*Bob*

Hee Hee! Jah and I have now smoked the pipe of peace. It was simply a misunderstanding, mostly due to excessive nicotine levels in the brain. Or was it the lack of them? All is well (apart from our lungs).

For the benefit of Jah and any others who have trouble reading 'between the lines' to ascertain the tone of a posting, here it is again: The verdict was that whilst it was good to have something to put your fag out with other than the street, you still had to carry round a small pouch which inevitably smelled of dirty old fag butts. So not really a winner. But then if you insist on being a SOCIAL PARIAH these days then smelling of rancid dog-ends is all you deserve:)-DB):));-) etc etc When I tried a Stubbi (that's right.. with a fag I was SMOKING, everyone), it seemed ok. But I'd forgotten than this was because I'd just smoked a fag, and that all my clothes, hair, skin and nose smelled of fags. When I re-discovered the Stubbi in my jacket pocket first thing the next morning, it reeked.

Yeah.. someone was handing them out several months back (as a 'tester'). Little snap-open pouches with a heat resistant lining. The verdict was that whilst it was good to have something to put your fag out with other than the street, you still had to carry round a small pouch which inevitably smelled of dirty old fag butts. So not really a winner. But then if you insist on being a SOCIAL PARIAH these days then smelling of rancid dog-ends is all you deserve.

My guess is that it'll go for more than the asking price.

CLAPHAM ?!! Traitors.

And the best thing is: if anything goes wrong with it - you know where the builders live.

Somehow, Dom, I get the impression you had already formed your opinion of Jimmy well before this 'brief encounter'.

"There's no pockets in shrouds", as my Grandad was fond of saying (shortly before dying penniless in a council house whilst puffing on a Woodbine)

There was a time when you couldn't turn the telly on without hearing a commercial voiceover voiced by a Scot, Irishman or Ulsterman. The North East now gets a fair crack of the whip (thanks largely to Big Brother) Other amusing regional stereotyping in adverts: Cornwall (earthy wholesome fisherman types) Liverpool (thrifty housewife with sense of humour) Midlands (likeable with below-average intelligence)

Crikey. Drugs, sex.. I never went in the old place and I miss it already.

That's slightly unfair of me. I do enjoy watching boxing when I occasionally catch it. But I do think the 'no-rules'-style stuff (such as 'Ultimate Fighting' or whatever you call it) tends to attract a certain type of person (who I'd prefer to avoid)

Bleep Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > No, but I'd pay good money to. > > I watched a DVD last night of a Gypsy Bareknuckle > fight a friend bought at a Gypsy Fair. It was > excellent! Err.. that sounds like a real treat, Bleep.

Anyone seen any four-way punch-ups in the Palmerston?

Good for you, Frank. As Mockney says though, I have several friends who have 'succeeded' with Alan Carr 'more than once' ha ha. Surely the greatest aid to giving up is now the smoking ban itself?

PVR's thirded! Best two seemed to be the Toppy or the Humax (another 2 tuner affair). I got the Humax (for ?170), and it's great. Like Sky+ but without the robbing-you-blind-for-things-which-are-free subscription, or the (pet hate) satellite dish stuck on your house. That said, if it's sport you want, Sky has it all (apart from 'World's Strongest Man' of course)

David, I'm sure that once you explain to your other half (in great detail) as to how a 'step up' in the hi-fi stakes would give you more precise bass, a warmer midrange and an open, natural top-end, she'll soon come round to your way of thinking.

Michael Palaeologus Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > I'm with you there Brendan - nobody threatens my > right to have intercourse on the pool table of any > given pub!! But if you want a post-coital ciggie - you'll have to nip outside.

mockney piers Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Fantastic!!! I love the one with the silly hat :)) Is it me or are all the shots are little, er, 'porny'? As Boney M so poignantly observed "Oooooh, those russians"

My God! The 'Louisa Seal Of Approval'. A rare thing indeed.

I agree about the ban in public places which people 'need' or 'have' to use. This is simply a continuation of pre-existing bans in obvious places such as public transport etc. But I do think that places such as pubs, clubs and bars should be left to decide their own policy. If the management of a pub or club has the right to refuse admission, then it's not a 'public place' which everyone has a right to enter, is it? If the majority of people were hankering for non-smoking pubs, clubs, restaurants etc, then surely it would follow that it would make more financial sense for such places to have banned fags years ago and reaped the financial benefits. So why didn't they?

Not specifically schools in SE22. I suppose what I mean is, where do the children go to now?

Michael Palaeologus Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > In the current security alert - should we be > broadcasting this to the whole wide world? I'm not sure the Forum is quite that popular yet..

This is a very detailed and interesting discussion, but I feel like I'm missing some essential background information (maybe others are too), which perhaps someone can fill-in? What are the current secondary school options for ED dwellers? Which ones are private and which are not? Which have religious affiliations? Which ones are over-subscribed and which are under-subscribed?

There's nothing that quite matches the thrill of rattling around in a mechanically unsound fairground ride, operated by a slightly cross-eyed man with one tooth.

Naturally I have some wonderful recipes myself, girls.