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As I sit here waiting for my broadband equipment to be delivered, I thought I'd start today's day-thread. How are you all this day and are you waiting for anything?
( , Mon 3 Nov 2008, 8:03, 313 replies, latest was 16 years ago)

breakfast cereal with a tea spoon, this could take some time!
morning all
( , Mon 3 Nov 2008, 8:16, Reply)

My remaining bread has gone off, so I'm just eating bran-flakes today.
( , Mon 3 Nov 2008, 8:25, Reply)

How is everybody doing following the 'Great Username Heist of Halloween 08?'
Incidentally, I have decided to take advantage of this otherwise shitty situation and will eventually change my username to something slightly less shit.
Suggestions would be welcomed...
( , Mon 3 Nov 2008, 8:25, Reply)

How about putting a hyphen in your username so there's no ambiguity in it's pronunciation.
( , Mon 3 Nov 2008, 8:29, Reply)

Personally pooflake I quite like your username.
I'm cold in the office. No doubt by the end of the day it'll be way too hot in here and I'll be feeling ill. Ho hum.
( , Mon 3 Nov 2008, 8:29, Reply)

done...and done.
Aw Captain V - it's nice that someone likes my username...hold on, this isn't an elaborate set up for a 'Gay Pond' joke is it?
ooh, knowing my luck even if I do change my name there will be some interpretation that implies I am a watery mass of rampant homosexuality.
*goes Freudian*
( , Mon 3 Nov 2008, 8:37, Reply)

Would be the best username ever.
( , Mon 3 Nov 2008, 8:39, Reply)

@pooflake: If you're siffering from diarrhoea, you can use both versions of your name to describe a "watery mass of rampant homosexuality".
I bet that's put us off our breakfasts.
( , Mon 3 Nov 2008, 8:42, Reply)

I'm working 8.30 - 18.30 today.
So I am going to need B3ta to see me through.
Hope everyone had good weekends.
( , Mon 3 Nov 2008, 8:49, Reply)

My boss has called in sick.
yay!
While the cat's away, the mouse will twunt about on B3ta until his fingers grow mouldy.
( , Mon 3 Nov 2008, 8:50, Reply)

Or is it very quiet in here today?
I'm beginning to get suspicious...
( , Mon 3 Nov 2008, 8:51, Reply)

I'm never normally here til after 10, so this is unchartered territory for me.
*falls asleep again*
( , Mon 3 Nov 2008, 8:53, Reply)

@captain V
I was wondering about that too. Was it my diarrhoea joke that did it? At least everyone's coming back, so I can safely say that my yoghurt looked like strawberry flavoured spunk.
@pooflake: Consider yourself lucky. I don't have on-desk Internet at work, and my boss just needs to swivel round to see my monitor, and besides, if I did have b3ta at work, I'd never get anything done.
( , Mon 3 Nov 2008, 8:55, Reply)

3 Weeks of work then I get all sorts of holidays :)
yawnnnnnn
( , Mon 3 Nov 2008, 9:01, Reply)

Heavy weekend, and I feel like I'm going to die.
Quantum of Solace is well good. And it looks like I'm getting pissed at lunchtime which should make me feel a bit better...
*goes back to sleep on desk*
( , Mon 3 Nov 2008, 9:04, Reply)

Was fantastic, indeed.
I'd never really been a Bond fan until Casino Royale either.
( , Mon 3 Nov 2008, 9:09, Reply)

I am super tired today *sleeps*
Poof did your name get half inched? What a bunch of bastards *shakes fist*
( , Mon 3 Nov 2008, 9:10, Reply)

I think there's going to be a lot of sleeping around here today.
um...
I mean a lot of people sleeping. Not a lot of sleeping around.
( , Mon 3 Nov 2008, 9:12, Reply)

I suppose you're still happy about Hamilton winning? *glums*
( , Mon 3 Nov 2008, 9:14, Reply)

I would never have thought that of us lot!
Ningles everybody, how was the MancBash? I hope nobody got too abused.
I considered coming up for it at about 4pm, but I was just too lazy to get of my bum.
( , Mon 3 Nov 2008, 9:17, Reply)

It was awesome wasn't it. I was nervous like a nervous person all the way through. Cheering like
( , Mon 3 Nov 2008, 9:21, Reply)

I can no longer wait around for BT to come with my broadband kit so I must cycle to the office. I'm glad the b3ta br3akfast club had another successful session this morning. Don't get too bored at work.
( , Mon 3 Nov 2008, 9:21, Reply)

and danced around the room when Hamilton won! We was a little happy I think :p
Dok! *hugs and kisses* Manc bash was awesome although obviously would have been better with you there ;)
( , Mon 3 Nov 2008, 9:25, Reply)

I don't follow Formula One (far too boring for me) but surely a British champion in any sport should be celebrated?
(this is assuming those complaining are British, which I think some of you are..)
Edit: yay, I've just got out of the one job I was going to bother doing before my lunchtime drinking. More sleeping for me!
( , Mon 3 Nov 2008, 9:26, Reply)

i am not going to work today. and you can't make me. so nerrrr.
on a less childish note, how is everyone?
( , Mon 3 Nov 2008, 9:28, Reply)

*Kisses*
*Snuggles*
I would have been there, but I would have arrived about the time BGB left, and had noplace to stay so I would have had to leave again. :(
So what was the pint of awesome?
Hamilton, I can't stand the man. I was a maHOOOOsive Coultard fan back in the day, but he turned a bit shit as well.
Morning B-K *hugs*
( , Mon 3 Nov 2008, 9:29, Reply)

My boss is asking me to do stuff, I have no motivation for this anymore.
Just under 3 weeks left. Woo *cries*
( , Mon 3 Nov 2008, 9:30, Reply)

Do it badly, that's what I would do!
Did you apply for the Cremy job?
( , Mon 3 Nov 2008, 9:32, Reply)

I find it hard enough to motivate myself for a job that's mine for as long as I want it, so I sympathise!
( , Mon 3 Nov 2008, 9:33, Reply)

and sort out all my crap.
only drawback is i went for a bit of retail therapy yesterday and got a new dressing gown. it's the softest thing ever.....and it has a hood.
me? moving? i think not.
Edit: Yo and hugs respectively :o)
( , Mon 3 Nov 2008, 9:33, Reply)

Baby Kitten isn't going to work, she's just going to sit about in her really soft hooded dressing gown.
I wish I was doing that instead of being at work, but then again I can post on here all day at work!
( , Mon 3 Nov 2008, 9:35, Reply)

I don't think we've met!
Edit: Agreed Dok, I'd like to sit about in
( , Mon 3 Nov 2008, 9:35, Reply)

And got to meet me! WOO
Also I have no idea what was in the half pint of Awesome but it came around like so
*waggly lines*
Fetid Mimsy was very very drunk. He had already ordered a soda water shandy - which contrary to popular belief did not contain larger but was half lemonade half soda water. This was the original drink of awesome and was proffered round the group and met with wary sniffs and tentative sips.
He did try and convince me that this was liquid awesome and I should drink more. I declined. More drinks were consumed and Fetid decided he was going to order half a pint of awesome. I - wrongly - assumed this was going to be more soda water shandy but turned out to be a mystical drink of possibly JD, definitely coke and something else.
So we never knew what was in it, which apparently is why it is so awesome and Fetid has stated he will be asking for half pints of awesome in all future drinking establishments.
*waggly lines*
Pictures of the awesome are on flikr :p
( , Mon 3 Nov 2008, 9:37, Reply)

hmmmmmm.
*looks around nervously*
i almost feel like i should pretend to be doing work.
( , Mon 3 Nov 2008, 9:39, Reply)

It's a hive of productivity here today, which should mean I should fit in as I have a hangover worthy of Bacchus.
How be tricks in B3ta land mateys?
( , Mon 3 Nov 2008, 9:40, Reply)

My sister bought it me for my birthday, it's wicked!
Eerie how you can hear his voice in your head reading it out though...
Edit: kitten - nah, enjoy the fact you don't have to!
( , Mon 3 Nov 2008, 9:40, Reply)

Late last night i took the first step to NOT being a technological retard.
*prouds*
And it's annoying me that I'm not putting capitals (capitalising??) where they should be so I'll do that too.
( , Mon 3 Nov 2008, 9:44, Reply)

for correct capitalisation and punctuation.
Oh man I really want some awesome now it was really yummy.
( , Mon 3 Nov 2008, 9:47, Reply)

You've managed to connect to the internet and post here so you can't be that much of a technological retard!
Also yes, we all use the English language properly round here, not capitalising is frowned upon :P
( , Mon 3 Nov 2008, 9:47, Reply)

just what the hell is awesome.
Captain V - you are a boring old fart *rasberries*
( , Mon 3 Nov 2008, 9:48, Reply)

Yeah I would have found someplace, and met you which would have been FULL OF WIN!
So Sam, you want to sit about in B-K's dressing gown, good plan.
B-K We can see you through your monitor don't you know.
( , Mon 3 Nov 2008, 9:49, Reply)

Although I'm sure I've drunk an Awesome Ale at one of the beer festivals I've attended...
( , Mon 3 Nov 2008, 9:49, Reply)

I found out that photobucket is still all up and running (and doing well for himself etc etc) so I managed to put my face on my profile. May change it to a big lump of dressing gown though, am undecided.
( , Mon 3 Nov 2008, 9:52, Reply)

I'm sure I've drunk it as well.
Gods I've got a hankering for a pint now, and it's not even 10am.
EDIT I suppose that'll teach me for not drinking at the weekend. :(
( , Mon 3 Nov 2008, 9:53, Reply)

I hadn't thought about it being abbreviated like that.
At first I thought you were insinuating I wanted to wear Boss Keloid's dressing gown! :D
(not saying I don't want to, but I think baby_kitten's would be a better fit...)
( , Mon 3 Nov 2008, 9:53, Reply)

It took a fair while to type that as well so bloody read it.
I think someone, maybe the Colonel, suggested JD and cherry coke. I may have to experiment this weekend!
( , Mon 3 Nov 2008, 9:53, Reply)

I feel awful this morning.
I'm suffering from a fairly nasty game-over.
*frowns*
Ah well, I'm gonna be doing Kaol Black-related activities tonight as well as a band practice, so just gotta drag myself slowly through the day.
( , Mon 3 Nov 2008, 9:54, Reply)

I'm only 5 footsies tall :o)
5 footsies short? Hmmmmm.
( , Mon 3 Nov 2008, 9:54, Reply)

It might stave off the after effects of the amount of Hobgoblin I drank last night.
Champagne lunch though (fnarr fnarr) which is nearly as good...
I'll see how much of it I can neck before someone makes a comment about my alcohol problem.
Edit: that's fine, I like my dressing gowns skimpy ;)
( , Mon 3 Nov 2008, 9:54, Reply)

That sounds just lully, I may have some soon as well.
Yeah Sam, it's a confusing abreviation, but fun.
( , Mon 3 Nov 2008, 9:56, Reply)

with drinking early in the day. I used to have a Reef for breakfast because 'it was orange flavoured' when i worked in a pub. Good times....
Edit: 'nings Kaol
( , Mon 3 Nov 2008, 9:56, Reply)

ooh when we get more comic?
*jumps around*
when? when? when? when? when? when? when? when? when? when? when? when? when? when? when? when? when? when? when? when? when? when? when? when? when? when? when? when?
*falls over*
( , Mon 3 Nov 2008, 9:57, Reply)

Now you know what happens when you get too excited.
'ning Kaol, good weekend?
EDIT Damn you Drixy, I would kill to be in bed right now!
( , Mon 3 Nov 2008, 9:58, Reply)

stop talking about drinking. Now I want a pint too.
Still, the pub over the road has been open since 9, so I suppose I could...
( , Mon 3 Nov 2008, 9:58, Reply)

I'm out tonight, and tomorrow night, may be working Wednesday night, Thursday night is acoustic night, and Friday night I'm meeting a young lady for London-based drinks.
Herr Doktor, yeah, to quote myself "I drank lots, slept on a boat, watched Zombie films, threw heavy blunt objects across the room and sang songs."
( , Mon 3 Nov 2008, 9:59, Reply)

Reef is vile unless mixed with gin, which makes Greef (TM). Only an advisable drink if you want one of those 12 hour memory gaps and several important things missing when you come round though, save it for special occasions.
( , Mon 3 Nov 2008, 9:59, Reply)

And I thought you liked it when I got excited Dok? *waggles eyebrows*
( , Mon 3 Nov 2008, 9:59, Reply)

that due to rubbish adverts I can't say
'I'm going to London'
without thinking
'to buy a Heat magazine'????
Answer me that.
( , Mon 3 Nov 2008, 10:01, Reply)

Oh, I need to insure my car without adding
'And I really want to slice Michael Winners throat while he sleeps'
( , Mon 3 Nov 2008, 10:03, Reply)

but I work with simpletons. I think it's some kind of mantra to them.
( , Mon 3 Nov 2008, 10:03, Reply)

*hugs*
Dok - it sure is nice in here, but I do have to go to work so it can't last much longer.
( , Mon 3 Nov 2008, 10:04, Reply)

I love it when you get excited, I just don't like it when you fall on the floor without me.
B-K I don't know the answer to that one. Do you normally go to Lonodn to Buy Heat?
EDIT Damn you more Drixy. Is there room for a couple of little ones?
( , Mon 3 Nov 2008, 10:05, Reply)

Ah... "working with simpletons"... *laughs*
I work with idiots, mostly. Some of whom have all of the body parts that they were born with.
( , Mon 3 Nov 2008, 10:05, Reply)

So I have no clue what you're on about...!
Morning clendrix - got your new laptop yet? I ordered two almost identical ones on Friday...
I work with fuckwits, not idiots or simpletons.
( , Mon 3 Nov 2008, 10:06, Reply)

*falls on floor "accidentally" dragging dok down with her*
( , Mon 3 Nov 2008, 10:07, Reply)

I don't. I very rarely go to London as it is expensivo for the travel. Fifty squids there and back for this weekend! Shocking.
Some of the people I work with have all the limbs they should have....and then some. What's the point of having 7 fingers (and choosing to put jewellery on ALL of them, I kid you not) if you're too much of a tard to figure out what to do with the 5 that you are entitled to? Hmm? Hmmmmmmm?
( , Mon 3 Nov 2008, 10:09, Reply)

Good morning everyone! I think I may have celebrated Timo Glock letting Lewis Hamilton be F1 World Champion a little bit too much. :S
Best moment of yesterday? Watching the Ferrari Garage go mad, and then seeing the one mechanic who realises they've lost trying to get everyone to shut up.
Yay McLaren! Now bring on Bruno Senna!
( , Mon 3 Nov 2008, 10:09, Reply)

No! I have to wait a bit longer because I'm ordering it through work...but I want it now!
*stamps foot*
Why the username change?
( , Mon 3 Nov 2008, 10:09, Reply)

with what to do with most of my fingers at the best of times. Lucky I don't wear any jewelry.
( , Mon 3 Nov 2008, 10:15, Reply)

I haven't changed it back yet, quite liking this name so I might stick with it!
( , Mon 3 Nov 2008, 10:18, Reply)

Busy as anything here and the weekends never seem to be quite long enough, do they? Thankfully Grandad is out of hospital now (hip replacement) and back at home being his usual gruff Yorkshire self. I'm sure hospitals and Yorkshiremen don't mix. Can't stand them myself, they smell funny.
( , Mon 3 Nov 2008, 10:18, Reply)

*Huggles & Snuggles & Kisses & Things with Badger*
I like it down here, it's all snuggley.
What Laptop did you go for Drixy?
EDIT for spelling.
( , Mon 3 Nov 2008, 10:19, Reply)

I've met some Yorkshiremen and they smelt fine
( , Mon 3 Nov 2008, 10:19, Reply)

I think it's old blokes in general that smell funny, and not just Yorkshiremen. :p
EDIT: Damn you TGB.
( , Mon 3 Nov 2008, 10:20, Reply)

(and grumpy Welsh farmers on the other)
Not sure if they smell because they're Yorkshireish, they're definitely more grumpy than your average old man though!
Edit: ning piston, DiT, rubberduck
( , Mon 3 Nov 2008, 10:22, Reply)

And I'm celebrating because I accidentally destroyed my shite laptop a couple of hours ago, and now I have a much better one :)
Edit: Morning everyone!
( , Mon 3 Nov 2008, 10:24, Reply)

I meant hospitals, but depending on the Yorkshireman they can be somewhat whiffy. My colleague on my left is no exception- he's like some kind of stink gnome!
( , Mon 3 Nov 2008, 10:26, Reply)

*and wishes the ones he's ordered were for him not for people he works for...*
My personal laptop is rubbish, I want a new one but I can't justify spending the money!
( , Mon 3 Nov 2008, 10:27, Reply)

That's a fine laptop Drixy, but not what's got me excited!
( , Mon 3 Nov 2008, 10:27, Reply)

In fact, you can call me what you want...except Pooflake - due to general name thievery, but I just think that F1 is too...well...how can I put this?...TOTALLY FIXED!
Hmm, A few years back championships used to be decided quite early and viewing figures dropped like a stone. In a billion dollar industry this is not on, so the whole thing is twunted about with and staged so it always ends on the last race...with perfectly timed controversial moments to keep us interested along the way.
Lorks, do you remember a few years back when Frentzen and a couple of others could have won on the last race and on the qualifying round three people scored the exact same time to a 1000th of a second?
Hmm...yeah...RIGHT!
There is too much money involved in what is essentially a 'localised' sport for controls not to be put in place.
I haven't seen anything in recent years to put me off my suspicion that the whole thing is as choreographed as your average wrestling match.
Oh, and yay Hamilton
*grumbles off to meeting*
( , Mon 3 Nov 2008, 10:31, Reply)

Met a grumpy Yorkshireman.
But I've only been there once. :(
( , Mon 3 Nov 2008, 10:31, Reply)

That's not too far off what actually happened. :)
I'd just done a short test run and was outside the car, with the laptop on the roof of the car connected to some monitoring equipment on the wheels. I needed to do this to download the sensor data.
I unplugged the sensor leads, then I was distracted by a call on my radio that meant I had to return to base, so I hopped back in the car and started driving off again, only to head a sliding/scraping noise and to see my laptop slide down the rear screen and smash into millions of pieces on the road behind.
What a shame :)
Instead of the POS Dell Latitude D630, I now have a nice shiny Dell Precision M6400, which seems to be much better.
( , Mon 3 Nov 2008, 10:32, Reply)

has a nice screen so I can see things and has a box with wires and metal in that hamsters can somehow get into.
You win....i think.
( , Mon 3 Nov 2008, 10:36, Reply)

I wish I could do that with the POS Dell I have sitting on my desk.
( , Mon 3 Nov 2008, 10:37, Reply)

But yeah, they asked Bernie how he managed to keep making the championship come down to the last race and he said "it gets harder every year" and I don't think he was joking 0_o
( , Mon 3 Nov 2008, 10:37, Reply)

Heap of monkey-crap.
It's about eight years old, and the only original part is the CD drive, and that's fucked.
( , Mon 3 Nov 2008, 10:40, Reply)

You reminded me of Trigger and his broom. Hopefully it was deliberate =D
( , Mon 3 Nov 2008, 10:43, Reply)

Oh, fine...
EDIT: God-fuckin'-dammit, I couldn't steal "Clendrix" then...
( , Mon 3 Nov 2008, 10:46, Reply)

You know you like that one better anyway!
EDIT 100 Woo.
( , Mon 3 Nov 2008, 10:48, Reply)

I feel better about it now I've changed mine.
Edit: Clendrix may look as nimble as a house-brick, but she's actually quite swift.
( , Mon 3 Nov 2008, 10:48, Reply)

Still bit knackered from the weekend.
Miss Badger is correct; I did indeed have a dance around the room when Hamilton got it.
It was a companion dance to Saturday's man-love jive with Enzyme:D
( , Mon 3 Nov 2008, 10:49, Reply)

gave me a sofalol.
Morning folks, I trust everyone's well.
( , Mon 3 Nov 2008, 10:53, Reply)

Enzyme is alive, btw, thank goodness, I thought you might have broken him.
I am off to the pictures... hope I enjoy it when I get there coz right now I just want to stay warm and snug in bed :(
( , Mon 3 Nov 2008, 10:54, Reply)

You only looked scared a bit of the time in the pub :p
( , Mon 3 Nov 2008, 10:54, Reply)

In hilarious news: news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/wales/7702913.stm
And another: news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/west_midlands/black_country/7704603.stm
( , Mon 3 Nov 2008, 10:55, Reply)

I was so nervous! Was like sort of blind group date.
I thought you'd all look like zombies or something. I still think that the internet is just one bored person with a million different logins so I was surprised to see normal people.
( , Mon 3 Nov 2008, 10:56, Reply)

I think I'll reserve judgement on the whole 'F1 is fixed' thing, until I found out just why Glock lost fifteen seconds in that last lap. Although it was raining and he was on slicks, that could explain it, but I can't see why he'd back off that much. It's just too obvious.
( , Mon 3 Nov 2008, 10:57, Reply)

normal people? There were normal people?
Shit. I've been going to the wrong bashes.
( , Mon 3 Nov 2008, 11:00, Reply)

""When they're proofing signs, they should really use someone who speaks Welsh," said journalist Dylan Iorwerth."
haha you think!
DiT how many seconds did the other people who stayed on the dry tyres lose? It wasn't 15 seconds! Fiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiix
I bet Ron Dennis was tempted to go and yell at Berger for letting his driver overtake Hamilton.
( , Mon 3 Nov 2008, 11:00, Reply)

For a man as annebriated as you were, you were still quite funny and charming : )
( , Mon 3 Nov 2008, 11:01, Reply)

Nothing sinister at all about Glock's slowing. He'd lost heat in the tyres and had next to no grip.
Glock was on dries - did a 1:44:731 on the last lap - Trulli, also on dries a 1:44:800.
Hamilton did a 1:26:126 - bettered by Webber with a 1:25:042, Heidfeld on 1:25:477 and Vettel on 1:25:984.
With that in mind, both Hamilton and Glock posted laptimes on the final lap that were consistent with other drivers on the same tyres.
( , Mon 3 Nov 2008, 11:02, Reply)

Morning all.
I had a great weekend of drink, fast cars and women* so one is a bit taken a-back by having to work today.
Fear not dear reader, as I am to experience a corporate jolly on the tab of a supplier shortly, so all is well and normality re: drinking shall be restored to great effect.
*may only have contained the drink part
( , Mon 3 Nov 2008, 11:03, Reply)

Don't take away from my Hamilton glees by claiming a fix.
You saw how happy I was!
*huffs*
:P
( , Mon 3 Nov 2008, 11:07, Reply)

Corporate jollies...
*grins*
Last time I had one of them I got hammered on lunchtime-wine, with the principal of a famous Cambridge college...
( , Mon 3 Nov 2008, 11:08, Reply)

I got my name back
woooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo
that is all.
( , Mon 3 Nov 2008, 11:09, Reply)

I'm off to decide which of the many Disney DVD's have had a significant enough impact on my life to warrant keeping.
I don't like sorting everything out :o(
Edit: by DVD, i clearly mean VHS.
( , Mon 3 Nov 2008, 11:17, Reply)

I've been awake since six am, and have had seven mugs of coffee.
Is this too much, I'm feeling a bit bouncy now, but only a bit.
( , Mon 3 Nov 2008, 11:19, Reply)

I'm up to book 12, and its getting brutal.
They haven't released the last book yet, but as its 12 episodes its going to be massive!
( , Mon 3 Nov 2008, 11:20, Reply)

for my b3taday wishes!
*great big group hug*
I intended to celebrate by spending the whole day here talking bollocks* but sadly I must leave now :( I've been guilt tripped into going out and if I'm late they will disapprove of me.
*as if I do anything else any other day
( , Mon 3 Nov 2008, 11:21, Reply)

I've got a day of the jackal on TVS from about 1987. I love that video. The film stops half way through to have the news at ten with Sandy Lyle talking about black miners rioting in S. Africa and the adverts are 'yeah, ah know it's yer hair naight', and cook electric. When I bought the film on DVD, I felt it was missing something not to have the news in the middle.
( , Mon 3 Nov 2008, 11:22, Reply)

haha who am I kidding!
*lounges*
The most important thing is what do I fancy for lunch?
( , Mon 3 Nov 2008, 11:22, Reply)

Try getting one of these:
Clickamajig
Then you can save them all!
( , Mon 3 Nov 2008, 11:22, Reply)

Is amazing.
I got book 12 at the weekend, can't wait to get stuck in to it.
If Dizzy dies I will be all the sads.
( , Mon 3 Nov 2008, 11:22, Reply)

Happy b3taday fuzzy!
And Dok - no. Drink more, it's the way forward.
( , Mon 3 Nov 2008, 11:24, Reply)

with the stolen usernames? how did the thieves know to ninja in and nick them?? was it an inside job?
( , Mon 3 Nov 2008, 11:24, Reply)

im not saying a word.
but im looking forward to re-reading the whole damn lot when 13 comes out, just so it really does make sense!
In between I will carry on picking up Hellboy and Hellblazer instead
( , Mon 3 Nov 2008, 11:25, Reply)

Had to be someone watching the thread where everyone changed them.
Have we found out who did it yet?
( , Mon 3 Nov 2008, 11:25, Reply)

I just want to curl up in a big pile of my stuff and hug it all. I hate throwing stuff out. I love stuff.
*boohoo*
Hmph. I'll give it another half hour here and then make some lunch. Maybe I could make a lunch that makes me ruthless towards inanimate objects (inanimate as I can't throw the cat away).
( , Mon 3 Nov 2008, 11:27, Reply)

althegeordie, as he was the only one issuing threats to steal usernames.
( , Mon 3 Nov 2008, 11:28, Reply)

Yeah, I just reread 1-10 and realised there was so much I had missed or forgotten.
But this is too geeky for here...
( , Mon 3 Nov 2008, 11:28, Reply)

No whiskey, sorry.
Sam, Hell yeah, the more the merrier.
Badger, you can have me for lunch if you want.
( , Mon 3 Nov 2008, 11:29, Reply)

This is B3ta, home of the geek. I'm currently collecting the Boys so I have next to no money for getting the 100 Bullets that I'm missing.
( , Mon 3 Nov 2008, 11:31, Reply)

Why throw anything out? Hoarding FTW.
Just have a bit of a clean up, do the dishes and stuff everything else under your bed, it'll be fine.
( , Mon 3 Nov 2008, 11:34, Reply)

'when I became a man I put away childish things' in the loft, and it's ace because when you find them, you forget about wireless broadband, and direct debits and front door keys and remember what it was like when you were 8, and happy. I found a box of lego in my mum's loft last year. It had all the lego men still at their positions on the little lego computers. Was odd to think they'd been sat there like that for 20 years, and hadn't been wandering around.
( , Mon 3 Nov 2008, 11:40, Reply)

Well, when you put it like that, yeah.
I'm on The Boys, The Exterminators, Ex MAchina, 100 Bullets and Fables.
Thank God that I finally got the last of Transmetropolitan and that Y: The Last Man finished, because I have been in danger of gong bankrupt.
( , Mon 3 Nov 2008, 11:40, Reply)

...so I have to throw everything out that I've been hoarding at my Mother's so I can fit in all of my current crap.
I really should make a start but I can't bring myself to look at the binbags.
Binbags are so undignified :o(
( , Mon 3 Nov 2008, 11:40, Reply)

any bedsheets then whack all your crap in there and put it on a stick - you'll look like a traveller from teh Ladybird Books.
I'm waiting for Transmetropolitan to finish so I can just pick up the trades as a whole. There are also a load of good Indies out too :(
Have you read Mutant X?
( , Mon 3 Nov 2008, 11:42, Reply)

Just don't nom too hard. Who the hell am I kidding, nom as hard as you want.
*noms back*
Kitten, I threw away all of my VHS a year or so ago, it was hard, I didn't like it. But with these new fangled DVD thingies I managed to cut the space used in half.
And anyhoo depending on how old the tapes are they may not work all that well.
( , Mon 3 Nov 2008, 11:43, Reply)

That would be called a Bindle.
I learnt that from The Simpsons. Along with many other things useless facts.
HJ: Transmet has finished now, the trades are all available. Well worth picking up.
Never read Mutant X. It may have to wait, cos I'm planning to attack The Invisibles once 100 Bullets wraps up.
( , Mon 3 Nov 2008, 11:45, Reply)

I won't nom too hard :p
I just had a piece of "picnic bread" it was very very good!
( , Mon 3 Nov 2008, 11:48, Reply)

Is it time for you to have one of your 'special pills' and a lie down in a dark corner?
( , Mon 3 Nov 2008, 11:49, Reply)

I have to wait longer for lunch today, but at least I get a free buffet and as much champagne as I can drink.
I'm STARVING though!
( , Mon 3 Nov 2008, 11:51, Reply)

Special Pills?
I'm sure I don't know what your talking about!
Picnic bread, Oh, Oh lets have a picnic. I'l bring the fizzy pop*
*beer
( , Mon 3 Nov 2008, 11:52, Reply)

and in the middle are hard boiled eggs, parma ham, mozzarella, sun dried tomatoes and basil.
nom nom nom
( , Mon 3 Nov 2008, 11:57, Reply)

it's fantastic!
I've been told I have to do some work later *sulks*
( , Mon 3 Nov 2008, 12:19, Reply)

Natural History Museum's Entomology Library.
*shrugs*
It's not great pay, but sounds fun, just for the short term.
( , Mon 3 Nov 2008, 12:22, Reply)

no dribbling over my baps.
Well maybe Dok is allowed ;)
( , Mon 3 Nov 2008, 12:23, Reply)

That could be a good one, I know a couple of people who work there.
( , Mon 3 Nov 2008, 12:25, Reply)

I've just been reading about it on their website, 28 million specimens!
( , Mon 3 Nov 2008, 12:26, Reply)

It's a start, at least...
I mean the job says it wants A levels, so...
The fact I've got a degree might help.
It's a foot-in-the-door, at least, anyhow.
*applies*
( , Mon 3 Nov 2008, 12:26, Reply)

Badger don't work, that way lies madness!
It is that Kaol
( , Mon 3 Nov 2008, 12:28, Reply)

Yo Colonel S. I think some picnic bread and half a pint of awesome would make me the happiest badger in the world.
( , Mon 3 Nov 2008, 12:30, Reply)

In fact, I'm off to re-create it right now*.
*may actually just be a Gregg's sausage & bean melt and a can of tizer.
( , Mon 3 Nov 2008, 12:33, Reply)

on the natural history museum website.
I'm a Gigantosaurus.
Awesome.
( , Mon 3 Nov 2008, 12:43, Reply)

A cigarette and some kind of sandwich.
No alcohol today though.
( , Mon 3 Nov 2008, 12:43, Reply)

I am off to town. I need to get some hair dye. And a present. Which is awesome and I may steal *evil glees*
( , Mon 3 Nov 2008, 12:46, Reply)

Enjoy town.
@Dok and Kaol, they're both good dinsosaurs!
My favourite dino is a Saichania. They have really nice shaped heads.
( , Mon 3 Nov 2008, 12:54, Reply)

My favorite would have to be the Pteranodon, they fascinate me.
( , Mon 3 Nov 2008, 12:58, Reply)

Are awesome too!
What was that gigantic one...
Quetzlcoatlas? Something like that?
( , Mon 3 Nov 2008, 13:00, Reply)

They have midget bodies and massive pointy heads.
I think I'll stick with Saichanias and their fucking awesome tails and spikey backs.
I'd love to discover a dinosaur and name it.
I think i'd call it Rob. Dinosaur names can be to hard to say sometimes. Rob is nice and easy :)
( , Mon 3 Nov 2008, 13:03, Reply)

was an Aztec god
Also it appeared in the classic film Q, the winged serpent, which is ace
Oh and dinosaurs are made up you fools, the earth is only 29 years old
( , Mon 3 Nov 2008, 13:04, Reply)

Are the way forward.
Less wind resistance.
EDIT I liked that Halfy "the classic film Q, the winged serpent". It was indeed Good, but a classic?
EDIT 2 It can't be 29 years old, I've been around longer than that!
( , Mon 3 Nov 2008, 13:06, Reply)

I've just found out that Pterasaurs weren't dinosaurs, the were reptiles.
*crys*
( , Mon 3 Nov 2008, 13:11, Reply)

the first few years of your life are nowt but a lie, a sham, memories implanted by the gerbils to make it seem real
and other such creationist bullshit.
it is a classic film!
( , Mon 3 Nov 2008, 13:12, Reply)

The gerbils are running my life.
Don't get me wrong Halfy I liked the film, it just doesn't rank up there with The Monster Club if you ask me, now that's a classic.
( , Mon 3 Nov 2008, 13:14, Reply)

''Struthiomimus was built for speed, with long muscular hind legs and a stiff tail so it could balance and make quick turns. It didn't have any teeth though. Scientists think that it may have eaten leaves and fruits, collecting them with a horny beak, much like a turtles.''
I'm a shitty dino with no teeths. Crap.
( , Mon 3 Nov 2008, 13:16, Reply)

IMDB rates Q at 6.2 and The Monster Club at 5.3
does a winningist dance of glee*
*I dance like an slightly paralysed epileptic frog having electroshock therapy
( , Mon 3 Nov 2008, 13:18, Reply)

Say NO to velociraptors!
xkcd.com/135/
( , Mon 3 Nov 2008, 13:22, Reply)

Im a Dilophosaurus
The Dilophosaurus had two flat semi-circular crests on its snout. These may have been used for mating displays. In the movies, these dinosaurs spit poison, but there isn't actually any fossil evidence to suggest they could do this.
Anyone able to name a film with a pioson spitting Dilophosaurus in it?
( , Mon 3 Nov 2008, 13:22, Reply)

I just played the dino defender game.....I wasn't very good and it said:
"Game Over - All Your Babies Are Dead"
Now I'm a frustrated duckosaur with no action and no kids.
( , Mon 3 Nov 2008, 13:22, Reply)

Some of the best dinos had no teeth.
I don't care what IMDB says.
Pththththt
( , Mon 3 Nov 2008, 13:23, Reply)

"Hi kids, this game is a metaphor for you taking crack. Don't or your babies will be all of the dead."
(EDIT: It's not just the Dinos that are best with no teeth...)
( , Mon 3 Nov 2008, 13:24, Reply)

I shall not be playing with it again.
I would like to meet a crackosaurus though.
EDIT: I don't know what you could possibly be insinuating, but I think my Nan could help you.
( , Mon 3 Nov 2008, 13:25, Reply)

Jurasic Park Halfy.
I didn't like that game, the bad dinos ate my babies!
( , Mon 3 Nov 2008, 13:27, Reply)

receiving end of a very . . . erm ..... "toothy" blow job.
fuck, it still makes me twitch and wince years down the line
( , Mon 3 Nov 2008, 13:28, Reply)

A dog.
a cheap date as well, 4 bonios and she was well up for it
( , Mon 3 Nov 2008, 13:32, Reply)

as long as used correctly.
EDIT: Hope you didn't use the marmite trick on the dog?
( , Mon 3 Nov 2008, 13:33, Reply)

Woo! and yay!
I'm also back from lunch! Woo! and Yay!
I think I've got cabin fever from sitting in my car for so long
( , Mon 3 Nov 2008, 13:34, Reply)

I can categorically state they were not used correctly.
It was like having sex with a cheesegrater.
( , Mon 3 Nov 2008, 13:35, Reply)

I've just been checking out what a Morris Marina ACTUALLY is. Pre-tty cool... You gonna get Westwood to pimp it for you?
"Yo yo! Drop da BOMB, Big-dog..."
( , Mon 3 Nov 2008, 13:36, Reply)

You weren't away that long, were you?
It is a world gone mad! I shall continue to use the limited Latin that I know and screw them all!
( , Mon 3 Nov 2008, 13:40, Reply)

Why would you show me that?
Colonel S mide is already pimped it has a blue roof and a red body
bling bling
( , Mon 3 Nov 2008, 13:41, Reply)

I've just finished my standard monday lunch of a spicy sausage sandwich, and feel like I'm about to burst.
In other news, I had a fantastic time on saturday night, and I'm just disappointed I had to leave early!
Now I just have to work out how many will understand my sig!
( , Mon 3 Nov 2008, 13:42, Reply)

I'll assume you're saving up enough money to pay for the chrome split-rims, tints and fluffy dice then?
Talking of which, I have fluffy dice which haven't been put to full use in the Dad-mobile yet...
*digs around in boxes*
( , Mon 3 Nov 2008, 13:44, Reply)

But the world needs to know just how stupid some people in authority here in the UK are.
That's one nice car BTW.
( , Mon 3 Nov 2008, 13:44, Reply)

I'll let you off. We should have our wedding in Latin :p
Colonel S I am saving up to get it all the same colour first :p
( , Mon 3 Nov 2008, 13:48, Reply)

That was nice that stuff!
@ Colonel S.
Howdy doodey!
I think I've just about recovered.
Nowt like a bit of Scrapheap Challenge of a Sunday morning!
( , Mon 3 Nov 2008, 13:49, Reply)

The stuff was nice on the first sip, went downhill on the second, and by the third was just utterly cringe-worthy!
After a pint, I was not a happy bunny!
( , Mon 3 Nov 2008, 13:51, Reply)

Sounds like a great idea. ;)
*snuggle*
We had a Ford Zephyr when I was a lad, lovely car, until it was written of. :(
( , Mon 3 Nov 2008, 13:52, Reply)

you were drinking half pints AA?
*cough*lightweight*cough*
( , Mon 3 Nov 2008, 13:54, Reply)

and I am a Tyrannosaurus.
This fits, as my arms are very spakky today (after a weekend of bowling).
*wanders off to enjoy the benefits of a metre-wide bite*
( , Mon 3 Nov 2008, 13:54, Reply)

'Noon AA
@Boss - I still had the shakes at midnight. Had to get some Photoshopping done for an upcoming gig and boy, did I struggle!
( , Mon 3 Nov 2008, 13:54, Reply)

Whoa whoa whoa!
It wasn't by choice! Over a certain percentage, it can only be served in halves!
I'm not that gay!
( , Mon 3 Nov 2008, 13:56, Reply)

I've drank 8% ales in pubs by the pint.
Not for very long I hasten to add as it doesn't give a good night out if you do!
( , Mon 3 Nov 2008, 14:00, Reply)

the 'Expedition' Cider at the Coronation Tap in Bristol.
something like 8 or 9% and 4 halfs had me legless in less than 2 hours.
it was A-MA-ZING.
( , Mon 3 Nov 2008, 14:02, Reply)

was 9.5 %abv. And tasted like tramps diaoreah crossed with a warmed up mcdonalds chocolate milkshake.
9.5%abv tho!
( , Mon 3 Nov 2008, 14:02, Reply)

It wasn't by choice!
And I'm not doing it again, I think i'll stick with 5% for now!
( , Mon 3 Nov 2008, 14:03, Reply)

*hugs* You can't help how you feel, it's ok to be "different" and you could probably wear womens clothes more too.
( , Mon 3 Nov 2008, 14:03, Reply)

is about 9%
also foul, tastes like marmite
( , Mon 3 Nov 2008, 14:06, Reply)

...was brewed especially for teh Churchill. FAC and T.
( , Mon 3 Nov 2008, 14:09, Reply)

It turns out that you're absolutely right, Charles.
( , Mon 3 Nov 2008, 14:13, Reply)

I've just remembered that - apparently - doughnuts are the chips of the cake world.
I still don't get why though!!
( , Mon 3 Nov 2008, 14:13, Reply)

Kaol gets it...
Doughnuts is to chips what cake is to potatoes.
( , Mon 3 Nov 2008, 14:27, Reply)

I like chips, just not a lot of them, and not very often. I prefer a plate of mash myself.
( , Mon 3 Nov 2008, 14:29, Reply)

Pure and absolute laziness/genius.
I've put The Story Of Frank in the QOTW :D
www.b3ta.com/questions/eccentrics/post293633
( , Mon 3 Nov 2008, 14:32, Reply)

Here have some cake, it's lovely internet cake and can be anything your heart desires! So long as that's cake.
And Badger dear I have a special one for you.
( , Mon 3 Nov 2008, 14:38, Reply)

what what what?
That chocolate and fudge cakes sounds damn good too! I have just been eating strawberry cheesecake though. T'was nommy
( , Mon 3 Nov 2008, 14:41, Reply)

It's magic cake, and I have more behind my back.
Badger What kind of cake would you like best? While you decide, have a kittum.
EDIT djtrialprice, I'm glad about that I don't look good wearing cake, having it licked off is a different matter.
( , Mon 3 Nov 2008, 14:50, Reply)

I'll bring the Pimms if you bring the cake. I may even be persuaded to make cucumber sandwiches.
*Day-dreams of a glorious B3ta picnic...*
( , Mon 3 Nov 2008, 14:56, Reply)

You should know this!
ooh what cake... hmmm I think it may have to be pecan and toffee cheesecake. That was goooooood
( , Mon 3 Nov 2008, 15:00, Reply)

It's a special hypoallergenic kittum.
*And as if by magic a pecan and toffee cheesecake appears.*
Your wish is my command.
I'm also dreaming of a magical B3ta Picnic, but that may just be all the coffee.
EDIT for spakhandedness!
( , Mon 3 Nov 2008, 15:05, Reply)

When the weather gets better!
I'll even bring some Tablet, and fizzy pop.
beer
( , Mon 3 Nov 2008, 15:09, Reply)

But isn't Rhyll supposed to be one of the sunnyest places in Britain?
( , Mon 3 Nov 2008, 15:29, Reply)

It was funniest? Must admit I wasn't paying that much attention to the TV at the time.
( , Mon 3 Nov 2008, 15:33, Reply)

It's like blackpool, but worse.
/Boris Johnson blog
( , Mon 3 Nov 2008, 15:41, Reply)

Never been to Blackpool so I couldn't say. I have been through Rhyl though and it was shit to look at.
( , Mon 3 Nov 2008, 15:47, Reply)

Imagine Rhyl, but not quite* as bad
*but so NEARLY as bad, you wouldn't notice...
( , Mon 3 Nov 2008, 15:49, Reply)

*puts Blackpool on the list of places never to visit*
Thanks for that.
( , Mon 3 Nov 2008, 15:56, Reply)

I can vouch that both Rhyl and Blackpool are shit, and I was 7 when I went to Rhyl, and it still managed to grate against my under-developed critical faculties.
*waves at Completely Underwhelmed*
( , Mon 3 Nov 2008, 16:01, Reply)

You should go just once. To laugh heartily at those below you in the gene pool.
( , Mon 3 Nov 2008, 16:02, Reply)

And it's the only place I've ever seen that had a McDonald's, KFC, and a Pizza Hut all in a row, and I had that fucking song in my head for the whole weekend!
( , Mon 3 Nov 2008, 16:07, Reply)

I'm drunk, and I only have 52 minutes of work remaining, yay!
And Rhyl (along with the rest of North Wales) is a shithole. Fact.
( , Mon 3 Nov 2008, 16:08, Reply)

We've only just begun by The Carpenters or When you say nothing at all by Ronan Keating one more pissing time I'm going to set myself on fire.
I fucking hate magic fm.
That is all.
( , Mon 3 Nov 2008, 16:10, Reply)

*sympathies*
I'm mentally sending huge huggles and facenoms to get you through it!
( , Mon 3 Nov 2008, 16:13, Reply)

Not sure whether that's better or worse...
They play the same 10 songs about 6 times a day. And it's so compressed it hurts my brain.
( , Mon 3 Nov 2008, 16:14, Reply)

@Sam. I never thought I'd say this, but I would love to be able to listen to Radio 1.
Even if it was just for an afternoon I think I'd weep with happiness.
( , Mon 3 Nov 2008, 16:16, Reply)

But have just had a quick gander at their website, and I feel your pain!
( , Mon 3 Nov 2008, 16:17, Reply)

Sorry about that, I hate magic as well.
See you laters folks, I'm going home.
( , Mon 3 Nov 2008, 16:18, Reply)

That made me remember last years Dickensian Festival in Ulverston, Cumbria.
There was a young ish couple with a four or five year old kid dressed as a pirate.
But instead of a plastic sword, they'd decorated a two foot long, black, rotating dildo.
The kid was running around waving it in peoples faces while they kept dragging him back to where the local newspaper photographer was.
I am assuming they were hoping for a front page.
I don't know if I'm warped, but I thought they were geniuses. Although I fear the kid may have weird memories later in life.
( , Mon 3 Nov 2008, 16:21, Reply)

I'm back from work.
Phone call from the garage. They are still trying to put my car back together and they said that they could sort out the scratch on the side of it (that was nothing to do with the crash) for £94. Does that sound like a good deal?
( , Mon 3 Nov 2008, 16:27, Reply)

Are you around for the Leamington pub-ness on Wednesday?
( , Mon 3 Nov 2008, 16:31, Reply)

I've just got back from a 3 and a half hour drive from Mr VPs house to mine.
And now I'm shattered, but off to the gym at 6 with my mum.
did everyone have a good weekend? bash etc all go well?
( , Mon 3 Nov 2008, 16:33, Reply)

Depends how big the scratch is, where it is and if you have metallic paint?
*huggles PPD* You alright my lovely?
And Scarpe too! *hugs*
( , Mon 3 Nov 2008, 16:34, Reply)

this week but will do my very best to come out and play, hows your day been?
( , Mon 3 Nov 2008, 16:34, Reply)

hope you had a wicked time in the north x
( , Mon 3 Nov 2008, 16:36, Reply)

just perfect thanks...lots of horsey treats flying around today!
( , Mon 3 Nov 2008, 16:38, Reply)

I do have metallic paint, in a shade particular to that make and model.
As for depth, it's down to the undercoat.
( , Mon 3 Nov 2008, 16:39, Reply)

Going to mama badgers for tea after work but I'll give you a a call after :)
( , Mon 3 Nov 2008, 16:40, Reply)

I've been in the office since before 8.30.
I am on the verge of breakdown.
That was a well timed hug.
*hugs back*
*weeps softly*
( , Mon 3 Nov 2008, 16:41, Reply)

save a little for the ppd in your life!
( , Mon 3 Nov 2008, 16:41, Reply)

They will have to respray the whole panel. I was just wondering where it was as if it was on one of the doors they tend to respray both of them so they match.
( , Mon 3 Nov 2008, 16:44, Reply)

I had a nice weekend right up until I fell down some stairs in the pub like a mong. I wasn't even under the influence much.
How are things?
( , Mon 3 Nov 2008, 16:44, Reply)

but not that lovely...
oh...
I misunderstood what the tissues were supposed to be for.
my bad.
( , Mon 3 Nov 2008, 16:50, Reply)

bab-bab-bada-baa
bub-bub-bada-baa
etc.
I'm the Scatman! Skeebidibbybaa
( , Mon 3 Nov 2008, 16:52, Reply)

'Red down.
*prepares to beat him to death with external hard drive*
( , Mon 3 Nov 2008, 16:54, Reply)

In that case, I look forward to my next bash.
And I look forward to the next time B3tas get together too.
(Oh dear Christ, someone stop me)
( , Mon 3 Nov 2008, 16:57, Reply)

that made me do a little officelol :p
Awight Ethel *hugs* Gone a bit mad today have we?
( , Mon 3 Nov 2008, 17:01, Reply)

*runs to hug TGB*
I'm not dancing, just looking smug at putting it into words.
( , Mon 3 Nov 2008, 17:04, Reply)

I better knuckle down for the last hour and twenty minutes of my day.
Until tomorrow (or until I get bored again) folks.
( , Mon 3 Nov 2008, 17:09, Reply)

What a day. Every time I've gone outside, I've managed to see my breath. I love it.
Anyone else loving the cold?
edits - I've started an evening thread, as everyone seems to have disappeared.
( , Mon 3 Nov 2008, 17:36, Reply)
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