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Re: Joke Items

Posted: Wed Nov 08, 2023 1:50 pm
by Gavin Chipper
I think people used to be scared of this new technology breaking aeroplanes and maybe they just left the rules in place on some airlines.

Re: Joke Items

Posted: Thu Nov 09, 2023 10:09 am
by Ian Fitzpatrick
I use airplane mode when on a Cruise Ship!

Re: Joke Items

Posted: Thu Nov 09, 2023 4:40 pm
by David Williams
Marc Meakin wrote: Thu Nov 02, 2023 2:41 am Flu Jabs.
Ive been having annual flu jabs since before covid and within 4 weeks I have always got the flu
No, you had a bad cold. I used to think the same as you, until one year I really did have the flu. It's another ball game altogether - I could actually understand how people could die of it. I now know I've only had flu once in my life and I never want to have it again.

Re: Joke Items

Posted: Thu Nov 09, 2023 4:52 pm
by David Williams
Fiona T wrote: Wed Nov 08, 2023 11:21 am Airplane mode
The last couple of flights I've been on they've also asked you to alert the crew if your electronic device starts to emit smoke. I wonder what people used to do? About as likely as a conflagration in a petrol station from someone using a phone while filling their car.

Re: Joke Items

Posted: Thu Nov 09, 2023 5:27 pm
by Marc Meakin
David Williams wrote: Thu Nov 09, 2023 4:40 pm
Marc Meakin wrote: Thu Nov 02, 2023 2:41 am Flu Jabs.
Ive been having annual flu jabs since before covid and within 4 weeks I have always got the flu
No, you had a bad cold. I used to think the same as you, until one year I really did have the flu. It's another ball game altogether - I could actually understand how people could die of it. I now know I've only had flu once in my life and I never want to have it again.
I've had flu and Pneumonia in the past.
It could have been covid as I was wiped out for 2 days with full body ache and a high temperature.
I still have a cold, runny nose, phlegm on chest.

Ive always assumed a flu jab protects you against some strains of the flu but not all

Re: Joke Items

Posted: Sun Nov 26, 2023 2:27 pm
by Callum Todd
The Deathwatch "2017" thread on this forum

Re: Joke Items

Posted: Sun Nov 26, 2023 4:40 pm
by Gavin Chipper
I think the deathwatchness of it is fine. It just has the wrong title.

Re: Joke Items

Posted: Sun Nov 26, 2023 5:21 pm
by Marc Meakin
Callum Todd wrote: Sun Nov 26, 2023 2:27 pm The Deathwatch "2017" thread on this forum
Maybe it's fixable it needs editing to from 2017

Re: Joke Items

Posted: Sun Nov 26, 2023 5:25 pm
by Gavin Chipper
Marc Meakin wrote: Sun Nov 26, 2023 5:21 pm
Callum Todd wrote: Sun Nov 26, 2023 2:27 pm The Deathwatch "2017" thread on this forum
Maybe it's fixable
The thread-starter can change it, but as people who follow deaths will know, that's now impossible. A moderator probably could.

Re: Joke Items

Posted: Sun Nov 26, 2023 5:48 pm
by Marc Meakin
Gavin Chipper wrote: Sun Nov 26, 2023 5:25 pm
Marc Meakin wrote: Sun Nov 26, 2023 5:21 pm
Callum Todd wrote: Sun Nov 26, 2023 2:27 pm The Deathwatch "2017" thread on this forum
Maybe it's fixable
The thread-starter can change it, but as people who follow deaths will know, that's now impossible. A moderator probably could.
I'd forgotten who started this thread

Re: Joke Items

Posted: Mon Nov 27, 2023 5:01 am
by Andres Sanchez
Marc Meakin wrote: Sun Nov 26, 2023 5:48 pm
Gavin Chipper wrote: Sun Nov 26, 2023 5:25 pm
Marc Meakin wrote: Sun Nov 26, 2023 5:21 pm

Maybe it's fixable
The thread-starter can change it, but as people who follow deaths will know, that's now impossible. A moderator probably could.
I'd forgotten who started this thread
From what I feel like is a bird's eye view, someone who at this point I feel like we treat now as Voldemort.

Re: Joke Items

Posted: Sat Apr 27, 2024 4:24 pm
by Fiona T
Spa days. Pay £150 to visit a swimming pool you can't actually swim in and sit around in a dressing gown chatting to your mates. People love them so perhaps I'm missing something. Doing one next week so will see if I can be persuaded but strongly suspect it will confirm my views!

Re: Joke Items

Posted: Sat Apr 27, 2024 6:55 pm
by Marc Meakin
Fiona T wrote: Sat Apr 27, 2024 4:24 pm Spa days. Pay £150 to visit a swimming pool you can't actually swim in and sit around in a dressing gown chatting to your mates. People love them so perhaps I'm missing something. Doing one next week so will see if I can be persuaded but strongly suspect it will confirm my views!
I always thought that nobody actually pays for their own spa days unless its a group thing.

Re: Joke Items

Posted: Sat Jul 27, 2024 10:34 am
by Fiona T
Butterfly swimming stroke. Why?

Re: Joke Items

Posted: Sat Jul 27, 2024 11:39 am
by Gavin Chipper
I mean, swimming is a joke activity anyway, but surely breast stroke is pretty mental too.

Re: Joke Items

Posted: Sat Jul 27, 2024 2:33 pm
by Marc Meakin
Gavin Chipper wrote: Sat Jul 27, 2024 11:39 am I mean, swimming is a joke activity anyway, but surely breast stroke is pretty mental too.
It's certainly not fun to watch but unlike other sports (I'm talking about equestrian sports and to a lesser extent cycling ) at least its a level playing field

Re: Joke Items

Posted: Mon Jul 29, 2024 12:01 pm
by Ian Volante
Fiona T wrote: Sat Jul 27, 2024 10:34 am Butterfly swimming stroke. Why?
A faster evolution from breaststroke which was faster and thus became unfair to those using the traditional style.

Re: Joke Items

Posted: Tue Jul 30, 2024 12:57 pm
by Marc Meakin
Not an item but news feeds from twitter.
Especially with regards the suspect in the Southport atrocity.
Never thought I would big up the BBC even if they largely avoided the Huw Edwards story on the news

Re: Joke Items

Posted: Wed Jul 31, 2024 2:01 pm
by Gavin Chipper
We have this television and the channels are ordered alphabetically. 4Seven is number 1. BBC 1 is number 23.

Re: Joke Items

Posted: Mon Aug 12, 2024 4:56 pm
by Gavin Chipper
The live stories on the BBC news website. Generally just a load of incoherent stuff stuck together. I'll wait for you to write a proper article on it, thanks.

Re: Joke Items

Posted: Tue Aug 13, 2024 12:55 pm
by Marc Meakin
Gavin Chipper wrote: Mon Aug 12, 2024 4:56 pm The live stories on the BBC news website. Generally just a load of incoherent stuff stuck together. I'll wait for you to write a proper article on it, thanks.
Although I got most of my Olympic coverage from Eurosport ,those pieces the BBC did on all of our elite athletes before their events on repeat every day , was annoying and it would seem jinxing those athletes in most cases