Minor threadjack:
Manchester people - do you know any cybergoths/extremely alternative people who would go on Snog, Marry, Avoid? My friend is a researcher for it and someone has pulled out at the last minute. They need to be available this afternoon, so like now.
( Kitty v1.0 desperately naive, Fri 10 Sep 2010, 12:37, 6 replies, latest was 16 years ago)

Can we send AA on it?

( TGB checking Off Topic is still shit at, Fri 10 Sep 2010, 12:38, Reply)

Why, are you not available?

( Kitty v1.0 desperately naive, Fri 10 Sep 2010, 12:41, Reply)

No I am off getting supplies for next weekend
It's surprisingly hard to find a good axe nowadays
( TGB checking Off Topic is still shit at, Fri 10 Sep 2010, 12:42, Reply)

This is very true
I was looking for such a tool to cut wood for my fire, but have as yet been unable to find one to meet my specifications.
( K2k6 has a proper job these days, Fri 10 Sep 2010, 12:46, Reply)

You want a bow saw to cut the wood
and axe is for splitting logs.
(Bazongaloid, Fri 10 Sep 2010, 12:56, Reply)

Yes, this is indeed so
I have a bushman saw for the initial cutting. The final subdivisions are more sensibly done using an axe. But like the baking/cooking thing above, I will maintain here that splitting (or chopping) is a subset of cutting, so my original post is still correct.
( K2k6 has a proper job these days, Fri 10 Sep 2010, 13:03, Reply)

And I will maintain that your mum likes to tickle your balls before you go to sleep each night
so I win.

FACT!
(Bazongaloid, Fri 10 Sep 2010, 13:08, Reply)

I have both.
And I've got wood.
( crackhouseceilidhband Fuck off back to Mumsnet, Fri 10 Sep 2010, 13:42, Reply)

Is that
the show with that grotty bird off Atomic Kitten on it? I hate that show. Please pass on my dislike.
( Kroney, Fri 10 Sep 2010, 12:38, Reply)

yeah I think so
I've never seen it but I assume it's dreadful. I'm just trying to help my friend out. I nearly got roped into How To Look Good Naked a while back.
( Kitty v1.0 desperately naive, Fri 10 Sep 2010, 12:40, Reply)

It's actually not that bad
bizarrely enough. They're so cheerful about it all
( Amberl was stripey and dominated Europe, Fri 10 Sep 2010, 12:41, Reply)

Did you?
I hate that one a bit less than the other. What were you nearly roped into doing on it?
( Kroney, Fri 10 Sep 2010, 12:41, Reply)

Not being naked luckily
but they did a bit where they took all the woman's clothes and dressed up 'people from the street' (i.e. us) in them and then made them parade down the street past her so she could see how awful she must look. Pretty harsh really. I was taking Wiggy out for steak though so I couldn't do it.
( Kitty v1.0 desperately naive, Fri 10 Sep 2010, 12:43, Reply)

I'm glad you have
your priorities right, Kitty. I'm not sure my own missus would have been so sensible.
( Kroney, Fri 10 Sep 2010, 12:47, Reply)

cost me 100 fucking quid as well
but the look on his little face when they brought the cuts of meat round...*sigh*
( Kitty v1.0 desperately naive, Fri 10 Sep 2010, 12:49, Reply)

Did you go to Gaucho?

(Bazongaloid, Fri 10 Sep 2010, 12:54, Reply)

hell yeah
it was sexy.
( Kitty v1.0 desperately naive, Fri 10 Sep 2010, 12:56, Reply)

So nothing like you when naked then?

(Bazongaloid, Fri 10 Sep 2010, 13:01, Reply)

Because at the moment she looks fucking awful naked
and someone thought she should try and look better
(Bazongaloid, Fri 10 Sep 2010, 12:43, Reply)

I know you didn't pick me on Lampito's quiz but there's no need to rub it in!
*sobs*
( Kitty v1.0 desperately naive, Fri 10 Sep 2010, 12:50, Reply)

Have you seen Kitty naked then?
Eh? Bet you haven't.
( K2k6 has a proper job these days, Fri 10 Sep 2010, 12:51, Reply)

I watched that How to Look Good Naked once
but nobody in it got naked so I don't know if they looked good or not.
( K2k6 has a proper job these days, Fri 10 Sep 2010, 12:43, Reply)

I bet it was a trap
with Chompy posing as Gok Wan.
(Zoz prayed for twink on, Fri 10 Sep 2010, 12:44, Reply)

he does have the same glasses.

( Kitty v1.0 desperately naive, Fri 10 Sep 2010, 12:50, Reply)

Sorry don't know anyone in Manchester
who is very alternative.
( Amberl was stripey and dominated Europe, Fri 10 Sep 2010, 12:39, Reply)

I know a girl who would be brilliant on it but she's in sodding Shrewsbury for this weekend.

( Kitty v1.0 desperately naive, Fri 10 Sep 2010, 12:43, Reply)

The aforementioned 6ft tall lass?

( Labia Majora You keep on talking but it makes no sense at all, Fri 10 Sep 2010, 12:45, Reply)

aye!!
that's the one. She's just had her cheeks pierced as well now so they'd have a field day with her
( Kitty v1.0 desperately naive, Fri 10 Sep 2010, 12:46, Reply)

Doesn't that hurt a bit
when she sits down?
( K2k6 has a proper job these days, Fri 10 Sep 2010, 12:47, Reply)

she said they're all swollen, so probably

( Kitty v1.0 desperately naive, Fri 10 Sep 2010, 12:48, Reply)

I used to know a tall lass in Manchester who had her cheeks pierced
Strikingly beautiful she was.
( Labia Majora You keep on talking but it makes no sense at all, Fri 10 Sep 2010, 12:47, Reply)

I hate cheek piercings, I think they're revolting.

( Kitty v1.0 desperately naive, Fri 10 Sep 2010, 12:48, Reply)

9 times out of 10 I agree
But on her they looked good.
( Labia Majora You keep on talking but it makes no sense at all, Fri 10 Sep 2010, 12:49, Reply)

Looks good if you have dimples.

( girlinthehole, Fri 10 Sep 2010, 12:51, Reply)

Yep
And she did. She was hot.
( Labia Majora You keep on talking but it makes no sense at all, Fri 10 Sep 2010, 12:52, Reply)

You mean they didn't have an alternative alternative?

( girlinthehole, Fri 10 Sep 2010, 12:40, Reply)

If they can't find
somebody strange-looking in Manchester, they haven't looked very hard. Throwing a brick would do it.
( Kroney, Fri 10 Sep 2010, 12:43, Reply)

Throwing a brick might make someone strange-looking
I'll volunteer to chuck bricks around Mancland.
( Labia Majora You keep on talking but it makes no sense at all, Fri 10 Sep 2010, 12:46, Reply)

Not sure the folk I knew are still in Manchester
Tell her to walk around that big alt shopping centre place.
( Labia Majora You keep on talking but it makes no sense at all, Fri 10 Sep 2010, 12:44, Reply)

Afflecks?
I've suggested that to him, however, I don't know that many alternative types who would appreciate being normalised.
( Kitty v1.0 desperately naive, Fri 10 Sep 2010, 12:47, Reply)

Afflecks! I kept thinking 'Quiggins', but that's Liverpool
Most alt peeps I know are pretty easy going, but it's not hard to imagine that they won't be shown in a fair light on shows like that (never seen it though).
( Labia Majora You keep on talking but it makes no sense at all, Fri 10 Sep 2010, 12:49, Reply)

Believe it or not
the alternative ones get the best rap. They generally get told 'at least you're individual and happy the way you are, so bugger off'
( Amberl was stripey and dominated Europe, Fri 10 Sep 2010, 12:51, Reply)

I thought the show would be
A bunch of people pointing at the alt types and saying "Eurgh, Avoid, definitely! Look at them!".
( Labia Majora You keep on talking but it makes no sense at all, Fri 10 Sep 2010, 12:53, Reply)

Nah
about 90% choose not to be madeunder, so they aren't put through the public thing. The 10% who do get generally get a better reaction than the chavvy lot
( Amberl was stripey and dominated Europe, Fri 10 Sep 2010, 12:55, Reply)

What's this 'madeunder' malarky?
I'm guessing no makeup, neutral clothes, neutral hair style?
( Labia Majora You keep on talking but it makes no sense at all, Fri 10 Sep 2010, 12:56, Reply)

yeah
I read one article where it said they looked like rejects from C & A, but it is generally a better look because they're at least clothed
( Amberl was stripey and dominated Europe, Fri 10 Sep 2010, 12:57, Reply)

Was it Billy Connolly
who talked about women's pants having C&A on the label so they knew which way round to wear them?
( K2k6 has a proper job these days, Fri 10 Sep 2010, 13:07, Reply)

Bert has an alternative lifestyle.

( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Fri 10 Sep 2010, 12:51, Reply)

incest is indeed
an alternative to a healthy normal relationship
( Amberl was stripey and dominated Europe, Fri 10 Sep 2010, 12:51, Reply)