I already initiated "do chicks dig the fall" last year-goddammit ripped off again (S Malkmus).

But seriously folks-I was thinking of posting a thread along the lines of "let's hear from the wives and girlfriends" so guys clear the desks and let your missus on to this chat site thing so we can hear THEIR PERSPECTIVE on our obsessions

Well, I asked her out yesterday, but she said no - in between some chuckling: told me I'd cheered her up at least :rolleyes:
Not that she laughed at me or anything - she was nice about it.
Can't begin to tell you how relieved I feel (+nothing happened!) Only, I still don't know who she is, her name, what she's like. Or what she thinks of mes - but perhaps it's best left that way. At least she knows I like her.
It's amazing how many people come out with that 'fish in the Sea' line - but I wasn't out for a fuckinFish!!! :wacko:
oh well. don't know what got into me :whistle:

Any more information on that band?

I answered the 1st one....but the second one just went up all on its own :rolleyes: carry on fall :blink: ooh what a lovely pair ^_^ .............. of librans :zip:

Is it really like being in some heavy metal fan club? Just how many gurls can stand the Fall? Here's your chance to find out scientifically, like.

PS. It's anonymous, at least to the extent I'll ever work it out, if it works, like.

An interesting survey. But you forgot to include the option: "I love the Fall, therefore it logically follows that i don't have a girlfriend."

I also omitted the option "I am a gay man" as being a distinct (and also v interesting) one. I think 400 of us can probably be deemed to be unattached. It's a miracle if the others aren't. Just give thanks for human tolerance. OK, I may have exaggerated the scientificness.

i've never been out with anyone who doesn't like the fall :applaud: B)

:nahnah:

i don't think i could.

Show-off. I hate you. But don't let that put anyone off responding scientifically.

my new gf had never really heard them before but came along to the last tour and absolutely loved it :rolleyes:

she couldn't understand why they're not huge.

i don't mind you hating me, i've got plenty other things to be thankful for.

go on, hate me more....

.... as i type 'chiocago now' has just got stuck on 'try hard....' :blink:

I hate you more ... now let that be a lesson.

i've got a crap job and no money if that makes you feel any better other dave.

No, it makes me feel worse. My job's OK but the c**ts paid me £281 last month, if it's any consolation. Far be it from me to be spiteful or vindictive, but I will have my revenge if it kills me.

281 quid! you should be laffin' mate.

i had to eat grit for breakfast this morning.

Above-zero grit? You were lucky ...

i know.

and i thanked the my lucky stars.

Oh yeah, I suppose you'll be wanting royalties next. "Chicks" is sexist, it's hardly surprising nobody replied. "Gurls" is proper PC, it is. I'd let my missus on here but she might break the computer.

Mine hasn't been subjected to the full extent of my Fall adulation cuz we're a "web couple". We're not entirely sure yet which one of us is gonna move to the other.... there's pros n cons either way. On rare get-togethers, obviously there's plenty to do so having The Fall (or anyone else) playing on the hi-fi all day ain't gonna happen until one of us emigrates and we settle in for the LONG HAUL.

I think I mentioned in another thread some time ago that she liked me humming the bass line to Entitled. I sent her a copy and she did listen to it a few times when it was in her Winamp playlist at the time. I've sent her a few others but I've NEVER heard her listen to any of them other than when she first received them. I think it's safe to assume she's no fan. On the positive side, she's never said anything like "OMG!!! How can you listen to that shit?!" That's fairly decent of her when you consider that I slander the stuff she listens to all the time... and I don't hold much back when the likes of Matchbox 20 come a-waftin' over NetMeeting. She raps along to Eminem quite impressively though.... which is an encouraging sign.

I seriously doubt that she'll be able to tolerate The Fall all day if we're stuck indoors.... but I like to crank the volume up in headphones anyway... so I can't see my fave band making or breaking our relationship.

I'm sure I can persuade her to contribute to the thread you've suggested. I'll be as interested as anyone to see what she says cuz she's well aware of my Fall obsession but I've never asked her if she has any kind of opinion about it.

Yeah..

Maybe a more useful thread would be a "dateline" one!

Not so sure there's enough lasses to go round on this site though!

One of the funniest boy band lyrics features the word "gurls" spelt with a u for definite i am sure. This one used to really amuse me.
I think it's Take That. No idea which song.

"Remember when we travelled round the world
We met a lot of people - and gurls"

So "gurls" aren't people then, by implication. You fat fucking twat Gary Barlow.

Mr and Mrs On Bongos I have been married for 14 years. On the outside they appear to be a normal suburban couple with respectable jobs. But Mrs On Bongos keeps her husband's dark secret from the world - she makes light of it in social situations, glosses over it with family, shys away from it with her work colleagues. The secret - he is a Fall addict.

Though she cannot fathom what compels her husband she tries to be sympathetic and has even helped him with his addiction by going to meetings of others in the same predicament - smokey, beer fuelled grim places known as concerts.

"As long as he doesn't make me listen to him doing it I can cope" she says "but sometimes I catch him letting the children try it. I get really worried".

Asked to comment Mr On Bongos said "The important thing is she doesn't try and stop me though I know she doesn't really understand. For that I love her. But at the end of the day, what the fuck does she know, with her Shaggy and Lighthouse family CDs?"

Make a good thread, that ... so up it goes ...

Mine's got Thank God It's Friday but she insists it was dumped with her by a friend while moving house, and I'm prepared to give her the benefit of the doubt. I've spotted tho' that Althea & Donna haven't gone into cold storage in the loft yet.

She may hate Pere Ubu even more than the Fall, which I quickly identified as a positive opening. Last night she even managed to read a bit of junk mail though "Put away", which I was very impressed at.

I'd hoped she might like some of The Homosexuals just a little bit but there's bugger all chance now I've attached the old super-tweeter speakers from behind the fridge.

Mine endures it, but happy in the knowledge that after sitting through, say "Live 1997" she is then allowed to listen to one (and only one) R'n'B album.

Kinda quid pro quo arrangement.

However, she does believe that MES cannot sing and that all Fall songs sound alike, and has refused to ever attend a Fall concert again on the grounds that MES is a c**t.

I am working on the Chinese water torture principle of a little and often, I have caught her singing "Mr Pharmacist", although she will insist on saying "I'm Mark E Smith-ah!" when I'm listening to them.

My wife lovingly refers to The Fall as "that hell", not sure what she means !!

My wife can't stand The Fall but she respects MES.

i'm not a girl, I'm a lady! And our Edward won't let me play my Fall records on the radiogramme, either, he's always listening to his Al Jolson & Ink Spots records. Of course it only plays at 78rpm, so they always sound a little speedy (I play them when he's in the cellar sometimes).

No Mrs Pharmacist!

What's this married life like then?
What kind of relationships do you people have whereby you are allowed/compelled to spend so long in Falldom?

What are the chances of finding a soulmate who adores The Fall??

probably quite high, but I always fall for the wrong ones.
I just couldn't find a way through the maze today, and though the girl I adore gave me a lovely smile, the words eluded me: things went no further +no other connection was made :(
I like to think that she is the one for me, but am hopeless at doing anything about it :mellow: Apart from walking in wide circles (the circumference of the town), pouring my heart out to the French chef at work, and seeking out the furthest thing to look at when she's about (stemming from a doc seen once, on an African tribe's method of flirting, by which the more 'white' of your eye you could show, the more you fancy her :unsure: ` :blink: ` :rolleyes: ).
I think I'll ask her what she thinks of The Fall, +take it from there :)
` ` ````` `
.. feel better already :ohdear:

I am suffering a similar case at the mo..probably left it too late though...met her on an evening course but the course is over now!..I know where she works but not sure where the line lies between courting and stalking these days.

What should I do? :unsure:

`` ` :lol:
. . my thoughts exactly.
Hey!!! How are You?!! Funny seeing you here!!! :rolleyes:
"so, er, what do you make of The Fall? :P "

Fuck all. After years pretending I'm listening tio illegal porn audio she found the CD's and I had to confess "It's worse than that, but I hope you'll stand by me, it's the Fall"... she's kept quiet so far, but it's been a close-run thing on occasion when she's had a few bottless too many with her mates...

Go for it. If the worst comes to the worst, we're all post-modern these days. Tits out for a fiver on ITV2, and all that arse ... sorry, art.

that's what gets me in the end. Gritty feet in bed, or toast crumbs's a minor irritation to being forbidden making friends with her mates. Not to mention being told what not to wear <_<
hmmm :rolleyes:

Should I do the telephone thing, or con my way place the security at her workplace?

..Hang around outside? What if its her week off?!!

Think I might look elsewhere..too much hassle..she can come and find me! :D

Yes. Do the telephone thing.

"Hello, can I speak to GURL please, I think she's in Department X.?"

"We have several GURLS here Sir, do you know her second name?"

"Sorry no, but I'm pretty sure she is in department X."

"Well I'm not sure I can help you Sir if you don't know her name...what is it in connection with?"

"err errr err..."

Not sure that'll work either.

Just say "I want gurl, give me gurl [motherfucker, if required for emphasis]"

If thye've several, just take whichever thery offer. She'll probably be a Fall fan.

Yeah..where have all the lasses gone...we've driven them all away!
:blink: ^_^ :zzzz: :cry2: :cry: :beer:

sorry if it sounds a bit obvious but

why not go to one/more Fall gigs in next few weeks and talk to any women not obviously with a bloke there? you never know, they might like the band?

not being sarcky honest! the first few times I met my wife were at gigs , not the Fall mind although she's been with me about 3 or 4 times since

if nervous, try about 4 or 5 pints to get nice and relaxed first, any more and yr likely to get pissed too soon

what you need is to find a similar board with loads of single females desperate for fellas and drop a few hints like "eyup, there's loads of fit shaggable blokes at these Fall concerts yknow" - before you know it, this board AND the gigs will be heaving with Bridget Jones types (shite film I know but you get my drift)