Seemingly trivial things that cheer you up

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  • surrey_commuter
    surrey_commuter Posts: 18,867
    thistle (MBNW) wrote:
    They reckoned it's less effort to go to the outside one than back up the stairs to the luxurious indoor one :)

    Why does he feel the need to lock the outside lav?
  • Wayne Plunger
    Wayne Plunger Posts: 444
    Surrey Commuter wrote:
    thistle (MBNW) wrote:
    They reckoned it's less effort to go to the outside one than back up the stairs to the luxurious indoor one :)

    Why does he feel the need to lock the outside lav?

    In case someone lifts his cistern. If he reported the theft to the police, they could come and have a look but they wouldn't have anything to go on.
  • pinno
    pinno Posts: 52,356
    Wayne Plunger wrote:
    Surrey Commuter wrote:
    thistle (MBNW) wrote:
    They reckoned it's less effort to go to the outside one than back up the stairs to the luxurious indoor one :)

    Why does he feel the need to lock the outside lav?

    In case someone lifts his cistern. If he reported the theft to the police, they could come and have a look but they wouldn't have anything to go on.

    You are Basil Brush and I claim my £5.
    seanoconn - gruagach craic!
  • cowsham
    cowsham Posts: 1,399
    Pinno wrote:
    Wayne Plunger wrote:
    Surrey Commuter wrote:
    thistle (MBNW) wrote:
    They reckoned it's less effort to go to the outside one than back up the stairs to the luxurious indoor one :)

    Why does he feel the need to lock the outside lav?

    In case someone lifts his cistern. If he reported the theft to the police, they could come and have a look but they wouldn't have anything to go on.

    You are Basil Brush and I claim my £5.


    That's some mark up on a penny
  • pinno
    pinno Posts: 52,356
    Cowsham wrote:
    Pinno wrote:
    Wayne Plunger wrote:
    Surrey Commuter wrote:
    thistle (MBNW) wrote:
    They reckoned it's less effort to go to the outside one than back up the stairs to the luxurious indoor one :)

    Why does he feel the need to lock the outside lav?

    In case someone lifts his cistern. If he reported the theft to the police, they could come and have a look but they wouldn't have anything to go on.

    You are Basil Brush and I claim my £5.

    That's some mark up on a penny

    It's much more expensive in the House of Lords.
    seanoconn - gruagach craic!
  • Pross
    Pross Posts: 43,464
    Turning up at a 4 mile running race last night with little expectation of a decent run (by my standards) given the relatively short time since my marathon and having spent 9 hours driving only getting there with 15 minutes to spare, deciding to give it a bit of a go anyway and ending up knocking just under 2.5 minutes off my PB. It doesn't sound a huge amount but if I improved my marathon PB by the same percentage it would equate to a 30 minute improvement. Just running in the countryside on a beautiful evening after being stuck in the car for 9 hours cheered me up so this was a real bonus and I even smashed my 5k PB in the process.
  • pinno
    pinno Posts: 52,356
    https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/av/science-e ... w-leopards
    seanoconn - gruagach craic!
  • earth
    earth Posts: 934
    Riding home on the cycle path on warmer month evenings. It's a mixture of annoyance at the overcrowding and joyful delight from the constant stream of fantastic tits coming towards me. :o:D
  • orraloon
    orraloon Posts: 13,236
    earth wrote:
    the constant stream of fantastic tits coming towards me. :o:D
    Blue, Great or Coal? :wink:
  • earth
    earth Posts: 934
    orraloon wrote:
    earth wrote:
    the constant stream of fantastic tits coming towards me. :o:D
    Blue, Great or Coal? :wink:

    I'd say they're pretty great.
  • Stevo_666
    Stevo_666 Posts: 61,505
    earth wrote:
    orraloon wrote:
    earth wrote:
    the constant stream of fantastic tits coming towards me. :o:D
    Blue, Great or Coal? :wink:

    I'd say they're pretty great.
    Especially when you see a pair of them.
    "I spent most of my money on birds, booze and fast cars: the rest of it I just squandered." [George Best]
  • Lagrange
    Lagrange Posts: 652
    I've always got some nuts for them too.
  • Pross
    Pross Posts: 43,464
    When your expenses haven't been paid for a while and they start mounting up into quite a substantial sum, feels like an impromptu bonus when they get paid.
  • rjsterry
    rjsterry Posts: 29,609
    Pross wrote:
    When your expenses haven't been paid for a while and they start mounting up into quite a substantial sum, feels like an impromptu bonus when they get paid.

    It does. Except afterwards you realise you've been giving your employer an interest free loan.

    Sorry, should probably stick that on the other thread.
    1985 Mercian King of Mercia - work in progress (Hah! Who am I kidding?)
    Pinnacle Monzonite

    Part of the anti-growth coalition
  • Pross
    Pross Posts: 43,464
    rjsterry wrote:
    Pross wrote:
    When your expenses haven't been paid for a while and they start mounting up into quite a substantial sum, feels like an impromptu bonus when they get paid.

    It does. Except afterwards you realise you've been giving your employer an interest free loan.

    Sorry, should probably stick that on the other thread.

    The mileage rate helps though, I haven't directly paid out as much as I'll get back.
  • cowsham
    cowsham Posts: 1,399
    orraloon wrote:
    earth wrote:
    the constant stream of fantastic tits coming towards me. :o:D
    Blue, Great or Coal? :wink:

    Goats?
  • cowsham
    cowsham Posts: 1,399
    A nice new ironing board cover
  • pblakeney
    pblakeney Posts: 27,345
    Pross wrote:
    When your expenses haven't been paid for a while and they start mounting up into quite a substantial sum, feels like an impromptu bonus when they get paid.
    Good for you!
    Probably a trivial amount for others.
    The above may be fact, or fiction, I may be serious, I may be jesting.
    I am not sure. You have no chance.
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  • crispybug2
    crispybug2 Posts: 2,915
    The England cricket team

    Pakistan are posting scores that five or ten years ago would have been unbeatable but England are overhauling them with almost contemptuous ease! Even when they lose several wickets in a short time it’s as if another player will be saying “don’t worry, I’ll take care of things today!”

    It’s a bit of a golden period, it won’t last forever of course, but bloody hell I’m enjoying it while it lasts.
  • crispybug2
    crispybug2 Posts: 2,915
    Iceland's entry in the Eurovision Song Contest

    Definitely some channelling of Keith Flint going on there!
  • Stevo_666
    Stevo_666 Posts: 61,505
    crispybug2 wrote:
    Iceland's entry in the Eurovision Song Contest

    Definitely some channelling of Keith Flint going on there!
    That the Eurovision is over for another year cheers me up.
    "I spent most of my money on birds, booze and fast cars: the rest of it I just squandered." [George Best]
  • capt_slog
    capt_slog Posts: 3,974
    Madonna's performance at Eurovision.

    Made me laugh at least.


    The older I get, the better I was.

  • shortfall
    shortfall Posts: 3,288
    Capt Slog wrote:
    Madonna's performance at Eurovision.

    Made me laugh at least.

    So bad it was good. How did she have such a stellar career?
  • mrfpb
    mrfpb Posts: 4,569
    Very few artists look good forty years into what was once a stellar career.
  • shortfall
    shortfall Posts: 3,288
    mrfpb wrote:
    Very few artists look good forty years into what was once a stellar career.

    I'm not on about her looks, I'm talking about her sh1t voice which she's always had when singing live. Mind you, if you've relied heavily on your image and shock value to compensate for your terrible vocals then it's even more tragic when you're 60 and you've turned yourself into the double of Joecelyn Wildenstein in a series of failed cosmetic surgeries in desperate attempts to cling onto your looks.
  • orraloon
    orraloon Posts: 13,236
    Shortfall wrote:
    ...the double of Joecelyn Wildenstein ...
    I didn't know that name so I googled. Jeez. Thanks for that.
  • Stevo_666
    Stevo_666 Posts: 61,505
    Going for a run just now with my 17 yo kid and having to hang back a bit so she could keep up puffing and panting while I wasn't really breaking a sweat :) Not sure whether that says more about her or me, mind.
    "I spent most of my money on birds, booze and fast cars: the rest of it I just squandered." [George Best]
  • mrfpb
    mrfpb Posts: 4,569
    Stevo 666 wrote:
    Going for a run just now with my 17 yo kid and having to hang back a bit so she could keep up puffing and panting while I wasn't really breaking a sweat :) Not sure whether that says more about her or me, mind.
    One year on from my last PB at Parkrun I'm still slightly ahead of my student son despite the 30 yr age gap. Mainly because he was nursing a broken arm for most of the time since last summer.

    But we do have to celebrate these victories while they last.
  • mrfpb
    mrfpb Posts: 4,569
    30 mins after mowing the lawn, it has started raining.
  • Pross
    Pross Posts: 43,464
    Stevo 666 wrote:
    Going for a run just now with my 17 yo kid and having to hang back a bit so she could keep up puffing and panting while I wasn't really breaking a sweat :) Not sure whether that says more about her or me, mind.

    Had the same with mine a couple of years ago while she was doing A level PE. Obviously I never mention how she couldn't keep up with her slightly over-weight, middle aged father on a short run since!

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