What makes you grin? Antidote to grumpy thread

[Sham]

17 hours ago, DavieW said:

Not sure if it was a dog walker or dog groomer's van I saw  last week with the name "Fairy Dogmother".

Was this in Norfolk? My other half is friends with her if so. She's fit, like really, but is as much of a struggle to tolerate as the business name makes her sound.

 

There are about a hundred businesses with the same name around the country according to Google, presumably they all think its original and funny.

[DavieW]

1 hour ago, Sham said:

Was this in Norfolk? My other half is friends with her if so. She's fit, like really, but is as much of a struggle to tolerate as the business name makes her sound.

 

There are about a hundred businesses with the same name around the country according to Google, presumably they all think its original and funny.

No, this one was in Grangemouth. Never saw the driver to see if she was fit though.

[UltraWomble]

18 hours ago, New POD said:

Completed

Easy to let them get out of control - Ive a lemon conifer - supposed to be a dwarf but the fecking thing is about 15 foot tall now in the front garden - Ive bought a chainsaw and once the wasps have died ( its got a bloody great nest in it) I shall be setting too and cutting the bugger down.

[Dyslexic Viking]

I have long known about the small Norwegian fishing boats that went from Norway to Shetland during the war. But have now learned about a slightly unknown story several Norwegians traveled from the south coast of Norway to the UK and often Scotland in boats as in the picture below during the war. How insanely big balls do you have to have to do something like this?

Picture is a real one taken during the war by Norwegians who have crossed the North Sea and arrived in the UK in a typical boat type that was used.

[Saabnut]

Somewhere I have several books on this which I bought in Lerwick Books on port calls in pre internet days, including one called "The Shetland Bus". True heros. They are of course in English but I will see if I can find them (I may already have given them away) but if I find them I will bring them to Norway next trip and post them to you from there if you would be interested.

Also, send me an email address and I will send you an electronic copy of a book on the DS Rogaland (still in Stavanger) in Norwegian written by a late good friend, again if it is of any interest.

[Dyslexic Viking]

8 minutes ago, Saabnut said:

Somewhere I have several books on this which I bought in Lerwick Books on port calls in pre internet days, including one called "The Shetland Bus". True heros. They are of course in English but I will see if I can find them (I may already have given them away) but if I find them I will bring them to Norway next trip and post them to you from there if you would be interested.

Also, send me an email address and I will send you an electronic copy of a book on the DS Rogaland (still in Stavanger) in Norwegian written by a late good friend, again if it is of any interest.

Thank you, that is a very nice offer. But I struggle a bit with books due to my dyslexia, so shorter and simpler reading is best for me unfortunately. I have managed to work my way through some books, but it is a bit demanding.

But I have googled DS Rogaland and there is some information and stories online which I will read as it has been unknown to me until now.

[Bren]

My eldest had his term timetable sent out.

Blank as fuck.

[iainrcz]

My Mrs is dancing around and squeaking trying to stand on a massive spider 🤣

[High Jetter]

24 minutes ago, iainrcz said:

My Mrs is dancing around and squeaking trying to stand on a massive spider 🤣

She wants to stand on it? Is she thinking cheap transport?

[somewhatfoolish]

Leave the bloody thing alone; I ignore spiders and they ignore me.

[Popsicle]

2 hours ago, Bren said:

My eldest had his term timetable sent out.

Blank as fuck.

Daughter no.2's second year at uni timetable has come through, Mondays 0800-2000, with one 15 minute break in a 12 hour day, then just 1 hour to do on Tuesday, Wednesday off, normal days Thursday & Friday. You'd think the highly educated, while not living in the real world eejits could organise something a bit more manageable.

[New POD]

1 hour ago, Popsicle said:

Daughter no.2's second year at uni timetable has come through, Mondays 0800-2000, with one 15 minute break in a 12 hour day, then just 1 hour to do on Tuesday, Wednesday off, normal days Thursday & Friday. You'd think the highly educated, while not living in the real world eejits could organise something a bit more manageable.

Some years ago when I was working for Lucas, who were funding various research via the corporate department I worked in, I was offered, via A professor of Engineering, and my boss, the opportunity to do some paid evening lecturing on the subject areas, we were funding research on.  

It all fell through because the full time students ganged together via their student council, and put a case about student safety and female students having to walk home *late in the night.  

I'm sure that there's some way that 2 or more students could complain and get that changed. 

 

[Metal Guru]

1 hour ago, Popsicle said:

Daughter no.2's second year at uni timetable has come through, Mondays 0800-2000, with one 15 minute break in a 12 hour day, then just 1 hour to do on Tuesday, Wednesday off, normal days Thursday & Friday. You'd think the highly educated, while not living in the real world eejits could organise something a bit more manageable.

Just getting them used to working on zero hours contracts.

[hairnet]

Hang on......

This isn't southport

[TheOtherStu]

20 hours ago, Sham said:

There are about a hundred businesses with the same name around the country according to Google, presumably they all think its original and funny.

Our local one is the "Furry Dogmother". There seem to be a few of those about too.

[iainrcz]

13 hours ago, High Jetter said:

She wants to stand on it? Is she thinking cheap transport?

Well she is a Hobbit.

12 hours ago, somewhatfoolish said:

Leave the bloody thing alone; I ignore spiders and they ignore me.

That's what I said, but for some reason she seemed convinced this particular spider had a personal vendetta against her and would come in the night and whisk her away to parts unknown.

[hairnet]

Are we nearly there yet 

[Matty]

42 minutes ago, hairnet said:

Are we nearly there yet 

Where you off now?

[DSdriver]

1 hour ago, iainrcz said:

Well she is a Hobbit.

That's what I said, but for some reason she seemed convinced this particular spider had a personal vendetta against her and would come in the night and whisk her away to parts unknown.

When I asked a lady friend why she wasn't spooked by spiders after she just picked one up and put it out the window she said "I went to an all-girls boarding school, you didn't dare show fear"

[somewhatfoolish]

1 hour ago, iainrcz said:

Well she is a Hobbit.

That's what I said, but for some reason she seemed convinced this particular spider had a personal vendetta against her and would come in the night and whisk her away to parts unknown.

They don't do that, they just wait until you're asleep, crawl into your piehole and get swallowed. 😁

[Bren]

Given that it costs circa £40k to keep somebody in Prison I am surprised government have'nt spun the escape from Wandsworth as great value for the tax payer.

[DavieW]

Love the way she's holding his knob.......

https://www.facebook.com/marketplace/item/211763008556394/

 

[richardmorris]

4 hours ago, DSdriver said:

When I asked a lady friend why she wasn't spooked by spiders after she just picked one up and put it out the window she said "I went to an all-girls boarding school, you didn't dare show fear"

My sister has an illogical approach to spiders. Black or brown ones that seem to materialise in the bath she can’t cope with, but the ones she comes across in Belize and Borneo as a rainforest entomologist are apparently fine - large, green or red kneed. 
The Australian huntsman are in another league though - I’ve seen videos of them fighting rats!

 

 

[Popsicle]

7 hours ago, somewhatfoolish said:

They don't do that, they just wait until you're asleep, crawl into your piehole and get swallowed. 😁

I thought they drank the fluid in your eyes first. 🤢

[Popsicle]

19 hours ago, New POD said:

I'm sure that there's some way that 2 or more students could complain and get that changed. 

They're kicking off like fook already, whatsapp groups on fire, I'm pretty sure it will be changed as they've all said they won't do it.

[Black_GT]

I thought the ULEZ coming in would be the end of interesting cars near me... but in the last week on my housing estate have appeared a rusty C-reg BMW and a Corrado! Although it looks like the ULEZ is the least of the BMW's worries...

[myglaren]

16 hours ago, richardmorris said:

My sister has an illogical approach to spiders. Black or brown ones that seem to materialise in the bath she can’t cope with, but the ones she comes across in Belize and Borneo as a rainforest entomologist are apparently fine - large, green or red kneed. 
The Australian huntsman are in another league though - I’ve seen videos of them fighting rats!

 

 

My youngest son had a 'tarantula', forget the proper name but it was dubbed Rosie.  Never a problem until he had it out one day and a friend of my eldest daughter called in.

The spider started rubbing its back with a pair of legs and the friend rushed out screaming.

Apparently the spider took a dislike to something and the rubbing with the legs release hairs into the air, its defence mechanism, the hairs were like nettle stings and caused an asthma attack.

[hairnet]

22 hours ago, Matty said:

Where you off now?

Not Kent

took 5 hours cos CbP

A road woulda too another two hours from Toronto

was doing 140 kmh in a 100 zone and it still took ages interstate was still only 65 (still 140)

Watkins glen and cny at Cortland later

[hairnet]

I tried to pay the toll

I'm gonna get ripped by Alamo now but I don't car - think the toll is less than 2 bucks each way but I'll get done 5 bucks a day off Alamo then whatever they charge to process

 

dont care I'm on holiday

 

massive bag of m and ms to be bought later ( this is USA it'll be the size of a Buick)  :D

[Wack]

Just flicking through some Facebook ads when I saw some shoes for sale , size 3 so if you see a 6ft woman with a very short body look down