Lord Fellatio Nelson 6,218 Posted December 11, 2022 3 hours ago, Lard Bazaar said: I had one of these removed from my nose in August, unfortunately the skin graft failed so I’m left with quite a scar but I was fucking ugly before anyway so no great loss, the cancer was fully removed which is the important thing, hope your mum does ok. Lady FN had one on her back, they gave her a cream to burn the bastard out. All gone but just a faint mark of where it was. She was fucking ugly before too.......... 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Toast 16,130 Posted December 12, 2022 too late now 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
TQR 14,385 Posted December 14, 2022 Just sneezed and pulled a muscle in my chest to the extent that I’m convinced my heart has stopped. I can’t guarantee I’ll get a QO. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
TQR 14,385 Posted December 15, 2022 I would’ve posted in this in the poetry thread but the brief is ‘crap’ poetry. This poem isn’t crap. And, as nurses begin their perfectly justified and easily avoidable strike today, it’s one to keep in mind. 3 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
TQR 14,385 Posted January 5, 2023 It’s been rather an odd few days but it’s just starting to sink in; on New Years Evening I got engaged. I’m exhausted by the emotion and the kind of shellshocked feeling of it but I’m stupidly happy. 16 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Clorox Bleachman 2,407 Posted January 5, 2023 3 minutes ago, TQR said: It’s been rather an odd few days but it’s just starting to sink in; on New Years Evening I got engaged. I’m exhausted by the emotion and the kind of shellshocked feeling of it but I’m stupidly happy. Congratulations!! Wishing you many happy years of quim reaping (or whatever you're into, you do you boo!) 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
TQR 14,385 Posted January 5, 2023 4 minutes ago, Clorox Bleachman said: Congratulations!! Wishing you many happy years of quim reaping (or whatever you're into, you do you boo!) Thanks! I’m glad the irony of my old name lives on 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Lard Bazaar 3,799 Posted January 5, 2023 10 hours ago, TQR said: It’s been rather an odd few days but it’s just starting to sink in; on New Years Evening I got engaged. I’m exhausted by the emotion and the kind of shellshocked feeling of it but I’m stupidly happy. Congratulations. I’ve been engaged for 12 years. The old man feels marriage is not something one should rush into. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
The Immortal 634 Posted January 6, 2023 19 hours ago, TQR said: It’s been rather an odd few days but it’s just starting to sink in; on New Years Evening I got engaged. I’m exhausted by the emotion and the kind of shellshocked feeling of it but I’m stupidly happy. Congratulations. I can understand that feeling as I had wedding three months ago. Enjoy every moment of it. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
TQR 14,385 Posted January 6, 2023 1 hour ago, TheSpinosaurus said: Congratulations. I can understand that feeling as I had wedding three months ago. Enjoy every moment of it. Thanks, and congrats to you too! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Bibliogryphon 9,570 Posted January 6, 2023 I was tempted to put this in @Book 's Kill or Save 80's thread but I don't want to interrupt the game as it can get quite chaotic at the best of times bit I thought about all the songs that will not crop up in that game. I have picked one from each year and only used each artist once 1980 Babooshka - Kate Bush 1981 Wordy Rappinghood - Tom Tom Club 1982 Senses Working Overtime - XTC 1983 Drop The Pilot - Joan Armatrading 1984 A New England - Kirsty MacColl 1985 Road to Nowhere - Talking Heads 1986 Sledgehammer - Peter Gabriel 1987 This Corrosion - Sisters of Mercy 1988 She Makes My Day - Robert Palmer 1989 Don't Ask Me Why - Eurythmics 3 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
msc 18,437 Posted January 6, 2023 24 minutes ago, Bibliogryphon said: I was tempted to put this in @Book 's Kill or Save 80's thread but I don't want to interrupt the game as it can get quite chaotic at the best of times bit I thought about all the songs that will not crop up in that game. I have picked one from each year and only used each artist once 1980 Babooshka - Kate Bush 1981 Wordy Rappinghood - Tom Tom Club 1982 Senses Working Overtime - XTC 1983 Drop The Pilot - Joan Armatrading 1984 A New England - Kirsty MacColl 1985 Road to Nowhere - Talking Heads 1986 Sledgehammer - Peter Gabriel 1987 This Corrosion - Sisters of Mercy 1988 She Makes My Day - Robert Palmer 1989 Don't Ask Me Why - Eurythmics This Corrosion is great, you can feel the Jim Steinman influence (he produced it) from every sound! Also, New England has Billy Bragg's finest verse: I saw two shooting stars last night I wished on them but they were only satellites It's wrong to wish on space hardware I wish, I wish, I wish you'd care. I'll give it a shot then 1980 - ELO: Last Train to London (I know it got released before Christmas 79 but it just counts as an 1980 chart song. Hah) 1981 - Visage: Fade to Grey 1982 - Stranglers: Golden Brown (though near impossible to choose between that and Party Fears Two) 1983 - Mike Oldfield: Moonlight Shadow 1984 - Prince: When Doves Cry (another tough year) 1985 - Tears for Fears: Everybody Wants to Rule the World 1986 - Queen: A Kind of Magic 1987 - Pet Shop Boys and Dusty Springfield: What Have I Done To Deserve This? 1988 - Iron Maiden: Can I Play With Madness? 1989 - Beautiful South: Song for Whoever Well, that was tougher than it looked, Mr Biblio. 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Book 3,551 Posted January 6, 2023 32 minutes ago, Bibliogryphon said: I was tempted to put this in @Book 's Kill or Save 80's thread but I don't want to interrupt the game as it can get quite chaotic at the best of times bit I thought about all the songs that will not crop up in that game. I have picked one from each year and only used each artist once 1980 Babooshka - Kate Bush 1981 Wordy Rappinghood - Tom Tom Club 1982 Senses Working Overtime - XTC 1983 Drop The Pilot - Joan Armatrading 1984 A New England - Kirsty MacColl 1985 Road to Nowhere - Talking Heads 1986 Sledgehammer - Peter Gabriel 1987 This Corrosion - Sisters of Mercy 1988 She Makes My Day - Robert Palmer 1989 Don't Ask Me Why - Eurythmics Are these your favorite songs from each year that didn't make it to #1? 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Book 3,551 Posted January 6, 2023 12 minutes ago, msc said: 1980 - ELO: Last Train to London 1981 - Visage: Fade to Grey 1982 - Stranglers: Golden Brown 1983 - Mike Oldfield: Moonlight Shadow 1984 - Prince: When Doves Cry 1985 - Tears for Fears: Everybody Wants to Rule the World 1986 - Queen: A Kind of Magic 1987 - Pet Shop Boys and Dusty Springfield: What Have I Done To Deserve This? 1988 - Iron Maiden: Can I Play With Madness? 1989 - Beautiful South: Song for Whoever Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Bibliogryphon 9,570 Posted January 6, 2023 15 minutes ago, Book said: Are these your favorite songs from each year that didn't make it to #1? I tried not to go to obscure. Thinking of things that actually charted and on another day I would make different choices Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Bibliogryphon 9,570 Posted January 6, 2023 @msc 1986 - Queen: A Kind of Magic I actually had to check because I was convinced this reached No.1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
msc 18,437 Posted January 6, 2023 8 minutes ago, Bibliogryphon said: I tried not to go to obscure. Thinking of things that actually charted and on another day I would make different choices I assumed you meant charting otherwise tonnes of Metallica and Kirsty Maccoll which didn't chart would be up there. 6 minutes ago, Bibliogryphon said: @msc 1986 - Queen: A Kind of Magic I actually had to check because I was convinced this reached No.1 It's stunning to look back on it, for one of the biggest bands in history, but they only had one number one between Bohemian Rhapsody and Innuendo - Under Pressure with Bowie! 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Book 3,551 Posted January 6, 2023 UK Top 40 songs I really like that didn't reach the Top 10: 1980: Joy Division - Love will tear us apart (#13) 1981: Randy Crawford - You might need somebody (#11) 1982: Kim Wilde: View from a bridge (#16) 1983: New Order - Blue Monday (#12) 1984: Sade - Smooth Operator (#19) 1985: Kate Bush - Cloudbusting (#20) 1986: The Smiths - Big mouth strikes again (#26) 1987: Depeche Mode - Never let me down again (#22) 1988: Sinead O'Connor - Mandinka (#17) 1989: Adeva - I thank you (#17) 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Toast 16,130 Posted January 6, 2023 Some favourites from me. I don't think any of these were number one but IMBW. 1980 Same Old Scene - Roxy Music 1981 Vienna - Ultravox 1982 Waiting For A Train - Flash and the Pan 1983 Fields Of Fire - Big Country 1984 The Killing Moon - Echo & The Bunnymen 1985 She Sells Sanctuary - The Cult 1986 Suburbia - Pet Shop Boys 1987 Just Like Heaven - The Cure 1988 Every Day Is Like Sunday - Morrissey 1989 Personal Jesus - Depeche Mode Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
TQR 14,385 Posted January 6, 2023 28 minutes ago, Book said: UK Top 40 songs I really like that didn't reach the Top 10: 1980: Joy Division - Love will tear us apart (#13) 1983: New Order - Blue Monday (#12) 1987: Depeche Mode - Never let me down again (#22) The fact none of these three stone cold classics didn’t make the top 10 is a travesty! 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
TQR 14,385 Posted January 6, 2023 3 minutes ago, Toast said: 1984 The Killing Moon - Echo & The Bunnymen 1989 Personal Jesus - Depeche Mode These two masterpieces too…no.9 and no.13 respectively. Absolute crime. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Book 3,551 Posted January 6, 2023 7 minutes ago, TQR said: The fact none of these three stone cold classics didn’t make the top 10 is a travesty! I just read that Blue Monday hit No.9 later that year, so it didn't count that well. Blue Monday and Never let me down again hit #2 in the German charts, just sayin' 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Sly Ronnie 878 Posted January 6, 2023 44 minutes ago, Book said: UK Top 40 songs I really like that didn't reach the Top 10: 1983: New Order - Blue Monday (#12) Actually this did reach the top 10..eventually. It initially reached 12 but after their semi-legendarily disastrous live appearance on Top of the Pops it went down the charts before inexplicably moving back to high as number 9 in October 1983. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Bibliogryphon 9,570 Posted January 6, 2023 1 hour ago, Book said: UK Top 40 songs I really like that didn't reach the Top 10: 1980: Joy Division - Love will tear us apart (#13) 1981: Randy Crawford - You might need somebody (#11) 1982: Kim Wilde: View from a bridge (#16) 1983: New Order - Blue Monday (#12) 1984: Sade - Smooth Operator (#19) 1985: Kate Bush - Cloudbusting (#20) 1986: The Smiths - Big mouth strikes again (#26) 1987: Depeche Mode - Never let me down again (#22) 1988: Sinead O'Connor - Mandinka (#17) 1989: Adeva - I thank you (#17) I limited myself to one Kate Bush and there was other stuff in 85 that I wanted to include. Note there is no Genesis here because their best stuff is album tracks Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Toast 16,130 Posted January 6, 2023 1 hour ago, Book said: I just read that Blue Monday hit No.9 later that year, so it didn't count that well. Blue Monday and Never let me down again hit #2 in the German charts, just sayin' I didn't notice you had Blue Monday, so I'll change my selection. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
