I'd very much like
To spend the weekend eating my way through an enormous bucket of KFC, drink at least 4 bottles of Argentinian Malbec and to play Civ 5 until I fall asleep on the keyboard.

Only it's Mrs Dervel's ambition for me to help her do the gardening and then go for a nice long walk around a reservoir to look at some ducks.

Good job I love ducks/my wife.
( Dervel OTBC, Thu 14 Oct 2010, 15:14, 12 replies)

Poor you
Your plan sounds much better.

I did once manage to eat a whole KFC bucket myself in about 90 minutes. I was a little bit sick, but it was still brilliant.
(SnowyTheWereRabbit the Leporid from Hell, Thu 14 Oct 2010, 15:18, closed)

I always make the mistake
Of eating the chips.
( Dervel OTBC, Thu 14 Oct 2010, 15:22, closed)

is civ 5
any good?
(mersault, Thu 14 Oct 2010, 15:29, closed)

Very
Better than 4, almost as good as 3.

Graphics are brilliant and the combat calculation is much better so you don't get spearmen killing your tanks etc anymore.

/blog
( Dervel OTBC, Thu 14 Oct 2010, 15:32, closed)

No, not really
I've played it around 5 times. The AI is pants...see Amazon reviews - it's averaging 2*s which is fairly poor.
(TheImmortalJenkins, Thu 14 Oct 2010, 15:32, closed)

You're doing it wrong
Having an opinion that doesn't match mine, outrageous.
( Dervel OTBC, Thu 14 Oct 2010, 15:52, closed)

Besides,
the AI is being patched pretty soon
(Fleximus Rex briefly gave up lurking on, Sat 16 Oct 2010, 3:07, closed)

There's room for compromise here.
Go to the reservoir, purloin a couple of choice ducks and take them to your nearest KFC, saying "THIS is the revolution! Break free from the chains of your suppliers of frozen chooks, for they are minions of globalisation that destroy the regional economy. I bring you ducks, plump and organically stolen; coat them in the Colonel's secret blend of herbs and spices, fry them, and serve them unto me in a bucket worthy of a LOLrus."

You can then return home, crack open one of the bottles of Malbec that the frogman you hired is guarding under the surface of your pond (fringe benefit: it'll be nice and cool), and lie back in your deckchair to enjoy. Once you've finished the fourth bottle, you can even help with the gardening by...ahem...watering the plants.
( .Yeti. El amor en los tiempos del cólera, Thu 14 Oct 2010, 15:32, closed)

Or
order the bucket of chicken from KFC for supper, with an extra bottle of Malbec, hope the wife has enough to eat and drink that she's bloated and tired and goes to sleep, then stay up late and play civ5. Minus the KFC, that's what I did to my wife last weekend. Got us nice and drunk, and when she passed out early I played Civ5 until 5am, then slept in while she took care of the baby. :)
(Turtlenuts, Thu 14 Oct 2010, 15:43, closed)

By jove
I think you're onto something.
( Dervel OTBC, Thu 14 Oct 2010, 15:51, closed)

Argentinian malbec
Is very good. That is all

/drank a whole bottle earlier
( pixel_fucker is going to need a bigger brush, Thu 14 Oct 2010, 22:34, closed)

Especially this one:
lagourmandesse.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/03/argento-melbec.jpg

/wine blog
( Dervel OTBC, Fri 15 Oct 2010, 9:43, closed)