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» Bullies
Second Week of Big School 1983
At lunchtime I was hanging around by the tree in the playing field suddenly a bigger kid comes up to me and said 'Oi! are you new here'? I replied in a quiet 'Y-y-yes'.
He said 'Watch this' and picked up a small rock from the floor and threw it as hard as he could.
About 200ft away a small kid in my year was nonchalantly strolling at the end of field probably thinking about the latest adventures of Dangermouse, unaware that I and a few others were watching the trajectory of the missile as it made a graceful arc across the sky.
It looked like it was going to bounce right off the top of his head, and with a loud CRACK!, it did.
I turned to the bully with a look of amazement as he said 'That's physics that is mate, You'll learn that in a few years' and with that the stone thrower strolled off.
(Wed 13th May 2009, 18:23, More)
Second Week of Big School 1983
At lunchtime I was hanging around by the tree in the playing field suddenly a bigger kid comes up to me and said 'Oi! are you new here'? I replied in a quiet 'Y-y-yes'.
He said 'Watch this' and picked up a small rock from the floor and threw it as hard as he could.
About 200ft away a small kid in my year was nonchalantly strolling at the end of field probably thinking about the latest adventures of Dangermouse, unaware that I and a few others were watching the trajectory of the missile as it made a graceful arc across the sky.
It looked like it was going to bounce right off the top of his head, and with a loud CRACK!, it did.
I turned to the bully with a look of amazement as he said 'That's physics that is mate, You'll learn that in a few years' and with that the stone thrower strolled off.
(Wed 13th May 2009, 18:23, More)
» Neighbours
Pat and Les
I live next door to a lovely couple, you couldn't ask for nicer neighbours, problem is I've forgotten who is Pat and who is Les.
Is it Patrick/ Patricia, or is it Lesley / Leslie.
I cant ask them its been too long.
(Thu 1st Oct 2009, 14:04, More)
Pat and Les
I live next door to a lovely couple, you couldn't ask for nicer neighbours, problem is I've forgotten who is Pat and who is Les.
Is it Patrick/ Patricia, or is it Lesley / Leslie.
I cant ask them its been too long.
(Thu 1st Oct 2009, 14:04, More)
» Desperate Times
Repost from another Qotw
A friend in Sarajevo
It was 1992 and the country had gone to shit, there were Serb forces on the street, Mass killings, torture and rape were happening everywhere
It had been a few days since he had seen his friend who lived alone in a small apartment near the centre of the City so he took a risky visit to check up and see if he was still alive.
Food at the time was unavailable all of the shops had been looted or burned out and people were starving.
So when he arrived at the flat strangely there was a pot of meat boiling on the stove, when asked what was on the menu the guy admitted to killing his cat because there was nothing else to eat.
Desperate times indeed
(Thu 15th Nov 2007, 11:37, More)
Repost from another Qotw
A friend in Sarajevo
It was 1992 and the country had gone to shit, there were Serb forces on the street, Mass killings, torture and rape were happening everywhere
It had been a few days since he had seen his friend who lived alone in a small apartment near the centre of the City so he took a risky visit to check up and see if he was still alive.
Food at the time was unavailable all of the shops had been looted or burned out and people were starving.
So when he arrived at the flat strangely there was a pot of meat boiling on the stove, when asked what was on the menu the guy admitted to killing his cat because there was nothing else to eat.
Desperate times indeed
(Thu 15th Nov 2007, 11:37, More)
» Family Holidays
Piano
I was staying in a nice hotel in Paris and they had one of those grand pianos in the bar that automatically play along.
Mom thought this was great as she had never seen one before and asked the guy in the bar all about it.
The next night we are relaxing in the bar after a busy day sightseeing in Paris. Mom steps up to the piano and as a joke decides to pretend that she is playing the piano for a few moments not minding that she has never had a lesson in her life she lets the piano automatically play along as she made the movements.
All was going well for mom until she soon drew a rather large crowd.
Oh crap she thinks, I can't leave the piano now everyone will know I'm a fake and I'll look a right idiot.
So she carries on fake playing and making the Stevie Wonder type moves right to the end of the song.
She got a round of applause and a free drink from the bar.
(Tue 7th Aug 2007, 22:46, More)
Piano
I was staying in a nice hotel in Paris and they had one of those grand pianos in the bar that automatically play along.
Mom thought this was great as she had never seen one before and asked the guy in the bar all about it.
The next night we are relaxing in the bar after a busy day sightseeing in Paris. Mom steps up to the piano and as a joke decides to pretend that she is playing the piano for a few moments not minding that she has never had a lesson in her life she lets the piano automatically play along as she made the movements.
All was going well for mom until she soon drew a rather large crowd.
Oh crap she thinks, I can't leave the piano now everyone will know I'm a fake and I'll look a right idiot.
So she carries on fake playing and making the Stevie Wonder type moves right to the end of the song.
She got a round of applause and a free drink from the bar.
(Tue 7th Aug 2007, 22:46, More)
» That's me on TV!
Newsroom Paper Fight
I used to work for local ITV News, the lunchtime broadcasts were filmed in the newsroom so you had a nice background of a busy news office with people sat at desks working.
One day 60 seconds before transmission someone started a paper fight, rolled up bits of paper were flying around the newsroom I'm sure a few quickly made paper planes also flew around.
The director was having a fit over the audio channel as the countdown began, 10 seconds to go the paper fight continued, 5 seconds to go it was getting worse, 3 seconds to go the presenter had a paper ball bounce off her head and at 1 second before we were live the last ball hit the ground and everyone turned to their computer and pretended to look busy at their desk.
(Fri 12th Jun 2009, 0:58, More)
Newsroom Paper Fight
I used to work for local ITV News, the lunchtime broadcasts were filmed in the newsroom so you had a nice background of a busy news office with people sat at desks working.
One day 60 seconds before transmission someone started a paper fight, rolled up bits of paper were flying around the newsroom I'm sure a few quickly made paper planes also flew around.
The director was having a fit over the audio channel as the countdown began, 10 seconds to go the paper fight continued, 5 seconds to go it was getting worse, 3 seconds to go the presenter had a paper ball bounce off her head and at 1 second before we were live the last ball hit the ground and everyone turned to their computer and pretended to look busy at their desk.
(Fri 12th Jun 2009, 0:58, More)