*Bob*

Well, ok, it is symmetrical, but only on one axis.

And the natural pedant in me is duty-bound to point out that a crucifix isn't symmetrical, and that a round plate is.

That was the sno of got, Muck.

I don't believe in Got, Mick. But one thing's for sure.. if there is a Got, he aint got not square plates.

Mick Mac Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > No - we are intending putting them on a square > table. Thank got you don't have a drop-leaf table, Mick.. those drop-leaf plates are very hard to find.

Don't forget the artistic squiggle of brightly-coloured sauce. Known in the trade as the W@nker's Drizzle

What's your thinking, Mick? Something to go with the square etched-glass coasters?

Gravied meats, seasonal vegetables, plus jus. I suspect that there may have been some form of asymmetrical raised seashell motif patternation, but (as you can imagine) we were putting our coats on long before it could have been exposed.

Brum, On your journey from the cooker to the table, square plate in each hand, do you stumble, totter and roll - to give the impression of being on the high seas during a heavy swell?

A square plate.. a platter.. is perfectly acceptable as a serving dish. But as soon as you give everyone one each, you've crossed the line.

Well I just had to be honest with them, Moos. We've known each other for a long time - and we've been through a lot together. The good times.. and the bad. The highs and the lows. But now we know you've got square plates, it's time we called it a day.

You think you don't know anyone with square plates. You assume. You hope. But then.. one weekend, round at Thingy and Wotsits. A glass of chilled white. Conversation, laughter and easy tunes. And then, just when you least expect it.. there they are. Square Plates.

Lawrence Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > I have a set. When using a dish washer you always > have a maximum diameter of plate that will fit. > Square plates rule as you get more eating surface > area for the same plate width. I hear you.. I mean, I don't look great in dungarees but the pocket sure comes-in handy.

Do either of you own square plates, by any chance?

Are you the sort of person who owns square plates? Have you ever paused to consider what owning square plates says about you? Please, give it some thought. Before it's too late.

Maybe before the expenses scandal broke.. it seems less appealing now.

'Everyone voting Lib Dem in order to show that they are in favour of PR' is a bizarre Logic, to say the least..!

No deals yet. Clegg has to stick by his guns. No movement on PR, no deal! The Tory bribe is not worth it in the long term.

Dennis Thatcher / The 'Likey Soupy' incident... surely one of the great political footnotes of Maggie's premiership.

By my reckoning - in what turned-out to be a disappointing night for everyone - Labour ought to be feeling a little relieved and the Libs are still the ones with the most to gain.. It all depends if either Blue or Red are prepared to part their buttocks and take electoral reform up the gritter in return for Liberal support. Or if the Libs are prepared to insist on it..

TonyQuinn Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > At the end of the day, you are either blue or red. Unless you happen to be in the (nearly) one quarter of the country who voted yellow?

It's most interesting watching the tangled web reveal itself. Clegg already said weeks ago that the moral authority to form a govt should be with whoever has the biggest vote - seats and popular, and has duly tipped his hat towards the Cons just now on the telly. Mandy was out ten seconds after the exit poll last night saying there would 'have to be electoral reform'. Tories would rather sit in a bath of piss than ruin their traditional electoral power base by way of reform.

Bad news, LM Looks like it's Blues and Yellows after all.

As ever, we get what we deserve. Looking forward to the Labour, Lib, Plaid, SNP, Green, Independent, Ulster coalition. It'll take them a week to organise the tea rota.

davidh.. come, let us stand together now - and sing the Polish national anthem.. A one-a, a two-a, a one-two-three-four.. Jeszcze Polska nie zginela, Kiedy my zyjemy. Co nam obca przemoc wziela, Szabla odbierzemy. CHORUS Marsz, marsz, Dabrowski, Z ziemi wloskiej do Polski, Za twoim przewodem Zlaczym sie z narodem. Przejdziem Wisle, przejdziem Warte, Bedziem Polakami, Dal nam przyklad Bonaparte, Jak zwyciezac mamy. CHORUS Jak Czarniecki do Poznania Po szwedzkim zaborze, Dla ojczyzny ratowania Wracal sie przez morze.