What makes you grin? Antidote to grumpy thread

[KruJoe]

TRIGGERZ NEW VIDZ R ACE

 

Also, Michael Fish just announced on Radio 4 that the storm has come back to bite him: A tree has fallen from his garden onto his neighbour's garage!

[Cavcraft]

OMG I feel famous. That Polish bloke Mr B quoted on the eBay thread (the resident shit offer manager of Facebook car sales) has placed a tender on my Transit.

 

Naturally it's a shit offer, not a good one.

[Jim Bell]

I know that fallout from Cock&ballsGate has just started to die down,

 

But...

 

I have just noticed that the gap between the wings on the eagle in my avatar, looks like a little yellow cock and balls.

[RedSparrow]

Keep up son, we're discussing dog shit now.
No, really.

[dollywobbler]

Some great chod buying going on here on Autoshite at the moment. I like very much.

 

Also, spotted a Daihatsu Sirion in the same mustard yellow as mine in the town I'm currently staying in earlier. Mine is better though as it has a rear spoiler.

[Mr Lobster]

I've decided I need to get my arse in gear and make a bit of time to do some stuff on the R4. Sorted out extra lights in the garage and spent a very pleasing couple of hours doing a bit of derusting and painting and feeling rather pleased with myself.

 

Plus, the beer fridge is in the garage.

[RedSparrow]

This is nice. No stupid stickys and the special needs area is working out well.

[dollywobbler]

Aye. I was a bit cynical about it (despite appearances) but think it is working. Lovely to have content straight away, as my Bookmark takes me straight to the pure AutoShite page. The View New Content button is available to see across all forums.

[MrDuke]

While giving Mrs_Duke's new car a thorough clean (the first it's had in at least 3 years, despite the previous owner having 2 dogs and living on a farm), I found just under £8.

 

In coppers.

[overrun]

While giving Mrs_Duke's new car a thorough clean (the first it's had in at least 3 years, despite the previous owner having 2 dogs and living on a farm), I found just under £8.

 

In coppers.

 

Were their bodies in the boot?

[alf892]

BBC 4 now!

[overrun]

Discovered 'Continuous Input' on my phone.

[Jim Bell]

Discovered 'Continuous Input' on my phone.

 

I have no idea what that means.

[overrun]

I have no idea what that means.

 

FAO: Galaxy owners only. Apple may offer this function in around five years time. #4nwarz

[SambaS]

Had to phone a customer for directions  the other day as I was driving in a different town... she says: "there's a red sporty kind of car parked outside, it's my neighbours".

 

I though to myself, "silly woman it's probably an Audi TT or something, why cant she just say what it is..."

 

Anyways when I got there - fair do's to her.

 

It was a Javelin, and I don't mean a Jowett.

 

Random interwebz pic of offender:

 

[daveb47]

What the fuck??

 

[tooSavvy]

I suffer 'range anxiety'...... my darling 7yr old Gdaughter cannot travel 35miles/40 mins without VIOLENT CHUNDERS!

 

To her excellent credit.... the bin-liner bag is helmed with aplomb & no splashes have contaminated my leather.

 

FYI.... 40 mins on a luxury air transfer coach = bag 'o chunder. So not my car/driver

 

tooSavvy

[Cavcraft]

Hehe, isn't that Javelin the actual Satsuma Castanet Fanny Magnet car from Viz?

 

Making me grin today was proving that making offers for things before you've seen them can backfire:

I was made an offer on my motor via the Internet. I told them to up it by £25 and we had a deal. Anyhow they turned up this morning 20 minutes late and knowing I was pushed for time. Then they promptly said their original offer was the price and when told different blamed his wife and offered me their first price. For the sake of £25 and going back on a gentleman's agreement he's gone home empty handed. Must have been a 50 mile round trip at least, but that's his problem, not mine.

[MrDuke]

Were their bodies in the boot?

 

I wish the boot was big enough for a body. I think you'd struggle to get a dwarf in there without dismemberment. To add to the fun, I discovered today that the rear seat catches won't disengage (they feel worryingly floppy, so probably broken) so I can't even fold them down. Obviously, I discovered this while trying to fit a large object into the car, 10 miles from home.

 

All in all though, I'm quite liking it. Not enough to want one myself, mind.

[vulgalour]

Suspension components have been collected to be dismantled by SOMEBODY ELSE.  This is a good thing as refurbishment has also been offered saving me much time, effort and swears.  Cost of service?  Free.  I love my other half, he might actually be gunning for Better Half status at this rate.

[saucedoctor]

Explaining the Rule Of Nine to my mate's kid, who just got his first car and is mad keen to get on the spanners.

[wuvvum]

Just passed 5,000 posts.  Obv. I'm miles behind the likes of Trig, Cavette and Bo11ox, but made me do a grin nonetheless.

[trigger]

Just passed 5,000 posts.  Obv. I'm miles behind the likes of Trig, Cavette and Bo11ox, but made me do a grin nonetheless.

 

Yes but the difference between you and me wuvvuw is that your posts have been of 99% quality content...

[vulgalour]

What's the rule of nine?

 

I have no idea.  Google reckons it's something to do with percentage of body burnt.  Maybe it's actually the Rule of Nein:

 

I'm just going to add this spoiler NEIN

What if I just undo this bit NEIN

Can I put these shit alloys on? NEIN

Spoiler on the bo.. NEIN

HalforNEIN NEIN NEIN

[Tayne]

Yes but the difference between you and me wuvvuw is that your posts have been of 99% quality content...

 

Yeah Trig.

 

Nobody likes your OAP-chod spots, retro-road-tests, well-executed cheapo body repairs and restos of obscure asian tat.

[trigger]

True, I do feel that I probably post more shite on here then I should some times but I think we are all guilty of that at times!

[cort16]

How many cars per post does that work out as over the same time period wuvvum?

[Des]

What's the rule of nine?

It's the one that doesn't work on Ford ohv.

[wuvvum]

How many cars per post does that work out as over the same time period wuvvum?

 

At a rough guess, probably 0.05.  I'm no Bickle, alas.

[wuvvum]

True, I do feel that I probably post more shite on here then I should some times but I think we are all guilty of that at times!

 

Yep, I've posted my share of bo11ox on here over the years.