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( , Fri 16 Jan 2009, 17:42, 127 replies, latest was 16 years ago)

I fucking love you.
I've had a shit day, and that's just what I needed.
I owe you a pint.
Edit: I also love the irony that I made my HSH image only 1.6k so it'd load quickly in Opera Mini, then four images. It's totally worth it :)
( , Fri 16 Jan 2009, 17:49, Reply)

because I can't be bothered to keep loading the images on my Crackberry (charming as they might be). But I thought I could at least be polite and say hello after a day away from the threads.
Doesn't look like I missed anything much :)
Edit: Didn't mean to be bitchy about the pics, btw! Just on restricted viewing at the moment...
( , Fri 16 Jan 2009, 18:03, Reply)

I don't expect much action tonight anyway.
I'm glad I was at a funeral instead of hanging out here. Considerably more fun!
( , Fri 16 Jan 2009, 18:15, Reply)

Incidentally, what in the fuckbuggery as been going on today?
/has been busy working all day, which is unusual, granted...
And in keeping with the fluff...

( , Fri 16 Jan 2009, 18:19, Reply)

I've still got lots, night on all, of my packing to do. I'll be getting on with it shortly but thought I'd pop in a say hello, goodbye, see you all a week Monday.
Mind you I might take my netbook with me, not sure yet, so might see you sooner.
( , Fri 16 Jan 2009, 18:24, Reply)

Grats ancrenne. Onward!
Bert's been trying to incite a bit of b3ta spirit in us all.
Looks to me like a bunch of kids threw some Crayola around their playgroup wendy house.
Not exactly Che Guevera if you ask me.
Edit: V - are you coming to York?
Eeddiitt: no, you're not!
( , Fri 16 Jan 2009, 18:26, Reply)

Ooh, things that should taste good but don't:
Playdoh
Those roast buffets at events such as greyhound racing
( , Fri 16 Jan 2009, 18:37, Reply)

Skiing! I've been told I mustn't come back broken.
( , Fri 16 Jan 2009, 18:39, Reply)

I went on a school trip once, to the Body Shop factory. Many things smelled great, but tasted bloody awful.
I got my first taste of shoplifting in the souvenier shop too. The guilt consumed me all the way home.
And Original Source Lime shower gel should have a Do Not Eat warning on it for stoned, hungover spastics like me.
( , Fri 16 Jan 2009, 18:42, Reply)

Congrats Ancrenne, good to hear the business is moving along.
( , Fri 16 Jan 2009, 18:43, Reply)

Me and teh mrs were awake at 4.30 this morning, then we fell asleep again at about 6 and getting up at 7.30 was really hard. Now I don't know whats going on. I'm about to drink a bottle of wine and go to bed though.
( , Fri 16 Jan 2009, 18:49, Reply)

I saw a documentary once (the start of many a terrible sentence, I know) that condoned staying up all night, and all the following day, to reset the sleep pattern.
I've done it a few times and it's really helped me. If I've missed out on masses of sleep or got jetlag, it's worked wonders.
( , Fri 16 Jan 2009, 18:53, Reply)

From what I've heard Oz time is like going black...
( , Fri 16 Jan 2009, 18:56, Reply)

that's all it's ever been when I've done it before. I found that being drunk in the evening really does help though.
( , Fri 16 Jan 2009, 19:04, Reply)

a) I've never seen Gavin and Stacey*
2) I really like The Real Hustle?
* I have admittedly been without any BBC channels for eighteen months
( , Fri 16 Jan 2009, 19:33, Reply)

..being genuinely insulted because you are not "fluffy" (possibly sic, fucked if I know) on your Off Topic for one day is slightly rich. Keep it cliquey; I'm off to meet a friend.
( , Fri 16 Jan 2009, 19:54, Reply)

'Mobilise the mormons!'
Elvis - there's a distinct lack of coherence in your post there. If you don't like people hanging out talking to each other, feel free to go fuck yourself.
( , Fri 16 Jan 2009, 19:55, Reply)

I'm glad thing are back to normal. Loon you are mental, those pics are great.
Chains, hoverweasel is great, but it looks more like a stoat, still great though.
*hugs to get Teh Fluffeh backl*
( , Fri 16 Jan 2009, 20:08, Reply)

in a bizarrely incomprehensible way?
Who here knows about guitars?
( , Fri 16 Jan 2009, 20:12, Reply)

www.autoblog.com/2009/01/13/not-in-detroit-cadillac-world-thorium-fuel-concept/

( , Fri 16 Jan 2009, 20:13, Reply)

We do not talk about cars. This is not a car talk forum.
( , Fri 16 Jan 2009, 20:14, Reply)

Elvis was insulted by Bert in what Bert probably thought was a light-hearted way? Maybe?
( , Fri 16 Jan 2009, 20:14, Reply)

Considering what's left of him is now in an urn...
( , Fri 16 Jan 2009, 20:15, Reply)

That just looks cool. Imagine how small your penis would have to be to own one of those.
( , Fri 16 Jan 2009, 20:15, Reply)

Elvis is just the third incarnation of a sad, lonely old alcoholic.
Edit: I have a crack at playing guitar occasionally.
( , Fri 16 Jan 2009, 20:17, Reply)

with a built in pickup. I have a budget of around £300. I thought this one looked alright
www.dv247.com/invt/61493/
( , Fri 16 Jan 2009, 20:22, Reply)

*climbs on board*
You're not coming to York either, are you?
Edit: al, is it a first guitar? or do you play already?
( , Fri 16 Jan 2009, 20:23, Reply)

I just found those pics on another forum and laughed at them, and wanted to share!
Ah well.
In a couple of hours I pick up BGB from the airport! Woo!
( , Fri 16 Jan 2009, 20:26, Reply)

a BGB. Say hello from me.
I wouldn't pay any attention to Elvis.
( , Fri 16 Jan 2009, 20:29, Reply)

It looks fine to me, in fact if that was the kind of thing I was looking for I'd be tempted. I'd pass it to Kaol and/or Drixy, they'd both know more than I.
No3l, sorry buddy, I'm not coming to the York bash, it was a bit too soon after festive time for me to afford.
EDIT Loon you lucky boy, you're getting a Blousey!
( , Fri 16 Jan 2009, 20:32, Reply)

I've played guitar for years, but I only have an electric and I want an acoustic as I want to record songs with acoustic parts and it doesn't sound right with an electric through an effects processor.
( , Fri 16 Jan 2009, 20:35, Reply)

Actually, any of the bigger names are generally pretty decent these days- they can make a high quality guitar pretty cheaply now with CNC machines to make very precise components with minimal effort. But Fender is one of the better names in guitars anyway.
I have a 1973 Guild and a 1981 Takamine 12 string, myself.
( , Fri 16 Jan 2009, 20:47, Reply)

right-handed guitars strung left-handed since I was sixteen.
I spent one fifty a couple of years ago on a leftie and OMGWTFROFL why did I wait so long to buy a leftie?
So I'm a cheap guitar date, I guess.
( , Fri 16 Jan 2009, 20:50, Reply)

I missed the revolution, I was baking a cake.
Was it televised?
( , Fri 16 Jan 2009, 20:57, Reply)

My Martin and Stratocaster is both lefts.
Cackers is totally left. And inept after having these axes on ice for 10 years.
*fingers* speak to me!
( , Fri 16 Jan 2009, 20:59, Reply)

For lack of other people, I'll add my guitar-bit.
Last weekend I went with Clendrix to Denmark Street, as she wanted to get an electro-acoustic, also with a budget of £300.
She got one of these: www.guitarampkeyboard.com/en/yamaha-apx-500/69469
Nice if you're used to playing an electric guitar, as it's not as massive as some of the other electro-acoustics out there.
Also, it sounds good plugged in, I know from experience, as the guitarist in my band also has one. Played it a few times, it's nice :)
Your best bet is to get your arse down to the shops and try 'em out though, it's impossible to tell how one'll feel from looking at pictures online. Kinda like kiddie porn.
( , Fri 16 Jan 2009, 21:04, Reply)

I was gonna recommend a Yammy :)
Lefties are strung upside-down, therefore fretted slightly differently. I spent YEARS getting annoyed with guitar that wouldn't tune/fret/capo properly.
Prepare yourself for a shock: I'm right-handed!
( , Fri 16 Jan 2009, 21:11, Reply)

Afraid I can't help much with the guitar debate. I have a Rodriguez and sons, which is lovely, but classical, so probably not what you're looking for.
However, I do have cake!
( , Fri 16 Jan 2009, 21:15, Reply)

I've just realised that I've got a boring-as-hell weekend stretched out ahead of me.
*sighs*
I think the highlight is going to be getting my hair cut tomorrow.
And I had awesome plans for next weekend, but they've kinda got shit-up :|
Anyway, guitars... If I played guitar, I'd go out and get one of those Yamahas, I like 'em :)
( , Fri 16 Jan 2009, 21:18, Reply)

Can I have a bit of cake please?
I'm looking at getting myself a sub £300 electric later in the year, but I can wait!
EDIT Awesome plans that have gone to shit Kaol, happens all the time to me man!
( , Fri 16 Jan 2009, 21:20, Reply)

I'm making carrot cake again tomorrow. I don't even have my kid around as an excuse.
I'm starting to worry I might be a gay. Please send testosterone!
And on that entirely heterosexual note, I bid you goodnight.
( , Fri 16 Jan 2009, 21:21, Reply)

Just 'cos you cook doesn't make you gay!
I cook all the time and... Er...
Oh fuck.
( , Fri 16 Jan 2009, 21:25, Reply)

I've just vectored a platter (i.e. the type you serve food on as opposed to store data on) and it seems to resemble a large steaming tit...

/Edit
I should probably clarify that this is for a commission for a fast food restaurant up in Castleford. All I'm going to say is thank fuck he paid up front because he's chosen precisely the wrong time to open a new restaurant I think...
( , Fri 16 Jan 2009, 21:27, Reply)

It looks like a steaming tit. Not that that's a bad thing!
( , Fri 16 Jan 2009, 21:28, Reply)

Of course you can! It is apple and cinnamon.
And cooking doesn't make you gay. I cook, and I'm not.
( , Fri 16 Jan 2009, 21:32, Reply)

The internet is made of straw and sleeps with its cousin.
( , Fri 16 Jan 2009, 21:33, Reply)

I'll have to find another gay-inducing hobby then.
Salsa classes?
*shrugs*
I have no idea what I'm talking about, my brain is broken tonight.
( , Fri 16 Jan 2009, 21:35, Reply)

I would recommend having sex with people of the same gender. Always works.
( , Fri 16 Jan 2009, 21:37, Reply)

But the thought of a man naked doesn't cause any kind of stirrings.
I think I'm broken :|
( , Fri 16 Jan 2009, 21:39, Reply)

Back to the drawing board! Thank God I still have the original PSD... incidentally, I think I have got the font right, do you lot have any suggestions?
/Edit
And there is nothing wrong with being able to cook. I'm a fair cook myself, and I don't have any gay stirrings, despite the accusations of my ex... (just because I preferred her back passage, her front entrance was like a sodding cave).
/Edit II
I can think of an advantage to sleeping with a bloke. You don't have to worry about falling asleep afterwards, and you can trade decorating tips in bed... or computing tips if you happen to both be very geeky.
( , Fri 16 Jan 2009, 21:41, Reply)

Couple of points, feel free to ignore 'em though!
The text has a pretty crisp edge, so the kinda blurry edge to the tit looks at odds with it. I'd go for a crisp edge on both.
Maybe drop the opacity on the tit-steam by 25%, and stick a 5-pixel gaussian blur on it.
Er... *brain stops working*
( , Fri 16 Jan 2009, 21:45, Reply)

Incidentally that blurred edge is just jpeg artifacts. Hold on...
As a gif, look, no artifacts!

( , Fri 16 Jan 2009, 21:45, Reply)

Still looks like a tit though, sorry :(
I like doing logos, it's fun!
( , Fri 16 Jan 2009, 21:50, Reply)

This?

/Edit
@ Clenders
Logo design for a mate of mine. Silly fucker's paying me as well.
( , Fri 16 Jan 2009, 22:02, Reply)

What about fire?
Like a grill, y'know?
EDIT: Nice! But it reminds me a bit of that football logo? I dunno why!
D'you draw that?
( , Fri 16 Jan 2009, 22:02, Reply)

That's an interesting thought... don't want to make it too complicated mind.
/Edit
@ Kaol
Hells no! I'm not wasting my time drawing stuff. I got it from a royalty free site.
( , Fri 16 Jan 2009, 22:03, Reply)

I prefer that boob thing to the cock.
(I can say this because Al isn't around.)
( , Fri 16 Jan 2009, 22:05, Reply)

Have you been told to use those particular colours though?
Sorry, not trying to tear things apart for you, just gently poking!
( , Fri 16 Jan 2009, 22:05, Reply)

Blue background seems to be the best way.
/Edit
Right, that's enough design work for the evening. I need a cuppa. Kaol, if you think you can do something interesting, do let me know.
( , Fri 16 Jan 2009, 22:07, Reply)

How's Cornishland? Is it raining?
Cooking does not make you gay, and neither does salsa dancing.
I like cooking as well and I'm not that way inclined!
( , Fri 16 Jan 2009, 22:09, Reply)

I didn't know until I stuck my head out of the train window as we came into the station. Now I have the curliest hair in the whole world.
( , Fri 16 Jan 2009, 22:12, Reply)

I have a mate on his way over who is good in these matters. He shall tell me whether to go with the cock, or with the boob.
( , Fri 16 Jan 2009, 22:17, Reply)

But it makes me think of that football thing.
Er... Spurs? France? Both?
( , Fri 16 Jan 2009, 22:19, Reply)

Well, this is for a bunch of Northerners, so I don't think he'll notice :D
( , Fri 16 Jan 2009, 22:29, Reply)

Yep!
*cries*
I really, really need
( , Fri 16 Jan 2009, 22:32, Reply)

I think I've answered my own gay question from earlier by preferring cock to tit :|
( , Fri 16 Jan 2009, 22:37, Reply)

To get the both of you to out yourselves, yet this is completely genuine. Still, Kaol, it's on the internet now- you prefer cock!
( , Fri 16 Jan 2009, 22:38, Reply)

Galliformes are far better than Passeriformes.
*grins*
Saved by Biology. Again.
( , Fri 16 Jan 2009, 22:41, Reply)

Piston
Drixy Pics ir it didn't happen, the hair I mean.
( , Fri 16 Jan 2009, 22:43, Reply)

I would, of course, except that I didn't bring the necessary leads to Cornwall.
Doesn't actually need leads
Pretends anyway
( , Fri 16 Jan 2009, 22:46, Reply)

Been off exploring the wilds of the Internet and trying to win internet games.
Anyone turned gay this evening?
( , Fri 16 Jan 2009, 22:49, Reply)

Did you go because there's a village that needs your help?
( , Fri 16 Jan 2009, 22:50, Reply)

Erm no, I've come here to visit my Dad. But I can see your point.
( , Fri 16 Jan 2009, 22:53, Reply)

Always nice to know who I can safely turn my back on should I attend a bash.
Edit: while that may have made a twisted kind of sense with Clendrix's response, it was actually directed at Kaol. I knew I should have cunningly used the nested reply!
( , Fri 16 Jan 2009, 22:53, Reply)

But don't turn your back on Kaol.
He's recently turned gay and might be a bit over-excited about it.
( , Fri 16 Jan 2009, 22:56, Reply)

You should never turn your back on me.
Just ask Burt Monkeysex...
( , Fri 16 Jan 2009, 22:56, Reply)

have gazzed me in tears with a similar message.
( , Fri 16 Jan 2009, 23:04, Reply)

I've killed more small furry animals than... Er... Than one... hundred?
It was in The Name Of Science though.
( , Fri 16 Jan 2009, 23:11, Reply)

*sad old alcoholic post**sad old alcoholic post**sad old alcoholic post**sad old alcoholic post**sad old alcoholic post**sad old alcoholic post**sad old alcoholic post**sad old alcoholic post*
you really know me noel. cheers. and hugs. and why the fuck did you add me as a friend when I was on my second "incarnation"??
Get bent.
Edit: and I'm a few years younger than you.. who the fuck is the old cunt?
( , Sat 17 Jan 2009, 0:16, Reply)

I don't know anything about you. Hello! Having a good evening?
( , Sat 17 Jan 2009, 0:18, Reply)

..I wish Ic ould say I had a good evening. Had enough booze and drugs..
..but I feel ok. At some level regretting my vituperative nature earlier in the post at several stages, some of them a few minutes ago..
where is my mind?
I'm sure a lot of the ladies in my local tonight would have agreed that I'm a sad old alcoholic..
( , Sat 17 Jan 2009, 0:27, Reply)

Haow's peoples' evenings in general been? Anyone need to come down here?
( , Sat 17 Jan 2009, 0:28, Reply)

Sounds like things aren't much fun :(
I'm kinda doing work-stuff now.
I've been pretty much out of it all evening, although no drugs or alcohol were involved :|
( , Sat 17 Jan 2009, 0:28, Reply)

At work, there's someone who goes aroiund stealing sweets from the office. We thought about lacing them with Viagra so we could check who's got exceptionally tight trousers. Unfortunately, this only works for male employees and were unable to come up with smething that works on the lasses.
( , Sat 17 Jan 2009, 0:34, Reply)

@Kaol: The problem with cyanide is that we won't have the satisfaction of seeing them realise they've been caught.
( , Sat 17 Jan 2009, 0:40, Reply)

*looks at tub of Saxo*
*looks at pack of cigarettes*
Hmmm...
Spak, that's a fair point, haha!
Maybe super-laxative then?
( , Sat 17 Jan 2009, 0:44, Reply)

..finding a UK supplier for potassium cyanide..
then realised what the fuck I was getting myself into (death) and made some tea and shivered inwardly.
Edit: I predict Kaol is now going to offer himself as a legimate businessman specialising in supplies to the discerning chemist, capiche?
( , Sat 17 Jan 2009, 0:52, Reply)

Just on the side in the lab at uni.
My friend stopped me from taking some with me "for emergencies".
Hmmm... I'm going for a smoke now :D
EDIT: G'night Spak!
( , Sat 17 Jan 2009, 0:53, Reply)
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