Ken Robber

Having my childhood destroyed by alcohol plays a big part in why I'm not keen on it. I'm not tee-total, I'll still have a few drinks if I'm invited out for a weekend or a birthday etc. But it's rare I'll get bladdered and I never drink alone or in the house.

Nah, would I shite It's good if you're young to ease yourself into living independently, but there's better ways to go about this than spending 3 years racking up debt for a qualification that's practically worthless unless you're after a specific, highly skilled career path.

Yeah, when I was doing Camp America The camp would order in the cheapest food they could get away with, so it was all processed, frozen then warmed up slop. I think the only thing they served that was safe was the salad, but it wasn't ideal to go low carb when you're more or less working 24 hours a day. One morning I'm supervising the drama group and my stomaches been acting up all day. I go to sneak a fart while it was noisy and noticed how suspiciously wet it was. Turns out I'd sharted, so I made an excuse to go the bog to sort myself out. Thankfully it hadn't passed through my bills so my shorts were alright. I cleaned myself up, lashed me shitty undies in the bin and went commando til I could get back to my cabin later in the day. No one found out either. As mean as this sounds, it was a camp for people with disabilities so no one thought twice when they found the evidence

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Starting a new job next month, so this month I keep phoning in sick at least once a week because they can't be arsed to sack me and even if they did it wouldn't matter now anyway That Beatles documentary on Disney + is fantastic

Remember a mate years ago saying children of the sea was a rip off of hotel california. He also did a lot of mushrooms

I once got into an argument with DJ Khaled Two years ago I was working on a ship based out of Miami. It had a charter cruise that July called days of summer, it was basically a cruise that was hired out privately so Cardi B, Post Malone and a few other acts I don't like could do some sets and charge a fortune. The crew didn't have their regular duties that week, so I was asked to check passes and lanyards on the stairs below the backstage area. If they pushed past us, that's when these roided up chests working for Cardi B would fill them in. I'm checking passes and everything's going smoothly until this 30 stone bearded gammon tries to push past me. "Excuse me mate, have you got a pass to go up there?" "Don't need one, I'm an act" "Sound, but you still need to prove it" "Motherfucker, I'm DJ Khaled!" "Good for you, but put your fuckin' lanyard on" He continues swearing away until one of the security upstairs notices and let's him through. I'd never heard of him until then. He's this fella who does a lot of guest collabs with the likes of Justin Beiber. I just thought he was a taxi driver that had won big on the horses or something Anyway, he's a shitcunt

I always saw them as the bookmark where indie landfill shite began to fade out at the end of the 00's Walked past a parked car earlier and the driver had 'I predict a riot' blasting as loud as possible with the windows wound up. Felt so sorry for him

I can understand all of these except for Kings of Leon. Don't think you'll find anyone who's proper into them, they're the answer in a sudden death round at a pub quiz

Always makes me think of that Kevin Bridges bit where he's talking about working in retail - "The cheaper the clothes, the more aggressive the customers" It's why you'll never see someone kicking off like this over yoghurt bombs in Mowgli

Has anyone ever... been cheated on? Happened to me when I was 23. Insecure soft arse that I was at the time decided to stay with her for another 2 months and kept it a secret to save face. Pretty open about it now though. It was an important life lesson to value my own worth and not just start a relationship because I felt that was what I should be doing. Saw a lot of the world thanks to that attitude. Plus her new fellas from Newton Le Willows and wears primark batman T shirts. Serves her right, the bint.

People who kick off in KFC. Don't think I've ever seen anyone do this and not wanted to side with the staff "Fucks sake! The coffee machines always broke!" Why are you going to KFC at 5 in the afternoon for a coffee you gammon?

My mate used to work in Screwfix and ended up on the Christmas work night out. They're all sat at this big table and a lad he works with was sat by a bird he didn't know. Couple of drinks in and she goes to him "So what do you really reckon of Keith then?" (His supervisor) To which he doesn't hesitate to blurt out "Ahh he's a fucking little jobsworth cunt him!" She was his wife

Booked a trip to Dublin this month, only had to spend 90 quid on the flights Got asked to spend Christmas down in Bristol but had to turn it down because it would have set me back at least 150 on train tickets Fuck the O zone

"I'll just guess and hope I'm right. The first man into space was Captain Bligh" HMHB deserve a thread of their own

Midge Ure looks like a milk thief

Always get an earful from my American friends when I mention I've never seen the breakfast club. Makes me want to continue not watching it out of spite. Plus that Simple Minds song does me head in

People who watch YouTube videos on public transport with no earphones. Deffo the type that go for a shit the second they step out the shower.

Couldn't get into Ghosteen at all, it may as well as be a late Lou Reed album but with more synths and better vocals. Skeleton Tree was terrific though

Nah I understand why people wouldn't like him, and this is coming from a fan. I think It's all down to whether you can get behind the over the top and macabre song writing style. There's a lot to discover and enjoy if you can get past it, otherwise it's bollocks

You're onto something there. I'll spare you a brick long response because it's Friday, but you're absolutely right about how the pandemics stopped people from thinking too far ahead. When covid shut the cruise industry down, we all thought it was temporary and that we would be back in service within 2 months. Once it became clear that wasn't the case, the anxiety sunk in and everyone clung to whatever employment they could find. There's definitely a mental block being triggered because of not wanting any more change

Double posting in the depression thread. Is right I don't enjoy the job that I'm currently in at all. It was something I had to take up to get by during lockdown/peak covid, but I think the mundane nature of its chipped away at me in the last year. But now that the cruise lines are starting back up, the companies are inviting us back on board for contracts. I didn't plan on going back, but in the end I had to go with what my guts telling me and get used to doing what I enjoy again. On new years eve I'll be flying to Long Beach to join a ship that has an itinerary where if its not nipping back and forth to Catalina island and Ensanada, its doing 14 day crossings to Alaska and Hawaii. Out of about 25 ships in the fleet, only 2 or 3 of them go to these places so I'm very fortunate. I just wish I could get excited about it. It's six months of easy money, thousands in savings and visiting locations that someone with my limited education has any right going to. My current job have even agreed to treat this as a sabbatical, meaning I don't have to come back in July and walk straight into the dole office. Anyone have thoughts on this? Usually I'm solid at staying on top of my mental health, but I've been feeling low for days and I think now it's starting to affect the way I act around my mates.

I've never been in the beaky, but I remember my mate telling me he once did spice in the bogs there

About 3 years ago I got added into a group chat that was organising a school reunion for people in our year. One of the girls managed to book us the mell Inn on Hawthorne Road for free because one of her relatives owned it. I don't know if he was aware that it had been booked for free, but one of the lads messaged the group "The mell Inn? Who the fucks agreed to that?! We may as well have it in the Beaky!" He didn't show up

Imagine not thinking Ringo was a great drummer