Conventional things you find strange.

[lifetime fan]

I love getting away from people, the general public are, on the whole, cunts and I don't like them. Getting up in the mountains gets me away from people, no phone contact, no dickheads, peace.

 

Also I just like challenging myself and pushing myself to do stuff, get to places most people wouldn't, getting 1100m up a mountain is no easy feat, to do four or five peaks in a day can be brutal.

I totally understand what you're saying, at times I wonder what the fuck I'm doing it for myself.

 

 

Oh I completely get that mate, that's what I get out of walking the dog. Loads of walks round here where I know I'd be bloody unlucky to meet anyone other than a farmer.

 

Time for peace, thinking and just enjoying your own company.

 

I'd just be bored doing it without the dog.

[Champ]

Oh I completely get that mate, that's what I get out of walking the dog. Loads of walks round here where I know I'd be bloody unlucky to meet anyone other than a farmer.

 

Time for peace, thinking and just enjoying your own company.

 

I'd just be bored doing it without the dog.

 

I'm not trying to change your mind but there's walking and there's walking and I really do like the challenge of hill walking, like running and its coming with cycling, where you're just focussed on the next step and the step and then the exhilaration of the achievement of reaching the summit. The views are great too

[lifetime fan]

I'm not trying to change your mind but there's walking and there's walking and I really do like the challenge of hill walking, like running and its coming with cycling, where you're just focussed on the next step and the step and then the exhilaration of the achievement of reaching the summit. The views are great too

 

 

I used to do scree running, I know what you mean Cath it just isn't for me.

[RedinSweden]

This conversation could easily be about dangerwanking

[Champ]

This conversation could easily be about dangerwanking

 

You're as bad as Vlad!

[jonnybastard]

I love getting away from people, the general public are, on the whole, cunts and I don't like them.

 

I completely agree. The bitch and brats often ask me why I'm so anti-social, I tell them "apart from them (wife and kids) people fall into two catagories, those I don't like, and those I'm indifferent to".

And I only exclude them out of politeness.

[Paulie Dangerously]

Receiving presents on your birthday. Shouldn't you be giving them to your ma?

[VladimirIlyich]

 

You're as bad as Vlad!

 

What did I say?

[mattyq]

Love walking for the reasons Bitchey's mentioned but also just like walking...find it naturally relaxing just putting one foot in front of the other not thinking about anything in particular.

[Trumo]

Games on your phone. Don't get me wrong, it's fine to pass a minute or two every now and again, but these days you get people who are constantly playing stuff like Angry Birds, Simpsons Tap Out or Candy Crush Saga, and then posting their results on Facebook etc. Indeed we have threads on such things on this very forum. I've honestly never played any of those games listed above and I guess that puts me in a minority, but I just cannot bring myself to be arsed about it.

[Redder Lurtz]

Dancing. I get foot tapping and bouncing up and down a bit at gigs and so on but this whole "making shapes" to music thing just seems bizarre. The more you think about it the odder it becomes. Looks strange and feels completely wierd to do. I don't dance. Ever. Although in the '90's I was renowned for my violent pogoing style at gigs and for crowd-surfing. That's not dancing though, it's just letting off steam.

[Strontium]

Those carpets that some people put at the base of their toilet. A great way of turning an easily cleaned floor into something that will stink of stale piss for months.

[RJ Fan club]

 

I love getting away from people' date=' the general public are, on the whole, cunts and I don't like them. Getting up in the mountains gets me away from people, no phone contact, no dickheads, peace.

Also I just like challenging myself and pushing myself to do stuff, get to places most people wouldn't, getting 1100m up a mountain is no easy feat, to do four or five peaks in a day can be brutal.

I totally understand what you're saying, at times I wonder what the fuck I'm doing it for myself.[/quote']

 

I'm with Rich, except as well as hill/mountain climbing I also walk long distances even on the relative flat.

 

I could happily give up work tomorrow and just walk. I usually walk at least 15k a day if I'm not doing a run or busy and often do a 40-50k of a weekend.

 

I love it because as Rich says it gets you away from cunts, I love exploring, finding new places, new country pubs, trying new paths, seeing the countryside from every view I can.

 

I totally adore where I live and appreciate every minute I get in the South Downs. I'm totally happy when out on the footpaths.

[Faustus]

Tattoos.

 

I just don't get people's obsession with them. Personally, I'd much rather do something else with the time and money you're spending getting it done.

 

When I hear people saying they spent three figures on there's and got it done in something like 'two three hour sessions' or whatever, I just think it's mental.

 

I'm a firm believer in the old adage 'never say never', but at the moment- as I have done for most of my life- I just don't see the point.

[Pony Princess]

Tattoos.

 

I just don't get people's obsession with them. Personally, I'd much rather do something else with the time and money you're spending getting it done.

 

When I hear people saying they spent three figures on there's and got it done in something like 'two three hour sessions' or whatever, I just think it's mental.

 

I'm a firm believer in the old adage 'never say never', but at the moment- as I have done for most of my life- I just don't see the point.

 

I agree in some ways, love tattoos but you gotta have a balance. The *main* problem with tattoos I feel is that what might feel like 'a deep, spiritual image I've had grafted on my arm' just looks 'fucking gay and shit' to others.

 

Discrete tattoos are boss, but when you get some massive fuck off artwork on their arm, you can't expect everyone to love it as much as you do.

 

Simon's tat is a proper example of this, dunno if you have seen it. He loves it but essentially he has a down's syndrome dragon all over his arm and shoulder. It looks awesome but all in the wrong ways but respect to him.

 

Remember in the early 2000's when there was a rage of white males getting a tattoo behind their ear, their initials, their bird, kid or their dead dads name? Gay as fuck.

[Trumo]

I'm with Rich

 

I bet he wishes you weren't.

[Faustus]

I agree in some ways, love tattoos but you gotta have a balance. The *main* problem with tattoos I feel is that what might feel like 'a deep, spiritual image I've had grafted on my arm' just looks 'fucking gay and shit' to others.

 

Discrete tattoos are boss, but when you get some massive fuck off artwork on their arm, you can't expect everyone to love it as much as you do.

 

Simon's tat is a proper example of this, dunno if you have seen it. He loves it but essentially he has a down's syndrome dragon all over his arm and shoulder. It looks awesome but all in the wrong ways but respect to him.

 

Remember in the early 2000's when there was a rage of white males getting a tattoo behind their ear, their initials, their bird, kid or their dead dads name? Gay as fuck.

 

I agree with a lot of that, mate. I've actually seen some tattoos on people that I've thought looked smart and could appreciate the artistry involved in it, but I just can't see myself ever spending money on something like that. I'd much rather use it to go for a couple of pints or buy a book or a DVD or something, or- if it's a really expensive one- stash the money towards a holiday.

 

At this moment in time, the idea of getting one does absolutely nothing for me at all.

 

To be fair, I think I've been scarred by the amount of shit tattoos I've seen over the years- they easily outnumber the good ones by about ten to one. I even vaguely remember posting something on here about a mate of my uncle having a particularly horrendous one done of a Liver bird when he was in New York which he still gets ripped for to this day.

[Liverpool lad]

Some fucking horrendous tattoos about nowadays

[RJ Fan club]

 

I bet he wishes you weren't.

 

Depends on whether he's in a shit pub or not.

[Lucky Pierre]

Tattoos are good if they're not massive and they mean something to you. I know someone with a Chinese woman's face over his nipple. What personal meaning has that got?

[Paulie Dangerously]

Putting banners and personalised posters in your window on someone's birthday. Are you expecting The neighbours to run out and buy a card or do you want passers by to knock and shake their hand?

[Moctezuma]

Why don't strangers start up conversations more often? Why in a pub can you chat to people you've just met but not in other social circumstances?

 

On my commute on the train each morning nobody talks, yet you see the same people all the time and probably have a bit in common with them, given you live in the same place and are having to travel into work in the same manner.

[Jairzinho]

Why don't strangers start up conversations more often? Why in a pub can you chat to people you've just met but not in other social circumstances?

 

On my commute on the train each morning nobody talks, yet you see the same people all the time and probably have a bit in common with them, given you live in the same place and are having to travel into work in the same manner.

 

Smart phones have ensured that this never changes. Its something that annoys me as well. Maybe saddens, rather than annoys, actually.

[VladimirIlyich]

Why don't strangers start up conversations more often? Why in a pub can you chat to people you've just met but not in other social circumstances?

 

On my commute on the train each morning nobody talks' date=' yet you see the same people all the time and probably have a bit in common with them, given you live in the same place and are having to travel into work in the same manner.[/quote']

 

Usually because they start conversations about shite I couldnt give a toss about and its more polite than telling them to fuck off because they are a right wing racist tory bastard instead.

[Kevin D]

Old people playing the lottery. They seem to do it in such large numbers, yet, what would be the point if they won? 90% of the people they know are dead and 99.9% of things worth doing if you're insanely rich would kill them.