What makes you grin? Antidote to grumpy thread

[Pillock]

On that basis, it definitely still isn't!

Really? She's worth a bullseye in my book.(Except I'd miss and get her right in the double top).

[Cheggers]

To me it looks like an elephant squatting down on top of an X5.

The same car my darling wife described as looking like a lurcher taking a shit

[Guest]

That darts lass looks alright if you ask me, if she worked at the newsagents on the counter you'd be hoping to get her and not the old geezer who owns the place.

[dollywobbler]

That darts lass looks alright if you ask me, if she worked at the newsagents on the counter you'd be hoping to get her and not the old geezer who owns the place.

Fair point - and she's also much more attractive than a BMW X6. Though that's not really a compliment.

[michiel]

Great pickup line!

[Guest]

I'm totally undecided on those X6s. They're bloody ugly, but they kind of look like a weird military vehicle from the future, they remind me of a Humvee or something.

 

 

Imagine a bashed-up one with big steel wheels in some flat colour and a big gun on the roof, seems almost appealing.

[Monkey_boy]

If the X6 came with a big gun on the top it would be a decent motor. As it doesn't it just looks like a badly cut bit of cheese.

[Pillock]

If the X6 came with a big gun on the top it would be a decent motor. As it doesn't it just looks like a badly cut bit of cheese.

You want a BMW to come with a big gun?? These are drivers that are almost always harbouring pent-up agression yet can't operate the indicators or fog lamp switches correctly. I would rather not give them a gun TBH....

[RedSparrow]

That darts lass looks alright if you ask me, if she worked at the newsagents on the counter you'd be hoping to get her and not the old geezer who owns the place.

Yeah but it would be a bit of a dilemma because you would feel ashamed buying a working lunch consisting of a pasty, McCoys crisps, a king size mars bar and a bottle of Panda pops from her - you'd have to get a Nutri-grain or something so as to appear civilised. The old geezer wouldn't judge though, so daily star purchase would also be an option.

[Guest]

The main problem with attractive till girls is that they only ever surface when you're buying a Fray Bentos pie, a packet of maximum-strength paracetamol, a bottle of anti-dandruff shampoo and a selection of Hot Wheels cars.

[mattblack]

Was watching a clip of 'Threads' (1984 drama about a nuclear attack on Britain, VERY hard hitting at the time) on Youtube earlier... O/H walked into the room, watched a bit and asked, dead pan, "Did they mean to make it so depressing?" Quick as you like, I replied "Well, they did think of doing it music hall style, with a bloke tap dancing in front of the mushroom cloud, and maybe a little dog in a sparkly costume..."

[Tayne]

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[retrogeezer]

[FredTransit]

Was watching a clip of 'Threads' (1984 drama about a nuclear attack on Britain, VERY hard hitting at the time) on Youtube earlier... O/H walked into the room, watched a bit and asked, dead pan, "Did they mean to make it so depressing?" Quick as you like, I replied "Well, they did think of doing it music hall style, with a bloke tap dancing in front of the mushroom cloud, and maybe a little dog in a sparkly costume..."

:lol: Proper funny!I remember Threads. It was filmed in Sheffield, on the Manor Estate, just as they were knocking it down. I knew it well, and it was a bit sad to see it going up in smoke on the telly, I was backwards and forwards between Sheffield and London at the time, put it into perspective a bit....

[Pete-M]

[michiel]

What? That looks pretty real - not the graphics of the game, but the controller etc. I'd like a virtual shower game next please, so I don't have to get wet anymore.

[Conrad D. Conelrad]

Threads is an awesome film. Lots of quality shite too. Everyone should see it.

[Guest]

Threads is incredibly grim, but great! I like all the shots of 80s Sheffield including the (sadly now gone) Tinsley cooling towers. And the panicked neighbours with a load of rubbish lashed onto the roof of their brown Ital Estate.

[Guest]

This raised a quiet chuckle.

 

At work we've got an Intranet system which has news - repair work, organised Christmas parties, Mayor's Charity stuff, social workers, all that business.

 

Now, there's an event going on for young people who are leaving care, namely a cooking competition. They're asking for volunteers to mentor these kids, help them plan their meal, get them off on the right foot, all that.

 

So I go on the Intranet and the headline is Care Leavers' Cook Off.

 

Someone must be having a laugh there, surely. I mean, apart from me.

[Pillock]

Reminds me.Our IT plebs redesigned our intranet, seemingly in their lunchbreak with a copy of Microsoft Frontpage. It went from boring but usable, to horribly laid out with no design features at all. All the headlines were just bunched together and there was no distinction of where one headline stopped and another started.So I was amused by the front page reading:SWINE FLU LATEST25,000 CUSTOMERS SAVEDI mean, I know we flog electricals but who'd have though we'd be into medicine too?

[The Reverend Bluejeans]

Train journeys. I needed to collect a shitter from Scunthorpe, so went by train. Got to my local station one down from Nottingham. Train arrived bang on time, Robin Hood line run this one and it's nice and clean. Arrived at Worksop bang on time, nice old fashioned station in nice nick. Got off, went into the cafe which was excellent and pretty cheap. next train arrived a minute early, got on it and off it went to Retford station which was nothing short of immaculate. The train arrived on time, off I hopped and went into the well heated waiting room. Next train was to Scunny, again bang on time.The whole thing took about 90 mins and cost £19. Train travel is a bit pricey at times but 19 quid to get there was fuck all in the great scheme of things - and it's come a long way since the bad old days of British Rail.

[ChinaTom]

Train journeys. I needed to collect a shitter from Scunthorpe, so went by train. Got to my local station one down from Nottingham. Train arrived bang on time, Robin Hood line run this one and it's nice and clean. Arrived at Worksop bang on time, nice old fashioned station in nice nick. Got off, went into the cafe which was excellent and pretty cheap. next train arrived a minute early, got on it and off it went to Retford station which was nothing short of immaculate. The train arrived on time, off I hopped and went into the well heated waiting room. Next train was to Scunny, again bang on time.The whole thing took about 90 mins and cost £19. Train travel is a bit pricey at times but 19 quid to get there was fuck all in the great scheme of things - and it's come a long way since the bad old days of British Rail.

Thoroughly agree. Both my UK cars required train journeys to pick up and it was a thoroughly good day out. I went from P'boro to Buxton for the Jag; and from Norwich to Thorpe le Soken for the BMW. The latter would have been £6 had I remembered to bring the scrap of paper with the code on it from the online purchase. Instead i had to buy a new ticket from the machine at Norwich station. Bought a 1st class ticket by accident (still only £26 though) and felt a tad conspicuous on the last leg which was a single carriage with the 4 first class row seats separated from the other identical seats by a perspex panel. For 7 minutes! Final treat of the journey was a ride on an ancient double decker due to a station being shut for some reason. Probably not so much fun if you have to get up too early to commute on packed intercities though.

[dollywobbler]

Or when someone jumps onto the track as happened in London last night...My mate was caught up in the complete chaos than ensued, along with Stephen Fry apparently...He makes me smile before anyone complains about this lack of smilyness. Just bought another of his books.

[Richard]

Threads is incredibly grim, but great! I like all the shots of 80s Sheffield including the (sadly now gone) Tinsley cooling towers. And the panicked neighbours with a load of rubbish lashed onto the roof of their brown Ital Estate.

Some Threads chod

 

 

 

 

 

 

[RedSparrow]

This 'Threads' thing looks ace.Can one purchase it on DVD?

[whitevanman]

I've got it on AVI format for the computers or suitable DVD players if anyone wants a copy

[myglaren]

Threads is brilliant, very grim but a superb production.

 

Amazon have it for £5.98.

[retrogeezer]

I've got it on AVI format for the computers or suitable DVD players if anyone wants a copy

Yes please, I don't think I've ever seen it!

[Milford Cubicle]

I watched it on Google videos

http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid ... 427111488#

[ChinaTom]

Bakers & Larner in Holt are now stocking Shrewsbury biscuits!! So, with half their stock now in my cupboard, I sit here watching Ice Truckers with a pile of said biscuits dunking them in a bowl of hot semolina.Everything is OK with the worldDon't knock it till you try it.