Good News!

Today is my last day in the office before I tootle off to Barcelona for early Christmas with some amigos. I love Barca and could happily live there if the language learning centre of my brain wasn't such a mong.

But, where would you like to live and why?
( Naked Ape call me Caitlyn, Wed 16 Dec 2009, 9:36, 72 replies, latest was 16 years ago)

Jammy bastard.
Good question that. I would say Santorini for the weather and utterly laid back lifestyle. But I liketo get out on the sauce and have a laugh too so maybe a place back here in Mcr and one in NY.
(The Boy Monders I have ginger bits in my beard., Wed 16 Dec 2009, 9:41, Reply)

Upstairs in my block, where the flats have more bedrooms.
I love Rome, Chicago and New York and could spend a happy couple of years in each, but I fackin' LAV Lahndan I do.


*does the 'Lambeth Walk'*
( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Wed 16 Dec 2009, 9:41, Reply)

More rooms is just more places to blow your beans.

I'm going laaahndahn in Feb for my and mrs monders birthday. Going to one of them clubs what plays music the youth dance to.
(The Boy Monders I have ginger bits in my beard., Wed 16 Dec 2009, 9:49, Reply)

I need a bedroom for my daughter, is all.
EDIT and which club are you going to?
( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Wed 16 Dec 2009, 9:52, Reply)

Oh I see,
My parents just kept me under the sink with all the bleach and that.

Not sure! My mate lives right near the centre, and he's taking us out so somewhere decent I hope.
(The Boy Monders I have ginger bits in my beard., Wed 16 Dec 2009, 10:04, Reply)

what kind of music do you like?

( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Wed 16 Dec 2009, 10:05, Reply)

Peruvian Nosebleed

(Tugnut Ex of this parish, Wed 16 Dec 2009, 10:07, Reply)

Music, I said, not
'what does Monty Boyce suffer from every Sunday'?
( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Wed 16 Dec 2009, 10:10, Reply)

Haha

( Noeli overtheshoulderboulderholderthingstraplatchboobs, Wed 16 Dec 2009, 10:11, Reply)

We aren't adverse to a bugle full of satans dandruff

(The Boy Monders I have ginger bits in my beard., Wed 16 Dec 2009, 10:22, Reply)

House, Progressive house,, Trance and Mother Fucking Break Beat.
(The Boy Monders I have ginger bits in my beard., Wed 16 Dec 2009, 10:21, Reply)

some of my old chums are on the breakbeat scene
Do you know the Plump DJs? I've known Lee for decades - if you want me to find out what he's up to on the night you want to go out, I can ask about guest list...I also know Matt Cantor from the Freestylers - do they count as break beat? It's not my scene really, so please excuse my ignorance.
( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Wed 16 Dec 2009, 10:23, Reply)

Small world!
I know a few breaks lads from up here, and met the Plumps in Fabric very briefly a few years back. I'm mates with Steve Thorpe, they should know him. I'll get some dates out of my mrs/mate and get back to you. Cheers!
(The Boy Monders I have ginger bits in my beard., Wed 16 Dec 2009, 10:37, Reply)

Aciiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiid!
*throws shapes*



I'm more of a plinky plonk funky house kind of girl. Well I am when I'm running.
( girlinthehole, Wed 16 Dec 2009, 10:24, Reply)

I fucking love 1988 acid house
Possibly because I spent a large proportion of '88 on acid...

There's a little corner of my record collection dedicated to Phuture and their ilk
( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Wed 16 Dec 2009, 10:31, Reply)

Your going to be like all those ageing rock stars who've done it all but still live to be 100.

( girlinthehole, Wed 16 Dec 2009, 10:35, Reply)

That would be hilarious
albeit wholly unjust.
( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Wed 16 Dec 2009, 10:39, Reply)

Humanoid...
...chuk chuk chuk!
(Tugnut Ex of this parish, Wed 16 Dec 2009, 10:46, Reply)

WHAT A FUCKING TUNE
There's a Humanoid LP of different mixes and some other tunes that is essential, for that style. There's one on there called Positive Electron that is worth the price alone.
( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Wed 16 Dec 2009, 11:55, Reply)

Reminds me of...
...standing in the middle of a thousand people watching them dancing and smiling until my face hurt.

Aaah yoof.
(Tugnut Ex of this parish, Wed 16 Dec 2009, 12:20, Reply)

I fackin love LAHDAN as well

Got everything you could want from a city
( Naked Ape call me Caitlyn, Wed 16 Dec 2009, 9:51, Reply)

Overcrowding and crime?

(TheColonel, Wed 16 Dec 2009, 9:59, Reply)

These are things I like...

Actually I live in a rather uncrowded and exceptionally crime free part of town, anyway you get that in any large city.
( Naked Ape call me Caitlyn, Wed 16 Dec 2009, 10:00, Reply)

Fair play.
I really like London, but only in small doses.

It feels like you're quite isolated despite the amount of people there. Perhaps partly to do with cultural diversity or people speaking different languages.

Also, I'm from up North, where everybody says hello to each other and lives in terraced houses like them ones off of Coronation Street and doesn't lock their doors, etc
(TheColonel, Wed 16 Dec 2009, 10:09, Reply)

^This

( girlinthehole, Wed 16 Dec 2009, 10:16, Reply)

....and where indoor lavatories are considered 'stuck up' and 'fancy'...

( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Wed 16 Dec 2009, 10:26, Reply)

Indoor lavatories?
Are you mad?
( girlinthehole, Wed 16 Dec 2009, 10:31, Reply)

indoor
(TheColonel, Wed 16 Dec 2009, 10:34, Reply)

>>>officelol alert<<<<

( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Wed 16 Dec 2009, 10:39, Reply)

Terrorist attacks and extortionate prices?

( girlinthehole, Wed 16 Dec 2009, 10:02, Reply)

Wages are in line with prices I guess

and terrorist attackes are pretty few and far between, remeber we the the IRA bombing the shit out of us for 20 years so no real changes on that front!
( Naked Ape call me Caitlyn, Wed 16 Dec 2009, 10:07, Reply)

few and far between devastating when they happen, regardless of regularity
(TheColonel, Wed 16 Dec 2009, 10:17, Reply)

You'd never get one of them in Manchester would you?

( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Wed 16 Dec 2009, 10:26, Reply)

It was aimed for London but they got lost.

( girlinthehole, Wed 16 Dec 2009, 10:28, Reply)

Yeah that's Manchester though.
No reason for a terrorist attack, give them a few years and they'll all shoot each other.
(TheColonel, Wed 16 Dec 2009, 10:33, Reply)

junkies and hobos?

(bamboozled Can hear you getting fatter, Wed 16 Dec 2009, 10:06, Reply)

But the littlest hobo is awesome!
"Maybe today I'll settle down, maybe tomorrow I'll just keep movin' on!"
( Naked Ape call me Caitlyn, Wed 16 Dec 2009, 10:09, Reply)

where are you staying
while you're over here?

and also - you love boats? (tis spelt with ç... /pedant)
(bamboozled Can hear you getting fatter, Wed 16 Dec 2009, 9:42, Reply)

I've completely forgotten but it's with friends

1 is English and lived there with her Catalan finacee for years so they are Barcelonians (?) which is great cos they take us to loads of wicked places that are off the tourist trail.
( Naked Ape call me Caitlyn, Wed 16 Dec 2009, 9:52, Reply)

if you Like Italian food
there's a place near Colom which is absolutely fantastic.

There's actually two, but I think one is closed (at the moment anyway) - Il Tre de Venezie, and Il Mercat de Venezie.

Fresh pasta/meat/cheese/bread/butter - all bloody mouthwatering.

Could be costly for large groups though, but well worth it
(bamboozled Can hear you getting fatter, Wed 16 Dec 2009, 9:59, Reply)

Sounds great

put the Catalonians are a proud race and so we may only eat Catalonia fodder! Which is no bad thing!

I'll store mentally for next time I'm there...
( Naked Ape call me Caitlyn, Wed 16 Dec 2009, 10:01, Reply)

maybe, but my missus isnt that proud
to avoid good food.

in that case, try La Rita, on Aragon, between Pau Claris and Passeig de Gracia. Not particularly off the tourist trail, but your friends will most certinaly know it.

I recommend the bravas there - they come with xistorra and are excellent as a starter.

The place is quite cheap as well - a more economic option than the Italian joint
(bamboozled Can hear you getting fatter, Wed 16 Dec 2009, 10:05, Reply)

Do you live in Barcelona?

Or work for the tourist board?!
( Naked Ape call me Caitlyn, Wed 16 Dec 2009, 10:06, Reply)

i live here
but if the tourist board wanted to contract me...

i've been here almost 4 years now
(bamboozled Can hear you getting fatter, Wed 16 Dec 2009, 10:08, Reply)

Mini B3ta bash perhaps?

( girlinthehole, Wed 16 Dec 2009, 10:17, Reply)

There's one I would go to.

( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Wed 16 Dec 2009, 10:27, Reply)

I'd like to live in Camborne, Cornwall
Cos I have a house and wife there.
( Peej, Wed 16 Dec 2009, 9:46, Reply)

Arr you big softie ;)

You could take them with you of course...
( Naked Ape call me Caitlyn, Wed 16 Dec 2009, 9:53, Reply)

Somewhere rugged and cold.
With someone rugged and warm.
( girlinthehole, Wed 16 Dec 2009, 9:47, Reply)

Playboy mansion.

(PsychoChomp, Wed 16 Dec 2009, 9:48, Reply)

I honestly think I'd find it really fucking creepy.

( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Wed 16 Dec 2009, 9:53, Reply)

Yeah imagine Hugh sneaking into your room by mistake...

( Naked Ape call me Caitlyn, Wed 16 Dec 2009, 9:53, Reply)

He likes the creepy and vacant type.

( girlinthehole, Wed 16 Dec 2009, 9:54, Reply)

Pulse optional.

(Tugnut Ex of this parish, Wed 16 Dec 2009, 10:21, Reply)

Somewhere bloody warm..
I like this country, but the fact that it's rained solidly for what feels like four years now and the short winter days make me spectacularly miserable. I spent a bit of time in Vancouver, which was very pleasant. Rainy, but more predictably so than over here.
(barnaby_kettleworth, Wed 16 Dec 2009, 10:03, Reply)

Moonbase Alpha...
...because it's on the moon and the women have weird coloured hair and pointy bras. How great is that?
(Tugnut Ex of this parish, Wed 16 Dec 2009, 10:06, Reply)

pointy bras
but do they have pointy breasts?
(bamboozled Can hear you getting fatter, Wed 16 Dec 2009, 10:11, Reply)

I hope so...

(Tugnut Ex of this parish, Wed 16 Dec 2009, 10:15, Reply)

They'd take your eye out if your not careful.

( girlinthehole, Wed 16 Dec 2009, 10:18, Reply)

How is your sister?

(Tugnut Ex of this parish, Wed 16 Dec 2009, 10:19, Reply)

Haha!

( girlinthehole, Wed 16 Dec 2009, 10:21, Reply)

And the twins?

(Tugnut Ex of this parish, Wed 16 Dec 2009, 10:44, Reply)

Not as great as it would seem.
Just ask Guy Ritchie.
(TheColonel, Wed 16 Dec 2009, 10:15, Reply)

Wouldn't it be great if she wore it around the house whilst vacuuming?
"Guy, lift your feet love"
(Tugnut Ex of this parish, Wed 16 Dec 2009, 10:20, Reply)

wore it around the house whilst vacuuming? stopped making horrendous music and adopting African children to make the news and convince herself that people care about her pathetic overrated life?
(TheColonel, Wed 16 Dec 2009, 10:23, Reply)

Or...
...fucked off and died.
(Tugnut Ex of this parish, Wed 16 Dec 2009, 10:24, Reply)

Well said.

(TheColonel, Wed 16 Dec 2009, 10:27, Reply)

Noted.
And added to the 'Popular Music Death Wish List' with Bowie, Bono and the like.
(Tugnut Ex of this parish, Wed 16 Dec 2009, 10:41, Reply)

I heard Madonna is adopting another African child

is great for for the kid, now it'll be able to wear the trainers it made...
( Naked Ape call me Caitlyn, Wed 16 Dec 2009, 10:44, Reply)

To be smug, Vipros style,
I'm living where I always wanted to.
Warm weather almost all year round, 5 minutes from the beach, an hour from the mountains and next door to the local bar.
( Batshitmentalist is sane for once, Wed 16 Dec 2009, 10:50, Reply)

Dudley?

(Tugnut Ex of this parish, Wed 16 Dec 2009, 10:56, Reply)

Chortletastic

(TheColonel, Wed 16 Dec 2009, 11:05, Reply)