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@Sgt Pepper wrote:
. . . . . too comfortable to accuse Mr. Cameron . . . . . .
I’m very comfortable accusing Mr Camer . . .(completion failed through nausea . . . ) 8) 8) 8)
@panda12 wrote:
@wordsworth60 wrote:
@panda12 wrote:
@wordsworth60 wrote:
@panda12 wrote:
@sceptical guy wrote:
douhgnute Mae is F a n n i e Mae, the American housing agency. Another example of the ludicrous censorship practised by JC.
One of my posts concerning Philip K D i c k was turned into Phiulip K Richard by them. Add ‘heads’ to the author’s actual surname and you get a clearer idea of the censoring system practised here.
I know, I did reply to that!
If I ever have a maiden aunt, I’m gonna call her Doughnut Mae :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol:
That’s a bit jammy. :wink:
Sweet, fruity and sticky . . . . . . . drools . . . . . .
Hmmmmmmm.
Why am I picturing Homer Simpson? :P
I must get curtains for this window . . . . . . :)
@panda12 wrote:
@wordsworth60 wrote:
@panda12 wrote:
@sceptical guy wrote:
douhgnute Mae is F a n n i e Mae, the American housing agency. Another example of the ludicrous censorship practised by JC.
One of my posts concerning Philip K D i c k was turned into Phiulip K Richard by them. Add ‘heads’ to the author’s actual surname and you get a clearer idea of the censoring system practised here.
I know, I did reply to that!
If I ever have a maiden aunt, I’m gonna call her Doughnut Mae :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol:
That’s a bit jammy. :wink:
Sweet, fruity and sticky . . . . . . . drools . . . . . .
Thanks Jen_Jen and sorry Panda, I missed your earlier definition
@panda12 wrote:
@sceptical guy wrote:
douhgnute Mae is F a n n i e Mae, the American housing agency. Another example of the ludicrous censorship practised by JC.
One of my posts concerning Philip K D i c k was turned into Phiulip K Richard by them. Add ‘heads’ to the author’s actual surname and you get a clearer idea of the censoring system practised here.
I know, I did reply to that!
If I ever have a maiden aunt, I’m gonna call her Doughnut Mae :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol:
@j_in_france wrote:
lol saves Panda the effort
terry and cloud cuckoo land – and to use another idiom – hand in hand
I appreciate that Terry is a commonly used male name or abbreviation in Britain. However what about Cloud cuckoo land? Whence does that come?
@terry wrote:
@panda12 wrote:
I’ve always wondered from where certain sayings have originated. For instance, “to send someone to Coventry” as in ostracise them.
You’re unbelievable. :roll:
A good and relevant addition to the thread Terry.
Why did we start using the term “You’re unbelievable” when addressing someone who plainly exists and in all probability has made many statements which can be believed throughout their life time?
@terry wrote:
Wordworth claims the UK is a wealthy nation. If that is the case, why are we in so much debt and why do we (as a nation) have to keep borrowing money to pay our way?
Do we really have money in the bank or not?(From a later post)
panda12 wrote:
You’re infatuated by Mr Brown.Terry replied:
You, jen and wordsworth have some weird obsession about telling me what I am rather than concentrating your efforts on debating any given subject.
When that happens (as is often the case) I naturally assume that you are struggling to put any valid points across (as is often the case).
Now, in this particular discussion I am putting across that the UK doesn’t have any money of its own and that is why we borrow money. Hence, we are not a wealthy nation
. . . . (some relevant economic points made here) . . . . .
We’re not a wealthy nation. The question then is how do we become one..?
(From a later post) . . . .the fact of the matter is that these are threads I’ve started that you feel are worth spoiling. . . . .
I don’t claim to be impartial, but I don’t feel that Panda spoilt the thread as Terry had referred to Gordon Brown repeatedly in this thread and in other posts, her comment wasn’t phrased as constructively as it might be. But then JC boards are not necessarily the most academic of fora.
She had made several economic points in previous posts to this thread, and included more third party information than Terry, including posts. For these to be referred in general terms as part of a weird obsession and often struggling to put any valid point across is, I think quite rude.
So although Panda might possibly (not in my opinion, but I have mentioned my bias) be described as ‘starting it’ I do believe the spoiling of the thread was embedded by Terry, with the first dismissive response. He is, of course entitled to do this, but paid the price (intentional or not?) of distracting from his valid economic points with his less valid personal ones.
More positively at this point the direction of the thread was changed to whether the UK is wealthy to what should be done about it. Unfortunately neither he nor others, myself included have addressed that question in this thread.
Is there still room in the thread to discuss economic issues?
@terry wrote:
Wordworth claims the UK is a wealthy nation.
If that is the case, why are we in so much debt and why do we (as a nation) have to keep borrowing money to pay our way?
Do we really have money in the bank or not?
Found after a quick google
There some distinctly unemotional-looking stuff in there which might even be economics, but it seems that in broad terms, Jeremy Warner, assistant editor of The Daily Telegraph and one of Britain’s leading business and economics commentators would describe the country as “an exceptionally wealthy nation”.
@terry wrote:
A photograph of students from a Birmingham school and an indication of the language divide that exists there.
Panda was criticised for missing the point in her first post, although she did not deny the existence of the school or the languages. The original photo, which did not refer to an article, evidenced nothing more.
The article, to which we now have direct access thanks to Martin’s response to tinks’ intervention, mentions top SAT scores achieved in the school, partly attributed to the cultural values of the children’s homes. Respect for teachers is also mentioned.
Open-mindedness of the mostly muslim parents in sending their children to a Catholic school is also implied.
So although the Daily Mail has been referred to negatively in this post, the Article itself, beyond the opening sentences, is almost totally positive. Investment for support for the language spread seems to be paid back in results.
Across the world international schools are well attended and use a similar approach to educate children from all over the world, getting similar results.
This doesn’t negate the value of discussing the other issues referred to in this thread. But if the photo and the heading are to indicate the intended context for discussion in the thread, it is a shame that positive reactions to a scene of educational and social success seem to have been dismissed quite so harshly.
In itself neither the article nor the photo refers to floodgates, eastern Europeans, competition for jobs or housing. It simply indicates a range of languages being spoken in a seemingly successful, orderly school.
I like that.
