So guys, I'm in Mallorca. It is absolutely fantastic.
Though there's one thing. One really annoying thing. The cyclists.
Usually I'm all "yeah cyclists deserve to be on the road and aren't that much of a hassle" but they are so fucking obnoxious here. They all bike two or three a-breast (sometimes four) and get in the way so fucking much.
I mean seriously, the mountain roads aren't that big and overtaking you dickheads is fucking dangerous.
Well, if you will try to drive in the training location of choice for most pro teams...
I kind of feel like this is like going to Newquay and complaining that the beach is crowded with surfers.
Yes, of course.
Because the cyclists obviously own the fucking island in that case, yeah? Just asking for them to show some consideration and be non-douchey.
I mean, when you're biking two or three a-breast and then one of you decides that's the ideal time to overtake, uphill on a very narrow mountain road then you are obviously taking the piss and quite frankly being a cunt.
edit: there's also the element that their actions are endangering everyone else on the road so they're a hazard to the public as opposed to surfers being a danger to well, nobody.
Well, be careful. Spain (and the Balearics by extension) are a presumed liability jurisdiction, where the least vulnerable road user is considered to be at fault unless they are able to prove otherwise, as they are deemed to have the greater duty of care (because a car can do far more harm to the cyclist than vice versa, a truck can do more harm to a car than vice versa, etc.). In car vs. cyclist, that means you'll have an uphill battle convincing the authorities that any accident wasn't your fault.
Yeah, that's even more irritating. But seriously, I have never hated cyclists like I do here.
I basically only cycle in London but I do try to be considerate, whereas these guys are just complete dicks.
In other news I jumped off an 18m cliff (roughly 60 ft I believe) and landed slightly on my back so like, the only reason I can walk around is some generous helpings of co-codamol.
The answer is probably to be random enough that people can't tell.
If you start talking about Buffy in [chat] and a thread on child slavery and a thread about Aussie rules football people will just think that's who you are.
I know!
Try this for your topic list: nuclear power, cybernetics, post-humanism, Scotch, Iain M Banks and a girl from somewhere in Eastern Europe. Perhaps Romania?
That list should see you fine for any thread. Give it a try and you'll be surprised.
You should take it as a compliment. All I can remember about Mojo is that he likes posh gamine jailbait.
- French girlfriend
- Lives in Paris
- Had problems with a PhD
- talked a lot about his OCD coworker
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Hello, peeps. Today is a beautiful day. Lets make the best of it.
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Aldo's got me.
Today were were supposed to go climbing. The weather is beautiful. Instead, I've got hilarious stomahc pains which keep threatening to make me vomit when I walk about. Woo. And tomorrow it'll be a day long thunderstorm. Boo.
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Hmm. Well, it is a chain restaurant. But it's a restaurant, not a fast food place. And they still have the best burgers I ever had. Plus, you know, other US stuff.
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Hmm. Well, it is a chain restaurant. But it's a restaurant, not a fast food place. And they still have the best burgers I ever had. Plus, you know, other US stuff.
Free refills?
This is the greatest difference between US and EU restaurants, I think.
Hmm. Well, it is a chain restaurant. But it's a restaurant, not a fast food place. And they still have the best burgers I ever had. Plus, you know, other US stuff.
Free refills?
This is the greatest difference between US and EU restaurants, I think.
Nope, no free refills.
But their food is to die for and I heard good things about their mojitos.
I had the best pork scratchings last night - freshly made too, by some guy at the pub. So much better than the usual snack bags pubs sell - almost like a different snack
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They are pretty great all the same. One of those things that sounds like it should be disgusting, but usually most people like it. Salt + fat + meat = good with beer
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They are pretty great all the same. One of those things that sounds like it should be disgusting, but usually most people like it. Salt + fat + meat = good with beer
Not in Americaland. But then, there are people who enjoy pigs feet or pickled eggs so...
They are pretty great all the same. One of those things that sounds like it should be disgusting, but usually most people like it. Salt + fat + meat = good with beer
Not in Americaland. But then, there are people who enjoy pigs feet or pickled eggs so...
Hmm, I find it unlikely that pork scratchings are not a thing in parts of the US at least. They are a thing in pretty much the rest of the English speaking and Pork eating world
English ones are more artificial-tasting than US ones. Just kinda fried crunchy porky salty goodness.
In NZ they have pretty horrible snack bags that you can buy in pubs, bars or supermarkets. I think most people would be familiar with the crackling alternative, from a home made pork roast
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They are pretty great all the same. One of those things that sounds like it should be disgusting, but usually most people like it. Salt + fat + meat = good with beer
Not in Americaland. But then, there are people who enjoy pigs feet or pickled eggs so...
I've only met one person who enjoys pickled eggs. I've only eaten two or three in my life. They are fine, but I don't see why anybody bothers.
I see pigs feet on menus a lot here, one day I will investigate.
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Yeah, that's even more irritating. But seriously, I have never hated cyclists like I do here.
I basically only cycle in London but I do try to be considerate, whereas these guys are just complete dicks.
I think we all do it.
The relative quality of early season Buffy is an important topic to discuss as it pertains the 112th US congress.
If you start talking about Buffy in [chat] and a thread on child slavery and a thread about Aussie rules football people will just think that's who you are.
I know!
Try this for your topic list: nuclear power, cybernetics, post-humanism, Scotch, Iain M Banks and a girl from somewhere in Eastern Europe. Perhaps Romania?
That list should see you fine for any thread. Give it a try and you'll be surprised.
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The "am I paranoid?" thread in H/A should be required reading for any 18+ dude on the internet chatting it up with girls.
You should take it as a compliment. All I can remember about Mojo is that he likes posh gamine jailbait.
He also has the super-phallic science diagram. That's not going away for a while.
- Lives in Paris
- Had problems with a PhD
- talked a lot about his OCD coworker
- talked a lot about his OCD coworker
- talked a lot about his OCD coworker
- talked a lot about his OCD coworker
Today were were supposed to go climbing. The weather is beautiful. Instead, I've got hilarious stomahc pains which keep threatening to make me vomit when I walk about. Woo. And tomorrow it'll be a day long thunderstorm. Boo.
By staying in, playing vidjagames and working on little projects that I would otherwise not have time for.
Well... I thought more of sit in a beer garden, go play some billards, fine dining in the best American joint in town and watch a movie.
That's the plan, at least!
McDonalds?
Oh please an Englishman bitching about American Cuisine is like an American bitching about foreign cars.
Or a Catholic priest bitching about pedophilia.
This is the greatest difference between US and EU restaurants, I think.
Or a pedophile about priests
nyuck nyuck nyuck
Nope, no free refills.
But their food is to die for and I heard good things about their mojitos.
Is that like pig lice or pig crabs or something?
That should answer all your questions
pork rinds.
Oh.
Ew.
No, that's a sheep.
Not in Americaland. But then, there are people who enjoy pigs feet or pickled eggs so...
Hmm, I find it unlikely that pork scratchings are not a thing in parts of the US at least. They are a thing in pretty much the rest of the English speaking and Pork eating world
In NZ they have pretty horrible snack bags that you can buy in pubs, bars or supermarkets. I think most people would be familiar with the crackling alternative, from a home made pork roast
I've only met one person who enjoys pickled eggs. I've only eaten two or three in my life. They are fine, but I don't see why anybody bothers.
I see pigs feet on menus a lot here, one day I will investigate.