Grumpy Old Man
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@catogrande said in Grumpy Old Man:
Ordering coffee. In a pub. At the bar. When it's busy.
That's not a thing, you made that up
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@voodoo I wish.
Was a funny episode when we were second in the queue behind this woman ordering a round of frappe, slappecinos or some such. The bloke behind me sounding off loudly about pubs being for beer. When it came to my turn I ordered three cappuccinos just to see the look on his face.
Swiftly changed the order to beer though to retain my man-card.
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@catogrande said in Grumpy Old Man:
@voodoo I wish.
Was a funny episode when we were second in the queue behind this woman ordering a round of frappe, slappecinos or some such. The bloke behind me sounding off loudly about pubs being for beer. When it came to my turn I ordered three cappuccinos just to see the look on his face.
Swiftly changed the order to beer though to retain my man-card.
Gutsy move!
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@catogrande said in Grumpy Old Man:
@voodoo I wish.
Was a funny episode when we were second in the queue behind this woman ordering a round of frappe, slappecinos or some such. The bloke behind me sounding off loudly about pubs being for beer. When it came to my turn I ordered three cappuccinos just to see the look on his face.
Swiftly changed the order to beer though to retain my man-card.
Once behind Jason Leonard and Keith Woods at sports club (Sunday morning) when Woods ordered cappucino and espresso. Hilarious!
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@catogrande said in Grumpy Old Man:
@pakman Well, the blokes obviously a bit of a dick but fuck me I'm getting fed up with the frothing at the mouth we're seeing for someone expressing their pretty harmless views and quite often people losing their jobs over it. When are we going to get over ourselves eh?
Turns out fella wrote a book called 'The Bluffer's Guide to Public Relations'. Pretty sure it was a hamless piss take.
Have previously come across Malcolm Walker (Sir), the founder of Iceland. Little man, with serious chip on his shoulder. Would have made a good Aussie.
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@mariner4life See mate, my missus tells me I driving slower. But f*** it I just retired and moved home to godzone, so I figure I got all the time in the world. Mind you I do tend to set cruise control on 100 kph but I kind of figure there is too much to see in this country to rush. I may take off from lights a little slower than I used to, but figure I save the full revs for when I need it. I know when in Aus I tended to drive bit more over speed limit etc, but I practicing being one of thses grumpy old slow bastards and enjoying it so much. To be fair I make sure I leave cruise control on at passing lanes as I get pissed with people whi HAVE to pass car in front and then all are travelling at same speed anyway.
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Just got invited to go do some glamping on the shores of "The Wave" in Bristol. Big safari tents right next to a big wave machine, sounds bloody neat eh.
Costs 50 squid to go in the water. For an hour.
UNFUCKINGBELIEVABLEAbsolutely fuck that. I thought it might be 50 a day and I'd wince at that. Who only goes in the water for an hour?
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@bones maybe the water is magical and does special things to you?
I mean £50 for an hour...c'mon, it cant be just for swimming or standing in the water shouting at your kids not to go out too deep, actually, scratch that, with the magic water, why would you pay for your kids, just do a cool hundy for yourself!
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@taniwharugby oh the 50 includes wetsuit and surfboard hire, as well as a safety lesson....
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@bones ah ok, so 45 mins being told what not to do while sweating in a wetsuit, then 15 mins in between the flags?
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@taniwharugby said in Grumpy Old Man:
@bones ah ok, so 45 mins being told what not to do while sweating in a wetsuit, then 15 mins in between the flags?
I imagine so. Can't wait!
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@bones said in Grumpy Old Man:
@taniwharugby oh the 50 includes wetsuit and surfboard hire, as well as a safety lesson....
after thirty pints, you'll think you have a wetsuit, surfboard and safety lesson. Just sayin.
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@nzzp said in Grumpy Old Man:
@bones said in Grumpy Old Man:
@taniwharugby oh the 50 includes wetsuit and surfboard hire, as well as a safety lesson....
after thirty pints, you'll think you have a wetsuit, surfboard and safety lesson. Just sayin.
I hope it's cheap to hire someone to clean me when I shit myself too
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@bones said in Grumpy Old Man:
@nzzp said in Grumpy Old Man:
@bones said in Grumpy Old Man:
@taniwharugby oh the 50 includes wetsuit and surfboard hire, as well as a safety lesson....
after thirty pints, you'll think you have a wetsuit, surfboard and safety lesson. Just sayin.
I hope it's cheap to hire someone to clean me when I shit myself too
In the wetsuit? Controversial way to keep warm.
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@taniwharugby said in Grumpy Old Man:
@bones ah ok, so 45 mins being told what not to do while sweating in a wetsuit, then 15 mins in between the flags?
Brilliant. You have encapsulated the British holiday experience in a nutshell.
I wonder why we all fuck off to Spain?
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@majorrage said in Grumpy Old Man:
@bones said in Grumpy Old Man:
@nzzp said in Grumpy Old Man:
@bones said in Grumpy Old Man:
@taniwharugby oh the 50 includes wetsuit and surfboard hire, as well as a safety lesson....
after thirty pints, you'll think you have a wetsuit, surfboard and safety lesson. Just sayin.
I hope it's cheap to hire someone to clean me when I shit myself too
In the wetsuit? Controversial way to keep warm.
Well laaaa di daaa Mr Waitrose.
One man's trash is another man's treasure.
