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 I'll just stick this here for Thursday evening waffle.
	I'll just stick this here for Thursday evening waffle.
Mmmm...waffles.
(, Thu 8 Jan 2009, 18:22, 124 replies, latest was 17 years ago)
 Boooooo
	BooooooI was resizing an image for the new thread.
*spanks Clendrix*
(, Thu 8 Jan 2009, 18:24, Reply)
 Just that second clicked on Off Topic
	Just that second clicked on Off TopicI was surprised to see no-one had responded yet.
(, Thu 8 Jan 2009, 18:25, Reply)
 I would apologise for interfering with Badger's plans
	I would apologise for interfering with Badger's plansbut I got a spank out of it, so hey-ho.
*continues interfering*
Nice day at the office, Chains?
I'm still in mine.
(, Thu 8 Jan 2009, 18:27, Reply)
 It was filed on
	It was filed onApril 1st. If they hadn't refilled I may have been suspicious :p
On the plus point it probably has raised awareness quite a lot by doing this.
(, Thu 8 Jan 2009, 18:29, Reply)
 I actually had some work to do today
	I actually had some work to do todayI asked for it, it's been a solid month since I've done anything. That taxed my "keep self amused" ability to the absolute limit.
(, Thu 8 Jan 2009, 18:31, Reply)
 Okay, I know you don't like pics in here...
	Okay, I know you don't like pics in here...but I just HAVE to share this one.
The Chicago Tribune had this picture that I saw in their Most Viewed section of the page, and I thought it was a young David Crosby look-alike.

I never would have recognized him had it not been for the caption.
That's Johnny Depp.
(, Thu 8 Jan 2009, 18:33, Reply)
 I instantly knew
	I instantly knewit was Depp but thought it may have been shopped. He's obviously indulged this Christmas
(, Thu 8 Jan 2009, 18:34, Reply)
 Yo Becky
	Yo BeckyIs it not from a fat celebs shop thing as seen here
www.newspip.com/p.asp?id=79&foto=9
(, Thu 8 Jan 2009, 18:38, Reply)
 Look at the others...
	Look at the others...planethiltron.com/
*squeezes Becky*
Hello darling!
(, Thu 8 Jan 2009, 18:38, Reply)
 Hallo Peeps!
	Hallo Peeps!Another bullshit working day!
How are we all this evening?
(, Thu 8 Jan 2009, 18:42, Reply)
 Squeezes back
	Squeezes backHello my lovely C
*buggers off again to write stuff up*
(, Thu 8 Jan 2009, 18:44, Reply)
 Link
	LinkHere is where I got that from.
I too would rather think it's a photoshop, as I happen to like him as an actor.
It was disturbing, though. Almost as disturbing as this one.
(, Thu 8 Jan 2009, 18:44, Reply)
 Beekers!
	Beekers!I'm just tidying things up here in the office and then I'm off for a couple of beers with Wookiee, so my day's certainly improving fast!
(, Thu 8 Jan 2009, 18:44, Reply)
 *flexes at clendrix*
	*flexes at clendrix*Nice one!
I would get some beer in but I would be sat drinking in the house on my own and that's just sad :S
Still, shall be 100 hours since my last cig in the next few hours:D
(, Thu 8 Jan 2009, 18:47, Reply)
 Oi BK
	Oi BKI am looking forward to cracking a bottle of wine this evening. Drinking alone is not sad, it's... ummm... a traditional relaxation technique.
Edit: And congrats on your faglessness. Today is the five month anniversary of my last cigarette.
(, Thu 8 Jan 2009, 18:49, Reply)
 Badgerface!
	Badgerface!*huggles*
Thanks you! I've got very little cravings, but a lot of withdrawal. Starting to cough shit up now!
@Light
5 months? Nicely done!
(, Thu 8 Jan 2009, 18:57, Reply)
 Aye aye
	Aye ayeevening all. I has lapsed and bought wine.
On the spurious basis that it's almost the weekend.
I'm really crap at this willpower thing, even though I haven't bought wine since last weekend. Because we've gone through the scrumpy, Baileys, mead and ouzo that's still in the house :-/
(, Thu 8 Jan 2009, 18:59, Reply)
 Ah, but it's *wine*
	Ah, but it's *wine*A glass or two of wine in the evening, that's sophistamacated, that is.
(, Thu 8 Jan 2009, 19:01, Reply)
 Evening spunkmonkeys!
	Evening spunkmonkeys!And I mean that in the politest possible way :)
Can anyone tell me what Capt Hood-Butter's msg says? Opera Mini isn't forthcoming with mouseovers.
*nibbles*
(, Thu 8 Jan 2009, 19:02, Reply)
 It says
	It says'You're a fucking pervert' in large, friendly letters.
*EDIT* Fuck, beaten to it. Where's me wine gone?
(, Thu 8 Jan 2009, 19:04, Reply)
 Thanks peeps
	Thanks peepsI just added my response.
In other news - GIANT ROBOT SHOOTS THINGS in Fallout 3... things just got interesting :)
(, Thu 8 Jan 2009, 19:06, Reply)
 @ Blouse
	@ BlouseNo problem at all.
Plus, I'd rather be a fucking pervert, than a celibate one.
(, Thu 8 Jan 2009, 19:07, Reply)
 Evening all.
	Evening all.My friend High-vis Holly was going to come round for a cup of tea but she can't make it now.
I'm bored.
What shall I do with myself this evening?
(, Thu 8 Jan 2009, 19:11, Reply)
 *returns*
	*returns*I have chicken tika masala simmering on the hob. nom nom nom nom nom
(, Thu 8 Jan 2009, 19:14, Reply)
 I've just bought
	I've just bought2 frozen pizzas but I have no room in the freezer. I'd better have them both!
(, Thu 8 Jan 2009, 19:16, Reply)
 Evening all
	Evening allI actually left the house today, for a whole half an hour. Go me!
Are we all well here? I like your approach there BK. I say go for it.
(, Thu 8 Jan 2009, 19:17, Reply)
 Smoked salmon, cream cheese and black pepper sandwiches for me.
	Smoked salmon, cream cheese and black pepper sandwiches for me.Cos I'm refined, and that.
(, Thu 8 Jan 2009, 19:19, Reply)
 Cheers PoD
	Cheers PoDI just misheard something on a news report on Gaza.
I thought they said there was a much-needed lol in proceedings that allowed precious aid to get through:)
(, Thu 8 Jan 2009, 19:20, Reply)
 Evening Mrs Bin
	Evening Mrs BinI remember one day in higher Graphic Communication, when another teacher came to our room to get a punishment form for a child, mostly as he had just glass papered another kids face.
That were some nice stuff, that were.
(, Thu 8 Jan 2009, 19:24, Reply)
 hehe
	heheanyone else imagine graphic communication being drawing rude pictures to communicate?
(, Thu 8 Jan 2009, 19:31, Reply)
 Evening all
	Evening allI'm going out drinking later with some people I've not seen in, well, it could be more than a year. It's going to be a bit odd I think but I quite like catching up with people I've not seen in a while.
Only trouble is that I'm so tired I fully expect to fall asleep in what will be a very loud bar. 3 - 4 hours sleep a night all week hasn't been doing me any favours...
*yawns*
(, Thu 8 Jan 2009, 19:37, Reply)
 Hey V
	Hey VEnjoy!
I really want a drink, but I don't want the nicotine craving's that will go with it!
(, Thu 8 Jan 2009, 19:38, Reply)
 heh
	hehGoogling "Paddington Bear hard stare" with quotes around gives over 500 hits for the phrase. Good to know.
(, Thu 8 Jan 2009, 19:47, Reply)
 @Beekers.
	@Beekers.Your going to have to get used to drinking without a fag. You might as well start now.
(, Thu 8 Jan 2009, 19:51, Reply)
 @ Blouse
	@ BlouseTrue! I had 4 pints on Tuesday night without smoking and I'll be out tomorrow night, so I can do it:)
*snogs V in completely non-gay way*
(, Thu 8 Jan 2009, 19:53, Reply)
 Sorry
	Sorrywent to have dinner.
The boy threatened a teaching assistant with a chair!
(, Thu 8 Jan 2009, 19:54, Reply)
 I'm sorry
	I'm sorryBut another friend rang to see if I was going out and I had to give in to all the peer pressure.
*snogs BK back*
@No3l I nicked it from the Bushisms article on the beeb.
(, Thu 8 Jan 2009, 19:55, Reply)
 well fuck you V
	well fuck you VI have giant chocolate buttons in the fridge. Oh yes. They will give me more enjoyment than you could
(, Thu 8 Jan 2009, 19:57, Reply)
 @Mrs Bin.
	@Mrs Bin.I have a vision of a pupil holding a teacher at bay with a chair like a lion tamer.
(, Thu 8 Jan 2009, 19:57, Reply)
 Well done badge :)
	Well done badge :)V - I read that this morning - that was my favourite quote.
(, Thu 8 Jan 2009, 20:01, Reply)
 Good evening fellow internet hippos
	Good evening fellow internet hipposDon't deny it - everyone on the internet is fat. My boy says so, so it must be true; anyone who looks slim on their profile pics is clearly a photoshop whizz.
I myself am a gargantuan tub of lard with no social skills, as demonstrated by my greeting to you all.
How are we?
(, Thu 8 Jan 2009, 20:02, Reply)
 What the fuck
	What the fuckI swear I saw BGB's post directly under mine then refreshed and TGB has come between us!*
If I bring you 100 twixes as a birthday present will you forgive me?
*it is entirely possible that I've started hallucinating.
(, Thu 8 Jan 2009, 20:03, Reply)
 I'm suddenly tempted
	I'm suddenly temptedTo make lots of deliberate spelling and grammatical errors in TGB's birthday card...
(, Thu 8 Jan 2009, 20:05, Reply)
 BGB
	BGBAh yes, I'd heard that.
I'd also heard that my boy was boasting about going abroad today.
Well, it's not true. He has a chronic fear of flying brought on by a nasty papercut he sustained as a 2 year old playing with a paper aeroplane.
He's really camping out in the front garden with a selection of cheap foreign lager, a battery powered stereo and a few Greek CDs for the ambience.
(, Thu 8 Jan 2009, 20:05, Reply)
 Yo SMG
	Yo SMGwill you be taking over insults from him on a full time basis while he's gone then?
V you love it when I come between you
(, Thu 8 Jan 2009, 20:09, Reply)
 Ah, the delightful Miss Badger
	Ah, the delightful Miss BadgerNo. I am generally a figure of extreme politeness and really, brought my boy up to be better behaved than he demonstrates on here.
Unfortunately, he took the mantra 'if a thing is worth saying, it's worth saying a million times' a little bit too literally.
He may come across like a badly manufactured talking toy doll with a limited number of phrases, but his heart's in the right place.
In a box under the stairs...
(, Thu 8 Jan 2009, 20:12, Reply)
 No need to wobble, Badger.
	No need to wobble, Badger.but I hear that motorboating is perfectly acceptable. In the right circumstances.
I'm being dragged off for a bit. there's a spider in JMG's tent that needs killing, apparently.
*sigh* A parent's work is never done. I'm coming, son, I'm coming! Be brave, daddy's nearly there...
(, Thu 8 Jan 2009, 20:16, Reply)
 @Stair master Geordie.
	@Stair master Geordie.Who knew an apple could fall so far from the tree.
Have I mentioned I'm on holiday from the end of next week. *glees*
(, Thu 8 Jan 2009, 20:19, Reply)
 Evening you lovely people
	Evening you lovely peopleI for one am not a pervert, I would just like to make that clear.
So how are you lot tonight?
EDIT BGB, going/doing anywhere/anyone nice?
(, Thu 8 Jan 2009, 20:24, Reply)
 V
	VI should coco.
I say I'm not a pervert, but there are several people tat would beg to differ!
(, Thu 8 Jan 2009, 20:27, Reply)
 @ Blouse
	@ BlouseI've got a week off the last couple of weekends in January! Back up to Scotland I think!
(, Thu 8 Jan 2009, 20:27, Reply)
 I'm back.
	I'm back.The silly sod, it wasn't a spider at all. It was a bunch of pubes matted together with a blob of spunk.
I've confiscated his Grattan's catalogues and told him that it's flaps closed by nine or there'll be no ovaltine.
Kids, eh? Pfff.
(, Thu 8 Jan 2009, 20:28, Reply)
 @BK
	@BKYou'll be at the York bash though?
I was going to bring a sleeping bag for when you drop off at the pub. *grin*
(, Thu 8 Jan 2009, 20:30, Reply)
 What are these 'bashes' that everyone keeps banging on about?
	What are these 'bashes' that everyone keeps banging on about?Do you all get together in a darkened room and knock one out or something? Whilst lying to each other?
Or are they something much more sinister?
(, Thu 8 Jan 2009, 20:33, Reply)
 @ Blouse
	@ BlouseI am indeed!
Looking forward to it! Was going to drive down with Miss Tulip but I don't think she can make it now.
(, Thu 8 Jan 2009, 20:35, Reply)
 BGB
	BGBExcellent, I hope you have a real good time.
Bashes are far more sinister SMG, far more!
(, Thu 8 Jan 2009, 20:36, Reply)
 From what I can tell
	From what I can tellThat's pretty much bang on, SMG. That's why I've put my name down for one.
(, Thu 8 Jan 2009, 20:36, Reply)
 @BK
	@BKTulip not coming?
Noooooooooooooooooooooooooo!
*Goes emo and writes a poem on the misery of life*
(, Thu 8 Jan 2009, 20:39, Reply)
 LOL
	LOLIt must be something in the air with this weeks QOTW. I've just logged onto my wargame and someone's created a game called "Not Billable Time".
(, Thu 8 Jan 2009, 20:39, Reply)
 More sinister?
	More sinister?Do tell.
Do you send along lithe, fit and sun-kissed stunt doubles to detract from the fact that you are all pasty, wobbling interweb geeks with no social skills?
I know I would.
(, Thu 8 Jan 2009, 20:41, Reply)
 @ Blouse
	@ BlouseI know! She has to work that weekend!
I'm seeing her for lunch and stuff for a couple of days through the week but she's gutted she can't make the bash.
(, Thu 8 Jan 2009, 20:41, Reply)
 Drops in briefly
	Drops in brieflyyeah, we can't make the York bash either now.
Fiscally embarrassed. 'tis a shitter and no mistake.
(, Thu 8 Jan 2009, 20:43, Reply)
 @ Davros
	@ DavrosNoooooooo!!!!!!
That sucks!
Was nice catching up with you the other week though!
(, Thu 8 Jan 2009, 20:44, Reply)
 I'm not hanging out with poor people anymore.
	I'm not hanging out with poor people anymore.They always let you down.
*sniff*
(, Thu 8 Jan 2009, 20:44, Reply)
 Indeed Beekers
	Indeed BeekersAnd it isn't that long until the Edinbash, so I can wait.
We did consider getting the last train back for York, but it's at 10:40, and there's no way I would be able to tear myself away at that time.
*EDIT* sorry BGB. I don't intend to be poor beyond February, if that's any consolation.
(, Thu 8 Jan 2009, 20:46, Reply)
 There you go again...
	There you go again...Talking about 'bashing'.
You people have no shame whatsoever, you know that?
Apologies for my last comment though. 20 seconds in a tent with my boy and his attitude tends to rub off on you. It's the confined space that does it.
(, Thu 8 Jan 2009, 20:52, Reply)
 Oh dear
	Oh dearOne has killed the thread. I believe there is a hat for this sort of thing?
(, Thu 8 Jan 2009, 20:55, Reply)
 If that hat
	If that hatGoes anywhere near your nob, I'm going to burn it and you SMG, or I may just burn JMG for the fun of it!
(, Thu 8 Jan 2009, 21:10, Reply)
 Burn away Dok
	Burn away DokIt's cold outside and I confiscated his duvet. he could use the warmth.
Plus he's a geordie, so as hard as rock. It'll just be like minor sunburn to him.
(, Thu 8 Jan 2009, 21:12, Reply)
 OK Dok
	OK DokHead straight up the A1 and follow the signs for Cruddas Park when you get to Newcastle.
But lock your car doors, or they may get stolen.
(, Thu 8 Jan 2009, 21:15, Reply)
 I'd planned on hitching to the Edinburgh bash
	I'd planned on hitching to the Edinburgh bashbut it's only a couple of weeks before my big hitch-hike begins so I don't think I'll be able to spare the funds :(
(, Thu 8 Jan 2009, 21:16, Reply)
 No3L
	No3LI think there may be the opportunity to car share with some. Bill and ethelred, possibly (ancrenne is sharing as well I think).
(, Thu 8 Jan 2009, 21:20, Reply)
 I say
	I saywe take off and nuke the hat from orbit.
It's the only way to be sure.
(, Thu 8 Jan 2009, 21:25, Reply)
 Actually
	Actuallyas much as that helps, it might be good to hitch-hike up. I thought it was a bit later in April than that... I'll be leaving for the costal hitch-hike four weeks after the bash. It'll be good practice to hitch there and back.
Screw it. I'm coming!
(, Thu 8 Jan 2009, 21:25, Reply)
 Yay No3L
	Yay No3LChains, Launch it into space, wait on it's re-entry and then nuke the site from orbit. Now that's the only way to be sure!
(, Thu 8 Jan 2009, 21:30, Reply)
 Yay for me!
	Yay for me!How exciting! I'm going to bed now... gonna take my map book with me and plan my route to Scotland :)
Night funsters!
(, Thu 8 Jan 2009, 21:36, Reply)
 I favour
	I favoura light dusting with antimatter then push it into a pocket black hole then push that into a quantum probability sink.
That's the only way to be uncertain as to whether it ever happened in the first place.
(, Thu 8 Jan 2009, 21:52, Reply)
 Not really
	Not reallybut I do love me some fancy technobabble.
Edit: I spent a good minute agonising over quantum probability something.
(, Thu 8 Jan 2009, 22:03, Reply)
 Threaten to push them into a quantum probability sink
	Threaten to push them into a quantum probability sinkAnd advise them that not only will they wish they'd never been born, they will actually have never been born.
(, Thu 8 Jan 2009, 22:18, Reply)
 Not only that
	Not only thatBut also this thread will never have existed (apparently)
(, Thu 8 Jan 2009, 22:33, Reply)
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