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Post by david on Nov 22, 2018 17:39:25 GMT
dried crickets (salt and vinegar flavour) Is this a predictive text thingamydoodah? Unfortunately not! One foodstuff not to be tried again. Absolutely no taste to them.
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Post by Tibidabo on Nov 22, 2018 17:52:10 GMT
All things considered, I'd say 'no taste' would be the preferable option!
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Post by david on Nov 22, 2018 21:20:05 GMT
A work colleague brought in some dried crickets Funny. When I read the newspaper article that Sainsbury had started selling them, I did remark that their store managers are amazingly quick-thinking when confronted by a public health inspector. I’m really surprised there’s a demand for them for human consumption as well as for food for reptiles. My work colleague bought them off Amazon. Just had a quick look now. They are being advertised as “an interesting topping for your pizza or pasta” as well as “the ultimate low fat snack”. I can think of better things to have rather than eating dried insects!
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Post by Dawnstar on Nov 22, 2018 21:53:29 GMT
Frankly I think I'd opt for starvation over dried insects!
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Post by david on Nov 22, 2018 21:55:54 GMT
Frankly I think I'd opt for starvation over dried insects! After my experience of eating them this afternoon so would I!
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Post by Backdrifter on Nov 22, 2018 23:53:34 GMT
In central London working this morning, then over to Hounslow to meet a potential client, then down to Guildford for the Rebus play. Back to Surbiton. Very tired but that's work done for this week and a day of whatever-I-choose tomorrow.
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Post by The Matthew on Nov 23, 2018 6:52:30 GMT
They are being advertised as “an interesting topping for your pizza or pasta” That would be just as true if the topping was wood screws or Swarfega. I don't want my first reaction to food to be "That choice is ... interesting".
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Post by daisy24601 on Nov 23, 2018 16:32:56 GMT
I've been feeling depressed for several weeks, I've been down before but never classed myself as actually "depressed" until now. However today I feel less sad but just very on edge and anxious, worried, every little task feels overwhelming. What is this? Anxiety? I've had so many things and people telling me how to feel and think, including myself analysing what I'm feeling all the time. I'm so confused now about what is in my head. I just want to curl up into a ball and disappear. I don't usually share this stuff online, just want to vent a bit.
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Post by raider80 on Nov 23, 2018 17:44:45 GMT
Thanksgiving when well. Over ate as usual in fact, I've over ate this whole week and I'm starting to feel it.
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Post by Xanderl on Nov 23, 2018 17:53:01 GMT
I don't usually share this stuff online, just want to vent a bit. Vent away, often helps just getting your thoughts down
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Post by lynette on Nov 23, 2018 18:13:06 GMT
I've been feeling depressed for several weeks, I've been down before but never classed myself as actually "depressed" until now. However today I feel less sad but just very on edge and anxious, worried, every little task feels overwhelming. What is this? Anxiety? I've had so many things and people telling me how to feel and think, including myself analysing what I'm feeling all the time. I'm so confused now about what is in my head. I just want to curl up into a ball and disappear. I don't usually share this stuff online, just want to vent a bit. Daisy, vent away but if you still feel bad as time goes on, then seek some help.
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Post by Dawnstar on Nov 24, 2018 11:31:25 GMT
I've just passed a scaffolding lorry with the words "Erection Specialists" emblazoned down the side. Unfortunate choice of a phrase there!
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Post by lynette on Nov 24, 2018 14:54:34 GMT
Wish I’d known about these guys when we were doing our refurb. We had the cowboys, Nottinghamshire ones as it happens. Don’t ask. Long story. I survived.
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Post by stefy69 on Nov 25, 2018 9:32:13 GMT
I've just passed a scaffolding lorry with the words "Erection Specialists" emblazoned down the side. Unfortunate choice of a phrase there! Oh I don't know,,,,,
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Post by The Matthew on Nov 25, 2018 12:18:11 GMT
Near me there's a gardening company run by a couple of women, called The Lady Gardeners.
It amuses/irritates me when I see company names like this posted on social media along with comments along the lines of "Poor fools don't realise what that means". Sigh.
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Post by Dawnstar on Nov 25, 2018 12:48:50 GMT
Near me there's a gardening company run by a couple of women, called The Lady Gardeners. It amuses/irritates me when I see company names like this posted on social media along with comments along the lines of "Poor fools don't realise what that means". Sigh. I'm sorry that my post irritated you. I don't seem to be able to post much on here at the moment without it annoying somebody. If you want to remove my post feel free, as you're a moderator. I'm afraid the time limit has expired for me to remove it myself.
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Post by The Matthew on Nov 25, 2018 13:10:40 GMT
Near me there's a gardening company run by a couple of women, called The Lady Gardeners. It amuses/irritates me when I see company names like this posted on social media along with comments along the lines of "Poor fools don't realise what that means". Sigh. I'm sorry that my post irritated you. I don't seem to be able to post much on here at the moment without it annoying somebody. If you want to remove my post feel free, as you're a moderator. I'm afraid the time limit has expired for me to remove it myself. Whoa there! I never for a moment thought you were posting that sort of comment, and I apologise if you took that the wrong way. I was thinking of the posts I sometimes see on sites like Fail Blog, where someone posts a picture of a company with an innuendo-laden name and pours scorn on it as if they think that the poor old folks who run the company aren't aware of sex or anything, without ever stopping to think that the entire point of the name was the memorability of the innuendo and that people who are older than their teens do actually understand sex references.
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Post by The Matthew on Nov 25, 2018 14:13:06 GMT
Specifically, I was thinking of things like this and this, where the post is labelled as a "fail" even though the innuendo is blindingly obviously the entire point.
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Post by raider80 on Nov 25, 2018 15:56:15 GMT
Finally got back home after spending Thanksgiving in America. British Airways in Dallas was a complete Sh!tshow but, it's not the end of the world and my bags made it back fine.
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Post by Dawnstar on Nov 25, 2018 16:10:25 GMT
Whoa there! I never for a moment thought you were posting that sort of comment, and I apologise if you took that the wrong way. I was thinking of the posts I sometimes see on sites like Fail Blog, where someone posts a picture of a company with an innuendo-laden name and pours scorn on it as if they think that the poor old folks who run the company aren't aware of sex or anything, without ever stopping to think that the entire point of the name was the memorability of the innuendo and that people who are older than their teens do actually understand sex references. Sorry, I thought you were referring to my second sentence, "Unfortunate choice of a phrase there!".
Thanks @emicardiff - though I thought @theatremonkey's relpy was funnier!
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Post by The Matthew on Nov 26, 2018 14:33:17 GMT
Whoa there! I never for a moment thought you were posting that sort of comment, and I apologise if you took that the wrong way. I was thinking of the posts I sometimes see on sites like Fail Blog, where someone posts a picture of a company with an innuendo-laden name and pours scorn on it as if they think that the poor old folks who run the company aren't aware of sex or anything, without ever stopping to think that the entire point of the name was the memorability of the innuendo and that people who are older than their teens do actually understand sex references. Sorry, I thought you were referring to my second sentence, "Unfortunate choice of a phrase there!". No worries. I often struggle to view what I write the way others might read it: in my mind the meaning is unmistakeable in the context of what I'm thinking about and I don't always "get" that other people won't have the same context. (There have been more than a few occasions at work where I've written extensive and detailed instructions for something but left out a basic bit of information that's needed for everything else to make sense, such as what it is I'm actually documenting.)
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Post by Dawnstar on Nov 26, 2018 17:34:03 GMT
Sorry, I thought you were referring to my second sentence, "Unfortunate choice of a phrase there!". No worries. I often struggle to view what I write the way others might read it: in my mind the meaning is unmistakeable in the context of what I'm thinking about and I don't always "get" that other people won't have the same context. (There have been more than a few occasions at work where I've written extensive and detailed instructions for something but left out a basic bit of information that's needed for everything else to make sense, such as what it is I'm actually documenting.) I have Asperger's so I'm not very good at interpretation. I tend to take everything literally & don't always understand certain types of humour, especially teasing.
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Post by The Matthew on Nov 26, 2018 20:45:36 GMT
I've written extensive and detailed instructions for something but left out a basic bit of information that's needed for everything else to make sense, such as what it is I'm actually documenting.) Stop blaming yourself, The Matthew . The entire lavatory incident was not your fault at all. It should have been clear to even the dimmest of your co-workers the context on that one. And the fire brigade waived the bill anyway. Move on. Yeah, sorry. When I said "drench your stools in turpentine" I was referring to stripping paint from furniture. Should've been clearer about that.
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Post by showgirl on Nov 27, 2018 4:22:58 GMT
I don't know about turpentine; the way this thread is going, turpitude will soon be the more appropriate word.
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Post by Backdrifter on Nov 27, 2018 11:25:32 GMT
The morning's been good so far but I only just realised my flies have been undone the whole time.
Luckily I'm alone at home. If I'd been in a crowded office. having travelled there on the train and walked through central London, it might have been a marginally less dull post.
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Post by dontdreamit on Nov 27, 2018 13:08:16 GMT
The light cold that I’ve had for 3 weeks has developed into me having lost my voice today which happons to be Bat singalong day. I am not very impressed. Any other day...
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Post by musicallady on Nov 27, 2018 16:18:18 GMT
Just started a new job but started halfway through a pay period so at the end of November I will get 2 weeks pay minus the advance I had to take to get through November. No means of borrowing, no credit facilities. Christmas is cancelled.
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Post by lynette on Nov 27, 2018 17:27:24 GMT
O musicallady, rotten timing. I hope you can look to the future and plan some fun in the Spring. Meanwhile, can you get yourself an invitation to your favourite relative? Anyone with a telly really . Best of luck.
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Post by dontdreamit on Nov 27, 2018 23:52:02 GMT
Vocalzones rock. That’s all!
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Post by dontdreamit on Nov 28, 2018 8:16:03 GMT
Vocalzones rock. That’s all! In relation to the above, I have discovered if you use a mixture of thyrozets, strepsils, Vocalzone and fisherman’s friends throughout the day and then in the evening to enable you to sing at a singalong when you’ve started to loose your voice, it’s very likely that you’ll over stimulate your body and then will be unable to get any sleep. It was so worth it though!
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