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Whats the beef chief?

On sky TV (i.e. cable) the sponsor is Domino's pizza.

Now it has moved onto terrestrial TV (i.e. channel 4) the sponsor is Pizza Hut, and they use the EXACT same format of pre-show advertising. Its quite hilarious!

Pity Domino's and Pizza Hut fucking blow at making pizza's!

Anyone else experiencing this phenomenon?

At 10.35am (GMT) I recieved a pop up from this address: http://amch.questionmarket.com/static/influential-240x240.gif

When playing any mini game, or indeed any level, there is this annoying *pause* where nothing happens before the actual action begins.

Example: The juggling bananas mini game, you get 77 seconds to juggle as many bananas as often as possible. As soon as Ive completed my turn, I want another turn to try and do better, I want to be right in the thick of it immediatly.

But no, the game forces you to wait 20-30 seconds saying *ready*.............................

Ok, so the game needs time to load - but shouldnt they have brought up a loading screen so I knew how long I'd have to wait, instead of sitting in this limbo state everytime Im chomping at the bit to try and beat my previous last score?

Interesting how such a small thing can be the difference between playing a game for that extra 5 minutes or not..........

"At the age of 25 most people were finished. A whole god-damned nation of assholes driving automobiles, eating, having babies, doing everything in the worst way possible, like voting for the presidential candidate who reminded them most of themselves."

Viz Comic celebrates its 25th anniversary this issue.

For those unfamiliar, its creators are local (i.e. Newcastle, England) chaps who began selling the comic at university bars and punk gigs, as it grew in popularity in the North East, local chain music stores (Virgin, HMV etc) began selling it, even against the wishes of regional managers who ordered them to cease selling local magazines!

In 1990 Viz became the 2nd most popular selling magazine in the UK, only behind a TV listings guide, pumping out over a million copies an issue.

This is a fairly spectacular acheivement given the adult humour of display.

So to Sid the Sexist, Biffa Bacon, the Fat Slags etc. I salute you!

http://www.worldometers.info/

http://slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=123183&cid=10351152

It made me laugh too much!

Am I one of the only people on here who actually enjoys Meta Moderating?

I dont get as much chance to read slashdot as I would like to (due to work/uni/life) Ive got to read some highly intelligent posts which I may have previously either missed altogether, or just breezed over whilst skimming.

Recently Ive been M2'ing 3-4 times a day!

http://www.spectrum.lovely.net/

This is the first birthday Im actually dreading.

The last 12 months Ive come to dread "events" like xmas, new year or birthdays. Friends who never usually come out all feel obliged to come out, of course seeing friends is never a bad thing, but seeing them knowing that they are merely in your presence as nothing other than a moral obligation makes me feel kinda uneasy, the best times are always, always completely spontaneous, I feel like the next three days have almost been planned to a T.

As I type Chelsea are 2-1 down, 4-3 on aggregate against Monaco in the Champions League, they were 2-0 up, and by all accounts dominating the game, Id love to see them get through, watching fans go bezerk seeing there team victorious gives me such a charge its unreal.

I have a mix of excitement and axiety about tomorrow, apprently Newcastle v Marseille is a "high risk" game, and 700 police officers are on duty for the expected "3000" fans.

Id bet the farm on there being nearly 5,000 fans there, some 2,000 without a ticket, me and my mate being one of them.

If this event passes without incident, Ill be a) surprised and b) very fucking relieved.

should just commit suicide, then watch his record sales go through the roof!

On Thursday 6th May I head over to France to see my local football (soccer) team Newcastle United play Marseille in the semi final of the UEFA cup.

This is a major event for the city of Newcastle, having not won any trophies for some 30+ years now.

The problem is that we have only been allocated 3,000 tickets, and to my estimation there will be between 5,000 and 6,000 Newcastle fans heading over.
This causes the problem of appoximately 3,000 people without a ticket.

I am one of these people. As I see it I have 2 choices,
1) Obtain a ticket from a tout and pay at least 5 times the face value,
or
2) Watch the game in a bar in France.

The problem of violence breaking out is a realistic one, the Marseille fans didnt appear to be shy or quiet in Newcastle, and I can only see it being worse on their home turf.

We have booked this entire trip "un-officially" using low cost airlines (easy jet and ryanair) as supposed to using the clubs official transport (i.e. a total rip off).

My current excitement for the game is being diluted by feelings of anxiety over the trouble that may occur.

Saw this last sunday on tv, its a was a made for tv drama about 3 teenagers growing up in a childrens home.

The show largely focused around the female (bella) and her two male friends lee and mark, lee's mother was a heroin addict, treated him like shit, yet he still yearned for her love and affection. Mark was abandoned just after he was born, he seemed quite comfortable with this, and had no intentions of seeing his parents.

Both boys had some affection for bella, although whether it was for just to get laid, or for female company Im uncertain.

Lee seemed to have no interest in bella, yet she seemed far more interested in him than mark, who seemed far more stable, sensible and generally a nicer guy (and better looking)

Mark just seemed to be interested in bella for his own desires, lee didnt, he was just being himself, and found himself at the end of her affections.

it was a genuinenly sad story, which was interesting to watch and made me think about several things for the following couple of days.

- how i relate to people, do i just talk to people for some kind of benefit?

in my personal life, I can easily say no. At work however I feel I am somewhat guilty of this, this is where I question my motivation for work, do I work just to get paid? Or do I work for some other reason, this is a tangent I think worth exploring some other time.

- girls are more interested in guys who be being themselves.

but what if this means being themselves means being quiet and not being particularly talkative?