Question of the Week suggestions
Each week we ask a question. The idea is to generate material that's:
* interesting to read, i.e. we won't get bored of reading the answers after about 10 of them
* not been asked on this site before
* fun to answer
What would you like to ask? (We've left this question open - so feel free to drop in ideas anytime.)
( , Wed 14 Jan 2004, 13:01)
Each week we ask a question. The idea is to generate material that's:
* interesting to read, i.e. we won't get bored of reading the answers after about 10 of them
* not been asked on this site before
* fun to answer
What would you like to ask? (We've left this question open - so feel free to drop in ideas anytime.)
( , Wed 14 Jan 2004, 13:01)
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Can you polish a turd?
Re-tell someone else's turgid QotW answer, making it more succinct, interesting and readable.
Bonus points for achieving this by translating a ringomiserypuppet answer to Polish and back.
( , Fri 27 Sep 2013, 8:59, Reply)
Re-tell someone else's turgid QotW answer, making it more succinct, interesting and readable.
Bonus points for achieving this by translating a ringomiserypuppet answer to Polish and back.
( , Fri 27 Sep 2013, 8:59, Reply)
Do you have a fellow committee member called Reginald, who once sidled up to you?
If so, would you say that Reg isn't a mate per-se but that you both serve on a couple of committees together (PCYC and SoftBall), you've known each other since both your kids started school and you always have a long natter/argument at the PCYC Grounds Committee meetings (Fri. arvo shout at the pub after work)?
( , Thu 26 Sep 2013, 16:27, Reply)
If so, would you say that Reg isn't a mate per-se but that you both serve on a couple of committees together (PCYC and SoftBall), you've known each other since both your kids started school and you always have a long natter/argument at the PCYC Grounds Committee meetings (Fri. arvo shout at the pub after work)?
( , Thu 26 Sep 2013, 16:27, Reply)
Tell us about what happened at your
SoftBall club's season launch and coaches/managers meeting, which you were attending as both a committee member and coach of your daughter's team.
( , Thu 26 Sep 2013, 15:31, Reply)
SoftBall club's season launch and coaches/managers meeting, which you were attending as both a committee member and coach of your daughter's team.
( , Thu 26 Sep 2013, 15:31, Reply)
Ferris Buellers Day Off
Ever wagged a day off work only for it to go horribly wrong and leave you wishing you had gone in.
Ever been caught?
( , Thu 26 Sep 2013, 7:24, Reply)
Ever wagged a day off work only for it to go horribly wrong and leave you wishing you had gone in.
Ever been caught?
( , Thu 26 Sep 2013, 7:24, Reply)
Science Fiction and Fantasy
What's your favourite science fiction / fantasy book, TV programme or film?
Tell us all about it!
( , Wed 25 Sep 2013, 21:29, Reply)
What's your favourite science fiction / fantasy book, TV programme or film?
Tell us all about it!
( , Wed 25 Sep 2013, 21:29, Reply)
How often do your change your pants?
I try to do it twice a week but I sometimes forget haha
( , Tue 24 Sep 2013, 8:13, Reply)
I try to do it twice a week but I sometimes forget haha
( , Tue 24 Sep 2013, 8:13, Reply)
Tell everyone about your favourite book, film, band etc
You won't be mocked. No way, that would be childish and rude.
( , Sat 21 Sep 2013, 19:09, Reply)
You won't be mocked. No way, that would be childish and rude.
( , Sat 21 Sep 2013, 19:09, Reply)
What are you most ashamed of?
Your behaviour, your clothes, your secret love of Justin Beibet, or maybe the fact that you can only get it up to really weird porn. Whatever, spill it.
( , Fri 20 Sep 2013, 18:50, 3 replies, latest was 11 years ago)
Your behaviour, your clothes, your secret love of Justin Beibet, or maybe the fact that you can only get it up to really weird porn. Whatever, spill it.
( , Fri 20 Sep 2013, 18:50, 3 replies, latest was 11 years ago)
Pure fury
After a sneezing fit, a colleague once told me that he was susceptible to sneezing, anything could set him off. His mum's perfume in the morning usually made him sneeze, and his dad was the same.
My response of "What, your dad wears your mum's perfume?" was met with a puffing up of the chest, narrowing of the eyes, gruffening of the voice and "Don't take the piss out of my family ever again, ok?"
When has someone gone from 0-60 at something wholly unreasonable?
( , Fri 20 Sep 2013, 13:54, Reply)
After a sneezing fit, a colleague once told me that he was susceptible to sneezing, anything could set him off. His mum's perfume in the morning usually made him sneeze, and his dad was the same.
My response of "What, your dad wears your mum's perfume?" was met with a puffing up of the chest, narrowing of the eyes, gruffening of the voice and "Don't take the piss out of my family ever again, ok?"
When has someone gone from 0-60 at something wholly unreasonable?
( , Fri 20 Sep 2013, 13:54, Reply)
Australians
In The Great Railway Bazaar Paul Theroux writes
"At my lowest point, when things were at their most desperate and uncomfortable, I always found myself in the company of Australians, who were like a reminder that Iād touched rock bottom."
Tell us your stories of encountering Antipodeans, whether they are pricks, wankers, or grudgingly ok.
( , Thu 19 Sep 2013, 2:09, 1 reply, 11 years ago)
In The Great Railway Bazaar Paul Theroux writes
"At my lowest point, when things were at their most desperate and uncomfortable, I always found myself in the company of Australians, who were like a reminder that Iād touched rock bottom."
Tell us your stories of encountering Antipodeans, whether they are pricks, wankers, or grudgingly ok.
( , Thu 19 Sep 2013, 2:09, 1 reply, 11 years ago)
Smoking - addict, abstainer or quitter?
Are you a self-righteous prick from either side of the fence made out of death sticks? Explain why you're correct and everyone else is wrong.
( , Tue 17 Sep 2013, 19:37, 3 replies, latest was 11 years ago)
Are you a self-righteous prick from either side of the fence made out of death sticks? Explain why you're correct and everyone else is wrong.
( , Tue 17 Sep 2013, 19:37, 3 replies, latest was 11 years ago)
That one mate
You know the one, the mate who is guaranteed to ruin every social situation by being a fucking embarrassment/sexist/racist/pikey etc.
Tell us about your cuntiest mate.
Protip: If you haven't got one, it's you.
( , Tue 17 Sep 2013, 13:21, 3 replies, latest was 11 years ago)
You know the one, the mate who is guaranteed to ruin every social situation by being a fucking embarrassment/sexist/racist/pikey etc.
Tell us about your cuntiest mate.
Protip: If you haven't got one, it's you.
( , Tue 17 Sep 2013, 13:21, 3 replies, latest was 11 years ago)
dual carriageway this morning...
traffic is crawling, despite merge in turn signs from 1200 yards - some TOSSER decides to chaperone everyone and block one lane with his bloody van. I was RAGING. what makes your blood boil?
( , Tue 17 Sep 2013, 11:05, 3 replies, latest was 11 years ago)
traffic is crawling, despite merge in turn signs from 1200 yards - some TOSSER decides to chaperone everyone and block one lane with his bloody van. I was RAGING. what makes your blood boil?
( , Tue 17 Sep 2013, 11:05, 3 replies, latest was 11 years ago)
Cyclists
Cyclists are vermin. They don't pay road tax, don't have insurance, ride on the pavements, go through red lights, are arrogant, selfish, entitled holier-than-thou self-righteous 'ooh I'm saving the world' tossers.
Such is the popular view, anyway.
Tell us your stories that either reinforce or refute this view.
( , Mon 16 Sep 2013, 22:09, 3 replies, latest was 11 years ago)
Cyclists are vermin. They don't pay road tax, don't have insurance, ride on the pavements, go through red lights, are arrogant, selfish, entitled holier-than-thou self-righteous 'ooh I'm saving the world' tossers.
Such is the popular view, anyway.
Tell us your stories that either reinforce or refute this view.
( , Mon 16 Sep 2013, 22:09, 3 replies, latest was 11 years ago)
Pricks.
I went to Antelope Canyon t'other day. Look it up - it's beautiful, but our introduction to it was to have the monument and plaque dedicated to the 11 tourists that died there in 1997 in a flash flood pointed out to us, and the details of their demise explained in detail.
It had rained in the last five days when we went, the sand was still damp in much of it, and there were thunderstorms in the surrounding area.
The tour is about 1.5 hours, and there are several places where it's only wide enough for one person to get through - once you're in there, you're in there.
Laughing boy at the back kept saying "Holy crap is that rain?!"/"Did someone say flash flood?" etc. He was the sort that jokes about the 'plane going down during turbulence.
Tell us about pricks you've encountered, or what a prick you've been to others for the lols.
( , Mon 16 Sep 2013, 15:43, Reply)
I went to Antelope Canyon t'other day. Look it up - it's beautiful, but our introduction to it was to have the monument and plaque dedicated to the 11 tourists that died there in 1997 in a flash flood pointed out to us, and the details of their demise explained in detail.
It had rained in the last five days when we went, the sand was still damp in much of it, and there were thunderstorms in the surrounding area.
The tour is about 1.5 hours, and there are several places where it's only wide enough for one person to get through - once you're in there, you're in there.
Laughing boy at the back kept saying "Holy crap is that rain?!"/"Did someone say flash flood?" etc. He was the sort that jokes about the 'plane going down during turbulence.
Tell us about pricks you've encountered, or what a prick you've been to others for the lols.
( , Mon 16 Sep 2013, 15:43, Reply)
What's the most depressingly middle class thing you can think of?
( , Mon 16 Sep 2013, 11:15, 4 replies, latest was 11 years ago)
( , Mon 16 Sep 2013, 11:15, 4 replies, latest was 11 years ago)
what was THE best kidz TV show and why?
Age irrespective. let the debate begin.
( , Mon 16 Sep 2013, 0:42, 3 replies, latest was 11 years ago)
Age irrespective. let the debate begin.
( , Mon 16 Sep 2013, 0:42, 3 replies, latest was 11 years ago)
Have you heard the news?
I was in Norway at the time of the bombing and mass shooting in 2011. The day afterwards I was in a bar and got talking to this camp, brazilian ballet dancer with a Mr T mohawk. On finding out I was british he said 'oh my god, did you hear the news?'
'What? The stuff in Oslo?' I replied.
'No! Amy Winehouse has died!'
( , Sun 15 Sep 2013, 23:38, Reply)
I was in Norway at the time of the bombing and mass shooting in 2011. The day afterwards I was in a bar and got talking to this camp, brazilian ballet dancer with a Mr T mohawk. On finding out I was british he said 'oh my god, did you hear the news?'
'What? The stuff in Oslo?' I replied.
'No! Amy Winehouse has died!'
( , Sun 15 Sep 2013, 23:38, Reply)
What's the funniest thing you've ever seen?
( , Sun 15 Sep 2013, 19:10, 3 replies, latest was 11 years ago)
( , Sun 15 Sep 2013, 19:10, 3 replies, latest was 11 years ago)
Driving Tests
I haven't got round to learning to drive yet, but my drunken Australian dad's ('nuff said) story goes like this. "In my mind, I did everything perfectly. Mirror signal manoeuvre, obeyed the speed limit, didn't kill anyone. I was half expecting the inspector to offer me a job afterwards.
In actuality, I failed with 2 major and 14 minor violations. I might have flirted a bit with the instructor afterwards to give me a pass. Didn't work."
How many times did you take your driving test, and if you failed, why?
( , Sun 15 Sep 2013, 18:05, Reply)
I haven't got round to learning to drive yet, but my drunken Australian dad's ('nuff said) story goes like this. "In my mind, I did everything perfectly. Mirror signal manoeuvre, obeyed the speed limit, didn't kill anyone. I was half expecting the inspector to offer me a job afterwards.
In actuality, I failed with 2 major and 14 minor violations. I might have flirted a bit with the instructor afterwards to give me a pass. Didn't work."
How many times did you take your driving test, and if you failed, why?
( , Sun 15 Sep 2013, 18:05, Reply)
Typos
Have you ever seen - or made - a spelling mistake that was truly memorable? Share your, or someone's unique ideas on spelling.
( , Sun 15 Sep 2013, 4:33, 1 reply, 11 years ago)
Have you ever seen - or made - a spelling mistake that was truly memorable? Share your, or someone's unique ideas on spelling.
( , Sun 15 Sep 2013, 4:33, 1 reply, 11 years ago)
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