charon 4,943 Posted December 14, 2018 The trees at the start Cat were barely moving..... Just goes to show aviators are shitehawks and sailors are the fucking men. Sure Bou posted afore about the old Ully-Stornoway ferry Suilven after it went to NZ. The next one from the same crossing, 8 hours for a 3 hour journey. A week or two afore I flitted to Lewis in 2005, the same time journey, took 13 hours. ........ Fuck. That. 1 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
En Passant 3,743 Posted December 14, 2018 1 hour ago, charon said: Ully-Stornoway ferry Suilven after it went to NZ. At what point did they realise they were a smidge off course? Isle of Wight? Canaries? Cape Town? Jokes aside that looks hairy as hell. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Boudicca 702 Posted December 15, 2018 8 hours ago, En Passant said: Jokes aside that looks hairy as hell. Or as it's known in our house, "I'm away to work" As for aviation, NotW discussion tends to be along the lines of, "how does God keep them in the sky?" 3 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
charon 4,943 Posted December 15, 2018 After posting the awful Tony Robinson song in the music guess thread, I see he was in the John Wayne film Brannigan. Have watched it in the past and never twigged. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
En Passant 3,743 Posted December 15, 2018 4 hours ago, Boudicca said: Or as it's known in our house, "I'm away to work" It's one of those pub quiz questions that unless you know it, people often get wrong. What's the most hazardous civilian job? Don't know if that's still true but it has to be close. On a more fun but related note, I was in the pub with a friend one day yoinks ago and a local bigmouth who often went fishing on a lake was larging it about the poundage of fish he'd caught on his best day. Friend pipes up "I used to fish" so bigmouth immediately starts up with "well I bet you can't beat 44lbs in a day, what did you manage?"....friends answer - delivered deadpan "5 tons". That silenced matey for a while til he figured it out. Yeah, he was a trawlerman, from some Cornish Village that might or might not have been Padstow, I forget. 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
msc 18,483 Posted December 16, 2018 An old favourite for many of us randomly showed up to the read the Cbeebies Bedtime Story tonight*. *For oldies, think Jackanory and on right track. 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
One shot Paddy 1,206 Posted December 16, 2018 And Squidge is a favourite of OSP jr, there must be 50 odd in this house! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
TQR 14,408 Posted December 17, 2018 EDIT: Forgot to read the contents of this fucking site. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
charon 4,943 Posted December 17, 2018 2 minutes ago, The Quim Reaper said: 'Bag For Life' kills granny, 83. Ironic deaths thread a few hours ago......... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
TQR 14,408 Posted December 17, 2018 3 minutes ago, charon said: Ironic deaths thread a few hours ago......... Gahhh fuck it, some of us don't have time to rifle through all the shite on here Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
charon 4,943 Posted December 17, 2018 Well give up your job/wife/weans or summit less important........ 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Banana 859 Posted December 18, 2018 'Price is Right' contestant turns down trip to Winnipeg Can't fucking blame him Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
charon 4,943 Posted December 18, 2018 On 14/12/2018 at 23:24, En Passant said: At what point did they realise they were a smidge off course? Isle of Wight? Canaries? Cape Town? Jokes aside that looks hairy as hell. Even o'er here.... Larne-Cairnryan ferry today. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-south-scotland-46604175 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
charon 4,943 Posted December 21, 2018 There's a few of the big megapixel photos around just now, bit the scale is astonishing when you zoom in. http://sh-meet.bigpixel.cn/?from=groupmessage&isappinstalled=0&fbclid=IwAR3z6Rmd991CBsnayE1yAy8rmFisgs3eRDISd0GjPemCrCodtgxDJ9iVTro 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
charon 4,943 Posted December 21, 2018 Mother buys her daughter a cat treat advent calendar by mistake, and only finds out once the catnip was scoffed. https://www.thescottishsun.co.uk/news/3654367/catnip-advent-calendar-b-m-chocolate-garfield-treat/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=Facebook#Echobox=1545393103 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Sir Creep 7,070 Posted December 21, 2018 On 14/12/2018 at 16:02, charon said: 8 hours for a 3 hour journey. A week or two afore I flitted to Lewis in 2005, the same time journey, took 13 hours. ........ Fuck. That. I've taken a boat to offshore rigs a few times (about 100 miles out). Generally the GOM (er... Gulf of Mexico) is forgiving, but even if it's 10-12' waves you get knocked around enough (hard to imagine 20+). Then you have the luxury of standing on a rope basket and hang on as you're hauled 80' upward to the platform deck lol. You'll hold on tight yes you will. SC 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
philheybrookbay 439 Posted December 23, 2018 Daily Mail gets it badly wrong...... 6 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Sir Creep 7,070 Posted December 25, 2018 Sudan's main opposition leader Sadiq al-Mahdi on Saturday blamed "armed repression" for the death of 22 people in days of protests over the rising cost of bread, although officials gave a lower death toll. A government decision to increase the price of a loaf of bread from one Sudanese pound to three (from about two to six US cents) has sparked demonstrations across the country since Wednesday. ----------- Now that's damn funny. Are you not entertained? Protesting and dying for a US nickel? These fuckers would go ape shit if they got a hold of our junk mail coupon inserts. SC 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
charon 4,943 Posted December 25, 2018 How many died in Shitago over the same period? Absolute weapon SC, stop moralising on World stuff when you're a fucking Yank ffs. US needed a stock market crash to sell Securities, ye got that Total wank of a Cuntry Hope that Canary Island promised tsunami hits soon. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
gcreptile 10,979 Posted December 28, 2018 Transgender woman "who kept her penis in her transition" is obsessed with Jackie Stallone and wants to look like her: https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/world-news/transgender-woman-obssessed-jackie-stallone-13651798 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Lord Fellatio Nelson 6,219 Posted December 28, 2018 18 minutes ago, gcreptile said: Transgender woman "who kept her penis in her transition" is obsessed with Jackie Stallone and wants to look like her: https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/world-news/transgender-woman-obssessed-jackie-stallone-13651798 Well, I suppose keeping her cock will certainly help in getting the Jackie Stallone look. I bet old Jackie is hung like a baboon. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites