Thread: Men are from Mars ...

I went with SWMBO to the hardware store once. We got nails and a couple of tools then I said I have to get a pair of leather gloves. Well seeing I had 2 cubes of timber to pick up and carry around the worksite that was common sense I would have thought

WHAT she said. You can't get leather gloves what do you need them for, I could see her winding up for a real serve she was starting to glow red and her head was about to start spinning around when I clicked that being from Venus she was thinking I was going to get something pretty that cost a couple of hundred dollars. MMMMMMM dunno where you get that in Mitre 10 but anyway I picked up a pair and said you aren't thinking of what I am thinking of. Got a good humph over that one.

Studley

Originally Posted by Zed

RESISTANCE IS USELESS!!!

for a good read - get a copy of "Battelfield Earth" by L Ron Hubbard. Sientology is not mentioned once.

Makes the vogons seem like a pack of lavendar smelling nancies.

A good read??? You have to be kidding. I tried reading the whole set of 10 books in that series but just couldn't take any more of his simplistic, childish writing after the first couple of books. It is absolute trash.

I don't think that Hubbard had decided to make lots of money by starting his own religion at that time. ... but I could be wrong.

Oh whats the point? I feel so depressed anyway................
now theres someone at the door, suppose I had better get up and answer it, probably just a Vogon salesman..........................

Well whadda you know? It wasn't a salesman, it was the postie with a free ticket to some sort of a restaurant. A really way out place. Pity robots don't eat. Now you feel all depressed again eh?

Arhhh Bob.... you may be the bloke to ask then.

I have just waded through a couple of Peter F. Hamilton's books
I don't mind his style.

What do you recommend?

Originally Posted by Bob Willson

They are so utterly repulsive that they have to wear full body bags just to stop their [I]constituents[I] from killing them outright from sheer revulsion. Their mating rituals are usually performed at no less a distance than 25 kilometers from one another.

An apt desciption of a pollie at work.

Originally Posted by Cliff Rogers

Arhhh Bob.... you may be the bloke to ask then.

I have just waded through a couple of Peter F. Hamilton's books
I don't mind his style.

What do you recommend?

If you haven't already read them, then Lois Bujold McMasters does a great set of stories about a young brilliant eccentric crippled loveable and more of that type of stuff.
They should be read in the order they were written to get the most out of them.
I liked the Peter Hamilton books but thought that he cheated on the conclusion.

You guys are weird!

Originally Posted by Bob Willson

Pity robots don't eat. Now you feel all depressed again eh?

Bob, I have a friend in Brisbane who we all call Marvin, he hasn't worked out why in 20 years, the scenario goes something like this:
I=Iain M=Marvin (his real name is John but only his Mum calls him that)

I. What a beautiful sunny day
M. I'll probably get sunburnt

I. Congratulations on your promotion
M. Now everyone will be jealous and hate me

M. Everyone phones up and complain to me
I. Well, you do work for the ATO

M. The plumber charged me $150 for a new washer on the tap
I. Get another plumber
M. This one told me he is the cheapest so I'll stay with him

M. I was only offered $2000 as a trade in on my car
I. Well, it is a rusted out 1988 Commodore

M. Why does everyone come to me with their work problems
I. Could it be because you are in charge of the division?

M. I wanted to play hockey in Brisbane but no one has asked me to join
I. ???????????????

Despite this he's not a bad bloke but it is bloody funny sometimes

Originally Posted by Bob Willson

...I liked the Peter Hamilton books but thought that he cheated on the conclusion.

I'll have to agree with that.

Originally Posted by ernknot

You guys are weird!

I'll have to agree with that.

Originally Posted by Bob Willson

A good read??? You have to be kidding. I tried reading the whole set of 10 books in that series but just couldn't take any more of his simplistic, childish writing after the first couple of books. It is absolute trash.

I don't think that Hubbard had decided to make lots of money by starting his own religion at that time. ... but I could be wrong.

bob, battlefield earth is not the 10 volume saga - its a stand alone single volume novel. The set your thinking of "Mission Earth" , yes I agree.. 10 volumes is too much for one story... i couldnt finish it either. battlefield earth is another matter - not a bad read methinks.

Oh yes. Sorry Zed, you are quite correct. Battlefield Earth was not too bad at all. Surprising when he wrote such utter crap later. Maybe somebody ghost wrote it for him.
It wasn't the number of volumes in the other saga, it was the putridity of the writing that amde me stop.

Oim wid youse guyses, Battlefield Erf ws good b ut the MisionErf ones was crapp! His granma was real rooted an he was finkink his reedurs is stewpud!

Originally Posted by Christopha

Oim wid youse guyses, Battlefield Erf ws good b ut the MisionErf ones was crapp! His granma was real rooted an he was finkink his reedurs is stewpud!

Hi Christopha

I notice a bit of a typo in there.
I don't believe there should be a space in the word 'but.'