish but very funny.

you have a plastic willy on a headstrap. you wear the willy on your head and the other person throws the little plastic rings and tries to get them to land on your willy. then you do the same.

it's a rude version of quoits.

and the chocolate twister is the tabletop dinnerparty version but you use hands/elbows/noses/ears etc.
(happylittletulip helpless and delicious, Wed 15 Oct 2008, 11:52, Reply)

That's very lovely and sweet of you Al
Thanks :) *hugs*
( TGB checking Off Topic is still shit at, Wed 15 Oct 2008, 11:53, Reply)

Cripes!
I turn my back for five minutes and the baord goes crazy!

Oh, and Word up, Bert!
( Devil_In_Tights the *real* DiT!, Wed 15 Oct 2008, 11:55, Reply)

Wooohooo
I've got a badge in my profile. Brilliant. Thanks al.

HLT That does sound fun actually. Beats my Cluedo and Trivial Pursuit anyway.
(Holy Cremola Foam Batman will be back on, Wed 15 Oct 2008, 11:55, Reply)

@HLT
Can we play those when I come to your sex cave?
( Boss Keloid Got your mother's maiden name tattooed on my arm, Wed 15 Oct 2008, 11:57, Reply)

Are you coming
up to Scotland soon BK?
(Holy Cremola Foam Batman will be back on, Wed 15 Oct 2008, 11:58, Reply)

I am indeed Batman
3 weeks on Friday!

Going to be fab, and have been invited to Miss Tulip's sex cave for tea and cake on the Sunday.
( Boss Keloid Got your mother's maiden name tattooed on my arm, Wed 15 Oct 2008, 12:00, Reply)

I hadn't realised that Al
It should also mean that the hotels won't be as full.

EDIT What the hell am I talking about, they'll be chock'o'block.
(Herr Doktor Lemminge Is bored, so cheer me up!, Wed 15 Oct 2008, 12:06, Reply)

Al
I think you'll find the main reason for the transport problems is that the Edinburgh bash is being held on my birthday and all people who aren't attending are trying to get south and give me my birthday sweeties.

Actually.
(Lucy Van Pelt embracing ginlovers, Wed 15 Oct 2008, 12:06, Reply)

Yes, I was aware.
Travel - sorted.
Accommodation - sorted.

All I need to do now is get there and get mashed.
( thealternativefact, Wed 15 Oct 2008, 12:07, Reply)

I've gazzed ye, Al

( thealternativefact, Wed 15 Oct 2008, 12:10, Reply)

argh!
just opened my bag for some food, to discover my Simpsons doughnuts have been squished.

Not good.

Anybody else can't be bothered working?
(bamboozled Can hear you getting fatter, Wed 15 Oct 2008, 12:10, Reply)

Well Al
I'm not sure. Mr VP has said he has something planned.
We have friends who live in Edinburgh so we technically could come as he's already booked the time off but my parents are in Barcelona that week so I might be dog-sitting.

That's a long and boring way of saying "I don't know."
(Lucy Van Pelt embracing ginlovers, Wed 15 Oct 2008, 12:12, Reply)

@LVP
remind your parents NOT to eat anywhere on La Ramblas (except Viena), and especially not to behave like normal British tourists (young and old alike)
(bamboozled Can hear you getting fatter, Wed 15 Oct 2008, 12:14, Reply)

Batman
Is that photo of you in your profile a bit skewed, or do you have an amusingly wonkey head? :)
( Noeli overtheshoulderboulderholderthingstraplatchboobs, Wed 15 Oct 2008, 12:14, Reply)

Flesh
I shall pass that information on to them.
My parents are intrepid explorers of Spain. After coming to visit me in Extremadura (via Madrid) they have done a coach tour of Andalucia and drove themselves around Galicia up through to France.
Bless em.
(Lucy Van Pelt embracing ginlovers, Wed 15 Oct 2008, 12:17, Reply)

Afternoon all
I think it's time for my breakfast. Crunchy nut time *noms*
( Captain V, Wed 15 Oct 2008, 12:18, Reply)

No3L
You cheeky bastard!

Nah it's two things, I've got torn muscles in my right shoulder which if I'm tired make it hard for me to straighten up properly (bizarrely enough) and secondly right after that photo I almost fell over due to alcoholic side effects.
(Holy Cremola Foam Batman will be back on, Wed 15 Oct 2008, 12:18, Reply)

The Edinburg Bash
I really should get myself sorted for that and book up flights and whatnot.

Any good recomendations on hotels.

Drixy what are your plans?
(Herr Doktor Lemminge Is bored, so cheer me up!, Wed 15 Oct 2008, 12:25, Reply)

Edinburgh
I shall be staying with my folks in Hawick the Friday night and then bussing it Saturday morning and crashing at my mate's in Dalkeith and dragging him out to the Bash too.

He introduced me to B3ta so you can all blame him.
( Boss Keloid Got your mother's maiden name tattooed on my arm, Wed 15 Oct 2008, 12:28, Reply)

oi beekers
if i'm driving up I can collect you and your silly friend on the way.
(happylittletulip helpless and delicious, Wed 15 Oct 2008, 12:31, Reply)

I just caught
My dad eating a plate of baked beans that he had just microwaved.

That's right, he put some beans on a plate, and microwaved it.

I then discovered that if you dance around him singing "I'm going to have some beans on toast" to the tune of What Shall We Do With The Drunken Sailor, he gets pissed off quickly.
(Lucy Van Pelt embracing ginlovers, Wed 15 Oct 2008, 12:32, Reply)

@al
lucky you on your restaurant. I don't finish work till 10 tonight, so home cooking for me...

and speaking of food, I'm taking an early lunch. See you all soonish.

@LVP - surely it's better to cook beans in a pot (don't eat them, so don't know) but microwaving them on a plate sounds rank
(bamboozled Can hear you getting fatter, Wed 15 Oct 2008, 12:33, Reply)

@ Tulip
Sounds ace, isn't Hawick a bit out of the way though from Kelso to Edinburgh?
( Boss Keloid Got your mother's maiden name tattooed on my arm, Wed 15 Oct 2008, 12:33, Reply)

Dok
check out the Travel Lodge on St Mary's street. I don't know about prices or anything but it's in the centre of town. Well the Old Town but I don't know where we're going drinking.


EDIT HLT Any ideas on where we could go actually? It is bloody ages away though.
(Holy Cremola Foam Batman will be back on, Wed 15 Oct 2008, 12:35, Reply)

I quite like....
Cold Beans
( whenanimalsattackhumans clad in global hypercolour, Wed 15 Oct 2008, 12:35, Reply)

Edinbash hotels
What about the Premier Inn at Haymarket? Close to the centre, but relatively inexpensive.

You'll probably find all of the old hotels in the centre are either fully booked or ridiculously expensive. In fact, probably both. Edinburgh is a top touristy kind of place, so the prices are silly. Especially over Easter.
( K2k6 has a proper job these days, Wed 15 Oct 2008, 12:38, Reply)

@LVP
So long as you don't put them in the tin in the microwave they'd be OK? I nuke mine if I'm having beans on toast by putting them in a bowl so that the effect of microwave dissipation can take most effect.
(Eds Meds Mathskillz=1,Socialskillz=0, Wed 15 Oct 2008, 12:38, Reply)

This is where I stayed
www.smartcityhostels.com/home.html

It's in dorms so if you know of 6 people who want to stay together it's a good hostel, nice and central, clean and friendly!

Edit - I have nothing against microwaving beans but to just put them onto a plate and not even bother with toast...
Honestly. Mum thinks he's so well housetrained. She'd have a fit if she saw him do that.
(Lucy Van Pelt embracing ginlovers, Wed 15 Oct 2008, 12:40, Reply)

Ooo, Edinboro'!
I'll be bringing Mrs. Devil as it's her Birthday that weekend...

I fear for her, I really do!
( Devil_In_Tights the *real* DiT!, Wed 15 Oct 2008, 12:42, Reply)

I
eat tinned tune straight from the tin all the time! Mainly as we never have any bread for sandwiching
( TGB checking Off Topic is still shit at, Wed 15 Oct 2008, 12:43, Reply)

Lucy
That's just round the corner from where I used to work, woohoo! Apparently it is very nice though. But I do agree with K2k6, a lot of the hotels, especially around the castle and in the New Town area are stupidly expensive.
(Holy Cremola Foam Batman will be back on, Wed 15 Oct 2008, 12:43, Reply)

batman
Ooooh! we've shared pavement!

It was lovely and cheap. Slightly marred by Mr VP getting very drunk and thinking it would be romantic to climb onto my bunk for a cuddle.

Not at all annoying and beer smelling and hiccupy and dopey.
(Lucy Van Pelt embracing ginlovers, Wed 15 Oct 2008, 12:46, Reply)

woohoo
I feel blessed!

Wait hang though...are you trying to tell me women don't enjoy that?

EDIT They're making a new Street Fight movie, brilliant! It's called The Legend of Chun-Li.
(Holy Cremola Foam Batman will be back on, Wed 15 Oct 2008, 12:49, Reply)

Try this website:
www.octopustravel.co.uk

You'll have to pay up-front, but it has some good bargains.
( thealternativefact, Wed 15 Oct 2008, 12:51, Reply)

edinbash
I think Miss witch suggested we go somewhere on the Grassmarket, but we don't know which one yet.

I would like to go to a nice pub that doesn't play Very Loud Music, so we can all hear each other speak!

*is sad old person*

edit@beekers - or you could get a bus to me then we can drive in?
(happylittletulip helpless and delicious, Wed 15 Oct 2008, 12:52, Reply)

We are already planning our drinking activities in April.
Either it's a very slow day, or we're all excessively sociable alcoholics.
( thealternativefact, Wed 15 Oct 2008, 12:55, Reply)

HLT
What about the Beehive Inn? It's quite nice, not too expensive and has a huuuuuuuuge smoking area out the back for all us dirty buggers. Just a suggestion.
(Holy Cremola Foam Batman will be back on, Wed 15 Oct 2008, 12:56, Reply)

Thanks for all of that
I'm off now to have an orgy in Regents Park*

See you all later.





*May not be true
(Herr Doktor Lemminge Is bored, so cheer me up!, Wed 15 Oct 2008, 12:59, Reply)

I forget which that is
but that sounds like as good a place as any.

Does anyone else not smoke?

I don't want to be left alone half the night while you all giggle and share fumes outside!
(happylittletulip helpless and delicious, Wed 15 Oct 2008, 12:59, Reply)

Edinburgh hotels
Travelodge West End is where I stayed, not bad for £19 a night if you book early! Less than 10 minute walk to Princes Street too.
(Ethelred is watching cheese grow, Wed 15 Oct 2008, 13:00, Reply)

@ Tulip
Or got my lovely mum to get me a lift across to yours:D

That would work.
( Boss Keloid Got your mother's maiden name tattooed on my arm, Wed 15 Oct 2008, 13:01, Reply)

it would!
woo!

edit: it's ancrenne! hello ancrenne!
(happylittletulip helpless and delicious, Wed 15 Oct 2008, 13:02, Reply)

Saturday
Bill made a good suggestion - go and vote!
( thealternativefact, Wed 15 Oct 2008, 13:05, Reply)

@ ancrenne
Good question.

I assumed it was the Cardinal, but there have been other suggestions.
( Boss Keloid Got your mother's maiden name tattooed on my arm, Wed 15 Oct 2008, 13:05, Reply)

@ Tulip, re: smoking
I'm sure we could rotate (ahem!) fag breaks, so you're never left on your own.

Or I could just rotate.
( Boss Keloid Got your mother's maiden name tattooed on my arm, Wed 15 Oct 2008, 13:14, Reply)

I don't know what this
rotating lark is and I'm not sure I want to any more...
(Holy Cremola Foam Batman will be back on, Wed 15 Oct 2008, 13:19, Reply)

@ Batman
You'll be please to hear Sean Bean is in no way involved in it.
( Boss Keloid Got your mother's maiden name tattooed on my arm, Wed 15 Oct 2008, 13:23, Reply)

Hey Tulip!
I shan't be smoking!
( Devil_In_Tights the *real* DiT!, Wed 15 Oct 2008, 13:24, Reply)

I was
starting rather hope he was.
(Holy Cremola Foam Batman will be back on, Wed 15 Oct 2008, 13:24, Reply)

*returns*
@Tulip - I don't smoke, so we could sit and talk about them all when they go out to pollute their lungs!

And I'm with you on the 'no loud music' thing. That really gets on my wick. I'm in the pub to socialise and chat to people, not to have my eardrums savagely attacked and my vocal cords strained beyond their design limit.
( K2k6 has a proper job these days, Wed 15 Oct 2008, 13:24, Reply)

@ Devil and K2k6
Hurrah!

Can I sit between you please?

edit@beekers - you'll have to rotate now since you do it so often on here, else we won't believe it's you!
(happylittletulip helpless and delicious, Wed 15 Oct 2008, 13:30, Reply)

@Al
No, ceilidhs just get you all hot and sweaty and out of breath. Or am I thinking of sex? Whatever.

@Tulip - certainly you may.
( K2k6 has a proper job these days, Wed 15 Oct 2008, 13:34, Reply)

@ tulip
I managed to do it at the weekend.

may not have been my most dignified moment
( Boss Keloid Got your mother's maiden name tattooed on my arm, Wed 15 Oct 2008, 13:39, Reply)

Mrs al loves it when I get into bed with a fiddle
*giggles*
(Ethelred is watching cheese grow, Wed 15 Oct 2008, 13:39, Reply)

I've actually had to do some work
And call lots of stores to conduct a quick quetionnaire regarding work that was carried out and interestingly (well it's not really at all but hey) 25% of Customer Service Managers are off on Mondays.

That was really dull. I have another 16 stores to call though :(

Also is it wrong I am making up the answers to any store that doesn't answer the phone?
( TGB checking Off Topic is still shit at, Wed 15 Oct 2008, 13:44, Reply)

TGB
Yes it is wrong but we'll let you off.

Not as wrong as dipping cheese and onion crisps into a pot noodle which is what I'm doing at the moment.
(Holy Cremola Foam Batman will be back on, Wed 15 Oct 2008, 13:45, Reply)

@ Batman
Yes, that is wrong, in every sense.
(happylittletulip helpless and delicious, Wed 15 Oct 2008, 13:46, Reply)

Badger
Lies and deception are never wrong.
( thealternativefact, Wed 15 Oct 2008, 13:46, Reply)

But overall
I have had to call 170 stores :(

And I have only made up stuff on about 12 of them...
( TGB checking Off Topic is still shit at, Wed 15 Oct 2008, 13:48, Reply)

HLT
It may be wrong but it tastes yummy. Soggy and yummy.

EDIT TGB It's ok, I lie in work everyday. I think everyone does it. Bugger phoning 170 stores though.
(Holy Cremola Foam Batman will be back on, Wed 15 Oct 2008, 13:50, Reply)

@ TGB
Only 12? I would've made all of it up!

@Batman - everything about not poodles is wrong.
(happylittletulip helpless and delicious, Wed 15 Oct 2008, 13:52, Reply)

Despite
having once spent 8 years of my life as a student, I have never, ever, consumed a Pot Noodle.

Cheese and onion crisps, oh yes. But not a Pot Noodle.
( K2k6 has a proper job these days, Wed 15 Oct 2008, 13:52, Reply)

@batman
That's notbing, one of my favourite snacks is Pot Noodle & Wotsit sandwiches.

Oh, and afternoon all.
( scarpe We Stole Bikes, Wed 15 Oct 2008, 13:52, Reply)

@Batman
"Pot Noodle"?!

I didn't realise people still ate those things!

Like pot full of ICI's finest products...
(The Stig, Wed 15 Oct 2008, 13:52, Reply)

TGB
As someone who deals in Market Research day in, day out, I'm against what you've done.

Just don't tell my boss I'd have done the same! :)

I have a review meeting. I'm scared!
( Devil_In_Tights the *real* DiT!, Wed 15 Oct 2008, 13:54, Reply)

HLT
I would have but the info goes towards deciding if certain contractors will be used for next years refits, so I need the majority of the data to be accurate!

I am just putting non-committal comments on the ones I am.. embellishing.
( TGB checking Off Topic is still shit at, Wed 15 Oct 2008, 13:56, Reply)

Good luck DiT
and hello scarpe!
( Boss Keloid Got your mother's maiden name tattooed on my arm, Wed 15 Oct 2008, 13:56, Reply)

This is why
you should never trust statistics, polls, etc.

Opinion polls are the worst. For a start, you are only looking of that sector of the population which wishes to answer the pollster. Which does not include me, for example.

Also, of those who do answer, how do you know they aren;t just making up their answers? You don't.

Same goes for random statistics:

"There was a fall of 17% in knife crime in Perth last month", could mean there were 5 stabbings rather than 6. It's hardly significant.

It's all bollocks.

/cynic
( K2k6 has a proper job these days, Wed 15 Oct 2008, 13:58, Reply)

@Devil
Agency or client side?

(sorry, I work in MR too, although tend not to shout about, I focus on the 'I work for a magazine' side of the equation, it sounds better)
( scarpe We Stole Bikes, Wed 15 Oct 2008, 13:58, Reply)

^ha
yeah, as if knife crime in PErth is ever going to fall
(happylittletulip helpless and delicious, Wed 15 Oct 2008, 13:59, Reply)

HLT Ouch!
I've never been to Perth but have heard it's not very nice.

And everyone...lay off Pot Noodles. They are full of hydrogenated goodness.

Hello scarpe...that sounds lovely. I'll try that tomorrow I think.
(Holy Cremola Foam Batman will be back on, Wed 15 Oct 2008, 14:00, Reply)

I think our market research has been infiltrated by /talk!!!!
someone has filled in one of our questionnaires... the last question is "what other comment would you like to make?" and they have written "I need the loo"

argh!
(happylittletulip helpless and delicious, Wed 15 Oct 2008, 14:02, Reply)

Well well!
I'm not a researcher, Scarpe. I do the marketing for a website that serves the MR industry with sector news/jobs/directories, that kind of thing.

(Which should narrow things down massively for you! ;) )
( Devil_In_Tights the *real* DiT!, Wed 15 Oct 2008, 14:02, Reply)

Perth
is a lovely place. Quite upmarket in fact. The only rough bit is North Muirton, which was badly flooded in 1993. Unfortunately, they let it drain away again.

I just used it as an example of a small city for statistical purposes.

*likes Perth*
( K2k6 has a proper job these days, Wed 15 Oct 2008, 14:04, Reply)

@Devil
Well, according to my last performance review, I'm not a researcher either...

ho hum...
( scarpe We Stole Bikes, Wed 15 Oct 2008, 14:06, Reply)

Perth is nice
I was there at the weekend.

Sorry, Perth.
(happylittletulip helpless and delicious, Wed 15 Oct 2008, 14:07, Reply)

I'll tell you where isn't nice
Aberdeen. It is shit. Edinburgh and Glasgow I love but Aberdeen. Eurgh. It's full of sea gulls and smells like fish.

Had to get that off my chest, sorry.
(Holy Cremola Foam Batman will be back on, Wed 15 Oct 2008, 14:11, Reply)

I'm Baaaaaack
What did I miss while I was gone? Anything nice?

EDIT Batman, it's full of radon as well.
(Herr Doktor Lemminge Is bored, so cheer me up!, Wed 15 Oct 2008, 14:18, Reply)

hello Dok
not much really, we were just talking about which bits of Scotland are nice and how shite not poodles are.

nice lunch?
(happylittletulip helpless and delicious, Wed 15 Oct 2008, 14:23, Reply)

being slow...
I thought that HLT had jetted off to Australia for the weekend.

I need more coffee and less crack.
(b3tamax Mate, you're fat and I'll throw you in the river, Wed 15 Oct 2008, 14:25, Reply)

Dok
nothing really I'm afraid.

Is radon the stuff in granite? Apparently it's about as twice as radioactive up here as it is anywhere in Britain.
(Holy Cremola Foam Batman will be back on, Wed 15 Oct 2008, 14:25, Reply)

Noon peeps
I feel like poo today :(

Didn't get to sleep til about 6.30am and got woken up by the phone at 12.
AND it was my ex and I'm trying to pretend he doesn't exist at the moment.
And I have things to do and I'm still in bed and feeling sorry for myself instead.
( warmfuzzies Isn't here, Wed 15 Oct 2008, 14:28, Reply)

@ b3tamax
I wish!

@warmfuzzyfeeling - awww no!

*sends soothings*
(happylittletulip helpless and delicious, Wed 15 Oct 2008, 14:29, Reply)

*is soothed*
Thank you hlt. I knew I could count on b3tans to improve my day :)
( warmfuzzies Isn't here, Wed 15 Oct 2008, 14:31, Reply)

Radon
is a chemically inert, but radioactive gas released as a radioactive decay product of radium, itself a product of thorium decay, which is in turn a product of the radioactive decay of uranium. Uranium and its decay products are found in small, but significant, quantities in granite.

Radon has a short half life of about 4 days, and decays by releasing alpha particles. It's dangerous because it's a gas, and it therefore can release its alpha particles right into the lungs. Alpha radiation is normally not that dangerous because of its very short range. But in the lungs, it can cause all manner of problems - primarily lung cancer.

For this reason, basements of granite houses should be well ventilated to avoid the build up of radon gas.

Here endeth today's science lesson.
( K2k6 has a proper job these days, Wed 15 Oct 2008, 14:32, Reply)

warmfuzzyfeeling
*hugs*

Hope you feel better soon m'love. If I need to get to sleep I drink a Lemsip. I'm sure it's not very good drinking paracetamol very often but it seems to help.

How are you aside from the not feeling well?
(Holy Cremola Foam Batman will be back on, Wed 15 Oct 2008, 14:34, Reply)

*hugs Fuzzy*
Here, have a kitten

*pours tea*
( Boss Keloid Got your mother's maiden name tattooed on my arm, Wed 15 Oct 2008, 14:35, Reply)

*hugs fuzzy*
*hands her fluffy things and a cuppa too*
( TGB checking Off Topic is still shit at, Wed 15 Oct 2008, 14:36, Reply)

So K2k6
To ask a frankly stupid question, would it be possible to become ill through radon poisoning just by living in a granite house? I'm guessing it would be a pretty slim chance but is it possible?

BK...I think you should get an Off Topic pinny, you seem like such a good wee house wife, making tea and giving everyone hugs.
(Holy Cremola Foam Batman will be back on, Wed 15 Oct 2008, 14:37, Reply)

HLT
Yeah lunch was nice, boring but nice. I went for a walk in Regents Park and ended up near London Zoo.

Pot noodles, I couldn't et a lot of them, but every now and again they're OK.

Nice bits of Scotland? Mmmm let me think. Perth's OK, Edinburgh is nice (well the centre anyhow) but overpriced, Glasgow I just don't like. St Andrews is good, and Tentsmuir is just all of the goodness.

I have fond memories of the beach there as a small child.

EDIT Warmfuzzyfeeling Cheer up, you're with friends now.
(Herr Doktor Lemminge Is bored, so cheer me up!, Wed 15 Oct 2008, 14:37, Reply)

*delurks*
*tickles fuzzy*

*relurks*
( Noeli overtheshoulderboulderholderthingstraplatchboobs, Wed 15 Oct 2008, 14:40, Reply)

Aw thankies *accepts kittums and tea and hugs and things*
I'm generally dispirited at the moment.
Still jobhunting and my money has nearly run out. Feel a bit coldy... I will remember the lempsip thing next time, I do have some in the cupboard... I tried to get back to sleep after the phone woke me up and I managed but I didn't get much and it made me feel weird.

I am lacking in routine and not eating sensibly and stuff.

And the ex thing is just pants. Am all torn up inside because of it at the mo.

/emo

But you guys have brightened me up and I am now going to leap out of bed with a quick tango and make myself presentable so I can get to the bank before it closes.
( warmfuzzies Isn't here, Wed 15 Oct 2008, 14:40, Reply)

Yay
We made The Fuzzy one all cheery.
(Herr Doktor Lemminge Is bored, so cheer me up!, Wed 15 Oct 2008, 14:42, Reply)

@Al
I didn't know that, as I'm not in the business of house building.

*files away fact in brain*

@HCFB - yes, it is possible. Technically it's not poisoning per se, as there's no chemical reaction occurring. It's physical cell damage caused by high energy particles emitted from the radioactive nuclei.

The risk is very low, of course, but it is finite, especially if the house is poorly ventilated allowing the radon to build up rather than escape into the atmosphere. Other parts of the country aside from Aberdeen have this problem too - I think Cornwall is one.
( K2k6 has a proper job these days, Wed 15 Oct 2008, 14:42, Reply)

Fuzzy
That's right! Tango!

K2k6 - yes, Cornwall. It seems to affect brains as well as lungs.
( thealternativefact, Wed 15 Oct 2008, 14:43, Reply)

Cornwall
Does affect the brains as well as the lungs, I blame the place for all of my problems!
(Herr Doktor Lemminge Is bored, so cheer me up!, Wed 15 Oct 2008, 14:45, Reply)

Woohoo
Vitamin C is also very good if you're getting a cold apparently. So do some tequila slammers and that should sort you out.

Dok... You didn't like Glasgow? Why so?

K2k6 thanks for that. I'll make sure and not sniff up any granite particles. Only 16 more days before I leave here so hopefully my lungs and brain will be fine after 5 months of radioactive bombardment.
(Holy Cremola Foam Batman will be back on, Wed 15 Oct 2008, 14:46, Reply)

I have put
my "moody cow" pants on and that makes me smile too :)

And I just got dressed and felt like something was missing... and realised my bra was still sitting in front of me on the bed. I am indeed fuzzy today.

Ooh tequila. Now there's an idea.
( warmfuzzies Isn't here, Wed 15 Oct 2008, 14:49, Reply)

The BBC News website has an old computers quiz on today
news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/magazine/7671677.stm

I'm ashamed to admit that I scored 10/10 :(
( rubberduck should only be used after consulting with your GP, Wed 15 Oct 2008, 14:51, Reply)

Dok
Of course it affects the brains!
You've met me, haven't you :)
( thealternativefact, Wed 15 Oct 2008, 14:52, Reply)

Batman
I've only been to Glasgow the once, and one of my mates got stabbed, not a good thing for a lads night out!

Then again it was a long time ago.
(Herr Doktor Lemminge Is bored, so cheer me up!, Wed 15 Oct 2008, 14:55, Reply)

Dok
I was about to make a joke about Glasgow and stabbings but I think I don't think I will now.

It's actually not as bad as it used to be I think but there are still some pretty shit areas, same as most places!

I only got 6/10 rubberduck. Poo.
(Holy Cremola Foam Batman will be back on, Wed 15 Oct 2008, 14:56, Reply)

4/10
*not a geek*
( Boss Keloid Got your mother's maiden name tattooed on my arm, Wed 15 Oct 2008, 14:57, Reply)

Duckie you love that you got 10!
I got 3! And two of those were lucky guesses..
( TGB checking Off Topic is still shit at, Wed 15 Oct 2008, 14:58, Reply)

Rubber Ducky
I got 6/10.

Batman, he was fine, it was but a flesh wound.

I really should go back, I'm sure it's a lot better now.
(Herr Doktor Lemminge Is bored, so cheer me up!, Wed 15 Oct 2008, 14:59, Reply)

The worst thing is
that none of them were guesses either.

*sobs*

There's no hope for me...
( rubberduck should only be used after consulting with your GP, Wed 15 Oct 2008, 15:00, Reply)

I got 6/10
I didn't get my first computer until 1992, so I figure I'm not that much of a geek. And I've never owned a games console of any sort.

*justifies self*
( K2k6 has a proper job these days, Wed 15 Oct 2008, 15:03, Reply)

@Dok
I walked in Regents Park too. Until it started to rain.

I'm @ Great Portland St. You?

Oh. And 6/10. I was hoping for lower.
( scarpe We Stole Bikes, Wed 15 Oct 2008, 15:04, Reply)

Good afternoon everyone.
I'm still grumpy but getting better.

4/10 btw

All of thoses guesses.
( girlinthehole, Wed 15 Oct 2008, 15:04, Reply)

afternoon all
just did that quiz - 5/10 - and four of them were guesses.

not a geek, then.
(TheWeeWitch hasn't been here much recently .., Wed 15 Oct 2008, 15:05, Reply)

I got 3/10
I am quite, quite proud.
(happylittletulip helpless and delicious, Wed 15 Oct 2008, 15:05, Reply)

Scarpe
I'm on Hampstead Road, not that far away from you.

Batman What colour socks and flashes would you suggest to wear with the Lindsay tartan?

EDITY BGB don't be grumpy, you'll make people cry.
(Herr Doktor Lemminge Is bored, so cheer me up!, Wed 15 Oct 2008, 15:05, Reply)

*hugs BGB*
Glad your feeling less grumpy

Put some John Cooper Clarke on.

I've just been listening to Kung-Fu International.
( Boss Keloid Got your mother's maiden name tattooed on my arm, Wed 15 Oct 2008, 15:07, Reply)

3/10

All guesses, does that mean I have to go and play somewhere else?
( Naked Ape call me Caitlyn, Wed 15 Oct 2008, 15:08, Reply)

NakedApe
No, it means you're normal. It's peeps like me that have to go and get my coat...
( rubberduck should only be used after consulting with your GP, Wed 15 Oct 2008, 15:10, Reply)

That quiz reminds me of the time
we went to my beloved's old school reunion. He was chatting to a friend from primary, who'd turned into a complete nerd at high school.

Said nerd was boasting about his fantastic job, mahoosive salary, luxury flat etc etc. MrWitch stood and nodded throughout all of this, then added his tuppence worth.

"Aye, that's all great. Bet I get more sex than you do, though."

I was standing right beside him! That's the closest I've ever came to chucking a drink over the big sod.
(TheWeeWitch hasn't been here much recently .., Wed 15 Oct 2008, 15:10, Reply)

Thanks BK.
I've just found out a there's a works do planned for the end of Novemberfor staff and families. I hate going as I'm usually driving so can't drink and the food where we go is crap and they're just boring. *bluergh*

Is it ok for a 43 year old women to throw a tantrum.
( girlinthehole, Wed 15 Oct 2008, 15:11, Reply)

@ Blouse
It sure is.

Make vague references to 'The change', and you'll get away with anything.
( Boss Keloid Got your mother's maiden name tattooed on my arm, Wed 15 Oct 2008, 15:12, Reply)

Hugs BGB
Bummer.

Yes it's completely fine for you to through a tantrum, we won't mind.
(Herr Doktor Lemminge Is bored, so cheer me up!, Wed 15 Oct 2008, 15:13, Reply)

I once got full marks

on a quiz to identify cars by their tail lights, I guess geeks just have different interests.
( Naked Ape call me Caitlyn, Wed 15 Oct 2008, 15:14, Reply)

Changing the subject entirely
I've just read this article. Looks like a nail in Digital Radio's coffin, which is good, as DAB is shite.

Perhaps Ofcom will take note and actually bring forward a digital radio service with a half decent audio quality. It is the 21st century after all. Surely DAB should be an improvement on FM, not a regression to something approaching medium wave?

*does favourite soapbox rant*
( K2k6 has a proper job these days, Wed 15 Oct 2008, 15:15, Reply)

Thanks for that BK *grin*
@Rubberduck - you may be a geek but your over 6ft and blonde so that may counteract your geekiness quota.
( girlinthehole, Wed 15 Oct 2008, 15:15, Reply)

Have a tantrum BGB
here, I'll join you

*throws toys out of pram*

*stamps feet*
(TheWeeWitch hasn't been here much recently .., Wed 15 Oct 2008, 15:16, Reply)

NakedApe
For my shame, I could probably do that one too.

I'm a fully paid-up member of the car geek squad, and I'd probably consider myself a relapsed computer geek (i.e. I was a computer geek until I was old enough to be a car geek, then the cars sort of took over...)

The sad thing is that I can still remember most of the stuff from my computer geek phase.

EDIT: BGB - I'd like to think I don't appear to be a geek from the outside. I don't even wear glasses for a start, nor do I own any sci fi T-shirts :)
( rubberduck should only be used after consulting with your GP, Wed 15 Oct 2008, 15:17, Reply)

*Joins weewitch*
*trashes office*

*orders too much stationary*

*rings up bosses wife and tells her she's poo*

*remembers bosses wife is my mum....oops!*
( girlinthehole, Wed 15 Oct 2008, 15:18, Reply)

Dok
Modern Lyndsay? Burgundy/Winey colour with green and blue through it? What colour jacket, if any, are you wearing?

EDIT Heylo BGB

DOUBLE EDIT (oooh yeah) Hey Weewitch, haven't heard from you in a while. Are you well?
(Holy Cremola Foam Batman will be back on, Wed 15 Oct 2008, 15:20, Reply)

*rings up BGB's mum*
*heroically takes blame for the tantrum*

*endures withering lecture with good grace*

Now, BGB, I don't do things like that for just everyone.....
(TheWeeWitch hasn't been here much recently .., Wed 15 Oct 2008, 15:21, Reply)

Batman
Yeah Modern Lindsay those colours with no jacket.
(Herr Doktor Lemminge Is bored, so cheer me up!, Wed 15 Oct 2008, 15:24, Reply)

very well batman
we've had a couple of weeks with one or the other of us going down with various bugs, so I haven't been here much ....or not as much as I'd like.
(TheWeeWitch hasn't been here much recently .., Wed 15 Oct 2008, 15:26, Reply)

Don't worry Weewitch.
God knows I love my mum but she's in a wibbly wobbly world of her own so wouldn't be too fussed with my outburst.

Hi yourself HCFB. How's it hanging. Not too low I hope considering your habit of wearing a kilt.
( girlinthehole, Wed 15 Oct 2008, 15:26, Reply)

@Al
I'd disagree. A mate of mine makes recordings from DAB and plays them on CDs in his car. The poor quality irritates me instantly.

And here's my basic point. A kitchen radio will sound pretty crap whether it's FM or DAB. In fact, a poor, hissy FM signal will sound noticeably worse than a DAB radio with a good signal, as digital is pretty much all or nothing.

But the compression (and it's low bitrate MP2, remember) means that if you are listening to the transmission on a decent hi-fi, FM sounds far better. It's simply not possible to get good quality from DAB.
( K2k6 has a proper job these days, Wed 15 Oct 2008, 15:32, Reply)

I'm off now for a while
but should be back a bit later ...

*mwah*

Missing you already
(TheWeeWitch hasn't been here much recently .., Wed 15 Oct 2008, 15:32, Reply)

@K2K6
Your making my head hurt.


Please stop.
( girlinthehole, Wed 15 Oct 2008, 15:36, Reply)

Dok
I prefer going with black socks, cream are very traditional. What kind of function are you going to? If you feel adventurous then blue, green or even burgundy can look quite good too. If you're not wearing a jacket socks should either blend with the tartan (i.e. blue, green etc) or just be plain old black or cream. Flashes again should be a colour, what kind of shirt are you wearing? And neck wear of any kind?

TWW are you feeling better now though? I've missed you :(

BGB It's hanging a bit shrivelled and slightly to the left due to coldness today thanks, more importantly how are you hanging?
(Holy Cremola Foam Batman will be back on, Wed 15 Oct 2008, 15:37, Reply)

I'm back!
I had a great review, a lovely steak sandwich...


And a pay rise! Wahey! *does a little jig*
( Devil_In_Tights the *real* DiT!, Wed 15 Oct 2008, 15:39, Reply)

Thanks Al.
I is stooopid remember.


@HCFB - *speaks in deep voice* Mine don't hang so much anymore. Not since the operation.


Edit - Yay! for DiT. Are you rich now?
( girlinthehole, Wed 15 Oct 2008, 15:42, Reply)

Batman
I'm going to wear it with a ghillie shirt, no neck wear, and it's not for any specific type of function, that is more than likely to change but I can suppliment it as and when.

All this talk of DAB radio is hurting me, I hate it, such a good idea wasted.
(Herr Doktor Lemminge Is bored, so cheer me up!, Wed 15 Oct 2008, 15:45, Reply)

Hands up who has been passed over for promotion

Typing one handed is slow...
( Naked Ape call me Caitlyn, Wed 15 Oct 2008, 15:47, Reply)

@nakedape
Bummer!

*hugs*
( girlinthehole, Wed 15 Oct 2008, 15:48, Reply)

Yes, sorry
I will cease the technical stuff, before I start ranting about how compression screws up digital telly too.

I'm not anti-digital, by any means. I just think the regulators need to go about things differently.

I'll stop now.

*shuts up*

*fizzes about this subject internally*
( K2k6 has a proper job these days, Wed 15 Oct 2008, 15:48, Reply)

@BGB
Richer than God! *waves fifties*

*realises is not richer than God*

*runs away*
( Devil_In_Tights the *real* DiT!, Wed 15 Oct 2008, 15:49, Reply)

Possibly my fault for doing B3ta stuff

But in between that I work my little biege/black/stripy socks off!

oh well off drinking tonight so will feel better soon!
( Naked Ape call me Caitlyn, Wed 15 Oct 2008, 15:49, Reply)

White or black or cream
ghillie shirt?

In any case I would get a burgundy to match the tartan and I think black socks. But that's my preference.

BGB Hehehe You do realise that I'll be disappointed now when I meet you and you don't actually sound like Barry White...or do you?



EDIT Congratulations DiT and sorry to hear that NakedApe
(Holy Cremola Foam Batman will be back on, Wed 15 Oct 2008, 15:49, Reply)

Oi Duckie
People with glasses ain't geeks!

we just like good grammar
( TGB checking Off Topic is still shit at, Wed 15 Oct 2008, 15:50, Reply)

Thanks again Batman
TGB surely that should be 'aren't geeks' ;)
(Herr Doktor Lemminge Is bored, so cheer me up!, Wed 15 Oct 2008, 15:52, Reply)

@HCFB
Not only do I not sound like Barry White, I don't look like him either.

I used to have his appetite once though.

Right folks I'm off. I have to take my mum and family dog home, (who's just had his bollox off due to getting too friendly with the lady dogs).

Catch you later.
( girlinthehole, Wed 15 Oct 2008, 15:53, Reply)

I was going
for subtle irony Dok

*muses*
( TGB checking Off Topic is still shit at, Wed 15 Oct 2008, 15:56, Reply)

Well I've seen a photo of
you BGB and you're far better looking.

I have glasses, does that make me a geek? I've always wanted to be one.
(Holy Cremola Foam Batman will be back on, Wed 15 Oct 2008, 15:56, Reply)

Batman
Yeah the tie up at the top shirts, don't ask me why they're called ghillie shirts, I haven't got a clue.
(Herr Doktor Lemminge Is bored, so cheer me up!, Wed 15 Oct 2008, 15:56, Reply)

Well you got it right on the button
because it was lost on me.
(Herr Doktor Lemminge Is bored, so cheer me up!, Wed 15 Oct 2008, 15:57, Reply)

Maybe
ghillie shirts were originally worn by ghillies. Mind you, I can't see anyone tramping round the countryside in ghillie brogues, so maybe that's just bollocks.
( K2k6 has a proper job these days, Wed 15 Oct 2008, 15:59, Reply)

Yeah I have no idea
either Dok. I know why the shoes are ghillie brogues but have no idea when it comes to the shirt.
(Holy Cremola Foam Batman will be back on, Wed 15 Oct 2008, 16:01, Reply)

If I make grammatical errors
in future Dok take it as irony :p

*pulls self up haughtily*
One doesn't make mistakes. Especially as one gets the butler to type and his head would roll.

I'm in a really silly mood
*hangs shoes off ears and runs around the office*
weeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee
( TGB checking Off Topic is still shit at, Wed 15 Oct 2008, 16:04, Reply)

Batman
Having glases doesn't make you a geek, in the same way that having dyed black hair wouldn't make you a goth.

It was just part of my (admittedly poor) defence of not being a geek, since a stereotypical geek wears glasses :)
( rubberduck should only be used after consulting with your GP, Wed 15 Oct 2008, 16:05, Reply)

k2
The original ghillie brogues had holes in the to let out the water.

A ghillie is a man or boy who is an attendant on a hunting or fisshing trip.
(Herr Doktor Lemminge Is bored, so cheer me up!, Wed 15 Oct 2008, 16:05, Reply)

@Dr Minge
I knew what a ghillie was, but didn't know about the reason for the holes.

But surely, the holes would also let water in? I'd have thought that not letting it get into the shoe in the first place would be the way to go!
( K2k6 has a proper job these days, Wed 15 Oct 2008, 16:08, Reply)

OK TGB
By the way, your shoes appear to have fallen off your ears. *hands shoes back*
(Herr Doktor Lemminge Is bored, so cheer me up!, Wed 15 Oct 2008, 16:09, Reply)

K2
I would have thought so as well, but hey the folks that named them were crofter types.
(Herr Doktor Lemminge Is bored, so cheer me up!, Wed 15 Oct 2008, 16:10, Reply)

True dok
They also have the longer laces to prevent them from getting wet when tramping through muddy and marshy areas. Man my job is fascinating.

Ghillie shirts on the other hand were probably called that to create some romantic idea of old men stomping around the highlands wearing them.

rubberduck are you sure? That sucks.

TGB I'm in a silly mood too!woop! I've been walking around work all day with no shoes so now I'm going to hang them from my ears, yaaaaaaaaaay!
(Holy Cremola Foam Batman will be back on, Wed 15 Oct 2008, 16:11, Reply)

Right
that's enough waffle from the Scots contingent.
( thealternativefact, Wed 15 Oct 2008, 16:14, Reply)

Thanks Dok
*rehangs shoes*

Batman I challenge you to a race!
( TGB checking Off Topic is still shit at, Wed 15 Oct 2008, 16:16, Reply)

On Ghillies
On a differnt point a Gillie is also a young woman who is paid to have a child with an older man.

Batman Romance would have no place in it if you were wandering the Highlands in one of those shirts. You'd be bloody freezing.
(Herr Doktor Lemminge Is bored, so cheer me up!, Wed 15 Oct 2008, 16:18, Reply)

Waffle?
Waffle?! I'll show you my waffles! Muahahaha!

TGB Bring it on woman! I'm gonna kick yo' ass mo fo!
(Holy Cremola Foam Batman will be back on, Wed 15 Oct 2008, 16:18, Reply)

Drixy
Scotsmen don't waffle, we discuss things inteligently. :p
(Herr Doktor Lemminge Is bored, so cheer me up!, Wed 15 Oct 2008, 16:19, Reply)

That is true Dok
Although if you ever see my nippples when it's cold they're very romantic.

So much so I spelt nipples with 3 p's.
(Holy Cremola Foam Batman will be back on, Wed 15 Oct 2008, 16:21, Reply)

@ Dok
This is true.

When the badger's at the table, the eagle needs his sleep.

*winks*

*saunters off*
( Boss Keloid Got your mother's maiden name tattooed on my arm, Wed 15 Oct 2008, 16:22, Reply)

Are you waffley versatile?
:D
( Devil_In_Tights the *real* DiT!, Wed 15 Oct 2008, 16:22, Reply)

*trips up Batman*
*runs off*
hahahhahahha
( TGB checking Off Topic is still shit at, Wed 15 Oct 2008, 16:23, Reply)

It's true
Scotsmen definitely don't waffle.

We haver instead.
( K2k6 has a proper job these days, Wed 15 Oct 2008, 16:23, Reply)

DiT
That made me lol.
( wanderlust, Wed 15 Oct 2008, 16:24, Reply)

A Birdseye view from Tightly
:)
( thealternativefact, Wed 15 Oct 2008, 16:24, Reply)

TGB Why would you do such a thing?
That was just mean.

*runs away crying*
(Holy Cremola Foam Batman will be back on, Wed 15 Oct 2008, 16:25, Reply)

I'll second that K2k6
And I'll be in the corner havering to mysel' later.
(Herr Doktor Lemminge Is bored, so cheer me up!, Wed 15 Oct 2008, 16:26, Reply)

DiT, Drixy
Stop that you're killing me.

Is that TGB being mean again?
(Herr Doktor Lemminge Is bored, so cheer me up!, Wed 15 Oct 2008, 16:28, Reply)

I'm adding that
to the P.E.D.O menu al.

And BK I just spat coffee all over my computer when I read that, cheers!
(Holy Cremola Foam Batman will be back on, Wed 15 Oct 2008, 16:28, Reply)

Al
Lardy gut? What?

Where do you keep this gut? In the shed?
( thealternativefact, Wed 15 Oct 2008, 16:29, Reply)

Later people
I'm away to drink myself sensible again.
(Herr Doktor Lemminge Is bored, so cheer me up!, Wed 15 Oct 2008, 16:31, Reply)

Have fun, Dok!
at SC
( thealternativefact, Wed 15 Oct 2008, 16:31, Reply)

Hello again folks
I'm so tired but it's nearly hometime so yay!
( Boss Keloid Got your mother's maiden name tattooed on my arm, Wed 15 Oct 2008, 16:34, Reply)

I'm not mean
*looks angelic*

*eats waffles*
( TGB checking Off Topic is still shit at, Wed 15 Oct 2008, 16:35, Reply)

She tripped me up
That makes her mean in my book.

Oooohhh waffles, awesomes

*munches*
(Holy Cremola Foam Batman will be back on, Wed 15 Oct 2008, 16:44, Reply)

Later, all
I'm off home. May be around this evening.

See ya.
( K2k6 has a proper job these days, Wed 15 Oct 2008, 16:44, Reply)

I've got to go to class tonight
and I've not done my homework. I'll have to do it on the bus.

And I want to leave early to go to the pub.

/teacher's pet

And now I want to just not go at all and go and get waffles instead :(
( thealternativefact, Wed 15 Oct 2008, 16:45, Reply)

*hugs Al*
I'm glad someone appreciates my loveliness. :D
( TGB checking Off Topic is still shit at, Wed 15 Oct 2008, 16:48, Reply)

What kind of class
do you take clendrix?

Homework on the bus? Naughty naughty.
(Holy Cremola Foam Batman will be back on, Wed 15 Oct 2008, 16:48, Reply)

Evening all
I had to teach a German lesson today.

That was fun as I wasn't expecting to and I don't speak a word or German!
( Mrs Entity is in hiding., Wed 15 Oct 2008, 16:50, Reply)

HCFB
"do you take clendrix?"

Is that a new Diner's Card or AMEX?
(Ethelred is watching cheese grow, Wed 15 Oct 2008, 16:50, Reply)

Watch it, clenders.
You'll need to get spotty jones to do your writing for you. He's unnaturally good at writing steadily on the bus.

/has experience in these things!

EDIT: Ah, German's easy, Mrs. L. All zat you haff to do iz to do zer talkink like zis! Schnell! Raus! Raus!
( Devil_In_Tights the *real* DiT!, Wed 15 Oct 2008, 16:52, Reply)

Ethelred
It took me about 4 or 5 reads to work out what you were talking about there, I'm feeling a bit speshal today.
(Holy Cremola Foam Batman will be back on, Wed 15 Oct 2008, 16:55, Reply)

HCFB
Its OK, i'm used to dealing with those of a speed-challenged situation.
(Ethelred is watching cheese grow, Wed 15 Oct 2008, 16:56, Reply)

Tightly
Luckily it's just reading. But I've got whole chapter to read and only five minutes on the bus.

Unbelieveably, I am completing my Certificate in Counselling this year. Imagine having to talk to me about your innermost thoughts!

Al, you'll need a sturdy counter.
( thealternativefact, Wed 15 Oct 2008, 16:57, Reply)

Hello Ancrenne
Of course she does. It's me! It's Al!
( thealternativefact, Wed 15 Oct 2008, 17:02, Reply)

See Lonely Planet have just published
the best 10 cities in the world?

Antwerp
Beirut
Chicago
Glasgow
Lisbon
Mexico City
Sao Paulo, Brazil
Shanghai
Warsaw
Zurich


Glasgow? Hehehehe
(Holy Cremola Foam Batman will be back on, Wed 15 Oct 2008, 17:02, Reply)

A friend of mine

has gig brogues...rock and roll!
( Naked Ape call me Caitlyn, Wed 15 Oct 2008, 17:06, Reply)

Have fun, Al!

Right, I'm off too. Hope y'all have a good evening!
( thealternativefact, Wed 15 Oct 2008, 17:08, Reply)

As they say north of the border...
Hoots mon! Mexico City?!
( Devil_In_Tights the *real* DiT!, Wed 15 Oct 2008, 17:08, Reply)

Nobody says that DiT!
Actually we do I'm only joking, I don't want to shatter any illusions you may have of Scotland!

Antwerp though? Odd.
(Holy Cremola Foam Batman will be back on, Wed 15 Oct 2008, 17:10, Reply)

Yes you do!
And you say Och Aye the Noo all the time. And then you say see you, Jimmy, and then you headbut someone.

I have seen Russ Abbott/Rab C Nesbitt, I know what it's like in Scotland!*




*Has only been to Edinburgh once. And was drunk.
( Devil_In_Tights the *real* DiT!, Wed 15 Oct 2008, 17:15, Reply)

Ahhh yes
You're right actually. Scotland's shame!

EDIT Deep fried kebab?! Eurgh! Although deep fried pizza...mmmm. Deep friend cream eggs are also very tasty.
(Holy Cremola Foam Batman will be back on, Wed 15 Oct 2008, 17:22, Reply)

Hehe
No... But I am having a heart attack just thinking about it! ;)

Right folks, I'm off to celebrate my news! Night!
( Devil_In_Tights the *real* DiT!, Wed 15 Oct 2008, 17:28, Reply)

Urgh
That's fucking awful. Thanks for that!

Anyway I'm away home, speak to you all tomorrow.
(Holy Cremola Foam Batman will be back on, Wed 15 Oct 2008, 17:29, Reply)