http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/topic.php?id=47467 The NewsBiscuit Community en-US Thu, 20 Jun 2013 12:37:20 +0000 http://bbpress.org/?v=1.0.2 q http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/search.php http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/topic.php?id=47467&page=3#post-137790 Wed, 12 Sep 2012 07:12:17 +0000 Gerontius 137790@http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/ <p><a href="http://s1254.photobucket.com/albums/hh610/gerontius-bonalatty/?action=view&amp;current=1652ac8d.jpg"><img src="http://i1254.photobucket.com/albums/hh610/gerontius-bonalatty/1652ac8d.jpg" alt="04e4d59f" /></a> </p> http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/topic.php?id=47467&page=3#post-136993 Tue, 04 Sep 2012 20:57:39 +0000 dvo4fun 136993@http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/ <p>I still have the clothing including a set of multi-coloured leathers which I'd thought looked quite fetching in the second-hand shop. </p> <p>It was only several months later that I discovered, from the front cover of an ancient motorcycle magazine and to my deep shame, that I had inadvertently bought 'Barry Sheene' replica kit.</p> <p>I sold the gimp mask though </p> http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/topic.php?id=47467&page=2#post-136984 Tue, 04 Sep 2012 20:37:04 +0000 waylandsmithy 136984@http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/ <p>Ironduke, aren't they exactly the same items you need to be a vet? </p> http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/topic.php?id=47467&page=2#post-136981 Tue, 04 Sep 2012 20:17:09 +0000 Ironduke 136981@http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/ <p>Who'd have thought Dvo would have a hobby involving leather, gloves and assorted special tools? </p> http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/topic.php?id=47467&page=2#post-136966 Tue, 04 Sep 2012 17:32:37 +0000 dvo4fun 136966@http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/ <p>Hobbies out of hand:</p> <p>I stopped counting the cost of a 'vintage racing' motorcycle restoration at some point. </p> <p>By that time I'd already counted in the cost of trailer, tow bar, workshop [i.e shed]- and associated garden re-modelling - various spares sufficent to make a second bike, leathers, crash helmet, gloves, boots, competition licence - and associated medical check - assorted special tools. Blah blah blah ... Well, as I said, I stopped counting.</p> <p>Gave it away to a friend some years later. </p> http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/topic.php?id=47467&page=2#post-136935 Tue, 04 Sep 2012 12:20:42 +0000 kimllfixit 136935@http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/ <p>Beautiful, just beautiful. I could look like a magnificent glittering farmer. </p> http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/topic.php?id=47467&page=2#post-136932 Tue, 04 Sep 2012 12:16:20 +0000 cinquecento 136932@http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/ <p>@kim; this 11 pocket vest is what you'll be needing to display your classic pocket watch collection while covering multiple time zones</p> <p><a href="http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B005UMQ5WK/ref=pd_lpo_k2_dp_sr_1/276-4718205-3784063?pf_rd_m=A3P5ROKL5A1OLE&amp;pf_rd_s=lpo-top-stripe&amp;pf_rd_r=1FA61XHN3JPR60QV3M5H&amp;pf_rd_t=201&amp;pf_rd_p=103612307&amp;pf_rd_i=B004Q33BT4" rel="nofollow">http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B005UMQ5WK/ref=pd_lpo_k2_dp_sr_1/276-4718205-3784063?pf_rd_m=A3P5ROKL5A1OLE&amp;pf_rd_s=lpo-top-stripe&amp;pf_rd_r=1FA61XHN3JPR60QV3M5H&amp;pf_rd_t=201&amp;pf_rd_p=103612307&amp;pf_rd_i=B004Q33BT4</a> </p> http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/topic.php?id=47467&page=2#post-136927 Tue, 04 Sep 2012 12:01:19 +0000 The All New Jeni B 136927@http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/ <p>You can grow your own kids in a bag?</p> <p>Christ, wish they'd had them a few years back, would've saved me a lot of hassle. </p> http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/topic.php?id=47467&page=2#post-136913 Tue, 04 Sep 2012 10:26:39 +0000 Gerontius 136913@http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/ <p><a href="http://s1254.photobucket.com/albums/hh610/gerontius-bonalatty/?action=view&amp;current=4708b73e.jpg"><img src="http://i1254.photobucket.com/albums/hh610/gerontius-bonalatty/4708b73e.jpg" alt="6198e630" /></a> </p> http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/topic.php?id=47467&page=2#post-136905 Tue, 04 Sep 2012 10:00:24 +0000 The All New Jeni B 136905@http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/ <p>I made the fatal error of installing 'Angry Birds' onto my son's iPod. Because we're all synched to the same iTunes account, it appeared on my phone too.</p> <p>Every spare waking moment is now taken up with trying to gain all three gold stars in each level.<br /> I don't know if something exciting will happen if I do, I just feel a compulsion to do it... </p> http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/topic.php?id=47467&page=2#post-136904 Tue, 04 Sep 2012 09:45:04 +0000 kimllfixit 136904@http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/ <p>I'm very tempted by the Classic Pocket Watch Collection magazine that's now out. You can build up a magnificent selection of 'beautiful' replica pocket watches for just £8.99 per edition, along with a delightful magazine about pocket watches. I just don't have enough pockets to display them all. </p> http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/topic.php?id=47467&page=2#post-136799 Mon, 03 Sep 2012 15:07:18 +0000 rikkor 136799@http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/ <p>Em, not exactly. In my house, we call it jeu de volant, though.</p> <p>"This game is played by two people, with small rackets, called battledores, made of parchment or rows of gut stretched across wooden frames, and shuttlecocks, made of a base of some light material, like cork, with trimmed feathers fixed round the top." </p> http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/topic.php?id=47467&page=2#post-136797 Mon, 03 Sep 2012 14:46:11 +0000 Oxbridge 136797@http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/ <p>Battledore is American for shuttlecock. In America, it is illegal to refer to genitalia, hence the euphemism. </p> http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/topic.php?id=47467&page=2#post-136717 Sun, 02 Sep 2012 18:50:53 +0000 godly1966 136717@http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/ <p>I tried masturbating in to a muck spreader as a hobby but I kept getting caught, <a href="http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/topic.php?id=47069#post-135231" rel="nofollow">http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/topic.php?id=47069#post-135231</a> I then moved on to silage clamps but I was grassed up. </p> http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/topic.php?id=47467&page=2#post-136709 Sun, 02 Sep 2012 16:48:46 +0000 rikkor 136709@http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/ <p>The one with the huge teeth is always boss,you just have to ensure he loves and trusts you enough never to pull rank. </p> http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/topic.php?id=47467&page=2#post-136694 Sun, 02 Sep 2012 12:01:23 +0000 JohnA 136694@http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/ <p>Clint actually did some good jokes at the RNC, but unfortunately like his recent films, they were too slow-paced. </p> http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/topic.php?id=47467&page=2#post-136690 Sun, 02 Sep 2012 10:58:30 +0000 Scroat 136690@http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/ <p>Although I'm a cat person, look forward to seeing some pix Rik. </p> http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/topic.php?id=47467&page=2#post-136683 Sun, 02 Sep 2012 07:30:42 +0000 Sinnick 136683@http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/ <p>Great news, Rikkor </p> http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/topic.php?id=47467&page=2#post-136666 Sat, 01 Sep 2012 19:19:46 +0000 Al OPecia 136666@http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/ <p>Lot's of fun to be had with Clint's speech - "Go ahead, Punk, make my...er...um..tea? </p> http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/topic.php?id=47467&page=2#post-136665 Sat, 01 Sep 2012 19:18:45 +0000 Al OPecia 136665@http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/ <p>Don't forget who's boss - having never had one before Tilly (three quarters Springer Spaniel/quater black labrador) it took some getting used to. </p> http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/topic.php?id=47467&page=2#post-136662 Sat, 01 Sep 2012 19:08:39 +0000 rikkor 136662@http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/ <p>A news GSD puppy. Don't know if he will be long-coated yet. Pick him up mid-October. Vy. excited. Thanks for asking. </p> http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/topic.php?id=47467&page=2#post-136606 Sat, 01 Sep 2012 07:58:27 +0000 dvo4fun 136606@http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/ <p>Tell us more rikkor. Similar model to before or breaking new ground? </p> http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/topic.php?id=47467&page=2#post-136571 Fri, 31 Aug 2012 23:00:03 +0000 Ironduke 136571@http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/ <p>Whiff whaff is to table-tennis as battledore is to badminton.</p> <p>Good news on the pup, my american colleagues were fast having to contemplate downsizing the condo and vacationing intra-state. </p> http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/topic.php?id=47467&page=2#post-136568 Fri, 31 Aug 2012 22:49:35 +0000 rikkor 136568@http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/ <p>ID, have no idea what that means. Mais, je suis Americain. Did you know that I am getting a puppy? (It's been in all the papers.) </p> http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/topic.php?id=47467&page=2#post-136565 Fri, 31 Aug 2012 21:40:35 +0000 Ironduke 136565@http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/ <p>I'm up for 'whaff' if someone wants to call 'whiff' </p> http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/topic.php?id=47467&page=2#post-136563 Fri, 31 Aug 2012 21:34:23 +0000 dvo4fun 136563@http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/ <p>And I see that you can also invest in a series of model helicopters, which builds week by week into a collection of model helicopters. </p> http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/topic.php?id=47467&page=2#post-136559 Fri, 31 Aug 2012 20:54:49 +0000 Al OPecia 136559@http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/ <p>Is that a relative of Dumbledore? </p> http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/topic.php?id=47467&page=2#post-136556 Fri, 31 Aug 2012 20:37:57 +0000 rikkor 136556@http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/ <p>I may change my nom to battledore so that we can have some interesting back-and-forths. </p> http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/topic.php?id=47467&page=2#post-136555 Fri, 31 Aug 2012 20:36:34 +0000 rikkor 136555@http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/ <p>Al, I sent money to Romney and am volunteering for him. Can't get enough of him. </p> http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/topic.php?id=47467&page=2#post-136518 Fri, 31 Aug 2012 15:41:17 +0000 Martin Shuttlecock 136518@http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/ <p>Who's Mitt Romney? Sounds like some kind of glove puppet to me.</p> <p>Shuttlecock. </p>