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THE TALK TO YOURSELF THREAD. (NOWT)     

goldfinger - 09 Jun 2005 12:25

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.

Dil - 07 May 2015 08:19 - 59726 of 81564

My one daughter registered to vote in Bristol as she's in uni and it's a marginal. Her younger sister (18) asked me yesterday who she should vote for and I told her to chuck a dart at the literature we've had shoved through the door.

She said she might vote for David Cameron and Labour as they are red and so is the Welsh team ... bless her she's fecking clueless !

prodman - 07 May 2015 08:24 - 59727 of 81564

Sounds like she's inherited your genes then Dil :-)

VICTIM - 07 May 2015 08:27 - 59728 of 81564

Well at least we know the future is in good hands .

cynic - 07 May 2015 08:27 - 59729 of 81564

interestingly stan, if this was a marginal, i would assuredly vote for the tories, or certainly for another party that would keep labour out

as it happens, i'll almost certainly vote lib/dem this time as i am in tune with a number of their policies

Chris Carson - 07 May 2015 08:30 - 59730 of 81564

Well a vote for the Cons in Aberdeen is a complete waste of space and time so SNP or Lib Dem only option for me. SNP don't really need my help to kick Labour out of Scotland so probably vote Lib Dem. And hope that Cameron can persuade Clegg not to RED Line a vote on Europe and go back in coalition.

Dil - 07 May 2015 08:33 - 59731 of 81564

Nah prodman my genes wouldn't fit her but she nicks my sweatshirts sometimes :-)

Dil - 07 May 2015 08:42 - 59732 of 81564

In 1997 the landlord of our local was a strong Labour supporter and kept banging on about how we should all vote Labour as they were going to bring a minimum wage in. My wife worked there part time and when everyone fell about laughing when I suggested he didn't have to wait for a law to be passed to pay a decent wage he threatened to ban me !

The current landlord who is a good mate of mine and a strong Tory supporter keeps banging on about why we should vote Conservative (his sister in law is the Conservative candidate). He gets quite nasty about it and when everyone fell about laughing because I suggested that if he was a real Tory he would have posters up in his windows but doesn't because at least 90% of his customers would object to the them he threatened to ban me !

Moody b@stards :-)

Fred1new - 07 May 2015 09:08 - 59733 of 81564

Manuel,

Thank god your not in a choir.

cynic - 07 May 2015 09:15 - 59734 of 81564

older son and i sing as the Nightingpigs Duo :-)

MaxK - 07 May 2015 09:17 - 59735 of 81564

Haystack - 07 May 2015 10:21 - 59736 of 81564

Dil
The government still has the option of resigning. There follows a two week period where other parties can try and form as stable government. If that is not possible an election will happen.

stable - 07 May 2015 10:46 - 59737 of 81564

Quite brilliant!

"The Budget should be balanced, the Treasury should be refilled,
Public debt should be reduced, the arrogance of officialdom should be
Tempered and controlled, and the assistance to foreign lands should be
Curtailed, lest Rome will become bankrupt. People must again learn to work
Instead of living on public assistance." - Cicero, 55 BC

So, evidently we've learned bugger all over the past 2,069 years.

VICTIM - 07 May 2015 10:49 - 59738 of 81564

Yeh but what have the Romans done for us .

Haystack - 07 May 2015 11:02 - 59739 of 81564

The quote by Cicero has been doctored. It has been around since 2008.

There is some evidence that he did say, “The arrogance of officialdom should be tempered and controlled, and assistance to foreign lands should be curtailed, lest Rome fall.”

The rest has been added recently.

MaxK - 07 May 2015 11:04 - 59740 of 81564

Dil - 07 May 2015 11:44 - 59741 of 81564

Cheers Hays so we could end up voting again in June.

ExecLine - 07 May 2015 11:46 - 59742 of 81564

Just in case you haven't voted yet or are still making up your mind:



The "Al Murray 13-point Common Sense Action Plan"

• The pound in your pocket
The pound will be revalued at one pound 10p, so it will now be worth 10p more. Common sense.

• The NHS
If you come to A&E and it's neither an accident nor an emergency then you will be sent to a random hospital department to be practised on. Common sense.

• Foreign Policy
Germany has been too quiet for too long. Just saying.

• Immigration
Of course the reason they are coming here is because this is the greatest country in the world. The only way to stop them is for a government to change that and make things a whole lot worse. Look no further. However, in the meantime, we brick up the Channel Tunnel. With British bricks. Probably have to get some Poles in to do it. Common sense.

• Education
I believe the children are the future and there's no way you'll get me knocking teachers. Teachers are on the front line, coalface. Doing their bit to create a level playing field for our kids, although I'm not sure they're going about it the right way by making sure none of the kids can read and write. So instead of a postcode lottery a new improved Street Raffle will determine which schools your kids get into. Common sense.

• Scotland
Alex Salmond to be made First Minister for Norwich, so he can get to understand what being ignored by the rest of the country is really like. Common sense.

• Europe
I pledge that the UK will leave Europe by 2025 and the edge of the Solar System by 2050. Common market sense. In the meantime Greece to be bought and operated by Kent County Council. Couldn't be worse. Someone to do the bins at least.

• The environment
Boris Johnson to be put on an island. He keeps saying that's what he wants.

• Corporations and Globalisation
Blah blah blah blah blah paradigm blah blah blah, blah blah dialectic blah blah blah blah blah blah game-changer.

• Homes for hard working families
Build some houses but without bringing down house prices. How hard can it be?

• Defence
National Service, but only for people who don't want to do it.

• Law and Order
Unemployment causes crime: I propose to lock up the unemployed. Common sense.

• On Local issues

South Thanet to be made the new capital of the UK. Demilitarised zone to set up between North and South Thanet.

• In Summary

We are not just offering you a moon on a stick. We are offering you a British Moon on a British Stick.

Dil - 07 May 2015 11:48 - 59743 of 81564

Best odds next PM

Cam 10/11
Ed 11/10

Next government

Lab minority 2/1
Con/Lib coalition 5/2


Odds still swinging in favour of the Tories.

Haystack - 07 May 2015 12:06 - 59744 of 81564

Dil
No. Because of the delays in organising elections, it would almost certainly be in the autumn.

Dil - 07 May 2015 12:10 - 59745 of 81564

We're all doomed.

Can't put up with another 5 months of this b*llox , they should have a penalty shoot out or something.
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