Overheard today

[Cudzoziemiec]

No. Did he piss in a bucket? And then say, 'Oh, fuck it'?

[T42]

_{[1] Unlear as to whether this means Leo's own ear or that of a third party.  Also unsure as to which is worse.}

Also not sure which is worse, but pissing in your own ear is bloody impressive in terms of body contortions. Even more so if Leo is actually Leonora.

Now have two dogs peering round my office doorpost to see why the sudden loud guffaw.

[Hilldodger]

Overheard in a well-known supermarket a while ago.

"I need to get Terry some of that decapitating coffee".

[Legs]

Indeed. I was just surprised to hear it from a pro.

That is how they became a pro

Is it time to repost this?

https://youtu.be/Wpzvaqypav8?t=1064

As a structural engineer, I thoroughly approve of this sentiment.

[Wowbagger]

No. Did he piss in a bucket? And then say, 'Oh, fuck it'?

Inevitably NSFW:

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There was a young man from Nantucket
Whose prick was so long he could suck it.
He said with a grin
As he came down his chin
"If my ear was a cunt, I could fuck it."

[Cudzoziemiec]

"I can't walk over the [Clifton] Suspension Bridge, it makes me sea sick."

[Kim]

"I can't walk over the [Clifton] Suspension Bridge, it makes me sea sick."

That's exactly the sort of thing my mum would say.

[Mr Larrington]

"I can't walk over the [Clifton] Suspension Bridge, it makes me sea sick."

I'd probably have difficulty too. I almost had to crawl across the Royal Gorge Bridge a few years ago, but I'd paid to get in and wanted my money's worth.  It's narrow and wobbly and you can see the Arkansas river through the gaps in the (wooden) deck, about a thousand feet down

[Kim]

In Brizzle it's the M5 bridge (which has a convenient cyclepath alongside) that does that.  Not only is the view of the drop more terrifying than the suspension bridge, but if you make the mistake of getting off your bike the whole thing bobs up and down at a disturbing frequency every time a lorry goes past.  (Not that riding your bike affects the bobbing, it just stops you noticing it.)

[LittleWheelsandBig]

The Avonmouth Bridge (M5) is a post-tensioned steel box girder and would rapidly fatigue crack the deck except for the asphalt on it. A quite complex analysis was needed for that bridge as that structure is being worked very, very hard.

[Beardy]

"I can't walk over the [Clifton] Suspension Bridge, it makes me sea sick."

My first trip to Brizzle was on business and the colleague I was travelling with knew me well enough to stop the car to allow me to alight so that I might walk across the bridge. Dr Beardy and the off spring have also crossed many bridges over the years, often to much muttering which I ignore as I regale them of amazing bridge related facts. I have a thing about bridges if you wondered   

[Basil]

In Brizzle it's the M5 bridge (which has a convenient cyclepath alongside) that does that.  Not only is the view of the drop more terrifying than the suspension bridge, but if you make the mistake of getting off your bike the whole thing bobs up and down at a disturbing frequency every time a lorry goes past.  (Not that riding your bike affects the bobbing, it just stops you noticing it.)

Yes. I've experienced that on the M48 bridge to Chepstow.  Not noticeable while riding, but when I stopped in the middle it was quite surprising.

[LittleWheelsandBig]

Suspension bridges exhibit their best efficiency with a vertically flexible deck (but torsionally rigid). Given that, it isn’t too surprising that the longest bridge in the world (at the time) has a vertically flexible deck.

[Kim]

The M48 bridge and its Humber and Forth cousins don't seem anywhere near as queasiness inducing, though they do bob as you'd expect for a suspension bridge.  I'm not sure if it's a frequency thing, a scarier view, or that you're more likely to be preoccupied by Weather.

[LittleWheelsandBig]

Frequency is affected by length, mass and stiffness. The Avonmouth Bridge has a much higher natural frequency than the big suspension bridges, so truck-related movement/ vibration is more noticeable through your feet (just like elephants!).

[Beardy]

Spending the weekend in Bristol as I am this weekend I am looking forward to a weekend of bridge related activities. The main issue is going to be the lack of pedestrian provision on some of the bridges.

[Mr Larrington]

Don’t forget to post pictures in the “Bridges For CrinklyLion” thread…


Double bridgey æxcellence by Mr Larrington, on Flickr

It probably doesn’t look like that now though, on account of being in Lytton BC

[Cudzoziemiec]

I've never noticed any bobbling while riding over the Avonmouth bridge, nor have I been terrified of the drop. But I hate that cyclepath, although it is very useful. It's just so incredibly noisy. It's noticeably much noisier in the middle, where there's just armco and mesh fence between you and the hard shoulder, than at each end, where there's also a solid fence right down to ground level.

[Kim]

"I do like the div thread, it restores my faith in the fact that we're all shit."

[grams]

"Stevejobs! Come here Stevejobs! Stevejobs come back here!"
""
"Yes, she's named Stevejobs."

(Two guys standing in a front garden examining a mysterious piece of analog audio gear with shiney and jack sockets and knobs when a cockapoo runs out the gate to see my dog Gilamelio)

[Basil]

"He's as thick as a boxing day poo".
I believe they were referring to Raab, but I suppose it could have been any of them.

[Cudzoziemiec]

"My biscuit's had a haircut!"

The speaker was about six and I presume the biscuit was person shaped, so I'm sure it made sense.

[Basil]

In the local convenience store.
'Mother's day is an hour shorter this year.  It's not fair '.

[hellymedic]

Sir Elton John has this issue with his birthday one year in seven...

[Basil]

Sir Elton John has this issue with his birthday one year in seven...

Me too. And it's this year.