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How Soon is Now
I am the son
and the heir
of a shyness that is criminally vulgar
I am the son and heir
of nothing in particularYou shut your mouth
how can you say
I go about things the wrong way
I am human and I need to be loved
just like everybody else doesI am the son
and the heir
of a shyness that is criminally vulgar
I am the son and the heir
of nothing in particularYou shut your mouth
how can you say
I go about things the wrong way
I am human and I need to be loved
just like everybody else doesThere’s a club if you’d like to go
you could meet somebody who really loves you
so you go, and you stand on your own
and you leave on your own
and you go home, and you cry
and you want to dieWhen you say it’s gonna happen “now”
well, when exactly do you mean?
see I’ve already waited too long
and all my hope is goneYou shut your mouth
how can you say
I go about things the wrong way
I am human and I need to be loved
just like everybody else does.Not sure if this one qualifies for this thread, but I do love it, so apologies in advance if it isn’t in the spirit of this thread.
:)
Unbelieveable
EmfYou burden me with your questions
You’d have me tell no lies
You’re always asking what it’s all about
But don’t listen to my replies
You say to me I don’t talk enough
But when I do I’m a fool
These times I’ve spent, I’ve realized
I’m going to shoot through
And leave youThe things, you say
Your purple prose just gives you away
The things, you say
You’re unbelievableYou burden me with your problems
By telling me more than mine
I’m always so concerned
With the way you say
You’ve always go to stop
To think of us being one
Is more than I ever know
But this time, I realize
I’m going to shoot through
And leave youSeemingly lastless, don’t mean
You can ask us
Pushing down the relative
Bringing out your higher self
Think of the fine times
Pushing down the better few
Instead of bringing out the clues
To what the world and everything anger to
Brace yourself with the grace of ease
I know this world ain’t what it seems.What the f uc k was that
It’s unbelievableGet a Furbie… or a Mogwai… but never feed them after midnight.
I haven’t got a pc, have never used one… new fangled things, they are the work of the devil!
Actually DOA I don’t think they could stop the rot, it had gone too far. Also, at that time wasn’t Tony Blair trying to cover his proverbial behind? He wasn’t going to go out with that kind of thing blackening his “blameless” (ho ho) political career, now was he.
The situation in Argentina was dreadful, but at that time the rest of the world weren’t involved. Because the current crisis has hit the American dollar, the rest of the world is also placed in a precarious position.
The Western economy is founded on sustained growth, but growth cannot be sustained forever. At some point the “growth” has to slow down or stop, and then everything goes into recession.
I just did a trawl and found this article, it wasn’t the one I read some time ago, but it pretty much explains the current situation even though this was published a year ago.
http://business.timesonline.co.uk/tol/business/economics/article2719227.ece
Sorry if this is not telling any of you anything new.
They have just bailed Lloyds TSB and a couple of the other big names out to the tune of millions. They are calling it nationalising.
If everyone pulls out all their cash, then the whole system will fold. The banks will be forced to close.
I can understand your sentiment DOA, and the situation is serious, but this is just going to turn into a mad panic. This country is pretty well placed to weather the storms because we have some pretty heavy duty rules in place. Things may get a tad wobbly, and the pension funds and stock market could well hit zero, but money in ordinary current or savings accounts should be okay.
Running up huge debts is a mugs game whichever way you look at it. I agree DOA, the loans instead of grants situation was just another money spinner that showed appalling lack of common sense by the decision makers. Just because somone gets a degree does not entitle them automatically to a job with a huge salary.
Lots of students ended up with degrees and huge debts and no chance of paying that money back. The sensible thing to do under those circumstances is to go bankrupt.
Some deliberately used the system and ran up the debts knowing that they could declare themselves bankrupt and 2 years down the line they would be credit worthy again. They obviously learnt something at Uni then! I guess its called using the system. What staggers me is that the government didn’t see that one coming!
As far as the current situation is concerned, our type of economy depends on consistent growth, but there is alway going to be a cut off point where growth cannot happen anymore. So you get recessions, at regular intervals. Then after a slump the economy finds a level and starts growing again. If everyone sits tight and doesn’t panic, all will be back to normal before you know it.
Are you all talking IQs?
