thread he's a model and he's looking goose
This might be the funniest thing i've seen on the internet for some time. this guy makes very detailed dioramas of celeb moments like mel gibson being arrested... but with so much more.. . stuff.. going on in the videos.

This one of him modelling fabio getting hit in the face by a goose is well worth your time... he tries to track down the truth...

Youtube
permalink 10/10 punnage there,
I appreciate it
permalink That was rather good
.
permalink Apropos of nothing (I was looking through my bookmarks and remembered this)
When I was an askreddit mod if people wanted unbanning we'd ask them to draw us something. It didn't really matter how competent it was, we just wanted them to show willing.

This guinea pig paragliding was my favourite.
permalink That is superb.
I moderate too much, frankly.
permalink Well it is busy round here,
you must put a lot of effort in.
permalink I have a call with Spez once a month
and 2 calls a week with the community team, as well as being on the Safety board (which is slightly paid).
permalink I once got a certificate through the post
for being a reddit mod
permalink You might have to give some of it up
now you've got a job?
permalink I shall,
yes.

It is weird that earning so little is going to affect me so much.
permalink Yo be fair you have had a
More or less preposterously high salary for the last decade or so.
permalink oh, I saw the one with Steven Seagal shitting himself
then forgot where I saw it, thank you
permalink i have now watched that one.
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thread To the cyclisers
So CI is winning and up there in the top 10% overall
However he is relying on Pgacar not winning as a strategy, which is a gamble


Mr. MeepMeep. Is 178th lowest score... Out of 19,055 people. So bottom 1%
And he had the winner today.
permalink my tactic
of picking him and Thomas then just making up the numbers with the rest of them may work, or it may not. It's as likely as if I bothered to think about it...
permalink yep it's looking like a good strategy.
..
permalink much like everything else in life
I like to be involved, but I don't like to make much of an effort.
permalink I now wish i'd put
Ben O'Connor
Connor Swift &
Ben Swift

i my team just to save having to discern between them when reading articles about it.
permalink I find it's also important
to pronounce Ben O'Connor and Filippo Ganna as though their nationalities were swapped
permalink and you'll be one of the gallway O'Gannas then?
..
permalink Drove VERY fast today
Also went (as a passenger) in a royal convoy drive. They are very aggressive, basically just drive straight at everyone coming and force them out of the way.

Much fun.
permalink Have you just found
your niche?
permalink Did they name that after the queen mother's driving style?
...
permalink Very pleased with myself today
I've completed the Viz cryptic crossword
permalink Bollocks!
 
permalink not this issue
but 1 down is PENIS
permalink Yeah. I realise that I’m unlikely to survive at the top when Pog wins.
Because you guys get so many points for that, plus he will keep accumulating in the meantime anyway.

But I’m pretty pleased with my “I’m not spending 32 points on him, what else can I do” team.
permalink I followed a similar strategy
Just missed the bit about spending the 32 points wisely
permalink But I probably need to be over 700 points in the lead to beat a Pog win
Unlikely.

But not impossible?
permalink dunno
The speed Milan is racking up the wins...
permalink I’m certainly glad I went for him!
permalink And thanks to him, plus Martínez and Thomas continuing strongly…
I see I’m 1000 points clear…
permalink RIP Supergran
:'(
permalink outlived
The Scunner Campbell though
permalink We've had D&V in the house for the last few days.
First the kids, they mrsjam, now me.

I'd largely forgotten my mortal dread of vomiting in case my throat bursts.

Still, I appear to be mostly through it, but I'm exhausted.
thread Happy
Birthdays
permalink Thanks
But mine isn’t until September.
permalink I shall offer my share of the gratitude.
The others can supply their own.

Scroff can sort out the tip, since he arrived first.
permalink If you do octordle the word quiz
Manly was an answer today, presumably as a tribute
permalink How lovely.
I am clearing up dog shit because Jim got up when the dog whined, but was tired so did not wait for it to shit before going back to bed and it shit on the floor. Bastard.
permalink You should all be listening to the new album by Scott Lavene
Disneyland in Dagenham
permalink I came here to say this too!
Happy Birthday Amy, Scoff, Manley!
permalink Thanks
and happy birthday to one and all!
permalink Happingest
birthingdays.
 
Innit.
permalink happies birthdays
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thread Can whoever's in charge of grim reapering
please stop taking musical geniuses and start taking, perhaps, warmongers or tories.

61 is NO age to go.

RIP Steve Albini :/
permalink I noes, right
Just saw that. Fuck's sake Tabz!
permalink oddly my mate wrote to him last month or so
as he still mixes music and whatnot.
permalink Not any more
he doesn't
permalink I know
He was working on the new Shellac album that's due out next week
permalink have just revisited Seamonsters
and Songs About Fucking. While neither are particularly 'pleasant singalong to work to' they are both very good albums.
permalink I don't know who that is.
Birmingham New Street's free WiFi blocked this place.
permalink actually it's the site blocking all connections from Birmingham
awful place
permalink Very sensible
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permalink I went flat out today and the truck only manged 93 on the flat.
That was disappointing. I had thought that being limited by my employer to 105 was a shame, but now I realise it won't make any difference.
permalink Truck?
I am in Bodmin. I am exceedingly hungry.
permalink I hear doing laughter yoga
will suppress your appetite.
permalink 4rf!
.
permalink BROWN WILLY!
When are you travelling back?
permalink I'm already in Bristol.
Eating pizza
permalink Useless.
I have a spare house here, 80 yards from the sea. And you do not have to interact with me beyond saying hello and getting the keys.
permalink Isn't it lacking a bathroom or something?
.
permalink It hasd a toilet and belfast sink,
but I have yet to plumb the shower.
permalink I had previously considered it,
but then the travel team arranged everything. I shall consider it again next time.
permalink It is a tiny wee diversion.
If you travel by train it is no diversion at all, I am 1 minute's walk from the station.
permalink this is
km/h I assume?
permalink i think
mph, if he's driving big white taxis
permalink mph indeed.
I just had a slow one - another one got up to 105 easily.
permalink park it t the top of a hill while waiting for calls.
and only accept calls down-wind.
thread I'm watching gladiators again, because I have children,
and Apollo reminds me of Jack of Speed.

I suspect it's because he Is Tall and Has Hair.
permalink It took me a bit to work out you probably mean Gladiators the TV series
rather than the film featuring rape and murder.
permalink Ah good.
I only realised after you mentioned it.

I couldn’t remember an Apollo in the film. But I also haven’t watched it for 15ish years.
permalink I remember Apollo from
BSG but not Gladiator
permalink Dropping the 's' didn't help.
.
permalink I've got an in-person team day on Friday.
There's an hour of "laughter yoga". I don't want to do it.

I can't decide whether I should object on the grounds of yoga being a religious practice of a faith I don't adhere to, or if I should just suck it up.

I'm trying to arrange a meeting with any colleague who also feels this way about "laughter yoga".
permalink I think I'd object to it on the grounds of not wanting to do laughter yoga
that sounds horrific
permalink It really does
What a fucking shit idea.
permalink on any away day I've been on
that would be the point half the people quietly go and team-build in the pub
permalink One single bark of sarcastic laughter
then walk out, straight to the nearest pub.
permalink Say that you are ideologically opposed to laughing.
…..
permalink "the very idea of this is causing me anxiety
I request a reasonable adjustment ie I can go somewhere quiet for an hour instead"
permalink Yoga as an exercise
really is not in any way religious

That said, whilst I enjoy both yoga and laughing, I do not necessarily want to be doing them at the same time
permalink unless someone lets out a really loud fart
..
permalink Absolutely
One of the good things about doing yoga at home and not with others, is that can allow the inevitable relaxation gases out without worry
permalink There was no yoga involved, it was a laughter workshop
Not too bad but not my cup of tea.
permalink Had you all been doing it wrong?
Were there complaints about inappropriate sniggering on Zoom calls?
permalink Steve Albini
has died, only 61.