I am flying in the face of convention and sartorial elegance
and wearing flip-flops at work today. Australians call them "thongs". Australians are silly, and have no Ashes to speak of. Who else is already at work with nothing better to do than look at B3ta, or can lay claim to cricketing-based xenophobia?
(Darth Foxtrot A one-man army dedicated to making fetch happen, Fri 23 Apr 2010, 8:05, 75 replies, latest was 16 years ago)

Me!
I can't wear flip-flops at work as it's an engineering firm with all sorts of bits of scrap metal across the floor.

Cricket can kiss my middle-aged white ass.
( girlinthehole, Fri 23 Apr 2010, 8:08, Reply)

I just can't wear flip-flops
Toe-posts irritate me
( Roota zweeeeeoooooowm, Fri 23 Apr 2010, 8:12, Reply)

Actually, scrap that, I'm goingto try again
I once said I'd never willingly eat an olive.
( Roota zweeeeeoooooowm, Fri 23 Apr 2010, 8:12, Reply)

I have a pair of 'pool shoes'
which resemble flip flops but are only worn when on holiday, either beachside or poolside. I wouldn't wear such flimsy footwear to work. Especially in a lab where chemicals are around!

I also detest olives.
( K2k6 has a proper job these days, Fri 23 Apr 2010, 8:15, Reply)

I had some cherry flip-flops that I wore for an hour.

( Roota zweeeeeoooooowm, Fri 23 Apr 2010, 8:16, Reply)

While eating a jar of olives?

( K2k6 has a proper job these days, Fri 23 Apr 2010, 8:22, Reply)

And whistling the French National Anthem

( Roota zweeeeeoooooowm, Fri 23 Apr 2010, 8:24, Reply)

I have a mental* picture of you now
wearing a striped jumper, beret and flip flops, whistling the Marseillaise whilst munching olives from a jar.

It's quite amusing.

*all senses of the word.
( K2k6 has a proper job these days, Fri 23 Apr 2010, 8:28, Reply)

Welcome to my average weekend.

( Roota zweeeeeoooooowm, Fri 23 Apr 2010, 8:28, Reply)

Pfft!

( K2k6 has a proper job these days, Fri 23 Apr 2010, 8:47, Reply)

Well stuff me gently -
there is a B3tan called Cricket. Another lucky chap.

* I was trying to change my name to 'Cricket' and make some hackneyed quip, but couldn't because there already is a Cricket. Meh
( Larry Vest One day at a time, sweet Jesus, FFS., Fri 23 Apr 2010, 8:48, Reply)

I'm relaxing after telling myself I would have a lie in and utterly failing
And since no shops I need to go to are open yet, I can't really do much on my to do list.
(PenguinOfDeath is Scottish, and most likely angry, Fri 23 Apr 2010, 8:13, Reply)

You've finished your project
Throw the to-do list out for once!!
( Roota zweeeeeoooooowm, Fri 23 Apr 2010, 8:16, Reply)

Well top of the list is taking it to the printers
So I can actually have a full weekend off.
(PenguinOfDeath is Scottish, and most likely angry, Fri 23 Apr 2010, 8:20, Reply)

Then just stop!

( Roota zweeeeeoooooowm, Fri 23 Apr 2010, 8:22, Reply)

Once it's at the printers, I shall stop
Aaaaaaand relax.
(PenguinOfDeath is Scottish, and most likely angry, Fri 23 Apr 2010, 8:23, Reply)

In a tragic attempt to make Roota happy
I shall change the subject away from cricket and flip-flops... to PORN

Wouldn't it be awesome if Gordon Ramsay took to describing porn the way he does his cookery?

"FELLATE"
"INSERT"
"THRUST"
"DONE"
(Darth Foxtrot A one-man army dedicated to making fetch happen, Fri 23 Apr 2010, 8:16, Reply)

Hahaha, cheers!
But I was happy already. There are no toe-posts between my toes.
( Roota zweeeeeoooooowm, Fri 23 Apr 2010, 8:17, Reply)

You forgot "ROAST"

( Bartleby A dead man on vacation, Fri 23 Apr 2010, 8:18, Reply)

I thought I'd leave a few out there for others to bring to the table
Although I didn't think of roast. Played, sir
(Darth Foxtrot A one-man army dedicated to making fetch happen, Fri 23 Apr 2010, 8:20, Reply)

I try not to think of Gordon Ramsey and porn at the same time.
Urgh!
( girlinthehole, Fri 23 Apr 2010, 8:21, Reply)

Too late :(

( Roota zweeeeeoooooowm, Fri 23 Apr 2010, 8:22, Reply)

Pus for lube.
From his horribly acned back.
(porkylips looks better as the sun goes down., Fri 23 Apr 2010, 8:38, Reply)

Sometimes I don't like you.

( girlinthehole, Fri 23 Apr 2010, 8:39, Reply)

I can be quite foul.
Sorry. Mind bleach? It's cheap. £50 a bottle. Lasts longer than a fairy.
(porkylips looks better as the sun goes down., Fri 23 Apr 2010, 9:12, Reply)

I will never wear any kind of open toe footwear
After being called Jesus, many years ago.

I look like the messiah, after he ate both loaves, and all the fishes.
( Bartleby A dead man on vacation, Fri 23 Apr 2010, 8:17, Reply)

es
( Larry Vest One day at a time, sweet Jesus, FFS., Fri 23 Apr 2010, 8:40, Reply)

Don't be silly
There's no such word as 'loav'.

:-)
( K2k6 has a proper job these days, Fri 23 Apr 2010, 8:42, Reply)

I seem to rember fishes in the King James version.
Modern grammar agrees with you though. Well done.
( Bartleby A dead man on vacation, Fri 23 Apr 2010, 8:45, Reply)

I think they're both ok in the right context
'Fish' when talking about multiple creatures of the same type, but 'fishes' when referring to different species.
( K2k6 has a proper job these days, Fri 23 Apr 2010, 8:47, Reply)

FFS !
Kill me now.
( girlinthehole, Fri 23 Apr 2010, 8:47, Reply)

It is a bit early for massive pedantism
I just can't help it.
( Bartleby A dead man on vacation, Fri 23 Apr 2010, 8:49, Reply)

Wouldn't that be
'pedantry'?

Or was it deliberate irony?
( K2k6 has a proper job these days, Fri 23 Apr 2010, 8:50, Reply)

I don't know, its beyond my lexicon
of words and stuff.
( Bartleby A dead man on vacation, Fri 23 Apr 2010, 8:55, Reply)

No, no - keep it up. Pedants should pull together.

( Larry Vest One day at a time, sweet Jesus, FFS., Fri 23 Apr 2010, 8:52, Reply)

I find it funny that pedant and pederast are very similar words.

( girlinthehole, Fri 23 Apr 2010, 8:54, Reply)

They have the same root, or foot if you will.*

*probably - can't be arsed to check.
( Larry Vest One day at a time, sweet Jesus, FFS., Fri 23 Apr 2010, 8:56, Reply)

You can pull your own.
Mine is available for a very select group only.
( Bartleby A dead man on vacation, Fri 23 Apr 2010, 8:57, Reply)

Pedants?
Is that, like, poor people with speech impediments? Northerners for instance?
(porkylips looks better as the sun goes down., Fri 23 Apr 2010, 8:58, Reply)

You're thinking of peasants with cleft palates?
And the rest is tautology.
( Larry Vest One day at a time, sweet Jesus, FFS., Fri 23 Apr 2010, 9:04, Reply)

It's the Loaves and the Fishes!

( Roota zweeeeeoooooowm, Fri 23 Apr 2010, 8:47, Reply)

That's what they teach.
What hope for the world when our children are mislead so young?
( Larry Vest One day at a time, sweet Jesus, FFS., Fri 23 Apr 2010, 8:53, Reply)

Misled
I'm no bible scholar, but I wouldn't think the story specifically mentions that Jesus conjured up lots of the same type of fish. He more than likely had a quick word with a fisherman mate of his who was due him a favour and who then went out with his net to the sea of Galilee to pull in all he could. So 'fishes' would be acceptable!
( K2k6 has a proper job these days, Fri 23 Apr 2010, 8:57, Reply)

I can't accept this nonsense.
Fish am the plural, however the basket is filled.Assuming it is filled with fish.

a - and thank you.
( Larry Vest One day at a time, sweet Jesus, FFS., Fri 23 Apr 2010, 9:01, Reply)

According to online sources:
Fish or fishes
Though often used interchangeably, these words have different meanings. Fish is used either as singular noun or to describe a group of specimens from a single species. Fishes describes a group of different species.
( K2k6 has a proper job these days, Fri 23 Apr 2010, 9:10, Reply)

Hah!
According to online sources is the source of your confusion.
Obviously that is what confused King Kames too.
I stand firm on fish.
( Larry Vest One day at a time, sweet Jesus, FFS., Fri 23 Apr 2010, 9:13, Reply)

Yeah, I know
But I couldn't be arsed going over the library to look at a dictionary!
( K2k6 has a proper job these days, Fri 23 Apr 2010, 9:16, Reply)

I'll put that top of my to do list and report back.

( Larry Vest One day at a time, sweet Jesus, FFS., Fri 23 Apr 2010, 9:18, Reply)

I'm a bit hit and miss with flip flops.
Some hurt and some don't and olives with chillies are nomnom.
( girlinthehole, Fri 23 Apr 2010, 8:20, Reply)

*Raises hand*
Me sir, Here sir.

And I'm a Jesus sandal man. Got to get those gnarled yellow toe nails out there.
( Larry Vest One day at a time, sweet Jesus, FFS., Fri 23 Apr 2010, 8:38, Reply)

I'm really quite happy today.
I get up at six for a seven o'clock start every day, and I've never got anything better to do than look at b3ta and point my index fingers at the mongs.
( Noeli overtheshoulderboulderholderthingstraplatchboobs, Fri 23 Apr 2010, 8:41, Reply)

But the debate was last night
At whom do your index fingers point when there are no politicians?
(Darth Foxtrot A one-man army dedicated to making fetch happen, Fri 23 Apr 2010, 8:43, Reply)

You should be using that index finger in a more constructive manner.

( girlinthehole, Fri 23 Apr 2010, 8:46, Reply)

*picks nose*

( Noeli overtheshoulderboulderholderthingstraplatchboobs, Fri 23 Apr 2010, 8:48, Reply)

I find my pinky is better
My nostrils aren't wide enough for deep index finger penetration.
( K2k6 has a proper job these days, Fri 23 Apr 2010, 8:51, Reply)

My nose is so big I can pick my bogeys out with a thumb.
Trufax.
(porkylips looks better as the sun goes down., Fri 23 Apr 2010, 9:00, Reply)

Pulled out any plums?

( Larry Vest One day at a time, sweet Jesus, FFS., Fri 23 Apr 2010, 9:05, Reply)

They look like it sometimes.
Especially if I've had a serious nosebleed.
Chewy though, and rather reminiscent of raw black pudden.
(porkylips looks better as the sun goes down., Fri 23 Apr 2010, 9:14, Reply)

Northerners - gotta love 'em.

( Larry Vest One day at a time, sweet Jesus, FFS., Fri 23 Apr 2010, 9:16, Reply)

I thought you were dreaming of Nick Clegg
and keeping your fingers crossed.
( Larry Vest One day at a time, sweet Jesus, FFS., Fri 23 Apr 2010, 8:55, Reply)

I hate flipflops
and the skanky baby factories who wear them whatever the weather. All that Snowmaggedon shit in January? Chavs still had flipflops on. I hate the slappy noise they make when you walk. And I don't like wearing them because I don't like my feet.
( Kitty v1.0 desperately naive, Fri 23 Apr 2010, 8:50, Reply)

I don't like cricket - WOH NOH!!!


I hate it.
( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Fri 23 Apr 2010, 8:53, Reply)

Don't you queer my pitch.

( girlinthehole, Fri 23 Apr 2010, 8:55, Reply)

He's a dreadful cricket shirter
But I'm worse as today I came to work in full Lycra. On my gay bike.
(Bazongaloid, Fri 23 Apr 2010, 8:56, Reply)

I'm totally frothing right now.

( Noeli overtheshoulderboulderholderthingstraplatchboobs, Fri 23 Apr 2010, 9:02, Reply)

would you like to see a picture?

(Bazongaloid, Fri 23 Apr 2010, 9:03, Reply)

Yes please.

( girlinthehole, Fri 23 Apr 2010, 9:06, Reply)

Okay
http://www.b3tards.com/u/bab8bb764790008d6837/officebike_(1).jpg
http://www.b3tards.com/u/bab8bb764790008d6837/officebike_(2).jpg
(Bazongaloid, Fri 23 Apr 2010, 9:11, Reply)

Oh my god, sweaty lycra.

( Noeli overtheshoulderboulderholderthingstraplatchboobs, Fri 23 Apr 2010, 9:14, Reply)

I've fixed the second picture now.

(Bazongaloid, Fri 23 Apr 2010, 9:19, Reply)

Is that a new bike?
What happened to the pink one with the stabilisers and streamers from the handle bars?
(porkylips looks better as the sun goes down., Fri 23 Apr 2010, 10:50, Reply)

Dress down friday.
But it is too cold for flip-flops yet in the frozen Northern wastes. So today's attire is:

A natty pair of moccassin styled Global skate shoes,
Baggy Levis
A Mr Grumpy T-Shirt (just for the inappropriateness of it all).
No coat (I am Norvern after all).
(porkylips looks better as the sun goes down., Fri 23 Apr 2010, 8:54, Reply)

I have a Mr Lazy T-Shirt
but I'm not wearing it. Actually, I have two. One is grey and one is green. I'm a very fun person at parties.
(Bazongaloid, Fri 23 Apr 2010, 9:00, Reply)

Mine is a rather fetching light blue.
My current favourite is bright orange with a dundee cake on and "Dundee - Have your cake and eat it".
But I look like a spacehopper in it.
(porkylips looks better as the sun goes down., Fri 23 Apr 2010, 9:16, Reply)

Pfft. Spacehopper!

( Larry Vest One day at a time, sweet Jesus, FFS., Fri 23 Apr 2010, 9:22, Reply)