Ok I've spent all morning googling Jeff Bridges and I'm bored now.
Let's talk about happiness.

What would make you happy right now?
( girlinthehole, Mon 15 Mar 2010, 10:50, 112 replies, latest was 16 years ago)

Tommorrows meeting to be cancelled.
And a pay rise.
(PsychoChomp, Mon 15 Mar 2010, 10:53, Reply)

Although I'm a getting 2.25% pay rise on April 1st.

(PsychoChomp, Mon 15 Mar 2010, 11:01, Reply)

How apt.

( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Mon 15 Mar 2010, 11:02, Reply)

Because it's the start of the financial year innit.
My employers don't have a sense of humour.
(PsychoChomp, Mon 15 Mar 2010, 11:04, Reply)

What was the overal inflation percentage last year?

( Naked Ape call me Caitlyn, Mon 15 Mar 2010, 11:04, Reply)

Depends what measure, pretty low though.
It's the third year of a three year deal so it's not based on what's happened this year.
(PsychoChomp, Mon 15 Mar 2010, 11:06, Reply)

Yeah, but you still want it to be more than the CPI or RPI of last year so as to negate price rises

( Naked Ape call me Caitlyn, Mon 15 Mar 2010, 11:10, Reply)

And the MFI
and the DFS
( Roota zweeeeeoooooowm, Mon 15 Mar 2010, 11:13, Reply)

We had a three year deal
and the third year was what ever the RPI was in September 2008, It was 5% so we all had a very nice rise. This year we had tuppence and a kick in the balls.
( Peej, Mon 15 Mar 2010, 11:17, Reply)

being rich enough not to have to work
or being back in bed
( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Mon 15 Mar 2010, 10:53, Reply)

A backdated payrise
and a redundancy package. If I got a redundancy package I wouldn't have to work.
(porkylips looks better as the sun goes down., Mon 15 Mar 2010, 10:54, Reply)

I see a pattern emerging here.
Money isn't everything.
( girlinthehole, Mon 15 Mar 2010, 10:59, Reply)

it really helps though
money might not buy happiness, but it buys opportunity and choice, and those things very much lead to happiness
( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Mon 15 Mar 2010, 11:08, Reply)

Well said...
I don't want more 'stuff' - I just don't want to have to go to work.
(Tugnut Ex of this parish, Mon 15 Mar 2010, 11:10, Reply)

precisely

( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Mon 15 Mar 2010, 11:22, Reply)

Though a mixing desk would be cool...
..and a guitar shaped pool.
(Tugnut Ex of this parish, Mon 15 Mar 2010, 11:26, Reply)

where the neck is a waterslide leading from the headstock shaped jacuzzi

( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Mon 15 Mar 2010, 11:36, Reply)

Nothing over-the-top though.
We are men of classic tastes.
(Tugnut Ex of this parish, Mon 15 Mar 2010, 11:55, Reply)

of course

( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Mon 15 Mar 2010, 12:08, Reply)

Standing on the top of a mountain in the Alps
Cold wind in my hair, warm sun on my face, nothing as far as the eye can see excaept pristine white mountains untouched by man. The air sparkling in the sunlight as the moisture freezes, the sound of my breathing in my ears as I contemplate the virgin snow in front of me, that moment of apprehension as I push off and then bliss.
( Naked Ape call me Caitlyn, Mon 15 Mar 2010, 11:01, Reply)

I agree with this, but with less fluffy language.

(PsychoChomp, Mon 15 Mar 2010, 11:02, Reply)

and more fluffy snow
this is the first year I haven't been skiing or boarding since I was 6, it has also been one of the best years for snow in a decade or so, this is how I know there is no god.
( Naked Ape call me Caitlyn, Mon 15 Mar 2010, 11:04, Reply)

Remove the word 'snow' from that and I'm in full agreement

( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Mon 15 Mar 2010, 11:08, Reply)

Haha!
Winna!
( girlinthehole, Mon 15 Mar 2010, 11:10, Reply)

Nice one.

(Tugnut Ex of this parish, Mon 15 Mar 2010, 11:10, Reply)

I love snow it's the best thing ever!
It hides all the ugliness of the world and it's fun to play in!
( Naked Ape call me Caitlyn, Mon 15 Mar 2010, 11:11, Reply)

Same with breasts.

(Tugnut Ex of this parish, Mon 15 Mar 2010, 11:14, Reply)

I totally agree.
But then I do have a thing for men in those chunky sweaters.
( girlinthehole, Mon 15 Mar 2010, 11:15, Reply)

^This
And on a similar note,
push jerk
(LongJohnBaldry, Mon 15 Mar 2010, 11:35, Reply)

A lovely pair of breasts.

(Tugnut Ex of this parish, Mon 15 Mar 2010, 11:02, Reply)

If I'm not mistaken you are married.
Surely your wife is blessed with norks.
( girlinthehole, Mon 15 Mar 2010, 11:03, Reply)

She is...
...but a gratuitous pair to arrive at my work would be delightful, and make me very happy.

I have suggested that she lays on my desk as a form of 'executive toy' but to no avail.
(Tugnut Ex of this parish, Mon 15 Mar 2010, 11:05, Reply)

What a spoilsport.

( girlinthehole, Mon 15 Mar 2010, 11:06, Reply)

Tsk!
Modern women eh?
(And it would have saved money on a pen caddy.)
(Tugnut Ex of this parish, Mon 15 Mar 2010, 11:08, Reply)

I blame Emily Pankhurst.
It's getting so a woman can't get fondled in the street anymore.
( girlinthehole, Mon 15 Mar 2010, 11:12, Reply)

And Cosmopolitan.
G-spot, my arse.
*waits*
(Tugnut Ex of this parish, Mon 15 Mar 2010, 11:15, Reply)

*g-spots your arse*
See!
( Roota zweeeeeoooooowm, Mon 15 Mar 2010, 11:20, Reply)

Ouch.
If you do that again will you please cut your nails first.
(Tugnut Ex of this parish, Mon 15 Mar 2010, 11:27, Reply)

Or just make a fist

( Naked Ape call me Caitlyn, Mon 15 Mar 2010, 11:35, Reply)

Ha!

( Roota zweeeeeoooooowm, Mon 15 Mar 2010, 11:50, Reply)

*sings*
"If I like it then I'm gonna put my ring on it..."
(Tugnut Ex of this parish, Mon 15 Mar 2010, 11:56, Reply)

The rest of the day off
to play with my daughter in the sunshine.

/gay
( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Mon 15 Mar 2010, 11:04, Reply)

Nothing gay about it.
Only real men admit to stuff like that.
( girlinthehole, Mon 15 Mar 2010, 11:05, Reply)

*tears phone book in half*
GRRRRRRRRRR!!!!!
( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Mon 15 Mar 2010, 11:06, Reply)

Calm down Butch.
You are fooling no one.
(Tugnut Ex of this parish, Mon 15 Mar 2010, 11:08, Reply)

*flounces*

( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Mon 15 Mar 2010, 11:10, Reply)

Be careful, you might pull a muscle.

( girlinthehole, Mon 15 Mar 2010, 11:09, Reply)

All this horrible shitty boring work to be out of the way
And it to be Friday already.
( Roota zweeeeeoooooowm, Mon 15 Mar 2010, 11:06, Reply)

Such is life : (

( girlinthehole, Mon 15 Mar 2010, 11:09, Reply)

Oh the man opposite has come in
and his BO is raging today
( Roota zweeeeeoooooowm, Mon 15 Mar 2010, 11:11, Reply)

My landlord telling me I can keep my house on half rent
My boss not giving me grief.
A cunt from downstairs dying.

Any of the above would do.
( Agnostic Antichrist Baltimora, Mon 15 Mar 2010, 11:18, Reply)

Hmmmm I'm already pretty happy today
My daughter said "I love you Daddy" and gave me a hug this morning which brightened my day right away especially as she has only just turned two and its only the second time she's said it.
( Peej, Mon 15 Mar 2010, 11:19, Reply)

A hug
which I'll be getting from Mum soon, she's coming over later and we're going out for lunch.
(bill, Mon 15 Mar 2010, 11:19, Reply)

I got a lovely meringue that looked like a cathedral from my mum yesterday

( Roota zweeeeeoooooowm, Mon 15 Mar 2010, 11:21, Reply)

Meringue is all of the loverley!
I've also just realised that the new Phoenix Wright game came out the other week so I'm happy about that too!
(bill, Mon 15 Mar 2010, 11:23, Reply)

Don't make me google that...

( Roota zweeeeeoooooowm, Mon 15 Mar 2010, 11:39, Reply)

I wouldn't make you, here you go:
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ace_Attorney_Investigations:_Miles_Edgeworth
(bill, Mon 15 Mar 2010, 11:49, Reply)

You kids and your video games

( Roota zweeeeeoooooowm, Mon 15 Mar 2010, 11:50, Reply)

*Insert Vipros joke here*

(Halfy By light alone, Mon 15 Mar 2010, 11:23, Reply)

It didn't have a beard

( Roota zweeeeeoooooowm, Mon 15 Mar 2010, 11:39, Reply)

leave it
in the fridge for a week
(Halfy By light alone, Mon 15 Mar 2010, 12:44, Reply)

When you say 'cathedral'...
...you are not suggesting it looked like 'Paddy's Wigwam', are you?
(Tugnut Ex of this parish, Mon 15 Mar 2010, 11:29, Reply)

No not the wigwam
More like a big russian dome. All festooned with kiwis and strawberries.
( Roota zweeeeeoooooowm, Mon 15 Mar 2010, 11:39, Reply)

This was not from Greggs.
It is truly a meringue of extraordinary proportions.
(Tugnut Ex of this parish, Mon 15 Mar 2010, 11:58, Reply)

I think
not currently being a tired, lonely, sad, miserable old cunt would make me happy.
(Halfy By light alone, Mon 15 Mar 2010, 11:21, Reply)

That at least one of my kids would decide not to
"temporarily" drop out of university!
(MichaelS wasn't picked again, Mon 15 Mar 2010, 11:22, Reply)

Oh dear : (
Btw! You wouldn't happen to know Jeff Bridges would you?
( girlinthehole, Mon 15 Mar 2010, 11:25, Reply)

Nope sorry, don't even know who he is.
It will save us a lot of money but they are nuts! My oldest dropped out of a 4 year nursing program after three full years with high honors. Now she is waiting tables. I guess what matters is that she is happy but she will probably regret it later. (Oh, well, more money for trips to Europe now).
(MichaelS wasn't picked again, Mon 15 Mar 2010, 11:31, Reply)

Through the magic of Google I just figured/remembered out who he is.
Geeze, he is getting old looking (of course I still have the fresh blush of youth even at over 50).

You can do better!
(MichaelS wasn't picked again, Mon 15 Mar 2010, 11:39, Reply)

Aw what a lovely thing to say.
But unfortunately I seem to be obsessed with him at the moment.
( girlinthehole, Mon 15 Mar 2010, 12:40, Reply)

Sometimes it's for the best.
My mate dropped out in the first year, now he's a wine taster. He travels the world getting paid to drink wine.
(PsychoChomp, Mon 15 Mar 2010, 11:25, Reply)

Bollocks
7 years at university and I've still got to fund my own alcoholism!

Higher Education: it might open doors, but it doesn't seem to be opening any bottles...
(LongJohnBaldry, Mon 15 Mar 2010, 11:41, Reply)

And sometimes its not for the best
My sister did a year at one uni failed so retook the first year. Then fell in love with some guy at the end of the year and moved to his uni starting the first year again, at the end of that year she changed course when they broke up. Then she passed her first year, then she passed her second year wow great we thought this is good. Then she fell in love, got pregnant, dropped out, broke up with guy and is now a secretary. Result 5 years at uni and nothing to show for it (except my niece of course)
( Peej, Mon 15 Mar 2010, 11:35, Reply)

My oldest did manage to get pregnant this past fall but had a miscarriage which was
probably for the best. I'm way too young to be a grandfather and she still likes partying too much to be a good mother. (As for the boyfriend..... it's too bad they don't let fathers shoot them anymore).
(MichaelS wasn't picked again, Mon 15 Mar 2010, 11:42, Reply)

To suddenly hear the sound of four legs and panting from the living room....
... and then as I turn my head around, I see a dog running towards me, a border colley or something like that. and it comes up and puts it's front paws on my knees and I give it a big hug and say "Hello fella, where did you come from?" and it nuzzles my kneck. Suddenly, I'm dressed in my hawiaan style shorts and t-shirt, and there is a lead around the dog's kneck "C'mon, we're OFF TO THE PARK", where I take it out for a walk to the park, pass the really old estate mansion and through the trent park uni, where I let the dog off it's lead in the field and it runs off up to a (very very) pretty girl (with a dog of her own), and we get talking about the dogs, "It's the strangest thing, I was in my office, and there was this dog ! I have no idea where it came from", we would laugh and joke, take a walk down to the cafe in the park, and the dogs will share a saussage sandwich and we'd both enjoy a Twister ice lolly each. She'd take the piss out of my hawiaan shirt, how I must have gotten dressed in the dark, and I'd call her a bitch, then we'd both laugh a little too long and have a bit of eye contact. I'd then walk her back to the campus, tell her I've had such a wonderful day, and explain how she should give me a kiss, because otherwise Monster (we've decided on the name 'monster' for the dog) will feel like he's not good enough at helping me "score it big time with the honiez", then she would give me a peek on the cheek and her phone number. It would take me about a week to eventually call her back, me not being any good at this sort of thing at all, but we'd get talking again, mostly about the dogs. I tell her of my jackpot lottery win, nothing too big, just a few million, it's enough. We then have a very happy life for the rest of our lives. Granted, it has it's hard points, but the adventure with our dogs are the kind of things books are made of.
( G/PP 💩💩💩💩💩&#128, Mon 15 Mar 2010, 11:26, Reply)

Oh Gonz!
If only.
( girlinthehole, Mon 15 Mar 2010, 11:27, Reply)

Noone would be more deserving of this than you.

(Bazongaloid, Mon 15 Mar 2010, 11:32, Reply)

Don't be so mean!
He may have been a huge success with Herman's Hermits, but I fail to see why that makes him more deserving than Gonz.
( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Mon 15 Mar 2010, 11:41, Reply)

superb

( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Mon 15 Mar 2010, 11:44, Reply)

Ahahah

( Roota zweeeeeoooooowm, Mon 15 Mar 2010, 11:44, Reply)

Took me a minute
Nice one, sir. Consider your 60s-teen-pop-referencing-punnage applauded.
(LongJohnBaldry, Mon 15 Mar 2010, 11:44, Reply)

Don't get a border collie. They are evil and obsessive compulsives.

(MichaelS wasn't picked again, Mon 15 Mar 2010, 11:33, Reply)

This is a lie they are loving and loyal dogs who are easily trained
I think you may have had a bad experience
( Naked Ape call me Caitlyn, Mon 15 Mar 2010, 11:34, Reply)

Thety are lovely dogs BUT
can be quite neurotic and if they don't have a job they will make one. You can only throw a ball so many times before your arm falls off but the dog will NEVER stop trying!

(No dogs are evil.)
(MichaelS wasn't picked again, Mon 15 Mar 2010, 11:37, Reply)

I concur
Border Collies are beautiful and intelligent dogs, and full of win - provided you have enough energy to take care of one properly. Sadly my Uncle didn't.
(LongJohnBaldry, Mon 15 Mar 2010, 11:38, Reply)

You need to know what you're getting into before you get a dog.
AS our kids are pretty much our to the house now and I travel a bit too much for work, my wife got a Golden Retriever for company and she thought to possibly scare any bad guys off. So she now has a giant friendly 11 month old puppy who is everyone's friend, sheeds a lot, and wants complete attention at all times. I can't go anywhere in the house without him being at my feet (He has decided he likes to sopend time with me best).

I never had a border collie but have known people who did and shouldn't have.
(MichaelS wasn't picked again, Mon 15 Mar 2010, 11:47, Reply)

He'll realx as he gets older, he'll still want to be with someone but the same room will suffice

My parents have a retriver anbd he is just the nicest dog ion the entire world without being clingy, he is ten this month, happy birthday doggles!
( Naked Ape call me Caitlyn, Mon 15 Mar 2010, 11:53, Reply)

It does strike me as a little arse-about-face
that when our kids are hyperactive and neurotic and we can't control them, we pump them full of drugs to calm them down, but when our dogs do the same, we have them put to sleep.

Given the racket next door's kid was making the other night I'd happily reverse the situation.
(LongJohnBaldry, Mon 15 Mar 2010, 12:08, Reply)

A smoke in the sun
I am ridiculously easy to please.
( TGB checking Off Topic is still shit at, Mon 15 Mar 2010, 11:44, Reply)

there are many levels of being happy
a smoke in the sun is a good one though
( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Mon 15 Mar 2010, 11:46, Reply)

Hello
smugface how are you today?
( TGB checking Off Topic is still shit at, Mon 15 Mar 2010, 11:51, Reply)

all the better for it being midday
the morning has raced by in a blur of monday morning sleepiness.

how are you?
( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Mon 15 Mar 2010, 12:09, Reply)

I am awesome as always
May eat a sandwich in a bit
( TGB checking Off Topic is still shit at, Mon 15 Mar 2010, 12:25, Reply)

I just ate some soup
it was quite nice
( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Mon 15 Mar 2010, 12:32, Reply)

This does sound nice
*Leans out the window*
(bill, Mon 15 Mar 2010, 11:55, Reply)

The guys who wrote the Mouse Gestures add-on
to hurry up and update it to work with Firefox 3.6.

I've spent the last few days right-clicking and shoving the mouse around like it's some kind of cyber-wanking tool, only to remember that the Gestures aren't enabled and I need to move between tabs in the conventional and considerably less swish fashion.
(LongJohnBaldry, Mon 15 Mar 2010, 11:52, Reply)

*woosh*
that was the sound of your post flying over my head!
( Naked Ape call me Caitlyn, Mon 15 Mar 2010, 11:54, Reply)

In which case
another cup of coffee would be nice. Especially if I could go and drink it outside in the sunshine.

You know, I could. There's nothing to stop me doing that except for that ghastly feeling of compunction that I really ought to be working as I've got a talk to go to in half an hour.
(LongJohnBaldry, Mon 15 Mar 2010, 12:02, Reply)

I thought that Jeff was an odd choice to get hot about...
...but have just found out that Jeff Bridges was not in 'Dumb and Dumber', that was Jeff Daniels.
*licks window*
(Tugnut Ex of this parish, Mon 15 Mar 2010, 12:04, Reply)

windowphoto of Jeff Daniels
(LongJohnBaldry, Mon 15 Mar 2010, 12:05, Reply)

being able to crawl back into bed and watch a movie
and/or being able to take this blasted bra off...owie :(
( Lisette von Falcon, Mon 15 Mar 2010, 12:12, Reply)

Take the bra off anyway.
Tell your colleagues you are auditioning for the first film made in Floparound^TM.
(porkylips looks better as the sun goes down., Mon 15 Mar 2010, 12:17, Reply)

it's actually not that bad
I'll keep it on till lunch break
( Lisette von Falcon, Mon 15 Mar 2010, 12:26, Reply)

And then?
Whip them out while you're eating your chicken sandwich. Is that what you're saying?
( K2k6 has a proper job these days, Mon 15 Mar 2010, 12:27, Reply)

I'll be home during my lunch break which means a blissful hour of not wearing it
it's not even a proper one, it's a strapless which means I can slip it on and off which ease and relax for a mo
( Lisette von Falcon, Mon 15 Mar 2010, 12:30, Reply)

Damn.
My imagination was getting ahead of itself there.
( K2k6 has a proper job these days, Mon 15 Mar 2010, 12:36, Reply)

yeah, chicken sandwhich? wtf lol

( Lisette von Falcon, Mon 15 Mar 2010, 12:40, Reply)

Personally, I find chicken sandwiches quite a turn on
If served with a side order of tits.
( K2k6 has a proper job these days, Mon 15 Mar 2010, 12:41, Reply)

Being sat on a beach in Sark
With a good book, without any work to do, nothing to worry about and with someone who would appreciate it as much as me.
(Applebite Uh! A cow!, Mon 15 Mar 2010, 12:44, Reply)

Why Sark in particular?
Herm has nicer beaches, and you can go there by jet boat!
( K2k6 has a proper job these days, Mon 15 Mar 2010, 12:49, Reply)

I've been going there every year since I was five.
It's my favourite place in the world.
(Applebite Uh! A cow!, Mon 15 Mar 2010, 12:56, Reply)

Ah, I see
It is nice, what with the horses and all.
( K2k6 has a proper job these days, Mon 15 Mar 2010, 13:04, Reply)