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Scares the crap outta me every time......


Robert Poste's Child Wrote:

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> You don't need to go that far, uncleglen. A cold,

> hard stare often does the trick, ideally looking

> over the top of your glasses.

I think of it as a management tool. Happy to report it works all the way up to CEO level.


Salsaboy Wrote:

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> Scares the crap outta me every time......

>

> Robert Poste's Child Wrote:

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> -----

> > You don't need to go that far, uncleglen. A

> cold,

> > hard stare often does the trick, ideally

> looking

> > over the top of your glasses.

Talking of U2, Bono is one of the biggest hypocrites around. He chides governments for not spending more on relief of poverty, while he and his chums avoid tax on a big scale.


Bono, where do you think that governments get their money from so that they can spend more on poverty relief? From taxation, that's where.

Jah Lush Wrote:

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> The short-lived song game thread.

>

> As if there aren't enough stupid lame brained

> threads of similar ilk (including this one) for

> the brain dead of this forum.


Hey. I started that thread and if I'm brain dead, well that's my right. Over to you to start an intellectually stimulating thread.........

The Nights are drawing in.

The Weather has turned cold..


The EDT has turned on Their Fires and cranked up the heating.


LOVELY..


Then you get a couple of Selfish Gits that pull over a table and two stalls

and sit with their Ar**s in the flames so no one can see the fire or feel the benefit.


Foxy

Posts in the wrong thread, particularly what are clearly ads. I sometimes report them to Admin but not sure this is being enforced much. This week seems to be mainly events. Suppose it makes a change from the endless 'research opportunities' and me-too TV/media idiots looking for people to mock.

People who don't say "excuse me" or make any polite request when they need you to move, usually on the bus or train. They just shift around, give you a hard stare or trample you. What is wrong with asking? You're not going to burst into flames if you speak to another person in public you know!


Myself, for responding to their fidgeting in lieu of a polite verbal request to get out of their way. I wish I could just sit and stare ahead of me and remain resolutely in their way until they are forced to actually ask. But I am far too polite (and English) for that. I shall have to get some blinkers for wearing on public transport. And then I get annoyed that they don't say thank you when I do move... grrr!

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