Posts by Damian Christie
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c - umbrage at a bit of emotional hyperbole, Damian, is so...literal. As if I would really wish someone to be burnt by anything.
Even if you're not being literal Mark, it's pretty hard to read the tone of your first message as anything other than nasty. Which didn't really seem in the spirit of the original post, the thread, or the season. All I'd like to say is that if you want to spit out random venom, you should go and do it somewhere else.
Moving on...
London in February is a good idea I reckon. Because then you get to see the caterpillar before it becomes a butterfly (or at least an interesting moth). I was in England from January until early April a couple of years back, and March was positively delightful after Jan and Feb...
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Yeah look I kinda agree, Borough markets is overpriced and overrated. But it is A place to meet people on the weekend, have a decent coffee, eat a few half-decent scallops, oysters and what-have-you and go home with a block of cheese you'll forget you have and which will subsequently melt into an oily puddle in your man-bag.
I went to Broadway markets (off Hackney Road?) when i was there before Xmas. Likewise, good kiwi-made coffee (why is it that kiwis are the only people who make decent coffee in London, or is that because they are the only people who make the coffee we're used to drinking? And yes I know this has already been well canvassed in Hard News), yummy roast pork sammies, fresh fruit and veges, and seemingly cheaper and less rammed than Borough.
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And no, that's not a come-on line.
I never would have thought that any paragraph involving Russell, DPF, a mug and Che Tibby could have been construed as a "come-on"... now you've got me worried :)
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I guess now might not be a good time to suggest then that maybe someone that you beat to the Best Dub Dub Dubber Award might have set you up with Customs then?
Damn, I forgot to say thanks to everyone who voted, it was very pleasing and surprising to hear while I was away (think I was in Kabul at the time) about the win. I don't think I've ever won anything that could remotely be called a popularity contest before. :)
Is there like, a certificate, or trophy or something Joanna?
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Side issue between Damian and myself
Well to be fair Mark, you seem to be the one with the issue, I only mentioned I was sunburnt and had been hit by a firework, you were the one who came out saying it was a pity my injuries were only minor. For the sake of clarity, and because you keep coming back to it, I never let off any fireworks on NYE.
I'm sorry if your dog doesn't like fireworks and that partygoers apparently kept your kids awake on New Year's. But as I said, I think wishing serious burns on anyone is uncalled for, implicitly threatening, and I suggest you consider how appropriate such comments are in the future.
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But cocaine in New Zealand is an urban myth, everyone knows someone who knows someone but no one has ACTUALLY ever got any.
In my years managing DJs and nightclubs I saw enough being bought, sold and snorted to know that it's far from a myth. And you can just as easily get ripped off buying shite in London as you can in Auckland. Probably easier, because NZ is a small place if you rip someone off. Logically, you'd imagine when it arrives in NZ it is as good quality as when it arrives in the UK, but lack of supply options means those selling it can cut it a lot more than would be tolerated elsewhere. So unless you actually know the person bringing it in, expect it to be stepped on significantly.
But yes, far more ubiquitous in London than NZ, and unless you're hanging out with drug dealers, advertising types and millionaires, the chances of someone randomly offering you a line of their $350/g coke at a party is pretty minimal.
Which is good, because it's illegal, and bad for you...
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Hey - happy to let people fire off a couple at midnight
Well apparently not, based on your first comment. Anyway, it was more the wishing that any injuries I'd sustained were major rather than minor I take exception to.
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...you deserve to have been burnt. Pity it was just minor
Charming. Yes, how dare anyone make a ruckus on New Years Eve, good on you for wishing more serious burns on them Mark. You should have a chat with Garth McVicar about your ideas...
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Yeah, my cat (pictured left, my gravatar) only ever shits on the couch when I am away. It got to the point where I thought my flatmate was lying to me - "But he's never done that kind of thing before" - prompting her to leave one lying there for a day until I got home...
Having just returned from a couple of months away it seemed Tonka had adopted my flatmates as his new owners. But after a day he's back sleeping on my bed, climbing onto my chest at night and licking my nose. Kinda gross, but reassuring.
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Cheap is relative of course, as this graph from the Economist on world cocaine prices indicates.
http://www.economist.com/daily/chartgallery/displaystory.cfm?story_id=9414607
Although talking to a friend who knows about such things, he doesn't know anyone who's ever actually paid $715 for a gram in New Zealand (unless that's working on the basis that it's around $350, but it's cut by 50% by the time the NZ consumer gets to it).
Or perhaps the guy from the Economist is getting ripped off... "Hey I'm from the Economist, doing a story on world cocaine prices... how much would you like for that gram of cocaine? $715? Sounds fair... that's one hundred... two hundred... three hundred..."