Things You Just Don't Get

[John Arne]

The film Gravity. Complete and utter nonsensical, dreary acted, shit-for-brains scripted, vomit inducing, easy to fly spaceshiped shite.

However, I stunningly appear to be in the minority here. Stunning.

What generally accepted things don't you get/follow/understand...

[Giggles]

The film Gravity. Complete and utter nonsensical, dreary acted, shit-for-brains scripted, vomit inducing, easy to fly spaceshiped shite.

However, I stunningly appear to be in the minority here. Stunning.

What generally accepted things don't you get/follow/understand...


Completely 100% with you on that one. Utter drivel.

[randomlegend]

Yeah I thought Gravity was pretty wank.

[niko_cee]

I've not seen it, but a film about George Clooney and Sandra Bullock in space? Who would have thought that would be absolute shite?

[Yevrah]

It's a good film.

The point, which I suspect (at least some of) its detractors missed is that its best watched in a cinema in 3D.

[Yevrah]

I've not seen it, but a film about George Clooney and Sandra Bullock in space? Who would have thought that would be absolute shite?

Me, for one, and I was wrong.

[randomlegend]

It might be a good 'spectacle' in 3D (I did watch it in a cinema, but not in 3D) but it's still a shit, stupid film.

[Yevrah]

It's a special effects funfair ride. You're missing the point of it if you're letting the wafer thin plot and implausible nature of it spoil your enjoyment (and as Lewis and I covered in the other thread with Interstellar, more realistic does;t necessarily mean better).

[Giggles]

Shit, I got mixed up and thought you meant the steaming pool of piss that is Interstellar. I've never seen Gravity, though I never will after seeing cast/trailers.

[Yevrah]

Interstellar gets a worse ride with every passing day it seems.

[Lewis]

Hot drinks.

[Disco]

The Avengers have robots, super soldiers, and a magic viking but they can't make some stretchy trousers for The Hulk.

[Spoonsky]

Hot drinks.

Me too. I've never really given coffee a shot, it's never appealed and I don't want to become an addict. Tea sounds alright but I have no impetus to try it.

[Pepe]

Spoons in the NO COFFEE camp. :cool:

Isn't Harold with us too? SCENES.

[mikem]

Star Wars, American football, and bacon (it is ok, but the American fetish with it is just dull) for me.

[Spoonsky]

Spoons in the NO COFFEE camp. :cool:

Isn't Harold with us too? SCENES.

"Hey, you wanna get coffee sometime?"
*gets Italian soda*

Every time.

[Pepe]

Italian soda? Do you mean one of those flavored San Pellegrinos?

[Lee]

Coffee is awful stuff. I like tea but only bother when it's made for me at work or at my mum and dad's.

[mugbull]

The only liquids I drink are water, coffee and alcohols. Coffee is on another level, truly incredible.

I don't get most movies. i dislike about 90-95% of movies i see. tv shows are fairly similar, though there are definitely more exceptions there. and finally, cheez-its

[Spoonsky]

Italian soda? Do you mean one of those flavored San Pellegrinos?

Sparkling water + flavored syrups. They're pretty ubiquitous in cafes, at least around here.

[Clunge]

Irn Bru.

It tastes like actual rust. Eugch.

[Alan Shearer The 2nd]

Lager, Beer, Whisky.

Still all taste like shit to me. Even when I was hammered trying to have a drink of a decent malt it felt like drinking bleach.

[Baz]

Irn Bru.

It tastes like actual rust. Eugch.It's nicer when it's gone flat, but I find that true for most fizzy drinks.

[Magic]

Flannel Shirts and Mormonism.

[Magic]

Lager, Beer, Whisky.

Still all taste like shit to me. Even when I was hammered trying to have a drink of a decent malt it felt like drinking bleach.

You one of those maggots that only drinks Recorderlig and gin and tonic?

[Alan Shearer The 2nd]

JD and coke with the odd cider thrown in. Although nights out don't exist any more since 2 of my friends have kids now, the useless bastards.

[Magic]

JD and coke with the odd cider thrown in. Although nights out don't exist any more since 2 of my friends have kids now, the useless bastards.

Sorry mate. Didn't realise you had another friend though?

[Alan Shearer The 2nd]

Fuck off. :D

[Foe]

Fuck off. :D

Spoons is too young to know/care about tea and coffee. I didn't drink them until I had a job. It's not something you generally do as a kid.

[simon]

My life has become so much better since I started drinking coffee a couple of years ago.

Being able to get by on little/no sleep has never been so easy.

[Boydy]

I probably drink more tea than anything else. I fucking love the stuff. Drank it as a kid too thanks to both my grandmothers. Old Irish women love their tea.

[Jimmy Floyd]

I had a cup of tea the other day, thinking that surely I must like it by now, having not tried it for 10 years or so.

Got through two mouthfuls before binning the rest. It tasted like rotting plants.

Coffee is the best. Five cups a day. I like the taste more than the caffeine effect.

[Magic]

I prefer both equally. I'm quite in to the noncey teas now, though.

I can only have about 2-3 cups of coffee a day, normally just one. Tea though is unlimited.

[phonics]

I can't even stand the smell of coffee let alone the taste. I once tried an Espresso when I was trying to fit in at this awkward dole group session. Thank the lord I ordered a glass of water with it.

[GS]

Coffee is horrendous.

[Magic]

A glass of water with a coffee is absolutely mandatory unless you want your breath to smell like a Serbian war grave and your teeth to look like a province of Guangzhou.

Of course I don'k drink instant, before the morons call me out.

[Boydy]

I can't even stand the smell of coffee let alone the taste. I once tried an Espresso when I was trying to fit in at this awkward dole group session. Thank the lord I ordered a glass of water with it.

The dole in Switzerland sounds a lot classier than over here.

[Giggles]

I don't know how I survived without my Nespresso machine.

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

I can't even stand the smell of coffee let alone the taste. I once tried an Espresso when I was trying to fit in at this awkward dole group session. Thank the lord I ordered a glass of water with it.
I'm exactly the same, I can't go into a cafe without feeling queasy.

[Mike]

Coffee is great. Getting a coffee machine for Christmas :D

[Magic]

Coffee is great. Getting a coffee machine for Christmas :D

I'd advise against this, I've got a Dolce Gusto but I much prefer my percolator.

[Boydy]

Home coffee machines seem like gimmicky crap. Those ones that you stick the sachet or whatever in and gives you a 'latte' or whatever. My aunt has one and I tried it and thought it was rank. Even the nespresso machines don't seem that great to me. My old work had one but I didn't like it that much.

I suppose proper espresso machines are far too expensive though.

[Luca]

Coffee is the staple of my day.

[Magic]

Home coffee machines seem like gimmicky crap. Those ones that you stick the sachet or whatever in and gives you a 'latte' or whatever. My aunt has one and I tried it and thought it was rank. Even the nespresso machines don't seem that great to me. My old work had one but I didn't like it that much.

I suppose proper espresso machines are far too expensive though.

Yeah I'd agree with this, I only offer my pods to guests. :harold:

A home grinder or percolator is the way to go.

[Toby]

Home coffee machines seem like gimmicky crap. Those ones that you stick the sachet or whatever in and gives you a 'latte' or whatever. My aunt has one and I tried it and thought it was rank. Even the nespresso machines don't seem that great to me. My old work had one but I didn't like it that much.

I suppose proper espresso machines are far too expensive though.

I don't wish to upset Harold again, but you can get a decent espresso machine for about the same price as those things, if not cheaper. It's definitely cheaper in the long run as well, given it's much cheaper to just buy coffee beans. I have a Gaggia one I got for Christmas a couple years ago and it works really well.

[Luca]

I've got one of those "pod-based" espresso machines at home, but it's one of the rare good ones. Lavazza Espresso Point; they use them on the Italian Eurostars, so they have to be quality.

[Giggles]

Too much faffing and mess grinding beans. Pods are perfectly fine and there's no fucking about with them.

Again, it's a matter of personal taste though. Not wanting to ram my view down your throats as gospel or anything like.

[Toby]

It does take longer, but there isn't any mess once you've figured out how to use it properly.

[Boydy]

Can't you get a little grinder machine that keeps it all contained?

[Toby]

I've never seen a grinder (hand or machine) that didn't contain it all neatly.

A good machine grinder probably costs more than the espresso machine itself though.

[Magic]

Just buy it ground. Coffee shops do it for you.

[Luca]

Giggles, there are also some coffee machines that have a built in grinder. You load the beans into the hopper and it takes care of the rest.

[Luca]

Star Wars, American football, and bacon (it is ok, but the American fetish with it is just dull) for me.

I'm with you on the American football. I can see why it might be interesting to some, but I don't see the appeal.

[Spoonsky]

Spoons is too young to know/care about tea and coffee. I didn't drink them until I had a job. It's not something you generally do as a kid.

I mean, a lot of my friends drink coffee very regularly. I'm definitely in the minority out of the people I know.

[Baz]

I have a lot of "black" tea (without milk) because I don't trust the old people I visit to have good milk in. After about two cups, there's fur on my teeth.

[phonics]

I would drink tea if I could get a machine to do the whole thing and I didn't have to buy a pint of milk every other day.

[Giggles]

Giggles, there are also some coffee machines that have a built in grinder. You load the beans into the hopper and it takes care of the rest.

It's still too much faff though when I really like the taste of the pods. I done all that grinding before but I just use it for spices now.

[Luca]

I'm with you, just explaining that there are options. The one machine I'm referring to (you load in a whole bag of beans at a time, mind, not on a per-cup basis) doesn't do as nice of an espresso as my pod-based one.

[Benny]

Cocktail bars where the drinks are served in jam jars, load of shit.

[Giggles]

Cocktail bars where the drinks are served in jam jars, load of shit.

Wankery of the highest order.

[Pepe]

Mason jars mate.

[Benny]

Fuck off.

[Boydy]

The bar I work in started doing 'cocktails' (it's just those shitty funkin' juices mixes with the alcohol added) a while ago and we got a load of those jam jar mugs in to serve them in which is ridiculous because we're a hotel bar in a rural town in Northern Ireland where the average age of our clientele is at least 45.

[Giggles]

The bar I work in started doing 'cocktails' (it's just those shitty funkin' juices mixes with the alcohol added) a while ago and we got a load of those jam jar mugs in to serve them in which is ridiculous because we're a hotel bar in a rural town in Northern Ireland where the average age of our clientele is at least 45.

They could have saved the hassle as there's a brand out there that comes already in the jamjar. The local here has them.

[Mike]

I'm currently drinking from a jar, though this is because I'm to lazy to buy new glasses. It's a bloody big Ragu one :cool2:

[Boydy]

I think we got some of those in as well (strawberry and basil flavour wtf?) as a promotional sample but we never sold any.

[Magic]

Strawberry and basil is an excellent combination for a dessert.

[Giggles]

Strawberry and basil is an excellent combination for a dessert.

I don't even want fruit anywhere near my desserts, let alone fucking herbs.

EDIT: Except Banoffee :cool:

[Luca]

Strawberry and basil is delicious.