I have nothing of interest to say, I'm just starting a thread because I can and no-one else has
Some good news for you - I'm off to Vietnam in a couple of weeks, so you won't have to put up with my inane ramblings and protestations of heterosexuality. Where in the world would you most like to go that you haven't already been?

Alt Q - Favourite Vietnam movie? Seeing as how I plan to quote from all of them at some point when I get back and people ask me where I've been
(Darth Foxtrot A one-man army dedicated to making fetch happen, Thu 21 Oct 2010, 8:37, 164 replies, latest was 15 years ago)

Alt Q
Jacob's ladder. I couldn't tell you why, I just do.
(porkylips looks better as the sun goes down., Thu 21 Oct 2010, 8:40, Reply)

That movie scared the living piss out of me when I first saw it
I was 11, in my defence
(Darth Foxtrot A one-man army dedicated to making fetch happen, Thu 21 Oct 2010, 8:45, Reply)

That is a brilliant film
Some of the really simple effects are still very disturbing.
(Zoz prayed for twink on, Thu 21 Oct 2010, 9:13, Reply)

I can't say I've ever watched a Vietnam movie.
But have fun there anyway.

Not-Alt A: I fancy doing a tour of the South Pacific islands. I've been to Rarotonga, and it was one of the most enjoyable places I've ever visited. Except for the sunburn and coral rash, but I could put up with that!
( K2k6 has a proper job these days, Thu 21 Oct 2010, 8:41, Reply)

In reply to yesterday:
I'm not from Derby, I just live near here. Originally I'm from SUSSEX... by the sea *sheds tear*
( Maximinimus you stick around I'll make it worth your while, Thu 21 Oct 2010, 8:42, Reply)

That's a relief
Ms Foxtrot is from Sussex originally, so you just skyrocketed in my estimation for totally arbitrary geographical reasons
(Darth Foxtrot A one-man army dedicated to making fetch happen, Thu 21 Oct 2010, 8:43, Reply)

I'm also a "benevolent giant"

( Maximinimus you stick around I'll make it worth your while, Thu 21 Oct 2010, 8:47, Reply)

I don't know what this means
but I am now suitably afraid of you
(Darth Foxtrot A one-man army dedicated to making fetch happen, Thu 21 Oct 2010, 8:49, Reply)

I thought it meant he sold sweetcorn
No, hang on. That's the jolly green giant.
( K2k6 has a proper job these days, Thu 21 Oct 2010, 8:50, Reply)

Ho ho ho
green giant
( Maximinimus you stick around I'll make it worth your while, Thu 21 Oct 2010, 9:03, Reply)

Benevolence: Having a disposition to do good

( Maximinimus you stick around I'll make it worth your while, Thu 21 Oct 2010, 8:55, Reply)

I know what benevolent means
It was the way you phrased it 'benevolent giant' - like the two words in conjunction bookmarked by inverted commas had some particular significance
(Darth Foxtrot A one-man army dedicated to making fetch happen, Thu 21 Oct 2010, 8:58, Reply)

I was quoting other b3tans
Who described me as that and said they wanted to keep me as a pet :3
( Maximinimus you stick around I'll make it worth your while, Thu 21 Oct 2010, 9:00, Reply)

Which B3tans?
This will help to define whether the sentiment is a good or a bad thing
(Darth Foxtrot A one-man army dedicated to making fetch happen, Thu 21 Oct 2010, 9:00, Reply)

cr3 and spangolin

( Maximinimus you stick around I'll make it worth your while, Thu 21 Oct 2010, 9:02, Reply)

Ah
I don't know who they are
(Darth Foxtrot A one-man army dedicated to making fetch happen, Thu 21 Oct 2010, 9:04, Reply)

spangolin is a tiny pixie and cr3 is like an internet deity

( Maximinimus you stick around I'll make it worth your while, Thu 21 Oct 2010, 9:12, Reply)

they're both lovely to be fair

( SteveFrench Cardio is for homo's. do you even lift bro?, Thu 21 Oct 2010, 9:14, Reply)

Me too : )

( girlinthehole, Thu 21 Oct 2010, 9:17, Reply)

This is so far below what you're replying to
that I can't tell if you're a benevolent giant or from Sussex

Although i know where my money lies
(Darth Foxtrot A one-man army dedicated to making fetch happen, Thu 21 Oct 2010, 9:24, Reply)

Really? hmmm
*strokes beard*
( Maximinimus you stick around I'll make it worth your while, Thu 21 Oct 2010, 9:31, Reply)

So you aren't a sheep shagger after all.
Good for you!
( disasterprone "Pyjamas caused the Holocaust", Thu 21 Oct 2010, 8:51, Reply)

I don't even own an football

( Maximinimus you stick around I'll make it worth your while, Thu 21 Oct 2010, 8:55, Reply)

I'm a rugby man

( Maximinimus you stick around I'll make it worth your while, Thu 21 Oct 2010, 8:56, Reply)

Eastbourne

( broadsword, Thu 21 Oct 2010, 8:43, Reply)

Are you of retirement age then?

( K2k6 has a proper job these days, Thu 21 Oct 2010, 8:45, Reply)

I retired years ago

( broadsword, Thu 21 Oct 2010, 8:47, Reply)

*sends targeted junk mail advertising stairlifts and side-opening baths*

( K2k6 has a proper job these days, Thu 21 Oct 2010, 8:49, Reply)

Someone should make a side opening bath with a built in tv screen
so you can enjoy Countdown while you're bathing.
( broadsword, Thu 21 Oct 2010, 8:56, Reply)

It would make wanking over Rachel Riley
so much more efficient too.
( K2k6 has a proper job these days, Thu 21 Oct 2010, 8:59, Reply)

Milton Keynes or space. Probably space as it's nearer.
The Scent of Green Papaya. Unless of course you mean favourite film made by Americans about the Vietnam war, in which case don't be such an imperialist racist.
(Cave Duck, Thu 21 Oct 2010, 8:45, Reply)

We have an excellent fireworks display in MK
plus it's cheaper to get to.
(PsychoChomp, Thu 21 Oct 2010, 8:58, Reply)

You make a convincing argument.,
but bonfire night is my girlfriend's birthday and she doesn't like fireworks.
Point 2 still stands though.
(Cave Duck, Thu 21 Oct 2010, 9:03, Reply)

Are you going out with a cat?

(PsychoChomp, Thu 21 Oct 2010, 9:20, Reply)

Well, I wouldn't go out with a dog, would I?
(Not with Jeff lurking about)
(Cave Duck, Thu 21 Oct 2010, 9:23, Reply)

The summit of Everest - been to base camp and want to go back and get to the top.

(lkjshaglkasjdhglkhjz lkcvl; g;aodh;owih, Thu 21 Oct 2010, 8:46, Reply)

I'm quite keen to go to Oz.
And will do.

Also, I love Bruges. I've not been for ages. I want to go there again, but stay in luxury.
( disasterprone "Pyjamas caused the Holocaust", Thu 21 Oct 2010, 8:53, Reply)

I believe
you need to follow the yellow brick road.
( K2k6 has a proper job these days, Thu 21 Oct 2010, 8:54, Reply)

Despite Colin Farrell's protestations,
the film made me want to visit very much. It looks beautiful.

In Bruges, not The Wizard of Oz.

Duh.
(Darth Foxtrot A one-man army dedicated to making fetch happen, Thu 21 Oct 2010, 9:00, Reply)

I didn't like Bruges much
It's very pretty, but it's like a dolls house, everything made bright and perfect, just for the turists. It was full of people when I went, and that stressed me out a lot.
(Aberracion Life's getting very complicated, but a lot of fun., Thu 21 Oct 2010, 9:10, Reply)

Bruges is a shithole
(please read with Irish accent)
( Kitty v1.0 desperately naive, Thu 21 Oct 2010, 9:16, Reply)

Midgets are brilliant!

( disasterprone "Pyjamas caused the Holocaust", Thu 21 Oct 2010, 9:29, Reply)

Alaska and Japan
don't like war movies they're dull so meh.
( SteveFrench Cardio is for homo's. do you even lift bro?, Thu 21 Oct 2010, 8:56, Reply)

You mean there's not enough tits in them
Morning, by the way. Notice no-one's linking Arsenal with a move for Rooney. You must be fucking relieved
(Darth Foxtrot A one-man army dedicated to making fetch happen, Thu 21 Oct 2010, 8:59, Reply)

Wouldn't fit in at our place, I want Torres. Good morning.
you really need moar question this time of the morning, I suggest two alt q's!
( SteveFrench Cardio is for homo's. do you even lift bro?, Thu 21 Oct 2010, 9:02, Reply)

Torres will probably be available in January as well
We'll have Rooney. After Collymore and Van Hooydonk our supporters are used to strikers getting big-headed and fucking us over so we won't be too upset when he inevitably strops off. He's been playing Championship-level football this season anyway
(Darth Foxtrot A one-man army dedicated to making fetch happen, Thu 21 Oct 2010, 9:07, Reply)

But at least if they get big headed it's as a result of having done something good.
I'm sure you'd rather have had either of the aforementioned players in your side rather than a humble and polite Andrea Silenzi or Jason Lee.
(Cave Duck, Thu 21 Oct 2010, 9:13, Reply)

Fucking hell you've got a good memory for shit ex-Nottingham Forest strikers
I can understand you remembering the legendary Pineapple-headed wonder and star of My Name Is Earl Jason Lee, but how the fuck do you know the name Andrea Silenzi?! There are Forest fans who don't know who he is! The therapy to attain such a state costs good money!
(Darth Foxtrot A one-man army dedicated to making fetch happen, Thu 21 Oct 2010, 9:26, Reply)

Do you know Andrea Silenzi
was one of, if not the first Italian striker signed by a Division One club. He cost over a million and was fucking rubbish.

The Forest board clearly thought Serie A was great owing to it being on Channel 4.

Also, did you know that ason Lee had a pineapple on his head?
( disasterprone "Pyjamas caused the Holocaust", Thu 21 Oct 2010, 9:28, Reply)

Silenzi was, in fact, the first Italian to play professional football in England
It could be argued that Gianfranco Zola was better in some ways, but Silenzi was the first. Which, coincidentally, rhymes with "worst"
(Darth Foxtrot A one-man army dedicated to making fetch happen, Thu 21 Oct 2010, 9:38, Reply)

I thought he was!
I put the qualifier in soas to not look like a knob if i was wrong!
( disasterprone "Pyjamas caused the Holocaust", Thu 21 Oct 2010, 9:40, Reply)

In the context of this conversation we both look foolish enough anyway
as supporters of the club that forked out seven figures for Andrea fucking Silenzi
(Darth Foxtrot A one-man army dedicated to making fetch happen, Thu 21 Oct 2010, 9:49, Reply)

true enough.
Forest have many firsts - 1st team to win two european cups consecutively
first million pound player.
first italian professional
first player with an exotic fruit for a head
( disasterprone "Pyjamas caused the Holocaust", Thu 21 Oct 2010, 9:51, Reply)

1st BRITISH team
I'm pretty sure Real Madrid managed the two European Cups thing before we did. It is a good point though - no-one has even won back-to-back Champions Leagues, even with the amount of money being thrown at teams to make it happen.

Perhaps my favourite Forest fact is that Notts County are the oldest professional club in Britain, founded in 1862. Forest were founded in 1865. It took the people of Nottingham just three years to work out that County were shite and that they needed an alternative
(Darth Foxtrot A one-man army dedicated to making fetch happen, Thu 21 Oct 2010, 10:02, Reply)

That's a superb fact!

( disasterprone "Pyjamas caused the Holocaust", Thu 21 Oct 2010, 12:32, Reply)

GOOOOOOOD MOOOORNING VIETNAAAAAM
Dilemma do I sell my old phone for cash or credit at cex? 36 cash vs 48 store credit
( TGB checking Off Topic is still shit at, Thu 21 Oct 2010, 9:02, Reply)

credit, buy toys.

( SteveFrench Cardio is for homo's. do you even lift bro?, Thu 21 Oct 2010, 9:02, Reply)

ill end up buying epic amounts of dvds
As I have a shit taste I normally like all the 2squid ones
( TGB checking Off Topic is still shit at, Thu 21 Oct 2010, 9:03, Reply)

cash then,buy 4 2 quid shit films and spend 30 on drinks tomorrow?
edit - my maths is bad, 3 shit films.
( SteveFrench Cardio is for homo's. do you even lift bro?, Thu 21 Oct 2010, 9:06, Reply)

Which store?
Is it likely that you'll buy something useful from them?
(Aberracion Life's getting very complicated, but a lot of fun., Thu 21 Oct 2010, 9:07, Reply)

its a dvd paradise store!

( TGB checking Off Topic is still shit at, Thu 21 Oct 2010, 9:25, Reply)

You can buy me some DVDs if you like, for Shit Film Saturday.
I would like In Dreams and I Know Who Killed Me please.
(wellgroomedwookiee is a filthy-minded hobgoblin, Thu 21 Oct 2010, 10:21, Reply)

I don't know about Vietnam movies
maybe Goooood morning, Vietnam? I quite enjoyed it.

I'm always thinking where in the world I want to go next. I'm excited about the HM in Southamerica, but I'm excited as well about a little trip to Centralamerica in a couple of years, a few weeks travelling around the Canary Islands for the Christmas next year, a short trip to the Black Forest in August, 10 days in Galicia and/or the Tuscany (depending on how many holidays I have left), a long weekend in Istanbul during the next Ramadan. I need to find some time to visit India, China and Japan properly as well.

Ay, the world is so big and time goes so fast!
(Aberracion Life's getting very complicated, but a lot of fun., Thu 21 Oct 2010, 9:07, Reply)

Hot Shots Part Deux
That was a bit 'Namish wasn't it?
( Kitty v1.0 desperately naive, Thu 21 Oct 2010, 9:15, Reply)

Good call

( Labia Majora You keep on talking but it makes no sense at all, Thu 21 Oct 2010, 9:21, Reply)

Don't you realise these men are celibate?
Like their fathers and their fathers before them.
( Kitty v1.0 desperately naive, Thu 21 Oct 2010, 9:31, Reply)

Now PshychoChomp
is going to hate you.
(Aberracion Life's getting very complicated, but a lot of fun., Thu 21 Oct 2010, 9:32, Reply)

I already do.

(PsychoChomp, Thu 21 Oct 2010, 9:38, Reply)

might as well make it worse then
Of course I'm not joking, if I was joking I would say "A horse walks into a bar and the barman says 'Why the long face?'"
( Kitty v1.0 desperately naive, Thu 21 Oct 2010, 9:53, Reply)

I will kill you 'til you die from it
Yankee Bastard Man!
( Labia Majora You keep on talking but it makes no sense at all, Thu 21 Oct 2010, 9:34, Reply)

Svalbard
Really want to see that place.

Alt Q: Apocalypse Now. It's an extremely quotable film too.
(Zoz prayed for twink on, Thu 21 Oct 2010, 9:16, Reply)

I generally hate films people quote.

(PsychoChomp, Thu 21 Oct 2010, 9:19, Reply)

You hate Full Metal Jacket too then?

(Zoz prayed for twink on, Thu 21 Oct 2010, 9:21, Reply)

I generally hate people who quote films.
When there's far better stuff in Ian Dury lyrics.
(Cave Duck, Thu 21 Oct 2010, 9:21, Reply)

I generally hate Ian Dury lyrics
but I like Apocalypse Now and Full Metal Jacket

Mind you I don't really hate Ian Dury Lyrics
( Peej, Thu 21 Oct 2010, 9:22, Reply)

One night at a leaving party for a colleague
I got stuck next to this guy who has really put me off seeing This Is Spinal Tap just by endlessly quoting lines from it. He was amusing himself no end but I was on the verge of losing it with him.
(Zoz prayed for twink on, Thu 21 Oct 2010, 9:26, Reply)

What's wrong with being sexy?

( Peej, Thu 21 Oct 2010, 9:27, Reply)

this, but with Anchorman.

( Kitty v1.0 desperately naive, Thu 21 Oct 2010, 9:31, Reply)

Oh yes this,
I think I don't mind anchorman because I saw it at the cinema before people started fucking quoting every line.
(PsychoChomp, Thu 21 Oct 2010, 9:34, Reply)

I hate Will Ferrell and my insensitive friend who loves Anchorman decided to buy it for me for my 21st
I've seen it twice and it does get slightly more amusing the second time, but it's still pretty annoying. And once someone quotes it then you're stuck in a half hour quoting marathon and any time you try and steer the conversation away from it some douche will quote another line and it'll start again. I hate Will Ferrell.
( Kitty v1.0 desperately naive, Thu 21 Oct 2010, 9:55, Reply)

I normally hate him too
But Anchorman is damn funny. It does take a few goes though, but it's problem is that 90% of the lines are eminently quotable. Like Evil Dead 3: Army of Darkness.
( Labia Majora You keep on talking but it makes no sense at all, Thu 21 Oct 2010, 10:00, Reply)

and Monty Python and the Holy Grail?
and This Is Spinal Tap?
(Darth Foxtrot A one-man army dedicated to making fetch happen, Thu 21 Oct 2010, 9:26, Reply)

More like Waynes World
or fucking Withnail and I.
(PsychoChomp, Thu 21 Oct 2010, 9:29, Reply)

I can't argue with either of those
Also, as much as I love the Python films, there is a saturation point, as the below expresses beautifully (yet messily)

www.xkcd.com/16/
(Darth Foxtrot A one-man army dedicated to making fetch happen, Thu 21 Oct 2010, 9:41, Reply)

Have you seen this?
www.xkcd.com/802/

It took me a minute or two to find b3ta on there.
(Zoz prayed for twink on, Thu 21 Oct 2010, 9:57, Reply)

I'm probably being thick
But are we represented by the /b/?
(Darth Foxtrot A one-man army dedicated to making fetch happen, Thu 21 Oct 2010, 10:10, Reply)

You are being thick
/b/ is a subforum of 4chan, otherwise known as 'random'.

b3ta is not in the forum subsection of that map, keep looking.
( Labia Majora You keep on talking but it makes no sense at all, Thu 21 Oct 2010, 10:11, Reply)

Good to know
Have looked over it twice, giggled helplessly at "People you can't unfriend" both times and failed to find B3ta. Now officially past caring
(Darth Foxtrot A one-man army dedicated to making fetch happen, Thu 21 Oct 2010, 10:15, Reply)

The Scottish highlands.
It's only up the road and I never seem to be able to get there.
( girlinthehole, Thu 21 Oct 2010, 9:19, Reply)

I did a four days trip there
From Edinbrugh to the Loch Ness, and down to Glasgow. It was one of the best trips in my life, despite the rain and the cold weather. We stayed in very, very cheap places (£20B&B) and almost didn't sleep, but it was great.
(Aberracion Life's getting very complicated, but a lot of fun., Thu 21 Oct 2010, 9:22, Reply)

Don't come between late May and late September
The midgies are fucking relentless and will easily spoil your whole holiday. April and May are usually the best months, nice fresh weather and zero midgies.
(Cancer Joy was short lived, Thu 21 Oct 2010, 9:24, Reply)

Advice taken. Thank you.

( girlinthehole, Thu 21 Oct 2010, 9:26, Reply)

A nice treat
is also the fact that due to being further north, you get much lighter nights and the light fades a lot slower than it does say in Cornwall, so you get all these amazing hues and tones. In fact, even here in Glasgow around Midsummer, it doesn't get completely dark.
(Cancer Joy was short lived, Thu 21 Oct 2010, 9:32, Reply)

I would love to visit Vietnam
but only so I could drop lines like "Back in Nam....." and "I was in Nam!" in to conversation.
( Peej, Thu 21 Oct 2010, 9:21, Reply)

I do that already
Cheltenham's about 40 minutes up the road.
( Labia Majora You keep on talking but it makes no sense at all, Thu 21 Oct 2010, 9:24, Reply)

Some of us local folk call our town Cambodia
So I'm just over the border
( Peej, Thu 21 Oct 2010, 9:25, Reply)

Now i have Holiday in Cambodia looping in my head.

( Labia Majora You keep on talking but it makes no sense at all, Thu 21 Oct 2010, 9:27, Reply)

Good!
Me too.
( Peej, Thu 21 Oct 2010, 9:27, Reply)

I've got Apoptygma Berzerk's cover of the Marty Wilde song in mine

(Darth Foxtrot A one-man army dedicated to making fetch happen, Thu 21 Oct 2010, 9:29, Reply)

Marty? Did he write that?
I remember the Kim Wilde song and thought her brother did most of her writing at the time.

Your knowledge early 80s pop clearly outstrips my knowledge Forest misfirinf strikers of yesteryear.
(Cave Duck, Thu 21 Oct 2010, 9:41, Reply)

He's credited with it on Apop's sleeve notes
but they're Norwegian, so what do they know about anything
(Darth Foxtrot A one-man army dedicated to making fetch happen, Thu 21 Oct 2010, 9:42, Reply)

I want to go to Japan, and hope to next year
Alt: Don't know if I have a favourite Vietnam film, but The Watchmen has segments set during that war, so I'll say that.
( Labia Majora You keep on talking but it makes no sense at all, Thu 21 Oct 2010, 9:23, Reply)

Japan is awesome
I've been twice for work and even though I had to do my job it was still amazing.
( Peej, Thu 21 Oct 2010, 9:26, Reply)

I've always wanted to go
Hope to go with a mate of mine next year for a couple of weeks.
( Labia Majora You keep on talking but it makes no sense at all, Thu 21 Oct 2010, 9:28, Reply)

i found my MTFU badge!

( TGB checking Off Topic is still shit at, Thu 21 Oct 2010, 9:28, Reply)

Woohoo!

( Labia Majora You keep on talking but it makes no sense at all, Thu 21 Oct 2010, 9:29, Reply)

I want to go to Japan too!
I want to go to so many places!

I liked The Watchmen, but the comic is better. I remember Mark's face when I first told him I had read that and V for Vendetta (? Direct translation from Spanish, I'm not sure it's right). He was so proud :)
(Aberracion Life's getting very complicated, but a lot of fun., Thu 21 Oct 2010, 9:29, Reply)

V for Vendetta is spot on, and a great book. Hard to go wrong with Alan Moore
Whilst I like the comic of Watchmen, I preferred the ending in the film.
( Labia Majora You keep on talking but it makes no sense at all, Thu 21 Oct 2010, 9:31, Reply)

Nononono
I liked the comic more, but I've had this discussion with a lot of people already and we never agree, so... ok.

I love Alan Moore. It was just by chance that I get to read any of his books, as with Neil Gaiman. Because their books can lose a lot with the translation, they're not very famouns. And, tbh, before coming to England only my brother shared my passion for graphic novels, my friends thought I was weird.
(Aberracion Life's getting very complicated, but a lot of fun., Thu 21 Oct 2010, 9:37, Reply)

It's just the ending of the film I prefer
Both Moore and Gaiman are very good indeed. I love graphic novels, tried to get Em to read a few but she was having none of it.
( Labia Majora You keep on talking but it makes no sense at all, Thu 21 Oct 2010, 9:41, Reply)

Try harder.
Reward her with hugs. And rambling 20 minute phone calls.

You know it's worth it.
(Himjim died a little more inside on, Thu 21 Oct 2010, 9:42, Reply)

Eh, effort.

( Labia Majora You keep on talking but it makes no sense at all, Thu 21 Oct 2010, 9:43, Reply)

I tried to convince my friends
I started with something easy, no graphic novel, but fantasy anyway. I passed them Neverwhere, saying that it was a great book that they'd love, but I couldn't tell them what it was about or it'd be spoiled.

They loved it (ovbiously); but after that I tried to pass them something with drawings on it, and they wouldn't read it, as it was for kids.

Bah.
(Aberracion Life's getting very complicated, but a lot of fun., Thu 21 Oct 2010, 9:55, Reply)

A good chunk of my graphic novels are rather... graphic
So won't be mistaken for kid's books. I'm thinking Preacher, Transmetropolitan, The Boys, The Authority etc.
( Labia Majora You keep on talking but it makes no sense at all, Thu 21 Oct 2010, 9:59, Reply)

Yes, it didn't matter with them
Sandman can be quite graphic, as well as Sin City. It didn't matter: cartoons = kids.
(Aberracion Life's getting very complicated, but a lot of fun., Thu 21 Oct 2010, 10:03, Reply)

Ah yes, Sin City, knew I was forgetting a chunk of my collection
I hate that naive view, but then I write off Twilight and Harry Potter as kid's books.
( Labia Majora You keep on talking but it makes no sense at all, Thu 21 Oct 2010, 10:04, Reply)

And you're wrong
At least about Harry Potter. The first one is for kids, true, but then the books grow with Harry, and it's very interesting to see how it gets darker and darker.
(Aberracion Life's getting very complicated, but a lot of fun., Thu 21 Oct 2010, 10:05, Reply)

I watched the first film
And was just annoyed by it all. I may get around to watching the others at some point, but they're a LONG way down on my list of priorities.
( Labia Majora You keep on talking but it makes no sense at all, Thu 21 Oct 2010, 10:11, Reply)

I love The Authority!

( The Light in Chains don't touch the Pope's boner, Thu 21 Oct 2010, 10:17, Reply)

me too
too many places, not enough time.
( Kitty v1.0 desperately naive, Thu 21 Oct 2010, 9:32, Reply)

I need more holidays
A lot of them. Or winning the lotery.
(Aberracion Life's getting very complicated, but a lot of fun., Thu 21 Oct 2010, 9:37, Reply)

^This
If I won the lottery I'd set myself and my family up to be comfortable for life, then spend the rest of my days travelling.
( Labia Majora You keep on talking but it makes no sense at all, Thu 21 Oct 2010, 9:39, Reply)

It's the best plan ever
assuming you don't throw away your ticket.
(Aberracion Life's getting very complicated, but a lot of fun., Thu 21 Oct 2010, 9:56, Reply)

yeah this definitely

( Kitty v1.0 desperately naive, Thu 21 Oct 2010, 9:57, Reply)

I'm not off as far as that, but I do have a very lovely weekend planned in London soon.
Surprising the wife - bought her a new dress, shoes and jewellery, staying at The Soho Hotel and off to Hix for dinner. Should get me a few brownie points!
( disasterprone "Pyjamas caused the Holocaust", Thu 21 Oct 2010, 9:26, Reply)

The Soho Hotel is great - good choice.
I work 200 yards away - gaz me if you'd like details of some good restaurants.
(lkjshaglkasjdhglkhjz lkcvl; g;aodh;owih, Thu 21 Oct 2010, 9:29, Reply)

Thanks.
I've got reservations at The Ivy for Lunch and Hix for dinner..
( disasterprone "Pyjamas caused the Holocaust", Thu 21 Oct 2010, 9:32, Reply)

Nice.
If you're there for more than one night also try the Giaconda Dining Room on Denmark St - it's about a 10 minute walk from where you're staying. And if you can escape for a cheeky pint or two on your own the Crown & Two Chairman pub is 20 seconds away from your hotel.

www.giacondadining.com/
.
(lkjshaglkasjdhglkhjz lkcvl; g;aodh;owih, Thu 21 Oct 2010, 9:35, Reply)

That's disgusting
Scoring points towards a reward of anal bumsex
(Darth Foxtrot A one-man army dedicated to making fetch happen, Thu 21 Oct 2010, 9:30, Reply)

what is it with ballroom dancers and bumsex?

( disasterprone "Pyjamas caused the Holocaust", Thu 21 Oct 2010, 9:34, Reply)

It's a mandatory requirement.

(lkjshaglkasjdhglkhjz lkcvl; g;aodh;owih, Thu 21 Oct 2010, 9:38, Reply)

Good for the posture.

(PsychoChomp, Thu 21 Oct 2010, 9:39, Reply)

I suppose it puts a rod in their back
and also helps them with the standard grimace
( disasterprone "Pyjamas caused the Holocaust", Thu 21 Oct 2010, 9:41, Reply)

err...
isn't your sister a Ballroom dancing teacher?!
(Darth Foxtrot A one-man army dedicated to making fetch happen, Thu 21 Oct 2010, 9:44, Reply)

It's how he kows
he used to help with her training.... (or was that Bert?)
( disasterprone "Pyjamas caused the Holocaust", Thu 21 Oct 2010, 9:45, Reply)

Ballet teacher - but that was years ago.

(lkjshaglkasjdhglkhjz lkcvl; g;aodh;owih, Thu 21 Oct 2010, 9:55, Reply)

is there any other kind of bumsex?
i suppose you could fuck a tramp, would that count?
( disasterprone "Pyjamas caused the Holocaust", Thu 21 Oct 2010, 9:42, Reply)

^POTD

(Darth Foxtrot A one-man army dedicated to making fetch happen, Thu 21 Oct 2010, 9:43, Reply)

That's lovely from you!
What a great present. I'm sure she'll love it.
(Aberracion Life's getting very complicated, but a lot of fun., Thu 21 Oct 2010, 9:31, Reply)

she always loves it (!)
fnarr fnarr
( disasterprone "Pyjamas caused the Holocaust", Thu 21 Oct 2010, 9:41, Reply)

You've just spoiled it.
:_(
(Aberracion Life's getting very complicated, but a lot of fun., Thu 21 Oct 2010, 9:57, Reply)

I'd love to go to Egypt
Start at the bottom of the Nile, and work my way up, seeing every historical site I can. I'm expecting to be about a month there!

Alt Q: Full Metal Jacket, superb film. "I bet you're the kind of guy that would fuck a person in the ass and not even have the goddamn common courtesy to give him a reach-around."
( Agnostic Antichrist Baltimora, Thu 21 Oct 2010, 9:33, Reply)

Do it, do it, do it
I've been from Abu Simbel and the Ethiopian borderlands up to the Nile Delta. And across to the Red Sea. Best place on earth. One day I'll live there.
(Miraclefish How appropriate, you fight like a cow, Thu 21 Oct 2010, 10:00, Reply)

Best Vietnam SONG is Vietnam by Jimmy Cliff
Get it right up yez, because I've had a shit morning.
I smashed my perfume all over the porch.
Cunts.
I've been nice and kind and helpful all week and this is my reward. I think my landlady is cursed and I should keep away from her a while.
( Roota zweeeeeoooooowm, Thu 21 Oct 2010, 9:41, Reply)

Bad shit happens to good people Roota : (

( girlinthehole, Thu 21 Oct 2010, 9:49, Reply)

I'm refusing to believe that
I think it's a sign I need to heed. I must be doing something wrong.
I did see a rainbow as I put my lovely perfume IN THE WHEELIE FUCKING BIN, so I made a wish for the day to get better.
I'm on auto-pilot and I'm going to stab someone.
( Roota zweeeeeoooooowm, Thu 21 Oct 2010, 10:07, Reply)

i went out with an army officer for three years
THREE YEARS of vietnam films and being woken up in the middle of the night by someone yelling about zulus and spears.
( rachelswipe with a fork, Thu 21 Oct 2010, 10:01, Reply)

hahaha!

( girlinthehole, Thu 21 Oct 2010, 10:04, Reply)

i'm going to a wedding in a couple of weeks
where the guy is a major in the army. the male:female guest ratio is about 4:1. and the men will be in dress uniform.

i hate weddings. but this one, this one i am quite looking forward to for some reason.
( rachelswipe with a fork, Thu 21 Oct 2010, 10:07, Reply)

*swoons*
Ah they are nice to look at but I doubt I could have a relationship with a soldier.
( girlinthehole, Thu 21 Oct 2010, 10:09, Reply)

in my (slightly greater than it should be)
experience, they are great fun but very arrogant and after a while get used to the army thinking for them!
( rachelswipe with a fork, Thu 21 Oct 2010, 10:15, Reply)

Weddings are mint!
I reckon one's own would be a stress, but other people's are a riot.
(Round here that's probably taken literally)
( Roota zweeeeeoooooowm, Thu 21 Oct 2010, 10:11, Reply)

As much as I don't believe in the sanctity of marriage and all that malarkey...........
I do like a good wedding.
( girlinthehole, Thu 21 Oct 2010, 10:13, Reply)

My favourite moments include a dog sticking its head out from under the table
and a bride being flung around to Girl from Mars.
( Roota zweeeeeoooooowm, Thu 21 Oct 2010, 10:14, Reply)

oh god no
if you go as a singleton you either look at all the couples and want to kill yourself or wish desperately that you were back at home or in a club somewhere to celebrate your lovely lovely freedom. either way you end up very very drunk and it's only really fun once everyone is on the dancefloor.

if you go in a couple it inevitably makes you examine your own relationship. you end up very very drunk and it's only really fun once everyone is on the dancefloor.
( rachelswipe with a fork, Thu 21 Oct 2010, 10:17, Reply)

Nope
Being around happy couples has always made me very happy.
Being a serial dater I was often a single gal at functions and I quite enjoyed my special status.
Being around squabbling couples only made me grateful I was single.
One girl ruined a cheese and wine party by bursting through the door in tears going "OH FOR FUCK'S SAKE, MY SISTER'S GOT ENGAGED!" and then shot her boyfriend the biggest evils all night.
( Roota zweeeeeoooooowm, Thu 21 Oct 2010, 10:21, Reply)

Well, the latter is just fucking rude
You don't impose yourself on an evening by just spilling your problems over everyone during your entrance to the room. It's just not British.
(LongJohnBaldry, Thu 21 Oct 2010, 10:27, Reply)

Well she'd been out for a smoke, so it was a re-entry
but it's still rude.
And how evil to react like that to your sister's news. I asked if they got on (I thought there might be a history of resentment) but she said no. She said she adored her sister but she was simply fuming and desperate because her sister had not been going out with her bloke as long as she'd been going out with hers, and it made her resentful. "I cannot sit there watching her make all her plans and be all jolly about it." is what she said.
( Roota zweeeeeoooooowm, Thu 21 Oct 2010, 10:31, Reply)

Jesus. Quel bitch.
Well, that's just phenomenally selfish.
(LongJohnBaldry, Thu 21 Oct 2010, 10:41, Reply)

Latvia
Apparently there's a "shortage of eligible men" out there at the moment.

Alt: Don't think I've actually seen very many to choose from, so I'm going to go with Kitty's suggestion of Hot Shots Parte Deux.
(LongJohnBaldry, Thu 21 Oct 2010, 10:09, Reply)

Are you sure it's Latvia and not one othe other places round there?
When I was in Latvia EVERY market stall was selling pregnancy jeans.
( Roota zweeeeeoooooowm, Thu 21 Oct 2010, 10:13, Reply)

The BBC said so just last week
The BBC wouldn't lie to me, would they? Or are they trying to trick me into going to Riga whilst they all scurry off to, say, Estonia?
(LongJohnBaldry, Thu 21 Oct 2010, 10:21, Reply)

Well you mind yourself
because they're evidently a fertile bunch.
( Roota zweeeeeoooooowm, Thu 21 Oct 2010, 10:22, Reply)

I suspect my 'plan' puts a lot of faith in the beauty and willingness of Latvian women
And the design and reliability of British contraception....
(LongJohnBaldry, Thu 21 Oct 2010, 10:28, Reply)