It’s a rainy day open thread!
Well, it’s raining here in North London, anyway, and I will be taking the dog for a walk in it because that’s the kind of person I am. When I get back I will be cheering myself up by rereading this, which has enriched my life considerably and for which I will be eternally grateful to Harry’s Place commenter Michael.
And to be perfectly honest, I am not sure that I need to say anything else. And after I take the dog for a walk I have a Birthday Party to attend. It is far away. So I am going to go off and do stuff now. In the meantime, please entertain us all with your amusing stuff. No politics, racism, rudeness, backstabbing, peddling, haggling, spam, adverts or harassment. Seriously. Take my advice, or I’ll spank you without pants.
****IMPORTANT UPDATE****
I am not a dominatrix! Not officially, anyway. Click here before you judge me…
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Is that a promise?
Lol! I bloody hate the rain, begone foul water from the sky!
A spank without the pants?? :O!
Dearly beloved,
- The Purple One is in the capital as we speak. Lock up your daughters. Summer concerts are going to be absolutely huge. Hurt me ! Squirrel meat !
- Tre continues to be very entertaining on The Apprentice. Very funny guy — I love his deadpan sense of humour. And his bullsh*tting masterpiece a few weeks ago when selling paintings in that art studio was superb.
- I’m not hypersensitive but I found Sam’s Peter Sellers-style bobbing-head fake Indian accent impression to be offensive. Since when the hell did such things become acceptable in the UK again ?! Since Jade, Jo and Danielle, I guess. Thank you very much Channel 4.
- The ever-so-posh jolly-hockey-sticks blonde woman is hilarious with her rehearsed put-downs of the other candidates. “….and frankly, she’s far too orange to be taken seriously”. Classic line.
- Battlestar Galactica ended with some head-scratchingly weird twists (“All Along The Watchtower” ?!)
- House and Hustle are both on at the same time, dammit. Well, fortunately that’s what recordable DVD/hard-disks were invented for.
- A sequel to “Wall Street” is in the pipeline, again starring Michael Douglas as Gordon Gekko but 20 years later. I think it’s going to be called “Money Never Sleeps”.
And last but definitely not least…..
The brand new series of the mighty “Two and A Half Men” started last Monday. Rejoice, there is a God.
=>”I’ll spank you without pants.”
Ohhh, matron…..
Katy — go stand in the naughty corner and, while you’re there, consider rephrasing that “threat”. Unless you meant what it actually sounded like, in which case I had no idea that PP had become such a den of vice in my absence.
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Ah, I nearly forgot. Anybody started reading the new Lord of The Rings book, “The Children of Hurin” ?
=>”I’m not hypersensitive but I found Sam’s”
Apologies, I think the guy’s called “Simon”. The incident happened when he was in the taxi sitting next to Tre.
They’re making a sequel to Wall Street? allright!
I am not a dominatrix!
The cat’s out of the bag Katy, no point denying it now.
Goddammit! I am extremely well behaved and you all know it, you bad boys.
Katy, I think you might enjoy engrish.com
cheers Sid, I found a bubble gum for our trolls!
Katy, me thinks you doth protest too much.:P
Sunny that link is disablist. Stand in the corner and wait for Katy to spank you.
Just 7 days and i’ll be back in Blighty…. Oooh can hardly contain my excitement.
Oh and Katy, i know Privacy laws might not be your area of expertise, but I need a lil’ help. Do I break any of British privacy laws if I reveal contents of a confidential email over a public domain website without expressed consent of the sender?
Vikrant,
=>”Do I break any of British privacy laws if I reveal contents of a confidential email over a public domain website without expressed consent of the sender?”
I can’t comment on the legal aspects but, ethically speaking, it would be a very crappy thing to do.
Sunny,
=>”They’re making a sequel to Wall Street? allright!”
Damn right. Here’s the link to the story on BBC News:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/6628101.stm
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Getting tickets for one of the impending Prince concerts seems to be pretty tricky, at least with regards to the weekend gigs. Goddammit !
Less than an hour to go to Eurovision; the highlight of the year.
“Take my advice, or I’ll spank you without pants”
Who will be without pants? Katy or the receivee?
Is ‘The Children of Hurin’ any good Jai? Did you catch ‘The Children of Quidsin by J.R.R. Tolkien, as told to Craig Brown’, in the last issue of Private Eye? Very funny.
Katy!
Things said in jest!
Anyway you can spank me anytime but you must use a boat paddle and I must wear a tarzan outfit.
I went for a bike ride with the little one. First she got tired, then she wanted to go further. Oh, decisions, decisions! I am upset about the murder of a colleague in West Mercia. Other than that I don’t care anymore! Or maybe I do! Then we played monopoly. I hate that game. But I was beaten by an under 10.
Buy the orange properties thats how I win.
A sequel to Wall Street sounds like a bad idea to me especially as Oliver Stone isn’t involved…
Hey Picklers time to hand over your cash, read this:
http://leongreen.wordpress.com/2007/05/12/afrikids-needs-you/
Then donate damn you!
I trust you accept Cameroon Francs Leon… The going exchange rate is 1200 to a quid…
okay bad joke.
Vik – it depends why it’s confidential.
Rumbold,
=>”Did you catch ‘The Children of Quidsin by J.R.R. Tolkien, as told to Craig Brown’, in the last issue of Private Eye? Very funny.”
I’m afraid not, although I can imagine the fun you can have with the concept.
=>”Is ‘The Children of Hurin’ any good Jai?”
I haven’t read it yet as I’m waiting for it to come out in paperback (takes up less space, easier to carry around). It’s received some good reviews although it’s meant to be darker in tone than the original LOTR trilogy — the story’s a tragedy.
Holy shit, God of War 2 is fucking amazing! Sunny what happened to the PP gaming clan anyway?
Wall Street 2: Money Never Sleeps won’t even have Charlie Sheen in it. Douglas is the main dude, and he is cool, but I fear this sequel could be so bad even tarnishes the original … bah !
I am not well. I have gastroenterthingy. Everything is spoilt.
How about rejoicing over Liz Jones finally seeing sense and dumping Nirpal Dhaliwal?
In today’s Guardian.
How about rejoicing over Liz Jones finally seeing sense and dumping Nirpal Dhaliwal?
The fool! Does she think she will find a better prospect?
Just to annoy you Brits, here is where I spent sunday:
http://www.alhamarentals.com/images/Bermejales%20refelection_600.jpg
Lovely place. Badly needs some rain.
How about rejoicing over Liz Jones finally seeing sense and dumping Nirpal Dhaliwal?
She’s treating herself to a retired racehorse.
It’ll give her unconditional love, it won’t do yoga, call her ‘Chubby’, leave its clothes on the floor or sleep with other women. And she won’t have to constantly massage its ego.
Sounds like a better prospect to me.
Bert
Do you know where Alicante is. That is where my sister lives. You know I have never bothered looking it up.
Katy
I have got some snuffles and sore throat. Think I got it in the rain.
It’s been raining like the clappers around here.
Is this a wind up?
That Liz Jones and Dhaliwal (hi mate!) saga was soooo expected that its rather lame of the Guardian to do a write-up on it… other than I guess a cheeky attempt to fill up some pages.
I was told as far back as last year they were just drawing out this whole thing for the publicity. Are you sad Graham?
Is this a wind up?
Can’t see any wind up
Sunny – Now there’s a surprise.
Gosh! And they were so subtle about it
Saw Wolves get defeated by West Brom at the Molineux in the play off first leg, we’ll chew them up and spit them out at the Hawthornes. Rest of the weekend — alcohol and in-laws.
Nirpal and Liz will both get another book deal out it.
Have you seen this clip of a BBC Panorama journalist losing it whilst filming a documentary on Scientology? Hilarious! The geezer loses the plot completely!
http://youtube.com/watch?v=hxqR5NPhtLI
The BBC trying to explain it, how embarassing
http://youtube.com/watch?v=WA5VsSF6FZA
It’s hilarious he goes crazy!
Mind you the Scientologists are a little creepy. But then, what religion isnt when you look at it in a certain way?
So I was interrupted once again by the bridge at tower hill opening up on my way to work, irritated that I had another familiar fag stop to deal with in my brand new tedious no smoking days when I had this thought, and seeing as I have no friends, feel like sharing it with you
There was a couple in front of me muttering their disgust at a young girl in front texting away instead of looking at the marvel of the bridge rising right before her, only if she cared to look up
Which made me wonder what I was, watching them watching her.
So here’s an analogy that might might appeal to you Picklers.
Pickled Politics observes those that judge others for the way they look at things
Ooh, a better way of saying that would be:
Pickled Politics observes those that look down on others for the way they see things
I I was 10 years younger I’d be on the phone to poor Nirpal suggesting that we hit the town so he could drown his sorrows.
This idea of celebrity couples only existing for the publicity is interesting though. Of course it has always happened – how many women was Rock Hudson linked with? But these days you wonder if any famous pair are just appearing together to get into the gossip pages.
My wife and I are a celebrity couple in our house.
Will someone for the love of pandering to attention seeking please acknowledge my Nirpal shaming wordplay?
“Pickled Politics observes those that look down on others for the way they see things”
I mean, please. I know it’s mad to quote yourself, but as I like to say: ‘Look at me’
West Brom eh Jagdeep?
You never should have sold Geoff Horsfield, one of the greatest strikers ever. You probably will still beat Wolves though, as they are pretty poor.
She’s treating herself to a retired racehorse.
It’ll give her unconditional love, it won’t do yoga, call her ‘Chubby’, leave its clothes on the floor or sleep with other women. And she won’t have to constantly massage its ego.
Sounds like a better prospect to me.
And it’s hung like a…racehorse.
Graham @ 46 – “poor Nirpal”?
Anas@ 51 – Well, I guessed that someone would say it (although it hadn’t crossed my mind until it was too late), but you weren’t the someone I’d envisaged
Jagdeep #39
Good job I don’t like football. Wolves are just a lost cause. Maybe some American billionaire should buy them up considering their history and get them transformed.
I saw the Panorama clip the other day on tv. Really enraged. It is claimed he was being called a pervert by a scientologist, still extreme though.
Well, I’ll be watching Panorama tonight. Not, admittedly with an open mind. If I had spent a significant amount of time with & around scientologists I’m pretty sure the voices in my head would sound like that rant, whether or not I let them out.
Of course, I never let the voices out these days.
Rumbold — I support Wolves mate!
Wolves just need a manager and owner who is going to keep them up for a sustained period. Wolves have become a yo-yo club, up and down, up and down. Need to entrench ourselves there. Easier said than done, but we can do it with vision and skill and determination.
You support Wolves? My apologies and condolences.
Who do you support Rumbold?
Halifax Town.
Proud holders of two records: Largest away loss in League history, and the only side to have been relegated from the League twice since automatic relegation was introduced.
Hey, cheer up, at least you call laugh at your Yorkshire rivals Leeds misfortunes!
I think that everyone is laughing at Leeds. I will cheer on Wolves in the second leg; that makes two of us.
Wolves won 3 titles in the 1950s, and we played in the early years of the European Cup, we beat Real Madrid, Spartak Moscow and Honved at the Molineux. Glory days.
Messed up blockquoting but you get the message!
Punjabi Wolves- catchy.
There are a lot of Indians who go the Wolves match, a fair few who go to West Brom, Coventry and Leicester too ie: local teams, however, there is an epidemic of glory hunter Indians who support Liverpool or Manchester Utd even though they come from places like Southall, Neasden, Coventry and Dudley!
That happens everywhere though Jagdeep. Many people end up supporting the team that they have seen on TV, unless they have just watched Chelsea.
evening all. We’re trying not to spam you too much, but we couldn’t resist chipping into the tragedy of Liz & Nirpal, via Observer Woman (still making me spit)
dollyxx
i saw the scientology docu last night. fascinating stuff. what scary, scary, scary people. and so clever. they’ve really thought this out well, they’ve covered every angle – it has such a perfectly *designed* look and feel to it. i’d almost admire them if they weren’t so scary. the bbc guy was clearly out of his depth, although the chap he interviewed on the roof during which the chief chappie arrived with the guy’s police record to rubbish him looked quite amused by the technique, which i suppose he must be used to by now. i was quite surprised when the chap gave him the “freedom of religion guaranteed by the constitution, you are insulting my faith” rant he didn’t answer with the “freedom of speech and therefore to insult religion if i see fit is also guaranteed by the constitution, this is a private meeting”. a particularly interesting bit was when all the celebrities (trained actors, remember) denied the stuff about xenu, the evil intergalactic warlord, hur hur hur. a perfect example of another lifted techique – inner “hidden” doctrines protected by professionally trained experts in taqqiyah, if that’s the word. and a particularly scary bit was when the bbc team were all hiding in the bathroom in order to get some privacy, with the scary chap yelling at them “you all right in there?” every five seconds. textbook brainwashing techniques and unbelievably aggressive. i personally recommend people watch the episode of “south park” which made isaac hayes leave the show. how terribly, terribly funny. that’s really the only thing you can do with these people other than avoid them like the plague. and listen to the song “a token of my extreme” on the frank zappa album “joe’s garage”.
don, i’d like to hear more about your experiences.
b’shalom
bananabrain
if anyone wants to watch the programme for the clip’s context, it’s here http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/programmes/panorama/default.stm for another week.
b’shalom
bananabrain
All night, I prayed. Someone would notice my genius spot of wordplay regarding tower bridge. I longed for a simple ‘very good kismet’ but no. No. You have unleashed an evil spirit within me. You’ll all be sorry. All of you
Re:52
Chairwoman, you think way too highly of me.
72: So did I.
Well Wolves were once voted the best team in the world, 1950’s. Also apperently the first football song was written by a Wolves supporter who was Elgar.
I have been told there is a plack put up to him on the Wolves ground.
Death to West Brom!
A Fatwa Upon Tony Mowbray!
Jagdeep- What happened? Will Mick be there next season?
Baggies won 1 – 0, go through 4 -2 on aggregate.
Mick will definitely be there next year. I think we can get close to the automatic promotion spots with him.
This is my ‘eternal football optimist’ personality speaking you understand.
I was looking forward to watching Henry, Gerrard and Rooney at the Molineux, oh well, next year for sure!
“This is my ‘eternal football optimist’ personality speaking you understand”
Nobody wants to dream of a mid-table finish. Beware though, last season Halifax only missed out on promotion to League Two thanks to a Hereford goal in extra time in the playoff final. This year, they only avoided relegation on the final day of the season.