General Chit Chat

[Beefheart]

The birthday & Christmas cancel each other out, so you celebrate neither.
I suggest you spend the day lying on the sofa watching the Die Hard movies back to back.

Once upon a time it was Wonderful Life on Christmas Day, then A Christmas Carol (in one of its many forms) then several years of Jason and the Argonauts, then several more of Zulu...and now Die Hard? (Mind, you can usually find Wonderful Life, a Scroogy and Miracle on 34th Street if you look hard enough).

By look hard enough I assume you mean 'turn your tv on at any point during December'.

A tip for those (like my dad) who prefer the Alastair Simm version of A Christmas Carol but can't stand the colourised version, just alter the contrast on your TV. Instant black and white!

[TANGODANCER]

The birthday & Christmas cancel each other out, so you celebrate neither.
I suggest you spend the day lying on the sofa watching the Die Hard movies back to back.

Once upon a time it was Wonderful Life on Christmas Day, then A Christmas Carol (in one of its many forms) then several years of Jason and the Argonauts, then several more of Zulu...and now Die Hard? (Mind, you can usually find Wonderful Life, a Scroogy and Miracle on 34th Street if you look hard enough).

By look hard enough I assume you mean 'turn your tv on at any point during December'.

A tip for those (like my dad) who prefer the Alastair Simm version of A Christmas Carol but can't stand the colourised version, just alter the contrast on your TV. Instant black and white!

You absolute "humbug!" How dare you dismiss such classics. I'll have you know I watched The Golden Compass last night.

ps. Natalie Wood was the little girl in the original Miracle on 34th Street. Just thought I'd mention it.

[Beefheart]

The birthday & Christmas cancel each other out, so you celebrate neither.
I suggest you spend the day lying on the sofa watching the Die Hard movies back to back.

Once upon a time it was Wonderful Life on Christmas Day, then A Christmas Carol (in one of its many forms) then several years of Jason and the Argonauts, then several more of Zulu...and now Die Hard? (Mind, you can usually find Wonderful Life, a Scroogy and Miracle on 34th Street if you look hard enough).

By look hard enough I assume you mean 'turn your tv on at any point during December'.

A tip for those (like my dad) who prefer the Alastair Simm version of A Christmas Carol but can't stand the colourised version, just alter the contrast on your TV. Instant black and white!

You absolute "humbug!" How dare you dismiss such classics. I'll have you know I watched The Golden Compass last night.

ps. Natalie Wood was the little girl in the original Miracle on 34th Street. Just thought I'd mention it.

I wasn't dismissing them! I'm just saying they are on a lot at that time of the year.

[General Mannerheim]

Ethics. If you knew someone who had a spare return train ticket to london every week, and they offered it to you in exchange for you paying for the taxi to and from manc, thus saving you a few quid on train fare but him travelling completely free - would you consider him a bit of a tight bastard?

[bobo the clown]

No.

[clapton is god]

Yes. He could share the love. Over time it would grate.

[General Mannerheim]

its grating.

im almost tempted to sack of the arrangement out of spite.

[Bruce Rioja]

Hmmm. Just got home to see that the gardener's been. On the 4th November. That's bordering on taking the piss, is it not?

[malcd1]

Hmmm. Just got home to see that the gardener's been. On the 4th November. That's bordering on taking the piss, is it not?

I cut my lawn only last week and I suspect I may have to give it another trim before winter arrives.

If he does more than cut your lawn then I think it is certainly justified. There is always something to do before winter (unless your garden is very small then he is probably taking the piss).

[Bruce Rioja]

Hmmm. Just got home to see that the gardener's been. On the 4th November. That's bordering on taking the piss, is it not?

I cut my lawn only last week and I suspect I may have to give it another trim before winter arrives.

If he does more than cut your lawn then I think it is certainly justified. There is always something to do before winter (unless your garden is very small then he is probably taking the piss).

To be fair, he's cut both lawns, done all the edges, turned over all the soil and shifted all the leaves that had blown on from the adjacent woods. Go on then, I'll pay him.

[LeverEnd]

Hmmm. Just got home to see that the gardener's been. On the 4th November. That's bordering on taking the piss, is it not?

I cut my lawn only last week and I suspect I may have to give it another trim before winter arrives.

If he does more than cut your lawn then I think it is certainly justified. There is always something to do before winter (unless your garden is very small then he is probably taking the piss).

To be fair, he's cut both lawns, done all the edges, turned over all the soil and shifted all the leaves that had blown on from the adjacent woods. Go on then, I'll pay him.

Jolly decent of you!

[Hoboh]

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/artic ... rs-it.html" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
This will throw up some interesting results

[Worthy4England]

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/artic ... rs-it.html
This will throw up some interesting results

Wibble.

[Prufrock]

The chances of me trusting anything the Daily Mail have to say on health or science are pretty f*cking low, I have to say.

[bobo the clown]

↑↑↑ I read that to the tune of 'War of the Worlds'

[KeyserSoze]

RAther him than me

http://www.theguardian.com/media/mediam ... e-anaconda" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

[Prufrock]

All fun and games for presumably everyone except the anaconda. Can't see them getting him out by trying to make it sick.

[KeyserSoze]

I did wonder whether the Discovery Channel has just gone in for killing animals for tv ratings.

[bobo the clown]

All fun and games for presumably everyone except the anaconda. Can't see them getting him out by trying to make it sick.

Yeah. They have human rights don't they ??

"snakesRus" should sue.

[Prufrock]

Ha! Seriously though, hunting down and then killing an animal for what looks like a Uni Rugby initiation gotten out of hand seems a bit, well, dickish!