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24-Nov-2009 00:17
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UR to headline Glastonbury
Thousands of people singing With or Without you would be great, wouldn't it?
I'm back, I think. Got fed up with everything remotely interesting/amusing/time wasting being blocked qt work. Am now watching TV trying to get used to the keypad and touchpad on my new little netbook. Totally out of touch, there are still a few names here that I recognise.
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24-Nov-2009 02:02
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24-Nov-2009 19:58
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BUT!
In The Sun.
'And after making her way out of camp, she wrote on her Twitter page: "Hey thank you for all your support !! I tried my best xxxxxxxxxxxxx (sic)."
Did they really just (sic) the xxxxx? Weird.
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I'll go ahead and start the thread to make posting faster. We'll see if this one catches on and the other dies out (but it can continue also with different themes).
First subject: movies containing film or video made by the characters themselves
1. The Blair Witch Project
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24-Nov-2009 02:37
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24-Nov-2009 19:57
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24-Nov-2009 16:40
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I had just landed at Hong Kong International Airport a few days ago and I thought I would have a poo before heading out. It wasn't a particularly big poo and I didn't use much toilet paper, so I can only guess what happened next was down to the previous user.
The toilet had auto-flush so when I got up, it flushed. Unf, it also got blocked and just did not go down on the first flush. Then the toilet continued to auto-flush and flush and flush, spilling the contents plus shitloads (excuse the pun) of water all over the floor.
I was able to grab my stuff and run out before the water got to me, but I feel sorry for the hapless guy in the cubicle next door with his bags on the floor.
I sheepishly went back a few mins later and a cleaner was mopping the floor, which at this stage was covered about 50% of the entire toilet/washbasin area with water....
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23-Nov-2009 01:56
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24-Nov-2009 19:53
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Went to a small party last night, tried to mingle, and it was like pulling teeth. I was trying to talk to one couple and they would just answer my question and then go quiet, without doing anything to keep the conversation going. I was talking to another girl, and she looked like deer in the headlights, she seemed so nervous. I'm told I have a "strong personality" (not 100% sure what that means) but I don't see why I would scare people just by trying to talk to them.
Based on years of research, on here and in real life, I've come to the conclusion that some people are just simply boring. But why? If you don't Aspergers or some other type of social disability, is it really so hard to project some semblance of a personality? Is laughing, cracking the occasional joke, and keeping a conversation going really hard skills to learn?
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23-Nov-2009 22:41
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24-Nov-2009 19:51
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Because someone in the world has like liked me once more.
I was beginning to think it would never ever ever happen and that I would die with great friends and an okay family :) but no loved one (or at least no loved ones since being 23) but there's STILL A CHANCE. And that's the important thing.
and he's Brazillian. And one of the most handsome men I've ever seen. And lovely.
But you know... with people whose first language isn't English. There's bound to be lots missing. Or something missing. As in, you can't really tell what sort of person they are. As quickly as you could with a British person or someone whose English is top top notch. Maybe it's not important.
Phwoar!!
Thoughts on the language thing?
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24-Nov-2009 08:33
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24-Nov-2009 19:50
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08-Jun-2009 12:06
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OK, seeing as the Same Word Movie Game is over, I propose a new game. Rules are the same as the recently deceased Same Word Movie Game - your entry must use at least one word from the previous entry. However, this game changes the rules in that:
1. your entry can come from any art form -- theatre, song titles, album titles, novels, telenovelas, you name it. (But if it's obscure, you have to tell us what it is.)
2. You have to list two answers for your entry; this will make it a little harder (a gift for Kerouac); the next person then can come up with something from either of those two answers.
The last entry in the last game was the film "Down With Love" -- so I answer it as follows:
Love in the time of cholera - novel, Gabriel Garcia Marquez
Love will tear us apart - song, Joy Division
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24-Nov-2009 03:11
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24-Nov-2009 19:47
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So everything was in order: used up ALL my airmiles for a return trip to the Carribbean - booked the flights, deposits at guest houses made.. First a week in Antiqua, then two weeks sailing on thisl boat. Recieved email this morning saying they have gone into recievership and are 'restructuring', and of course all trips are cancelled! What little good news there is, is that since my payment was held in trust, they sent me a check for the full amount i paid! I will cash it first thing this morning and hope it is ok. I paid by credit card, so hopefully it will be covered just in case!
AAARRRRGGGGGGGGGHHHHHHHHH
I was so totally looking forward to this trip.... NOW WHAT? i have air fare all locked in, can't change it or get refund (i don't think) ... checked out online, and there is nothing available that compares....... shit s...
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23-Nov-2009 22:04
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Romily »
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...another interesting "discussion" I had yesterday that made me laugh:
General chit chat in gym.
Guy one say "Czech republic is still a communist country."
Guy two corrects him " No, it's democratic now as well"
Guy one "NO, definitely communist."
Me "Well, maybe you could say there are more socialist elements in the country then in the UK but it sure isn't communist anymore"
Guy one "No, the czech are most definitely not social people, they don't talk to strangers."
Silence. I bit my lip so hard stopping myself laughing....
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24-Nov-2009 06:42
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24-Nov-2009 19:39
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Right, it's that time of year again where people are putting up their Christmas decorations - all over the outside of their houses for some god unknown reason.
At work, if there's downtime at Christmas, whilst out on patrol we find the most repugnant, OTT and tackiest light display on a house, and have to take a photo to prove what we found - digital camera or a mobile phone will do.
I propose we start an inhouse competition on Photoblog!
I've already spotted what I suspect will be a contender, but I need to go back when it's dark and photograph it all lit up.... And I bet the Americans will win the international prize, no?!
Whaddya think?
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23-Nov-2009 07:38
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24-Nov-2009 19:36
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desmona »
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After months and months of hearing about Tim Tams, I stumbled upon them in my local grocery store.
My God those things are good!!!
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20-Nov-2009 18:31
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..Every fucker in the world would be laughing at us. Get a grip chaps.
Oh - and if it was Robbie Keane who had been in Henry's shoes it would be 'the luck of the oirish' etc etc. Walk into any Dublin pub at 9.30am on a Thursday morning and there wouldn't be an alchy Oirishmen in there who would care how they'de got to the WC.
And while we're at it....they weren't robbed!! It was going to pens - aside from Robbie Keane there wasn't a person on the team who could score from 12 yeards. Shit team, dont deserve to be in the WC. I'de rather watch Henry, Benzema, Ribery etc than the shit in the Irish team.
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