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Lucem Ferre · 04-14-2018, 05:33 PM

Everybody is a walking billboard for something, might as well be advertising something you like. Or do it for money.

OccultHawk · 04-14-2018, 05:37 PM

I’m walking billboard of submission to Allah.

Justthefacts · 04-14-2018, 05:47 PM

Three Billboards outside Western Syria.

Lucem Ferre · 04-14-2018, 07:06 PM

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I’m walking billboard of submission to Allah.

Those billboards are always the bomb.

Trollheart · 04-14-2018, 08:30 PM

Nearly burned down the house. Well, not quite. Smelled burning and thought it was outside (one of our neighbours are too tight to pay for bins, so routinely, and illegally, burn their rubbish, and my window was open, so it was a reasonable assumption, if wrong) and then realised my alarm had gone off for dinner. Went down to check on it and as I descended the stairs I realised the smell was getting stronger.

Oh ****!

Walked into a kitchen full of smoke. Looked at the oven, nothing wrong there. But here's what had happened: when I turned off the cooker at the socket this morning, I had forgotten to turn off the ring on the hob. As a consequence, when the switch was thrown again, to start the oven, the ring came back on. I did not notice this. Nor did I notice that the frying pan, while not on the ring, did have its handle pointing towards and over it. This was then what was burning when I came down. The plastic handle of the pan was in danger of melting.

Luckily I managed to come down early enough to avoid any real trouble, and in fairness I doubt any fire would have resulted: the pan was, after all, not on the ring. But then, I don't know: the hotter the handle got, maybe convection would have made the pan itself heat up, and though there was little oil in it, maybe it could have ignited, I don't know. All I know is that I had to open the doors and turn on the extractor fan to try to get rid of the smoke, and now I need a new frying pan and the whole house smells of burnt plastic.

I swear, the first one to say "Out of the frying pan, into the fire" ....

Scary stuff. Doesn't help that I'm an idiot.

Akai · 04-15-2018, 05:27 AM

I'd have a ****ing word with your neighbour if I were you m8.

Trollheart · 04-15-2018, 09:17 AM

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I'd have a ****ing word with your neighbour if I were you m8.

Yeah. These are the same neighbours who had a pipe bomb thrown at their house when they "said the wrong thing" to a local crime figure. I'll put up with the illegal refuse burning, if it's all the same with you. I like having two working legs.

Akai · 04-15-2018, 09:22 AM

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Originally Posted by Trollheart

Yeah. These are the same neighbours who had a pipe bomb thrown at their house when they "said the wrong thing" to a local crime figure. I'll put up with the illegal refuse burning, if it's all the same with you. I like having two working legs.

If they're that dangerous to live next to then I'd just film them doing all of that **** and send it the the police.

Trollheart · 04-15-2018, 10:03 AM

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If they're that dangerous to live next to then I'd just film them doing all of that **** and send it the the police.

Oh yeah, right, the Irish police!

Nah, they're actually all right, I know the son and the father and mother. They're decent people. But I wouldn't get on their wrong side for the sake of something trivial like that. If they wanna burn their rubbish, let them. They used to sneak stuff into my wheelie bin, sometimes stuff that wasn't allowed, like glass, so for about a year I had to push the bin up and around the corner, leave it at a friend's house overnight and collect it in the morning. That's stopped now, so I can leave it outside my own house without the fear of its not being collected, and I've a decent semi-friendship with these people, so Imma gonna leave well enough alone. Not doing me any harm.

PS watch your PM box in the next hour or so. Got a pressy for ya.

Akai · 04-15-2018, 10:20 AM

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illegal refuse burning

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Originally Posted by Trollheart

had a pipe bomb thrown at their house when they "said the wrong thing" to a local crime figure

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They used to sneak stuff into my wheelie bin, sometimes stuff that wasn't allowed, like glass

Yeah they sound awesome, would love to buy em a beer sometime ay m8.

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PS watch your PM box in the next hour or so. Got a pressy for ya.

04-14-2018, 05:37 PM	#50082 (permalink)
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04-14-2018, 08:30 PM	#50085 (permalink)
Trollheart Born to be mild Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: 404 Not Found Posts: 26,971	Nearly burned down the house. Well, not quite. Smelled burning and thought it was outside (one of our neighbours are too tight to pay for bins, so routinely, and illegally, burn their rubbish, and my window was open, so it was a reasonable assumption, if wrong) and then realised my alarm had gone off for dinner. Went down to check on it and as I descended the stairs I realised the smell was getting stronger. Oh ***! Walked into a kitchen full of smoke. Looked at the oven, nothing wrong there. But here's what had happened: when I turned off the cooker at the socket this morning, I had forgotten to turn off the ring on the hob. As a consequence, when the switch was thrown again, to start the oven, the ring came back on. I did not notice this. Nor did I notice that the frying pan, while not on the ring, did have its handle pointing towards and over it. This was then what was burning when I came down. The plastic handle of the pan was in danger of melting. Luckily I managed to come down early enough to avoid any real trouble, and in fairness I doubt any fire would have resulted: the pan was, after all, not on the ring. But then, I don't know: the hotter the handle got, maybe convection would have made the pan itself heat up, and though there was little oil in it, maybe it could have ignited, I don't know. All I know is that I had to open the doors and turn on the extractor fan to try to get rid of the smoke, and now I need a new frying pan and the whole house smells of burnt plastic. I swear, the first one to say "Out of the frying pan, into the fire" .... Scary stuff. Doesn't help that I'm an idiot. __________________ Trollheart: Signature-free since April 2018*

04-15-2018, 05:27 AM	#50086 (permalink)
Akai Godless Ape Join Date: Mar 2017 Location: Britannia Posts: 1,255	I'd have a ****ing word with your neighbour if I were you m8. __________________ ''To be honest, in my opinion, of course without offending anyone who thinks differently from my point of view, but also by looking into this matter from a different perspective and by considering each and every one's valid opinion, I do believe that I forgot what I was going to say.'' S p o t i f y