• United Kingdom chat thread V3: We still miss our empire
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I ask for something specific most of the time when ordering takeaway and I find that the places I visit get the order right about 75% of the time.
[QUOTE=Adam.GameDev;51776527]My work got robbed today and I was expecting it to be hundreds of pounds in losses. Turns out all that happened was that the guy pulled a knife, my manager walked away calmly and so the robber stole Bridget Jones's Baby.[/QUOTE] [media]https://youtu.be/_84gBlRZwO0[/media] Actual footage (NSFW)
[QUOTE=Doozle;51778288]Black British culture has always been there, but has mostly been ignored by mainstream media for the past 40 or so years. While grime takes cues from American rap scenes (the biggest probably the bravado), going back it's origins are in west indian sound system culture and has always been alot more mixed than American scenes. You can find youtue videos of sound system dances in the 70s in Bristol and London and you'll see a fair number of white faces, my (white) mum used to go to soundsystems and even had local rigs play in her (white) parents basement. It's all filtered down to the main British homegronn dance scenes; jungle, garage, grime and dubstep. These all have their origins in reggae soundsystems and have carried and continued elements of the genres before them.[/QUOTE] Ever been to Subdub in Leeds?
[QUOTE=Hamsteronfire;51779417]blame high turnover blame harsh working conditions blame shitty managers blame high volumes of food orders blame people that just don't care[/QUOTE] Last time I was in KFC i legit couldn't understand the woman behind the counter because she had such a thick polish accent and she started to get super pissed at me because she probably thought I was taking the piss out of her and I was like please just give me my chicken I'm sorry.
[QUOTE=RainbowStalin;51783939]Last time I was in KFC i legit couldn't understand the woman behind the counter because she had such a thick polish accent and she started to get super pissed at me because she probably thought I was taking the piss out of her and I was like please just give me my chicken I'm sorry.[/QUOTE] I've moved to the Glasgow area recently and I find it really difficult to decipher Glaswegian accents and slang. I normally have to use my flatmate as a translator. My family are from Lewis and are Gaelic speakers so I'm not used to this at all.
[QUOTE=Crumpet;51783588]Ever been to Subdub in Leeds?[/QUOTE] Haha yea. Not in a long while though. Both the Windie dances and Vox (?) warehouse ones. I think i heard pretty much every dubstep DJ I ever wanted to at those, with the few others I missed I caught at Fabric or DMZ. I used to get my tickets from Tribe before they sadly shut down I used to enjoy at warehouse having a midnight jerk burger, tea and spliff break Safest security crews ever [editline]6th February 2017[/editline] Do they still let you smoke inside? [editline]6th February 2017[/editline] I still haven't quite got the filter coffee machine at work quite right. I think I've given myself palpitations or something. Feel it in me chest. I've also forgot my tobacco so thats probably contributing.
[QUOTE=Mr Kotov;51783993]I've moved to the Glasgow area recently and I find it really difficult to decipher Glaswegian accents and slang. I normally have to use my flatmate as a translator. My family are from Lewis and are Gaelic speakers so I'm not used to this at all.[/QUOTE] Glaswegians are picts?
[QUOTE=Meester;51784473]Glaswegians are picts?[/QUOTE] I'm not sure what your point is?
I'm currently in a lecture mainly out of sympathy for the lecturer. About half the class has already left.
Is the lecture any good though
God no by the time I left he was down to about 25% attendance, having started with about 70%. It was stuff we got taught in our lectures for C (rather than C++) last term but in a monotone at the speed of a slug on crutches.
I was in a lesson for an hour and a half trying to make the Internet work in a virtual machine since the only other thing to do was learn to defrag a hard drive on Windows 7 :suicide:
Fuck me, why did no-one tell me sour Skittles were so delish? As a typically vanilla gal I didn't think to try them until I only had enough on me for a littlebig bag of them rather than a big the regulars.
[QUOTE=DiscoInferno;51785495]Fuck me, why did no-one tell me sour Skittles were so delish? As a typically vanilla gal I didn't think to try them until I only had enough on me for a littlebig bag of them rather than a big the regulars.[/QUOTE] I love sour sweets but they really make my tongue hurt afterwards. Sour Skittles are lovely, but they don't love me. Or I can't portion them, who knows?
[QUOTE=cyclocius;51785584]I love sour sweets but they really make my tongue hurt afterwards. Sour Skittles are lovely, but they don't love me. Or I can't portion them, who knows?[/QUOTE] Get a better tongue.
[QUOTE=DiscoInferno;51785495]Fuck me, why did no-one tell me sour Skittles were so delish? As a typically vanilla gal I didn't think to try them until I only had enough on me for a littlebig bag of them rather than a big the regulars.[/QUOTE] Haven't had sour skittles for fucking ages. The Roys store near me seems to sell varieties of skittles that I'm pretty sure haven't existed for a decade. Including "Darkside" skittles. Literally never seen them anywhere else. Roys truly is the ratchet realm of supermarkets. But fuck me if it isn't cheap as hell.
We've got these massive flies in our kitchen and can't work out where they're coming from. Pulled everything out the cupboards, the fridge is empty, I've basically thrown away anything that's open even dry food like pasta. Can't find any dead food or bad smells. We're pretty clean people too. Driving me mad. [editline]6th February 2017[/editline] It's not like we're swarmed by them, you never see more than one or two at a time
[QUOTE=Doozle;51785853]We've got these massive flies in our kitchen and can't work out where they're coming from. Pulled everything out the cupboards, the fridge is empty, I've basically thrown away anything that's open even dry food like pasta. Can't find any dead food or bad smells. We're pretty clean people too. Driving me mad. [editline]6th February 2017[/editline] It's not like we're swarmed by them, you never see more than one or two at a time[/QUOTE] You're secretly a walking corpse, all of you are. You just don't realise you're dead.
[QUOTE=DiscoInferno;51785870]You're secretly a walking corpse, all of you are. You just don't realise you're dead.[/QUOTE] Ayy, thanks for the pick me up. Needed that.
[QUOTE=hexpunK;51785842]Haven't had sour skittles for fucking ages. The Roys store near me seems to sell varieties of skittles that I'm pretty sure haven't existed for a decade. Including "Darkside" skittles. Literally never seen them anywhere else. Roys truly is the ratchet realm of supermarkets. But fuck me if it isn't cheap as hell.[/QUOTE] Darkside skittles are left over halloween stock.
[QUOTE=UzumakaiPatch;51785923]Darkside skittles are left over halloween stock.[/QUOTE] Roys is where overstock goes to die. Now it all makes sense.
[QUOTE=NeonpieDFTBA;51784939]God no by the time I left he was down to about 25% attendance, having started with about 70%. It was stuff we got taught in our lectures for C (rather than C++) last term but in a monotone at the speed of a slug on crutches.[/QUOTE] At least you didn't have to be the guy that explains why the turnout was so low to the lecturer... Made the mistake of volunteering as class rep.
[QUOTE=Instant Mix;51785934]At least you didn't have to be the guy that explains why the turnout was so low to the lecturer... Made the mistake of volunteering as class rep.[/QUOTE] Back when I was doing a medical course I was class representative and it was shit. About half the class didn't turn up to classes either, not really promising for our generation's future medical professionals.
Speaking of Sour Sweets, Toxic Waste. Someone at my work has never had them before so we're going to be extra cruel and give him a Watermelon One.
[QUOTE=Redcoat893;51786106]Speaking of Sour Sweets, Toxic Waste. Someone at my work has never had them before so we're going to be extra cruel and give him a Watermelon One.[/QUOTE] You monster.
[QUOTE=Doozle;51784006]Haha yea. Not in a long while though. Both the Windie dances and Vox (?) warehouse ones. I think i heard pretty much every dubstep DJ I ever wanted to at those, with the few others I missed I caught at Fabric or DMZ. I used to get my tickets from Tribe before they sadly shut down I used to enjoy at warehouse having a midnight jerk burger, tea and spliff break Safest security crews ever [editline]6th February 2017[/editline] Do they still let you smoke inside?[/QUOTE] Aye they do. Even the door staff were getting involved last time we went, good stuff.
[QUOTE=Redcoat893;51786106]Speaking of Sour Sweets, Toxic Waste. Someone at my work has never had them before so we're going to be extra cruel and give him a Watermelon One.[/QUOTE] Toxic Waste is nothing compared to sour apples from my local sweet shop
I don't get how sadistic sweets can be profitable. Maybe they never go off so you don't have to make many of them? Maybe going Off enhances the awful and the selling point?
[QUOTE=The Jack;51789818]I don't get how sadistic sweets can be profitable. Maybe they never go off so you don't have to make many of them? Maybe going Off enhances the awful and the selling point?[/QUOTE] I personally see extreme sourness as a challenge to be beaten rather than a joke.
I have some sour milk in the fridge if you want a challenge.
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