Jeez and I’m sat in the car in Long Eaton ....can’t compete 😫

comment by HebridesRam (U2909)
posted 34 minutes ago
Morning all.to Ramdini by the way - keeping it ticking over with an 80+ inter-match thread.....
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Thanks Heb. Now it's winter you can eat more Stornoway black pudding. Nice with a fresh, wild, salmon steak. And some mustard sauce.

Will certainly keep the Octogenarian Post coming.

comment by I'm not Spartacus, to be quite Frank (U4603)
posted 6 minutes ago
Climbing Stromboli at night was the highlight Ang. Most amazing walk I have ever done. Looking down in to the crater and watching the eruptions. Behind me on mainland Sicily there was massive electric storm over Etna and above me the milky way. A truly magical night. The descent in the dark was a bit hairy but a few litres of beer in Ingrid's bar soon calmed the nerves. It's something you must do before you get too old.
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It sounds great Spart. I think I'm too old now for that which is a great pity. Try to get some of their local bread. Large flattish discs of yellow bread about 25cm diameter. I have tried to replicate it here but only partial success.

Go for it View, it's better than teaching the bottom set year 9 on a Friday afternoon. To make life even better my latest girlfriend owns a pub. Just need Derby to romp away with the Championship and I think I will have found perfection.

comment by I'm not Spartacus, to be quite Frank (U4603)
posted 10 minutes ago
Climbing Stromboli at night was the highlight Ang. Most amazing walk I have ever done. Looking down in to the crater and watching the eruptions. Behind me on mainland Sicily there was massive electric storm over Etna and above me the milky way. A truly magical night. The descent in the dark was a bit hairy but a few litres of beer in Ingrid's bar soon calmed the nerves. It's something you must do before you get too old.
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Thanks Spart. What you might call an existential experience then ?
Certainly puts my floor tiling and hedge trimming today into context

"even better my latest girlfriend owns a pub'

Respect ! 👊

Remember "Real men Don't Eat Quiche" "A beautiful nymphomaniac girlfriend whose father owns a brewery".........

The Australians perfect wife, a deaf and dumb nymphomaniac who owns a pub. That predates real men don't eat quiche by about 30 years. Plagiarism is rife in Hollywood.

comment by I'm not Spartacus, to be quite Frank (U4603)
posted about an hour ago
Go for it View, it's better than teaching the bottom set year 9 on a Friday afternoon. To make life even better my latest girlfriend owns a pub. Just need Derby to romp away with the Championship and I think I will have found perfection.
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comment by HebridesRam (U2909)
posted 22 minutes ago
Remember "Real men Don't Eat Quiche" "A beautiful nymphomaniac girlfriend whose father owns a brewery".........
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Hope yours is not a Leeds fan, Spart

She follows the egg chasers in red shirts and sings sospan fach.

Sounds as though you are well matched when it comes to footballing knowledge then, Spart.

"Which would you rather be - an unhappy human being or a happy dog?"

That's a pretty stupid question to ask a bunch of sheep surely?

I think you need to ask yourself why you are directing questions at sheep. Being none human animals they wont necessarily understand you although I do know that most Forest fans communicate in basic grunts similar to those heard in farmyards.

Clint Eastwood did sing I talk to the trees but was wise enough to realise they didn't listen to him.

comment by Red Forest Bear ( Bear Knows) (U6288)
posted less than a minute ago
"Which would you rather be - an unhappy human being or a happy dog?"

That's a pretty stupid question to ask a bunch of sheep surely?
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That's quite wry and funny for you - an improvement on your usual boorish contributions, keep it up

Spart must have got a bit too close to that volcano. He's absolutely on fire.

comment by ViewFromTheStudent (U1581)
posted 3 hours, 9 minutes ago
Jeez and I’m sat in the car in Long Eaton ....can’t compete 😫
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*sitting

Sat is fine View. Don't listen to the pastry muncher.

comment by 666 ⚽️ (U11795)
posted 4 minutes ago
comment by ViewFromTheStudent (U1581)
posted 3 hours, 9 minutes ago
Jeez and I’m sat in the car in Long Eaton ....can’t compete 😫
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*sitting
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No, I was 'sat' - honest

“Which would you rather be - an unhappy human being or a happy dog?”



Here’s the thing: we all just want to be happy. Being unhappy is mere existence, so being ‘blessed’ with the intellect to become unhappy is in reality a curse. As the most sentient of beings, we tend to overthink and allow ourselves to want rather than just satisfying need, and that’s what sits at the root of unhappiness. The happiest of all humanity are those who sit at the very top of riches, and those who are simple-minded who don’t overthink because they lack the mental capacity to do so.

In conclusion then, I’d rather be a Bear.

comment by lastapostleofvidal (U1491)
posted 7 minutes ago
Sat is fine View. Don't listen to the pastry muncher.
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Why not “Sat is fine View. Didn’t listen to the pastry muncher.”?

BECAUSE PAST TENSE IS WHY.

You yokels make me puke.

Research into this suggests that when good or bad things happen to people that affect their happiness, they pretty soon return to their baseline happiness levels. It's said that if you get sent to prison for instance, generally it makes you quite miserable for a bit but then you get into a routine and your happiness depends on whether one day is a bit better or a bit worse than is your new norm. I imagine this largely concerns events that may or may not occur in the showers. Similarly, if you win the lottery you are very happy for a bit but then it spoils your day if your quails' eggs aren't quite cooked to perfection, or some other similar irritant.

On the whole though, thick people seem generally happier. Dogs look happier but they may just be putting a brave face on it and hiding their inner angst. How things like flies get through the day, just eating bits of excrement and trying to avoid spiders, is beyond me. Hats off to them I say.

"Some say that knowledge is something that you never have.
Some say that knowledge is something sat in your lap"



Kate Bush knows

As the most sentient of beings, we tend to overthink

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I don't think you could ever accuse RFB of that.

It's said that if you get sent to prison for instance, generally it makes you quite miserable for a bit but then you get into a routine and your happiness depends on whether one day is a bit better or a bit worse than is your new norm.

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I know someone who told me it was almost worth being banged up for the feeling he had when he was released.