Can money buy you happiness?
www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-26671221
Rory earns more in a month than swipe does in a year, but who is the happier of the two?
Would you consider a lower paid job than your current one, for a simpler or happier life?

Alt: Just how long should you wear a pair of trousers for before washing them?

Altalt: Has anyone said 'weekend plans' yet?
( tangledupinblue hairy badge with moving eyes, Fri 21 Mar 2014, 12:42, 167 replies, latest was 10 years ago)

alright

(dozers, do fuck off ur a nob m8, Fri 21 Mar 2014, 12:42, Reply)

That's what I meant

( tangledupinblue hairy badge with moving eyes, Fri 21 Mar 2014, 12:44, Reply)

new Avery record out.
Audion remix of Need Electric.

Might pick it up this Sat.
(dozers, do fuck off ur a nob m8, Fri 21 Mar 2014, 12:49, Reply)

succinct and to the point

( GeordieJay Bummers are deaf, Fri 21 Mar 2014, 12:46, Reply)

HIYA!!!!!
I earn about 25% less than I used to, but I am happier generally although equally bored.
Alt: Twice for jeans, once for trousers.
Altalt: Meeting Dozer for a nice meal tonight.
( MEATSNAKE Richard Hammond, Fri 21 Mar 2014, 12:45, Reply)

Alt: About a week if you're just sitting around in them
Unless, of course, they're prone to explosions. I've done some extensive testing in this field recently and have come to the conclusion that explosion-prone trouser-wear ought to be washed twice a week for the sake of safety.
( Kroney, Fri 21 Mar 2014, 12:45, Reply)

I do enjoy the simple life, no qualms here.
Saying that though if I did get a sudden windfall, I'd fuckin' love that too. I'd like to travel on it and see the world.
I want to stay at one of those underwater hotels. That's a major on my bucket list.
As long as Im making enough money to live comfortably, Im happy.

alt. Til they blow up.
I wear my work pants for two days before alternating

altalt. I don't think so. What are you up to?
( GeordieJay Bummers are deaf, Fri 21 Mar 2014, 12:46, Reply)

You should only wear pants once, you wrong 'un.

( Kroney, Fri 21 Mar 2014, 12:48, Reply)

It's not like I sit around in my own filth. Im in an office for a few hours.

( GeordieJay Bummers are deaf, Fri 21 Mar 2014, 12:49, Reply)

Maybe I just have sweatier balls than you
but I wouldn't be comfortable doing that.
( Kroney, Fri 21 Mar 2014, 12:50, Reply)

Maybe you should wash more often?
Or work somewhere with air conditioning.
( GeordieJay Bummers are deaf, Fri 21 Mar 2014, 12:53, Reply)

I shower every single morning thank you VERY much

( Kroney, Fri 21 Mar 2014, 12:57, Reply)

Yiou need a certain amount of cash, but nod, it doesnn't. One of my opunters is a multi millionaire, what a wninging, selfish cunt. His missus
is worse. Loathe the fuckers.
(DBT became a fruitarian on, Fri 21 Mar 2014, 12:51, Reply)

*nods*

( MEATSNAKE Richard Hammond, Fri 21 Mar 2014, 12:53, Reply)

With fingers that dextrous and delicate, you should have been a surgeon.

( Kroney, Fri 21 Mar 2014, 12:53, Reply)

Do you type with your eyes closed?

( GeordieJay Bummers are deaf, Fri 21 Mar 2014, 12:53, Reply)

do you get dressed in the dark?

(dozers, do fuck off ur a nob m8, Fri 21 Mar 2014, 12:55, Reply)

Do you go to sleep in the dark?

( MEATSNAKE Richard Hammond, Fri 21 Mar 2014, 12:56, Reply)

Are you afraid of the dark?

(DBT became a fruitarian on, Fri 21 Mar 2014, 13:01, Reply)

Do your balls hang low?

( drimble he'd been white, he'd been black, Fri 21 Mar 2014, 13:16, Reply)

Did you meet Swipe in the dark?

(localboy purveyor of pisspoor puns, Fri 21 Mar 2014, 13:01, Reply)

Yeah, but it was easy to see her because ginger

( MEATSNAKE Richard Hammond, Fri 21 Mar 2014, 13:06, Reply)

That's funny cos it's coming from you.

( GeordieJay Bummers are deaf, Fri 21 Mar 2014, 13:01, Reply)

I would like a quieter & calmer life.
Alt: once or twice. Which costs me a fortune in dry cleaning.
( Fucking hell Jeff I am not a robot, Fri 21 Mar 2014, 12:55, Reply)

Have you tried 'shutting up' and 'calming down'?

( MEATSNAKE Richard Hammond, Fri 21 Mar 2014, 12:55, Reply)

Shutting my ex up would calm me down considerably.

( Fucking hell Jeff I am not a robot, Fri 21 Mar 2014, 13:00, Reply)

i kept reading that without the "alt" at first
which changes the meaning quite considerably
( rachelswipe with a fork, Fri 21 Mar 2014, 13:24, Reply)

I had a real job once.
Not a great period of my life. I only narrowly avoided a full-on padded room breakdown by getting the fuck out.
These days I earn fuck all, but I finally have a job I love doing, and while I don't have much in the way of disposable income, I have enough to be happy.

Course, it helps that we don't have kids or a mortgage, I suppose.
( b3th Not shit. Not mod., Fri 21 Mar 2014, 12:59, Reply)

lol "period"

( Kroney, Fri 21 Mar 2014, 13:05, Reply)

pfffft

( b3th Not shit. Not mod., Fri 21 Mar 2014, 13:10, Reply)

ewwwwww, clots

(localboy purveyor of pisspoor puns, Fri 21 Mar 2014, 13:13, Reply)

As long as you have enough to tide you over, anything above this is less important than job satisfaction.
I'd go mental if I was on 40K digging a hole and filling it in again, over and over, every day.
( drimble he'd been white, he'd been black, Fri 21 Mar 2014, 13:07, Reply)

Wait, is this the same hole, or different holes in different places?
I feel like this is an important distinction.
( Kroney, Fri 21 Mar 2014, 13:18, Reply)

The same one.

( drimble he'd been white, he'd been black, Fri 21 Mar 2014, 13:19, Reply)

Might get a bit boring, that.

( Kroney, Fri 21 Mar 2014, 13:20, Reply)

Really? Nothing for this? Like boring a hole? No?
Pricks.
( Kroney, Fri 21 Mar 2014, 14:04, Reply)

2 highbrow 4 me

( drimble he'd been white, he'd been black, Fri 21 Mar 2014, 14:14, Reply)

Is this a euphemism?

( GeordieJay Bummers are deaf, Fri 21 Mar 2014, 13:21, Reply)

May have just outed myself as a male prostitute, here

( drimble he'd been white, he'd been black, Fri 21 Mar 2014, 13:22, Reply)

Try claiming it was a satirical marriage analogy.
You might get away with it.
( Kroney, Fri 21 Mar 2014, 13:23, Reply)

Too late. Assumptions have been made.

( GeordieJay Bummers are deaf, Fri 21 Mar 2014, 13:24, Reply)

My clients are all women though, at least I have that

( drimble he'd been white, he'd been black, Fri 21 Mar 2014, 13:26, Reply)

well, tangles, nothing says "fulfilled and successful" or "challenging and interesting" like circling a website of strangers trying to be as unpleasant as possible
i like my job a lot, but i'd consider something else if i got bored. i would enjoy running westfield or something.

alt: this is not a scientific question. what if you spill something on them, for example? are you talking about someone who travels in them too, and rubs his grubby mitts on them after eating crisps or someone who changes when he gets to work and keeps them hanging behind his office door in a suit cover?
( rachelswipe with a fork, Fri 21 Mar 2014, 13:21, Reply)

Even a nice trip away hasn't helped.

( GeordieJay Bummers are deaf, Fri 21 Mar 2014, 13:24, Reply)

got knocked back by one russian hooker too many, it seems

( rachelswipe with a fork, Fri 21 Mar 2014, 13:27, Reply)

Do you think Frog and Battered really need to wash theirs after two wears?

( tangledupinblue hairy badge with moving eyes, Fri 21 Mar 2014, 13:33, Reply)

having met them both, i'd say after two minutes

( rachelswipe with a fork, Fri 21 Mar 2014, 13:34, Reply)

Well if you didn't hire yours out for use as a marquee then you wouldn't need to pressure wash them so much.

( Fucking hell Jeff I am not a robot, Fri 21 Mar 2014, 13:40, Reply)

hey, i can get 100 men in there at a time

( rachelswipe with a fork, Fri 21 Mar 2014, 13:50, Reply)

Having more cash certainly can help in terms of being able to go for meals, the cinema, etc
I'm skint as fuck at the minute but I'm happy. My needs extend as far as a good curry and some wine so I'm cheap to run

Alt:
Work ones, possibly two days. Jeans, until they run off
( sporters I’m sincerely gratitude to you, Fri 21 Mar 2014, 13:40, Reply)

I definitely earn less than you London lot being up north
But I think the quality of life I have is much better. And for the area I am on a decent wedge
Alt. as long as they ain't dirty then keep going
(Bonzodog29 is an unemployed sponge of the worst kind, Fri 21 Mar 2014, 13:45, Reply)

What do you do Bonz?
I think I'd struggle to earn my wage in London
( sporters I’m sincerely gratitude to you, Fri 21 Mar 2014, 13:48, Reply)

Money goes up down there for the same jobs, but the cost of living is way more so cancels it out really.
I love London but fuck living there, fast paced, expensive and stressful.
( GeordieJay Bummers are deaf, Fri 21 Mar 2014, 13:50, Reply)

IT is an odd profession though
I could earn 6 figures if I went into consulting/contracting but it would require at least 50% of my time in London
( sporters I’m sincerely gratitude to you, Fri 21 Mar 2014, 13:53, Reply)

This

(Bonzodog29 is an unemployed sponge of the worst kind, Fri 21 Mar 2014, 14:10, Reply)

Like I am gonna disclose that here FFS

(Bonzodog29 is an unemployed sponge of the worst kind, Fri 21 Mar 2014, 13:53, Reply)

A vague area
IT
Education

etc.
( sporters I’m sincerely gratitude to you, Fri 21 Mar 2014, 13:54, Reply)

Ain't saying

(Bonzodog29 is an unemployed sponge of the worst kind, Fri 21 Mar 2014, 13:58, Reply)

oOOH, E'S A RIGHT CONUNDRUM THIS bONZODOG

( GeordieJay Bummers are deaf, Fri 21 Mar 2014, 14:11, Reply)

Wrapped up in a puzzle

( sporters I’m sincerely gratitude to you, Fri 21 Mar 2014, 14:14, Reply)

shrouded in an enigma

(Set your faces to Stunned Bigly, Fri 21 Mar 2014, 14:21, Reply)

Monk cunt

( sporters I’m sincerely gratitude to you, Fri 21 Mar 2014, 14:21, Reply)

Yourn cunt?
Mouse's yawn. lol.
(Set your faces to Stunned Bigly, Fri 21 Mar 2014, 14:22, Reply)

I really am, yes!

( sporters I’m sincerely gratitude to you, Fri 21 Mar 2014, 14:23, Reply)

Caps lock fail

(Bonzodog29 is an unemployed sponge of the worst kind, Fri 21 Mar 2014, 14:20, Reply)

But just as jay says I would earn more in a similar role dahn sarf

(Bonzodog29 is an unemployed sponge of the worst kind, Fri 21 Mar 2014, 13:55, Reply)

We're all going to the B4ysh tomorrow, Bristol Land, B4ysh tomorrow.

(Set your faces to Stunned Bigly, Fri 21 Mar 2014, 14:07, Reply)

How about you, you, you?
You can come too, too, too
( tangledupinblue hairy badge with moving eyes, Fri 21 Mar 2014, 14:11, Reply)

NO THEY FUCKING CAN'T!!

(Set your faces to Stunned Bigly, Fri 21 Mar 2014, 14:22, Reply)

I look forward to your ugly mug popping up in my facebook feed on Monday

( tangledupinblue hairy badge with moving eyes, Fri 21 Mar 2014, 14:30, Reply)

i got the secret gaz
i'm loving the secret plans. secret.
( rachelswipe with a fork, Fri 21 Mar 2014, 14:12, Reply)

*whispers secrets*

(Set your faces to Stunned Bigly, Fri 21 Mar 2014, 14:20, Reply)

WHAT ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT?

( MEATSNAKE Richard Hammond, Fri 21 Mar 2014, 14:22, Reply)

shhhh. secrets innit.

(Set your faces to Stunned Bigly, Fri 21 Mar 2014, 14:24, Reply)

*shrugs*

( MEATSNAKE Richard Hammond, Fri 21 Mar 2014, 14:25, Reply)

Are you all sorted for tomorrow?

(Set your faces to Stunned Bigly, Fri 21 Mar 2014, 14:26, Reply)

Yes sir!

( MEATSNAKE Richard Hammond, Fri 21 Mar 2014, 14:27, Reply)

Good man.

(Set your faces to Stunned Bigly, Fri 21 Mar 2014, 14:28, Reply)

E's and whizz yeah

(Bonzodog29 is an unemployed sponge of the worst kind, Fri 21 Mar 2014, 14:28, Reply)

Poppers.

( MEATSNAKE Richard Hammond, Fri 21 Mar 2014, 14:29, Reply)

Anal time!

( sporters I’m sincerely gratitude to you, Fri 21 Mar 2014, 14:30, Reply)

Bum bayshing FTW

( MEATSNAKE Richard Hammond, Fri 21 Mar 2014, 14:30, Reply)

Just whizz.
Like the one I took on YM's gunt.
(Set your faces to Stunned Bigly, Fri 21 Mar 2014, 14:29, Reply)

Just to let you all know, I've bught two new pairs of work trousers.
Both with Tudor style codpieces. One to wear and one to put behind a glass panel in the car in case of explosion.
( Kroney, Fri 21 Mar 2014, 14:11, Reply)

Are you sure they'll be safe behind glass?
What if the spare pair explode?
( tangledupinblue hairy badge with moving eyes, Fri 21 Mar 2014, 14:12, Reply)

That's a good point. Perhaps, instead of a "break glass in emergency" type thing, I should install
some toughened glass with explosive bolts around the edge to blast them free.
( Kroney, Fri 21 Mar 2014, 14:14, Reply)

GO GO SAFETY PANTS!

( sporters I’m sincerely gratitude to you, Fri 21 Mar 2014, 14:15, Reply)

Spunkproof glass innit

( sporters I’m sincerely gratitude to you, Fri 21 Mar 2014, 14:15, Reply)

Maybe money can't buy you happiness, but I'd at least like the chance to assess.
"It's a lot easier to cry in a Mercedes than on a bicycle."
( Je suis un vagabond is an unfunny, up your own arse middle class knob, Fri 21 Mar 2014, 14:26, Reply)

You are right
And the plush leather seats are wipe clean
(Bonzodog29 is an unemployed sponge of the worst kind, Fri 21 Mar 2014, 14:27, Reply)

Pleather is always wipe clean.

(Set your faces to Stunned Bigly, Fri 21 Mar 2014, 14:28, Reply)

Alright?
I saw Battered staring.

"You look like you're miles away."

"Sorry I was daydreaming."

"No, I mean you look like you're miles away."
( Naked Ape call me Caitlyn, Fri 21 Mar 2014, 14:32, Reply)

Battolele

( sporters I’m sincerely gratitude to you, Fri 21 Mar 2014, 14:33, Reply)

Also I haz a new baby

( Naked Ape call me Caitlyn, Fri 21 Mar 2014, 14:34, Reply)

\o/
Excellent news!!

What flavour?
( sporters I’m sincerely gratitude to you, Fri 21 Mar 2014, 14:35, Reply)

flav col
( tangledupinblue hairy badge with moving eyes, Fri 21 Mar 2014, 14:36, Reply)

hahahaha!

( sporters I’m sincerely gratitude to you, Fri 21 Mar 2014, 14:36, Reply)

It's a little girl
7' 6" and she seems to like sleeping, which is good
( Naked Ape call me Caitlyn, Fri 21 Mar 2014, 14:39, Reply)

Cor that's tall

( MEATSNAKE Richard Hammond, Fri 21 Mar 2014, 14:40, Reply)

That's pounds and ounces not feet and inches
I know I have previous when it comes to excessive length
( Naked Ape call me Caitlyn, Fri 21 Mar 2014, 14:40, Reply)

Seven foot six!!!
Freak baby
( tangledupinblue hairy badge with moving eyes, Fri 21 Mar 2014, 14:40, Reply)

Sounds like stunned had it in for him

(localboy purveyor of pisspoor puns, Fri 21 Mar 2014, 14:42, Reply)

for him her
( sporters I’m sincerely gratitude to you, Fri 21 Mar 2014, 14:43, Reply)

Congratulations mate xx

( MEATSNAKE Richard Hammond, Fri 21 Mar 2014, 14:35, Reply)

Fanks frogger!
You'll be cradling one of your own with swipey before you know it
( Naked Ape call me Caitlyn, Fri 21 Mar 2014, 14:41, Reply)

Yeah right.....

( MEATSNAKE Richard Hammond, Fri 21 Mar 2014, 14:41, Reply)

Good work Nakers
I know these things are much harder work for the father than for the mother.
( tangledupinblue hairy badge with moving eyes, Fri 21 Mar 2014, 14:36, Reply)

It was pretty traumatic
I having to drink an Adnams to try and relax
( Naked Ape call me Caitlyn, Fri 21 Mar 2014, 14:41, Reply)

\o/
Does it like the 30m long pram you bought?
(localboy purveyor of pisspoor puns, Fri 21 Mar 2014, 14:38, Reply)

She's a good size, but now that big...yet

( Naked Ape call me Caitlyn, Fri 21 Mar 2014, 14:42, Reply)

\o/
Well done Nakers.
(Reverend Fister "a disciplined fuckwit", Fri 21 Mar 2014, 14:47, Reply)

Xx

( Naked Ape call me Caitlyn, Fri 21 Mar 2014, 14:50, Reply)

Well done
Old chap
(Bonzodog29 is an unemployed sponge of the worst kind, Fri 21 Mar 2014, 14:58, Reply)

Congrats to the Family Ape.
Tell my daughter she is welcome at any time.
(Set your faces to Stunned Bigly, Fri 21 Mar 2014, 14:54, Reply)

congratulations on the extra grey hairs and wrinkles x

( rachelswipe with a fork, Fri 21 Mar 2014, 15:01, Reply)

congrats I suppose, you poor bastard
no more sleep for you.
( The Light in Chains don't touch the Pope's boner, Fri 21 Mar 2014, 15:07, Reply)

alt: 4 weeks is probably the outside limit

( The Light in Chains don't touch the Pope's boner, Fri 21 Mar 2014, 15:01, Reply)