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The thing is. They're now going to get vague celebrity and interviews and get paid to go on TV entirely because they were so shit at sailing that they drifted into the wrong waters.
They are probably going to make tens of thousands of pounds JUST BECAUSE THEY ARE SHIT AT WHAT THEY DO.
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"Yeah, obviously there are always going to be people out there that who are bitter, yeah. But you know, you just rise above it. That's what life is. It throws you a challenge and you have to rise above it. And - you know - to those people that say 'All you did was get lost' - you know - I ask them 'What have you ever done?' It's just - it's pathetic actually. It really is pathetic. When you achieve something there's always going to be others - people who never achieve anything - trying to tear you down for that. There's actually a chapter about it in the book, which you can get from Penguin for £12.99 this Easter. It's called My Story"
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A lot of people have come up to me and said "Surely it is fairly simple to stay in the right part of the water as you have really expensive navigation equipment that shows you exactly where you are and you claim to be an experienced sailor so really you have no excuse to have drifted into Iranian waters?" and to save more people coming up to me and asking the same question I'd like to give the same explanation now that I give to them and that simple explanation is "Fuck you buddy. Fuck you you fucking **** . Fuck your mother, fuck your father, fuck your entire family you fucking arsebandit"Posts: 4934
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I hate Valentine's Day. Stupid commercialised crap
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quote:Originally posted by Ringo: There's nothing worse than bitter seamen
(there, I did it)
LOL! I got a pun! Hah.
Actually I think they look like nice well-brought-up boys.
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I hate Valentine's Day. Stupid commercialised crap
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quote:Originally posted by froopyscot: What's the purpose of a "regular rear light" then? Riding backwards?
Umm. The flexible-attachment ones don't count as proper lights, for some reason best know to the police. To count as proper bike lights they have to have a fixed bracket. I think because the vibration of riding can make them move. Or something. I don't know. I just know they don't count as lights for the purposes of policemen.
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But then you couldn't remove them easily to swap between bikes, or protect them from theft (determined thieves)...the very flexibility which is their defining characteristic would be lost! I feel passionately that this law is unjust! I shall have a campaign...I will be crazy bike light lady, it'll be fun....
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I'm alright, enjoying a coffee. Did you know abby that my eye twitch is still present? Imagine that. it's quite annoying. Also, abby - I'm going away this weekend! All that talk of 'needing to get out the city' and I'm finally doing it. A weekend in devon. I have bought boots / socks / coat specifically to go for a trot on the moors. I'm hoping it'll be the break I need. Might be going to some kind of devon film festival on the friday night. Great stuff.
Anyway, apart from the eye, I'm fine I suppose. Hope you're okay too, Abby. Feels like the weekend alright, lol. Maybe I'll just watch Sealab 2021 for the rest of the day.
I better get back to work - these emails about the annual pantomime being accused of pandering to PC because they aren't singing carols aren't going to snigger at themselves, right?
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hey there, just to let you know that we're fine now - it's been quite a whirlwind of press and bollockings and hugs and sympathy sex, but we're finally on our way home, a little bit wiser and a little bit thinner. Just wanted to thank you personally, benway, for being strong for us. you really can't imagine what a difference it makes to have that kind of support. It was pretty scary being interrogated by the iranians. Jonty flipped out and started telling his whole life story, like that kid in the goonies. Lol. Anyway, catch you later yeahPosts: 3821
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I know you weren't asking me but I'm mostly feeling alright. My stomach pains disappeared the evening after the interview which would suggest that they were stress related although I didn't really feel stressed but I guess it could just be that I don't really recognise when I'm feeling stressed? Who knows? So I haven't bothered to register with a doctor or anything like that.
I'm feeling a little bit of sickness at the moment but I think that is just because I haven't eaten anything today. I shall go across to the cafeteria in a minute to see what delights they have.
We have people over for dinner tonight and really i'd rather just sit around doing nothing but I'm having to be sociable which is rubbish.
This weekend I'm going out for a meal for a friend's birthday on Saturday and have my sister and her boyfriend visiting on Sunday. I thought this would leave Saturday daytime free for doing nothing but Kate now wants to go and visit her mum on Saturday in the daytime so that means 2 hours in a car and having to make uncomfortable smalltalk with her father.
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quote:Originally posted by Cherry In Hove: having to make uncomfortable smalltalk with her father.
How are you unable to only have smalltalk with him? It's not like you're trapped in a lift with a stranger. You knocked his daughter up fer chrissakes. He should be inviting you into the tool shed to see his latest wood carving and insisting, insisting he gets you a 'just a small' glass of his best port.
Unless he's already got grandchildren then he doesn't have to do any of that shit with you and you're lucky he even looks at you.
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Hello...other than being hungover I am still feeling fairly glum. I think I will be wallowing for the foreseeable future.
I am also very hungry due to lack of breakfast...thinking of sneaking out to the noodle bar across the road for something warm and filling (fnar), which will have the added benefit of avoiding having to talk to anyone over lunch. The bad news is that I forgot to bring a book with me today....how will I resolve this conundrum? Find out later...
Have an excellent time in Devon - you could visit my mum... If I told you where she lived, which I'm not going to. My favourite bit of Dartmoor is the old granite mine on Haytor, which lends itself very well to tromping about and exploring. Here is a very badly put together website about it... http://www.9fairfield.eclipse.co.uk/haytor/fmatextrac.htm
This weekend I am planning on sleeping as much as possible, then doing some work. Then getting drunk and watching many episodes of a random glossy American TV drama.
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Well, he's not actually her dad. He's just married to her mother. He doesn't really have any interests at all and doesn't do anything other than go to the local pub so we have very little to talk about. I don't think he really likes children so he won't be interested in Amelie and what she's been up to. Generally we sit there drinking coffee in tense silence with the TV on and he'll hand me the remote and say "You choose what we watch now" and I feel like it is some sort of test and he wants to see what I'm going to put on.
I generally only watch cookery shows and comedy on TV and as it is going to be afternoon the comedy will consist of awful things like My Family or some other unwatchable shit. He has no interest in cooking and so I don't really feel I can put the cooking channel on so I end up trying to think what he would like to watch and finding American Chopper or something like that which I have no real interest in but isn't actually offensive and we'll sit there while he talks to me about motorbikes and how amazing the one they are building is and I'll nod and making appreciative noises but not really have anything to add.
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you should have thought about that before you went runnin your mouth. See, Tommy doesn't like it when his friends start talkin. Makes him nervous. And Tommy doesn't like being nervous. He starts looking over his shoulder, not feeling safe in his own bed. Sits awake all night, holding that watch of his. Turning it round and round in his hand. Round and round. Round and round. Worries himself to death. But, me. No, that's a different story, son. I like it when Tommy gets nervous. It's what I live for. Shall I tell you why? Because that's when I get paid. You're doing me a favour.
quote:Originally posted by Thorn Davis: Knocking someone's daughter up out of wedlock doesn't automatically make them well disposed to you though. Sometimes it can do the opposite.
Of course it does! Look, that dude isn't even Kate's dad and he lets Cherry put whatever he wants to watch on. Now that's respect.
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