Been there, done that, bought the bloody tee-shirt
but it my day it was called Restart then later Work-Fare and there wasn't a minimum wage.
It was not dissimilar to the one depicted on League of Gentlemen.
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It was not dissimilar to the one depicted on League of Gentlemen.
now they also make you do a course
then, they make you do the same course again, but with someone else, so it's effectively a different course
But I'm sure that's perfectly fine, otherwise it wouldn't be allowed, ho ho ho.
Though a lot of these courses are just scamming the ESF so er.. in conclusion, the system works, because they say it does.
Much like 50% of people on the work programme (or should that be pogrom) are successful in finding work. That's not actually true, but it's what government ministers insist on saying, so it's true, even though they admit that's not completely technically correct, thus proving it's true. YAY!
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But I'm sure that's perfectly fine, otherwise it wouldn't be allowed, ho ho ho.
Though a lot of these courses are just scamming the ESF so er.. in conclusion, the system works, because they say it does.
Much like 50% of people on the work programme (or should that be pogrom) are successful in finding work. That's not actually true, but it's what government ministers insist on saying, so it's true, even though they admit that's not completely technically correct, thus proving it's true. YAY!
It's all designed to undermine your sense of self worth and value
so by the end of it you're willing to shovel shit for dole money and be thankful for the opportunity to put your foot on the lowest rung of the ladder.
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well, personally I feel the whole taking people off the sick or DLA or whatever it's called now is basic eugenics
people dying while waiting for appeals is probably considered a success.
and if they are successful in appeals they go through it all again a few months later.
Thing is, the lowest rung of the ladder was already fucked up by labour introducing new deal, the work programme pretty much put the final nail in it.
Alas, the unemployment industry is a big cash cow now, it doesn't need to deliver, it just needs to exist thus pretending something is being done about it.
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and if they are successful in appeals they go through it all again a few months later.
Thing is, the lowest rung of the ladder was already fucked up by labour introducing new deal, the work programme pretty much put the final nail in it.
Alas, the unemployment industry is a big cash cow now, it doesn't need to deliver, it just needs to exist thus pretending something is being done about it.
it's just a vicious circle of bastards
ATOS: "Look, HM Government, we saved you some money by stopping these people's DLA. Give us a reward, in the form of some money. Also, we're heartless, rich bastards just like you, so we should be mates and that."
A4E: "Look, HM Government, we pretended saved you some money because some bloke we spoke to once has now got a job, even though it was nothing to do with us, so now he's not claiming JSA. Give us a reward, in the form of some money. Also, we're fraudulent, corrupt bastards just like you, so we should be mates and that."
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A4E: "Look, HM Government, we pretended saved you some money because some bloke we spoke to once has now got a job, even though it was nothing to do with us, so now he's not claiming JSA. Give us a reward, in the form of some money. Also, we're fraudulent, corrupt bastards just like you, so we should be mates and that."
atos are working to spec
You may find they've saved precisely nothing though, at great expense :)
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Thu 17 May 2012, 14:49,
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Absolutely the fact that New Labour did precisely what the Old Tories did really sticks in my throat.
It is all a charade, all these political parties need a pool of unemployed people to justify their dogma and to keep those in work from demanding better wages and conditions. The pool of unemployed people is used as a counter-balance to economic measures and at no point in history have we every had full employment. Smoke and Mirrors to distract us from the real agenda of diverting Public Money to private need and greed I.E. Banks, IMF, EU and WTO. but that's just my twopennethworth ;)
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Thu 17 May 2012, 14:48,
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as far as they are concerned, the only industry that matters in the slightest is the finance industry.
Anything else is beyond their understanding, so clearly, of no consequence.
Plus of course, that's their best place to be most happy once the political gig is over.
It's all poop ultimately :)
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Thu 17 May 2012, 14:51,
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Plus of course, that's their best place to be most happy once the political gig is over.
It's all poop ultimately :)
Trickle Down is alive and being well fed
except the rich bastards are too tight to even piss on us!
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Thu 17 May 2012, 14:53,
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that's some nice armour
but seriously, when is pip going to blackmail her into sleeping with him?
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Thu 17 May 2012, 14:02,
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I believe the character's name is Hilary
What you are typing is a terrible stereotype shown to be real
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Thu 17 May 2012, 14:19,
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Leave Dave alone!
Although this picture is wandering back into the disturbing netherzone
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that's because Cirencester is so fucking noisy
Dear Cirencester, be more silently! I can't hear a specific person screaming.
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Thu 17 May 2012, 14:27,
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The sense of self-parody is overwhelming and bewildering.
"Orly!?"
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Thu 17 May 2012, 14:18,
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I really want to visit Orly one day
and just walk around shouting "NO WAI!!!" at everyone
it'll be awesome!
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Thu 17 May 2012, 14:29,
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it'll be awesome!
Jesus! is there an uncropped version?
How are you not blind or arrested?
Also, a vision of the future:
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Thu 17 May 2012, 14:06,
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Also, a vision of the future:
now my brain is trying to fit the words "Weetabix eyebrows"
to the tune of Primal scream's Swastika eyes
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Thu 17 May 2012, 14:13,
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Has she shit 2 wee turds on his brow?
Japan pixelate poo out of scat videos. Erm - or so ive heard.
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Thu 17 May 2012, 14:21,
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There are a few uncropped versions.
And I'm not blind because they don't actually do anything for me :D
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Thu 17 May 2012, 14:31,
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This is the first SA strip I've properly followed
Have to say I'm enjoying it :)
(*spots tiny secret link. clicks. enjoys*)
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Thu 17 May 2012, 14:13,
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(*spots tiny secret link. clicks. enjoys*)
Now that's what I call "fox hunting"
Though I'm much more interested in seeing what Hilary gets up to.
Also I think might colour a few of these strips. I guess I'm bored enough to.
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Thu 17 May 2012, 14:14,
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Also I think might colour a few of these strips. I guess I'm bored enough to.
Hooray for the secret link
You dirty yiffer, you!
I wish i could draw :-(
I wouldnt need porn then. Just a pencil and paper. I could jam the pencil down my cockshaft, and mop up the mess with the paper, y'see.
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I wish i could draw :-(
I wouldnt need porn then. Just a pencil and paper. I could jam the pencil down my cockshaft, and mop up the mess with the paper, y'see.
I always look for secret links in JJ posts. Its like the same thrill you get from finding some dodgy porn in the bushes when you were at school
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Thu 17 May 2012, 14:41,
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Imagine finding yiffy porn in the bushes.
I almost feel obliged to leave some in a nearby hedge on principle alone.
But I've got to clear my room out, so maybe later.
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Thu 17 May 2012, 14:44,
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But I've got to clear my room out, so maybe later.
No, he has to clear out the hedge in his room
indoor topiary, just say no.
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Thu 17 May 2012, 14:47,
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He's found some yiffy porn under the cock-shaped hedge in his room?
I need a lie down.
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Thu 17 May 2012, 14:50,
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I didn't know about them before
I'll be looking now...although the pic was a bit of a shocker
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Thu 17 May 2012, 14:46,
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You're doing it wrong
You're meant to find porn round the back of the bike shed
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Thu 17 May 2012, 14:48,
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I found a whole bag of the stuff at school.
But while trying to work out a way of discreetly removing the haul from the shrubs (right beside the teacher's car park) without anyone noticing, another student go their first, shrieking: "Look! It's a bag of fucking porn!!"
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Thu 17 May 2012, 14:52,
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I wish porn stashes were left behind bushes at my school
Would have been an positive, amusing memory to look back on
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Thu 17 May 2012, 14:55,
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^what he said.
All I ever really found was page 3 of the Sun and a jaw-bone. Probably belonged to a fox.
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Thu 17 May 2012, 14:58,
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The closest I got to a porn stash in my school years was when I found a box of page 3 photos in the woods
I have no idea why
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Thu 17 May 2012, 15:00,
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Was this fox jawbone the item that bestowed you with a lifelong yiff chromasome?
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Thu 17 May 2012, 15:14,
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Maybe it was.
I only just about stopped eating the furniture at 16.
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Thu 17 May 2012, 15:23,
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I found an A5 imported hardcore mag in the fields behind my school.
It had a racing driver showing two of his helmets, and some pretty ladies putting one of them into their various orifices. For about a week, I was a fucking GOD, and everyone wanted a piece of the scripture.
I sold it for enough money to buy a computer game for my Spectrum.
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I sold it for enough money to buy a computer game for my Spectrum.
My mate used to cut out and keep the page 3's from his parents newspapers
He sold them to me for a fiver (or a tenner - i cant remember)
Ah - back in the day where the internet wasnt around, eh?
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Thu 17 May 2012, 15:32,
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Ah - back in the day where the internet wasnt around, eh?
Did we ever find out what Hiraly's previous job actually was?
A couple of strips ago the eyebrows man mentioned that "Ann Winters" must have let her go. If she was working in a high-street sex shop, then the difference between that and managing a charity shop is pretty much negligible, but before that she was apparently sticking cucumbers up her flange, which is hardly a step up from retail.
I only ask, because without this kind of information, none of these strips make any goddamn sense whatsoever.
/learning basic storytelling makes you ChickenHitler blog
[edit] on an unrelated note, I very much like the futuristic knight. Great design.
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Thu 17 May 2012, 14:57,
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I only ask, because without this kind of information, none of these strips make any goddamn sense whatsoever.
/learning basic storytelling makes you ChickenHitler blog
[edit] on an unrelated note, I very much like the futuristic knight. Great design.
You're welcome ^^
If I got time, I might draw your work's character.
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Thu 17 May 2012, 15:40,
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Additionally, I didn't understand how the weeble had to ask if the donkey lady was a pornstar
when all of the characters know her already
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Thu 17 May 2012, 15:06,
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I actually bothered to scroll back through about 500 SA strips to try and find out this stuff
and I was still none the wiser - I doubt even cenaris gets half the punchlines these days
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Thu 17 May 2012, 15:31,
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Actually...
...the charity shop girl is a bit of alright as well.
HOT GIRL ON GIRL CHARITY ACTION.
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Thu 17 May 2012, 15:04,
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HOT GIRL ON GIRL CHARITY ACTION.
NGGGGFFF! LOOK AT THE SHITTY CROCKERY AND OLD SUITS! NGAAAAHHH!
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Thu 17 May 2012, 15:06,
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Trying to think of a charity shop themed sex pun
Gyaaaaaa, can't do it...
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