I actually did think and know about that but thought how many bubbles would a few squeezes of Fairy Platinum produce? Enough to produce a sud mound the same size as the washing machine it seems is the answerOriginally Posted by Glamdring
At one point I thought I had produced a new life form
When I first took my wife to the US (I had spent a few years in NYC, she had never crossed the pond) we stopped at a hotel where the bath was also a jacuzzi...
She wanted a bubble bath. She sure got one
I will always remember how horrified she looked when she realised the extent of the white monster she had created.
It took us 3 hours to clean... I don’t think I’ve laughed so much since.
'Against stupidity, the gods themselves struggle in vain' - Schiller.
My current favourite buzzword bingo gambit involves inserting the acronym for a German quango, GIZ, as often as possible but pronouncing it as jizz. I notice that everybody else spells out the initials and once I get bored with my version I think I'll switch to spelling them out in German - Gay Eee Tsett.
In the Sotadic Zone, apparently.
I don't understand the attraction of cabriolets/convertibles. At all. Why would you want to breath in all the crap that is in the air and endure the outside noise, when you can sit in a nice enclosed air-conditioned & air-filtered cabin with a glass roof?
I love the sound of rain.
J
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Finally submitted my Chartership application today - it's only taken me 6 years to fill in the forms......
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Reminds me that I still haven't filled the Breitling Emergency ownership-change form from four years ago.
Someone who lies about the little things will lie about the big things too.
You forgot to mention that it also messes the hear up. On the upside, there is nothing more hilarious than a huge birds sh1t exploding on the windscreen and showering your mates on the backseat or being stuck in the traffic behind a fully loaded refuse collection truck while ferrying your date..
Fas est ab hoste doceri
It turns out that it’s possible to make a half decent job of trimming a beard using a pair of tin snips.
Don't just do something, sit there. - TNH
Bought my first new phone ever 2 weeks ago (all the rest have been 2nd hand, mostly Sales Corner iphones!) - iPhone X
Bought a case (an Apple one, leather. lovely) and a £35 flexi glass super screen protector. Never normally bother with either.
Managed to totally break the screen on Saturday night, and chip the edge of the glass-edged phone - no idea how. Didn't do much damage to the protector or case though....
Ive got a craving for a chicken and mushroom pot noodle.
I can touch my nose with my tongue, always assumed I had a long tongue, wife reckons I have a big nose
We'll be the judge of that. Pictures.
I’ve just come across Cleo Rocos. My, she’s become very grand in her old age.
In the Sotadic Zone, apparently.
There's an image I'm not going to be able to shake off in a hurry.
I once shat myself walking home from the local Indian restaurant. Tried running but lost it 10 yards from my front door.
Fnarr, Fnarr.
Steady on; otherwise it would have made it to the Reasons to be Cheerful thread.
(Congratulations on sneaking in the Brent phone reference BTW)
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In the Sotadic Zone, apparently.
Once accidently brushed my teeth with haemorrhoid cream - made my gums recede
FTFY
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I'm pleased to announce I'm currently not dead. I survived a bout of urosepsis, for which I was admitted on Wednesday and released today, having been given a lot of some of the strongest antibiotics available. Weak a kitten but home.
Good news! (The former, not the latter.) Rest up.
Best wishes,
Bob
Wishing for a speedy recovery.
Someone who lies about the little things will lie about the big things too.
Good news always welcomed 🤗 chance to wear a heavy weight diver/bracelet on each wrist to get some gentle exercise
One shouldn’t underestimate the comic value of a waitress with a plate of hot food in the canteen of the French embassy calling out for soixante-neuf. Here indignant response when somebody suggested they were hoping for a soixante-dix-Neuf was even funnier.
In the Sotadic Zone, apparently.
I managed to inadvertently tip over a tub of tooth powder this morning; it looks like we've had Michael Gove in our bathroom overnight!
In the Sotadic Zone, apparently.
I've just made a post that is broadly supportive of a watch brand I dislike intensely.
Must be the cold weather!
______
Jim.
I quite like some lagers.
Started out with nothing. Still have most of it left.
Neil from the Young Ones is making his University Challenge comeback right now.
I've just spent around twenty minutes trying to work out whether contractions in English count as one word or two.
I always used to wonder that in the context of pay-per-word adverts. And what about hyphenated words!?
One.
One.
Pah! We need a return to the telex machine where you paid per character, even for spaces.
In the Sotadic Zone, apparently.
I saw a passenger aircraft flying overhead earlier.
Don't just do something, sit there. - TNH
I’m interviewing somebody tomorrow morning* having just finished watching the 2nd series of Broadchurch. I really must try to avoid referring to the candidate as the suspect...
*Arab week and all that.
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In the Sotadic Zone, apparently.
I used "If 1 = 1" to give me extra lines in early 4GL code.
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Were you paid by the line?
We were limited to 30 lines per procedure. It was in 1988 so early days of 4GL languages. Using the 1=1 hack gave us up to 90 embedded commands in 30 lines instead of just 30.
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Whilst attempting to type 'moth to flame' in the Only Three Words thread it initially autocorrected to 'mouth to flange'
That's what happens when you just accept those biscuit thingys- obvs remembered a recent search
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A few years ago we had the builders in our old house. I wanted my money's worth so I was feeding them double espressos all day. All the guys were having 3-4 doubles per day and loving it.
The same builder started in our new house today. We've moved out for a few weeks but popped over at lunch to check in on them.
This is the first thing I saw in the kitchen. Poor guy says he can't work without it now and takes it to every job. Can't stop laughing.
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A visiting American colleague came back fresh from the barber yesterday and was keen to get my opinion on his new tonsure (I'm contemplating a visit to the same establishment as I wasn't able to get to my Berlin barber over Easter). I couldn't resist the opportunity to put on my very best Sir Humphrey Appleby voice and congratulated him on his very courageous choice. The cultural reference obviously whooshed straight over his head but, nevertheless, the look on his face was priceless.
In the Sotadic Zone, apparently.
That reminded me of a quote best suited to another topic, in a different sub forum: "They have a right to be ignorant. Knowledge only means complicity in guilt; ignorance has a certain dignity."
'Against stupidity, the gods themselves struggle in vain' - Schiller.
I like that.
In the Sotadic Zone, apparently.
I can beat that, I've got part way through filling in the forms a few times, never bothered to finish the job. I've been eligable since 1995!
Back on the subject of random disclosures, I've never owned a pair of wellies that don't give me blisters.
Just saying.
Someone who lies about the little things will lie about the big things too.
There is a spider on my ceiling, loitering close to my seat location. I wish it would go away.
The phrase "built for comfort, not for speed" comes from the 1959 song "Built For Comfort" written by Willie Dixon, who also wrote a lot of other songs you may have heard of.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_o...y_Willie_Dixon
Voltage gated ion channels. Nature's transistor invented a few billion years before we got there.
Humans. Not as clever as we think we are.
There are too many houseplants in our small lounge.
Soon I will have to drop a particularly acidic fart and kill a few off.
I like plants but it’s too busy in here.
Regards
V
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