Gibberings CXXV: Shameful Moderating

[knock]

I'm glad to see lack of intranetz has not negatively affected your prose skills, Shambles. In fact it seems to have doubled your powers Or do I detect a whiff of a vapour in the air?

 

[Shambles]

No vapours here, Knock. Well, bit of cig smoke getting in me eyes but that doesn't really count. Did get fed loadsa "ketamine" for next to nothing over the weekend though (ketaman wivva guilty conscience ftmfw ). Other than that, precious little on the druggy front to report. Other than Monday morning being rather enjoyable. Aside from the router breaking. Did I mention me router broke? 8)

*waves at eadd*

Also, I had time to add minor comforts to me pooter place. Got a plushy "leather" seat that's dead comfy now. Although is a tad too large to fit the confined space it's in and I nearly broke me ankle trying to extricate meself without taking due care and attention. Somewhat ironically I tripped over the new-old router cable

 

[Ben So Furry]

Firstly I haven't signed back in to resopond to anything I couldn't have possibly seen posted OK you lot, great.

Ceres, Marmalade - That answer you gave is far too appropriate and relevant that I therefore fail to believe it. It just couldn't be. That would be really weird. You two made a little slip there didn't you? It's OK I get it, very funny btw.

You may be aware that I never post ,

Well in this instance I may have finally got a little closer to understanding what is and the power it represents. So I will reply with this and in confused manner.

Thing is you may have had me if Shambles didn't post a mere amount of time after. Yeah I know. I think.

Anyway Shambles I have to tell you something I've been dying to get off my chest since...erm...whenever it was you decided to stop posting for whatever reason it was, fair or foul. I do know absolutely which one it is btw. Confimed.

A'ternoon, all

What a shitey week that was. Bleedin' router died last Monday so phoned the intrawebz folk and said "Me bleedin' router died" and they said "No it didn't" and I said "Bet it did" and they said "Looks fine from here" and I said "You should see it from here then seeing as you're in some call centre elsewhere than here" and they said "Can you fix it yourself? and I said "No" and they said "Well, we could send out an engineer but if it turns out that you could've fixed it yourself we'll have to charge you £150" and I said "Fuck off" and they said "No, really we will" and I said "That's a bit shit" and they said "Policy innit" and I said "Apparently so but I would quite like me intranetz to work seeing as I'm paying for access I don't have due to me router breaking" and they said "If you insist. We'll try to get somebody there by the end of the week - you gonna be in?".

*time passes*
*more time passes*
*boring time-based, lacking in intranetz interlude passes... very, very slowly*

Engineer arrives and says "You're router's broken" and I said "I know" and he said "That's odd" and I said "I know" and he said "Shouldn't be broken" and I said "I know" and he said "We don't provide replacement routers so I'll file a report and your intranetz provider should send out a replacement" and I said "Woot. When" and he said "Dunno".

*time passes*
*more time passes*
*boring time-based, lacking in intranetz interlude passes... very, very slowly*

Intranetz provider finally calls on Saturday evening and says "Is your router working yet?" and I said "No" and he said "That's odd" and I said "No more odd that it was at the beginning of the week really" and he said "I suppose not. You probably need a new one cos the engineer said your one is broken" and I said "I know" and he said "Would you like another one?" and I said "Yes" and he said "We'll send one out next week then" and I said "Oh".

*time passes*
*more time passes*
*boring time-based, lacking in intranetz interlude passes... very, very slowly*

Then I switched to an old router in a moment of inspired desperation and it worked and I could've done it within seconds of the other one breaking thus saving not only a week of frustrating lack of intranetz but also y'all having read this and me having to write this.

*takes deep breath and relaxes*

tl[dNOTr

Great post btw, that I did not read of course, good to see you man. I enjoyed reading that. It was great. Really. Thank you.

That's Pontifex syndromé.

I knew that, I did, it was a joke in a cool way. Oh wait, you knew that as well and posted that for those lulz or something fully understanding what I was trying to get at. Fuck Albion, you will be getting a big fat juicy one of these and no mistake. You ROCK this place Albion.

 

[Shambles]

Having fun there, Ben?

 

[Urbain]

Shit, I established such a premises nearly three years ago. Get a flight

Location please.

 

[Marmalade]

lulz. lawdy. Good Afternoon Ben

 

[Jackal]

Location please.

Cambodiyeaaa!

 

[masaz]

Lol Shammy glad you're back with us all in the land of the nearly living again.

Why does time go so slow when you're waiting to do summat? All I wanna do is get home, get snuggled in bed with me codeine and get me book read in time for Thursday. Would give the lecture a miss if it didn't have mandatory attendance, which is a bit of a joke because all of the lectures for that module are recorded and put online. Oh well. Will sneak off during the break, possibly via Maccy D's.

 

[Shambles]

No horse in MuckyD's yet then, Snolls? Would no doubt be an improvement if there was.

No codeinated snugglings for me til tomorrow at the earliest. Waiting for script day is always one of those intermibably, abominably, unfeasibly and unreasonably overlong waits you mention

 

[masaz]

Aww boo to that Drug waits are probably the worst I reckon. No etiz for me this week as planned cos I've lost my fucking cash card and it's not saved on the site. I'm taking a fucking photo of the next one I get.

Time to CWE then, and no doubt get comments from my housemate. For a psychology student he has shit all empathy. Tried to introduce a shit load of statistics into a discussion about phobias the other week, til his girlfriend came in when I started raising my voice and told him he's a prick haha. I don't give a shit if I'm more likely to die in a car crash than a plane crash, I can control a car and I'm fucking terrified and confused by planes. IRRATIONAL FEAR. God.

Yep defo need me some drugs. I will send you codeine-y vibes

 

[Shambles]

Mmm... psychosomatic virtual Snolls itchiez

That plane/car crash statistic is stooopid. Yes you are more likely to die in a car crash. But if a plane crashes you're considerably less likely to survive than if a car crashes. Plus, who cares which is more likely? Both are pretty shithouse if you happen to be in the small - yet statistically significant - number of peeps who crash in either scenario. Docs are also far less likely to prescribe benzos for being phobic about driving cars.

In other news, keep being kicked offline. Dunno why. Maybe the intranetz provider are a bit suspicious that the connection is being used when they know me router's broke. Surely using an old router as a stopgap isn't really any different from using the new one whenever it arrives? Except it no doubt is. Humbug.

 

[masaz]

Haha, that's what I said to him. Plus with planes there's the whole however many seconds of screaming shitting spewing terror before the inevitable happens too. I wish I could fly on planes as it rather limits me travel options but then again I quite fancy the idea of training it round Europe so! Temazzies got me over my huge fear of having an op while awake but I don't think it'd get me onto a plane. Could maybe also man a ferry as I can swim.

That sucks, I don't think they'd care bout that tho, I had a nightmare with our ISP as the router blew up in a storm over summer and the ISP said I needed my landlord to sort it, and the landlord said I could sort it with their details, which I couldn't. Eventually just whacked my mate's old one on there and waited patiently for the landlord to sort us a new un. So here's hoping your newold one doesn't blow too Sucks having no net, really don't realise how much you rely on it til it's gone. Can tell when ours is down because the entire household will be sat in the living room examining the router, phoning the ISP, and rocking back and forth.

Drugs down the hatch, housemates have gone to a Tomb Raider launch party, and me and the rabbit are chilling. She's got to make do with broccoli and cabbage. Pretty sure she gets second hand stoned when I do bongs in here though, she always comes up next to me when I'm high and lays down, then stretches right out or flops over onto her back which they only do when they're reaaaaallllly happy Think she can tell I wanna relax tho, which is nice as she's been a terror today, ate me phone charger, shat all over my bed and then kicked it everywhere. Was under cage-arrest til I walked past and she looked at me with them eyes. Sucker, me.

Codeine rambles again haha, off to do some reading (or catching up on Jezza don't judge me)

 

[Shambles]

Catching up on Jezza, Snolls? How can you tell? Don't they all just merge into a haze of DNA tests, trackies/baseball cap combos and massive overuse of the word "temerity"? Saw somebody watching Jezza on one of those ree-dick-you-less-lee hyoooooge tellyboxes t'other day. Was bad enough seeing a three foot Jezzahead but when it cut to the chav being poked wiv sticks at the time... yowzers barely covers it 8(

Possibly the most unpleasant sight I can recall offhand. Who the fuck would buy a massive telly then watch Jezza on it?

Present company accepted 8)

Also, thanks for posting that lil clip of yer bunny here or elsewhere at some point, Snolls. Skipped most of the pages but caught that lil gem. My but she's a feisty one, missus

 

[masaz]

Haha yeah, depresses me when they show repeats from years back and I think 'seen it'. More background noise for me I think, plus a sick sort of voyeuristic thing. Need to watch The Life and Times of Vivian Vyle, is heavily based on our Jez I think. Do not know why you'd do that with a sexy telly, though my housemate does. We have a 42'' one in the living room and I've caught him Jezzaing a few times when he thinks no one else is in

Mine's only 32'' so it's not as bad

Hehe thought ya'd appreciate it, she's a right speedy, destructive little ball of fur and shite when she's not sat in her litter tray looking sinister. Was grooming her today, ended up with enough fur to make a new rabbit. Probably should have done, actually.

 

[Shambles]

Need to watch The Life and Times of Vivian Vyle, is heavily based on our Jez I think.

It is indeed. Had forgotten all about it but you reminded me. Was quite funny from memory. Am not a huge Jennifer Saunders fan but she gives good Jezzetta

 

[jancrow]

PLURs all. Good god I'm hungover.... might be coming down with something too as I feel FREEZING and keep putting on extra layers.... GF assures me that it's not cold. Just popped in to say hello, and it's taken me about 5 minutes to come out with this shit. Hope you are in better states.

 

[Shambles]

*waves at jan whilst keeping safe distance to avoid lurgy*

I have sniffles 'n' chills 'n' aches but probably just natural background sniffles 'n' chills 'n' aches rather than hangover or actual illness here. It is cold though. But not sure how relevant the temperature in my flat would be to your situation, Jan. Worth mentioning for the sake of throughness though.

 

[Mugz]

gibber gabber

 

[masaz]

It is indeed. Had forgotten all about it but you reminded me. Was quite funny from memory. Am not a huge Jennifer Saunders fan but she gives good Jezzetta

Haha, will definitely watch it then as I love me some Saunders. Think I'm gonna whack Ab Fab on now actually, always puts me in a good mood. Hope you're not too lurgified Jan, fucking hate colds and the like.

 

[jancrow]

Cheers peeps... not sure if it's a cold or hangover which has been most to blame but I've got practically NOWT done today, hate that feeling!