Signature dilemma

pottssteve

It used to be:

"Get a bicycle; you'll not regret it if you live".

then I changed to:

"My Mummy says I'm Specialized"

then

"Work to live, live to ride, ride to work".

I've now changed it to ""Soixante-neuf", as they say in France", after Duffers said it tonight.

However, I was toying with, "I'm a perfectioniste".


What do you reckon, or am I wasting your time? Feel free to make as many rude and vindictive suggestions as you wish...

redddraggon

We should all have something Willhub related

pottssteve

redddraggon wrote:

We should all have something Willhub related

Example...?

dbb

pottssteve wrote:

redddraggon wrote:

We should all have something Willhub related

Example...?

"i'm not going to work at Macdonalds!"

pottssteve

I'm thinking,
"In His Will is our peace"...

redvee

Isn't the french thing a bit of a mouthfull :oops:

trickeyja

"I'm a perfectioniste" is cheesy and makes me cringe :!:
I don't get the 69 thing unless it's some kind of innuendo... :oops:
Nothing Franglais please

Sirius631

pottssteve wrote:

"Get a bicycle; you'll not regret it if you live".

Preaching to the choir.

"My Mummy says I'm Specialized"

Doesn't work for supporters of other brands. :?:

"Work to live, live to ride, ride to work".

Aw, I was going to nick that one.

I've now changed it to ""Soixante-neuf", as they say in France", after Duffers said it tonight.

I can care less what Duffers says.

However, I was toying with, "I'm a perfectioniste".

As twee as door chimes.

I don't think it matters. Just go with what you're happy with.

Sirius631

Having read someone else's signature about Beer, God and being happy, and being a wine drinking atheist, I've finally come up with my own tag line. I hope you like.

Sirius631

OK, that is sensorship! Is anyone really upset by the word'pi$$' such that the system is set up to automatically change it to wee-wee?

robmanic1

Sirius631 wrote:

OK, that is sensorship! Is anyone really upset by the word'pi$$' such that the system is set up to automatically change it to wee-wee?

I'd be upset if a saw the word "piss"

Sirius631

Robmanic1 wrote:

Sirius631 wrote:

OK, that is sensorship! Is anyone really upset by the word'pi$$' such that the system is set up to automatically change it to wee-wee?

I'd be upset if a saw the word "wee-wee"

Sorry, man, that's not my doing.

heavymental

I'm just thinking out loud here but how come alcohol is treated like some harmless, comforting vice that everyone can safely enjoy whereas smoking is considered purely poor for your health these days? Is it all down to the government banning tobacco advertising and slapping health warnings all over packets of fags?

I'm a bit sensitive to this at the moment after recent issues with an alcoholic but it makes me cringe when I see people joking about the fact they drink a lot. Not something to be proud of in my experience.

Sirius631

Heavymental wrote:

I'm just thinking out loud here but how come alcohol is treated like some harmless, comforting vice that everyone can safely enjoy whereas smoking is considered purely poor for your health these days? Is it all down to the government banning tobacco advertising and slapping health warnings all over packets of fags?

I'm a bit sensitive to this at the moment after recent issues with an alcoholic but it makes me cringe when I see people joking about the fact they drink a lot. Not something to be proud of in my experience.

Alcohol can be enjoyed, harmlessly, in moderation, without impacting on the welfare of those partaking or others. You either have to abuse it or do something stupid for it to have negative consequences.

Smoking, on the otherhand, is all bad, even if it is enjoyable to the smoker.

heavymental

Sirius631 wrote:

Alcohol can be enjoyed, harmlessly, in moderation, without impacting on the welfare of those partaking or others. You either have to abuse it or do something stupid for it to have negative consequences.

Well, I dunno. Government health guidelines are only for a few units each week aren't they? I was struck by how few drinks the recommended units consumed equates to.

I'm not against drinking as such by the way. Just a bit worried about how close people seem to be to having a problem whilst still regarding it as a safe part of their everyday life.

STEFANOS4784

Heavymental wrote:

Sirius631 wrote:

Alcohol can be enjoyed, harmlessly, in moderation, without impacting on the welfare of those partaking or others. You either have to abuse it or do something stupid for it to have negative consequences.

Well, I dunno. Government health guidelines are only for a few units each week aren't they? I was struck by how few drinks the recommended units consumed equates to.

+1, 1 Pint can of stella equates to more than the 'recommended daily intake'. What are people supposed to do? It's just a rediculous thing, we're all adults we should be trusted to make our own decisions :?

pottssteve

Guys,
By some definitions "alcoholism" can be defined not by how much you drink but how dependent you are on it. For example, if you have one drink a day, you can be classed as an alcoholic. Likewise, if you can't stop at one, if you need it to relax or sleep, or even if you think about drinking alcohol and have to exert self control not to, you show a level of dependence. Alcohol is calorific, is toxic, and dehydrates you. It does affect other people, but in a different way to cigarette smoke; ask the relatives of a drinker...

STEFANOS4784

But what if, like me, when you've got money you tend to go out a lot and drink but when the cash is gone tuff. I suppose i'm just a binge drinker :P

STEFANOS4784

P.s let's face it, people,generally, don't purely drink because they enjoy the taste otherwise the non alcoholic beers etc would be a lot more popular. IMO beer doesn't tast particularly nice :?

pottssteve

Stefano,
I actually do drink primarily for the taste! The trouble is that the alcohol free stuff tastes like chemicals...

STEFANOS4784

Fair enough :? Personally if i wanted a drink and was not planning on going out or whatever it would have to be tea or water 8)

nasahapley

Heavymental wrote:

Sirius631 wrote:

Alcohol can be enjoyed, harmlessly, in moderation, without impacting on the welfare of those partaking or others. You either have to abuse it or do something stupid for it to have negative consequences.

Well, I dunno. Government health guidelines are only for a few units each week aren't they? I was struck by how few drinks the recommended units consumed equates to.

I'm not against drinking as such by the way. Just a bit worried about how close people seem to be to having a problem whilst still regarding it as a safe part of their everyday life.

This thread must be one of the quickest to go OT I've ever seen!

What needs to be borne in mind here is that the government 'guideline' figures are pretty much plucked out of thin air and based on virtually no evidence whatsoever. Just because you have 4 units a day rather than the recommended 3 (or whatever it is), you are most likely still a long way from having a problem. If you look into the evidence backing up a lot of the dietary advice we get given from on high, it's often surprising how little there is.

Regarding droll signatures, I'm a hopeless misery-guts and can't abide 'em. It's like someone coming out with the same quip every time you speak to them; might be funny the first time, but it quickly gets stale. Having said that, I might adopt the most colourful abuse I get in reply as my own signature.

Sirius631

STEFANOS4784 wrote:

P.s let's face it, people,generally, don't purely drink because they enjoy the taste otherwise the non alcoholic beers etc would be a lot more popular. IMO beer doesn't tast particularly nice :?

I think that there is a small flaw in your point there, in that none alcoholic beer generally tastes foul when compared to normal beer. I would drink low alcohol beer on a night out, if I knew of one that tasted better.

robmanic1

Conversely, I would rather drink coke if it wasn't full of chemicals and got me drunk. Alcohol is a means to an end for me (I only drink socially, rarely at home), I can't say I enjoy the taste of beer that much.

Now if beer tasted like chocolate I'd have a problem.

heavymental

I don't really like the British culture of drinking at all to be honest. We mostly seem to think its funny to be w@nkered and then hungover for the majority of the weekend which I find a bit sad.

pottssteve

Heavy,
I agree, it's sad. I lived in Germany for a while and people like a drink over there. I never saw any bad behaviour when out and about. Some guys actually had a beer on the way to work :shock: (mainly manual labourers), and again, not a problem.
If I decide to come back to the UK one of the worries for me is the drinking culture and general feeling that it's alright to get bladdered and start a fight as part of your evening's entertainment. I think I'll stay "abroad"..

Stewie Griffin

STEFANOS4784 wrote:

P.s let's face it, people,generally, don't purely drink because they enjoy the taste otherwise the non alcoholic beers etc would be a lot more popular. IMO beer doesn't tast particularly nice :?

CROWD OF WOMEN:
[yelling]
JEWISH OFFICIAL:
Stefanos4784, son of Deuteronomy of Gath.
STEFANOS4784:
Do I say 'yes'?
STONE HELPER #1:
Yes.
STEFANOS4784:
Yes.
OFFICIAL:
You have been found guilty by the elders of the town of uttering that you don’t like beer, and so, as a blasphemer,...
CROWD:
Ooooh!
OFFICIAL:
...you are to be stoned to death.
CROWD:
Ahh!
STEFANOS4784:
Look. I-- I'd had a lovely supper, and all I said to my wife was, “No babe I don’t want a beer I hate the stuff”.
CROWD:
Oooooh!
OFFICIAL:
Blasphemy!
He's said it again!
CROWD:
Yes! Yes, he did! He did!...
OFFICIAL:
Did you hear him?!
CROWD:
Yes! Yes, we did! We did!...
WOMAN #1:
Really!
[silence]
OFFICIAL:
Are there any women here today?
CROWD:
No. No. No. No...
OFFICIAL:
Very well. By virtue of the authority vested in me--
[CULPRIT WOMAN stones Stefanos4784]
STEFANOS4784:
Oww! Lay off! We haven't started yet!
OFFICIAL:
Come on! Who threw that? Who threw that stone? Come on.
CROWD:
She did! She did! He did! He! He. He. Him. Him. Him. Him. He did.
CULPRIT WOMAN:
Sorry. I thought we'd started.
OFFICIAL:
Go to the back.
CULPRIT WOMAN:
Oh, dear.
OFFICIAL:
Always one, isn't there? Now, where were we?
STEFANOS4784:
Look. I don't think it ought to be blasphemy, just saying 'I don’t like the taste of beer'.
CROWD:
Oooh! He said it again! Oooh!...
OFFICIAL:
You're only making it worse for yourself!
STEFANOS4784:
Making it worse?! How could it be worse?! I don’t like beer! I don’t like beer! I don’t like beer!
CROWD:
Oooooh!...
OFFICIAL:
I'm warning you. If you say 'I don’t like beer' once more--
[MRS. A. stones OFFICIAL]
Right. Who threw that?
[silence]
Come on. Who threw that?
CROWD:
She did! It was her! He! He. Him. Him. Him. Him. Him. Him.
OFFICIAL:
Was it you?
MRS. A.:
Yes.
OFFICIAL:
Right!
MRS. A.:
Well, you did say 'I don’t like beer'.
CROWD:
Ah! Ooooh!...
[CROWD stones MRS. A.]
OFFICIAL:
Stop! Stop, will you?! Stop that! Stop it! Now, look! No one is to stone anyone until I blow this whistle!
Do you understand?! Even, and I want to make this absolutely clear, even if they do say 'I don’t like beer'.
CROWD:
Ooooooh!...
[CROWD stones OFFICIAL]
WOMAN #1:
Good shot!
[clap clap clap]
:twisted:

heavymental

pottssteve wrote:

Heavy,
I agree, it's sad. I lived in Germany for a while and people like a drink over there. I never saw any bad behaviour when out and about. Some guys actually had a beer on the way to work :shock: (mainly manual labourers), and again, not a problem.
If I decide to come back to the UK one of the worries for me is the drinking culture and general feeling that it's alright to get bladdered and start a fight as part of your evening's entertainment. I think I'll stay "abroad"..

I agree. I think the last few times I've come back from France, Britain seems like its stuck in medieval times. The "Oi Oi!" warcry can be heard echoing around the streets, you don't want to wander around cities at night and generally we have a very immature attitude to alcohol.

But yeh, I just find it worrying how easy it is to get into trouble with alcohol. When you have a problem with it its very destructive.

heavymental

@ Stewie

robmanic1

It's sh1t state of affairs, town centres have become almost no-go areas throughout the country after midnight. When I'm out and about I'm disgusted by the behaviour of some folk after a drink, p1ssing in the street and fighting etc. Distinct lack of pride in themselves or their surroundings.

I enjoy a drink in good company and luckily,have never managed to get into a state where I no longer feel responsible for my actions. I do know some ordinarily decent people who, once they have a drink, become obnoxious, loud, fight-merchants, I'd like to think that if alcohol had that effect on me I'd just not bother.

Self control due to a good upbringing and choosing close friends carefully have served me well.

STEFANOS4784

Heavymental wrote:

@ Stewie

+1


Anyhoo, so have you always liked the taste? I don't dislike the taste it's just not as nice as some other non alcoholic drinks. If you've not always logved the taste then it is an aquired taste so maybe if you drunk more non-alcoholic stuff you'd aquire a taste for that as well :?

Anyhoo mines a pint o' vodka, who's buying