And now for something completely different
I'm off to Milton Keynes barge trip in a few minutes, but I didn't want to leave without giving you something to think about:

www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-11492897

Really? C'mon, they had to do a study for that? Don't they have eyes on their faces?

Anyway, go, talk to me about stupid things that are stupid and the stupid people that talks about them.
(Aberracion Life's getting very complicated, but a lot of fun., Fri 8 Oct 2010, 11:45, 132 replies, latest was 15 years ago)

I hate talking about the weather
we all have eyes, we can see what the weather is doing, it's unnecessary to discuss it.

"ooh it's warm today isn't it?"
"yes it is"
"I brought my coat but I hardly need it"
"yeah, it's all warm and shit"
"that'll be it for summer, just you watch"
"I'm watching"
"the weather's been awful this year, this is the first sunny day in weeks"
"I DON'T CARE!"
( Kitty v1.0 desperately naive, Fri 8 Oct 2010, 11:48, Reply)

it's a good topic
if you have to talk with someone you don't really know.
( Amberl was stripey and dominated Europe, Fri 8 Oct 2010, 11:49, Reply)

It's not, I rather stay silent
or talk about the news or something.
(Aberracion Life's getting very complicated, but a lot of fun., Fri 8 Oct 2010, 11:50, Reply)

if you talk about the news you get other people's opinions though
if there's one thing I can't stand, it's hearing what some other cunt thinks about something.
( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Fri 8 Oct 2010, 11:51, Reply)

Well
You get other people's opinions about the weather too. Like that "this is all for summer, you'll see"
(Aberracion Life's getting very complicated, but a lot of fun., Fri 8 Oct 2010, 11:52, Reply)

that's harmless though
and I have an extra special store of "I don't care" for people who give opinions on the weather. Means I can listen to them for longer, content that they are talking shit.
( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Fri 8 Oct 2010, 11:54, Reply)

You should have the same for the news too
As I said, I rather keep quiet.
(Aberracion Life's getting very complicated, but a lot of fun., Fri 8 Oct 2010, 11:55, Reply)

Other people will either be agreeing with you or talking stupid nonsense.
/dilblog
(BrianHequator was stretching owls, on, or around, Fri 8 Oct 2010, 11:53, Reply)

Hahaha

(Aberracion Life's getting very complicated, but a lot of fun., Fri 8 Oct 2010, 11:53, Reply)

true
I was small-talking with someone once, and they mentioned they supported the BNP. It made things very awkward and non-smalltalky
( Amberl was stripey and dominated Europe, Fri 8 Oct 2010, 11:55, Reply)

Did he try to convince you too?

(Aberracion Life's getting very complicated, but a lot of fun., Fri 8 Oct 2010, 11:55, Reply)

yes
he didn't have much luck. Last time I spoke to him he'd voted Labour
( Amberl was stripey and dominated Europe, Fri 8 Oct 2010, 11:57, Reply)

That's much better than BNP
I have a couple of friends who I considered "interensting". Then I discovered one suported BNP and the other went to the elections representing the UKIP. Conversation with them now is complicated.
(Aberracion Life's getting very complicated, but a lot of fun., Fri 8 Oct 2010, 12:01, Reply)

Nobody should be friends with a racist and/or BNP or EDL supporter.
#1 rule of life
(lkjshaglkasjdhglkhjz lkcvl; g;aodh;owih, Fri 8 Oct 2010, 12:13, Reply)

Was it me?

( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Fri 8 Oct 2010, 12:24, Reply)

Lab's face

( TGB checking Off Topic is still shit at, Fri 8 Oct 2010, 11:50, Reply)

Don't forget Lab's mum's face.

(wellgroomedwookiee is a filthy-minded hobgoblin, Fri 8 Oct 2010, 11:51, Reply)

Your face

( Labia Majora You keep on talking but it makes no sense at all, Fri 8 Oct 2010, 11:57, Reply)

can't decide if this is fake or real.
and therfore whether or not my friends are stupid or not.

Poppet do not watch this, seriously. Suitable for work.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=bRV4d9LCawU
( SteveFrench Cardio is for homo's. do you even lift bro?, Fri 8 Oct 2010, 11:51, Reply)

What do you think this is? /Links?

(lkjshaglkasjdhglkhjz lkcvl; g;aodh;owih, Fri 8 Oct 2010, 11:55, Reply)

Did you get your laptop back?

( TGB checking Off Topic is still shit at, Fri 8 Oct 2010, 11:56, Reply)

He is supposed to be coming to the office between 1 & 2pm.

(lkjshaglkasjdhglkhjz lkcvl; g;aodh;owih, Fri 8 Oct 2010, 11:57, Reply)

Great!
Did he said why he hadn't replied before?
(Aberracion Life's getting very complicated, but a lot of fun., Fri 8 Oct 2010, 11:59, Reply)

No and I don't really care.

(lkjshaglkasjdhglkhjz lkcvl; g;aodh;owih, Fri 8 Oct 2010, 12:00, Reply)

I shall ask again later then!

( TGB checking Off Topic is still shit at, Fri 8 Oct 2010, 11:59, Reply)

I shall make a public announcement.

(lkjshaglkasjdhglkhjz lkcvl; g;aodh;owih, Fri 8 Oct 2010, 12:01, Reply)

how did he get back to you? linkedin?

( SteveFrench Cardio is for homo's. do you even lift bro?, Fri 8 Oct 2010, 11:59, Reply)

He emailed me having seen the message on Linkedin
I was tempted to ask him why he hadn't responded to my emails but thought it best to leave it until I have the machine back & have seen what condition it is in.
(lkjshaglkasjdhglkhjz lkcvl; g;aodh;owih, Fri 8 Oct 2010, 12:01, Reply)

Yeah, don't push the no-contact thing, he doesn't need any excuses to get shitty.
Just be cordial and you'll hopefully get your laptop back.
( Noeli overtheshoulderboulderholderthingstraplatchboobs, Fri 8 Oct 2010, 12:03, Reply)

Exactly. I shall be the model of civility and gentlemanship

(lkjshaglkasjdhglkhjz lkcvl; g;aodh;owih, Fri 8 Oct 2010, 12:05, Reply)

Plus, it's possible he's having a really shit time of it
and you don't want to go to lock up this afternoon to find him sat at his desk stapling your name into his forehead.
( Noeli overtheshoulderboulderholderthingstraplatchboobs, Fri 8 Oct 2010, 12:07, Reply)

head skin
( SteveFrench Cardio is for homo's. do you even lift bro?, Fri 8 Oct 2010, 12:13, Reply)

Quite right. I have remained civil in all my messages & voicemails to him
Not sure I have liked behaving like an adult for a change though.
(lkjshaglkasjdhglkhjz lkcvl; g;aodh;owih, Fri 8 Oct 2010, 12:15, Reply)

I'm sure you won't need to
But if you suspect you might need to use the data on their in a complaints or criminal procedure later, then either don't use the laptop at all, or if you really have to, take an image of the hard drive first.
( Labia Majora You keep on talking but it makes no sense at all, Fri 8 Oct 2010, 12:21, Reply)

Thanks for that. We will need to use it, but I will copy the entire hard drive on to Dropbox and an external drive first.

(lkjshaglkasjdhglkhjz lkcvl; g;aodh;owih, Fri 8 Oct 2010, 12:23, Reply)

I'd go one better
See if you can take a whole disk image (using Ghost or a similar program), as that will capture the free space of the drive too, which might contain useful deleted data.
( Labia Majora You keep on talking but it makes no sense at all, Fri 8 Oct 2010, 12:26, Reply)

Will do. Ta.

(lkjshaglkasjdhglkhjz lkcvl; g;aodh;owih, Fri 8 Oct 2010, 12:29, Reply)

ON THEIR?
I hope you die.
(wellgroomedwookiee is a filthy-minded hobgoblin, Fri 8 Oct 2010, 12:33, Reply)

c'mon, big spiders are worth sharing!

( SteveFrench Cardio is for homo's. do you even lift bro?, Fri 8 Oct 2010, 11:57, Reply)

No they are not. I hate them. Had to get my gf to remove one from my bathroom this morning.

(lkjshaglkasjdhglkhjz lkcvl; g;aodh;owih, Fri 8 Oct 2010, 11:59, Reply)

Ha you big jessy.
I can't say I like them, just find them fascinating. I wouldn't one of those beasts in my house though.
( SteveFrench Cardio is for homo's. do you even lift bro?, Fri 8 Oct 2010, 12:03, Reply)

I can't handle spiders, cockroaches or wasps. Most other things are fine.
Wasps because if I get stung I may have a seizure - the others are just an irrational fear.
(lkjshaglkasjdhglkhjz lkcvl; g;aodh;owih, Fri 8 Oct 2010, 12:06, Reply)

What about bees? If something might kill you then that's fair enough.
I find with spiders once I get over the way they move, all the skuttling and stop start, they are just beetles on stilts.
( SteveFrench Cardio is for homo's. do you even lift bro?, Fri 8 Oct 2010, 12:10, Reply)

I am wary of bees too. However they don't tend to buzz around like wasps and there aren't so many of them so less of a problem.

(lkjshaglkasjdhglkhjz lkcvl; g;aodh;owih, Fri 8 Oct 2010, 12:16, Reply)

Well, it's a real spider.
You can see it move at 49-50 secs. That kid must've shit herself.
( Noeli overtheshoulderboulderholderthingstraplatchboobs, Fri 8 Oct 2010, 12:04, Reply)

why shouldn't I watch it?

(Poppet some assembly required., Fri 8 Oct 2010, 12:23, Reply)

spider spider
spider. Maybe, like.. a spider
( TGB checking Off Topic is still shit at, Fri 8 Oct 2010, 12:24, Reply)

oh.
yeah I hadn't scrolled down far enough to realise that. Been gazzing.
glad I didn't watch it!
(Poppet some assembly required., Fri 8 Oct 2010, 12:27, Reply)

I hate it when friends want my opinion about their stupid business ideas
and they always conform to the equation: Stupid idea + Internet = Massive Profits

The last one was selling secateurs on the internet *facepalms*
( Colonel Dracula Two manky hookers and a racist dwarf, Fri 8 Oct 2010, 11:55, Reply)

And if you tell them
what you really think, they get upset at you and say that you have no vision, eh?
(Aberracion Life's getting very complicated, but a lot of fun., Fri 8 Oct 2010, 11:57, Reply)

Yes, they get all huffy and petulant
Another friend wanted to sell framed pictures of the clifton suspension bridge on the internet.

Another wanted to give English lessons to Polish people via skype.
( Colonel Dracula Two manky hookers and a racist dwarf, Fri 8 Oct 2010, 12:02, Reply)

I just had an idea
Lessons on the internet for stupid people.
(Tugnut Ex of this parish, Fri 8 Oct 2010, 12:15, Reply)

Who do they think you are, Duncan Bannatyne?

( Kitty v1.0 desperately naive, Fri 8 Oct 2010, 12:16, Reply)

"....a 'snip' at only £9.99!"
I should do this shit for a living.


Oh. I do :(
( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Fri 8 Oct 2010, 12:16, Reply)

you give people a snip?
ouch.
(Poppet some assembly required., Fri 8 Oct 2010, 12:28, Reply)

Yes, I am a rabbi.

( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Fri 8 Oct 2010, 12:30, Reply)

+t

(Poppet some assembly required., Fri 8 Oct 2010, 12:38, Reply)

a b +d
( The Light in Chains don't touch the Pope's boner, Fri 8 Oct 2010, 12:53, Reply)

In a pleasant twist, I just talked to a useful person on the phone
Most uncommon.

The stupidest thing I've come across recently is recorded delivery post. I posted a job application on Tuesday, and did it first class recorded delivery since the deadline was today. The Royal Mail site shows it as undelivered, so either they'll utterly failed at first class delivery, or they haven't bothered getting anyone to sign for it.

Money well spent, that one.
(PenguinOfDeath is Scottish, and most likely angry, Fri 8 Oct 2010, 11:55, Reply)

Sorry about that
Have you contacted RM to get an explanation?
(Aberracion Life's getting very complicated, but a lot of fun., Fri 8 Oct 2010, 11:57, Reply)

I'm waiting to hear back from the company to make sure it has been delivered
So I can be sure to shout at Royal Mail about the right thing.
(PenguinOfDeath is Scottish, and most likely angry, Fri 8 Oct 2010, 11:59, Reply)

Say there was £500 in cash in it.

(PsychoChomp, Fri 8 Oct 2010, 12:02, Reply)

They asked when I posted it if it was worth more than £47
So I could claim there was £46 in it.
(PenguinOfDeath is Scottish, and most likely angry, Fri 8 Oct 2010, 12:03, Reply)

You can still contact RM
They show it as undelivered, so it's still their problem.
(Aberracion Life's getting very complicated, but a lot of fun., Fri 8 Oct 2010, 12:03, Reply)

Oh, I'm going to
But it's whether it's actually undelivered and I shout at them for that, or they haven't got it signed for properly and I shout for that.
(PenguinOfDeath is Scottish, and most likely angry, Fri 8 Oct 2010, 12:04, Reply)

It's one thing "seeing" something
it's another recording something in a scientific way.
(PsychoChomp, Fri 8 Oct 2010, 11:55, Reply)

I'll have to agree with this.
Anecdotes plus time are not equal to data.
(BrianHequator was stretching owls, on, or around, Fri 8 Oct 2010, 12:05, Reply)

I hate people who use the expression "the exception that proves the rule" incorrectly.
*looks meaningfully at certain b3tan several posts above*
(BrianHequator was stretching owls, on, or around, Fri 8 Oct 2010, 11:57, Reply)

can you give an example of it used correctly please?

( SteveFrench Cardio is for homo's. do you even lift bro?, Fri 8 Oct 2010, 11:58, Reply)

Proves as in tests, like in "proving ground".

(wellgroomedwookiee is a filthy-minded hobgoblin, Fri 8 Oct 2010, 12:02, Reply)

"No Parking On Sunday" ...
... implies that parking is allowed on all other days. The exception proves the rule.
(BrianHequator was stretching owls, on, or around, Fri 8 Oct 2010, 12:02, Reply)

obliged, makes sense. It always seemed a weird one to me.

( SteveFrench Cardio is for homo's. do you even lift bro?, Fri 8 Oct 2010, 12:06, Reply)

all is right with the world
I have discovered that the pasty van does a breakfast pasty, so I have managed to get some bacon in me at last.

Today is now officially a good day
( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Fri 8 Oct 2010, 12:02, Reply)

I bet you're loving getting some hot meat in you

(PenguinOfDeath is Scottish, and most likely angry, Fri 8 Oct 2010, 12:03, Reply)

too right
just like your mother
( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Fri 8 Oct 2010, 12:05, Reply)

'a breakfast pasty'??
Good God, you yokel bastard.
( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Fri 8 Oct 2010, 12:14, Reply)

it was the only way I could get some bacon
it is also the first time I've been to the pasty van to get anything. They're not bad though.
( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Fri 8 Oct 2010, 12:17, Reply)

On another note
undiscovered powers right here- the classics scholar I wanted to murder, has emailed and rearranged for another time because of a really bad cold
( Amberl was stripey and dominated Europe, Fri 8 Oct 2010, 12:04, Reply)

Mild superpowers come with mild responsibilities
try and use them only for good and if someone pranks you at a college ball try not to go all Carrie on their ass and give the entire place heartburn or something.
(Zoz prayed for twink on, Fri 8 Oct 2010, 12:20, Reply)