b3ta.com qotw
You are not logged in. Login or Signup
Home » Question of the Week » My most treasured possession » Post 157997 | Search
This is a question My most treasured possession

What's your most treasured possession? What would you rescue from a fire (be it for sentimental or purely financial reasons)?

My Great-Uncle left me his visitors book which along with boring people like the Queen and Harold Wilson has Spike Milligan's signature in it. It's all loopy.

Either that or my Grandfather's swords.

(I helped save b3ta! chthonic, Thu 8 May 2008, 12:38)
Pages: Latest, 17, 16, 15, 14, 13, ... 1

« Go Back

All this talk of burning
Has given me two thoughts.

The first is "Why don't I make or get a fire-proof box and keep all my valuable things in it".
Can you even get such a thing? I have no idea.


The second is "Maybe making Molotov cocktails in my kitchen this weekend was a bad idea".

Anyone want to come over and set things on fire?
(I helped save b3ta! Cawl, Mon 12 May 2008, 10:07, 72 replies)
Everything I care about is wrapped in asbestos.
Including my fish.

Take that, health and safety man!
(I helped save b3ta! Bert Monkeysex is waiting for the mods to delete him, Mon 12 May 2008, 10:12, closed)
Haha!
You have fish?
What type? (other than fireproof, clearly)

Damn I'm jumpy today.

Nearly punched someone when they asked me if I wanted a coffee. :|
(I helped save b3ta! Cawl, Mon 12 May 2008, 10:14, closed)
Molotov cocktails are ace.
Don't forget to dissolve some sugar in the petrol, though: it'll burn hotter than the petrol and, as it caramelises, stick to the skin of the target, causing much worse injuries.



Apparently.



Don't ask me how I know these things.
(I helped save b3ta! Enzyme is powered by sunlight, Mon 12 May 2008, 10:15, closed)
I don't have fish,
my daughter has fish, they're really tiny things, like guppies only smaller.

I might get the guard gerbils some scuba gear though.

Perhaps the coffee's not such a great idea then..?

*steps away from the Kaol*
(I helped save b3ta! Bert Monkeysex is waiting for the mods to delete him, Mon 12 May 2008, 10:16, closed)
Fireproof box
One of these should be the ticket. Throw your valuables inside, safe as can be should your house burn down. Not sure why this wasn't thought of earlier to be honest.
(I helped save b3ta! enoughblueskyforsailorstrousers, Mon 12 May 2008, 10:18, closed)
"Don't forget to dissolve some sugar in the petrol"
Did that.
And added half a pint of polystyrene to each bottle too. That way it sticks to the target even better.

Yep, fun stuff!

I made five, didn't put the rags in them, and put the lids back on.

They're in my sink, which is full of water.

*worries his house will burn down*

...
(I helped save b3ta! Cawl, Mon 12 May 2008, 10:19, closed)
@mime
Isn't that an oven?
*may have missed joke if so*
(I helped save b3ta! Cawl, Mon 12 May 2008, 10:20, closed)
I'm afraid to ask this but
why did you make them?
(Bazongaloid, Mon 12 May 2008, 10:21, closed)
@ Al
Just in case I need them.
(I helped save b3ta! Cawl, Mon 12 May 2008, 10:22, closed)
@Bert
so, tell me about perginas.
(Bazongaloid, Mon 12 May 2008, 10:22, closed)
@al
They're like wannets, only smaller.
(I helped save b3ta! Bert Monkeysex is waiting for the mods to delete him, Mon 12 May 2008, 10:25, closed)
Fire proof box
They should make one out of that material they make flight-recorder black boxes out of.

* Brings flamethrower to Kaol's combustion-party *
(I helped save b3ta! mistaspakkaman and the inedible shifting caterpillars, Mon 12 May 2008, 10:27, closed)
^ A good idea
I wonder what an entirely fireproof house would look like...

*prison flashback*
(I helped save b3ta! Cawl, Mon 12 May 2008, 10:29, closed)
It sounds like
GTA is taking over your real life.

Be afraid.


Or don't, it's your choice really.
(PenguinOfDeath is Scottish, and most likely angry, Mon 12 May 2008, 10:30, closed)
did you make them cos of the zombies?
I've never made one, but I have the requisite Norn Iron heritage so it's a cultural memory or something.

I prefer champagne cocktails.
(I helped save b3ta! crackhouseceilidhband Fuck off back to Mumsnet, Mon 12 May 2008, 10:34, closed)
Whatever you do
Don't make Ribbentrop coctails. They're rubbish and blow up in your face.
(I helped save b3ta! mistaspakkaman and the inedible shifting caterpillars, Mon 12 May 2008, 10:36, closed)
Molotv cocktails
are rubbish against zombies. In fact, unless you can dig a big hole and keep pouring in crude oil, fire is a terrible anti zombie weapon as it turns them into walking fires that are more dangerous to other living people than they were before.

Edit - I may think about zombies too much.
(Bazongaloid, Mon 12 May 2008, 10:39, closed)
I had 5 empty
Vodka bottles.
And I've got some wasteland near my house.

I say wasteland.
It's got some children and swings and things there.


EDIT @ Al - Exactly right.
*shrugs*
(I helped save b3ta! Cawl, Mon 12 May 2008, 10:40, closed)
So it might as well
be a wasteland. Or at least, it soon will be a wasteland.
(Bazongaloid, Mon 12 May 2008, 10:40, closed)
Yep...
Unless the game shop replace my faulty copy of GTA today...
(I helped save b3ta! Cawl, Mon 12 May 2008, 10:53, closed)
...
I had a faulty copy of a couple of versions of GTA for the ps2. I reckon they do something wrong quite a lot of the time.
(PenguinOfDeath is Scottish, and most likely angry, Mon 12 May 2008, 10:56, closed)
Yeah...
I've researched online a bit, seems to happen to a fair few people.

*angry face*
(I helped save b3ta! Cawl, Mon 12 May 2008, 10:57, closed)
What's gone wrong with it?
And was I right to wait until I could afford it the bugs had been ironed out before I buy one
(Bazongaloid, Mon 12 May 2008, 10:58, closed)
It freezes
Before the title screen.

All my other games work fine.
Very annoying.
(I helped save b3ta! Cawl, Mon 12 May 2008, 11:00, closed)
^definitely overuse
I've had the same problem with men.
(I helped save b3ta! crackhouseceilidhband Fuck off back to Mumsnet, Mon 12 May 2008, 11:07, closed)
^ Me too
I mean...

Er...

I have the stamina of a dozen tapeworms.
(I helped save b3ta! Cawl, Mon 12 May 2008, 11:09, closed)
@CHCB
how do you get the title screen up on men?

edit - also, I thought you were off camping today?
(Bazongaloid, Mon 12 May 2008, 11:12, closed)
'title screen'
was a euphemism. I meant 'cock'.

Not camping yet - blokey is still in bed 10 miles away and his van has engine trouble so god knows how far we'll get (in terms of miles, you smutty lot). Still, I've packed the wine and the very nice black olive bread, mmmm.
(I helped save b3ta! crackhouseceilidhband Fuck off back to Mumsnet, Mon 12 May 2008, 11:14, closed)
sorry, didn't get that.
good choice on the packing. Nothing gets a man in the mood like nice black olive bread. And nothing gets a CHCB in the mood like copious amounts of wine. Maybe you should just forget the camping and stay at home in bed, or on the sofa, or the kitchen worktops, or the patio, or in the shower, or in the airing cupboard...........
(Bazongaloid, Mon 12 May 2008, 11:19, closed)
@CHCB
Psst! Are you going camping with who I think you're going camping with..?

*giggles with girlish glee*

/none of my business.
(I helped save b3ta! Bert Monkeysex is waiting for the mods to delete him, Mon 12 May 2008, 11:20, closed)
Fuck that,
Just drink the wine, eat the bread and make him walk/get the bus to yours.
(I helped save b3ta! Cawl, Mon 12 May 2008, 11:21, closed)
@Bert
psst, who do you think she's going camping with?

and how was your weekend?
(Bazongaloid, Mon 12 May 2008, 11:22, closed)
Lee Majors.


Good thank you, and you Mr thegeordie..?
(I helped save b3ta! Bert Monkeysex is waiting for the mods to delete him, Mon 12 May 2008, 11:23, closed)
Wow
CHCB won't have any stamina problems with the six million dollar man. Unless of course television has lied to me again and he's actually just an old man. In which case, she may well have stamina problems with him.

Weekend was fun, had first bbq, drunk pimms and beer and ate a lot of chinese food.
(Bazongaloid, Mon 12 May 2008, 11:28, closed)
I don't like Pimms.
Must be an old man thing.

Drinks shouldn't have veg in them.
(I helped save b3ta! Cawl, Mon 12 May 2008, 11:30, closed)
I want barbemacue!
There's nothing quite like th taste of charred meat.
You can't drink Pimms, you're from the north! Now get back to your Steel works, you naughty little bairn.

I went to a big outdoor pool, then played crazy golf, I got three hole-in-ones, but still got beat by my 6 year old.

*grumbles*
(I helped save b3ta! Bert Monkeysex is waiting for the mods to delete him, Mon 12 May 2008, 11:32, closed)
@bert
um, probably not... :(
Well, yes, I am going camping with someone called Lee, actually.

(I helped save b3ta! crackhouseceilidhband Fuck off back to Mumsnet, Mon 12 May 2008, 11:32, closed)
I have a psychic penisbrain!
Sorry, I'm such a dickhead, I'll make a note not to mention such things or put my foot in my mouth in future.

*EDIT* is he bionic in any way?
(I helped save b3ta! Bert Monkeysex is waiting for the mods to delete him, Mon 12 May 2008, 11:34, closed)
he has a
six million dollar cock

Edit: alledgedly
(I helped save b3ta! crackhouseceilidhband Fuck off back to Mumsnet, Mon 12 May 2008, 11:37, closed)
I'd rather
Have my penis than swap it for six billion dollars. (that's about thirty quid at the moment, isn't it?)
(I helped save b3ta! Cawl, Mon 12 May 2008, 11:38, closed)
.
All this talk of 'title screens' reminds me I need to improve the one I'm working on.

@CHCB: Red wine I take it?

As for my weekend: mostly spent cycling.
(I helped save b3ta! mistaspakkaman and the inedible shifting caterpillars, Mon 12 May 2008, 11:38, closed)
That's alot of money
for a rooster.

BUKERK!
(I helped save b3ta! Bert Monkeysex is waiting for the mods to delete him, Mon 12 May 2008, 11:38, closed)
you think that's expensive,
you should hear the price of my pussy.

Oh christ, it's too early for this.
(I helped save b3ta! crackhouseceilidhband Fuck off back to Mumsnet, Mon 12 May 2008, 11:40, closed)
@BM
That's a funny way to spell 'bukkake'.
(I helped save b3ta! mistaspakkaman and the inedible shifting caterpillars, Mon 12 May 2008, 11:40, closed)
One of those rare hairless breeds
innit...?

@mistaspakkaman I have no idea what a bukkake is...

*comes on your face*
(I helped save b3ta! Bert Monkeysex is waiting for the mods to delete him, Mon 12 May 2008, 11:40, closed)
I've not heard the price of your pussy
but can already hear it purring.
(I helped save b3ta! mistaspakkaman and the inedible shifting caterpillars, Mon 12 May 2008, 11:41, closed)
It is too early.
I've got actual work to do.
Fucking rubbish.

"Kaol, we need you to check that the special fire-proof room that we keep all the explosive chemicals in is ok"

"Er... Do I have to?"

"Yes. Get up to much at the weekend, by the way?"

"Well... Made some petrol bombs..."
*wanders off, grinning*
(I helped save b3ta! Cawl, Mon 12 May 2008, 11:42, closed)
Kaol
one day I'm going to read about you on the BBC News website, and I'm going to be so proud!
(I helped save b3ta! crackhouseceilidhband Fuck off back to Mumsnet, Mon 12 May 2008, 11:44, closed)
@Kaol
You have to set it all alight while singing 'Viva Las Vegas'

*bright light city, gonna set my soul, gonna set my soul on fire...*
(I helped save b3ta! Bert Monkeysex is waiting for the mods to delete him, Mon 12 May 2008, 11:44, closed)
@Kaol
when you set them to burn, light them by dropping a book of matches, having just lit a ciggarette and then walk away slowly wearing a flappy coat and don't duck when things explode.

That would be cooler than a six million dollar bukkake cock or CHCBs pussy.

@mista - are you a road or mountain cyclist?
(Bazongaloid, Mon 12 May 2008, 11:47, closed)
@BM
* wipes face *

You've gort the right idea.

* comes on BM's face *
(I helped save b3ta! mistaspakkaman and the inedible shifting caterpillars, Mon 12 May 2008, 11:48, closed)
@al
Pfft! Road or mountain cyclists sound like breeds, I just imagined you hopping from rock to rock in cycling shorts like a spandex-clad billy goat.

*edit* *licks face*
(I helped save b3ta! Bert Monkeysex is waiting for the mods to delete him, Mon 12 May 2008, 11:49, closed)
@al
I'm mostly a road cyclist, but posess a mountain-bike.

EDIT:@Bert: So that's why you came before me.
(I helped save b3ta! mistaspakkaman and the inedible shifting caterpillars, Mon 12 May 2008, 11:50, closed)
If I'm leaping form rock to rock
it's in the style of a small crab.

waaaaaay-haaaaaaaaay!!!!!!
(Bazongaloid, Mon 12 May 2008, 11:52, closed)
@ Al
The coolest thing about that scene would be the fact that the roof of the store is constructed so that an explosion blows it straight off into the air.

Erm... You'll never know it was me on the news.

I'm actually a 12-year-old spanish girl.
(I helped save b3ta! Cawl, Mon 12 May 2008, 11:56, closed)
@Kaol
Hello....

;D 3==D
(I helped save b3ta! Bert Monkeysex is waiting for the mods to delete him, Mon 12 May 2008, 11:58, closed)
Er...
*may or may not be true
(I helped save b3ta! Cawl, Mon 12 May 2008, 12:04, closed)
I ain't fussy
I'll groom youse anyway.

You like puppies...?
(I helped save b3ta! Bert Monkeysex is waiting for the mods to delete him, Mon 12 May 2008, 12:06, closed)
No.
D'ya like dags?
(I helped save b3ta! Cawl, Mon 12 May 2008, 12:08, closed)
Dags?
As in the australian term for sheep clagnuts?

Ewwwwwww.........
(I helped save b3ta! Bert Monkeysex is waiting for the mods to delete him, Mon 12 May 2008, 12:09, closed)
clagnuts?
urgh. Just worked out what they are. Isn't that one of the main causes of flystrike?
(Bazongaloid, Mon 12 May 2008, 12:15, closed)
*just googled flystrike*
Ewwwww......!
(I helped save b3ta! Bert Monkeysex is waiting for the mods to delete him, Mon 12 May 2008, 12:20, closed)
Fly strike?
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Myiasis_eye.jpg
(I helped save b3ta! Cawl, Mon 12 May 2008, 12:22, closed)
Flystrike sounds like
an old Amiga game with F-16s and blippy graphics.
(I helped save b3ta! Bert Monkeysex is waiting for the mods to delete him, Mon 12 May 2008, 12:23, closed)
What BM said
for both points.
(I helped save b3ta! mistaspakkaman and the inedible shifting caterpillars, Mon 12 May 2008, 12:27, closed)
Bert
just reminded me of F29 Retaliator. Greatest flight sim i've ever played. I completed it once.
(Bazongaloid, Mon 12 May 2008, 12:29, closed)
@al Never heard of it.
Best flight sim I ever played was Mig-29 Cobra (I think that's what it was called).

If you timed it right you could do the thing where the plane just hovers vertically, which was rather cool while you were be shot at by the merkins.

Either that or Afterburner. Or Thunderhawk.

Aargh!
(I helped save b3ta! Bert Monkeysex is waiting for the mods to delete him, Mon 12 May 2008, 12:35, closed)
Rubbish!
I always got bored of flight sims.

I'll fly for about 5 mins, then see what happens if I ram someone/go as high as I can then hit the ground.
(I helped save b3ta! Cawl, Mon 12 May 2008, 12:40, closed)
Wasn't really into flight sims that much
Never could get the hang of landing the damned thing. But I did enjoy playing F-15 Strike Eagle on my Atari 8-bit. There was a bug that let you cheat by crash-landing nose-first into the runway at great speed.
(I helped save b3ta! mistaspakkaman and the inedible shifting caterpillars, Mon 12 May 2008, 12:40, closed)
^ I bet
The people in the planes that got 9/11'd wished that worked in real life.
(I helped save b3ta! Cawl, Mon 12 May 2008, 12:42, closed)
^
Nah!

There was a bug in their brains that made them think the twin towers contained some sort of plane-sized portal to a land filled with 72 virgins.
(I helped save b3ta! mistaspakkaman and the inedible shifting caterpillars, Mon 12 May 2008, 12:46, closed)
You mean it doesn't?
*cancels flying lessons*

*cancels holiday*
(I helped save b3ta! Cawl, Mon 12 May 2008, 12:48, closed)

« Go Back

Pages: Latest, 17, 16, 15, 14, 13, ... 1