Minor Pleasures (11 Viewers)

[chris d]

Soft lads.

 

[seanc]

PURE INNOCENT BOYS, as we would have said back in the day.

It is a funny thing about living here. The young black guys that do get up to naughtiness are frightened of police or that-one-guy-who-is-actually-proper-mental in a way that the young traveller/council estate/general dickhead kids never were back home. I think they're more scared of their mothers more than anything actually. And rightly so. But they still have to put on a front when they're in front of their mates, which most people would find intimidating.

It's an odd thing, and I think it's funny if I don't think to much about it. These lads wouldn't last a day where I'm from. I'm a total sissy. Now I scare them. How did that happen? Am I inherently frightening? Has that affected my job prospects when I go for job interviews and people think I'm some nutter because of my accent or resting stance?

Whatever it is, it is a minor pleasure to be somewhat self assured. I wish I'd learned it earlier in life.

 

[chris d]

And you didn't get stabbed. It's a win for sure.

 

[magicbastarder]

i've gone down a bit of a rabbit hole of watching people making bows (as in bows for shooting arrows). now i want to make one, even though i have little cause to need one on the northside.

 

[ann post]

I'll put this here because otherwise I'll make myself angry.

Came home, there was three young dudes on the stairwell who don't live here. One of them had an extinguished spliff in his hand and the whole stairwell was hazy and stank of skunk.

I said hello and then just said "Not indoors lads".
Then they left.

I think if was in a similar situation in Dublin or back home I'd have gotten battered and burgled and terrorised forevermore. London boys put up a lot of front, but they are mostly all talk. Anyway, I felt like a BIG MAN, And hopefully these young brers will not be so silly again. My only regret is that I didn't get to explain that they're ruining it for the rest of us. They'd have probably hazily comprehended that.

I was on the motorway applegreen last night and i could smell joints literally driving into the car park with the windows shut. I thought it was funny though and told them how far back i could smell it for. Their driver was sitting looking annoyed in the car waiting for them. Bring back outdoor dining or somthing

 

[magicbastarder]

the evenings start getting brighter this evening.

 

[Lili Marlene]

the evenings start getting brighter this evening.

really?? This early? Amazing. I thought that evening shift didn't happen until about 2 days before the solstice

 

[Denny Oubidoux]

The mornings keep getting darker though, even after the 21st (i think...)

 

[magicbastarder]

yeah, they'll keep getting darker till about new years IIRC. net effect is that the shortest day is still the 21st or thereabouts.

 

[egg_]

It's an odd thing, and I think it's funny if I don't think to much about it. These lads wouldn't last a day where I'm from. I'm a total sissy. Now I scare them. How did that happen?

I think just getting older helps. Also if you're self-assured people just assume your self-assurance is justified

 

[Cornu Ammonis]

If anyone makes a “grand stretch” joke near me I think I’ll have to slap them.

 

[Cormcolash]

Large Flex in the evening there

 

[Cornu Ammonis]

Large Flex in the evening there

As in an extension cord?

 

[GARYXKNIFEDX]

Large Flex in the evening there

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[flashback]

If anyone makes a “grand stretch” joke near me I think I’ll have to slap them.

Did you hear the one about Middleton GAA club weekday training after work?
They normally kick things off with a grand stretch in the evening.

 

[flashback]

For a while I was obsessed with this idea that people had two modes of operation.

One, "Normal", and one "Logging".

If you switch over to Logging mode, you sort of have a Heads Up Display overlayed onto your normal vision, Terminator style. On the lower right corner there's a clock ticking down with the number of hours left to live.
Then there's just relevant statistics about your current life. If you are at the happiest point in your life, it's marked, you'll see an alert popping up, and then you'll see it categorized with the other happy moments of your life. If you're in a dangerous spot you'd see the bar rising (although that might have the element of suspense removed because of the Time To Live field in the corner).

I reckon the above Grand Stretch joke might be categorized as the worst joke I've ever made.

 

[rettucs]

For a while I was obsessed with this idea that people had two modes of operation.

One, "Normal", and one "Logging".

If you switch over to Logging mode, you sort of have a Heads Up Display overlayed onto your normal vision, Terminator style. On the lower right corner there's a clock ticking down with the number of hours left to live.
Then there's just relevant statistics about your current life. If you are at the happiest point in your life, it's marked, you'll see an alert popping up, and then you'll see it categorized with the other happy moments of your life. If you're in a dangerous spot you'd see the bar rising (although that might have the element of suspense removed because of the Time To Live field in the corner).

I reckon the above Grand Stretch joke might be categorized as the worst joke I've ever made.

I'd have to know every joke you've ever told to know for sure, but I'd say theres' a good chance, yes

 

[magicbastarder]

i don't even get it.

 

[Denny Oubidoux]

On my way home from a successful xmas shopping expedition to town, I'm now finished with that shit for another year (a couple of puddings, several boxes of chocolates and some fancy half-price decorations from the Kilkenny shop. It'll have to do)

 

[rettucs]

On my way home from a successful xmas shopping expedition to town, I'm now finished with that shit for another year (a couple of puddings, several boxes of chocolates and some fancy half-price decorations from the Kilkenny shop. It'll have to do)

cancelled for doing christmas half-arsed