Be Excellent To Each Other

"Why is that anvil getting larger?"

"Someone. Delete my browser history"

"CLEAR!"

"Well now I am narked I'll never find out if a female Doctor Who would be any good or not"

"Thank fuck I don't have to think of an excuse to dodge that party"

'Should I defrost the fridge?'

"It was earth, all along!"

"That man just touched my boobs!"

"Guess it was undercooked after all"

"Canned Salmon!"

Awwww That’s really lovely. I don’t know I’d be alive without you guys

"stop my garmin"

You realise what a lovely group it is, when we all get together.

Fucking hell. I've just a really fucking nasty realisation.

A few years back, I was sequestered into being a Theatre Technician of sorts. Really I was assisting the guys who knew what they were doing. I was helping with the tech on a production of Chicago that a local Dance School was putting on in our theatre. It was an all-girl cast with ages from 16 up to no more than 19, with the two teachers being maybe early to late 30s.

After a few days of rehearsal, running through the sound and lighting, it came time for a full dress rehearsal. If you've seen Chicago on stage or screen, you'll be aware that the costumes are somewhat scanty, not much more than underwear really. So, these girls who up to this point had been in dance wear for the most part, starting appearing in bras and shorts and stockings and the like. Previously, we'd been able to just clip a mic pack on a waistband or whatever, no biggie, but now... not an option. The older ladies were *extremely* relaxed about the processes we had to go through in order to attach these mic packs to the girls. At one point, one of the teachers said "You'll not get far in this business if you don't like being touched up by random guys!" Naturally, I was as careful and respectful as I could possibly be, but I can see how it could be a potentially horrible situation to be in for a young girl.

Fucking Hell, it must be hard being a girl sometimes.

Even looking back at how I (and *we*) talked about it at the time makes me cringe hard viewtopic.php?style=2&p=569286#p569286



Oh God. I... urg.

When you know better, you do better.

FWIW I don't think it's wrong to be attracted to scantily clad dancing women. Had you acted on that by actually groping or inappropriately touching one of them, that would be a different matter. (Although personally, a couple of posts in that thread made for difficult reading.)

We all like a sexy human form, it is what we do about it, that matters..

Besides, attitudes were different back then.

I put on my robe and wizard's hat...

It was a different time.

We don't need a struggle session, mate. It's all good.

erm.....

I know mate, it was just an unpleasant thought, in light of the recent events. I'd hate to see a #MeToo about a tech getting handsy (please note, I did not )

We don't think you would.

Now, if you were in a basque... that's different.

I thought we said, what goes on at cottage, stays at cottage...

Question for the artistic / designy types here - if i were to commission a logo for a local club, what sort of thing should I be looking to pay? Just a bit of design work for Facebook page and twitter avatars and the like, nothing hugely fancy but better than the "5 Mins in Paint" nonsense that I'm likely to be able to create.

How much you want for the t-shirt rights?

I'm just surprised that a Google Image Search for 'Squirt Club' came up with a half-decent match. I probably wouldn't have carried that search out on a work PC though

The sound techs at the O2 building are the worst, I've heard.

Beware of small men dressed in black

Blinks

Activision have a patent for a system where you will be more likely to be matched up with players who have fancy guns / avatars / stuff that you dont have so that you see it and then are encouraged to pay via microtransactions so you can have it as well.

** Edit **

https://www.rollingstone.com/glixel/new ... ms-w509288

Glixel news story covering the patent

Ooh, ouch.

"However much zardoz charges"

He's great value, he adds the Butt plugs and gimp masks for free.

That's because I never turn up.

Why is he humping a toaster?

He likes a bit of crumpet.

I've got muffin against that.

Fucking hell, people!

Never get involved in a land war in Asia
Never go up against a Sicilian when death is on the line
Never pay what Zardoz charges. Especially without agreeing a safe word first.

Craster payed.

In a way, he always will.

But, er, if you’re aware of stuff going on around you, are you actually dead, other than as per the current definition for clinical death? Perhaps we need to redefine what it means to be dead.

Can't eat cheese any more.

Because you’re dead?

Might as well be without cheese

Yup. That's the new definition.

So... are vegans dead, or is it just that all dead people are vegan? I’m confused.