Now this is depressing....

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http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/8260067.stm

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Sean and Moos halfway through no doubt;-)

[HAL9000]

Why depressing?

I found the Da Vinci Code thoroughly entertaining and am looking forward to reading The Lost Symbol.

[red devil]

"The massive room looked as if a mad scientist had taken over a Walmart..."

and that concludes the case for the prosecution...

[Mick Mac]

"This compares with the previous best-selling adult hardback, Thomas Harris' Hannibal, which has sold 298,000 copies since it was published in 1999."

I bought and read Hannibal and found it disappointing in the end.

I was in Waterstones at lunchtime and the woman in front of me was buying the Dan Brown book - did not realise it was only out yesaterday.

I, on the other hand, was buying "Revolutionary Road" - ask me in a month and i'll tell you if its any good, I'm not the fastest reader.

[Keef]

Depressing maybe, but the classics didn't have the media behind them. Who cares anyway Quids, A levels have all been dumbed down, what do you expect?

[bigbadwolf]

I think this is one of those sneering threads Quids comes up with when he's excrutiatingly bored. Tomorrows topic of debate will no doubt be something to do with lottery tickets being value for money, or if pocket money should be taxed.

I know.

Should today's children in primary education of be forced to endure really rough Izal toilet paper to prepare them for future hardship, like in the 70/80's?

[red devil]

Wolfie, the problem with Izal wasn't it roughness, in fact it was the opposite, it was too smooth and non-absorbant, so your arse ended up looking like a pre-cooked butter basted turkey...

[HonaloochieB]

red devil Wrote:

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> Wolfie, the problem with Izal wasn't it roughness,

> in fact it was the opposite, it was too smooth and

> non-absorbant, so your arse ended up looking like

> a pre-cooked butter basted turkey...

RD, contortionist or exhibitionist? I think we should be told.

[flapjackdavey]

I remember that Izal stuff it was horrendous ... no good if you had the squits .

[red devil]

Haha!, wouldn't you like to know Hoochie...is it not possible to be both?

[SteveT]

San Izal, it takes me right back to the time when you could use a single sheet at a time,

it was useless but you could use a single sheet.

[bigbadwolf]

Unless it's not falling out the back of an aid flight over Afghanistan, you only usually encounter the stuff 'en masse' in pikey shops like Asda and Iceland where you can pick up a roll of Izal glass/toilet paper for 6p. The only other places you can get it is hardware shops and Target Arms with all the rest of the memorabilia.

Buy a family pack and they'll chuck in an Anderson shelter for free.

[bigbadwolf]

Oh and in case any Johnny foreigners are wondering what on earth Izal is. It's a course toilet paper introduced by Lloyd George's war cabinet to inspire bravery in soldiers on the trenches because any firing squad is preferable to having to scrape your arse with the this notoriously eye watering toilet paper.

It was introduced by Neath's conservative government to foster a bit of character in the education system. It did just that.

[Ted Max]

It was introduced by Neath's conservative government

There's lovely. No wonder they vote for Peter Hain these days.

[Peckhamgatecrasher]

BBW - please stop using the word 'pikey'. It has horrid connotations and I wince everytime I see you use it. Play nicely.

[bigbadwolf]

"BBW - please stop using the word 'pikey'."

Oh come on. Shakespeare used it, and Guy Ritchie.

"It has horrid connotations and I wince everytime I see you use it."

Now you know how I feel about emoticons and the abreviation of "laugh out loud".

[Peckhamgatecrasher]

Shakespeare also piled on the horror with "E'en now a black ram is tupping your white ewe" but I suspect in today's environment, such racism wouldn't go down to well.

Guy Ritchie chose to marry Madonna - nuff said.

[bigbadwolf]

Can I use 'didicoy' or 'tinker' instead.

[Peckhamgatecrasher]

'Gentleman of the Road of no particular descent' is the nearest I will allow.

[bigbadwolf]

Irish Traveller it is then.

[red devil]

*passes Mikecg's used and slightly worn tin hat to Wolfie*...

[ratty]

Anyone remember the Viz strip entitled "Thieving Gypsy Bastards"? that raised a few pc eyebrows at the time?

[bigbadwolf]

"Anyone remember the Viz strip entitled "Thieving Gypsy Bastards"?"

The Viz were taken to court by the E.U commission for racial equality. The case was dropped after the plaintiff was exposed as being on Police bail for handling stolen goods.

How ironic.

[mockney piers]

Can any of the Hibernians among us tell me if knacker is acceptable parlance in this day and age?