Thought Id start this one going because its rather dead on this board at the moment and I suppose all my usual muckers are either at the Stella tennis event watching Dim Tim (lose again) or at Henly Regatta eating cucumber sandwiches (they wish,...NOT).

Anyway please feel free to just talk to yourself blast away and let it go on any company or subject you wish. Just wish Id thought of this one before.

cheers GF.

Burnley? What is a Burnley?

Prince Charles: One supports Burnley FC




Can we keep that rubbish on the football thread. :-))

Is a Burnley like a Bramley? Are they both apples?

isn't burnley famous for black pudding?

Every week theres a pie competition to see who can eat the most pies but since theres only one person in the town he normally wins. It has also been noted that turnips seem to act as some form of currency in takeways but the mathematics behind this system have never been found out by outsiders.

"isn't burnley famous for black pudding?" No that's Bury.

H/S behave yourself... Ah the Charley boy from Wales fame D/C, I sometimes borrow his season ticket when he can't make it -):

Bury, Burnley and Bolton are all north of Watford and thus deemed to be one and the same .... Barnsley is a cousin once removed!

They all keep their coal in the bath.

Yorkshire accent

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jzAD2GLfaNU&feature=youtube_gdata_player

What else is a bath for?

The people of Burnley , talentless at almost every aspect of life , actually are great at composing music. It is a well known fact that Burnley is the real birthplace of The Proclaimers, They deny this , but we all know it to be true. Mc'ing is all the rage in Burnley.. Well that's what they call it, really the people who MC in Burnley are ugly twats, who think they are going to become STARS, in other words stay on the social all their lives.

The people of Burnley, however mentally challenged, still have a religion. It is a primitive source of Christianity, with Emmerdale character Zak Dingle as their Messiah. They choose one man (who generally has more than 30 IQ points) every day for sacrifice to Dingle. Worship takes place each weekday in the Church of Wilkinson and Home Bargains...

Some, decreed heathens by the Church of the Dingles, don't believe The Great Lord Dingle is theirMessiah. They in fact believe that Lord Dingle is only a prophet, sent down from the heavens by the true Messiah, it is believed that is the Messiah actually is the man with a beard who works at Gamestation, who's name actually is 'Beard'. He does not deny. He knows it I talked to him Swellhead !!

There is a contrasting religion called "The Clampets" with Granny as their Guru and Jethro Bodine as their educational figure. This is a Hillbilly belief thought to originate fom Barley or Colne.

The Messiah has also got a disciple who sits outside McDonalds asking people if they are okay and trying to sell them big issues that they actually dont need.

The people of Burnley often show their respects to the Messiah by going to a Public House on a daily basis from 11am - 2pm when they are generally open, these public houses are usually within walking distance from their house, although, some dare to travel a little further and visit the ones in town.

I thought it was Georgie Porgie, but he must be helping out at the Home Office presentation of the U-bend turn on Visa Bonds.

Can't await the next pronouncement of the tory "think tank", but would suggest a few transplants first.

AHHHH The solution is obvious for our greenest of greenest prime minister.

fred - as i'm bored with saying and you're bored with hearing, as a committed non-voter, your incessant whining and whingeing and sniping carries little credibility let alone value

"Alf - as i'm bored with saying and you're bored with hearing, as a committed "Con" Government - voter, your incessant whining and whingeing and sniping carries little credibility let alone value"

... Case rested -);

Manuel,

Thank you for your repeated opinion. Your brevity suits your abilities.

But the cartoons, or my postings, are at least seem to to be stimulating you, and with hope, to reflect a little..

Perhaps, with a bit of luck they may even change your narrow perspectives of life.

Have nice evening, while I finish my Rioja in my comfortable well padded armchair.

cynic

96% of the poster's on here agree with you , Stan doesn't but he can't even remember your name , poor soul. Must be to much time spent with Fred , his the same.

A firm set up by one of Labour’s biggest donors has been helping union thugs who are running a campaign of intimidation.

The People’s Operator, a mobile phone company founded by multi-millionaire Andrew Rosenfeld – a close friend of Ed Miliband – gives free mobile calls and text messages to Unite members.

It signed a deal last year to supply phones to activists and funnel cash to the union.

A document drawn up by Unite reveals that strike committees get free calls and text messages to coordinate mob action.

The Mail revealed yesterday how Unite was carrying out a campaign of bullying and intimidation against senior managers during the bitter dispute over Grangemouth oil refinery.

The union’s so-called ‘leverage’ teams sent dozens of thugs to invade the driveway of a boss at the refinery in Scotland during a dispute this month – leaving his wife and children fearing for their safety.

David Cameron said the Mail’s revelations were ‘shocking’ and called on Mr Miliband to reopen a Labour investigation of Unite activities.

The Prime Minister said: ‘People have a right to protest. But no one has a right to intimidate, nobody has a right to bully.

The revelation that one of Labour’s biggest solo donors has been helping Unite came in a 50-page guide published by the union for its activists.

It details how they should identify ‘the potential vulnerabilities of the employer’ so they can hit them with leverage action.

The document states: ‘Leverage treats the employer as an opponent’ and advises ‘escalation is critical’.

It also reveals how Unite has used its relationship with The People’s Operator to facilitate industrial action, stating: ‘TPO (The People’s Operator) is a Unite-backed mobile phone operator providing cheap phone services to members and free TPO to TPO calls and text messaging.

'TPO sim cards should be provided to all contacts to enable free text messaging and calls between strike committee members and activists.’

Unite officials say the sim cards are paid for by strike committees themselves – but when they go on strike they can get funds to pay for them from the union.

The People’s Operator was set up last year and boasts that it helps its partners send money to ‘charities’ and other good causes.

Under the deal with Unite, the union is paid 10 per cent of the call, text or data spend of any members they sign up to the service.

Mr Rosenfeld, a former tax exile, has given Labour more than £663,000 since Mr Miliband became leader.

He has promised to give another £1million more in the run up to the next general election.

The Mail revealed yesterday how Unite leaders deployed a dirty tricks squad to target and humiliate executives of the Ineos chemical company and their families.

The leverage team sent mobs of protesters to the homes of senior figures in the firm, which owns the Grangemouth refinery.

The daughter of one company boss had ‘Wanted’ posters denouncing her father posted through her front door hundreds of miles away.

In a letter to Mr Miliband yesterday, Tory Chairman Grant Shapps called on the Labour leader to condemn Unite’s activities, asking: ‘Will you now refuse to accept any more money from Unite until those responsible for threatening innocent families are disciplined?’

Mr Miliband’s aides at first condemned the Tories for being ‘irresponsible by inflaming a difficult situation’.

But on viewing TV news coverage of the Mail story, Mr Miliband said: ‘I condemn intimidatory tactics. It is not how industrial disputes should be conducted. This is true for unions just as it is true for employers.’

Unite general secretary Len McCluskey refused to back down last night, making clear he would continue to advocate bully-boy tactics.

He told Channel 4 News: ‘It’s a small part of our leverage. We reserve the right to do anything within the law.’

A Unite spokesman said: ‘We work with TPO to provide our members the best mobile service at the lowest cost.

‘Trying to find something sinister in this is simply desperate.’

The Mail contacted the head office of The People’s Operator and asked for a response from Andrew Rosenfeld or the company but was told no one was available for comment.

What's the difference between Margaret Thatcher and Michael Jackson?... Thatcher didn't like miners.