*Bob*

I'll happily give any of the UK's recent entries a push - off a cliff onto a spike. We need to take a leaf out of the book of our eastern European friends. Get some decent costumes in. Show some flesh. Cross dress. Plunder a best-forgotten musical genre. Have no shame. Even Ireland, home of the yawnworthy acousto-megaballad has seen the light and plumped for Dustin the Turkey this year.

I doubt it - I expect they've all been roached, eh Asset?

I'm sure it probably means roughly the same time on approach and more planes. Not that I mind.

You're in for a treat, Anna.. these are simply top-drawer entries. I wish I could take some of the credit, but no - they're nothing to do with me. One year.. I can but dream..

I'll be honest. I love it. And this year is shaping-up to be a cracker. Ireland's entry this year is simply beyond belief: But I have a sneaking suspicion that the Latvian entry will poll well: http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=g7bsX7iCqmE

I'm sure there must be presents for the Snorklets come 25th December though..? Even if they are from Lidl. Mother's day is pure bollocks, of course, but I'm afraid I don't dislike my Mum enough to not send her a card etc when all her friends will be getting one, so I tow the line.

Is Christmas in the Snorky calendar?

I can accept that such a scheme may make money for the council and I can accept that setting-up CPZs may be incentivised to a certain degree. But my real interest is in how the consultation gets interpreted.. If the majority of residents who reply to the consultation say no, is that the end of it?

Saving time can't really be too much of an issue for anyone who actually insists on making their own pasta.

Natural cynicism is all very well (I'm a big fan myself) but on this occasion let's have some facts rather than a hunch.

A question for the councillor: Will a CPZ only be considered if the survey comes back with more in favour than against?

That's not fair, Macroban. The bottom left one is more McEnroe, I'd say.

I'm afraid so, jumpinjack. After all - the law and the potential penalty is clear enough (Xthousand pound fine and / or a prison sentence). So if you are the one who gets made an example of don't come on here looking for sympathy, matey. We're a tough bunch.

Clare, Tis a common combi-boiler problem, which will most likely either be the diverter valve or the heat exchanger, or both. Fascinating, huh?! Pay no more that ?50-70 per hour to any heating engineer-type. Plus the parts, obviously.

They should send the wardens round to people's houses and fine them for downloading tracks on Limewire, putting occasional non-business receipts through the books, copying other people's CDs, burning logs or coal on an open fire, using their horn before 9am, putting windowed envelopes into their recycling box, saying their children are ill in order to get them out of school for something they consider important, holding occasional parties where the music is a little loud etc etc So come on, people - 'fess up! Everybody's done something. Pop your name at the top of a thread and state your crime so we can all line-up to have a massively overblown go at you.

Well it looks like the fine is a rip-roaring success anyway. There are now at least a thousand people who won't be dropping cigar butts outside Somerfield. Seanmlow has paid the ultimate price (?75) so that those who weren't clear before will now be crystal. However, seeing as it seems to be policy for the wardens not to approach anyone who might give you hassle, the 10% people responsible for dropping 90% of the litter will remain unmolested - and I shall still be picking the KFC boxes out of my hedge every week.

annaj Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Have been flashed at 4 or 5 times, but only > flashing nothing else and only one of those times > in London. Flashed at four or five times?! That's good going. You must be well flashable, innit?

Seanmlow, Try to look menacing next time - and you'll probably get away with it.

Lived in The Smoke for ten years. Total number of muggings experienced by me or my chums: 1 (a month ago in New Cross)

I imagine he'd start his set with Shaggy's seminal It wasn't Me, followed by Trust Me by Elton John and if the outcry persists, Shaddap You Face by Joe Dolce. Strictly speaking, Anthony wasn't lying though. He did 'go to the Plough' and there was indeed a band called The Nites playing there. Perhaps he has short term memory loss and can remember going to the pub but not why he was going or what he did there. Like in 'Memento' - only in The Plough and with less killing? I bet if you roll his sleeve up there'll be a tattoo there saying "go to Plough - play aaaaaawesome set"

HonaloochieB Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Welcome back Onion. Looks like that'shallot

Frustrated butt-end droppers should just make a beeline for the main drag in Camberwell. Take it from me.. no-one gives a monkeys over there. You can gob on the pavement as well - whenever you like.

We should make an example of him. I FOR ONE have no intention of seeing his musical combo, and were I to chance upon him playing somewhere, I would leap to my feet and scream "YOU LIED! YOU LIED TO US!" and probably call the police.

We 'attempted' the Sea Cow again a couple of weeks back. They were indeed back on form. No need to go to Ollie's any more. Cigars all round*. *?75 fines all round

They are different, Mockney. You just don't understand them, man.