

people couldn't quite put their finger on
why they didn't like him

what bit are you refering to?
EDIT: oh right, you were on about it being him who implemented it wasn't you? i'm not always quick on the uptake
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Mon 10 Nov 2003, 16:21,
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EDIT: oh right, you were on about it being him who implemented it wasn't you? i'm not always quick on the uptake

you can't have a disco in your garden any more
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Mon 10 Nov 2003, 16:22,
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for a group of cub scouts to meet in a field. That's one of my favourite hobbies down the drain.
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or were you luring them into a field and then watching from a distance?
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Mon 10 Nov 2003, 16:26,
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scouts are boys only
at least i believe so
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Mon 10 Nov 2003, 16:28,
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at least i believe so

I'm thinking of Venture Scouts, which is for scouts over 16 I think. That's mixed, and is more like the Duke of Edinbrough awards.
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Mon 10 Nov 2003, 16:29,
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Well, not the Girl Guides, obviously, but in Scouts you can have girls and/or boys in all sections.
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Mon 10 Nov 2003, 16:33,
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would that not encourage them to molest each other and have sex? cos it seems that everything else does
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Mon 10 Nov 2003, 16:35,
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pretending to care many years ago.
Strangely though - I discovered last week that although Scouting is meant to be multi-faith they have problems with atheists wanting to become leaders.
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Mon 10 Nov 2003, 16:39,
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Strangely though - I discovered last week that although Scouting is meant to be multi-faith they have problems with atheists wanting to become leaders.

the picture, but I can guess it wasn't appropriate!
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Mon 10 Nov 2003, 16:44,
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4rthur sick boy to find out if he's still got it knocking around, cos it's fucking hilarious - or at least it was at the time.
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Mon 10 Nov 2003, 16:48,
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They put in a bit which says the police can stop and search you if they have "reasonable suspision" that you're going to a party. Basically, that means they can pretty much stop and search anybody, anywhere.
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Mon 10 Nov 2003, 16:24,
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and society will crumble if we dance in fields.
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Mon 10 Nov 2003, 16:28,
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as long as it finishes by 4.30pm
and no more than 2 men and a dog (not tethered to a piece of string) attend..
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Mon 10 Nov 2003, 16:25,
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and no more than 2 men and a dog (not tethered to a piece of string) attend..

actually makes things like the Proms illegal as well...
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Mon 10 Nov 2003, 16:26,
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He's a cunt.
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Mon 10 Nov 2003, 16:23,
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My favourite Senser lyric was "It sinks to the bottom like a fucked up boat."
Genius.
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Mon 10 Nov 2003, 16:29,
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Genius.

i had 15 Years stuck in my head for about a week last month
it got a bit irritating in the end
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Mon 10 Nov 2003, 16:25,
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it got a bit irritating in the end

15 years is the only levellers song I can stomach, and none too often either.
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Mon 10 Nov 2003, 16:26,
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and play them at you then
it'll make a change from you waking up to discover you're covered in pen and ink anyway
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Mon 10 Nov 2003, 16:30,
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it'll make a change from you waking up to discover you're covered in pen and ink anyway

suddenly the weekend appears to be shaping up most interestingly - what with this and Lora's "necessary actions"...
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Mon 10 Nov 2003, 16:35,
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i mean, it's a bash!
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Mon 10 Nov 2003, 16:44,
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and I shall have to attempt to stay vaguely compos this time so that I can enjoy the shenanigans too.
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Mon 10 Nov 2003, 16:49,
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and places huge loudspeakers out of window
whilst drinking cider straight from the
bottle"
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Mon 10 Nov 2003, 16:25,
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whilst drinking cider straight from the
bottle"

Anyone who says otherwise is a poof.
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"Clearly I do intend to hurt him."
Ann Widdecombe, May 15 1997
Manages "to combine the smarm of Cecil Parkinson with the charm of Norman Tebbit."
Andrew Rawnsley, Guardian
And my favourite:
"He has obviously had, let's be frank, an image problem."
Michael Portillo, March 9 1999
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Ann Widdecombe, May 15 1997
Manages "to combine the smarm of Cecil Parkinson with the charm of Norman Tebbit."
Andrew Rawnsley, Guardian
And my favourite:
"He has obviously had, let's be frank, an image problem."
Michael Portillo, March 9 1999

Thanks - I'd forgotten what I was marching for, but it was great fun.