You have to confess one humiliating or disgraceful item from your past life, and one from your wargaming experience.
My starter for ten:
The first time I went to a nude beach I was too shy to strip off.
I won a championship once by not attacking at all, having worked out that I needed only a draw to get the top score.
Quote from: FierceKitty on 16 January 2013, 11:53:56 AM
The first time I went to a nude beach I was too shy to strip off.
TOO MUCH INFO:-& :o :-& ;D ;D ;D
Personal life:
Getting dropped off at home by the local Bobby for having been caught smashing milk bottles with a catapult... wasn't piopular at home for a week or two and my ears rang for a while, both for having them slapped by the Bobby and my Dad when he got home from work.
Mind you that's nothing to the disgrace I heaped on poor old mum (God rest her soul) when I was dropped off at home by a Female Police Officer who took pity on me after I peed on her patrol car bonnet as she passed an alleyway I had chosen to releive myself in when very drunk one evening. I found out the next day that I got off with it because thankfully we went to school together and I had stuck up for her once in an argument with the class arsewipe.
Wargaming:
Getting drubbed by an opponent in BKC without causing a single casulaty to his forces
While i've done one or two things others might consider shameful I can't think of anything about which i'm actually ashamed... :-\
I don't really do the whole guilt, embarrassment, unworthiness, or disgrace thing...
Actually there is one thing i look back on that i'm embarrassed about and would change if i could.
I went to school with a chap with whom i was a good friend. Being old muckers we had 'man banter' pretty well sorted. He married a girl we both went to school with and ended up serving.
Desert Shield/Storm saw him deployed to Iraq. All's well that end's well on that but at the time, he's in the desert ready to go, and the news is prepping the country for massive Alliance losses.
Anyway, i bump into his wife in a pub. Obviously she's worried sick as he's just about to go to war...
Me being 'suitably refreshed' used 'man-banter' and came out with, 'So how is he? Not dead yet?' the effect on her was all too predictable.
As it turned out he came home, but still...
Of insensitivity i'm suitably ashamed and if i could go back and stop myself blurting that out i would. Although i remained distant friends with him, its a fence i'll never be able to mend.
Definitely shameful. Definitiely a lesson learned.
:-[ :(
Ouch.
...and I thought you were going for 'grounds for divorce'!
When I was much younger I bought GW products and liked it :-[
Humiliating....(In my mind, at the time.)
Having the two separate tests for prostate cancer a few years ago.
Test one....
Having an optic fibre camera pushed up my 'willy' (Remember what that is Phobos ? ;D ;D ;D) all the way to my bladder so the Doc could have a look inside.
I watched the TV monitor as they did it, to take my mind off things.....It's really quite interesting to look inside yourself in a way....
"What's that then ?....Why does it look like that ?"
Test two.....
Having an 'instrument' pushed up my 'bottom' which then fired a hollow needle through the intestine wall into the prostate itself to collect samples to test for cancerous cells.
That I was truly dreading, before it was done. (You are awake while they do this.)
In truth, it was about a thousand times less awful than my imagination had prepared me for.
When the 'team' had finished, it was a case of "Is that it ?"....."Yep"....."Brilliant !"...As I was first of the batch for the tests that day I told them I was going to stagger outside feigning agony, and tell everyone else to run away quickly.
I was told I would get such a smack if I did that. :)
In the end, ('scuse the pun) there wasn't anything to feel humiliated about.
All in the mind.
I was lucky....I was given the all clear.
That'll put you all off your tea..... ;D ;D ;D ;D
If any of you have to have these tests done....Take heart....It's nowhere near as bad as your imagination will make it.
Cheers - Phil.
Quote from: Techno on 16 January 2013, 04:08:30 PM
If any of you have to have these tests done....Take heart....It's nowhere near as bad as your imagination will make it.
People told me that about having the snip, turned out to be one of the worst experiences of my life. They were rummaging about down there for about 40 minutes in the end, and the anaesthetic did bugger all... :-&
What is the snip ?
Quote from: barbarian on 16 January 2013, 04:43:07 PM
What is the snip ?
Vasectomy
This is all getting a bit 'Embarrassing Bodies...'
Quote from: Leon on 16 January 2013, 04:31:00 PM
People told me that about having the snip, turned out to be one of the worst experiences of my life. They were rummaging about down there for about 40 minutes in the end, and the anaesthetic did bugger all... :-&
Not had that done....But one of my work colleagues at BT did.
His experience wasn't very good either.
Mr Scrotum enlarged to the point that he was walking around like John Wayne after a
particularly bad landing on the horse's saddle. ;D ;D ;D ;D
Cheers - Phil.
Vasectomy
The doctor sewed my testicle to my scrotum causing a haematoma (swelling caused by internal bleeding) during my holiday
Having an optic fibre camera pushed up my 'willy'
The room was full of male and female student doctors which was one thing. When it came to the local anaesthetic/lubricant the doctor said “Are you ready?â€
I said “Yesâ€, swiftly followed by “Ooofffâ€.
“I thought you said you were ready.†he said with a grin. If you’ve had it done then you probably know what I’m talking about.
Having an 'instrument' pushed up my 'bottom'
Watching the resulting image on the screen reminded me of an Indiana Jones movie somehow.
None of the above were any sort of problem so don’t put them off when required.
Quote from: Albie Bach on 16 January 2013, 05:23:21 PM
None of the above were any sort of problem so don’t put them off when required.
Well said Little Albie.
Yep...Don't put things off....We're
all guilty of this..Muppets that we are...."No...I'd rather die of shame first."
Don't risk things 'Because it's SO humiliating to get yourself checked.'
Cheers - Dr Techno ;)
Stitches? You Northern Jessie- I had a couple of bits of plaster.
Mind you, I found out why they get called 'plums'- they swelled up and went all soft and purple...
Quote from: Last Hussar on 16 January 2013, 09:09:48 PM
Stitches? You Northern Jessie- I had a couple of bits of plaster.
Mind you, I found out why they get called 'plums'- they swelled up and went all soft and purple...
;D ;D ;D Sounds like a Friday afternoon job.
Perhaps I had it easy after all. :D
My vasectomy was nowhere near as gruelling.
Yeah, must admit mine was much of an ado about nothing and a week later I played all the way through a forty overs game bowling a full quota of ten overs and batting for at least six of the forty overs.
Not sure whats shameful about the op tho ???
Nah, Nosher....You're right.
Don't think that's shameful....Though I could understand a number of chaps finding it a slightly humiliating experience..... Perhaps (?) :-\ ;)
Cheers - Phil.
A couple of giggling nurses didn't make mine easier. Whistles of admiration my twenty-year-old ego could have taken.
...WTF with vasectomy ?
God, why ?
In Italy, it isn't used commonly.
Quote from: barbarian on 17 January 2013, 09:31:10 AM
...WTF with vasectomy ?
God, why ?
In Italy, it isn't used commonly.
That's why Italian's have such large families!
:D
Quote from: Leon on 17 January 2013, 11:35:15 AM
That's why Italian's have such large families!
:D
It's far simpler (and a lot less risky an operation) for a man to have a vasectomy than for a woman to have the female equivalent. No brainer really. And love my four children as much as I do, they are a money pit far bigger than any wargaming habit ;D ;D
Quote from: Leon on 16 January 2013, 04:31:00 PM
People told me that about having the snip, turned out to be one of the worst experiences of my life. They were rummaging about down there for about 40 minutes in the end, and the anaesthetic did bugger all... :-&
Sorry cant resist this :d
Perhaps is was difficult for them to find ????? :)
Quote from: Just a few Orcs on 18 January 2013, 01:58:00 PM
Perhaps is was difficult for them to find ????? :)
Apparently that was indeed the case... ;)
I don't think many men lie awake at night worrying whether they are impressively equipped in the vas deferens department.
Quote from: FierceKitty on 18 January 2013, 02:13:05 PM
I don't think many men lie awake at night worrying whether they are impressively equipped in the vas deferens department.
Its underneath his willy. They had to find that first and thats what took the time :) Give me some poetic liecence FK :)
Apologies. I'm out of practice in the rough, tough, male-bonding, lads in the rugby club shower together department, evidently.
When I was about 18 I went to a party and an ex I had not seen for about a year introduced me to her fiance. We then spent a lot of time catching up and as seats were in short supply she sat on my lap. Understandably the fiance was very upset by this and went into the garden to sulk.
I was then getting grief for hitting on my ex from various people, so I left the party and took my ex home - Never did find out what happened to the fiance but I had a cracking night :d :d
I introduced a freind to wargaming when I was in my teens and in the first game he was winning, he then tried to charge my last elite unit. The distance between the two units was a few mm further than his charge move. Rather than playing the game , I insisted he could not make it,he got really cross and never played again.
When I used to play top trumps with a couple of my friends I used to put the Lockheed blackbird as the 6th card in my pack so that if i was the dealer I always got it whether we were in a 2 player or 3 player game.
Quote from: goat major on 19 January 2013, 09:44:30 AM
When I used to play top trumps with a couple of my friends I used to put the Lockheed blackbird as the 6th card in my pack so that if i was the dealer I always got it whether we were in a 2 player or 3 player game.
:o :o
Those few mm are to be taken seriously. The spirit and letter of the law are sometimes one.
I have spoken.
The only "shameful" thing I can confess to is that I bottled-out of the camera up the willy shenanigans. I get the impression they only do it because they can't think of anything else to try. (That's what I tell myself anyway).
I did, however, lie still for the angioplasty and subsequent stent implant. And for anyone on the verge of having one I can tell you it sounds far worse than it actually is. One of the most awsome things ever is to look up at the screen and watch your own heart beating. 8)
Quote from: Sandinista on 19 January 2013, 10:37:31 AM
:o :o
it wasnt foolproof of course -the fokker triplane could beat it on wingspan
Quote from: Hertsblue on 19 January 2013, 11:18:25 AM
The only "shameful" thing I can confess to is that I bottled-out of the camera up the willy shenanigans. I get the impression they only do it because they can't think of anything else to try. (That's what I tell myself anyway).
It really is
nowhere near as bad as your imagination will have made it Ray.
If I ever have to have it done again, it won't bother me in the slightest.
Cheers - Phil.
FK
I think your thread has been hijacked by all these old men who want to talk about cameras up thier bottoms/willys. I thInk they need to start thier own thread.- Perhaps they could title it "Youve Been ****** Framed" or "Watch my Willy" ;D
For non-brit readers "You've been Framed" is a British TV show where viewers send in funny videos,
Of course I am terribly young and no one will ever have to insert a camera in my nether regions- I HOPE :)
Divorce, cancer...they all seem to be things that happen to other people until Old Nobodaddy Up Aloft zaps one with them.
Still, my thread has been hijacked alright. But I've done as much to other threads in turn, so what the hell.
funny topic...this happened a few weeks ago
>be out drinking with friends
>meet girl who went to school with me, but whose name I couldn't remember due to too much beer
>talk ~2 sentences then she's upon me, god knows why
>drags me into the storerroom of the pub
>wtf man
>owner of pub comes in
>WTF are you two doing here?! >:(
>why always me?
well and that's just the first example that comes along. Guess I should drink less beer, but it's bavaria after all 8)
Quote from: J.S. on 20 January 2013, 12:55:20 PM
>talk ~2 sentences then she's upon me, god knows why
>drags me into the storerroom of the pub
I worked in pubs for years, and this never happened to me! >:(
On the original topic, I used to
cheat 'use my initiative' during board games all the time. Little things like the £500 hidden under the board in Monopoly, so when the opponent thinks they've got you on the ropes, then 'Haha!'
:D
It used to happen to me in bars all the time when I worked in them! 8)
Quote from: mad lemmey on 20 January 2013, 03:45:18 PM
It used to happen to me in bars all the time when I worked in them! 8)
:P
QuoteI worked in pubs for years, and this never happened to me! Angry
spares yourself a lot of trouble and you are not in danger of getting a ban on entering your favourite pub X_X
one@ wargaming:
almost no one I'm friends with knows that I'm into such nerdy stuff as collecting & playing with miniatures (in Germany wargaming is nowhere near as popular as in the UK..). Couple of weeks ago I helped a friend of mine moving from Nuremberg to Munich, opened one of the packing cases..and what's inside? Gorkamorka, Space Hulk, Hero Quest and 40k Miniatures ;D ;D I've known this guy since almost 10 years, but somehow we never talked about tabletop; well hidden secret so to say^^
Is this shameful ? :-\
Years and years ago, when my little niece was perhaps 11...She challenged me to a game of Othello, which I'd never played before.
The concept of the game seemed very simple, so I accepted the challenge and just lost.
Being somewhat peeved at being beaten by a 11 year old, I bought Othello for myself, and learned how to play it with a little more skill.
A year or so later, little niece and I had a re-match.
At the end of the game I had every single square on the board except one under my control....and felt rather smug.
Was that mean ? ;D ;D ;D
Quote from: J.S. on 20 January 2013, 07:50:02 PM
spares yourself a lot of trouble and you are not in danger of getting a ban on entering your favourite pub X_X
I was the manager, so I couldn't ban myself... :D
Quote from: Techno on 20 January 2013, 08:45:41 PM
Is this shameful ? :-\
Years and years ago, when my little niece was perhaps 11...She challenged me to a game of Othello, which I'd never played before.
The concept of the game seemed very simple, so I accepted the challenge and just lost.
Being somewhat peeved at being beaten by a 11 year old, I bought Othello for myself, and learned how to play it with a little more skill.
A year or so later, little niece and I had a re-match.
At the end of the game I had every single square on the board except one under my control....and felt rather smug.
Was that mean ? ;D ;D ;D
Remind me never to pay you at
anything, Phil. ;)
PAY me at anything Ray ? :-\ ;D ;D ;D ;D
Cheers - Phil.
Well it's well known that the Welsh still use barter......
IanS
Quote from: Techno on 21 January 2013, 08:35:57 PM
PAY me at anything Ray ? :-\ ;D ;D ;D ;D
Cheers - Phil.
I did, of course, mean
play you. Was that a Freudian slip? ;D
;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;)