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Posted by luke, 17:12, 24th May 2003:
 
Decided to go and blow some cash this morning so went to milton keynes and bought the new alkaline trio, less than jake and ataris albums, and enter the matrix for the x box.

Anyone else bought anything good recently??
Posted by jeffld, 19:44, 24th May 2003:
 
Yep. I got myself a brand new set of golf clubs. They aren't top of the line, but they are better than the second hand used set that I was using. I got a nice off the shelf set. I really like the Titanium driver with graphite shaft. I went to the range the same day I bought them and was able to get 175 yards out of it! Some day maybe I'll get custom fit clubs.. when I win the lotto maybe. I can't afford that on my salary...
Posted by earthworm, 23:42, 24th May 2003:
 
Sarah and I bought a house...

and some paint and things...
Posted by luke, 22:04, 25th May 2003:
 
Jeezus, buying a house.......and I got spenders guilt spending £70 :)
Posted by Redmaiden, 19:41, 26th May 2003:
 
Chay and I bought a nice pizza avec des frites
Posted by wolfman, 21:23, 26th May 2003:
 
How come you speak French, Redmaiden, when, from the official British point of view, the French are some kind of bastards who let you battle it out on your own against the Iraquis and the Americans at the same time ...?
Posted by wolfman, 21:24, 26th May 2003:
 
... in Iraq
Posted by Redmaiden, 21:52, 26th May 2003:
 
Because I was taught it at school
Posted by Victor Menendez, 23:06, 26th May 2003:
 
Sur la pont d'avignion?
Posted by Sul, 23:21, 26th May 2003:
 
are you taking the piss?
Posted by Redmaiden, 23:35, 26th May 2003:
 
I'm not on the Avignon bridge
Posted by cal, 09:59, 27th May 2003:
 
i bought more computers and network gear from ebay. i can't stop! HELP!
Posted by Victor Menendez, 10:14, 27th May 2003:
 
I can help cal, pay my tax bill.
Posted by ilovebeerme, 10:17, 27th May 2003:
 
I bought Donnie Darko, RollerCoaster Tycoon 2 (i returned it last time I bought it), Yoshimi Battles The Pink Robots and some really nice fish.

I need new trousers too.
Posted by Foghorn Leghorn, 10:20, 27th May 2003:
 
I need new shoes
Posted by ilovebeerme, 10:36, 27th May 2003:
 
Say I have some shoes I don't wear......how big are your trousers?
Posted by Foghorn Leghorn, 10:47, 27th May 2003:
 
32 waist, and 32 length..any use?
Posted by beargod, 10:55, 27th May 2003:
 

wolfman, 21:23 26 May 2003 :
How come you speak French, Redmaiden, when, from the official British point of view, the French are some kind of bastards who let you battle it out on your own against the Iraquis and the Americans at the same time ...?
wolfman, 21:24 26 May 2003 :
... in Iraq


We are made to learn french at school because it is the second most widely used language in this world, I would much prefer to have learnt German I enjoyed it when I was.
Posted by arsepuppy, 10:58, 27th May 2003:
 
Actually, it's the third most spoken.

1. Mandarin
2. English
3. French

However, French and English are spoken in more countries, and by default are "widely used", but Mandarin is spoken by the most people.

/geek
Posted by ilovebeerme, 11:01, 27th May 2003:
 
I thought Spanish was the most widely spoken?

Sorry FL but I'm still in 34-36 territory the length is ok i think.
Posted by arsepuppy, 11:03, 27th May 2003:
 
Spanish may be 4th. Deffo not top 3 but very much widely spoken.
Posted by beargod, 11:07, 27th May 2003:
 
I said widly used and I know chinese is the most spoken language
Posted by arsepuppy, 11:10, 27th May 2003:
 
Sorry dude, I've got the flu, tripping me nuts off at work. Don't know what I'm doing.




Chjickens. lovely.
Posted by ilovebeerme, 11:16, 27th May 2003:
 
www.infoplease.com/ipa/A0775272.html#A07...

So it is. Kinda obvious really i suppose if i stopped to think. Always been my problem that has.
Posted by beargod, 11:33, 27th May 2003:
 
I don't understand that, how can Chinese be the most widely spocken language when it is only spoken in one country, same with Russian.

why do my arrow buttons not work?
Posted by ilovebeerme, 11:50, 27th May 2003:
 
Cause their populations are immense. Portuguese is spoken in Brazil whichis the 4rth or 5th largest country and yet its still only 20% of China's population.
Posted by beargod, 11:52, 27th May 2003:
 
Yep but widely spread languages means how many different languages it is spoken in not how many people speakes it.
Posted by arsepuppy, 11:55, 27th May 2003:
 
But in a way, "widely spoken" means the amount of people that speaks it, it's not a literal phrase. The "wide" is meant numerically rather than geographically.
Posted by arsepuppy, 11:57, 27th May 2003:
 
"widely spread" is a different matter, although it can be a moot point if, for example, there was a speaker of Catalan in every country in the world, would this make Catalan (a minority language by comparison) a contender for "most widely spoken"?
Posted by beargod, 11:57, 27th May 2003:
 
but why use widely, if you want to know how many people speak that languge ask how many people speak that language, but then again thinking about that you could do the same for how many countrries speak the language, damn
Posted by arsepuppy, 12:00, 27th May 2003:
 
What if they can't understand you? You're fucked then.
Posted by beargod, 12:07, 27th May 2003:
 
does anyone understand me anyway, and I like to fuck
Posted by arsepuppy, 12:08, 27th May 2003:
 
I meant that if you asked someone what language they spoke, the language barrier itself may make it difficult for them to answer your question.
Posted by beargod, 12:16, 27th May 2003:
 
I know AP I understood what you said
Posted by ilovebeerme, 12:27, 27th May 2003:
 
I have a tie on.
Posted by Rosie, 12:29, 27th May 2003:
 
Cool! I love men in suits.

*providing thier fit - obviously! Some men look rank in suits*
Posted by Redmaiden, 19:26, 27th May 2003:
 
Mandarin is spoken by more people in the world than any other language - FACT

(I should know I've been to China twice)
Posted by angel_mouse, 20:10, 27th May 2003:
 
the population of china is 1.5 billion and the population of the world is 6 billion. being why mandarin chinese is the most widely spoken language in the world. so i remembered one thing from geography...
Posted by chandler, 20:35, 27th May 2003:
 
reddy - but did you meet ALL of them? :D
Posted by luke, 21:04, 27th May 2003:
 
All this talk of foreign languages reminded me of the day that cal set the record for getting kicked out of a french class at school:

Teacher walks in...."Cal get out"

I wonder if they have a section in it in the guinness book of records. If they don't, they should!

(Also, add to the list of stuff bought two copies of 8 mile on dvd and the new marilyn manson album).
Posted by chandler, 21:32, 27th May 2003:
 
i remember we had a ginger scottish chemistry teacher and my mate "baker" walked in said "och aye ya ginger scortish baaastard" and was send to detention before he'd managed to put his bag down.

that was classic :D
Posted by ilovebeerme, 21:36, 27th May 2003:
 
Now I have no tie.
Posted by luke, 21:39, 27th May 2003:
 
I am also not wearing a tie. I did, all day at work, a nice bright red tie to go with my black shirt and trousers :)
Posted by Sul, 22:21, 27th May 2003:
 
My maths teacher was dyslexic. She was great at Maths but would make really obvious spelling mistakes. She constantly spelt 'triangle' as 'traingle' for instance. One day we were all talking at the back of the class, mucking around, as you do. She shouted at my mate Jamie "When you're as good at maths as me then you can muck about in my class as much as you like" to which he replied "When you can spell basic shapes as well as my little brother then you can start to compare my maths with whatever you like".

It was probably more funny at the time.

What was more funny was my announcment to my RE class that "RE is useless and is basically a pile of shit". Then my teacher, who I thought had left the room, stood up and promptly chucked me out. The irony here is that I'm quite interested in religion now and consider it good practice to know a little about a religion before setting out to argue its flaws.
Posted by cal, 08:41, 28th May 2003:
 
i should add to luke's comment that as he walked in, i looked at him and laughed. and that got me thrown out. he knew i thought he was an idiot though.