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By Breaker (Tue Jul 01, 2008 at 05:39:22 AM EST) (all tags)
Beers next week.  Put it in your diaries now!

Inside your super soaraway Breakermatic diary today:

Girls wearing only their knickers!
Book Review!
FUCKYOU Southwark Council!
Free Nelson Mandela![1]
Beer Autopilot!

[1] With every purchase of 10 gallons of petrol.


Only in Nanny state Englandland.  (NSFWFUP picture)
Are you a man?  Then you are a RAPIST!

All men are rapists.  FACT!  And Harriet Harperson introduces yet another vote winning policy(for the BNP, at least).  I have to wonder if NuLabia are actively trying to alienate every single one of the voters, they have even singled out mental health patients for their tender, loving overwatch. 

The middle classes are getting narked about the amount of money this worthless government of no talents has stolen from them and pissed up the wall, is still pissing up the wall and has told the wall that there'll be a PFI to come and deliver more piss. 

The poor are actually worse off under NuLabia as council tax increases, energy bill increases and food bills increase and the 10p tax limit is abolished, and the benefit system so carefully crafted by Gordon "Texture Like Sun" Brown is impenetrable by most. 

The Unions are now sniffing around for their pound of flesh but NuLabia's "prudent" mismanagement of the economy means there's fuckall in the pot.  Both for the country and for NuLabia party coffers.

Who now will vote NuLabia?  Anyone?  Anyone?  Bueller?  Or will the party be forced into declaring bankrupcy at the end of next month?  Still, on the plus side, GTSLB, Harriet Harperson and a whole slew of NuLabia toadies are personally liable for the >£20MM debt.  And even better than that, if NuLabia implode under their own utter mismanagement of basic party finances, we get a General Election.  For the socialistas this might be good news as an actual Labour Party may arise from the ashes of NuLabia.

Some people's beer autopilot kicks in in time for the failboat.  Mad props for trying though.

Just finished "Squandered" by David Craig[2].  Recommended reading for any fool that still thinks this current Government has actually done anything worth a wank since being in power.

Freeeeeee Nelson Mandela.  Now this may not be a popular view, but Mandela was a convicted terrorist.  "Fellow ANC member Wolfie Kadesh describes the bombing campaign led by Mandela.  Admittedly under a brutal racist regime, but he plotted to bomb military and governmental buildings, was caught and convicted.  I wonder if the Tooting Popular Front knew of the other Wolfie?

Robben Island is a cruel and unusual place for a jail though; you can see the mainland quite easily.  "Robben" is "seal" in Afrikaans, and where there's seals, there's sharks.  Escape from the island was tantalisingly close, and yet very, very few prisoners who chanced their arm to swim the gulf made it.

Mandela made significant strides to unite South Africa after the reconciliation, and has made numerous humanitarian initiatives.  But the constantly fawning press and media attention always overlooks the fact he was prepared to plant bombs.  And in today's culture of "TERRORISTS!  EVERYWHERE!" hyperbole, I find that strange.

Does Mandela's good work overcome the violence of his youth?  Does 27 years on Robben Island mean he paid for his crimes?

Ah yes and fuckyou Southwark Council.  I have a floor that is subsiding due to shoddy repair work done last time.  Your website claims that "We will usually do repairs quicker than eight weeks when there is ... A risk of further damage to the building".  Well, the Surveyor's report you have been sitting on for two fucking months says "danger of structural collapse and further damage to the building".  It is now over 3 fucking months since I reported this and still I have no idea when the builders are going to turn up.

And under your stupid fucking rules I cannot even manage you out of the equation and employ builders myself.

"The cost of the repair must not be more than £250.

The qualifying repairs are

    * Loss of electrical power
    * Loss of water supply
    * Loss of gas supply
    * Blocked flue to your boiler or open fire
    * No heating
    * Blocked or leaking foul wastepipe
    * If your only toilet will not flush
    * Blocked kitchen sink
    * Leaking pipe, tank or cistern
    * Leaking roof
    * Insecure door, window or lock
    * Loose banister or handrail
    * Rotten stairs or floor
    * Door-entry system not working
    * Extractor fan not working"
No mention of "floor subsiding because the useless fucknut cowboys we employed to fix the floor last time didn't have a fucking about how to support a floor"

You have until the end of next month then I am taking you to court for breaching the terms of the leasehold.

Oh and under the light, nothing is scary.

[2] Not to be confused with the "songwriter" Craig David, who gave us the immortal lyrics "went for a drink on Tuesday, took her up the arse on Wednesday, and on Thursday and Friday and Saturday, I binned her on Sunday".

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Are you renting from the council? by hulver (4.00 / 1) #1 Tue Jul 01, 2008 at 05:49:57 AM EST
I'm confused. You own your flat/house, and they won't let you repair it?
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smart, pretty, sane. pick two - georgeha


i guess by Merekat (4.00 / 1) #2 Tue Jul 01, 2008 at 05:52:33 AM EST
He has a leasehold rather than a freehold. One of those 5p a year thingies which means they keep wayleave etc.

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Spot on the money by Breaker (2.00 / 0) #5 Tue Jul 01, 2008 at 06:08:34 AM EST
See my reply to hulver.


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they're funny things by Merekat (4.00 / 1) #9 Tue Jul 01, 2008 at 06:50:03 AM EST
Ours permitted keeping chickens, but not pigs.

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Even Vietnamese pot bellied pigs? by Breaker (2.00 / 0) #11 Tue Jul 01, 2008 at 07:00:21 AM EST
NT


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I own it by Breaker (2.00 / 0) #4 Tue Jul 01, 2008 at 06:08:07 AM EST
But the area is "protected" meaning that the council owns the leasehold and as such, controls what you can and can't do to the building in order to preserve the Victorian aspect of the area. 

And whilst it is legal to buy the leasehold out, they make it incredibly expensive to do so - any work they do in the area you get to pay twice for - once as a council taxpayer and again because you are the leaseholder.


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Preserve it? by hulver (4.00 / 1) #13 Tue Jul 01, 2008 at 07:07:22 AM EST
I would have thought that stopping it falling down would be step one in preservation.

Once again, I'm happy I own my house freehold. Although I did have to sign a covenant saying I wouldn't keep pigeons or burn coal.

I'm also not supposed to run a business from the house, but that doesn't stop the cunts over the road with their 3 builders vans.
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smart, pretty, sane. pick two - georgeha
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Not so by Breaker (2.00 / 0) #14 Tue Jul 01, 2008 at 07:09:18 AM EST
With the way the council work.  If they have a building collapse, then that's another they can put onto their urban regeneration roster and boast "2.5 billion in regeneration for the borough!"


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Doesn't you problem fall under by greyrat (4.00 / 1) #21 Tue Jul 01, 2008 at 07:50:15 AM EST
"Rotten stairs or floor"?

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Not rotten by Breaker (4.00 / 1) #22 Tue Jul 01, 2008 at 08:02:14 AM EST
It's some bodged up steel braces that are bending under the load.

And in any case, the cost will exceed £250 in wood alone.


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I have a cunning plan, my lord by Herring (4.00 / 2) #3 Tue Jul 01, 2008 at 06:04:58 AM EST
Do nothing. Wait for the building to collapse. Sue the council to recover your entire purchase price for the property - which is now enough to buy somewhere much bigger and still have change for beer.

You can't outlaw rabbits! They'll just go underground - Milton Jones


On the face of it by Breaker (2.00 / 0) #6 Tue Jul 01, 2008 at 06:16:27 AM EST
That's a great idea.  But if I or MBW are in the house when it falls down about our ears, it could be a little unpleasant.


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idea 2 by Merekat (4.00 / 1) #8 Tue Jul 01, 2008 at 06:49:22 AM EST
They prioritise for buildings containing small children. Can you produce one quicker than they can produce a work order?

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Working on it... by Breaker (2.00 / 0) #10 Tue Jul 01, 2008 at 06:59:47 AM EST
But in any case, the word "priority" is anathema to the entire department.


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That's clearly a trap wearing only their knickers by Imperial Mince (4.00 / 2) #7 Tue Jul 01, 2008 at 06:44:05 AM EST

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This space reserved for whining like a little bitch and being sanctimonious.


But the "no entry" sign by Breaker (4.00 / 1) #12 Tue Jul 01, 2008 at 07:01:41 AM EST
Is pretty obvious though.  I wonder if they also make those knickers in "oncoming traffic has right of way".


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No entry sign on the front? by hulver (4.00 / 3) #15 Tue Jul 01, 2008 at 07:43:01 AM EST
Sponsored by the Cornish family planning association.
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smart, pretty, sane. pick two - georgeha
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Probably by gazbo (4.00 / 1) #38 Tue Jul 01, 2008 at 09:48:30 AM EST
But I adivse you to stay away from knickers that look like this.
"Engarde!" cried the larvae, huskily. - Scrymarch

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ObBut everyone knows that 'No' means 'Yes'. [nt] by greyrat (4.00 / 1) #16 Tue Jul 01, 2008 at 07:43:13 AM EST
[nt] == No meaning True.

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Also, can anyone get that torso's phone number? by greyrat (4.00 / 1) #23 Tue Jul 01, 2008 at 08:02:34 AM EST


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Just ask the EU. by Breaker (4.00 / 1) #24 Tue Jul 01, 2008 at 08:03:20 AM EST
Even Poland's coming out and saying the constitution treaty's dead.  Not so, says Brussels.


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Mandela by jump the ladder (4.00 / 2) #17 Tue Jul 01, 2008 at 07:44:23 AM EST
Ah but he was a good terrorist just like Martin O'Neill. He didn't threaten the US, Western oil interests or Israel like the bad terrorists today.



Masrtin McGuiness by jump the ladder (4.00 / 1) #19 Tue Jul 01, 2008 at 07:46:21 AM EST
Rather than the manager of Aston Villa. They're both from Northern Ireland so it's easy to confuse them :)


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hehe by Breaker (2.00 / 0) #26 Tue Jul 01, 2008 at 08:07:51 AM EST
You been on the Guinness this lunchtime?


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Those knickers are useless by komet (4.00 / 6) #18 Tue Jul 01, 2008 at 07:45:37 AM EST
according to the Highway Code, the "No Entry" sign, as depicted, applies only to vehicular traffic and not to pedestrians or penises.

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<ni> komet: You are functionally illiterate as regards trashy erotica.


However by anonimouse (4.00 / 2) #28 Tue Jul 01, 2008 at 08:19:43 AM EST
...it does mean that phrases like "here comes the train!" should not be used in foreplay.
Girls come and go but a mortgage is for 25 years -- JtL
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I hope by ni (2.00 / 0) #63 Tue Jul 01, 2008 at 06:22:12 PM EST
you didn't need a sign to tell you that.


"These days it seems like sometimes dreams of Italian hyper-gonadism are all a man's got to keep him going." -- CRwM
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Why? by anonimouse (2.00 / 0) #65 Wed Jul 02, 2008 at 02:37:58 AM EST
My motto is that it's can't be lame if you get a result....
Girls come and go but a mortgage is for 25 years -- JtL
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Are you ABSOLUTELY SURE you don't by greyrat (4.00 / 1) #20 Tue Jul 01, 2008 at 07:48:00 AM EST
live in the United States of America? All this sounds very familiar...



They're behind the curve over there. by nightflameblue (4.00 / 2) #32 Tue Jul 01, 2008 at 09:13:08 AM EST
They all act like this is some new thing. We've been living with this sort of thing so long we have a hard time noticing it when something new comes up.

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Labour strategy by R Mutt (4.00 / 1) #25 Tue Jul 01, 2008 at 08:03:53 AM EST
They seem to be moving to the left in order to shore up their base.

This seems like a pretty rational strategy given their very low poll ratings: the centre's probably already lost, but they may be able to avoid a landslide if they can get their core vote out.

Or you never know, it could be that Gordon Brown is naturally further to the left than Tony Blair was, and is standing on principle.



LOL by Breaker (2.00 / 0) #27 Tue Jul 01, 2008 at 08:13:59 AM EST
Gordon Brown and principle?  He has but one principle and that is to get re-elected.  Which he's not doing too great a job of recently.

Now, a move to the left will alienate the centre, but how far to the left must he go to win back the full on socialists?

I think the accounts for the Labour party are due this week.  I can see Unions screwing a 2-3x wage rise the rate of inflation but dressed up as a staggered deal over 5 years or the like, in return for a wedge of cash right now to stave off the moneylenders from the Labour party. 

Which will be seen by the public and the press as craven, overt corruption of the worst kind.


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Also, I notice that anti-rape poster is pre-Brown by R Mutt (4.00 / 1) #39 Tue Jul 01, 2008 at 09:51:07 AM EST
Seems to have been March 2006 which puts it in the Blair era.

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Still a governmental issue though. by Breaker (2.00 / 0) #44 Tue Jul 01, 2008 at 11:40:18 AM EST
Does it matter who was holding the reins of power?

The fact is that the government thinks that people are unaware that rape is a crime.  Is this the logical outcome of 11 years of misrule?


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As I recall it by R Mutt (2.00 / 0) #52 Tue Jul 01, 2008 at 12:02:04 PM EST
The great "Date Rape" controversy and the "no means no" campaign go back to the nineties or so. And as others have said, it exists on both sides of the Atlantic.

I don't think it has much to do with Labour party policy in particular. It seems to me more part of the "men and women cannot communicate" thing. I'm fairly skeptical of that theory: I've linked to those Deborah Cameron articles (1, 2, 3) several times.

Since I don't believe the underlying theory, I agree with you that the campaigns are a waste of money. But I think you could easily get the same sort of thing from any left or centre-left party in power in Europe or America. I don't think it's unique to the Labour party. And I don't think it's particularly worrying in the same way as the civil liberties restrictions are. It's just democratic politics in action: spend a few million, appease a small voting bloc.

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I don't think it's the message so much by Breaker (2.00 / 0) #55 Tue Jul 01, 2008 at 02:10:03 PM EST
Just the means of conveyancing.  But yes, I had forgotten about the no means no campaign in the 90s and shall crawl suitably chastened into the corner from whence I came.


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Mandela + Labour by anonimouse (4.00 / 1) #29 Tue Jul 01, 2008 at 08:26:06 AM EST
One has to say South Africa appears to have done reasonably well coming out of white rule, unlike its neighbour across the border. Yesterdays terrorist = todays freedom fighter and leader of the country. Martin McGuinness seems to have been taking the same degree. Interestingly, Amnesty International did not recognise Mandela as a "prisoner of concience".

There seems to be no countervailing political view. Has DullTrev et al been assimilated by your logic, or are even they rather pissed off by Bruin the Bear?

Girls come and go but a mortgage is for 25 years -- JtL


Did DullTrev by Breaker (2.00 / 0) #30 Tue Jul 01, 2008 at 09:11:19 AM EST
Not post some diatribe "The Death of Socialism" a while back when El Gordo ascended to power?  I think he's already lost the faith (correct me if I am wrong, DullTrev).

Some interesting reading on Harperson's "free to hate the white male" on this blog too.


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Not sure i like places on the internet by jump the ladder (4.00 / 1) #34 Tue Jul 01, 2008 at 09:31:56 AM EST
Where an election agent of the BNP hangs out. Still the actual legislation is a pile of racist and sexist crap even if it is genuinely meant to adddress problems. You don't solve racism and sexism by these means.

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BNP? by Breaker (2.00 / 0) #48 Tue Jul 01, 2008 at 11:46:34 AM EST
I thought Devils Kitchen was a paid up[ member of the Libertarian party?


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From the comments by jump the ladder (2.00 / 0) #53 Tue Jul 01, 2008 at 12:25:35 PM EST
Hi folks - I'm the BNP election agent for the area where I live. I've long told every party member I've met that Blair and Brown are the best recruiting sergeants the BNP has ever had. Nick Griffin is an amateur in comparison.

I don't know, Leg-iron, if Griffin is laughing himself to sleep at night - but I am. I simply can't believe my luck. I may be the first election agent in my particular town to have one of his candidates elected to the Council ... or even, I dare to pray these days, Parliament. Give this government the next couple of years to establish their own little gotterdammerung and I'll be on my way.

And yes, Leg-iron, there ARE groups out there who scare the shit out of even the BNP.

I held a discussion on this very topic at our local group meeting a couple of nights back - our membership is struck speechless by this stroke of luck.

Our latest bestest friend after Blair and Brown - Harridan Harperson. If I close my eyes and blank out her face, she even gives me a hard-on. It'll be up the arse of course - sans lube. And it wont be for sexual pleasure - it'll be for spite, and a nice piss enema to finish off with.

Actually, I used to be a Labour Party member and activist - dedicated. It was the shite Blair was throwing at this country that sent me over to the BNP.

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!!! by Breaker (2.00 / 0) #56 Tue Jul 01, 2008 at 02:10:15 PM EST
What an utter tosspot!


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Some of the comments make me think by jump the ladder (4.00 / 1) #57 Tue Jul 01, 2008 at 02:38:33 PM EST
sadly that Harman has a point. Some very vile sexist stuff there. And I'm a faily sexist bastard!!!

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Ahem by DullTrev (2.00 / 0) #66 Thu Jul 03, 2008 at 06:39:40 AM EST

It wasn't a diatribe, it was a lament.


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DFJ?
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My apologies by Breaker (2.00 / 0) #67 Thu Jul 03, 2008 at 06:43:39 AM EST
It was a good read though.

What do you think of the current Government?  Can you see yourself voting for them again?


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That poster can't be real. by ammoniacal (4.00 / 1) #31 Tue Jul 01, 2008 at 09:11:58 AM EST
It's as if it was pulled from a really shitty sci-fi novella.

This coomenat has be n soidnsord by hurricanbe ice malt liqur


Nope, for real. by Breaker (4.00 / 1) #33 Tue Jul 01, 2008 at 09:17:44 AM EST
From the toilets of my local.

I have to wonder how far our society has slumped when the government feels the need to tell people that rape is illegal.


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No a song by Breaker (4.00 / 1) #49 Tue Jul 01, 2008 at 11:48:43 AM EST
Sex Crime, 1984.  Eurhythmics.


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But what evening ? by Phage (4.00 / 1) #35 Tue Jul 01, 2008 at 09:33:03 AM EST
Friday ?
The Anchor ?

The Czar of Accounting. No Nit Too Small To Pick


This is a very good question by Herring (4.00 / 1) #37 Tue Jul 01, 2008 at 09:41:40 AM EST
I thought that komet was coming on Thursday and that 606 might be in town Friday. Just to be fucking awkward like.

But I don't actually know.

You can't outlaw rabbits! They'll just go underground - Milton Jones
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Poll ? by Phage (4.00 / 1) #40 Tue Jul 01, 2008 at 10:34:33 AM EST


The Czar of Accounting. No Nit Too Small To Pick
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That is correct by komet (4.00 / 1) #41 Tue Jul 01, 2008 at 10:36:58 AM EST
I am there on the 10th only and 606 will be there from the 11th onwards.

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<ni> komet: You are functionally illiterate as regards trashy erotica.
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Anchor, yep. by Breaker (2.00 / 0) #45 Tue Jul 01, 2008 at 11:42:15 AM EST
And Thursday and Friday I think, once for komet, once for 606.


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What time? by Herring (2.00 / 0) #51 Tue Jul 01, 2008 at 12:01:03 PM EST
I am trying to work out what's a good plan. Life is complicated.

You can't outlaw rabbits! They'll just go underground - Milton Jones
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Anchor... by Metatone (2.00 / 0) #54 Tue Jul 01, 2008 at 02:10:02 PM EST
being this one?

http://www.pubs.com/pub_details.cfm?ID=144

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The very same. by Breaker (2.00 / 0) #58 Tue Jul 01, 2008 at 03:30:31 PM EST
It is a little tricky to find though from London Bridge - easy to get lost coming through the market.

It's a bit longer a walk, but get to either Cannon St, Bank or Mansion House and go over Southwark Bridge then take the steps down on your left.


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I should be there from... by Metatone (2.00 / 0) #60 Tue Jul 01, 2008 at 03:53:48 PM EST
fairly early on... although I may have to go to De Hems first, for religious reasons.

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Strategy for finding stuff by Herring (2.00 / 0) #62 Tue Jul 01, 2008 at 04:55:27 PM EST
From London Bridge, head North until you get to the river (drop me in the water). Head west until you get to The Anchor. It works.

You can't outlaw rabbits! They'll just go underground - Milton Jones
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Hey! by ambrosen (2.00 / 0) #59 Tue Jul 01, 2008 at 03:53:31 PM EST
Are you coming? I'll regret even more that my timetable just makes it impossible for me to come.

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There will be future pintage... by Metatone (2.00 / 0) #61 Tue Jul 01, 2008 at 04:22:36 PM EST
But, yes, this time, see comment #60

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I thought by sasquatchan (4.00 / 1) #36 Tue Jul 01, 2008 at 09:34:28 AM EST
though can find no confirmation of, Mandela's first few years as prez were, well, slightly corrupt. Like his wife not exactly taking bribes, but taking a lot of money for no work, etc. Wiki link didn't help me, I didn't RTFA, just key word skimmed it..



Winnie Mandela by Vulch (4.00 / 2) #43 Tue Jul 01, 2008 at 10:45:33 AM EST

...Was a budding Mugabe. Her bodyguards "Mandela United Football Club" were good at the kicking part but had problems telling the difference between a ball and other round things, like, say, someones head. She has been convicted of fraud, assault and kidnapping.

They divorced in the mid 90s and Nelson is now married to Graca Machel, widow of the former president of Mozambique Samora Machel.

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And necklacing by Breaker (4.00 / 1) #46 Tue Jul 01, 2008 at 11:43:20 AM EST
Putting a car tire over someones head, filling it with petrol and setting fire to it.


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South African by Breaker (4.00 / 1) #47 Tue Jul 01, 2008 at 11:44:26 AM EST
Government was corrupt as fuck even before Mandela, so I've been told.  Even if Mandela was skimming a bit off the top, I suspect it was a drop in the ocean compared to what went before.


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See ... by yicky yacky (4.00 / 4) #42 Tue Jul 01, 2008 at 10:40:05 AM EST

There are two ways of looking at that poster[*]. The first is indeed to have a knee-jerk OMG-Nanny-fascist-state emoto-spazz.

The second is ... actually; hold that thought. I'll get back to it.

The late comedian Bill Hicks used to do a routine about the 'pedestrian right-of-way' law that used to (it may still, AFAIK) be in force in certain parts of Los Angeles. He'd spend a good few minutes taking the mickey out of the law and its potentially dangerous consequences, including insinuating that it might have been partly responsible for the Reginald Denny incident, and contrasting it with the seemingly anarchic driving seen in London or Rome. Just as the crowd were getting to be entirely on his side, he'd flip the whole thing on its head and seem to support the law: "That's right: Because only in L.A. does common courtesy have to be legislated".

... which brings us back to that poster. Case one: OMG-Nanny-State-Thought-Crimes. Case 2: We actually have a populace so stupid on balance that they actually need to be told these things. Or rather: sufficient numbers need to be told of these things as to make the expense of putting posters up and the irritation they cause to the mildly intelligent worthwhile.

It can't be case 2, can it? I mean ... it has to be case 1, right? Either that or a hitherto unrecognised case 3 (an over-budgeted marketing department). It can't possibly be that our population is now generally so cretinous that posters of that ilk might actually have some benefit. Can it? No: It must be Orwellian, so let's all have a good time getting in a paddy over totalitarianism.

Overheard in the last week:

Yeah. It has to be the Nanny State.

[*] - Actually, there are millions, but my rhetoric only needs the two.


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Done.


I'm not sure what you're arguing there by Breaker (2.00 / 0) #50 Tue Jul 01, 2008 at 11:56:22 AM EST
Nanny statism or incredibly stupid populace?  Personally, I am hoping it was a marketeers budget surplus because I don't like the other two options.


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It's that horrible George Carlin line by motty (4.00 / 1) #64 Tue Jul 01, 2008 at 08:28:18 PM EST
The one about imagining how stupid the average person is and then realising that half the population is even more dim than that.

I don't like his point much and I don't think the average person is nearly as stupid as he thinks. At the same time, we're still looking at an awful lot of stupid people.

Hell, I just came back from Glastonbury, which was full of mindblowingly stupid people. On drugs. Highlights included a drug dealer complaining bitterly that half his drug dealing mates had got nicked for possession of class A's with intent to deal - which struck him as terribly unjust - and a guy trying to climb a very thin flagpole in a crowd - had the pole broken before he fell off anyway he would have had an extremely good chance of injuring someone else as well as himself.

I amd itn ecaptiaghle of drinking sthis d dar - Dr T
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