mockney piers

sleeping policemen most def

"I'm herby offering to cook you steak" Freudian for sure, but flavours or volkswagens?

Did I forget the lady bumps?

I think he might actually be discussing 40D!!

"Good point but didn't they initially grab power after being given military support by the Americans during the cold war?" I know this is a side conversation, but no. The Americans did support the Mujahadeen, but those fighters will happily tell you that said support was marginal, except insofar as a couple of shipments of stinger missiles (some of which ended up in S Armagh) did hamper the Soviet's freedom to helicopter troops, a bit. Post soviet withdrawal (skint rather than defeated as such, maybe realisation that killing a milion afghans hadn't actaully achieved anything either) a rather brutal period of warlord rule and civil war ensued which ended in much of the country when the Taliban took power. For those, particularly in Kabul, who saw the civil war end, the Taliban were marginally the lesser of two evils, but few of the several million refugees from the previous 2 decades of strife (far and away the highest ex pat refugee population in the world) actually chose to return. The Taliban were pretty much entirely the creation of the Pakistani secret service, setting up the madrassas amongst the forlorn refugees that server as recruiting centres, in order that they could consolidate a hold over the area, a very successful policy frankly. The US had links with the Taliban as they thought them a buffer to Iranian ambitions, but were very much minor supporters and far from responsible. The ISI (Pakistan's security service) has still not forgiven the US for kicking the Taliban out of power. The ISI's hand has been suspected in much activity that has destabilised Pakistan since, including the assassination of Bhuto, and have supported the "Taliban's" resurgence. Long story short, yes Britain has dropped bombs on Afghanistan, no that's not why she left, Taliban is not the west's fault, but as hardly any of the promised cash to rebuild the country has actually ended up their in any other form than military, we can't exactly hold our heads up high. However the intention is to eventually create a stable state to which people can return. A fluffy, friendly state with women's rights is however a very long way off and there's little we can do about that to be fair. Aaaaanyway...as you were....

You could try tossers I suppose

Ooh, wasn't there an unsolved crosswrod clue thread...anyone struggling today...anyone...anyone?

Yep, fun film, and agree with you that it had its more mawkish moments, but though I love a bit of British gritty urban, you really do root for a happy ending, and I'm rather glad it was less Kes and more errr Kung Fu Soccer (?) (you try thinking of a happy film beginning with K). Apparently he did make son of rambow when he was a youngster and the film ships with the DVD, sounds fun.

I actually quite enjoyed the city in my 20s (I was I.T., never one of them), but then I, you know, grew up. To be honest for a moment, much as I have no sympathy for the arrogant tits who will struggle to make payment on their Boxsters and new hot-bath extensions, there are a lot of good people there in all the support departments and shops and restaurants just trying to get by who will suffer, and that does make me sad. The spending on accessories in Southend or Romford's high streets alone will have dropped to practically nil. What will the world do with a fake leopard skin crop top glut?!

I might just join you and wave a ?50 note at the barman, not to attract his attention, just to annoy said fucknuts who used to do it to me from two rows back while I waited patiently at the bar like a normal human being. Then I'll ask people how their 5 unsellable buy-to-lets are doing now that rents are dropping and their bonuses have gone for the foreseeable future. Then I'll take a steaming dump in their manbag where they keep their moneyjacket. Out of sympathy error 500

THe main issue with games being made in to films is .. well .. Uwe Boll!

Watched a bit of the Presidential debate. Is it true that a bunch of AIG execs went off on a $400,000 jolly after they were bailed out? Genius, they've really got their fingers on the old pulse haven't, fathomed the mood, reflected upon the zeitgeist...jolly good show, now where is that AK macroban?

close, The Daily Mash !!

It's a good issue, you should have bought it, second best news source in the land.

...Microsoft Access.

article seemed ok to me. DSi will be region locked for downloadable content as different places have different rules etc. Bought cartridges will remain free of any DRM.

I think we can be pretty confident it was what it was. When a British patrol strayed into Iranian waters the media value was maximised, some might say milked, then the sailors let go to show Iranian magnanimity. If this was a US military supply plane could you imagine, but it left after a short delay, not much mileage to be gained from impounding an aid plane. Move along, nothing to see here.

That's no man.

I thought it was about camera, was just about to shove it in the wanted section ;) Love Peep Show, have sereis 1-5, but only made it halfway through 2 before The Wire kicked in. I will return...and check out 40D, the non camera variety.

Giles would never set foot anywhere outside East Dulwich, serious issues with Agoraphobia that boy!! So it's usually just a matter of lying to him, Estate Agents' blurb being very useful in that respect, I fully plan to get him north of the river on the strength of a Foxton's East Dulwich brochure alone one day

"He's nicer than you are - bring him along! " How about I just send him in my place.

Oooooh, I think you'll find it's in Peckham but in a sort of a greater Camberwell fashion. Alan Dale would fill you in if he hadn't dropped off the face of the earth.

Arbitrary but acceptable. I'll check see if my mate Giles can make it.

In which case, purely in the interests of inclusiveness, I'll move my vote to Scorpion who after 20 odd posts in the wanted section/song game, not so much dips her toes in the water but jumps in shouting GERONIMOOOOOO, in the new cooking thread. Hats off, and a thoroughly readable post it was too.