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Post by Philip Ayres on Jul 18, 2012 16:44:40 GMT
Hope Tescos staff treated you better than they did me when I had a fall on their Travelator the other week. Incidentally the same Tescos hauled a friend of mine, severe astmatic, away by security cos the sales assistant though he was a pervy heavy breather! No they just stared at me like I was a criminal Please tell me you are joking!
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Post by Philip Ayres on Jul 18, 2012 16:44:58 GMT
Jeez, the Sentry is dead and everyone starts getting ill... coincidence? who could be to blame ......
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Post by Shockprowl on Jul 18, 2012 18:40:04 GMT
Jeez, the Sentry is dead and everyone starts getting ill... coincidence? We need the Golden Gaurdian back more than ever. Counteract the poison.
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Post by Grand Moff Muffin on Jul 18, 2012 19:28:05 GMT
Back from a lively couple of days in London - a day-long meeting yesterday and two shorter ones today, before heading back.
Had a chance to spend a good hour relaxing with a glass of wine while watching street performers (a dancing string quartet, an opera-singing magician and a knife-juggling unicyclist) in Covent Garden, followed by a capital evening in the pub with Paul W, James W, Mike M and Lawrence.
Crossing London via the underground felt more like wading through treacle than it usually does - early signs of greater disruption to come. Definitely not going back to London till after all this sporty fuss has died down.
Martin
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Post by Philip Ayres on Jul 18, 2012 20:03:13 GMT
sorry if it's a broken record but lord I feel awful
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Post by The Doctor on Jul 18, 2012 20:09:36 GMT
Had to pop into the Commonwealth Pool building at some point today to use the loo, having been caught short between client appointments. I was stopped on entry and told I could not use the toilet as they were now "just for Team GB". So I used them anway.
-Ralph
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Post by blueshift on Jul 18, 2012 20:21:54 GMT
Had to pop into the Commonwealth Pool building at some point today to use the loo, having been caught short between client appointments. I was stopped on entry and told I could not use the toilet as they were now "just for Team GB". So I used them anway. -Ralph Wow how much do Team GB need to use the loo???
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Post by The Doctor on Jul 18, 2012 20:23:51 GMT
Not sure, but Corporate Olympic bullshit can **** right off.
I've seen Fast Girls and Chariots of Fire at the cinema and will likely pick up the Olympic LEGO minifigs at some point. That's all the Olympic related stuff I need.
I pity anyone living/working in London over the next month.
-Ralph
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Post by Andy Turnbull on Jul 18, 2012 21:46:25 GMT
Had to pop into the Commonwealth Pool building at some point today to use the loo, having been caught short between client appointments. I was stopped on entry and told I could not use the toilet as they were now "just for Team GB". So I used them anway. -Ralph They'd have been told to fuck right off. Andy
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Post by Andy Turnbull on Jul 18, 2012 21:54:11 GMT
Yeah, don't fancy being there while this is going on. I'd go nuts.
Andy
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Post by glaug on Jul 18, 2012 23:03:13 GMT
Pub last night was indeed grand, even if I mostly remember myself calling everyone we seemed to talk about a Tw*t for whatever reason and laughing a bit too loud; think I needed the stress relief. I'm actually doing surprisingly well right now, considering, and hope I can maintain the relative cheer. Fingers crossed about flat stuff, hopefully will work out okay... Turns out the delay was due to the awful rain of the last month and a bit slowing down the building's completion, and things are still on track, for now. Auto Assembly being booked and paid for makes me feel like I've got something to look forward to!
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Post by Jim on Jul 18, 2012 23:34:14 GMT
Not sure, but Corporate Olympic bullshit can **** right off. I've seen Fast Girls and Chariots of Fire at the cinema and will likely pick up the Olympic LEGO minifigs at some point. That's all the Olympic related stuff I need. I pity anyone living/working in London over the next month. I am escaping London for as big a chunk of it as my job allows, but it's already been incredibly disruptive for a long while in my area. I now have a SAM base a couple of hundred yards from my front door and the park has been closed - we drove to a nearby wood for a walk the other day only to find a SAM base installed there as well. And if that wasn't bad enough, recorded announcements by Boris Johnson at every station. Oh, and I've heard it's entirely possible that living practically next to an Olympic venue means I'm not allowed to leave my house wearing trainers branded other than Adidas. I'm not sure how true that is, but this is for real: www.oxfordmail.co.uk/news/9821083.Olympic_ceremony_youngsters_told_they_should_wear_Adidas_trainers/?ref=mrIs this that dystopian future I feared as a teenager?
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Post by Philip Ayres on Jul 19, 2012 6:44:34 GMT
and some muppets actually wanted to do this?
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Post by The Doctor on Jul 19, 2012 7:21:16 GMT
If I was parent there I would say: "Sure. Buy my kid some trainers and they can wear them. Otherwise: fuck off."
-Ralph
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Post by Gav on Jul 19, 2012 10:48:08 GMT
Pffffft!
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Post by legios on Jul 19, 2012 12:13:42 GMT
Is this that dystopian future I feared as a teenager? I don't know if it is dystopian but there is a bit of a Bruce Sterling/William Gibson feel to it - bordering on a Neal Stephenson-esque absurdity. 'The sky above the Stadium was the colour of television, tuned to a dead channel.' Karl
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Post by Shockprowl on Jul 19, 2012 18:15:09 GMT
Shockprowl's done a bad thing.
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Post by Benn on Jul 19, 2012 18:17:08 GMT
Oh, this should be good.
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Post by Philip Ayres on Jul 19, 2012 18:32:58 GMT
Come on Ian, share with the group......
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Post by Shockprowl on Jul 19, 2012 18:38:29 GMT
I am sooo getting divorced now.
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Post by Shockprowl on Jul 19, 2012 18:38:57 GMT
I've bought a rather large Transformer.
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Post by Philip Ayres on Jul 19, 2012 18:43:54 GMT
Are you Max'd up? Which version?
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Post by Shockprowl on Jul 19, 2012 18:45:23 GMT
Nooo no, not that big! I know I joke about selling the children, but I don't think I ever would! (I'd never get away with it.)
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Post by Shockprowl on Jul 19, 2012 18:46:05 GMT
Plus, were the Sam Hill would I put him? I only get the down stairs loo to display in as it is!
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Post by Shockprowl on Jul 19, 2012 18:46:33 GMT
No, this dude is green. And not an official Hasbro product.
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Post by Philip Ayres on Jul 19, 2012 18:48:29 GMT
I got away with it two years ago and we're still together. Max now lives in the Cupboard above the stairs where I can get to him.
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Post by Philip Ayres on Jul 19, 2012 18:48:51 GMT
$#!+ I've just told Burns where he lives, f***, f***, F***!
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Post by Shockprowl on Jul 19, 2012 18:50:35 GMT
$#!+ I've just told Burns where he lives, f***, f***, F***! Fool! He'll be in there like a Snakebot!
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Post by Philip Ayres on Jul 19, 2012 19:10:11 GMT
Will Mrs Shockers be Devastated when she finds out what you've bought?
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Post by legios on Jul 19, 2012 19:12:00 GMT
$#!+ I've just told Burns where he lives, f***, f***, F***! Which just means it is time to swap him out for a fake Max and then shell-game those so he isn't sure which Max is the real one, and what location the other one is in..... the art of defeating the Caper isn't in making the Caper impossible, that is a non-starter, but in making the Caper too complicated and increasing the risk till it outweighs the reward..... Karl
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