General conversation thread: Chat about anything that's not WipEout.

[Lance]

If she actually is lesbian or bi, it isn't because of you; humans don't choose what interests them sexually, they only choose what they do about it, and even then it's not as much under control as might be desirable.

[F.E.I.S.A.R]

Lance! You're back!!!(aren't you?)
(now back to mdhay's bad romance(sorry if it is that bad))

[mdhay]

Was ages ago. Just saying I got a mail message from her explaining why she was a bitch to me. Had to vent here, for some reason. :D

And thanks Lance, but she's... different, you know?

[yeldar2097]

Found out my ex is now a lesbian

Threesome, do it.

*Kills testosterone driven alter ego"

Aaaanyway: Listen to Sat and Lance, they know what they're on about. Basically it's not/wasn't you, it's/was her. Either she's an arse or a lesbian, nothing to do with you, which can only be a good thing :nod

[ProblemSolver]

@mdhay: chill

http://img248.imageshack.us/img248/9778/jkmhg.jpg

[BulletWraith]

@ yeldar2097
whether or not She's a lesbian is debatable, pretty sure she's an arse though
(racism)

[mdhay]

Threesome, do it.

LOL!
@PS, yeah, have done. :D

And Zer0, she is. She kept critisizing the asian girl who was hotter than her. She even said that I was gonna burn in hell for being an atheist. :lol:

[F.E.I.S.A.R]

Criticising an Asian and saying that you'll burn in hell???
Want to reference some white-supremacist group here...and unfortunately its name starts with a "K"

[stinkleroy]

Life lesson learned - Don't date arseholes ;)

[mdhay]

I just laughed it off in front of her. Good for a laugh that was.:lol

Saturn, It may seem arrogant because it was; I'm used to thinking I'm responsible for these things. Because of the wrong girls, because life's like that, I dunno, but I am. :D

And yeah, stinkle, I'll be sure to remember that. Only ever gone out with one girl who wasn't like that at all. ;)

[F.E.I.S.A.R]

mdhay,On the topic of romance and love:
Did you know that b1+ch'$ real character before you started going out or was it mid-romance?

[mdhay]

Did you know that b1+ch'$ real character before you started going out or was it mid-romance?

Before I did my final exams. She was lovely to me before then.

[Lance]

She even said that I was gonna burn in hell for being an atheist. :lol:

I don't think an atheist could find the place.
Since they don't have corrective lenses.

[Aeroracer]

sorry to hear your missfortune mhday...
hope things work out for the best...:nod

[mdhay]

It doesn't really matter how things turn out now, I'm never seeing her again, so hoo - feckin' ray. :g

Lance, you're gonna have to explain that one, it's lost on me.

In other news, R.I.P Shadrak, you were a great tramp. :'( :P

[Lance]

Atheists don't look at the world as a place where their own activity is or must be corrected by an external being, whether a god or a self-righteous arrogant human who would impose their own standards on everyone else whilst regarding those standards as of absolute value.

[mdhay]

Right, thought you meant that we're blind. ;)

[BulletWraith]

I thought lance meant that atheists weren't wearing the reality distortion field glasses that christians view the world through


zer:donut

[mdhay]

LOL, High five! :D

[BulletWraith]

haha yeh High Five dude!

[Lance]

The Reality Distortion Field is what Steve Jobs speaks through.

[BulletWraith]

@Lance different gods for different folks eh

[KIGO1987]

Update 3.41 on the PSN now.

not entirely sure what is different, and has been added on.

[blackwiggle]

It adds a new function of sorts to the store.
http://www.breakingglobalnews.com/ps3-firmware-update-3-41/12214270

[Aeroracer]

it seems lik everytime i turn on ps3 it want to update..cant they get it right first time..

edit @lance

whats "The Reality Distortion Field is what Steve Jobs speaks through."

[BulletWraith]

your not one of steves flock are you jasmin?

and and a whimpery' sick note
Im so sick the only thing my body will swallow without complaint are salted Dorritos and Coke (coke = scrum***ks), oh and I can eat a small amount of grapes without to many complaints
brrrr
I love you winter but please go away

zer:donutshen

[UB3R~JKP]

Meh, my football injury better budge :(. I'm missing being at the top of my game...

[Aeroracer]

@zeroshen

maybe im one of steve flock i did play in his world cup team...

but i only cry about technology..isnt it supposed to make life easy and speed up the boring things...Mmmmmm me dont think so :)

[ACE-FLO]

The Reality Distortion Field is what Steve Jobs speaks through.... walking sticks can hurt people... don't ask, it's random but it's true :blarg and the most novel thing is, we all know it too :D

[Aeroracer]

@lance

lol..just checked out

The Reality Distortion Field

in laymans terms it means someone who is good at B******ing and can convince you anything is possible...

i know a few people like that...:)

[OBH]

I have a god awful tooth infection. Painful as sin, and half my face is swelling up. Not pretty :(

/winge

[mdhay]

https://tcboe21.wikispaces.com/file/view/pliers.jpg/35152525/pliers.jpg

:twisted :g :P

(Sorry if the image is too big, but I'm not sure how to tell if the size is under 50kb).

[Aeroracer]

Hahaha...thats funny

[mdhay]

I live and breathe Mock the Week, Jasmin. ;) :twisted

[Lance]

A recent example of the RDF is Jobs' claim that the slick design of the iPhone 4 antenna is not especially at fault for losing signal strength when the phone is held in a fairly common way. He says that all phones have this problem.

Yet somehow.. somehow the iPhone 4 is the one that really suffers in this way. The one the users actually complain about. Reality Distortion?

I love the look of Apple's products, but Steve is getting a bit too exclusionary and monopolistic in his business goals and policies for my preference.

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"(Sorry if the image is too big, but I'm not sure how to tell if the size is under 50kb)."

It's 19 KB. AltClick your mouse or touchpad and then click on ImageProperties or its equivalent on your OS.

[mdhay]

Oh, so that's it? Cheers Lance. :+

[OneAVGNFan]

One thing that interests me is a local radio station doing daily reports of people doing stupid things.

[OBH]

going to the dentist is always the most depressing thing ever..... yes i do smoke, yes i know it doesnt help my teeth, yes i use mouthwash daily, but no i dont floss.... just leave me alone dammit!

:D:+mdhay
though i was tihnking more like a hacksaw, glue, and duct tape.
the excessive blood however could be a problem lol.

[Darkdrium777]

Not only for your teeth. For pretty much everything else too.

[KGB]

I love going to the hygienists at my dentist, young atractive girls sticking fingers and metal objects in my mouth FTW!

[BulletWraith]

I just love my dentist, he's pretty funny and if he uses injections they feel like fathers brushing over skin, so painless and yeh the hygienists are always nice :)

-zer:donut

[SaturnReturn]

Did you mean feathers there zer0shen? Rather than fathers? Not that I'm judging or anything if you didn't.:P

[BulletWraith]

omg lol *grin* yes I meant feathers
I'm sick, bean blaming everything on my sickness lately, been making some really strange work connections, like 'glass vibrator'

(yeh I meant to say 'word', I'm paying more attention checking over stuff before I send it, cheers Saturn, oh and 'been' not bean)

-zer:donut

[Dark_Phantom_89]

I love going to the hygienists at my dentist, young atractive girls sticking fingers and metal objects in my mouth FTW!

Haha that's the best post I've seen today! :+

I too have to go to the dentist in a couple of weeks for a checkup. There's a lovely girl who works there - she's the only thing that makes it worth going!

[Harvai]

All this talk of dentists makes me think I should go myself - haven't been for a check-up in years.

I thought for a change that I'd do my tax return this year by myself. Now I know why there's people you can pay to do it for you!

[mic-dk]

My dentist is about 1.5m tall and can't reach my head unless she stands on a little box - even with the chair all the way down :lol

But such nimble little fingers!

Oh, and .dk tax law complexity > rest-of-the-world. We win the "Getting skinned by the sharp tax claw" competition hands down. We're even guilty until proven innocent whenever the taxman takes you to court.

I guess we lose rather than win... :|

[OBH]

Damn!! After an epic game, i just lost at poker with the lads. Really could have done with that £60. :D

In my stoned state while winning with only 2 players left i made one monumental grave error :) That and as its my house i gotta clean the mess too lol.

ahh well, next time ill have my revenge.

[yeldar2097]

Mr Bean is showing on ITV 3 at the moment, so happy ^_^

[BulletWraith]

I can't stand mr bean no more, as a kid I loved it
give me Black Adder anyday!, watching the making of HellboyII

-zer:donutshen

[blackwiggle]

I'm like you with Mr bean now, I find even most of the original Monty Python TV series hasn't aged that well, which is a bit sad really.
Pity that due to copyright reasons still being argued about we are unlikely to ever see Spike Milligan's Q series, that could be side splittingly funny.
I doubt that most on this forum now would be old enough to remember it.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C0n88tZQc4Q&feature=related

Awful TV showing in Aus atm, nothing to look forward to either.
I refuse to watch the travesty of Top Gear on a commercial station, so I download them [I'm not kidding, they've turned a 50 min show into 90 min show because of all the ads].
Very surprised that this seasons Top Gear was only 6 ep's.
I went to the site and they had a small video of the boys but no real explanation of why so short a season or what the future of the show might be.

Only series 8 of QI to look forward to, I got a list of series 8's taped shows and I've worked out by going backwards from the Xmas special that it won't be televised in the UK till sometime around Sept 25th.
Thankfully the previous 7 series are all worth watching again.

[yeldar2097]

Hmmm my parents are both in tears and have been shouting at each other for about 90 mins.....there's also lots of banging of things on walls and tables.

What to do....? :?

[mdhay]

Stay away from that thing.

[blackwiggle]

Start Video taping them and I bet they will stop immediately from the shock, if they don't stop immediately keep shooting till they realize how embarrassing the tape is going to be for the both of them.

[Aeroracer]

put on a copy of wizard of oz the sing-a-long version and make em sing the songs and see how much fight they have left after that..probally zero imo..

[yeldar2097]

Lol bw, that's the best suggestion ever, might actually have to try that one :lol

[mdhay]

Start Video taping them and I bet they will stop immediately from the shock, if they don't stop immediately keep shooting till they realize how embarrassing the tape is going to be for the both of them.

'Tube it. ;)

[Aeroracer]

changing the subject....

cant get this image out of my head..everytime i think about it ..it makes me laugh...


the england football match on wednesday night...

im not really a massive football fan

but what made me laugh was when all the england team was all standing there singing the anthem looking all proud like thy are returning heros i saw in the background several large posters all held by the fans all saying the same thing

"Never has so few, given so little to so many"

it made me laugh..so true but still funny

i remmeber this saying at school it was for our soldiers and it really went
"never have so few, given so much to so many..basically opposite to england.

another thing i thought was funny was the commentators who said "oh wow and the crowd isnt booing england when they came on and all i could hear was the loud hissing sound of the graphic equalizer turned up full to block out the booing crowd one could easily see the fans doing by lip reading..

and then the tv channel did a montage of englands latest string of epic fails..

i really feel for true english fans pain of having such a garbage group of flops :turd who just cant be asked to perform..it seem to me all they can score is each others girlfriends..

as for fabio..well we all now know who was in the barney the dinosaur outfit all those years.. :turd
what a idiot the way he dropped beckham and didnt even consult him first.

[OBH]

Ive just got escorted out of the DENTIST of all places by 2 policemen. Bet that doesn't happen every day!! I kicked up a massive fuss for being charged £44 for something 2 weeks ago I was told was free.


Hmmm my parents are both in tears and have been shouting at each other for about 90 mins.....there's also lots of banging of things on walls and tables.

What to do....? :?

heavy stuff mate, hope all's well in the wipeout hovel :+

[ProblemSolver]

Interesting read over here; Why I Steal Movies… Even Ones I'm In (http://gizmodo.com/5539417/why-i-steal-movies-even-ones-im-in).
"... In the meantime, I'll be suing myself for pirating my own show.
And I'm pretty scared, because I have an amazing lawyer. ..." xD

[mdhay]

Has anybody here got Megaman Battle Network 6: Cybeast Gregar? I've somehow managed to get stuck on a specific bit involving EraseMan's Link Mission and cannot complete it, despite completing it, and my save doesn't show up, for some reason. I'd appreciate any help. :/

[Mr Phlanj]

anyone a fan of the comic should see this this walking dead video (http://www.imdb.com/video/imdb/vi717817369/)

[OBH]

Mate, that looks amazing.
If it stays true to the comic its going to be ridiculously good.

There are some messed up characters.

[KGB]

I can't stop watching Diners, Drive-ins & Dives on the the Food Network channel. I don't know if I'm repulsed or jealous by it all. Some of the food looks fantastic....but the portion sizes are just ridiculous. I really have to go to the USA someday and sample some of this stuff :g.

[Dark_Phantom_89]

Portion sizes in the US are massive compared to us. A large portion of fries here is only small/regular out there. I'd love to get a supersize meal to see the difference.

[SaturnReturn]

Is it a standard thing for portion sizes to be large, i.e. would they be large in a decent restaurant, or is it mostly just fast food places?

[Dark_Phantom_89]

It's a standard thing I believe Saturn. At least it was when I visited my Grandad in Pennsylvania when I was around 12. The T-Bone steak that my Dad has looked like a baby cow :eek

[KGB]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fIp0rWRnzME&feature=related

Check it out at about 3:00 :D. I feel sick after eating a Double Whopper from BK. Bulimia time I think :blarg.

[mic-dk]

That's a big burger...!

I actually envy the americans that particular diner/burger bar tradition. And I am not talking about BK/McD/Wendys/etc. But I am one of those that actually like steak and eggs for breakfast :D

[SaturnReturn]

I'm glad it didn't actually take that guy 40 mins to eat that burger. I looked at it and thought I could do it in less than that. Although, 15 minutes is actually quite fast.

[RedScar]

http://www.news.com.au/weird-true-freaky/toy-guns-will-have-to-be-licensed-in-queensland-under-new-firearms-laws/story-e6frflri-1225900910503

Is this actually true? If so, I'm sry but I'm never going to go to Aussie land, I enjoy rights.

[Harvai]

Sigh. That's Australian politics for you, where the Prime Minister's stepdaughters' model photo shoot gets more airtime than actual goverment policies. I wonder what The Mad Katter will have to say about this?

[Lance]

He'll butter his watch. :)

[KGB]

Anyone watch the new series of The Inbetweeners last night on E4. The catwalk scene is a total classic, I couldn't believe they actually put that on TV :D.

Sorry about the voice over, that's not meant to be there http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L116YuHfiDc somewhere around 6:50 mark.

[OBH]

wasnt bad, didnt think it was as laugh-out-loud funny as first ep s1.

definitely worth a worth though.

[Woopzilla]

Recently I've been taking quite a break from Wipeout. I've taken to playing lots of older games recently for some reason. It started off with playing Silent Hill (1999) for the PSX... then Battlefield 2, then CoD2 (I'm even making a walkthrough (http://www.youtube.com/user/WoopzillaWalkthrough) for that).

Has anyone else had these sudden periods of total disinterest for newer games? I even feel like firing up FF7 to finally complete it (yes, I never did before). BF2 and CoD2 are a bit more recent... but it's been nearly 5 years since their release dates!

And randomly for DP (since we were talking about BF2 and BF:BC2): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u4723I_hMvw

A video of me being promoted in BF2 to Captain level... I always try to level up in funny ways. :g I level up twice because it takes a while for the servers to note your advancement, so you can join another server and level up again if it's within 5 minutes or so.

[UB3R~JKP]

Woop I agree ^_^
I am playing Space Invaders Infinity Gene and Pong(PS1) atm and I am adoring them :D

[blackwiggle]

I think there might be a rash of remastered PS2 titles coming out soon.
I know ICO and Shadow of the Colossus will be released shortly, similar to the Gods of War I & II twin pack I think.

http://www.videogamesblogger.com/2010/09/15/ico-and-shadow-of-the-colossus-hd-collection-coming-to-ps3.htm

[Nutcase:259]

At last. 3 months late but my broadband has finally switched over

now to use that broadband speed test to see if it was worth the massive balls up :g

[SaturnReturn]

Has anyone seen the news story from today about a mouse found in a loaf of bread? There's a picture included on the BBC's site. I've seen quite a lot of gory films recently, but none has grossed me out as much as this story.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-oxfordshire-11419498
I'm amazed something like that could even happen, unless it was someone's idea of a sick joke.:blarg

[blackwiggle]

I've seen bread that has added Omega 3 fish oil [tastes horrible by the way], but protein enriched with "Mouse" is a new one.

I love the comment "There was no evidence of mice within the bakery and no history of any similar issues.", I wonder what happened to all the other mice, as there is seldomly just one, same fate probably.

I better check that jar of Bransons pickles in the fridge which is made by the same company.

[Aeroracer]

i like silent hill 2 its proper scary..well it scare me anyway..:nod

[rdmx]

http://www.fast.shinen.com/
New AG racing game - looks like the child of fzero and wipeout - wiiware though. No vids yet but screenshots look interesting.

[Albino Ace]

Hmm...a reason to not sell my Wii just yet, perhaps.

[Z°ⁿε]

ugh another copy cat. Just make a new WipEout lol..

[Lance]

I remind you that the title of this thread is:
General conversation thread: Chat about anything that's not WipEout.
Discussion of WipEout belongs elsewhere.

If discussion of other videogames is going to lead to WipEout as well, it may be best to discuss those in threads of their own instead of in General Conversation.

[Nutcase:259]

looking at the paris motor show gubbins
new focus http://www.cardealermagazine.co.uk/publish/ford-focus-st-for-paris-show-launch/42582

whats the new design obsession to have MASSIVE front grills?(Audi, Citroen, Ford, Volkswagen etc)

the bonnet lines and lighting design make it look ever so slightly like the current models of aston martin. but with a massive gaping hole at the front. like a shocked/surprised smiley :O :o

A surprised smiley thats also frowning slightly

perhaps its afraid of what all the chavs will do to it when they somehow get hold (steal) one :P "argggghhhhh there gonna put horrible spoiler kits on me!!!!!"

[mic-dk]

Hopefully it'll eat the spoilerkits and possibly take a few of the chavs fingers if he gets too close!

Audi/VW hopefully stops with the gaping mouths where they are now. I like them. Ford should realise that there's a fine line between a stylish, quite big grille and that whalemouth on the ST. But I bet it's a fun little car and from behind the wheel, you can't see that you're driving Moby Dick! :p

Ah well, I may just be jealous because I only can afford a 5 year old model... ;)

[Harvai]

Oh god what is that! I think Ford tried to make it look slightly angry but buggered it up somewhere down the line.

If you want a car with a loveable, goofy smile go take a look at the current generation Mazda 3. my mum's got one, it's the happiest looking car I've ever seen.

[Nutcase:259]

atleast they put some effort into making there car look like a gobsmacked whale

unlike audi that seem to just photocopy
http://www.2plus3.co.za/wp-content/uploads/2009/04/audis.jpg :lol


Kia Pop? looks funky, i love crazy concept cars
http://www.carmagazine.co.uk/News/Search-Results/First-Official-Pictures/Kia-POP-concept-2010-first-official-pictures/

[yeldar2097]

Unbelievable...got up early to go to my first lecture and it's cancelled, fabulous -_-

Bloody tube strikes :bomb

[xtriko]

go to the bar and have a beer (or a couple of them lol)

[stin]

Watching Ryder Cup golf!, bloody awesome stuff!!! Go Europe!!!

stevie:D

[xtriko]

stin, you sure love tiny balls, sticks and holes... don't ya? lolol :P

[mdhay]

Anybody got Garry's Mod? I need friends to play with. :3 :g

[SaturnReturn]

Unbelievable...got up early to go to my first lecture and it's cancelled, fabulous -_-

Bloody tube strikes :bomb

You expect lecturers to turn up or something? That'll teach you for going to lectures in the first place, chump!:P When I was at uni I swear the lecturers were lazier than the students. So many cancelled lectures. Was pretty bad sometimes, especially when it was revision lectures. I remember one time when our lecture was moved to some random room on the top floor of the humanities building (fascinating place for an engineering student - girls everywhere:o). It took us ages to find it, and when we eventually did, the lecturer hadn't even bothered to turn up. Some people don't like that students these days are acting more like consumers, but I'm glad they are starting to hold lazy and crappy lecturers to account. I wish people had in my year, as some lecturers were completely unprepared, even when they did turn up.

[yeldar2097]

I don't mind them not turning up just so long as I get some form of notification beforehand so I don't waste my time walking places.

Also just found out that as I'm doing Electronic Engineering with Nanotechnology I have to write a 5000 word essay on ethics. Where the hell did they get that from?! :brickwall

[SaturnReturn]

Probably because everyone thinks nano-robots are going to destroy the world. Is that ethical? In some ways I guess not.

As part of Mechanical Engineering I did business studies, accounting and Mandarin. I think they throw random stuff in to make it seem more interesting, but for me it just made it more boring. The business side helps a bit later on for project management, but really, once you know how to work out the different types of profit and cash flow, the rest tends to be left to people who give a crap.:P

[mic-dk]

Well nano-robots could destroy the world, just like a virus with a slightly faulty design or a hydrogen bomb with a bad trigger can.

I'm not saying that they exist yet, but given time we could have selfreplicating nano robots that'll eat your liver if you speak german. It may have started as the ultimate Repair Your Oktoberfest pill, but somewhere, something went wrong.

Besides, we really don't need Yeldar turning into a mad nano-scientist, so write your ethics essay, I say! :nod

[F.E.I.S.A.R]

Ragarding the nano-bots as a virus,that is possible. A doctor who is treating someone he hates may make nanobots not to treat the patient,but instead kill the patient(In this case,vendetta can kill).I think that is where ethics goes,as far as I know(I think).

[SaturnReturn]

A fart from a giant space creature could destroy the world too, but they still make baked beans.

[yeldar2097]

God only knows why, they're disgusting :blarg

[SaturnReturn]

Agreed. I once had to eat as many cold baked beans as I could with a toothpick in a minute as part of some stupid party game. It was like torture. Just realised it's related to the uni thing a bit. Family would always crack those lame stereotypical jokes with me about always cooking beans on toast for dinner, but I naturally had to disappoint them.

Did anyone watch the last Inbetweeners? I've not really watched it properly before, mainly because I don't like any of the characters. It was pretty hilarious for the first half though. The uni that 'featured' in it is where I went, and now makes me wonder if it has some kind of reputation.

[Dark_Phantom_89]

I had the longest day ever mainly due to Rush Hour traffic in London. I was in Kensington today and said to myself "right, I'll leave at 3pm when I've done everything I need to do so I'll avoid the rush." Well, 3pm became 4pm and I hit the traffic on the way home. It took 3 and a half hours to travel 80 odd miles home. :eek

[DreamyElf]

that sounds bad DP... :(
luckily i live in a small city so i dont have traffic issues...
but i can totally understand you, whenever i've been to Athens(and some other big cities) the traffic was unbearable, it made me go mad! lol

[Greenix]

baked beans... almost as bad as brussel sprouts.

[OBH]

Jacket potato - cheese - not too many beans - cheese

gorgeous ;):+

Gotta love how Britain eat over 90% of the worlds baked beans!

[LurifaxFlux]

Baked Beans are alright as long as they are not alone :)

For example, Chili con Carne without Baked Beans? No way ;P


When I was a kid I used to eat cold Baked Beans straight from the Heinz can :g

[amplificated]

Sooo anyway, today I found out my cousin is getting married. I also found out that she was gay and marrying a girl!

:eek

Almost embarrassed to say it, but this just goes to show how well I know some members of my extended family... not much at all! :lol

[infoxicated]

Is she hot? ;)

[mdhay]

The cousin? haha :g

[infoxicated]

Either... I'm not fussy... but I would like photographic evidence! :D

[SaturnReturn]

I don't understand the fascination with lesbians (not real ones anyway). They're just two more women that definitely aren't interested in any of us.:|

[Jav]

Haha, couldn't agree more Saturn. Couldn't care less if they're never gonna be interested. :p

[infoxicated]

Yeah, okay - mostly they're not all they're cracked up to be. ;)

There's this crazy loud lesbian woman who gets on my train sometimes, who's definitely the dungaree wearer of the relationship, if you get my drift. And I kid you not, she talks to anyone she vaguely knows about how gorram great it is being a lesbian and how much her and her partner "connect", which I didn't think was possible for them without accessories, but there you go - her loud words, not mine.

This is on the early train. The 8:01 express. I don't even want to hear about straight sex between really hot people at that time in the morning, never mind her butchness telling tall tales of rug munching goodness.

I've actually switched carriages on the train to avoid her a few times - even my noise isolating earphones (Shure SE115's, audiophiles!) can't block her lesbosity out entirely. Do not want.

Anyhoo, I just wondered if amplificated's cousin or his new in-law were of the fantasy lesbian variety. :D

[SaturnReturn]

That sounds more like an issue with loud people. I'm not a fan of loud people who seek attention either, especially on the train.

On a slightly related note, did I ever tell everyone about what I heard on the train one day? This guy was with his little kid (3 years old or something), who was asking all those little kids questions - what's that? why's the sky blue? why this? why that? - then all of a sudden, he comes out with, "Daddy, is that woman a pwostitrute?" :eek I couldn't believe it, and assumed at first that I must have misheard, but I turned my head in the toward the part of the platform where the kid was pointing and there was a woman with a shortish skirt and boots on. OMG! Then the Dad confirmed it by making a disapproving remark about her attire and comparing her to someone else they know who he obviously didn't approve of.:o
I was so shocked, especially as I have a memory of being about 10 before I first heard the word. Two girls in my class were having an argument, with one calling the other a prostitute and me thinking, "My Dad's a prostitute, what's wrong with that?". Turns out my Dad was a Protestant. Then there's me telling my parents at the dinner table I studied e-lesbian history in class that day. Stupid Elizabethans!:redface: Happy days!

[infoxicated]

Quality! :D

I took my daughter for a walk by the reservoirs at the top of town a week or so back and there were so many people walking dogs it was like crufts. She's at the asking questions all the time stage, so she was going "Daddy, why are those people waking their dogs?"

"Because it's a nice place to walk dogs." I replied.

Some time later we see more people and she asks again "Daddy, why are those people walking their dogs, too?"

"Like I said, because it's a nice place to walk dogs." I replied.

Back at the car park and an estate (station wagon for our trans-Atlantic cousins) pulls up beside us and the folk unload three dogs from the back.

"Wow, daddy! More dogs. Why are so many people walking their dogs here?" she asks again.

"Well, like I said - this is a great dogging spot." I replied. Straight face, too.

I couldn't help myself. Internally I was pissing my pants, but no doubt this will come back to haunt me when she tells her grandma to take her cocker spaniel up to the reservoir because it's a great dogging spot!

[SaturnReturn]

I can already feel the evil glares that you got coming your way.:twisted

[blackwiggle]

Sooo anyway, today I found out my cousin is getting married. I also found out that she was gay and marrying a girl!

:eek

Almost embarrassed to say it, but this just goes to show how well I know some members of my extended family... not much at all! :lol

Doesn't surprise me.
Seems lesbianism is the "New Black" around Australia atm, they are appearing everywhere, IMHO I think in a lot of cases it's just girls imitating these fake lesbian romances certain Hollywood wannabes are saying are happening just for publicity.
Might be the main reason The Ellen DeGeneres show seems very popular ATM, god knows why, it's so plastic.:D

[Colonel]

Doesn't surprise me.
IMHO I think in a lot of cases it's just girls imitating these fake lesbian romances certain Hollywood wannabes are saying are happening just for publicity.


Don't knock it for f*ck's sake!

[amplificated]

Is she hot? ;)

Well, let's just say that nobody on that side of my family is unattractive :P
Haven't met her fiancee yet though.
I'm with SatReturn as well, I don't see the big deal about lesbianism....


Doesn't surprise me.

I don't know much more than what I've already mentioned, so I can't really comment on that. It's a possibility, and she's in her early 20's... but I guess we'll see what happens. Like I said, I obviously don't know her very well :P

[mdhay]

There's this crazy loud lesbian woman who gets on my train sometimes, who's definitely the dungaree wearer of the relationship, if you get my drift.

Well, here's my impression of her, with the "Connecting Accessory" ;) (http://media.photobucket.com/image/pvt%20J%20vasquez/UncleFester1/PvtVasquez.jpg)

[Nutcase:259]

Crikey! you've been watching the wrong genre of films? :P :lol

[mdhay]

LOL, I just had to link to that when infox mentioned butch. :g

@gaddafi: You're from Preston? Coolio. :D

[Darkdrium777]

Today I made Cardboy (http://www.leftfootmedia.nl/images/cardboy.jpg) :)
He's about 6cm tall when printed on letter paper.

[Dark_Phantom_89]

"Wow, daddy! More dogs. Why are so many people walking their dogs here?" she asks again.

"Well, like I said - this is a great dogging spot." I replied. Straight face, too.

Hahaha that was a great story, kudos to you for keeping a straight face! :+

Hopefully she won't remember that, or you'll have a whole load of other explaining to do which I'm sure she's not ready to hear yet!

[mic-dk]

Walking my dog yesterday (I actually walked a real dog! I swear!), I pondered the story. Particularly the estate / stationwagon part.

In Danish, such a vehicle is a 'stationcar' - including the 'car' bit, which is kinda weird. But... as an exception to the rule, a Volvo used to be referred to as what translates into Estate Car.

Why this honour of a British title is bestowed only on Volvo I really don't know. Every other car gets the common and base American title.

I guess this constitutes Useless fact of the Day :D

[SaturnReturn]

I think I will find out about redundancies at work tomorrow. There was an ominous email to the whole group today, just telling everyone to be in the office on Thursday morning. It's a bit weird though, as they've never told us that before. At the same time my group never suffered much before, so that could be a bad sign.

I hope I don't get selected, but in some ways am just as concerned about workmates, both for them and for me (selfishly). There are relatively few people who I really get on with very well, so if a single one of them went it would totally suck, and some of them have recently gained obligations like mortgages and families/dependents, which I'm thankful I don't, just in case it all goes horribly wrong.

I really want to put off going to bed, as if it would somehow put off tomorrow coming. Unfortunately, it's actually after 1am already, so tomorrow is already here. Stupid tomorrow! Oh well, fingers crossed.

[mic-dk]

urgh... I went through exactly that last month. Everybody be at their desk tomorrow 8 am :|
It's not exactly a funfilled few hours, especially when one is located right next to the office used for the actual firing. Seeing the condemned walk past is pretty tough.

Did you get to keep your job?

[SaturnReturn]

We got another email telling us to let them know if we'd be out of the office Friday as well, so presumably it's tomorrow now. I wish it were a bit clearer. We all know what it's about but unless someone actually says the word 'redundancies' then it feels a bit weird. It's almost worse that they treat the word as taboo. I kind of feel for the guy giving people the news too. That must suck!

I also realised today that tomorrow will be exactly three years since I started working there. Somehow, I'm not sure that's a good omen. Neither is the fact that my boss tried to strike up a conversation with me today, as that hasn't really happened before.

Hopefully I'm just paranoid. I'm definitely a little bit paranoid.:nod

[mic-dk]

Well, just because you're paranoid, doesn't mean they're not out to get you :nod

It's never a good sign when people who may be in the know starts changing habits, but it's quite likely he doesn't know anything yet and either tries to calm everybody else down or tries to hide his own insecurity.

At least my company has gotten redundancies down to an art. It is announced a day in advance, is over the next day after a few hours and the casualtylist is published at midday. It can seem a bit brutal, but it is over in a hurry.

It is still not exactly good for morale and motivation though :| I hope you make it through!

[SaturnReturn]

A day in advance? Is that the only thing you hear at all? We've had to have a long process this time. I think for over 100 people there has to be a 3 month consultation period or something like that. It never is that long though, as they seem to include whatever notice staff are to be given in that period. It's all very weird. But people do hate the way it's dragged out.

[mic-dk]

Well if the rumour mill fails, then one day is all we get. Of course, depending on how long you've been with the company, you still get paid 3-6 months after you're sent home so you're not just put on the street with an empty pocket and sore bum :)

They tried one time announcing it a few months in advance. I bet it cut productivity by 75%, everybody just sat around and waited, no new projects were started and nobody had any inclination to anything other than the absolute minimum. I say it works much better just getting it done in a hurry.

[F.E.I.S.A.R]

In Singapore,I think the notification of resignation is required at least 2 months in advance.I know that this is about retrenching/firing(Retrenching is better than being fired?).How does the process work over there?

[SaturnReturn]

I'm not sure what happens here once people know. I can't imagine anyone wanting to hang around for long. But once people know their last day is supposed to be near the start of December, so I think people have to stay on. Some have holidays carried over which they can use to get out earlier.

Anyway, I didn't hear anything today at all - not even any rumours. But I checked my emails earlier this evening and there was a message saying that the process is ongoing and we can't be given the 'all clear' yet. I will try to just get on with stuff now and not think about it. I do wish they'd just make things more certain for everyone though.:(

[Nutcase:259]

Thats sucks saturn. do you think no news is good news? i mean perhaps if they'd already made a decision to cut the staff they might have been more forthcoming with a date?



*heres a random musing i though id throw out there. been thinking about this all day :lol

do animals get hiccups?

[SaturnReturn]

They're making cuts. The last day of work for anyone who will go is already stated. It's a matter of who and how many. Then once they identify people for redundancy, they look at options for relocating people outside the UK if possible. Then there are some who will want to argue their case etc. So the process is ongoing. But because I haven't heard anything at all about anyone, I'm wondering if they haven't even told everyone yet. They've said they can't give the all clear so I have no idea what's really happening.
But still, I think that you might be right. Obviously, as long as I haven't heard then I'm safe, and the same goes for workmates etc.

I imagine animals do get hiccups. It's completely involuntary and some weird natural occurrence that I think could easily happen in animals.

[mic-dk]

My dog get hiccups regularly. My guess is, if you have lungs, you can hiccup. Fish on the other hand...

[Nutcase:259]

id take the moving of dates to have 'meetings' as a good thing. gotta keep the faith :D even if it is a massive downer :-



interesting. ive never seen it happen. or perhaps im just not looking for the signs of animal hiccups. im sure there are youtube videos. there seems to be one for everything

[mdhay]

Yes they do.

[MetaKraken]

Seeing as how I barely made any posts (most likely because of college work), but I can't wait to finish my current semester in college so I can take digital art class. I'm not just a gamer, but an artist-under-training :).

[yeldar2097]

Is anybody else out there reminded of the snow missions in Crash Bandicoot (2+3 mainly) when they see this chappy: :cold

?_?

[mdhay]

I am now. -.- :g

btw, it was me who added you on facebook, in case you didn't know. :D

[omega329]

I'm back :D

[mdhay]

Where the hell you been? :g

[omega329]

Uhmmm, where to start...
Designing multi-touch interactive surfaces, designing and building rockets, A-Levels, GCSE exams, building Head-tracking hat/glasses for in game usage, Getting Quake 3, LANing Quake 3, LAN'ing Quake 3 at school, bypassing Quake 3 blocking measures at school, defending position of Quake 3 as an essential part of the curriculum (at school), Garrys Mod, TF2, Mass Effect 1+2, Portal, Summer School, post-summer school meetups, post summer-school night outs involving tents, alcohol and suits, Relatives, setting up a verse server (http://www.quelsolaar.com/verse/), modding for freespace, financial planning and price negotiation for a small business, job at Staples, TVtropes (http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/Tropes), Half-Life, Firefly, writing Renderman shaders, laying the smackdown on illegible youtube comments, Shadow of the Colossus and Hard drive recovery

oh, and lurking.

[mdhay]

Ah, gmod is awesome. :D

[Nutcase:259]

Never knew scotland needed their own version of the pound?? and that they insist on thrusting there monopoly money in my face at the check out...
i put it down as foreign curency jokingly, they didnt seem pleased :lol
hey its not like ive ever seen those big ass notes down here in the southern land

[Dark_Phantom_89]

This brightened my day up, I suggest that you watch it for a laugh. :lol

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CSK1D3bZhRs

Ahh, the wonders of technology!

[SaturnReturn]

Haha, funny cat. Voiceover by Hellfire?:nod

[Nutcase:259]

:lol i love the end, cats are crazy things, mine likes to rub her face all ove the corners of the paper in my printer? :)

u see the other one too LOL http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xG-swkL0s7M&NR=1

[OBH]

Just passed my 17th Edition Wirinig Regulations Course to become an Electrician :D

That means the safety of YOUR home can legally be put into MY HANDS!! :beer

[Nutcase:259]

Congrats :g, u can earn an absolute ton of wonga from that, a proper trade job that peeps will always be in need of

mates rates?.. :lol i know a tad cheeky from someone whos only been in 'the zone' a few months :P

[F.E.I.S.A.R]

Congratulations,OBH. So what type of electrician work will you do?
And my school(semester) has ended,until next year.

[OBH]

Always good when schools out! :beer

This one covers commercial & domestic installation.... so 80 odd % of jobs your going to find :g especially at first.

Going to try and get qualified to be able to test appliances etc within the work places. Good money for doing sweet bugger all :)

[F.E.I.S.A.R]

I'm VERY interested in what Microsoft would call a "System Builder". I'm VERY interested in computers and would one day love to build my own computer under my own 'mini company'

[KGB]

For some reason OBH I thought you were going be a teacher?

Anyway well done, a trade is good to have. I can see an appearance on Rouge Traders looming ;)

[OBH]

Really wanted to teach abroad, and before things hit the fan was going to :paperbag

Not complaining with how things are going now though :)

[MetaKraken]

Well, I'm close to pass through my current semester in college next week. So next one I'm gonna take is I'm going to learn to do digital art :D.

[Mr Phlanj]

i did something SOOOO dumb last night.

i was at work and i had to wright down the date, i didnt know the date but i thought "oh wait it was the 31st yesterday so today must be 32nd" then i looked at what i wrote down and felt like a dumbass :D

[UB3R~JKP]

Applying for a Games Dev course at Strathclyde Uni, took me ages to decide but I think i'm making the right choice....as I found out that Q&A Testing is very accessable if you get this qualification, 4 year major course...not just got to finish this last year at school. Pretty pointless as I already have the neccesary grades :/

[yeldar2097]

Finally decided to start uploading some stuff from my travels.

Have some Vegas (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pG4Amf0RMxg)

:g

[Dark_Phantom_89]

In their infinite wisdom, YouTube has blocked your vid. :s

[yeldar2097]

This is bullshit. Right, off to unblock it :g

Edit: Link now works afaik. Suck on that Mr YouTube :mr-t

[SaturnReturn]

Pretty lights.:eek

Found out tonight my brother is planning to come home from Switzerland permanently. This sucks as we don't do well living in the same house. Although it's good, because now I can move out without feeling guilty about leaving my dad alone. Time to find a spare room in a house full of gorgeous model-type girls, who also happen to be very good at intelligent conversation, and into the concept of 'free-love'...with geeky men...and other girls. Wish me luck!

[Challenger #001]

Go Saturn! See if they're impressed by your 'Barrel Rolling' skills. ;)

[MetaKraken]

I'm in sheer pain, just got home from the dentist and I'm afraid of passing out of blood loss after the doctors extracted my wisdom tooth. I got home, my gums bleeding like crazy, I thought I wasn't going to live through this. it was the most agonizing experienced I'm currently living through :'(.

[mdhay]

Nowhere near enough blood goes to your gums, you make more than you lose. :g

[MetaKraken]

It's still very painful, mdhay, and... you get the rest (dentist-related).

[mdhay]

I do; I haven't had any wisdom teeth taken out (I'm surprised), but I had a molar taken out without anesthetic.I am Rambo! lol :D

[MetaKraken]

Yeah. Anyway, my sheer pain is starting to slowly reduce.

[KGB]

The mouth has got to be one of the most sensitive parts of your body, I once got in a fight which resulted in me getting a broken jaw. They had to dislocate my jaw to insert a titanium link where it had broke, then they wrapped a load of wire round my teeth so the could then put elastic bands between the top and bottom set of teeth to keep the jaw from moving. That wasn't the worse bit though, when they took all the wire out, they just spayed anaesthetic on my gums, then they pulled all the wire out between my teeth, I've never know pain like it ever.

[OBH]

My word that sounds painful.
Any injury on your jaw is painful (and an easy way to get knocked clean out), and any injury on your lips, gums, or teeth results in an awful lot of blood.

Your experience sounds like the worst of all worlds mate :) Ouch!

[Mr Phlanj]

i almost crashed during my driving lesson yesterday :D

damn those stunning girls in the lane next to me :g

[mdhay]

Good to know Kraken, you can eat now, right?

[MetaKraken]

Until my gums are fully healed, I can't eat anything other than broth from soup, mdhay.

[blackwiggle]

I remember having and impacted wisdom tooth removed, I know what your going through, not fun, my face swelled up so much I looked like a hamster.
Not quite as painful or as debilitating as when I broke both my collar bones at the same time in a cycling accident, every movement was agony while they set, trying to sleep, eat, wash etc, then further torture came with the physio therapy afterward's, as all the muscles had weaken due to lack of use and their positions were now different.

[mdhay]

Dayyyum.

[MetaKraken]

Well, the pain from my lower jaw is still there and, to make matters worse, I'm also suffering from nausea, causing me to induce vomiting :(.

[mdhay]

That is one run of bad luck. Feel sorry for ya.

[MetaKraken]

Well, I'm able to chew food again, though my pain from my lower jaw still remains, since I need to take it easy when I chew food.

[Challenger #001]

I just bought a book on Anti-Gravity. I can't put it down.

[ProblemSolver]

Does it came with a title?

[SaturnReturn]

"I can't put it down."

Hahaha, best pun ever.:lol

[mdhay]

So crap... too funny.....

:lol:

[ProblemSolver]

@SaturnReturn: You name it! xD

[F.E.I.S.A.R]

Reason why the book cannot be put down:
OMG! IT HAS ANTI-GRAV!

[Harvai]

I just bought a book on Anti-Gravity. I can't put it down.

That's brilliant. That just made my day!

On another note, I'm going to see Bon Jovi when they come to Perth next month. There was a "$67 tickets for 67 hours" special going on and, well, that was too good to pass up!

[OBH]

Haydn -1 Pikeys - 0
Though I have a slight swollen eye....

[Dark_Phantom_89]

I just bought a book on Anti-Gravity. I can't put it down.

Intended puns FTW. Love it. :rock


Haydn -1 Pikeys - 0
Though I have a slight swollen eye....

Is that the half time or full time results? ;)

[OBH]

Full time :)
Only casualty was my spicy burrito I was eating at the time.

[F.E.I.S.A.R]

Next thing I know,there's this book titled "Zero Gravity" where you can put the book on the table,flick it,and still stay at the same height until it hits a wall.It isn't affected by gravity in any way.

[rdmx]

Apologies if this has already been posted but:
http://kotaku.com/5691455/bizarre-devs-took-a-chance-may-get-closedbizarre-devs-took-a-chance-may-get-closed
Bizarre Creations could be on the chopping block D:
Considering thats where some ex SL people went

[Aeroracer]

hahaha lol..

check out this link..they ant this to be the xmas number one in the chars a xmas just to annoy simon cowel and his pimp money making antics and comercial pop poop form taking the stop spot.they did it last year and beat him..but if this new song beats him he might as well jump out of a window..


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hUJagb7hL0E&feature=player_embedded#!

[yeldar2097]

Apologies if this has already been posted but:
http://kotaku.com/5691455/bizarre-devs-took-a-chance-may-get-closedbizarre-devs-took-a-chance-may-get-closed
Bizarre Creations could be on the chopping block D:
Considering thats where some ex SL people went

Yeah I saw that too, sad times :-

[MetaKraken]

I'm curious that somebody found me on Facebook 8).

[Aeroracer]

lol..they probally knew you and looked u up..dont get "why the surprise"

[MetaKraken]

True. His name was Khalim (he's from UK), so I was wondering if he is KGB or any other guys in this forum?

[Aeroracer]

dont think it was kgb...perhaps just ask how he found you if you havnt so far

[MetaKraken]

Will do.

[mic-dk]

Haydn -1 Pikeys - 0
Though I have a slight swollen eye....

Did you get a refund for the caravan with no wheels?

[KGB]

True. His name was Khalim (he's from UK), so I was wondering if he is KGB or any other guys in this forum?

Khalim is a much cooler name than mine. Not me, sorry.

[F.E.I.S.A.R]

Anyone here want some creepy WipEout story? I heard that Pokemon has some.
I dare you to try and read my real name.You will read it wrongly for sure.

[amplificated]

A dare, eh? I'd take you up on it, but I don't know your name.

[F.E.I.S.A.R]

Good luck...I've sent my name in a PM
This is soooooooooooooooo going to be a big mistake.
Anyways...something to creep/freak people out.Especially fans of the Pokemon series
Pokemon Creepy story no.3 (http://forums.onlinedigimon.com/index.php?topic=1141.msg24871#msg24871)
Pokemon Creepy Story no.2 (http://forums.onlinedigimon.com/index.php?topic=726.msg6912#msg6912)
It's lost its innocence,no? ;)

[amplificated]

Sent an audio file :P

Here's a story you might like...
http://i.imgur.com/ajhQV.png

I don't like/never played Pokemon, but I still thought this was pretty neat.

[F.E.I.S.A.R]

I'm posting from my phone...
So...anyone want to concoct some scary story about the video game series this forum is a fansite of?

[mdhay]

Not in this thread. ;)

[F.E.I.S.A.R]

@amplificated:
I saw the last part. I don't see any link.Unless you are saying that the infected animals are Pokemon.But why would such a thing happen?
@mdhay:
So you'd rather have a thread for the creepy stories?

[amplificated]

Did you read the whole story? Sorry it's an image, it was the first link I found and didn't think it would be much of an issue.

I didn't write the story.

[F.E.I.S.A.R]

I read it.Something about some infected animals and people. The last one was totally random.

[amplificated]

Got your name in one go! Damn I'm good 8) :lol

I think the story was just filling in the blanks of the Pokemon universe and making it "real", with the last post giving the reveal that it's about Pokemon.

[F.E.I.S.A.R]

But seriously,the United States doesn't apply here...the regions in the games are based off real regions in Japan!

[MetaKraken]

My laptop says that I have been infected by numerous of virus when I used Google... that never happened, since I know it's wanting to scam me away:|.

[mdhay]

Who've you got your AV with?

[F.E.I.S.A.R]

Eh...
I've been through fake anti-virus before.Said I had 1000+ viruses.My computer technician booted the computer into safe mode and deleted that file.
What are your feelings on AVG Free?

[MetaKraken]

Not sure. I found out that the viruses are fake, so my laptop is safe and sound ^^.

[F.E.I.S.A.R]

I think it is better to still remove that fake anti-virus as that will eventually annoy you.
Tried system restore yet?

[MetaKraken]

Ah, that's one problem; my Norton Internet Security expired ><'.

[F.E.I.S.A.R]

Try AVG Free.It works for me.Or at least for all computers I installed it on. And I discovered AVG Free after my who-knows-how-many virus attack. I remember having one that actually changed my homepage and every time I open the browser,I get the warning that a virus has infected my computer.

[MetaKraken]

Okay, I'll see what I can do. Thanks :).

[mdhay]

You could always try Avast! as well.

[yeldar2097]

I like Avira AntiVir Personal (http://www.avira.com/en/avira-free-antivirus). It's free and in 3 years I've had no problems with my lappy whatsoever (save for a burned out GFX card on one occasion :P).

Running occasional sweeps with Malwarebytes' Anti-Malware (http://www.malwarebytes.org/) is something I've started doing as well, just in cases :g

[MetaKraken]

IDK if this has happened to you guys, but whenever I send a reply to F.E.I.S.A.R., I suddenly get a 500 Internal Server error and all of a sudden, I get a Database error from the forums :|. Has this happened to you guys?

[F.E.I.S.A.R]

Happened to me.I refreshed the main page.
I got a "Database Error" message.I went to the main site and it said "WipEoutZone Unavailable.In the meantime,go play some WipEout ;o)"

[MetaKraken]

Yeah and when I got into the forums, it was slowing down all of a sudden (although all the other sites never had the problem), but I'm pretty sure it had something to do witht eh Database error. But the forum's working fine now.

[yeldar2097]

Apple aren't all bad it seems: iPod saves a soldier (http://www.oddee.com/contrib_6346.aspx)

o_O

[mdhay]

Ah, the new iKevlar. Something useful for a change. :P

[MetaKraken]

Wow, I just received two text messages from an unknown caller (although it's a girl); the first one who gave me a "get well soon" text message after my wisdom tooth extraction and went through all this pain. The second one was a... love poem she sent me :redface:.

It's practically written in Spanish, so IDK if you guys would understand on what it says :P.

[F.E.I.S.A.R]

0_0 iKevlar...
I now have this in my mind:
Customer walks in to Apple Store,with iKevlar in hand.
Customer:Excuse me,may I know if you have a standard warranty for this?
Store Attendant: (Takes a look at shot iPod)Hm...I have to check with the manager...(gets Manager)
Manager walks in and checks the bulleted iPod.
Manager:Sorry to say this,but iKevlar iPods have no warranty because of what they may be subjected to.And yes,iKevlars are more expensive than iPods.
Customer:WTF?!0_0

[yeldar2097]

Man travels 15 million miles :eek (http://uk.travel.yahoo.com/p-promo-3360265)

[Woopzilla]

I bet that would be a terrifying thought for those who fear flying. :D

What amazes me in this story is how even this amount of travelling would only be 16% of the distance from the Earth to the Sun. A whopping 150'000'000 million kilometres (1 AU or 1 Astronomical Unit).

It really is unbelievably hard to grasp just how gigantic the observable universe is (nevermind how big it actually is).

[Aeroracer]

im sure ive travelled more than that guy.i must have done 50 million miles now with all those eurostar train trips i take every week.

[F.E.I.S.A.R]

That guy also holds the record for "most journeys taken aboard Concorde planes". From the article,he wants to keep going and he wants to go to space(and the moon) as well.

[mdhay]

Wasn't Virgin supposed to be doing those at one point? (Giggity)
Because If it was a couple of grand (Maybe more) to go up into space with Richard Branson, I would rather pay £5000 to not be stuck in a lift with the bastard. :p

[F.E.I.S.A.R]

If I'm not wrong, the spacecraft is called Spacecraft Two.Very original. Why'd you pay S$10000(ten thousand Singapore Dollars) to not get stuck in a lift with him? What does he have against you(or the other way around?)

[mdhay]

It's from a comedian called Frankie Boyle, most of his humor is satirical "black comedy", so if he says it and it doesn't make sense, it's probably for the best that it doesn't. :g

[F.E.I.S.A.R]

Is it something like the comic strip "Pearls Before Swine" where if you get the joke,it might offend someone?
And what is the stance of this forum on Fan Fiction with supremacist groups as villains?

[mdhay]

Yeah, that's basically it.

[Nutcase:259]

Is that from his live dvd from last year? funniest thing, its so crude its hilarious.

I remember when Richard Brandson used to attempt to fly around the world in a hot air balloon, well tried to i think he failed like 3 times. i miss the 90's :lol

[Darkdrium777]

It really is unbelievably hard to grasp just how gigantic the observable universe is (nevermind how big it actually is).This .gif (http://img14.imageshack.us/img14/6/earthcomparativesize.gif) should help.

[Challenger #001]

Awesome gif, DD! I love the binary star with one blue-one red. ^^ And people used to think the sun went round the earth. XD

[F.E.I.S.A.R]

If the sun went round the Earth would there be gravity? And 1 Day would be don't know days long lol.Having more than a day for a day.I can't imagine it.:dizzy

[Dark_Phantom_89]

Wow, that .gif really puts it all into perspective - truly amazing stuff. Just goes to show how small we really are.

[Woopzilla]

Comparisons like that are always interesting to watch. I remember watching a few videos similar to that (though they usually skipped to VY Canis Majoris within a few examples).

The actual distances between all these objects still fascinates me most, and to think that we can't even see the entire universe: Observable Universe (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Observable_universe).

I could spend ages reading about it all. :g

@Feisar: Yes, there would be gravity and it would still be 24 hours to a day since the earth spins about its own axis to make a day (not how fast either rotates around the other... that would be years). ^^ But it would get more confusing if they believed (and if they were right) that the earth was stationary with only the sun moving. Then the sun would have to be zooming round us at an incredible speed. O_o

And then it would get even better if the earth was believed to be flat. ^^

[Nutcase:259]

i like the comparison between our sun and that VY canis majoris thats just a mind boggling size.

the universe is such a wierd near fantastical thing. just crazy to think theres sooo much out there
:+

[mdhay]

Might be, I saw it on Mock the Week.

By the Way, you should look on Youube fo rthat, FEISAR. If you're into Satire, you'll love it. :g

[F.E.I.S.A.R]

Is it some game show with celebrities giving random answers to random questions? When I was in London in June,I saw this show titled "Have I Got News For You" and "Have I got More News For You.

Quick question about fan fiction:Will I get banned if I post fan fiction with the KKK as villains?

[Dark_Phantom_89]

It's sort of like that Feisar, but it isn't a game show. More of a comical take on the weeks news.

[mdhay]

No, you won't do, and it's a bit like those, yeah. But better! :g

[Woopzilla]

Talking about comedy and news... Sarah Palin called North Korea an ally of the US: Link (http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-11840828)

And she wants to grab the presidency in 2012, oh dear...