I just (accidentally) knocked the light off the ceiling whilst celebrating a last minute winner on Football Manager
What things do you take far more seriously than you should?
(Barry from Eastenders is, despite the words written above, not a woman, Fri 5 Nov 2010, 14:18, 104 replies, latest was 15 years ago)

The internet.

( girlinthehole, Fri 5 Nov 2010, 14:18, Reply)

I was serious on the internet once
True story
( Maximinimus you stick around I'll make it worth your while, Fri 5 Nov 2010, 14:27, Reply)

Nooooooooooooooooooooo!

( girlinthehole, Fri 5 Nov 2010, 14:30, Reply)

The internet

(PsychoChomp, Fri 5 Nov 2010, 14:19, Reply)

You snooze you lose.

( girlinthehole, Fri 5 Nov 2010, 14:20, Reply)

THE INTERNET

(Spitz, Fri 5 Nov 2010, 14:20, Reply)

Fuck off Bert.

( girlinthehole, Fri 5 Nov 2010, 14:21, Reply)

It's al blatz

(PsychoChomp, Fri 5 Nov 2010, 14:22, Reply)

indeed

( Amberl was stripey and dominated Europe, Fri 5 Nov 2010, 14:21, Reply)

I don't take anything seriously
life's too short.
( Amberl was stripey and dominated Europe, Fri 5 Nov 2010, 14:21, Reply)

Wait till you have to start paying taxes.

( girlinthehole, Fri 5 Nov 2010, 14:22, Reply)

That will probably induce rage to be fair
how are you BGB?
( Amberl was stripey and dominated Europe, Fri 5 Nov 2010, 14:25, Reply)

Tired, sexually charged and ready for a fight.

( girlinthehole, Fri 5 Nov 2010, 14:27, Reply)

It's the fighting I don't like :(

( JeffTheDogFucker Can you dig it?, Fri 5 Nov 2010, 14:32, Reply)

No naked wrestling then?

( girlinthehole, Fri 5 Nov 2010, 14:33, Reply)

Will there be mud?

( JeffTheDogFucker Can you dig it?, Fri 5 Nov 2010, 14:34, Reply)

No! it's a fucker to clean off the bed.

( girlinthehole, Fri 5 Nov 2010, 14:35, Reply)

do it in the bath

( zulu eh?, Fri 5 Nov 2010, 14:43, Reply)

I might bang my head on the tap.

( girlinthehole, Fri 5 Nov 2010, 14:45, Reply)

Rubber sheets!

( JeffTheDogFucker Can you dig it?, Fri 5 Nov 2010, 14:45, Reply)

You think of everything.

( girlinthehole, Fri 5 Nov 2010, 14:48, Reply)

*Beams!*
Although I fear I'm not currently well enough to wrestle.
( JeffTheDogFucker Can you dig it?, Fri 5 Nov 2010, 14:48, Reply)

That sounds like a lethal combination
don't add alcohol!
( Amberl was stripey and dominated Europe, Fri 5 Nov 2010, 14:33, Reply)

Not till Saturday evening.

( girlinthehole, Fri 5 Nov 2010, 14:35, Reply)

plenty of time
to have a sleep, and punch a wall. The sexual frustration you can let build up
( Amberl was stripey and dominated Europe, Fri 5 Nov 2010, 14:39, Reply)

Bert

(TheColonel, Fri 5 Nov 2010, 14:22, Reply)

The cooking of steak
serious stuff
( Colonel Dracula Two manky hookers and a racist dwarf, Fri 5 Nov 2010, 14:22, Reply)

This can never be taken too seriously.
Someone I considered myself an acquaintance with once remarked that they didn't like steak because "It's too dry and chewy".

Needless to say, the relationship ended immediately.
(TheColonel, Fri 5 Nov 2010, 14:24, Reply)

Was it your mum?

( girlinthehole, Fri 5 Nov 2010, 14:25, Reply)

Yeah, I just pulled out, wiped myself on her curtains and left.

(TheColonel, Fri 5 Nov 2010, 14:35, Reply)

I need to speak to this person
I also need to borrow a baseball bat
( Colonel Dracula Two manky hookers and a racist dwarf, Fri 5 Nov 2010, 14:26, Reply)

This person is my Mother.
You may find a baseball bat somewhere inside her person.
(TheColonel, Fri 5 Nov 2010, 14:39, Reply)

You can never take that too seriously
I budgeted for a steak pan when I moved house.
(Himjim died a little more inside on, Fri 5 Nov 2010, 14:27, Reply)

I have a cast iron Le Creuset griddle pan
I only use it for steak
( Colonel Dracula Two manky hookers and a racist dwarf, Fri 5 Nov 2010, 14:29, Reply)

I got a flat Le Creuset
pan as I think they're better for steak.

However, before we get into arguments about steak pans (yes) it's just personal preference.
(Himjim died a little more inside on, Fri 5 Nov 2010, 14:32, Reply)

I have a heavy bottomed pan
they both have their merits, but I like the stripes you get with a griddle pan
( Colonel Dracula Two manky hookers and a racist dwarf, Fri 5 Nov 2010, 14:36, Reply)

They have to be done on a bbq for me
with the all around heat that you get from a good kettle.
(Himjim died a little more inside on, Fri 5 Nov 2010, 14:41, Reply)

I love char grilled steak
but i'm not brave enough to BBQ it myself
( Colonel Dracula Two manky hookers and a racist dwarf, Fri 5 Nov 2010, 14:43, Reply)

i love le creuset stuff
even if it is too heavy and gets ruined in the dishwasher, it looks beautiful in my kitchen.

where it never ever gets used!
( rachelswipe with a fork, Fri 5 Nov 2010, 14:35, Reply)

Nooooooo, not the dishwasher!
*sobs for the Le Creuset*
( Colonel Dracula Two manky hookers and a racist dwarf, Fri 5 Nov 2010, 14:37, Reply)

i don't put my own in there
i did put my mother's in the dishwasher once though, trying to be helpful. ruined both the enamel and the wooden handles!
( rachelswipe with a fork, Fri 5 Nov 2010, 14:50, Reply)

lots of cooks here
invite them to come over and handle your Le Creusets.
( The Light in Chains don't touch the Pope's boner, Fri 5 Nov 2010, 14:39, Reply)

Work.
And genital hygiene.
(Tugnut Ex of this parish, Fri 5 Nov 2010, 14:27, Reply)

Nothing, I'm dead easy going me.
Who is impersonating battered?
( SteveFrench Cardio is for homo's. do you even lift bro?, Fri 5 Nov 2010, 14:28, Reply)

Afternoon Bob.

( JeffTheDogFucker Can you dig it?, Fri 5 Nov 2010, 14:32, Reply)

Hello Darren anderton
Hows the health?
( SteveFrench Cardio is for homo's. do you even lift bro?, Fri 5 Nov 2010, 14:34, Reply)

Sicknote is still sick.
I'll be subject to a late fitness test tomorrow to see if I'll be well enough to go to football.
( JeffTheDogFucker Can you dig it?, Fri 5 Nov 2010, 14:38, Reply)

Get well mucka

( SteveFrench Cardio is for homo's. do you even lift bro?, Fri 5 Nov 2010, 14:43, Reply)

Cheers Bob!

( JeffTheDogFucker Can you dig it?, Fri 5 Nov 2010, 14:46, Reply)

diet coke
it has got to be freshly opened and icy cold and exceptionally fizzy. otherwise it can fuck off, and so can the chimp who poured it for me.
( rachelswipe with a fork, Fri 5 Nov 2010, 14:30, Reply)

You still ignoring me?

( JeffTheDogFucker Can you dig it?, Fri 5 Nov 2010, 14:31, Reply)

ha no, thanks for that!

( rachelswipe with a fork, Fri 5 Nov 2010, 14:32, Reply)

You do realise it would have been a lot funnier to have not replied to me?

( JeffTheDogFucker Can you dig it?, Fri 5 Nov 2010, 14:34, Reply)

when was i ever bothered about being funny?

( rachelswipe with a fork, Fri 5 Nov 2010, 14:35, Reply)

Good point.
Well made.

I just have high expectations of you.
( JeffTheDogFucker Can you dig it?, Fri 5 Nov 2010, 14:37, Reply)

high expectations dirty mental images
(TheColonel, Fri 5 Nov 2010, 14:44, Reply)

Well yes, there is that too.

( JeffTheDogFucker Can you dig it?, Fri 5 Nov 2010, 14:45, Reply)

you are human, after all

( rachelswipe with a fork, Fri 5 Nov 2010, 14:45, Reply)

I'm ALL human.

( JeffTheDogFucker Can you dig it?, Fri 5 Nov 2010, 14:54, Reply)

This but I like lime too

( SteveFrench Cardio is for homo's. do you even lift bro?, Fri 5 Nov 2010, 14:31, Reply)

lime piss
(Cancer Joy was short lived, Fri 5 Nov 2010, 14:33, Reply)

True. However not in my diet coke

( SteveFrench Cardio is for homo's. do you even lift bro?, Fri 5 Nov 2010, 14:35, Reply)

Hot Lemonade

/agcg
(Cancer Joy was short lived, Fri 5 Nov 2010, 14:36, Reply)

I shuddered then

( SteveFrench Cardio is for homo's. do you even lift bro?, Fri 5 Nov 2010, 14:37, Reply)

I'm drinking that right now :)

( Amberl was stripey and dominated Europe, Fri 5 Nov 2010, 14:32, Reply)

my trainee is being sent on a mission at 4pm.
how are you, lady?
( rachelswipe with a fork, Fri 5 Nov 2010, 14:33, Reply)

I'm good thanks
still ill, but I think the cocktails cured me. What are you up to?
( Amberl was stripey and dominated Europe, Fri 5 Nov 2010, 14:37, Reply)

i am monumentally hungover after last night's black-tie do
so being good tonight - walking home, then session at gym with personal trainer. then up at about 5am to get ready for the ARMY WEDDING because i have to drive for bloody miles to get to the pre-church drinks at 10.30am!

how about you, any fireworks planned??
( rachelswipe with a fork, Fri 5 Nov 2010, 14:45, Reply)

I take it, it was a good do then?
Yeah I'm going to Wolfson fireworks as usual. It's usually rather nice. Get some sparklers as well. Excited about the army wedding?

The cocktails were fantastic. Raouls for the win
( Amberl was stripey and dominated Europe, Fri 5 Nov 2010, 14:46, Reply)

it was excellent
lots of barristers in dinner-jackets, always a good evening.

haha what goes into a raoul??
( rachelswipe with a fork, Fri 5 Nov 2010, 14:54, Reply)

That does sound good
meet anyone nice?

Raoul's is a cocktail place in Oxford, it's quite near the Duke of Cambridge
( Amberl was stripey and dominated Europe, Fri 5 Nov 2010, 14:58, Reply)

I thought it was a drink:
100ml storm drain water
25ml chicken gravy
4 tears of a clown
1 x shot of copper, another of boyfriend
To garnish: a miniature fishing rod
( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Fri 5 Nov 2010, 15:02, Reply)

That's just utterly bizarre
but I like it. I went for the optional Gazza.

How are you Monty?
( Amberl was stripey and dominated Europe, Fri 5 Nov 2010, 15:03, Reply)

i love this
i have to say, i thought it was a cunningly named cocktail
( rachelswipe with a fork, Fri 5 Nov 2010, 15:04, Reply)

You forgot
A hint-of-Gazza.
( JeffTheDogFucker Can you dig it?, Fri 5 Nov 2010, 15:04, Reply)

Needs stirring with a taser though.

(BrianHequator was stretching owls, on, or around, Fri 5 Nov 2010, 15:10, Reply)

Shoplifting.

( Noeli overtheshoulderboulderholderthingstraplatchboobs, Fri 5 Nov 2010, 14:32, Reply)

It's a serious business, nothing wrong with that.

(Barry from Eastenders is, despite the words written above, not a woman, Fri 5 Nov 2010, 14:45, Reply)

I'm back
what did I miss?

I get far too angry at computer games. I don't like losing.
( Kroney, Fri 5 Nov 2010, 14:35, Reply)

Ever smash stuff up when the losing gets too much?

(Cancer Joy was short lived, Fri 5 Nov 2010, 14:36, Reply)

No
I make incoherent noises of rage and stomp off to do something else. Which I also usually fail at. Lolz!
( Kroney, Fri 5 Nov 2010, 14:38, Reply)

No
I make incoherent noises of rage and stomp off to do something else. Which I also usually fail at. only the girlfriend. Lolz!
( Kroney, Fri 5 Nov 2010, 14:40, Reply)

It's just one of those days...

(TheColonel, Fri 5 Nov 2010, 14:39, Reply)

the only game I can ever get into and play for hours is space channel five and bass fishing on my dreamcast

( Lisette von Falcon, Fri 5 Nov 2010, 14:42, Reply)

You are batshit mentalist
AICMFP
(TheColonel, Fri 5 Nov 2010, 14:45, Reply)

*flounces*

( Lisette von Falcon, Fri 5 Nov 2010, 14:45, Reply)

*commits canine defenestration*

(TheColonel, Fri 5 Nov 2010, 14:49, Reply)

There's a game I play
which is very nerdy and wastes far too much of my time called Europa Universalis III. I'll spend hours on that game taking territory and making my little country expand, only for Poland, or France, or the Ottoman fucking Empire to declare massive war on me and destroy all of that progress.

It's very frustrating.

Edit: Dreamcast?!
( Kroney, Fri 5 Nov 2010, 14:46, Reply)

I only get frustrated because I don't have the thing that plugs in to save the games
yeah, dreamcast haha it was fucking discontinued like right after we bought it
( Lisette von Falcon, Fri 5 Nov 2010, 14:52, Reply)

What did you have before the Dreamcast,
a Difference Engine?
( Kroney, Fri 5 Nov 2010, 15:09, Reply)

It's not the first thing you've knocked off, to be fair Barry.

(Cave Duck, Fri 5 Nov 2010, 14:42, Reply)

ooh I'm a bit stressed.
Thanks for the account lending KSwiz, 'preciate it.

I take most computer games seriously, if people try and cheat in Mario Kart I go ape shit.
(Spitz, Fri 5 Nov 2010, 14:43, Reply)

man, if I had the regular super mario I think I'd get super excited and play the shit out of that
also, welcome my love
( Lisette von Falcon, Fri 5 Nov 2010, 14:45, Reply)

cheers
I can't play Super Mario Bros, the new two player one, with my boyfriend because we end up fighting and actually not speaking to each other.
(Spitz, Fri 5 Nov 2010, 14:48, Reply)

theres a new one? I am so out of the loop when it comes to computer games
I did play it on the wii and that was a serious challenge for my tiny brain
I loved playing mario kart on super nintendo tho, that was the business, may have to see if my aunt still has the one my cousin had
( Lisette von Falcon, Fri 5 Nov 2010, 14:54, Reply)

It's about a year old I think, it came out last Christmas
it's just called Super Mario Bros Wii.

It's two player, but you tend to get in each other's way and then want to kill each other.
(Spitz, Fri 5 Nov 2010, 14:56, Reply)

oh yeah, I played that, but it was more than two player I'm pretty sure, maybe I'm wrong
but I played it and gawd I hate the wii
I remind myself of my mum when the original came out and she turned her whole body with the remote trying to get it to work
( Lisette von Falcon, Fri 5 Nov 2010, 14:58, Reply)

haha it is kind of hard with the wii controls
I don't even play Mario Kart with the wiimote, I use the gamecube controllers.
(Spitz, Fri 5 Nov 2010, 15:01, Reply)

My friend actually used to make me play Mario Kart with the wii for the express purpose of laughing at me.
Gut-ted.
( Lampito rise with the moon, go to bed with the sun, Fri 5 Nov 2010, 15:02, Reply)

ha ha, harsh
I have a friend who just runs to the end of the level as fast as possible, so everyone else gets dragged offscreen, it's so annoying.
(Spitz, Fri 5 Nov 2010, 15:10, Reply)

uuugghh that happens with my roommates twatty little nephew
he wins at everything I swear, the little punk
( Lisette von Falcon, Fri 5 Nov 2010, 15:14, Reply)

I'm taking the Firebird a little too seriously at the moment.
Blasting out Final Hymn. That chord progression makes me a little bit wet.
( Lampito rise with the moon, go to bed with the sun, Fri 5 Nov 2010, 14:44, Reply)

books
I've just finished the new Miles Vorkosigan storey (free online) and wow total bombshell at the end.
( The Light in Chains don't touch the Pope's boner, Fri 5 Nov 2010, 15:08, Reply)

It's alright now gang, after my last win I'm currently twelve points clear at the top of the table and also in the JPT Final next month.
God I need a girlfriend and/or life.
(Barry from Eastenders is, despite the words written above, not a woman, Fri 5 Nov 2010, 15:09, Reply)