It occurred to me this morning, hungover and looking for coffee, that I have never had a coffee from Starbucks. I am very proud of this. Quite an achievement. What have you managed to do, against the odds, in our horrible modern world?
PF I already did mine. It's up there. See?
Posted by Jimmy Big Nuts (Member # 895) on :
this thread is going to turn into an arena for bona fida bragging.
Posted by doc d (Member # 781) on :
avoided mcd's and the like for nigh on 5 years.
Posted by Jimmy Big Nuts (Member # 895) on :
I've never...uhh.. got a loyalty card?
Posted by ralph (Member # 773) on :
quote:Originally posted by Jimmy Big Nuts: this thread is going to turn into an arena for bona fida bragging.
decides not to post on this thread. for the good of tmo. and to avoid looking like a ****. moreso. Posted by doc d (Member # 781) on :
Christ, just looking at that could give you a coronary.
I've never been to nando's. And the only Smack Donalds I have eaten in about a decade was in the Ukraine, and therefore doesn't count.
Posted by MiscellaneousFiles (Member # 60) on :
I've never been to a gym.
Nor have I been to Scotland.
Posted by New Way Of Decay (Member # 106) on :
I have never worn crocs. Also, if I see someone in crocs, I look down on them.
Posted by Black Mask (Member # 185) on :
quote:Originally posted by MiscellaneousFiles: I've never been to a gym.
Nor have I been to Scotland.
Are these facts related?
Posted by Thorn Davis (Member # 65) on :
I've never been enough of a laughably stupid c**t to buy an MP3 player and have certainly never marked my self out as enough of a towering megac**t to buy an Ipod.
Posted by Black Mask (Member # 185) on :
If I see someone look down on someone in crocs, I look up to them.
Posted by Thorn Davis (Member # 65) on :
Also, I haven't worn denim jeans for about 16 years now, which is more then half my lifetime. I don't know if that is an achievement exactly.
Posted by Louche (Member # 450) on :
Scotland's nice, Misc. You should try it one day.
Posted by Black Mask (Member # 185) on :
No jeans! No iPod! What a dozy old **** you are, Grandad.
Posted by doc d (Member # 781) on :
quote:Originally posted by New Way Of Decay: I have never worn crocs. Also, if I see someone in crocs, I look down on them.
brraap!
Posted by Louche (Member # 450) on :
Thorn is exceptionally good at smug, isn't he?
Posted by New Way Of Decay (Member # 106) on :
What's smug about that? I too have boycotted jeans for about 10 years now. If I hadn't bought a pair just to appease my peers, I would have been a Jean-totaller all my life.
Posted by Louche (Member # 450) on :
It's just impossible to read a Thorn post without imagining him sneering.
Posted by Black Mask (Member # 185) on :
How can anyone not wear jeans?! That's just... it's SICK!
Posted by New Way Of Decay (Member # 106) on :
Can anyone try to be pro croc to help me understand the flip side of this social snubbing I'm performing?
What happened to the people from Friday's Child? The forums really hotting up and they've left because they couldn't handle the hectic pace. I bet McDirts wears crocs.
Posted by mart (Member # 32) on :
I did something a couple of days ago that I'm not sure how I feel about. It's either proper clever, or really fucking stupid. Or, er, y'know, neither and not that remarkable at all.
I resent having to spend what strikes me as quite a lot of money on razor blades. I use Gillete Sensor, and generally buy Tesco copy blades that fit on my Gillete handle. About, oh I don't know, three quid for eight blades. rather than a fiver for four Gillete's, or whatever they cost. Fucking rip off either way.
Last time I went to buy some, I couldn't see the ones that I knew would work, so I chanced it and bought some that turned out not to work.
So I then thought, hmmm, what about eBay? I bet they have some good deals. So I looked, and ended up buying 49 packs of unused Gillette Sensor blades (that's 245 razor blades) for 25 quid.
They arrived this morning:
So I reckon I have about five years' worth of cost-free shaving ahead of me. Pretty daft, right? Or a good bargain?
Posted by Black Mask (Member # 185) on :
I bet they think they're cultural freedom fighters, or something. Fucking weirdoes.
Posted by Louche (Member # 450) on :
Much loved ex-poster Chocolatebuns is a crocs wearer. I don't know if that swithers opinion in any way.
Posted by New Way Of Decay (Member # 106) on :
quote:Originally posted by Black Mask: How can anyone not wear jeans?! That's just... it's SICK!
It just never happened. Like pensioner virgin. Didn't like the feel of it. I don't know what Thorn's excuse is. 16 years. Jesus!
Posted by Louche (Member # 450) on :
What do you think he wears instead? Cords?
Posted by Black Mask (Member # 185) on :
Rohan leisure pants. Like GtG.
Posted by mart (Member # 32) on :
Slacks.
Posted by Jimmy Big Nuts (Member # 895) on :
it's a good image though. Sitting there, listening to Boston, in his cords, munching on a sandwich made by his wife. A gentle protest.
Posted by New Way Of Decay (Member # 106) on :
Souplol @ mart's clever razor purchase. I'm totally stoked at his manly and forward thinking, practical solution. I want to chuck his smooth cheeks and clank an ale goblet with him.
Posted by Thorn Davis (Member # 65) on :
I just... got bored with them. I'm specifically talking about blue and black denim here. I've worn trousers with like, a jeans cut to them. But there was a point when I was 15 when I just thought, "fuck this, all my clothes look the same as everyone else's" and stopped buying jeans. Now it doesn't even occur to me to look in the jeans section of the shop and I can't really picture myself wearing them without it seeming a bit odd. It's not like a single-gear-bike act of cultural terrorism. I just got bored of them.
Posted by Jimmy Big Nuts (Member # 895) on :
awww.
Posted by ralph (Member # 773) on :
quote:Originally posted by mart: Pretty daft, right? Or a good bargain?
Daft. You could die tomorrow and never use a single one of them. You'd feel pretty stupid then I bet. I never buy anything in bulk for fear that I might die and wind up wasting money.
Posted by mart (Member # 32) on :
Or I could decide to grow a beard.
edit: but if i die and waste the money, it won't matter, because i'm dead.
you have kids and wife and stuff, mind, so it's different for you.
[ 17.10.2008, 07:43: Message edited by: mart ]
Posted by ralph (Member # 773) on :
Now you're talking.
eta: Yeah...I'm mostly concerned about the wife and kids. Not about their financial well-being, but mainly I don't want my kids saying stuff like our dad was a **** for buying a bunch of razors and never living to use them.
[ 17.10.2008, 07:45: Message edited by: ralph ]
Posted by Jimmy Big Nuts (Member # 895) on :
[ 17.10.2008, 07:54: Message edited by: Jimmy Big Nuts ]
Posted by ralph (Member # 773) on :
quote:Originally posted by New Way Of Decay: What happened to the people from Friday's Child? The forums really hotting up and they've left because they couldn't handle the hectic pace. I bet McDirts wears crocs.
I don't know. I do know that McDirts is gone due to an undisclosed family emergency. I doubt he wears crocs though.
Posted by Thorn Davis (Member # 65) on :
quote:Originally posted by Louche: What do you think he wears instead? Cords?
See - that's it. It's this kind of collapse of imagination that puts me off. "I have to wear jeans because... because... what else is there?".
Anyway. Instead of jeans it's usually cargo pants or combats - nothing that you can't get in Next.
Posted by Ringo (Member # 47) on :
I pretty much always wear jeans. I've got cargo pants I wear for work, which were supplied by work, but I don't really like them as such. I don't think they really suit me. I've also got a really baggy pair of combats that I might put on over other trousers if it's really cold or I'm working on the car or something.
Posted by Louche (Member # 450) on :
Do you have those entertaining camoflage combats Thorn?
Posted by Jimmy Big Nuts (Member # 895) on :
I had both urban and desert camo combats for a while. I got the desert ones because I once saw the dude from EMF wearing them, who I liked, and I got the urban ones so I could be metal, like my pals from Machinehead, Biohazard, etc. I remember sitting in the university bar, aged 20, and I was wearing my desert ones, and I noticed that I looked like a total dick, so I never wore combats again.
Posted by New Way Of Decay (Member # 106) on :
quote:Originally posted by Jimmy Big Nuts: I looked like a total dick, so I never wore combats again.
Hasn't everyone done this though? I could describe a previous outfit I would have worn and it just makes me feel like a trmemdous hard-on.
Black PVC trousers, skin tight Lycra t-shirt, black Knitted mesh top to go over lycra t-shirt, black Doc marten boots, falling apart, holes all over them, held on by thick black knitted socks Fur coat, whte/brown Long black hair
:shudder:
Posted by Ringo (Member # 47) on :
My winter jacket is white and black snow-camo. I never totally understood that to be honest, having a snowboarding jacket which is meant to hide you in snow. Kinda asking for trouble really.
Posted by MiscellaneousFiles (Member # 60) on :
The makers of my deodourant of choice did the unthinkable last year and changed the blend. I tried a bottle of the new scent, but it was just wrong. Kellifer agreed, so she had a look on ebay and bought me 50 bottles of the old stuff for £40.
Bulk purchasing is amazing. Well done Mart!
Posted by Jimmy Big Nuts (Member # 895) on :
quote:Originally posted by New Way Of Decay: like a trmemdous hard-on.
Yeah, but normally it's in retrospect. I had the realisation - the horror - while I was wearing them.
Posted by Ringo (Member # 47) on :
People should really tell you when you look like a total pole though. Like those fuckawful shirts I used to wear. Why did nobody tell me!? Posted by Jimmy Big Nuts (Member # 895) on :
you seemed so proud.
Posted by Louche (Member # 450) on :
I liked your shirts, Ringo. They always seemed cheerful.
Posted by MiscellaneousFiles (Member # 60) on :
quote:Originally posted by Ringo: Like those fuckawful shirts I used to wear. Why did nobody tell me!?
You wore shirts that bad and still had your pick of the TMO vaginers. Can you imagine what would have happened if anyone had told you about the shirts? It would've been carnage. You mightn't've survived.
Posted by mart (Member # 32) on :
They suited you at the time, Ringo.
Posted by MiscellaneousFiles (Member # 60) on :
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[ 17.10.2008, 08:41: Message edited by: MiscellaneousFiles ]
Posted by mart (Member # 32) on :
Harlequin looks a bit like Damo in that last one -- the one with the rollneck diaster happening on Ringo.
Posted by Jimmy Big Nuts (Member # 895) on :
man, I look great.
Posted by mart (Member # 32) on :
Well, you're a great guy.
Posted by Jimmy Big Nuts (Member # 895) on :
I look it.
Posted by Ringo (Member # 47) on :
Lol. Christ.
It's ok. This is character building...
Posted by Jimmy Big Nuts (Member # 895) on :
we should have another meet.
Posted by Ringo (Member # 47) on :
Totally. I was thinking that the other day actually
Posted by Jimmy Big Nuts (Member # 895) on :
amazing!
Posted by New Way Of Decay (Member # 106) on :
look at your chin in the last one dude.
Posted by Jimmy Big Nuts (Member # 895) on :
not in that stupid spanish bar though. That place was too fucking small.
Posted by mart (Member # 32) on :
Where, then?
Posted by MiscellaneousFiles (Member # 60) on :
quote:Originally posted by Jimmy Big Nuts: we should have another meet.
Can it wait until I get a DSLR?
Posted by mart (Member # 32) on :
when's that happening?
Posted by Thorn Davis (Member # 65) on :
quote:Originally posted by Ringo: Lol. Christ.
It's ok. This is character building...
Pah! Don't take any guff from these swine. Have you ever been to a TMO meat with these people and thought 'man, these guys really know how to dress'? I didn't think so. Honestly, it's like a frickin school disco "Urrr look at his shirrrt! Shirty shirty shirt boy!"
Posted by New Way Of Decay (Member # 106) on :
Posted by MiscellaneousFiles (Member # 60) on :
quote:Originally posted by mart: when's that happening?
It depends when Thorn pays me.
[ 17.10.2008, 09:06: Message edited by: MiscellaneousFiles ]
Posted by Thorn Davis (Member # 65) on :
At least one of your cheques should arrive before the end of the weekend. I was told it was being sent a couple of days ago.
Posted by mart (Member # 32) on :
The ladies always look nice.
Posted by Jimmy Big Nuts (Member # 895) on :
smooth.
Posted by MiscellaneousFiles (Member # 60) on :
quote:Originally posted by Thorn Davis: At least one of your cheques should arrive before the end of the weekend. I was told it was being sent a couple of days ago.
But I've already spent that one on a new telly.
It's not a problem really. Sorry for nagging, boss.
Posted by Thorn Davis (Member # 65) on :
Dirty.
Posted by Thorn Davis (Member # 65) on :
quote:Originally posted by MiscellaneousFiles:
quote:Originally posted by Thorn Davis: At least one of your cheques should arrive before the end of the weekend. I was told it was being sent a couple of days ago.
But I've already spent that one on a new telly.
It's not a problem really. Sorry for nagging, boss.
No worries. The other one's coming from a bunch of crazy wops down in London so I'm not sure about that one, or what sort of state it'll be in when it arrives. Probably a suitcase full of bloodstained banknotes. Living Literature insert looked good btw.
Posted by MiscellaneousFiles (Member # 60) on :
ETA: Can I have a copy or two of each catalogue, please?
[ 20.10.2008, 04:34: Message edited by: MiscellaneousFiles ]
Posted by Abby (Member # 582) on :
I have never worn Crocs, but I do know someone who wears them a lot. From this I have learned, by proxy, that they are lightweight, comfortable, enable good airflow past the feet in summer and they float and are unharmed by water. For these reasons I intended to buy some for a boating trip I want on in the summer. However I was surprised and displeased to find they were retailing for thirty quid. This is for a 20g lump of expanded plastic which I’m sure costs 0.000001p to produce.
I’m pretty sure that a significant proportion of China’s economic expansion can be directly linked to the sale of Crocs, and actually when you think about it that has turned out to be handy for the rest of the world in terms of economy propping loans.
So. That is what I think about Crocs.
Posted by New Way Of Decay (Member # 106) on :
I'm sorry about that giant Chingo Kebab, earlier, but in my mind was the thought 'god that chin is so pointy you could.......stick a variety of meats on it and call it a shish. One photoshop later and it was uploaded before I knew what I was doing. Sorry Ringo. Sorry everyone.
Posted by Jimmy Big Nuts (Member # 895) on :
I don't get totally riled by crocs, but I get the feeling that most Londoners know better than to wear luminous plastic clogs in public. I don't see them much.
Posted by froopyscot (Member # 178) on :
rooster (I really need to find my login for this computer): I've never felt superior to people because of what they wear or eat or what establishments they frequent.
Up until last fall I had never used a port-o-potty, but I was at a festival all day while pregnant, so had to sadly break that trend.
I guess that isn't something avoided despite modern advances though because it wasn't like I was going in the woods instead...I was just holding it until getting home or to somewhere with nicer accommodations.
Posted by New Way Of Decay (Member # 106) on :
Your almost making out that judging people on their footwear is a bad thing, Roo.
Posted by doc d (Member # 781) on :
quote:Originally posted by mart: Harlequin looks a bit like Damo in that last one -- the one with the rollneck diaster happening on Ringo.
gee thanks buddy.
Posted by doc d (Member # 781) on :
quote:Originally posted by Jimmy Big Nuts: I don't get totally riled by crocs, but I get the feeling that most Londoners know better than to wear luminous plastic clogs in public. I don't see them much.
no the fuckers wear sandals. in all weathers. fuckers.
Posted by Jimmy Big Nuts (Member # 895) on :
yes, and flip flops. Twats.
Posted by doc d (Member # 781) on :
birkenstocks! wankers!
why do they all think that the streets want to see their feet?
WANKERS!
Posted by doc d (Member # 781) on :
so, yeah, meet soon? exposing our feets to the streets.
Posted by New Way Of Decay (Member # 106) on :
Sole meat.
Posted by doc d (Member # 781) on :
brother's gonna walk it out.
Posted by mart (Member # 32) on :
quote:Originally posted by doc d: gee thanks buddy.
It wasn't an insult.
Posted by mart (Member # 32) on :
But yeah. I'll bring my Clarks "active air" Ranch Drive specials down to those grimy London streets for a feetmeat.
Posted by doc d (Member # 781) on :
feetmeat. tasty!
Posted by herbs (Member # 101) on :
Feetmeet = trotters.
I have not one, but TWO pairs of crocs. One was a present, admittedly. First of all I thought I'd just wear them in the garden, but then they were so comfy I wore them to the local shop. Then the big shops. Before I knew it I was wearing them to work. I'm sorry.
Posted by MiscellaneousFiles (Member # 60) on :
You're on dangerous ground there herbs. A slippery slope, even. You'll be wearing a dressing gown and pearls to the shops before long...
Posted by New Way Of Decay (Member # 106) on :
quote:Originally posted by herbs: Feetmeet = trotters.
I have not one, but TWO pairs of crocs. One was a present, admittedly. First of all I thought I'd just wear them in the garden, but then they were so comfy I wore them to the local shop. Then the big shops. Before I knew it I was wearing them to work. I'm sorry.
Gutted
[ 17.10.2008, 16:21: Message edited by: New Way Of Decay ]
Posted by sabian (Member # 6) on :
quote:Originally posted by Abby: they were retailing for thirty quid.
They are US$30 in the States, but like most things when for sale in the UK, they take the number and just swap out the $ for the £.
Case in point, I just bought two pair of Nike 95's for $109 a pair. $218 + $20 shipping from home = $238 or roughly £117. Or, one pair here for £110
quote:Originally posted by Abby: I’m pretty sure that a significant proportion of China’s economic expansion can be directly linked to the sale of Crocs
Crocs are a product of Mexico actually.
And while I would NEVER wear them outside, they have become my house shoes and are incredibly comfortable, yet disgusting at the same time.
Posted by doc d (Member # 781) on :
mike judge makes commentary on crocs in idiocracy.
Posted by Lilo (Member # 8247) on :
quote:Originally posted by New Way Of Decay: What happened to the people from Friday's Child? The forums really hotting up and they've left because they couldn't handle the hectic pace. I bet McDirts wears crocs.
I've been I've been too busy for internets. I'm back now. I don't own Crocs. No one should own Crocs. They should not be allowed.
McDirts is more of a Birkenstock man.
[ 19.10.2008, 11:28: Message edited by: Lilo ]
Posted by Abby (Member # 582) on :
quote: Crocs are a product of Mexico actually
Really? The ones I saw definitely had a Made in China stamp - so they were FAKES selling for £30!