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(, Sun 1 Apr 2001, 1:00)
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I reckon I can break Monty with the following two links.
www.nme.com/list/albums-of-the-decade/158049/page/1

www.nme.com/list/tracks-of-the-decade/158050/page/1

Alt: Lunch.
(, Tue 23 Nov 2010, 12:14, 163 replies, latest was 15 years ago)
Poor chap
You'd better take those links down before his head explodes.

I have soup. Just for a change...
(, Tue 23 Nov 2010, 12:17, Reply)
You still on the pumpkin and sausage soup?

(, Tue 23 Nov 2010, 12:19, Reply)
Yep
I shall probably still be eating it on Thursday, whereupon I shall make my chilli con carne of extreme awesomeness, because I haven't had any meat for a while (fnar fnar)
(, Tue 23 Nov 2010, 12:22, Reply)
If you don’t already do this, add a dessert-spoonful of back treacle to your chilli.
This is my best cooking tip ever.
(, Tue 23 Nov 2010, 12:24, Reply)
That sounds interesting.
What effect does the treacle have?
(, Tue 23 Nov 2010, 12:26, Reply)
It makes the whole dish infinitely richer
and also does wonders for the colour too. I cannot endorse this highly enough – you’ll never make a chilli without it again. I haven’t in the 15 years since I learnt it.
(, Tue 23 Nov 2010, 12:31, Reply)
I'm pretty sure "back treacle" is the worst euphemism ever.
But, yeah, it's not a bad tip. Also, worth considering high-quality dark chocolate or good cocoa powder, same effect. It takes the edge off the heat of the chili and deepens the flavour.
(, Tue 23 Nov 2010, 12:30, Reply)
My chili was disappointing on Saturday
I may buy treacle. Or I may just steart eating cereal for tea again
(, Tue 23 Nov 2010, 12:31, Reply)
Other tricks
Use cheap steak cuts rather than mince. Cook at least twice, and at least one of those times for more than 3 hours at a low heat.

Chocolate is a bit less hassle than black treacle as you can use it for other things and it doesn't have the properties of set araldite between the tin and the shelf.
(, Tue 23 Nov 2010, 12:34, Reply)
Three hours?!
But I'm hungry now :(
(, Tue 23 Nov 2010, 12:35, Reply)
takes a day to make a good chili
start it the night before, cook it on the hob for an hour, let it sit out on the side overnight, put it in the oven at about 110 degrees at lunchtime and eat it at dinnertime.

fucking lush.
(, Tue 23 Nov 2010, 12:37, Reply)
come cook me food I'm hungry and poor

(, Tue 23 Nov 2010, 12:38, Reply)
But you're in That London
aren't the streets paved with gold? I thought all the poverty was up here where I'm forced to live in terrible conditions in spacious centrally-located Victorian flats, eating only what I can forage by stopping at Waitrose on the way home from work?
(, Tue 23 Nov 2010, 12:50, Reply)
Can't eat gold

(, Tue 23 Nov 2010, 13:00, Reply)
That Blumenthal chap would probably beg to differ.

(, Tue 23 Nov 2010, 13:05, Reply)
He'd eat his own face if he could.

(, Tue 23 Nov 2010, 13:09, Reply)
Hahah

(, Tue 23 Nov 2010, 12:33, Reply)
"so anyway, after I booted her back doors in, I reached the vinegar strokes, pulled out and left her some lovely back treacle"
From "An officer and a lady" by E.M. Forster.
(, Tue 23 Nov 2010, 12:36, Reply)
Nah - the key is 'of the decade'
I don't know any albums from this decade - or tracks - apart from The Jim Jones Revue's.

Alt:
Aubergine dal, pilau rice, dry meat, chicken tikka, seekh kebab, roti.

I WIN.
(, Tue 23 Nov 2010, 12:23, Reply)
Aren't you meant to be povvo

(, Tue 23 Nov 2010, 12:31, Reply)
Doggie bag from credit-card meal innit.

(, Tue 23 Nov 2010, 12:33, Reply)
I've just applied for a Nectar card
purely so I get the 12 months interest free on purchases Sainsburys credit card.
(, Tue 23 Nov 2010, 12:35, Reply)
I got £40 off my first BT TV/internet/phone bill
and 12 months' interest free credit for applying for a BT credit card with a 6K limit.
(, Tue 23 Nov 2010, 12:48, Reply)
Anything over about £1500 credit gives me the fear.

(, Tue 23 Nov 2010, 12:54, Reply)
It gives me a fucking lifeline.

(, Tue 23 Nov 2010, 13:02, Reply)
The hookers you use take visa?

(, Tue 23 Nov 2010, 13:03, Reply)
Imagines Monty on 'Who wants to be a millionare'
So, Monty, you are stuck on the six-grand question, do you want to ask the audience? Phone a friend? Go 50/50 or use your 'Fucking' Lifeline?
(, Tue 23 Nov 2010, 13:04, Reply)
Even I know that Beyonce "Crazy in love" is not the best song of the deacde
it's "Hollaback" by Gwen Stefani
(, Tue 23 Nov 2010, 12:23, Reply)
That shit is bananas.
It's really Tik Tok by Ke$ha.
(, Tue 23 Nov 2010, 12:31, Reply)
Turn on the Bright Lights and Funeral are both excellent albums.
And Crazy in Love is fantastic.

Shush.
(, Tue 23 Nov 2010, 12:26, Reply)
shush yourself

(, Tue 23 Nov 2010, 12:30, Reply)
This is almost certainly the mildest thing you have ever said on b3ta.
Are you feeling ok?
(, Tue 23 Nov 2010, 12:31, Reply)
hah I've been speed trolling recently
and ran out of steeeeeeeeam.
Am I likely to see you on Sunday?
(, Tue 23 Nov 2010, 12:33, Reply)
Not if he sees you first.

(, Tue 23 Nov 2010, 12:36, Reply)
Whatevs moonface

(, Tue 23 Nov 2010, 12:37, Reply)
burn

(, Tue 23 Nov 2010, 12:47, Reply)
What's happening on Sunday?

(, Tue 23 Nov 2010, 12:51, Reply)
Afternoon m'm'selle.

(, Tue 23 Nov 2010, 12:32, Reply)
awight trollop

(, Tue 23 Nov 2010, 12:33, Reply)
Re: Crazy in Love
The Puppini Sisters' version is one of those rare occasions in which a cover is far better than the original.
(, Tue 23 Nov 2010, 12:32, Reply)
I like Jose whatevers cover of Heartbeats more than the original

(, Tue 23 Nov 2010, 12:34, Reply)
NO!
The original is a masterpiece. I like bleepy music.
(, Tue 23 Nov 2010, 12:36, Reply)
It's a good song IMO musically.
Though with this playlist I guess I shouldn't really be talking about what is and isn't good musically.

I used to have a tracklist of my favourite covers, and there are several which surpass the original, but I'm buggered if any come to mind. The Soulwax Most Of Remix of Muscle Museum is even better than the original, if I think of remixes.
(, Tue 23 Nov 2010, 12:35, Reply)
Best cover of all time is Wuthering Heights by China Drum.

(, Tue 23 Nov 2010, 12:52, Reply)
My vote is 'Do you think I'm sexy?' by The Revolting Cocks.

(, Tue 23 Nov 2010, 12:53, Reply)
Stand By Your Man by Amanda Palmer is excellent.

(, Tue 23 Nov 2010, 12:55, Reply)
The Motorhead version of that is quite good,
as is The Sisters of Mercy's 'Jolene'.
(, Tue 23 Nov 2010, 13:04, Reply)
The Sister's 'Gimme Shelter' is terrible.

(, Tue 23 Nov 2010, 13:12, Reply)
Turisas' cover of Rasputin is entertaining.

(, Tue 23 Nov 2010, 13:18, Reply)
It's actually 'All Along The Watchtower'

(, Tue 23 Nov 2010, 13:03, Reply)
Brian Ferry version?

(, Tue 23 Nov 2010, 13:04, Reply)
Obviously he is referring to U2, Pearl Jam or Neil Young.

(, Tue 23 Nov 2010, 13:17, Reply)
Obviously I am.

(, Tue 23 Nov 2010, 13:29, Reply)
Obviously.

(, Tue 23 Nov 2010, 13:38, Reply)
I haven't looked at the lists but I can guarantee The Strokes and The Libertines will be high up on them.
For lunch I'm having an Innocent veg pot, a tin of crabmeat and four fags. Get me.
(, Tue 23 Nov 2010, 12:38, Reply)
Is This It is number 1 album.
Never that keen on it.
(, Tue 23 Nov 2010, 12:40, Reply)
Should be called 'This Is Shit'.

(, Tue 23 Nov 2010, 13:04, Reply)
It's national curry week.
Who knew!
(, Tue 23 Nov 2010, 12:41, Reply)
That'll add a bit of spice to my week.

(, Tue 23 Nov 2010, 12:44, Reply)
I'm out for curry Saturday night.

(, Tue 23 Nov 2010, 12:44, Reply)
Hang on.
I need to phone my Nann to tell her it's curry week.
(, Tue 23 Nov 2010, 12:46, Reply)
"Naaan, get the tenner ladies on, it's national curry week and I'm taking you out to dinner".

(, Tue 23 Nov 2010, 12:48, Reply)
I'll tikka somewhere nice
Its bhuna while since I last saw her.
(, Tue 23 Nov 2010, 12:49, Reply)
Remind me again why I like you.

(, Tue 23 Nov 2010, 12:50, Reply)
It would be dhal here without me?

(, Tue 23 Nov 2010, 12:53, Reply)
Stop trying to curry favour

(, Tue 23 Nov 2010, 13:02, Reply)
You're just as bad.

(, Tue 23 Nov 2010, 13:04, Reply)
I'm not really...
Amberl is the puns mistress, not me.
(, Tue 23 Nov 2010, 13:05, Reply)
You're jalfrezi for it.

(, Tue 23 Nov 2010, 13:07, Reply)
I'll jalfrezi you in a minute.

(, Tue 23 Nov 2010, 13:17, Reply)
They'll be tears on my Pilau
If you do.
(, Tue 23 Nov 2010, 13:28, Reply)
You'll be biting your pilau, not crying on it sunshine.

(, Tue 23 Nov 2010, 13:31, Reply)
Poppadum preach!

(, Tue 23 Nov 2010, 13:36, Reply)
Can you do the raita thing
and stop this now, please?
(, Tue 23 Nov 2010, 13:44, Reply)
*bursts into tears*

(, Tue 23 Nov 2010, 13:46, Reply)
Me.

(, Tue 23 Nov 2010, 13:04, Reply)
I am most jealous of your lunch.
In curry-related news, I got invited to a "club" lunch which raises a bit of cash (for charidee, mate) by dint of eating curry, drinking beer and telling specifically non-PC jokes.

That'll leave Friday afternoon, evening and a bit of the rest of the weekend much of a write-off, I fear.
(, Tue 23 Nov 2010, 13:13, Reply)
I fear you are right.
My lunch was de-fucking-licious, I have to say...
(, Tue 23 Nov 2010, 13:36, Reply)
Chicken Katsu Curry
OH GOD I <3 WORKING IN FARRINGDON
(, Tue 23 Nov 2010, 12:42, Reply)
Hello dear boy.
I have to say that when I see that little '
(, Tue 23 Nov 2010, 13:06, Reply)
How the hell is that Streets album in the top 10?
It was a shit album, and I quite like The Streets.
(, Tue 23 Nov 2010, 12:45, Reply)
Did that prick Kayne West write that list or something?

(, Tue 23 Nov 2010, 12:47, Reply)
I don't think I have anything on my mp3 player that's younger than 15 years old
But films. I can comment on films. Why is The Lost Boys one of so many peoples' favourite films? For years it seemed as though you couldn't have a conversation about cinema without somebody crapping on about how Lost Boys was so awesome and all this.

Saw it the other day. It knocked 27 Dresses off the number 1 spot on my All Time Worst Films Ever list, where it had been comfortably head and shoulders above the number 2 placement for over 4 years.

Absolutely fucking appalling. The lead's shit, the story's shit, the plot's shit, the acting's shit, the effects are shit, Jack Bauer's shit.

Shit, shit, shit.
(, Tue 23 Nov 2010, 13:05, Reply)
Jack Bauer is the fucking man

(, Tue 23 Nov 2010, 13:07, Reply)
Not in The Lost Boys
he wasn't. He was shit.
(, Tue 23 Nov 2010, 13:09, Reply)
He's allowed 1 shit film

(, Tue 23 Nov 2010, 13:10, Reply)

the a
(, Tue 23 Nov 2010, 13:38, Reply)
I liked 27 Dresses

(, Tue 23 Nov 2010, 13:08, Reply)
Don't worry
it's only number 2 now.
(, Tue 23 Nov 2010, 13:09, Reply)
You willingly live with Gonz and Sexface
your taste is in question.
(, Tue 23 Nov 2010, 13:09, Reply)
You would.

(, Tue 23 Nov 2010, 13:09, Reply)
YOU would, more like.

(, Tue 23 Nov 2010, 13:40, Reply)
Never seen it, so I might.

(, Tue 23 Nov 2010, 13:43, Reply)
You won't
if you are in possession of a penis. The whole film bleeds contrived chick-lit.
(, Tue 23 Nov 2010, 13:46, Reply)
You ever seen War Of The Worlds? (Tom Cruise version)
That's top of my shite film list.
(, Tue 23 Nov 2010, 13:09, Reply)
That film annoyed me slightly
but I thought it was a decent enough interpretation. I own it. It's not on my List.
(, Tue 23 Nov 2010, 13:10, Reply)
I thought it was utterly fucking wank
Nothing even mildly good about it, except for Dakota Fanning.
(, Tue 23 Nov 2010, 13:11, Reply)
For what reason?
Didn't like the interpretation, or was it something aside from that?
(, Tue 23 Nov 2010, 13:14, Reply)
I found there to be no tension in the film, at no point did I give a shit if they died
And fucking everyone lived.
(, Tue 23 Nov 2010, 13:15, Reply)
That was unnecessarily Hollywood of them, I thought
bombed out street, bodies everywhere and luckily their entire family survived by hiding in their house with all the lights on in the middle of the city after days of attempted extermination.

And I thought the tripods having shields was a lame cop-out.

Yeah, I see what you mean. Just makes it a Hollywood action film, though. Not anywhere near the same league as Lost Boys.
(, Tue 23 Nov 2010, 13:17, Reply)
Hollywood films nearly always have happy endings
That's why I was so happy at the end of Saw, nearly everyone died! I've enjoyed several films where the main character has died, but it's not a happy ending e.g. Sin City, Watership Down, etc
(, Tue 23 Nov 2010, 13:19, Reply)
I know it's really fucking irritating
there's nothing quite like treating your audience like children, is there?
(, Tue 23 Nov 2010, 13:21, Reply)
Precisely. that's why I tend to watch Japanese horrors these days
Far better headfucks. Although I do want to watch 'The Orphanage'
(, Tue 23 Nov 2010, 13:22, Reply)
I absolutely cannot stand horror films. I will not watch them.
That has nothing to do with perceived quality issues, I'm just a gigantic pussy.
(, Tue 23 Nov 2010, 13:25, Reply)
Haha, terrible!
Seriously unsettling films are some of my favourite to watch!(The Omen, The Shining, etc)
(, Tue 23 Nov 2010, 13:28, Reply)
Don't worry
I am too. I can just about stand Alien, but I flat out refuse to watch the Ring or any shit like that.
(, Tue 23 Nov 2010, 13:28, Reply)
You're not missing much.

(, Tue 23 Nov 2010, 13:30, Reply)
My friends
had to get me drunk before I'd agree to go watch Diary of the Dead. This is despite repeated assurances that it wasn't actually that scary and more of a comedy. 28 Weeks Later gave me fucking nightmares because I didn't finish the film and see them all die.

This is my biggest leak of man-points. I have to repeatedly top up the tank with sexist comments and loud conversations about cars.
(, Tue 23 Nov 2010, 13:33, Reply)
You should watch The Hills Have Eyes
That's pretty fucking brutal.
(, Tue 23 Nov 2010, 13:39, Reply)
Not a fucking chance.

(, Tue 23 Nov 2010, 13:40, Reply)
If it makes you feel any better
I am exactly the same - I won't watch scary films unless I have a pillow or preferably someone else to cower behind. I am a girl though...
(, Tue 23 Nov 2010, 13:44, Reply)
Exactly, the girl factor lets you off, a little
Have you seen 'Drag Me To Hell'?
(, Tue 23 Nov 2010, 13:46, Reply)
With the exception
of 28 days/weeks later, one of the Alien films or a bit of Kubrick, if it's horror you can more or less guarantee I won't have seen it.
(, Tue 23 Nov 2010, 13:50, Reply)
given that everyone in the
'i hate/fear horror films' is male apart from you, I think that means you're an honourary man, rather than them being girly
(, Tue 23 Nov 2010, 13:52, Reply)
It's well worth a watch
Just grab a pillow, and get it!
(, Tue 23 Nov 2010, 13:53, Reply)
Nah
I'd rather watch comedy. I'll watch horror only in the presence of a cute man to hide behind!
(, Tue 23 Nov 2010, 13:58, Reply)
If you're in the south, there's plenty of cute male b3tans!

(, Tue 23 Nov 2010, 14:02, Reply)
The Midlands
It's just me and Lab so she's shit out of luck.
(, Tue 23 Nov 2010, 14:11, Reply)
I doesn't, really.
As you say, you're a girl.

=(
(, Tue 23 Nov 2010, 13:47, Reply)
Have you ever seen The Omen?

(, Tue 23 Nov 2010, 13:49, Reply)
No, I saw the Exorcist once, though
That was not a fun evening.
(, Tue 23 Nov 2010, 13:53, Reply)
I ruined The Exorcist for myself
I watched it too young, so I missed all of the underlying horror, and just laughed at the girl with the weird voice.
(, Tue 23 Nov 2010, 13:54, Reply)
You're missing out there
Some of the deaths in it are fantastic
(, Tue 23 Nov 2010, 13:44, Reply)
Hehehe!
I love horror films but not the ones where the devil is involved like the Exorcist.
(, Tue 23 Nov 2010, 13:45, Reply)
"Can you help an old altar boy, Father?"

(, Tue 23 Nov 2010, 13:48, Reply)
the big lebowski
is the worst film i've ever seen, i think. that and star wars.
(, Tue 23 Nov 2010, 13:14, Reply)
WHAT!!!!!
I don't know whether to hit you or cry.
(, Tue 23 Nov 2010, 13:15, Reply)
It is a bit rubbish plot wise
I put it to you Ms Blouse that you are biased in this matter
(, Tue 23 Nov 2010, 13:17, Reply)
A tad, but I did enjoy the film.

(, Tue 23 Nov 2010, 13:27, Reply)
Get out.
Star Wars is magnificent.
(, Tue 23 Nov 2010, 13:16, Reply)
Big Lebowski
is one of those cult films that you're supposed to like just because everybody says it's great. It's a stoner film with pretensions. Not a favourite, but not on the List.

Edit: Star Wars is not shit. Although George Lucas should have been placed under a gag order after 1983, admittedly.
(, Tue 23 Nov 2010, 13:19, Reply)
I'll put my hands up and admit it
I enjoyed all 6 films. However, I treat Films 1-3 as a completely different franchise, and nothing to do with 4-6. It's easier that way.
(, Tue 23 Nov 2010, 13:21, Reply)
So did I
I only wish he'd stuck with models. All that CGI is already starting to look dated.
(, Tue 23 Nov 2010, 13:24, Reply)
Yes well I double bluff everyone by pretending to enjoy it because I don't want to be seen as one of those clever types who don't like it because it's trendy to not like it because everyone does like it.

(, Tue 23 Nov 2010, 13:28, Reply)
I'm not a film snob
If you like a film then fine. Just like it for what it is, rather than for what everybody else tells you it is.
(, Tue 23 Nov 2010, 13:35, Reply)
I like it because Jeff Bridges is hot.

(, Tue 23 Nov 2010, 13:37, Reply)
Good enough
I want to see the film in which Natalie Portman plays a stripper. I like Natalie Portman.
(, Tue 23 Nov 2010, 13:39, Reply)
Your Highness
R-rated fantasy comedy coming out next year - she strips down to a thong in the trailer.
(, Tue 23 Nov 2010, 14:12, Reply)
paedo :p

(, Tue 23 Nov 2010, 13:14, Reply)
In all seriousness, have you seen her in The Runaways?
Makes me feel rather guilty, like the older ones do over Drew Barrymore.
(, Tue 23 Nov 2010, 13:16, Reply)
I'm going to Hell.

(, Tue 23 Nov 2010, 13:37, Reply)
Same

(, Tue 23 Nov 2010, 13:39, Reply)
Legion is the worst
film I've ever seen, and I've seen every one of Steven Seagal's films.

Managed to avoid Gigli so far though (universally acclaimed as the worst film ever).
(, Tue 23 Nov 2010, 13:16, Reply)
One of my friends has seen Manos: The Hands Of Fate
And not even the MST3K version
(, Tue 23 Nov 2010, 13:17, Reply)
I've seen "The Sweetest Thing" with Cameron Diaz and Christina Applegate
So, so, so, so, so, so, so, so, so bad.
(, Tue 23 Nov 2010, 14:13, Reply)
I quite like it
Not a favourite film, but it's fun and silly
(, Tue 23 Nov 2010, 13:17, Reply)
lunch
staff restaurant is serving pumpkin, spinach and plantain pie. wtf? plantain is not food. it is a big piece of bananaesque death.

which means salad factory, probably, as the soup at EAT today is very fattening and if i am going to chuck 400 calories and 12grams of fat down my lard-infested throat, it's not going to be in the form of fucking soup.
(, Tue 23 Nov 2010, 13:12, Reply)
Soup is very filling though.
It's scientifically proven to fill you up better than non soup. Unless your having a consomme of course.
(, Tue 23 Nov 2010, 13:14, Reply)
also
i have soup for dinner after the gym tonight. which i can't skive after last night's epically lazy performance of excusing myself on the basis of stomach cramps and eating white chocolate coins and watching "america's next top model" instead.
(, Tue 23 Nov 2010, 13:15, Reply)
My card got declined
I'm sitting in hsbc hoping that its not something really bad. On the plus side I got my vacation rent grant.
(, Tue 23 Nov 2010, 13:12, Reply)
I hate it when that happend,
I gave £20 to children in need on Friday then realised I've only got £7 left in my bank account until payday.
Fucking kids.
(, Tue 23 Nov 2010, 13:15, Reply)

need bed
(, Tue 23 Nov 2010, 13:19, Reply)
tenuous
gave £20 to children in need on Friday then realised I've only got £7 left in my bank account until payday ing
(, Tue 23 Nov 2010, 13:20, Reply)
I know I have money in the account
But it was suddenly declined last night for no apparant reason. Fraud perhaps?
(, Tue 23 Nov 2010, 13:21, Reply)
Yeah or something as simple as the chip is dirty.

(, Tue 23 Nov 2010, 13:24, Reply)
It'll be this
happens to me all the time. I have an old, knackered card.
(, Tue 23 Nov 2010, 13:26, Reply)
Sillicone cleaner is very good for that if you can get some.

(, Tue 23 Nov 2010, 13:27, Reply)
have you tried it anywhere else?
sometimes it's their computer system. i have been walking around with stupid amounts of cash in my bank account for months (it's not mine, it's for a lease extension, oxford fees etc) and even though i had nearly £100k in there, i got declined for some pikey £2.57 sandwich in boots!
(, Tue 23 Nov 2010, 13:29, Reply)
You've probably got a lifestyle card and it refused to allow you to buy a sandwich from Boots.

(, Tue 23 Nov 2010, 13:39, Reply)
I expect she's successfully used it
in Pret A Manger etc
(, Tue 23 Nov 2010, 13:41, Reply)
It'll only work on first class travel as well.

(, Tue 23 Nov 2010, 13:44, Reply)
checked at bank
Fraud squad picked up on activity relating to travel agents, froze the card and sent me a new one. Quite glad they noticed!
(, Tue 23 Nov 2010, 13:48, Reply)
Woo!

(, Tue 23 Nov 2010, 13:54, Reply)

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