They made you a moron...
Posted: 02 Jun 2012, 22:01
Wot no jubilee thread.... 
Diamond Jubollocks.
Show your British pride by buying a load of disposable tacky crap made in China.
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Posted: 02 Jun 2012, 22:14
Posted: 02 Jun 2012, 22:50
Didn't we used to own parts of China?
Sorry, just showing my British pride
Sorry, just showing my British pride
Posted: 02 Jun 2012, 23:42
Bugger that, I'm English.
How about all this promotion and propaganda from the political sphere and the media to celebrating St George's (Or St Andrews, St Davids, St Piran's respectively)? Celebrate your country and it's achievements rather than one person?
How about all this promotion and propaganda from the political sphere and the media to celebrating St George's (Or St Andrews, St Davids, St Piran's respectively)? Celebrate your country and it's achievements rather than one person?
Posted: 03 Jun 2012, 00:26
Can you get those on the NHS?DeWinter wrote:Diamond Jubollocks.
Posted: 03 Jun 2012, 14:08
Posted: 03 Jun 2012, 15:38
Jubalympics 
Posted: 03 Jun 2012, 22:03
British summer rain.... 
Posted: 04 Jun 2012, 07:29
Have the boats stopped yet?
I can't help thinking that the commentary would have been better if Alan Partridge had been involved.
I can't help thinking that the commentary would have been better if Alan Partridge had been involved.
Posted: 04 Jun 2012, 10:34
I think she's lovely.
But then I'm a Colonial, what would I know
But then I'm a Colonial, what would I know
Posted: 04 Jun 2012, 11:47
It's not worth watching the concert is it?
Gazza hasn't chosen The Sisters as being representative of the Eighties?
Gazza hasn't chosen The Sisters as being representative of the Eighties?
Posted: 04 Jun 2012, 12:15
Like this little lotDeWinter wrote:Diamond Jubollocks.
Show your British pride by buying a load of disposable tacky crap made in China.
http://www.reghardware.com/2012/06/04/t ... _tat_tech/
Posted: 04 Jun 2012, 12:48
In the final analysis isn't all this jubilee crap effectively saying "well done for not being dead yet Your Majesty"?
Posted: 04 Jun 2012, 13:15
markfiend wrote:In the final analysis isn't all this jubilee crap effectively saying "well done for not being dead yet Your Majesty"?
Posted: 04 Jun 2012, 22:34
No, it's saying "Well done for not letting your son take over."markfiend wrote:In the final analysis isn't all this jubilee crap effectively saying "well done for not being dead yet Your Majesty"?
Posted: 04 Jun 2012, 23:24
http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2012/jun/0 ... unemployedThe Guardian wrote:A group of long-term unemployed jobseekers were bussed into London to work as unpaid stewards during the diamond jubilee celebrations and told to sleep under London Bridge before working on the river pageant....
Two jobseekers, who did not want to be identified in case they lost their benefits, said they had to camp under London Bridge the night before the pageant. They told the Guardian they had to change into security gear in public, had no access to toilets for 24 hours, and were taken to a swampy campsite outside London after working a 14-hour shift in the pouring rain on the banks of the Thames on Sunday.
Posted: 04 Jun 2012, 23:30
I think whats p1ssed me off so much is that I actually bought the "There's no money left" line. More fool me. The security costs of this whole farce alone could have paid for a hell of a lot of libraries, or disability benefits for the terminally ill/injured soldiers, infrastructure investment or any number of things we're told we cant have. I'm far from being a raging Trot, but this whole thing stinks .
Posted: 04 Jun 2012, 23:38
Ah, you just misunderstood. What Cameron, Osborne et al. meant was "There's no money left for you lot".DeWinter wrote:I think whats p1ssed me off so much is that I actually bought the "There's no money left" line. More fool me. The security costs of this whole farce alone could have paid for a hell of a lot of libraries, or disability benefits for the terminally ill/injured soldiers, infrastructure investment or any number of things we're told we cant have. I'm far from being a raging Trot, but this whole thing stinks .
We can afford to cut the top rate of tax and host massively expensive jubilee celebrations for the monarchy, we just can't afford to have so many nurses, police officers, etc.
There's enough money in this country - the GDP is respectable, even now - it's how you cut the cake that matters.
Posted: 05 Jun 2012, 10:48
Ah yes, good point!stufarq wrote:No, it's saying "Well done for not letting your son take over."markfiend wrote:In the final analysis isn't all this jubilee crap effectively saying "well done for not being dead yet Your Majesty"?
I strongly suspect though, that when Charles finally does get to be king (he's been heir apparent for longer than anyone else in British history) he'll do something stupid and arrogant and provoke a constitutional crisis. At which point, we can finally wave bye-bye to the monarchy.
Wishful thinking?
Posted: 05 Jun 2012, 10:53
markfiend wrote:
I strongly suspect though, that when Charles finally does get to be king (he's been heir apparent for longer than anyone else in British history) he'll do something stupid and arrogant and provoke a constitutional crisis. At which point, we can finally wave bye-bye to the monarchy.
Wishful thinking?
... maybe not that "stupid and arrogant" but well ... 
...Posted: 05 Jun 2012, 12:11
It was a bloody brilliant concert though....a treat for all music lovers.
Posted: 05 Jun 2012, 17:48
... I don't know given the listings of who was on and the wee bit that I saw, given the choice I think I would have gone for the bladder infection option.
Posted: 05 Jun 2012, 17:52
One wag suggested that Phil's "bladder infection" was the palace covering for him taking one look at who was on and saying "they're taking the p*ss"...
I think (hope) that Gollum's Cock was being sarcastic?
I think (hope) that Gollum's Cock was being sarcastic?
Posted: 05 Jun 2012, 18:04
I'd be interested to see how this is justified in the light of the recent news tht the government wants to make sure that interns are paid rather than used as free labour. It would serve them right if they lost the contract to steward the olympics as a result (not that I think it will happen - they promise "well-paid work" during the games, after which presumably the previously-unemployed people will be back on benefits and unemployable after the monumental cluster-fuck that the games will inevitably become.lazarus corporation wrote:http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2012/jun/0 ... unemployedThe Guardian wrote:A group of long-term unemployed jobseekers were bussed into London to work as unpaid stewards during the diamond jubilee celebrations and told to sleep under London Bridge before working on the river pageant....
Two jobseekers, who did not want to be identified in case they lost their benefits, said they had to camp under London Bridge the night before the pageant. They told the Guardian they had to change into security gear in public, had no access to toilets for 24 hours, and were taken to a swampy campsite outside London after working a 14-hour shift in the pouring rain on the banks of the Thames on Sunday.
Posted: 05 Jun 2012, 18:54
I thought you knew me well enough by now (i quite enjoyed Kylie's legs thoughmarkfiend wrote:One wag suggested that Phil's "bladder infection" was the palace covering for him taking one look at who was on and saying "they're taking the p*ss"...
I think (hope) that Gollum's Cock was being sarcastic?
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