Fierce_LiNk

You win at life. The Cox, The Hurley and The Dannii are also tasty. However, top honour goes to The Louise. Mmmm. Jamie is one lucky fucker. Literally. My choice would be Carol Vorderman. She's a milf. Also, she's very intelligent. A hottie plus brains just explodes my testicles.

Yeah, I can imagine it being a pain with fussy friends. I don't go to the Cinema all too often, but I go with Ine whenever we're together. Usually there's a film out that we both want to see, such as Toy Story 3, or that one of us wants to see quite badly, like the Expendables. It would probably be different if I went more often. But, at the moment, it's that stage where I see the films I pretty much want to see, but not so often enough that it's still a special thing. It's probably about once every 2 months.

As much as I enjoy the cinema, a huge part of it is the experience of going with friends or somebody I care about. It's like a night out for me. I like the whole fuss of getting snacks and drinks beforehand, and the ooohing and ahhing when a new film is shown in the trailers. I do have friends that have gone by themselves and they've enjoyed it, but I don't think its for me. Ideally, I would like to have a cinema that was completely empty except for me and my people. That would be great.

Haha, office monkeys! We have a laminator at work, too. But, every department has a budget with things like paper, laminator pouches, other materials. It just seems like a lot of hassle. So, this will be used just by me at home, to get my own personal things done. Without having to faff around with budgets and paper work.

What I'm saying is that it's annoying when anybody does it. For example, you're approaching a pub and you need to go through a mosh-pit full of people before you can even get through the door. The whole "excuse me...sorry...sorry...excuse me...cheers, mate" stuff. Get out of the waaaay. Whether they're smoking or not, they shouldn't be standing there.

Uhhh...nobody should be standing in doorways. Smokers or not. You're meant to get into and out of the building easily and freely. It's not a case of going around people. If you need to go around somebody to get into a building, then THEY are in the wrong. Whatever they're doing. They can be shagging the doorframe for all I care. They're wrong.

Like I mentioned to Raining on MSN: Smoker friends are generally fine. I don't think I've ever had a problem with my friends smoking (apart from that time with the one who cried about the ban). Smoker randomers are a bit different. Most are fine. Only a few are problematic. Like the type that Sheikah pointed out earlier, or the doorway people.

Exactly what I'm saying. Two out of the three is fine. But, all three...that should be a cardinal sin.

Ahh, fair play. Yeah, I've mostly been laminating smaller things (like signs for drawers) and then cutting them afterwards. Also, the link if people fancy getting one: http://www.wilkinsonplus.com/Mice-Speakers-Webcams/Texet-Personal-Laminator-A4-LMA4-V/invt/0240623 Only 9 quid.

I imagine that laminators could be useful for arty types of stuff. Like, if you make a special page for a comic that you'd like to keep or something, you could laminate that. Or for a portfolio. Emasher: They're really not a pain. What makes you say that? Seems pretty easy to me. I didn't actually do much to mine. Just place whatever I wanted laminating in the pounch and into the machine. Came out lovely. Saying that, that's with a different machine. I haven't tested mine yet.

I did threaten to steal all of my brother's monies after he gloated about a football result earlier today. I'd give him back a laminated five pound note.

One day, you will get your own laminator. Squeal then, you will.

After work, I decided to go out and around the town to do a bit of shoppppiiiing (said in the same way that the Pokemon Koffffing says his name) We popped into Wilkinsons and I found the one thing that would make my life easier: My words were something like "Fuck yeah! A laminator! Now I can do my laminating at home!" At the exact moment, I knew that I was old. I saw it, and I literally squealed. This is no exaggeration. I fucking squealed like a pig. I remember getting my first bill from British Gas. Or paying my first lot of rent. At those moments, I realised I wasn't a kid anymore. At what points did you realise that had moved on, or that you were old, wrinkly men? Or women, in the case of our special vaginapeople.

I've perked up a bit since the game this afternoon. Seriously, I hate football sometimes. I must have looked like somebody had just murdered all of my family. It's quite a similar face to the one I pulled when Robben scored at Old Trafford last year. Seeing City 1-0 down at home against Blackburn helped (before they equalised. I have a younger brother who is more inclined towards City than United, but he calls himself a neutral) so that shut him up after laughing all afternoon). I also had a Newcastle fan on my facebook gloating about the Everton result. So, it cheered me up when I posted "Still, a point away from home is a better result than a 2-0 home defeat. Wouldn't you agree, Steve? ;)" on his page. The positives were that Berbatov and Nani looked great today. Both are showing a bit more consistency now. The negatives: We just can't seem to defend properly at the moment. Where's the unity? I remember the run of clean sheets a while back. John O'shea as defensive midfield just did not work. It did however free up Darren Fletcher to allow him to get forward and into the box regularly. But, defensively, the team looked arse again. When the score was 3-2, I was shouting for us to give the ball to Berba and for the team to support him, and just keep the ball away from our goal. Also, I've said this once and I'll say it again: I like Neville. I love Giggs. I cherish Scholes. But never, I mean never, unless its under an extreme injury crisis should all three of them play in the same team. All three were out of steam at the end. Notice how the second two goals came from Neville's side, as well.

Haha, I know. We had to study the original image very, very carefully to make sure we got the poses right, the way our eyes were looking, etc. It was very fun.

Ninja edits, I think they're called. Stealth. Solid Snakee. There's ways around that. For example, the King and Queen has an outdoor section of the garden, but then it also has a seated area with a roof over the top of it. Still outside, so you can smoke. And you don't get wet. There's also another place that I've seen (a club) where they had an area that led out from the main club into this tent-like area. There were seats, so you could sit and smoke. Plus, the added bonus of having a roof meant that you didn't get cold or wet. It really depends on what pubs and clubs have done since the ban. Some have done nothing and have just told people to go outside. Others have done something to accommodate the smokers. Because they do make up a large proportion of the crowd who go out to the pub, go clubbing, etc. The downside of this is that it does cost the owners money. But, that's life.

Haha, it's ok. I saw the edit and then editted my own post. The bolded bit is something I've always thought about. Anyway...smoking garden, people. Jayseven will agree with me here. (The King and Queen in Brighton). Works like a charm. Also, when I used to work in a call-centre whilst at Uni, there were designated smoking areas outside of the work place. Was very easy to get to, people knew exactly where they needed to go during breaks. Was all very sociable, nobody ever complained. There were never any complaints about second hand smoke or getting smoke in your eyes/face, etc. So, I'm all for that.

As in: I like smoking. I hate smoking. Agree to disagree. Like that? Edit: Just seen your edit. I understand what you mean now.

But then, in the heat of the moment, you never truely know what people will do until they do it. Not any sane people, usually, anyway. I agree that she shouldn't have lit up in the first place. But, she may not have known that she was being annoying. I don't think she lit up to piss you all off, I mean. (if she was being all stressy) I probably would have thought it rude, as well. I don't recall it happening to me (somebody lining up and lighting up infront of me), but I know that I don't like people blowing smoke into my face. We'll probably have to disagree on this one, because I don't think its really about the actual situation itself, but really how we'd deal with things in general, ie that we would both do different things. Why? I think I've missed something.

I feel sorry for Setsuko the most. At times, I felt quite angry with her brother, although you do forget just how young he is meant to be throughout the film.

So, now the situation has escalated from simply them putting their cigarette out, to them getting a criminal record, their education being reduced to null, etc. Can you see my point there? I've seen a few situations that could have been resolved in a simple way turn ugly quite quickly, in situations like this. Maybe not to do with smoking, of course. Just a thought, but you did mention that you were standing in a queue and worrying about deadlines. What if that was the reason why the person suddenly lighted up, because of stress. I'm not saying that was definitely the reason. I do view things differently to you. I really don't like rudeness, but it seems to be setting a bad example if I were to talk rudely to someone because they were displaying rudeness. Just doesn't seem right to me. Plus, sometimes people don't actually know they're being rude until they're told they are being so. So, just a quiet word sometimes works. Also, I say this because I don't really respond well to rudeness. I used to have quite a temper.

Sheikah, I respect that you piped up and said something. You got thanked for that by those two people, so they obviously appreciated that you did something. However, what was stopping this "rude man" turning around and smacking you one in the mouth? If this guy was really, realy rude, he would have responded to your comment about being selfish (with the swearing) and could have hit you. That's just a thought. If you give a polite request, you usually get a polite response in return. Happened all the time with my housemate at uni "hey, can you turn the music down please?" "Sure" etc. Replace that with "oi, you fucking useless prick, turn that shit down" "...piss off." There's just different ways of doing things.