Brendan

The government can?t go buggering about with people?s private property rights. It?s probably illegal but also against my instincts of what a government should do. They can tax the bejesus out of them for leaving their properties empty. If they do this they either motivate the owner to put the property on the market or up for rent or they get a big chunk of extra income that they can use to build more houses. I wonder if good old Tessa has any holiday homes or buy-to-let properties of her own. She seems so concerned.

StraferJack Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > > > Well I know it's a sound that doesn't exist in > Irish language. And even tho most Irish people > speak predominantly English, early school (at > least back in the 70s and 80s) was dominated by 2 > hour long irish lessons in many schools. So it > MIGHT be that, or at least related anyway. It's > enough of a meme from older generations to be > passed on *MOIGHT

mockney piers Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Can anyone explain why missus mockney says "tirty > tree and a turd"? It's the buckles on her shoes it is.

I meant the spanish thing not the Hartlepool thing.

It?s a load of bollocks apparently. Well at least that?s what Stephen Fry said on Have I Got an IQ. And I don?t think he can be wrong about anything what with that accent.

Because they?re out to get you and traffic wardens worship Satan.

One of my biggest disappointments with the North is that I never see any actual monkeys. Well that and the fact that it is generally a similar experience to emptying your dustbin into the shower, getting in fully clothed and turning on the cold tap. (I?m sure I stole that metaphor but I can?t remember where from)

It?s called the trap-bath vowel split and is the subject of much disagreement in my household. According to wikipedia it, ??began in the 17th century but was stigmatised as a Cockneyism until well into the 19th century"

pk Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > what's the big deal? why should > this end up in court? and why would you want to > give up your time to go? > > and 'dangerous obstruction'? down a dead end with > no other cars about? > > all seems like a case of moaning for the sake of > it to me Funny I made a similar argument to the tickety ticket man when he wrote me out a fine for leaving my car on the pavement when I went to Burger King.

Hollywood stars aren?t taught an accent that actually sounds like an English person they are taught an accent which Americans will believe an English person should sound like. Real English people are far less intelligible.

But can he wire a plug?

Sarcasm to philosphy in 11.

DiCaprio in that Diamond thing, ?Ma brew!?

Well of course wowen are inconsistent. They have many variable to consider. As already listed they have to consider sanity, relative singleness, solvency, sexual orientation and probably more. Men only have to consider breasts and proximity. More variables ergo more inconstancy.

Or if you really want to spend your money on a course try the Open University. It may cost a bit more but you will benefit from a properly educated view of economics. Or try the LSE. Note: I am not, nor have I ever been associated with the Open University or the LSE.

I think some bugger throwing rocks into the cooking fire gave us iron. Ironing came much later.

In a bid to demonstrate to everyone who may be reading this exactly how bored I am at the moment, I?ve found 2 loops so far with this business. One was yesterday and that is way to far back to remember the details of. The other just now:- Ancient Greek - Greek language ? Greeks ? Nation - Sovereign state ? Sovereignty ? Socrates - Classical Greece ? Culture - Alfred L. Kroeber - United States ? Americas - Spanish language - Romance languages - Indo-European languages - Language family ? Language ? Human ? Taxonomy - Ancient Greek. This is assuming that you mean following the first link in the article not those in the italicised notes or ones relating to pronunciation.

beware nazi sex dwarves.

Some bugger always has to bring up thermodynamics don?t they?

I?d eat it sober. Hell, I?d probably eat it for breakfast provided there was chilli sauce involved. Not the chips though. I like chips on their own not with stuff. But then I wouldn't put myself forward as an exponent of good taste when it comes to culinary matters. I also think that pre-requisite drunkenness is a perfectly reasonable element of any menu.

Sober?

I was regularly beaten to within an inch of my life in a Victorian style school where manners where enforced with a cane and I?ve turned out to be a complete cunt. Go figure.

The problem with people banging on about manners is it always comes down to being a generational thing. It always ?used to be? so much better etc. Well ask yourself this question. If your children?s generation do not have the manners you expect whose fault is that, theirs or yours? I don?t really care myself. Personally I hope the generations I sire will turn this world into an almost entirely unrecognisable place, frightening and inhospitable to the shitehawks who are my contemporaries in this one. One can but dream.

What cunt did that? Must have been over-excited after fininshing his exams. I had a horrid hangover the next day if it counts? I spent that hangover in Oxted. Nobody in Oxted reads the Guardian. Not even the help.

Just go have a read of the Drawing Room if you don?t believe me.