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(, Sun 1 Apr 2001, 1:00)
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So this week we have learnt:
Screening for breast cancer is, on the whole, good for you
UEA scientist didn't "make up" results
Ricky Martin loves teh cock

Bugger me, it really is "pope shits in the woods" week, isn't it? Anyone got some real news?
(, Wed 31 Mar 2010, 8:09, 127 replies, latest was 16 years ago)
The Large Hadron Collider works
Which is great news unless you're a proton going round inside it.
(, Wed 31 Mar 2010, 8:19, Reply)
Ah, true, I'd forgotten about that. That is excellent news, and I'm disappointed it hasn't been bigger news.
The thing about toads pre-empting an earthquake is pretty cool as well.
(, Wed 31 Mar 2010, 8:38, Reply)
I haven't heard about the toads, but it makes sense
I like this: news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/8594101.stm
(, Wed 31 Mar 2010, 8:46, Reply)
That is truly awesome
And rather interesting.
Here's the toad story.
(, Wed 31 Mar 2010, 9:24, Reply)
I like the last bit.
The ants did not detect the earthquake. Obviously thick as shit, those ants.
(, Wed 31 Mar 2010, 9:39, Reply)
I bet those toads are glad they took the evolutionary path they did
I mean it already shows, given it's the toads which eat the ants and not vice versa. And now they're expert seismologists! Just goes to show, doesn't it?
(, Wed 31 Mar 2010, 10:12, Reply)
It's rainy during British summertime.
Morning Crowy & Bartles. Ready for another fun packed day?
(, Wed 31 Mar 2010, 8:21, Reply)
Morning, Colonel. Almost prepared,
I'm working at home this morning, but at least sitting at home on my own is better than sitting in my office on my own. (Virtually nobody's around this week.) I just have to make sure I actually do some work, rather than giving in to the constant distractions of my guitar and the kettle.
(, Wed 31 Mar 2010, 8:39, Reply)
Kettle and guitar always win.
I decided the other day that as a multi instrumentalist, I'm going to stuggle to afford top of the range gear in everything, so am going to focus mainly on my drums and build bastard-hybrid guitars/basses from bits as it'll be cheaper. Got a Les Paul Junior copy the other day and I'm in the process of getting hold of some decent Seymour Duncan's for it. I'm also getting the hardware upgraded to Gibson stuff and putting hot rails in my strat. Woo!
(, Wed 31 Mar 2010, 8:49, Reply)
Woo indeedy!
I know your conundrum: I've got a small collection of several different but very 'budget' instruments. I feel like I ought to focus on the bass, given it's my 'main' instrument, but having just forked out for a (comparatively budget) resonator, I think it will be some time before I can justify the cost of a proper Fender bass!

Re: hotrailing your strat - I know the obvious benefits, being that they make a cheap guitar sound noticeably less cheap, I'm just a bit sceptical as I think you risk losing the 'stratitude' of the sound - won't they make it sound a bit generic-guitar-with-humbuckers? I would have thought noiseless single-coils would be more suitable, but I suppose it depends how much you want to preserve the sound of your strat!
(, Wed 31 Mar 2010, 9:22, Reply)
It's only a copy.
So currently sounds absolute whack. I'm not after a 'strat' sound or 'les paul' sound, just a nice versatile guitar that can cope with various genres really.

I've just seen a Squire P-bass for £25. Might get that and stick some fender pickups in it. That'd sound sweet!

Ooh, also - you're a bit more guitary than me... What (guitar)amp would you recommend that would be loud enough to be giggable, cope with some rockin out and sound ok clean, on a budget of about £200? Someone metioned a Fender Champ but I can't for the life of me find one that price!
(, Wed 31 Mar 2010, 9:39, Reply)
Hmm...I might defer to Vippers on this one
As I'm more bassy than guitary. Does depend what you're playing: I own a Vox Pathfinder 15R - it's only a 15W solid state but it's alarmingly loud and does have a nice, warm, balanced sound. Probably giggable if you're running amps through the PA or in a small venue.

If you need something bigger, I've always found that Laney make fairly sound bass amps, so this might fit the bill.
(, Wed 31 Mar 2010, 9:48, Reply)
You want one that goes to 11

(, Wed 31 Mar 2010, 9:51, Reply)
Certainly am.
I've already pissed off one customer Today, so I've got to keep my head down. If I look busy by typing a lot, I should get by.

Guten Morgen herr Colonel
(, Wed 31 Mar 2010, 8:39, Reply)
I'm much the same...
Head down, look busy - in reality, doing fuck all...

I take it upon myself to be as offensive as possible to 'customers' when they call. (When I say customers, I mean the public.) My normal customers are businesses but when the public occasionally call, you can guarantee they'll be completely retarded.
(, Wed 31 Mar 2010, 8:45, Reply)
My only contact with the public is to tell them to fuck off parking in our car park.
My customers though, I generally treat with respect, even when they don't deserve it.
(, Wed 31 Mar 2010, 8:49, Reply)
Ha!
in my head, you are the grumpy hi-vis security guard at the NCP, playing grumpily on your phone.
(, Wed 31 Mar 2010, 8:56, Reply)
Thanks for that

(, Wed 31 Mar 2010, 8:59, Reply)
I am learning saxophone
There is a saxophone in my house right now.
(It's only on loan, but hey.)
So there, one of my childhood dreams has been achieved.
Last night I WAS the girl that my 11-year-old self wanted to be. I'm about ten years late but she forgives me.
(, Wed 31 Mar 2010, 8:27, Reply)
Ooo! I had an awful dream where I met a man from the internet and he was like totally urgh!
I had my sister and nephew with me though so that was ok. I had to pretend that I had a phone call telling me my mum was sick and we had to go and then I felt really guilty but relieved.
(, Wed 31 Mar 2010, 8:33, Reply)
I'll never forgive you for blowing me out like that...

(, Wed 31 Mar 2010, 8:36, Reply)
I'd never blow you dear.

(, Wed 31 Mar 2010, 8:40, Reply)
I had a dream about sisters and hospitals
and exes and train stations and WH Smith.
(, Wed 31 Mar 2010, 8:38, Reply)
This was caused by you gazzing me yesterday.
I fit your description precisely
(, Wed 31 Mar 2010, 8:41, Reply)
Could be.
But this guy wasn't even funny.
(, Wed 31 Mar 2010, 8:44, Reply)
Still could be me.
If its any consolation, I didn't dream of you last night.

Even though I tried hard to.
(, Wed 31 Mar 2010, 8:50, Reply)
Aw bless!
That's nice.
(, Wed 31 Mar 2010, 8:59, Reply)
Man, I remember when I learnt sax
my uncle got one during his mid-life crisis and never used it. My Auntie, who knew I was musical gave me a lend and I nailed it in about a month. Hardest instrument I've learnt as it's not a chromatic based thingamyjig. I.e, the higher up you go, the higher the sound. Not the case with the saxamophone.
(, Wed 31 Mar 2010, 8:35, Reply)
Fancy selling it to me?

(, Wed 31 Mar 2010, 8:39, Reply)
Not mine to sell :(
When my uncle heard I was doing rather well with it, he decided he wanted it back. He's never played it. He's just a cunt.
(, Wed 31 Mar 2010, 8:53, Reply)
The cunt

(, Wed 31 Mar 2010, 8:54, Reply)
My step dad has one.
He can't play it. He just wanted to own one.
(, Wed 31 Mar 2010, 8:56, Reply)
Can you get it for me & Rooty to share?

(, Wed 31 Mar 2010, 8:57, Reply)
I doubt it.
He's funny about his stuff.
(, Wed 31 Mar 2010, 9:00, Reply)
Fucking rascist, Daily Mail reading, born-again cunt too.

(, Wed 31 Mar 2010, 8:57, Reply)
Morning, Roota!
How is the sexamophone coming along? (I never managed to master mine - as the Colonel says, it's probably due to the fact it's not on a nice chromatic doohicky like a guitar or a piano - so I hope someone is having the success I never found.)
(, Wed 31 Mar 2010, 8:41, Reply)
I can do a scale thingy in G or something and I can play one tune
I am being taught by a 13 year old girl and last night was my second lesson. We got told off for talking by her dad.
I could play recorder in school so I'm hoping the fingermebobs will come back to me.
(, Wed 31 Mar 2010, 8:43, Reply)
You called?

(, Wed 31 Mar 2010, 9:04, Reply)
Haha!
Best puppets evah!
(, Wed 31 Mar 2010, 9:07, Reply)
YAY!

(, Wed 31 Mar 2010, 9:34, Reply)
A 13-year old girl?
So is she a friend who plays or is she an actual music teacher?

(I only ask as I've been wondering whether it's possible to teach an instrument if you can quite clearly play the thing but don't have any relevant qualifications other than GCSE music!)
(, Wed 31 Mar 2010, 9:27, Reply)
If you can play, you can teach.
Doesn't mean you'll be any good. I taught for a while but found it solid as a motherfucker. I found that just because I can play something, doesn't mean I can explain WHY I'm doing it or WHAT it is that I'm doing.

I think a syncopated paradiddle threw me...
(, Wed 31 Mar 2010, 9:32, Reply)
Yeah, I just wonder how many people would pay for lessons from an entirely self-taught bass guitarist
But I did have piano lessons for a couple of years, so I know my music theory pretty well. The only major drawback is I know I'd eventually have to teach someone slap bass, which is a style I find abhorrent.
(, Wed 31 Mar 2010, 9:36, Reply)

pencilsatdawn.files.wordpress.com/2007/08/intersection-phil.jpg
(, Wed 31 Mar 2010, 9:39, Reply)
You love that cartoon, don't you?
Fuck it, I might as well just add it to my profile...
(, Wed 31 Mar 2010, 9:40, Reply)
I do love it
it annoys me that I often get mistaken for a bass player, so I have to mock them constantly.

I don't think I look like a bass player, so why do people assume I am one? hmm?
(, Wed 31 Mar 2010, 9:42, Reply)
As I understand it, you're very large and very beardy.
Are you the 'quiet' type? Do you come across as the least 'up yourself' compared with your bandmates? These are all classic symptoms, says a clean-shaven bassist who has to talk the most at band practices.
(, Wed 31 Mar 2010, 9:52, Reply)
good god no
I'm a typical big-headed lead guitarist.

Our bass player is unbelivably quiet and lanky. Everything a bass player should be.
(, Wed 31 Mar 2010, 9:54, Reply)
I'm sure my band's back-to-front
We've got an insanely talent but absurdly modest lead guitarist - we have to keep telling him to turn up, which is a first as far as I'm concerned.

The bassist does the most talking, but then he is the lead vocalist as well. And appears to be more of a piss-artist than the drummer. But he at least has the best sense of humour.
(, Wed 31 Mar 2010, 9:59, Reply)
It's the beard
Hairy fuckers, bass players.
(, Wed 31 Mar 2010, 10:12, Reply)
everyone in my band has a beard :-P

(, Wed 31 Mar 2010, 10:18, Reply)
She just plays
But when we get serious and stop gossiping she's a good teacher. There's no structure but she won't let me have a sip of coffee or a cookie unless I do it right and she watches all the way through reminding me when I'm lapsing into lazy mistakes.
(, Wed 31 Mar 2010, 9:36, Reply)
Haha, discipline might be another issue
I just know I'd be the first to get bored and suggest a tea break! (Or a vinegary-lemon break, depending on the results of the experiment.)
(, Wed 31 Mar 2010, 9:38, Reply)
Yeah but she says
"No, that sounded like a goose. One more and I'll pass your coffee Slow down and concentrate."
(, Wed 31 Mar 2010, 9:40, Reply)
Definitely a good teacher.
I may have to copy her style, especially if it means I could find amusing ways to insult any potential pupils - "E major? That sounding like a walrus farting chromatically!"
(, Wed 31 Mar 2010, 9:50, Reply)
Works for me.

(, Wed 31 Mar 2010, 9:52, Reply)
I think I'll have to insist that all applicants are thick-skinned and have a good sense of humour
And suddenly it starts to sound like a personal ad...
(, Wed 31 Mar 2010, 9:55, Reply)
"But Mr Crow,
why do I need my own house and car to learn saxomaphone from you?"
(, Wed 31 Mar 2010, 10:19, Reply)
of course it's possible to teach an instrument without qualifications
I don't have any guitar qualifications, have a D in GCSE music, and have taught, to some extent at least.

Fairly sure my guitar teacher had no qualifications, but he was a fucking good teacher.
(, Wed 31 Mar 2010, 9:36, Reply)
Everybody who I've shown a few guitar chords to
and been a bit strict with has gone on to play like Jimi Bleedin Hendrix and I'm STILL pants.
(, Wed 31 Mar 2010, 9:41, Reply)
that's unfortunate

(, Wed 31 Mar 2010, 9:44, Reply)
I have no ambition.
I go "I can comfortably play to this level. Any further would require too much pain and practise." *stops*
(, Wed 31 Mar 2010, 9:45, Reply)
I haven't 'practised' for years
playing with other people is the way to get better.
(, Wed 31 Mar 2010, 9:47, Reply)
No, that just makes me sing and leave the guitar to them

(, Wed 31 Mar 2010, 9:48, Reply)
I couldn't agree with this more.
Surround yourself with musicians better than you and you will find yourself hauling ass to catch up. That's why I'm currently trying to find a jazz band to play in.
(, Wed 31 Mar 2010, 9:51, Reply)
'jazz'

(, Wed 31 Mar 2010, 9:52, Reply)
Nice

(, Wed 31 Mar 2010, 10:00, Reply)
Would you want to play guitar and do you live in or near South London?

(, Wed 31 Mar 2010, 9:55, Reply)
Yes I would and no I don't.
I'm a Brizzle boy I'm afraid.
(, Wed 31 Mar 2010, 9:59, Reply)
Oh well
The violinist from my old jazz band was talking about trying to revive the project later this year, after she's moved house. We need a guitarist who would fit in with the 'electric gypsy' style we ended up with after several years of trying.
(, Wed 31 Mar 2010, 10:01, Reply)
Bugger, that sounds good too...
I'm well into Django Reinhardt at the moment so could have got right into the gypsy jazz thing.
(, Wed 31 Mar 2010, 10:02, Reply)
Well, if you will insist on living in the wrong city...

(, Wed 31 Mar 2010, 10:18, Reply)
I have a new(er) car
And it's ace!

I also forgot it was my mums birthday yesterday, whoops
(, Wed 31 Mar 2010, 8:49, Reply)
Mums expect that you forget their birthdays
Just make up for it now.

What motor you got then?
(, Wed 31 Mar 2010, 8:52, Reply)
yeah
they are coming over easter sunday so will cook them lunch and pass on the present then

Got meself a 2l Hyundai Coupe se, is very fun to drive!
(, Wed 31 Mar 2010, 9:00, Reply)
Ooh, I actually like them quite a bit...
Mate's just got a Fiat Coupé, 2.0L 20v and fuck me, it's fast.
(, Wed 31 Mar 2010, 9:03, Reply)
its pokey
haven't really tested the heavy right foot yet, but it definately cruises very nicely at 90 (or so they say officer)
(, Wed 31 Mar 2010, 9:22, Reply)
It looks it
Do they do an estate version, with the same front end?
(, Wed 31 Mar 2010, 9:07, Reply)
no idea im afraid

(, Wed 31 Mar 2010, 9:23, Reply)
Nope
Coupe with an estate boot might look a little odd.

lh6.ggpht.com/_NCTKUEHu-jQ/RzpSHcV25vI/AAAAAAAAB-E/rrLRvMXGwpw/Ferrari+456+Venice+Estate+Speciale.jpg
(, Wed 31 Mar 2010, 9:43, Reply)
I want one now.

(, Wed 31 Mar 2010, 9:55, Reply)
ONE SLEEP TIL CORNWALL!
This is the best news I've had in ages.
(, Wed 31 Mar 2010, 8:54, Reply)
Yay!
Give Clendrix a big squeeze from me and remember TGB likes to motorboat men as well as women.
(, Wed 31 Mar 2010, 8:57, Reply)
TGB Still owes me a speedboat.
Although I think it was changed to a speedboar as that would be much tastier.
(, Wed 31 Mar 2010, 8:58, Reply)
Motorboat instead!

(, Wed 31 Mar 2010, 9:08, Reply)
You still owe me..
erm... a walnut whip
(, Wed 31 Mar 2010, 9:14, Reply)
There you are!
I had to eat the walnut whip I'm afraid. I have an egg sandwich and some lucozade if you'd prefer?
(, Wed 31 Mar 2010, 9:17, Reply)
Egg Sandwich?
Ugh, you heathen!
(, Wed 31 Mar 2010, 9:18, Reply)
Egg meat is the best.

(, Wed 31 Mar 2010, 9:19, Reply)
I'm turning into a bit of a sandwich racist
If there's no actual meat in it, I'm not interested. Fish is also allowed.
(, Wed 31 Mar 2010, 9:27, Reply)
Egg counts as meat.

(, Wed 31 Mar 2010, 9:29, Reply)
Not to me.
If it wasn't alive and running round, am just not interested.
(, Wed 31 Mar 2010, 9:32, Reply)
Wrong.
Egg is meat.
(, Wed 31 Mar 2010, 9:33, Reply)
Egg is proto-meat
Or 'the ghost of meat yet to come.'
(, Wed 31 Mar 2010, 9:42, Reply)
Egg is chicken period

(, Wed 31 Mar 2010, 9:44, Reply)
Same here.
If nothing had to die to provide me with my sandwich I consider the whole venture an abject failure.
(, Wed 31 Mar 2010, 9:34, Reply)
I've been working on my moobs especially.

(, Wed 31 Mar 2010, 9:02, Reply)
I've been working on your moobs too.
I just can't get the clay to hold form whilst I'm wanking on them
(, Wed 31 Mar 2010, 9:04, Reply)
It's because of the pendulousness :(

(, Wed 31 Mar 2010, 9:07, Reply)
I hear they've invented man bras in Japan.
Might be worth a look into.
(, Wed 31 Mar 2010, 9:09, Reply)
Aw man :(

(, Wed 31 Mar 2010, 9:11, Reply)
Good news is Breast cancer screening does work

so you're covered for that...
(, Wed 31 Mar 2010, 9:13, Reply)
YAY I'm mentioned

(, Wed 31 Mar 2010, 9:14, Reply)
And favourably for a change.

(, Wed 31 Mar 2010, 9:16, Reply)
Indeed :D
best day ever!
(, Wed 31 Mar 2010, 9:17, Reply)
Woo!
What?
(, Wed 31 Mar 2010, 8:57, Reply)
I've hired a pimpmobile and I'm driving daughter and I down to Cornwall tomorrow
to visit her mum's parents for a few days by the sea. Oh, and I've been invited to the meeting of a secret cult who meet occasionally and do interesting things with permanent markers.
(, Wed 31 Mar 2010, 9:00, Reply)
Does the pimpmobile bounce on it's springs?

(, Wed 31 Mar 2010, 9:06, Reply)
I'll be incredibly disappointed if it doesn't.

(, Wed 31 Mar 2010, 9:10, Reply)
I was at a local marina the other day having a walk and saw a kid (about 8 years old) fishing by himself.
Being with my brother who likes fishing, we wandered over to ask if he'd caught anything. He turned round and his face was covered marker pen. He acted like everything was fine.

Wierd.
(, Wed 31 Mar 2010, 9:06, Reply)
Is he in Cornwall?
He might be a cultist.
(, Wed 31 Mar 2010, 9:11, Reply)

cul s
(, Wed 31 Mar 2010, 9:12, Reply)
Naw, Portishead.
I can't work out if he was 'special' and did it himself or if it was done for him...
(, Wed 31 Mar 2010, 9:18, Reply)
Portishead.
that one word explains and excuses many things.
(, Wed 31 Mar 2010, 9:22, Reply)
Johnny Depp lives there y'know...

(, Wed 31 Mar 2010, 9:23, Reply)
Exactly.
I rest my case Your Honour.
(, Wed 31 Mar 2010, 9:50, Reply)
I read that as having a wank
I'm so glad I'm spending the weekend with weirdos
(, Wed 31 Mar 2010, 9:18, Reply)
That's my usual weekend pastime if I'm honest.
and it wasn't PEN on the kid's face...
(, Wed 31 Mar 2010, 9:20, Reply)
Well, I'm still drunk
Not really important, just thought I'd share.
(, Wed 31 Mar 2010, 9:05, Reply)
Good man yourself.

(, Wed 31 Mar 2010, 9:07, Reply)
I've just had breakfast.
2 Pain Chocolat and a half pint of espresso.
Hopefully I'll be feeling more human soon.
(, Wed 31 Mar 2010, 9:31, Reply)
Human, fat and jittery

(, Wed 31 Mar 2010, 9:32, Reply)
Do I know you?
Or more to the point, where are you observing from? Is that you up the pylon?
(, Wed 31 Mar 2010, 9:37, Reply)
It was but I felt the need to be closer

(, Wed 31 Mar 2010, 9:38, Reply)
*Jumps*
For goodness sake, you could have coughed before you touched me like that.
Nice though.
(, Wed 31 Mar 2010, 9:52, Reply)
I had crumpets for breakfast
I'd forgotten how awesome they are with jam and lots of spread. I'm pondering how they'd be with savoury toppings - cheese, chorizo, a little garlic mayo...
(, Wed 31 Mar 2010, 10:26, Reply)
The answer, my friend, is fucking awesome.

(, Wed 31 Mar 2010, 12:15, Reply)

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