Blibs and blobs number 4

MaliA · **Posted:** Mon Oct 13, 2008 10:08

ComicalGnomes wrote:

Your question has been relayed.

Cool, thanks.

Scarysheep3000 · **Posted:** Mon Oct 13, 2008 10:09

MaliA wrote:

indulge myself in court

Dudley · **Joined:** 30th Mar, 2008 **Posts:** 8679

Zio wrote:

Mr Chris wrote:

Also - whence went Pirate lego?

Pirate Lego came out when I was about 13 IIRC, that dangerous age where you stupidly believe you're too old for Lego, even though you can never be too old for Lego. Now I'd really like some, but they've stopped making it, the bastards! You'd think with the success of the Pirates Of The Carribean movies in recent years, they'd be falling over themselves to make some cash out of it.

Some of that Lego Pirate stuff looked really decent too... :'(

Not their licence.

kalmar · **Posted:** Mon Oct 13, 2008 10:09

MaliA wrote:

I might also indulge myself in court this afternoon

Wouldn't that be considered contempt? :hat:

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

Craster wrote:

Mr Chris wrote:

That doesn't explain the truncated ranges, though. More stuff in a range, more stuff the kids have to buy, surely?

If the kids will buy anything as long as it's the latest cool thing, you may as well just make fewer more expensive sets, reducing your manufacturing costs, because you know they'll move onto the next 'in-range' before they run out of sets to buy.

Good job you don't work in marketing or sales, mate. :ninja:

MaliA wrote:

I'm making an effort at writing down cases that I should remember the names of and why they are important in a card index system.

You will not regret doing this, at all. It's very much worth the effort. Also write down a brief summary of the facts - as if you forget the name, you can still get marks for referring to it as "that case with the beavers and the thing"

Comical - cheers, chap!

ElephantBanjoGnome · **Joined:** 22nd Dec, 2010 **Posts:** 8175

MaliA wrote:

I might also indulge myself in court

I'm pretty sure indulging yourself would put you in contempt of court.

ElephantBanjoGnome · **Joined:** 22nd Dec, 2010 **Posts:** 8175

DAMNIT WE ALL HAD THE SAME JOKE.

Squirt · **Joined:** 31st Mar, 2008 **Posts:** 6516

I've just finished reading a book about the American War of Independence. At one point, an officer pops up with the utterly splendid name of "Captain Forbes Champagne". I have now decided that my first born son will also be named that.

Kern · **Posted:** Mon Oct 13, 2008 10:11

Kern wrote:

Isn't most it pre-moulded now anyhow?

Either 'Isn't it mostly' or 'Isn't most of it'.

Must wake up.

Kern · **Posted:** Mon Oct 13, 2008 10:13

Squirt wrote:

Captain Forbes Champagne

Awesome. I'm tempted to dedicate my life to writing his biography.

ElephantBanjoGnome · **Joined:** 22nd Dec, 2010 **Posts:** 8175

I believe he was an alcoholic millionaire.

Grim... · **Posted:** Mon Oct 13, 2008 10:24

Look what my awesome mate got done (and framed) for me for my Birthday:

Attachment:

final.jpg

MaliA · **Posted:** Mon Oct 13, 2008 10:26

Top stuff.

I thought of you the other day, when I was reading something or other about the rock bottom prices of Discoveries nowadays.

Dudley · **Joined:** 30th Mar, 2008 **Posts:** 8679

Grim... wrote:

Look what my awesome mate got done (and framed) for me for my Birthday:

Attachment:

final.jpg

I'll say now what I said then. You'd have much better chance fitting into cars if you didn't buy them from Toys r Us. That one is clearly too small for you.

Scarysheep3000 · **Posted:** Mon Oct 13, 2008 10:31

Grim... wrote:

Look what my awesome mate got done (and framed) for me for my Birthday:

Attachment:

final.jpg

That is fucking awesome.

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

I really should have photographed some of those 'Grim... as small child' photos for reposting on here.

Shin · **Posted:** Mon Oct 13, 2008 10:33

That's great Grim!

Bit of REM on le CD player today, people are in high spirits at work too-good

Dudley · **Joined:** 30th Mar, 2008 **Posts:** 8679

Yeah it occurred to me too late my phone actually has a reasonable camera now.

myp · **Posted:** Mon Oct 13, 2008 10:35

That's brilliant, Grimothy.

Grim... · **Posted:** Mon Oct 13, 2008 10:37

It is. And another chap got me two soft toys that looked exactly like the Little Savages character.

Mimi · **Joined:** 27th Mar, 2008 **Posts:** 25594

Last night I was in bed, drifting off to sleep on my back with my left arm by my side and my right arm 'above' my head, near the head of the bed. As I was just entering sleep and about to fall into a deeper sleep my right arm above my head shot straight up into the air, waking me up. Before I could regain control of my muscles my arm relaxed and collapsed and my hand smacked me plain in the face.

I had dreamt that I was playing Boom Blox and was flicking the Wii remote at the TV.

Mimi · **Joined:** 27th Mar, 2008 **Posts:** 25594

New poll added.

Joans · **Joined:** 31st Mar, 2008 **Posts:** 8648

Mimi wrote:

Last night I was in bed, drifting off to sleep on my back with my left arm by my side and my right arm 'above' my head, near the head of the bed. As I was just entering sleep and about to fall into a deeper sleep my right arm above my head shot straight up into the air, waking me up. Before I could regain control of my muscles my arm relaxed and collapsed and my hand smacked me plain in the face.

I had dreamt that I was playing Boom Blox and was flicking the Wii remote at the TV.

Best Wii-related injury I've read about.

MaliA · **Posted:** Mon Oct 13, 2008 11:03

Joans wrote:

Mimi wrote:

Last night I was in bed, drifting off to sleep on my back with my left arm by my side and my right arm 'above' my head, near the head of the bed. As I was just entering sleep and about to fall into a deeper sleep my right arm above my head shot straight up into the air, waking me up. Before I could regain control of my muscles my arm relaxed and collapsed and my hand smacked me plain in the face.

I had dreamt that I was playing Boom Blox and was flicking the Wii remote at the TV.

Best Wii-related injury I've read about.

Someone in my land law lecture (a bloke) had a t-shirt on that on the back said "It burns when I PVP" so that's a wee related injury?

Mr Dave · **Posted:** Mon Oct 13, 2008 11:16

Craster wrote:

I really should have photographed some of those 'Grim... as small child' photos for reposting on here.

Stop making me sad that I was in the end unable to make it. Due to stupid illness. chance of recovery: slim

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

Job cuts at Dyson

My brother in law is a design engineer there. Excellently, they won't find out 'til Christmas who goes and who stays. Fucksake. Lovely couple of months for them, then, wondering if they'll still have enough money to pay the mortgage, and look after three kids including one severely disabled son.

Ballsacks.

Ian Osborne · **Joined:** 30th Mar, 2008 **Posts:** 424

Mr Chris wrote:

My brother in law is a design engineer there. Excellently, they won't find out 'til Christmas who goes and who stays. Fucksake. Lovely couple of months for them, then, wondering if they'll still have enough money to pay the mortgage, and look after three kids including one severely disabled son.

Fuck, they're doing it like this in the hope that staff jump ship ahead of the redundancies, saving them a bit of money. I hope lots of key staff members go and leave them in the shit.

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

Mr Chris wrote:

Excellently, they won't find out 'til Christmas who goes and who stays. Fucksake. Lovely couple of months for them, then, wondering if they'll still have enough money to pay the mortgage, and look after three kids including one severely disabled son.

It's now part of UK employment law, I believe, that there is a defined process for redundancies - announcing that there will be redundances, followed by a statutory period of consultation to 'examine alternatives to redundancies', before they then decide who stays and who goes.

Still - he's been there a while, right? Long enough to get a decent package if they make him redundant?

Doctor Glyndwr · **Joined:** 30th Mar, 2008 **Posts:** 32619

Ian Osborne wrote:

Fuck, they're doing it like this in the hope that staff jump ship ahead of the redundancies, saving them a bit of money. I hope lots of key staff members go and leave them in the shit.

That kind of thing strangles firms though, because it's the brightest and best that jump ship.

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

The job market is fucking awful at the moment, though, so none or very few of them are likely to jump ship.

Still, he was going to leave last year, and they offered him scads of cash to stay on, so I'm hopeful he'll not be made redundant.

Ian Osborne · **Joined:** 30th Mar, 2008 **Posts:** 424

Mr Chris wrote:

Still, he was going to leave last year, and they offered him scads of cash to stay on, so I'm hopeful he'll not be made redundant.

Well, that certainly seems hopeful. Perhaps he should ask his manager whether he's likely to be made redundant?

@ Craster - yes, that is indeed the legally-mandated procedure, but the advance warning isn't two and a half months.

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

Ian Osborne wrote:

@ Craster - yes, that is indeed the legally-mandated procedure, but the advance warning isn't two and a half months.

The warning and consultation period are on a sliding scale depending how many jobs are to go. I agree that two and a half months would be excessive, mind.

Doctor Glyndwr · **Joined:** 30th Mar, 2008 **Posts:** 32619

Haha!

Spoiler to BSG 4x01:

ZOMG Spoiler! Click here to view!

McCain is a Cylon! Palin has cancer!

myp · **Posted:** Mon Oct 13, 2008 12:36

I finally found it: the "2girls 1cup" school essay.

I'd been looking for that for ages.

MaliA · **Posted:** Mon Oct 13, 2008 12:42

Sorry to hear that Mr C.

Dudley · **Joined:** 30th Mar, 2008 **Posts:** 8679

I see we're only 2 weeks from the release of Capcom's MotoGP 08 which, praise Jebus, actually has the 125 and 250 classes rather than the exceptionally retarded "OMG EXTREME" mode of Climax's offerings.

CUS · **Posted:** Mon Oct 13, 2008 15:10

I've just noticed that one of the Bots here has been renamed 'Columbo', making my day so far.

8467 / 1000 bananas. :hat:

kalmar · **Posted:** Mon Oct 13, 2008 15:11

CUS wrote:

I've just noticed that one of the Bots here has been renamed 'Columbo', making my day so far.

8467 / 1000 cigars. :hat:

One more thing FTFY

chinnyhill10 · **Joined:** 30th Mar, 2008 **Posts:** 15695

Grim... wrote:

Look what my awesome mate got done (and framed) for me for my Birthday:

A picture of Chris Moyles in a hairdressers jeep from the 80's?

Shin · **Posted:** Mon Oct 13, 2008 16:23

I've lost an order, I can't find any of the order books, my printer has ran out of ink and I can't find any of that either...

Mondays fail, big time

chinnyhill10 · **Joined:** 30th Mar, 2008 **Posts:** 15695

CUS wrote:

I've just noticed that one of the Bots here has been renamed 'Columbo', making my day so far.

8467 / 1000 bananas. :hat:

STOP BREAKING THE BANANA SYSTEM!

What kind of world would this be where people could just go around breaking the banana system.

Anyway, if you want a top Banana rating then suitable names are Count Duckula, Kojack, Spider Dog or Craster.

CUS · **Posted:** Mon Oct 13, 2008 16:39

Whuh? I thought the banana system worked the same as the ACE system?

Dudley · **Joined:** 30th Mar, 2008 **Posts:** 8679

chinnyhill10 wrote:

Grim... wrote:

Look what my awesome mate got done (and framed) for me for my Birthday:

A picture of Michael Moore in a hairdressers jeep from the 80's?

FTFY

Zardoz · **Posted:** Mon Oct 13, 2008 16:46

Dudley wrote:

chinnyhill10 wrote:

Grim... wrote:

Look what my awesome mate got done (and framed) for me for my Birthday:

A picture of The King of the Hawkmen in a hairdressers jeep from the 80's?

FTFY

FTFFY

CUS · **Posted:** Mon Oct 13, 2008 16:47

Zardoz wrote:

Dudley wrote:

chinnyhill10 wrote:

Grim... wrote:

Look what my awesome mate got done (and framed) for me for my Birthday:

A picture of Rob Reiner from This Is Spinal Tap in a hairdressers jeep from the 80's?

FTFY

FTFFY

FFTFFY
edit: hang on a fucking minute. Tony Parsons drew that?? The ex-NME journalist?

Shin · **Posted:** Mon Oct 13, 2008 16:48

*Scratches head* Um...

Where in Telford you from then CUS? I'd better make sure I have me valuables hidden when you come in the car :kiss:

CUS · **Posted:** Mon Oct 13, 2008 16:54

I'm not from fucking Telford! Beyotch! I just live there. Is not my sheer glass and grace, far beyond that of any mere Telfordite, obvious beyond a shadow of a doubt? Does my not my obvious superiority shine forth with a staggering intensity beyond anything you've ever seen in Telford

(I'm from between Cannock and Walsall, which is worse)

Shin · **Posted:** Mon Oct 13, 2008 16:55

CUS wrote:

I'm not from fucking Telford! Beyotch! I just live there. Is not my sheer glass and grace, far beyond that of any mere Telfordite, obvious beyond a shadow of a doubt? Does my not my obvious superiority shine forth with a staggering intensity beyond anything you've ever seen in Telford

(I'm from between Cannock and Walsall, which is worse)

Better make the hubcaps secure aswell then

I like you, you is fun to play with

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

Telford... Cannock... Walsall...

These are all different words meaning "Birmingham", right?

Joans · **Joined:** 31st Mar, 2008 **Posts:** 8648

Mr Chris wrote:

Telford... Cannock... Walsall...

These are all different words meaning "Birmingham", right?

Get out now! >:(

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