i am spending my afternoon
arguing over £250,000s worth of carpet (it's an entire massive office block) and whether the fact that it is the wrong shade of grey means the tenant has failed to exercise a break option validly.

it is making me feel very very very grey. i bet not one of you has anything quite so dull on their desk!
( rachelswipe with a fork, Fri 26 Nov 2010, 15:29, 6 replies, latest was 15 years ago)

Wow
That sounds incredibly boring. I'm impressed!
( Kroney, Fri 26 Nov 2010, 15:30, Reply)

I have a printout of some data quality issues from Google Analytics.
And a QAS Systems address software disc.
( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Fri 26 Nov 2010, 15:37, Reply)

I have about 10 sheets of paper with a topographic survey of a river
from which I am taking numbers and assigning to points on a map

God Only Knows by The Beach Boys has just come on my ipod though, so it's all good
( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Fri 26 Nov 2010, 15:38, Reply)

That tune can bring me close to tears.

( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Fri 26 Nov 2010, 15:42, Reply)

the version of it on the Brian Wilson concert I watched on tv the other day was very moving
totally superb
( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Fri 26 Nov 2010, 15:47, Reply)

That wasn't the 'Live at the Roxy Theatre' set, was it?
My father has that on CD. It's an astonishingly good live album.
(LongJohnBaldry, Fri 26 Nov 2010, 15:52, Reply)

They did the whole of Pet Sounds, Royal Festival Hall 2003

( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Fri 26 Nov 2010, 15:53, Reply)

Oh, that one.
Christ, I was in the audience for one of those. That has to rank among the best gigs I've ever been to. Not unlike Monty, there were a couple of points where I probably came close to blubbing, not least of all for the rendition of Til I Die which they played after they'd finished Pet Sounds.

And I challenge any other artist to get the entirety of the Festival Hall to its feet and dancing like mongs to 60s surf hits.
(LongJohnBaldry, Fri 26 Nov 2010, 15:55, Reply)

That sounds right up Jeff's street.

( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Fri 26 Nov 2010, 15:56, Reply)

hahahaha

( JeffTheDogFucker Can you dig it?, Fri 26 Nov 2010, 15:57, Reply)

The Beach Boys
'A barber shop quartet who got lucky, the reason they sold so many records is that you'll find them next to the beatles in HMV'
( JeffTheDogFucker Can you dig it?, Fri 26 Nov 2010, 15:47, Reply)

LEAVE THE INTERNET.

(LongJohnBaldry, Fri 26 Nov 2010, 15:49, Reply)

nothing to do with the high quality of their music

( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Fri 26 Nov 2010, 15:49, Reply)

'one of the most ridiculous things I have ever heard in my life'

( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Fri 26 Nov 2010, 15:49, Reply)

haha
I disagree but this is funny.
( Kitty v1.0 desperately naive, Fri 26 Nov 2010, 16:06, Reply)

It isn't my view, it's a quote I just hoped one of them would know who made the quote originally and they'd be OUTRAGED that such a man was able to have an opinion.
( JeffTheDogFucker Can you dig it?, Fri 26 Nov 2010, 16:08, Reply)

was it Rik Waller?

( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Fri 26 Nov 2010, 16:28, Reply)

I don't like the Beach Boys
I am entitled to my opinion. So there.
( Kroney, Fri 26 Nov 2010, 16:11, Reply)

I'm updating
a shipping matrix.

/Zzzzz
(Himjim died a little more inside on, Fri 26 Nov 2010, 15:47, Reply)

I have a postit
it's blank.
(PsychoChomp, Fri 26 Nov 2010, 15:51, Reply)

I really struggle to believe how anal some people can be about these things
A friend of mine had his front door replaced recently, only to be served a week later with an order from the council to repaint it "because the colour wasn't in keeping with the rest of the street."

All the other houses have white front doors. His...was off-white. And yet they insisted.
(LongJohnBaldry, Fri 26 Nov 2010, 15:54, Reply)

He should paint it hi-vis orange

( Maximinimus you stick around I'll make it worth your while, Fri 26 Nov 2010, 15:56, Reply)

It took 6 months for my parents to have their new gates approved.

( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Fri 26 Nov 2010, 15:57, Reply)

did they request the Child Squashers?

( Kitty v1.0 desperately naive, Fri 26 Nov 2010, 16:07, Reply)

(Tugnut Ex of this parish, Fri 26 Nov 2010, 16:11, Reply)

Oh this is POTW, bravo.

( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Fri 26 Nov 2010, 16:14, Reply)

and how long would theirs have stayed white for...
.... nonetheless, that is the kind of notice i serve for a living, although i don't act for any councils at the moment!
( rachelswipe with a fork, Fri 26 Nov 2010, 16:03, Reply)

I was watching a Grand Designs last night where the couple had to stop building for 11 months
because the orchestra group next door complained that their bricks weren't the exact same colour as the bricks next door, despite the whole group of buildings being patchwork anyway.
( Kitty v1.0 desperately naive, Fri 26 Nov 2010, 16:08, Reply)

welcome to my world
sucks doesn't it!
( rachelswipe with a fork, Fri 26 Nov 2010, 16:10, Reply)

I managed to read orchestra as 'ostrich'
And I was going to make a shit joke about burying their heads in the sand.

Never mind.
( JeffTheDogFucker Can you dig it?, Fri 26 Nov 2010, 16:10, Reply)

You send threatening letters to people who's houses you don't like the look of?

( Maximinimus you stick around I'll make it worth your while, Fri 26 Nov 2010, 16:08, Reply)

pretty much yeah

( rachelswipe with a fork, Fri 26 Nov 2010, 16:10, Reply)

I do that all the time, for lolz.
'I'm watching you'
'I'm going to kill you and eat you' etc.
( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Fri 26 Nov 2010, 16:18, Reply)

Daub the word 'Juden' on their front door.
Fucking hell - Nazi LOLS all night long.
(Tugnut Ex of this parish, Fri 26 Nov 2010, 16:24, Reply)

Say what?

( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Fri 26 Nov 2010, 16:28, Reply)

Councils can't make you do things like this, surely?
It being your property etc. That's retarded.
( Kroney, Fri 26 Nov 2010, 16:10, Reply)

You've never lived in a Grade 1* listed building then.

*perhaps true of Grade II as well
( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Fri 26 Nov 2010, 16:19, Reply)

i worked in a grade 2 building
which meant we had to get permission for everything, not that the stupid part time girl who drilled holes in the wall paid attention to that
( Citizen Cavy Admires your passion for conformity, Fri 26 Nov 2010, 16:24, Reply)

Well, yeah, fine
but not in an estate of terraced housing or whatever? Sure, they might send you letters saying your door colour's not in keeping, but they can't actually force you to repaint the thing?
( Kroney, Fri 26 Nov 2010, 16:27, Reply)