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why hello there you charming folk.
i spent my weekend litterpicking at a small local festival. 16 hour days - i am aching all through. One promotional stall was giving away free cereal/biscuit bars.
I got about 90, not a bad haul really.
I also bought three bags of beads for £1 each and made a bracelet for my sister cos i normally buy her a jewellery there but £3, a unique bracelet and a lot of spare beads is much better than £6 for ready-made stuff that is identical to what i have bought her before.

nap time now please :/
(I helped save b3ta! sleepybinky, Tue 21 Jun 2011, 9:12, archived)
I spent my weekend SAVING THE WORLD.

(I helped save b3ta! Dr Preference AjcuiVd289, Tue 21 Jun 2011, 9:14, archived)
oh man, what if you accidentally put polypropylene in the Polyethylene terephthalate bin

(I helped save b3ta! glued eel /questions/questionsyoudliketoask/post1648081, Tue 21 Jun 2011, 9:16, archived)
listen, man
don't even joke about stuff like that
(I helped save b3ta! manolith hooray for me, Tue 21 Jun 2011, 10:03, archived)
in what way?

(I helped save b3ta! manolith hooray for me, Tue 21 Jun 2011, 9:18, archived)
oh boy, i hope it's something trivial and dull

(I helped save b3ta! manolith hooray for me, Tue 21 Jun 2011, 9:19, archived)
There was a situation that developed with these guys who had a nuclear weapon and they were totally going to use it, and I stopped them.

(I helped save b3ta! Dr Preference AjcuiVd289, Tue 21 Jun 2011, 9:20, archived)
"Oi paddy, that's not a nuclear bomb, you eedgjiat, that's a friggin' potato clock. Put dat down noi before you urt yourself"
"Right you are Preference, my bad".
(I helped save b3ta! G/PP 💩💩💩💩💩&#128, Tue 21 Jun 2011, 9:22, archived)
He probably sat in a big town hall and went "RAR RAR RAR I DISAGREE".

(I helped save b3ta! G/PP 💩💩💩💩💩&#128, Tue 21 Jun 2011, 9:22, archived)
Gonz, for fuck's sake, nobody gets anything done in town halls.
It's all quiet chats in smoke filled rooms.
(I helped save b3ta! Dr Preference AjcuiVd289, Tue 21 Jun 2011, 9:24, archived)
What do you reckon about this whole Greek thing, you reckon they should be forced to give half their landmass to italy or something.

(I helped save b3ta! G/PP 💩💩💩💩💩&#128, Tue 21 Jun 2011, 9:25, archived)
We've got a whole other Greek problem right now.
One of the lads who wants to be President gave an interview a few years ago where he said that the ancient Greeks had the right attitude to paedophilia.
They should probably give Greece to him.
(I helped save b3ta! Dr Preference AjcuiVd289, Tue 21 Jun 2011, 9:28, archived)
I read that interview.
It seems that it's now being taken completely out of context. That's not to say that it wasn't a fucking stupid thing for a politician to come out with- he should have engaged his brain and realised the potential implications- however what he was talking about was the Classical Greek relationship between an older man and adolescent youth and referring to it hypothetically. He should also have chosen his words more carefully- the word he was looking for was pederasty rather than paedophilia.
(I helped save b3ta! Lord Gnome, Tue 21 Jun 2011, 10:17, archived)
Quite, but despite repeated prompts from the interviewer he insisted on using the term paedophilia.
He tried to justify this later, still in 2002 here, by saying that he's an academic, but frankly, being an academic means you should know how to user a dictionary.
He's now trying to brush over this, and a couple of other howlers, by saying that everyone should ignore everything he said before he declared he ewas running for President, which is fucking bizarre.
Oh, and he said that McAleese was the first president "from a nationalist background."
Which is only true if you ignore every other President we've had.
(I helped save b3ta! Dr Preference AjcuiVd289, Tue 21 Jun 2011, 10:27, archived)

he sounds like a right spastic, and therefore perfect for public office, vote him in now
(I helped save b3ta! vladimir, Tue 21 Jun 2011, 10:38, archived)
No.
I'll be voting for the candidate who most closely resembles a leprechaun.
t3.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcSVxBG2zDcLrXImOv3DhvujI3Z72EDZIFG2W2ETG7tJFBS6Uq_3QA
(I helped save b3ta! Dr Preference AjcuiVd289, Tue 21 Jun 2011, 10:44, archived)
you can't vote in a basket of flowers, what if it wilts under the lights at a press conference

(I helped save b3ta! vladimir, Tue 21 Jun 2011, 10:46, archived)
FLORAPHOBE

(I helped save b3ta! Dr Preference AjcuiVd289, Tue 21 Jun 2011, 11:00, archived)
and if your house is ever burgled by a short fat man with a hat and a taller man with spikey hair
you can tip them down the stairs to deter them
(I helped save b3ta! glued eel /questions/questionsyoudliketoask/post1648081, Tue 21 Jun 2011, 9:14, archived)
i would hope if that happened it would happen at christmas
when the house is full of strings of lights and spiky baubles.
(I helped save b3ta! sleepybinky, Tue 21 Jun 2011, 9:23, archived)
hi binky
did you see any bands?
(I helped save b3ta! manolith hooray for me, Tue 21 Jun 2011, 9:15, archived)

an ea
(I helped save b3ta! Edd: The Unfunny Try-Hard Edgelord, Tue 21 Jun 2011, 9:20, archived)
yeah mostly ones what i don't know but are quite pleasant to listen to on a sunny afternoon near the beach.
um.... seasick steve and the king blues and amy newton (who is quite local) and sam dowden (who is local but talented) and some guy called ed sheeran and others i dunno.
(I helped save b3ta! sleepybinky, Tue 21 Jun 2011, 9:21, archived)
Was Steve any good?
I'm really looking forward to seeing him next month
(I helped save b3ta! magnum, Tue 21 Jun 2011, 9:28, archived)
are you latitudinalising this year?

(I helped save b3ta! manolith hooray for me, Tue 21 Jun 2011, 9:30, archived)
Fatitudinalising, more like.

(I helped save b3ta! Dr Preference AjcuiVd289, Tue 21 Jun 2011, 9:32, archived)
Yup

(I helped save b3ta! magnum, Tue 21 Jun 2011, 9:35, archived)
22 days, i believe
*happy dance*
(I helped save b3ta! manolith hooray for me, Tue 21 Jun 2011, 9:44, archived)
I wasn't too excited when the line up was first announced
although there are a few good names scattered amongst the rubbish.
(I helped save b3ta! magnum, Tue 21 Jun 2011, 9:46, archived)
that's latitude every year though. i actually think this year is better than last year
i'm gutted that edward sharpe and the magnetic zeroes have had to pull out
(I helped save b3ta! manolith hooray for me, Tue 21 Jun 2011, 9:49, archived)
I'm not much into the obscure stuff
I just sit in the comedy tent for most of the day, and then after that see if there are any bands I've heard of playing, or someone in the literary tent.
(I helped save b3ta! magnum, Tue 21 Jun 2011, 9:50, archived)
i liked just pottering about between the comedy and film and burlesque tents,
but sadly latitude, being about 8 hours drive, is a bit much effort really :(
(I helped save b3ta! sleepybinky, Tue 21 Jun 2011, 11:31, archived)
END. OF. THE. ROAD.

(I helped save b3ta! manolith hooray for me, Tue 21 Jun 2011, 11:35, archived)
it's still over £300 for two places including travel.
i dont have £300 to chuck away.
(I helped save b3ta! sleepybinky, Tue 21 Jun 2011, 11:40, archived)
yeah he was
he did well and from what i heard he also seemed like a genuinely nice chap.
(I helped save b3ta! sleepybinky, Tue 21 Jun 2011, 10:50, archived)
fair enough
none of those names meant anything to me besides seasick steve
(I helped save b3ta! manolith hooray for me, Tue 21 Jun 2011, 9:33, archived)
yeah that's how i feel, but then, really, small festival, local

(I helped save b3ta! sleepybinky, Tue 21 Jun 2011, 10:50, archived)
hippy

(I helped save b3ta! Edd: The Unfunny Try-Hard Edgelord, Tue 21 Jun 2011, 9:20, archived)
capitalist, actually.
i needed the money and the cereal bars help too.
(I helped save b3ta! sleepybinky, Tue 21 Jun 2011, 9:22, archived)
Right on comrade.
I trust you've read Marx's classic work "Socialism, Scientific, Utopian and Cereal Bars."
(I helped save b3ta! Dr Preference AjcuiVd289, Tue 21 Jun 2011, 9:25, archived)
i wish jackaction was here so we could do the beads/bees bit from arrested development
*sigh* goodnight sweet prince
(I helped save b3ta! manolith hooray for me, Tue 21 Jun 2011, 9:32, archived)
he might be at euro disney, he said something about going on holiday the other day i think

(I helped save b3ta! mongychops, Tue 21 Jun 2011, 9:34, archived)
did he?
tsk, he should have said something to me
(I helped save b3ta! manolith hooray for me, Tue 21 Jun 2011, 9:46, archived)
Last night I saw this guy on TV
www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-pacific-13678179
They showed him in court crying and begging for his life, then announced that he'd been taken out and shot. 5pm, mainstream TV channel.
Not watching any Chinese TV today.
(I helped save b3ta! Zuowan, Tue 21 Jun 2011, 9:33, archived)
That'll teach him to turn himself in.

(I helped save b3ta! Flapjack I spay a little mare for you, Tue 21 Jun 2011, 10:22, archived)
*stretches out over desk*
zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz
(I helped save b3ta! Frisbee TeaBoy, Tue 21 Jun 2011, 9:45, archived)
*sets desk on fire*

(I helped save b3ta! manolith hooray for me, Tue 21 Jun 2011, 9:47, archived)
*toasty snores*
*dreams of chargrilling steak*
(I helped save b3ta! Frisbee TeaBoy, Tue 21 Jun 2011, 9:48, archived)