Bits and Bobs 48

Curiosity · **Posted:** Tue Aug 08, 2017 15:03

We have a cleaner, so our place looks vaguely habitable once every few weeks.

devilman · **Posted:** Tue Aug 08, 2017 15:06

One plus side of living alone - the house only has to be clean enough for me, and my standards are pretty low.

Kern · **Posted:** Tue Aug 08, 2017 15:06

devilman wrote:

One plus side of living alone - the house only has to be clean enough for me, and my standards are pretty low.

It's amazing how much can be done in the half hour before the guests arrive.

TheVision · **Posted:** Tue Aug 08, 2017 15:07

Don't you worry about them breaking things? I had a friend who had a cleaner and it didn't last long as she would break all manner of things and not tell him. (One being a football trophy he had from when he was younger). The first he knew was when he'd find various bits in his bin.

Cras · **Joined:** 30th Mar, 2008 **Posts:** 49232

devilman wrote:

One plus side of living alone - the house only has to be clean enough for me, and my standards are pretty low.

KovacsC · **Posted:** Tue Aug 08, 2017 15:12

Cras wrote:

devilman wrote:

One plus side of living alone - the house only has to be clean enough for me, and my standards are pretty low.

I have a little terrorist that lives alternate weekends. I am amazed how much mess an 8 year old can make!

TheVision · **Posted:** Tue Aug 08, 2017 15:24

Wedding band update!

We did some recording on Sunday to get some tracks together for our promo video. It went very well and I must say, we're lucky with the singer we've found. She's very good!

I have a good feeling about this!

Findus Fop · **Joined:** 14th May, 2009 **Posts:** 4299

TheVision wrote:

Wedding band update!

We did some recording on Sunday to get some tracks together for our promo video. It went very well and I must say, we're lucky with the singer we've found. She's very good!

I have a good feeling about this!

Exciting! Your band name should be:

[Her name] + the Praisebots.

TheVision · **Posted:** Tue Aug 08, 2017 15:39

Findus Fop wrote:

Exciting! Your band name should be:

[Her name] + the Praisebots.

I actually quite like that but we've gone with Megan and the Magictones instead.

Zardoz · **Posted:** Tue Aug 08, 2017 15:43

Who is doing your promo video?

TheVision · **Posted:** Tue Aug 08, 2017 15:43

Who else but me! I've got a camera operator for all the shots that I'll be appearing in though.

Zardoz · **Posted:** Tue Aug 08, 2017 15:44

Yeeeeesh!

ZOMG Spoiler! Click here to view!

devilman · **Posted:** Tue Aug 08, 2017 15:45

Kern wrote:

devilman wrote:

One plus side of living alone - the house only has to be clean enough for me, and my standards are pretty low.

It's amazing how much can be done in the half hour before the guests arrive.

It doesn't matter how much I tidy up anyway. If my parents visit, Mum will spot something I've missed.

Grim... · **Posted:** Tue Aug 08, 2017 15:53

Kern wrote:

devilman wrote:

One plus side of living alone - the house only has to be clean enough for me, and my standards are pretty low.

It's amazing how much can be done in the half hour before the guests arrive.

That reminds me, could you turn up at, like, 11am on Saturday? No specific reason

Cras · **Joined:** 30th Mar, 2008 **Posts:** 49232

Dr Zoidberg · **Joined:** 15th Oct, 2010 **Posts:** 5148

MaliA wrote:

Just how common they are. Amongst my friends, both if them, i am oddly out by not having one.

I think it's more common that you might expect - something like 25% of households use them now - and it's not just the most well of quarter.

Warhead · Noob as of 6/8/10

Dr Zoidberg wrote:

MaliA wrote:

Just how common they are. Amongst my friends, both if them, i am oddly out by not having one.

I think it's more common that you might expect - something like 25% of households use them now - and it's not just the most well of quarter.

Some of them are very common, some are quite civilised. It's up to you to find that out when you interview the candidates.

Warhead · Noob as of 6/8/10

Mr Dave wrote:

Zardoz wrote:

You may get a blister on your thumb.

If you get a blister on your thumb, you may be guitaring wrong.
(Indeed, I'd be impressed at getting on on your little finger.)

Artistic license, or maybe the lyricist was a bassist from the Mark King school.

MaliA · **Posted:** Tue Aug 08, 2017 22:28

What chillies are these? What do i do with them?

DavPaz · **Joined:** 27th Jun, 2008 **Posts:** 38460

Dairylea slice?

DBSnappa · **Posted:** Wed Aug 09, 2017 8:25

MaliA wrote:

What chillies are these? What do i do with them?

Pick one, dice very finely, rub over hands, poke finger in bum while masturbating

Trousers · **Joined:** 30th Mar, 2008 **Posts:** 3073

DBSnappa wrote:

MaliA wrote:

What chillies are these? What do i do with them?

Pick one, dice very finely, rub over hands, poke finger in bum while masturbating

Spat a large quantity of biscuit out then.

Moreso when I realised we get a lot of MaliA selfies so his "chilli finger up the ring" face possibilties are now flashing through my head.

MrChris · **Joined:** 1st Apr, 2008 **Posts:** 30498

Oh please don't give him ideas.

Selfie Series #2409873 "Variety of vegetables used whilst in the sink"

MaliA · **Posted:** Wed Aug 09, 2017 10:42

The commitee doesn't vote you "Most 10/10 Beexer Would" 9 times in 10 years if you're shy.

DavPaz · **Joined:** 27th Jun, 2008 **Posts:** 38460

When you *are* the senate committee, though...

MaliA · **Posted:** Wed Aug 09, 2017 11:23

DavPaz wrote:

When you *are* the senate committee, though...

Nobody else here is qualified.

O/

BikNorton · **Joined:** 30th Mar, 2008 **Posts:** 10074

I've grown 3 purple varieties, but two of them have purple leaves, so it's probably the other - which I can't remember the name of now, but was nice enough.

None of them were hot varieties, all down around cayenne level.

I chopped them up and used raw as a garnish, occasionally as an ingredient when cooking, and when I had all the chillies, argh what do I them, they became a sauce/chutney/relish packer.

Kern · **Posted:** Wed Aug 09, 2017 18:50

Just booked myself onto a beginner's indoor climbing course in September. Should be good for building up confidence in finding leg and footholds or doing traverses if I end up scrambling again.

MaliA · **Posted:** Wed Aug 09, 2017 19:00

Kern wrote:

Just booked myself onto a beginner's indoor climbing course in September. Should be good for building up confidence in finding leg and footholds or doing traverses if I end up scrambling again.

Climbing is brilliant, i miss it.
Get some boots, and a chalk bag. Makes worlds of difference.

devilman · **Posted:** Thu Aug 10, 2017 8:59

This recent tweet from Jess Phillips MP reminds me of this place.

MaliA · **Posted:** Thu Aug 10, 2017 9:26

devilman wrote:

This recent tweet from Jess Phillips MP reminds me of this place.

I have a lot of time for Jess Phillips. She is brilliant.

MrChris · **Joined:** 1st Apr, 2008 **Posts:** 30498

MaliA wrote:

devilman wrote:

This recent tweet from Jess Phillips MP reminds me of this place.

I have a lot of time for Jess Phillips. She is brilliant.

She's bloody wrong though.

MaliA · **Posted:** Thu Aug 10, 2017 9:54

MrChris wrote:

MaliA wrote:

devilman wrote:

This recent tweet from Jess Phillips MP reminds me of this place.

I have a lot of time for Jess Phillips. She is brilliant.

She's bloody wrong though.

Quote:

Asked, in an interview with Guardian columnist Owen Jones, if she would want to change the leader of the Labour party, Phillips said: “I would do anything that I felt was going to make the Labour party win the general election because if I don’t have that attitude then all I’m doing is colluding with the Tories.

“If that means making Jeremy better, I’ll roll my sleeves up. If that’s not going to happen – and I’ve said [this] to him and to his staff to their faces: ‘The day that ... you are hurting us more than you are helping us, I won’t knife you in the back, I’ll knife you in the front.’”

She's wonderful.

Cras · **Joined:** 30th Mar, 2008 **Posts:** 49232

devilman wrote:

This recent tweet from Jess Phillips MP reminds me of this place.

Amazing!

Trousers · **Joined:** 30th Mar, 2008 **Posts:** 3073

So we booked a wedding venue and paid the deposit and booked the registrar and I started my guitar lessons and bought a guitar etc.

We find out today the venue is closing down.

Awesome.

Kern · **Posted:** Thu Aug 10, 2017 12:13

Do you also have a surfeit of spoons?

MaliA · **Posted:** Thu Aug 10, 2017 12:21

Trousers wrote:

So we booked a wedding venue and paid the deposit and booked the registrar and I started my guitar lessons and bought a guitar etc.

We find out today the venue is closing down.

Awesome.

You have to get the band back together to raise money to save the place.

Mimi · **Joined:** 27th Mar, 2008 **Posts:** 25587

Trousers wrote:

So we booked a wedding venue and paid the deposit and booked the registrar and I started my guitar lessons and bought a guitar etc.

We find out today the venue is closing down.

Awesome.

Shit. Have you heard if they are refunding your deposit?

Zardoz · **Posted:** Thu Aug 10, 2017 12:46

Wedding insurance?

Trousers · **Joined:** 30th Mar, 2008 **Posts:** 3073

Mimi wrote:

Trousers wrote:

So we booked a wedding venue and paid the deposit and booked the registrar and I started my guitar lessons and bought a guitar etc.

We find out today the venue is closing down.

Awesome.

Shit. Have you heard if they are refunding your deposit?

We've a meeting on Monday night with them about it.

We should be fine as we both went through the contract and got some amends done regarding cancellation. They have alternate venues but exclusive use for one of them is £29k versus the £5k for the one we have booked :/

Mr Dave · **Posted:** Thu Aug 10, 2017 13:34

Trousers wrote:

So we booked a wedding venue and paid the deposit and booked the registrar and I started my guitar lessons and bought a guitar etc.

We find out today the venue is closing down.

Awesome.

Was your guitar playing that bad?

devilman · **Posted:** Thu Aug 10, 2017 13:40

Trousers wrote:

We should be fine as we both went through the contract and got some amends done regarding cancellation. They have alternate venues but exclusive use for one of them is £29k versus the £5k for the one we have booked :/

Get married at the Beex BBQ thing and spend the £5k on meat.

TheVision · **Posted:** Thu Aug 10, 2017 13:41

It's a good job you hadn't paid me a deposit to play the wedding because that would have been long spent by now!

Trousers · **Joined:** 30th Mar, 2008 **Posts:** 3073

Mr Dave wrote:

Trousers wrote:

So we booked a wedding venue and paid the deposit and booked the registrar and I started my guitar lessons and bought a guitar etc.

We find out today the venue is closing down.

Awesome.

Was your guitar playing that bad?

Something like this;

MaliA · **Posted:** Thu Aug 10, 2017 13:42

TheVision wrote:

It's a good job you hadn't paid me a deposit to play the wedding because that would have been long spent by now!

Coke's a hell of a drug

Cras · **Joined:** 30th Mar, 2008 **Posts:** 49232

devilman wrote:

Get married at the Beex BBQ thing and spend the £5k on meat.

Pretty sure there's no need. If an extra 100 people turn up Saturday it's unlikely they'd leave hungry.

devilman · **Posted:** Thu Aug 10, 2017 14:30

The Atari Speakerhat

Quote:

The Atari Speakerhat feels natural and normal to wear for long periods of time

I'm not sure I'd want to wear a baseball cap with Atari on it for any length of time at all.

Grim... · **Posted:** Thu Aug 10, 2017 20:11

Right?!

Hearthly · **Joined:** 11th May, 2008 **Posts:** 13382

Buckfast is ace, I've had a bottle and feel great, the Scottish are really onto something with this stuff.

Cras · **Joined:** 30th Mar, 2008 **Posts:** 49232

Hearthly wrote:

Buckfast is ace, I've had a bottle and feel great, the Scottish are really onto something with this stuff.

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