Guinness n' Rollies 2: Off Topic Chat Thread

CastorTroy · 22-06-2013 01:23AM

Panthro wrote: »

I'm after flicking an elastic band at the girl in HR for no real reason.
Hit her in the girly bits.
She must be delighted I'm finishing up this day next week!:pac:

Easy targets or good aim?

Barna77 · 23-06-2013 01:07PM

The old question..... anybody out there knows of a good cure for hangover? I drank my weight in Bulmers yesterday

Jesus what a day

The Black Oil · 23-06-2013 05:26PM

Taking back Sunday with some sweet potato. :pac:

Kev.OC · 23-06-2013 08:59PM

Saw the new Superman last night. Not a bad way to keep yourself entertained for two hours or so.

Did anyone else notice how Superman doesn't give a single f*ck about collateral damage? Leveled at least two skyscrapers in Metropolis, and took massive chunks out of about a dozen more. He also destroyed like half of that small town. And then the drone at the end. He's an expensive bastard to clean up after.

The Black Oil · 23-06-2013 09:40PM

I liked it, mostly. I thought one key weakness was the lack of depth in the relationships between the characters, though not in all cases.

Kev.OC · 24-06-2013 12:05AM

Yeah, I can see where you're coming from with that. Slightly unrelated, I saw it in 3D, and I was pleasantly surprised at how passive it was. Some films seem to just throw stuff at you to try and make use of the 3D, but I didn't notice that with this. It was more for subtle emphasis, like Toy Story 3.

I should go to the Greek festival today. It's only 5 blocks away. But I've been out the last two nights and the laziness is overcoming me. Only thing is that I'm nearly out of sugar, so to avoid having to go to the shop I have to ration out my tea drinking.

D'Agger · 25-06-2013 11:41AM

So.....whaddimiss?

Saw Man of Steel before I drove to Dublin for the flight - really liked it but thought they could have done with slightly less action, and more on the Man himself struggling with his powers as a youngster - thought they breezed over it slightly.

That said - very hard movie to get right and they made a damn good stab at it so was very pleased with it.

ToxicPaddy · 25-06-2013 12:43PM

Morning all.

You back from hols already D'Agger???

The Black Oil · 25-06-2013 01:40PM

I've forgotten where D'Agger is off to on his hols, though going from the above he may be hanging out on Kryptonite. :pac:

D'Agger · 25-06-2013 02:07PM

ToxicPaddy wrote: »

Morning all.

You back from hols already D'Agger???

Morning - back since Saturday and back to work this morning. I'm going to miss my midday naps, I'd gotten used to them

The Black Oil wrote: »

I've forgotten where D'Agger is off to on his hols, though going from the above he may be hanging out on Kryptonite. :pac:

Zakynthos doesn't sound 100miles away from it either when you think about it :pac:

The Black Oil · 25-06-2013 02:20PM

Krypton...I couldn't even get the name right.

D'Agger · 25-06-2013 03:15PM

The Black Oil wrote: »

Krypton...I couldn't even get the name right.

I didn't judge you for it...

:pac:

ToxicPaddy · 25-06-2013 03:19PM

D'Agger wrote: »

Morning - back since Saturday and back to work this morning. I'm going to miss my midday naps, I'd gotten used to them

Zakynthos doesn't sound 100miles away from it either when you think about it :pac:

So what did u think of it? Was there about 10 years ago, wonder if its changed much?

That_Guy · 25-06-2013 04:15PM

Man Of Steel.

Starts off well, is far too bloody rushed though and the action sequences are far too repetitive. You know you're bored when all you can think about is how many people died in those collapsing buildings. At least with Batman, he had a moral compass. Superman just doesn't give a fúck.

D'Agger · 25-06-2013 05:43PM

ToxicPaddy wrote: »

So what did u think of it? Was there about 10 years ago, wonder if its changed much?

Loved it man, we were in Kalamaki and I don't think it's changed much. Somebody mentioned to us that there's a loophole for tax regarding buildings - so there's loads of shells of buildings around that just haven't been completed but that's on the outskirts.

We were in a family oriented place but that was fine, we relaxed, went on slides in the waterpark which was actually quite good, played table tennis, soaked up the 30 degree heat and zero cloud cover!

We went drinking in the local Irish bar as they had acoustic music and we ended up becoming very friendly with some of the bar staff and the two musicians - our last night we ended up going to a beach party until sunrise then went for a swim until 7am with them.

The night we hit Laganas the brits on tour part of the island, we felt reeeeally old but ended up meeting the lads and clubbing until 9am, day after that we hungoverly rented a jeep, took the roof off it, had a nice drive down the coast and went Jet Skiing.

Best Holiday I've been on given the company, weather, relaxed but also crazy vibe there. Would recommend!

The Black Oil · 25-06-2013 08:30PM

I've no holiday plans for this year, but even so, where would folks here recommend for a short break? Am not a party animal, or much of a fan of the sun (milk bottle skin syndrome). :cool: Have been to far few countries around Europe, so trying to think of somewhere new. Or, there's always the Grand Canyon next year. :pac:

D'Agger · 26-06-2013 11:54AM

The Black Oil wrote: »

I've no holiday plans for this year, but even so, where would folks here recommend for a short break? Am not a party animal, or much of a fan of the sun (milk bottle skin syndrome). :cool: Have been to far few countries around Europe, so trying to think of somewhere new. Or, there's always the Grand Canyon next year. :pac:

Amsterdam is actually a lovely city, went in November and remember thinking it'd be beautiful around Spring/Summer

Barcelona is always a good cheap(ish) destination to go to.

If you have some funds, Nice in France is lovely but expensive

The Black Oil · 26-06-2013 01:34PM

Amsterdam - good shout.

Nice, expensive? How expensive? It's been suggested I check out the Camino de Santiago some time.

D'Agger · 26-06-2013 02:19PM

The Black Oil wrote: »

Amsterdam - good shout.

Nice, expensive? How expensive? It's been suggested I check out the Camino de Santiago some time.

Don't think flights were too expensive, and general costs there were fine although we ate junk food a bit.

One piece of advice, stay central in the city, pay the extra money for the hotel, we were a taxi and a train journey to our hotel and the taxi drivers we experienced were very ignorant as a result of us requiring a short fare from the airport, you wouldn't believe how rude they were to us. At least when you're central you have the option of casually strolling back to the hotel for a bit.

I've heard the Camino de Santiago is class also from a few people I know who've done it.

The Black Oil · 26-06-2013 02:35PM

Thanks.

That goes on here as well. If you get a taxi from the airport to Swords...with some drivers.

Any word on when tGC tapes will be released? Another mod, another billion. :pac:

Barna77 · 26-06-2013 03:17PM

D'Agger wrote: »

I've heard the Camino de Santiago is class also from a few people I know who've done it.

Agreed.
Though they are getting a shítty summer weatherwise this year over in northern Spain. It's picking up though. You'd be surprised the high number of Irish people that fly to Santiago to walk it, or the other routes,

The Black Oil · 26-06-2013 03:44PM

There are a few of these things around Europe - Spain, Italy, France, I think.

GR-10's another one I've been told to look into.

Kev.OC · 29-06-2013 04:33PM

D'Agger · 29-06-2013 06:44PM

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LUPbzPrjb7I

The Black Oil · 29-06-2013 07:17PM

A distant ship's smoke on the horizon...

CastorTroy · 29-06-2013 08:05PM

"A little too quiet!"

Kev.OC · 29-06-2013 10:41PM

I feel like something big is being plotted...

CastorTroy · 30-06-2013 03:16AM

Don't let on you know but they're planning your surprise party

Kev.OC · 30-06-2013 06:03AM

Awesome! You guys are the best!

Don't worry, I'm great at keeping secrets. My acting isn't the best, but I'm not home for another month (actually exactly a month) so I can use that time to practice my surprised face.

:pac:

D'Agger · 01-07-2013 08:52AM

Morning all, hope good weekends were had

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