malumbu

Nope I was just surprised that my Danny Baker thread caused ahitestorm and this post caused no interest at all (beyond me talking to myself). I supposed I should have combined the two. A mate stood in front of DB once at a Millwall match and found him a bit abusive. And another mate told me a none-PC but funny Millwall fans story that DB had recounted. It's banter, but in the current reactionary environment they'd be calling for closing down the Den. So long ago it was the Den.

Oh and disliking the 'political classes' 'liberal elite' etc isn't a reason. I often find them/me annoying, pompous etc which is a good argument for taking the p a little. Not f the country up. Hands up all those people who would bring back hanging Hands up all those people who would repatriate foreigners. Don't leave that up to referendums. Let's stick to representational democracy no matter how clunky.

Three years on and I am still looking for a persuasive argument to leave. Yes we have done this to death but please do remind me Keano and DF on why (beyond the let's put our hands up in the playground). There are many many concerns with the EU but none strong enough that has yet to change my mind. Comparing it with some sport/entertainment is just superficial.

Good post Malumbu. Not sure if I agree with all your thoughts, but perhaps if footy fans showed their displeasure at abuse, eg by turning their backs, that would be a start - and result in some positive media coverage. It was good to see Newcastle fans applauding Mo Salah as he was stretchered off last week. Very different to the Spurs fans throwing coins at Walcott a few years ago.

I could probably find out on line but where is the great swing away from Labour to the remain parties? London in particular. Worrying.

I understand that DB was not available for Question Time tonight so they had to get Nige in to deputise for him, being a more moderate alternative. I've undercovered more racist slurs - which look very much condoned by that hard line fascist paper the Indie www.independent.co.uk/voices/meghan-markle-prince-harry-engaged-royal-wedding-monarch-queen-elizabeth-taxpayers-expenses-civil-a8077721.html The Big Ears Marries Noddy headline frightens me as being anti German and Greek (Charles' lineage) and worse still the headline Parasite Marries Scrounger referring to the wedding of Andy and Fergie - the latter being 10% eskimo. Hopefully all involved will end up in the Tower, eventually with their heads on poles. Oh I do miss the time when we could be more open in taking the mick out of the Royals. [eskimo was just to get you frothing further at the mouth, I meant Inuit, innit.]

I also found these dreadful pictures of people celebrating the royal birth. Obviously good friends of DB. Apols if I got my royal princesses mixed up. [This is actually a separate point as the guys are dressed up in honour of one of the players, who took no offence]

Can we have some proper informed comment not knee jerk Guardian reader nonsense please. Some of what I am reading is so pompous. Football fans are more and more like the residents of East Dulwich rather than old school thugs. Irrespective of this football as has society is totally changed to the days that I, and Danny B, would have been familiar with in the 70s. Monkey Chants are from a tiny minority of morons, whether truly racist or doing it for impact/effect - and the media fans these flames. I still eat bananas after seeing 100s of them thrown on the pitch during the late 70s. The irony is that KM has little African Caribbean physical attributes, and offspring even less, making it difficult for even the most ardent racist to use slurs. The colour of her/his skin is neither here nor there, and I expect that they have far more important things to care about. Is East Dulwich really that po-faced? Oh how shocking.

No wonkers please. Funnily enough I was very against this - as someone who commutes by push bike but had a motorbike for decades. It's been fine and I've only come across a small handful of wonkers on powered two wheelers. As many wonkers on push bikes and eclipsed by four wheelers. I can also bring electric scooters and other new ?and not street legal) vehicles - a new brand of wonkers. 99% ++ of road users fine.

Happy Birthday to You, you belong down the zoo, you look like a monkey and smell like one too. (what we sang in the playground) Cheeky monkey (friendly catch phrase probably from the 50s) I want to speak to the organ minder not the monkey (classic insult about someone's intelligence, not PC but not racist) Monkey bike/bars/shoes/nuts - various items I've had in the past I'm an ape man, Stop that Gibbon, novelty pop songs from the 70s. Arctic Monkeys - band that were briefly good. Blow Monkeys - pretentious band from the 80s. The Gorillas. Pretentious band from the 00s and 10s. Steve Gibbons - pub rocker from the 70s onward. Go Ape - theme park. PG Tips chimps, Johnny whathisface monkey, the monkey in that Channel 5 programme with Suggs None of it is racist. DB isn't racist. He was foolish and perhaps reflective of how celebs and others want to share instantaneously with the masses and risk massive faux pas. Comment on my racism in football thread, which similarly suggests we are over-reacting - whilst not dismissing genuine issues in society. I might also call it crazy, or mad, without meaning to offend those with mental health issues. As a secular republican I am quite happy to mock, whilst not hating. Here's an amusing sketch, originally posted by someone else on this site. (disclaimer, sorry for the use of the p..f word)

Birds seem to be on a feeding frenzy which I expect is due to fledglings having hatched. Never worked out why they favour one feeder over another, which will switch too. Put a bird bath up on one of the feeder poles which the wood pigeons perch on and crap in! Blue tits, great tits, robin and gold finches. No green finches, long tailed tits, coal tits so far this year, nor woodpeckers, thrushes and jays, which is a shame. Wonder if it is a weather and food availability thing, ie they only come into gardens when food is short in their more natural environment. Occasional doves, and plenty of crows and blackbirds. Green squawky things fortunately stay outside the garden. The football cones over the open feeders seem to have stopped the bally squirrels which is a welcome surprise.

If you want the authorities to take action then campaign, lobby your MP, political parties and local authority. Since Blair's Bloody nose by the unholy and anti-environment hauliers and farmers in 2000, governments have backed off anything that looks like a war on motorists. It's seen as a vote loser and to be your God given right to drive how you want, where you want, when you want and sod the consequences. Car occupancy is falling (there's a good start to reducing emissions). On my soap box as a professional tree hugger. See my rant on Court Lane!

Silly boy but was it a sacking offence? Nothing explicitly racist in the picture but something not wise to do. I don't believe in 'politically correctness gone mad' because we never need to return to dark time of homophobia, racism etc (dangers in the swing to populist leaders). I've posted on racism in football, and met a black manager who was once feted by fans wearing afro wigs and some even blacked up. He didn't take offence but 17 years later we'd all shudder. And talking of offensive Harry in the SS uniform?

For historical correctness the Cult were formally the Dealth Cult, and originally the Southern Health Cult. The original were the best (forget Wayne Hussey although there has been a lot of rain today)

System is flawed in that there is zero tolerance for some offences which may be fairly benign or due to genuine mistakes, but bugger all enforcement for some of the more serious stuff. I've had my fair share of fines - some justified others disproportionate wh4en a telling off would suffice such as a bus lane in the early hours when there was no traffic (mentally I'm thinking bus lanes are for normal traffic) but still no excuse, but alienates you as a responsible driver.

Oh and the thread is wrong, it is not stupid driving, it is normal driving as most drive like this

I've been cycling up Court Lane recently and thought of posting a thread. Its indicative of how crap our driving standards are and how little we, local and national government want to take action. Smooth driving is a no-brainer, but for some reason traffic calming is like a red flag to a bull - accelerate/break, accelerate/brake. I lecture drivers when cycling, and have little competitions when driving - ie not braking and managing speed on the throttle. Easy. T'other day I actually saw a car driving smoothly on Court Lane, but then saw he was on his phone so politely told him to GET OFF NOW. Thanks to the pedestrians who agreed. Another time when I was doing my chant of "accelerate/brake" a cabbie offered me out for a fight. Thanks mate, give you some advice on how to drive smoother, save fuel, less wear and tear, and save the planet and you want to punch me. We are friggin the planet up, but you selfish drivers can't do some simple things to help. Time to alienate drivers - sod the impact on loss of votes, UKIP are welcome to you lot. The damage that the 2000 fuel protests (unholy alliance of hauliers and farmers) did to the environment by changing the Blair government to pro public transport to pro car. Court Lane, Benchley Gardens and the like exemplify poor driving as they are long and straight, so it is more obvious, but happens on all urban roads in the metropolis. And as for 20mph, not going to work without enforcement, better publicity and education. No longer acceptable that you can drive where you like, when you like, how you like. Plenty of opportunities for leisure road activities on two or more wheels, if you want to drive like an rrrss go carting, track days, or get on a bike and go off road. And should you want to knock me off my moral high ground, I've had the speeding fines, done silly speeds on a motorbike on Park Lane, maxed out on the motorway and learned my ways. Change all of this culture. I know shed loads and I am a professional tree hugger. Happy to debate over a pint at any time. Remember don't drink and drive, use the bike.... Whoops.

At last a thread that is really useful. It's important to monitor your bowel movements particularly later in life, and a great topic of conversation. Wait, not human ones? Dogs? How dull. Round may way less of a problem, and I expect it is the occasional dog owner as most seem to pick it up. Foxes more of an issue (squidgy)

Wood pigeons are interesting and try various ways in getting food out of the feeders not designed for them. They now seem to have made a home on the birdbath, not so clever as they crap in it. Feral pigeons are vermin so I will leave that one there. Collared doves make occasional appearances. Apparently very rare 100 years ago. Will link to the naturewatch thread on the ED site.

What's all this sycophancy towards Rendel? Fight your own battles. And if others are being RRRSss it's obvious for others to see.

Irritating theme tune to the cartoon series of my childhood! A theme elsewhere on this forum:

They are cool though.

It's worth actually saying a bit more about the place, including in the tile as it could have been a dry cleaners or something else clothes related. I could have ignored the post, or made more clever comments but Googled it. To find I'd actually been there on a snowy evening as the Canopy was shut. Staff was good, there was no music on, it looked like it would have a good vibe and I really enjoyed the music paper cuttings in the toilet area as I am old I recognised many of the bands. Ratings are good. Feel free to invite me to your do!

What gets me from personal experience, is that someone out there is prepared to pay for your cherished tools (in my case stolen bikes, although I have also had tools and bizarrely emergency equipment taken from my car). Can't get me head around that mentality. Hope you get some of this back. I have tools of a similar age which I love as much as my bikes. Bloody car boot sales....