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Oh dear. : A thread about things that tick you off quite a bit, and might even elicit a frown.

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DRR... DRR... DRR...

23:54 / 05.11.06

One of these days I'm going to remember that there is cinnamon-oil on my fingers before I touch my nose.

Prnss gt rbbt s fck vwls
(prev. Princess Augustine the Hippo)

01:26 / 06.11.06

It might have been nice, "friends", if you had told me the party you invited me too would end unfeasably early. Then I would have arrived at it in time and the invitation would have been a much better reparation than it is now.

You suck massive balls my friends. You suck massive balls.

cube needs to get out more

01:35 / 06.11.06

Swash, university is all about learning what type of people you need to hate. You do well, my Padawan.

Prnss gt rbbt s fck vwls
(prev. Princess Augustine the Hippo)

20:53 / 06.11.06

"Hate leads to suffering. Suffering leads to my laughter. My laughter provokes fisticuffs. I'll win. I'll crush you beneath my shiny motherfucking boot."

-Coda to "Yoda's Speech". Chapter 2, Verses 1-3, The Book of Motherfucking Yoda.

Stoatie. Stoatie? STOATIE.

22:27 / 06.11.06

There's a woman on Dog Borstal at the moment who's said if they can't sort out her dog's aggressive behaviour in the time allowed on the show, she's going to have him put down. Not rehomed, not given to a trainer for some serious long-term sorting out, but actually killed.

The reason this is in this thread rather than the "angry" one is that they've given her the scary-as-fuck drill sergeant guy, who's just said "that's outrageous- there's fuck all wrong with that dog". He's gonna sort it the fuck out.

But really... that's fairly fucking reprehensible. "I can't sort it out- so it must be the dog's fault, and I'll have him killed". What are you, fucking Nero or something?

Reality TV is eating my head.

10:13 / 07.11.06

This guy:

Link

He defends the admission of text speak into schools, but does so with a welter of polysyllabic words in order to point out that he has deftly sidestepped the stultification he wishes on the anglophone world's children.

Not infuriating by any means, but... I'm nettled.

10:23 / 07.11.06

The English Literature canon.

Atom
(prev. SuperBeast MachineGod Transfer)

14:03 / 07.11.06

Sorry to derail this thread a smidgeon, but I'd just like to say how happy I am that Barbelith has got around to appreciating the joy of Dog Borstal, which last night was kind enough to feature my girlfriend's favourite breed of dog, the English Bull Terrier. (Owned in this case by a moody woman who'd been saddled with the enormously-overpowered barrel of fun in question after her boyfriend left her, and consequently had little time for the poor cheerful pooch who tended to rebel by simply lying down flat during walks and increasing her body mass by a power of 10.)

Oh, and:

the scary-as-fuck drill sergeant guy - the peerlessly self-admiring Mic Martin...

Someone page Ganesh and implore him to turn his analytical scorn on this guy, who makes Andy McNab look like Gore Vidal and can always be relied upon to use the magic phrase "homosexual lifestyle" when obliged to deal with gay dog-owners.

(PS: this is our favourite reality show and we don't even own a dog. How very sad.)

14:46 / 07.11.06

That woman on dog borstal shouldn't be allowed on the programme. Or they should just take her dog away from her and tell her she's too irresponsible to own one.

As for the text speak man: I think The dogmatism of English orthography is a bond of lexicological freemasonry, a conspiracy against the laity. says it all really.

cube needs to get out more

17:36 / 07.11.06

Yes tha'ts write its, all just pedantry.

I will always be Kali

21:14 / 07.11.06

It is entirely too fucking early for anyone at my workplace to be listening to Christmas music.

22:42 / 07.11.06

Christmas shoppers are enough without... the CD of bagpipe christmas carols!

I've hidden it.

Hah, bumhug!!

Twice Five Toes

00:42 / 08.11.06

My heeed is exploding. I'm eating tramadol and atenolol and pred like there might be no tomorrow. Too personal, this, but you're the corner to mumble into tonite. Nice healthy bodies, you have, most of you. Tchhhck.

Have you ever owned a Ford Escort, perhaps, or a Fiat 127 which, although it will run you to the shop, or pub, can't be relied upon to get you to Wales? Grumph.

Mist, the devil´s avocado
(prev. Mistelheim)

18:34 / 15.11.06

I´m venting my frustration about overpriced consumer products:

With all the craze about the 2nd season of Doctor Who around these parts, I thought about watching it myself. Since it doesn´t get television screen time here (and I don´t own one anyway), and I can´t rent it, I´d have to buy it.

Today, amazon.co.uk sent me an email, telling me the 2nd season would be available next week, and for 25% less. And that means it dropped from £ 69.99 (which is just insane for a couple of tv episodes) to £ 44.99. That´s more then £ 3.00 per episode!

I´m quite sure, the series is interesting, but are those DVDs made out of gold? What is it with the BBC wanting so much money for their tv stuff?

Deadwood season 1 for example is £21.97, so the BBC looks greedy to me concerning the pricing of those DVDs.

Jellyllama
(prev. The Stolen Llama)

18:44 / 15.11.06

Mm, greedy maybe, but the boxed-sets of Doctor Who tend to come packed with dozens of extras. There's director's commentary for each episode (possibly 2, but I haven't checked that yet), making-of features for most episodes, cut-down episodes of Doctor Who confidential, the TARDISodes and a lot of other incosequential but really excellent features-oh, and the Children in Need special will be included as well. Taking into account all of this stuff, I'm of the opinion that it's fairly good value for money.

I'm also just a filthy BBC apologist and unashamed fanboy. Sorry.

DRR... DRR... DRR...

18:53 / 15.11.06

TWIEC FIEV 2ES!!!1!!!1 OMG WTF: I hear yah.

Mist, the devil´s avocado
(prev. Mistelheim)

20:15 / 15.11.06

I'm also just a filthy BBC apologist and unashamed fanboy. Sorry.

Don´t be sorry for being a fanboy.

If there are so many extras, then they could sell an edition without all that jazz. I´d like to buy a just the series edition for half that price.

MattShepherd: LARGELY ABSENT!

20:20 / 15.11.06

How the heck is your Deadwood Season One at 21 pounds? It's CAD$107 here, which drives me NUTS -- I want to spread the Deadword and lend it to other people, but there's no way in heck I'm going to pay over $100 for the privilege.

Jellyllama
(prev. The Stolen Llama)

20:39 / 15.11.06

There are vanilla editions of season 2 released, but they're all sold individually. I just did a quick look through Amazon for them, and combining all five volumes it would cost you £41.79 excluding postage.

Jellyllama
(prev. The Stolen Llama)

20:41 / 15.11.06

Actually, scratch that. It comes out costing £43.89 excluding postage.

Mist, the devil´s avocado
(prev. Mistelheim)

21:16 / 15.11.06

I´m sicking my private Dalek posse on the BBC.

21:50 / 15.11.06

You're vomiting Daleks? Re-gurg-it-ate!

Deadwood One has been around a while. Who Two will be tons cheaper soon enough. Send one of your Daleks to 2008 to get you a cheaper deal.

Mist, the devil´s avocado
(prev. Mistelheim)

23:46 / 15.11.06

I saw that poor lonely Dalek in the first season. It was so confused!

Huggles for it! (...after it got me my DVDs)

07:16 / 28.11.06

Dang it! Every band I like always has to break up just after I start to love them... I found out today the band whose CDs I had been listening to constantly for the last year, The Deadly Snakes, broke up back in August... bastards....

17:48 / 12.12.06

In years past I've always been able to get a christmas tree two minutes from my door. So, last night I head out to the shop which sells them only to find that it's closed down (it might be minutes away, but it's up a road I hardly ever have a reason to traverse).

Okay then, not too much of a problem. I'll just head on over to the garden centre half a mile up the road. Sure, it's further away but they'll have a good range and I'm a relatively fit bloke so carrying a tree from there shouldn't be too much bother.
Turns out the garden centre's shut down too.

So, what the blimin' heckity do I do now? There's a grocers about a mile away, but they usually sell crap trees and frankly I don't want to give them the business. They're also just far enough away to cause me to wince when I think about all the lugging and heaving and carrying I'll have to do. Then there's the time issue. 5's about the earliest I can expect to get back into town from work, and all the good trees are likely to be gone by then - the shop up the road would've let me reserve one in the morning - the grocer's won't even be open when I pass through at 8.

Why not get my partner to help? Well, that's what all this is about. She's in Scotland with the Bosun visiting his grandparents, and I was planning on giving him a nice christmassy surprise upon their return.

Arses. It's not often that I wish I had a car, but this is one of those times.

18:27 / 12.12.06

got any unemployed mates?

19:31 / 12.12.06

Yeah, but they're either lazy bastards or very busy so I don't think they'll be of any help.

Quantum
(prev. Quantum - terribly nonplussed)

16:59 / 13.12.06

I am slightly annoyed by quintuple posting. I mean, five posts in a row is just arguing with yourself really. I wouldn't mind if it wasn't drivel.

A Haus of Minions
(prev. Jenna Elfman's Hollywood Haus)

17:46 / 13.12.06

Don't get a Christmas tree. They are often highly dubious re sustainable forestry, and at best a terrible waste of a tree.

17:55 / 13.12.06

Yeah, there is that, but I'm still going to get one. I have replanted them in recent years, but this year I don't think I'll be able to manage finding a tree that is both nice and has roots.

Mist, the devil´s avocado
(prev. Mistelheim)

18:17 / 13.12.06

Or get a plastic tree. They are easy to put together, you can use them again every year, and under all the decorations you can´t even tell, it´s not a real tree.

A Million Minions of Haus
(prev. Epic Scrabulous)

18:20 / 13.12.06

But but but.... you can so tell it's not a real tree - cuz it damn well smells like plastic! To me - who nowadays don't really give a toss about Xmas cept for the fact that it's time off - smells are what are able to bring back some of the rosy-tinted childhood angles on Xmas. The smells of pine, cinnamon, gingerbread, pork roast, turkey bast, ripped wrapping paper...

Harrison Ford, in a battle suit, wheels for feet, knives and guns

18:57 / 13.12.06

hey Boboss, you tried a xmas tree delivery service? Let me know if you're still in need as I may know someone.

H.

Mist, the devil´s avocado
(prev. Mistelheim)

19:19 / 13.12.06

But but but.... you can so tell it's not a real tree - cuz it damn well smells like plastic!

Spray it with pine fagrance, or burn some "christmas incense" then.

When my father still bothered, we had a plastic tree and I cannot remember it smelling artificial. You can light some candles, get some cookies and produce lots of other "christmassy" smells.

I don´t like the real trees anyway. When I was very small, one morning our real christmas tree attacked me. When I got close, I must have made it lose it´s balance, and suddenly the tree was leaning on me, and I still remember the panic, being alone with the attacking tree!

A Million Minions of Haus
(prev. Epic Scrabulous)

19:29 / 13.12.06

Actually I'm with Haus on this. To take a page from the Costanza family archives, stick to a stick!

"A FESTIVUS - FOR THE REST OF US!

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