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Went to a party in E&C once and the next door neighbour called the police. They popped around and saw that it was a bunch of people having a not-terribly-loud good time, bid us good night and left. About 10 mins later there was banging at the door - it was said neighbour complaining about the noise and that "she had called the police". "We know", I said, "They've just been around. Nice guys". She was not a happy bunny.

Down with this sort of thing. Careful now.

Mick Mac Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > What's your understanding of a fair society and > how its achieved. Free hair bleach on the NHS.

You want to see the squealing over at the Guardian. One writer, with five children, was complaining that his near-on ?4K of child benefit was a terribly important part of his higher-rate tax-paying income. Benefits should be a safety net, not a bloody bouncy castle.

Clue: He'll be the one mincing strangely around the Cutty Sark, with one eyebrow raised.

DJKillaQueen Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > You say that but then Simon would never have put > Jedward through last year, so there is I think > some autonomy. I agree with you though on the > entertainment factor over talent factor. I read somewhere that Louis Walsh already knew of Jedward and 'encouraged' them to apply. Ditto with the dire Conway Sisters.

mockney piers Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Call me an old cynic, but am i the only one > thinking that Cheryl's choices mig have been > subconsciously steered by her past racist > tendencies? Oh, purleeese. Apart from the fact that the allegations were a bit dubious, the fact that she married a black guy and steered Alexandra Burke to victory shouldn't get in the way of a good playing of the racism card.

Can admin still do IP address checks? Mr Corti and Mr Zippo might be worth a look.

Haw haw - busted!

Am I missing something here? Isn't burning gas, where ever it comes from, still pushing CO2 into the atmosphere?

Who side is this on? If I was making a video taking the piss out of the near-fanatical global warming - erm - climate change followers, I wouldn't change much. Not that it's not a good idea to cut down on resource use, carbon emissions, etc, but it is getting to be a bit of a cult.

Sue, As someone said, hang a spare key on a hook out of site of the door. Leaving it in the door may invalidate your insurance.

Surely Lordship Lane is a successful shopping street precisely because it is a vehicle through area? If you were to divert most traffic through, say, Crystal Palace Road how long would LL last?

kford Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > I had to chortle at this month's Southwark Life - > there's an article inside asking us to suggest > ways the council might save money. I got the biggest laugh in that section was from the obviously-planted vox-pop ("Cortina") suggesting that Southwark could merge some services with Lambeth. Gosh, what a surprise that a random person plucked off the street would suggest something that lines up exactly with a contentious manifesto policy of the new council!! What are the chances, eh? At the very least they could rename it "Southwark Propaganda"

Magpie Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > My understanding is that an immigration cap is a > policy yet to be introduced by the Coalition. > Currently, there is a points based system > introduced in the dying days of the last Labour > government when they realised that their open > doors policy on immigration had been a disaster > socially, electorally, and had little long term > economic benefit as any increase in economic > output is offset by the increase in population. An immigration cap is pointless politics. It can only be applied to non-EU countries and all it will mostly do is block some highly skilled people who are needed in the UK.

Tumble turns! I used to be really good at them as a kid, but last time I tried one I lost track of which way was 'up'.

Well they certainly generate a lot of it... (Sorry, James B!)

katie1997 Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > I have met Ed Miliband who has a far greater > understanding of current energy issues than that > tw@t, Chris Huhne. > > To be completely superficial, he is actually quite > attractive in real life, I love the way he speaks > ... he'd get my vote anyday. Do you? I think there is something cartoon-ish about it. During his acceptance speech I kept getting the feeling he was going to end it with a "the-adda-the-adda... that's all folks!"

Mick Mac Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > {As an aside - My wife told her friend that Ed had > won yesterday - and the response was "oh is he the > ugly one?" That won't help his case. These things > do play a part.] My missus said something similar - but was referring to David M. Or, as she put it, "the one with the sprayed on hair".

If you want to see a flood of immigrants, try the south coast of Spain, around Alicante.

I think Labour chose the best from what was on offer. His acceptance speech was interesting - when he spoke from the heart he was good, but when he was trawling his way through his speech-writer's "I get it" attempt at something Obama-esque it all got a bit mechanical and turgid. Ed's problem is now to distance himself from the unions. They got him the gig when the MPs and the party preferred his brother. If he doesn't show that he is independent from Woodley and co then Cameron will have a field day. Personally, I think he is likeable and electable, but if he shifts Labour too far left he will drag them into long-term opposition. At the moment, I don't think the Tories and Lib Dems are shaking in their boots, but it will depend on how Ed handles the post-spending review period. David M will be looking back tonight at whether he blew his chance before the election when he should have challenged Brown. I suspect he won't defend his seat at the next election and head off to the City.

Tonyotonyo Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Ok easter8. You seem like you dislike the area, > I've lived in Edmonton green, ponders end, > tottenham and kilburn. If you think that ED is a > shithole then you must live in hampton esque > luxury estate. It's not in any way a shithole. Even people literally living in a shithole wouldn't move to Tottenham.

95% of things you can do on a PC you can do on a Mac. It's how much that other 5% may or may not annoy the hell out of you.

1) Buy a pint of milk and drink part of it 2) Urinate in it 3) Put it fridge marked "DO NOT STEAL" in big letters.

Good grief - we let you into the secret and you go and blab it everywhere! Didn't anyone tell you, the first rule of East Dulwich is...