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  • tim said:

    When did Halloween get so big?
    I drink a load and stay up late for twenty years, then I have kids and suddenly you can see Halloween from outer space.
    What's wrong with everyone going to the burns unit on November the 5th being the Autumnal highlight?


    I hate Halloween as well. A load of imported American crap. I ain't that keen on Bonfire Night, either. It's two weeks of idiots trying to set things on fire. Ruins my tea drinking and snooker playing.

  • foxinsoxukfoxinsoxuk Posts: 23,548
    Judas!

    There was a Christmas aisle in September in my local Tesco.
    I really, really hate Christmas, but this is a great song and video.

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a8qE6WQmNus&feature=youtube_gdata_player

  • As me owl feller used to say, for 51 weeks of the year you tell the kids about the dangers of playing with fire and for one week we tell them to get as many combustible items as possible and then build them higher than the next street.
  • Carola said:
    They locked the door of the pub to stop him getting in.....he must be a BIG lad for an entire pub to be scared of him. Why didn't someone just kick him in the nuts?
  • CharlesCharles Posts: 35,758
    surbiton said:

    tim said:

    Here is Decembers PB Tory News

    Flowers Falkirk Falkirk Flowers Flowers Falkirk Falkirk Flowers Flowers Falkirk Falkirk Flowers Flowers Falkirk Falkirk Flowers Flowers Falkirk Falkirk Flowers Flowers Falkirk Falkirk Flowers Flowers Falkirk Falkirk Flowers Flowers Falkirk Falkirk Flowers Flowers Falkirk Falkirk Flowers Flowers Falkirk Falkirk Flowers Flowers Falkirk Falkirk Flowers Flowers Falkirk Falkirk Flowers Flowers Falkirk Falkirk Flowers Flowers Falkirk Falkirk Flowers Flowers Falkirk Falkirk Flowers Flowers Falkirk Falkirk Flowers


    It is reported that the Shetland subsample moved by 0.0003% over the month

    Thanks to Fitalass & co., I know where Falkirk is. Where is Flowers ?
    Isn't it Roxburgh's place up near Stirling? Admittedly I do get muddled between him and Sutherland...
  • AndyJSAndyJS Posts: 29,395
    Every episode of The Crystal Maze presented by Richard O'Brien may be accessed here:

    http://www.youtube.com/user/DynamiteHeaddy/search?query=crystal+maze
  • Scott_PScott_P Posts: 51,453
    Non-story alert...

    @SueNix: #BBCNews at Ten tonight with @maitlis A nuclear deal with Iran breaking a ten year deadlock. Plus new developments in the Co-op controversy
  • compouter1compouter1 Posts: 642
    edited November 2013
    AndyJS said:

    Every episode of The Crystal Maze presented by Richard O'Brien may be accessed here:

    http://www.youtube.com/user/DynamiteHeaddy/search?query=crystal+maze

    Amazingly the early 90's male bouffant hairstyle which seemed to be a requirement to go on the show in the early series is now back in style with many of the youth of today.

    You know you are getting old when you see a hairstyle go out of fashion and then back in many years later.
  • TomsToms Posts: 2,478
    edited November 2013


    I hate Halloween as well. A load of imported American crap. I ain't that keen on Bonfire Night, either. It's two weeks of idiots trying to set things on fire. Ruins my tea drinking and snooker playing.

    Well, you could also say that the mass ownership of cars is another American import. Each year in the UK maybe 2 or 3 thousand people are killed by cars and a multiple of that seriously damaged.
  • I'm so glad I put my winnings from Australia winning the first test on Ireland to beat New Zealand.

    Ireland leading 22 - 7 after 49mins

    Doubtless someone will claim its all your fault.

    But lets be honest Ireland were ALWAYS going to lose their nerve.

    Some teams like to be plucky losers and some teams like to be winners and we know which of them Ireland is.
    I dunno know, Ireland's shellacking of Australia in 2011 was one of the truly great rugby matches, and very profitable.
    A group game - 'nuff said.

    Now take a look at the rest of Ireland's WC record - there's a lot more 'plucky defeats' than wins against major teams.
  • CarolaCarola Posts: 1,805
    The worst American import is the school prom.
  • Carola said:

    The worst American import is the school prom.

    Not for shops charging through the nose for tacky dresses and Limo firms.
  • Thanks for the birthday wishes of yesterday. It was a good evening! (Mike asked about the claret: Cos d'Estournel 1995 and Gruaud Larose 1982, both in excellent condition. Plus some other good stuff...)

    On topic: Yes, 1/8 is far too short. I'd say fair odds were more like 1/3, just to take account of the inevitable uncertainties with a year to go.
  • Carola said:

    The worst American import is the school prom.

    Definitely, along with graduation ceremonies for 5 year olds. I dunno when I turned into such a curmudgeonly old man!

  • TomsToms Posts: 2,478
    Carola said:

    The worst American import is the school prom.

    Maybe the UK and USA could do some trades:
    We could give them the royal family for, say, the state of Massachusetts.
    Oh.
  • CarolaCarola Posts: 1,805

    Carola said:

    The worst American import is the school prom.

    Not for shops charging through the nose for tacky dresses and Limo firms.
    Good fun for teachers though. You can play 'spot the Barbie'. (Or Christmas tree fairy. Or crocheted toilet roll cover doll).
  • Carola said:

    Carola said:

    The worst American import is the school prom.

    Not for shops charging through the nose for tacky dresses and Limo firms.
    Good fun for teachers though. You can play 'spot the Barbie'. (Or Christmas tree fairy. Or crocheted toilet roll cover doll).
    Or as Bette Lynch once memorably observed in Coronation Street;, "Oh look! A tart in a meringue!"
  • CharlesCharles Posts: 35,758
    Carola said:

    I saw Queen at Live Aid. That is all.

    Freddie Mercury bought the house where I was born. That is all.
  • CarolaCarola Posts: 1,805

    Carola said:

    Carola said:

    The worst American import is the school prom.

    Not for shops charging through the nose for tacky dresses and Limo firms.
    Good fun for teachers though. You can play 'spot the Barbie'. (Or Christmas tree fairy. Or crocheted toilet roll cover doll).
    Or as Bette Lynch once memorably observed in Coronation Street;, "Oh look! A tart in a meringue!"
    Lol.
  • CarolaCarola Posts: 1,805
    Charles said:

    Carola said:

    I saw Queen at Live Aid. That is all.

    Freddie Mercury bought the house where I was born. That is all.
    Are you... (no, surely not)... possibly... (no, you can't be, surely)... suggesting that that - that! - trumps seeing them - AT LIVE AID????
  • CharlesCharles Posts: 35,758
    tim said:

    Charles said:

    surbiton said:

    tim said:

    Here is Decembers PB Tory News

    Flowers Falkirk Falkirk Flowers Flowers Falkirk Falkirk Flowers Flowers Falkirk Falkirk Flowers Flowers Falkirk Falkirk Flowers Flowers Falkirk Falkirk Flowers Flowers Falkirk Falkirk Flowers Flowers Falkirk Falkirk Flowers Flowers Falkirk Falkirk Flowers Flowers Falkirk Falkirk Flowers Flowers Falkirk Falkirk Flowers Flowers Falkirk Falkirk Flowers Flowers Falkirk Falkirk Flowers Flowers Falkirk Falkirk Flowers Flowers Falkirk Falkirk Flowers Flowers Falkirk Falkirk Flowers Flowers Falkirk Falkirk Flowers


    It is reported that the Shetland subsample moved by 0.0003% over the month

    Thanks to Fitalass & co., I know where Falkirk is. Where is Flowers ?
    Isn't it Roxburgh's place up near Stirling? Admittedly I do get muddled between him and Sutherland...
    You get muddled between Scotland and Nova Scotia
    Nah, it's Floors Castle, not Flowers, where Rosie and Jamie got married t'other year. Must have been your accent.
  • So, some PBers have either been to Live Aid, or sold property to Freddie Mercury.

    I. Hate. You.
  • CharlesCharles Posts: 35,758
    Toms said:

    Carola said:

    The worst American import is the school prom.

    Maybe the UK and USA could do some trades:
    We could give them the royal family for, say, the state of Massachusetts.
    Oh.
    Gerald Grosvenor already tried swapping Grosvenor Square for Virginia...
  • CharlesCharles Posts: 35,758
    Carola said:

    Charles said:

    Carola said:

    I saw Queen at Live Aid. That is all.

    Freddie Mercury bought the house where I was born. That is all.
    Are you... (no, surely not)... possibly... (no, you can't be, surely)... suggesting that that - that! - trumps seeing them - AT LIVE AID????
    Did you push his lawyer's briefcase in a fish pond?
  • Scott_PScott_P Posts: 51,453
    Maybe this will stop PB Tories banging on about the Co-op...

    @PaulyBentley: In tomorrow's Daily Mail, Labour hit by new Falkirk vote-rigging storm http://t.co/bXbSXWCPC2
  • CarolaCarola Posts: 1,805
    Charles said:

    Carola said:

    Charles said:

    Carola said:

    I saw Queen at Live Aid. That is all.

    Freddie Mercury bought the house where I was born. That is all.
    Are you... (no, surely not)... possibly... (no, you can't be, surely)... suggesting that that - that! - trumps seeing them - AT LIVE AID????
    Did you push his lawyer's briefcase in a fish pond?
    Oh, well. If you'd mentioned that... the fish pond thing... well, of course. Pushing a lawyer's briefcase into a fish pond or SEEING QUEEN AT LIVE AID... no contest, obv.

    And on that note off to bed to mourn life's missed opportunities.
  • Charles said:


    Nah, it's Floors Castle, not Flowers, where Rosie and Jamie got married t'other year. Must have been your accent.

    Which is about 70 miles from Stirling. Only 5 counties out.
  • SMukeshSMukesh Posts: 1,759
    edited November 2013
    Scott_P said:

    Maybe this will stop PB Tories banging on about the Co-op...

    @PaulyBentley: In tomorrow's Daily Mail, Labour hit by new Falkirk vote-rigging storm http://t.co/bXbSXWCPC2

    From what I can read it is about Karie Murphy`s(the candidate who has withdrawn) son being registered as a Labour party member.So the new scandal is about one member being registered.

    Daily Mail plumbing to new depths of reporting inconsequential news as sensational.I used to buy the Mail at times.Not anymore.Idiots.
  • Scott_P said:

    Maybe this will stop PB Tories banging on about the Co-op...

    @PaulyBentley: In tomorrow's Daily Mail, Labour hit by new Falkirk vote-rigging storm http://t.co/bXbSXWCPC2

    Also:

    Plebgate: Officer to be Charged

    Another one our friends on the left got wrong....to the extent that some of them think the PM should have interfered in a police investigation!

  • OmniumOmnium Posts: 10,908
    I rather like the Scots referendum. It's a real one off in polling.

    Every person voting has been bathed in a culture where there's this odd myth/legend/theme (whatever) whereby freedom from the English yoke is the great cause. Every Scots-persons grandparents have espoused this too. I think though that not only will todays Scots vote no to independence, but their grand-parents would have done so too.

    I hope so anyway. Great Britain will be a lot less great without the Scots, and Scotland will find it hard (at least in the short term) to find its place in the world.

    Perhaps once again (whatever the outcome) we may hear Scots voices of inspiration rather than disputation.
  • CharlesCharles Posts: 35,758

    Charles said:


    Nah, it's Floors Castle, not Flowers, where Rosie and Jamie got married t'other year. Must have been your accent.

    Which is about 70 miles from Stirling. Only 5 counties out.
    70 miles is margin of error stuff.
  • CharlesCharles Posts: 35,758
    Carola said:

    Charles said:

    Carola said:

    Charles said:

    Carola said:

    I saw Queen at Live Aid. That is all.

    Freddie Mercury bought the house where I was born. That is all.
    Are you... (no, surely not)... possibly... (no, you can't be, surely)... suggesting that that - that! - trumps seeing them - AT LIVE AID????
    Did you push his lawyer's briefcase in a fish pond?
    Oh, well. If you'd mentioned that... the fish pond thing... well, of course. Pushing a lawyer's briefcase into a fish pond or SEEING QUEEN AT LIVE AID... no contest, obv.

    And on that note off to bed to mourn life's missed opportunities.
    Laughing with Freddie while his lawyer tried to fish it out without getting his trousers wet?

    (I was 4 at the time, but who cares)

  • OmniumOmnium Posts: 10,908
    Charles said:

    Charles said:


    Nah, it's Floors Castle, not Flowers, where Rosie and Jamie got married t'other year. Must have been your accent.

    Which is about 70 miles from Stirling. Only 5 counties out.
    70 miles is margin of error stuff.
    4, not 5
  • Omnium said:


    Every person voting has been bathed in a culture where there's this odd myth/legend/theme (whatever) whereby freedom from the English yoke is the great cause. Every Scots-persons grandparents have espoused this too.

    WALOFS.

    No offence.
  • TheuniondivvieTheuniondivvie Posts: 42,155
    edited November 2013
    Charles said:


    70 miles is margin of error stuff.

    I quite accept that's the case in Charlesworld.
  • OmniumOmnium Posts: 10,908

    WALOFS.

    No offence.

    As I don't have the slightest clues what your capitalised abbreviation means It'd be very hard to take offence.

    You really should PYDSUASWYM.

    (Pull your damn socks up and say what you mean)

  • CharlesCharles Posts: 35,758

    Charles said:


    70 miles is margin of error stuff.

    I quite accept that's the case in Charlesworld.
    I fly several hundred miles each day. Floors is "near" Stirling.
  • TheuniondivvieTheuniondivvie Posts: 42,155
    edited November 2013
    Charles said:

    Charles said:


    70 miles is margin of error stuff.

    I quite accept that's the case in Charlesworld.
    I fly several hundred miles each day. Floors is "near" Stirling.
    Wonderful to see that the spirit that 'precision' bombed Germany lives on.
  • OmniumOmnium Posts: 10,908
    tim said:

    Taking a long flight doesn't move Belfast closer to Eire, that's not how it works

    I guess the physics of the thing says it probably moves them very marginally further away too. Of course if you went the long way around the globe then you would very marginally help to bring them together.

    Of course if Charles in in fact a balloon pilot then these notions are so much hot air (quite appropriately!)



  • NickPalmerNickPalmer Posts: 21,568
    Atmospheric background journalism for the Iranian deal:

    http://www.theguardian.com/world/2013/nov/24/iran-nuclear-deal-hotel-charity-concert

    Seems Lady Ashton has confounded her critics on this occasion.
  • asjohnstoneasjohnstone Posts: 1,276
    "When do the English, Welsh and Northern Irish get to vote whether they want to be in a union with Scotland or not?

    My view is the English would vote against any union with Scotland"

    Around 18 months after they elect an nationalist administration that campaigns on having a referendum on the subject. England can leave the UK whenever it wants.

    If England is badly governed, then it's the fault of the English, no one else. The WLQ can be answered by the English taking charge of their own affairs at any time.
  • tim said:

    Charles said:

    Charles said:


    70 miles is margin of error stuff.

    I quite accept that's the case in Charlesworld.
    I fly several hundred miles each day. Floors is "near" Stirling.
    Taking a long flight doesn't move Belfast closer to Eire, that's not how it works
    Course it does, its a matter of perspective. Its all relative. If you live in your little bubble and are closed-minded then its a big distance. Ask someone from Texas and they'd wonder what all the fuss is. Of course perspective matters.

    Although some might say I suppose that you might fall under one of those categories.
  • Atmospheric background journalism for the Iranian deal:

    http://www.theguardian.com/world/2013/nov/24/iran-nuclear-deal-hotel-charity-concert

    Seems Lady Ashton has confounded her critics on this occasion.

    What happens if the other member states want her to stay on for another term? Does Cameron refuse to nominate her and send a Tory to be Commissioner for Paperclips instead?
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