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Well, that's definitely true of a lot of the people in it, but a lot were perfectly ordinary country people. Besides, being a toff doesn't necessarily guarantee good publicity but they did manage to get a huge amount of public sympathy because they worked the system well. Edited to say this was a reply to Asset's post, as Jezza sneaked one in ahead of me.

RosieH, you make an excellent point. It surprises me that so many protesters haven't acquired media savvy by now - have a hook, get your point in the press beforehand, demonstrate peacefully, get your point in the press again - but if you google G20 or Financial Fools Day you'll see plenty of organisers talking about 'showing those financial morons a thing or two' (I made that quote up, but I don't think it's unjust) rather than about appealing to the mass media to bring people on side. If you think about the very successful Countryside Alliance march, they did a great media job, but for some reason very often protesters don't.

There are also the usual threats of hanging pinstriped effigies off buildings and so on so if you're sensitive you may not want to wear a suit! Our firm has asked us (on the advice of the police) to work from home if possible and if not to travel in casual clothes, not to move between buildings more than necessary and generally to keep heads down.

I like the cafe in Peckham Rye, and it's quite far away from any houses, so I think it would be great if it stayed open later. However, if any of the people who live near the Rye come on here and give better information about the noise carrying I'll defer to them. It would be even better if it retained a cafe feel for the early evening at least to it rather than turning into yet another bar. Realistically, it's going to continue to be packed full of people with small children, and the noise inside due to the acoustics is already pretty unbelievable, so I can imagine it might be considered a bit 'unfamily-unfriendly'.

Oh joy

T'ain't mah cat, gunslinger. Got it off of Google.

Could explain the daffodil dilution in the Park too, buggers for 'em those wild cats are.

Annaj, I should have known I could rely on you. Usual brown paper bag, usual place? SeanMac, I WILL be recording BBC2 and more importantly continuing and intensifying the campaign to get the Dowager Duchess of Moos to try at least 2 episodes before giving up. It's touch and go at the moment, but Mum is one of the most discerning critics I know, and if she can just get past the Baltimore slang and violence and drugs (ahem!) then I think she'll love it. Are we still on the right thread? :-$

Were the doors also 'alarmed', Asset? I always like that one.

Dammit, forgot to watch. Did anyone record it, pleasey please?

Tony.London Suburbs Wrote: > I thought that other comment was TOTALLY OUTRAGEOUS and yet, bizarrely you shrugged that comment of and appear to take more offence at my comment which you MUST know is a deliberate tongue-in-cheek" plagirism of that!..I Er, I actually took up the other poster's point on the thread and discussed it until we agreed to disagree. For some reason, you have characterised this as 'shrugging it off'. But I think it is wholly inappropriate that you raised that discussion - in which you had no part - on this thread and I question your motives for doing it as a response to my post on this thread which disagreed with yours. I think I've made it clear that I don't want to get involved in any ongoing difference of opinion you may have with another poster but if not please hear it now - don't involve me, and don't use my posts to try to make your own point.

TLS, my point is that if you think I should not be taking part in a discussion, please feel free to say so. But don't bring the point up and pretend that you're just quoting someone else. It's totally irrelevant to this thread, for one thing.

TLS, you're the first person ever to suggest that I am thoughtless, ill-considered or frivolous on this forum. I understand your reference, but the words are your own. Are you letting them stand?

Ah, the old 'I've seen life me and you lot haven't so I'm right' argument.

Also, just for the record, the Goon Show is extremely funny. *ducks flying pie*

???? Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > The protests are in the City too...the irony is > when I was a student and it was "Stop the city" > "We" (the 300 anarchists or so ) were advised to > wear suits to "blend in and stop you getting > knicked" good ol' Kevin Bone and Class War This could be sublime - your average City accountant sneaking in wearing ripped combats and stick-on dreads, only to encounter a perfectly turned out crowd of protesters shooting their double-cuffs at them.

It's life, gym, but not as we know it.

And while we're at it, the holly at Christmas time too. Although why the debate has shifted onto telling your kids not to do it, I'm not sure. The OP stated 'ignorant buggers ... picking flowers with their kids', not kids being allowed to pick flowers while with their parents.

Ooh, DM, you're rather fit. I thought you'd be a bit, um, chunkier.

Jimmy Cricket was cringingly awful. Lucky Jim. (edited to say that what I meant was I would not like to abolish Lucky Jim)

Sorry. Jim Broadbent?

Jimmy Choo! *little wistful sigh*

Jimmy Dean, thoroughly over-rated. Jim Blunt, rhyming slang. Jim Belushi I'll vote for, though.

I'm only going if *Bob* shows up naked with Daizie and FlickeryNormal as his twin dates.

JimLFixIt. M. le Quids, I see your point.