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.

http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=pikey

pikey

From the English "turnpike", the place where itinerent travellers and thieves would camp near a settlement.

Pikey is not a racial group, the term is used to describe anyone who lives in a caravan or shares the same values and "culture" of "the travelling community", and whose main sources of income are as follows:

Stealing cars, flogging roses in pubs for "childrens' charities", nicking lead off roofs, burgling garden sheds, blagging entry to old peoples house to rob them, doing dodgy tarmac jobs ("we've got some black stuff left over from a job up the road"), sometimes with mint imperials used as a substitute for white chippings, or, reportedly, using snow to lay slabs on when the sand ran out, stealing your bollocks if they weren't in a bag and anything else that's not nailed down and anything that is nailed down but will fit in the back of an untaxed Transit when nobody's looking.

Characterised by lurchers on a string, a unintelligible language that "isn't English, it isn't Irish, it's just Pikey" (source: Film: Snatch), a penchant for harecoursing, ketamine, lighter fuel, fighting in pubs and shopping at Lidl.

Best avoided.

Clinton Cards have had to apologise because of a Christmas card. It suggested that Father Christmas lives on a council estate as he has a history of breaking and entering and only works once a year.

"Shopping at Lidl"??! I've heard rumours that Lidl have upped their game. :-)

Clinton Cards - many a true word spoken in jest!

re: this Romanian character with his £25k pa benefits.


What is to stop retired people from going "self employed", dishing out leaflets etc, and claiming in work benefits?

Nothing, provided their total income including pension is low enough. In work benefits are not that much and only increase if you have school age children which would be unlikely if they are retired.

your nic as all your details you can not claim once you get your pension

Why not?

They are encouraging pensioners to work.

What a useless lot you are!

If you can't tell me how to claim some benefits on here, do you know another site that can?

Tanker is correct. But you can claim pension credit, housing benefit and council tax reduction if your total income is low enough.

Exec - we did at least try to help you with your door knob!

Are you encouraging Mauel to have more children.

God forbid!

8-)

Are you encouraging Mauel to have more children.

God forbid!

8-)

Exec. Try this. It will work out your entitlement.

http://www.moneysavingexpert.com/family/benefits-check

Anybody can claim any benefit they want.

Wether they qualify for it is a different thing, but approx £13 billion of Benefits go unclaimed every year according to last audited figures.

To claim any benefit go here..........

https://www.gov.uk/browse/benefits

The ghost of Xmas' past:

I cant find a beer benefit.

Hays Hays Hays

labour go into a 5 point lead.........

breaking News,

POOR PEOPLE DONT KNOW HOW TO COOK....

Tory Peer says.

Pathetic and OUT OF TOUCH.