Kate

Moderator
Feb 7, 2011
18,595
An old school friend just posted the pictures from her wedding on Facebook. I have never seen so many unattractive people in one place before in my life. It's like she took that "have ugly friends so you're the prettiest" rule way too far.
 

Nzoric

Grazie Mirko
Jan 16, 2011
37,868
I'm ahead, I moved to Holland. Question is where are you gonna end up going.
I have no idea. The lands which can guarantee me a prosperous material life (England, Germany, NL, Scandinavian countries) all seems so boring. I'd like to end up in Italy, but what can I suspect it's hard to find spiritual fulfillment (for lack of a better word) when you have no material reassurance.
 

Bozi

The Bozman
Administrator
Oct 18, 2005
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man my dog is having a bad couple of days. yesterday i was taking him for a walk and he squatted for a shit but was taking ages,turns out he was a bit dehydrated and this extremely hard shit had broke in half and was hanging out his arse,he was in a lot of pain but it wouldn't shift. i dragged him home and threw him in the shower,hoping that the water might soften it...no dice,it was lodged there...after much deliberation i realised what had to be done!

i put the muzzle on him and tried to break the fucker,poor dog was howling in pain,after a few attepmts it finally snapped and he shjit it out in the bath...funnily enough he was extremely happy with me after this :shifty: and very affectionate.

today i took him out with a couple of footballs,blasting them in the air,he chases them and grabs them...well i arced the ball high and he majestically jumped and caught it perfectly in his mouth..it was a sight of beauty...however...the bal was lodged there in his mouth,his jaw was fully extended and his teeth had punctured the leather (without bursting the bladder) and it was NOT coming out. again i got him home and had the brilliant idea that i would deflate the ball with a needle adapter,however the valve must have shifted..cue me chasing the dog around the house with a knife trying to get him to sit still long enough to burst it. in the end i managed to wedge his tooth out but the second i did this he was after it again,thankfully i got it out of his reach before i had to go through this all again
 

Martin

Senior Member
Dec 31, 2000
56,913
I have no idea. The lands which can guarantee me a prosperous material life (England, Germany, NL, Scandinavian countries) all seems so boring. I'd like to end up in Italy, but what can I suspect it's hard to find spiritual fulfillment (for lack of a better word) when you have no material reassurance.
Why Italy?
 

Nzoric

Grazie Mirko
Jan 16, 2011
37,868
This is probably a highly romanticized musing about the country, but: I've been there twice, once in the Toscana region and the other time in Rome. What I noticed, especially in Toscana, was that people actually have time to live next to their jobs and commitments. Whether it be at 7 in the morning at the cafe sipping coffee, smoking a cigarette and talking or at lunch. It was a complete shock for me, coming from Denmark where life revolves around work and only work. People here go to work and then head straight home to watch TV and eat dinner. Once a week they invite some friends over, and that's about it. I guess it's one of the things that I miss from Serbia, that feeling of just sitting in a cafe, eating or drinking, with friends and enjoying life. I must come off as a complete nut whilst writing this, but in my relatively young age I'd like to think there is more to life than simply work and the TV.
 

ALC

Ohaulick
Oct 28, 2010
46,526
This is probably a highly romanticized musing about the country, but: I've been there twice, once in the Toscana region and the other time in Rome. What I noticed, especially in Toscana, was that people actually have time to live next to their jobs and commitments. Whether it be at 7 in the morning at the cafe sipping coffee, smoking a cigarette and talking or at lunch. It was a complete shock for me, coming from Denmark where life revolves around work and only work. People here go to work and then head straight home to watch TV and eat dinner. Once a week they invite some friends over, and that's about it. I guess it's one of the things that I miss from Serbia, that feeling of just sitting in a cafe, eating or drinking, with friends and enjoying life. I must come off as a complete nut whilst writing this, but in my relatively young age I'd like to think there is more to life than simply work and the TV.
I hear ya. It's a mediterranean thing.
 

Nzoric

Grazie Mirko
Jan 16, 2011
37,868
I hear ya. It's a mediterranean thing.
Yes! It's incredibly hard to explain properly to people who aren't from there. Even though our cultures (yours and mine) don't have that many connecting dots, we have a pretty overlapping view on life. Pleasure comes first, work comes second. It might be because we're lazy fucks, but I don't really care - I'd take a knife to the vein if I ended up living a standard Danish existence.
 

Kate

Moderator
Feb 7, 2011
18,595
This is probably a highly romanticized musing about the country, but: I've been there twice, once in the Toscana region and the other time in Rome. What I noticed, especially in Toscana, was that people actually have time to live next to their jobs and commitments. Whether it be at 7 in the morning at the cafe sipping coffee, smoking a cigarette and talking or at lunch. It was a complete shock for me, coming from Denmark where life revolves around work and only work. People here go to work and then head straight home to watch TV and eat dinner. Once a week they invite some friends over, and that's about it. I guess it's one of the things that I miss from Serbia, that feeling of just sitting in a cafe, eating or drinking, with friends and enjoying life. I must come off as a complete nut whilst writing this, but in my relatively young age I'd like to think there is more to life than simply work and the TV.
There definitely is more to life than work and television, and it isn't just a Mediterranean thing. I try to ensure pleasure comes first in everything I do, but sadly money needs to be made as well. But it's getting past the desire to be rich and realising what it is that makes you happy and then doing that more often. Hedonism isn't only for Italians ;)
 

Itztli

'Curious'
May 12, 2011
3,302
Yes! It's incredibly hard to explain properly to people who aren't from there. Even though our cultures (yours and mine) don't have that many connecting dots, we have a pretty overlapping view on life. Pleasure comes first, work comes second. It might be because we're lazy fucks, but I don't really care - I'd take a knife to the vein if I ended up living a standard Danish existence.
Same. seeing as my Family are from the Caribbean. Same mentally
 

IliveForJuve

Burn this club
Jan 17, 2011
18,923
Yes! It's incredibly hard to explain properly to people who aren't from there. Even though our cultures (yours and mine) don't have that many connecting dots, we have a pretty overlapping view on life. Pleasure comes first, work comes second. It might be because we're lazy fucks, but I don't really care - I'd take a knife to the vein if I ended up living a standard Danish existence.
Sounds like my city :D
 

Nzoric

Grazie Mirko
Jan 16, 2011
37,868
True. Definitely lazy :lol:
So true :lol:

There definitely is more to life than work and television, and it isn't just a Mediterranean thing. I try to ensure pleasure comes first in everything I do, but sadly money needs to be made as well. But it's getting past the desire to be rich and realising what it is that makes you happy and then doing that more often. Hedonism isn't only for Italians ;)
Which is why I started this whole conversation by saying "I have no idea". Pleasure does, unfortunately, rely on a steady income. If only I could work this one out, I'd never complain about anything again :p. And I agree that it isn't just a Mediterranean thing, but I can only speak for the culture in Denmark when I say that it is the direct opposite of hedonistic. A walk is for free and a cup of coffee or a single beer is well within the price range of almost everyone, yet when you take a walk through Copenhagen on a Wednesday evening it's like the scenery from I Am Legend (hyperbole)
 

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