The Culture Cup round 6

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Galted wrote:

seanmichaels wrote:

Galted wrote:Decided to treat myself to a 3-piece variety meal but the Wrap-It-Up is between work & the KFC so you can probably imagine what happened.

Your Hi-Techs started to squeek?

Probably but I was too hungry to notice.  Almost broke into a run as I approached the Wrap-It-Up.

Have you ever been to Tamada by the way?  Georgian restaurant off Abbey Road.  Went there for my birthday and found no reason to complain.

I'm not really a London person. Occasionally Putney or Clapham to see mates or Lords for the cricket.

If Georgian food is anything like Estonian fayre I may give it a miss.

Question for you, Rick.

You're a man of the North. A man of Cheshire like myself, no less.

Have you ever p*ssed in a sink?

Why is rick only a man of the North and not a Man of the North?

Depending on his answer, then I may elevate him to a Man of the North.

Mind the Windows Tino wrote:Question for you, Rick.

You're a man of the North. A man of Cheshire like myself, no less.

Have you ever p*ssed in a sink?

Yes i have Tino though (in my eyes) a necessity as i woke up at a strange (student during uni) house and didnt want to wake whoever was upstairs or the lass next to me on the couch so went in the sink.

I had the good grace to remove the crockery first though, and replace later, and ran the tap.

though with the state of the plates, a bit of urine would not have mattered i suspect...

Any maybe once in a hotel when drunk...

I have no good reason for this

I am also not sure if this elevates me to proper noun status...

rick_dagless wrote:I am also not sure if this elevates me to proper noun status...

Me neither, but it has made me happy.

I especially enjoyed the part about removing the crockery. Even under severe duress you still managed to maintain some class.

One tries ones best Tino...

Got the rep of the county to uphold (albeit badly)

As I've said before, lashing in a sink is not a defining trait of a northerner. A southern, cambridge educated barrister, lashed in my sink without removing the crockery.

No one said it was.

A friend of one of my ex-housemates shat in the urinals of the Spotted Dog in Willesden Green in the late 90s. He was from the southern hemisphere.

My old housemate shat on the front doorstep.

He had already walked about 2 miles home from the pub but couldn't be bothered to open the door and walk the last few yards to the toilet so he just curled one out on the step.

Mind the windows Tino. wrote:My old housemate shat on the front doorstep.

He had already walked about 2 miles home from the pub but couldn't be bothered to open the door and walk the last few yards to the toilet so he just curled one out on the step.

He is my hero.

Galted wrote:A friend of one of my ex-housemates shat in the urinals of the Spotted Dog in Willesden Green in the late 90s. He was from the southern hemisphere.

Did he get confused and think he was on a French Campsite?

Oi, Tino, don't post for a while, the total reads BLOB.

rick_dagless wrote:

Galted wrote:A friend of one of my ex-housemates shat in the urinals of the Spotted Dog in Willesden Green in the late 90s. He was from the southern hemisphere.

Did he get confused and think he was on a French Campsite?

Said the bogs were that disgusting. Apparently the urinals needed to be as well.

did someone pick up on that when it read BOOB?

Galted wrote:Oi, Tino, don't post for a while, the total reads BLOB.

OK, I won't post anything.

Fair point well made i feel Galted

rick_dagless wrote:did someone pick up on that when it read BOOB?

Of course, you don't think that we're too mature for words like BOOB do you?

Mind the windows Tino. wrote:My old housemate shat on the front doorstep.

He had already walked about 2 miles home from the pub but couldn't be bothered to open the door and walk the last few yards to the toilet so he just curled one out on the step.

I had a similar predicament a few years back walking home from the station after a day at the boozer. Knowing the missus was away and I could dispose of the evidence without her knowledge, I decided to just dump my pants. Surprisingly liberating feeling.

Mind the windows Tino. wrote:

Galted wrote:Oi, Tino, don't post for a while, the total reads BLOB.

OK, I won't post anything.

I knew I could count on you.

Galted wrote:Of course, you don't think that we're too mature for words like BOOB do you?

Absolutely not, though I do doubt the attention span

seanmichaels wrote:

Mind the windows Tino. wrote:My old housemate shat on the front doorstep.

He had already walked about 2 miles home from the pub but couldn't be bothered to open the door and walk the last few yards to the toilet so he just curled one out on the step.

I had a similar predicament a few years back walking home from the station after a day at the boozer. Knowing the missus was away and I could dispose of the evidence without her knowledge, I decided to just dump my pants. Surprisingly liberating feeling.

If ever there's a Top Trumps about being a disgrace the michaels card will destroy everything hands down.

Galted wrote:

Mind the windows Tino. wrote:

Galted wrote:Oi, Tino, don't post for a while, the total reads BLOB.

OK, I won't post anything.

I knew I could count on you.

You've just hit a milestone. 4500. Congratulations.

Mind the windows Tino. wrote:

Galted wrote:

Mind the windows Tino. wrote:

Galted wrote:Oi, Tino, don't post for a while, the total reads BLOB.

OK, I won't post anything.

I knew I could count on you.

You've just hit a milestone.  4500.  Congratulations.

Not any more. 4501.

Mind the windows Tino. wrote:

Mind the windows Tino. wrote:

Galted wrote:

Mind the windows Tino. wrote:

Galted wrote:Oi, Tino, don't post for a while, the total reads BLOB.

OK, I won't post anything.

I knew I could count on you.

You've just hit a milestone.  4500.  Congratulations.

Not any more.  4501.

Oh c0ck, missed it.

Thanks anyway.

Galted wrote:

seanmichaels wrote:

Mind the windows Tino. wrote:My old housemate shat on the front doorstep.

He had already walked about 2 miles home from the pub but couldn't be bothered to open the door and walk the last few yards to the toilet so he just curled one out on the step.

I had a similar predicament a few years back walking home from the station after a day at the boozer. Knowing the missus was away and I could dispose of the evidence without her knowledge, I decided to just dump my pants. Surprisingly liberating feeling.

If ever there's a Top Trumps about being a disgrace the michaels card will destroy everything hands down.

Which leads me to this http://www.firebox.com/product/2201/Plop-Trumps.

Step brothers got this for Christmas. Tino would love it.

seanmichaels wrote:Tino would love it.

Why?

I do have some insect Top Trumps at home.

Mind the windows Tino. wrote:

seanmichaels wrote:Tino would love it.

Why?

I do have some insect Top Trumps at home.

Because this compares animal plops. Bound to be some anthropod based excrement facts.

Galted wrote:

Mind the windows Tino. wrote:My old housemate shat on the front doorstep.

He had already walked about 2 miles home from the pub but couldn't be bothered to open the door and walk the last few yards to the toilet so he just curled one out on the step.

He is my hero.

He once asked me if a surgeon could ever transplant voice boxes into fruit or trees, then could they eventually start to talk. He asked it with complete sincerity as well.

Seriously, he was the thickest person I have ever met. He paid half my rent for 2 years before he realised.

He now runs a very successful drilling business in the North West.

seanmichaels wrote:

Mind the windows Tino. wrote:

seanmichaels wrote:Tino would love it.

Why?

I do have some insect Top Trumps at home.

Because this compares animal plops. Bound to be some anthropod based excrement facts.

If I asked you nicely to spell arthropod correctly, would you do it?

But yes, they do sound rather exciting.

seanmichaels wrote:

Mind the windows Tino. wrote:

seanmichaels wrote:Tino would love it.

Why?

I do have some insect Top Trumps at home.

Because this compares animal plops. Bound to be some anthropod based excrement facts.

More likely be facts about how many bits of arthropod/anthropod can be found in the various craps.

Galted wrote:

seanmichaels wrote:

Mind the windows Tino. wrote:

seanmichaels wrote:Tino would love it.

Why?

I do have some insect Top Trumps at home.

Because this compares animal plops. Bound to be some anthropod based excrement facts.

More likely be facts about how many bits of arthropod/anthropod can be found in the various craps.

That would upset me.

chicken duck & vegetable sushi selection
feta cheese and slow roasted tomato pasta salad
sour cream and chilli lentil curls
mini bonbel
mini English mature cheddar
all from M&S

total cost - £7.99 (which exclueds the 5p I paid for the bag as I can re-use it)
total calores (approximate value) - 830
total enjoyment - 4/5
total value for money - 3/5
total health value - 3/5

I'm about to eat an apple. A green one.

JuliusHMarx wrote:I'm about to eat an apple. A green one.

Don't be foolish, Julius, you can get them in Smoothies.

I've just eaten a Braeburn.

Galted wrote:chicken duck & vegetable sushi selection

Should there be a comma between chicken and duck?  Or was it sushi derived from a chicken that has been breeding with a duck?

Yes.

Have finished my expensive yet enjoyable and fairly nutritious lunch, am off to the deli to enjoy a pleasant cup of peppermint tea while I read A Confederacy Of Dunces. If anyone wants to see my review of the book so far feel free to head to the What Are You Reading? thread.

Galted wrote:

JuliusHMarx wrote:I'm about to eat an apple. A green one.

Don't be foolish, Julius, you can get them in Smoothies.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-24621394

"They may consist of pure fruit but by the time you've got rid of the peel and mashed the fibre then you have already lost many of the potential health benefits. What you are mainly left with is a sugary drink. In a survey published in early 2013, researchers found that out of 52 commercial smoothies, 41 had more sugar than Coca-Cola (a 12oz can contains the equivalent of about nine teaspoons), and all had more calories.

Fruit smoothies are acidic and the bits cling to your teeth, so dentists are not enthusiastic. An apple a day may keep the doctor away, but not when it's been peeled, blended, mashed and packaged.

In a study published in August 2013 in the British Medical Journal (Fruit Consumption and risk of type 2 diabetes) they found that while eating fruit cuts your risk of developing diabetes, drinking it appears to increase the risk."

You have probably just broken Galted.

JuliusHMarx wrote:

Galted wrote:

JuliusHMarx wrote:I'm about to eat an apple. A green one.

Don't be foolish, Julius, you can get them in Smoothies.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-24621394

"They may consist of pure fruit but by the time you've got rid of the peel and mashed the fibre then you have already lost many of the potential health benefits. What you are mainly left with is a sugary drink. In a survey published in early 2013, researchers found that out of 52 commercial smoothies, 41 had more sugar than Coca-Cola (a 12oz can contains the equivalent of about nine teaspoons), and all had more calories.

Fruit smoothies are acidic and the bits cling to your teeth, so dentists are not enthusiastic. An apple a day may keep the doctor away, but not when it's been peeled, blended, mashed and packaged.

In a study published in August 2013 in the British Medical Journal (Fruit Consumption and risk of type 2 diabetes) they found that while eating fruit cuts your risk of developing diabetes, drinking it appears to increase the risk."

Maybe so but you don't get the annoying crunching and bits of peel stuck between your teeth if you have it in Smoothie form.

Galted wrote:

JuliusHMarx wrote:

Galted wrote:

JuliusHMarx wrote:I'm about to eat an apple. A green one.

Don't be foolish, Julius, you can get them in Smoothies.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-24621394

"They may consist of pure fruit but by the time you've got rid of the peel and mashed the fibre then you have already lost many of the potential health benefits. What you are mainly left with is a sugary drink. In a survey published in early 2013, researchers found that out of 52 commercial smoothies, 41 had more sugar than Coca-Cola (a 12oz can contains the equivalent of about nine teaspoons), and all had more calories.

Fruit smoothies are acidic and the bits cling to your teeth, so dentists are not enthusiastic. An apple a day may keep the doctor away, but not when it's been peeled, blended, mashed and packaged.

In a study published in August 2013 in the British Medical Journal (Fruit Consumption and risk of type 2 diabetes) they found that while eating fruit cuts your risk of developing diabetes, drinking it appears to increase the risk."

Maybe so but you don't get the annoying crunching and bits of peel stuck between your teeth if you have it in Smoothie form.

Not if you've had 9 fillings and a deep clean.

£7.99 is rather a lot for lunch? I'm about to go to the supermarket as I plan to cook vietnamese pork loin with a noodle salad this evening. I'll be disappointed if I have to spend more than £8 on that (excl £5.38 for 8 x cans of morrison's oen dry cider).

seanmichaels wrote:£7.99 is rather a lot for lunch? I'm about to go to the supermarket as I plan to cook vietnamese pork loin with a noodle salad this evening. I'll be disappointed if I have to spend more than £8 on that (excl £5.38 for 8  x cans of morrison's oen dry cider).

Was a bit rash but am off the lager for January so figured it's ok every once in a while. Still owe myself a KFC 3-piece variety.

8 cans of cider is a bit much isn't it? I'd suggest 2 cans plus 5 cans of Bud plus a Crabbies alcoholic ginger beer.

Galted wrote:

seanmichaels wrote:£7.99 is rather a lot for lunch? I'm about to go to the supermarket as I plan to cook vietnamese pork loin with a noodle salad this evening. I'll be disappointed if I have to spend more than £8 on that (excl £5.38 for 8  x cans of morrison's oen dry cider).

Was a bit rash but am off the lager for January so figured it's ok every once in a while.  Still owe myself a KFC 3-piece variety.

8 cans of cider is a bit much isn't it?  I'd suggest 2 cans plus 5 cans of Bud plus a Crabbies alcoholic ginger beer.

probably be 5 or 6 then a couple of glasses of red. applying for a job in london tonight so need my wits about me.

seanmichaels wrote:

Galted wrote:

seanmichaels wrote:£7.99 is rather a lot for lunch? I'm about to go to the supermarket as I plan to cook vietnamese pork loin with a noodle salad this evening. I'll be disappointed if I have to spend more than £8 on that (excl £5.38 for 8  x cans of morrison's oen dry cider).

Was a bit rash but am off the lager for January so figured it's ok every once in a while.  Still owe myself a KFC 3-piece variety.

8 cans of cider is a bit much isn't it?  I'd suggest 2 cans plus 5 cans of Bud plus a Crabbies alcoholic ginger beer.

probably be 5 or 6 then a couple of glasses of red. applying for a job in london tonight so need my wits about me.

You need your wits about you to apply for a job?

The interview I can understand, but just the application process?

Mind the windows Tino. wrote:

seanmichaels wrote:

Galted wrote:

seanmichaels wrote:£7.99 is rather a lot for lunch? I'm about to go to the supermarket as I plan to cook vietnamese pork loin with a noodle salad this evening. I'll be disappointed if I have to spend more than £8 on that (excl £5.38 for 8  x cans of morrison's oen dry cider).

Was a bit rash but am off the lager for January so figured it's ok every once in a while.  Still owe myself a KFC 3-piece variety.

8 cans of cider is a bit much isn't it?  I'd suggest 2 cans plus 5 cans of Bud plus a Crabbies alcoholic ginger beer.

probably be 5 or 6 then a couple of glasses of red. applying for a job in london tonight so need my wits about me.

You need your wits about you to apply for a job?

The interview I can understand, but just the application process?  

It is an emotional step finally giving in to the lure of the bright lights....