Woo! I'm back baby!
I've not posted here on b3ta for nearly 9 years now I think... I was tempted back after I saw that some nice b3tan (thanks Jimbotfu) had posted my latest animation (as in the mini GIF preview above) on the links page here. It's nice to be back. Full-on shiny HD version of R2-Dalek2 & Cyber-3PO is here.
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Thu 3 May 2012, 20:55,
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I've not posted here on b3ta for nearly 9 years now I think... I was tempted back after I saw that some nice b3tan (thanks Jimbotfu) had posted my latest animation (as in the mini GIF preview above) on the links page here. It's nice to be back. Full-on shiny HD version of R2-Dalek2 & Cyber-3PO is here.
Nicely done!
We have clicks added since your day & I have just used it.
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Thu 3 May 2012, 21:10,
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10 years and you have never once used the 'I like this!' button.
Shameful.
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Thu 3 May 2012, 21:11,
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You've got 30,000 pages of archive to spazz through
Edit: 30,000 to the very day that you last posted. How weird is that?
b3ta.com/board/archive/10512/
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Thu 3 May 2012, 21:24,
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b3ta.com/board/archive/10512/
Just one more Minh
Edit: Now you say that, it probably is time for another change...
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Thu 3 May 2012, 21:36,
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Also it's taken us exactly a year to do 1000 pages of archive
That's not a lot out of 40,000 pages across ten years.
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Thu 3 May 2012, 22:08,
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I have now liked ten things
Feeling better about myself now. I will continue to like things in the future. I'm glad they make buttons that do that now.
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Thu 3 May 2012, 21:53,
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Please do stick around and post stuff as well
It was quite depressing seeing how busy /board used to be compared to now
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Thu 3 May 2012, 21:57,
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I will indeed
though there may be an amount of lurking for a while first so that I can get a feel for the place again.
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Thu 3 May 2012, 22:01,
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Though what was depressing for me
was to read back over some of my old posts and realise that I used to be a prick. Oh well.
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Thu 3 May 2012, 22:16,
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I was just thinking this last week upon my return
It used to be 10-12 pages of posts to go through each night, now it's three or so, and things seem a lot slower here, but the quality's still there. :)
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Fri 4 May 2012, 2:50,
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The last time I was here
b3ta was just the board and the main page, I think. This wasn't even called the "main" board back then. Why would it be? See that up there where it says "talk board"? That used to be nothing but fields, far as the eye could see...
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Thu 3 May 2012, 21:19,
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i feel a disturbance in the force :)
w/y/h/p
the hd version is amazing
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Thu 3 May 2012, 21:25,
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the hd version is amazing
I'm off now for the night
It's been genuinely lovely to be back on here though! Thanks for all your replies. I'll be back tomorrow. Or if not tomorrow, maybe some time in 2021.
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Thu 3 May 2012, 22:07,
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COR! The full-on shiny version is a beauty.
Greetings o ancient one.
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Fri 4 May 2012, 1:32,
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Wow to the pic & wow to you being the person who joined b3ta immediately after me!
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Fri 4 May 2012, 12:19,
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Wow indeed
I just looked at your profile yesterday wondering who had joined one the same day as me, and here you are! Now where's gabe?
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Fri 4 May 2012, 21:19,
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Sorry, but RIS?
...shortly to be followed by facepalm, no doubt
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Thu 3 May 2012, 20:04,
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Phew! It's just a news story I missed then.
I was searching desparately for a pun in there somewhere.
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Thu 3 May 2012, 20:13,
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Can I put a NWOT pea in here?
..from when the album came out and I kept reading the posters wrong:
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Thu 3 May 2012, 20:21,
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Yes, yes you can.
And woo it is too!
In fact, if you don't mind me piggybacking on your pea, this compo reminded me of something I sketched in a lecture in 2007:
Excuse my handwriting. The steps read as follows:
(1) Matchbox racer slides down slide (2) Car funneled down tube (3) Car falls into bowl of water (Fish irrelevant) (4) Penguin, startled by moistened vehicle, drops mars bar
(5) Barcode scanner activated by confectionary (6) Signal from scanner interpreted by science machine (7) Lamp switched on (8) Solar panel produces energy, thanks to new source of illumination (9) Teeny tiny motor powered by solar panel, driving convayor belt (10) Poker driven (11) Teetering jug toppled (12) Batter mix poured (13) Lovely pancakes
...(14)Profit.
Props to Plentyofants who made an animated version here:
b3ta.com/board/6872717
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Thu 3 May 2012, 21:19,
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In fact, if you don't mind me piggybacking on your pea, this compo reminded me of something I sketched in a lecture in 2007:
Excuse my handwriting. The steps read as follows:
(1) Matchbox racer slides down slide (2) Car funneled down tube (3) Car falls into bowl of water (Fish irrelevant) (4) Penguin, startled by moistened vehicle, drops mars bar
(5) Barcode scanner activated by confectionary (6) Signal from scanner interpreted by science machine (7) Lamp switched on (8) Solar panel produces energy, thanks to new source of illumination (9) Teeny tiny motor powered by solar panel, driving convayor belt (10) Poker driven (11) Teetering jug toppled (12) Batter mix poured (13) Lovely pancakes
...(14)Profit.
Props to Plentyofants who made an animated version here:
b3ta.com/board/6872717
What's the Fred/biro connection?
(memory almost there but failing)
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Thu 3 May 2012, 19:45,
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is it? I've never heard that before, coo!
there's nowt on wiki/the homepride site, just "Fred the flour grader"
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Thu 3 May 2012, 19:49,
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you can't leave us dangling like this
tell us more about Fred Biro. Does he have a wife? Does he like cheese?
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Thu 3 May 2012, 19:54,
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HE DOES HAVE A WIFE!
he bought the HTC phone case for her.
I still want to know about the cheese though. I can't see any evidence of any dairy-based reviews.
HE DOES HAVE A FRED BERO BOWLER HAT THOUGH! WTF IS GOING ON HERE?
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Thu 3 May 2012, 20:11,
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I still want to know about the cheese though. I can't see any evidence of any dairy-based reviews.
HE DOES HAVE A FRED BERO BOWLER HAT THOUGH! WTF IS GOING ON HERE?
His review of The Woman who Went to Bed for a Year is fantastic
0 out of 3 people found it helpful
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Thu 3 May 2012, 20:34,
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Also, he signs one of his reviews "John"
WHAT ARE YOU PLAYING AT FRED (IF THAT IS INDEED YOUR REAL NAME)?
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Thu 3 May 2012, 20:36,
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Open here I flung the shutter, when, with many a flirt and flutter,
In there stepped a stately raven of the saintly days of yore.
Not the least obeisance made he; not a minute stopped or stayed he;
But, with mien of lord or lady, perched above my chamber door -
Perched upon a bust of Pallas just above my chamber door -
Perched, and sat, and nothing more.
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Thu 3 May 2012, 19:55,
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Not the least obeisance made he; not a minute stopped or stayed he;
But, with mien of lord or lady, perched above my chamber door -
Perched upon a bust of Pallas just above my chamber door -
Perched, and sat, and nothing more.
Poe Lols
And the Raven, never flitting, still is sitting, still is sitting
On the pallid bust of Pallas just above my chamber door;
And his eyes have all the seeming of a demon's that is dreaming,
And the lamplight o'er him streaming throws his shadow on the floor;
And my soul from out that shadow that lies floating on the floor
Shall be lifted - nevermore!
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Thu 3 May 2012, 19:57,
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On the pallid bust of Pallas just above my chamber door;
And his eyes have all the seeming of a demon's that is dreaming,
And the lamplight o'er him streaming throws his shadow on the floor;
And my soul from out that shadow that lies floating on the floor
Shall be lifted - nevermore!
etc etc
`Prophet!' said I, `thing of evil! - prophet still, if bird or devil! -
Whether tempter sent, or whether tempest tossed thee here ashore,
Desolate yet all undaunted, on this desert land enchanted -
On this home by horror haunted - tell me truly, I implore -
Is there - is there balm in Gilead? - tell me - tell me, I implore!'
Quoth the raven, `Nevermore.'
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Thu 3 May 2012, 20:00,
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Whether tempter sent, or whether tempest tossed thee here ashore,
Desolate yet all undaunted, on this desert land enchanted -
On this home by horror haunted - tell me truly, I implore -
Is there - is there balm in Gilead? - tell me - tell me, I implore!'
Quoth the raven, `Nevermore.'
This is the only poem I have committed to memory
...Not very helpful in romantic situations..... trufax
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Thu 3 May 2012, 20:02,
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I got halfway through memorising it, then thought "what's the point?"
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Thu 3 May 2012, 20:03,
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the story about the inferior scissors made me cry
but he has new ones now.
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Thu 3 May 2012, 19:53,
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He's the "Bero" guy right? Or have I dun a fuckup? O_o
.... I just kind of admired the idiotic optimism of the little Fisherprice-man-with-learning-difficulties chappie.
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Thu 3 May 2012, 19:46,
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2nd place in the 13th Oregon Divisional Chainsaw Sculpting Championship!
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Am I living in a perverse alternative reality which diverged from everyone else's reality at the point at which they invented the Bero Man?
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Maybe in your universe.......
.... Do they still have Opal fruits there or have they changed the name to "Cheap Sugary Disappointment Sweets"
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Thu 3 May 2012, 20:00,
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They changed Starburst back to Opal fruits in 2009
where the fuck are you living?
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Thu 3 May 2012, 20:01,
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*beginning to hyperventilate
I think I may need a lie down for a bit
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Thu 3 May 2012, 20:03,
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so why did Fred Bero buy a bowler hat then??
www.amazon.co.uk/review/RDP5R8FSMOS1/ref=cm_cr_rdp_perm
if it wasn't to dress up as his namesake?
'memorial parade' is such an obvious smokescreen
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Thu 3 May 2012, 20:23,
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if it wasn't to dress up as his namesake?
'memorial parade' is such an obvious smokescreen
Did the evil Multi-National Homepride conglomerate appropriate the Be-Ro guy in some
sordid takeover bid? There must be some reason why I think this figurine belongs to Be-Ro?
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Thu 3 May 2012, 20:07,
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Nope it's just people mixing up two different product references. Homepride was the little bowler hatted men
Be-Ro as far as I know never had a mascot.
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Thu 3 May 2012, 20:09,
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You could say it was a late entry for Superheroes at Home(pride)
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Thu 3 May 2012, 20:14,
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I'd never heard of Be-Ro
perhaps lots fo people generally got them mixed uo, a bit like that advert that was for Electric Heating that everybody remembered as being for British Gas (or was it the other way rouind)
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Thu 3 May 2012, 20:09,
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I always buy Be-Ro flour as a preference they also do a Be-Ro baking booklet
with recipes in for Scones an Pies and such.
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Thu 3 May 2012, 20:11,
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Of course it's a British company
it might be a Northern thing but Be-Ro is very popular up this way.
www.be-ro.com/f_about.htm
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Thu 3 May 2012, 20:17,
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www.be-ro.com/f_about.htm
As soon as I've finished one weetabix
I immediately want another one
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Thu 3 May 2012, 19:41,
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^this^ is why I chose not to do the joke earlier
that and the racism ;)
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Thu 3 May 2012, 19:43,
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it's customary for a second party to crudely draw that in usually
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Thu 3 May 2012, 19:51,
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HARRO. I AM LUPERT MURDOCH!
FUCK YOU REVESON INQUILY!
I GO HOME NOW AND FUCK LEBECCA BLOOKS!!
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Thu 3 May 2012, 20:17,
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I GO HOME NOW AND FUCK LEBECCA BLOOKS!!
Eh?
They've been bought by a Chinese company -- a country who's spoken language has no difficulty in pronouncing both 'L's and 'R's correctly.
If you're going to make a pathetic racist joke about how a native speaker of another language has difficultly pronouncing English words, at least get the country correct.
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Fri 4 May 2012, 1:03,
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If you're going to make a pathetic racist joke about how a native speaker of another language has difficultly pronouncing English words, at least get the country correct.
Velly Solly.
No seriously I am actually sorry, I was brought up on the Two Ronnies
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Fri 4 May 2012, 8:38,
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Celebrities and their pets #42981
Believe it or not, the bit on the left is NOT shopped in any way.
She is actually appearing at the Royal Opera House.
*wanders off muttering about what the world is coming to*
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Thu 3 May 2012, 19:34,
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Believe it or not, the bit on the left is NOT shopped in any way.
She is actually appearing at the Royal Opera House.
*wanders off muttering about what the world is coming to*
*gasp* I've posted everything I have ever made
ever being less than a years worth
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Thu 3 May 2012, 20:31,
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It's because there was a "People and their cars" bandwagon during my newbie-can't-post week
and by the time I could post the moment had gone
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Thu 3 May 2012, 20:40,
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it's hotting up, like a late 70s disco
get your bids in asap, the later you leave it the more likely you'll miss out - there's still some cracking bargains to be had.
Click to peruse the Auction thread
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Thu 3 May 2012, 19:13,
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get your bids in asap, the later you leave it the more likely you'll miss out - there's still some cracking bargains to be had.
Click to peruse the Auction thread
Am I being blind?
Do we know the current prices so we know if we have a chance of outbidding?
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Thu 3 May 2012, 19:20,
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as Mu says, or just scroll down the Auction thread to the bottom
*edit - as emvee says
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Thu 3 May 2012, 19:28,
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*edit - as emvee says
You should have ignored it. I licked it before posting.
Now your clicking finger is infected. I'd cut it off if I were you.
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Thu 3 May 2012, 19:36,
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It took me a while to get my head round the bidding system
It works like this: You bid the highest amount you would be prepared to go, i.e.: £75. But the current amount only goes up by one increment, so your highest bid wont be shown or known by anyone else. When the auction closes the person who put in the highest bid gets it at the final amount. So not nessarily their highest bid. Hence it's a 'blind,' auction.
I think that's right, Toasty?
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Thu 3 May 2012, 19:34,
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I think that's right, Toasty?
Only not automated so Toasty gets a headache whenever anyone bids.
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Thu 3 May 2012, 19:44,
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nobody seemed to notice the taxi driving through the bar
nicely done :)
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Thu 3 May 2012, 18:19,
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napoleon only had three fingers after the freak cd saber incident
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Thu 3 May 2012, 18:17,
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There is something terribly wrong with this Cornetto, isn't there?
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Thu 3 May 2012, 17:13,
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Don't eat the ice cream
I melted it and did a shit at the bottom before refreezing it
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Thu 3 May 2012, 17:13,
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A veitable volume of victuals, virtually valueless even to a viceroy.
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Thu 3 May 2012, 17:30,
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It's very strange to see something on twitter before I see it on the board
I saw it and thought to myself that's a very b3tan picture - how glad I am to be right
Have a MASSIVE woo and that
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Thu 3 May 2012, 18:19,
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Have a MASSIVE woo and that
are they just labelled randomly
like all Ministry of Sound compilations?
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Thu 3 May 2012, 16:55,
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OONtss OONtss OONtss OONtss OONtss OONtss OONtss OONtss OONtss OONtss
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Thu 3 May 2012, 19:08,
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It's not a bad tune, I think it was just horrifically overplayed
usually mixed into something by Enigma
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Thu 3 May 2012, 17:25,
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I guess so at the time
but now it makes me feel quite nostalgic
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Thu 3 May 2012, 17:26,
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Now I've found Enigma on youtube and I'm having a bit of a nostalgiafest myself
It is weird that songs I used to loathe when they came on the radio now make me feel quite wistful about the old days
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Thu 3 May 2012, 17:32,
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I just downloaded Pulp's Different Class album
Now that will be a nostalgia joyride.
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Thu 3 May 2012, 17:47,
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Not bowing to popular opinions
But Robert Miles Children is one of my favorite ever tracks. I was living in that Europe when it came out and I loved it and all other mid ninties euro trance and chillout music /bops around to Faithless, Funky Green Dogs and Sash!
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Thu 3 May 2012, 18:28,
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Paul van Dyk
One of many people who's career is based on a single delay effect
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Thu 3 May 2012, 18:40,
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I know
But I have seen him many times and he still makes me bounce, just like Tiesto and Armund Van Buran
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Thu 3 May 2012, 18:46,
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I've been regularly listening to Armin Van Buuren's A State Of Trance radio show for years now
superb stuff
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Thu 3 May 2012, 19:51,
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If you like those,
try Orkidea, Finnish guy (I think). Bloody awesome. Radio Unity podcasts FTW
soundcloud.com/orkidea
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Thu 3 May 2012, 20:38,
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soundcloud.com/orkidea
that is where my username comes from :)
not that bald cnut with the dog
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Thu 3 May 2012, 18:22,
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Lully biro fluffy
You could sell that as a Rosina Wachtmeister original :)
*clicks
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Thu 3 May 2012, 17:08,
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*clicks
true
rather stylish in a seventies "brown is the new black" kind of way
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Thu 3 May 2012, 17:49,
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They do say the pen is mightier than whatever it's launched at from missle batteries round the backs of Central london houses
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Thu 3 May 2012, 16:54,
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Gripping stuff. - *click*
But totally hatstand... did the heady scent of Tippex help with the storyline in any way? :-)
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Thu 3 May 2012, 17:01,
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bolt from the blue
all started with the four-color biro olympic rings, then I had a spasm
[edit]: because when you unscrew a 4-colour biro, it looks like a minigun. Then the rest was, er, obvious.
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Thu 3 May 2012, 17:07,
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[edit]: because when you unscrew a 4-colour biro, it looks like a minigun. Then the rest was, er, obvious.
I use those all the time
and constantly unscrew the end to look at the minigun bit!
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Fri 4 May 2012, 9:14,
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RDLI HAKKIS
Sadly he died last month, but will forever be in our hearts.
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Thu 3 May 2012, 16:20,
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Oh jeez, I read about that woman this morning
but it wasn't until I saw the pics on the interwebs that I realised her poor daughter's a ginge
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Thu 3 May 2012, 16:43,
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Silly woman, her daughter's ginger
Gingers always burn and never tan. And if they did tan they'd look awful.
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Thu 3 May 2012, 16:45,
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The source is Rdli.
This Biro fellow merely seeks greatness by association.
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Thu 3 May 2012, 16:20,
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Squits....in BIRO.
Hardest part of this challenge was actually finding a biro. I used to draw with them all the time, but about 7 or 8 years ago I found a really good brand or drawing pen, so, on the few occasions where I don't digitally ink something; I use one of those.
Found one stuck down the back of the sofa, along with a few tic-tacs, a 2007 TV guide and Shergar.
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Thu 3 May 2012, 16:03,
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Hardest part of this challenge was actually finding a biro. I used to draw with them all the time, but about 7 or 8 years ago I found a really good brand or drawing pen, so, on the few occasions where I don't digitally ink something; I use one of those.
Found one stuck down the back of the sofa, along with a few tic-tacs, a 2007 TV guide and Shergar.
Big calves. Yiffery. Small stick figure thing.
All boxes ticked.
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Thu 3 May 2012, 16:09,
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catering to all fronts this time
Ace
Always liked your rough biro inks a lot more than super clean photoshopped antics
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Thu 3 May 2012, 16:09,
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Always liked your rough biro inks a lot more than super clean photoshopped antics
Fucking hell
Now I'm looking at the legs I can't stop chuckling
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Thu 3 May 2012, 16:22,
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Well, now we know.
She isn't a Bond villainess in the making, is she?
Miss Mileena Kracksalot. Kills by thigh.
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Thu 3 May 2012, 16:47,
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Miss Mileena Kracksalot. Kills by thigh.
She was more a thighs-to-sides kind of lady
Scarlet would more jumps your shoulders, thighs round neck and twists.
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Thu 3 May 2012, 16:51,
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this is ace, and I love zombies, but I don't have a clue what left 4 dead is :(
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Thu 3 May 2012, 16:02,
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Only the best 4 player co-op shoot em up ever.
Rewards co-operative play, punishes lone wolf players. Lots and lots of infected to kill, stupid fast fun.
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Thu 3 May 2012, 16:06,
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anyone who likes zombies games and hasn't played left 4 dead
needs to get left 4 dead and never play any other zombie games ever again
www.youtube.com/watch?v=VVIdHPG0wYI
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Thu 3 May 2012, 17:24,
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www.youtube.com/watch?v=VVIdHPG0wYI
The highlight for me is the comical 'clang' noise when you twat a baddie in the face with a frying pan.
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Thu 3 May 2012, 17:42,
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I miss my axe
Never before in my life has the word "swathe" seemed so relevant.
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Thu 3 May 2012, 18:42,
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Cool :D
Haven't played L4D for a while. It's what I'm usually on when I'm having a piss-up at a friend's house.
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Thu 3 May 2012, 17:12,
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It's worth getting if you've got friends who are into the whole zombie thing. :)
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Thu 3 May 2012, 17:34,
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Why not save a thread and post your repost in an existing thread next time?
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To discourage sleepwalkers, try leaving drawing pins on the floor outside their bedroom.
Viz top tips
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Thu 3 May 2012, 15:51,
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I ruled out this option on the grounds that it would take several clicks to find it again
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Thu 3 May 2012, 15:52,
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Is it too late to claim a bindun?
sans biros, of course, but at least in the official CDC colour
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Thu 3 May 2012, 18:40,
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The woman in American Gothic reminds me of Jennifer Aniston
Can you see it too?
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Thu 3 May 2012, 15:22,
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Can you see it too?
Paddy Ashdown, the noted killer* and politician
* killing not proven at time of going to print
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Thu 3 May 2012, 14:53,
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Question is
is he doing the crossword, or is he drawing beards and willies on pictures of politicians?
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Thu 3 May 2012, 14:56,
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If he's reading the Evening Standard and he's anything like me
He's just writing the word "SHIT" in big letters across each page
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Thu 3 May 2012, 15:06,
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And then sending it back to the publishers,
along with a cover letter saying you've made some "helpful notes" on things that are wrong with the paper?
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Thu 3 May 2012, 15:09,
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Yeah, I've had to stop reading the Standard lately
...after they asked me not to
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Thu 3 May 2012, 15:10,
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He's doing the crossword.
But he's making every answer 'croissant' even if it doesn't fit.
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Thu 3 May 2012, 15:08,
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Bloody hell, that's a bit good!
* Clicks so hard his knob falls off
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Thu 3 May 2012, 15:19,
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please describe what it is as i have no intention of clicking that link
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Thu 3 May 2012, 14:44,
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diturbing quote:
"EDIT 3: Fuck, this really exploded. ~20,000+ views of my cum box. Did not expect this."
THE FUCK?
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Thu 3 May 2012, 14:49,
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THE FUCK?
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