RosieH

I have just returned from Twisted Christmas at the Barbican - Jarvis Cocker is my king of Christmas (as delicious now as the day I fell in love with him all those years since). He is the bread sauce to my stuffing, the orange zest to my cranberry sauce, the partridge to my pear tree, the frankincense to my myrrh, the morecambe to my wise, the cool to my yule. I'm now going to attempt to download the weird christmas carol that only my school and kings college cambridge seemed to sing - anyone else sing Three Kings From Persian Lands Afar? It's super-good. Check it: Three beautiful kings (if at 2:08 a tear doesn't come to your eye then you're dead inside and get thee to the bar humbug post)

What are the Gail's loaves?

According to the news this morning, there's currently something of a dispute between the postal workers / their union and the managers. The report said that posties are obliged to complete their rounds at a rate of 4mph, and if they don't are risking getting into trouble with management, and one guy complained of bullying. Upshot - some of them aren't stopping to collect signatures etc in order to make the rounds in the allotted time. Management dispute their story and say the actual required rate is slower (think it was 2.5mph). So in a nutshell, that could be your answer right there. Appalling state of affairs, not necessarily the posties' fault perhaps.

Black, white, yellow? No one knows.

Black, white, yellow? No one knows

Just got my tree delivered from Plant Nation and I love them - I'm on the second floor and they happily brought it up, and it's a bonny beauty. You see, this comes to pass when a child is born.

I LOVE snowballs - mmm, advocaat - it's a meal in a glass I'm nearly hyperventilating with excitement as my tree has just been delivered - I'm taking inspiration from LP - it's gonna be a beaut

WE WISH YOU A WOMBLING MERRY CHRISTMA-A-AS

yeah, Connie's a bad ass. I liked it when she did that funny hiss in Harry's face

Spooks is brilliant - been in thrall to that Lucas chap since he was a brooding northern mill owner (even stood by him through the grim leathery Gisbourne years). So Spooks jumped the shark some time ago; meh, tell it to Jack Bauer. Back to Survivors, what I don't understand is why crusty lady isn't getting it on with the absolutely delicious Alan Johnson, rather than that rabbit slaying maniac?

Mockney, are you seriously picking up on the lack of realism in a show that depicts a global population decimated (x 9.9) by mad scientists unleashing a modern day plague...? Willing suspension of disbelief, willing suspension of disbelief sir.

Were they taller, blonder and altogether more stylish?

Yes, I think all tap water is chlorinated, but you won't always taste it. If the taste bothers you, you can leave it to stand and the chloring dissipates (or something). Of course you can always choose to filter it, but that's more expensive.

Lard, think you mustn't have ever sat on a bus waiting for some fecker to get out of the way on that stretch of road - it clogs up really easily, add cars and it would be chaos IMHO (does that mean in my humble opinion - i'm not down with the txt spk) Anyway, I'm not a town planner so can't say that with any authority other than what my heart knows

Keef you're right - I'd completely forgotten about Keanu, who was (albeit unintentionally) hilarious

Yeah, my friend's an idiot, but a lovely idiot, and she won't be dissuaded and continues to palm over the cash. To my mind the whole shebang is about taking advantage of the vulnerable - hell, everyone likes to talk about themselves, and essentially that's what you're paying for - read my palm and tell me I'm fabulous. But this bint told my friend that her abusive boyfriend was her destiny and so she stuck with him against everyone sensible's advice. I want to go round the tarot woman's (for such she is) house and slap her silly with Keef's steak.

I too like the Viking. Branagh making a habit of this gloom - recently seen him in Ivanov - where's your hey nonny now Kenneth?

wagtap Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Interesting article on Top Gear recently ... See, told you. Those gormless plebs wandering around plugged into their mp3 players are probably keeping an eye out for bloody great big red buses (much harder to miss in your peripheral vision than a humble motorcycle, especially when that's all you're expecting) And the council IS supporting its public - the reason it's buses only down that stretch of road is to make public transport run faster and smoother, serving precisely those members of their public who can't afford (or choose not) to drive around town. And more power to its elbow I say.

Seriously, I blame Jeremy Clarkson for peddling this spurious notion that they're out to get car drivers. It's pretty simple, break the law, pay the fine, suck it up. They can't get you if you've done nothing wrong. If you don't want to pay a fine, then don't drive in a bus lane, don't break the speed limit, don't go through a no entry (and while you're at it, don't let your dog crap wherever it likes, don't ride your bike on the pavement, don't drop litter, don't steal your neighbour's milk, write 'bastard' on their door when they catch you at it, then kill them with sticks when they confront you - these things are wrong - if caught you will be punished).

To go back to an earlier point, I know someone who takes this stuff very seriously, and has made some life-changing decisions based on it (relationships, career). The fact that the advice she received has left her right up sh*t creek now really really pisses me off. I do believe there might be more things in heaven and earth horatio, but I haven't seen any evidence so far - can anyone supply me with any or does it come down simply to faith? Is a genuine request, am happy to be convinced that the vulnerable and needy aren't being conned out of their hard earned cash. As for McKeith, she can shove her spirolina enema up her arse (perhaps with aforementioned teapot) and come back to me when she can show any physical evidence that her lifestyle affords health or life-affirming joy as opposed to turning you into a GHD-ed extra from the Thriller video.

no no, but I passed it by today and looks very interesting - I was too laden to go in but would like to go back. Are they there all week? (aware of the often transient nature of the occupiers of that space)

In this time of credit crunching, I would need a guarantee that the teabags were not being dried and reused - I wouldn't want a mixed reading from someone else's aura why are the scientific evidence types always referred to as flat-earthers? surely is t'other way round, no?

for whoever was the driver that hit them who will now need counselling

tragic and inconsiderate

Nice idea - I'd definitely be interested