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**Ollie** · 07-07-2013, 11:40 AM

Shall we murder it together, Minty?

**Minty** · 07-07-2013, 05:53 PM

YE WEE BEAUTY! Yahoo

Really thought he was going to bottle it again after missing three championship points. That last game was murder, but no wonder Djokovic is world No.1.

A Hibee winning two trophies, hooda thunk it? Tongue

Caspin · 07-07-2013, 06:03 PM

Yay! We were watching on the computer, which seemed to have a second or two delay from live, so we could hear mad cheering a tiny bit too early!

And what a nice picture - he's even smiling a tiny bit Tongue

**Ollie** · 08-07-2013, 06:55 AM

(15-06-2013 11:42 AM)Ollie Wrote: Edit: I just got an idea, I'll just ask for The Last Of Us for my birthday (approximately a month away) and see how my luck goes, although my mum doesn't really like buying games for me, birthday, Christmas or neither.

Well asking for it has failed with an immediate, "NO! I'm not buying games for your birthday."
I have now resorted to plan B which is the silent treatment. If that fails I don't know what I'll do.

Caspin · 08-07-2013, 08:56 AM

I don't get why you aren't allowed games as birthday presents. She's going to buy you something or other, isn't she, so why not a game that you've chosen? I always like it when people tell me what they'd like, then I don't have to guess or mind-read!

**Ollie** · 08-07-2013, 09:28 AM

Well it's generally because I get migraines. Particularly after SimCity, I got a ton of migraines and that's pretty much when she said that she wasn't going to buy me any more games, I was hoping that she might have forgotten about that, but nope. This would only be a problem for special occasions in which presents are exchanged, but considering it's much cheaper, I use an online site to import from the UK, the problem with this is I have to use my mums PayPal account (because I obviously don't have one), meaning she has to pay for it first, before I can pay her, which is likely to mean that I won't be getting many games in the future.
Anyway, I'm hoping that she will give in eventually, I mean why would she bother getting me something that I don't like and won't use?

Caspin · 08-07-2013, 09:43 AM

Oh I see. Well then she just has your best interests in mind so it's understandable that she doesn't want to buy you something that she thinks might give you more mirgraines. Maybe you need to take more breaks while playing games, or does that not really make a difference? Poor Ollie.

**Minty** · (This post was last modified: 08-07-2013 10:56 AM by Minty.)

Yeah, I'm with Caspin on the taking breaks. If playing's giving you headaches, gotta cut down on the gaming time. I remember years ago playing Half Life for so long when I stood up the room was swaying & my vision really bad. "Never again!" I vowed, & always drank lots when sitting by any computer (work or home) to ensure I was forced into taking at least toilet breaks away from the screen.

A lot of parents also get a bit squeamish about buying so many modern computer games with iffy titles or covers. Ask them to buy you a Sims game & it's fine. Ask them to buy you Baby Eating Zombie Holocaust Of Doom or whatever & maternal instinct kicks in, especially with all the scare stories in the press that they will turn you into the next Michael Ryan.

Something to amuse you all on a Monday.

The other way to turn big cats into stoners? Give them Marmite Shocked

To think they still allow it to be sold in supermarkets. If this is what it does to big cats, what is it doing to people?

Egyptiandance

Caspin · 08-07-2013, 10:16 PM

Bleurgh to Marmite! It's not fit for human or big kitty consumption.

Speaking of freaky foods, today I had the opportunity to try a small chocolate made from camel's milk and cinnamon. It was shaped and painted like a pebble so if you put lots of them together it looked like a bowl of rocks.

**Minty** · 09-07-2013, 09:25 AM

Sound delicious!

Marmite I've never tried & have little inclination to. Who wants to spread what looks & smells like diarrhoea on their bread? Sick

Dandelion & Burdock. Now there's a great traditional summer drink. Pity it takes like motor oil. Never liked it.

Warning from the Met Office up here that today could be the hottest temperature ever recorded in Scotland. Yesterday it was at 29°C, & more than a few places recorded temperatures of 24°C at midnight. Sunday was the hottest day of the year so far in Britain (great day for the Wimbledon final!)

Egyptiandance