sunday night/monday morning blues
i was out for dinner last night and one of the girls, who has just given notice after maternity leave, was saying how thrilled she is not to have sunday night blues anymore. and everyone else there was agreeing that they were dreading work the next day.

now i don't exactly leap out of bed and come in my pants because i get to go to work, but i've never felt that depressed about it at the end of the weekend! what about you lot... do you loathe or like mondays?

alt q, as that seems to be what you kids are calling it these days, did you have a good weekend? any gossip??
( rachelswipe with a fork, Mon 20 Sep 2010, 9:35, 130 replies, latest was 15 years ago)

I quite like mondays actually.
my timetable this year meant I had every monday morning as private study, so if I was tired I could just sleep in and drive myself to school.

Alt Q. No. It was thoroughly depressing.
(Poppet some assembly required., Mon 20 Sep 2010, 9:37, Reply)

Oof, you alreet?

( Agnostic Antichrist Baltimora, Mon 20 Sep 2010, 9:42, Reply)

oh yeah I'm fine, just have no life at this point, due to imminent finals.
I spent my first two days of holidays downloading past papers for chemistry, psychology and maths so I can practise over the holidays, sorting all my notes, and doing questions from my text books. Just cos I knew it would bother me if I didn't.
(Poppet some assembly required., Mon 20 Sep 2010, 9:44, Reply)

If you require some happiness for a few minutes
Give this a listen
( Agnostic Antichrist Baltimora, Mon 20 Sep 2010, 10:47, Reply)

Morning Rach
I'm a student so Monday is pretty meaningless really. I am more interested in what film you ended up watching?
( SteveFrench Cardio is for homo's. do you even lift bro?, Mon 20 Sep 2010, 9:37, Reply)

oh we went to see "cyrus"
it was ok. i enjoyed it but i wouldn't go again.
( rachelswipe with a fork, Mon 20 Sep 2010, 9:39, Reply)

I heard good things about that
apparently there was little to no script just a guideline and a lot of improvisation.

Apologies for being gross on saturday morning too.
( SteveFrench Cardio is for homo's. do you even lift bro?, Mon 20 Sep 2010, 9:42, Reply)

I heard it was shit
so I saw Scott Pilgrim instead. 9/10, would watch again.
(berk, Mon 20 Sep 2010, 9:50, Reply)

yeah Scott Pilgrim was ace. Saw it twice in quick succession.
Liked it more than Kick Ass I think.
( SteveFrench Cardio is for homo's. do you even lift bro?, Mon 20 Sep 2010, 9:52, Reply)

Kick Ass was good
but I think Scott Pilgrim was better. I didn't get all of the in jokes but I giggled and sniggered my way through it pretty much non stop. The main character in Kick Ass is a lot less annoying than Scott Pilgrim though.
(berk, Mon 20 Sep 2010, 9:59, Reply)

No way!
his accent is all over the place which really bugged me. I don't think Michael Cera is particularly brilliant but he does a good job. I am looking forward to Kick Ass 2 now it's been greenlit.
( SteveFrench Cardio is for homo's. do you even lift bro?, Mon 20 Sep 2010, 10:01, Reply)

yeah
the boys were going on about that and how innovative it was. might have been better with a little more script, really. but it was ok, worth watching.

and yes, you were gross, i am glad you cleaned yourself up!
( rachelswipe with a fork, Mon 20 Sep 2010, 9:54, Reply)

I was a messy puppy.

( SteveFrench Cardio is for homo's. do you even lift bro?, Mon 20 Sep 2010, 10:08, Reply)

I used to absolutely hate Mondays.
Alt Q. Oh yeah, them on the end had visitors all weekend.
With the curtains closed.
And they arrived with camera gear and lights.
Oh yes.
(porkylips looks better as the sun goes down., Mon 20 Sep 2010, 9:39, Reply)

O.o

(Poppet some assembly required., Mon 20 Sep 2010, 9:40, Reply)

Trawling YouPorn now.

(porkylips looks better as the sun goes down., Mon 20 Sep 2010, 9:43, Reply)

Oh man, I got some great gossip.
I went for a carvery on sunday and it turns out, much to my surprise that Gregs girlfriend doesn't like brocolli.
(PsychoChomp, Mon 20 Sep 2010, 9:40, Reply)

Was that the gossip you have or just a random piece of information you decided to share?

(Poppet some assembly required., Mon 20 Sep 2010, 9:41, Reply)

That was the gossip, it's super juicy.

(PsychoChomp, Mon 20 Sep 2010, 9:42, Reply)

well if broccoli is cooked right then yes it is.

(Poppet some assembly required., Mon 20 Sep 2010, 9:48, Reply)

Wha? No! No way!
That explains the asparagus though.
(porkylips looks better as the sun goes down., Mon 20 Sep 2010, 9:42, Reply)

Asparagus?
At a carvery? fuck off posho.
(PsychoChomp, Mon 20 Sep 2010, 9:45, Reply)

No, not at the carvery.
You mean you haven't heard? My lips are sealed. No gossip here. Just move along.
(porkylips looks better as the sun goes down., Mon 20 Sep 2010, 9:49, Reply)

holy shit, really?
it's a good job i've never been to milton keynes, i am not sure my heart could take so much excitement.
( rachelswipe with a fork, Mon 20 Sep 2010, 9:42, Reply)

Broccoli is good for your heart, I assume.

(PsychoChomp, Mon 20 Sep 2010, 9:44, Reply)

i don't know
you're the one whose superpower is finding links at the speed of light
( rachelswipe with a fork, Mon 20 Sep 2010, 9:47, Reply)

www.google.com/search?hl=en&&sa=X&ei=yx-XTM7_MJTNjAfa4e2SBQ&ved=0CBIQvwUoAQ&q=broccoli+is+good+for+your+heart&spell=1
(PsychoChomp, Mon 20 Sep 2010, 9:48, Reply)

fucking hell
one day your searching will come back blank.
( rachelswipe with a fork, Mon 20 Sep 2010, 9:57, Reply)

But not today.

(PsychoChomp, Mon 20 Sep 2010, 10:00, Reply)

it's only 10am, plenty of time
i was going to say "try searching for 'people who don't think psychochomp is a cunt'" but it is a bit early for that too. although we do know what the answer would be.

so instead, have you now issued proceedings against your ex agent?
( rachelswipe with a fork, Mon 20 Sep 2010, 10:06, Reply)

I will be tonight, I'm having to speak to the bank of mum and dad to pay the charges.

(PsychoChomp, Mon 20 Sep 2010, 10:13, Reply)

i think the court fee
should be about £80 for a claim that's
( rachelswipe with a fork, Mon 20 Sep 2010, 10:21, Reply)

Yeah it is £80, which I can't afford until next tuesday
so I'm asking my parents to pay and then I'll pay them back on pay day.
edit: you can't use the greater than or less than signs in a post. It thinks it's html tags and gets confused.
(PsychoChomp, Mon 20 Sep 2010, 10:23, Reply)

computers are fucking thick
i can't believe it didn't even work in gaz. why would i want to gaz in html? i don't even know what that means.
( rachelswipe with a fork, Mon 20 Sep 2010, 10:27, Reply)

It means being able to do bold italics, strikethroughs and underlining.

(PsychoChomp, Mon 20 Sep 2010, 10:34, Reply)

no, it means
me not being able to post what i want, when i want.
( rachelswipe with a fork, Mon 20 Sep 2010, 10:39, Reply)

How can anyone not like brocolli?
That's like not liking carrots, or roasties!
( Agnostic Antichrist Baltimora, Mon 20 Sep 2010, 9:42, Reply)

I don't know man, I don't know
do you think I should put some effort into breaking them up?
(PsychoChomp, Mon 20 Sep 2010, 9:45, Reply)

Be kind, give her one last chance
See if she likes Parsnips, if she says no, then do it.
( Agnostic Antichrist Baltimora, Mon 20 Sep 2010, 9:59, Reply)

She had parsnips,
but the parsnips weren't very nice... not crispy enough.
(PsychoChomp, Mon 20 Sep 2010, 10:00, Reply)

I like them crispy round the edges, but sticky everywhere else

( Agnostic Antichrist Baltimora, Mon 20 Sep 2010, 10:23, Reply)

I was round Paddy McAloon of Prefab Sprout's house on Friday.
We smoked a few bifras. It was class.
(Barry from Eastenders is, despite the words written above, not a woman, Mon 20 Sep 2010, 9:42, Reply)

did you have any hotdogs?

( SteveFrench Cardio is for homo's. do you even lift bro?, Mon 20 Sep 2010, 9:43, Reply)

or jumping frogs?

(lkjshaglkasjdhglkhjz lkcvl; g;aodh;owih, Mon 20 Sep 2010, 9:44, Reply)

in Alberquerque?
apologies for spelling
( SteveFrench Cardio is for homo's. do you even lift bro?, Mon 20 Sep 2010, 9:44, Reply)

A bloody awful song.

(lkjshaglkasjdhglkhjz lkcvl; g;aodh;owih, Mon 20 Sep 2010, 9:46, Reply)

you've spoilt it now!
but you're right.
( SteveFrench Cardio is for homo's. do you even lift bro?, Mon 20 Sep 2010, 9:48, Reply)

couldn't remember any more of the lyrics and couldn't be arsed to look them up

(lkjshaglkasjdhglkhjz lkcvl; g;aodh;owih, Mon 20 Sep 2010, 9:50, Reply)

It was 'Fucking Shit'
Contender for worst band name of all time, too.
( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Mon 20 Sep 2010, 10:05, Reply)

You smoked some Biafrans?
You racist cunt.
( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Mon 20 Sep 2010, 10:04, Reply)

Ha, I'm on my phone, bloody leave me alone.

(Barry from Eastenders is, despite the words written above, not a woman, Mon 20 Sep 2010, 10:12, Reply)

I loathe having to go to work at all
regardless of the day

and I quite enjoy my job.

great weekend. smoked far too much draw. helped friends move house. ate good food. trimmed a massive wisteria. watched iron man 2
( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Mon 20 Sep 2010, 9:43, Reply)

Did you meet up with Labs etc? How was it?
I threw a whitey on Friday first time in years.
( SteveFrench Cardio is for homo's. do you even lift bro?, Mon 20 Sep 2010, 9:56, Reply)

my stupid fucking car wouldn't start yesterday
some kind of battery issue I think, following it having a load of stuff fixed earlier in the week.

Well annoying, and now I'm assured that I'm going to be broken at the bash in December.
( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Mon 20 Sep 2010, 10:00, Reply)

broken raped. Bad form Vipros.
( SteveFrench Cardio is for homo's. do you even lift bro?, Mon 20 Sep 2010, 10:01, Reply)

being broken by Kaol
would be far worse than rape
( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Mon 20 Sep 2010, 10:02, Reply)

I have only heard stories of this Kaol.
savage?
( SteveFrench Cardio is for homo's. do you even lift bro?, Mon 20 Sep 2010, 10:08, Reply)

Think of a giant
With a knife. And a snake.
(PenguinOfDeath is Scottish, and most likely angry, Mon 20 Sep 2010, 10:13, Reply)

dressed in a leather trenchcoat
white shirt, black jeans, fingerless gloves and small sunglasses
( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Mon 20 Sep 2010, 10:15, Reply)

Has his accent been tainted with Welsh yet?
Because I'm pretty sure that would tarnish his image.
(PenguinOfDeath is Scottish, and most likely angry, Mon 20 Sep 2010, 10:16, Reply)

don't think so
it takes a while. I was there for 4 years and didn't get one
( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Mon 20 Sep 2010, 10:17, Reply)

best ask TGB or Clendrix to describe him
they'd do it best :-)
( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Mon 20 Sep 2010, 10:13, Reply)

Waited in all day Saturday for a parcel which finally arrived at 4pm.
Watched half an hour of an God awful film called Zombie Apocolypse Saturday evening and went for a lovely curry last night with the family.

I hate the weekends.
( girlinthehole, Mon 20 Sep 2010, 9:49, Reply)

Strong ends are much better.

(porkylips looks better as the sun goes down., Mon 20 Sep 2010, 9:50, Reply)

Monday is my least favourite of all the days
and I find it harder to get out of bed on Monday mornings than I do any other day, but I'm generally fine once I get in to work. I'm not sure looking after one's wailing new crotchfruit is any more preferable to Sunday night blues, to be honest.
(berk, Mon 20 Sep 2010, 9:49, Reply)

I almost got killed yesterday.
Country lane, I was doing about fifty coming up to a blind corner. Well before I get close to it, a fifteen year old Renault Megane on shitty, skinny, no doubt remould tyres comes belting around it and about 80.

It was a very near miss.
( Kroney, Mon 20 Sep 2010, 9:52, Reply)

sucks
country roads can be deadly, especially when others know the roads and hammer it down them
( zulu eh?, Mon 20 Sep 2010, 9:57, Reply)

His car
was practically on two wheels, I could see the fucker understeering onto my side of the road. I have no doubt at all that if I'd frozen, we'd both be in hospital right now.
( Kroney, Mon 20 Sep 2010, 10:00, Reply)

sunday night/monday stress
baby is 9 days overdue

ARGH
( zulu eh?, Mon 20 Sep 2010, 9:54, Reply)

Overdue babies are always the best babies.
*preens*
( girlinthehole, Mon 20 Sep 2010, 10:04, Reply)

I was a week and a half overdue.
and I was still smallish.
(Poppet some assembly required., Mon 20 Sep 2010, 10:06, Reply)

I was two weeks late

( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Mon 20 Sep 2010, 10:14, Reply)

Fucking stoners. So unreliable.

( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Mon 20 Sep 2010, 10:15, Reply)

I am one of the most reliable people I know

( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Mon 20 Sep 2010, 10:21, Reply)

I never wanted to be born.
I tell my mum that regularly.
( girlinthehole, Mon 20 Sep 2010, 10:24, Reply)

Mine was a fortnight early
but fraught with danger due to her mother's terrible ill health.

Maybe you're going to have a 'Jackie Chan' - he claims to have been 3 months overdue. To me this sounds like a lie worthy of QOTW.
( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Mon 20 Sep 2010, 10:11, Reply)

wow, that is definitely a lie
well 9 days is bad enough, looking forward to them getting here :o)
( zulu eh?, Mon 20 Sep 2010, 10:18, Reply)

Them?

( girlinthehole, Mon 20 Sep 2010, 10:25, Reply)

only one
but saying IT sounds impersonal :o)
( zulu eh?, Mon 20 Sep 2010, 10:32, Reply)

www.youtube.com/watch?v=o2I84-A9duY
(lkjshaglkasjdhglkhjz lkcvl; g;aodh;owih, Mon 20 Sep 2010, 9:54, Reply)

Compared with The Boomtown Rats, Mondays are the best thing ever, to me.

( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Mon 20 Sep 2010, 10:12, Reply)

I hated Sunday nights whilst at school.
I've always said if I ever own a company (fat chance) I'd have dress down day on Mondays to make the transition easier and a little more bearable.
(Barry from Eastenders is, despite the words written above, not a woman, Mon 20 Sep 2010, 10:01, Reply)

You shouldn't have gone to school on Sunday nights then, you divvo.

( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Mon 20 Sep 2010, 10:09, Reply)

Divvo - top word
I had to explain "berk" to an American on Saturday.
( The Light in Chains don't touch the Pope's boner, Mon 20 Sep 2010, 10:30, Reply)

I find most days irksome at best.
Mondays for me do at least go very quickly as I am so busy. I find Tuesdays worse, if forced to pick a worst day.

Alt: no comment - best weekend I can recall pretty much ever, for obvious reasons.

And hello Rachel.
( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Mon 20 Sep 2010, 10:08, Reply)

hello you
how you doin'?
( rachelswipe with a fork, Mon 20 Sep 2010, 10:14, Reply)

Simply marvellous, thank you!

( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Mon 20 Sep 2010, 10:14, Reply)

you are very happy these days
you should come over here and rub some of it off on me
( rachelswipe with a fork, Mon 20 Sep 2010, 10:32, Reply)

*Roger Moore eyebrow*

( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Mon 20 Sep 2010, 10:33, Reply)

more 18th century style swooning

( rachelswipe with a fork, Mon 20 Sep 2010, 10:39, Reply)

In amongst the excitement of doing some ironing, cleanining out the rabbits and buying new socks.
We received an invitation to a 1970s themed party to be held in a few weeks. I fucking hate dressing up and object to the fact that everyone defaults to 1973 fashion. I might put on a black suit and borrow a pork pie hat and spend the evening explaining that the two tone ska revival was also in the seventies.
(Cave Duck, Mon 20 Sep 2010, 10:14, Reply)

Every day of my life is a 1970s themed event.

( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Mon 20 Sep 2010, 10:15, Reply)

I look forward to your entry of "cheese and pineapple on sticks" in the lunch thread, later.

(Cave Duck, Mon 20 Sep 2010, 10:18, Reply)

And blackforest gateau - you can't miss that out.

(lkjshaglkasjdhglkhjz lkcvl; g;aodh;owih, Mon 20 Sep 2010, 10:21, Reply)

Prawn cocktail starter, natch.

( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Mon 20 Sep 2010, 10:22, Reply)

A bottlre of Blue Nun chilling in the "silver effect" plastic ice bucket.

(Cave Duck, Mon 20 Sep 2010, 10:28, Reply)

or some Mateus Rose in a raffia casket

( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Mon 20 Sep 2010, 10:32, Reply)

Steak Diane for the main course or Spag bol.

(lkjshaglkasjdhglkhjz lkcvl; g;aodh;owih, Mon 20 Sep 2010, 10:34, Reply)

Berni Inns for special occasions.
I tried that scampi once, crazy times.
(Cave Duck, Mon 20 Sep 2010, 10:46, Reply)

I had
my first ever steak at a Berni Inn - or maybe it was a Beefeater?

:(((((((((((((((((((((((
( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Mon 20 Sep 2010, 10:50, Reply)

Beafeater do some passable steaks in my experience
unlike many restaurants, they can actually manage to cook one medium-rare
( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Mon 20 Sep 2010, 10:54, Reply)

Medium rare didn't exist in the 70s.

(Cave Duck, Mon 20 Sep 2010, 10:55, Reply)

wouldn't know
nor did I
( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Mon 20 Sep 2010, 10:57, Reply)

with oven chips I hope - that would be living the rock'n'roll lifestyle

(lkjshaglkasjdhglkhjz lkcvl; g;aodh;owih, Mon 20 Sep 2010, 10:51, Reply)

Are there any other kind?
Actually, chip ettiquette is probably worthy of its own thread.
(Cave Duck, Mon 20 Sep 2010, 10:57, Reply)

Nah - Monday is 'fondue day' in Boyce Towers.

( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Mon 20 Sep 2010, 10:21, Reply)

I don't know why people mock fondue
or prawn cocktail. They are both fucking awesome.

One of my mates is Swiss and has his family fondue recipe framed on the wall. It is very good.
( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Mon 20 Sep 2010, 10:22, Reply)

DG does an awesome fondue.

( girlinthehole, Mon 20 Sep 2010, 10:24, Reply)

do you know/like Caravan?
the band, not the shitty mobile accommodation
( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Mon 20 Sep 2010, 10:22, Reply)

Fucking love them.
'In the Land of Grey and Pink' was one of my most-played LPs as a teenage hippie, also 'If I Could Do It All Over Again...' is similarly great.

I'm a huge, huge fan of 'The Canterbury Scene' on the whole.
( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Mon 20 Sep 2010, 10:25, Reply)

splendid
it is good shit
( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Mon 20 Sep 2010, 10:28, Reply)

Same scene as gave birth to Gong/Hillage/Hatfield and The North/Camel/Soft Machine
You have some research to do...lots of ace stuff to discover.
( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Mon 20 Sep 2010, 10:31, Reply)

will do so
my mate who I record with is into that stuff. We've discovered that Exeter has a record shop staffed by the sort of people who are into it.

My mate ordered that Tractor album from there, and the guy behind the counter and some random customer started gushing about how good it was.
( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Mon 20 Sep 2010, 10:37, Reply)

These sound like the right people to know.
You should check out 'Stoned Guitar' by The Human Instinct.

You would like it. Late 60s Kiwi freak-rock.
( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Mon 20 Sep 2010, 10:43, Reply)

noted
thanks
( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Mon 20 Sep 2010, 10:46, Reply)

Morning
For the last 3-4 years I've made a point of doing something on a Monday after work. That seems to be the easiest way to begin a week, with something to look forward to. Quiz tonight!
( Agnostic Antichrist Baltimora, Mon 20 Sep 2010, 10:20, Reply)

I'm going to see Stephen Fry's one man show tonight!

(lkjshaglkasjdhglkhjz lkcvl; g;aodh;owih, Mon 20 Sep 2010, 10:34, Reply)

I wish I was.
Love that man (no, not in >that< way)
( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Mon 20 Sep 2010, 10:35, Reply)

Ironically he is being badmouthed on the/talk board
shows what they know eh!
( SteveFrench Cardio is for homo's. do you even lift bro?, Mon 20 Sep 2010, 10:38, Reply)

if you take what they say seriously
/talk don't like anything, including themselves and each other
( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Mon 20 Sep 2010, 10:38, Reply)

Sometimes I think they have their own language. I can barely follow what the fuck is going on half the time on there.

( SteveFrench Cardio is for homo's. do you even lift bro?, Mon 20 Sep 2010, 10:42, Reply)

it takes a while
I still can't figure out if a couple of people on there are genuinely as hated as they appear.
( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Mon 20 Sep 2010, 10:46, Reply)

just seen that - haven't got the energy or sufficient interest to respond.

(lkjshaglkasjdhglkhjz lkcvl; g;aodh;owih, Mon 20 Sep 2010, 10:39, Reply)

Have you bought the second part of his autobiography?
I'd like to get a signed copy tonight but I doubt it will be possible.
(lkjshaglkasjdhglkhjz lkcvl; g;aodh;owih, Mon 20 Sep 2010, 10:41, Reply)

I've not, no.
It's also available as a fucking iPhone app - Fry's Apple bumlicking is his least attractive attribute, after the buggery, obv.
( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Mon 20 Sep 2010, 10:42, Reply)

Saw that. The Apple-loving is tiresome.

(lkjshaglkasjdhglkhjz lkcvl; g;aodh;owih, Mon 20 Sep 2010, 10:47, Reply)

Me too,
but for some reason my choice of 'shitloads of drugs and booze' hasn't had the restorative effect I thought it would.
( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Mon 20 Sep 2010, 10:34, Reply)

I tried the shitloads of booze idea on Saturday
By the time we got back into Macclesfield, I was so tired I couldn't make it to another pub, and ended up scuttling off home.
( Agnostic Antichrist Baltimora, Mon 20 Sep 2010, 10:43, Reply)

You ended up back-scuttling a gnome?

( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Mon 20 Sep 2010, 10:46, Reply)

No, that was friday night

( Agnostic Antichrist Baltimora, Mon 20 Sep 2010, 10:48, Reply)