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.

Here's a subject that really irks me - whaling.

The BBC have shown footage on the news this evening of Japanese whalers killing a mother and its calf, allegedly in the name of science, but in reality to satisfy the Japanese food market. Having hunted the species to near extinction common sense eventually prevailed and a ban imposed to protect the whales. Personally I can see no reason for the Japanese nor the Norwegians to continue killing these magnificent creatures, it makes me sick. I have been lucky enough to get quite close to whales in the South Atlantic, a fantastic experience. It's a pity world opinion cannot be galvanised sufficiently to stop the killing. Japan's economy relies entirely upon its exports for survival, an embargo on Japanese products for a few months by the rest of the world would bring the country to its knees; would that ever happen? With regret, I would have to say, no chance!!

Double post - oops

Triple post - more oops

And again :(

Jeez, wtf is the matter with this site??!!

I got pretty close to whales once. Shropshire I think it was.
Since the 6 nations debacle hunting is too good for wales.
We don't need a trade embargo on Japan. Just do what the French do every time Uncle Sam pi55es them off. Coca Cola 50 a tin. We would have to do it with sushi or MP3 players.

Explosive!!! Doing well mucker. Just waiting for the US invasion of Iran, so me and my mate Trevor can launch our new business recovering scrap metal from Jordan. I know what you're thinking, but we reckon thats where most of the American bombs will hit. It certainly won't be Iran, or anywhere too close. Could even be Cyprus cos that way they could make sure they kill lots of British personnel.
My nomination for the 2008 Nobel pease prize goes to anyone who can get the copy of the Atlas out of the White House. Without that there isn't a single yank who knows a world exists outside America, so they might decide to stay at home.

Same probs as PTH

I've always thought monkeys, chimps etc were intelligent, but now there is this other Primate, what's his name, Rowan something, oh yes, Rowan Atkinson, giving all self respecting primates a bad name.
He wants sharia law for Britain ! Off with his head !
Maybe he wants to be stoned.........out of his mind.
Oh England, dear England, what hath become of thee.
Repel the Scots invaders ! Rid thyself of turbulent priests !

At least Abdu Hamza is to be thrown out of Britain ,and unfortunately for him he's going to the US .

I didn't have to post twice whats wrong with you all.

I didn't have to post twice whats wrong with you all.

I didn't have to post twice whats wrong with you all.

Hamza will no doubt appeal to the House of Lords then Brussels - and all at our expense on legal aid.
Did you know we pay 28,000 for a personal carer for him, amongst whose duties are wiping his bottom.......
Fast track extradition, p-l-e-a-s-e.

He Abdu Hamza should have been thrown out years ago (or preferably shot). Just wondering how much it has cost to keep him in this country. Not just whilst he has been in prison but including his trial, appeals and also all the money he has had in benefits. It makes me very angry to think that in my working live (46 years) all the taxes I have paid probably did not total the amount paid to this parasitical scumbag. What the hell are we working for when leaches like him reap the benefits.
Come the revolution brothers. Time to man the barrakades. (Just been to see LES MISERABLES). The French had the right idea.

We are also paying his wife and ex-wives social security benefits.
According to Question Time last night, we pay social security benefits for up to four CURRENT wives for those Muslims who indulge in polygamy.
Don't get me wrong, I realise these are probably few and far between and the vast majority of Muslims are thoroughly decent peaceful people, but it's the principle of not supporting multiple wives. I would feel similarly annoyed if they were Mormons.

His children go to private school apparently.

Judge Says Hamza Lied

OMG !

And to think he was on disability benefits until 2003 . This is where we needed Maggie Thatcher.

I agree with MrCharts on the majority being thoroughly decent people, but we could have said much the same about Germany in the late 1930's.
It is not the individual that irks me, much as I hate Abu Hamster at a cellular level, and hope he is sentanced to the rest of eternity with a strimmer down his underpants. I hate both the steaming pile of pus ridden disrespect and lamentable value of life held for others that gave rise to such a grotesque piece a donkey 5hit, and the mealy mouthed do-good liberal academic brigade who cannot see past their veggie burgers and nanny knows best supremecy far enough to stop him reducing our nation to a music hall joke.
Feeling at my most fair minded and laisez faire today.

I've often wondered if he might suffer the same fate as Captain Hook - anyone know how HE died?