Black Friday - Part II
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James's current dilemma had me thinking... there have been many instances in world history where a David has beaten a Goliath - just watch the 'McLibel' documentary. What the Viet Cong did to the US during the Vietnam war may be another. What's your fave "under-dog wins-out" story?
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Seems so long ago...
Seems so long ago...
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... fair enough.
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The story of David and Goliath is 1 Samuel 17
It seems to me that rather than being a story of courage in the face of seemingly insurmountable difficulties, it's a lecture on the importance of superior fire-power.
So on that basis, the Gulf War: where the "David" of the USA defeated the "Goliath" of Iraq...
It seems to me that rather than being a story of courage in the face of seemingly insurmountable difficulties, it's a lecture on the importance of superior fire-power.
So on that basis, the Gulf War: where the "David" of the USA defeated the "Goliath" of Iraq...
The fundamental cause of the trouble is that in the modern world the stupid are cocksure while the intelligent are full of doubt.
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I punched this big lardy 6 foot-whatever guy in the nose when I was at school...
I'm 5'5'' and weigh less than a pigeon - but appearances can be deceptive....mwahahahahaha!
I'm 5'5'' and weigh less than a pigeon - but appearances can be deceptive....mwahahahahaha!
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Leeds United 0 Sunderland 1 (Porterfield) May 5, 1973.
On a non-sporting note, I once reduced an estate agent to tears and left with a cheque for £300.
On a non-sporting note, I once reduced an estate agent to tears and left with a cheque for £300.
Names are just a souvenir ...
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the battle of Yavin.
when the rebel allience takes out the first death star
when the rebel allience takes out the first death star
Another Shade of You.
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Bah, a stupid technical flaw. Don't even get me started on the Rout at Endor, either. Fuckin' teddy-bears beating crack Stormtroopers, and taking down an SSD with a single A-Wing.christophe wrote:the battle of Yavin.
when the rebel allience takes out the first death star
Pft.
andymackem wrote:On a non-sporting note, I once reduced an estate agent to tears and left with a cheque for £300.
*puts bottle of beer back on the table and goes to clean up mess*
oh how i'd love to have some of that...every other day now i get one or more estate agents calling me about properties they have taken on that i may, or may not , be intrested in viewing...fecking vultures the lot of them!
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I am currently training in the litigation department and see too few
I don't think that I will choose this side of the law when I qualify - I'm all for the "little guy" and get crazy mad when I see "the man" win..........
To be honest, though, employment law is starting to get it together and there seems to be far more support around for the individual going up against the institutions - so there may be light at the end of the tunnel
I don't think that I will choose this side of the law when I qualify - I'm all for the "little guy" and get crazy mad when I see "the man" win..........
To be honest, though, employment law is starting to get it together and there seems to be far more support around for the individual going up against the institutions - so there may be light at the end of the tunnel
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Yes - I held an equally sized guy up against a wall by his neck for making unwanted (and repeatedly rejected) advances towards me whilst at a nightclubboudicca wrote:I punched this big lardy 6 foot-whatever guy in the nose when I was at school...
I'm 5'5'' and weigh less than a pigeon - but appearances can be deceptive....mwahahahahaha!
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Boys don't make passes at girls who kick asses, Libby!Brideoffrankenstein wrote:Yes - I held an equally sized guy up against a wall by his neck for making unwanted (and repeatedly rejected) advances towards me whilst at a nightclubboudicca wrote:I punched this big lardy 6 foot-whatever guy in the nose when I was at school...
I'm 5'5'' and weigh less than a pigeon - but appearances can be deceptive....mwahahahahaha!
There's a man with a mullet going mad with a mallet in Millets
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no he certainly didnt after that! (or do you mean something else?)boudicca wrote:Boys don't make passes at girls who kick asses, Libby!Brideoffrankenstein wrote:Yes - I held an equally sized guy up against a wall by his neck for making unwanted (and repeatedly rejected) advances towards me whilst at a nightclubboudicca wrote:I punched this big lardy 6 foot-whatever guy in the nose when I was at school...
I'm 5'5'' and weigh less than a pigeon - but appearances can be deceptive....mwahahahahaha!
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You wot?Brideoffrankenstein wrote:no he certainly didnt after that! (or do you mean something else?)boudicca wrote:Boys don't make passes at girls who kick asses, Libby!Brideoffrankenstein wrote: Yes - I held an equally sized guy up against a wall by his neck for making unwanted (and repeatedly rejected) advances towards me whilst at a nightclub
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erm - too much satanic screechingboudicca wrote:You wot?Brideoffrankenstein wrote:no he certainly didnt after that! (or do you mean something else?)boudicca wrote: Boys don't make passes at girls who kick asses, Libby!
oops!
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I meant that in the nicest possible way, Libby.Brideoffrankenstein wrote:erm - too much satanic screechingboudicca wrote:You wot?Brideoffrankenstein wrote: no he certainly didnt after that! (or do you mean something else?)
oops!
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did anyone else see OAPs on ASBOs on sky the other night?for those who didnt,it was mostly the interfering/batty types of pensioner-you know the sort:one guy had donkeys years worth of documented evidence of his neighbours' illegal parking;another couple were convinced that their wheel-chair-bound neighbour was constantly being visited by women at all hours for nefarious purposes and playing loud music in the middle of the night(when their "state of the art" recording equipment failed to detect this it was immediately blamed as "making them look stupid").
one guy however (to get back on topic) was an absolute star.he'd been ASBO'd for continually applying for credit cards in (amongst others) his pet canary and his dogs names.the banks were -as usual- happy to give him credit without fully checking his situation.what sets him apart from your ordinary fraudster IMHO is the fact that every penny of the twenty grand he scammed was spent on food which he gave away to other OAPs!
to this day he continues to apply for credit cards-fair fcuking play i reckon.
one guy however (to get back on topic) was an absolute star.he'd been ASBO'd for continually applying for credit cards in (amongst others) his pet canary and his dogs names.the banks were -as usual- happy to give him credit without fully checking his situation.what sets him apart from your ordinary fraudster IMHO is the fact that every penny of the twenty grand he scammed was spent on food which he gave away to other OAPs!
to this day he continues to apply for credit cards-fair fcuking play i reckon.
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[quote="andymackem"]Leeds United 0 Sunderland 1 (Porterfield) May 5, 1973.[quote]
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That's so not true....boudicca wrote:Boys don't make passes at girls who kick asses, Libby!
Volatile girlfriends are always useful in a taxi queue, and some of us relish(ed) the challenge in any case
Something pithy.
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eastmidswhizzkid wrote:OAPs on ASBOs
sorry that just struck me as very funny
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Yeh but it rhymes!mik wrote:That's so not true....boudicca wrote:Boys don't make passes at girls who kick asses, Libby!
Volatile girlfriends are always useful in a taxi queue, and some of us relish(ed) the challenge in any case
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