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Author:  Shin [ Tue Dec 16, 2008 11:53 ]
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If it looks like that love....maybe I wouldn't do anything with your tool for a bit and get and see a Doctor! :p hehe

Author:  kalmar [ Tue Dec 16, 2008 12:11 ]
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myoptinsel wrote:
MaliA wrote:
RE: my comments about people on the pistonheads forums. here is a good example of what I meant.


What a dick. The OP, I mean.


Hah! That gets better... I'm just at the bit where the car dealer has posted a clearly made up gracious and exonerating response from his potential customer :D

Author:  myp [ Tue Dec 16, 2008 12:31 ]
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kalmarzipan wrote:
myoptinsel wrote:
MaliA wrote:
RE: my comments about people on the pistonheads forums. here is a good example of what I meant.


What a dick. The OP, I mean.


Hah! That gets better... I'm just at the bit where the car dealer has posted a clearly made up gracious and exonerating response from his potential customer :D


Oh man, I'm on page 7 now and it's turned into a right car crash (pun definitely intended).

Author:  Rodafowa [ Tue Dec 16, 2008 12:32 ]
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When you're writing the blurb for the back of a DVD case and you mention the name of an actor you're contractually obliged to follow it with two other films they've been in that a prospective viewer might have seen, right?

Pity the poor bastard writing the blurb for the Highlander DVD who has to find two more Christopher Lambert movies. They've gone with Mortal Combat and Subway (whu?), when it might have been more honest to try Highlander 2 and You Know, That One Where He's In The Prison.

Author:  markg [ Tue Dec 16, 2008 12:34 ]
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My colleague has failed to come to work and now I have to step in to do a series of four presentations this afternoon to assembled managers and medical professionals about something I have had no involvement with, excellent.

Author:  myp [ Tue Dec 16, 2008 12:40 ]
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marktheheraldangels wrote:
My colleague has failed to come to work and now I have to step in to do a series of four presentations this afternoon to assembled managers and medical professionals about something I have had no involvement with, excellent.


Do the same presentation that Fran did in Black Books.

Author:  ElephantBanjoGnome [ Tue Dec 16, 2008 12:46 ]
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Are we or are we not, a company?

Author:  myp [ Tue Dec 16, 2008 12:55 ]
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myoptinsel wrote:
kalmarzipan wrote:
myoptinsel wrote:
MaliA wrote:
RE: my comments about people on the pistonheads forums. here is a good example of what I meant.


What a dick. The OP, I mean.


Hah! That gets better... I'm just at the bit where the car dealer has posted a clearly made up gracious and exonerating response from his potential customer :D


Oh man, I'm on page 7 now and it's turned into a right car crash (pun definitely intended).


I've got there now. How made up is that response? I can't stop laughing! :DD

Author:  Zardoz [ Tue Dec 16, 2008 12:56 ]
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Take 'The Internet' in.

Author:  Dimrill [ Tue Dec 16, 2008 12:57 ]
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Rudolfowa wrote:
When you're writing the blurb for the back of a DVD case and you mention the name of an actor you're contractually obliged to follow it with two other films they've been in that a prospective viewer might have seen, right?

Pity the poor bastard writing the blurb for the Highlander DVD who has to find two more Christopher Lambert movies. They've gone with Mortal Combat and Subway (whu?), when it might have been more honest to try Highlander 2 and You Know, That One Where He's In The Prison.


Or Greystoke, which was good.

Author:  markg [ Tue Dec 16, 2008 13:09 ]
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myoptinsel wrote:
marktheheraldangels wrote:
My colleague has failed to come to work and now I have to step in to do a series of four presentations this afternoon to assembled managers and medical professionals about something I have had no involvement with, excellent.


Do the same presentation that Fran did in Black Books.

I actually love doing doing presentations so I think I'll probably just stick with plan A, stand there wanting the earth to swallow me up and mumble through it whilst turning red and feeling sweaty and then if there are any questions I'll either burst into tears or feign sudden illness.

Author:  Zardoz [ Tue Dec 16, 2008 13:20 ]
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Just imagine them all naked, with monocles and xylophones.

Author:  Curiosity [ Tue Dec 16, 2008 13:26 ]
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SpunkyMonkeyTrumpet wrote:
Rudolfowa wrote:
When you're writing the blurb for the back of a DVD case and you mention the name of an actor you're contractually obliged to follow it with two other films they've been in that a prospective viewer might have seen, right?

Pity the poor bastard writing the blurb for the Highlander DVD who has to find two more Christopher Lambert movies. They've gone with Mortal Combat and Subway (whu?), when it might have been more honest to try Highlander 2 and You Know, That One Where He's In The Prison.


Or Greystoke, which was good.


Wasn't 'Subway' really good?

*awaits foot-long jokes*

Author:  Dudley [ Tue Dec 16, 2008 14:41 ]
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Rudolfowa wrote:
When you're writing the blurb for the back of a DVD case and you mention the name of an actor you're contractually obliged to follow it with two other films they've been in that a prospective viewer might have seen, right?

Pity the poor bastard writing the blurb for the Highlander DVD who has to find two more Christopher Lambert movies. They've gone with Mortal Combat and Subway (whu?), when it might have been more honest to try Highlander 2 and You Know, That One Where He's In The Prison.


Funny you should mention that, I'll double check tonight but I'm almost certain that Mortal Kombat Annihilation credits one of its stars as Dave ActorName (Mortal Kombat Annihilation).

Author:  Dudley [ Tue Dec 16, 2008 14:59 ]
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marktheheraldangels wrote:
myoptinsel wrote:
marktheheraldangels wrote:
My colleague has failed to come to work and now I have to step in to do a series of four presentations this afternoon to assembled managers and medical professionals about something I have had no involvement with, excellent.


Do the same presentation that Fran did in Black Books.

I actually love doing doing presentations so I think I'll probably just stick with plan A, stand there wanting the earth to swallow me up and mumble through it whilst turning red and feeling sweaty and then if there are any questions I'll either burst into tears or feign sudden illness.


The last presentation I did, the end slide said "Be aware any questions will be deflected with use of pictures of cute kittens."

Someone tried to call my bluff.

They don't know me at all do they?

Author:  Shin [ Tue Dec 16, 2008 15:04 ]
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Grah!

Kids have gone, cleaning the place now and trying to play Fallout 3, guzzling medicine and doing loads of washing :s a womans work is never done! :p

Author:  zaphod79 [ Tue Dec 16, 2008 15:12 ]
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Shinta Claus wrote:
trying to play Fallout 3, guzzling medicine .............. a womans work is never done! :p


Doesnt seem very womanly ?

Author:  MaliA [ Tue Dec 16, 2008 15:16 ]
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Image

Shin, today.

Author:  Shin [ Tue Dec 16, 2008 15:17 ]
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Too close for comfort that image is

Author:  Doctor Glyndwr [ Tue Dec 16, 2008 15:18 ]
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Shinta Claus wrote:
Too close for comfort that image is

Image
Shin, today.

Author:  Shin [ Tue Dec 16, 2008 15:19 ]
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:DD

I'm gonna go hoover.... :/

Author:  chinnyhill10 [ Tue Dec 16, 2008 16:01 ]
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Which one of you lot said you spent yesterday in a Faraday cage?

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Image (attached) taken from:

http://tesladownunder.com

Author:  markg [ Tue Dec 16, 2008 16:07 ]
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Zardasher wrote:
Just imagine them all naked, with monocles and xylophones.

Well I did as you suggested and did the presentations naked wearing a monocle and playing the xylophone, it didn't help at all and I'm sacked now.

Thanks a lot, cunt. >:|

Author:  myp [ Tue Dec 16, 2008 16:08 ]
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marktheheraldangels wrote:
Well I did as you suggested and did the presentations naked wearing a monocle and playing the xylophone, it didn't help at all and I'm sacked now.

Thanks a lot, cunt. >:|


On the bright side, you should be able to now carve out a successful career as a childrens' entertainer.

Author:  Dimrill [ Tue Dec 16, 2008 16:09 ]
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Not really, just means he can present The Sky At Night now.

Author:  MaliA [ Tue Dec 16, 2008 16:15 ]
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Racist.

Author:  Goddess Jasmine [ Tue Dec 16, 2008 18:51 ]
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ComicalGerald wrote:
Today is a great day, because today its the season finale of Dexter. I am extremely excited.

I pointed this out in the pub last night, I think I was considered over excited. :(

Author:  ElephantBanjoGnome [ Tue Dec 16, 2008 19:01 ]
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AceAceBaby wrote:
Zio-lent Night wrote:
She knows I bought them too, so I'd feel like a proper bastard selling them on eBay.

Sell them on eBay. Then walk away and don't look back.

:this: :this: :this: :this: :this:

Author:  Doctor Glyndwr [ Tue Dec 16, 2008 19:20 ]
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Goddess Jasmince Pie wrote:
I pointed this out in the pub last night, I think I was considered over excited. :(
I must have missed that bit!

Author:  MaliA [ Tue Dec 16, 2008 19:34 ]
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In more superglue related hilarity, I've managed to glue some of my eyelashes together, making blinking "interesting"..

Author:  Hero of Excellence [ Tue Dec 16, 2008 20:08 ]
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I just wrote this to my girlfriend on MSN...

Quote:
The Nintendo Gamecube was going to be called Dolphin. I wonder if they planned to have it dolphin shaped, back then, before the cube was chosen. I suppose a games console that can be killed by tuna fishing wasn't a great idea from a PR point of view.


I must be in a really odd frame of mind today.

Author:  Runcle [ Tue Dec 16, 2008 20:15 ]
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More animal related nintendo naming nonsence-with the often quite sily, ridiculed and 'offensive' name of the wii, nintendo were planning on renaming it the nintendo cash-cow.

Author:  Doctor Glyndwr [ Tue Dec 16, 2008 20:18 ]
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Image

Author:  devilman [ Tue Dec 16, 2008 20:54 ]
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Goddess Jasmince Pie wrote:
ComicalGerald wrote:
Today is a great day, because today its the season finale of Dexter. I am extremely excited.

I pointed this out in the pub last night, I think I was considered over excited. :(


It's taking a while but I've been letting my PC 'preview' the season overnight. Another day should do it - torrents seem to bring Xbox Live to a standstill so I've been doing one or the other.

Now that I've finished Fallout 3 (well, being a good guy, anyway) I thought I'd start Story mode on Warriors Orochi 2. To sum up -

- Same graphics (not too fussed - there was nothing wrong with them)
- Lots of re-used sound, particularly speech from the less-important character which got repetitive in the first game, never mind this one.
- Horrific slowdown from the start. The first game had one or two bits towards the end, but this has it all the way through. Unless, they actually intended it to be a mini-game of 'rotate the camera around so as few enemies as possible are on screen'
- Seems easier than the first game - got to the end level pretty easily. However...
- The end level on the Shu story mode was ridiculous. Orochi was easy enough to get to but uses some cheap attacks while my allies decided to glitch all over the place like epileptic breakdancers. Took about 30 minutes longer than it should've done.

Worse bit - when you complete a level, you're asked if you want to save. I always choose no, as I tinker with the newly-found weapons, then save. Unfortunately, if you do this after completing story mode, it prompts you to re-load your last saved game, meaning I've got to the last bloody level again.

Author:  JohnCoffey [ Tue Dec 16, 2008 20:58 ]
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Hero of Christmas wrote:
I just wrote this to my girlfriend on MSN...

Quote:
The Nintendo Gamecube was going to be called Dolphin. I wonder if they planned to have it dolphin shaped, back then, before the cube was chosen. I suppose a games console that can be killed by tuna fishing wasn't a great idea from a PR point of view.


I must be in a really odd frame of mind today.


Didnt it also get the name starcube or starbox or something considered too?

I think dolphin was the codename because of the ATI flipper video chip.

Author:  Hero of Excellence [ Tue Dec 16, 2008 21:41 ]
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JohnCoffey wrote:
Didnt it also get the name starcube or starbox or something considered too?

I do remember the rumours in mid 2000 of the Starcube name too. I kinda like that name better. I suspect they changed it to sound more 'grown up'.

Quote:
I think dolphin was the codename because of the ATI flipper video chip.

Good point, hadn't thought of that. :bulb:

Author:  GazChap [ Tue Dec 16, 2008 22:50 ]
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Here's irony for you. I'm sitting in the corner of the room working on something that needs to be finished tonight. Shin is sitting in the corner playing on Bomberman with Joans, Sheepeh and some others.

All I can hear is "Oh fucking bollocks" and assorted other Shinisms, so I turn my music on.

"Would you mind if you turned that down a bit please?", she says.

:P

Author:  chinnyhill10 [ Tue Dec 16, 2008 23:06 ]
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GazChap wrote:
Here's irony for you.


Another irony being that many other forum members are playing Bomberman, but on the Spectrum. Including me when I should be working!

Damn that level 4.

Author:  Shin [ Tue Dec 16, 2008 23:10 ]
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:DD

It was great! I love bombermans :p

And it was:

Me, Joans, Mr Dave, Sheepeh (who was a bastard and kept bloody following me!) and Dimrill

Author:  Runcle [ Tue Dec 16, 2008 23:10 ]
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whens the high score deadline? mind you I cant get anywhere near that score, its surely a one off.

Author:  zaphod79 [ Tue Dec 16, 2008 23:15 ]
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Runcle Scrooge wrote:
whens the high score deadline? mind you I cant get anywhere near that score, its surely a one off.


6.00pm tomorrow night

My best at the moment is just over 8k , but i can get to that 2nd autobomb level virtually every time , if i can clear it then i'll be on a very similar score.

Author:  myp [ Tue Dec 16, 2008 23:33 ]
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GazChap wrote:
"Would you mind if you turned that down a bit please?", she says.

:P


Hah, I joined just long enough to hear that. Are you enjoying your stay at Shin's house?

Author:  tossrStu [ Tue Dec 16, 2008 23:35 ]
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Either I just saw Ashens on Charlie Brooker's Screenwipe or there are two Noseybonks on the loose. Brrrr.

Author:  Malabelm [ Tue Dec 16, 2008 23:56 ]
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Shinta Claus wrote:
:DD

It was great! I love bombermans :p

And it was:

Me, Joans, Mr Dave, Sheepeh (who was a bastard and kept bloody following me!) and Dimrill


Is that why you invited me to a party?

I have to apologise for ignoring you, though. I was round at my girlfriend's hammering away on the drums on Rock Band 2, while she sang and her brother desperately attempted to keep up on the guitar, then completely forgot you'd messaged me. Those rhythm games are an arse to pause!

I really should get Bomberman. Is it worth however many points it costs?

Author:  zaphod79 [ Wed Dec 17, 2008 0:17 ]
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nynforyule wrote:
Is it worth however many points it costs?


I got it a few weeks ago and its fun but when i logged into the system tonight one of the 'adverts' on the front of the myxbox screen said 25% off Bomberman

I went to the store part to check but it wouldn't give me a cost since i already had it but if its on special now its really a no-brainer

*EDIT* ah according to Major Nelson its now 600 points

http://majornelson.com/archive/2008/12/ ... -live.aspx

Author:  Goddess Jasmine [ Wed Dec 17, 2008 0:26 ]
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It's much better in multiplayer, I get quite bored playing it by myself.

Author:  chinnyhill10 [ Wed Dec 17, 2008 0:34 ]
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tossrStu wrote:
Either I just saw Ashens on Charlie Brooker's Screenwipe or there are two Noseybonks on the loose. Brrrr.


One to hold you down, one to STAB YOU! STAB YOU! STAB YOU! STAB YOU!

Author:  chinnyhill10 [ Wed Dec 17, 2008 0:39 ]
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Runcle Scrooge wrote:
whens the high score deadline? mind you I cant get anywhere near that score, its surely a one off.


You'd better start to think what game we're playing next week. I can't see anyone touching that!

Any CPC, Spectrum or C64 game as long as you haven't played it properly for 10 years. Needs to be a game with a score.

Author:  Zio [ Wed Dec 17, 2008 2:04 ]
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Odd day, odd evening, yes, very odd. Odd. Also have stomach bug of some description. I have, in the past, been a happier Zio. I'm sure I shall be so again soon.

Author:  YOG [ Wed Dec 17, 2008 2:58 ]
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About an hour ago, someone linked me to 'glassass.com'. Until then, I thought the internet's days of being genuinely distressing were long gone.

I hope any uninitiated Bezzies will take that as a polite warning... :(

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