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I've seen people wear their glasses with a strap that goes round their head even if it looks a tad geeky, it might be a good idea!I have no idea where you'd get such a thing though unfortunately.

Lol yeah I've seen that show.There were these twins once, who were quite slutty annd plastered in make-up. They basically said that girls have to be really fake to be successful. Hmm...then they said "Yeah when we walk into clubs the guys all stare at us!" Well that may be so but they are probably thinking "What a bunch of sluts" as well, which is a pretty rubbish impression to give off IMO! ;)Good for them if they have a nice body and everything and if they are naturally pretty and have big boobs but that doesn't mean they have to have them hanging out their tops and that they have to show so much of their thighs that they may as well just go out in underwear!And why hide their faces behind a thick layer of make-up? No neeeeeeeed!And also it was funny what the people in the survey said - that they didn't look intelligent!

Simpsons!Mint Choc Chip or Raspberry ripple?

I think the real question is...Why must so many girls these days be dressed like such slappers?Maybe Barbie influenced them! Or maybe THEY influenced Barbie!!!Seriously, to all the sluts out there, I don't wanna see your fat, orange legs and tits kthnx. Leave that to the imagination of the guys The SINGLE guys may I add...not the ones that have girlfriends, stop pestering them!That is all

Fastrack, 9 times out of 10, is what makes guests angry on busy days and what gets staff getting moaned at. Just for doing their job.It would really help if the Sales department didn't over-sell! That's when Fastrack queues reach 45 minutes!! And the number of people that turn up hours before their time slot and say they were told to ignore the times...grr!

Haven't been in this thread in aaages...In fact last time I was here that lovely crossbows and syringe argument was going on LOL...though I still have a question...Where did Rob get the theory that they are crossbows with syringes stuck on them?!I laughed so hard when I read that...it's like he just made it up to shut everyone up!

Baahh!!!Being tickled or being pinched?Hehehe...

LOL yeah I forgot about that :PAnd when he choked us with his deodorant! No wonder my throat got so bad that night!

Especially when it was played fast forward

Now the new gear box/motor or whatever was replaced has "settled in" they can run it at it's usual speed now. I think while it was new it wasn't advisable to run it at normal speed incase it caused damage/got damaged.It also does the windmill thing a lot now...although I am confused, I thought Heathrow got arsey and told them not to coz it interferred with their radar or some shizz...but hey, it's gooood! :PEDIT: It has been mentioned on SouthParks too http://www.southparks.org/index.php?showto...mp;#entry160100

I feel like such a geek doing this...but what the heck, there is no sunshine today so I am bored!First ride of the day...Guest Services for a yellow band! :DWe just do whatever first, usually Stealth or SAW.Talk to Boyd in Photos at SAW :lol:Watch all the onride DVD screens and realise we haven't been filmed again...Wave at random people from the top of Detonator.Eat either BK (cheeseburger meal) or KFC (Popcorn chicken meal!)Stand around in the dome waiting for Marc while he's in the toilet (about 10 times a day!)Chat to members of staff we know FIND ROB!!!!!!!!Take pictures :DHit Marc for taking horrible, ugly pictures of me without me knowing *if it's a hot day* SPLAH ZONE!!Sit and wait in Marc's car for Rob to finish work...while listening to End of the Day music :PNANDO'S!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Me and Rob went for a few hours yesterday, went on quite a lot considering we got there at 2!Was a good day, ride count:StealthRumbaSamurai CCRLoggers Colossus RushQuantumSAWSlammerNemmieDettyTidalXNWODepth ChargeVortexColossusSamuraiLoggersSAW (just about made it!!)So 20 rides in 4 hours! :PSamurai was pretty good with it's new settings, my legs hurt! The first time we went on was a really long cycle, but that's cos we're special :lol:X was confusing as usual, and Colossus was flying round thanks to the hot weather! I was thinking, the mist in the Inferno tunnel is cold, maybe they should put some heaters or something inside so it feels warm...like a volcano should feel! :DWas good to get on Slammer again as well.

Is it me or did Susan Boyle look unhappy/pi$$ed off when they announced she was in the final 3? I thought it was quite funny The look on her face!Diversity deserved to win, they were far better than Flawless IMO.

Yeah I agree abtou Natalie. My mum liked her aswell lol.Aidan Davis, Diversity and Shaheen FTW :)Susan Boyle meeeeeh...

Sorry I didn't make that clear :)I wasn't just referring to this forum, I meant other people as well.

I don't get why everyone has this theory that she did it deliberately to get voted through. She's an innocent 10 year old girl ffs!"She pulled a tantrum"...right so how would you feel if you were absolutely petrified and were accused of pulling a tantrum?Some people really need to grow up.

Yeah ;)Tonight wasn't that great really, nothing had really "wowed" me tonight...apart from Aidan! He was brilliant!

LOL yeah they were great! ;)Quick edit: *as I'm watching*...what a retard Luke Clements is! Wtf was that with the watermelon?! LOL.I've always wondered if the loud buzzers make them jump...or if he'd jump and drop the flaming torches he was juggling!

Stavros Flatley to win? What?! I think they're the stupidest thing I've ever seen! ;)Seriously, a fat dad and a fat son dancing, it's not really talent is it? Especially when you had other people who were great but they didn't get through to the semis or got voted out! Maybe I'm missing something here, I mean I only saw them in the semis, didn't see the audition. To me it just looks stupid...ever so slightly, teeny bit "funny", MAYBE...and yeah it's a laugh. But I didn't think it was worthy of going through to the final, tbh I was surprised that they got through to the semis! I just don't see what is so great about them and I'm completely lost as to what the general public are thinking!And it's pretty gross to look at, I'm sorry but...eurgggggh...*shudders*The Jungle Book kid was so cute! Shame he didn't get through but oh well, Shaheem did yay!LOL at the break-dancing grandad...though last night wasn't that great...but then again he is 73 And he cut his arm!Susan Boyle scares me =| she has an evil look about her...Flawless and Diversity are awesome of course!Tippy Toes awww...And 2 Grand are the sweetest thing I've ever seen :') bless them...

Grr!It's fun firing them at chavs, trust me! :DBut when you're on the ride and getting fired at, it's whole different story! I swore at guy firing at me, last time I went Shan't say what I said coz I'm not proud of it, but at the time I complely forgot about the guns, and was just starting to smile again after the initial, freezing cold water shock...then I get water fired at me :DAnd yes I know the whole point of going on a water ride is getting wet...but that's the first time I've gone on one wearing a vest top in ages! Doesn't matter how hot the weather is! It's still a horrible feeling at first!

Lol Lordcutter6 I thought that as well, about Bank Holiday being yesterday. Meh.I went on Sunday and I guess it was busy-ish, SAW got a 75 min queue at one point. But I wouldn't say it was ridiculously busy or anything.Might as well do a "report" while I'm here :DHad a good day, but forgot to put suncream on so as a result, my lefy shoulder is burnt and it's taking ages to heal, and then last night on the news there's some report about rising cases of skin cancer!Did all the major rides apart from Tidal although we did visit the Splash Zone a fair few times!Samurai was weird...basically it has trouble in the hot weather, one of the problems being it doesn't manage a proper ride cycle, it just goes up and does nout. Well it was closed for a while then reopened towards the end, so we went on it. Went up...went right (or backwards, whatever way you wanna look at it), going slowly, windmilled which was fun-ish...started going the other way, pretty slow...got almost to the top...went back down slowly...got stuck! Then it zeroed and that was it! And the worst thing was the staff didn't notice! 3 Attendants and the operator, NONE of them noticed. Unless they did but couldn't be arsed to give us another cycle. And none of the other guests seemed to notice either which was odd. When our bars were released we asked if it was a joke (well not me personally), the attendant looked rather confused, so we said the ride didn't actually go anywhere and he just went "oh..." and spoke to the op. We got another go and it was a good setting, but it was just odd and quite bad that no one noticed. I wasn't going to go OTT and do the whole Guest Services thing, but I had a good mind to tell a TL or Unit Manager if we saw one, but we didn't. It was kinda funny at the same time but...confusing how no one noticed! Everything else was great, not much downtime, only shutdowns we saw (apart from Samurai) were Zodiac and Loggers. I think X had a shutdown for sick as well, but that's nothing new :)Afterwards, me, Marc and Rob went to a fun fair in Wembley, went on the KMG Booster, and by the time we got on, the queue (yes there was a queue!) had gone down so we had a very long cycle, about 10 minutes long and very intense! Marc enjoyed it very much It was well worth the £4!

Yes :)themeparkmad, I have heard that staff have gone down the slide a few times, so just assumed it was what they did when the queueline is busy.

Not every ride gets tested every morning at Thorpe. Though at Chessie they do :PColossus has to be test ridden every morning because of the foliage. XNWO has to be ridden/the area walked around at the end of the day to check the ride area and the platforms (vomit lol). I've often seen staff on Rush first thing, but I don't know what they are testing for, no one's ever told me :PThat's it AFAIK. Seen staff on Nemmie but don't know if it was a one-off or a morning check.Was hardly put on Stealth last year so can't comment. The only time I was on there fisrt thing it opened late and rolled back twice during testing No idea about SAW...I'm assuming they do, to check the theming is working, but I don't know if that's something engineers check for, or rides staff.Oh and if you're operating Depth Charge, meaning you are at the top, and you are going on break/somewhere else, you have to slide down as there is no other way out when there is a queue!And yeah every now and then they have staff rides at the end of the day when all the guests have gone.And yes the tree did hurt

Ouch! Sorry to hear that!Staff do test the ride every morning with their arms out to check for things like that, so either:1) They didn't have their arms out2) They did but you have longer arms than them :P3) The wind was blowing differently (so it blew the tree away from them, or towards you)4) They didn't test it but this is very unlikely.Random bunch of theories there lol...I remember one time last year when I tested it, there was a branch from a tree after the second corkscrew...it didn't just hit my arm, oh no, it slapped me across the forehead! Obviously the ride didn't open until Landscaping came and chopped it down, we had to test it again to make sure it was gone.

But some people might then watch their DVD, be like "that was good" and not buy it, therefore they would lose buyers.And also can you imagine what it would be like with people standing there for 2 minutes all trying to watch their DVDs? It's crowded enough as it is