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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.
( , Thu 8 May 2008, 12:38)
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Right now, it's this lovely hot frothy cappuccino and this lovely fresh hot buttery scone.
I'm starving and I didn't have any breakfast. If this place burns down now I'm damned if I'm going to deal with the fallout on an empty stomach.
( , Tue 13 May 2008, 10:24, 106 replies)
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A cup of machine coffee, and a squidgy orange?
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I was up at silly o'clock this morning taking my best friend to hospital for an operation - she went under the knife an hour ago....
To be fair to her I didn't eat this morning either :(
Well...that's not entirely true, when the anaesthetist came around to chat to her at 8am (we'd been in the hospital for half an hour by then, so very fast service) I went off for a crap coffee and a soggy pain au chocolate.
I think perhaps coffee and a double chocolate cookie might be in order.
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Erm, well I still only have Irn-Bru. And Wotsits.
Orange food!!
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Somehow doesn't appeal...
*ho ho*
Edit: and I've eaten them anyway.
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I know, but it's early.
Must've been a big orange to cover your big hands...
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Small, but destroyed inside.
Horrible mess.
Anyway, shhh about my gigantic hands, everyone else will get jealous!
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What they say about people with big hands......
They hunt children for sport*.
*Factual accuracy to be confirmed at a later date.
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True.
I can confirm that I have big hands, and that I hunt children for sport.
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Who'd have thunk that my slander would turn out to be correct.
I know a girl with unusually large hands. They are bigger than mine, and mine are fairly big.
Out of interest, and possibly making me sound strange, in what way are they big?
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*That* huge...
8 inches from middle fingertip to bottom of palm, or 9 1/2 inches from thumb tip to little finger tip, stretched.
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My hands are only slightly smaller than yours, although i'm big all over so they don't look strange or out of proportion.
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Turns out I'm only about half an inch short of you each way.
It's useful for playing la piano and la guitar.
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I find it useful for playing bass.
And... For... Other stuff.
Like strangling hookers
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I probably got them off my dad and having nordic blood flowing through my veins doesn't help. Think of a fat brunette Bridget Nielson.
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You're not fat!
In order to be fat you'd have to wobble and waddle as you walk. You don't.
You're powerfully built.
My dad used to describe me as 'sturdy'...but somehow that doesn't sound as much as a compliment as he intended it to be (I think).
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We had a kid in our year at school who we referred to as "round". He had succeeded in becoming so wide that he had to turn sideways to fit through the doors.
He was also an awful person, got expelled, came back and
Hmm, this always seems less horrific out loud than it does written down.
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He couldn't have been that fat if he could get through a chair.
;)
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Whole-heartedly for that, it was inexcusable.
Stupid revision has broken my head.
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She's the greatest, she's fantastic, wherever there are colons she'll be there. She's the ace, she's AMAZING! She'll check your commas and your spelling, she's the best!
chickenlady (da-dah-da)
chickenlady! (Da-Dah-Da)
CHICKENLADY! (DA DA-DA-DA DA DA, DA DA DA-DA-DA DAH DAH DAH DA! DA-DAH!)
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You're just asking to be the victim of her fiery grammar-based wrath.
And for some reason when I read 'wherever there's a colon, she'll be there', I didn't think of the right type of colon at first....
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Come on Mr Pod, Al wrote that, I'm suprised that was as subtle as it was.
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Saying 'Mr' makes me sound responsible or somesuch. Me no like.
And yes, I'll give you that. No goats or any other such things were mentioned, all fairly good, clean fun.
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I thought that was subtle too. It was a passing reference to her comments regarding Meg Ryans back door love hole her breaking in of young men to the ways of the world.
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In a sarcastic way.
I still love you though, you're like a slightly annoying, but pretty funny little brother.
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I feel so special.
The kind of cousin you always feel a bit awkward around?
And also, did GTA work?
*Not the hot kind, the disturbing kind.
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Like, he used to be in the army, came back a bit odd, and might do something depraved at any second.
Not in a dangerous way, just a bit odd.
Er, yeah GTA worked, after a couple of false starts.
Thus I look like I've not slept in 4 nights today.
(Because I haven't...)
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If only I had the time for such things, or the money.
Instead I got dragged out to play football for the first time in 6 years by my flatmates.
Due to my hayfever, by the end of it I was panting like an asthmatic whore. Thoughts of possibly dying crossed my mind.
Junk food soon did away with those thoughts, and made everything better again.
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Kaol are you taking your rubbish with you?
And nowhere did I ever say that Meg Ryan was having a spot of colon cleansing....I said bottom...an entirely different matter*.
*Although, despite what the director, Jane Campion says, it is agreed that the scene does show the first ever mainstream cinema showing of rimming
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Envy me...
I was at a mates house last night, having a bit of a guitar/bass/singing session (aka: band practice), and my hayfever was playing up, so I blew my nose, and *BAM*
Blood Explosion
I managed to not get any on the cream leather sofa, or on the white carpet.
It was all over my hands, so I ran to the kitchen and bled into the sink for about twenty mins.
EDIT: Oh yeah, I had my head tilted back, to slow the blood flow. And I could feel it running down my throat.
This morning I had a glass of water, and it tasted salty.
Means that some blood had clotted to the inside of my throat. Nice...
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I go away to do some proper work for a couple of hours and you're all bantering away on my post!
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Missed the breakfast-swap. Had bran-flakes for breakfast today.
Good to see Chickenlady has put on her Superchicken costume and is fighting grammar-crime.
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www.b3ta.com/questions/treasuredpossessions/post157760 ?
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You win I suppose in that you are still feeling the effects of yours this morning, whereas I feel alive again and am no longer considering dying.
And why, oh why were you doing proper work hlt?
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Nah! Only ate a single bowlful this morning.
Oh, and sorry to hear about the nose. Hope it gets better.
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As long as I don't blow it too hard *ahem* I'll be fine.
Right, I'm off to look at a car that's for sale down the road.
Catch you guys a bit later.
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does Kaol have such pale flavoured decor? That just seems a bit wrong to me.
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Cos the whole place will fall apart round my ears if I don't.
@ Kaol, sorry to hear of the bleeding, hope you're all better now.
@ Penguin again, how is Captain Pingu today? Is he still wearing his little hat?
@ Kaol again - what kind of car?
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That's a reasonable excuse for doing some work I suppose. I would just let the place fall apart, demand a pay rise, then do some work.
And yes, he surely is wearing his hat. It looks kind of like a tiny beanie, I made it from a wrist band. And he is good.
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A hat.
Suggestions anyone?
On topic: I have a hat that I love that I'd save from a fire.
It's a black "watchman" type beanie from a military shop.
It's been to Africa, Russia, Finland, and a fair few other places with me.
I look like a burglar when I wear it though...
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When I wear it I look like a snowboarder, apparently.
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Damn I'm bored this afternoon.
...
No accidents happened at all this week or last week...
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But is a lack of accidents not a good thing?
I may well be mistaken.
You can do revision for me if you want to stop your boredom? I really can't be bothered with it.
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But I get bored if none happen.
*contemplates shouting "FREE ICECREAM" over the tannoy*
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What possible negative repercussions could there be?
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Would be burly, tattoo'd factory workers beating poor little me up.
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Well that perhaps wouldn't be a great result.
Do you not have any fun gadgets you can play with? Lasers, or lathes or somesuch?
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You should definitely play a game I came up with one day:
Knifey-orangey.
It was originally intended for two people, but I'm sure you could adapt it.
Basically, the rules for two people are that one person throws an orange at the other, and the other person tries to catch it on the knife.
I'm sure you could just throw it to yourself and try and catch it. Plus it may result in an interesting health and safety accident report write up.
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With apples and my katana.
Fuck, I'd save my katana from a house fire, that'd have to be slung over my shoulder.
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That we found with oranges was that they lost all structural integrity very quickly. Tried it with potatoes too, but it didn't seem to go as well.
I wish I had a katana.
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But if i had to fight for my life, I'd take my cleaver over it, any day.
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More and more every day.
Oh well, not much I can do about it now.
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I'm off work Thursday and Friday, so you get two days madness-free.
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Not only might I succeed in getting first post, but I also might manage to get some revision done for the other two exams.
Or I could just talk to hlt and people instead.
I wonder which is more likely?
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You should take Option 3) though.
That is to say you should eat a jar of peanut butter, tie some string to a washer, and swallow it.
Feed the string through your system, keeping hold of the end, until you can give yourself a Full Body Floss when the other end comes out, peanut-fresh.
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Problem 1 - I dislike peanut butter
Problem 2 - That's just wrong. So, so wrong.
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I like the idea of us all wearing hats in the name of b3ta.
I have got a pink beanie hat but chickenlady has beaten me to it. But I have also got a pink beret, so I might wear that instead.
How exciting it will be when I see other people wearing hats - they might be other b3tans!
Sorry for being away. I have had to be in charge of a scary meeting, but it was ok because I made it less scary by taking tiny muffins to share with everyone
*beams benificently at everyone*
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I like mini-muffins. All cake based goods really.
I'd probably go for my black beanie, it's fleece lined, and I wear it pretty much every day, even when it's far too warm.
Either that, or the hat a friend knitted for me. It has three points at the top and makes me look like a cat when I wear it.
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I like muffins.
The ones with fruit in them are the best.
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You have a friend knitted by your hat?
How odd.
All of my friends are knitted by kittens, and snails.
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I can't see anything wrong with what I have written. Care to enlighten me?
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BOOM!
My word, haven't had wind like that in ages.
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snails can't knit, their little eyes stalks are nowhere near strong enough to hold the needles.
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No, the little ones aren't, but the bigger, upper set are more than strong enough.
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Just because you have them doesn't mean you have to use them.
And I still really can't see what was wrong with what I wrote.
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If you can't see the problem, then you don't deserve to be enlightened.
Heh heh heh
*wrinkles forehead and tries to see problem too*
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I just want to know what is wrong with it.
I haven't edited it, and it makes sense to me, unlike the poultry-madame's reply.
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Dear oh dear boys....
You just don't see it do you PoD?
And that is why (*she says pompously) I am the teacher and you are the student.
Well, if you can't see it I'll just have to show you....
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show us chickenlady, show us like the naughty boys we are. you know you want to.
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See it's like this....
There's this website....
It's called B3ta.....
Sometimes the people who post are utter, utter bloody pedants and pendants....
And sometimes they like to play with other members......
Mmmmmwwwwwaaaaahhhh!*
*Big wet kiss
*Runs away
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Kaol McWilkins: Playing "Knifey Orangey" with the brains of the general population.
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Why are you loving me in the eye?
*enjoys*
You stay away from knifey orangey!!
Go back to playing with apples and swords.
To put it in the words of someone who once shouted at me a lot:
"It's not yours, you can't have it!!"
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*bums*
EDIT
Or should that be in the words of Bums, /talk?
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I am now just thoroughly confused, and apparently getting loved in the eye.
This has got infinitessimily strange.
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is what happens when I have deadlines to meet....
I will try every procrastination technique known to man, woman and chickenkind, just to avoid writing the article I'm paid to write.
And I'm feeling in a daft mood.
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I have an exam tomorrow afternoon and should really be revising hard.
Oh well.
How much gold, Kaol?
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My german may be a bit rusty, not done it since 4th year at school, but does 'gelt' not just mean money?
So 2 'money'?
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two generic "monies" of the germanic persuasion. That is what you cost.
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Harsh.
And I do believe it refers to how much he is offering to buy knifey orangey.
At least I hope so.
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but in reality he wants your first, your last and your everything.
Bye for now, and good luck with your exam tomorrow. I am away, to Peterborough, and beyond!
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Good luck with your exam my 2-pound wonder-boy.
Give it your best shot, and if you feel yourself fucking it up, fake a siezure.
*goes home for a potentially disasterous dinner-date*
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I've missed all this fun!
good luck with your exam mr penguin
*mwah!*
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I'm sure it might go ok.
Yeah. I'm sure it will.
I was just listening to Endless Love before I read that.
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