Bits & Bobs 31

kalmar · **Posted:** Wed Oct 26, 2011 13:34

DavPaz wrote:

Pot. Noodle.

:'(

o/

TheVision · **Posted:** Wed Oct 26, 2011 13:36

Today's lunch time plan is to moan and grumble to myself about how much I dislike working here.

Its hard to stay motivated when you don't actually like what you do. I've had a bit of a talking to this morning from the boss..

Zardoz · **Posted:** Wed Oct 26, 2011 13:38

You work with Bruce Springsteen?

TheVision · **Posted:** Wed Oct 26, 2011 13:42

Zardoz wrote:

You work with Bruce Springsteen?

Ha! I wish.

DavPaz · **Joined:** 27th Jun, 2008 **Posts:** 38667

kalmar wrote:

DavPaz wrote:

Pot. Noodle.

:'(

o/

\O

Bobbyaro · **Joined:** 18th Apr, 2008 **Posts:** 11898

Christ this day is taking a long time!

Goddess Jasmine · **Posted:** Wed Oct 26, 2011 14:24

At least you have lunch, I've left mine on the kitchen table, and forgotton my purse so am walking back because Joans has my car.

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

2 1/2 volumes without getting kicked out, and took a 2 hour lunch break. Notice periods rock.

Alarm · **Posted:** Wed Oct 26, 2011 19:36

Poundland electronic tills use Comic Sans. This didn't surprise me.

throughsilver · **Joined:** 30th Mar, 2008 **Posts:** 6197

DavPaz wrote:

I have no idea who she is.

Aye, I googled her because I have no idea. So my frame of reference for her is pretty hot, with no idea of her opinions. Nice one.

Zardoz wrote:

Throughsilver wrote:

I've just seen 'It Came from the Nightosphere'.

It's the pinnacle of human artistic achievement.

Saw that one last night. Brilliant. Amazingly it's not my fave (but I'd be struggling to pick which one is). The quality is so high, Adventure Time rules all cartoons.

I think my top 3 episodes are: Memories of Boom Boom Mountain, It Came from the Nightosphere & Slumber Party Panic.

Boom Boom Mountain is really good, but kinda reminds me of Mario for some reason. Maybe it's just the 64-esque name. I prefer the really dark ones. Like when Ice King brainwashed that woman into marrying him.

sdg · **Posted:** Wed Oct 26, 2011 20:55

SST, you were in my dream last night! So was flis. She was having a drink with us but had to go to her hotel room early so we went out to a club and met two hot girls, and then managed to charm one each. I distinctly remember us meeting outside the toilets to discuss strategy and compare notes

The next day, we met in the lobby of the hotel and I drove the hot girls home in an old red mini.

throughsilver · **Joined:** 30th Mar, 2008 **Posts:** 6197

Gilly wrote:

SST, you were in my dream last night! So was flis. She was having a drink with us but had to go to her hotel room early so we went out to a club and met two hot girls, and then managed to charm one each. I distinctly remember us meeting outside the toilets to discuss strategy and compare notes

The next day, we met in the lobby of the hotel and I drove the hot girls home in an old red mini.

Haha, that's brilliant! And yeah, clearly a dream if I charmed someone.

I must admit, if I was having a drink with two women who are each six foot tall, I'm kinda disappointed it wasn't my dream.

[edit] And hey, a dream by a Beex person where I'm not going mad with a meat cleaver!

Grim... · **Posted:** Wed Oct 26, 2011 21:04

Mr Kissyfur wrote:

2 1/2 volumes without getting kicked out, and took a 2 hour lunch break. Notice periods rock.

I thought you'd only just got the job? Or have you not moved yet?

sdg · **Posted:** Wed Oct 26, 2011 21:13

throughsilver wrote:

Gilly wrote:

SST, you were in my dream last night! So was flis. She was having a drink with us but had to go to her hotel room early so we went out to a club and met two hot girls, and then managed to charm one each. I distinctly remember us meeting outside the toilets to discuss strategy and compare notes

The next day, we met in the lobby of the hotel and I drove the hot girls home in an old red mini.

Haha, that's brilliant! And yeah, clearly a dream if I charmed someone.

I must admit, if I was having a drink with two women who are each six foot tall, I'm kinda disappointed it wasn't my dream.

[edit] And hey, a dream by a Beex person where I'm not going mad with a meat cleaver!

Well I promise next time flis and I will try and make it more to your taste x

throughsilver · **Joined:** 30th Mar, 2008 **Posts:** 6197

*explodes*

devilman · **Posted:** Wed Oct 26, 2011 21:23

Never noticed this apostrophe abuse on the back of the Jimmy White game on the Mega Drive before...

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(yes, I need to get out more)

flis · **Joined:** 26th May, 2008 **Posts:** 3333

Gilly wrote:

So was flis. She was having a drink with us but had to go to her hotel room early

What the fucking fuck!?! There's only one reason I'd be going back to a hotel room early and I'd be taking SST with me...what was I thinking!??! Dream me is a dickhead!

Malc74 · **Posted:** Thu Oct 27, 2011 4:34

Fun survey time! You walk into a store, whereupon the deeply handsome and charismatic store manager wishes you a cheery hello. You're looking for something and you're in a hurry, do you...
A) approach said awesome manager and politely ask the whereabouts of the item you're looking for, or...
B) walk into a far corner of the store and begin to howl "hello?" plaintively, like some kind of psychotic house cat that's forgotten where its litter box is, then get pissy when the confused and slightly unsettled manager doesn't immediately appear at your side to assist you because, you know, it's all his fault that you're a cretin with no appreciable time management skills.

I love retail.

Zardoz · **Posted:** Thu Oct 27, 2011 10:08

DavPaz · **Joined:** 27th Jun, 2008 **Posts:** 38667

C) Amazon

Grim... · **Posted:** Thu Oct 27, 2011 10:33

DavPaz wrote:

C) Amazon

Bricks and mortar suck.

KovacsC · **Posted:** Thu Oct 27, 2011 10:37

Bricks and mortor stores, aren't they for display so we can touch, then go to Amazon

markg · **Joined:** 30th Mar, 2008 **Posts:** 16640

It depends on how impatient you are.

KovacsC · **Posted:** Thu Oct 27, 2011 10:44

Very!!!

BikNorton · **Joined:** 30th Mar, 2008 **Posts:** 10174

Amazon's returns support has turned to fucking suck.

We bought a clothes airer (from Amazon, not the Marketplace). It broke. It was outside (by 1 day) the 30 day returns period. The website made it absolutely impossible to generate an RMA, going in circles saying "Try the online returns centre ... No return possible, that order's more than 30 days old, try the help centre ... Here are some irrelevances, try the online returns centre..."

Eventually we spotted a link on a single page saying "contact us" which allowed the submission of an email, with no "it's broken for fuck's sake" option in the dropdowns. Admittedly this got a label within 24 hours but it's completely unacceptable to passively disavow the SoGA like this, in my opinion.

Oh, and on the "policies for various types" page, they explicitly state that after 30 days on electronics you have to go to the manufacturer first, regardless of reason. Which is outright illegal, unlike the dodgeball above.

I'll probably continue using them for nearly everything, and paying for Prime.

throughsilver · **Joined:** 30th Mar, 2008 **Posts:** 6197

Malc74 wrote:

Fun survey time! You walk into a store, whereupon the deeply handsome and charismatic store manager wishes you a cheery hello. You're looking for something and you're in a hurry, do you...
A) approach said awesome manager and politely ask the whereabouts of the item you're looking for, or...
B) walk into a far corner of the store and begin to howl "hello?" plaintively, like some kind of psychotic house cat that's forgotten where its litter box is, then get pissy when the confused and slightly unsettled manager doesn't immediately appear at your side to assist you because, you know, it's all his fault that you're a cretin with no appreciable time management skills.

I love retail.

Wait, I've never been a store manager...

kalmar · **Posted:** Thu Oct 27, 2011 18:32

Srsly... http://pesn.com/2011/01/17/9501746_Focardi-Rossi_10_kW_cold_fusion_prepping_for_market/

Cras · **Joined:** 30th Mar, 2008 **Posts:** 49244

Hydrinos!

kalmar · **Posted:** Thu Oct 27, 2011 18:41

Shrunken atoms! Heavy electricity! Though he did spend time in jail!

All mockery aside, if it works, I want one.

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

Grim... wrote:

Mr Kissyfur wrote:

2 1/2 volumes without getting kicked out, and took a 2 hour lunch break. Notice periods rock.

I thought you'd only just got the job? Or have you not moved yet?

Not starting until January - current place are holding me to the 3 month notice period, the cocks. Still, i'm getting them to pay for my Christmas holiday.

DavPaz · **Joined:** 27th Jun, 2008 **Posts:** 38667

This afternoon I shall be visiting Coscto to stock up on beer and meat.

Tomorrow morning, MrsPaz's mum is picking up MiniPaz and taking her away for 24 hours.

Woo! Beer and meat fuelled birthday party madness! Sleep in!

Zardoz · **Posted:** Fri Oct 28, 2011 13:54

Your birthday, DavPaz?

We are out tonight for Mrs Zs birthday (which was yesterday) for a Thai meal and booze. Should be good there's a fair few of our friends out with us too. The Baba Zs are staying out at their Grandma's too so it will probably end up going on into the early hours. For me anyway. :metul:

DavPaz · **Joined:** 27th Jun, 2008 **Posts:** 38667

MrsPaz's birthday on Sunday. Our lesbian friends are coming over so I'll probably end up on the dancefloor in Superstar Boudoir.

Wish me luck!!

Zardoz · **Posted:** Fri Oct 28, 2011 14:01

Good luck!

ZOMG Spoiler! Click here to view!

He's going to get a triple pegging isn't he?

DavPaz · **Joined:** 27th Jun, 2008 **Posts:** 38667

I already said, it's not *my* birthday.

*crossed fingers anyway*

Zardoz · **Posted:** Fri Oct 28, 2011 14:47

devilman · **Posted:** Fri Oct 28, 2011 14:47

Zardoz wrote:

Your birthday, DavPaz?

We are out tonight for Mrs Zs birthday (which was yesterday) for a Thai meal and booze. Should be good there's a fair few of our friends out with us too. The Baba Zs are staying out at their Grandma's too so it will probably end up going on into the early hours. For me anyway. :metul:

Tomorrow night I've been invited to a halloween house party and depending on what state I leave that, my local rock pub has a halloween all-nighter from 7pm-7am. I doubt I'll be around for the duration though.. particularly as the clock's go back an hour during that night. Although one of the 'features' of the evening is 'Cheesy oatcakes for breakfast'

DavPaz · **Joined:** 27th Jun, 2008 **Posts:** 38667

The top ten posters on this forum account for slightly over 40% of the posts.

Grim... · **Posted:** Fri Oct 28, 2011 15:33

DavPaz wrote:

The top ten posters on this forum account for slightly over 40% of the posts.

I would have thought it would be more than that.

MaliA · **Posted:** Fri Oct 28, 2011 17:09

Painting is progressing well. Except the whole room I forgot about. probably will get new carpets at some point. And paint all the interior rooms magnolia.

throughsilver · **Joined:** 30th Mar, 2008 **Posts:** 6197

Zardoz wrote:

I love the squirrel, pissing himself!

Kern · **Posted:** Fri Oct 28, 2011 20:43

Being a good politics nerd, there's something brilliant in a plan to change an obscure part of our constitution which would affect 16 other countries, needs their unanimous support, and is only really of concern to the unborn. Let's face it, where would the fun be if the British constitution made sense?

BBC link

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

Have just sat through, a half hour plasticine tom and jerry interpretive play written my my 7 year old child. It was as exactly as fun as you would expect it to be.

Cras · **Joined:** 30th Mar, 2008 **Posts:** 49244

Half an hour is really quite impressive.

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

Especially considering there were only 4 props; a bomb, Jerry's hole, a frying pan and a lump of cheese.

DavPaz · **Joined:** 27th Jun, 2008 **Posts:** 38667

Sounds like a Lynch film

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

tom and jerry

WTB · **Joined:** 27th Mar, 2008 **Posts:** 14497

Does anybody want to buy a 1990 US Stratocaster Plus Deluxe in natural finish? Times are hard.

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

I'm off to a halloween party tonight. Any guesses what I'm going as?

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Mr Dave · **Posted:** Sat Oct 29, 2011 20:58

Is it Dimrill?

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