31900 The NewsBiscuit Community en-US Fri, 24 May 2013 10:26:21 +0000 http://bbpress.org/?v=1.0.2 q http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/search.php http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/topic.php?id=60042&page=3#post-178485 Fri, 17 May 2013 09:56:29 +0000 Yikes 178485@http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/ <p>I come to NB to watch the fights </p> http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/topic.php?id=60042&page=3#post-178482 Fri, 17 May 2013 09:49:56 +0000 beau-jolly 178482@http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/ <p>Just did a vanity search on the FP and came accross <a href="http://www.newsbiscuit.com/2011/04/10/boffin-rushed-in-by-police-to-explain-new-speeding-rules/">this</a>. I remember writing something similar and working out the algebra. I missed the NiB though. Well edited! </p> http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/topic.php?id=60042&page=3#post-178479 Fri, 17 May 2013 09:38:59 +0000 raudus 178479@http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/ <p>Son of Barnabus - congrats on your recent centenarian birthday...(you're 108 you know!!) an exciting time for any young man. How is Prince Phillip?</p> <p>Anyway, I only come here for the money. </p> http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/topic.php?id=60042&page=3#post-178013 Tue, 14 May 2013 14:20:14 +0000 Squudge 178013@http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/ <p>Flotsam - me too</p> <p>Silly b@stards. Now I just highlight their headlines and then let a search engine pick out the same story in a less grabby publication </p> http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/topic.php?id=60042&page=3#post-177619 Sat, 11 May 2013 15:33:20 +0000 beau-jolly 177619@http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/ <br /> http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/topic.php?id=60042&page=3#post-177618 Sat, 11 May 2013 15:10:04 +0000 beau-jolly 177618@http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/ <p>I've been looking for my first FP but still can't find it. There is probably a simple explanation. </p> http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/topic.php?id=60042&page=3#post-177615 Sat, 11 May 2013 14:37:44 +0000 riesler 177615@http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/ <p>I came here to pinch jokes to make me popular in the office. Didn't work.</p> <p>I mostly submit one-liners but one glorious day, many years ago, I had just the one FP (Judge orders retrial in Bambi mother murder) under a previous pseudonym. Regretfully a never-to-be-repeated event.</p> <p>Nice to hear from you again Barnabas, I always looked out for your posts.</p> <p>p.s. No nefarious reason for another pseudonym, but I used my real name in those more innocent days. </p> http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/topic.php?id=60042&page=3#post-177532 Sat, 11 May 2013 05:15:58 +0000 Flotsam 177532@http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/ <p>I come here because the Telegraph website has starting charging. </p> http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/topic.php?id=60042&page=3#post-177529 Sat, 11 May 2013 04:11:35 +0000 Username 177529@http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/ <p>I signed into NB in late 2011 because of the high quality of its stories, which a friend was forever sharing on Facebook.<br /> While writing satire is something I'd always wanted to do, I soon remembered I was a better editor than a writer.<br /> I've hung around because the regular posters from around that time are a lovely warm supportive bunch, who divert me from the day to day care of my ill wife.<br /> I like the choice of FP and ticker material, and enjoy the excitement of seeing stuff in the writers room appear on the FP.<br /> I found it awkward when someone decided that Oxbridge and I were 'one in the same', etc. If I'd also written a book on seventeenth century social history, I'd probably find it even more awkward. He's the smart funny one, I'm the pedantic editor, trying to nurse stories with only one wing, and get them to fly.<br /> Got into a tag-based shit-fight with some other loser on one occasion, but that was when medical stuff started to overwhelm us here.<br /> But I come here for the funnies, the insights, and the warmth. And I try not to step in the other stuff </p> http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/topic.php?id=60042&page=3#post-176655 Sat, 04 May 2013 23:27:22 +0000 Titus 176655@http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/ <p>Actually I come here to pick up girls. Unfortunately Rebecca remains just beyond my reach. </p> http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/topic.php?id=60042&page=3#post-176652 Sat, 04 May 2013 23:15:55 +0000 thisisall1word 176652@http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/ <p>@Mary Evans - I'm a svelte 3.1miles now, when I wear black I'm told I look 2.9miles </p> http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/topic.php?id=60042&page=3#post-176647 Sat, 04 May 2013 22:48:34 +0000 Titus 176647@http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/ <p>@Son of B: I'll have you know I'm 69. And my full name is much older (and more classical) than that - Titus Adduxas. Not a lot of people kno that. Fewer care. By the way, did I tell you, I'm 69 years old? I remember when this site was all fields (just like a database. Smartarse computer joke.)</p> <p>Why do people visit Newsbiscuit? Good question. I still can't remember what I came in here for. Is it time for my cocoa yet? </p> http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/topic.php?id=60042&page=3#post-176641 Sat, 04 May 2013 20:48:11 +0000 Mary Evans 176641@http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/ <p>I pick up men. Although only those within a three-mile radius. </p> http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/topic.php?id=60042&page=3#post-176638 Sat, 04 May 2013 20:27:17 +0000 bonjonelson 176638@http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/ <p>I visit the site to contribute stories for the website.</p> <p>I also read other stories submitted by others, and where appropriate rate them and give constructive feedback. </p> http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/topic.php?id=60042&page=3#post-176625 Sat, 04 May 2013 15:06:11 +0000 Danny 176625@http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/ <p>Those old stories you guys have put up are fantastic! I've not been logging into NB regularly for ages but now I have some more studying to do I'll almost certainly end up here more often... I rarely contribute to the Chat Room but it is definitely the funniest part! </p> http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/topic.php?id=60042&page=3#post-176356 Thu, 02 May 2013 13:34:13 +0000 Oxbridge 176356@http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/ <p>Here's my first one, while we're on. Four years, eee...</p> <p><a href="http://www.newsbiscuit.com/2009/02/24/look-beyond-martyrdom-says-al-qaeda-careers-advice-head/" rel="nofollow">http://www.newsbiscuit.com/2009/02/24/look-beyond-martyrdom-says-al-qaeda-careers-advice-head/</a> </p> http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/topic.php?id=60042&page=3#post-176355 Thu, 02 May 2013 13:31:53 +0000 Son of Barnabas 176355@http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/ <p>You're absolutely right Titus (is your surname Aducksarse, by the way? I used to know the Aducksarses of Lincolnshire - jolly fine people, actually, though a little mean with the moolah, as I recall) well I'm sure you'll forgive me for omitting my age, as I am getting a little forgetful - I am nearly 96 you know! </p> http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/topic.php?id=60042&page=3#post-176324 Thu, 02 May 2013 11:49:47 +0000 Titus 176324@http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/ <p>@Son of Barnabas: you omitted to remind us at regular intervals throughout your post how old you are. Posts on here aren't as good as they were in the old days. </p> http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/topic.php?id=60042&page=3#post-176313 Thu, 02 May 2013 11:23:00 +0000 Golgo13 176313@http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/ <p>VCG - I remember that one well....I gave it an "excellent"...we need more mork of that calibre etc...</p> <p>My first - <a href="http://www.newsbiscuit.com/2010/06/14/home-hospitalling-on-the-rise-as-parents-lose-faith-in-state-health-system/" rel="nofollow">http://www.newsbiscuit.com/2010/06/14/home-hospitalling-on-the-rise-as-parents-lose-faith-in-state-health-system/</a></p> <p>June 2010...</p> <p>The name "Woodburn" was a code word to the people I believed were sending me messages through Newsbiscuit, by the way... </p> http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/topic.php?id=60042&page=3#post-176270 Thu, 02 May 2013 08:16:41 +0000 Son of Barnabas 176270@http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/ <p>Ahhhh! there's nothing quite like nostalgia (except neuralgia, which is only a few letters different... and interestingly, they are EUR...) sorry, I'm rambling... where was I? Oh yes, the past - it's a foreign country: they had a different currency there too. Do you remember threepenny bits? Strange little fellows, weren't they! Why did they have so many corners? Why were they made from a completely different metal than any other coin known to man? why were there 80 of them to the pound? And don't get me started on farthings! 960 to the pound! They said on telly the other day that Alfred Hitchcock once paid back a £10 loan to a friend in 9,600 farthings - a whole sackful of coins weighing half a ton probably - what a terror that man was! Kept his dead granny in a rocking chair in the attic of the west wing (or was that something I dreamed again last night on the road to Manderlay, where the flying fishes play?) actually fishes don't really fly, so why do they talk about fly fishing? And who was JR Hartley, was he related to JP Hartley, and wasn't he the chap who said the past is a foreign country: they had a different currency there too. Do you remember threepenny bits...? er, what DID I come here for.....? </p> http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/topic.php?id=60042&page=3#post-176150 Wed, 01 May 2013 11:27:36 +0000 Vertically Challenged Giant 176150@http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/ <p>While we’re doing first ever FPs, here’s mine:</p> <p><a href="http://www.newsbiscuit.com/2011/01/28/self-employed-plumber-still-on-strike/" rel="nofollow">http://www.newsbiscuit.com/2011/01/28/self-employed-plumber-still-on-strike/</a></p> <p>I still think it’s probably the best thing I’ve ever written. And only 2011, I’m still a newcomer. </p> http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/topic.php?id=60042&page=3#post-176149 Wed, 01 May 2013 11:24:42 +0000 waylandsmithy 176149@http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/ <p>I visit occasionally, to see if I've been banned yet. </p> http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/topic.php?id=60042&page=3#post-176146 Wed, 01 May 2013 11:12:09 +0000 seymour totti 176146@http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/ <p>Blimey! This digging out historic front pages is making me feel old now. Think I signed up some time around 2006/7, not sure exactly when. Took a little while to get my first FP.<br /> <a href="http://www.newsbiscuit.com/2007/08/05/formula-1-mclaren-ferrari-row-gets-personal-with-dennis-and-todt-in-pit-lane-brawl-174/" rel="nofollow">http://www.newsbiscuit.com/2007/08/05/formula-1-mclaren-ferrari-row-gets-personal-with-dennis-and-todt-in-pit-lane-brawl-174/</a><br /> A short story heavily improved by the editorial team. </p> http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/topic.php?id=60042&page=3#post-176142 Wed, 01 May 2013 10:26:42 +0000 Stan Laurel 176142@http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/ <p><em>Ah good - my login still works.</em></p> <p>Whilst we're on the subject of first FPs, here's my heavily edited first. Way back in October 2008! <a href="http://www.newsbiscuit.com/2008/10/20/tube-delays-caused-by-driver-afraid-of-the-dark-389/">CALL FOR TIMETEAM!</a> </p> http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/topic.php?id=60042&page=3#post-176138 Wed, 01 May 2013 10:17:43 +0000 Oxbridge 176138@http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/ <p>And my girlfriend Rebecca likes NB too. </p> http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/topic.php?id=60042&page=3#post-176107 Wed, 01 May 2013 00:20:35 +0000 ronseal 176107@http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/ <p>I keep coming back to Newsbiscuit because I can't find my keys.</p> <p>I'm pretty sure they're not here, but I've looked everywhere else.</p> <p>Did <em>you</em> move them? </p> http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/topic.php?id=60042&page=3#post-176082 Tue, 30 Apr 2013 16:56:12 +0000 Vertically Challenged Giant 176082@http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/ <p>Joey and Pudsy FPs were both great. We need more work of that calibre around here. </p> http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/topic.php?id=60042&page=3#post-176079 Tue, 30 Apr 2013 16:26:26 +0000 thisisall1word 176079@http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/ <p>This has made me feel very old indeed, I've found my first FP back in Nov 2006; <a href="http://www.newsbiscuit.com/2006/11/18/youtube-turns-down-second-season-of-joey/">Ye Olde Internet Gag</a> - so I must have signed up a month or two before that... I remember that Pudsey story! ...but I don't remeber my childrens names or what I had for breakfast. </p> http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/topic.php?id=60042&page=3#post-176056 Tue, 30 Apr 2013 15:05:22 +0000 Al OPecia 176056@http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/ <p>Blimey Barnabas, I'd forgotten that! Thanks for the hat-tip though. </p> http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/topic.php?id=60042&page=3#post-176054 Tue, 30 Apr 2013 14:55:40 +0000 Son of Barnabas 176054@http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/ <p>Having done a bit of searching on the NB site, I found that I first had a front page back in April 2007 <a href="http://www.newsbiscuit.com/2007/07/20/bbc-admits-pudsey-faked-eye-injury-161/">STORY</a>. Much longer ago than I thought - almost Paleolithic! </p>