The Culture Cup round 6

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It's just as funny on the second read.

I think he's being used. They probably let him tag along to pick up the tab for their "business lunches" and to hold their gloves and coats when they have a sh1t.

Galted wrote:I think he's being used.  They probably let him tag along to pick up the tab for their "business lunches" and to hold their gloves and coats when they have a sh1t.

It may not have been a deliberate ploy. They could have just assumed the guy in the green shirt and green 'jersey' was facilities and that he was there to tend to their needs during the trip.

You could well be right. And Tino, being so eager to be a big help, would never dream of objecting.

W*nkers.

Mind the windows Tino. wrote:W*nkers.

Yes, I've never liked Russians either.

seanmichaels wrote:

Mind the windows Tino. wrote:W*nkers.

Yes, I've never liked Russians either.

I do, good clients.

Rowley wrote:

seanmichaels wrote:

Mind the windows Tino. wrote:W*nkers.

Yes, I've never liked Russians either.

I do, good clients.

Good, but not as good as Iraqis, Afghanis, sub-continental Asians etc......

Rowley wrote:

seanmichaels wrote:

Mind the windows Tino. wrote:W*nkers.

Yes, I've never liked Russians either.

I do, good clients.

Me too. Easiest people in the world to read. Basically tell them something and they will automatically argue the opposing view, it is hardwired into their DNA. Bit like Az on a massive scale.

I just tell them the opposite of what I want to achieve and let them bury themselves. Easy. They drink like lunatics though.

Mind the windows Tino. wrote:

Rowley wrote:

seanmichaels wrote:

Mind the windows Tino. wrote:W*nkers.

Yes, I've never liked Russians either.

I do, good clients.

Me too.  Easiest people in the world to read.  Basically tell them something and they will automatically argue the opposing view, it is hardwired into their DNA.  Bit like Az on a massive scale.

I just tell them the opposite of what I want to achieve and let them bury themselves.  Easy.  They drink like lunatics though.  

Was on a scuba diving holiday with a few Ruskies a couple of years back, their drinking was nuts. Everything neat. Not even ice as it waters down the vodka. 'At most' they'd stick a slice of cucumber in........   

Vodka should really be drank neat. That is the whole point of it.

It's the vodka I can't handle. Sounds like a stereotype but they do drink it in bucket loads. I am alright with a few beers and some wine or scotch or something but when they are lining up 24 shots of vodka and we haven't even reached dessert, that is when I have to give in.

Seany probably thinks they are lightweights.

seanmichaels wrote:Vodka should really be drank neat. That is the whole point of it.

Drink it neat regularly, do you?

TopHat24/7 wrote: 

Was on a scuba diving holiday

Did lots of tourists swim up to you with startled expressions and start taking pictures?

Mind the windows Tino. wrote:

TopHat24/7 wrote: 

Was on a scuba diving holiday

Did lots of tourists swim up to you with startled expressions and start taking pictures?

He says scuba diving, was more being pushed back into the ocean.

Mind the windows Tino. wrote:

TopHat24/7 wrote: 

Was on a scuba diving holiday

Did lots of tourists swim up to you with startled expressions and start taking pictures?

Haha wondered if that'd be coming.....

Despite my orca like dimensions these days, this was in slimmer times.

TopHat24/7 wrote:

Mind the windows Tino. wrote:

TopHat24/7 wrote: 

Was on a scuba diving holiday

Did lots of tourists swim up to you with startled expressions and start taking pictures?

Haha wondered if that'd be coming.....

Despite my orca like dimensions these days, this was in slimmer times.

When you were 8 years old?

Mind the windows Tino. wrote:

TopHat24/7 wrote:

Mind the windows Tino. wrote:

TopHat24/7 wrote: 

Was on a scuba diving holiday

Did lots of tourists swim up to you with startled expressions and start taking pictures?

Haha wondered if that'd be coming.....

Despite my orca like dimensions these days, this was in slimmer times.

When you were 8 years old?

Lol no, was still 18st but at 6'3" I carried it pretty well.

Was probs 5-7 years ago now.......

TopHat24/7 wrote:

Mind the windows Tino. wrote:

TopHat24/7 wrote:

Mind the windows Tino. wrote:

TopHat24/7 wrote: 

Was on a scuba diving holiday

Did lots of tourists swim up to you with startled expressions and start taking pictures?

Haha wondered if that'd be coming.....

Despite my orca like dimensions these days, this was in slimmer times.

When you were 8 years old?

Lol no, was still 18st but at 6'3" I carried it pretty well.

Was probs 5-7 years ago now.......

In a wheelbarrow?

superflyweight wrote:

TopHat24/7 wrote:

Mind the windows Tino. wrote:

TopHat24/7 wrote:

Mind the windows Tino. wrote:

TopHat24/7 wrote: 

Was on a scuba diving holiday

Did lots of tourists swim up to you with startled expressions and start taking pictures?

Haha wondered if that'd be coming.....

Despite my orca like dimensions these days, this was in slimmer times.

When you were 8 years old?

Lol no, was still 18st but at 6'3" I carried it pretty well.

Was probs 5-7 years ago now.......

In a wheelbarrow?  

Hehe no, just on my Truss-esque muscular frame of the time....

Truss went scuba diving in a fetching black and white wetsuit. He now resides in Sea World in cruelly undersized enclosure.

superflyweight wrote:Truss went scuba diving in a fetching black and white wetsuit.  He now resides in Sea World in cruelly undersized enclosure.  

Doubt it. Tilikum is pretty intelligent.

TopHat24/7 wrote:

seanmichaels wrote:Vodka should really be drank neat. That is the whole point of it.

Drink it neat regularly, do you?

Not really a spirit person fortunately.

Not really in the best position to comment/dole out advice then, maybe?

TopHat24/7 wrote:Not really in the best position to comment/dole out advice then, maybe?

Not advice, it is fact. Vodka is a Russian (East European) drink. They traditionally drink it neat to keep them warm because it is f###ing cold out there.

TopHat24/7 wrote:Not really in the best position to comment/dole out advice then, maybe?

That doesn't stop you on virtually every topic that comes up.

I have got some good advice when it comes to drinking. Do not buy Stella from supermarkets - it is not the right stuff. I stopped drinking it a while ago but my mentor swore that the only real Stella you could get was from cornershop type places. The tin should also be embossed rather than smooth. Anything else is a cheap imitation.

Mind the windows Tino. wrote:

TopHat24/7 wrote:Not really in the best position to comment/dole out advice then, maybe?

That doesn't stop you on virtually every topic that comes up.

   

seanmichaels wrote:I have got some good advice when it comes to drinking. Do not buy Stella

Could have just left it there Sean.

Speaking of booze advice, and not buying stella, there's some cracking ales about these days and the festive brews are all out for Xmas.

Had a couple of pints of 'Rocking Rudolph' down one of my favoured work boozers the other day, very nice indeed!

Rowley wrote:

seanmichaels wrote:I have got some good advice when it comes to drinking. Do not buy Stella

Could have just left it there Sean.

I have done a bit of research and he was correct. The majority of stuff on sale in the UK is made in Wales. The proper stuff is made in Leuven, Belguim. The french stuff is definitely different, you don't get plastered or hungover on it. Bloody Welsh have a lot to answer for.....

Not a big Stella fan Sean, even in my days of drinking lager I never saw the appeal. Heineken is a different matter though, lovely now we get the proper stuff over here. Tend to stick with Guinness though as a rule.

Rowley wrote:Not a big Stella fan Sean, even in my days of drinking lager I never saw the appeal. Heineken is a different matter though, lovely now we get the proper stuff over here. Tend to stick with Guinness though as a rule.

Me neither. Never really liked the stuff.

Been drinking a lot of Sam Adams lager recently. Quite like a few bottles of that at the weekend.

I drink more wine than any other alcohol though.

Mind the windows Tino. wrote:

Rowley wrote:Not a big Stella fan Sean, even in my days of drinking lager I never saw the appeal. Heineken is a different matter though, lovely now we get the proper stuff over here. Tend to stick with Guinness though as a rule.

I drink more wine than any other alcohol though.

And you give Rowley stick for his man-bag...??

TopHat24/7 wrote:

Mind the windows Tino. wrote:

Rowley wrote:Not a big Stella fan Sean, even in my days of drinking lager I never saw the appeal. Heineken is a different matter though, lovely now we get the proper stuff over here. Tend to stick with Guinness though as a rule.

I drink more wine than any other alcohol though.

And you give Rowley stick for his man-bag...??

How is that even comparable?

One gets you drunk and tastes lovely, the other make you flounce along like Graham Norton.

I like Jeff, but that is unacceptable behavior.

Mind the windows Tino. wrote:

Rowley wrote:Not a big Stella fan Sean, even in my days of drinking lager I never saw the appeal. Heineken is a different matter though, lovely now we get the proper stuff over here. Tend to stick with Guinness though as a rule.

Me neither.  Never really liked the stuff.

Been drinking a lot of Sam Adams lager recently.  Quite like a few bottles of that at the weekend.  

I drink more wine than any other alcohol though.

If you like Red and have a Co Op near you, try their Cotes Du Rhone. There are 2 types but the Ogier (£7.99 usually but £5.99 at the moment) is very good, comparable to the stuff you get in France. There is also one that is £10.99 by the same firm which is very very good. Even the french mother in law liked it.

Mind the windows Tino. wrote:I like Jeff, but that is unacceptable behavior.

I appreciate the pain it caused you Tina, have done a strictly thread to try and make things up t you. Hope it goes some way to building some bridges.

seanmichaels wrote:

Mind the windows Tino. wrote:

Rowley wrote:Not a big Stella fan Sean, even in my days of drinking lager I never saw the appeal. Heineken is a different matter though, lovely now we get the proper stuff over here. Tend to stick with Guinness though as a rule.

Me neither.  Never really liked the stuff.

Been drinking a lot of Sam Adams lager recently.  Quite like a few bottles of that at the weekend.  

I drink more wine than any other alcohol though.

If you like Red and have a Co Op near you, try their Cotes Du Rhone. There are 2 types but the Ogier (£7.99 usually but £5.99 at the moment) is very good, comparable to the stuff you get in France. There is also one that is £10.99 by the same firm which is very very good. Even the french mother in law liked it.

Thanks Seany, I prefer red but some white is excellent as well. Don't have a Co-Op near me but I will keep an eye out. I can carry it home in a plastic bag like a man should.

Rowley wrote:

Mind the windows Tino. wrote:I like Jeff, but that is unacceptable behavior.

I appreciate the pain it caused you Tina, have done a strictly thread to try and make things up t you. Hope it goes some way to building some bridges.

I'm on it. All is forgiven Jeff. You're back on my top 10 list of posters.

Just had to spend 30 mins with an auditor from one of the big accountancy firms. Lovely East European lady, possibly Russian. She has awoken something inside me.....

seanmichaels wrote:Just had to spend 30 mins with an auditor from one of the big accountancy firms. Lovely East European lady, possibly Russian. She has awoken something inside me.....

Welcome to my world. It's the voice, isn't it? They all sound like they should be in a Bond film.

They can be very aloof though, seany.

That is exactly what I thought. Sounded like Barbara Bach in the spy who loved me. Blimey, I'm a little flustered.

seanmichaels wrote:That is exactly what I thought. Sounded like Barbara Bach in the spy who loved me. Blimey, I'm a little flustered.

If she is Ukrainian, don't bother with any Klitschko based chat up lines. They don't work.

Name ends in -aya. I'm thinking she's of similar ilk as the polevaulting lady.

seanmichaels wrote:Name ends in -aya. I'm thinking she's of similar ilk as the polevaulting lady.

I have no idea who you're talking about but the theory sounds flawless.

Mind the windows Tino. wrote:

seanmichaels wrote:Name ends in -aya. I'm thinking she's of similar ilk as the polevaulting lady.

I have no idea who you're talking about but the theory sounds flawless.  

Bugger. Just googled her first name:

GENDER: Feminine
USAGE: Ukrainian
OTHER SCRIPTS:  (Ukrainian)


Maybe she likes football? I can wax lyrically about the glory days of Dynamo Kiev with the feared combination of Andriy Schevchenko and Serghy Rebrov........

Yeah go for it. More likely to watch wendyball than boxing so worth a go.

Maybe if you smarten yourself up a bit and put some false teeth in, she might agree to a date.

seanmichaels wrote:Just had to spend 30 mins with an auditor from one of the big accountancy firms. Lovely East European lady, possibly Russian. She has awoken something inside me.....

Yep, that's how it works. Mate used to work for a Big 4 and all the hot female junior auditors got booked out on jobs really quickly (basically getting all the best and most interesting experience) as they were so well 'liked' (read, aesthetic) for the clients.

Mind the windows Tino. wrote:Yeah go for it.  More likely to watch wendyball than boxing so worth a go.

Maybe if you smarten yourself up a bit and put some false teeth in, she might agree to a date.

My teeth are in A1 condition now, not quite Rylan quality but getting there. Could probably do with a haircut and toning down the beard though.

Mind the windows Tino. wrote:
Maybe if you smarten yourself up a bit and put some false teeth in, she might agree to a date.

Going to work on the assumption she will overlook his personality Tina? I love the optimism.

Rowley wrote:

Mind the windows Tino. wrote:
Maybe if you smarten yourself up a bit and put some false teeth in, she might agree to a date.

Going to work on the assumption she will overlook his personality Tina? I love the optimism.

Just trying to give the lad some confidence.