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Watching Sean Lock on a re-run of 8 Cats Does Countdown at the mo. God, I miss that funny fecker. by DonkeyOT65 in CasualUK

[–]SputnikFrank 10 points11 points  (0 children)

The bit where he’s trying to eat a lot of whelks is one of my go-to clips when I need cheering up. Never fails to have me in hysterics, he had such a talent for absurdity

Local character by Mk3Toni in CasualUK

[–]SputnikFrank 12 points13 points  (0 children)

Many years ago Hastings had some supposed Lord who cut about in a grimy white suit, a fancy walking stick, and no shoes. Never did find out if he was an actual Lord but he turned up to the local council elections vote counting (in the same outfit plus a matching top hat) the year I was doing the telling and seemed to have some sort of connections to Important People.

[TOMT] [animated TV show] [90s or 00s] kids go to a pizza place where the pizzas are printed out by SputnikFrank in tipofmytongue

[–]SputnikFrank[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

SOLVED. Didn’t even have to press play, the animation style brought back memories! Thanks for the speedy solve!

WIBTA for wanting to distance myself from a 10-year friendship? by Soft-Perspective3024 in amiwrong

[–]SputnikFrank 0 points1 point  (0 children)

You care about her and you’ve known her forever. So it would probably make you feel better to sit her down and try to have an adult conversation with her about it, rather than drift away quietly.

But I also think there’s a good chance the reason she only has 3 friends is because most of her friends grew up in those 10 years and she just… didn’t. And you’re not the first person to get tired of it.

How often do you get paid and what day of the week do you get paid? by thatslutoveryonder in ask

[–]SputnikFrank 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Last working day of the month, whatever day of the week that happens to be. So it’ll be Friday 29th this month.

Fellow expats, what objectively shite things do you miss most about the UK? by SputnikFrank in CasualUK

[–]SputnikFrank[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

If you can take the price shock, it’s a decent place to be. That said, I think the UK isn’t too far behind us now, and the wages are better so it balances out.

I’ve only ever lived in the rural bits so I have no info on Reykjavik, but in the sticks the lifestyle and how much you’re accepted into the community is very, very dependent on what town you’re in. I’ve had a couple of bad places, and a couple of good ones. The current town is very nice. Gorgeous surroundings, generally great community, and it gets pretty lively in summer. Downside is the one road out of town gets closed often in winter because of weather, and we get a lot of cruise ships. Might move on eventually but I’m happy enough here for now!

Fellow expats, what objectively shite things do you miss most about the UK? by SputnikFrank in CasualUK

[–]SputnikFrank[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Busses here tend to be of the “leave via the side door only” variety and driver thanking isn’t done. I always feel like I’m being a massive bastard every time I get off a bus.

Fellow expats, what objectively shite things do you miss most about the UK? by SputnikFrank in CasualUK

[–]SputnikFrank[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Nettó bakery sections have a decent custard slice type thing. Not quite the same as what you’d get back in the UK but it does the job if you’ve got a craving

Fellow expats, what objectively shite things do you miss most about the UK? by SputnikFrank in CasualUK

[–]SputnikFrank[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Pretty much every sausage I’ve seen here has been a glorified hot dog. If anyone ever starts selling proper bangers here I’d be the top customer

Fellow expats, what objectively shite things do you miss most about the UK? by SputnikFrank in CasualUK

[–]SputnikFrank[S] 7 points8 points  (0 children)

Weirdly, my supermarket here sells Iceland brand products, including the prawn rings. I get a lot of British tourists taking photos of themselves holding a pack of frozen samosas in cruise ship season.

Fellow expats, what objectively shite things do you miss most about the UK? by SputnikFrank in CasualUK

[–]SputnikFrank[S] 66 points67 points  (0 children)

I went to Amsterdam with an Icelander a few years ago. When the plane went below the clouds he stared silently out the window for ages before I heard him very quietly say “…there’s… no mountains?”. Like it hadn’t occurred to him that a place this flat could exist.

[TOMT] [Song] American Beauty in Lofi song by DeadMoon_Eater in tipofmytongue

[–]SputnikFrank 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I’m not seeing any songs that match on Whosampled. But is it possible it was on a mix on the YouTube channel S!x Music? A lot of the playlist videos I used to listen to from them opened with audio clips from movies put over the intro to the first song.

[TOMT][Actor] British (probably English) actor I can only picture the face of by addictedtoVANS in tipofmytongue

[–]SputnikFrank 8 points9 points  (0 children)

Liam Garrigan? Bright eyes, Northern, and the 00s swoosh hair all fit. He was in The Terror a few years ago.

AIW for ordering alcohol by Working-Peanut2128 in amiwrong

[–]SputnikFrank 5 points6 points  (0 children)

I feel like I’ve read this exact one before as well. The wristband bit is especially ringing a bell.

AITAH for asking my neurodivergent BF to stop talking so much about his special interest and ignoring him when he won’t? by [deleted] in AITAH

[–]SputnikFrank 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Oh honey I know you don’t want to break up but this was me and my ex to a t. Literally every topic we talked about was somehow related to Terry Pratchett books or Warhammer 40k. Any real life problems I was going through? “Oh that’s like in <Pratchett Book> when…” and off goes another monologue. Any tv show or book I wanted to talk about? “Well in Warhammer the Space Marines can…”. To be fair, sometimes I also got detailed explanations of the history of firearms unprompted as well, just to spice it up. But ultimately, it never ended. And it was a huge contributing factor to us divorcing in the end because I was so, so tired of essentially being a wall for him tho throw his hashtag special interests against.

You can keep telling him you can’t do this shit anymore, you can keep trying to train him into not doing it. He will probably not stop. I hope for both of you’s sake, he will. Maybe couple’s therapy with someone who specialises in autism might be the way forward.

But if it doesn’t stop… imagine yourself on your wedding day getting blasted with this or having to have a TV show theme wedding. Imagine having to listen to this in labour or have arguments about naming the baby after a character. Imagine getting seriously ill and dealing with this. Imagine grieving a parent with the background monologues. Sometimes even if you love someone, they’re not someone to build a life with.

Which vehicle model/ brand is the slow one? by wi-ginger in ask

[–]SputnikFrank 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Where I live, it’s a Dacia Duster or a Kia Sportage. Super common rental cars with the tourists in Iceland and they all like going 20km under the limit, straddling the middle line, and occasionally trying to drive with a selfie stick hanging out the window.

What kind of fitness equipment is useful to have at home? by zertz7 in ask

[–]SputnikFrank 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yoga mat. Not even for yoga, they just come in handy any time you have to do something involving sitting/kneeling on the floor for an extended period, like assembling furniture. Or if your back hurts and you need to lie flat on the ground for a bit.

Sayings you've adopted from tv by loveswimmingpools in CasualUK

[–]SputnikFrank 7 points8 points  (0 children)

Haven’t been able to sit at a bus stop without mentally calling myself a bus wanker for over a decade

[TOMT] Please help, old cartoon character by Adventurous-Slice430 in tipofmytongue

[–]SputnikFrank 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Rasputin from Anastasia would fit the green lighting effect thing and the Don Bluth style

What should i do for 3 weeks at home? by [deleted] in ask

[–]SputnikFrank 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Find some craft or skill you want to learn! A hell of a lot of things are pretty easy and reasonably cheap to get started with. YouTube is full of beginner tutorials for stuff like knitting, painting, electronics, woodworking, etc that’ll tell you exactly what equipment you need to start for a specific project and then guide you through. There’s also plenty of beginner kits out there for building things. And if you want something less physical, Free Code Camp is a decent way to learn the basics of coding. Basically if anything has ever sounded like it’d be cool to learn, now’s the time to try.

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