What makes you grin? Antidote to grumpy thread

[Cavcraft]

My missus has got a dog pram, so she can take him into shops. Not on my watch, she doesn't.

 

 

[paulplom]

Surely the whole point taking a dog out is to exercise it?

[MrDuke]

Not so much with bulldogs, exercise tends to make them keel over with massive coronaries. Yay for inbreeding! 

[Cavcraft]

4 hours ago, paulplom said:

Surely the whole point taking a dog out is to exercise it?

 

It is, or it should be. It's so she can take him in shops with her as she doesn't like leaving him at home by himself. 

[xtriple]

I'm contemplating getting one for Phoebe! She can't walk far anymore and so misses out. But I couldn't push one further than she can walk so it would be an excercise in utter futility!

[anonymous user]

1 hour ago, xtriple said:

I'm contemplating getting one for Phoebe! She can't walk far anymore and so misses out. But I couldn't push one further than she can walk so it would be an excercise in utter futility!

Get a small cart for you and Phoebe and use Chester to pull it.

[paulplom]

2 hours ago, Cavcraft said:

 

It is, or it should be. It's so she can take him in shops with her as she doesn't like leaving him at home by himself. 

I meant the dude in the photo

[HillmanImp]

6 hours ago, paulplom said:

Surely the whole point taking a dog out is to exercise it?

Reminds me of that episode of All creatures Great and Small where the rich lady with the fat dog was told to walk it more and they came round to check up on it and the butler was walking it round the grounds by carrying it on a cushion.

[Tadhg Tiogar]

15 minutes ago, HillmanImp said:

Reminds me of that episode of All creatures Great and Small where the rich lady with the fat dog was told to walk it more and they came round to check up on it and the butler was walking it round the grounds by carrying it on a cushion.

The dog was called Tricki-Woo

#uselesstrivia

[twosmoke300]

Owned by Mrs Pumprey and had trouble with an impacted anal gland iirc . 
Guess whose books I used to read as a kid ?

[quicksilver]

@dollywobbler spoke to me through my cat's arse this morning It was very surreal to walk in and hear his dulcet tones until I realised he (the cat, not DW) was sitting on my phone, completely hidden by his fat belly, and had managed to hit the play button on a YouTube notification!

[DVee8]

We are having a long weekend in the land of volvo, in Dumfries and Galloway. No1 son looking around Whilst complaining he is bored spots the original Italian job on dvd. We are now feet u, beer on the table,educating the kids in Michael Caine..

[myglaren]

[Tadhg Tiogar]

18 minutes ago, myglaren said:

That is excellent. A companion for Roundabouts of Britain.

Meanwhile, am just after discovering that Ruislip still has this:

 

[somewhatfoolish]

I got the shits from eating in a Wimpy in (I think) 1988; I've boycotted them since.

[cobblers]

I had a wimpy at a bowling alley when I was 9 and that one services on the M1 that had one 14 years ago when I was drunk and had been awake on aeroplanes for 32 hours previous. Both positive experiences.

[Tadhg Tiogar]

31 minutes ago, cobblers said:

I had a wimpy at a bowling alley when I was 9 and that one services on the M1 that had one 14 years ago when I was drunk and had been awake on aeroplanes for 32 hours previous. Both positive experiences.

There's another one in Hornchurch. I'm amazed that these joints somehow grimly hang on. 

[Tayne]

Watching The Crown on Netflix.

Princess Anne is barely in it but at one point is seen driving up to Buckingham Palace.

Thats right, it was a Scimitar.

[wuvvum]

Ooh, did Princess Anne have a Scimitar?  I never knew that!

[captain_70s]

I went to a Wimpy in Dumfries circa 2011. It was weird.

[cobblers]

Wow, the Wimpy in the run down bowling alley in the middle of a Rotherham housing estate is still going. Madness.

[anonymous user]

There is still a Wimpy at Coney Beach in Porthcawl

[Cavcraft]

On a similar nore, the Burger King in Chester ahs finally closed. How it stayed open as long as it did is a total mystery. The place was an absolute shit hole, c/w ripped benches etc and you'd be lucky if you ever saw anyone in there ever.

[myglaren]

When the Wimpy opened in Whitby in around 1963 it was the place to go.

Loved their ice cream floats, the lemonade was very lemony.

Also discovered the joys of adding salt to a bottle of Coke, as did the rest of the table.

[Tadhg Tiogar]

2 hours ago, Cavcraft said:

On a similar nore, the Burger King in Chester ahs finally closed. How it stayed open as long as it did is a total mystery. The place was an absolute shit hole....you'd be lucky if you ever saw anyone in there ever.

The same might be said of Aberdeen/Angus Steakhouse restaurants....

[cobblers]

3 hours ago, Cavcraft said:

On a similar nore, the Burger King in Chester ahs finally closed. How it stayed open as long as it did is a total mystery. The place was an absolute shit hole, c/w ripped benches etc and you'd be lucky if you ever saw anyone in there ever.

There's a Burger King in Chesterfield, and it's literally just an old Little Chef with a Burger King sign on. All the interior still has little chef seats, carpets and decoration etc. It's rough as arsehole. It's a shame cos I do like a whopper now and again.

 

[Snipes]

There's  a Wimpy in Farnborough. I was in the area for work last autumn and recently went back for a weekend and the a Wimpy is still there.

[steveo3002]

wimpy at lakside thurrock too

[Datsuncog]

Did a quick Google Street View search and I'm devastated to discover that the Wimpy on Blatchington Rd in Hove now appears to have transmogrified into a KFC.

Bet they don't give you proper crockery and metal cutlery...

[Sir Chocolate Teapot]

Was undecided where to put this , grin or grump, but this ties on with mr wimpy So here it goes.

Is there an internation salad shortage, especially in the lettuce market ?.

Has someone famous written a book on how to make a business profitable by keeping a keen eye on material costs.

Are Cowboys taking over the fast food market.

These and many other theories went round my head at lunchtime today.

I had the misfortune of having no choice but an Old Wild West restaurant  in torino today. My first visit and my last. I give you my plate as it arrived.

 

And they say the Mediterranean diet is healthy.

Just why bother. I feel an email to top sheriff is in order.

I am going to write a best seller.

Working title so far.

Feeding the 5000 on one lettuce, your profits will go sky high.

Or

Green on the plate gives healthy image and healthy profits, all it takes is a postage stamp sized portion.

The chips were shit also.