we have a boss (HellBitch) who favours 'focus groups' (I reach for my gun when I hear those words) and on the tagline front, the one that stood out for me was -
XXX Council, not as bad as you think we are
it's a FACT! too
What do YOU want on your headstone?
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James Blast
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"And when you start to think about death, you start to think about what's after it. And then you start hoping there is a God. For me, it's a frightening thought to go nowhere".
~ Peter Steele
~ Peter Steele
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boudicca
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Don't you mean "wurrfff eet?" Onwards and upwards for Estuary English!andymackem wrote:It could be worse .... I could be in Basildon.
On a related note, Essex Police community unit went into schools in Basildon and encouraged kids to produce upbeat slogans for their town.
One of the shortlisted ones was "Basildon: because you're worth it".
I find that works on so many levels.
There's a man with a mullet going mad with a mallet in Millets
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andymackem
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My suggestion of "Aziw'uh: The land that consonants forgot" didn't go down too well. Apparently I was too old to enter.
But inventing alternatives kept us entertained for longer than it should.
"Doesn't even look pretty when it snows"
"At least it's not Harlow"
"Rotting grey concrete since 1958"
"You're nicked, you slag!"
It's a game anyone can join in ... and if you're not familiar just adjust for Cumbernauld or Airdrie instead.
But inventing alternatives kept us entertained for longer than it should.
"Doesn't even look pretty when it snows"
"At least it's not Harlow"
"Rotting grey concrete since 1958"
"You're nicked, you slag!"
It's a game anyone can join in ... and if you're not familiar just adjust for Cumbernauld or Airdrie instead.
Names are just a souvenir ...
Russian footie in the run-up to the World Cup - my latest E-book available from https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B07DGJFF6G
Russian footie in the run-up to the World Cup - my latest E-book available from https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B07DGJFF6G
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Silence is platinum
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Probably Sopor aeternus s fans favourite question..
and i m not one of them..
and i m not one of them..
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markfiend
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d00mw0lf wrote:"So goth I'm dead"
Or even "So dead I'm goth"
The fundamental cause of the trouble is that in the modern world the stupid are cocksure while the intelligent are full of doubt.
—Bertrand Russell
—Bertrand Russell
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hallucienate
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"here be maggots"
markfiend wrote:d00mw0lf wrote:"So goth I'm dead"
Or even "So dead I'm goth"
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Black Shuck
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"Here lies Charles Shuckworth.
And why not?"
(apologies to the writers of Spinal Tap)
And why not?"
(apologies to the writers of Spinal Tap)
Gazza for England manager