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I am in Swindon. It is worse than I remember. How are you spending your evening?
I will have a couple of pints, eat and read. Thank fuck for iPads, at least I won't be completely bored.
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Fucking hell Jeff I am not a robot, Thu 26 Apr 2012, 19:47,
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I nearly got a job in Swindon oncebut I wasn't good enough. I stayed at a B&B where the guy asked me what I wanted out of a list of cereals. I selected Shreddies. Despite listing them, he hadn't got any. I said that was fine but he went out and got some anyway, but got mixed up between Shreddies and mini Shredded Wheat which is entirely different. I had to eat mini shredded wheat with COLD milk. Sacrilege.
Don't fall into the same trap I did
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Citizen Cavy Admires your passion for conformity, Thu 26 Apr 2012, 19:53,
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Lounging around in my longjohns. This weather ruins absolutely everything.
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I am suffering.My throat is so sore I have to keep drinking constantly just to stop it from screaming at me. And it's not even good drinking, either.
There is fuck all chance of me sleeping tonight. *cries*
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b3th Not shit. Not mod., Thu 26 Apr 2012, 20:00,
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My plans for world domination are almost complete!(
Citizen Cavy Admires your passion for conformity, Thu 26 Apr 2012, 20:08,
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Just lost an auction on eBay despite my phone saying I'd won. FUCK YOU APPLE, I'M GLAD STEVE JOBS IS BROWN BREAD.
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More speakers for annoying your neighbours or some overpriced clothing?(
Fucking hell Jeff I am not a robot, Thu 26 Apr 2012, 20:23,
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I won some jeans only to find they were far too bigAnd I can't carry off the wigga look
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sporters I’m sincerely gratitude to you, Thu 26 Apr 2012, 20:44,
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i am working Work is shit
Why am I so fucking lazy
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Lisette von Falcon, Thu 26 Apr 2012, 20:24,
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Not the greatest haiku I've ever read K, but not a bad effort either.(
JeffTheDogFucker Can you dig it?, Thu 26 Apr 2012, 20:38,
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Oh Kristine you're our resident Yanksomething, something, something.
WANK.
That poem more or less wrote itself.
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JeffTheDogFucker Can you dig it?, Thu 26 Apr 2012, 20:53,
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Our resident Yank, we call her K
She loves to mock Darth for being gay
She takes no shit, no way, no no
Her crazy dog, she calls echo
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sporters I’m sincerely gratitude to you, Thu 26 Apr 2012, 20:55,
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Sporty is a North East BleurkAnd frankly we think he's a joke
(what can you do with that eh?)
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JeffTheDogFucker Can you dig it?, Thu 26 Apr 2012, 20:59,
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Not much!Good spelling for bloke though
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sporters I’m sincerely gratitude to you, Thu 26 Apr 2012, 21:00,
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Just trying to get the accent right.(
JeffTheDogFucker Can you dig it?, Thu 26 Apr 2012, 21:04,
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he likes his sportand he is a cow
and that's enough
facts for now
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Citizen Cavy Admires your passion for conformity, Thu 26 Apr 2012, 21:00,
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I am drinking gin and not sorting out my Dads present(
sporters I’m sincerely gratitude to you, Thu 26 Apr 2012, 20:45,
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I have some Jethro Tull CDs and a photo frame I just need to print out some pics of the grand kids to put in it and wrap them
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sporters I’m sincerely gratitude to you, Thu 26 Apr 2012, 20:48,
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I'm not sure if the makers of the Jethro Tull CDs will want the cover art defaced with snaps of your kids.(
JeffTheDogFucker Can you dig it?, Thu 26 Apr 2012, 20:51,
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What are you having with your gin?(
JeffTheDogFucker Can you dig it?, Thu 26 Apr 2012, 20:54,
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Bitter lemon unfortunatelyNo tonic. No beer. No wine
Bad planning
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sporters I’m sincerely gratitude to you, Thu 26 Apr 2012, 20:56,
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No tonic, no wine....Bob Marleys......
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JeffTheDogFucker Can you dig it?, Thu 26 Apr 2012, 21:00,
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Watching the lightest comedy I can finda beer or two possibly. Stay away from Swindon, root of all evil.
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Amberl was stripey and dominated Europe, Thu 26 Apr 2012, 21:09,
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FFS. Some colleagues from another department turned up earlier when I was on pint number 4. I had to be pleasant. I hate being pleasant at the best of times. Good thing about an iPad is they think I am working now so they are leaving me alone.
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Fucking hell Jeff I am not a robot, Thu 26 Apr 2012, 21:15,
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emailing all the different agents I emailed when I first looked for a flatSeeing if they've got anything available now. If anyone knows a good bunch to try, let me know. Just thanking fuck that I extended my stay here and got a Weeks season ticket to London.
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The Light in Chains don't touch the Pope's boner, Thu 26 Apr 2012, 21:18,
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funny storyAs I was buying the ticket I said it was to start Monday and she said, "Oh, you're only supposed to buy them 24 hours before because they only have an expiry date, not a start date. I'll let you off because you didn't know. Not planning on travelling to London before Monday, are you?"
"No!" I replied firmly. Got home, found out about flat disaster, fucking am planning it now.
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The Light in Chains don't touch the Pope's boner, Thu 26 Apr 2012, 21:21,
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You've had a really shitty week haven't you.(
JeffTheDogFucker Can you dig it?, Thu 26 Apr 2012, 21:23,
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It has slightly dented my "everything always works out fine" armourI was possibly due a run like this having had no drama whatsoever for 30-odd years.
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The Light in Chains don't touch the Pope's boner, Thu 26 Apr 2012, 21:24,
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You ought to see what out of pocket expenses the agency are prepared to give you forthis cock up.
If they have a flat on their books, you'd imagine they were have it exclusively, and if not, they should have made it clear to you.
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JeffTheDogFucker Can you dig it?, Thu 26 Apr 2012, 21:31,
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it does seem like their business model favours landlords over tenantsGiven all the checks I went through and then he just tells them to do one
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The Light in Chains don't touch the Pope's boner, Thu 26 Apr 2012, 21:47,
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I described myself at work as 'a bitter and cynical man'.People agreed.
Also, this morning, I said that I think pandas look like people wearing panda suits.
It was met with lolz.
But they do look like people wearing panda suits. This is why it isn't a funny thing to say.
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How is this relevant to the question?(
Fucking hell Jeff I am not a robot, Thu 26 Apr 2012, 21:28,
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It isn't.Does it have to be? Surely the 'question' in any OT thread is merely a thinly veiled, desperate firing of an internet fatty starting pistol?
That's how I always view it.
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When I am Prime Minister it will be mandatory to be accurate. I will excuse your actions for now. Consider yourself lucky.
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Fucking hell Jeff I am not a robot, Thu 26 Apr 2012, 21:35,
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Don't know, but I enjoy it nonetheless. (
Fucking hell Jeff I am not a robot, Thu 26 Apr 2012, 21:44,
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being pompous is its own rewardLike being smug. You know you shouldn't but it feels so good.
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The Light in Chains don't touch the Pope's boner, Thu 26 Apr 2012, 21:49,
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I don't see what is wrong with being bitter and cynical.(
tangledupinblue hairy badge with moving eyes, Thu 26 Apr 2012, 21:34,
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Evening allMy plans for the remainder of the night are to drink some beer, talk some shite on here and then possibly fall asleep right here or motivate myself to go to bed. Exciting stuff, I'm sure you'll agree.
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tangledupinblue hairy badge with moving eyes, Thu 26 Apr 2012, 21:31,
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For a BENDER that is quite an exciting plan.(
JeffTheDogFucker Can you dig it?, Thu 26 Apr 2012, 21:32,
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Well I'm glad to have excited one offtopicer then'ow biss, Jeff?
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tangledupinblue hairy badge with moving eyes, Thu 26 Apr 2012, 21:33,
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Good thanks.I've had an enjoyable enough day.
I have a glass of squash and I'm flicking between the darts on Sky and An American Werewolf in London on the tellybox.
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JeffTheDogFucker Can you dig it?, Thu 26 Apr 2012, 21:34,
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There is plenty wrong with it, unless it is diluted with alcohol instead of water. You've let me down. I want you to think about this before you' do so again. (
Fucking hell Jeff I am not a robot, Thu 26 Apr 2012, 21:40,
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Ah the old chef's trick.There's always one guy in the kitchen who drinks "squash" all night.
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tangledupinblue hairy badge with moving eyes, Thu 26 Apr 2012, 21:42,
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What type? Courgette? Pumpkin?IM MISUNDERSTANDING SQUASH FOR COMEDIC EFFECT!!!!LOL!!!
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tangledupinblue hairy badge with moving eyes, Thu 26 Apr 2012, 21:40,
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i tried that earlier.It went down like quentin's girlfriend with a puncture.
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b3th Not shit. Not mod., Thu 26 Apr 2012, 21:41,
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Your humour is far too sophisticated for the heathens of offtopic, b3th(
tangledupinblue hairy badge with moving eyes, Thu 26 Apr 2012, 21:43,
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updated news:I have decided to fuck the diet, and have hit the vodka. My throat is now marginally less painful.
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b3th Not shit. Not mod., Thu 26 Apr 2012, 21:38,
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I think alcohol is an important part of any recovery**Apart from recovering from alcoholism
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tangledupinblue hairy badge with moving eyes, Thu 26 Apr 2012, 21:41,
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My 'bit of a cold' is quickly turning into a full on bout of man-flu.I may die.
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b3th Not shit. Not mod., Thu 26 Apr 2012, 21:42,
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some of us manned the fuck upgot the hell over it and drank a shit load of cider and butcum
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Citizen Cavy Admires your passion for conformity, Thu 26 Apr 2012, 21:43,
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I may never talk to you again.On the other hand, stepson and granddaughter no.2 have both had colds in the last few weeks. Could have been them.
So, when do I get to take you shopping?
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b3th Not shit. Not mod., Thu 26 Apr 2012, 21:44,
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you're still convinced this is a good idea?(
Citizen Cavy Admires your passion for conformity, Thu 26 Apr 2012, 21:45,
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I'm a shopping expert.What are you in the market for?
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JeffTheDogFucker Can you dig it?, Thu 26 Apr 2012, 21:47,
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Human League lolzDon't you trust me Cavy?
Don't you trust me oooh-oooh-oooh.
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JeffTheDogFucker Can you dig it?, Thu 26 Apr 2012, 21:49,
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You tell 'im, batty.You can also tell me why I've had nearly 130 views of my blog today, and nobody's following it yet. Does that mean it's shit?
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b3th Not shit. Not mod., Thu 26 Apr 2012, 21:53,
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it means no one's realised you can follow itor they are waiting to see how it goes. I don't think anyone follows by coll3ctive posts and they are GOLD
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Citizen Cavy Admires your passion for conformity, Thu 26 Apr 2012, 22:05,
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it's more that I am a terriblewhiny shopper
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Citizen Cavy Admires your passion for conformity, Thu 26 Apr 2012, 21:55,
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Don't worryI'll get someone to back me up and we can bully you into submission.
And I'll let you spend a few hours in Waterstones.
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b3th Not shit. Not mod., Thu 26 Apr 2012, 21:57,
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You'd be better off going shopping with me thenWe probably wouldn't go near any shops mind.
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tangledupinblue hairy badge with moving eyes, Thu 26 Apr 2012, 21:57,
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^ Cavy - you appear to have pulled.(
JeffTheDogFucker Can you dig it?, Thu 26 Apr 2012, 22:01,
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best offer in some time(
Citizen Cavy Admires your passion for conformity, Thu 26 Apr 2012, 22:03,
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Lucky old CavyI'm quite a catch.
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tangledupinblue hairy badge with moving eyes, Thu 26 Apr 2012, 22:04,
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She can look after my wife and kids While I browse a record shop then nip for a pint.
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tangledupinblue hairy badge with moving eyes, Thu 26 Apr 2012, 22:17,
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there's no middle ground on OT is there?You either want sex with everyone or you'd prefer a quiet night in with hobbies.
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The Light in Chains don't touch the Pope's boner, Thu 26 Apr 2012, 22:28,
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My hobby is sex with everyone (
tangledupinblue hairy badge with moving eyes, Thu 26 Apr 2012, 22:31,
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I made a smoothie earlierI briefly felt what people must mean when they say 'healthy'
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Citizen Cavy Admires your passion for conformity, Thu 26 Apr 2012, 22:04,
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You made a smoothie.Was it more of a James Bond sort of smooth, or more a Tangles sort of smooth.
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JeffTheDogFucker Can you dig it?, Thu 26 Apr 2012, 22:12,
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is there a difference?(
Citizen Cavy Admires your passion for conformity, Thu 26 Apr 2012, 22:15,
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Oh come onI'm at least Milk Tray man sort of smooth
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tangledupinblue hairy badge with moving eyes, Thu 26 Apr 2012, 22:16,
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All because the Cavy loves milk tray....(
JeffTheDogFucker Can you dig it?, Thu 26 Apr 2012, 22:17,
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in that you break into women's houses at night to stalk them, but leave chocolate as an excuse?
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Citizen Cavy Admires your passion for conformity, Thu 26 Apr 2012, 22:18,
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I once ditched someone on Valentine's Day for being a wholesale nutcase. I still ate the chocolates he gave me.
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I'm not sure why you wouldn't(
Citizen Cavy Admires your passion for conformity, Thu 26 Apr 2012, 22:21,
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She's had chocolate, I've had a wank in her underwear drawer - everyone is happy.(
tangledupinblue hairy badge with moving eyes, Thu 26 Apr 2012, 22:20,
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or kidney dialysis(
Citizen Cavy Admires your passion for conformity, Thu 26 Apr 2012, 21:42,
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Is Mr b3th still alive then?(
tangledupinblue hairy badge with moving eyes, Thu 26 Apr 2012, 21:44,
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barely.If you ask him, he'll tell you he's hovering on the brink. I shall make sure I have a freshly laundered black dress in the wardrobe at all times.
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b3th Not shit. Not mod., Thu 26 Apr 2012, 21:46,
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The Light in Chains don't touch the Pope's boner, Thu 26 Apr 2012, 22:10,
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I'll shave my head and we can recreate the time mortisha and uncle fester danced the last tango in Paris.(
G/PP 💩💩💩💩💩€, Thu 26 Apr 2012, 22:15,
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An individual is a four-dimensional object of greatly elongated form; in ordinary language we say that he has considerable extension in time and insignificant extension in space.
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Some of us extend more insignificantly than othersupwards, in your case.
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The Light in Chains don't touch the Pope's boner, Thu 26 Apr 2012, 22:11,
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Oh CQ, I thought we had an entente going.You're getting as obsessive as Darth. Though hopefully you don't want to penetrate me.
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I have nothing against youother than your willful misenterpretation of statistics.
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CQ Knows the truth, all of it., Thu 26 Apr 2012, 22:29,
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below the beltWhich to be honest is where I thought you'd riposte.
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The Light in Chains don't touch the Pope's boner, Thu 26 Apr 2012, 22:44,
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Nope!I just expected an "insignificant extension in space" gag about penis length.
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The Light in Chains don't touch the Pope's boner, Thu 26 Apr 2012, 22:55,
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Oh I see.Srsly, the flat thing suxxorz.
You training it from Brum to London then? How expensive will that be?
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£250 a weekbeats living in a cardboard box, though. Hopefully a week at most.
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The Light in Chains don't touch the Pope's boner, Thu 26 Apr 2012, 23:06,
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A grand a month.Fucking hell.
But yeah, a week at most.
Fingers crossed dude. Did nobody from here offer you crash space?
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MontyTotally had it all worked out before I extended here, too. I'd just rather be in my own place and move in one step than put stuff in storage and Kip on his sofa bed.
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The Light in Chains don't touch the Pope's boner, Thu 26 Apr 2012, 23:25,
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Well you need to make sure that Stunned doesn't sit on it any point.He has previous for breaking sofas.
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JeffTheDogFucker Can you dig it?, Thu 26 Apr 2012, 23:27,
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I had half a bomberdeat and some nandos and a mcflurry.I haven't drunk that much in ages, but I felt I deserved it.
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G/PP 💩💩💩💩💩€, Thu 26 Apr 2012, 22:14,
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You're going to have to help me out on that first word(
b3th Not shit. Not mod., Thu 26 Apr 2012, 22:15,
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Ah, the beer.I was thinking it was a fancy kind of Nando's food.
I;ve never been to Nando's, you see.
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b3th Not shit. Not mod., Thu 26 Apr 2012, 22:16,
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Pretty sure there is no fancy food at Nando'sIt is a small step up from KFC
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tangledupinblue hairy badge with moving eyes, Thu 26 Apr 2012, 22:19,
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I've heard it's KFC with cutlery.Can't be bad.
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b3th Not shit. Not mod., Thu 26 Apr 2012, 22:21,
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That brief moment when you suddenly realise you don't like piri piri chicken...It's a nando-second.
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JeffTheDogFucker Can you dig it?, Thu 26 Apr 2012, 22:27,
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I heard they like it when you demand "MAN ! GO, and lime". thats so shit.
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G/PP 💩💩💩💩💩€, Thu 26 Apr 2012, 22:43,
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It's alright, I only ate half 'cus my stomach was caining cus I didn't eat all day or take an opiates, I got a doggy bag with it though.But then my opiates kicked in as we were leaving so I wasn't in pain so we had a McFlurry and I got my doggy bag now.
I like nandos, it's pretty good, they owe me 3/4 of a chicken at the moment, I'm going to fill it out all the way and give it to a homeless man, it'll be a waste to give it to them now as they'll never be able to complete the card and get those 10 chicken wings. Only one more left for that I think. I also got a free meal at Abukado that I'm gonna give the farringdon station homeless guy; he has a dog now.
Nandos is shit if you don't like chicken or hot stuff, but amazing if you do. I had chicken livers with two roles and 3 wings instead of sides. Oh, and some chili jam which rocks.
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G/PP 💩💩💩💩💩€, Thu 26 Apr 2012, 22:22,
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Bomberdear with an autocomplete of some word I donno.That bitter beer without the bubbles.
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G/PP 💩💩💩💩💩€, Thu 26 Apr 2012, 22:16,
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Would you believe on of the agents I emailed was still up at 9:45?Emailed back and forth, she sent me some properties, I picked a couple, going to see them tomorrow. I like that "I have nothing better to do than help you find somewhere to live" attitude in a letting agent.
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The Light in Chains don't touch the Pope's boner, Thu 26 Apr 2012, 22:47,
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Sounds good mate.Are they in the right location?
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JeffTheDogFucker Can you dig it?, Thu 26 Apr 2012, 22:48,
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One isthe other works out to about 35 minutes of walking and public transport.
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The Light in Chains don't touch the Pope's boner, Thu 26 Apr 2012, 22:54,
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Well when you're on the ground, you might be able to find something else, especially if you've got to hear back from other agencies.(
JeffTheDogFucker Can you dig it?, Thu 26 Apr 2012, 22:57,
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True datI figure I'll hear from other places on the way down and try and arrange something for after. But if one of these places is acceptable I'm going to try my best to stick a pin in them. Metaphorically, Jeff.
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The Light in Chains don't touch the Pope's boner, Thu 26 Apr 2012, 23:11,
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^ Says the person who won't get a 25 minute train journey to Bristol for work.(
JeffTheDogFucker Can you dig it?, Thu 26 Apr 2012, 22:58,
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that's just to get me into Bristol!It would be another half hour once I get there
Though mr b3th agrees with you that I should have a trial run one day.
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b3th Not shit. Not mod., Thu 26 Apr 2012, 22:59,
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Progress at last.Get a rush hour train in, and another home again and spend the day with the agencies.
Make sure you've got printed copies of your C.V as well as having them on a USB stick - also, make sure it's easily accessable to e-mail it from your phone, just in case that is the only way they can accept it.
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JeffTheDogFucker Can you dig it?, Thu 26 Apr 2012, 23:01,
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That would imply having appointments with agenciesand I can't get any of them to answer my emails or talk to me on the phone.
It's a buyters market out there, alright.
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b3th Not shit. Not mod., Thu 26 Apr 2012, 23:06,
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Well send me a list of the agencies you want to contact and I'll either add to it, or if I know anyone thereI'll drop them a line.
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JeffTheDogFucker Can you dig it?, Thu 26 Apr 2012, 23:11,
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Pretty muchMy worst commute was about 100 minutes by car to get to a place in Nottingham. Anything more than that I've always stayed over in the week.
At the job I've just left it was 20-25 minutes. I allow more if on public transport because you can read, but it's still "shorter the better".
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The Light in Chains don't touch the Pope's boner, Thu 26 Apr 2012, 23:09,
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That's what puts me off working in Bristol.I know it would add three hours a day to my working time, and I'd end up burning out before xmas. I've been there before, and I really don't want to spend another xmas vacillating between catatonic and hysterical.
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b3th Not shit. Not mod., Thu 26 Apr 2012, 23:16,
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I used to work with a lad who commuted up to Barnsley from Nottingham.Given that he was on about £6 an hour, I thought he was mad. What with the price of car maintenance, insurance and petrol he probably couldn't have broken even.
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The Mock TurtIe ™ --- Thinks you are a cunt, on, Thu 26 Apr 2012, 23:24,
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Mate, you ever lived in London?You shouldn't ever have to walk more than 10 minutes to a tube station if you don't want to, 90% one of them will have (inside your price range) somewhere good tempoary to live 'till you can get what you want. I've never been on the tube for long than an hour and a half, two max, and thats going from the two furthest points (cockfosters to Heathrow).
To give you an idea, it takes 40 mins to go from cockfosters to holbern, which is around half way across london.
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G/PP 💩💩💩💩💩€, Fri 27 Apr 2012, 0:01,
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And once you're in the tube, you're on it, get an ipod or a book out, and it doesn't matter how long it takes.It takes me just over an hour to get into work and I don't think anything of it.
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G/PP 💩💩💩💩💩€, Fri 27 Apr 2012, 0:01,
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Thats 15 minutes of textin/interneting, then being on the underground and its one TV Show that i've downloaded.No big deal at all.
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G/PP 💩💩💩💩💩€, Fri 27 Apr 2012, 0:02,
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that sounds more like it.if they get you sorted, send them a nice bottle of something.
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b3th Not shit. Not mod., Thu 26 Apr 2012, 22:50,
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Or, just pay them their massive fee for doing their job and get on with it.(
JeffTheDogFucker Can you dig it?, Thu 26 Apr 2012, 22:52,
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Shurrit you.Made more progress on your Wordpress site?
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JeffTheDogFucker Can you dig it?, Thu 26 Apr 2012, 22:57,
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If you want any plugins and shit, wordpress is one of my key skills.Get it hosted away from wordpress.org, pay the few quid a month, it means you can do litterally anything you want with the site. If you want someone to get that up'n'running for you, I can do that.
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