Seemingly trivial things that cheer you up

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  • pinno
    pinno Posts: 52,312
    edited January 2020
    awavey said:

    ...ecky thump :D

    Now there's a thing and I thought you were a spring chicken. :)

    seanoconn - gruagach craic!
  • awavey
    awavey Posts: 2,368
    pinno said:

    awavey said:

    ...ecky thump :D

    Now there's a thing and I thought you were a spring chicken. :)

    Im not as young as I used to be ;)
  • Mad_Malx
    Mad_Malx Posts: 5,182
    Cheers me up - MM Minor checking in after cycling a BSO across the Andes.
    Looks fricking awesome.

    The carefree attitude of youth: If it had been me (now) I would have spent months planning; he just buys a second hand bike, messages me to find out how you pump up tyres with a woods valve, buys a tent and sets off. He doesn't speak any Spanish, would struggle to repair a flat, and hasn't ridden more than 10 km at a time the last 3 years.
  • orraloon
    orraloon Posts: 13,227
    Respect to MMM. 👍
  • pblakeney
    pblakeney Posts: 27,320
    +1 👏👏👏
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  • pinno
    pinno Posts: 52,312
    4 potatoes.
    seanoconn - gruagach craic!
  • Pross
    Pross Posts: 43,463
    When work and hobbies combine. I'm currently designing a new cycle racing circuit (the second one I've done) and if it gets built it's going to be a properly challenging course. By my reckoning a 35k race would have around 800m of climbing including a 100m section at 10% on every 1k lap. I'm glad I've quit racing!
  • verylonglegs
    verylonglegs Posts: 4,023
    I know we are not supposed to condone this sort of thing but I found Stokes reply to a cricket 'fan' appropriately blunt and it did tickle me.

    https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2020/jan/24/ben-stokes-disciplinary-action-foul-mouthed-altercation-with-fan-england-cricket-south-africa
  • ballysmate
    ballysmate Posts: 15,930
    A good point, well made.
  • Stevo_666
    Stevo_666 Posts: 61,383
    verylonglegs said:

    I know we are not supposed to condone this sort of thing but I found Stokes reply to a cricket 'fan' appropriately blunt and it did tickle me.

    https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2020/jan/24/ben-stokes-disciplinary-action-foul-mouthed-altercation-with-fan-england-cricket-south-africa

    It seemed quite a mild response to somebody who likened him to Ed Sheeran.
    "I spent most of my money on birds, booze and fast cars: the rest of it I just squandered." [George Best]
  • awavey
    awavey Posts: 2,368
    Stevo_666 said:

    verylonglegs said:

    I know we are not supposed to condone this sort of thing but I found Stokes reply to a cricket 'fan' appropriately blunt and it did tickle me.

    https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2020/jan/24/ben-stokes-disciplinary-action-foul-mouthed-altercation-with-fan-england-cricket-south-africa

    It seemed quite a mild response to somebody who likened him to Ed Sheeran.
    :) seemed fair enough to me, if someone shouts the c word at you, I think you are more than obliged to reply back in kind :D
  • rick_chasey
    rick_chasey Posts: 75,661
    edited January 2020
    https://www.thedailymash.co.uk/news/society/man-still-thinks-woke-is-an-insult-20200127192868
    Love daily mash.


    A MAN is still calling socially alert things ‘woke’ as if it’s an insult, it has emerged.

    Tom Booker uses the word, along with ‘virtue signalling’ and ‘snowflake’, to mock what he perceives to be radical left wing politics, but are usually just superhero films and people’s Twitter bios.

    Booker said: “A lot of people attack me for calling things woke. It’s probably because I’m a white middle class male and not because I’m an insufferable, ignorant twat.

    “The funny thing is I’m actually a modern, liberal thinking kind of guy. I date using Bumble and sometimes flick through the i.

    “I just can’t stand it when anyone attempts to redress societal imbalances. We’ve all got a hill we’d die on, and this is mine.”
    _
  • Stevo_666
    Stevo_666 Posts: 61,383
    awavey said:

    Stevo_666 said:

    verylonglegs said:

    I know we are not supposed to condone this sort of thing but I found Stokes reply to a cricket 'fan' appropriately blunt and it did tickle me.

    https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2020/jan/24/ben-stokes-disciplinary-action-foul-mouthed-altercation-with-fan-england-cricket-south-africa

    It seemed quite a mild response to somebody who likened him to Ed Sheeran.
    :) seemed fair enough to me, if someone shouts the c word at you, I think you are more than obliged to reply back in kind :D
    Fair point, although it could have been the G word that got him riled? :p
    "I spent most of my money on birds, booze and fast cars: the rest of it I just squandered." [George Best]
  • laurentian
    laurentian Posts: 2,548
    From the article:

    "Given Specsavers are the main sponsor of Test match cricket in England, the vice-captain’s response was not really on brand"

    Wilier Izoard XP
  • awavey
    awavey Posts: 2,368
    laurentian said:

    From the article:

    "Given Specsavers are the main sponsor of Test match cricket in England, the vice-captain’s response was not really on brand"

    albeit if the spectator thought Ben Stokes looked like Ed Sheeran, maybe he should go to Specsavers ;)
  • pinno
    pinno Posts: 52,312
    edited January 2020
    If his comments weren't 'on brand'. it shows you that most sports stars are simply treated as commodities.
    seanoconn - gruagach craic!
  • pinno
    pinno Posts: 52,312
    Smoked Garlic, even better that ordinary garlic.

    seanoconn - gruagach craic!
  • ballysmate
    ballysmate Posts: 15,930
    Few weeks back we took a cat in that had been around for a while as he appeared thin and hungry. Local enquiries failed to trace his owner.
    The day before yesterday, a neighbour posted a picture on Facebook in an attempt to find his owner and yesterday morning his owner came to reclaim him. She lives about half a mile away.
    By yesterday afternoon the cat was back curled up on his blanket in our house.He had apparently ripped their cat flap off in his bid to escape.
    We are now the new custodians of a lovely cat.
  • ballysmate
    ballysmate Posts: 15,930
    X Factor not returning this year.
    Cheers me up no end.
  • Stevo_666
    Stevo_666 Posts: 61,383
    ballysmate said:

    X Factor not returning this year.
    Cheers me up no end.

    +1

    Add in Strictly and The Voice and I will be thrilled.
    "I spent most of my money on birds, booze and fast cars: the rest of it I just squandered." [George Best]
  • Pross
    Pross Posts: 43,463
    Stevo_666 said:

    ballysmate said:

    X Factor not returning this year.
    Cheers me up no end.

    +1

    Add in Strictly and The Voice and I will be thrilled.
    I think Strictly is a different beast, people trying something new whereas the others are filled with people of mediocre talent who have been told all their lives they are 'amazing' wanting to get fame and fortune.
  • Stevo_666
    Stevo_666 Posts: 61,383
    Pross said:

    Stevo_666 said:

    ballysmate said:

    X Factor not returning this year.
    Cheers me up no end.

    +1

    Add in Strictly and The Voice and I will be thrilled.
    I think Strictly is a different beast, people trying something new whereas the others are filled with people of mediocre talent who have been told all their lives they are 'amazing' wanting to get fame and fortune.
    I'm including as it's part of the crap I try to avoid when the females in my house gain control of the remote.
    "I spent most of my money on birds, booze and fast cars: the rest of it I just squandered." [George Best]
  • pinno
    pinno Posts: 52,312
    ballysmate said:

    Few weeks back we took a cat in that had been around for a while as he appeared thin and hungry. Local enquiries failed to trace his owner.
    The day before yesterday, a neighbour posted a picture on Facebook in an attempt to find his owner and yesterday morning his owner came to reclaim him. She lives about half a mile away.
    By yesterday afternoon the cat was back curled up on his blanket in our house.He had apparently ripped their cat flap off in his bid to escape.
    We are now the new custodians of a lovely cat.

    The best cats find the right Butler. Mine did.
    seanoconn - gruagach craic!
  • ballysmate
    ballysmate Posts: 15,930
    Pross said:

    Stevo_666 said:

    ballysmate said:

    X Factor not returning this year.
    Cheers me up no end.

    +1

    Add in Strictly and The Voice and I will be thrilled.
    I think Strictly is a different beast, people trying something new whereas the others are filled with people of mediocre talent who have been told all their lives they are 'amazing' wanting to get fame and fortune.

    Nah, Strictly is a load of cack.
    Although dancing is not my bag at all, if they are going to show it, at least show people who are proficient.
  • Stevo_666
    Stevo_666 Posts: 61,383
    Having the local park pretty much to ourselves for the daily dog walk because all the softies are indoors sheltering from this dreadful storm. The dogs had a field day.
    "I spent most of my money on birds, booze and fast cars: the rest of it I just squandered." [George Best]
  • orraloon
    orraloon Posts: 13,227
    Going through a large crate of old photos (you remember when photos were printed out on 'photo paper' at Boots, SuperSnaps and the like...?) as my daughter is organising her bestie's 30th birthday do (yeah WTAF happened there then?) and wants lots of pics of them from schooldays.

    Gosh brought back so many happy memories. Happy days, even if one doesn't quite realise that at the time. Xxxx I must be getting old.
  • veronese68
    veronese68 Posts: 27,813
    We had our Sainsbury’s delivery and as usual there were a few substitutions. The wife ordered a book titled ‘Knife’, it was substituted by a pair of scissors.
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  • slowbike
    slowbike Posts: 8,498
    We've set ours to No Subs - as we've found it's generally easier to miss out on an item rather than get a random item they think is similar ...
  • rjsterry
    rjsterry Posts: 29,541
    veronese68 said:

    We had our Sainsbury’s delivery and as usual there were a few substitutions. The wife ordered a book titled ‘Knife’, it was substituted by a pair of scissors.

    😂 Even if you had ordered an actual knife, a pair of scissors is stretching the substitution idea a bit. Reminds me of that Victoria Wood sketch.
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  • Ben6899
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    Finding out that Coopster is called Colin.

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