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Post by Felice Landry on Sept 19, 2020 15:58:04 GMT
Just back from a winery/vineyard where we walked around looking at vines and grapes and for a difference an orchard and apples ending up in a wood.
Then some taster wines and a bottle of Pinot Noir to go with a plate of, slightly overpriced, cheese and various cured meats.
A very pleasant day. 4*
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Post by Sheep2 on Sept 19, 2020 16:05:31 GMT
Games
Tuffers
Yes. Yes you need to buy Demon's Souls.
Fortnite
One solo game. 12 kills, a win. Pretty pleasing
Then Shenguin arrived. First duos game he passed away early doors. I was left hiding with 30 opponents.
It got down to 3 of us. All single players at this point. I let the other two fight it out.
After the fighting I climbed a hill and small structure.
I saw the last player and fired one shot which murdered him
100% hit rate in game, 33 damage. Two wins in a row.
The rest of the games were slightly less successful.
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Post by Sheep2 on Sept 19, 2020 16:06:20 GMT
TL:DR?
Shenguin got a duos win.
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Post by Destry on Sept 19, 2020 16:09:52 GMT
Mrs D and our daughters are away for the weekend so spent a nice afternoon sitting in the garden, enjoying the sunshine, reading and drinking cider.
Takeaway lamb doner kebab for dinner/tea *
A pleasant day. 4 stars.
* delete as applicable
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Post by tenthenemy on Sept 19, 2020 16:39:19 GMT
Morning!
When I went to bed last night news of the death of Ruth Bader Ginsburg had just been released and then it took only minutes for Mitch McConnell to announce that he's still hellbent on being a hypocritical cnut. Well, shit.
After that I would have liked a bit of a lie-in but I was beamed out of bed by the DPD delivery guy ringing the doorbell. He brought me my SNES Switch controller, so I forgive him. I had actually never held one of these but I like it a lot. I particularly like the fact that it comes with an official USB C cable that I have now used to replace my old worn out charging cable for the Pro Controller that constantly slipped out whenever I was trying to charge the controller whilst gaming.
I also performed some quality control by dropping the SNES controller as I was unpacking it. Passed the stringent "Tenthen Before Her First Cup of Coffee in the Morning" test with flying colours.
Smoking chat: I have never touched a cigarette in my life, but I'm old enough to remember the advertising for cigarettes, including the iconic "HB-Männchen" ("little HB man"), the Mr Bean of German advertising:
My mother still uses the expression "das HB-Männchen spielen" ("acting like the little HB man") and similar to describe someone losing their shit.
And I loved the Camel cinema advertising campaign in Germany of the 90s
These were accompanied by an ingenious poster campaign that just showed the Camel cigarette packet with some subtle and funny changes. As a student I cycled past a Litfaßsäule (advertising pillar) every day on my way to the university and every week I was looking forward to a new poster. Both my brother and I (both strict non-smokers) were devastated when the controversy about the Joe Camel mascot in the US (who we weren't familiar with; for us, the Camel camel never had a name) and German restrictions on cigarette advertising brought this and other ad campaigns (Lucky Strike was also using very funny wordplay on its posters) to an end. The ads never made me want to take up smoking, but I suppose the world is better without them. Still, I miss them.
That said, I got plenty of second hand smoke from my grandfather. After his death my poor grandmother, who had also never touched a cigarette in her life, even developed a smoker's leg.
Decades ago Pref. Mam. used to smoke a pipe and later for a short time cigarettes when he couldn't get his preferred pipe tobacco. He always likes to say that he gave up smoking as the result of a royal decree. That was when he was working as archaeological adviser in Saudi Arabia in the early 80s and King Khalid had just died of lung cancer (the official version says that he had a heart attack). As a result, smoking was no longer permitted in government buildings, but to sweeten the pill all government employees received an extra month's salary. Pref. Mam. recalls how some people were getting very fidgety if one stayed for too long in their offices, with smoke eventually coming out of their desk drawer... But the truth is that he gave up smoking only after his time in Saudi, through willpower and by buying books with the money he had saved.
TL;DR: smoking is bad, mkay?
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Post by Sheep2 on Sept 19, 2020 17:08:17 GMT
Smoking always seemed a really expensive way to give yourself a very good chance of an unpleasant death.
Also most smokers seemed to describe the relief of not not having a nicotine deficiency rather than anything else.
I have smoked maybe half a dozen cigarettes while drunk. They always left me with the most dreadful taste in the mouth the next day.
Not for me thanks.
I used to enjoy the smell at the football though. And didn't mind it in the pub.
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Post by MrTiddles on Sept 19, 2020 17:15:58 GMT
I have smoked maybe half a dozen cigarettes while drunk. They always left me with the most dreadful taste in the mouth the next day. Are you entirely sure that was due to cigarettes? |
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Post by Chumbles on Sept 19, 2020 18:15:03 GMT
Shit neighbours have just started burning garden cuttings again. They are perfectly happy as the wind is blowing away from them whilst flooding my house ...
Cunts
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Post by tenthenemy on Sept 19, 2020 19:02:43 GMT
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Post by Shenguin on Sept 19, 2020 20:56:55 GMT
And yet still ignorant xenophobic British people mock the Germans for not having a sense of humour. |
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Post by Sheep2 on Sept 19, 2020 21:02:43 GMT
I have smoked maybe half a dozen cigarettes while drunk. They always left me with the most dreadful taste in the mouth the next day. Are you entirely sure that was due to cigarettes? Well yes. I meant different from a usual hangover mouth. Specifically a taste of stale cigarettes. I am not going to rise to your snideness. Suffice it to say you are added to the bad list. Well another entry. |
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Post by Chumbles on Sept 19, 2020 21:09:22 GMT
Speaking of sense of humour, the cast of Taxi was astonishingly good... here's a clip (sadly missing one of my favourite characters - Latka, played by that comedic genius Andy Kaufman) centering on Christopher Loyd, with Tom Hanks too! |
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Post by Sheep2 on Sept 19, 2020 21:12:32 GMT
I see Justin Trudeau has sent a personal letter to Donald Trump.
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Post by Sheep2 on Sept 19, 2020 21:23:18 GMT
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Post by tenthenemy on Sept 19, 2020 21:27:18 GMT
And yet still ignorant xenophobic British people mock the Germans for not having a sense of humour. Just a typical day for you, isn't it, no idea what's supposed to be funny about that. |
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Post by Tuffers on Sept 19, 2020 21:46:20 GMT
Wonder if Destry has gone full caveman with no family to look after him? Hiding behind the fridge in his soiled underpants gnawing on a dead pigeon. Calling it.
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Post by Destry on Sept 19, 2020 21:53:27 GMT
Nah.
Had a large lamb doner kebab. Drank wine. Watched an episode of The Avengers, an episode of The X Files, and Blade Runner 2049.
The latter was okay. I still prefer Diddley Squat's original.
4 stars.
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Post by Tuffers on Sept 19, 2020 21:58:48 GMT
Also, I've been drinking beer, eating Chinese, and playing Days Gone all evening. It just went from a 4* to a 5*.
"why Tuffers, oh handsome one with the big chopper?"
Well, I'll tell you why.
Was doing another bandit camp. Part way through I got molotoved. Sneaky buggers. But healed and was able to carry on a complete the mission. 14 bandits - dead.
However, my right leg jeans were still on fire after the mission from the molotov attack. And despite heading to a safe camp, saving, sleeping etc, the next bright sunny new dawn, I still have one leg on fire. Its an absolutely tremendous look.
FIVE STARS.
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Post by RollingEscargot on Sept 19, 2020 22:08:10 GMT
Tuffers is out of control. The egg fried rice has fucked up his noggin.
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Post by tenthenemy on Sept 19, 2020 22:18:52 GMT
And despite heading to a safe camp, saving, sleeping etc, the next bright sunny new dawn, I still have one leg on fire. Its an absolutely tremendous look. FIVE STARS. Pics or it didn't happen |
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Post by Chumbles on Sept 19, 2020 22:36:28 GMT
And despite heading to a safe camp, saving, sleeping etc, the next bright sunny new dawn, I still have one leg on fire. Its an absolutely tremendous look. FIVE STARS. Pics or it didn't happen |
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Post by Tuffers on Sept 19, 2020 22:48:11 GMT
So this is how Cassandra felt.
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Post by Tuffers on Sept 19, 2020 22:48:35 GMT
Not the one who went out with Rodders.
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Post by Shenguin on Sept 19, 2020 23:17:53 GMT
Nah. Had a large pigeon doner kebab. Drank wine. Watched an episode of The Avengers, an episode of The X Files, and Blade Runner 2049. The latter was okay. I still prefer Diddley Squat's original. 4 stars. There's nothing in your story that contradicts Tuffers' assumptions. |
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Post by Chumbles on Sept 20, 2020 0:25:26 GMT
Nah. Had a large pigeon doner kebab. Drank wine. Watched an episode of The Avengers, an episode of The X Files, and Blade Runner 2049. The latter was okay. I still prefer Diddley Squat's original. 4 stars. There's nothing in your story that contradicts Tuffers' assumptions. I think he quietly celebrated Middlesbrough retrieving a draw despite their elderly manager having got covid-19 and having a quiet chuckle at Woy's Wonders stuffing the second best team in Manchester.* *I confess I was doing this too... |
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