*Bob*

What do we know of her opinions on subjects such as animal welfare, children and world peace?

Her head looks too small.

I just saw Olly exiting the 'Irish Shop' with a penny whistle, a packet of Kerrygold and a pair of rubber gloves. God only knows what the recipe is.

Liberal Democrats, then?

*Bob* Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > That's the giveaway. In real life, there's always > a tit or two you just can't shake-off, for > historical reasons. I think they covered this in 'Friends'.

Swagger Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- ...convincing themselves they had a 100% > genuinely hip circle of friends. That's the giveaway. In real life, there's always a tit or two you just can't shake-off, for historical reasons.

It's my belief that 'Friends' has played an essential part in the prolonging of humdrum relationships for millions of people up and down the land.

I think I 'parted company' from a particular lady and moved to London. That was when Friday night entertainment seems to improve dramatically.

Swagger Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Is that your way of telling us you cried when last > of the coffee was poured, *Bob*? The twilight days of Friends were strictly 'for the ladies'.

A GP friend of mine did tell me (his estimation of) the percentage of patients he sees who are 'hypochondriac regulars'. I forget the figure but it was pretty high. It seemed to account for the lion's share of his time. He said part of the difficulty (and potential danger) with being a GP was that they see so many people with absolutely nothing wrong with them whatsoever - that the chances of missing the ones who are actually ill increases.

Narnia Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Their number is an 0844 one. Do you know a plan > which includes those? Do you know the difference > between 0844 and 0845 numbers by the way, as I > don't? Hmm. looks like you're right. 0844 is not covered by TalkTalk. Now en route to throw a half-ender through their windows. Apparently many places are also changing their numbers from 0845/70 to 0844, to keep the cash coming-in.

That said, I think FHR only takes appointments in the morning on weekdays, doesn't it? Anyway, whilst the principle of paying to phone a Docs surgery does 'seem' worse, but you still need to phone all the other places that use 0845 numbers too. I think the answer is to make all 0845 numbers pointless by choosing an operator who includes them - if enough people do that, there won't be any need for any of them. They're a hangover from the days of national and local price banding (now obsolete) which was meant to encourage you to call companies who weren't local at no extra expense. Now even some of the shops at the bottom of our road have 0845 numbers.. yet calling Aberdeen is free.

Vote with your feet and switch your phone provider to one who includes all 0845/0870 etc calls as part of their package (Talk Talk does, even on it's cheapest ?6.99/month evening/weekend package). Then you can just forget about it.

Swagger Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > We've all laughed at some point in our lives > whilst watching Friends. Alhough you immediately > felt disgusted with yourself afterwards. Why? Even the low points of the Friends Juggernaut pissed all over most of our homegrown mainstream offerings. The high points were about as close to sitcom perfection is you could ask for. It's dated badly, but then most sitcoms do.. even the good ones.

I should read more. Alas, my busy schedule only allows me a cursory flick though Heat and Grazia.

I've got a gold crown.. will that do? Only it's right at the back, so I'd have to wink 'like a pirate' to flash it.

I have one of those bow-ties which spin when I lift my chin up and wink (you heard me.. that's wink) Last night's election news: In a piece about Samantha Cameron, BBC news coined the phrase "leaders wives". Made my night.

Surely you mean 'unless you have Christian beliefs and somehow feel that the business which you run ought to be exempted from the discrimination laws as applied to everybody else'?

Steve, Did you click on the link to his website and read that yet?

We might have had controversial Prime Ministers and PMs who were out of their depth and ones who inspire(d) vitriolic hate, but you'd have to go a long way back to find one who was - actually - an absolute moron: the kind of person who couldn't run a shoe shop, let alone head-up a superpower.

Blair and Brown might be a lot of things, but they can at least form real sentences.. and their eyes are more or less the right distance apart.

For the Obama effect to follow you need a Bush to precede it.

I hope it goes back in. I've been trying to get my thread about 'solving the current global financial crisis by way of tarot card reading' into the DR without success for some time.

MrBen Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > I believe that you can give a child a stable > upbringing without a bit of paper.. Not if your partner will be forced to sell the family home should one of you happen to kick the bucket.

It's just because you haven't met the right man, LB (*pitiful nod*) I can only pray that - one day - you find the right man for you and you then get all the tax incentives and extra legal protection you rightly deserve as a result of signing on the dotted line.