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'deep fried' and 'half a block of cheese' came up.

Anyone with his amount of cash that can't avoid much of the British tax system is an idiot, the Blair's avoided more tax than most whole streets earn. If you know a way of avoiding stamp duty I'd love to hear it.

Is anyone really surprised that someone who stands to lose millions on stamp duty alone under labour likes the tories?

Piss myself if he wen't over there and dropped Beckham on derby day.

Did anyone see that bit on the news the other day about parmos (aka parmesans), an apparent delicacy of Boro? I'd vaguely heard of them but never knew exactly what one was, after seeing that last night though, I'm definitely in two minds if I ever do encounter one. http://www.parmoking.co.uk/

Gateshead is a bit of a mini ghetto isn't it?

Keane and berbs have been acting like a couple of bairns accusing each other of being crap while the play goes on around them.

Aye but the fireman's initial concern is the lack of motive power of the truck in question... There is also the question of the size of cat's testicles, and the likelihood of the cat having been spayed.

I'm starting to think Stevie is a mackem, certainly behaves like one.

0-2 half time, keane, berbatov

Would make more sense if the collar was round the cat's neck and the dog's balls, no?

I'm not even much of a betting man but I do know most serious punters would have been on this race.

Actually I think some are locked until retirement. I presume you lose any advantage through tax if you could anyway. The whole benefit is geared to the fact it's not withdrawn early.

You don't have Drive-Thrus in Britain? You don't think that McDonalds has a duty to tell someone that they're being handed a substance that will cause $20,000 worth of personal injuries on contact that it is dangerous? Not when it's coffee no. The only thing I have sympathy with her about (and I'm pushing it here) is that certain of the paper cup types are extremely deceptive, i.e. you can't tell the temperature because they are such good insulators, however, I just come back to the whole 'sticking a flexible cup of hot coffee between your legs while driving' issue. And you can't do anything over here in a car that will distract your attention from the road, pretty sure that would include transporting coffee between your legs. It's a pity companies can't counter sue on grounds of not having any common sense, hence every little thing is coming down to safe procedure and operating instructions.

I know I've been told all this stuff before, but it just goes in one ear and out the other. I don't think you can (or rather it's not worth) withdrawing any money already put in a pension. Stakeholders were brought in as they are apparently transferable between companies, and I don't think many companies run two or more schemes. I think if you have had a previous private pension you can pay into that instead, but if it's a company one it's usually closed when you leave.

She got in a car and put a cup of coffee between her legs? Am I missing something here? How is she not stupid?

5 hours sleep

I'd have him over Emre in CM. Allardyce would never allow it I don't think.

If that's referring to the infamous coffee burn case, I feel I should point out the real facts of that case.... The woman was given coffee which was heated to over 190 degrees F (that's 88 degrees C) which is MUCH higher than the suggested safe temperature for serving a beverage (but was McDonald's standard temperature in their manual) When she was given the coffee and it spilled, she suffered 3rd degree burns on her thighs and genitals, resulting in the need for several skin grafts from her back which cost upwards of $20,000. This was not the first instance of this injury; McDonalds had had warning of the danger of serving superheated coffee yet continued to direct its employees to do so. The woman sued for ONLY the medical expenses, and the other damages were PUNITIVE. The point of punitive damages is to provide a deterrent for repeated offenses. The amount required will differ with defendants. If Gemmill beats me up, a punitive award would be less than if Kieron Dyer beat me up. It's not because Gemmill is less of a twat, it's because a fine of $5,000 is significant to Gemmill, but pocket change to Dyer. I'm not commenting on the the case in the first post, however, as I don't know the circumstances of it as yet. How hot is a cup of coffee when you pour it from a freshly boiled kettle at home?

Went to a proper display, always forget every year how loud they are. Like afghanistan on ramadan it was.

We want more bears and elephants.

I'm betting he's dead right about now.

Excellent. I also won a bet on that Scots lad who battered the champion from Nottingham.

Australia planning to bid apparently. Now that I would actually prefer to poxy Wembley, as I want to go there as well as Brazil. If I never go to Wembley in my life it wouldn't bother me one bit (NUFC finals excluded of course)

That's what we're afraid you'll do.