Bits and Bobs 51

Jem · **Posted:** Sat Mar 09, 2024 7:47

Dr Zoidberg wrote:

Jem wrote:

Warhead wrote:

Dad of three, 37, taking part in World Sex Championships

My favourite part, taken out of context: "Jax is getting paid £3,000 for entering..."

Woah woah woah, why am I only just hearing about this...

Because it doesn't seem to be real
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sweden_se ... ition_hoax

Damn it

Dr Zoidberg · **Joined:** 15th Oct, 2010 **Posts:** 5397

Jem wrote:

Dr Zoidberg wrote:

Jem wrote:

Warhead wrote:

Dad of three, 37, taking part in World Sex Championships

My favourite part, taken out of context: "Jax is getting paid £3,000 for entering..."

Woah woah woah, why am I only just hearing about this...

Because it doesn't seem to be real
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sweden_se ... ition_hoax

Damn it

On the up side, there’s clearly a gap in the market.

MaliA · **Posted:** Wed Mar 13, 2024 11:04

My second favourite part of yesterday was the story about the bloke who found a bomb down the road from us. He took it home in his van "to clean it up", realised it was bomb, then drove in his van to put it back where he found it.

My favourite part was the newspaper article about a second bomb that was found in a house in the area with the police advice of "Please stop taking bombs home".

https://www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/news/li ... e-28804451

Warhead · Noob as of 6/8/10

Dr Zoidberg wrote:

Jem wrote:

Dr Zoidberg wrote:

Jem wrote:

Warhead wrote:

Dad of three, 37, taking part in World Sex Championships

My favourite part, taken out of context: "Jax is getting paid £3,000 for entering..."

Woah woah woah, why am I only just hearing about this...

Because it doesn't seem to be real
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sweden_se ... ition_hoax

Damn it

On the up side, there’s clearly a gap in the market.

The story has appeared in lots of regional newspapers, probably because they're all published by Reach PLC.

Dimrill · **Posted:** Wed Mar 13, 2024 15:15

I'm trying to think of events they'd have. Javelin throw? Pole vault? 100m worm? Wrestling is a given. Nosh and Gobble relay?

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

Dimrill wrote:

I'm trying to think of events they'd have. Javelin throw? Pole vault? 100m worm? Wrestling is a given. Nosh and Gobble relay?

Would it not just be who is the best at the C64 classic 'Sex Games' (slightly NSFW link below for the game on Lemon64)

Code:

https://www.lemon64.com/review/ sex-games/ 1178

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

zaphod79 wrote:

Quote:

Billions of miles away at the edge of the Solar System, Voyager 1 has gone mad and has begun to die.

https://crookedtimber.org/2024/02/19/de ... ely-death/

And an update :

https://www.theregister.com/2024/03/14/ ... op-article

Quote:

Voyager 1 starts making sense again after months of babble
Veteran spacecraft shows signs of sanity with poke from engineers

MaliA · **Posted:** Fri Mar 15, 2024 15:39

On and off, it's been raining cats and dogs here. I am not complaining too much, though, as it could be hailing taxis.

MaliA · **Posted:** Mon Mar 18, 2024 22:28

Happy DavPaz day!

Zardoz · **Posted:** Mon Mar 18, 2024 23:49

Happy Birthday, DavPaz!

Kern · **Posted:** Tue Mar 19, 2024 0:07

Happy birthday!

Giphy "davpaz birthday":
https://media0.giphy.com/media/LnQoAUr1UlBCBaqjaI/giphy-loop.mp4

DavPaz · **Joined:** 27th Jun, 2008 **Posts:** 38656

Thanks folks!

DavPaz · **Joined:** 27th Jun, 2008 **Posts:** 38656

Happy Birthday, Malc!

Zardoz · **Posted:** Wed Mar 20, 2024 12:41

Happy Birthday, Malc!

Zardoz · **Posted:** Wed Mar 20, 2024 12:42

More importantly. What did you both get?

Kern · **Posted:** Wed Mar 20, 2024 12:50

Happy Birthday Malc!

Giphy "malc birthday":
https://media4.giphy.com/media/hkE6wynetELGa7xOjq/giphy-loop.mp4

Malc · **Posted:** Wed Mar 27, 2024 2:10

Thanks guys, I've been really shit at acknowledging this sort of thing the last few years. I fear I'm becoming less communicative generally online as well as in real life. Sorry about that

Kern · **Posted:** Thu Mar 28, 2024 8:58

Nazi Pub, Fuck Off

Cornwall Pub of the Year loses award due to Nazi memorabilia display

NervousPete · **Posted:** Thu Mar 28, 2024 14:25

Hullo all. Happy Birthday for yesterday Malc! Been offline a bit of late but am ready to pop back here, as it is a happy space. Been missing you guys a bit. Wub. Off to American soon on the 4th for a great big road trip, Seattle to Chicago. Took a bit of a mental health hit with the continuous dark, rainy days and flow of crap news, among other things, but now the sun is slowly returning and I'm getting fired up about this trip (albeit with butterflies in stomach) I'm coming out of my shell a bit again. Anyway, will blather later, am on train at mo' to visit the fam, then a birthday curry. Hugs to you all!

Zardoz · **Posted:** Thu Mar 28, 2024 21:48

Enjoy your next big adventure, Pete! Looking forward to seeing your pics.

Grim... · **Posted:** Sat Mar 30, 2024 15:30

Beex is now old enough to play the lottery, buy Monster and fuck other forums.

Mr Russell · **Joined:** 6th Apr, 2008 **Posts:** 12334

Grim... wrote:

Beex is now old enough to play the lottery, buy Monster and fuck other forums.

Scary stuff.
I think the lottery is 18 now though.

MaliA · **Posted:** Sun Mar 31, 2024 0:30

Mr Russell wrote:

Grim... wrote:

Beex is now old enough to play the lottery, buy Monster and fuck other forums.

Scary stuff.
I think the lottery is 18 now though.

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MaliA · **Posted:** Sun Mar 31, 2024 0:30

MaliA wrote:

Mr Russell wrote:

Grim... wrote:

Beex is now old enough to play the lottery, buy Monster and fuck other forums.

Scary stuff.
I think the lottery is 18 now though.

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No, wait, I just understood.

Dr Zoidberg · **Joined:** 15th Oct, 2010 **Posts:** 5397

I’ve been tidying the loft, and found a couple of my leather jackets from 30+ years ago.

I’ll give them a good clean up, but I’m not sure I’ll fit very easily.

DavPaz · **Joined:** 27th Jun, 2008 **Posts:** 38656

Leather stretches, right?

TheVision · **Posted:** Tue Apr 02, 2024 22:45

They're awesome! I'm not sure why you would ever stop wearing jackets like those?

Also, that white space ship in the corner of that box. I used to have that... and, I think I can spot an orange Go Bot in the middle of that box. I had that too! Some kind of JCB/digger type thing?

TheVision · **Posted:** Tue Apr 02, 2024 22:46

Also... 30 years ago... 1994.

Jeez.

markg · **Joined:** 30th Mar, 2008 **Posts:** 16639

TheVision wrote:

They're awesome! I'm not sure why you would ever stop wearing jackets like those?

Also, that white space ship in the corner of that box. I used to have that... and, I think I can spot an orange Go Bot in the middle of that box. I had that too! Some kind of JCB/digger type thing?

I used to have that green truck thing if the back pops open with some sort of rocket launchers inside. Not thought about it for decades.

Zardoz · **Posted:** Wed Apr 03, 2024 0:14

I used to have that Buck Rodger’s space ship too!

Dr Zoidberg · **Joined:** 15th Oct, 2010 **Posts:** 5397

DavPaz wrote:

Leather stretches, right?

It would have to.

The green toys are Matchbox Adventure 2000. I’ve got most of the range but they are all very battered. Unsurprisingly, boxed ones in good condition fetch over a hundred quid.

MaliA · **Posted:** Wed Apr 03, 2024 22:54

My best bit about today was explaining to someone from Leeds what a "plummy accent" is.

Mimi · **Joined:** 27th Mar, 2008 **Posts:** 26076

MaliA wrote:

My best bit about today was explaining to someone from Leeds what a "plummy accent" is.

What is a ‘plummy accent’?

MaliA · **Posted:** Thu Apr 04, 2024 9:01

Mimi wrote:

MaliA wrote:

My best bit about today was explaining to someone from Leeds what a "plummy accent" is.

What is a ‘plummy accent’?

Mine.

DavPaz · **Joined:** 27th Jun, 2008 **Posts:** 38656

MaliA wrote:

Mimi wrote:

MaliA wrote:

My best bit about today was explaining to someone from Leeds what a "plummy accent" is.

What is a ‘plummy accent’?

Mine.

You're a Brummie!

MaliA · **Posted:** Thu Apr 04, 2024 10:06

DavPaz wrote:

MaliA wrote:

Mimi wrote:

MaliA wrote:

My best bit about today was explaining to someone from Leeds what a "plummy accent" is.

What is a ‘plummy accent’?

Mine.

You're a Brummie!

Wait, they might have said that.

Mimi · **Joined:** 27th Mar, 2008 **Posts:** 26076

I know what a plummy accent is, I just wanted to know how you described it

MaliA · **Posted:** Thu Apr 04, 2024 16:58

Mimi wrote:

I know what a plummy accent is, I just wanted to know how you described it

"It's sounds like me, you daft Leodian".

MaliA · **Posted:** Tue Apr 16, 2024 13:07

Got my gig ticket, did a tip run, about to have a haircut.

What a day! Hitting the notes and rocking the boxes.

Dr Zoidberg · **Joined:** 15th Oct, 2010 **Posts:** 5397

“Why did the chicken cross the road?”
“To get to the other side”

I’ve just realised that this “the other side” is talking about the afterlife, because the chicken was killed

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

Christ, that's deep.

Mimi · **Joined:** 27th Mar, 2008 **Posts:** 26076

Dr Zoidberg wrote:

“Why did the chicken cross the road?”
“To get to the other side”

I’ve just realised that this “the other side” is talking about the afterlife, because the chicken was killed

Whoa.

Giphy "galaxy brain":
https://media2.giphy.com/media/YvnvGVQQKO9W8LQse3/giphy-loop.mp4

Mimi · **Joined:** 27th Mar, 2008 **Posts:** 26076

Why are so many Giphy things static images?

Grim... · **Posted:** Sun Apr 21, 2024 11:42

I don't know if that was a general question, but that's not a static image...

Mimi · **Joined:** 27th Mar, 2008 **Posts:** 26076

Grim... wrote:

I don't know if that was a general question, but that's not a static image...

Isn’t it? I press play and it does nothing. It’s completely still. But then… they all seem like that now, and so from your response I’m guessing that it’s ME that’s broken and not Giphy?! D’oh.

Jem · **Posted:** Mon Apr 22, 2024 10:26

Dr Zoidberg wrote:

“Why did the chicken cross the road?”
“To get to the other side”

I’ve just realised that this “the other side” is talking about the afterlife, because the chicken was killed

I don't know why that's never occurred to me before

markg · **Joined:** 30th Mar, 2008 **Posts:** 16639

Hmm, pretty sure that the joke is just that it's not a joke.

Zardoz · **Posted:** Mon Apr 22, 2024 18:15

I always thought it was just a shit joke. But now I’m thinking my whole life has been a lie.

Dr Zoidberg · **Joined:** 15th Oct, 2010 **Posts:** 5397

I suspect that this is a more modern interpretation and it wasn’t the original intention, but still a proper WTF moment.

GazChap · **Posted:** Mon Apr 22, 2024 18:42

When I was in secondary school, we had some kids visiting from the primary school down the road. Can't have been a "this is what big school is like" thing because they were only 6 or 7, but they were given an exercise to come up with a joke and to write it down.

I'll always remember one of them.

Why did the cow cross the road?
To get some grass.

Up until just now, I've always thought "kids are fucking stupid", but what if he was just ahead of the curve and was talking about a weed dealer on the other side of the road?

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