End of another week
what are you up to this weekend?

I've got to disconnect my old oven and hob and take a saw to the worktop. fun times.

the mrs is away, so I'm either going to get properly beered up with my mates, or sit in a darkened room on my own stoned out of my gourd.
( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Fri 15 Jan 2010, 9:00, 103 replies, latest was 16 years ago)

You know
it's got to the point where your constant mention of drug taking makes you sound like a sad pathetic old man who is desperately trying to retain a slither of his childhood by getting stonned.

I'm going to the peak district
( TGB checking Off Topic is still shit at, Fri 15 Jan 2010, 9:02, Reply)

1. sliver
2. stoned

You have not been charged for this call.
( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Fri 15 Jan 2010, 9:04, Reply)

Biting, for such an early hour.
i can sense today will be a rip snorter.
(Cancer Joy was short lived, Fri 15 Jan 2010, 9:07, Reply)

It's Friday
and I really don't care.

In fact I may speall worsse 2 anoy montie
( TGB checking Off Topic is still shit at, Fri 15 Jan 2010, 9:12, Reply)

Since you removed the word 'grammar' from your username your typing has gone completely to shit.
I now imagine you rushing around your computer like an angry wasp on a sugar rush.
( Noeli overtheshoulderboulderholderthingstraplatchboobs, Fri 15 Jan 2010, 9:17, Reply)

Maybe I'm not actually the same
person as who was behind The Grammar Badger
( TGB checking Off Topic is still shit at, Fri 15 Jan 2010, 9:23, Reply)

Nah, I'd spot that cheeky vitriolic breath of fresh air anywhere.

( Noeli overtheshoulderboulderholderthingstraplatchboobs, Fri 15 Jan 2010, 9:31, Reply)

Ha! I didn't mean to be an arsehole, honest
I'm a huge supporter of TGB.

But yes, y'all be warned: I've had a full night's kip and am feeling pretty on-form...
( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Fri 15 Jan 2010, 9:12, Reply)

You can join my fanclub
for the incredibly fantastical price of £9.99 a month!
( TGB checking Off Topic is still shit at, Fri 15 Jan 2010, 9:15, Reply)

*shrugs*
as far as I'm concerned it's the same as mentioning that I'm going to the pub.

Are you going to go in the Devil's Arse?
( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Fri 15 Jan 2010, 9:05, Reply)

Dunno actually
Haven't actually got past

1. Get in car
2. Drive North
( TGB checking Off Topic is still shit at, Fri 15 Jan 2010, 9:13, Reply)

I live in the North.
Just saying : )
( girlinthehole, Fri 15 Jan 2010, 9:15, Reply)

Don't you live stupidly north though?

( TGB checking Off Topic is still shit at, Fri 15 Jan 2010, 9:18, Reply)

Yes very stupidly north : (

( girlinthehole, Fri 15 Jan 2010, 9:21, Reply)

FFS
You're all southerners!
( K2k6 has a proper job these days, Fri 15 Jan 2010, 9:43, Reply)

it sounds like a good plan though
apart from the north bit. nothing good ever came of going north.
( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Fri 15 Jan 2010, 9:17, Reply)

I'm insulted
Truly and deeply. But actually not at all.
(PenguinOfDeath is Scottish, and most likely angry, Fri 15 Jan 2010, 9:21, Reply)

I like scotland
it's just all the bits between here and there that I don't
( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Fri 15 Jan 2010, 9:23, Reply)

Cunt

( Roota zweeeeeoooooowm, Fri 15 Jan 2010, 9:23, Reply)

I'm ok with this thinking
I had to drive to London a while back. Everything in between the lakes and London was mostly grey and crap.
(PenguinOfDeath is Scottish, and most likely angry, Fri 15 Jan 2010, 9:25, Reply)

Wankaaar

( Roota zweeeeeoooooowm, Fri 15 Jan 2010, 9:29, Reply)

Right, that's it
I'm just going to stay hiding up here and never venture to your rubbish country again.
(PenguinOfDeath is Scottish, and most likely angry, Fri 15 Jan 2010, 9:32, Reply)

And stay out!

( Roota zweeeeeoooooowm, Fri 15 Jan 2010, 9:49, Reply)

Tell that to the Migratory birds.

(PsychoChomp, Fri 15 Jan 2010, 9:24, Reply)

do you have their number?

( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Fri 15 Jan 2010, 9:26, Reply)

You live in a gourd? Sweet.
Once again, I'll be writing essay and then doing design work before the start of next week. This may well be interspersed with wasting time playing Mario Kart...
(PenguinOfDeath is Scottish, and most likely angry, Fri 15 Jan 2010, 9:03, Reply)

I am dining with my oldest pal
who was in *name of famous band deleted so I don't look like a namedropping twat but Vipros knows* to discuss getting something together musically.

The idea is do a fuzz freakout drone kind of thing like early Spacemen 3 or Loop but with a more upbeat approach, hints of the MC5.
( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Fri 15 Jan 2010, 9:06, Reply)

the bass player guy?
that'll be cool. good to get something musical going, with someone who knows what they are doing
( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Fri 15 Jan 2010, 9:08, Reply)

That's the fellow
I'm not selfishly exploiting his connections - we share a lot of tastes (despite his early gay indie leanings which seem to have been largely crushed by years of abuse from me) - but I cannot deny working with a proper professional with access to great equipment etc isn't attractive.
( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Fri 15 Jan 2010, 9:15, Reply)

having the equipment and someone who knows how to use it
makes a huge difference in my opinion.

grab the opportunity with both hands and then shake it until it shits excellence
( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Fri 15 Jan 2010, 9:16, Reply)

He's just acquired a 60s Fender Jazzmaster
which I am itching to have a go on.
( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Fri 15 Jan 2010, 9:40, Reply)

nice
I need more guitars.

my mate picked up one of these recently
www.recordingking.com/resonators_rm991.html

I'm still not sure of the look, but it sounds beautiful, especially in an open tuning and played with a slide.

we came up with some good stuff last night.
( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Fri 15 Jan 2010, 9:48, Reply)

I love a good bit of slide
Being retarded, I struggled with it for years before someone suggested tuning to an open G. Revelatory.

I'm still not very good at it, but it's one of the most evocative sounds ever, I utterly love it. Mine's glass, I've had steel ones in the past but they sounded too scratchy - my fault I'm sure.

That's a freaky-looking guitar but I kinda like it.
( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Fri 15 Jan 2010, 10:09, Reply)

open D works nicely
and a normal tuned guitar works well with it if in Drop D.

my slide technique is a bit shit, but my mate has been playing that guitar non-stop for two weeks and has come along really nicely. He's got a really fat glass slide, which seemed crap at first, but is much better than any other I've used.

that guitar sounds incredible with a slide. really warm and rich.
( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Fri 15 Jan 2010, 10:27, Reply)

Was it S-club seven?

( Naked Ape call me Caitlyn, Fri 15 Jan 2010, 9:13, Reply)

apologies for further drug reference
but their old dealer went to my school
( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Fri 15 Jan 2010, 9:15, Reply)

haha
Did he get them into all taht trouble, he should have laced the weed with crack, you know for shits and giggles.
( Naked Ape call me Caitlyn, Fri 15 Jan 2010, 9:17, Reply)

that wouldn't be very profitable
I believe he may be in jail now due to some smuggling incident.
( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Fri 15 Jan 2010, 9:19, Reply)

yup.
I'm starting a 60s style fuzztone band with Simon Fuller.

Our first tune is going to be a radical re-working of the 'They're gonna taste graaa-aate' Frosties song.
( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Fri 15 Jan 2010, 9:19, Reply)

What band what band what band
cum on montie pls tel
( TGB checking Off Topic is still shit at, Fri 15 Jan 2010, 9:14, Reply)

I'm off to the Tate Modern

and then the Cinnamon club for supper, I would quite like a spliff though as I'm cutting down on drinking.
( Naked Ape call me Caitlyn, Fri 15 Jan 2010, 9:07, Reply)

Got a fishing tournament Saturday
so am camping tomorrow night. Martin Luther King weekend here in the States so Monday is a Federal Holiday. As I work from home, I'm claiming it..............
( Batshitmentalist is sane for once, Fri 15 Jan 2010, 9:10, Reply)

Do you ever sit there waiting for a fish to bite

and wish you could just shoot the fuckers?
( Naked Ape call me Caitlyn, Fri 15 Jan 2010, 9:13, Reply)

I have no money
So I think I may tank the bottle of JD that someone brought over at Xmas, that has had a few measures out, but had resided in their booze cupboard for 10 fucking years.

Booze can't go off, right? Oh well, i'll soon find out.

No cheese left, so i will have to break out the 'cooncil puff' and do battle with that.

Also going to visit my dear old Gran who resides in a nursing home. I really should visit more often but her partial dementia and various ailments make this journey quite painful. I should stop being a selfish prick though and just get on with it.
(Cancer Joy was short lived, Fri 15 Jan 2010, 9:16, Reply)

I don't know what I'll be doing but I know it won't involve sex or eating lots of chips.

( girlinthehole, Fri 15 Jan 2010, 9:17, Reply)

You never know when opportunies arise, Beege

( Roota zweeeeeoooooowm, Fri 15 Jan 2010, 9:22, Reply)

Your right.
I could be invited to a sex and chips orgy.
( girlinthehole, Fri 15 Jan 2010, 9:23, Reply)

I hope that's where I o when I die
^ I'm leaving that typo. I like it.
( Roota zweeeeeoooooowm, Fri 15 Jan 2010, 9:28, Reply)

One of my best mates is handing in a skip-load of uni work today
He's planning on being fired out of a canon or somesuch from 4pm onwards.
Whilst I shall pop over to share his joy, I would like to be home in time for Popstar to Opera Star (YES, ITV HAVE MADE SOMETHING I WANT TO WATCH!!!) because Marcella Detroit and Alex James are on it.

I'm also going to use up the rest of the lamb steaks I bought yesterday and make some kind of soup or stew.
(Yesterday my lamb steaks in white wine and dill were to die for, and my mashed potato is reaching perfection.)

I'm getting old and boring. Vip, go out, see your friends, interact. Don't be a grinch like me!

I might go out and get proper wellied on Saturday though. If it doesn't snow.
( Roota zweeeeeoooooowm, Fri 15 Jan 2010, 9:21, Reply)

actually fired out of a cannon?
I imagine I will go out. my mates only live about 10 houses away, so I have no excuse really.
( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Fri 15 Jan 2010, 9:23, Reply)

That's his term for what he does after handing in work
In private he said to me "Listen Roots, cos of all this work, I didn't have a birthday nor a Christmas. So Friday, if it moves, it's gettin rattled*, if it's wet, it's goin down me Gregory Peck, and if it's on the table it's goin up me hooter."
( Roota zweeeeeoooooowm, Fri 15 Jan 2010, 9:27, Reply)

haha

( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Fri 15 Jan 2010, 9:29, Reply)

I thought Alex James was a bit of a cunt
until I found out he makes cheese. Now I love him a little bit
( TGB checking Off Topic is still shit at, Fri 15 Jan 2010, 9:24, Reply)

He's a sweetheart
Although he wasn't always.
( Roota zweeeeeoooooowm, Fri 15 Jan 2010, 9:27, Reply)

I had lamb steaks yesterday!
But just grilled as actual cookery is beyond me.
( The Light in Chains don't touch the Pope's boner, Fri 15 Jan 2010, 9:40, Reply)

It's the same as grilling them
Just see it as upside down grilling.
( Roota zweeeeeoooooowm, Fri 15 Jan 2010, 9:50, Reply)

Hmm
I've got a couple of venison steaks in the fridge, might have to cook them up.

I've got a mate over tonight, gonna have a laugh with him.

Apart from that, I'm doing nothing!
( Agnostic Antichrist Baltimora, Fri 15 Jan 2010, 9:25, Reply)

I've got a hankering for some venison
damn you
( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Fri 15 Jan 2010, 9:27, Reply)

You are the Two Fat Ladies
AICMFP
( Roota zweeeeeoooooowm, Fri 15 Jan 2010, 9:28, Reply)

you're a charmer
ain't ya?
( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Fri 15 Jan 2010, 9:29, Reply)

Yeah
Which also means I'm suave, debonaire, dishy, and Nigel Havers.
( Roota zweeeeeoooooowm, Fri 15 Jan 2010, 9:30, Reply)

*swoons*

( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Fri 15 Jan 2010, 9:31, Reply)

I'm chilling and doing housework tomorrow
then taking kiddo to M&S to spend the eighty fucking quid's worth of vouchers she got for Christmas. She's buying me lunch woo.
( Noeli overtheshoulderboulderholderthingstraplatchboobs, Fri 15 Jan 2010, 9:26, Reply)

Who gets a kid M&S vouchers?

( girlinthehole, Fri 15 Jan 2010, 9:27, Reply)

Me, my brother and my best mate's parents.
:P

Their clothes and accessories are great quality and the M&S in MK is pretty big.
( Noeli overtheshoulderboulderholderthingstraplatchboobs, Fri 15 Jan 2010, 9:36, Reply)

Who leaves a pottery plaque as a legacy?
BOOOOOO-YAAAAAAY
( TGB checking Off Topic is still shit at, Fri 15 Jan 2010, 9:37, Reply)

You'll be laughing on the other side of your face when you find out I've left nothing to you sunshine.

( girlinthehole, Fri 15 Jan 2010, 9:39, Reply)

:(

( TGB checking Off Topic is still shit at, Fri 15 Jan 2010, 9:42, Reply)

I am going shopping for luxuries such as food, teabags and toilet paper
I dug my car out last night, it hasnt moved in 2 weeks and supplies are getting low. 1 teabag and approx 1/5th of a toilet roll left.
( Colonel Dracula Two manky hookers and a racist dwarf, Fri 15 Jan 2010, 9:32, Reply)

Do you have a cat?

( Roota zweeeeeoooooowm, Fri 15 Jan 2010, 9:33, Reply)

No
I have a chicken
( Colonel Dracula Two manky hookers and a racist dwarf, Fri 15 Jan 2010, 9:34, Reply)

Did the chicken usurp the cat?

( Naked Ape call me Caitlyn, Fri 15 Jan 2010, 9:54, Reply)

chicken > cat

( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Fri 15 Jan 2010, 9:59, Reply)

You jest
but it sees-off next doors cat and that kills adult rabbits
( Colonel Dracula Two manky hookers and a racist dwarf, Fri 15 Jan 2010, 10:01, Reply)

Morning!
Haha sounds like you're weekend is planned out! :D

I'm out tonight for a mates birthday - rawking it up, so that should be fun. Tomorrow will consist of a hangover and a bacon fest while watching nothing too loud on the telly. Sunday I intend to sleep for the entire day.
(Flim-Flam the Magnificent "You is talking loco and I like it!", Fri 15 Jan 2010, 9:35, Reply)

did you manage to get a suitable skimpy outfit?

( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Fri 15 Jan 2010, 9:36, Reply)

I was about to ask this
But in a reasonably un-eloquent way, and you saved me the bother. How thoughtful.
(PenguinOfDeath is Scottish, and most likely angry, Fri 15 Jan 2010, 9:44, Reply)

Haha
What was your un-eloquent way...

Oi luv, getting your tits out tonight? :)
(Flim-Flam the Magnificent "You is talking loco and I like it!", Fri 15 Jan 2010, 9:57, Reply)

Nah
We went out in Camden last night to have a snoop but all the good shops were shut. DiT got some stuff but I am pinning all my hopes on a dress arriving today for me to wear. If it doesn't appear I'm skinny jeaning with a skull top - can't be arsed to be original.
(Flim-Flam the Magnificent "You is talking loco and I like it!", Fri 15 Jan 2010, 9:55, Reply)

nice attitude

( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Fri 15 Jan 2010, 9:57, Reply)

Hahaha
Meh. Whatever I wear its going to be the 'wrong thing'. The amount of posers that were out in full-force last night was insane.

I could turn up tonight dressed as an astronaut and everyone would probably freak out and run away to buy helmets and suits, they'd all think they missed out on a new trend!
(Flim-Flam the Magnificent "You is talking loco and I like it!", Fri 15 Jan 2010, 10:05, Reply)

you should totally do that

( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Fri 15 Jan 2010, 10:07, Reply)

Maybe I will
I did see a full Matador outfit for sale last night and was strangely tempted to buy it - maybe I should get that! :D

I could complete the look with a jazz flute too!
(Flim-Flam the Magnificent "You is talking loco and I like it!", Fri 15 Jan 2010, 10:10, Reply)

that would be pretty much the most awesome outfit ever

( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Fri 15 Jan 2010, 10:11, Reply)

I have possibly been watching too much of The Mighty Boosh
its giving me weird outfit ideas! :S
(Flim-Flam the Magnificent "You is talking loco and I like it!", Fri 15 Jan 2010, 10:13, Reply)

go with it, it'll be good for you
I've decided I need more suits.

Barney sang a song about them on the latest episode of How I met your mother, and that clinched it for me.

I need to find some reasonably priced secondhand 3 piece suits.
( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Fri 15 Jan 2010, 10:14, Reply)

Ah suits are good!
Hmmm its difficult to find good quality secondhand clothing that doesn't cost the world. That's the thing about Camden, it has some amazing shops but some of the stuff is just so overpriced because its a tourist hot-spot so they can get away with it. :(

Do you have any good secondhand shops around your way?
(Flim-Flam the Magnificent "You is talking loco and I like it!", Fri 15 Jan 2010, 10:20, Reply)

there's a place called the Real McCoy which is a bit expensive, but the stuff is usually good quality
the trouble is it's a busy place, so anything good gets snapped up quite quickly. all you can be sure of finding in there are a variety of blazers and sports jackets. loads of 20s and 30s dresses, leather jackets and Levis
( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Fri 15 Jan 2010, 10:25, Reply)

Ah that's cool though
that you have something like that near you, even if it is a bit on the expensive side. :)
(Flim-Flam the Magnificent "You is talking loco and I like it!", Fri 15 Jan 2010, 10:27, Reply)

they used to hire out vintage tuxes and stuff which was cool
and they have drawers and boxes full of long gloves and hats and stuff. it's a cool shop.
( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Fri 15 Jan 2010, 10:28, Reply)

I wish I had somewhere like that around here
I'd hire tuxes for all sorts of normal occasions. Like going in to uni. Alas, there's nowhere around here.
(PenguinOfDeath is Scottish, and most likely angry, Fri 15 Jan 2010, 10:32, Reply)

it was a bit too pricey for that unfortunately
there was an awesome antiques market in cardiff that had vintage clothes. my tux cost £30 to buy from there
( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Fri 15 Jan 2010, 10:33, Reply)

Hey you
You in neon legwarmers and a tu-tu, or have to decided to be original and dress as Sally ;)
( Roota zweeeeeoooooowm, Fri 15 Jan 2010, 9:51, Reply)

Hehehe
There were sooooo many tu-tus last night when we were looking for things... clearly they are missing in my life! :S
(Flim-Flam the Magnificent "You is talking loco and I like it!", Fri 15 Jan 2010, 9:56, Reply)

You just be your gorgeous self
I could rant on about those bloody girls for ages.
( Roota zweeeeeoooooowm, Fri 15 Jan 2010, 9:58, Reply)

Haha
Awww thanks lovely!
(Flim-Flam the Magnificent "You is talking loco and I like it!", Fri 15 Jan 2010, 10:11, Reply)

Hurray, it's the weekend!
I'll be going to Camden Town, where I will listen to Loud music, while being offended by all the little emo scenesters.

I imagine that I'll be hung over tomorrow. It's the wife's turn to make bacon sandwiches.
( Devil_In_Tights the *real* DiT!, Fri 15 Jan 2010, 10:02, Reply)

Hoorah!
Right, I'm off for a meeting zzzz
( Roota zweeeeeoooooowm, Fri 15 Jan 2010, 10:03, Reply)

Hahahaha
I made them last time you bugger!
(Flim-Flam the Magnificent "You is talking loco and I like it!", Fri 15 Jan 2010, 10:06, Reply)

You did not.
Oh, actually, maybe you did. Either way, I make them all the time.
( Devil_In_Tights the *real* DiT!, Fri 15 Jan 2010, 10:08, Reply)

Hmmmm
We'll see who is hungover the most and take it from there!
(Flim-Flam the Magnificent "You is talking loco and I like it!", Fri 15 Jan 2010, 10:12, Reply)

I plan
to sit in the dark and listen to The Smiths.

Also pack my bags for uni.
(Barry from Eastenders is, despite the words written above, not a woman, Fri 15 Jan 2010, 11:18, Reply)

Miserably cunt
Well done on getting your arse to uni!
( Roota zweeeeeoooooowm, Fri 15 Jan 2010, 11:43, Reply)