What makes you grin? Antidote to grumpy thread

[Guest Leonard Hatred]

Suffolk must be pretty shite if a terrible, terrible band tops a poll of iconic images.

More likely the result of some facebook campaign mind you.

[dollywobbler]

Yeah, who'd go around fixing an internet poll? That'd be like making a Maestro the best modified car or something. Oh, hold on...

[pompei]

Whoops, sorry for my pearoast

[Cavcraft]

Just spent a highly amusing couple of hours handing some e-Conan his arse on a plate. The fact that I didn't need to make him look a complete fucking idiot (because he managed it himself) didn't spoil the enjoyment.

[Minimad5]

and

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lgwF8mdQwlw

 

 

Well in Billy, no doubt he deserved it

[Negative Creep]

 

 

Works for me as well

[Station]

 

Excellent! I had a pair of headphones that stopped working in one ear tonight. Having disassembling the connectors and resoldering, it was still the same. I took a pair of scissors to the lot and put it in the bin. Used an old pair as a replacement, and found the problem was the extension wire. BASTARD! This was after my 3 year old mouse broke as well on the same day.

 

Just spent a highly amusing couple of hours handing some e-Conan his arse on a plate. The fact that I didn't need to make him look a complete fucking idiot (because he managed it himself) didn't spoil the enjoyment.

 

What happened?

[Cheggers]

http://cashforgold.blogspot.com/2010/12/funny-cash4gold-letter-recieved-by-mr.html

 

Made me laugh like a drain

[Cavcraft]

Station: Some gobshite went all keyboard Conan so I started giving it to him back. He then went a bit radio and started making all kinds of weird and wonderful comments, totally random stuff, and then he played his e-loaded card and twatting on about how rich he was and how ace his poxy Audi is. Meanwhile someone else jumped in to the thread, did an HPi on said gobshite's car and a) he didn't actually own it and it wasn't even what he said it was. That's when things started hotting up a bit and the fucking moron started going all 'fuk u prik' and 'u down no nuffin' on my ass.

[chaseracer]

Station: Some gobshite went all keyboard Conan so I started giving it to him back. He then went a bit radio and started making all kinds of weird and wonderful comments, totally random stuff, and then he played his e-loaded card and twatting on about how rich he was and how ace his poxy Audi is. Meanwhile someone else jumped in to the thread, did an HPi on said gobshite's car and a) he didn't actually own it and it wasn't even what he said it was. That's when things started hotting up a bit and the fucking moron started going all 'fuk u prik' and 'u down no nuffin' on my ass.

Excellent work, sir. Linky, please - I could do with a chuckle...

[Negative Creep]

Boss mentioning he was arranging shifts until the end of the month. Since I have no idea when my employment will end this is certainly a positive sign, especially as 75% of the temps have already been let go. If, and that's still a pretty big if, I'm employed until the end of the month I'll be able to start job hunting in Plymouth as I'll have enough for a flat deposit.

[Guest Leonard Hatred]

[seth]

Ickle_Seth (5 1/2) started a topic on materials at school and wants to take some things in to show her class. So I dug out the small vial of mercury to show her and quite fancy sending her in with that. And perhaps some lead wheel weights. And a set of asbestos filled brake pads. I'd just love to be fly on the wall in the classroom as she pulled them out of her bag....

[CIH]

Ickle_Seth (5 1/2) started a topic on materials at school and wants to take some things in to show her class. So I dug out the small vial of mercury to show her and quite fancy sending her in with that. And perhaps some lead wheel weights. And a set of asbestos filled brake pads. I'd just love to be fly on the wall in the classroom as she pulled them out of her bag....

 

I imagine that would result in a quick visit from SWAT. Through your window. With assault rifles.

[M'coli]

Don't forget a small jar of toluene/xylene based celly thinners!

[autofive]

maybe a couple of gas mantles too

[CIH]

I could loan some Bufsol tyre solvent.

[wuvvum]

Just popped up to Tesco's for some milk and a pizza and parked next to a very tidy H-reg 305 van. Not seen one of those on the road in ages. Made my evening.

[cobblers]

About half 3 I was sat in the MX5 parked at the side of the road waiting for someone, and 3 lads maybe 12/13 ish come walking home from school past me.

I hear the first one go "MATE LOOK AT THAT CAR ITS ONE OF THEM NEW SMART CARS ITS PROPER MINT IVE SEEN IT BEFORE, ITS REYT FAST SOUNDS LIKE A SUBARU" or something along those lines (its really not fast and unless he heard it 3 months ago on the drive home when it needed a new set of HT leads, it doesn't sound anything like any subaru I've ever heard.).

The second lad replies "SHUT UP RYAN YOU FUCKING IDIOT, ITS A LOTUS"

Third lad agrees and they wander off laughing at Ryan for talking bollocks.

 

If they were taking the piss it would have been absolute comedy genius.

[Negative Creep]

When I had the 120Y a group of kids walked past and one shouted "wow! Check out that mark 2 Escort!"

[CIH]

In Manchester the neighbours had a kid who would always ask me to articulate the pop-up headlights on my Silvia.

[Negative Creep]

They still make me smile mildly on the MR2, although unlike my S13 or MX5 there appears to be no way to raise them without turning dipped beam on

 

 

 

Also

 

http://www.theregister.co.uk/2011/01/06 ... e_outrage/

[Lord Sterling]

When I had the 120Y a group of kids walked past and one shouted "wow! Check out that mark 2 Escort!"

 

That reminds me, a couple of years ago when I had my Rover 827Si I drove through the Waterfront at Merry Hill before the meat market was due to party, 3 lad in thier mid 20s were walking by, one of them shouts LOOK, ITS 1 OF THEM ROWVA TOMCATS!

[dollywobbler]

I remember with my first 2CV being parked up in one of the shittier parts of Birmingham and two little council house kids came and jump on the rear bumper, shouting IS DIS A BEETLE MATE? I drove off, purely to demonstrate that the engine was at the front and it isn't therefore a Beetle and nothing at all to do with the joy of seeing them fall off...

[myglaren]

I remember with my first 2CV being parked up in one of the shittier parts of Birmingham and two little council house kids came and jump on the rear bumper, shouting IS DIS A BEETLE MATE? I drove off, purely to demonstrate that the engine was at the front and it isn't therefore a Beetle and nothing at all to do with the joy of seeing them fall off...

 

Was down at our Citroen dealer yesterday buying a MAF and looking at cars for my eldest and saw a dersh the twin of yours, F-reg.

No photo as I was oblivious to the fact that I had the phone and the P'nS in the car :slap:

[Rocket88]

Any Australians on here.............................?

[dollywobbler]

Any Australians on here.............................?

 

I'm not one for rubbing it in (especially as our team is usually crap) but t'is a very pleasing result. Nicely played lads! Wish I'd been able to watch some of it.

[messerschmitt owner]

Any Australians on here.............................?

coming on here, slagging the poor Aussies - it's just not cricket, you know!!!

[cms206]

THE CALENDAR HAS ARRIVED!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!1!ONE!!!!!ELEVEN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

Already put it up on the wall, the hovel from which I type this drivel has been improved immeasurably by it's presence.

 

 

In other news, last night has seen me solve a previous spot - I now know where a C-reg E28 I'd got a shite photo of previously lives - and found another three to track down, all Fords... a B-reg Orion Ghia, an E-reg Escort 1.4LX and an L-reg Orion...

 

... although I do find my spottings improve somewhat when I'm out in my mate's 205 rather than the Mondeo...

[seth]

Ickle_Seth has returned from school, materials intact. Her bits of brass, aluminium, nylon and cast iron bars and rubber and hardwood were appreciated. I don't know if she mentioned seeing the mercury to them.