The Banter Thread / Banter Topic / Sean Bean

[toythatkills]

I just had a phonecall from a woman from my bank, and I pissed her off so much that she hung up on me!

When I get a random phonecall, I'm not going to give them my details to confirm my identity. She phoned me. She should be confirming her identity.

[charlesr]

Agree on that one.
also, barclaycard send me loan offers once a month and have done for the last million years. You'd think they'd get the idea now that I don't do loans.

[monel]

Just browsing the first play forum and all the threads say poll in front of them so read the modern warfare one as post modern warfare what would that game be like :?

I've seen a photoshopped cover for Postmodern Warfare, I think it was on cracked.com. Quite good.

[Ady]

My mind is boggled by this picture.

How is the woman on the left so much bigger than everyone else there?

(you probably don't want to click this at work)

http://poorlydressed.files.wordpress.com/2011/06/fashion-fail-me-want-snu-snu.jpg

Either she's freakishly tall, or a waxwork model.

[fuse]

So glad I looked at that on my work computer.

[Spatial]

[randombs]

So glad I looked at that on my work computer.

Me too. Even gladder that no one's in the office right now except for me

[toythatkills]

Me too. Even gladder that no one's in the office right now except for me

[Dogg Thang]

Failed yet another driving test today. The Irish driving test has failed me several times now. This was my third test. On my last test, the examiner actually told me I was a safe driver, but he didn't pass me because he didn't like my road positioning on left turns - something not marked as a problem on my first test, third test or mentioned by any instructors as a problem.

On this one, I had pretty much a clean sheet. So why did I fail? Because I chose not to break a red light. Seriously. A busy junction with slow-moving traffic (it was early). I was to turn right but there was a whole line of traffic that had to go by first. Because of the volume of cars, the light went red while the junction was still full. By the time they cleared, it was red for some time, the traffic to the right of me had been sitting with a green and were moving off. And I failed for choosing not to nip in front of them. While the light was red.

Now had the light been amber or just turning red, I'd know the guys to the right of me wouldn't have their green yet and I'd have gone but that wasn't the case. As it happened, the cars behind me couldn't have gone anyway and my position meant I wasn't blocking anyones right of way at any other point in the junction.

So effectively I failed for being too safe. One single fault that cost me the whole test.

Don't think I can do it again, to be honest. My nerves are shot. I'm clearly a safe driver. But the stress of having to do the entire 45 minute test and all the preparation and so on, I just can't really take it. I'm done.

Given the state of Ireland right now, it's fairly inevitable that I'm going to have to leave this sinking ship so, while it means I'll have to learn a whole new set of road rules, I'd rather just relearn in another country.

[Brad]

That sucks mate :-(

Anyway, come to England. It's lovely here *shhhh you lot!* no really it is!!

I failed my first driving test. Can't remember why now.

[Spatial]

[randombs]

Spain's roundabouts are awesome.

Whereas over here you wait at the entrance to the roundabout before entering, over there they actually wait across the outside lane. Also, I found a fair few that had zebra crossings slap-bang on each exit, meaning cars leaving the roundabout would have to stop there if someone was crossing. It was pretty freaky.

Also, that poster is awesome

[Herbalizer]

That sucks mate :-(

Anyway, come to England. It's lovely here *shhhh you lot!* no really it is!!

I failed my first driving test. Can't remember why now.

the woman you hit still remembers why

[Nocturne]

I didn't buy these for the free gifts. I just figured that if one magazine tells me 16 body secrets that work, then five will tell me 80.

[toythatkills]

You'll be 500% hot!

EDIT: "I thought celebs were plotting to kill me." Amazing