View Full Version : Bloke shopping.
Stan_Lite
22-05-2009, 18:57
I mean, as in the sort of shopping blokes do :p
Went to the Metro Centre this afternoon and did some bloke shopping - drove the following manly purchases home in my 2 seater, RWD, turbocharged sports car.
http://r1wuga.bay.livefilestore.com/y1py39u1h_HqD3s7nvA4rDm5XA5exwPNQbf4u3xBM7xhjvTA_K 4VISsheKf1jEJqMqf6MPODto0XPBDokRcKzHaO1wcN8HpT73B/Bloke%20Purchases.jpg
I bet you can smell the testosterone from hundreds of miles away :D
I take it you went to the specific shops you needed to buy from, and picked up and purchased the exact items you went out for?
Stan_Lite
22-05-2009, 19:02
Entered centre, located Whisky shop, purchased whisky, located Sports shop, purchased dart board, left centre.
Good man! Some top choices there. Did they ask any questions when you went into the sports shop with two bottles whiskey and tried to buy a dart board? :D
Stan_Lite
22-05-2009, 19:06
Nope, they were too overwhelmed by the awesome levels of manliness :cool:
TinkerBell
22-05-2009, 19:14
I take it you went to the specific shops you needed to buy from, and picked up and purchased the exact items you went out for?
Oi! I do that!! :D
And me :D Hate browsing :p
Good call there Stan :D
Superb Stan. Just how it should be. Except one tiny thing.
Went to the Metro Centre
Should have gone to the Man Centre :D :D
Stan_Lite
22-05-2009, 19:57
Should have gone to the Man Centre :D :D
I actually gave this some thought and concluded that performing such a manly act in a place with the word Metro in it's name actually increases the kudos points :p
SidewinderINC
22-05-2009, 20:06
you are all that is man stan!
What's the whisky on the right?
I want the laphroaig!
Stan_Lite
22-05-2009, 20:41
you are all that is man stan!
What's the whisky on the right?
I want the laphroaig!
That's Oban Distiller's Edition. It's a special edition of a malt from the town of Oban on the West coast of Scotland. The whisky is 15 years old and has been double matured in Montilla sherry casks. I've never had it before so I wanted to try it - I'll let you know shortly.
The Laphroaig is the Cairdeas expression which was released last year supposedly exclusively to members of the "Friends of Laphroiag" club (I'm a member). Apparently, there wasn't much of an uptake so they've taken to selling it off outwith the club. I didn't get a bottle when it was first released as I was skint at the time but I've been meaning to try it so I've got a bottle now. It's a conglomeration of several different expressions consisting largely of 17yo whiskies but some older and some younger. I'll be trying that later too.
So you didn't go to the whisky shop, choose something but then go to every other whisky shop in town before returning to the original shop to buy the first bottle you saw?
Stan_Lite
23-05-2009, 14:43
So you didn't go to the whisky shop, choose something but then go to every other whisky shop in town before returning to the original shop to buy the first bottle you saw?
No. That would be pointless and tedious. I went into one whisky shop, purchased some whisky and then took it home to enjoy it, rather than trawl around other shops looking at the same bottles of whisky arranged differently.
Stan, you are my hero.
By the way, if I wax my legs for cycling, does this count for or against?
I really need to find somewhere I can put my dartboard where putting holes in the walls/furniture won't get me in trouble.
Stan_Lite
23-05-2009, 15:30
Stan, you are my hero.
By the way, if I wax my legs for cycling, does this count for or against?
Cycling is fine but waxing isn't - do it hairy like a real man :p
I really need to find somewhere I can put my dartboard where putting holes in the walls/furniture won't get me in trouble.
Solution is simple - don't miss :p
NokkonWud
23-05-2009, 15:53
I want a darts board myself. We have one somewhere that was given to my gran at the final of some old darts match, Eric Bristow vs John Lowe IIRC.
I play darts quite regular with my friend whilst waiting on the Snooker table, really enjoying it now. Still haven't hit a 180 though :( (though have put 3 darts in both treble 1 and treble 5).
Solution is simple - don't miss :p
Generally not an issue, apart from the odd wayward shot when going for doubles. Bounceouts are more of a problem.
Psymonkee
23-05-2009, 16:57
I want a darts board myself. We have one somewhere that was given to my gran at the final of some old darts match, Eric Bristow vs John Lowe IIRC.
I play darts quite regular with my friend whilst waiting on the Snooker table, really enjoying it now. Still haven't hit a 180 though :( (though have put 3 darts in both treble 1 and treble 5).
At the same time? :p
Last time I played darts (2 months back) I was in such pain having not played for years :(
LeperousDust
23-05-2009, 17:54
Just did some bloke shopping for mum's birthday, managed to get in and out the perfume and card shop in a total of i'd say 10 mins max :D I'm normally rubbish at being ultra quick, this thread and the fact i have NO time inspired me :)
Stan_Lite
23-05-2009, 18:10
I want a darts board myself. We have one somewhere that was given to my gran at the final of some old darts match, Eric Bristow vs John Lowe IIRC.
I play darts quite regular with my friend whilst waiting on the Snooker table, really enjoying it now. Still haven't hit a 180 though :( (though have put 3 darts in both treble 1 and treble 5).
I haven't played for years but I used to be pretty good - at my best, I was probably in the top ten back home in Shetland. If I was practising for an hour, I'd usually be hitting anywhere between 2-5 180s and I'd usually average around 17 darts to finish 501.
I once got two 180s back to back but made a complete hash of the 141 checkout for the 9 darter :(
Generally not an issue, apart from the odd wayward shot when going for doubles. Bounceouts are more of a problem.
Bounceouts could be a slight problem if the dartboard is positioned too close to the coffee table, right enough :D
Just did some bloke shopping for mum's birthday, managed to get in and out the perfume and card shop in a total of i'd say 10 mins max :D I'm normally rubbish at being ultra quick, this thread and the fact i have NO time inspired me :)
Well done that man. I'm glad to see I can inspire the youth of the forum. I feel it's my duty to educate and to teach by example ;)
semi-pro waster
23-05-2009, 18:28
Good effort there Stan. I used to quite enjoy playing darts in uni halls, unfortunately not everyone was very good so we ended up with a smashed light (it was directly above where the thrower was standing, to this day I have no idea how he managed it) and lots of holes in the board surrounding it and door next to it - in fairness it wasn't aided by the occasional challenge of throwing from the end of the room which meant you were about 6 or 7m away rather than the proper distance
Justsomebloke
23-05-2009, 18:37
Good man. :cool:
Although seeing you climb into MR 2 with all that lot would have been funnier. :p
Pumpkinstew
24-05-2009, 12:55
Darts and booze?
sHnBppccI0o
Stan_Lite
24-05-2009, 13:00
Haven't seen that for years - hugely funny ;D
Hmmm seeing those purchases brings back memories...
A ridiculous Fresher's game my flat invented was Blind Lighthouse Darts. ...be afraid...
This basically consisted of what happens when BigStans's purchases get into the hands of 5 twenty something students with too much spare time and a thirst for immature disruption.
The main principle of BLD was to, like regular darts, score as the highest amount of points with three darts.
The difference being that the thrower is blindfolded, given a shot of whisky/spirit, and is spun around at great speed in a cheap office 'wheely' chair.
The 'javelin master' has to rely upon the cries of his spectators to know when to release the dart, amidst a loud backdrop of Annie Mac's Mashup. The spectators for their own safety clad themselves in chip board panelling, fixed to the limbs and torso with gaffer tape, and use a piece of perspex for the 'protective vision panel'.
The person with the lowest score after 2/3 rounds (or before anyone sustains a minor flesh wound), would be demoted to 'Queue Peasant' and at the end of the night must wait and collect the groups order of hot sandwiches from our local late night bread & filling emporium. Note- anybody sustaining an injury during the game is automatically demoted to this position and was not allowed sympathy for their foolishness.
I look forward to your bigstan youtube version of the above tomorrow morning ! :p
:)
I want to play that right now, but lack almost all the main components. :(
Let me guess, you've got the chair and that's it?
And booze.
In fact... I just thought of a new game!
Stan_Lite
25-05-2009, 20:43
And booze.
In fact... I just thought of a new game!
What are the rules? Spin around in a chair whilst drinking yourself into oblivion?
Sounds good to me ;)
Love the sound of Blind Lighthouse darts Jingo. Sadly the board hasn't made it on to the wall yet due to lack of Rawlplugs :( The situation will be rectified tomorrow but I think BLD may not be a good idea what with the dartboard being 6 inches from a window :D
but I think BLD may not be a good idea what with the dartboard being 6 inches from a window :D
I think it adds to the game ;D
What are the rules?
http://www.belmit.co.uk/boatdrinks/pics/sitndrink.png
:D
SidewinderINC
25-05-2009, 21:18
http://www.belmit.co.uk/boatdrinks/pics/sitndrink.png
:D
Love it!
Looks like a good game to me, can we play it at a meet sometime?
Davey_Pitch
26-05-2009, 00:07
Bagsee the chair!!
Fine, I'll have the booze :p
volospian
26-05-2009, 13:13
Meh, it's not all that manly... I mean, two bottles of good single malt? What's wrong with necking cheap sour mash?
Although I can't comment as I ended up buying a posh bottle of poncey french cognac the other day, haw he haw, look at moi, j'ai so francaise, innit. Mange tout, mange tout!
Pumpkinstew
26-05-2009, 13:20
Any game which has a flow chart in the rule book is clearly way too complicated.
Is there a simpler version of Sit and Drink for amateur players?
Any game which has a flow chart in the rule book is clearly way too complicated.
Is there a simpler version of Sit and Drink for amateur players?
Yes
10 SIT
20 DRINK
30 GOTO 10
Pumpkinstew
26-05-2009, 13:34
25 PRINT"Pumpkinstew is teh winnar!!!" ;)
Stan_Lite
26-05-2009, 14:28
Meh, it's not all that manly... I mean, two bottles of good single malt? What's wrong with necking cheap sour mash?
Since when did masculinity require the removal of ones taste buds? :p
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