I think Blousie has lost the plot
Wanting us to play a game with no rules or instructions.

What is your favourite game?

Alt: What did you have for dinner?
( JeffTheDogFucker Can you dig it?, Wed 17 Nov 2010, 23:04, 66 replies, latest was 15 years ago)

Alt Q - A massive pile of tofu.

(Barry from Eastenders is, despite the words written above, not a woman, Wed 17 Nov 2010, 23:07, Reply)

With what Baz?

( JeffTheDogFucker Can you dig it?, Wed 17 Nov 2010, 23:09, Reply)

Nothing. Well, pasta sauce and pepper.
I eat the strangest of things.
(Barry from Eastenders is, despite the words written above, not a woman, Wed 17 Nov 2010, 23:13, Reply)

It doesn't sound that fantastic to me I'm afraid.
It needs more dead animal.
( JeffTheDogFucker Can you dig it?, Wed 17 Nov 2010, 23:15, Reply)

I have a massive box of flame grilled chicken in the fridge ready to be demolished in a bit, if that means anything.

(Barry from Eastenders is, despite the words written above, not a woman, Wed 17 Nov 2010, 23:31, Reply)

Chicken is great.
Flame grilled is even better.
( JeffTheDogFucker Can you dig it?, Wed 17 Nov 2010, 23:40, Reply)

Currently Last Night on Earth
or Hunt the Thimble with Carlos Tevez and Rio Ferdinand: img.photobucket.com/albums/v620/theweaselking/main5/93d24a5f.jpg
Edit: That picture does not help my argument that football is not the game of queens.

For dinner I had Beef in Ale what I did yesterday in the slow cooker, served with chipshop chips I picked up on the way home from the gym. Mmm.
( The Light in Chains don't touch the Pope's boner, Wed 17 Nov 2010, 23:16, Reply)

NYOM NYOM NYOM
Beef in beer in teh slow cooker = WIN! :D
( Tourette's ( . )( . ) has a monkey hair in her fried egg, Wed 17 Nov 2010, 23:18, Reply)

And NO mistake.

( JeffTheDogFucker Can you dig it?, Wed 17 Nov 2010, 23:22, Reply)

There is still more left over
I'm probably taking some to work tomorrow with some crusty bread.

Speaking of tomorrow, that's where I'm headed. G'nite!
( The Light in Chains don't touch the Pope's boner, Wed 17 Nov 2010, 23:38, Reply)

Night Lighty.
Sleep well.
( JeffTheDogFucker Can you dig it?, Wed 17 Nov 2010, 23:40, Reply)

Chip shop chips are always better than anything you can cook at home.
Did you have salt and vinegar on them?
( JeffTheDogFucker Can you dig it?, Wed 17 Nov 2010, 23:19, Reply)

Of course
Do I look like a bitch?
( The Light in Chains don't touch the Pope's boner, Wed 17 Nov 2010, 23:32, Reply)

Probably.

( JeffTheDogFucker Can you dig it?, Wed 17 Nov 2010, 23:41, Reply)

Alt: Curried chicken wraps

( Maximinimus you stick around I'll make it worth your while, Wed 17 Nov 2010, 23:20, Reply)

I had visions of Indian chickens getting down in 'da hood'
innit.
( JeffTheDogFucker Can you dig it?, Wed 17 Nov 2010, 23:21, Reply)

Cider and a yoghurt
I'm fucking freezing.
(berk, Wed 17 Nov 2010, 23:24, Reply)

Put the heating on mate.
And the kettle.

Had a good day?
( JeffTheDogFucker Can you dig it?, Wed 17 Nov 2010, 23:27, Reply)

There is no heating
I've got them shitty storage heater things. They're about as much use to warm oneself on as a mouse fart. My day has been meh. You?
(berk, Wed 17 Nov 2010, 23:29, Reply)

Not bad.
I lived somewhere with storage heaters once, the only thing they were good at was heating themselves.

As for sharing that heat with the room. Forget it.

Get a Slanket.
( JeffTheDogFucker Can you dig it?, Wed 17 Nov 2010, 23:31, Reply)

Slanket Maxi
( Maximinimus you stick around I'll make it worth your while, Wed 17 Nov 2010, 23:36, Reply)

Wayhay!

( JeffTheDogFucker Can you dig it?, Wed 17 Nov 2010, 23:36, Reply)

They are known to be very warm and cuddly

( Maximinimus you stick around I'll make it worth your while, Wed 17 Nov 2010, 23:39, Reply)

And made by Austin.

( JeffTheDogFucker Can you dig it?, Wed 17 Nov 2010, 23:41, Reply)

I'm wrapped up in a blanket on the sofa
it's not really helping to be honest.
(berk, Wed 17 Nov 2010, 23:36, Reply)

www.theslanket.com/

Why not have a hot chocolate?
( JeffTheDogFucker Can you dig it?, Wed 17 Nov 2010, 23:38, Reply)

Might go and have a hot vimto
does involve moving, though.
(berk, Wed 17 Nov 2010, 23:39, Reply)

Have you got and stand-alone heaters?

( JeffTheDogFucker Can you dig it?, Wed 17 Nov 2010, 23:41, Reply)

I do, but it eats a phenomenal amount of electricity
and I can't afford massive bills, especially when it's still so early in winter.
(berk, Wed 17 Nov 2010, 23:42, Reply)

Get another jumper berk
That is the only answer.
( JeffTheDogFucker Can you dig it?, Wed 17 Nov 2010, 23:48, Reply)

I'm wearing a tshirt,
a hoodie and my dressing gown. And a blanket. If I add any more layers I won't be able to type.
(berk, Wed 17 Nov 2010, 23:49, Reply)

How about a nice bath?
A hot bath (granted, I'd suggest leaving your computer away from water), but a bath would be quite warming.
( JeffTheDogFucker Can you dig it?, Wed 17 Nov 2010, 23:51, Reply)

Small flat is small
and does not have a bath. Besides, it'd be freezing when I got out.
(berk, Wed 17 Nov 2010, 23:53, Reply)

Put the oven on for half an hour with the door open?
If your flat is that small, it'll do a cracking job.
( JeffTheDogFucker Can you dig it?, Wed 17 Nov 2010, 23:55, Reply)

Way ahead of you!
Did it when I got up for my hot vimto.
(berk, Thu 18 Nov 2010, 0:00, Reply)

Good girl!
What have you gone for? Gas mark 7?
( JeffTheDogFucker Can you dig it?, Thu 18 Nov 2010, 0:10, Reply)

It's all electric here
200oC. I don't know what that is in F because I'm only a young 'un. :P
(berk, Thu 18 Nov 2010, 0:11, Reply)

I think that is about gas-mark 6!
Is it making a difference?
( JeffTheDogFucker Can you dig it?, Thu 18 Nov 2010, 0:14, Reply)

A bit.
Snuggling in to my hot vimto likes it's the elixir of life is probably making more of a difference, though.
(berk, Thu 18 Nov 2010, 0:17, Reply)

I'm drinking wine.
And I've got a fire on.

Sorry if that is taking the piss.

Got a busy day tomorrow?
( JeffTheDogFucker Can you dig it?, Thu 18 Nov 2010, 0:19, Reply)

It's fine
I think I'm going to go and get me one of them oil heater thingamajobbies at the weekend as they're on offer at argos. Or I might see if I can stick it out til Christmas and see what santa brings...
Busy day at work? No, not particularly - just trying to finish this PhD application. I'll be so fucking glad when I've submitted it.
Oh - and check this out for a slice of retro 90s wonderment:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=nkKxGzm98AU
(berk, Thu 18 Nov 2010, 0:21, Reply)

What a tune!
Although I prefered Orange Juice 'rip it up' (one of Edwins earlier bands).

What are you hoping to study at PhD?

Have a song in return.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=dWqmdlJQVFg

(Feel free to reply to the left of the screen!)
( JeffTheDogFucker Can you dig it?, Thu 18 Nov 2010, 0:23, Reply)

Hello berk
What cider are you drinking?
( Maximinimus you stick around I'll make it worth your while, Wed 17 Nov 2010, 23:27, Reply)

I had a kopparberg and a strongbow
so not really 'proper' cider.
(berk, Wed 17 Nov 2010, 23:28, Reply)

Nothing wrong with a kopparberg :)

( Maximinimus you stick around I'll make it worth your while, Wed 17 Nov 2010, 23:34, Reply)

Plenty wrong with Strongbow :(

( JeffTheDogFucker Can you dig it?, Wed 17 Nov 2010, 23:37, Reply)

I'm down here now
The specific project this research proposal is for is at the University of Oxford, and the title is 'Epigenetic regulation of MLL target genes in leukaemia'. I don't expect to get it, but it would be freaking awesome if I did. If I don't, I'll apply for other stuff in cancer genetics/stem cell research type areas.

Here, have this as well: www.youtube.com/watch?v=OoqfVYLa0so&feature=fvst
(berk, Thu 18 Nov 2010, 0:30, Reply)

That sounds really worthwhile.
Why do you want to do that?

What are you doing at the moment?

EDIT: I'm not asking WHY you want to do something worthwhile.
( JeffTheDogFucker Can you dig it?, Thu 18 Nov 2010, 0:32, Reply)

I'm a research scientist
working in cancer genetics. But without a PhD, there's no career path, essentially. I love the field I work in, but I really don't want to be bottom of the pile with no chance of progression for the next 20 years...
(berk, Thu 18 Nov 2010, 0:35, Reply)

How long will the PhD take?
Is it something you can do whilst working, or would you need to be a full-time student to get it?
( JeffTheDogFucker Can you dig it?, Thu 18 Nov 2010, 0:36, Reply)

No, you can't do a PhD
part time. Not in science. Besides, they are funded, it's not like I'd need a student loan or owt - in fact as they're tax free I'd actually be getting a payrise in all likelihood (academia is appallingly paid) the one I particularly want has 4 years funding.
(berk, Thu 18 Nov 2010, 0:42, Reply)

How many places offer the chance to study this?
And where are they?
( JeffTheDogFucker Can you dig it?, Thu 18 Nov 2010, 0:47, Reply)

All over the place, really
It's the Russell Group universities mainly though - if I get offered one I'm likely to be in London/Cambridge/Oxford/Birmingham, or possibly Manchester/Newcastle/Bristol/Edinburgh.
(berk, Thu 18 Nov 2010, 0:52, Reply)

yay! Bristol gets a mention!
Do you have any preference, or is the qualification more important than where you earn it?

I assume a PhD is valued more than a degree in terms where it was acquired?

Or is there still the thinking that 'an Oxford PhD is better than a Birmingham PhD'?
( JeffTheDogFucker Can you dig it?, Thu 18 Nov 2010, 0:54, Reply)

I lived in Bristol for a year
it's a fucking awesome place and I would love to move back - however most of the research done there isn't really my thing - it's all very clinical, a lot of cardiac stuff.
Academia is pretty snobbish. If I went and got my PhD from, I don't know...Swansea or Middlesbrough or something, for science at least it'd be practically worthless. You need to go to a good research uni for it to mean anything really.
(berk, Thu 18 Nov 2010, 1:01, Reply)

After Oxford
Where would you love it be?
( JeffTheDogFucker Can you dig it?, Thu 18 Nov 2010, 1:03, Reply)

Ignoring the fact that that sentence seems to make no sense...
I don't really mind. I'd quite like to live in London, but really any of the cities I mentioned above I'd be happy living in.
(berk, Thu 18 Nov 2010, 1:06, Reply)

Sorry, I've opened a third bottle.
I wouldn't wish Middlesborough on anyone,(although I imagine you'd get the PhD within 6 months, with nothing better to do...)

When do you find out if your applications have been successful?
( JeffTheDogFucker Can you dig it?, Thu 18 Nov 2010, 1:09, Reply)

Yeah, I went to Durham University
but I was at a campus about 5 miles outside of Middlesbrough, and spent 4 years there. I wouldn't go back unless it was a freaking awesome, queen-of-the-universe style job or PhD.
This oxford one is pretty quick; interviews are 13/14th December, so I find out in a few weeks. The other one whose deadline is tomorrow, he interview isn't til late January.
(berk, Thu 18 Nov 2010, 1:13, Reply)

What is the overall ambition?
To use the research to get a job within medicine, or to get a professorship so you can help other students?
( JeffTheDogFucker Can you dig it?, Thu 18 Nov 2010, 1:16, Reply)

I'll carry on in research most likely
Professorship doesn't happen til you're about 50 or so!
(berk, Thu 18 Nov 2010, 1:17, Reply)

you'll like it when you get it

( Amberl was stripey and dominated Europe, Thu 18 Nov 2010, 1:21, Reply)

But surely successful research results
in people wanting to know how you got there?

Or, in my uneducated way, am I missing the point?
( JeffTheDogFucker Can you dig it?, Thu 18 Nov 2010, 1:21, Reply)

I'm not sure
of anything other than that I've been asleep for the last five minutes and I desperately need to go to bed. Sorry, and night!
(berk, Thu 18 Nov 2010, 1:23, Reply)

I was about to post similar
Sleep well.

Hope you are warm enough too!
( JeffTheDogFucker Can you dig it?, Thu 18 Nov 2010, 1:26, Reply)

Drink, drugs, your mum

( broadsword, Thu 18 Nov 2010, 3:19, Reply)