red devil

Yes, well done Quidsy, and to Meds too for organising...see you in Japan

Lordy Lord, Chelsea stuffed again... :)

adonirum Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Jah Lush, no, that wasn't me. I remember that > thread and found it absurd and actually offensive, > but did not complain. I readily admit I did not > think at the time to use quotes, but would it have > made any difference? I can't believe you're even asking that question, of course it would've made a difference, that would change the context completely. I read your original post and reported it, it read quite simply as a particularly nasty homophobic rant. There was no other context. > red devil, that is completely the point, context. > Why can something be(almost) acceptable on one > hand and not the other? You've already answered your question, it's because of the context > This is the purpose of > starting the discussion. Let me use this example > which has sort of been touched upon in the "racist > woman on bus" thread. In that thread one poster > refers to the "N" word. Any right minded one of us > would (hopefully) be abhorred by the use of it and > also I would like to think would challenge any > idiot using it. However, my oh my how we all > laughed/chuckled/cracked a wry smile when we heard > Samuel L. utter the words in his inimitable rapid > machine-gun style in films such as Pulp Fiction, > Jackie Brown and others. How is this acceptable? > Is it because context allows us to be arbitrary in > deciding whether we are offended or not? It's not arbitrary, that would suggest randomness, whereas the reality is you look at the overall picture i.e. context, which in turn informs you whether it's offensive or not. You may have used the same terms as the Gene Hunt character, but there the similarity ends. Two completely different contexts. > Otta, you make very good points. However, the > script for the programme, although referring back > to the beginning of the 80's, was written and > filmed in 2008. Why does it become acceptable > because of this? Something that is actually of > it's time, for example someone like Bernard > Manning spouting forth his bile, is not, yet this > would surely be more appropriate to show the > absurdity of that time. You seem unable to grasp the context of...context.

That was/is Tarot Jah, but you're right and it appears Admin felt the same, context is everything...

It was the thread title that caught my eye frizz. Next we'll have estate agents calling themselves professional ;-)...

Since when did dog walkers become professional? :)...

On a spooky theme, it was either this or The Monster Mash...no contest

Agree with a lot of what Paul Scholes said. Just now LVG came out with this little gem... We are improving a lot, but it is a process. We were in the last 16 of the Capital One Cup and in the Champions League. Last year it was not like this. Hellefookinglujah, we made the last 16 of the League Cup*. Next year, the quarters! *Puts up bunting....*

Week 11 fixtures... Saturday 31st October 2015 Chelsea v Liverpool Crystal Palace v Man Utd Man City v Norwich Newcastle v Stoke Swansea v Arsenal Watford v West Ham West Brom v Leicester Sunday 1st November 2015 Everton v Sunderland Southampton v Bournemouth Monday 2nd November 2015 Tottenham v Aston Villa

There's a new interim Priest, maybe he's chucking out the chintz... http://www.stjohnseastdulwich.org/staff

Where have you read that the Ombudsman always sides with the planners? If you're that worried about the relationship between the planner and your architect, use a specialist Planning Consultant for an appeal. They deal solely with matters like this, whereas an architect's experience will usually be limited by comparison...

Ots, you could do some groundwork now by getting your place valued by a few estate agents and/or doing it yourself on a site like Zoopla. That should then give you a good idea of your Loan to Value %. Once you have that info you can see what deals you would qualify for. I used this broker for when I first remortgaged, they are fee free and independent... http://www.lcplc.co.uk/remortgages/remortgage/?gclid=COqK-vDH4sgCFUcUwwodDKkKKA&gclsrc=aw.ds Again it wouldn't do any harm to contact them, or whoever you choose to go with, and give them all your info so that your new mortgage starts as soon as you're free to leave your existing deal...

Don't forget to factor in upfront costs like lender's arrangements fees, they can quite often make a difference to the headline rate. A broker should be able to do all the number crunching for you...

3 points for predicting the final plus any bonus points, that pesky Quids is still catchable...

Booger, couldn't have saved my Friday predictions, didn't notice until yesterday. Need a biggie to get back in contention. Week 10 points... Week 10 table...

???? Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > er' yes NSS. But BFS wouldn't have, that's the > point Well Miss Marple, today he put on Defoe (an out and out striker) when Sunderland's Toivonen (midfielder) was injured, so in this instance, he clearly did...

???? Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > red devil Wrote: > -------------------------------------------------- > ----- > > Hammers boss Slaven Bilic threw on Carroll for > the > > last 20 minutes and the home side began pumping > > crosses into the box. > > > > Good to see the spirit of BFS lives on... :) > > > BFS would have bought on Caroll for Sakho in a > straight swap aimed at not losing; billion brings > on Carroll AND keeps Sakho on the pitch in an > attempt to win the game. Bilic could afford to do that, Chelsea were down to 10 men...

Indeed, the recent George Formby season was a real eye-opener... Getcher facking 'ands of my Ukelele you facking slaaaaaaaaagg

Quids, did you see Tamer Hassan, who played Ray in Cass, sitting in the Director's Box?...

Hammers boss Slaven Bilic threw on Carroll for the last 20 minutes and the home side began pumping crosses into the box. Good to see the spirit of BFS lives on... :)

No need for that Quids...

Derby weekend... 1-0 1-1 2-1 :)

Methinks a tough week for predictions, lots of very close games. Week 10 fixtures... Saturday 24th October 2015 Aston Villa v Swansea Leicester v Crystal Palace Norwich v West Brom Stoke v Watford West Ham v Chelsea Arsenal v Everton Sunday 25th October 2015 Sunderland v Newcastle Bournemouth v Tottenham Man Utd v Man City Liverpool v Southampton

My Mother-in Law's Tongue certainly appreciates my steaming trolleys...

Not even when you've got the mask on?...