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[Musha_Soturi]

Become the Grammer Vigilanty.

I think you and Dave will get on just fine.

You did that on purpose right?

Well my first week at work is going well, I'm already impressing my bosses and kicking ass. Pub lunch today as well to get to know everyone better. Winning!

 

[The_Poet]

You did that on purpose right?

Well my first week at work is going well, I'm already impressing my bosses and kicking ass. Pub lunch today as well to get to know everyone better. Winning!

Never turn down a pint from higher-ups, it means they like you.

 

[SteveWD40]

Never turn down a pint from higher-ups, it means they like you.

My "interview" for this job was done over a couple of pints in the pub near the office. My promotion was made official in the same way.

 

[NinjaBoiX]

You did that on purpose right?

Well my first week at work is going well, I'm already impressing my bosses and kicking ass. Pub lunch today as well to get to know everyone better. Winning!

Of course, my command of the English language is largely infallible. I can't take credit for the second part though.

Glad the job is going well, keep on keepin' on Soturi!

My "interview" for this job was done over a couple of pints in the pub near the office. My promotion was made official in the same way.

Boss: "So who's round is it?"

Steve: "It's mine I think."

Boss: "When can you start?"

 

[sploatee]

You did that on purpose right?

Well my first week at work is going well, I'm already impressing my bosses and kicking ass. Pub lunch today as well to get to know everyone better. Winning!

Good stuff! Keep it up OR ELSE.

--

So I finished Entwined. Its pleasant.

Not at work today. Grandiose!

 

[The_Poet]

Good stuff! Keep it up OR ELSE.

--

So I finished Entwined. Its pleasant.

Not at work today. Grandiose!

Nice. I've got Monday off, its going to make the weekend that much sweeter.

 

[BGBW]

Edit: Also, The Wire is like 10 years old Coldman, you can't whinge about spoilers at this point.

They only showed it once on TV at like 11pm every weekday and didn't put it on iPlayer. You miss one episode and you were buggered.

 

[Hot Coldman]

They only showed it once on TV at like 11pm every weekday and didn't put it on iPlayer. You miss one episode and you were buggered.

Watching TV on TV? pfffft

 

[Reknoc]

if a show isnt on netflix it might as well not exist

*watches old episodes of cheers*

 

[sploatee]

Alright. I'm at home doing housework and chores. Please observe:

Richey Edwards was hot. (It's 1992 again and I'm 11!)

And it looks like Warners have shut down all Prince videos on Youtube. So I can't share anything decent. Grumble. Post pictures of attractive men, please! If you want to.

 

[Screaming Meat]

Post pictures of attractive men, please! If you want to.

*sigh*

 

[War Peaceman]

Would definitely go to the other side for Mr. Whishaw.

 

[SmokyDave]

if a show isnt on netflix it might as well not exist

*watches old episodes of cheers*

So that's pretty much everything then.

Netflix is OK to casually browse, but it's shit if you want to search for anything.

 

[NinjaBoiX]

Idris Elba is a handsome fucker like, cooler than a polar bear's toenails too.

Just noticed vcassano's Jameela Jamil avatar too, noice. I approve, she's such a fox.

 

[The_Poet]

Am I doing it right? I'm confused

Spoiler

In more then 1 way

 

[Screaming Meat]

Idris Elba is a handsome fucker like, cooler than a polar bear's toenails too.

Just noticed vcassano's Jameela Jamil avatar too, noice. I approve, she's such a fox.

Is she the E4 presenter? Man, I appreciate why people like her but she makes me want to smash my head through the TV. Not in a good way, either.

 

[Screaming Meat]

Am I doing it right? I'm confused

Spoiler

In more then 1 way

That looks like someone photoshopped my 20 year old self and made him attractive with good hair and better cheekbones.

We should hang.

 

[Lirlond]

Hey 8bit, I think we should get a referendum topic up for around August time, it's a fairly important event after all

 

[NinjaBoiX]

Is she the E4 presenter? Man, I appreciate why people like her but she makes me want to smash my head through the TV. Not in a good way, either.

I'd smash her through a TV...

 

[Screaming Meat]

I'd smash her through a TV...

 

[sploatee]

*sigh*

Kurt was sometimes quite nice. But I just think he'd stink.

Am I doing it right? I'm confused

Spoiler

In more then 1 way

My feelings on the bearded lady are known - I think he/she is hot!

While we are on the androgynous:

Also hot:

(Grey's Anatomy is on the TV a lot round here.)

 

[Screaming Meat]

Kurt was sometimes quite nice. But I just think he'd stink.

Mmmmm... Heroin Junky.

 

[CyclopsRock]

Man, I bloody love pub lunches. We just went out for a giant pub lunch, the whole company (about 25 of us), because it was 3 of our birthday's this week and we have 3 new people. So we went out, had tasty food, a bunch of beer and now we're at work with the office communal spotify playlist on. Ahhhhhhh summmeeerrrrr.

Edit: I posted this without seeing Musha's post above. Shit, you don't work with me now do you?!

 

[NinjaBoiX]

So pretty people huh?

Melissa Clarke

Radeo Suicide

B Traits (Brianna Price)

I'm not all about the redheads you know, I'm a deep and complex individual.

Haha, that's what I was going for! Perfect gif response.

 

[Hot Coldman]

So that's pretty much everything then.

Netflix is OK to casually browse, but it's shit if you want to search for anything.

Premium Rush is not on Netflix. They have FAILED.

Spoiler

Orange Is The New Black is pretty good, mind

 

[Screaming Meat]

Haha, that's what I was going for! Perfect gif response.

Man, I should hope so. The alternative isn't very nice! XD

 

[sploatee]

So pretty people huh?

Melissa Clarke

Radeo Suicide

B Traits (Brianna Price)

I'm not all about the redheads you know, I'm a deep and complex individual.

Haha, that's what I was going for! Perfect gif response.

You still have a definite type! Have you ever been to the Suicide Girls website?

 

[The_Poet]

This is my type, could do with a tiny bit more meat on her.

 

[Screaming Meat]

This is my type, could do with a tiny bit more meat on her.

Happy to oblige, sir.

 

[NinjaBoiX]

You still have a definite type! Have you ever been to the Suicide Girls website?

Yeah, cute quirky girls are my type, Mos Def. Radeo is apparently a massive robot nerd. I have no idea why I know this! I think Plywood may have imparted this pearl of wisdom at some point, he used to have her as an avatar.

Never been to the site though. Maybe I'll check it out.

This is my type, could do with a tiny bit more meat on her.

She's a beautiful lady no doubt, but she has no figure. She just goes straight down, not enough curves. She also has a really strong jawline, it's a little masculine.

But yeah, I wouldn't kick her out of bed for farting.

 

[The_Poet]

Yeah, cute quirky girls are my type, Mos Def. Radeo is apparently a massive robot nerd. I have no idea why I know this! I think Plywood may have imparted this pearl of wisdom at some point, he used to have her as an avatar.

Never been to the site though. Maybe I'll check it out.

She's a beautiful lady no doubt, but she has no figure. She just goes straight down, not enough curves. She also has a really strong jawline, it's a little masculine.

But yeah, I wouldn't kick her out of bed for farting.

Yeah, hence the meat request.

On another note, I should stop googling Kiera Knightly at work.

 

[phisheep]

Football fans who walk around in a stinking mood the following day because their team lost need to sort their life out.

It's akin to getting a lip on because your favourite character died in a TV show.

Give your head a shake.

I would agree with you wholeheartedly except I have this adolescent emotional attachment to the Welsh Rugby team that won't go away.

I just found every episode of Commodore Format in PDF on my hard drive. Of my work machine. That's hot.

Me! Me!

There are triple negatives in Russian. I couldn't not never get my head around that.

Way back in the day when I was first doing computers there was a bit of a format war. All manner of shit between Honeywell, Bull, IBM etc etc but at least it was all basically binary. The Russians had a trinary system (yes/no/don't care) which kind of sums up their national philosophy and was no threat at all to the West.

I never did understand how it worked.

They're a few hundred MB. I'll set up a Dropbox or something once I figure out how to do that.

Just let me know where it is Dave.

My "interview" for this job was done over a couple of pints in the pub near the office. My promotion was made official in the same way.

Back in the day when I did interviews I would always, well nearly always - if the applicant wasn't an immediately obvious wanker - have the rest of the team take them down the pub and get feedback afterwards. I never went myself. Amazing what feedback you get when people think the boss is not around.

 

[jimbor]

Y'know, I'd be a lot better disposed towards football if teams were only allowed to draft players from their local area. If you're called Nottingham Forest, recruit your players from Nottingham. Rather than spending eighty billion quid on the latest foreign wonder kid, build some sporting facilities and support your local community.

Who knows, we might even end up with a better national team for it.

The FA bought in a rule many years ago that decreed young players had to be drafted from within a 90 minute drive of the teams football ground. As a result, the England team has got worse as clubs now go abroad to poach young talent. The Man U kids era will never be repeated.

This is my truth and Lifeblood.



Oof! You burned me.

Yuck to both of those Manics albums. In my world they split when Richey went missing.

 

[8bit]

Hey 8bit, I think we should get a referendum topic up for around August time, it's a fairly important event after all

Yeah, nearer the time is probably sensible. The recent ones have been kind of terrible.

Manic Street Preachers Anecdote! (manicdote?)

I used to call in to radio competitions often, I have an fairly large music trivia knowledge and can name that tune in one most of the time. Anyway, one time I won a box of CDs! Most of them I didn't want so sold them and made a reasonable amount of money. I would have made more if I had kept the signed copy of generation terrorists or whatever their debut was as it was signed by the band and richey disappeared a week later.

 

[AcridMeat]

Melissa Clarke ma brada! I swear we did this recently.

Kari Byron, Gwen Stefani, Rosie Jones, Melissa Clarke, I could keep going.

 

[JonathanEx]

Am I doing it right? I'm confused

Spoiler

In more then 1 way

Naught wrong with that.

I used to call in to radio competitions often, I have an fairly large music trivia knowledge and can name that tune in one most of the time. Anyway, one time I won a box of CDs! Most of them I didn't want so sold them and made a reasonable amount of money. I would have made more if I had kept the signed copy of generation terrorists or whatever their debut was as it was signed by the band and richey disappeared a week later.

From my experience, radio competitions tend to not get that many entries so it's worth entering the ones that don't have much fuss to them. Not Who's On Heart, mind. Fuck that for a chocolate biscuit.

 

[NinjaBoiX]

Not at work today. Grandiose!

I forgot to mention how much I like the use of grandiose here sploat, added to the pile with mint, primo, choice, quality and all the other annoying sayings I can't help but spout ten times a day.

Melissa Clarke ma brada! I swear we did this recently.

Kari Byron, Gwen Stefani, Rosie Jones, Melissa Clarke, I could keep going.

Aww yeah boi, Rosie is so fine and Gwen is too cool for school. Obviously Kari also blends my smoothie. Choice chief.

 

[AcridMeat]

Ugh she's the best. I have a friend who is a bit like her but she moved north for grad school.

Was browsing random links on youtube (house) the girl int he picture is pretty darn cute.

 

[sploatee]

Yuck to both of those Manics albums. In my world they split when Richey went missing.

I knew that's what you'd say! That's what everyone says...

The Holy Bible is amazing, but This Is My Truth is one of the best depression albums ever. It's just like an hour of luxury wallow.

I forgot to mention how much I like the use of grandiose here sploat, added to the pile with mint, primo, choice, quality and all the other annoying sayings I can't help but spout ten times a day.

I use it at work all the time. I think the juniors think I'm mad.

One of these days I'm gonna go out at the weekend. My brain feels ready for it again now. Getting a little bit tired of these weekends in, although we are having a barbeque on the balcony tomorrow and even - gasp - a few drinks.

 

[jimbor]

I knew that's what you'd say! That's what everyone says...

The Holy Bible is amazing, but This Is My Truth is one of the best depression albums ever. It's just like an hour of luxury wallow.



I use it at work all the time. I think the juniors think I'm mad.

One of these days I'm gonna go out at the weekend. My brain feels ready for it again now. Getting a little bit tired of these weekends in, although we are having a barbeque on the balcony tomorrow and even - gasp - a few drinks.

Being honest, I wasn't too struck on the first couple of albums either. Some good tracks but Holy Bible was pure amaze.

 

[AcridMeat]

Anyone here a Frank Zappa fan? I saw the anal thread earlier today and now I can't stop singing this song.

Don't fool yourself girl, it's goin' right up your poop chute.

 

[NinjaBoiX]

Can't deal with Zappa in the main, but fuck if the hook in this tune isn't utterly amaze:

Frank Zappa - Willie The Pimp
Even if you don't click youtube links usually, just listen to the first 15 seconds and I defy you not to get your funk on.

 

[AcridMeat]

Hot Rats is a fantastic album. Peaches En Regalia is one of the best opening tracks to an album ever.

 

[Rich!]

I got a promotion at work, I'm now a QA supervisor. So basically, I just sit around and score people's calls all day. It's awesome. Standard mon-fri 9-5 job.

I'm still on the same pay though...so I'm applying for a weekend job at HMV tomorrow. Hopefully I'll get it as 1. I used to run a Blockbuster and 2. I went to school and am good mates with the assistant manager.

soooo...whats working at HMV like? worth it for an extra £350 a month? if it sucks, I can always leave.

 

[Mikeside]

I knew that's what you'd say! That's what everyone says...

The Holy Bible is amazing, but This Is My Truth is one of the best depression albums ever. It's just like an hour of luxury wallow.



I use it at work all the time. I think the juniors think I'm mad.

One of these days I'm gonna go out at the weekend. My brain feels ready for it again now. Getting a little bit tired of these weekends in, although we are having a barbeque on the balcony tomorrow and even - gasp - a few drinks.

Sounds to me like you're all psyched up to come to the meet

 

[NinjaBoiX]

See the thing is Acrid, I love Zappas hooks, he's an incredible musician. I just tend not to like where he goes after the intro, it's like he has the great little refrain, then goes off on a crazy tangent noodling away. That's why I suggested you'd probably heard the best of Willie The Pimp after a few seconds for me. I really enjoyed the opening 30 seconds of so off both the tracks you posted, but I lose interest fairly quickly. I know he's highly respected and massively talented, I just don't dig his offbeat, improvised style.

He's pretty funny though, I'll give him that. Who calls their daughter Moon Unit? What a joker.

Also, there is a great little indie music shop in Sunderland called Hot Rats. And on the subject of lush intros:

Pavement - Blue Hawaiian
Such a smooth groovy jam.

 

[jimbor]

See the thing is Acrid, I love Zappas hooks, he's an incredible musician. I just tend not to like where he goes after the intro, it's like he has the great little refrain, then goes off on a crazy tangent noodling away. That's why I suggested you'd probably heard the best of Willie The Pimp after a few seconds for me. I really enjoyed the opening 30 seconds of so off both the tracks you posted, but I lose interest fairly quickly. I know he's highly respected and massively talented, I just don't dig his offbeat, improvised style.

He's pretty funny though, I'll give him that. Who calls their daughter Moon Unit? What a joker.

Also, there is a great little indie music shop in Sunderland called Hot Rats. And on the subject of lush intros:

Pavement - Blue Hawaiian
Such a smooth groovy jam.

I think I'm overdue a Pavement phase again. Poor Maria is getting sick of The Beatles. She asked me how long my Beatles phase would last and seemed less than pleased when I answered over twenty years so far.

Listening to Grounded as I type.

Edit: and now Fillmore Jive

 

[sploatee]

Sounds to me like you're all psyched up to come to the meet

Ha!

 

[Jackben]

Working at HMV is just like any other retail; quality varies from store to store and majorly depends on the people you're working with. FWIW I worked there for two years and really enjoyed it, liked all of the people I worked with and loved having people come up and ask for recommendations on various albums etc.

One bit of warning: I did end up putting at least 25% of my check back into the store considering I would find cool shit that I would hold back for myself and end up with a stack of CDs/DVDs to buy at the end of the month. Employee discount and access to early stock is super tempting.

 

[Musha_Soturi]

Dammit, I nearly got a page of hunky men for once and Ninja had to go and spoil it by posting loads of girls. Humph.

I forgot to mention how much I like the use of grandiose here sploat, added to the pile with mint, primo, choice, quality and all the other annoying sayings I can't help but spout ten times a day.

You forgot lush