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Why men are better than women

Because in our 30’s we still have conversations like this:-

.: kna :. says :
right.. dumb question, does Wolverine have something which straightens his hand when he puts his claws out or do you think it’s just instinctive for him to make sure his hand isn’t pointing in such a way which will cause his claws to go straight through it?

Dave W says:
oddly enough this came up between me and Ang recently. I’ve seen it done different ways when they’ve shown his skeleton, in the old days iirc he sometimes had little tunnels to guide them which I assume would’ve done that.

Dave W says:
but when they revealed his claws to be natural and made of bone once his adamantium was stripped out by Magneto then that doesn’t make sense. So I go with the instinctual…

.: kna :. says:
Yeah, I ask because I was walking up the corridor pretending to be Wolverine and I had my hand in just that position which made me think “Hang on..”

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Restoring white grout

If I’ve learned anything from this debacle, it’s that “White Shoe Scuff Repair” really is brilliant at whitening grout.

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Decorating is for fools

I just don’t get it.. I’m decorating A BATHROOM, it’s not the Sistine Chapel or anything. Granted, this has taken me just as long, partly due to my general procrastination and partly due to circumstance but it just seems like I’m thwarted at every turn by something or other not doing what it’s supposed to.

I’ve needed, what at least 4 coats of white paint to go over the walls, when the instructions say “Covering dark colours may require two coats”. My sealant looks like hummous and my non-drip gloss paint should just be called ‘Drip Gloss Paint”. The final straw was today after painstakingly measuring holes for a towel shelf, I drilled them (putting masking tape over them to stop any plaster cracking.. pointless, it still did) and put in my Rawl plugs like a good boy, three screws go in, the fourth just turns in the hole.. HOW, how I can drill four holes with the same drill bit using the same Rawl plug and yet one spins around like a carousel and the others are all snug.

Unfortunately removing the shelf caused two more plugs to come out of the wall taking plaster with it, which will require a fill and repaint. FUCK OFF.

Once this is done, I am never ever ever decorating again. Ever.

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What News?

As part of a little personal experiment, I’ve not read/seen any mainstream press or media for a week now and have to admit I feel pretty good about things.

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Close enough..

You know the Simpson’s Halloween episode, Time and Punishment, where Homer goes back in time and affects the future? It ends up with him trying to be really careful and messing things up royally, so in the end he just goes crazy and when he goes back everything is *almost* right.. I think that’s a good plan.

I think I’ll start with Vitamins. Fuck Vitamins.. I’ve been popping all sorts of pills for years now to make sure I get the right balance of Niacin and Riboflavin. Stuff it, if I can’t get everything I need from my food, I’m eating wrong.

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Exams not getting easier then?

Commiserations to the 4 people in the UK who didn’t manage to pass their A-Levels.

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On doing the ‘Dad’ thing..

So I’m stood there being the ‘tickle’ monster, threatening the kids on the Trampoline.. probably about 5 of them. I thought “What on Earth am I doing? Three years ago kids used to terrify me!”

It’s funny how you stop caring what they think of you when you realise that they’re just innocent little humans, with all the cynicism, anger, suspicion and other negative emotions taken out. Well I say taken out, I should say ‘Yet to obtain’ as we all know the shit end of the stick comes eventually and we learn it’s not all about bouncing on trampolines and getting your face painted.

Shame… for all the hard work, sleepless nights and financial issues of bringing them up.. they’re actually pretty lush.

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My Neighbourhood

You know sometimes I hate where I live and sometimes I like it.. today was both simultaneously.

Some twats (one with a German registered plate!) decided it’d be fun to speed round the crescent like idiots, wheel-spinning around the corners. That’s why I hate it..

I like it because within about 30 seconds of the first wheelspin at least 10 residents, mostly the husbands, dads etc were outside ready to deal with whatever was going down.

It’s nice to live somewhere that doesn’t have a ‘keep your nose out’ mentality. Even though I don’t know many of them, I feel like these people would back me up if I needed it and vice versa.

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How to be a shit parent..

A police officer who was attacked by a teenage mob says the group acted like animals.Two officers were set on by a group, some wearing school uniform, in Croydon, South London, after they asked a teenage girl to pick up a fast-food wrapper she had dropped.

She picked it up but then pointedly threw it on the ground again as a large crowd gathered around her and the two policemen. A 15-year-old girl then jumped on the 34-year-old officer and repeatedly bit him on the shoulder and torso.

The police constable, who is recovering from his bite injuries at home, said the incident quickly escalated out of control: “They swarmed at the start. They feel they can overcome you like a gang. It was a good 30-plus youths.”" It is the behaviour. It is unbelievable. I find it amazing that someone could bite another human being like that,” he said. “They were acting like animals, but I hate using the term ‘animals’ because they would not do that. Animals have a reason for doing something. This is just nonsense violence. It is difficult to think that they could do something like this - and to a policeman.”

A colleague who raced to the officers aid was pulled to the ground and kicked by others as several older men and women joined the fracas in a shopping precinct. Detectives are studying CCTV footage of the attack in a bid to identify all of those involved. A 15-year-old girl was arrested at the scene on suspicion of assault. She has since been released on bail.

The officer said that when the girl’s parents arrived at the police station they complained that the start of her summer holiday had been disrupted.

From ITN

Can’t.. find.. words.

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Photos on Flickr

In case you wondered, I have compiled a list of the top 10 photo types on Flickr, this should help you on what to tune out of when you’re looking through public photos for something interesting.

1. People pretending they’re hot in Second Life
2. Japanese Models (Never nude)
3. Children
4. Two People Smiling, throwing faux gang signs.
5. People being drunk
6. Teenagers holding a Webcam above their head for 200 photos
7. Flowers (No further than 1″ away)
8. Home made Jewellery
9. Unnervingly Sexy Dolls
10. Transvestites

If you spot anything other than the above 10 image types, it might be worth a look.

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