In 1996 and 1997 I had a mohican that was red at times and notable for it's carpet-like qualities.
Between 1994 and 1996 I had a ridiculous quiff and huge sideburns.
In the first half of 2000 I had tennis elbow in both arms and didn't cut my hair or shave for about four months. (I really dislike hairdressers/barbers and have cut my own hair since I was 19, so when I couldn't do it I just let it grow.) I looked a bit like Michael J Fox in Teenwolf.
I heard that years ago, and whilst I'm not normally particularly superstitious I do occasionally find myself stepping around them.
I think it's a variation on the old superstition about not treading on the cracks in the pavement, now that relatively few pavements have paving slabs any more.
Definitely an urban legend, this one's been going around for a while now.
One obvious clue (if you know much about the NHS in the Midlands) is that it refers to a 'centre for disease control' in Birmingham, there's no such place, though there is a CDC in the US, which is where the original hoax came from.
Just to reassure people, the chances of catching anything via a simple needlestick injury are actually very low*, even when the needle has previously been used on a person who's HIV positive. The reason drug addicts sharing 'works' are at a high risk is that (if this isn't too gross to say on this forum) they generally 'backwash', filling the syringe with blood and reinjecting it to ensure they've got all of the drug into their system.
*I know I read a few articles on this a while ago, but can't remember exact numbers.
I tried taking a bath in our current house once. Despite us buying it from a guy who had a wider arse than I do (no mean feat), he'd installed a bath that's too narrow for me to sit in, and only just long enough for my legs to stretch out if I sit bolt upright. (No need to either, there's enough room in the bathroom for a decent-sized bath and a separate shower, which is what we're putting in there soon.)
So it's showers for me, generally with Original Source Tea Tree and Mint shower gel, though I'm sure they changed the formulation - when I first used it it felt like I was being CS gassed, a proper wake up call (which I generally need, not being a morning person).
It's my 29th birthday on Tuesday the 1st of November and in honour of the event (and after going to a munch and discovering that you're not all a bunch of homicidal maniacs) I thought I'd see if anyone fancies going for a curry in South Shields (given that it's got the most dense concentration of curry houses anywhere in the world, including India, and is easy for me to get to/from).
The plan would probably be to meet up in a pub first and then decend upon a restaurant, to stuff ourselves with spicy goodness. Depending on timing and suchlike this may also be followed with a small social gathering at our house.
For those that asked (well Fabio actually), this would provide (health/fatigue willing) an opportunity to meet my better half, as well as a chance to chill in a slightly less hectic environment than a munch.
Edit: Since nobody's expressed an interest so far I would be ameanable to changing the date to one that was more convenient for people (or indeed going out on my birthday and again another time). Let me know here or by PM if that'd be a good idea and suggest some dates. I'll need to check with Mrs. DP's diary (she's a very busy woman) and see when she's available and not likely to be completely knackered.
Expressions of interest here or by PM to me, I'll put a list of interested parties here:
Me + Mrs. Deviated Prevert
The thank you thread for the munch can be found here .
Well, I think I'm ready, just having a fortifiying cup of tea and a smoke before I head out to the Munch.
Erm... don't really know where to start.
I do a fairly good chickpea, mushroom and spinach curry, which tends to be what I fall back on when entertaining veggies. Other than that I've got a good recipe for beef stew with pureed chestnuts and half a bottle or so of decent red wine, and i'm told my take on cottage pie is quite impressive, albeit very filling.
i cook quite a lot and enjoy trying out new ingredients and ideas. Sometimes it works out well, other times it doesn't, but it's not often I make something completely inedible.
I think this topic might have been covered reasonably recently, but here goes anyway.
I use a decent razor and antiseptic handwash for bubbles (mainly because it's slicker than soap or shaving foam/gel), after (and here's the slightly uncomfortable part) dipping them into a mug of cold water to tighten up the skin. It takes a little practice, but seems to be the best way I can find.
Don't whatever you do try to use a set of electric hair clippers, I did once and caught myself two or three times, I was dripping blood all over the bathroom. :cry:
I've had to think really hard to come up with an answer to this, in the end the best I could think of was to say that my current collection goes from Add (n) to x to X-Ray Spex via the following (picking one for each letter of the alphabet):
Bentley Rhythm Ace, Carter the Unstoppable Sex Machine, Donovan, Eels, Faith No More, Grateful Dead, Half Man Half Biscuit, Insane Clown Posse, Janis Joplin, Korn, Led Zeppelin, Motorhead, Ned's Atomic Dustbin, The Ozric Tentacles, Pete Seeger, Queen, Rammstein, The Skatalites, T Rex, The Undertones, The Velvet Underground, The Wildhearts, and I couldn't find any for Y and Z, I obviously need to find more music.
- must be a rogue post on someone elses thread somewhere - blame it on saturday's wine lol
Hope you have a great night though.
:smoke: Ozrics
to everyone I met or said hello to. I might have been able to remember some of your names if I hadn't managed to consume more alcohol in one night than I've had in the previous twelve months (a case of first-munch nerves I think). 
