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.

Oh i thought it was Churchill .

Churchill did say,

“Golf is a game whose aim is to hit a very small ball into an even smaller hole, with weapons singularly ill-designed for the purpose.”

and

"Like chasing a quinine pill around a cow pasture".

Churchill did play golf for a time.

CYNIC I PAY FOR A PROFESSIONAL TO CLEAN MY CAR A EVEN A DIM PERSON LIKE YOU COULD CLEAN A CAR REMEMBER A CAR IS A PIECE OF TIN AND NOTHING ELSE

just tin my grandson is only 6 and cleans is mothers .

My favourite Churchill quote is when a woman said to him at a party ,

"sir you are drunk"

to which he replied

"madam your ugly but in the morning i shall be sober"

cynic if you are that lazy I will come and wash your wifes back in the bath has you are to lazy to do it .

my pleasure I am not lazy
but off to the sun tomorrow so wife will have to wait a while

:))

ah but at least i cook 4/5/6 nights a week :-)

“Sir, if you were my husband, I would poison your drink."

"Madam, if you were my wife, I would drink it."


Exchange between Lady Astor and Winston Churchill—”

The schoolteacher was taking her first golfing lesson.

"Is the word spelt p-u-t or p-u-t-t?" she asked the instructor.

"P-u-t-t is correct," he replied. "Put means to place a thing where you want it. Putt means merely a vain attempt to do the same thing."

I have noticed some people taking their own bags to the supermarket since the 5p charge was introduced yesterday. Bag usage is around 140 bags a year for each person. That seems to be very low. I shop 7 days a week and normally get 3 bags. That means I use around 1,000 bags a year. There were plenty of people in Sainsbury's just now including me still getting their usual bags.

Good for you Hays.

Stand up for your rights.

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Why does it take some people so long to learn to play golf.

Some OAPs are still practicing when they are 70 like Cynic.


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I was told it was something some Masons did when the Lodge was closed!

because old (very old) chap, i enjoy it and delude myself (in different ways from you) that i can genuinely play better than ever

plastic bags
i'm delighted that there is now a charge for them and the only pity is that it did not come in years ago

I am glad you agree with me over plastic bags.

Mind I do wonder if I could persuade Hays to use one appropriately.

unlike bin liners, i'm afraid they always have holes in them, or at least i think they do

Damn.

Cameron's speech today!

Tony Blair warns extremist ideology 'has wide support among Muslims'

Tony Blair said that unless religious prejudice in Muslim communities is rooted out, the threat from extremists will not be defeated

The ideology which drives Islamic extremists has significant support from Muslims around the world, Tony Blair has warned.

Speaking at the 9/11 Memorial Museum in New York, Mr Blair said that while the numbers who engage in violence through groups like Islamic State are relatively small, many of their views are widely shared.

"The conspiracy theories which illuminate much of the jihadi writings have significant support even amongst parts of the mainstream population of some Muslim countries," he said.

"There are millions of school children every day in countries round the world - not just in the Middle East - who are taught a view of the world and of their religion which is narrow-minded, prejudicial and therefore in the context of a globalised world, dangerous."

Mr Blair acknowledged that attacking ideas which resonate in parts of mainstream Muslim society could appear to be an attack on Muslims rather than just extremists, but he said such concerns have to be overcome.

"If large numbers of people really do believe that the desire of the USA or the West is to disrespect or oppress Islam, then it is not surprising that some find recourse to violence acceptable in order to re-assert the 'dignity' of the oppressed," he said.

"If young people are educated that Jews are evil or that anyone who holds a different view of religion is an enemy, it is obvious that this prejudice will give rise, in certain circumstances, to action in accordance with it.

"The reality is that in parts of the Muslim community a discourse has grown up which is profoundly hostile to peaceful co-existence. Countering this is an essential part of fighting extremism."

IS HANCOCK OVERPAID?

"Tory Minister Matthew Hancock: Under 25s Are Too Unproductive To Warrant National Living Wage"
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Workers under the age of 25 are not “productive” enough to warrant being paid the new National Living Wage, according to Government Minister Matthew Hancock.

In this summer’s budget, Chancellor George Osborne announced a new minimum wage for over 25s would come into force from next April, starting at £7.20 an hour and increasing to £9 by 2020.

But those under 25 will be on the old minimum wage rates, meaning they are entitled to £6.70 an hour, down to £5.30 for 18 to 20 year olds and £3.87 for under 18s.

Trade union Unison said the remarks showed the Government was "out of touch", while Labour claimed Mr Hancock had let "the cat out of the bag".

A Survation poll for the Huffington Post published last week showed the majority of Britons – 66 per cent - believe the new higher rate should be given to under 25s.

Speaking at a fringe event at the Conservative Party conference in Manchester this afternoon, Mr Hancock defended the different rates.

He said: “This was an active policy choice. Youth unemployment, whilst falling quite sharply, is still a long way above the unemployment rate for the over 25s.

“Anybody who has employed people knows that younger people, especially in their first jobs, are not as productive, on average.

“Now there are some who are very productive under the age of 25 but you have to set policy for the average. It was an active choice not to cover the under 25s.”


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Stoking up problems.

Interesting chart!

http://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/2015/09/03/national-living-wage-osborne-resolution-foundation_n_8083146.html

Tony Bliar, University Challenge, subject stating the bleeding obvious!