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Electrocuted pheasants
Did your day involve praying to your amphibious socks, or was it more of a 'tired membrane' type of day? Did this inspire you to write to your MP, and if so, was the first letter of your letter a "G"?

Home Sweet Home
(, Tue 24 Feb 2009, 19:07, 122 replies, latest was 16 years ago)
I'll have whatever you're on please.
.
(, Tue 24 Feb 2009, 19:08, Reply)
Evenin all
I've had a shite stressful day.

On the other hand i now have booze in my hand and football to watch!

WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!
(, Tue 24 Feb 2009, 19:09, Reply)
Evenin BGB and Stringy
@BGB: I can give you my swivel-chair if you want.

@Stringy: You've come to the right place to let it all out. And so has your booze.
(, Tue 24 Feb 2009, 19:12, Reply)
I've got my own swivel chair.
Have you nothing more hard-core like a recliner.
(, Tue 24 Feb 2009, 19:15, Reply)
Meh
*lets it all hang out*

edit - i have a massive couch, but i aint givin that to nobody! This ass grove is MINE!
(, Tue 24 Feb 2009, 19:17, Reply)
@BGB
Alas, all my furniture is strictly softcore.
(, Tue 24 Feb 2009, 19:19, Reply)
Evening, all.
Back from the gym and I'm frigging aching!
(, Tue 24 Feb 2009, 19:20, Reply)
Evening all
My chair both swivels AND reclines. It's the pure rock and roll lifestyle for me...
(, Tue 24 Feb 2009, 19:33, Reply)
Evenin Stig
How long do you usually exercise for?
(, Tue 24 Feb 2009, 19:34, Reply)
Evenin PODders
Not bad, but can it also tilt from side to side?
(, Tue 24 Feb 2009, 19:34, Reply)
@spakman
For about an hour and 3 quarters.

Extreme situations call for extreme measures!

How's the job going?
(, Tue 24 Feb 2009, 19:38, Reply)
@Stig
I've now got a hefty todo list but fortunately, I have plenty of time to do it in.

I only go to the gym during two lunchbreaks per week so I can only squeeze about 40 minutes of excersize in.

Anyway, I have to shoot off. I may be back later this evening.
(, Tue 24 Feb 2009, 19:48, Reply)
Good evening.
I'm kinda about.
Doing some design work and cooking.
Sadly, not pancakes.
(, Tue 24 Feb 2009, 19:57, Reply)
Sort of here-ish
where "here" is in front of the PC. But I'm really watching an episode of The Closer.
(, Tue 24 Feb 2009, 20:21, Reply)
evening
Anyone about?
(, Tue 24 Feb 2009, 20:51, Reply)
Yeah, kinda.
How goes it?
(, Tue 24 Feb 2009, 20:55, Reply)
hey guys
I'm home sick today (woot for opposite time zone) so I'm going to bludge around here.

How're you all going? :)
(, Tue 24 Feb 2009, 20:59, Reply)
*twists brain*
You and your crazy backwards-time.
What kinda sick? *reaches for machete*
(, Tue 24 Feb 2009, 21:00, Reply)
Good
Having a well earned beer. I spent my day up in the north shopping, cos its cheaper than buying stuff in the republic. Its like were back in the 80's over here
(, Tue 24 Feb 2009, 21:03, Reply)
well
My lungs are all tight and congested, my head spins whenever I stand, lost my voice completely, very very sore throat and a runny nose with a headache on the side.

put that machete down please kaol or else I'll breathe on you.

EDIT: Yay for cheap shopping :)
(, Tue 24 Feb 2009, 21:05, Reply)
yey
Yey indeed! If only it were for something more interesting than two weeks worth of groceries!
(, Tue 24 Feb 2009, 21:08, Reply)
Ok...
So it's not Solanum, we're fine.
*hides weapon*

Is the Republic really as shoddy as that? I'm surprised!
Also, that sentence made me feel like I'm in Star Wars...
(, Tue 24 Feb 2009, 21:08, Reply)
Kaol
that's cos you're a physically stabby person so you can relate to Darth Vadar
(, Tue 24 Feb 2009, 21:10, Reply)
He never stabbed anyone.
It was more like burning them with a giant soldering iron.
Hmmm...
(, Tue 24 Feb 2009, 21:11, Reply)
@kaol
edit bugger... i keep deleting half my paragraph


Today I bought porchini mushrooms for £1.95... They were 4.99 euro back down here. That might just be Dublin prices, but I doubt it...
(, Tue 24 Feb 2009, 21:20, Reply)
exactly my point
did you end up getting pancakes kaol?
(, Tue 24 Feb 2009, 21:22, Reply)
Hang on...
Either I'm being retarded, or you just said that I could buy a giant soldering iron in Dublin for 99 euros?

That's like... £60? Sold!
(, Tue 24 Feb 2009, 21:22, Reply)
@kaol...
I edited. Stupid one handed typing on laptops!
(, Tue 24 Feb 2009, 21:26, Reply)
Ah, I see!
I still want a giganto-burner...

I didn't get pancakes, but I've got whisky, cigarettes and ginger biscuits.
(, Tue 24 Feb 2009, 21:30, Reply)
giganto Burner
I doubt I would have gotten away with shoving that in the trolly
(, Tue 24 Feb 2009, 21:34, Reply)
I don't think I want to know
WHY you were typing one handed.

and kaol - all are excellent substitutes.
(, Tue 24 Feb 2009, 21:38, Reply)
@vc
Hahaha! So i can hold my well earned beer in the other! :O
(, Tue 24 Feb 2009, 21:41, Reply)
Hey kirst, Cat and Kaol
Ooo, some sort of alliteration.

How are you all, dear people? I finished my bit of a group essay today, and seem to have achieved many other things. No pancakes though :(
(, Tue 24 Feb 2009, 21:44, Reply)
@pod
Evenin my lovely!

I never got pancakes either. I've moved my pancake day to thursday. Couldn't be arsed today...
(, Tue 24 Feb 2009, 21:45, Reply)
Kirsty -
that's okay then.
I wish I had alcohol in my hand.

Podders dear - I'm sick enough that I get out of school when we're not supposed to miss it so I'm bludging with you folks today. :)

I love getting essays done - gives me a real sense of satisfaction.
(, Tue 24 Feb 2009, 21:46, Reply)
I might ask a certain
Lovely lady if she'll make pancakes this weekend...
*grins*

Hey PoD!
What's bitchin', yo?
(, Tue 24 Feb 2009, 21:48, Reply)
Sucks about being ill Catgirl
Hope you get well soon.

Not much is bitchin', happenin', or generally goin' on', big K. How's things down England way?

And Ireland way, kirst?
(, Tue 24 Feb 2009, 21:58, Reply)
podders
whereabouts are you at?

I'm in the strange antipodean country known as Oz.
(, Tue 24 Feb 2009, 22:01, Reply)
@pod
Ireland way is good! I'm still doley scum, but as of next week i'll be doley scum doing an accounts course
(, Tue 24 Feb 2009, 22:02, Reply)
Just been playing Street FIghter 4.
Quite possibly the best game around!

But Street Fighter 3 was the best.

I was unstoppable with Ibuki!
(, Tue 24 Feb 2009, 22:02, Reply)
Hahaha!
"Big K"! I like it.

I'm not up to much out of the ordinary, just work and such-like.
(, Tue 24 Feb 2009, 22:03, Reply)
oh great
now he has a new name to get all high and mighty about. /grins.
(, Tue 24 Feb 2009, 22:07, Reply)
@kaol
Big K? Bwahahahaha!

I can't say, apart from lovely wage packets I miss it much. I'm a new turned lady of leisure
(, Tue 24 Feb 2009, 22:09, Reply)
Evening
Our electricity has only just come back on.

That's our third powercut in the last 12 months!
(, Tue 24 Feb 2009, 22:09, Reply)
@mrs
Why so many?
(, Tue 24 Feb 2009, 22:10, Reply)
Pffft!
That's what you get for living where you do, Mme Poubelle.

First the hookers, then the power.
(, Tue 24 Feb 2009, 22:11, Reply)
Mrs Bin
only three?

What's up with the power there? it's like...consistant mostly!!!

:( I'm jealous. Our power goes off every month without fail.
(, Tue 24 Feb 2009, 22:11, Reply)
I'm in sunny Scotland, VCat
And I think it's a suitable name for you, Kaol. You are tall after all. It does make you sound kind of like a cereal though.

And hey Mrs Bin, I hate having powercuts. They is the rubbish.
(, Tue 24 Feb 2009, 22:12, Reply)
Big 'K'
more like Special 'K'.
(, Tue 24 Feb 2009, 22:14, Reply)
sunny scotland?!
lovely. I'll come visit ye.


EDIT: How tall are you kaol?
(, Tue 24 Feb 2009, 22:15, Reply)
Ning peeps
Funny, earlier when I was looking at FB, I was thinking to myself "I oughta drop Big K a note on his wall or something", and PoD has infiltrated my actual mind and stolen the words I was thinking. Or it must be the zeitgeist, or something.

Big K! *grins*
(, Tue 24 Feb 2009, 22:18, Reply)
I have no idea
why we have so many. We have them often enough for me to always have candles handy.

It's quite nice in a way because everyone in the street comes out and we have a good natter. I was raining this time though.

We are better off than my folks who have one every time there is a thunder storm, and then they last for about 3 days.

However they live in the middle of sodding nowhere. I however live in the middle of a town.
(, Tue 24 Feb 2009, 22:20, Reply)
Perhaps the government
is selling your electricity to another country. Bastards.

We had a power cut for about 36 hours at Christmas once, we came down on Christmas morning and lit the fire so we could make cups of tea, and opened our presents in the flickering gloom. Twas proper cosy.
(, Tue 24 Feb 2009, 22:27, Reply)
dang mme poubelle
that sucks.

I live in between two towns in the middle of sodding nowhere.
(, Tue 24 Feb 2009, 22:27, Reply)
Hmmm...

(, Tue 24 Feb 2009, 22:29, Reply)
And when ours
goes the pub's goes too.

At least I'd just had a cop of tea!
(, Tue 24 Feb 2009, 22:29, Reply)
well as long as there is tea
all is well.
(, Tue 24 Feb 2009, 22:30, Reply)
Speaking of which
one of my colleagues was measuring out methodone in the staff room the other day when I went in. She asked me how I thought it would affect her performance if she drank it.

Work has been a bit stressful lately.

EDIT: speaking of Big K. Not tea.
(, Tue 24 Feb 2009, 22:32, Reply)
aha it's okay
that sounds a bit like your work colleague isn't happy. Just a tad. have you tried asking her what's wrong?
(, Tue 24 Feb 2009, 22:33, Reply)
The problem is Vamp
that I don't have gas, so I have no other way to make tea. If I go for more than 2 hours with out a cup I tend to get a bit fighty.
(, Tue 24 Feb 2009, 22:33, Reply)
get a generator mme poubelle
that's what we did. Helps a fucking lot.
And a portable camping stove.
(, Tue 24 Feb 2009, 22:36, Reply)
Pffft,
I vanish into photoshop to do that and realise the conversation has moved on.

Also, Vampy, I dunno how tall I am. Not freakishly so. About... 6'3.
(, Tue 24 Feb 2009, 22:37, Reply)
:( Kaol...
I'd only come up to your shoulder.

My history teacher is 6'9 and a half. I only come up to about chest/sternum height on him.
(, Tue 24 Feb 2009, 22:39, Reply)
Well VC,
it's ok, we're all in the same boat at work... it used to be an independent shop but we've been taken over by a big company and it's just chaotic at the moment. We're all over-worked and stressed.

Just occurred to me I should point out that we work in a pharmacy - my colleague wasn't just measuring out methodone in the staff room for her own personal use!
(, Tue 24 Feb 2009, 22:39, Reply)
lanky
streak of piss

edit: Kaol

hello everyone
(, Tue 24 Feb 2009, 22:39, Reply)
Zapiola
Is giganto-tastic.
He makes me feel tiny.

EDIT: Lanky? Hahaha! I wish!
(, Tue 24 Feb 2009, 22:40, Reply)
ahhh that makes sense if you're in a pharmacy lol.
hey halfy. EDIT: allrighty then.

And how tall is zap?
(, Tue 24 Feb 2009, 22:41, Reply)
Zap is...
I dunno.
Lots.

Feels kinda nice to be hugged by him though.
(, Tue 24 Feb 2009, 22:42, Reply)
ahah
fair enough.

I love hugs. Hugs are great.
(, Tue 24 Feb 2009, 22:43, Reply)
my mate ben
is about 6'5 tall and the same wide, is a forester and built like he carries a tree under each arm
(, Tue 24 Feb 2009, 22:45, Reply)
Amazing!
I'd pay money to see him fight an angry horse.
(, Tue 24 Feb 2009, 22:46, Reply)
Aww.
That's sweet. It is nice to be hugged by someone bigger. My fella is 6 foot 5 and I am 5 foot 9, so we have a good hug ratio. But it is bad for wrestling. He usually always wins :(
(, Tue 24 Feb 2009, 22:46, Reply)
Sorry,
back again.

On the subject of height. I'm 5'3" and Mr Bin is 6'4".
(, Tue 24 Feb 2009, 22:47, Reply)
My brother
Is 18.
And he's 6'7.

Dirty freak.
I may just be disappointed that he won't hug me...
(, Tue 24 Feb 2009, 22:48, Reply)
one of my friends is 6'7
and I am 5'4. he gives great hugs.


It's when he pings my bra straps that I slap him.
(, Tue 24 Feb 2009, 22:51, Reply)
What pisses me off
and Mr Bin off more is that with all these tall men about it is still nearly imposable to buy shoes to fit.
(, Tue 24 Feb 2009, 22:52, Reply)
that would suck
I think my english teacher wears the largest size shoes they make for converse....like a 48 or something.

I wear a 36. :(
(, Tue 24 Feb 2009, 22:53, Reply)
I don't know what the fuss is about hugging.
Never been sold on it.

What's wrong with a handshake?
(, Tue 24 Feb 2009, 22:53, Reply)
GOD-FUCKIN'-DAMMIT.
I hate buying shoes.
Because no fuckin' shop goes above a 12.
Jesus fuckin' wept.

So... Army boots all the way.
(, Tue 24 Feb 2009, 22:54, Reply)
Mr Bin is a size 12
his best mate is a 13.
(, Tue 24 Feb 2009, 22:54, Reply)
feels small
at 5'10 I have suddenly noticed most women in heels are as tall as me, if not taller

thank god im not balding
(, Tue 24 Feb 2009, 22:55, Reply)
handshakes are for business people
a hug can say so many things. and they're warm. Like....all over.

EDIT: Halfy - I'm 6 inches shorter then you are. don't complain. :)
And it's a subtle way to feel someone up
(, Tue 24 Feb 2009, 22:55, Reply)
VC
Sorry, I don't buy that.

I don't like hugging, it's invading personal space for no reason.

I'm not trying to be down on hugging (clearly people like it) but I prefer a handshake....

Simple and to the point. :O)
(, Tue 24 Feb 2009, 22:59, Reply)
I wear 3 inch heels at work,
when we have PE I change my shoes and put trainers on. The children think it's hysterical that I shrink.
(, Tue 24 Feb 2009, 22:59, Reply)
Shoes
The fella would wholeheartedly agree. He's a 13. Apparently feet above a size 12 don't need to be clad.

When I was 16 and I saw Guns N Roses in concert, I went with my mate and her brother, she's 6 foot 1 and 1/2, he's 6 foot 7. I sat on his shoulders. I was a head above everyone else who were sitting on people's shoulders. Best seat in the house, it was.
(, Tue 24 Feb 2009, 23:00, Reply)
3 inch heels?
god.

I'd fall over!! I can't even walk in flats without tripping.

EDIT: Stig - I guess maybe you have a large "bubble" of space and that's fair enough. but when both people want to - hugs are fucking awesome.
(, Tue 24 Feb 2009, 23:02, Reply)
@ Stig
My ex had the same feelings about hugs. Personal space and all that. He used to feel threatened by it. But for those of us who like hugs that's the whole point, letting someone into your personal space because you want to is reason enough.

Ah well... I think it's sad to not like hugs. I felt sorry for him. He was missing out on one of life's little pleasures.
(, Tue 24 Feb 2009, 23:04, Reply)
Hello again all
I'm only 5'11, and never feel particularly tall these days, except earlier in the year when I was in school with a friend, I felt taller then.

And I liked the picture Kaol. Good old photoshop.
(, Tue 24 Feb 2009, 23:05, Reply)
:@Fuzz
You're probably right, maybe he is missing out on something. But you can't help how you feel.....
(, Tue 24 Feb 2009, 23:06, Reply)
I always wear heels
so I'm used to it.
Big fat heels though. None of this stiletto stuff.

And they go click click click as I walk about giving the children teh fear.
(, Tue 24 Feb 2009, 23:07, Reply)
5'11 is still tall podders
when I was in my first year of high school - I was one of the tallest in my year cos I'd already had a major growth spurt. I'm now in my second last year and I'm very much on the list of shortest people because I haven't grown up at all since I was 14.

I have grown boobies though.
(, Tue 24 Feb 2009, 23:08, Reply)
Yay PoD!
Someone noticed :p

I'm a size 13. It sucks.
(, Tue 24 Feb 2009, 23:08, Reply)
Size 13 does suck
at least most places go up to a 12.
Mr Bin's friend used to work at a place where they gave you a uniform, including shoes. However as he was a size 13 they said he would have to buy his own.
However they would have clothes specially made for the lass with a 22 dress size!

*edit* Vamp - I'm the same height I was when I was 13. Still at 5'3" I'm still taller than many.
(, Tue 24 Feb 2009, 23:10, Reply)
It's not that tall, Cat
I would say I'm probably about average for people on my course.

And I always notice your fun shoppery Kaol.

And yes Fuzzy, I'm in your brain, stealing your thoughts....
(, Tue 24 Feb 2009, 23:10, Reply)
I'm a size 8-11 in shoes
in womens.
Mme Poubelle! that's discrimination! cause a fuss rah rah rah.

aahhh I really can't be fucked to post well today. I feel like shite.

EDIT: Maybe it just feels tall to me since I'm on the lower end of the height spectrum.
(, Tue 24 Feb 2009, 23:12, Reply)
Hmm...
I've got Photoshop open at the moment...

Any simple requests, anyone?
(, Tue 24 Feb 2009, 23:12, Reply)
I noticed it too!
Obviously I forgot to switch my telepathy on though. Wups.

Stig, no I guess you can't help how you feel... What was worse with my ex though was that he made me feel like I couldn't hug anyone either. So after we split up it took me ages before I started feeling ok about hugs, and I'm glad I did... and now I'm making up for all the years of hug-void.

EDIT: *dons tin foil hat*
(, Tue 24 Feb 2009, 23:12, Reply)
Can you put the washing in the dryer
and make my lunch for tomorrow please K?
(, Tue 24 Feb 2009, 23:13, Reply)
Do PoD
in my head, stealing my thoughts.

EDIT: although obviously he will be bouncing off my tin foil hat instead.
(, Tue 24 Feb 2009, 23:14, Reply)
I'm with Fuzzy
I want to see that picture.

edit - ha, my hat will see off any tin foil.
(, Tue 24 Feb 2009, 23:16, Reply)
fuzzy
just noticed your sig. What is "boggle"?
(, Tue 24 Feb 2009, 23:16, Reply)
Kaol
Make me something fun and send it to me so I get to see it in the morning.
(, Tue 24 Feb 2009, 23:16, Reply)
That sounds too much like hard work.
Don't wanna burn all my people-drawing creativity up before comic night tomorrow :p

EDIT: Clendrix wins.
(, Tue 24 Feb 2009, 23:17, Reply)
Does that mean I have to put my own washing in the dryer
You'll be telling me I've go to make my own lunch and take my own contacts out next.
(, Tue 24 Feb 2009, 23:19, Reply)
Yay!
*goes to bed*
(, Tue 24 Feb 2009, 23:19, Reply)
Yeah.
I can't be bothered to do my own washing, let alone sort yours out.

I'd be happy to take your contacts out though.
As long as I can try and do it with pliers :D
(, Tue 24 Feb 2009, 23:20, Reply)
Poop, I just realised
I was going to go to bed, and I'm still here. You're all so addictive.

VC, boggle is a word game. It's been around for years, maybe under different names in different countries... I play it online against 50 other players at a time, and I am fiendishly good at it and scarily competitive. Ever seen King of the Hill? I'm like Peggy :)

And if you haven't seen King of the Hill, you should!
(, Tue 24 Feb 2009, 23:21, Reply)
OH
is that the game where you have like nine cubes with letters on them and you have to shake them and then get as many words as you can in three minutes?
I love that game!!
And I've never seen King of the Hill. I will endeavour to do so.
(, Tue 24 Feb 2009, 23:29, Reply)
Right
jobs done.

I'm off to bed right now so I can listen to On The Hour on radio 7.
(, Tue 24 Feb 2009, 23:30, Reply)
hmm i might go back to bed actually
cold and flu medicine is making me very sleepy. :(
(, Tue 24 Feb 2009, 23:32, Reply)
That's the one!
You can play it with a 4x4 board, or a 5x5. I like the one where you only get scored on 4 letter words or more, it makes me think more. I got to know all the valid three letter words, without knowing what half of them actually meant. Much like in scrabble.

*nerds out*

Nighty night peeps. Sweet dreams and all that!
(, Tue 24 Feb 2009, 23:33, Reply)
night fuzzbucket.
I'm off to bed too. sick = rest.
(, Tue 24 Feb 2009, 23:34, Reply)
And I'm back!
And I see we've got quite a crowd this evening! My Tai-Chi feels more relaxed but still needs working on.

EDIT: Gah! Everyone's off to bed.
(, Tue 24 Feb 2009, 23:35, Reply)
Er...
I think everyone's gone, actually...
*shrugs*
(, Tue 24 Feb 2009, 23:36, Reply)
I'm here dear people
But I'm going to go to bed, as I have another long day tomorrow.
(, Tue 24 Feb 2009, 23:40, Reply)
So it's just us left then
who needs those slackers anyway...

Been up to much since the bash?

EDIT G'night slacker.
(, Tue 24 Feb 2009, 23:41, Reply)
Since the bash?
Had a quiet Sunday, then my lady-friend had to get the bus back home.
Then... Work yesterday.
And today.
*shrugs*
Pretty much "no"!
(, Tue 24 Feb 2009, 23:43, Reply)
I've
discovered a shortcut to work that saves 0.21 miles off the less hilly cycleride to work. Still not as short as the hilly route, but sort of get to be in nature for a bit before I return to the traffic.

Apart from that, I've realised how rubbish the IT department at work are.
(, Tue 24 Feb 2009, 23:49, Reply)
Haha!
You Londoners and your "nature"...

I have to scrape the "nature" off my car each morning before I drive to work.
(, Tue 24 Feb 2009, 23:52, Reply)
Ah well
at least you don't end up scraping the nature off after you've driven to work.
(, Wed 25 Feb 2009, 0:05, Reply)
Well...
I'm not even gonna go there...
Anyway, I'm going to bed now, got a busy day tomorrow. Catch you later.
(, Wed 25 Feb 2009, 0:08, Reply)
OK. Catch ya later big K
'night.
(, Wed 25 Feb 2009, 0:16, Reply)

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