Bits and Bobs 30

Kern · **Posted:** Thu Jul 14, 2011 14:04

Cibrushsille was introduced to Britain by these guys a while back:

GO!

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

Kern · **Posted:** Thu Jul 14, 2011 14:12

Amusingly, the web filter at work won't let me look at the Wikipedia article for the Thirtieth Roman Legion, which I wanted to quote from. No idea why.

Trooper · **Joined:** 4th Mar, 2010 **Posts:** 22266

Decca · **Joined:** 23rd Jun, 2010 **Posts:** 2282

The feet are cut off

zaphod79 · **Joined:** 16th Apr, 2008 **Posts:** 14487

Kern · **Posted:** Thu Jul 14, 2011 14:20

Decca wrote:

The feet are cut off

Decimation fail.

Pundabaya · **Joined:** 30th Mar, 2008 **Posts:** 5016

Kern wrote:

Amusingly, the web filter at work won't let me look at the Wikipedia article for the Thirtieth Roman Legion, which I wanted to quote from. No idea why.

Possibly due to what thirty is in roman numerals?

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

The Magic Baby Jake thing on CBeebies is terrifying. Then again, I have a phobia of photographed faces/heads on animated (particularly undersized animated) bodies.

Decca · **Joined:** 23rd Jun, 2010 **Posts:** 2282

You seen that birthday thing on nick jr (?) where they have the animals and a "little boy" "little girl"?

Alarm · **Posted:** Thu Jul 14, 2011 14:30

#Cibrushsille is trending*

_{*If you can sort through Beexer's tweets.}

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

Decca wrote:

You seen that birthday thing on nick jr (?) where they have the animals and a "little boy" "little girl"?

No - we only have Freeview, and get very few of those channels due to the location. Which is one of the reasons we have a huge DVD collection.

Your quote marked little boy and little girl sound sinister!

Warhead · Noob as of 6/8/10

Went for an hour's walk before brekky this morning, accompanied by The Goon Show on't iPod. This should be the first of many such sojourns. I'm gonna get a bit fitter and lighter if it kills me.

Mr Russell · **Joined:** 6th Apr, 2008 **Posts:** 12243

Warhead wrote:

Went for an hour's walk before brekky this morning, accompanied by The Goon Show on't iPod. This should be the first of many such sojourns. I'm gonna get a bit fitter and lighter if it kills me.

The Goon show is so promising from the scripts, and so very, very awful to listen to.

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

Week two:

"I don't like this game!"

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

The Goon Show is superb, fool.

Mr Russell · **Joined:** 6th Apr, 2008 **Posts:** 12243

Craster wrote:

The Goon Show is superb, fool.

The scripts are so funny I gave myself a hernia. The show itself is unlistenable.

Curiosity · **Posted:** Thu Jul 14, 2011 14:48

"Have you let the tiger out, Min?"

Warhead · Noob as of 6/8/10

Longines Symphonette wrote:

Warhead wrote:

Went for an hour's walk before brekky this morning, accompanied by The Goon Show on't iPod. This should be the first of many such sojourns. I'm gonna get a bit fitter and lighter if it kills me.

The Goon show is so promising from the scripts, and so very, very awful to listen to.

Some are better than others. Many are very good indeed and I've got 117 episodes to work my way through. I should be as thin as Bluebottle by the time I've finished.

Tails of Men's Shirts

KovacsC · **Posted:** Thu Jul 14, 2011 15:21

He's fallen in the water!!

Zardoz · **Posted:** Thu Jul 14, 2011 15:23

Longines Symphonette wrote:

Craster wrote:

The Goon Show is superb, fool.

The scripts are so funny I gave myself a hernia. The show itself is unlistenable.

Your face is unlistenable.

KovacsC · **Posted:** Thu Jul 14, 2011 15:24

I went on a rugby tour to the Isle of man once..... that was odd

GazChap · **Posted:** Thu Jul 14, 2011 15:30

I have my Parrot A.R. Drone quadracopter.

It is surprisingly difficult to control.

I have already cut up my boss' flowers in the garden.

KovacsC · **Posted:** Thu Jul 14, 2011 15:38

GazChap wrote:

I have my Parrot A.R. Drone quadracopter.

It is surprisingly difficult to control.

I have already cut up my boss' flowers in the garden.

Pics.....

markg · **Joined:** 30th Mar, 2008 **Posts:** 16557

GazChap wrote:

I have my Parrot A.R. Drone quadracopter.

It is surprisingly difficult to control.

I have already cut up my boss' flowers in the garden.

It should be very easy to control, quadcopters basically fly themselves, all you should need to do is tell it where to go. I suspect the weak link here is either the fact that the controller is an iPhone or it's you.

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

Oh, wow. Well, Russell is the new me.

Mr Russell · **Joined:** 6th Apr, 2008 **Posts:** 12243

Mr Kissyfur wrote:

Oh, wow. Well, Russell is the new me.

King Rong? Haha, I would never dare usurp your crown.

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

Longines Symphonette wrote:

Mr Kissyfur wrote:

Oh, wow. Well, Russell is the new me.

King Rong? Haha, I would never dare usurp your crown.

Well, you have. Exhibit A: This Thread.

I'll abdicate peacefully, so there's no need for a coup.

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

Mr Kissyfur wrote:

Longines Symphonette wrote:

Mr Kissyfur wrote:

Oh, wow. Well, Russell is the new me.

King Rong? Haha, I would never dare usurp your crown.

Well, you have. Exhibit A: This Thread.

I'll abdicate peacefully, so there's no need for a coup.

Hi, Coup! So happy
Am I for you to arrive
That I did a wee.

Mr Russell · **Joined:** 6th Apr, 2008 **Posts:** 12243

Nah, my opinion that The Goons are funny will not be questioned.

Funny noises however does not comedy make*

*whoopee cusions excepted.

KovacsC · **Posted:** Thu Jul 14, 2011 15:58

Longines Symphonette wrote:

Nah, my opinion that The Goons are funny will not be questioned.

Funny noises however does not comedy make*

*whoopee cusions excepted.

Stop Man.. are you drunk already!!

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

Nothing gives me goosepimples like the combination of puns and great poetry.

Curiosity · **Posted:** Thu Jul 14, 2011 16:13

*rescinds cottage invite*

MaliA · **Posted:** Thu Jul 14, 2011 16:18

FAO Gaywood and Craster:

Restaurant dish reviews on your iThing or aNdroid.

GazChap · **Posted:** Thu Jul 14, 2011 16:28

markg wrote:

It should be very easy to control, quadcopters basically fly themselves, all you should need to do is tell it where to go. I suspect the weak link here is either the fact that the controller is an iPhone or it's you.

It's the "telling it where to go" bit that's difficult.

I instinctively look at the copter rather than at the video feed to the screen. As a result, telling the copter to go forwards moves it in an unintended direction, as forwards for me means "away from me", whereas the copter is pointing towards me.

Also, I have now read in the manual that I need to set the "flat trim" option when it's landed so that it can stabilise itself.

Now all I need to do is work out how to strap my helmet camera to it to get some quality 1080p footage!

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

Curiosity wrote:

Last read - "Moon over Soho" by Ben Aaronovitch.

I have no idea why Aaronovitch has still not written for the new series of Who. He wrote Remembrance of the Daleks which Moffatt himself is a fan of (he did a write up on it for DWM), another story and was being mooted for script editor if the 1990 series had gone ahead.

Zardoz · **Posted:** Thu Jul 14, 2011 16:30

GazChap wrote:

Now all I need to do is work out how to strap my helmet camera to it to get some quality 1080p footage!

Then it'll be a proper chopper chopper.

Curiosity · **Posted:** Thu Jul 14, 2011 16:35

chinnyhill10 wrote:

Curiosity wrote:

Last read - "Moon over Soho" by Ben Aaronovitch.

I have no idea why Aaronovitch has still not written for the new series of Who. He wrote Remembrance of the Daleks which Moffatt himself is a fan of (he did a write up on it for DWM), another story and was being mooted for script editor if the 1990 series had gone ahead.

Heh, I had no idea he had any links to Doctor Who, etc. thought he was some new, young writer!

That said, he's clearly been sitting on his current series for a while as he's releasing the third book in under a year soon!

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

MaliA wrote:

FAO Gaywood and Craster:

Restaurant dish reviews on your iThing or aNdroid.

Interesting, but willing to bet it will suffer from a lack of content, particularly UK content.

Zardoz · **Posted:** Thu Jul 14, 2011 16:56

There will be a lack of content if they're visiting restaurants after you.

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

Curiosity wrote:

Heh, I had no idea he had any links to Doctor Who, etc. thought he was some new, young writer!

No not at all. He was a new young writer in 1988 when he did his first Who story! I'd imagine he's now in his late 40's.

He brought back the Brigadier in Battlefield, then wanted to kill him off. Nicholas Courtney actually agreed to this but Aaronovitch changed his mind quite late on as he thought it would be like killing Santa and would overshadow everything else.

Some of the stories he and script editor Andrew Cartmel had planned for 1990 would have been amazing.

Wullie · **Joined:** 27th Jun, 2008 **Posts:** 6183

ZARDOZLOLZ! The new b3ta image challenge is shit awesome

Dr Lave · **Joined:** 30th Mar, 2008 **Posts:** 5979

Talking of b3ta; do you know when you're on twitter and then you find out you live next store to the founder of b3ta and then he invites you round for tea.

Thats weird isn't it?

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

Dr Lave wrote:

Talking of b3ta do you know when your on twitter and you find out you live next store to the founder and then pop round for tea. Thats weird isn't it?

Least coherent post since Mimi got drunk.

Dr Lave · **Joined:** 30th Mar, 2008 **Posts:** 5979

better?

Wullie · **Joined:** 27th Jun, 2008 **Posts:** 6183

Dr Lave wrote:

Talking of b3ta; do you know when you're on twitter and then you find out you live next store to the founder of b3ta and then he invites you round for tea.

Thats weird isn't it?

It tickled me. A beautiful moment :luv:

Dr Lave · **Joined:** 30th Mar, 2008 **Posts:** 5979

Twitter = spoooooky.

ApplePieOfDestiny · **Joined:** 17th Dec, 2008 **Posts:** 8293

Apparently, the galaxy truffles in a box o celebrations have been replaced with mini twix.

That's the final straw. I'm leaving the country.

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

The galaxy truffles were always a bit shit though.

How long until you can start drinking again? Your frayed edges are showing a little.

DBSnappa · **Posted:** Thu Jul 14, 2011 21:10

Craster wrote:

The galaxy truffles were always a bit shit though.

How long until you can start drinking again? Your frayed edges are showing a little.

The frayed edges? Sorry, he's running some serious tassles there.

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