Too much too familiar to finish that tonight
― contrapuntal aversion (Noodle Vague), Tuesday, 9 May 2023 22:08 (one year ago) link
Aw man, I know that guy (the writer of the article), was Twitter pals back when I was on it, briefly knew him IRL too, fuck
― imago, Tuesday, 9 May 2023 22:13 (one year ago) link
Yeah, me too.
― emil.y, Wednesday, 10 May 2023 00:07 (one year ago) link
it makes me sadly think about old friends who have either died or disappeared off my radar in the last decade. Some of them might be struggling on elsewhere, some of them I'm almost certain they must be dead by now.
― calzino, Wednesday, 10 May 2023 07:00 (one year ago) link
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/FxNXNhtXgAADtbv?format=jpg&name=small
the van-driving yeomanry classes are revolting
― calzino, Sunday, 28 May 2023 10:52 (one year ago) link
that van doesn't look like a van should, way too clean and neat and with all sorts of 'stylish' bodywork features. certainly a luxury van
― imago, Sunday, 28 May 2023 10:56 (one year ago) link
as a posho, I know a posh van when I see one, you can tell from the handshake. probably thinks of Pimlico Plumbers as common
― imago, Sunday, 28 May 2023 10:57 (one year ago) link
lazy English workmen, can't even be bothered to update the prime minister's name
― the world is your octopus (Camaraderie at Arms Length), Sunday, 28 May 2023 11:00 (one year ago) link
I used to work with the guy that owns it, he's probably one of the most objectionable people I've ever met in my life. I gave my notice at the company and told them it's bad enough living around the corner from this a-hole, I don't want to see him every day at work as well. The boss agreed that he's a colossal arsehole and very hard to deal with on a daily basis, but he's also a very productive one and never takes days off!
― calzino, Sunday, 28 May 2023 11:01 (one year ago) link
last line needs three exclamation marks
― mark s, Sunday, 28 May 2023 11:04 (one year ago) link
wishing calz's foe a very cost of vanning crisis
― imago, Sunday, 28 May 2023 11:06 (one year ago) link
"But he's a hard worker" is the employment equivalent of "But they've got a good personality".
― Maggot Bairn (Tom D.), Sunday, 28 May 2023 11:20 (one year ago) link
yep, behind nearly every workplace arsehole is an enabler
I've talked to 3 other people who previously worked with him and they were all in agreement that working with him was way too stressful and his unacceptably awful behaviour is enabled by a management clique who think he's a "character". One of them told me he got walled by a 19 yr old Labourer after running his mouth and was so humiliated he never returned to that site. Heh! I'd have loved to have been a fly on the wall.
― calzino, Sunday, 28 May 2023 11:51 (one year ago) link
I mis-read that as Labrador
― you gotta roll with the pączki to get to what's real (snoball), Sunday, 28 May 2023 13:08 (one year ago) link
that would have been good as well!
― calzino, Sunday, 28 May 2023 13:09 (one year ago) link
My opinion is that if someone's an arsehole, it doesn't matter how good they are at their job. Their behaviour is having a negative effect on their co-workers.
― you gotta roll with the pączki to get to what's real (snoball), Sunday, 28 May 2023 13:09 (one year ago) link
It doesn't matter what skills they have, they're a net loss and need to go. Especially if they in any sense come into contact with customers.
― you gotta roll with the pączki to get to what's real (snoball), Sunday, 28 May 2023 13:11 (one year ago) link
Obviously but if management think they're useful they turn a blind eye. Speaking from experience here as there's one particular guy where I work with who is a horrendous bully, just completely unemployable anywhere else, but because he works really hard and knows his job inside out he's allowed to get away with - despite all the anti-bullying/harrassment programmes and schemes and box ticking shite management bombard us with. The other factor is that he's a snitch and an inside man and when I worked with him he would spend an hour in the manager's office every morning telling her - whether she wanted to hear it or not - how badly everyone had done their job the day before. When we got a new overall manager I tried to gather lots of evidence on his horrible behaviour to present to her - all that happened is I got moved on and he quickly made himself indispensable to her by bypassing his line manager and going directly to her to inform on his colleagues. Thankfully I don't have to work with him anymore!
― Maggot Bairn (Tom D.), Sunday, 28 May 2023 13:23 (one year ago) link
You can’t park there mate. pic.twitter.com/rv7I0XeaxH— No Context Brits (@NoContextBrits) July 13, 2023
― lord of the rongs (anagram), Friday, 14 July 2023 10:13 (ten months ago) link
what the hell is going on here
― Andy the Grasshopper, Friday, 14 July 2023 16:26 (ten months ago) link
gonna have to reanimate tennyson for this one
― imago, Friday, 14 July 2023 16:28 (ten months ago) link
I'm guessing by the amount of fat people present it's some far right protest.
― Body Odour Ultra Low Emission Zone (Tom D.), Friday, 14 July 2023 22:12 (ten months ago) link
ℹ️ Due to an incident on the pitch occurring shortly after half time, tonight's match has been abandoned by the referee.#WorClub ⚪️⚫️— Gateshead FC (@GatesheadFC) July 21, 2023
― orcas who sign their posts like it's a freaking email (Noodle Vague), Friday, 21 July 2023 20:53 (ten months ago) link
What the fuck Dunston v Gateshead #DunstonUTS pic.twitter.com/3sZGLZVh7t— 𝘼𝙡𝙚𝙭𝙖𝙣𝙙𝙚𝙧 🌹 (@AlexanderSoper) July 21, 2023
― orcas who sign their posts like it's a freaking email (Noodle Vague), Friday, 21 July 2023 20:55 (ten months ago) link
beat summary
Lmao the "incident" was two cars - one of them a fucking hearse! - driven round the pitch by armed men throwing leaflets out the windows claiming someone at the football club is a paedophile https://t.co/t2I5URi1zw— Samplo Corvodina (@TreborRhurbarb) July 21, 2023
― the world is your octopus (Camaraderie at Arms Length), Friday, 21 July 2023 20:58 (ten months ago) link
this is "thread completed" territory
― orcas who sign their posts like it's a freaking email (Noodle Vague), Friday, 21 July 2023 21:00 (ten months ago) link
"What the fuck is goin' on?"
I want that written on my tombstone.
― immodesty blaise (jimbeaux), Friday, 21 July 2023 21:01 (ten months ago) link
I wonder if the paedo accusation is part of the larger Qbert bullshit
― Andy the Grasshopper, Saturday, 22 July 2023 00:30 (ten months ago) link
he also ran as a tory in local elections in 2007 and did worse than the bnp pic.twitter.com/A2S0l4CyqB— chris (@ChrisKPH) July 21, 2023
― xyzzzz__, Saturday, 22 July 2023 07:14 (ten months ago) link
I'm sure this Wraith character has popped up on here before, same surname as my corporeal and extremely loud next door neighbours
― vodkaitamin effrtvescent (calzino), Saturday, 22 July 2023 07:55 (ten months ago) link
I'm more interested in the hearse, complete with flowers, doing donuts and then being abandoned. did they steal it?
― koogs, Saturday, 22 July 2023 08:12 (ten months ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6rOfJAbIJ-8
― you gotta roll with the pączki to get to what's real (snoball), Saturday, 22 July 2023 08:12 (ten months ago) link
i mean i can see someone not locking a hearse because who'd steal one?
― koogs, Saturday, 22 July 2023 08:13 (ten months ago) link
Leeds, 1980s. Photo © Peter Mitchell. pic.twitter.com/vlwILcy7lv— British Culture Archive (@britcultarchive) August 16, 2023
― you're a sick man, Buddy Rich (Noodle Vague), Wednesday, 16 August 2023 18:11 (nine months ago) link
lol
― Monthly Python (Tom D.), Wednesday, 16 August 2023 18:34 (nine months ago) link
it's a beautiful photo
― vodkaitamin effrtvescent (calzino), Wednesday, 16 August 2023 19:53 (nine months ago) link
https://news.sky.com/story/sarah-moulds-ex-teacher-tells-court-her-life-has-been-torn-to-pieces-by-pony-hitting-case-12945975
― xyzzzz__, Thursday, 24 August 2023 15:06 (nine months ago) link
Quite a photo
― xyzzzz__, Thursday, 24 August 2023 15:07 (nine months ago) link
it's the only language they understand
― crutch of england (ledge), Thursday, 24 August 2023 15:10 (nine months ago) link
the horse walloper
― crutch of england (ledge), Thursday, 24 August 2023 15:11 (nine months ago) link
Take that, Dobbin.
― Monthly Python (Tom D.), Thursday, 24 August 2023 15:22 (nine months ago) link
i don't know what that horse did but there is a lot of pearl clutching around disciplining animals. it's not as if you can sit them down and explain what they did wrong.
― Tracer Hand, Thursday, 24 August 2023 15:48 (nine months ago) link
https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BNjMyMWRmNDktZDNjMC00MmYyLWFlNzgtODM0OTg0MTUwZjk2XkEyXkFqcGdeQXVyMTMxMzA3NDQ4._V1_.jpg
― come on barbo let’s go parpo (bizarro gazzara), Thursday, 24 August 2023 16:11 (nine months ago) link
She punched the horse in the face and is part of a foxhunting group. She's obviously a twat and I highly doubt she has any empathy for her animals.
― emil.y, Thursday, 24 August 2023 16:16 (nine months ago) link
in the footage i saw she was kicking it too, it wasn't just ("just") one punch
― koogs, Thursday, 24 August 2023 16:37 (nine months ago) link
it's not as if you can sit them down and explain what they did wrong.same for small children iirc
― crutch of england (ledge), Thursday, 24 August 2023 17:31 (nine months ago) link
ahhh now i've seen the video. okay wtf. and a fox hunter as well! i should probably follow these links before i shoot my mouth off, sorry
― Tracer Hand, Thursday, 24 August 2023 17:47 (nine months ago) link
tracer hand? puncher horse morelike
― come on barbo let’s go parpo (bizarro gazzara), Thursday, 24 August 2023 18:06 (nine months ago) link
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/aug/25/woman-filmed-kicking-and-slapping-a-horse-cleared-of-animal-cruelty
Moulds, and several friends and family who have supported her throughout proceedings, wept as the verdict was delivered.
Can a horse cry?
― there's no such thing as a winnable volume war (Matt #2), Friday, 25 August 2023 13:34 (nine months ago) link
it's at times like this that we need AA Gill to come back to life and write a book about travelling to a third world country to punch a horse
― the world is your octopus (Camaraderie at Arms Length), Friday, 25 August 2023 13:35 (nine months ago) link