chrisp65 Posted 21 hours ago Share Posted 21 hours ago Standing at the tree line, just off poorly lit b roads, dressed as a clown, that’s relatively new. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
one_ian_taylor Posted 21 hours ago VT Supporter Share Posted 21 hours ago 7 minutes ago, chrisp65 said: Only works with horses I’m afraid. Youre going to look like a dick trying to gain entrance to someone’s house with a hamster skull on a stick. How do you hire a horse? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post rjw63 Posted 21 hours ago Popular Post Share Posted 21 hours ago (edited) Just now, one_ian_taylor said: How do you hire a horse? Platform soled horse shoes Edited 21 hours ago by rjw63 keenanism 3 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Davkaus Posted 21 hours ago Share Posted 21 hours ago 5 minutes ago, Mic09 said: Sure. But it doesn't explain why my neighbour has 'DANGER, MENTAL ASYLUM' signs and clowns covered in blood over his front garden. Mental asylum is no longer considered inclusive language, call 999 and report a hate crime 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chrisp65 Posted 21 hours ago Share Posted 21 hours ago (edited) 6 minutes ago, Mic09 said: Sure. But it doesn't explain why my neighbour has a 'DANGER, MENTAL ASYLUM' and clowns covered in blood over his front garden. I strongly suspect that had your neighbour had access to such things, and disposable income back in the 1400’s or 1800’s they would have done the same. As it is, they’d have had one spare turnip and some animal bones, and they just made good use of that. See below museum exhibit, Ireland: Edited 21 hours ago by chrisp65 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chrisp65 Posted 21 hours ago Share Posted 21 hours ago 3 minutes ago, one_ian_taylor said: How do you hire a horse? First you need a jack. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
one_ian_taylor Posted 21 hours ago VT Supporter Share Posted 21 hours ago 7 minutes ago, rjw63 said: Platform soled horse shoes 3 minutes ago, chrisp65 said: First you need a jack. I was going to go with a brick under each hoof, but these are perfectly adequate alternatives 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mic09 Posted 20 hours ago Share Posted 20 hours ago 11 minutes ago, chrisp65 said: I strongly suspect that had your neighbour had access to such things, and disposable income back in the 1400’s or 1800’s they would have done the same. As it is, they’d have had one spare turnip and some animal bones, and they just made good use of that. See below museum exhibit, Ireland: I get that, no arguments there. Heck, some cultures dig out their loved ones and wash bodies during the festivities. But there is a greater overarching story there; not just sweets and shits and giggles. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fightoffyour Posted 20 hours ago VT Supporter Share Posted 20 hours ago 1 hour ago, chrisp65 said: I’m sat in the office and suddenly become aware it’s hot, hot to a point I’ve actually got a slight bead of sweat forming on the forehead eyebrow region. A quick bit of investigation reveals ‘the girls’ have turned the heating up to 27c ‘in case it gets cold later’. **** me the **** silly season has **** started where people think **** 27c is a normal **** temperature how the merry **** do these people survive when they go outside and it’s a death inducing 16? **** sake I was on a plane the other week, as I board I feel insanely hot air blowing out of the vents overhead. I immediately ask what's going on and can you make it stop, it's already too hot. Carries on for a good 20 minutes. They say it will cool down later, I'm continuously fanning myself for the entire flight while they announce "if we can do anything to make your journey more comfortable, please let us know." Yes, I already asked, turn the **** heat down! Turns out it's been set to 24C, and someone said it's too cold so they can't turn it down below 21.5C which is the standard. It does get a bit cooler but then later I see it's set to 22.5C. Absolutely ridiculous. If someone is cold, they have blankets. Have my **** blanket! What I am supposed to do burning alive, strip down to pants and keep asking for ice? 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chrisp65 Posted 20 hours ago Share Posted 20 hours ago How are people cold at these temperatures? I’m guessing they have some medical condition that makes them cold and allergic to jumpers and completely self centred and lacking self awareness. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bickster Posted 20 hours ago Moderator Share Posted 20 hours ago 6 minutes ago, chrisp65 said: How are people cold at these temperatures? I’m guessing they have some medical condition that makes them cold and allergic to jumpers and completely self centred and lacking self awareness. You want cold, I’ll introduce to the missus, she could be cold at sea level on the equator Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sidcow Posted 20 hours ago VT Supporter Share Posted 20 hours ago 1 hour ago, Mic09 said: Well, yes, but I don't particularly like the unnecessary over the top gore of the current Halloween celebration. That's my only issue with it. I don't think kids running around plastic gravestones with plastic knives is particularly fun. I appreciate it's based on a certain tradition, but currently it's a caricature of it. A little less tackiness, a little more tradition please. Have fun, celebrate, but kids walking around with decapitated heads is not my sort of a party. (Again, I am an old man in a relatively young-ish body.) I think (grand-dad hat on again!) we could explain why these traditions are here. You know, start of new year, winter solstice, day of remembrance of the dead, end of harvest, etc. Not just 'Let's hang a plastic dead body out of the window and get some sweets kids!' Yes, I am detached. But that's my take. Anyone for Apple Bobbing? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bickster Posted 20 hours ago Moderator Share Posted 20 hours ago 41 minutes ago, one_ian_taylor said: How do you hire a horse? Ask @Seat68 might lend you one from his ranch 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bickster Posted 20 hours ago Moderator Share Posted 20 hours ago Just now, sidcow said: Anyone for Apple Bobbing? Ducking. Bobbing is some non Celtic midlands cultural appropriation Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sidcow Posted 20 hours ago VT Supporter Share Posted 20 hours ago 54 minutes ago, chrisp65 said: Standing at the tree line, just off poorly lit b roads, dressed as a clown, that’s relatively new. Nah, I've been doing it for years. And hiding in the storm drains. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sidcow Posted 20 hours ago VT Supporter Share Posted 20 hours ago 51 minutes ago, Davkaus said: Mental asylum is no longer considered inclusive language, call 999 and report a hate crime What nutcase decided that? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sidcow Posted 20 hours ago VT Supporter Share Posted 20 hours ago 45 minutes ago, one_ian_taylor said: I was going to go with a brick under each hoof, but these are perfectly adequate alternatives You could try sawn in half coconuts, then the horse would make a pleasing clippity clop noise when it walked 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sidcow Posted 20 hours ago VT Supporter Share Posted 20 hours ago 25 minutes ago, chrisp65 said: How are people cold at these temperatures? I’m guessing they have some medical condition that makes them cold and allergic to jumpers and completely self centred and lacking self awareness. In my experience they are generally just female (but not menopausal who will be on your side in such circumstances). 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fightoffyour Posted 20 hours ago VT Supporter Share Posted 20 hours ago 32 minutes ago, chrisp65 said: How are people cold at these temperatures? I’m guessing they have some medical condition that makes them cold and allergic to jumpers and completely self centred and lacking self awareness. I was starting to think I was the crazy one for being too hot 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Fun Factory Posted 20 hours ago Share Posted 20 hours ago (edited) 42 minutes ago, fightoffyour said: I was on a plane the other week, as I board I feel insanely hot air blowing out of the vents overhead. I immediately ask what's going on and can you make it stop, it's already too hot. Carries on for a good 20 minutes. They say it will cool down later, I'm continuously fanning myself for the entire flight while they announce "if we can do anything to make your journey more comfortable, please let us know." Yes, I already asked, turn the **** heat down! Turns out it's been set to 24C, and someone said it's too cold so they can't turn it down below 21.5C which is the standard. It does get a bit cooler but then later I see it's set to 22.5C. Absolutely ridiculous. If someone is cold, they have blankets. Have my **** blanket! What I am supposed to do burning alive, strip down to pants and keep asking for ice? Had a flight back from Tashkent last month and plane didn't have adjustable air vents above your seats, just generally warm air for 6 and a half hours. Really hot and stuffy and the recycled air is always horrible takes me a day to feel normal again. Yes I know this is blatant first world problems. Edited 20 hours ago by The Fun Factory 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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