*Bob*

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falcao Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Isn't there anything exclusively working class? I would suggest 'tinned salmon'. With a bit of vinegar in it.

For just a fraction of a second, looking next to 'Sainsburys' (right in the middle), I misread 'walking' as 'wanking' - and thought its placement to be perfectly reasonable.

If the new smoking legislation had allowed establishments to determine their own smoking status, the drum could have remained a smoking den and would be packed-out seven days a week by now.

I scoff, Sue, but no doubt I'll end-up in there on Christmas Eve, desperation in my eyes, handing-over good money in exchange for the leaping mackerel ashtray with detachable dorsal fin for the storage of one standard-sized matchbox.

Ha Ha.. good spot, LTP. Don't know about you, but I can't wait to get my hands on the roll-up suede backgammon set and textured leather frames. Does anyone have any cyanide?

Always interesting to see how quickly a lighthearted thread can hit a sour note.

macker Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Shouldn't that graph say Underclass ('chav') ? Surely 'Camberwell' would suffice?

Well it seems that quite a few people have had their little gripes about the place - but have been good enough to give them a break and bite their tongue about them on the forum. But if it wasn't working, it wasn't working.

Try again..

Oops.. I buggered it up First effort and adding picture, dur..

A slight modification..

I don't know the reason. Just a bit of anecdotal evidence (now that they're closing).

It does seem like a good spot and a nice little bar. Not so long back, Mrs *Bob* went in (not once but) twice in a effort to get the owner to call her about them hosting a party, but it seemed he wasn't interested in having 30-40 people in there, drinking as long as the place would stay open - he never called back. Which was a bit poor.

Macroban, To be honest I simply clicked on the link and read this (written in bold) "RETAIL,INVESTMENT PROPERTY - 144.65 sq.m.(1557 sq. ft.) ?550,000 Freehold" And foolishly to the conclusion that it was a freehold retail property for sale for the sum of ?550,000. Next time I shall be more thorough.

I'd recommend trying a postcode search on www.dogging.co.uk, Jeremy. It's the quickest way of finding-out where the nearest on-display jubblies are. http://www.dogging.co.uk/

LizzygotDizzy Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Cor Alan, and how long have you been waiting to > accidentally on purpose slip your earning > capacity/amount of savings you have in to a thread > on here? Lol! Joke! ;-) He does it all the time Lizzy. He's a real snob - steer well clear.

?550k Freehold? That doesn't seem that much..

I remembered this story from when I lived in Tooting, about Peter Boddington, the owner of Tooting Market. (From The Independent) Sixty-a-day smoker Peter Boddington said yesterday that he would rather go to jail than obey a High Court injunction banning him from lighting up on the London to Brighton train. His rebellion came after Connex South Central, whose BR predecessors prosecuted him in the criminal courts, succeeded in a civil action aimed at ending the commuter's habit of smoking in the buffet car of their trains where there is now a complete ban. The injunction was imposed until Mr Boddington's challenge to his ?10 fine for smoking is either heard or rejected by the House of Lords. Mr Boddington, the owner of Tooting Market in south London, is now standing as an independent parliamentary candidate in Tooting, and says in his election literature that a vote for him will "help stop people being sent to prison" He got 161 votes - more than doubling the 73 polled by the Natural Law Party candidate, whose party manifesto promise is "to establish a group of 7,000 Yogic Flyers in Britain, who will create a highly coherent national consciousness, bring the support of the evolutionary power of Natural Law to national life, and create an atmosphere in which everything will be right, positive and harmonious in our government".

Buggered if you can. Buggered if you can't.

People don't get married for the tax breaks. They get married because they run-out of things to say to each other. The tax breaks are just the cherry on the cowpat.

Anyone would think you didn't want to marry the girl, Alan.

I agree on the competetive sports thing, Atila. There was an entertaining thread on 'non-competetive sports' some time ago which you would have loved. There was 'no running' at my school (where sport was held as key and integral to development). No running in corridors, no running on tarmac or patio. But plenty of running on the field. Perhaps a tad too much for my liking. Is this a similar rule to your son's place?

What about you, Alan? Where does Big Bruvva cramp yo style?

atila the gooner Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- I was at lunch, or do you still > want to spit your dummy out because i didn't > respond quickly enough for your liking? Ok.. ignoring your 'magical' postings at 12.59, 13.09 and 14.06 - which I ought not to mention so as not to sully 'our fresh start'.. (*this is a lighthearted comment*) I agree with you largely on the smoking thing (at least as far as that I think venues ought to be able to decide whether they let people smoke or not as long as they declare themselves a fagging or fag-free zone). Why does Roger Helmer MEP need to sum-up your feelings? Do you sum-up his feelings? Is it a mutual thing? All I'm saying is that we often hear 'the nanny state' cited as fact (as you did.. and others will, I'm sure). But where does it actually impinge upon your life? What do 'they' stop you from doing which you want to do?