Wordsworth60

Tintin – Lovely bloke, lovely dress (I didn’t give back the prize, but I bought you a drink).

CF – dreadful condition, can’t agree it’s the ‘real you’ because in my head it’s not what defines you. I’m not qualified to argue, but that’s never stopped me.

Life – it can be a bastard sometimes . . . . .

Glad to know you.

Ringo looked like he wouldn’t nick your girlfriend, but he’d buy his round. He also looked like he was having the most fun.

Paul was the prettiest – but boy didn’t he know it!

John looked like the gang leader, who knew just that bit more than the others.

George had the prettiest guitars, the gentlest manner and the best cheekbones

Herbie had a…[Read more]

Despite having an undisguised crush on Rosepetal, I don’t think booting Moon on sight is fair.

My observation is that Rose doesn’t actually boot Moon on sight, but that it doesn’t take too long for Moon to fall into the trap of saying something to trigger a boot.

I do think Moon gets picked on, and as with Claire, Thin and others before her the…[Read more]

Charities have to account for their costs and their methods to the Charity Commission. Terry Wogan creeps me out, but then I’m not who CIN are after impressing so my opinion doesn’t matter.

Don’t trust any of them. Google seem to do a good job of making Chrome accessible and uncluttered, but they are a major corporation just like Microsoft.

Having used Firefox and seen it deteriorate, I think the smaller browsers are equally untrustworthy and given growth would probably become the same as Explorer or Chrome.

I use Chrome, and I…[Read more]

@J_in_France wrote:

@Wordsworth60 wrote:

@toybulldog wrote:

. . . . Could someone please explain to me why the Society of Black Lawyers AREN’T scoring a huge own goal, while creating enormous damage to the whole racism debate ? . . .

Busy weekend coming up and I don’t expect to be online, if nothing’s been said, I might have a go later. In the…

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@toybulldog wrote:

. . . . Could someone please explain to me why the Society of Black Lawyers AREN’T scoring a huge own goal, while creating enormous damage to the whole racism debate ? . . .

Busy weekend coming up and I don’t expect to be online, if nothing’s been said, I might have a go later. In the meantime,

Many of the societies of…[Read more]

@Mrs_Teapot wrote:

So now we have Jimmy Savile, Freddie Star, Dave Lee Travis and a member of the top of the pops production team can’t remember his name all involved in Child sexual abuse.

I watched a report that suggested the number of allegations has already run into 1000s and will rise significantly and there will be more arrests…..hmmm well…

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@momentaryloss wrote:

. . . . . golliwogs. Nice doll – potentially dodgy word. . . . .

I’d say dodgy, freaky looking doll, definitely dodgy word.

@Mrs_Teapot wrote:

@panda12 wrote:

@Mrs_Teapot wrote:

Go into the office armed with a Linx Deodorant spray in one hand and a Gold Spot breath freshener spray in the other…..using the element of surprise pounce and hold down your boss (you might need Kenty to help you here…. shes a black belt you know) thoroughly spray the offending parts ..and…

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@Terry wrote:

David Dimbleby presents Question Time from Corby as the polls close in the by-election. On the panel are justice secretary Chris Grayling MP, Labour’s deputy leader and shadow culture secretary Harriet Harman, UKIP Leader Nigel Farage, Liberal Democrat Tessa Munt and Moray MacLennan, chief executive of the advertising agency M&C…

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I’ve suggested in another thread that there are different degrees of racist belief and racist behaviour: from deep conviction to unconscious, from personal to cultural. from casual/accidental words to malicious physical harm – even murder. Not either/or as these things can co-exist and interplay.

For some people racist language is such a part of…[Read more]

@kent f OBE wrote:

. . . . . . . Is he a racist? Or an ignorant arsehole who couldn’t get his way and wanted me to feel so small by calling me a name which he probably knew would offend me?

The two are not necessarily mutually exclusive . . . . . . .

@Terry wrote:

@panda12 wrote:

I have nothing against her personally.

Neither do I, but she makes far too many appearances on the programme than is warranted. There are other people who could make more interesting and varied observations. I blame the BBC for its dependancy on the same panellists week in, week out.

At least she’s invited, if…[Read more]

Still, she’s got an opinion and is articulate, maybe the fact that her imminent presence on Question Time is being discussed shows that we all realise that Qatada’s situation isn’t straightforward: that human rights need to be discussed by people who believe we should have inviolable rights as much as by those who are prepared to sacrifice them on…[Read more]

@momentaryloss wrote:

@jen_jen wrote:

Well tomorrow in England and Wales we get to vote for our very one Police and Crime Commissioner…are we all excited? Do we know what we’re voting for? Do you know who your candidates are? Will you be voting? Does anyone care?

Oh dear – I think that may be no six times.

Well I kinda know what it is but I…

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@panda12 wrote:

. . . . . . It’s actually been mentioned by other people in the media that she appears an awful lot on Question Time so much so somewhat of an industry joke.

Not being in the industry I’m not sure what the joke is, as there are others who appear on the programme a lot.

But then again maybe what’s ‘funny’ is this: Question time…[Read more]

If she has lost relatives in 9/11 or 7/11 then she might be interested in spending the odd million catching the people who were actually behind making it happen and making sure any convictions stick when they come to court.

Pursuing a prosecution based on insufficient evidence or evidence gained by applying the same values as terrorists is…[Read more]

@panda12 wrote:

I’m with kenty on this. I wouldn’t be happy if a child of mine was held back because political correctness dictates that non English speaking pupils must be educated in the same class.

They should be taught to read, write and speak English before they join their peers in the classroom.

How else is any child going to learn?

I gave…

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Very well put ML.

Surely if speaking the majority language is so important, then learning the language should be supported in the best way possible.

Of course if we slow down their integration in this way, then in an election or two, candidates will be able to waste hot air blaming social problems on people who ‘haven’t even bothered’ to learn…[Read more]