Bits and Bobs 35

MaliA · **Posted:** Tue Jul 10, 2012 13:20

He's remarkably, um, assured:

"When you look at all the stuff that goes on, you see it could easily have gone tits up," said Wiggins, reflecting on the crashes that turned the first week's racing into a lottery.

MaliA · **Posted:** Tue Jul 10, 2012 13:20

Trooper wrote:

I seem to have stumbled into another job in the government, don't blame me if all your benefits get stopped and stuff like that.

Stuff I have learnt today, a little quiz for you all.

For 10 Trooper points, order the following services in terms of transactions per year, from highest to lowest.

A) Burial at sea requests.
B) Tax self-assessments.
C) Prison visitation bookings.
D) Heather burning licence.

BACD

Goddess Jasmine · **Posted:** Tue Jul 10, 2012 13:21

Trooper wrote:

I seem to have stumbled into another job in the government, don't blame me if all your benefits get stopped and stuff like that.

Stuff I have learnt today, a little quiz for you all.

For 10 Trooper points, order the following services in terms of transactions per year, from highest to lowest.

A) Burial at sea requests.
B) Tax self-assessments.
C) Prison visitation bookings.
D) Heather burning licence.

Cbad

Malabelm · **Posted:** Tue Jul 10, 2012 13:22

Grim... · **Posted:** Tue Jul 10, 2012 13:28

Trooper · **Joined:** 4th Mar, 2010 **Posts:** 22392

It was a slightly trick question

C) Prison visitation bookings. 9 million
B) Tax self-assessments. 8 million
A) Burial at sea requests. 10
D) Heather burning licence. 10

So if you answered CBAD or CBDA, congratulations, you win 10 Trooper points!

Curiosity · **Posted:** Tue Jul 10, 2012 13:37

I was going to say CBAD. So I'll take those points.

True story.

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

Trooper wrote:

C) Prison visitation bookings. 9 million

That's 100 per prisoner! Actually, I guess that's not that high.

Grim... · **Posted:** Tue Jul 10, 2012 14:21

Trooper wrote:

So if you answered CBAD or CBDA, congratulations, you win 10 Trooper points!

How do I redeem my points?

Trooper · **Joined:** 4th Mar, 2010 **Posts:** 22392

Grim... wrote:

Trooper wrote:

So if you answered CBAD or CBDA, congratulations, you win 10 Trooper points!

How do I redeem my points?

Special offer today only. 10 points per trip to Wales in a Lotus, if your name is rodent related.

Grim... · **Posted:** Tue Jul 10, 2012 14:28

GazChap wrote:

Presumably much of the quoting goes on in Mafia games, so the figures are all skewed to hell and back

Um... Not sure. It's fairly trivial to only look in the main forum, so that's maybe what I did.

But then, anyone can play mafia scum.

Grim... · **Posted:** Tue Jul 10, 2012 14:28

Trooper wrote:

Grim... wrote:

Trooper wrote:

So if you answered CBAD or CBDA, congratulations, you win 10 Trooper points!

How do I redeem my points?

Special offer today only. 10 points per trip to Wales in a Lotus, if your name is rodent related.

Hmm.

I'll give it some thought.

Dimrill · **Posted:** Tue Jul 10, 2012 14:31

ZOMG! I'VE ONLY GOT POLISH FUDGE OR SUTIN! *KLAXON* POHLEESH FOOOJ *HONK HONK*

Dimrill · **Posted:** Tue Jul 10, 2012 14:32

Bleurgh this polish fudge is foul. *eats entire packet*

Grim... · **Posted:** Tue Jul 10, 2012 14:32

Someone reboot Dimmers.

Trooper · **Joined:** 4th Mar, 2010 **Posts:** 22392

Dimrill wrote:

Bleurgh this polish fudge is foul. *eats entire packet*

Are you sure you are supposed to eat it? Try rubbing it on the coffee table and seeing if it makes it shiny.

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

Pludge?

DavPaz · **Joined:** 27th Jun, 2008 **Posts:** 38659

This training guy keeps googling 'Google'

Goddess Jasmine · **Posted:** Tue Jul 10, 2012 15:07

DavPaz wrote:

This training guy keeps googling 'Google'

DavPaz · **Joined:** 27th Jun, 2008 **Posts:** 38659

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

I am so cold, my skin hurts, my back aches, my hands and knees ache and I have a sore throat. Bleurgh.

metalangel · **Posted:** Tue Jul 10, 2012 18:37

Bobbyaro wrote:

I am so cold, my skin hurts, my back aches, my hands and knees ache and I have a sore throat. Bleurgh.

I wonder if this is the same thing we had?

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

Bobbyaro wrote:

MaliA wrote:

Inc ase anyone missed it,Bradley Wiggins was asked this question:

Quote:

"There was some chatter in the Twitter-sphere about the comparison between Sky and US Postal," said the AP journalist. "I'm wondering your reaction. And, what do you say to the cynics who say you have to be doped up to win the Tour de France?"

his response was somewhat blunt:

Quote:

"Honestly, they're just fucking wankers," Wiggins said. "I cannot be dealing with people like that. It justifies their own bone-idleness because they can't ever imagine applying themselves to anything in their lives. And it's easy for them to sit under a pseudo-name on Twitter and write that sort of shit rather than get off their arses in their own life and apply themselves, and work hard at something and achieve something. And that's ultimately it. Cunts"

Which has improved my day lots.

Is that real?? That's brilliant if it is.

Aye, Mr Wiggins might be a lycra fetishist, but I like the way he enjoys sticking his fingers up at everything

KovacsC · **Posted:** Tue Jul 10, 2012 19:33

Is at my hotel tonight.

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

One for MaliA: Gilbert Gottfried reads 50 shades of grey.
http://www.jest.com/video/174214/gilber ... es-of-grey

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

One for Viz's "Up the arse corner" :hat:

http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news ... +-+Main%29

Morte · **Posted:** Tue Jul 10, 2012 20:24

Bobbyaro wrote:

One for MaliA: Gilbert Gottfried reads 50 shades of grey.
http://www.jest.com/video/174214/gilber ... es-of-grey

Thanks Bobbyaro, I've now spat my drink over my keyboard...and no that is not a euphamism before you ask.

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

Bobbyaro wrote:

I am so cold, my skin hurts, my back aches, my hands and knees ache and I have a sore throat. Bleurgh.

I am now hotter than the depths of Hades!

Goddess Jasmine · **Posted:** Tue Jul 10, 2012 21:19

Aww, Bobby! Take care of yourself. Xxx

metalangel · **Posted:** Tue Jul 10, 2012 21:22

Yes, genuinely asking now, has anyone else who attended the BBQ felt ill? Mrs Metal and I have both been ill, MrDave indicated he's been unwell, and now Bobby has described exactly the symptoms too. The only good thing is that the fever seems to come and go fairly early (at least in whatever thing we had) and then turns into a cough.

Malc · **Posted:** Tue Jul 10, 2012 22:19

It also sounds like what my family had, and none of us went to the bbq

Malc

Trooper · **Joined:** 4th Mar, 2010 **Posts:** 22392

Me and mrs t have both had it too.

MaliA · **Posted:** Tue Jul 10, 2012 22:34

metalangel wrote:

Yes, genuinely asking now, has anyone else who attended the BBQ felt ill? Mrs Metal and I have both been ill, MrDave indicated he's been unwell, and now Bobby has described exactly the symptoms too. The only good thing is that the fever seems to come and go fairly early (at least in whatever thing we had) and then turns into a cough.

I've been fine, as has MrsA. We're not poncy southerners.

zaphod79 · **Joined:** 16th Apr, 2008 **Posts:** 14518

MaliA wrote:

I've been fine, as has MrsA. We're both Typhoid Mary's.

FTFY

Zardoz · **Posted:** Tue Jul 10, 2012 23:30

Green Goblin cider is very disappointing.

I thought it would have had a strong distinctive taste with it being oak aged.

Goddess Jasmine · **Posted:** Wed Jul 11, 2012 6:31

I've been fine Perkies.

Kern · **Posted:** Wed Jul 11, 2012 6:53

DavPaz wrote:

This training guy keeps googling 'Google'

When I try to reach that site, I sometimes press 'enter' too quickly, so the IT bods at work must wonder why I'm continually searching for 'goo' during office hours.

KovacsC · **Posted:** Wed Jul 11, 2012 7:09

Zardoz wrote:

Green Goblin cider is very disappointing.

I thought it would have had a strong distinctive taste with it being oak aged.

Although their Snakebite is rather nice.

MaliA · **Posted:** Wed Jul 11, 2012 7:12

KovacsC wrote:

Zardoz wrote:

Green Goblin cider is very disappointing.

I thought it would have had a strong distinctive taste with it being oak aged.

Although their Snakebite is rather nice.

That the apple beer? That's well lush, is that.

KovacsC · **Posted:** Wed Jul 11, 2012 7:13

Yes it is that one.. Normally 4 for £6 in our Tesco.

In fact might get some on the way home..

MaliA · **Posted:** Wed Jul 11, 2012 8:12

KovacsC wrote:

Yes it is that one.. Normally 4 for £6 in our Tesco.

In fact might get some on the way home..

I shall inform the woman of this. She really likes it.

KovacsC · **Posted:** Wed Jul 11, 2012 8:35

MrsK is becoming a fan of Real Ales..... which is awesome

MaliA · **Posted:** Wed Jul 11, 2012 8:37

Cocking fagballs. There's some form of error in my program (i'm not checking 1,000 lines of results, or even sticking a filter on top of a column to check for blanks) so I've got to ask someone to do something again now. Oops.

Trooper · **Joined:** 4th Mar, 2010 **Posts:** 22392

MaliA wrote:

Cocking fagballs. There's some form of error in my program (i'm not checking 1,000 lines of results, or even sticking a filter on top of a column to check for blanks) so I've got to ask someone to do something again now. Oops.

Didn't your automated tests that your wrote tell you about the error

MaliA · **Posted:** Wed Jul 11, 2012 9:24

Trooper wrote:

MaliA wrote:

Cocking fagballs. There's some form of error in my program (i'm not checking 1,000 lines of results, or even sticking a filter on top of a column to check for blanks) so I've got to ask someone to do something again now. Oops.

Didn't your automated tests that your wrote tell you about the error

Heh. I did it by hand, and compared the two, and the error isn't mine. Also, I'm eating curry at work before half nine in the morning. WIN!

Plissken · **Posted:** Wed Jul 11, 2012 10:02

Zardoz wrote:

Green Goblin cider is very disappointing.

To be honest, I'm expecting Wychwoods next beer to be called Jumped The Shark.

MaliA · **Posted:** Wed Jul 11, 2012 10:16

Plissken wrote:

Zardoz wrote:

Green Goblin cider is very disappointing.

To be honest, I'm expecting Wychwoods next beer to be called Jumped The Shark.

I think being owned by a much larger brewery has had a amjor impact on what they can and can't brew, lest it cuts into their parent company's range.

BikNorton · **Joined:** 30th Mar, 2008 **Posts:** 10173

Plissken wrote:

Zardoz wrote:

Green Goblin cider is very disappointing.

To be honest, I'm expecting Wychwoods next beer to be called Jumped The Shark.

Green Goblin isn't by Wychwood (though I thought the same).

And I like it.

So there.

KovacsC · **Posted:** Wed Jul 11, 2012 10:38

There is a Wychtwood version... I am certain

MaliA · **Posted:** Wed Jul 11, 2012 10:41

KovacsC wrote:

There is a Wychtwood version... I am certain

Search engines agree.

EDIT: Although it seems to have been bought by Thatchers?

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