tonyh29 Posted September 16, 2021 Share Posted September 16, 2021 On 15/09/2021 at 22:09, chrisp65 said: I was right at the front, so I adopted a relaxed approach to the whole thing. I had a flask of coffee and some homemade apple cake. So I sat there listening to some music, watching them being peeled off the junction and marched past to the police van. Whenever one went by, I waved my cake in solidarity. I mean, at the end of the day they’re right. Think how much energy we could not burn if we invested in insulation and low energy tech instead of Chinese Nuclear Tech and a train to get to London 14 minutes quicker, and drones that can kill a wedding party from 5 miles away and prototype parcel delivery submarines. So yeah, I waved my cake at them. We grew the apples in that cake, and I was driving a hybrid. So I felt I had a sandal in both camps. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
foreveryoung Posted September 16, 2021 Share Posted September 16, 2021 6 minutes ago, tonyh29 said: I was thinking, would you get arrested if you ran over one. I mean not literally, just kinda hit one out the way, or went so far that they could either get hurt or move!!! Do they also realise the emissions produced by just sitting in that traffic, waiting for the tree huggers to get moved. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phil Silvers Posted September 16, 2021 Share Posted September 16, 2021 Best cheap chocolates by far Little bit more then run of the mill stuff but the quality is on another level. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post chrisp65 Posted September 16, 2021 Popular Post Share Posted September 16, 2021 6 minutes ago, foreveryoung said: I was thinking, would you get arrested if you ran over one. I mean not literally, just kinda hit one out the way, or went so far that they could either get hurt or move!!! Do they also realise the emissions produced by just sitting in that traffic, waiting for the tree huggers to get moved. Back, way back in the day I lived by some nightclubs and the only way to my house was along a causeway which at night was full of drunks looking for taxi’s. Every Saturday night was a game of chicken between me not wanting to hit anyone, but knowing that if I actually stopped, they’d kick shit out of the car. So the inevitable eventually happened, I hit someone, saw in my rear view mirror as they went spinning to the ground in an early adoption of what later became known as break dancing. I drove around the corner to where I knew there would be a police car, pulled up alongside and told him I’d just hit someone. me: ‘I’ve just knocked over one of the drunks on the causeway’ police: ‘is your car damaged?’ me: ‘no, both his arms hit the windscreen and maybe his head a little bit and then he sort of hit the ground and span around’ police: ‘we’ll if he didn’t damage your car I’m not sure what it is your trying to report?’ me: ‘goodnight’ police: ‘goodnight’ Things were different in the 80’s. 2 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bickster Posted September 16, 2021 Moderator Share Posted September 16, 2021 26 minutes ago, Phil Silvers said: Best cheap chocolates by far Little bit more then run of the mill stuff but the quality is on another level. Hardly what I'd describe as cheap Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tonyh29 Posted September 16, 2021 Share Posted September 16, 2021 29 minutes ago, foreveryoung said: I was thinking, would you get arrested if you ran over one. I mean not literally, just kinda hit one out the way, or went so far that they could either get hurt or move!!! Do they also realise the emissions produced by just sitting in that traffic, waiting for the tree huggers to get moved. Yeah there was a touch of irony about having a few thousand cars idling on a motorway in the name of reducing carbon footprints i guess if you were on the clockwise side of the M25 and drove to the next junction and got on anti clockwise just to run one over , the police might take a dim view , but if you clipped one with your car I guess the only crime would be if you drove off and it became some form of hit and run ? thing is , people are becoming more aware of carbon footprints and the like .. in my line of work a lot of what I’m doing is about the packaging as much as the the flavours because companies are aware it’s an issue to consumers …then these sort of people come along and set the cause back 10 years cause everyone **** hates them 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tonyh29 Posted September 16, 2021 Share Posted September 16, 2021 (edited) On the chocolate conversation ….If you put the chocolate in the fridge and have the will power to stick a piece in your mouth and let it melt rather than chew it , then all chocolate is good , apart from Herseys of course… there is something positively rewarding about melting a slab of Toblerone in your mouth and just being left with the clump of almond nougat and honey . Edited September 16, 2021 by tonyh29 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phil Silvers Posted September 17, 2021 Share Posted September 17, 2021 (edited) 8 hours ago, bickster said: Hardly what I'd describe as cheap Relative to quality, I think it is. Edited September 17, 2021 by Phil Silvers Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bickster Posted September 17, 2021 Moderator Share Posted September 17, 2021 8 minutes ago, Phil Silvers said: Relative to quality, I think it is. So you mean they are good value, not that they are cheap. £20 for a box of chocolates isn't cheap 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phil Silvers Posted September 17, 2021 Share Posted September 17, 2021 11 minutes ago, bickster said: So you mean they are good value, not that they are cheap. £20 for a box of chocolates isn't cheap Yeah guess so, it's like a steak at Miller and Carter compared to a steak at wetherspoons, no comparison and worth the extra every time. Its a birthday gift type thing though, not something to throw in the basket every week. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rds1983 Posted September 17, 2021 VT Supporter Share Posted September 17, 2021 5 hours ago, Phil Silvers said: Yeah guess so, it's like a steak at Miller and Carter compared to a steak at wetherspoons, no comparison and worth the extra every time. Its a birthday gift type thing though, not something to throw in the basket every week. Never been to Miller and Carter but hear very good things. There's one about 4 miles away who are on Deliveroo but reckon I'll wait until I can go in person. Just need to find a babysitter first! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post HanoiVillan Posted September 17, 2021 Popular Post Share Posted September 17, 2021 16 hours ago, Xela said: Plus I couldn't even have a dump in peace without someone in the next cubicle seemingly taking trumpet lessons. The laugh emoji was for this which made me spit my drink a little, but in all seriousness I completely agree, I hate this aspect of being back at work. Then you get out the cubicle and your inconsiderate colleague leaves at the same time, so you've got to look Dave from accounts in the eyes through the mirror in acknowledgement that you were both there man for his arse-spraying mayhem. *shudder* 3 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bickster Posted September 17, 2021 Moderator Share Posted September 17, 2021 Perfect complaint from a customer for end of play Friday, Absolute hilarity in the office reading this.... Quote I got picked up today around.... blah We where driving along xxxxxx road and the driver came to a sudden holt, I had my 6 year old son in the vehicle with me I thought there was an animal on the road but the driver ran off chasing cash that someone on the side had just lost out the cash machine due to wind. The person who’s money it was told the driver it’s his and he just said “is it” and carried on driving. I think what he did is absolutely disgusting ..... more blah (Spelling errors not mine) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xela Posted September 17, 2021 Share Posted September 17, 2021 4 hours ago, HanoiVillan said: The laugh emoji was for this which made me spit my drink a little, but in all seriousness I completely agree, I hate this aspect of being back at work. Then you get out the cubicle and your inconsiderate colleague leaves at the same time, so you've got to look Dave from accounts in the eyes through the mirror in acknowledgement that you were both there man for his arse-spraying mayhem. *shudder* Least in my case, the rectal bassoon player had the decency to stay in his cubicle and wallow in his own noisy shame, while i washed my hands and left. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
troon_villan Posted September 17, 2021 Share Posted September 17, 2021 23 hours ago, Xela said: Sometimes I like to slum it with cadburys buttons, walkers crisps and a can of carling. If you ever get the chance, try a bar of dairy milk and a tangerine combo. Amaze 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
troon_villan Posted September 17, 2021 Share Posted September 17, 2021 4 hours ago, HanoiVillan said: The laugh emoji was for this which made me spit my drink a little, but in all seriousness I completely agree, I hate this aspect of being back at work. Then you get out the cubicle and your inconsiderate colleague leaves at the same time, so you've got to look Dave from accounts in the eyes through the mirror in acknowledgement that you were both there man for his arse-spraying mayhem. *shudder* haha, it's the unwritten law of the office that if someone gets out the trap first, you let them wash their hands and wait for the WC door to close before you leave your trap. Our office toilets don't have any extractor fan noise to dilute it even slightly. It's just pure jazz club. 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AVFC_Hitz Posted September 17, 2021 Share Posted September 17, 2021 I doubt any of you care but the Manic Street Preachers have beaten Steps to have their first number one album in 23 years. That's cheered me up, cos I 'kin love the Manics. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xela Posted September 17, 2021 Share Posted September 17, 2021 10 hours ago, bickster said: So you mean they are good value, not that they are cheap. £20 for a box of chocolates isn't cheap You've had a bumper pay-rise, £20 chocolates will be the norm now! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xela Posted September 17, 2021 Share Posted September 17, 2021 19 minutes ago, troon_villan said: haha, it's the unwritten law of the office that if someone gets out the trap first, you let them wash their hands and wait for the WC door to close before you leave your trap. Our office toilets don't have any extractor fan noise to dilute it even slightly. It's just pure jazz club. Some people don't play the game though. They're the sort of person who would use the middle cubicle in a row of three, if they were all vacant. Absolute charlatans. 3 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Genie Posted September 17, 2021 Share Posted September 17, 2021 20 minutes ago, troon_villan said: haha, it's the unwritten law of the office that if someone gets out the trap first, you let them wash their hands and wait for the WC door to close before you leave your trap. Our office toilets don't have any extractor fan noise to dilute it even slightly. It's just pure jazz club. Ours are unisex so there’s the added paranoia that you’re shitting the place up a few inches away from the office hottie. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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