mockney piers

Those NME award nominations in full.

"why do I think Bob Stanley has an ED connection?" I dunno, but you're getting warm. Not entirely coincidental posting of that song ;-)

Shooting the messenger a bit aren't you maximay. CWALD's a self confessed politician these days and has certain issues that are close to home for her; wouldn't you take up soap boxing opportunities if you wanted to discuss/debate and air them. You have a legitimate complaint, but I suggest you take it up with auntie beeb re why they waste(d) the taxpayers' money on sh!te like Kilroy ;-)

unless you add it to your dictionary then 'eval' appears a lot. You should see my dictionary, it'd make your mum blush!!

Basically have a few well rehearsed lines and try not to get too flustered. I know I hate it when politicians trot out rehearsed lines rather than address the question, but you might find them a useful fallback if she keeps trying to shift your position to get you off balance. Stay calm and enjoy it basically. I may have to watch this one.

Spot on. I remember sitting on those seats just to the left with an aussie friend who'd been travelling around the world for 6 months with the usual drug related pitfalls and fears that possession might entail, and she was finding the whole openness htere very hard to get her head around. By the time we were really battered a couple of officers wandered in to chat to the staff and check all was well, and had the conversation right in front of us. This was all too much for Lisa, who stood up (just), offered her wrists together to be handcuffed and said too loudly in that classic aussie drawl: "Arrest me officer, I've been a baaaaaaaad girl" I know things are funnier when you're stoned, but I honestly didn't stop crying for about an hour!!

I don't know if you noticed, but those photos (not mine) are in the right order and what you'd see if you looked left to right standing on the raised bit.

"Julie has written investigative features on international prostitution, sex tourism in Jamaica, stalking and harassment, transsexualism, being a lesbian schoolgirl, the beauty industry and serial killers. For a bit of light relief she has written on the death of the hostess trolley, female orchestra conductors, fancying Camilla Parker Bowles and hating vegetarians." Oh dear god that sounds scary...best of luck mwah ha ha ah ha

Is there a white widow in Harry potter then? ANd brings a whole new meaning to the Northern Lights trilogy too.

Can I wear a top-hat with a secret straw to a vat of Havana Club & coke secreted in it?

Ha ha, you don't know how close you are to the truth Brendan. I've still got scars on my legs from all the bicycles I fell over, and I was so bleary after 6 months that my boss suggested I go on holiday ... immediately!! That's the one Rolo happy haze days

Here you go Jah, just for you, as you seem to have a thing for them. Saint Etienne - A Good Thing

He he, indeed. It's a chain of 'posher' coffee shops mostly outside the red light district. Fell for one of the girls there a week before I had to return to the UK having been depressingly single the whole blimmin year. Sod's law!!!

click the 'attach a file' above the posting text box and upload your photo (make sure it's below 614kb, so resize it if it's not. Then if you want to also display it, once it's loaded, go to your post, click on the attachment and view the picture. Copy the full address in the address bar http://eastdulwichforum/something.jpg then go back and edit your post and click the insert image url button, copying in said full address. This should do the trick.

Eeeek, I, hit 13 in 1986. I don't know why but I'd always pictured myself as at least half your age *Bob* :-/

De Rookerij on Lange Leidsedwarsstraat? Might have been. :) I lived on the Keizersgracht a mere stoned throw away.

Is the photo a file on your computer or a picture up on t'interweb?

I've regularly been caned. Mostly in that year I lived in Amsterdam though...

That was to Dublin. Yes my other half kept describing it to people as a "1920s bus". That may have been stretching the truth somewhat, but I could see where she was coming from. It was great when it turned up, we'd all been standing in the departure gate for about an hour, tempers were beginning to fray, one woman was in tears, and then this vision in blue and rust turned up and everyone just collapsed into hoots of laughter. Hats off to the staff in City that day by the way. Faced with a lot of testy, irritable and upset people, everyone I saw kept their cool good job done by all. To make it all better, the friends who met us in dublin to give us a lift to the south coast, their car broke down just south of the ring road, so we had to wait a couple of hours for a truck and trailer to carry us down. We made it in at half 3 in the morning. I stopped being tired and frustrated and just started finding it funny by the time we turned up at the 'airport' that is southend.

..and miserabler..too true Brendan.

I've not yet, though I saw there's a madrid route so I may in future. I KLMUKed to Amsterdam for a year and quite often use Air France to Dublin.

5th round predictions

My blackfriars train (DH) is ridiculously busy this week. Has there been a reduction in the service or something?

You're slowly morphing into DM, KK!

Deducted points? No comprendo, what's all that about then? ;-)