oh come on clocky. you're getting picked on? look aroundddddddd XD everyone keeps teasing me bout random stuff...in like 10 diff. threads and my profile.

RC: did i forget something?

Yes Jenni... you did... your manners :razz:

RC: Why does Tink think I am a fairy killer *insert sweet, innocent smiley face here*

manners? did i really forget them? :(

RCon: Are all ink cartridges this skanky:

http://i194.photobucket.com/albums/z61/ajuk7/Image054.jpg?t=1215799147 ??

There's enough ink in there to fill that whole front rectangle bit yet I wasn't allowed to print anything else. Pfft.

RC: what in the world is that picture about? doesnt look like anything i've ever seen...

Ignore the background that's just my textbook. The ink cartridge however seems to have loads of ink left in it yet my printer was whining that it needed replacing. There's so much ink in there it fills that whole rectangular section on the left. I'm baffled as to why my printer thinks there's no ink left and I'm beginning to wonder how much ink I've wasted because the printer's been a wedgie. :/

I've never seen the inside of an "empty" cartridge and that's just wasteful.

RCon: trying to decide what my "shakes" are being caused by; too much sugar, too little sugar, lack of coffee or cold :S

[moved]

Edit: I'm sure this was called Random Complaints when I posted in it! Argh. Need. Sleep.

[moved]

Edit: I'm sure this was called Random Complaints when I posted in it! Argh. Need. Sleep.
Wouldn't that still count as random confusion? :twisted:

Wouldn't that still count as random confusion? :twisted:

Yush. That's why I left the edit in here ;) Just woke up, and still yawning. Ahhh, Sundayyyy.

RCon: My ex-landlord. Said he moved my luggage to some storage place that wasn't my flat, and now when I ask him if I can come collect it in September instead of August he says the flat's going to be sold and he can't gaurantee he'll still have the flat by the end of August so I should get it in August. Eh? If my luggage isn't in the flat, why should it if the flat's gonna be sold or not? :!:

My phone. I topped it up with 5 euros, and made a call. Afterwards, I get a message saying I have less than 3.28 euros left in my account. OK.

Suddenly, it beeps. I check it and it says I have less than 0.22 euros in my account. Eh? I didn't make any other calls... I leave it thinking it might have miscalculated the cost of my earlier call.

It beeps again. Now I have less than 0.18 euros in my account. Huh?? I didn't do anything! I check to see if I accidently have some call on hold - I don't. I leave it.

It beeps again. Now I have no credit left! What? :?::?: :mad:

/me slaps the stewpid phone

RCon: What is it with girls and shopping for handbags and shoes?? I don't get it, maybe I'm just not girlie enough to understand :rolleyes:

Storm: What network you on?

Lemon curry?

eh? Lemon Curry??? My word... whatever next? Chocolate tea anyone?!

Already been invented TF :P

RCon: ppl hu tlk lyk dis... still!

Already been invented TF :P

RCon: ppl hu tlk lyk dis... still!

OMG! That should be a random complaint!
I went onto someone's facebook yesterday (from school) and saw 3 large paragraphs written like that. I read the first line.. and then stopped. I just can't do it! :eek:

RCon: Why is it when I have a headache and hubby massages it, the pain drifts to another part of the head? :/

Is it connected to the internet, or sending a really long text (spread over several messages)?...

... Storm: What network you on?

tasha: Nope. At least I didn't connect it to the net...not to my knowledge? *looks at phone suspiciously* and nope, I wasn't sending a text... just one call to the UK. Took a few minutes, so 3.24 euros balance is reasonable... but not 0.00! It would've beeped to tell me I was running out of credit, and it didn't.

AJ: Orange.

OMG! That should be a random complaint!
I went onto someone's facebook yesterday (from school) and saw 3 large paragraphs written like that. I read the first line.. and then stopped. I just can't do it! :eek:

It's to stop people snooping on other people's pages! :razz:

RCon: Why is it when I have a headache and hubby massages it, the pain drifts to another part of the head? :/Coz once he finishes massaging your entire head, there's no where for the pain to go but down... :twisted:

Hmm..

RCon: Harry's lastfm doesn't scrobble his radio music.

Storm, that happened with me waaaaay back in the day when I was with O2, first time it was their mistake, second time I changed my call/text package and on the next anniversary date all my money was gone and replaced with something I didn't actually want. Are you sure you didn't opt in for a package you may have forgotten about? Maybe you have a certain number of free minutes or texts instead

Maybe Harry hasn't signed into last FM or he doesn't have scrobbling or enabled or he doesn't use WMP or iTunes to listen to music or he doesn't have the plug-in thingies

RCon: I don't use last FM, how on Earth do I know what some of the problems with it are? :eek:

Opt me in for a package all of a sudden? I didn't change anything, I was just topping my phone up like I usually do, nothing special. For some reason, about a week ago the guy at the Orange shop said, when I went to top it up, something about expiry dates, but he said that without asking about my contract and before even asking me what I wanted... so I ignored it. On my phone it always says 'you have less than 1 week to use your balance of x.xx' and it said that this time too, so I'm not sure it's expired.

Harry says he's got it enabled and I would think he's already checked to make sure he's signed in...lol. lastfm radio doesn't need plugins. And he just said...it scrobbles everything except the radio.

RConfusion: I feel...strange.

RC: sigsaljdalgsjsald, cant figure out why in the world i've gotten sad. which is the oddest thing everrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr rrrrrrrrrr

^ It's coz you can't get high on virtual chocolate on my profile anymore... *sends you a hug*

RConfusion: How did I mess up my sleep cycle so quickly? Dang forum!

RCon: How did I get chocolate in my ear??! :eek:

lol, haha AJ :P

RC: How did AJ find out she had chocolate in her ear and how did she find out it was chocolate?

Well I'm not gonna say "I tasted it" cos what if it wasn't chocolate? :|
I'm baking muffins and while I was at my desk I felt an itch/tickle in my ear so I scratched my ear and my finger had chocolate on it lol. Oh goodness, this all sounds so wrong :embarrassed:

lol.,
RC: AJ has chocolate in her ear and her description sounds odd :P

RCon: Can anyone else taste the difference between spring water and mineral water or is that just me? Try both, don't you think spring water is 'thinner' and 'lighter' and tastes a bit sweeter? Is that normal? O_o

I think it depends on the spring and the minerals it runs through?

RCon: I got no sleep two nights in a row. Yesterday I was grumpy as hell, today I'm fine. I think I'm immune to sleep now, and possibly invincible. :P

Hmm, maybe Vik.

RCon: Why does the ice cream down the back streets play Greensleeves (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P5ItNxpwChE)?? It's faster and more ice-cream-van-musicyfied but that's weird, right? O_o

RCon: Why does my niece always insist on telling me she's going to the bathroom? "Aunty, I'm going to the toilet!" Does she say it just in case she falls down the loo and we wonder where she's gone? I can't work it out :/

RCon: My dreams. Are so weird. Last night I dreamt about quite a few things, none of it made sense except the part when I got to keep my driving instructors car for two weeks while she was away. I take it I'm missing my lessons and wish I was still learning ;p

But yeah, the weird parts, I was at some place that was kinda virtual like we er.. I dunno. But there someone was all like "here I owe that person a quid so take it" and cos she was this weird numpty girl she dropped it into a lake. So everyone's looking for this pound coin and I look over at the lake full of ducks and the coin is there floating O_o I was like "Hey I found your pound but I doubt it's coming back" then a little duckling swam over and started eating so I was like "ok, you're really not getting it back and that duckling is gonna choke to death, Greenpeace are gonna want you for chucking money into a lake full of ducks" But that didn't happen, instead the little duckling swam over to me with the pound in it's mouth and I took it and gave it back to the girl.

Oh and then there was this woman who had half her hair shaved off by some game show people O_o she would earn back a wig or something if she completed some tasks. One of the tasks involved a lobster O_o

Basically, earlier in my dream, she apparently found a lobster (but I don't remember this) and the people went, "you know that lobster you found? Well, we saw another one sitting in the corner with a rock attached to it's back. What we're gonna do is we're gonna bury this lobster under some rocks and you have to find it. When you do, you get your hair back" and she was going hysterical and crying like she'd won a gazillion pounds or something O_O

Oh and then there were a couple of boys in college mentioned for doing some scam thing. Which never happened but it was so random O_O

I'm not a freak. Honest. =/

Hmm, I've had weirder dreams since :eek: Anyhoo...

Confuzzledom... I'm doing this dissertation on E. coli and like usual some requirements are to make what I'm writing "fun", "interesting to read", "eye-catching" and make sure it grasps the reader's attention. Been browsing the net a bit and I've come across this awesome website that explains almost everything about E. coli in a really interesting way. Only problem? It's a kiddy website. How bad would it look if I pinched ideas from there and then referenced it? Website for kids used as serious uni work.. big joke??! We've all seen the mumbo jumbo I write on exam papers... :embarrassed:

Hmm, I've had weirder dreams since :eek: Anyhoo...



I went to a pub that was on the edge of a road which was made out of water rather than tarmac. My friend decided to sail down this road on his jacket. He got about 20 yards before he fell in the water and was pulled out by two women in bikinis. He didn't spill a drop of his pint.

I went into the pub and a fella at the end of the bar ordered a quarter of a pint of lager. When he was given it, it was more like a 25ml shot and he complained about the price. I was next to be served and ordered a pint of lager. The bar lady returned with a glass of lemonade and half a pint of cider, and said - 'That's all you're getting' with a funny look. So I replied 'Oh, I see. You don't think I'm old enough to drink here, is that it? So I got my wallet out, but my driving license had disappeared. I checked it again, definitely not there.

So I went to my car which was parked on a road that wasn't made of water, and which had no landmarks or anything - just a dirt track really, but when I got there a policeman who looked just like Mel Smith of Smith and Jones fame, but said his name was Cyril, told me to put my hands on the vehicle. He then produced a frying pan with a Full English Breakfast in it. Saying 'hold this', he removed a sausage and put it in my pocket. He said this was a road-worthiness test of my car. Cyril then balanced the frying pan on the boot and wolfed down the fry up in about 5 seconds.

Then the credits rolled and was played out by two scantily clad women (possibly the two from the water road) dancing, and then I woke up.

How's that for a weird dream? :eek:

Ches, you are weird. And an alcoholic :P lol

RCon: Who are you and what have you done to my sister?! (http://www.isketchforum.net/showpost.php?p=138528&postcount=722) :eek:

I went to a pub that was on the edge of a road which was made out of water rather than tarmac. My friend decided to sail down this road on his jacket. He got about 20 yards before he fell in the water and was pulled out by two women in bikinis. He didn't spill a drop of his pint.

I went into the pub and a fella at the end of the bar ordered a quarter of a pint of lager. When he was given it, it was more like a 25ml shot and he complained about the price. I was next to be served and ordered a pint of lager. The bar lady returned with a glass of lemonade and half a pint of cider, and said - 'That's all you're getting' with a funny look. So I replied 'Oh, I see. You don't think I'm old enough to drink here, is that it? So I got my wallet out, but my driving license had disappeared. I checked it again, definitely not there.

So I went to my car which was parked on a road that wasn't made of water, and which had no landmarks or anything - just a dirt track really, but when I got there a policeman who looked just like Mel Smith of Smith and Jones fame, but said his name was Cyril, told me to put my hands on the vehicle. He then produced a frying pan with a Full English Breakfast in it. Saying 'hold this', he removed a sausage and put it in my pocket. He said this was a road-worthiness test of my car. Cyril then balanced the frying pan on the boot and wolfed down the fry up in about 5 seconds.

Then the credits rolled and was played out by two scantily clad women (possibly the two from the water road) dancing, and then I woke up.

How's that for a weird dream? :eek:

This is the first time I've read this thread and that is absolutely hilarious! http://209.85.48.8/10136/22/emo/Laugh-ani.gif http://209.85.48.8/10136/22/emo/Laugh-rofl-ani.gif Best laugh I've had for quite some time, in fact. Thanks for sharing, Ches. http://209.85.48.8/10136/22/emo/Bravo.gif

RCon/Meh: "OTM"

/me shrugs

Hmm, posting here to avoid arseys :smile:

RCon: Pros and cons of wiping my laptop after a poopoohead virus...

Pros: Laptop works faster, everything's neater, all those hundreds of bookmarks I don't need any more are gone and I didn't have to sit there for hours/days sorting through them, virus scans are quicker cos there's less stuff to scan, latest browser version that looks neater, fresh start for all my courses means my laptops not swimming in old course materials and software, I get MS Office 2007, I managed to save the most important bits of my work, fresh start means all the stuff that was sent to me or bugged me can no longer be seen because I don't remember where it was and I don't have it saved.

Cons: Need to install all the programmes I regulary use; MSN, uni forum, uni software, printer, internet applications, updated browsers that have more errors that the older versions, MS Office and poop loads more and the fact that it's so time consuming. Useful bookmarks are gone, useful websites are gone, think I lost nerdy's wedding pictures (or is that a pro :twisted:), after trying to install my 100% legal electronic downloaded version of Office 2003 the product key failed to work which means I spend the next few days twitching until I receive Office 2007 which looks rubbish and I cba to learn how to use it now for the life of me and the twitching is because I can't do any work in that time :mad:, there's random things installing when I go online and I sit and wonder 'Do I need that, what is it, was it already on my laptop and oh dear, why can't I remember anything?!', some of my work got lost, all media programmes I used are gone; there were loads of them and everything I liked is now gone :( now everyone's telling me to buy a mac... sure! If you wanna buy me one(!) Oh and, in order for all this to happen you need a pain in the bum virus -_-

/me goes for a stroll

RC: reecers tricky riddle

RCon: Sneezed myself awake... how on Earth...?! :eek:

Rcon: Receiving random friendship invites on Facebook :eek:

OI!

Just accept me so I can pretend to have friends, clockfeatures....

RC: People (specifically neighbours) who aren't friendly! Why would you be unfriendly, doesn't it just make you miserable? Obviously not a qu directed at anyone here, not even clocky (who gets a little too friendly after one or two drops of cog oil, if ya know what I mean *winkwink*).

lmao Vik :razz: *hugs*

I do know what you mean though... :eek:

Further RConf: Why won't my computer play sound in youtube, but appears okay anywhere else?!!

That is weird! I get that problem with YouTube sometimes :o But the problem doesn't last long.

RCon: Why is TF a poopoohead?

/me runs like hell! :razz:

:twisted: Not fast enough...

/me giggles

Rcon: Why are you all being 'orrible to me? :sad: :razz:

Because we luuuurve (takingthepissoutof) you

RCon: Who is that beautiful creature in my avatar??

lol :P

RCon2: Does TF operate at the speed of light?

lmao Vik.....!!!!! very cute :razz:

RCon: Where is that beautiful creature in Vik's avatar you aren't the only one who can take the p***...??? :twisted:

She's hiding cause she saw a nasty flying clock.

RCon: WHAT is that beautiful creature in Vik's avatar? ö

RQu: If TF is a clock, and I don't make sure to carefully wind her up each day - will she eventually stop?
:twisted:

Shall we try it? Perhaps take her batteries out, as well? XD

RCon: Why can I not think of anything decent to say to add to RCon and not make it look like spam? XD

Further RConf: Why won't my computer play sound in youtube, but appears okay anywhere else?!!
Oh thank you!! Somebody else has noticed that too! After I restart my computer </groan> it seems to work but that's long winded. Then a few times I realised the volume on my headphones was turned down :embarrassed: But, sometimes youtube and BBC iPlayer can be stoopid. Strange how WMP and iTunes etc seem to work still O_o

RCon: Why do the "blue are back" smarties taste really yuck and have a really yuck colour in the normal tubes of smarties but in the tube of blue only smarties, which btw are out especially for Christmas, they taste nice and they're a nice baby blue colour like my bedroom?

RCon2: Why the giddy aunt are Park advertising their catalogue for Christmas 2009 when Christmas 2008 hasn't happened yet??! :eek:

RCon: Why do I always get followed when I leave my house? When I was at school, college and now. It's always when I'm alone.. s'not really funny anymore :/

RCon: Why do I always get followed when I leave my house? When I was at school, college and now. It's always when I'm alone.. s'not really funny anymore :/

:eek: Blimey AJ :eek:

RC: Why do lecturers always think that the subject that THEY are lecturing in is THE most important thing on your mind ALL THE TIME?

...
RQu: If TF is a clock, and I don't make sure to carefully wind her up each day - will she eventually stop?
:twisted:

Actually, if TF is a clock, you shouldn't forget to wind her up metaphorically ;)... I can't believe you missed that, Vik :P
RCon: Where did all the textbooks goo?

RCon/Question: People say the hardest things to say are "I love you" " help me" and "I'm sorry" I thought saying "I'm sorry" was difficult because some people may have pride issues, fair enough, not my problem.
However, when someone owes me an apology I think it concerns me. Earlier today someone said "I'm very sor.... I apologise" Why did this person go from saying sorry to just saying they apologise?

I'm baffled, feel free to reply with why you think this person changed what they were gonna say. I actually think it's a pride thing and a fake apology. Wuss.

Erm, do you mean that in your opinion saying 'I apologise' is like, a step down from saying 'I'm sorry' ? Cause to me, 'apologise' sounds more kind of, formal and serious than 'sorry', so maybe that person was trying to make it sound more meaningful. Dunno though, I guess you were there so you could tell by their body language.

I say sorry a few times a day, for very minor things mostly, like bumping someone, or not catching what someone said, or whatever. I also say 'I'm so sorry' when someone tells me bad news, so maybe this person really wanted to use a word which doesn't carry any other connotations.

Erm, do you mean that in your opinion saying 'I apologise' is like, a step down from saying 'I'm sorry' ? ... I guess you were there so you could tell by their body language.
To the former, yes and to the latter, the body language wasn't very comforting. And this person is a professional of some sort. Seriously though, this person *refuses* to say "sorry" :rolleyes:

I agree AJ - I prefer "I'm sorry".. especially in that kind of situation where they actually change half way through. That's what bothers me most; they changed what they said and you don't do that for no reason. I asked why they changed what they were going to say (out of curiosity) and I was told "I don't have all the answers" wtfudge?!

And I say sorry all the time too - I was explaining something to a friend the other day and at the end he said "You know you said sorry about three times in that?" .. I was completely unaware I'd even said it. Yeah, I know what you mean. I get told that a lot too. Still, I'd rather not offend people so I apologise even when I know it's not needed, I think it reassures some people.

Thanks for the replies you two :) x

^We sounds like ungrateful lil so-and-so's haha :p I'm putting it down to pride issues tash...

RCon: What's happened to the timestamps on the forum? O_o

RC: In the Arcade, why do some members have a dashed line under their name apart from the solid line? o_O

RCon: Why is it when you lose something important you search in the most obvious places a dozen times and you can't see it, yet you glance a little while later in the same direction and suddenly the lost item appears??!

I just spent half an hour freaking out over a lost book, I searched my study, my desks, my bookshelves, my bedroom and even went downstairs to find it. I even searched the laundry room lol. I came straight back up, sat at my desk and thought "I'll check my room again" and on my way out the room I saw the book from the corner of my eye on the shelf I already checked five times!! It wasn't there before, I'm the only person upstairs and nobody came upstairs in that time. Stoooooooooopid.

RCon2: I'm a junior member with one post? O_o Yay, so not a forum addict ;)

/me coughs

RCon2: I'm a junior member with one post? O_o Yay, so not a forum addict ;)
The situation is awaiting Admin attention and should be resolved shortly.

Woah! We got reset :P

Wait! I have 708 still. Crazy!

Omg, Vik! You're such an addict! :P
Jobe.. awaiting admin attention? "resolved shortly"? Pleeease tell me that means Ches and not Peter, right? Please! :| The only way you'll see Peter on the forum is if you call him and remind him that he has a forum :) Anyway, hopefully it'll get sorted. I've noticed that some threads have also vanished, lol.

lol at my post count being 24. Haha!

RCon: I had one go in my tritryst tourney (out of two) and it says "final score - 0".. thinking that I've had both goes.. and why is it 0?! :cry: I didn't get 0 in my first go! What a wedgie.

Jobe.. awaiting admin attention? "resolved shortly"? Pleeease tell me that means Ches and not Peter, right? Please! :| The only way you'll see Peter on the forum is if you call him and remind him that he has a forum :) Anyway, hopefully it'll get sorted. I've noticed that some threads have also vanished, lol.



lol... as Jobe said the situation will be resolved shortly - the orange brigade have been notified and I have it on good authority that they will come suitably armed (with jaffa cakes, terry's oranges and a plentiful supply of tissues). I don't know what us Limes are meant to do for now... but I sure am enjoying this random confusion :razz:

Order will be restored shortly. I thank you :razz:

My real Random Confusion: My darling husband has bought me an Eee PC - fantastic little device, except I can't make head nor tail of it at the moment (and boy is the keypad really, really small)! It will be great for when we go away though!

I ent complaining, means I can post as much as I want and still be a junior member lol :razz:

RCon: Forgetting how to use my calculator in the space of, err... how many ever months it was from April to now. With all the science I've been studying lately maths seems foreign to me :eek: /faint

RCon: How did I get that spell check on the forum? Since my laptop's been wiped the spell checky pooh's gone and my poor spelling skillz are starting to show. I'm gonna have to start typing in txt cht 2 avoid embrsmnt lulz :eek:

ahhhhhhhhh
/me gives TF a huge hug thanksssssssssssiesss ^_^ amazing clocks :D

RC: whereeeeeeeeeee has Peter goneee? :( and um...does ches every talk? :P
RC2: whyyy do i get headaches all the time? :(

To the "where's Peter gone?" part.. he's gone to have a life. We should all try it one day :P

RCon: Why am I dreaming about chickens! And why does France sell chickens and nothing else?! :eek:

I had a dream that I went to France again (not sure why 'cause it's not the sort of place I'd want to go back to again). Anyway, so I was out shopping for lunch. Now is probably a good time to say that I'm put off of chicken, have been in both pregnancies. Actually, I've been put off of all types of meat in general. So I entered a general sandwhich type cafe shop.. and I searched around looking for something to eat. All I saw was chicken sandwiches! I got frustrated and left the shop. I then found a pizza shop.. and the only pizza toppings they had were mostly chicken, with a few other meat type ones. No vegetarian (what the hell? lol). So I gave the person behind the counter a dirty look. :eek:

Then I went into a Subway. Believe it or not (and I think you won't!), they only had one item on the menu! And it was a chicken subway D: !

The final shop I went into was a bakery shop.. and even all they had was chicken! What. The. Hell?! :eek:

I don't ever want to see a chicken again! >.<
Then when I woke up, I thought of Nyna, 'cause of her love for chickens.. lol.

RCon.... Posts: 1
???

Apparently the admins are on it, Platinum :)

RCon: Nerdy - how could you dislike France!!!!??? I'd like to live there. Snails, decent bakeries, French, garlic beyond measure, wine, wonderful countryside, people with a sense of style... I love France! Apart from their racist government, which I would have to overthrow...

Decent bakeries? The bakery in my dream sold JUST chickens?! :o
What bakery sells just chickens? Yikes.. (I know I was dreaming.. but still.. hehe)
And I'm with you on that one, about the racist governement. Yuck.

RCon: Why do some women never know they're pregnant.. and others feel all the effects of pregnancy? Ouch.

/me moans in pain :(

RCon: I just tried to post a [me] command on someone's profile and a message popped up saying that this command wasn't allowed. It also said it in a strange language too... Mesaj gönderilmeye çalýþýlýrken þu hatalarla karþýlaþýldý

Edit: Just found out that it's Turkish.. random..

Edit: Just found out that it's Turkish.. random..
I think the Turkish glitches are kinda cool.. it just looks really cool. I was checking out the Turkish posts a while back, good stuff :D

RCon: Why the poopy heck on Earth can you not buy earphones which aren't double the size of your ear holes? Its like the earphone companies only cater for Ogre sized ears!

Oh aye, let's all become big scary ogres!

I fancy watching Shrek now...

RCon: On the forum last night it kept saying my session was suspended due to too much CPU usage or something. That was weird.

Decent bakeries? The bakery in my dream sold JUST chickens?! :o
What bakery sells just chickens? Yikes.. (I know I was dreaming.. but still.. hehe)

Sounds like my kind of bakery!!! =D

RCon: Why will my husband sit and watch Extreme Makeover Home Edition while i'm putting the kids to bed but when I want him to sit and watch it WITH me he doesn't like the show?!!! ><

Sounds like my kind of bakery!!! =D
Haha, chicken stuffed bread!
Re: Extreme makeover home edition; firstly, great show! Secondly, maybe your hubby thinks you'll go to him "You should do this that and the other to our house" :razz:

RCon: Got a randon call from someone telling me I'd been given a day visit to a health spa/makeover/pampering day/professional photo shoot thing for me and a friend. The whole thing is worth £180 but I get it for free cos someone (a friend, apparently) recommended me and its a "gift".
Thing is, the name they gave isn't of anyone I know; the last name is of someone I know and the inital of their first name matches. The company who called me said maybe they took down the wrong name but it was definitely for me. They even spellt my name right and had my newest number which I've had since April this year... and I've only recently given out my number to all my friends recently so I'm now really confuddled :S

I reckon its a prank of some kind... the company's calling me back tomorrow and if its a prank I dunno how I'd go about finding out... sounds fishy, right? :S

@AJ: Well, you could always call the friend whose name it might be and ask them if they took part in something like this recently.

RCon: Why can't I see the customized profiles on people's pages anymore? It's just the generic blue background ever since I got my new laptop. Is it a Vista problem?

@AJ: Well, you could always call the friend whose name it might be and ask them if they took part in something like this recently.
Oh yeah, I forgot to mention, this friend doesn't have my mobile number. Nice to know someone would go through so much effort to prank me though, I must be on their mind a lot ;)

Edit: The forum's a bit creepy with nobody around at this time...

RCon: Some of the threads in forum games (like This or That?) seem to have disappeared....

yeah I think they disappear because no ones posted in them for quite sometime.... (like Substitute a letter :) , which is now Letter Switch

Rcon , whys the forum font smaller o.O

EDIT - Pippa, i found This or That.. http://www.isketchforum.net/-t1279.html?t=1279&highlight=truth

Pineapples?! Pineapples, where?! (http://soggypineapple.nfshost.com/forum/) :razz:

RCon: Why can't I go out without being knocked down by some crazy christmas shopper? :rolleyes:

Haha, chicken stuffed bread!
Re: Extreme makeover home edition; firstly, great show! Secondly, maybe your hubby thinks you'll go to him "You should do this that and the other to our house" :razz:

RCon: Got a randon call from someone telling me I'd been given a day visit to a health spa/makeover/pampering day/professional photo shoot thing for me and a friend. The whole thing is worth £180 but I get it for free cos someone (a friend, apparently) recommended me and its a "gift".
Thing is, the name they gave isn't of anyone I know; the last name is of someone I know and the inital of their first name matches. The company who called me said maybe they took down the wrong name but it was definitely for me. They even spellt my name right and had my newest number which I've had since April this year... and I've only recently given out my number to all my friends recently so I'm now really confuddled :S

I reckon its a prank of some kind... the company's calling me back tomorrow and if its a prank I dunno how I'd go about finding out... sounds fishy, right? :S

Hmm I won ( I think they called everyone who signed up) something like this,
I went to the studio and they pampered me, hair, make up etc and did a photo shoot it was cool (not spa though ) the pics are then uploaded and you fall in love with them and they cost a bomb (indivual photo prints) ><

I did end up buying mine (I bought a CD of the images with no air brushing as I knew I could airbrush and print off repeatedly) because I was so pleased with them. It cost me £100+ I can't remember how much exactly, it was several years ago but tbh I had been meaning to do it as a once in a lifetime experience.

If it is for real then you should have a number and name to phone and put your questions forward.

Pineapples?! Pineapples, where?! (http://soggypineapple.nfshost.com/forum/) :razz:

RCon: Why can't I go out without being knocked down by some crazy christmas shopper? :rolleyes:

I never see the lights or santa cos I go in hiding from all the madness! lol

Hamleys is a no go from october onwards hehe I stay in my bubble from oct to feb then enjoy the shops again haha

Mind you, I am going to try westfields next week rude not too ><

RC, Not having fairies to do things for me and getting snowed under.

Hmm I won ( I think they called everyone who signed up) something like this,
I went to the studio and they pampered me, hair, make up etc and did a photo shoot it was cool (not spa though ) the pics are then uploaded and you fall in love with them and they cost a bomb (indivual photo prints) ><

I did end up buying mine (I bought a CD of the images with no air brushing as I knew I could airbrush and print off repeatedly) because I was so pleased with them. It cost me £100+ I can't remember how much exactly, it was several years ago but tbh I had been meaning to do it as a once in a lifetime experience.

If it is for real then you should have a number and name to phone and put your questions forward.
That sounds about right and you're in London. I was first invited to Southampton and I said no cos it was 'far' then I was invited to the West end or summat. Go figure, still sounds dodgy to me and I've had a good seven calls since then... not that I'm counting or anything :/

RCon: Er.. *whistles and legs it*

RCon: My lecture notes have so many equations on that I can't keep track :s

Confused.com! :razz: :eek:

RCon: Pfft, why is this thread on page two?! :o Iz ok, I rescyood it nao.

RCon2: Just came back from my driving lesson... It was all going well, I just did a parallel park and noticed a girl on her test. They park up and we wait 'cause I wanted to do the manoeuver again.
Anyway, turns out the girl's failed her test but not only that, the examiner got out the car, leaving the girl there and walked back to the exam centre (which btw was a good 20 minutes walk away and it's cold out!)
I'm about to drive off and the girl goes "Excuse me! Can you tell me which road I'm on?" (She was on the phone to her instructor telling her where shes' been left) So anyway, my instructor knows her instructor so she takes the phone, gives directions but in the end I had to pick her up and take her back to her car and pupil. Was like I was on a mini test with two instructors in the car :o but it's all good, the other instructor just complimented my driving :biggrin:
It was honestly the weirdest lesson ever, but kinda fun. Apparently that girl failed at the end of her test.. :/

RCon3: On the way home we see a girl from my old school and my instructor turns to me and goes "You wouldn't happen to know of any tutors would you...?" I tell her I'm one (which she already knows) and within seconds I'm hired to tutor her daughter for her GCSEs. Going to her house is gonna feel a teensy bit weird. I'm also tempted to bump up my prices 'cause I've spent a lot on driving lessons and that seems to be putting a dent in my bank balance.
I tease, I tease, I'm not that mean, although it is a home visit and it is one-to-one :twisted: and I don't drive so my instructor will be picking me up and dropping me off. Hmm, I wonder if she'll let me drive myself there and back... would be like free lessons lol :razz:

RCon: Ever since this new notification function has been added, it's always told me I have 2 unread visitor messages... I don't though >_< I'm growing used to seeing that but I don't like it >.<

That's weird!!
Also something else weird - those people who have won at least 1 tournament, and also hold a highscore in the Arcade (no, not the people, but how it is displayed :P)
ie - people with only have 1 Arcade highscore have no line break between that and their tournaments stats, like *AJ* for example:
http://i264.photobucket.com/albums/ii163/_Saffron/AJ.jpg

people with more than 1 arcade high score have them scrolling, and the tournament stats are on the next line, eg storm
http://i264.photobucket.com/albums/ii163/_Saffron/storm.jpg

RCon: Ever since this new notification function has been added, it's always told me I have 2 unread visitor messages... I don't though >_< I'm growing used to seeing that but I don't like it >.<
I've got that too! 1 unread visitor message, even after I went through all of them :eek:

Maybe because if there's more than 1 they need to scroll, and can't if a tournament bit is in the way.

RCon: Sent home from college for 1cm of snow today.
xD
I thought the same tashikins and PFFFFFFFFFFT @ 1cm of snow. Teachers these days are lazy arses -.-

RCon: Why why whhhhhhhy are all my driving lessons cancelled? Some days the car battery dies, or the brakes need fixing, or my eyes are dry so I'm told I can't drive, or the weather's cack or my drivng instructor hurts her back and needs acupuncture last night... It'd be a bloody miracle if I passed :/

Oh yeah and I have the one visitor message thing too. Learnt to ignore it 'cause it still adds another notification if there's a new message or PM... for those of you thinking "yeah right, thats why you reply to me straight away <sarcasm>" it's just 'cause I'm lazy :p

RC: What was the name of the poll website that was posted somewhere I long time ago?

Eh? What poll website reece? What was it about?

RCon: People, our house... *wondering* :/

RC: I just got an email saying I have a job interview on the 6th of March... for a job I've not even applied for... :rolleyes:

...speaking of emails...

I have just received one from BT advising that they recently sent an email to my email address as my latest BT bill is ready to view online. Unfortunately, the email that they have sent to my email address that I have just opened was returned to them undelivered!?

Hm... confused? Yep... I am :eek:

Ohh I've also had emails from BT about my internet bill. I don't even have BT internet!

ZK, the chances are the people who sent you that email aren't actually from BT. It's probably some phishing email.

Funnily enough I got something from my bank to my email address claiming there was fraud. The email look ok 'cause they use the logo, had the bank name in an email but it wasn't real info. I ignored the emails then a week or so later I got a similar one from another major bank then a week later I got yet another email from another major bank....

What they do is they email you from a random bank/internet provider hoping that you're with this company. Then they say you owe this or say enter your details here 'cause we're checking up on you or some other lame excuse. And when you do that you pass on private info and hey presto all the money scams begin and you're left skint!
They guess and when they hear nothing they assume they emailed you from the wrong company so continue trying their luck with others hoping that some sucker falls for it.

Be careful and always contact your bank/internet/mobile provider before doing anything (regarding them) over the internet!

ZK, the chances are the people who sent you that email aren't actually from BT. It's probably some phishing email.
Yup it was a phishing one. And a really bad one at that lol. The links in the email didn't even look remotely like a bt.com site.

The job interview one is confusing me though, as it is a legitimate one from the NHS, on my user account that I have used in the past. The job actually looks quite good lol.

RCon: It's Nyna's birthday? O.o lol...

oh hu.. I think having fizzy mcshizzy has gone to my head. Bad bad bad sugar. I feel slightly stoned. Not that I know what it feels like to be stoned. But ya know? Like bleeeeeeeeeeeh and ooooooooooooooh yet.. :|- ish

Rcon: It is? =P

Lol no it isn't. I think because I put that it was my anniversary she thought I meant birthday? I meant wedding anniversary! Hehe.

^ I figured :p

RCon: This girl I knew at college is having a get together around her place and I wasn't invited ('cause I told her about a year ago I no longer wanted to know her - bad influence, seriously) so now my friends are asking me if I'm going... Dunno what to say about why I no longer wanna know this girl anymore, afterall, when we were in college I didn't show how I felt about the things this girl said/did so some people might think it's really random of me to now kick up a fuss. I just don't see the point in still conversing with people who will do me more harm than good :/

RCon: Quotes aren't allowed in the social groups? Mmmm 'kay? Why allow font deco (or whatever the word is) like italics, bold, etc. but not quotes? Hmmmm.

Edit:

RCon: Why do smileys wear gloves?

RCon: Why does Walkers' Builders Breakfast taste like farts?

RCon: How does AJ know what farts taste like and what is she doing tasting it? :eek:

:P

The fish and chips one was okay-ish.
Nothing beats good ol' salt and vinegar though XD

Lmao, shurrup >_< You know what I mean. Like farts, you know how they smell and if you were to taste them... well that's what they'd taste like? Like eggy/sulphar farts...? :/

Rcon: This convo... :s

RWell.thats.a.lil.spooky
Our newest member xsapphirex was born on the same day as me. :eek:

RCon: Hubby bought me a bunch of pink roses.. and now they've gone purple! :o So strange! I've never seen that happen before. And no, they're not dead/dried out, lol. And this isn't a complaint either. Just reeeeally confused! It does look nice though :D

Confused.com!! Why's it such a pain to use?! "you cannot be 'Mr' and yet female". Ehh, well let me change it you banana brains! I started setting up the account in my name but then realised it should have been in my dad's name. So instead of letting me start from scratch with new details... I'm stuck with either a man claiming to be a female or I end up as the policy holder... oops. "The new confused.com website is so much better and easier to use" - liars :/

R:O - sense/net changed his name to sense

RCon: My Your notifications in the top-right box disappeared, making me think there's a bug on the site 'cos it's always been at 1 when I've had none. But it means I've found that elusive Unread Visitor Message and all is right with the world :razz:

Dude, you're slow :p

RCon: Er.. um... err... hi? Oh actually, isn't it funny how you say "hi" and some people are like "'lo" and yeah... hi, lo... high, low? Ya know?

/me shuts up now

RCon: ^

R:O - sense/net changed his name to sense
Yes, this is also my iSketch username now. See you in the game :-)

Yes, this is also my iSketch username now. See you in the game :-)

Surely you could just pull some strings and get the forward slash reinstated in iSketch?? ;)

RCon: ^Shhh

RCon/RC/RH: I quit my job. Loved it. Miss it already. Happy because it had to be done. Need to start job hunting. Hope a job just falls into my lap again. Need to write a CV still. Cba. Sigh.

R:O - sense/net changed his name to sense

Yeah, I noticed a day before the Jigword for the comp was due to be released, so I had to change it.

RCon: People propagating through Round 5 at different paces. It's quite hard to keep up :s

RCon: Daylgiht Savings has finished. Just when I am used to matching people's timezones and when they are online......

I swear db's post in the round 5 thread of the Easter comp has changed it's posting time... it was 5:32 pm, then it went to 6:32 pm and now it's back to 5:32 pm again! Whaaaat. I'm not seeing things! Tell me I'm not o.o

You're not seeing things, don't worry. It happens all the time on this forum. Kinda weird, I would have thought that might have stopped by now O.o

Lol, thanks. It does? Maybe the forum's still confused about daylight savings?

Lol, thanks. It does? Maybe the forum's still confused about daylight savings?

Yeah, I noticed that too. I was busy at uni at 5:30, so couldn't have posted then :P

RCon: I think omelette gave me a headache :/

Well... it should be a RH but it's not perfect, and it's not bad enough to be a RC... hmmm, I made a Victoria sponge cake, buuut it doesn't look like a sponge cake... it looks like a normal cake, coz the top has browned, and it couldn't have burned, because it tastes fine... and hmm yes =/ So now the top is brown and the inside of the cake is cream-coloured and the top wrinkled when I took it out of the oven... ahhh Idk what it is about baking but I just fail x(

It wrinkles because of the change of temperature when it comes out of the oven and enters room temperature. And most Victoria sponge cakes (and others in fact) are (slightly) brown on the outside and cream inside. Reasons could be that you left it in too long, the gas was too high or it wasn't on the right level in the oven [top, middle or bottom - cakes usually go in the middle but more the top end of middle iykwim (if you know what I mean)]

You can really only feel sad about it if the sides of the cake go really hard. 'Cause then you know you've really baked it wrong lol. *whistles innocently*

Ahh... okay, mine was on the middle shelf on 180 C. I left the oven's grill shelf on the top shelf though, Idk if that made a difference to how it browned.

Hmm, my friend made a Victoria sponge cake and his was mostly 'light tan' on the outside and cream on the inside. I thought that was how it was meant to look. Mine really is brownn xD I'll put a pic of it in my album in my profile and you can see how brown it really is :p

It was soft though.

Ahh... okay, mine was on the middle shelf on 180 C. I left the oven's grill shelf on the top shelf though, Idk if that made a difference to how it browned.
180C/gas mark 4 is right so that's ok. And yes, the grill shelf being left on top can make a difference. I don't know if this is always the case but I certainly noticed it the other day. Bit strange really. I guess it's to do with the heat the burning hot grill tray gives off, which of course goes directly on the top of the cake.

Nice pic btw.

Thanks.

Hmm, next time I'll move the grill tray =) It probably *was* that which made it go brown. It was only in the oven for oh, about 10 minutes too (supposed to be 15/20 mins apparently).

RCon: A dilema called uni. I've been studying from home for the last three years now from uni and it's all a full time degree along with other qualifications. I've not had a single break because each and every month is packed with assignments, reading, revision and all sorts. When I do get a break, that's when everything goes wrong and my plans to chillax go out the window for all sorts of reasons beyond my control.

One of my qualifications is in web design/applications made up of six courses, each lasting 3 months. There's about a week between each course. My degree is going to take me four years to complete because I'm insane and chose to do a postgrad research course *groan*. Anyway, that will have ended in October 2010 (gawsh it sounds so far away! :eek:) which is when I want to finish studying completely (assuming I don't make the stupid decision of opting for a second degree - don't look at me like that; studying's addictive :$ :S)

I'm just finishing my second web apps course and the next one starts in May. If I do this course it means I have no break all year - again! If I don't do this course it means I have the WHOLE of July to just chillax (a much needed break) BUT, if I take the break, my final web apps course will start in October 2010 which means I won't finish uni until December 2010.

Do I take the break which I really crave and endure an extra three months with uni or do I press on and force myself to work like a mindless monkey for four years straight? :eek: Oh and I have to make a choice by the 17th of this month :|

Ah, glad I got that off my plate.

/me sleeps

Take the break
December 2010 is only the end of next year, lol.
No point in killing yourself to graduate sooner. o.O

I think I'd still graduate at the same time but it's about how desperate I am to finish uni ASAP - I dunno why. And besides, I doubt I'd attend my graduation because I'd be too scared/shy lol :embarrassed:

Benefits of taking a break: I get to chillax and go over everything I've learnt about web apps thus far.
Pesimist talking: How do I know the whole of July won't be dedicated to me doing favours for others and not actually having a break? What if I don't end up going over what I've already learnt? Having that "break" will be a waste of time and when I do finally start the course in October, I'd have taken three months off from web apps so I'd have forgotten even more stuff.

I know I'm a spur-of-the-moment person so I'm more than likely to go ahead and continue studying without a break. And I know that no matter how difficult things get I always seem to cope. Maybe I can do it. I guess I could always find myself a study buddy and work with them, that way I force myself to keep up. But it's not that simple. *sigh*

I forgot about that above post :$ Yay, the course starts tomorrow! =)

RCon: A few days ago I dreamt that that my upper right wisdom tooth was really small as if it was just coming out and then it got wobbly and fell out. Really random dream but I remember how the tooth felt in my dream.

Anyway, last night I went to the dentist and before I went in, I told my sister about this dream I had the other night. All was good with my teeth but it turns out my upper right wisdom tooth was too big, sharp and too pointy. Plus it was pointing towards my cheek slightly so it was damaging or kinda 'chewing' the inside of my cheek. Or leaving indents of teeth marks (lol) so the dentist decided he had to grind my tooth down and make it smooth. Boy did that stink!! It's like burning skin or hair only it's in your mouth. Oh, and when I spat the mouth rinsing solution out I also spat out black bits of my tooth! Yep, the grinding down part of it had burnt my tooth and that's what the smell was. Bleaugh :eek:

It's really weird though because now my tooth feels exactly the way it did in my dream. It's so bizarre. And it's really confusing me after I eat too. I kinda run my tongue around my mouth making sure all the food is out my teeth but it feels like I've got some in my wisdom tooth. I sit there for ages trying to get it out and then I remember that IS my tooth. It feels really weird now.. like it's a little stump :/

Oh, and I worked out why people are so afraid of dentists (possibly!) Before my dentist looked into my mouth he started telling me about the first thing he learnt. That this tool (the drilling one or whatever) was the most dangerous tool a dentist could put in someone's mouth (and he says this whilst switching it on and demonstarting it to me); if they accidentally point it in the wrong direction they could damage your mouth. So I thought 'heh, it's a good job I have good teeth, he won't even have to use it on me!'

So two minutes later when he's looking in my mouth and tells me my tooth needs grinding down, he picks up the very tool he describes and being the most dangerous and starts 'sanding' down my tooth; how comforting! It was ok though, besides the smell and the brief moment when I thought he'd reach my nerve if he carried on any longer. :|

But yeah, weird dream, eh?! I hope the tooth doesn't have to be pulled out though. He wants to see me again within six months, eep!

lol AJ, nice story-telling xD

Ahhhh dentists... I've never really been afraid of them, even though I've had teeth pulled out*. I don't take as much care of my teeth as most people I guess (don't bother with flossing or brushing twice a day), but I've never had teeth problems yet *touch wood*. I guess what I do is sufficient, or maybe my diet is good to my teeth (I don't drink fizzy drinks).

*because I had to have braces, but hmm, the logic of pulling out 4 teeth - 2 upper and 2 lower, in order for my upper jaw to go back, totally went past me, coz, if there're 2 gaps on my upper and lower jaw, won't the teeth go back the same distance and thus not solve anything?!? Whatever >.< I don't dwell on it, coz I really don't want to hear I lost 4 teeth for nothing.

RCon: Idk why I checked this thread when I don't have an RCon. :D

Lol @ not understanding why the teeth had to be removed. I only had two from the top removed for my braces.

Anyway, wth?! I had this reeeeeally random dream that I was going away for two weeks and leaving all my stuff in someone else's care. In the dream I cleared all my private data from the browsers and then packed up my laptop (amongst one of the strange things I did) and today I wake up to find all my private data has been cleared anyway. What??! It never clears itself. Stuff like passwords and certain sites keeping me logged in at all times - it's all suddenly gone. And no, it didn't really happen and it really was just a dream. What on eaaaaaaarth?! :eek:

Are all my dreams suddenly gonna start coming true? :|

Are all my dreams suddenly gonna start coming true? :|
I wish mine would ;)

RCon: Why does it take 10 working days to transfer your phone line TO telsstra, when another ISP can transfer FROM Telstra immediately?

RCon/Wtf??: The receptionist atthe docotors surgery today piped up from behind her desk to ask someone "What's an STI??" To which another receptionist replies "Sexual transmited disease" She said "I" not "D". :rolleyes:
Then later on I was at the desk booking an appointment and the same receptionist is on the phone still requesting things for some patient and talking about stuff and said "an ultrasound and check for sexual transmitted...." so I said "Infection" and the daft cow doesn't listen to me. Then a doctor walks in and she asks him. Finally, someone corrected her/taught her!

Receptionists really bug the crap outta me. When you phone up to see a doc and book an appointment they ask what's wrong with you so you say something like "my leg's been hurting for a few days now and it's difficult to walk on it" and then they'll ask if you hit it, have you put anything on it, what happened and so on as if they want to help diagnose you. And in more 'serious' circumstances they'll ask for really private details and I can't understand what the hell it is to them! You're ill and wanna see a doc, just book the damn appointment without asking questions! Especially seeing as they're all a bunch of thick heads who a) don't know what STI stands for, b) can't use a simple switch board, c) stand around chatting all day while the phone rings non-stop, d) can't communicate with each other or patients properly, e) don't know when a doctor is working, f) can't book appointments properly and so many more things are wrong with them! So what the hell gives them the cheek to ask what's wrong with you?!

I know some secretaries/receptionists often get a lot of stick because peopel presume they're uneducated numpties who left school early and don't know how to use a computer, but seriously, I often wonder. It has to be true for some of them. Especially if they've been working somewhere for years and still don't know the very basics.

Oh sorry tash :$ I meant our GP receptionists specifically. *hugs*

This has been bothering me for ages, so much so that I went to sleep wondering it and woke up still thinking about it (shurrup :p)...

RCon: Why do we buy eggs off the shelf but when we get home we put them in the fridge? You could say they might go off but wouldn't they go off on shop shelves? So why don't the shops put them in fridges?

Not going to the dentist, and being less than kind to my teeth for 10 years (ish) and not having a single filling. Then going back 6 months later (today) after being sooo good at brushing and mouthwashing and whatnot and having 3 cavities! Gotta go back for fillings :(

That I find very confusing.... :S ... and a lil bit scary - not had fillings before! eek!

RCon: Asking someone where the cold drinks were in a shop today and them telling me that they're next to the sandwiches. I then asked where the sandwiches were and they replied, "They're next to the cold drinks". Umm.. I know that :/

RCon: Asking someone where the cold drinks were in a shop today and them telling me that they're next to the sandwiches. I then asked where the sandwiches were and they replied, "They're next to the cold drinks". Umm.. I know that :/
lmao.:razz:classic.

RCon: Where do shells come from? Scallops and oysters are in shells. We 'fish' for them and remove shells from the sea. So aren't they going to run out eventually? How do oysters, scallops and shells come about?? O.o

I really want want answers for this and the previous post about putting eggs in the fridge. I know James O'Brien does a mystery hour on the radio and I'm so tempted to call in and ask. But I'z radio-shy/scared :embarrassed:
Anyone wanna call in for me? :razz:

You should ask Alessadri. Either he knows the answers to life's little mysteries or he'll want to find out :razz:

RCon:

You know those smileys with question marks that go in circles round their heads then the smiley frowns and falls down in confusion?

I feel like one of them now.

Sentence Parsing. BOO.

I'm not sure but I think that shells are made from keratin... which is the stuff what horns and fingernails and that are made of. So the oysters and that will grow the shells themselves... I don't think that there'll be oysters knocking about without shells.

And about the eggs thing... I heard on something a short while ago that eggs are actually better off out of the fridge. There are all sorts of things like that... they said take eggs and tomatoes out, and then put other things in which normally aren't, but I can't remember what.

And about the eggs thing... I heard on something a short while ago that eggs are actually better off out of the fridge. There are all sorts of things like that... they said take eggs and tomatoes out, and then put other things in which normally aren't, but I can't remember what.
I heard tomatoes were best kept out the fridge as well. Yet ours are still in the fridge. If they were kept out they'd get ripe too fast and go all wet and mushy...? :S

But the eggs thing still doesn't make sense.

Nerdy sent me a link about the oysters and shell thing. Which made sense and I guess I'm gonna settle on what this website (http://www.fi.edu/fellows/fellow7/dec98/oysters/index.html) says. Quite interesting. I still have some questions about it because it is a bit confusing still. But it'll do for now. Fanks nerdy blud.

Yeah, I was just having a look too, it got me interested. :P And by the looks of it, different shells are made from different things. Brachiopods' shells are made of keratin, like fingernails etc, whereas bivalves (such as oysters) make their shells from calcium in their mantle. I think that they have high levels of calcium anyway, so that sort of makes sense.

So yes, brachiopod shells (which I think are sort of like the ones which you'd be thinking of if you were to draw a shell, like the Shell logo shell. :P) are made of keratin, oysters and that make it of calcium compounds.

It's interesting but I've not grasped the concept completely about shells xD

RCon: Something so bizarre has been happening lately. This person I kinda know has basically turned 'dark side' if you like. And since I've decided they're not a pleasent person whenever I think about them I associate a smell with them. I think they smell like rotting cheese or off/curdled milk.

And there's always the opposite. I associate nice people with washing powder. And it's not that I just connect them to these smells or think about them, but I can actually smell them :S

Edit: Reading over that just makes me sound like a right freak :/

RCon: Why Aj has cheese up her nose? xD

RCon: Spam invites xD

RCon: Something so bizarre has been happening lately. This person I kinda know has basically turned 'dark side' if you like. And since I've decided they're not a pleasent person whenever I think about them I associate a smell with them. I think they smell like rotting cheese or off/curdled milk.

And there's always the opposite. I associate nice people with washing powder. And it's not that I just connect them to these smells or think about them, but I can actually smell them :S

Edit: Reading over that just makes me sound like a right freak :/

Ooh, are you a synaesthete (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Synaesthesia)?

Lexical → gustatory synesthesia is one of the rarer forms of synesthesia, in which spoken or written words evoke vivid sensations of taste, sometimes including temperature and texture (e.g., for lexical-gustatory synesthete JIW, 'jail' tastes of cold, hard bacon). This form of synesthesia was first documented in 1907 in both Italy and the United States (Ferrari 1907; Pierce 1907), but has only recently become the topic of scientific investigation.]

You're probably not, but you can flirt with the concept! There are people more curious than you! :D

RCon: Is AJ a synaesthete?

Ooh, are you a synaesthete (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Synaesthesia)?



You're probably not, but you can flirt with the concept! There are people more curious than you! :D

RCon: Is AJ a synaesthete?

Don't worry, you're not a (kind of) freak :D
I had a distinct feature that made me famous among my relatives when I was very very young. Basically all the times I had big fevers (<+39°C) I usually was in bed and I could taste iron/steel in my mouth and feel iron on the palms of my hands. I spent hours trying to "squeeze" the iron I felt in my hands or trying to lick the iron in my mouth. I usually said the word "iron iron" or "can you please take the iron away from my hands" while a bit delirious for the fever :biggrin:
Ok this doesn't happen anymore, basically because I haven't had such strong fevers anymore, but still - strong feelings (love, hate, sadness, er... even fever, yes) can activate really random nervous stimuli!

RCon: Stalking Circles?

LOOOL. I mean stalking around in a circle. So whilst one stalks one.. the other follows that stalker, who is stalking them Etc.
So it's just one big stalker circle love. :D

RCon: Missing spam? :'(

Who on earth would miss 'spam'? :eek:

Actually... I do. Anyone wanna try? :twisted: lol

RCon: Food labelling...and variations from shop to shop on calorie/fat content.

RCon: Food labelling...and variations from shop to shop on calorie/fat content.

Please don't tell me you're still wondering about that chew bar. (Did you see I answered it btw?)

Rcon: Has she seen it or has she not?

Ummm No - I haven't :embarrassed:

RCon: Do you think storm will show me (lol)

RCon: TF can't find a post? What kind of clock is that? ;p

lol... I found it - forgot what it was that I had asked for

RCon: Does anyone know where I can get some new batteries for my brain XD

Lol.

/me smacks tf

You're a wind up clock. You just screw your head... :)

-plays sylar music- You're running 1 minute slow -twitch twitch-

LMAO :twisted: Oh Sorsie... that has made me laugh!!!!

/me remembers this quote:

(to Sylar)"We're going to take you apart, Gabriel...just like one of your watches...timepieces."”
-Mr. Bennet


RCon: Why do cats meow

RCon: What units of pressure should they be? :s

You're a wind up clock. You just screw your head... :)
Can go so many places with that XD

Storm - that was a really intersting read. Confusing, but interesting. I may have to bug you with questions :p

Fenrir - you are bizarre but also quite cool. Maybe you were just imagining things. Did it feel like someone had given you a block of iron to hold or something?

My friend can smell when someone has a cold, I thought it was weird but a few times I've been able to smell it too. And in case you're wondering, it smells like cola lol. Well to me it does anyway. My dad had blocked sinuses and some growth behind his nose/cheek a couple of years ago and whenever he sneezed it smelt like cola (eww, indeed) and it stopped after his op. When he sneezes and it smells it can cause some worry but so far, so good. Btw, the cola smell is NOT a nice one +o(

RCon: All of the above

Fenrir - you are bizarre but also quite cool. Maybe you were just imagining things. Did it feel like someone had given you a block of iron to hold or something?


No, really, I felt it - although of course it was all imagination or impaired sensitivity due to high fever. I can still clearly remember the feeling. It was like someone pressed some cold iron... stuff on my arms and on my hands. Also stuffed an iron... thing it in my mouth and I could taste iron :D
It's weird but I've had it for years and years. The stronger the fever, the stronger the "pressed iron" feel.

I'd say it was blood pressure combined with a higher than normal heart-rate. The taste of iron in your mouth could have been blood tasted through the skin in the nose and mouth. The iron feel on your skin may have been a tightening of the skin due to a rapid heart beat.

Just a theory - interesting condition!

One of my old linguistics lecturers, Professor Christian Kay (http://www.gla.ac.uk/englishlanguage/staff/christianjkay/), has Synesthesia (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Synaesthesia#Sound_.E2.86.92_color_synesthesia), which is 'seeing' certain sounds or tones as colours.

stupid ISP. Maybe. Or maybe not. *shrugs* Who knows? It's an RCon :rolleyes:

RCon: There was a tiny versoin of a hot air balloon floating past our house and landed in our neighbour's front garden just a little while ago. It was on fire-ish so we had to put it out. Dunno if it was some kiddish prank or an actual mini hot air ballon thing but yeah... weird. And kinda cool.

Ohhh I've seen those, AJ.

They're known as Chinese sky lanterns, I think. Like you say, sort of mini hot-air balloons. I'm not sure how safe they are with regards to setting stuff on fire... I can imagine them getting tangled up in trees, and like you say one landed in a neighbour's garden whilst on fire. Just imagine if that had landed in something more flammable, such as a paddling pool full of whisky, or a dog doused in petrol. Carnage.

I think that they look quite nice though. :)

Well, I'm assuming that that's what yours was. :P

Oh a Chinese sky lantern would make sense. We thought maybe it was a part of a Hindu festival or tradition because there's this temple not too far from us. A while back they had a huge fire burning at the front of the temple and it may as well have been on the road! Was a very dangerous main road too. It was so weird cos it was just floating right down our road as if being controlled by a remote or something. (Obviously it wasn't :p)

Rcon: If Fox had a pet dog would he bath it in petrol? :p

Lol. Those sky laterns can be quite dangerous :/ I was helping to staff at a festival and they set some off and they got stuck in the trees.. (they're silly for letting them off next to trees with strong wind tbh xD) and so yeah, they had to get them put out quite quick. So it's a good think you were watching, although they're supposed to be like. biodegradable and like go out by themselves. :) Meh.

RCon: Is AJ a synaesthete?
A weird update on this subject. A while back I thought "hmm, fish and chips" for no reason whatsoever and could smell/taste chippy shop fish with vinegar. It felt and smelt warm too. Just thought "Oooer this is weird. Must tell storm" and for some reason I remembered it today. *shrugs*

RCon: Having the strangest deja vus! And dreams lately. Oh and earlier I was telling my mum how I memorised something so when she asked what it was I just couldn't remember it at all. Like properly word for word and in a different language but at that moment I just couldn't remember it. Well yeah, it just popped back into my head right now and I've noticed how I can only seem to remember it at night and in the morning. It's.. weird. And my fingers have a mind of their own when I write things these days, I swear. I was blaming some things on my keyboard dying but I've even started typing words twice in a row, a lot.

I think I'm dreaming. Everything.

Rcon: My tea tastes like coffee.

A weird update on this subject. A while back I thought "hmm, fish and chips" for no reason whatsoever and could smell/taste chippy shop fish with vinegar. It felt and smelt warm too. Just thought "Oooer this is weird. Must tell storm" and for some reason I remembered it today. *shrugs*

I highly doubt you're a synaesthete. It's too sporadic and not really the right kind of stimuli. Maybe you just have some really vivid/intense recalls.

Rcon: Tetrisfriends level 11 5p. Can't get past it! Something must be wrong with my strategy.

^ Hehe, I knooooow cos that'd just be weird. Plus there's really nothing special about me, just a regular AJ. Tis weird though.

RCon: People who go into cinemas like 5 minutes late (barely missing any of the plot) and then talk throughout because they don't "get the film" and then leave about half way into it. Seriously, who the heck does that??

Jen just left because she wanted to :) Lol. Meh. :) She's still around lots on isketch and stuff and on msn if you have her. :)

RC: Too much food. Well if that is a complaint.

OH And actual complaint.
My brother not knowing where his paper license is... -____- He's going to cause us hassle. -_____-

RCon:

When you're leaving a place and need to go through and sort out everything you own... I don't know where to start! :eek: I've packed before (I hate it) but this time's different.

RCon: People I haven't heard from in years. Omg. I don't know how to react or what to make of their sudden contact with me. I'm in a state of shock :eek:

http://i405.photobucket.com/albums/pp135/Alessadri/5-163.png

What's happening? O_O

RCon: Even more now o.0 Strange thing is.. they are all looking at the home page. Who's spawning stuff? :razz:

http://i373.photobucket.com/albums/oo177/db1986/OnlineUsers.jpg

RCon: Even more now o.0 Strange thing is.. they are all looking at the home page. Who's spawning stuff? :razz:

http://i373.photobucket.com/albums/oo177/db1986/OnlineUsers.jpg

Hey, that was my birthday. Was there a surprise party for me that they all were coming for? And I missed it? :sad:

RCon: Okay, I can understand people not wanting to show pictures of themselves or their new babies ('cause I do the same), but why do people go around acting like they don't have a baby when they've just had one? O_o I know I shouldn't judge.. but I just find it weird and unusual. I'm trying to imagine myself hiding the fact that I have a baby! It just seems so surreal - 'cause it's a huge life changing experience, you'd think anyone would want to just blurt it out!

/me tries to imagine (for example) Deadlock or Vik having babies and nobody ever knowing about it 'cause they don't ever tell us they were pregnant or even had babies.. :eek:
Weird, innit? lol
Maybe Vik has 4 children already and we have no idea?! :o

I'm teasing, Vik. XD *hugs*

RCON: who is hiding fact that they have had a baby?