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Originally posted by PSV58 View PostAccording to wiki Ian hislop was a member of Piers Graveston
The description of the Bullington club from this passage fits our own Horsehead elite pretty neatly
A more political interpretation has been put on the club as a means for mutual humiliation and the creation of shared secrets, for the furtherance of future political loyalty amongst its members, "I know your secret and you know mine, so let’s stay on the same side, yeah?".[4] This has been contrasted to the simpler approach of the Bullingdon Club, where fraternity was built on the development of shared values: a sense of inherent superiority and of hating the poor.[4]
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Originally posted by Hectorjelly View PostSince its an uproven allegation with no evidence to support it the story will be almost forgotten about in a month. The only way it damages him seriously is if further details or supporting testimony comes out and keeps the story alive.
The allegations about David Cameron, the Oxford dining society, and what may or may not have found its way into a pigs head have been called "pretty low rent...
2mins on.
also posted this across the way
I thought it funny that what the local radio station here (in a staunchly Labour area) took from the whole story was that Cameron should probably be applauded for refusing to allow Ashcroft to buy his way into Government!
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Leave Cameron alone.X can be anything, any number, that is what’s CRAZY about X.
Because X doesn’t roll like that, because X can’t be pinned down!
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Originally posted by ArmaniJeans View PostA black lad putting a brick through Dixons window and grabbing an iPhone as part of his secret societies initiation would face a criminal record and likely a jail term for so-called gang activities.
Its one rule for the white necrophiliac toff students and another for the rest of us."We are not Europeans. Those people on the continent are freaks."
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Originally posted by ArmaniJeans View PostA black lad putting a brick through Dixons window and grabbing an iPhone as part of his secret societies initiation would face a criminal record and likely a jail term for so-called gang activities.
Its one rule for the white necrophiliac toff students and another for the rest of us.
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Originally posted by Hectorjelly View PostSince its an uproven allegation with no evidence to support it the story will be almost forgotten about in a month. The only way it damages him seriously is if further details or supporting testimony comes out and keeps the story alive.
Originally posted by DeadParrot View PostWhilst everyone is entitled to their private life;
A sitting Prime Minister who has banned a lot of sexual behavior (face sitting, BDSM etc) and has refused to address moving cannabis from a class A drug (coke binges also leaked). That you believe that this should have no impact on his tenure says a lot about how far expectations have fallen for the leaders of the worlld
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Originally posted by V for Vendetta View PostPaid Paternity leave?
Does anyone here get it? If so how much? In negotiations at the minute.People say I should be more humble I hope they understand, they don't listen when you mumble
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Originally posted by Strewelpeter View PostWhat was highly strung I couldn't care less what he does in private. I was commenting on how strange it is that everyone seems to just accept that he did it and are for now willing to laugh at it.
It is interesting the way it has played out, I do think its damaging to Cameron, he is a laughing stock from now on and that can't be undone.
We can assume given the Charlie Booker TV show that the story was well known amongst the cognoscenti for years but no one had the balls to put it out there when it might have mattered i.e. before the election. Now its kind of irrelevant, Cameron already made himself a lame duck by saying he won't run for a third term so Ashcroft &Co have no problem speeding up the process of replacing him Especially when you think that with Corbyn in place they could probably even get Boris elected next time.
Last week Will Self and Matthew Parris were saying that Corbyn might only last a few weeks (in a very good discussion on C4 news worth checking out for those interested) but right now I think I'd rather have Corbyn in a last longest with Cameron.
Highly strung was probably the wrong phrase, apologies, I think you're amazement that everyone just accepts it is weird. I honestly don't think anyone finds it unbelievable - and laughing at it is all you can do, what else? Outrage? Be horrified? Disgusted? Nah. Chap stuck his mickey in a dead pigs mouth. Gas stuff altogether.
If the story was more about bestiality and less typical University dickhead behavior then I'd find it strange.
I sort of feel sorry for him, imagine having to talk to Putin or Merkel after this? lol.This may or may not be an original thought of my own.
All efforts were made to make this thought original but with the abundance of thoughts in the world the originality of this thought cannot be guaranteed.
The author is not liable for any issue arising from the platitudinous nature of this post.
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Originally posted by V for Vendetta View PostPaid Paternity leave?
Does anyone here get it? If so how much? In negotiations at the minute.
Sure it's all equal!
(that is the handbook, no idea of the reality)Last edited by Tar.Aldarion; 22-09-15, 13:55.
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Originally posted by V for Vendetta View PostPaid Paternity leave?
Does anyone here get it? If so how much? In negotiations at the minute.
Unpaid...knock yourself out if you can get boss\HR to agree to it. Key word is 'unpaid'."We are not Europeans. Those people on the continent are freaks."
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Originally posted by PSV58 View PostAccording to wiki Ian hislop was a member of Piers Graveston
The description of the Bullington club from this passage fits our own Horsehead elite pretty neatly
A more political interpretation has been put on the club as a means for mutual humiliation and the creation of shared secrets, for the furtherance of future political loyalty amongst its members, "I know your secret and you know mine, so let’s stay on the same side, yeah?".[4] This has been contrasted to the simpler approach of the Bullingdon Club, where fraternity was built on the development of shared values: a sense of inherent superiority and of hating the poor.[4]Happiness is not a goal; it is a by-product. ~Eleanor Roosevelt
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Originally posted by Theresa View PostHighly strung was probably the wrong phrase, apologies, I think you're amazement that everyone just accepts it is weird. I honestly don't think anyone finds it unbelievable - and laughing at it is all you can do, what else? Outrage? Be horrified? Disgusted? Nah. Chap stuck his mickey in a dead pigs mouth. Gas stuff altogether.
If the story was more about bestiality and less typical University dickhead behavior then I'd find it strange.
I sort of feel sorry for him, imagine having to talk to Putin or Merkel after this? lol.People say I should be more humble I hope they understand, they don't listen when you mumble
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Originally posted by V for Vendetta View PostPaid Paternity leave?
Does anyone here get it? If so how much? In negotiations at the minute.
Daddies are much more use when child gets a bit older, you are almost literally as useful as tits on a bull right now.Turning millions into thousands
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Originally posted by Strewelpeter View PostYou go to work, you get paid, you are on leave from your paternal duties. Win win
Daddies are much more use when child gets a bit older, you are almost literally as useful as tits on a bull right now.‘IF YOU had not committed great sins, God would not have sent a punishment like me upon you.” Genghis Khan
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Originally posted by Wombatman View PostAnyone here do Agile stand-up meetings?
New manager hosted our first one on Monday. The team are cool with it except for some reason nobody wanted to stand-up. New manager not impressed.‘IF YOU had not committed great sins, God would not have sent a punishment like me upon you.” Genghis Khan
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Originally posted by Strewelpeter View PostYou go to work, you get paid, you are on leave from your paternal duties. Win win
Daddies are much more use when child gets a bit older, you are almost literally as useful as tits on a bull right now.X can be anything, any number, that is what’s CRAZY about X.
Because X doesn’t roll like that, because X can’t be pinned down!
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Originally posted by Wombatman View PostAnyone here do Agile stand-up meetings?
New manager hosted our first one on Monday. The team are cool with it except for some reason nobody wanted to stand-up. New manager not impressed."I can’t find anyone who agrees with what I write or think these days, so I guess I must be getting closer to the truth." - Hunter S. Thompson
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Originally posted by V for Vendetta View PostI try to do walk meetings occasionally. Most people don't go for it but I like it a lot.
I imagine two is ideal, three grand and possibly gets impractical after that.X can be anything, any number, that is what’s CRAZY about X.
Because X doesn’t roll like that, because X can’t be pinned down!
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Originally posted by Tar.Aldarion View PostHard rock hotel let you have a complimentary fender and amp for your stay, there is going to be some amount of guitar wankers. Will use holidays to extend the trip, gonna brush up on me oasis nowX can be anything, any number, that is what’s CRAZY about X.
Because X doesn’t roll like that, because X can’t be pinned down!
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X can be anything, any number, that is what’s CRAZY about X.
Because X doesn’t roll like that, because X can’t be pinned down!
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Originally posted by Wombatman View PostAnyone here do Agile stand-up meetings?
New manager hosted our first one on Monday. The team are cool with it except for some reason nobody wanted to stand-up. New manager not impressed.
Of all the complaints, I've heard about agile, not wanting to stand up at a stand up is a new one.People say I should be more humble I hope they understand, they don't listen when you mumble
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Originally posted by Tar.Aldarion View PostHard rock hotel let you have a complimentary fender and amp for your stay, there is going to be some amount of guitar wankers. Will use holidays to extend the trip, gonna brush up on me oasis now
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Originally posted by AndyFatBastard View PostBought a bike. 600 smackers so thought it better be good. Pretty decent piece of kit I must admit. New bike has much narrower tires than the old one, and now I know why people always said the Luas tracks were dangerous. Went over them at the same angle I always would without issue and ended up on my face. Ripped my right knee and index finger wide open.
Then I got home and was just stripping off to put some dettol on my knee when my left calf cramped up. It was like nothing I have ever experienced. Completely crumbled to the floor and shouted to the wife for help. Had to explain to her how to treat calf cramp (who doesn't know that???) while lieing on the floor in agony.
tl,dr: In the wars today.
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The Volkswagen story is fairly outrageous.
They set up the computers on 11 million cars to recognise when they were being tested and switch into a low emissions mode. In other words they said fuck the environment, fuck customers we can lie and cheat our way to $$$
Quite the display of contempt for everyone except their shareholders, but even they won't be happy now.
You would expect an EU regulator to fine them out of business for this kind of thing but being that they are German and too big to fail they will probably get off light enough here, US regulator will have a different attitude.
Markets dumped 20% off their value today, they will have to be very lucky for it not to be much worse in the long run.Turning millions into thousands
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Originally posted by NewApproach View PostRead $18bn as a potential fine imposed by US EPA.
I imagine that America isn't its biggest market....
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Originally posted by Strewelpeter View PostThe Volkswagen story is fairly outrageous.
They set up the computers on 11 million cars to recognise when they were being tested and switch into a low emissions mode. In other words they said fuck the environment, fuck customers we can lie and cheat our way to $$$
Quite the display of contempt for everyone except their shareholders, but even they won't be happy now.
You would expect an EU regulator to fine them out of business for this kind of thing but being that they are German and too big to fail they will probably get off light enough here, US regulator will have a different attitude.
Markets dumped 20% off their value today, they will have to be very lucky for it not to be much worse in the long run.Happiness is not a goal; it is a by-product. ~Eleanor Roosevelt
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Originally posted by NewApproach View PostRead $18bn as a potential fine imposed by US EPA.
near enough 40% of their value and thats before the EU act
If the international NCT type people were to adjust their tests and fail the cars they would be faced with the mother of all product recalls.Turning millions into thousands
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Originally posted by Strewelpeter View PostThats a number that would come close to busting them.
near enough 40% of their value and thats before the EU act
If the international NCT type people were to adjust their tests and fail the cars they would be faced with the mother of all product recalls.
No need for the NCT people to get involved!
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Originally posted by darwinatemyhamster View PostI took a month off after the birth of my first child, 2 weeks holiday and 2 weeks 'sick leave'.
An absolutely monumental event in my life and I was supposed to head off and leave my wife to it after a long weekend? Fuck that."We are not Europeans. Those people on the continent are freaks."
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Originally posted by Strewelpeter View PostThats a number that would come close to busting them.
near enough 40% of their value and thats before the EU act
If the international NCT type people were to adjust their tests and fail the cars they would be faced with the mother of all product recalls.
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Originally posted by Strewelpeter View PostThats a number that would come close to busting them.
near enough 40% of their value and thats before the EU act
If the international NCT type people were to adjust their tests and fail the cars they would be faced with the mother of all product recalls.
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Originally posted by Raoul Duke III View Postooooh, now I feel like a bad person.
Or the most classic in my memory in Michael Collins when he snuck into the castle to see what they have on Sinn Fein. Ned Broy was nervously plaumausing the the drunken semi agressive night guard in Dublin Castle celebrating the birth of his son with a bottle of whiskey before falling asleep.
Ned Broy: Was it a boy or a girl?
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Originally posted by Hitchhiker's Guide To... View PostVW stuff is almost psychopathic ; that people there engaged in this strategy that had to be eventually discovered. Class quote from the German economy minister yesterday: something along the lines of how he is apalled about the damage to the reputation of VW. Note: not that he was apalled at the environmental damage, but seemingly just that it was going to cost money.
Wonder how it will affect emissions taxing on cars here.
Will they all have to be done again?People say I should be more humble I hope they understand, they don't listen when you mumble
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I asked for weekend away suggestions a few weeks ago. I think honda suggested Galway. Herself chose Galway out of the options I took from here. Booked into some hotel in salthill for 3 nights, got a Sat, Sun, Mon stay for €240. Night at the dogs on Saturday, chilled day Sunday. There's a jazz session on in the Meyrick hotel and gonna go to the museum at Spanish arch. Horse riding on Monday morning and kayaking on Monday afternoon/evening. Looking forward to it now. Ipo dublin the following weekend then.
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It's a good thing that global warming is a myth.X can be anything, any number, that is what’s CRAZY about X.
Because X doesn’t roll like that, because X can’t be pinned down!
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Originally posted by Wombatman View PostAnyone here do Agile stand-up meetings?
New manager hosted our first one on Monday. The team are cool with it except for some reason nobody wanted to stand-up. New manager not impressed."Worldly wisdom teaches that it is better for reputation to fail conventionally than to succeed unconventionally." - John Maynard Keynes
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Originally posted by Lord Sir Business View PostIt's a good thing that global warming is a myth.People say I should be more humble I hope they understand, they don't listen when you mumble
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Originally posted by rounders123 View PostUnlucky. The cramp sounds like dehydration. I suspect you were probably drinking the nite before or went out early in the morning with no breakfast or liquids to speak of?.
Cramp is very common in people with dairy issues since they tend to be short on Magnesium. I bought some supplements."I can’t find anyone who agrees with what I write or think these days, so I guess I must be getting closer to the truth." - Hunter S. Thompson
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Originally posted by dobby View PostI asked for weekend away suggestions a few weeks ago. I think honda suggested Galway. Herself chose Galway out of the options I took from here. Booked into some hotel in salthill for 3 nights, got a Sat, Sun, Mon stay for €240. Night at the dogs on Saturday, chilled day Sunday. There's a jazz session on in the Meyrick hotel and gonna go to the museum at Spanish arch. Horse riding on Monday morning and kayaking on Monday afternoon/evening. Looking forward to it now. Ipo dublin the following weekend then.airport, lol
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