Yesterday, I woke up with horrendous hayfever and squinty eyes.
So I took some of my new antihistamines. Unfortunately, they weren't non drowsy and I spent the whole of yesterday stoned. I passed out at the desk in library at least four times, fell asleep in my tutorial, right in front of my tutor, and lost three hours when I got home. I don't even have any memory of getting into bed. I threw the rest of the tablets away.
Has anyone else had this happen to them?

Alt Q: What would your dream house be like?
Mine would have turrets, and suits of armour and weaponry on the walls, and a huge old fashioned library with an enormous fireplace and wood panelling. I'd also instruct the architect to put hidden rooms and secret passages in and not tell me, so I could hours of fun searching for them.
(Applebite Uh! A cow!, Fri 7 May 2010, 12:21, 64 replies, latest was 16 years ago)

I think you've pretty much described my dream house there
re the histamines, I had an allergic reaction once, took some Piriton and fell asleep in my tutorial (2 people, one tutor)
( Amberl was stripey and dominated Europe, Fri 7 May 2010, 12:25, Reply)

I always take non-drowsy, and I'm bloody glad now.
My ideal house would either be a tall house or a top-floor flat.
I WILL have a roof-terrace before I die.
( Roota zweeeeeoooooowm, Fri 7 May 2010, 12:25, Reply)

You immune system mong

(PsychoChomp, Fri 7 May 2010, 12:25, Reply)

Thanks.
It's my mothers fault, She's allergic to pretty much everything.
(Applebite Uh! A cow!, Fri 7 May 2010, 12:29, Reply)

I hope you bring it up every time she tells you to tidy your room.

(PsychoChomp, Fri 7 May 2010, 12:31, Reply)

She tidies it.
Not cos I want her to, because she can't stand mess, and I like clutter.

Edit: She's just rung to make sure I actually woke up this morning, and didn't end up in a coma or something. Aww.
(Applebite Uh! A cow!, Fri 7 May 2010, 12:35, Reply)

You lazy cow.

(PsychoChomp, Fri 7 May 2010, 12:40, Reply)

I don't want it tidied!
I ask her not to do it! I'm perfectly capable of doing it myself when it gets too bad. She never listens though, and then I can never find anything.
(Applebite Uh! A cow!, Fri 7 May 2010, 12:42, Reply)

Enough of that, I'm applying for a job
how am I meant to answer "proven experience working with modernisation techniques" when I have no idea what that means.
(PsychoChomp, Fri 7 May 2010, 12:54, Reply)

Fuck knows.
I'm shite at application forms. What's the new job?
(Applebite Uh! A cow!, Fri 7 May 2010, 12:55, Reply)

Analyst in Islington,
its pretty similar to my current job but about £9000 more. It'll be worth the extra hour to get into work a day.
(PsychoChomp, Fri 7 May 2010, 12:57, Reply)

What's an analyst,
And where's Islington?
(Applebite Uh! A cow!, Fri 7 May 2010, 12:59, Reply)

It's someone who likes bottoms
And Islington's on the first row of the Monopoly board. I think it's light blue.
( K2k6 has a proper job these days, Fri 7 May 2010, 13:02, Reply)

I prefer this explanation.
So I'm going to ignore that one.
(Applebite Uh! A cow!, Fri 7 May 2010, 13:05, Reply)

I also like bottoms

(PsychoChomp, Fri 7 May 2010, 13:17, Reply)

write some nice management speak
I've worked with the implementation of new data analysis techniques (even if you haven't) to the very highest standards, as it is essential to keep abreast of the newest developments for optimisation of work. Insert your own job there
( Amberl was stripey and dominated Europe, Fri 7 May 2010, 13:28, Reply)

Hahaha,
abreast.
(Applebite Uh! A cow!, Fri 7 May 2010, 13:31, Reply)

An analyst reads data and puts it in nice graphs and explains what it means to people who make decisions.
I like to think of myself like a mentat in the Dune books.

Islington is in north central london, just east of Camden.
(PsychoChomp, Fri 7 May 2010, 13:03, Reply)

Damn you and your sensible answer

( K2k6 has a proper job these days, Fri 7 May 2010, 13:05, Reply)

It would be far away. And have its own postcode. Like Gormenghast.


And no - but my dentist once gave me an injection and I conked out quickly and completely. When I came to 20 mins later there was all sorts of panic and white coats flapping everywhere.
Since then I have had fantasy variations on how that could have played out. My dentist was a damn fine lass and I'd have liked to have given her a few fillings. Black and a lezzar too: so the dental nurse found her way into some of those fantasies.
The things you think of in the dentist's chair!
( Larry Vest One day at a time, sweet Jesus, FFS., Fri 7 May 2010, 12:25, Reply)

This is mine, I must have it.
Underground Mansion
( Labia Majora You keep on talking but it makes no sense at all, Fri 7 May 2010, 12:26, Reply)

Fuck me, that's amazing.
You'd better throw some bashes there.
(Applebite Uh! A cow!, Fri 7 May 2010, 12:28, Reply)

I may do
But hands off my shiny slide.
( Labia Majora You keep on talking but it makes no sense at all, Fri 7 May 2010, 12:28, Reply)

Damnit!
That's the best part!
(Applebite Uh! A cow!, Fri 7 May 2010, 12:29, Reply)

Ok, I'll allow slide use
Because I'm nice like that.
( Labia Majora You keep on talking but it makes no sense at all, Fri 7 May 2010, 12:39, Reply)

Yay!
Hours of fun.
(Applebite Uh! A cow!, Fri 7 May 2010, 12:43, Reply)

it's only 2 million pounds!
edit: but has only 3 bedrooms, and 0.3 of an acre
( Amberl was stripey and dominated Europe, Fri 7 May 2010, 12:29, Reply)

But it's UNDERGROUND!
I want it so much.
( Labia Majora You keep on talking but it makes no sense at all, Fri 7 May 2010, 12:38, Reply)

whatever house I have in the end
will have these stairs:
s-ak.buzzfed.com/static/imagebuzz/web02/2010/1/13/12/stairs-are-tiring-get-a-slide-32347-1263403531-50.jpg
( Kitty v1.0 desperately naive, Fri 7 May 2010, 12:45, Reply)

Oh they're awesome
I need to be rich.
( Labia Majora You keep on talking but it makes no sense at all, Fri 7 May 2010, 12:46, Reply)

I love these ones
www.channel4.com/4homes/images/mb/Channel4/4homes/on-tv/grand-designs/episode-guides/s7-e9-cambridgeshire-eco-home/build-gallery/finished-stairs-lg--gt_full_width_landscape.jpg
(Applebite Uh! A cow!, Fri 7 May 2010, 12:49, Reply)

Awesome
it would be like living in the Shire!

Or with the Riddlers.
( Kitty v1.0 desperately naive, Fri 7 May 2010, 12:50, Reply)

I'd love to be on Grand Designs with my awesome Castle-house

(Applebite Uh! A cow!, Fri 7 May 2010, 12:51, Reply)

I saw that programme.
The guy built his house virtually all on his own. It was fantastic but unfortunately it was in Norfolk.
( girlinthehole, Fri 7 May 2010, 12:54, Reply)

the slide totally wins it

( Kitty v1.0 desperately naive, Fri 7 May 2010, 12:44, Reply)

I love the views of the coast
For example, where I live it can get rather stormy.

So a nice cliff-top mansion, with giant window overlooking the Bay:

www.scotland.gov.uk/Resource/Img/17002/0030560.jpg
( whenanimalsattackhumans clad in global hypercolour, Fri 7 May 2010, 12:29, Reply)

Me too.
West coast of Scotland. A little cottage near the coast with some chickens and a rugged handyman called Tom who would live in the small boffy, (or whatever they're called), at the bottom of a field.
( girlinthehole, Fri 7 May 2010, 12:48, Reply)

Bothy
But I suspect a mutually beneficial living arrangement between you and Tom might well be forthcoming in this scenario.
( K2k6 has a proper job these days, Fri 7 May 2010, 13:04, Reply)

You betcha!

( girlinthehole, Fri 7 May 2010, 13:22, Reply)

I actually know a rugged handyman called Tom.
He's a very good friend.
(Applebite Uh! A cow!, Fri 7 May 2010, 13:06, Reply)

filth

( Kitty v1.0 desperately naive, Fri 7 May 2010, 13:08, Reply)

Noooo, not in that way.
That would be weird, he's like an older brother. He was the chef in the cafe where I waitressed at home. We would have bread duels and food fights.
(Applebite Uh! A cow!, Fri 7 May 2010, 13:10, Reply)

'oh Applebite I accidentally got whipped cream all over you'
that kind of food fight.
( Kitty v1.0 desperately naive, Fri 7 May 2010, 13:23, Reply)

It would be a marijuana farm...
...on a giant spaceship.
With an industrial strength sound-system.
(Tugnut Ex of this parish, Fri 7 May 2010, 12:32, Reply)

Iron Man's house
I want to build my own house one day. I like the HufHaus.
( Kitty v1.0 desperately naive, Fri 7 May 2010, 12:42, Reply)

What about Tracey Island from Thunderbirds?
You could play on the slides!
(Tugnut Ex of this parish, Fri 7 May 2010, 12:45, Reply)

But that Huf Haus is all see through!
People could see you doing things...
(Applebite Uh! A cow!, Fri 7 May 2010, 12:50, Reply)

It doesn't have to be
plus I'll have a moat and guard dogs that can be released at the touch of a button, mostly so I can bellow RELEASE THE HOUNDS!!
( Kitty v1.0 desperately naive, Fri 7 May 2010, 12:51, Reply)

I do like the platform thing in the kid's room though.
It's like an indoor tree house.

Haha, yes! That's exactly what my castle house needs too.
Edit: we've both forgotten the most important thing for our dream houses... the dance studio!
(Applebite Uh! A cow!, Fri 7 May 2010, 12:53, Reply)

I've told Wiggy that when we build our house there will be a pole that reaches two storeys

( Kitty v1.0 desperately naive, Fri 7 May 2010, 13:02, Reply)

Can I come and visit?

(Applebite Uh! A cow!, Fri 7 May 2010, 13:08, Reply)

yes, definitely.
I'll teach the guard dogs to recognise your scent.
( Kitty v1.0 desperately naive, Fri 7 May 2010, 13:24, Reply)

Dance Studio!
The one criteria Ms Foxtrot insists upon whenever the subject of our dream house comes up is that it have its own Ballroom
(Darth Foxtrot A one-man army dedicated to making fetch happen, Fri 7 May 2010, 13:10, Reply)

I've got a pair of trousers
that I refer to as my Blackpool Tower trousers, as they've got a lot of ball room.

Edit - and it's 'criterion'.
( K2k6 has a proper job these days, Fri 7 May 2010, 13:15, Reply)

Sorry Monty
(is secretly grateful for grammar advice. Criterion is an awesome word)
(Darth Foxtrot A one-man army dedicated to making fetch happen, Fri 7 May 2010, 13:16, Reply)

I love parties
And swimming, but hate uninvited guests. My dream house would therefore have a moat and a coded drawbridge, with only friends and family being given the access code. It would also have an ex-directory phone number, as I hate being cold-called by anyone. It would be full of fireplaces and timber beams and have a pool table, a snooker table, a poker room, dozens of large, squashy sofas, a bar and a self-cleaning kitchen.

As well as an enormous open plan place around the back with loads of camp beds and another bar, for the parties.


Edit: Damn, Kitty has beaten me to the moat idea.
( Hdjejjwsjdjjf LOOK, Fri 7 May 2010, 12:53, Reply)

how very reclusive
I can't think of anyone famous who's a mad recluse, except for the Abba women.

I thought it was going to be a Barrymore joke with the first sentence.
( Kitty v1.0 desperately naive, Fri 7 May 2010, 13:07, Reply)

I'm not exactly reclusive
I love getting out, going to the pub and doing various outdoor sports (cycling, power kiting, skiing etc). There's just something about the idea of living somewhere totally isolated from the rest of the world that appeals to me.
( Hdjejjwsjdjjf LOOK, Fri 7 May 2010, 17:01, Reply)

Beg your doc for some Fexofenadine.
Fucking. Magic.
( Noeli overtheshoulderboulderholderthingstraplatchboobs, Fri 7 May 2010, 12:55, Reply)

I quite like the word turret
I like to take antihistamines to help me sleep
I wish I had one and a comfy bed right now
I think I'm slowly dying from manflu
( Lisette von Falcon, Fri 7 May 2010, 13:04, Reply)

Also it is absolutely necessary
for a truly good house as well as all the features Applebite reckons- library, turrets, secret rooms etc, to possess an indoor swimming pool, and an ancient butler
( Amberl was stripey and dominated Europe, Fri 7 May 2010, 13:25, Reply)

Your house is in Resident Evil 4

( Peej, Fri 7 May 2010, 13:26, Reply)

So...my dream house
Well, first of all it's got to be out in the country to indulge my misanthropic tendencies. And it would be on a gentle south facing slope to maximise sun exposure, and be high enough up to avoid a flood risk. A decent sized stream would be nice too, both for just having running water and because I could dam it and generate my own hydropower!

Practicalities aside, I'd like a 25m heated indoor swimming pool with opening roof, a double garage (for the weekend Porsche and everyday practical estate car), several outbuildings for storing my junk and using as a workshop.

Oh, and probably some rooms in the house for living, sleeping, making food and the like.
( K2k6 has a proper job these days, Fri 7 May 2010, 13:27, Reply)

Houses
You mean like this?

Turrets and secret pages sound fabulous.


(JohntheDane, Sat 8 May 2010, 17:56, Reply)