Great news everyone!

Charlie Reams · Post by **Charlie Reams** » Sun Mar 23, 2008 9:46 pm

Anyway so I thought I would share this great news with everyone!

The other day I saw a sweetcorn. It was just like the sweetcorn you have in Britain! What is your favourite sweetcorn? I think this is the kind of thing we can all talk about. I must say, this is probably a coincidence, but if I see any of you in person, I would probably give you a sweetcorn. I usually have one about my person at all times. One time I didn't have one and I met someone and they had to leave without one. Of course we are not friends now.

The other thing is that I picked my nose and ate it. What do you all think about that?

Richard Brittain · Post by **Richard Brittain** » Sun Mar 23, 2008 10:11 pm

Michael Wallace · Post by **Michael Wallace** » Sun Mar 23, 2008 11:09 pm

how good do you think this sweetcorn would be at countdown?

Ben Wilson · Post by **Ben Wilson** » Sun Mar 23, 2008 11:27 pm

Best thread in c4c, gevc, and talk4 Countdown history.

David O'Donnell · Post by **David O'Donnell** » Mon Mar 24, 2008 12:35 am

Yeah, very funny Charlie. What do you do for an encore? Kick the crutches out from under cripples? Pick on someone who gets the joke or you're just a bully.

Richard Brittain · Post by **Richard Brittain** » Mon Mar 24, 2008 12:58 pm

David O'Donnell wrote: Pick on someone who gets the joke or you're just a bully.

Maybe it's better if the subject of the joke (Jono) doesn't get the joke, so at least he won't get upset about it.

At least me, you and Jason Larsen can have a laugh about this at Jono's expense, because we all understand it.

David O'Donnell · Post by **David O'Donnell** » Mon Mar 24, 2008 1:55 pm

Actually, I was being a sanctimonious twat which I put down to my inebriated state at the time of posting.

Jason Larsen · Post by **Jason Larsen** » Mon Mar 24, 2008 2:57 pm

Sweetcorn? I think I can figure out what that is, but please keep this discussion nice. I don't want this thread to be locked because of this discussion being not so nice.

By the way, if you want to hear more about my situation, please talk to me privately.

I'm glad to hear that though, Charlie.

Gavin Chipper · Post by **Gavin Chipper** » Mon Mar 24, 2008 4:36 pm

Charlie Reams wrote:Anyway so I thought I would share this great news with everyone!

The other day I saw a sweetcorn. It was just like the sweetcorn you have in Britain! What is your favourite sweetcorn? I think this is the kind of thing we can all talk about. I must say, this is probably a coincidence, but if I see any of you in person, I would probably give you a sweetcorn. I usually have one about my person at all times. One time I didn't have one and I met someone and they had to leave without one. Of course we are not friends now.

The other thing is that I picked my nose and ate it. What do you all think about that?

People thought I was bad.

Ben Wilson · Post by **Ben Wilson** » Mon Mar 24, 2008 7:30 pm

Gevin-Gavin wrote:
Charlie Reams wrote:Anyway so I thought I would share this great news with everyone!

The other day I saw a sweetcorn. It was just like the sweetcorn you have in Britain! What is your favourite sweetcorn? I think this is the kind of thing we can all talk about. I must say, this is probably a coincidence, but if I see any of you in person, I would probably give you a sweetcorn. I usually have one about my person at all times. One time I didn't have one and I met someone and they had to leave without one. Of course we are not friends now.

The other thing is that I picked my nose and ate it. What do you all think about that?
People thought I was bad.

Yeah, but you were rarely witty with it.

Jon Corby · Post by **Jon Corby** » Mon Mar 24, 2008 9:10 pm

Did I mention my corn-on-the-cob observation - or cobservation, if you will - on the old group?

Would anyone like to hear it?

Gavin Chipper · Post by **Gavin Chipper** » Mon Mar 24, 2008 9:40 pm

Ben Wilson wrote:
Gevin-Gavin wrote:People thought I was bad.
Yeah, but you were rarely witty with it.

You must have low standards of wit (regarding this thread, not any of mine).

JimBentley · Post by **JimBentley** » Mon Mar 24, 2008 9:55 pm

Corby wrote:Did I mention my corn-on-the-cob observation - or cobservation, if you will - on the old group?

Would anyone like to hear it?

I would like to hear this cobservation, Jon, and if you have any other corn on the cob-related stories or anecdotes, I would very much like to hear those too.

Ben Wilson · Post by **Ben Wilson** » Mon Mar 24, 2008 11:08 pm

Gevin-Gavin wrote:
Ben Wilson wrote:
Gevin-Gavin wrote:People thought I was bad.
Yeah, but you were rarely witty with it.
You must have low standards of wit (regarding this thread, not any of mine).

Admittedly Reams does use his sense of humour more like a sledgehammer than a sniper rifle, but it gets the job done.

Jon Corby · Post by **Jon Corby** » Tue Mar 25, 2008 1:24 pm

jimbentley wrote:I would like to hear this cobservation, Jon, and if you have any other corn on the cob-related stories or anecdotes, I would very much like to hear those too.

Okay. This is completely genuine as well, and I discovered it, so no plagiarism please. The only reason you haven't read about it in scientific journals is because I'm too lazy.

Blokes eat corn-on-the-cob "typewriter" style (i.e. lengthways) whereas women eat corn-on-the-cob round and round in little strips. I first noticed this about 12 years ago at a BBQ, and it has held true ever since, with one exception which I'll expand upon in a moment. Obviously you can't tell people in advance that you are going to analyse their corn-on-the-cob eating habits, because they may alter their behaviour. Anyway, providing you silently observe, you should see this pattern hold true.

The one exception happened last year when a male work colleague was eating his corn the girly way. I had already noticed many camp mannerisms though, and later investigation confirmed that he was indeed a bufty.

I can't think of any other corn-related stories at the moment, but that should keep you enthralled for some time.

JimBentley · Post by **JimBentley** » Tue Mar 25, 2008 8:59 pm

However, my hunger for corn on the cob-related anecdotes is not yet satisfied.

Jon Corby · Post by **Jon Corby** » Tue Mar 25, 2008 9:02 pm

My last post was completely and utterly genuine. I really have been quietly watching people eat on corn-on-the-cob over the last 12 years, and it's bloody true.

Richard Brittain · Post by **Richard Brittain** » Tue Mar 25, 2008 9:53 pm

An interesting observation, Corby.

Jon O'Neill · Post by **Jon O'Neill** » Tue Mar 25, 2008 10:18 pm

I eat it the homo way

Kevin Thurlow · Post by **Kevin Thurlow** » Tue Mar 25, 2008 10:41 pm

Ginger Jono wrote:I eat it the homo way

Well you are ginger.......

Kevin

Michael Wallace · Post by **Michael Wallace** » Tue Mar 25, 2008 11:20 pm

I have sex with men and eat it like a typewriter (corn on the cob, that is).

(Just to give you another datapoint...)

Jon Corby · Post by **Jon Corby** » Wed Mar 26, 2008 8:48 am

Michael Wallace wrote:I have sex with men and eat it like a typewriter (corn on the cob, that is).

(Just to give you another datapoint...)

I knew this would happen.

I have only observed this phenomenon in sexually active adults, so that may explain the Jono discrepancy. As I understand it you are just finding your way as a sexually active adult, you're probably a little confused. Give it time, and you'll soon be eating your cob correctly.

As for Michael, you're just some kind of perverted sicko

When you say "datapoint", you presumably mean "erection"?

Michael Wallace · Post by **Michael Wallace** » Wed Mar 26, 2008 10:38 am

Corbyworby wrote:When you say "datapoint", you presumably mean "erection"?

When *don't* I mean erection?

Jon Corby · Post by **Jon Corby** » Wed Mar 26, 2008 11:27 am

lol@corbyworby

Charlie Reams · Post by **Charlie Reams** » Wed Mar 26, 2008 3:34 pm

Corby wrote:lol@corbyworby

My finger hovers over the "Change username" button...

Dinos Sfyris · Post by **Dinos Sfyris** » Sun Mar 30, 2008 7:50 am

lol

If anyone has any other corn stories I'm all ears

(you know, as in ears of corn)

Charlie Reams · Post by **Charlie Reams** » Sun Mar 30, 2008 9:59 am

dinos_the_chemist wrote:If anyone has any other corn stories I'm all ears (you know, as in ears of corn)

I have some but they're way too corny.

Michael Wallace · Post by **Michael Wallace** » Sun Mar 30, 2008 6:45 pm

I once emailed Quron asking them why they didn't call their quorn cornish pasties Quornish pasties.

Although I suppose that's more of a cornwall story than a corn one.

Charlie Reams · Post by **Charlie Reams** » Thu Jul 23, 2009 6:57 pm

I notice in the Charlie Chaplin film Modern Times that he can be seen eating corn on the cob both up-and-down and round-and-round. Could it be that Mr Chaplin is, with Jim Jones and Clare Sudbery, one of the great bisexuals of the 20th Century?

Jon Corby · Post by **Jon Corby** » Thu Jul 23, 2009 7:29 pm

Charlie Reams wrote:I notice in the Charlie Chaplin film Modern Times that he can be seen eating corn on the cob both up-and-down and round-and-round. Could it be that Mr Chaplin is, with Jim Jones and Clare Sudbery, one of the great bisexuals of the 20th Century?

Only if he was eating corn without giving thought to the eating method. Given that this was a scene in a film, I'd find it unlikely - it may even have been in the script.

Charlie Reams · Post by **Charlie Reams** » Thu Jul 23, 2009 7:53 pm

Jon Corby wrote:
Charlie Reams wrote:I notice in the Charlie Chaplin film Modern Times that he can be seen eating corn on the cob both up-and-down and round-and-round. Could it be that Mr Chaplin is, with Jim Jones and Clare Sudbery, one of the great bisexuals of the 20th Century?
Only if he was eating corn without giving thought to the eating method. Given that this was a scene in a film, I'd find it unlikely - it may even have been in the script.

He's actually being fed it by a machine, but he wrote the script himself and was happy to participate in the film, so I'm taking that as a tacit admission of homonefarietywankerness.

Derek Hazell · Post by **Derek Hazell** » Fri Jul 24, 2009 7:59 am

At least we all know we're in Mr. Reams's army, and he's our Charlie chaplain!

Ian Volante · Post by **Ian Volante** » Fri Jul 24, 2009 12:34 pm

What about someone who's only tried one once, nibbled around one end and then gave up because it tasted strange?

Matt Morrison · Post by **Matt Morrison** » Fri Jul 24, 2009 12:36 pm

Ian Volante wrote:What about someone who's only tried one once, nibbled around one end and then gave up because it tasted strange?

entirely asexual.

Phil Reynolds · Post by **Phil Reynolds** » Fri Jul 24, 2009 2:28 pm

Ian Volante wrote:What about someone who's only tried one once, nibbled around one end and then gave up because it tasted strange?

Bi-curious?

David O'Donnell · Post by **David O'Donnell** » Fri Jul 24, 2009 2:35 pm

Phil Reynolds wrote:
Ian Volante wrote:What about someone who's only tried one once, nibbled around one end and then gave up because it tasted strange?
Bi-curious?

Nah, it's obvious - complete cocktease!

Phil Reynolds · Post by **Phil Reynolds** » Fri Jul 24, 2009 2:54 pm

David O'Donnell wrote:
Phil Reynolds wrote:
Ian Volante wrote:What about someone who's only tried one once, nibbled around one end and then gave up because it tasted strange?
Bi-curious?
Nah, it's obvious - complete cocktease!

In my experience the two are generally one and the same.

Michael Wallace · Post by **Michael Wallace** » Fri Jul 24, 2009 3:00 pm

Is a cocktease like a striptease?

Charlie Reams · Post by **Charlie Reams** » Fri Jul 24, 2009 3:02 pm

It's more like a wind-eze.

Jimmy Gough · Post by **Jimmy Gough** » Fri Jul 24, 2009 6:52 pm

LOL ROFL PMSL LMAO.

Sue Sanders · Post by **Sue Sanders** » Mon Jul 27, 2009 5:00 pm

David O'Donnell wrote:
Phil Reynolds wrote:
Ian Volante wrote:What about someone who's only tried one once, nibbled around one end and then gave up because it tasted strange?
Bi-curious?
Nah, it's obvious - complete cocktease!

Did someone call??