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More tetchy about people who insist that anybody that the general public likes is shit, and only the people that they list (of whom 95% of people have never heard of) are the ones with talent. Pisses me off because it's bullshit. It is clearly bullshit to an extent, but the above is just as much a straw man argument as "Thompers says that everybody the general public likes is great and anyone who isn't well-known mustn't be talented enough to succeed". I don't say that though. Exactly.

More tetchy about people who insist that anybody that the general public likes is shit, and only the people that they list (of whom 95% of people have never heard of) are the ones with talent. Pisses me off because it's bullshit. It is clearly bullshit to an extent, but the above is just as much a straw man argument as "Thompers says that everybody the general public likes is great and anyone who isn't well-known mustn't be talented enough to succeed".

Rodolfo Chikilicuatre - Baila el chiki chiki

Mind, there'd be less opposition to ID cards and the like in this country if they had the practical application of allowing us to drink more easily.

Too right. It used to only be the stereotypical stoodent paying for their groceries with a cheque, but the proliferation of Chip + PIN has opened up the world of annoying payment behaviour to a whole new audience of idiots.

BabyCream, £4 for a pint of Fosters ffs. Wait till the budget, inflation has pushed prices up a lot in the last year, but this year the Government are raising prices above inflation as well. To be fair, anywhere that already charges £4 for a pint of weak beer isn't likely to be too concerned about the development of the underlying prices/duties. Though I concede it may well give them an excuse to hike their end-user prices to, ooh, let's say a nice round £4.50. They'll probably make it £5, no need for unfashionable things like change bringing the place down then. Card payments only, then there'll be no need for a till either.

5. Prophet

BabyCream, £4 for a pint of Fosters ffs. Wait till the budget, inflation has pushed prices up a lot in the last year, but this year the Government are raising prices above inflation as well. To be fair, anywhere that already charges £4 for a pint of weak beer isn't likely to be too concerned about the development of the underlying prices/duties. Though I concede it may well give them an excuse to hike their end-user prices to, ooh, let's say a nice round £4.50.

Duck Hunt! Ahh, there was this annoying American kid down the street who we used to pretend to like because he had a NES with a light gun. Happy days.

I believe the correct phrase is "shitting bricks".

No, it's the worst net row anyone's ever seen because you're both as fucking bad as each other and neither of you is ever going to stop.

I'm so glad I bothered replying to this thread.

Kelly Clarkson - Irvine Never knew she had it in her. Lovely creepy slice of alt-country-esque Americana.

Fuck Peep Show, that's how you do a comedy reference.

I'm not sure that's really the case, yeah women's pelvis are slightly different shaped, but biomechanically there's not a lot of difference. It's probably more just pure lack of doing it (look up those stats on the amount of exercise UK women get after school age), after all I'm not sure Kelly Holmes exactly "runs like a girl". Does EVERY post of yours have to contain a snide implication that this country and society in general is going to the dogs? He'd have replied by now but his train home got cancelled.

I've had a LiveJournal for years, occasionally post to it when there's a moan to be had or a pithy observation to be made. Total self-indulgence, but I don't care, and it's canny to read back every now and then. I have a feeling LJ tends to be regarded as a bit "kiddy" (though not as bad as MySpace), and it certainly seems to be more network-/friends-based than for general consumption per se, so something like blogger/blogspot would probably be better for what you're aiming for.

Never heard this one. You mean like "as far as Mackems, they're shite" v. "as far as Mackems are concerned, they're shite?" That's new on me. Most Americans say "as far as Mackems go." I seem to hear it all the time on American TV, especially on "reality" shows (your Top Models, American Idols, Amazing Races, Survivors and the like). Maybe it's just a certain type of media-whore vocabulary that you don't get in actual real life...

Dropping the "...is concerned" from the end of the phrase "as far as [x] is concerned" is another Yank special that should be a hanging offence.

This is just spectacularly tragic.

That last one doesn't sound like Stevie to me.

Well our goal difference would be slightly better I suppose.

Quite liked her. RIP.

Concededit5x.

That's him. Absolute cunt.

"Precautionary tests" apparently. She'd better not pop her clogs tonight anyway, I've just finished off the last drop of booze in the house and there's only the dodgy corner shops still open.