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Getchoo - Weezer

I know it doesn't make it right, but... how many of you can say with 100% confidence, that if someone held your family hostage and threatened to kill them, you wouldn't want to whack them with a cricket bat? I'm not sure if I can.

EDOldie Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Which, all the > time we hold massive stakes in the banks, would be > at our expense? There are a lot of banks in the City other than RBS and Lloyds, you know...

I've not heard any stories of brokers shoving CDOs down their clients throats, but I don't work for a brokerage so perhaps I'm missing something.

As I say, plenty of companies (e.g. brokerages) didn't get a penny from the taxpayer. The government certainly wouldn't bail them out if they were in trouble (which they weren't). But now they're being penalised. Anyway... enough of this...

iaineasy Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > do they have healing qualities Yes.

The O.P. implied that the bonus tax was fair. I am disputing this, as I don't like the way it has been applied across the whole financial industry - including companies who had no part in causing the financial crisis, and received no government money. As far as I know, footballers (as an example of a high earning profession) do not have to pay this tax, as they don't work for banks. Yes, maybe so. In which case, introduce new tax bands for higher earners. Don't tax people extra just because they work in finance. I don't want to totally hijack the thread, but this issue really does annoy me.

david_carnell Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > a bed-bath by a playboy bunny I can tell you've been in lots of private wards, David! With private cover, you will almost certainly get an appointment sooner to see a consultant. Scans, tests, etc can usually get pushed through more quickly. Your wait in the waiting room will probably be much shorter. The benefits are not trivial. However, there are drawbacks of private healthcare too.

Huguenot Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > It's got nothing to do with 'fair'. Of course not. It's about finding scapegoats, grabbing headlines, winning votes. All aimed cynically at the average tabloid reader who considers "the banks" and their employees to be a homogeneous entity, and probably thinks that you can open a savings account with Goldman Sachs.

I think we missed out a couple... http://img.amazon.ca/images/I/51TTS23E54L._SL500_AA280_.jpg http://www.velocetoday.com/images/august07/Fiat-124-3.jpg

plimsoul Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > yes we can draw our money out of banks that refuse > to understand why excessive bonuses can be > taxed... Perhaps you could explain why it's fair to impose extra taxes on somebody earning, say, 70k a year, but not on a footballer earning many times that?

Has anybody actually heard this Joe McElberry(sp) song? I've not come across it on the radio or anything.

Hadrian's Wall - Hadrian issued the order to build the wall in year 122. http://www.hadrians-wall-bed-and-breakfast.co.uk/images/index/hadrians_wall_cawfields.jpg

MrBen Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > He said "High income" Jeremy - not millionaires. I know, I know. But surely for this series to be even vaguely entertaining, the "high income" family will have to be pretty loaded. Hamstead or even Blackheath could be a better bet, perhaps...

I won't be buying it, I was never really into RATM... even when I was 15 I found them rather hypocritical and tedious. But saying that, I like it as a way for people to collectively say that actually, Simon Cowell and Joe whassisname don't represent everyone's tastes in music (probably not even the majority). A lot of people are totally fed up with the dull routine of yet another talentless 18 year old singing bland cover versions.

Jamie - East Dulwich is not a "rich" area, you won't find many millionaires round here.

"he was chased by a panther who tried to eat his puppy." Don't you think that a "panther" would be able to catch with a man (with a puppy) fairly easily?

A punk band called The Vandals did an xmas album, featuring such songs as "My First Christmas as a Woman" and "Christmas Time For My Penis". It was funny when I was 18, anyway.

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Apparently this is a W89 warhead. It looks a bit... dodgy... http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/e9/W89.jpg

The intruders sound like a particularly nasty bunch, and frankly I have zero sympathy for him. If you threaten to kill someone, you shouldn't be surprised if you get a beating in response. Saying that, by beating the guy sensless, they obviously went too far and should have known they'd get in trouble.

SteveT Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > 15.A disc you bought but cant hear. Brake disc More likely the tax disc...

That's the problem... tax the city too much, and you're in danger of killing a huge chunk of the UK's income. You'll also inevitably be punishing lots of people - and even whole companies - who had nothing to do with the credit crunch or mortgages, and never received any government cash.