Ted Max

What makes this question interesting is the person asking it. Care to share why?

You as well? Is nobody on here posting for real? Then let Rome fall. shakes fist at sky

Congrats on your award Eileen. The workers at the Station are, as Father Ted would say, "a great bunch of lads" - I hope someone tells the manager that he has a good team working there and to value them. I won't be able to meet the manager as I'll be at work, but if anyone does, can they ask him* for a solution to the stairs-only policy (ie a lift), to do something about the flooding at he bottom of the various staircases when it rains, and to occasionally turn on the permit to travel machine at peak times, when people are queuing out the hall. *or her (on edit)

I'm all for the parts about us being led into a credit-bubble, and would have liked to see some more analysis of why we got into that state, what left us so reliant on cheap money, mass consumerism and the service sector. I'm against him lumping in loads of Daily Wail-friendly broken Britain stuff that we'd reject as shallow and inaccurate if it came from one of our own.

Oooh, we're fat, stabbing each other, eat shit, racist, fat, greedy, amoral, broke and we had it coming. Give it to us Johnny Frog, we love it, thrash us with your centrally controlled economic virtues and happy racial situation. Nothing beats a spanking on the bare bottom by those French maitres, does it?

Never mind the sweater, what about the pink posing pouch for his swollen testes?

Liverpool

Correct, Quids. I've looked this up. The fifth one is impossible.

Can you give us the four that we have right, D_C?

Umm, Chelsea, Coventry City, Crystal Palace, Cardiff City, Corinthian Casuals, How many out of five correct?

My point being, unless your point is purely semantic, you can reduce anything to an absurdity. But it's surely legitimate to have admiration for people within a paticular field you are interested in. As long as some element of perspective is maintained, of course.

Actors = they're quite good at standing around speaking a bit Artists - they're quite good at drawing and colouring in a bit Engineers - they're quite good at observing known laws of physics a bit Doctors - they're quite good atlearning lots of stuff and applying it a bit

Mickey Weir Sachin Tendulkar John McEnroe Andy Irvine David Gower

Andy Stranack is the recently selected Conservative candidate for Camberwell and Peckham.

Whahey!! http://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/forum/read.php?20,98661,98669#msg-98669 And Hurrah! http://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/forum/read.php?5,83152,page=1 And Huzzah! http://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/forum/read.php?20,77495,77495#msg-77495

Not that the CoE ever uses it's huge financial reserves to blackmail anyone in it's ranks, of course! What does this mean? Genuine enquiry.

Hmmm. The traditional C of E heirarchy would love to "deal with" elements of its Evangelical wing by getting rid of a few "troublesome priests". The right wingers (many/ most of of whom are from the Evangelical side) are giving it no end of grief at the moment over women, gay Bishops etc. Trouble for R Williams and the rest is the Evangelical churches tend to be the ones with the large congregations, ergo the money, coming in. A split between the trad liberals and the Evangelicals would bankrupt the CofE. And the threat has been made, by the way. As Alpha is a large recruitment vehicle closely aligned to the Evangelical side of things, it is in fact a crucial financial driver. So no, the course is not designed to "take people's cash", but it is part of a power battle within the C of E. The power battle is about theology, but is being played out using money as a lever - and Alpha has its part to play in that.

I know, imagine have the cheek to poke gentle fun at the lifestyle choices of other people, *Bob*?

"Scotland will be reborn the day the last minister is strangled with the last copy of the Sunday Post? Tom Nairn. Who wouldn't have been allowed to post his most famous phrase on the Forum either, it seems. EDIT to add the italicised bits.

EDITED because the post to which it refers has been deleted too.

Tony, Tony. You could have save yourself a little outrage here. ???? took the issue and turned it into a point against Southwark Council. I was merely pointing out that the original suggestion had come from you, and had nothing to do with the Council. Unless, that is, (and here I was being not entirely serious) ???? had some prior evidence you were a Council stooge. I myself cast no doubt on the purity of your motives. As for my sensibilities, I'm clutching my pearls here, old chap, and am off for a little lie down. All the best, TedMax.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/theguardian/2000/oct/21/weekend7.weekend Very long pair of articles, eight years old. Still worth a read. >> ""Tony?" says Nicky. "How was your week?" "I was talking to a homosexual friend," says Tony, "and he said that ever since he was a child he found himself attracted to other boys. So why does the church think he's committing a sin? Are you going to Hell if you commit a sexual act that is completely normal to you? That seems a bit unfair, doesn't it?" There is a murmur of agreement from the group. "First of all," says Nicky, "I have many wonderful homosexual friends. There's even an Alpha for gays running in Beverly Hills! Really! I think it's marvellous! But if a paedophile said, 'Ever since I was a child I found myself attracted to children', we wouldn't say that that was normal, would we?" A small gasp. "Now, I am not for a moment comparing homosexuals with paedophiles, but the Bible makes it very clear that sex outside marriage, including homosexual sex, is, unfortunately, a sin." He says he wishes it wasn't so, but the Bible makes it clear that gay people need to be healed. "Although I strongly advise you not to say the word 'healed' to them," he quickly adds. "They hate that word."

It's very kind of you to be compiling Louisa's shopping list for her, *Bob*.

Or not.

No pens then? Presumably there can only be penalties if this game finishes 4-1 as well.