Peckris 2 Posted February 4, 2020 Posted February 4, 2020 On 2/3/2020 at 4:03 PM, Danelaw said: A bit of a strange day today! First I found a cap full of coins, then I got chased up the road with a bloke with a guitar It wasn't Paul McCartney, was it? 1 Quote
1949threepence Posted February 10, 2020 Posted February 10, 2020 (edited) Apologies for the industrial language, but I do think it's otherwise funny and just about sums up facebook at times. Edited February 10, 2020 by 1949threepence 2 Quote
Peckris 2 Posted February 10, 2020 Posted February 10, 2020 12 hours ago, 1949threepence said: Apologies for the industrial language, but I do think it's otherwise funny and just about sums up facebook at times. Can I recommend the book Zucked which tells just how much Facebook manipulates its users? Quote
blakeyboy Posted February 10, 2020 Posted February 10, 2020 All friends who used, five years ago, to try to browbeat me into joining Facebook no longer do ......! Parties and functions that I don't hear about because it was only announced on Facebook are not a problem- when I'm invited face to face, by email, or with a phonecall, I know that someone wants _me_ to be there, rather than just a crowd of acolytes. Facebook is, most of the time, a circle of people, patting each other on the back, chanting "Aren't we wonderful".... Quote
Rob Posted February 11, 2020 Posted February 11, 2020 2 hours ago, blakeyboy said: All friends who used, five years ago, to try to browbeat me into joining Facebook no longer do ......! Parties and functions that I don't hear about because it was only announced on Facebook are not a problem- when I'm invited face to face, by email, or with a phonecall, I know that someone wants _me_ to be there, rather than just a crowd of acolytes. Facebook is, most of the time, a circle of people, patting each other on the back, chanting "Aren't we wonderful".... Self serving. Nobody ever says they are crap. The problem is they live in parallel universes, where the sun shines both on them and from them. Quote
1949threepence Posted February 11, 2020 Posted February 11, 2020 12 hours ago, blakeyboy said: All friends who used, five years ago, to try to browbeat me into joining Facebook no longer do ......! Parties and functions that I don't hear about because it was only announced on Facebook are not a problem- when I'm invited face to face, by email, or with a phonecall, I know that someone wants _me_ to be there, rather than just a crowd of acolytes. Facebook is, most of the time, a circle of people, patting each other on the back, chanting "Aren't we wonderful".... It's useful for the interest groups, for local (otherwise unpublicised) news, and in finding old friends you've not seen or otherwise heard of for many years. But much of the general day to day interaction is tedious beyond belief, unless you actually want to know the minutiae of other folks's lives, some of whom you barely know. Quote
Rob Posted February 11, 2020 Posted February 11, 2020 Facebook - where being 'Johnny, no mates' is a real bonus. Quote
1949threepence Posted February 11, 2020 Posted February 11, 2020 4 hours ago, Rob said: Facebook - where being 'Johnny, no mates' is a real bonus. I didn't think you were on facebook 1 Quote
Rob Posted February 11, 2020 Posted February 11, 2020 1 hour ago, 1949threepence said: I didn't think you were on facebook I'm not. The attraction of steering clear and not being bombarded with vacuous trivia speaks for itself. Quote
Danelaw Posted February 11, 2020 Posted February 11, 2020 #16,490 A pirate walks into a bar. He's got the whole pirate look down. He's got the peg leg, the hook hand, an eyepatch and the hat all going on. The bartender takes all of this in, impressed. There's just one odd thing and he just has to ask. "So Mr. Pirate, your look is pretty cool. I gotta ask though, what's with the chocolate wrapper on your hat?" The pirate replied, "Arrrrgh, I've a Bounty on me head! 1 3 Quote
Sword Posted February 11, 2020 Posted February 11, 2020 Some amusing road signs from The Sun: 5 Quote
Sword Posted February 11, 2020 Posted February 11, 2020 And I like this one best. 50km northeast of Budapest https://www.escape.com.au/news/funny-road-signs-from-around-the-world/news-story/a79c5b5e7637dd5bc3ddad63ace2823e 1 3 Quote
Paddy Posted February 12, 2020 Posted February 12, 2020 This one from today's paper made me laugh: 1 Quote
Danelaw Posted February 13, 2020 Posted February 13, 2020 The inventor of tongue twisters was found guilty of fraud today. He is expected to get a tough sentence. 3 3 Quote
alfnail Posted February 14, 2020 Posted February 14, 2020 Remember feeling like this on a Friday!? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xlrm6FWLMPI 2 Quote
Danelaw Posted February 15, 2020 Posted February 15, 2020 My mate keeps saying "Cheer up, it could be worse, you could be stuck underground in a hole full of water!" He means well. 1 6 Quote
Danelaw Posted February 20, 2020 Posted February 20, 2020 A politician visited a remote little rural village and asked the inhabitants what the government could do for them. “We have two big needs,” said the village headman. “First, we have a hospital but no doctor." The politician whipped out his mobile, spoke for a while and then said: “I have sorted it out. A doctor will arrive here tomorrow. What is your other need?” “We have no mobile reception at all in our village.” 2 4 Quote
Sword Posted February 21, 2020 Posted February 21, 2020 18 hours ago, Danelaw said: A politician visited a remote little rural village and asked the inhabitants what the government could do for them. “We have two big needs,” said the village headman. “First, we have a hospital but no doctor." The politician whipped out his mobile, spoke for a while and then said: “I have sorted it out. A doctor will arrive here tomorrow. What is your other need?” “We have no mobile reception at all in our village.” There will be no shortage of doctors if we start training man's best friend for the job. 2 Quote
Peckris 2 Posted February 23, 2020 Posted February 23, 2020 Did you hear the one about the dyslexic agnostic insomniac who stayed awake all night pondering the existence of Dog? Quote
Danelaw Posted February 24, 2020 Posted February 24, 2020 Like many of his novels, Charles Dickens’ A Tale Of Two Cities was actually first serialised in two local newspapers. It was the Bicester Times, it was the Worcester Times. 1 4 Quote
Danelaw Posted February 26, 2020 Posted February 26, 2020 I don't like those Russian dolls...so full of themselves 1 2 Quote
Danelaw Posted February 28, 2020 Posted February 28, 2020 "Have you heard of Murphy's Law?" "No, what is it?" "If something can go wrong it will go wrong." "Right. Have you heard of Cole's Law?" "No, what is it?" "Thinly sliced cabbage with mayonnaise." 2 Quote
blakeyboy Posted March 2, 2020 Posted March 2, 2020 Tragic accident at the Nestlé factory- a pallet of chocolate fell and crushed a bloke in the warehouse. Every time the poor guy tried to get some help by shouting "The Milky Bars are on me", everyone just cheered..... 1 Quote
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