The grumpy thread

[dugong]

Urrghh, I'm feeling a bit groggy from over eating again.

 

Big breakfast yesterday, went to the village fete and had a hot dog and two burgers then fancied a flapjack, then ate a sponge cake,bakewell slice and a cheesecake.

 

Then had dinner on southwold pier which was a massive chicken and chorizo risotto and then ate a load of flapjacks walking the dog on the beach

 

Just say no!

Have you tried not having diarrhoea? It's quite pleasant.

[fordperv]

How many pikeys are there in Tamworth, popped a lad from work on home visit earlier and saw a bugger load of travellers on a field looked like quite a bit of rubbish around, one of them had a white 4 door car sized porsche monstrosity to pull their caravan

[daveb47]

Fuck i must be bored,just spent 20 minutes chasing a fly round my computor screen with my mouse pointer........

[Tamworthbay]

How many pikeys are there in Tamworth, popped a lad from work on home visit earlier and saw a bugger load of travellers on a field looked like quite a bit of rubbish around, one of them had a white 4 door car sized porsche monstrosity to pull their caravan

. Usually none, the locals have a habit of getting into 'turf wars' with them. Whereabouts were they?

[barefoot]

Went to a VW show at the weekend.

As usual there were the usual noisy, drunken revellers and on this occasion there was a bloke, (an elderly, decent bloke) who got out of his van

and told them to shut up or he'd call security - it was 01:30.

The following morning he'd only had his tyres slashed!

Tyre slashing at a car show?

That is completely beyond the bounds of anything I have ever experienced.

Fortunately the hard core VW folk rallied round and donated their spare wheels for chap's journey home and identified a bloke who'd come on his own in a black/red T4 & who had left the show mid afternoon (when security started taking an interest in the damaged van).

Sadly* for our suspect, every van entering the show is photographed - people buy pictures of their own vehicles!

Before long, this bloke will find a picture of his van on many, many VW and other enthusiast websites including this one.

I am certain that someone, somewhere will know the car, the bloke, a copper friend, whatever.

This fucker needs hunting down and banning from every motoring event in the country.

[fordperv]

. Usually none, the locals have a habit of getting into 'turf wars' with them. Whereabouts were they?

I don't know Tamworth very well at all mate, they weren't a million miles away from an asda

[The Moog]

Missus Moog has lost her house keys whilst out walking the dogs.  Not end of the world as had to go home and break in.  Bad thing is that it has got her only civic key on it.

 

Without it we have a car sitting on the driveway that cant be moved without a key.

[Bucketeer]

Urrghh, I'm feeling a bit groggy from over eating again.

 

 

I had always thought that the title above your avatar was a self-appointed one but I'm now beginning to believe that you truly are the World Biscuit Eating Champion.

If that is true, do you know where the next championships are and do you have any advice for an up and coming amateur who feels he is ready to step up to the big time? I believe that after much intensive training I have what it takes to be a contender.

Also, do the governing body of the Biscuit And Wafer Biscuit Annual Games recognise Jaffa Cakes as they are my best apparatus.

[Dave_Q]

I don't know what the official BAWBAG stance is on Jaffa Cakes, but unfortunately there is legal precedent from the case of HM Govt. vs United Biscuits in a VAT tribunal in 1981, where Jaffa Cakes were declared to be cakes rather than biscuits.

 

http://www.pensionsworld.co.uk/article/points-law-taking-biscuit

[anonymous user]

For once I agree with HMRC, when Jaffa Cakes, which are soft, go stale they go hard, like a cake does; if a biscuit, which is normally hard, goes stale, it goes soft. I wonder if this is how they made the decision, probably not because it's bleeding obvious.

[Richard]

Jaffa Cakes go in the biscuit tin and are found on the biscuit aisle in supermarkets, therefore they are biscuits.

[Bucketeer]

I've never had Jaffa Cakes long enough to see what they do when they go stale. I find it hard enough to hold off eating them until I get them out of the box. Asda Smart Price use the tastiest cardboard.

I used to have a designated Jaffa Cake eating park bench on the route home from the supermarket. When I die from type 2 diabetes or choking on Jaffa Cake packaging I want a plaque on that bench.

[Rocket88]

Urrghh, I'm feeling a bit groggy from over eating again.

 

Big breakfast yesterday, went to the village fete and had a hot dog and two burgers then fancied a flapjack, then ate a sponge cake,bakewell slice and a cheesecake.

 

Then had dinner on southwold pier which was a massive chicken and chorizo risotto and then ate a load of flapjacks walking the dog on the beach

 

Just say no!

 

 

Mr Creosote..................

[fairkens]

For once I agree with HMRC, when Jaffa Cakes, which are soft, go stale they go hard, like a cake does; if a biscuit, which is normally hard, goes stale, it goes soft. I wonder if this is how they made the decision, probably not because it's bleeding obvious.

You agree with the court/mcvities, HMRC argued the opposite. The court used the same reasoning.

 

There are similar riveting cases on Pringles- are the really crisps? And I think those marshmallow teacakes beloved of the jocks

[Cavcraft]

Went to get the back box for my 405 and managed to put my van into 3rd at a rondabout instead of first. Almost managed to burn the clutch out and now I've bollocksed the gear selector up instead. Had first, second and fifth now have third and fourth!

 

Obvs it's not a common Vauxhall problem at all. Never been heard of before.

[eddyramrod]

Telly:

 

Football

Tennis

Soaps

Politics

Big Brother

 

 

FUCK OFF WITH ALL THAT SHIT!

[anonymous user]

Telly:

 

Football

Tennis

Soaps

Politics

Big Brother

 

 

FUCK OFF WITH ALL THAT SHIT!

Do as I have and switch it off, I'm still working my way through the 40 or so Agatha Christie books I bought the other day in a charity shop for a fiver. It's a pleasure to read such politically incorrect, snobbish, old fashioned books.

[AlabamaShrimp]

Telly:

 

Football

Tennis

Soaps

Politics

Big Brother

 

 

FUCK OFF WITH ALL THAT SHIT!

PS4 or other console of your choice can save you from endless hours of TV shit!

[Richard]

Telly:

 

Football

Tennis

Soaps

Politics

Big Brother

 

 

FUCK OFF WITH ALL THAT SHIT!

[HH-R]

Game of fucking Thrones can piss right off, too.

[Cavcraft]

I've never watched Game of Thrones but as the majority of people who bang on about it seem like the kind of sweaty nerds who probably dress like Vikings and play war games on boards and the Internet when they're in their 50s I have no intention of finding out what it's like

[Richard]

I have literally no idea what Game of Thrones is, other than that it's some sort of TV series.

[HH-R]

Same, I'm sick of hearing about it and seeing shitty in jokes that mean nothing to me posted on facebook.

 

Mind, you could replace the telly in the free your mind picture with a facebook logo and the point would still stand.

[dave21478]

Just need the Queen to die now to really fuck telly up for the summer.

 

I quite like game of thrones though, but the rabid fanbase shitting up reddit, youtube and everything else with their comments and theories can FROAD.

[myglaren]

For once I agree with HMRC, when Jaffa Cakes, which are soft, go stale they go hard, like a cake does; if a biscuit, which is normally hard, goes stale, it goes soft. I wonder if this is how they made the decision, probably not because it's bleeding obvious.

I think the reason for the dispute was that cakes are VAT free while biscuits aren't - or something of that nature.

[fairkens]

Cake is food, biscuits are confectionary

[eddyramrod]

Do as I have and switch it off, I'm still working my way through the 40 or so Agatha Christie books I bought the other day in a charity shop for a fiver. It's a pleasure to read such politically incorrect, snobbish, old fashioned books.

Good call on the Christies!  See also PG Wodehouse.  Meanwhile I just spend inordinate amounts of time on the internet talking rubbish about old cars...

 

Oh and I've never seen Game of Thrones either.

[Parky]

You agree with the court/mcvities, HMRC argued the opposite. The court used the same reasoning.

There are similar riveting cases on Pringles- are the really crisps? And I think those marshmallow teacakes beloved of the jocks

Remember Penguin vs Puffin?

 

http://www.campaignlive.co.uk/article/60455/penguin-forces-asda-redesign#

 

I remember the QC in that case arguing that consumers wouldn't be confused between them as "everyone knows they live at different poles of the planet". Because your average person is well up with the preferred habitat of sea birds aren't they?

 

Biscuits. If nothing else, a great subject for a massively expensive court case

[bramz7]

It's official, my ZX needs a new starter motor.

[chaseracer]

Have you tried a jaffa cake instead?