Random Thoughts

[Caomhaoin]

How does one progress from Mike to Mick, and why?

I know a lad who went the opposite way. He started getting airs and graces when he entered the 'executive' sphere at work. All his buddies refused point blank to call him Mike and doubled up by calling him 'Big Mick' and 'Mickey' (which he hates).

Good enough for him.

[astfgyl]

It's the paradox of eternal damnation. If you were damned to eternity you'd already be there because eternity doesn't have a beginning nor an end point.

Yeah the old eternity is genuinely mind melting stuff. I often find myself wondering about say if the universe is infinite, where is that going on? And if it isn't infinite what is outside of that? No wonder people pick a god and stick with it.

I have Brian Cox's Human Universe on the shelf in the jacks and I'm not saying I agree or disagree with anything it says but it's not bad food for thought. My feeling is that humans are not built to understand any of it and looking up at the sky at night for example is a bit like being a dog looking at a crossword or sudoku.

How does one progress from Mike to Mick, and why?

I know a lad who went the opposite way. He started getting airs and graces when he entered the 'executive' sphere at work. All his buddies refused point blank to call him Mike and doubled up by calling him 'Big Mick' and 'Mickey' (which he hates).

Good enough for him.

Going from Richie to Dick must be rough enough as well. Searched the name Dick Horn one day on google and lo and behold he exists.

[Scáthach]

I used to work as a postman and on one of my routes was a lad called William Ankers (I shit you not). Consequently the day came when, with a big grin on my face, I handed him his letter addressed to Mr W. Ankers. 

[astfgyl]

lol that reminds me of when I worked in the mailing room for the revenue and was sending out a letter to a Mr. Gang Wang. Not as good as your one but gave me a decent sneer at the time

[Black Shepherd Carnage]

My downstairs neighbours for my first two years in Bordeaux were the Bastard family. Monsieur et Madame Bastard avec leurs trois petits Bastards. Imagine marrying someone and taking that on as your surname? I mean, okay, in French the word is "bâtard", but since everyone knows the wee hat ^ almost always signifies an "s" that was dropped at some point, not to mention all having some level of English...just change your name ffs!

[Kunt 4 Life]

I know a guy with the surname Gay. Must have got hell at school.
Although he likes when he meets new people saying "Hello. I am Gay. And so is my wife and kids. We are the Gay family."

[Scáthach]

My downstairs neighbours for my first two years in Bordeaux were the Bastard family. Monsieur et Madame Bastard avec leurs trois petits Bastards. Imagine marrying someone and taking that on as your surname? I mean, okay, in French the word is "bâtard", but since everyone knows the wee hat ^ almost always signifies an "s" that was dropped at some point, not to mention all having some level of English...just change your name ffs!

Brilliant! Monsieurs first name wasn't Alan by any chance? (R. I. P. Rik Mayall)

[astfgyl]

My downstairs neighbours for my first two years in Bordeaux were the Bastard family. Monsieur et Madame Bastard avec leurs trois petits Bastards. Imagine marrying someone and taking that on as your surname? I mean, okay, in French the word is "bâtard", but since everyone knows the wee hat ^ almost always signifies an "s" that was dropped at some point, not to mention all having some level of English...just change your name ffs!

Brilliant! Monsieurs first name wasn't Alan by any chance? (R. I. P. Rik Mayall)

That was what I was trying to think of, Rik Mayall. That one was killing me there for a few minutes

[Black Shepherd Carnage]

Haha, shit, I can't actually remember what his first name was.

[Caomhaoin]

Myself and Pedro know an Irish lad in madrid who's surname is Fagg. Fagg, I mean Jaysus wept.

I heard the surname 'Topliss', Mr Topliss when I worked in the bank. I used to deal with UK customers as the post office credit card over there was underwritten by the BOI, and the best surname I heard was that belonging to a Mr. Moist. Fuckin' hell.

[ochoill]

Worked in a furniture store years ago.  Went through a bunch of CVs with my manager when we were hiring one time and found the ultimate misfortunate name:  Baldeep Ghag.

[Kunt 4 Life]

Our neighbour two up from us has built this brand new shed in his back garden, but I think it looks more like a hang out area. Looks pretty cool, and I'd like to have one myself, maybe with a pool table, pinball machine, gaming table etc. He's in his 70s so wouldn't have anything cool like that.

The other day I noticed he put a confederate flagl plate on the door. The missus thinks this means he's a racist but when ever I see that flag, I think back to Saturday evenings when I was 4, watching the Duke's of Hazzard. Maybe he's a fan too?

[Black Shepherd Carnage]

Dukes of Hazzard was awesome, and yet whenever I hear the name mentioned now, the first thing that comes to mind is Jessica Simpson playing the goddess incarnate of rednecks (in the music video; I never did bother with the film). I think that video must be enough to short circuit just about any hot blooded woman-loving brain.

[astfgyl]

Remembered this one and when I think about it, it's class how much we know fuck all about, and also the fabled Deluge.

https://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/history/divers-find-prehistoric-forest-dating-back-10-000-years-submerged-north-sea-norfolk-coast-10003703.html

[ochoill]

Remembered this one and when I think about it, it's class how much we know fuck all about, and also the fabled Deluge.

https://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/history/divers-find-prehistoric-forest-dating-back-10-000-years-submerged-north-sea-norfolk-coast-10003703.html

https://youtu.be/IY-HDrhaLZk

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