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This is a question My Biggest Disappointment

Often the things we look forward to the most turn out to be a huge let down. As Freddy Woo puts it, "High heels in bed? No fun at all. Porn has a lot to answer for."

Well, Freddy, you are supposed to get someone else to wear them.

What's disappointed you lot?
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(, Thu 26 Jun 2008, 14:15)
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This is a QotW answer My biggest disappointment today is...
Coming onto qotw and finding all my B3ta friends have disappeared.
(, Thu 26 Jun 2008, 20:24, closed)
This is a QotW comment I'm here
*snogs BGB*

Feel better?

Actually BRB as I need to go make some food, but I shall return quickly :)
(, Thu 26 Jun 2008, 20:30, closed)
This is a QotW comment Ya see.
Everyone leaves me in the end *sobs*

They say they'll come back but they never do *sobs some more*
(, Thu 26 Jun 2008, 20:33, closed)
This is a QotW comment Yes!
Where is the thread with all of the blithering? WHERE?
(, Thu 26 Jun 2008, 20:37, closed)
This is a QotW comment well apart from the fact I didn't see hide nor hair of you for approx a fortnight recently...
am still here :-)
(, Thu 26 Jun 2008, 20:37, closed)
This is a QotW comment Hugs everyone.
*Feels the love*
(, Thu 26 Jun 2008, 20:39, closed)
This is a QotW comment Heeeeeey
I came back :)

*snogs more*
(, Thu 26 Jun 2008, 20:42, closed)
This is a QotW comment Hello!
i'm here too! I have had an ace day, got my results today (2.1 - over the moooooooooooon) and am now drinking with my lovely boyf who is technically watching the football.
How is everyone this evening?
(, Thu 26 Jun 2008, 20:45, closed)
This is a QotW comment Yay, congratulations Lucy :)
I'm a bit overwhelmed with all the reception stuff I learnt today. Wont have to use it all again for god know's how long as both of our receptionists called in sick today and apparently that's a very rare occurance.

Other than that I'm good and my cat scratch is healing nicely :)
(, Thu 26 Jun 2008, 20:46, closed)
This is a QotW comment Yay Lucy!
Oooo! it's the beginning of your working life. Good luck cause your going to need it sweetie.
(, Thu 26 Jun 2008, 20:47, closed)
This is a QotW comment Thanks becky!
Hope that cat scratch heals soon, my jack russell got me on the arm the other day in an overly enthusiastic cuddle. it stings doesn't it?!
Edit - Thanks BGB! now all i need is a job. hmmmmm.
(, Thu 26 Jun 2008, 20:47, closed)
This is a QotW comment Yep
every time I forget about it and get some surgical spirit on it. *ouchies*
(, Thu 26 Jun 2008, 20:50, closed)
This is a QotW comment Wooo Lucy!
My cat has not wounded me in a while, not since a friend suggested that every time she bit me I bite her back.
(, Thu 26 Jun 2008, 20:51, closed)
This is a QotW comment I wonder where all our other pals are...
*ponders*

It's very strange that it's so quiet on the boards on a Thursday night.

Still, at least we can get a word in edgeways.
(, Thu 26 Jun 2008, 20:53, closed)
This is a QotW comment aaw fanks everyone
I am now trying to get drunk but i've eaten so much food today and beer makes me bloated i actually think I might puff up like a balloon and float away in a minute.
Though I could probably fit some more food in first.
hmmm.
*contemplates wandering out to kitchen to find more food*
(, Thu 26 Jun 2008, 20:53, closed)
This is a QotW comment Anyone got cake?
Or midget gems?
(, Thu 26 Jun 2008, 20:56, closed)
This is a QotW comment We can only assume that some new cyber-goat-transmitted virus has evolved
and decimated our more talkative b3tans.

Edit: BGB - all I have is beer, I'm afraid. I might make a pizza with anchovies and mackerel on later though.
(, Thu 26 Jun 2008, 20:57, closed)
This is a QotW comment oooh oooh i do!
I do!
I have leftover birthday cake from Mr VPs birthday (i made it myself) and if you don't fancy my secret ingrediant buttercream then there's always trifle going as well!
(, Thu 26 Jun 2008, 20:57, closed)
This is a QotW comment Go for the vodka
works every time :)

I know Ancrenne's doing work stuff, but not sure where everyone else is.

Great, I've got some twat called Sam buzzing my door entry bell and will not say who he's here to see, just "can you open the door please" Fucker
(, Thu 26 Jun 2008, 20:58, closed)
This is a QotW comment Oooo! I love trifle.
*Wants trifle*

Yup! a goat transmitted disease seems to be the only option for their disappearance.

Becky is a veterinary nurse, what do you think Becky?
(, Thu 26 Jun 2008, 20:59, closed)
This is a QotW comment Sorry love,
I only deal with small fluffies, not the bigger specimens. But probably yeah
(, Thu 26 Jun 2008, 21:01, closed)
This is a QotW comment I have arrived
on the pretence of doing paperwork, so I do not get disturbed. This chatting in a thread has become somewhat of a tradition now, much better than going on the /talk board (they scare me).
Am on Murphys, the poor mans Guiness, but may finish off that bottle of Bourbon that keeps mocking me.
(, Thu 26 Jun 2008, 21:02, closed)
This is a QotW comment Hi Belmsford.
Yup talk is scary. I don't even understand what their saying half the time.

*feels old*
(, Thu 26 Jun 2008, 21:04, closed)
This is a QotW comment Dammit, I TOLD them that sharing goats was dangerous.
Crap! I've just remembered a great answer for the last QOTW - when I worked in Tesco, a strange old tramp came to my counter to inform me that AIDS crossed to humans when "a tribesman made love to a she-monkey", and then advise that I not have sex with monkeys if I valued my health.

Edit - before someone else says it, yes I meant HIV.
(, Thu 26 Jun 2008, 21:04, closed)
This is a QotW comment Seems good advice to me...
I just wish Bert had been more careful with his sexual favours.
(, Thu 26 Jun 2008, 21:06, closed)
This is a QotW comment I'm off
I'm going to find some more alcomahol and celebrate properly. Have a good night folks!
(, Thu 26 Jun 2008, 21:06, closed)
This is a QotW comment God Lucy.
Talk about a fleeting visit.

Have fun.
(, Thu 26 Jun 2008, 21:07, closed)
This is a QotW comment Agrees
I find /talk waaaaay too confusing to follow and I don't know anyone there. Granted I'd get to know them (and I'm sure they're all lovely in case anyone from there is reading this), just I prefer it here with fluffeh QOTWrs
(, Thu 26 Jun 2008, 21:07, closed)
This is a QotW comment Sorry BGB
Next time i promise you at least half an hour and exclusive rights to my confectionary. *winks*
byeeeeeeeee. x
(, Thu 26 Jun 2008, 21:08, closed)
This is a QotW comment All I can say is that I hope Kaol contracted it after the bash,
as turns out I don't run quickly enough.

Bye Lucy! *waves*
(, Thu 26 Jun 2008, 21:09, closed)
This is a QotW comment But then
Ancrenne'd get it. So I'd rather not Wookie
(, Thu 26 Jun 2008, 21:11, closed)
This is a QotW comment You should have worn protection.
Like running shoes or some shorts.

Can't be too careful if you ask me.
(, Thu 26 Jun 2008, 21:11, closed)
This is a QotW comment I meant if he has it all,
but he's not here, so I drew a conclusion.
(, Thu 26 Jun 2008, 21:13, closed)
This is a QotW comment Ahh
Point taken.

God it really is quiet on here tonight isnt it?
(, Thu 26 Jun 2008, 21:20, closed)
This is a QotW comment I'll be off soon also.
Which will mean 5 minutes after I've gone, everyone will appear and lots of fun will be had.

You mark my words.
(, Thu 26 Jun 2008, 21:24, closed)
This is a QotW comment Gonna get quiter for a bit I'm afraid,
as my lovely housemate has just made me some dinner.

*noms*

See you in a while...
(, Thu 26 Jun 2008, 21:24, closed)
This is a QotW comment Oh well
was nice seeing you all, even for a short while

*sits alone in the corner*

*gets bored and goes to check on food and faff about on other parts of the net*
(, Thu 26 Jun 2008, 21:25, closed)
This is a QotW comment Stop saying its sooooo quiet
Make it noisy ourselves. Got lost in the melee of the great work of fiction that is my timesheet and T&S claim.
*Is hiring Dickens to write next weeks*
(, Thu 26 Jun 2008, 21:28, closed)
This is a QotW comment Oh I thought you'd gone as well
How are we going to make it loud with only two of us here though?

*ponders and goes to check on food again*
(, Thu 26 Jun 2008, 21:34, closed)
This is a QotW comment Make that 1
Go keep poking food, work demands my undivided attention now for a while. I have had 4 beers, and am STILL getting picked up to sort out an access control unit in a Mail Centre.
*Considers wearing oldest stuff around, giving it that Hobo look*
Sorry to desert, Becky. ;(
(, Thu 26 Jun 2008, 21:45, closed)
This is a QotW comment Fucking splitters
*shakes fist*
(, Thu 26 Jun 2008, 21:49, closed)
This is a QotW comment Hello
I'm here. But only occasionally, as I've a heap of work to get through before bedtime.

I'll pop in occasionally to put in my tuppenceworth.
(, Thu 26 Jun 2008, 21:50, closed)
This is a QotW comment Hi K2k6
that's a rather interesting signature you have there.
(, Thu 26 Jun 2008, 21:55, closed)
This is a QotW comment Oh yes
Act 6 was very enjoyable!

Hope you were having as much fun as me.
(, Thu 26 Jun 2008, 22:00, closed)
This is a QotW comment Ahh have just finished reading
and understand now. Of course, shame you fainted though, might have been more fun if you hadn't.
(, Thu 26 Jun 2008, 22:05, closed)
This is a QotW comment I'm BACK! And I'm better* than ever**.
Didn't miss much, I see.

*sniffs*

*For a non-standard value of better.
**For a non-standard value of ever.

(, Thu 26 Jun 2008, 22:11, closed)
This is a QotW comment *wanders in*
*bimbles*

Any drinks going here? I'm thirsty.
(, Thu 26 Jun 2008, 22:11, closed)
This is a QotW comment Good stuff, isn't it?
And apparently Acts 7 to infinity are also in the pipeline.

I like the way Legless's only line is "Cheers!"

HLT should be in the theatre wit talent like that....oh, wait a minute.

Edit - Hello you two. I've no drink, just marmalade. Sorry.
(, Thu 26 Jun 2008, 22:12, closed)
This is a QotW comment 'lo Ancrenne!
You haven't succumbed to the goat-plague then?

I have more San Miguel than I can sensibly drink on a school night, would you like some?
(, Thu 26 Jun 2008, 22:13, closed)
This is a QotW comment *chucks around hugs and kisses with gay abandon*

Nice to see you all.
(, Thu 26 Jun 2008, 22:14, closed)
This is a QotW comment Goat plague?
I have *one* day of real work and people start being beplagued?

I must market myself as an anti plague agent.

Think I've caught up on all the threads (esp HLTs story.I'm looking at policeman in a very differnt way now), any major news/funnies/deaths?
(, Thu 26 Jun 2008, 22:17, closed)
This is a QotW comment YA SEE!
What did I tell you. Once I go everyone turns up

*sulks*

I'm really off to bed now.
(, Thu 26 Jun 2008, 22:17, closed)
This is a QotW comment Evening Ancrenne and Clendrix
how goes it?

Night BGB.
(, Thu 26 Jun 2008, 22:20, closed)
This is a QotW comment Night BGB
I have been out on my leaving do from work, swearing with abandon and drinking many ciders. I have also spent my co-op divvy card reward points on ciders - who needs food, eh?

Alright C, B - you ok?
(, Thu 26 Jun 2008, 22:23, closed)
This is a QotW comment Evenin!
Ah, bugger it BGB has gone to bed... I was going out but just missed the bus; now I can't be arsed so will settle for wine and newsnight.

Catch you all tomorrow, peeps.

Was it really a week ago?
(, Thu 26 Jun 2008, 22:23, closed)
This is a QotW comment Yup
full of food and watching the losers on Big bro.

Christ, feels like ages ago now Davros
(, Thu 26 Jun 2008, 22:25, closed)
This is a QotW comment Hey B and A (and whoever's sticking around)
Things are pretty good. Just thought I'd check in for a while before I go to bed.
(, Thu 26 Jun 2008, 22:25, closed)
This is a QotW comment Food sounds like a good idea.
Hula hoops are not a suitable dinner choice more than once a week
(, Thu 26 Jun 2008, 22:26, closed)
This is a QotW comment 'lo Clendrix,
fancy a liquid lunch tomorrow? It's been a week since I met an internet folk, I'm getting withdrawals.
(, Thu 26 Jun 2008, 22:28, closed)
This is a QotW comment *shakes fist*
DAMN you london based people with easy access to real life b3ta folk!
(, Thu 26 Jun 2008, 22:29, closed)
This is a QotW comment If I've been here...
for four years, six months and sixteen days, does that mean my B3ta birthday is 11th December?
(, Thu 26 Jun 2008, 22:31, closed)
This is a QotW comment Not all of us do Ancrenne
some of us are stuck in consulting rooms eating tasty free lunches every day ,)
(, Thu 26 Jun 2008, 22:31, closed)
This is a QotW comment But on the downside to London, it's been three weeks so far and I still haven't recovered from this chest infection...
*blames pollution rather than smoking*
(, Thu 26 Jun 2008, 22:32, closed)
This is a QotW comment Wookie
Absolutely!!!

Edit: Looks like, as I seem to busy for most bashes, I'll just be meeting you all one by one!
(, Thu 26 Jun 2008, 22:34, closed)
This is a QotW comment Top hat!
The Boozerie Formerly Known As The Goose? I feel like I should investigate it for old times' sake.
(, Thu 26 Jun 2008, 22:38, closed)
This is a QotW comment Still
*grrrr*

I've managed not to smoke since Monday. The promise of tenner forfeit for every fag is working...
(, Thu 26 Jun 2008, 22:40, closed)
This is a QotW comment Perfect
name your time...
(, Thu 26 Jun 2008, 22:43, closed)
This is a QotW comment Hmmm...
Half twelve work for you?
(, Thu 26 Jun 2008, 22:46, closed)
This is a QotW comment @clendrix
This is coming across like speed dating! :-)

Perhaps without the speed. Unless you're running away from Kaol and his knife.
(, Thu 26 Jun 2008, 22:49, closed)
This is a QotW comment 12.30
is fine! Shall I meet you at the door?

Very speedy dating!
(, Thu 26 Jun 2008, 22:51, closed)
This is a QotW comment But he didn't have a knife that day
apparently

Evening k2k6 - how's your day been?
(, Thu 26 Jun 2008, 22:51, closed)
This is a QotW comment If you like,
or there's a pic of me from the bash, so you could just meet me at the bar.

*will likely be anxious for alcohol*
(, Thu 26 Jun 2008, 22:55, closed)
This is a QotW comment OK
will meet you there!

Edit: no, Kaol didn't have a knife that day - except amongst the cutlery selection provided with lunch.
(, Thu 26 Jun 2008, 22:56, closed)
This is a QotW comment so were not friends now
hmmph!

*flounces*
(, Thu 26 Jun 2008, 22:59, closed)
This is a QotW comment Awesome.
I shall look forward to it. My boss is off so I should be able to get away with spending all afternoon half pissed :)
(, Thu 26 Jun 2008, 23:00, closed)
This is a QotW comment Oh yeah
I'd forgotten about Kaol's nakedness, sans blade.

My day's been fine Ms ancrenne. But I'm still working at the moment. Musical stuff, not day work. But it still has to be finished tonight.

I'll not be on tomorrow though. I'm away all day on business. (Sounds dead flash that, but it's not really).
(, Thu 26 Jun 2008, 23:06, closed)
This is a QotW comment Wookie
You gonna wear your fab hat? Is that one of many fab hats?
(, Thu 26 Jun 2008, 23:07, closed)
This is a QotW comment I think my boss
will be around, but I'll be there as long as I can!

Yeh, wear a hat!
(, Thu 26 Jun 2008, 23:07, closed)
This is a QotW comment I can wear the hat if you like.
It's one of an ever-expanding collection. A collection of 2, currently.

I am very picky when it comes to hats.
(, Thu 26 Jun 2008, 23:12, closed)
This is a QotW comment A good collection of hats is
an excellent thing to have. I currently have *counts* 4. 5 if I can find one that's eluded my line of sight since I moved in though so I fear it may be lost for good.

Who are you talking to Spimf?
(, Thu 26 Jun 2008, 23:15, closed)
This is a QotW comment I guess technically I have 4,
but three are successivvely better versions of the same hat, so the less-good two are retired.

The other one is my washing-up hat.
(, Thu 26 Jun 2008, 23:18, closed)
This is a QotW comment Wookie
There's something about the trilby styleee. I have one that is made of magic. When wearing it I have been IDd for booze (I'm 31) and approached in the street for my number.

Them's tip top hats.
(, Thu 26 Jun 2008, 23:19, closed)
This is a QotW comment Right groovers
I'm off again.

See ya tomorrow Wookie!

Speak to the rest of you soon.

*moons*
*runs away*
(, Thu 26 Jun 2008, 23:19, closed)
This is a QotW comment I have but two hats
If you could call them that. One is a baseball cap which I wear on holiday to keep my thin-on-top bits from frying in the sun, and the other is a woolly beanie thing to keep those same semi-bald bits warm in winter.

Does two count as a collection?

Edit - night clendrix.

Did I just see your arse?
(, Thu 26 Jun 2008, 23:19, closed)
This is a QotW comment Night clendrix!
k2k6 - you know, I think I saw that too...

EDIT - I has finally achieved food!
(, Thu 26 Jun 2008, 23:24, closed)
This is a QotW comment nn Clendrix
k2k6 - my non-Trilby is a beanie. It will be used to hide my shame when the Day of Short Hair finally comes.
(, Thu 26 Jun 2008, 23:24, closed)
This is a QotW comment Wookie
for all long hair is cool, when you start to sense THAT day is close, get the cut, save your dignity. Many don't and it's just a bit 'awwwww' sad....
(, Thu 26 Jun 2008, 23:29, closed)
This is a QotW comment My work is done for the night
I'm off to bed. Have a good one folks.

G'night

*goes off to scrub tusks*
(, Thu 26 Jun 2008, 23:29, closed)
This is a QotW comment night mister 6
tusks?

I've clearly missed *something* today

*cries*
(, Thu 26 Jun 2008, 23:34, closed)
This is a QotW comment becks
did you leave?
(, Thu 26 Jun 2008, 23:35, closed)
This is a QotW comment I have the clippers all ready,
but it's such a big step, and people keep talking me out of it.

*fears*
(, Thu 26 Jun 2008, 23:37, closed)
This is a QotW comment Not yet
but will soon. Hoping that creeping death doesn't occur again tonight
(, Thu 26 Jun 2008, 23:38, closed)
This is a QotW comment let them talk you out of it
until you know it's time.

You seem a sensible (ish) chap - I think you'll know

EDIT - Yeah, becks, what was that about? You ok now?
(, Thu 26 Jun 2008, 23:38, closed)
This is a QotW comment I have no idea A
maybe remnants of the crapness of Monday? I felt fine all day today once I'd gotten more sleep, so I'm hoping it wont happen again.
(, Thu 26 Jun 2008, 23:42, closed)
This is a QotW comment *is bored with being sensible*
Maybe I'll go for mostly-shaved with a nicely old-skool scalp lock.
(, Thu 26 Jun 2008, 23:42, closed)
This is a QotW comment hope so Becks
sounds like you felt rubbish which is no fun

EDIT - I wasn't saying sensible to mean grown up, silly. As if i'd be so rude...
(, Thu 26 Jun 2008, 23:43, closed)
This is a QotW comment Indeed.
I think I'll head to bed now. Hopefully not see any of you at 4am.

Night all xx
(, Thu 26 Jun 2008, 23:45, closed)
This is a QotW comment nn becky
I think I might have to abandon you as well, Ancrenne. My eyes are doing that thing that means it's time to go to bed.
(, Thu 26 Jun 2008, 23:46, closed)
This is a QotW comment Night both
Oh noes!

Last time I was left here by myself we ended up getting windows broken...

I ought not be trusted to lock up, really
(, Thu 26 Jun 2008, 23:48, closed)
This is a QotW comment I'm still awake!
Who else is?
(, Thu 26 Jun 2008, 23:50, closed)
This is a QotW comment *reliefs*
hello Maladicta!
(, Thu 26 Jun 2008, 23:51, closed)
This is a QotW comment Hellooooo ancrenne :)
Yay, another night owl!
(, Thu 26 Jun 2008, 23:52, closed)
This is a QotW comment hell yes
I'm never ever going to have a proper job again so it;s cider and nocturnallness all the way!
(, Thu 26 Jun 2008, 23:54, closed)
This is a QotW comment *glees*
I'm hyper and have just seen Prince Caspian at teh cinema. And he is hot.

Oh God, I'm a fangirl. Kill me now.
(, Fri 27 Jun 2008, 0:00, closed)
This is a QotW comment I am so not down with any of the kids
that I have no idea what that is...

*googles*

EDIT - Ok, I know what PC is now. All I can say re the man is it's a good thing we all like different things, eh?
(, Fri 27 Jun 2008, 0:01, closed)
This is a QotW comment Ehh... I have strange taste.
And no real fixed "type" though his hair is very like Mr Maladicta's.
(, Fri 27 Jun 2008, 0:16, closed)
This is a QotW comment Me either
It's personality for me, really. But clean cut/pretty types bring few urges out in me other than to give 'em a black eye or see how they cope with a broken nail.

/is a pacifist, just imagines such things..
(, Fri 27 Jun 2008, 0:22, closed)
This is a QotW comment Exactly, I don't usually like pretty boys
but this one brings out a certain "ooooo" in me. Mr Maladicta is a gothy type, and you can't get further removed from that!
(, Fri 27 Jun 2008, 0:23, closed)
This is a QotW comment Hmm..
When I were a lass, 'gothy' boys were all pale and pasty and weedy and ethereally romantic (ie nearly dead) looking.

What do you term 'gothy type'then?
(, Fri 27 Jun 2008, 0:37, closed)
This is a QotW comment Well, this is Mr Maladicta with short hair.


He treads the thin line between goth and metaller, but prefers to be thought of as gothic.

(Also, he LOVES to be photographed for some reason, aside from being lully.)
(, Fri 27 Jun 2008, 0:44, closed)
This is a QotW comment Cheers for sharing M!
Times don't half change though.... back in the day, a million years ago, the word 'gothic' would have been spat on and denounced as 'about architecture, not culture'

And short hair would have been a banishing offence. I like the world better with fewer rules.

That and not giving too much of a fuck about the ones there are, anyway.
(, Fri 27 Jun 2008, 0:48, closed)
This is a QotW comment Evening gals
*swans in*

How are we all in here tonight? Well cidered up?
(, Fri 27 Jun 2008, 0:51, closed)
This is a QotW comment I admire the gothic culture... thing.
I'm trying to get a bit more into it myself and failing epically at the moment! I do like the flappy coat though :)
(, Fri 27 Jun 2008, 0:54, closed)
This is a QotW comment PoD
'ning!

I has no alcohol... ancrenne might though.
(, Fri 27 Jun 2008, 0:54, closed)
This is a QotW comment And now
Time to sleep.

Bye gals.

*waves*
(, Fri 27 Jun 2008, 1:02, closed)
This is a QotW comment 'Lo and g'bye PoD!
I'd have offered cider if I'd known you were here.

Honest. I don't just keep it for myself

*guards*

*spies*

*fends off*

M - I think labels are a bit rubbish really.I'm just me, some days a bit goth, some a bit hippie, some days in grown up shoes and skirts - always very ancrenne.

edited for rubbish accidental text rearrangement
(, Fri 27 Jun 2008, 1:07, closed)
This is a QotW comment Well
it always appealed to me when I was in my teens and has never really left me; it's only since being with Mr Maladicta it's really occurred to me that I maybe should have done it sooner... I don't like to be labelled either much, but I like me some alternative :)
(, Fri 27 Jun 2008, 1:36, closed)
This is a QotW comment M dearie
i'm shattered and have a big day tomorrow. So am gonna head off.

Lovely talking - catch you here again soon :)
(, Fri 27 Jun 2008, 2:05, closed)
This is a QotW comment .
.
Chat continues here
.
(, Sat 28 Jun 2008, 1:20, closed)

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