I heard the news today, oh boy..

[mockney piers]

It's uncanny ;-)

[Brendan]

Ever fancied moving to the Caribbean and becoming a fisherman? http://www.guardian.co.uk/international/story/0,,2186573,00.html

[mockney piers]

The good old Register, highlighting the earth shaking stories of the day.

Amazon's spiderman watch search facility thinking of wrong sort of spider, and my personal favourite reason for selling car, misunderstanding the missus apparently.

[Ant]

I cannot tell you just how much I would like this to become commonplace.

It would be like finally living in the future that the Jetsons promised us. A bit. Yunno... without the jetpacks and such.

[mockney piers]

Ooh, that's more like Sleeper. Now for the orgasmatron....

[Brendan]

I?m gutted that this ?future? we live in isn?t all glass domes, jetpacks and holidays on the moon. The only thing that makes 2007 different to 1977 is that now we all have walkie-talkies and the internet (and we all know what that is mainly used for)

[mockney piers]

Every computer game I've ever played tells me that the future starts with a "devastating war" followed by endless corridors of people throwing themselves idiotically at my blazing guns.

I'll make do with walkie-talkies in a world where people are STILL driving MkI Escorts.

Obviously the internet is for EDF Brendan, whatever could you be alluding to?

[Jah Lush]

The Daily Mirror is read by people who think they run the country

The Guardian is read by people who think they ought to run the country

The Times is read by people who actually do run the country

The Daily Mail is read by the wives of the people who run the country

The Financial Times is read by people who own the country

The Morning Star is read by people who think the country ought to be run by another country

The Daily Telegraph is read by people who think it is

The Sun is read by people who don't care who runs the country as long as she's got big tits!

[Michael Palaeologus]

First time I have read this thread.

Your are all barking.

Did you know that the first Star Wars blaster was based on the Sterling sub-machine gun minus its magazine? Found that out on Wikipedia yesterday.

[mockney piers]

A top quote Jah. Yes (Prime?) Minister wasn't it?

Not alot has changed in 25 years has it? Apart from maybe the morning star bit.

The daily mail reporting "news" in ways only the Mail could

British moustaches built the empire

and important news on that Diana inquest

[Jah Lush]

Yes, that's right Mockney but I seem to remember it from before it appeared in Yes Prime Minister. I could be wrong of course.

The Daily Heil never changes. Moustaches helped us rule the world eh! Lord Beaverbrook would have preferred a certain Austrian with a moustache to have ruled the world if he'd had his way.

[Brendan]

Other famous moustaches: Mussolini, Hitler, Stalin, Hussein.

I hate that f*king picture of Kitchener?s mug. The man was responsible for the genocide of my people. My grandmother survived one of his death camps but lost 2 sisters. Thing is they have started using that picture where I work in the ?All Staff? e-mails in some lame attempt to get staff ?involved?. Just makes my blood boil and I can?t say anything because the senior management of the institution I work for is populated exclusively with ex-military.

[Keef]

I am yet to see Yes Prime Minister. Absoutely love Yes Minister, but have only got as far as the one where he becomes the top man. All of them are just so good in thir roles.

[Huguenot]

This is the news

[mockney piers]

Shocking South African plot afoot

[Brendan]

They'll never take me alive!

[SeanMacGabhann]

Ooh - have I just belatedly "gotten" Huguenot's Day Today reference?? I'm getting old

[ben]

Mockney

Not seen that site before, hilarious.

Particularly enjoyed this one Toast

[mockney piers]

Yes very good, I thought the poll was good to in a very similar vein

http://www.thedailymash.co.uk/poll/which-essential-new-gadget-will-you-be-buying-this-week?/

[Brendan]

http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2007/oct/18/ethicalliving.ethicalliving

:'(

:'(

:'(

[downsouth]

I despair.

[Brendan]

Bit of a downer this but it is not everyday you read the news and find out that one of your musical heroes has been killed in such an unnecessary way.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/africa/7052050.stm

This has just fucked my whole day up. I was feeling great this morning.

[Ant]

I see Alan Coren's gone as well.

[Keef]

That's really crap Bendan. What the hell is going on over there?

[Brendan]

Well basically the government and the police are involved up to their necks in organised crime and they will not/cannot put any proper steps in place to combat it. A lot of it is coming to a head at the moment. I follow the SA news quite closely and these are definitely ?interesting times?. Ask me in the pub if you want to know more. I won?t clog this thread up with it.

Problem is innocent people who are just trying to get on with their lives are the ones dealing with the consequences on a day-to-day basis.