British Pluck

Andy Bonwick wrote

It ought to be in the ffaq really but motorcycles are a great social
leveller. I mean, I normally wouldn't bother wiping my arse with you
lot otherwise.

 

<shakes bells>

 

Champ wrote

Depends dunnit. According to my Paternal Grandfather the proper term is
"Target" and both my Maternal Grandmother and My Mother say they are
"Income". Who can you believe?

 

Ta, saved me searching, he got the minimum entrance requirement.

"sponging fuckers" you may say that, I don't agree.

 

There was a place featured on "disappearing London" wiv Suggs. I'll
have al ook, and report back.

Lasts all along the walls, there was.

Not cheap, but I doubt you care about that.
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True enough. I am disappointed that you chose to use such a term though.

 

Council-estate chavs?

 

No, it's quite clear from what I wrote that I respect your choice of
posting name, despite having alternatives. I wondered why you didn't
do the same.

Threats are your department.

I don't, I still use it on occasion, just not on here. I was merely
asking why, other than you thinking it is a quick and easy wind up,
you continue to use it. It makes you look a bit frothy tbh.

I did.

Yes, but I moved on. One day you may progress that far.

Which I posted to usenet with for a number of years.

Others seem to manage.

Why do you find it laughable?

As I said I'm happy to amuse.

And spoil everyone elses's entertainment?

 

Fair point. For some reason you just seem to be much more "angry".
Perhaps the ursine one was right.

Why be so abusive about someone you haven't [1] met? I can understand
your objections to the constitutional monarchy and that the state pays
an amount of money for such an institution. Looking round the world I
think that the system we have is a lot better than some of the others
there are. The per-capita cost is trivial [2][3] and there are arguments
that it is actually a benefit to UK PLC in terms of tourism and foreign
trade. If you wanted a moral discussion about elevating a person to such
a position, the deference given and the wealth/luxury compared to "Joe
Average", then I'd point out that any money saved would hardly fund an
A&E department for one year. A portion of their property isn't theirs
anyway, it belongs to the institution (i.e. the state) and they are
almost de fact museum curators.

Further were we to replace the system would we see any real change? It
would be a costly exercise, just look at the bad handling of the review
of the House of Lords. Also I am trying my poor grey-cells to think what
would change about my everyday life if we did become a republic. Apart
from some new postage stamps and a lot of official logos being changed
would I notice anything? I am not being funny, I really don't know what
difference it would make to me.

[1] I presume that he hasn't actually me you and upset you in such a way
that you feel motivated to hurl abuse at him.
[2] I use "trivial" in terms of the HM Govt. annual budget
[3] 2012 games £9bn, Trident replacement £15-£20bn

 

That dear old chap, Bear tugged on his pipefull of old shag and said:

That's not what you say when we are roasting chestnuts together.

 

Oh hell, have I gone Northern? Mind you I have been living here 20
years this year so I suppose the RP was going to wear off eventually.

Plant hangers may be. They aren't that big.

She should try it, very liberating. I spent years not swearing, think
it was Stephen Fry's rant on the subject that set me off

I'm considering dyeing my hair again, would that help?

 

and I find it hard to care either way. What does that make me? Huh?

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That dear old chap, Bear tugged on his pipefull of old shag and said:

Saab owners have poodles...

 

Then declare yourself to be one. The monarchy have no say, other than a
purely symbolic one, in running the country, and nothing (and I mean
nothing) they do has the slightest impact on my life beyond a fraction
of a penny of the tax I pay.

So lets shift the focus of this away from the Royals, who are nothing
but figureheads and arguably pay their way in terms of increased
tourism, and onto the Lords/Commons debate, because I reckon that's a
far more interesting debate.

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ogden
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wheels)

buy tat here: http://search.ebay.co.uk/_W0QQsassZdr.daifQQhtZ-1

 

I'm a bit too young to be proper Generation X. I'm Generation Y.

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ogden
sv650sk5 (chick wheels) cg125 (dead wheels) zx7r (hasn't even got
wheels)

buy tat here: http://search.ebay.co.uk/_W0QQsassZdr.daifQQhtZ-1

 

I think that's really semantics these days. I just checked my passport,
it says "British Citizen".

 

You want an elected head of state? Like G.W.B? Tony for president?

The quality of people running for office is IMSHO the best argument for
keeping the monarchy.

 

That dear old chap, Bear tugged on his pipefull of old shag and said:

And are proud of it. They're so comfy.

 

Apathetic.

 

Work in progress coughed up:

Compared to hers they are

Indeed. I swear fluently and copiously. My biggest social faux pas is
prolly using the word "****" more than I should, but there you go.

Not really.



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