I'm not sure I agree.I have seen things here that should at least offend *someone*. Let's start small and work our way up.
I know someone who died of complications relating to Motor Neurone Disease. But Stephen Hawking jokes are still funny to me (I loved the Lego one).
I know one of our (very lovely) members is a Sunday School teacher, but she doesn't object to the anti-Christian posts, and most people don't.
Some fuckwads flew a couple of Boeing's finest into some buildings. But few here would complain when funnehs are made.
So why should this be any different? Why should it be enshrined?
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Wed 15 Apr 2009, 21:26,
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I know someone who died of complications relating to Motor Neurone Disease. But Stephen Hawking jokes are still funny to me (I loved the Lego one).
I know one of our (very lovely) members is a Sunday School teacher, but she doesn't object to the anti-Christian posts, and most people don't.
Some fuckwads flew a couple of Boeing's finest into some buildings. But few here would complain when funnehs are made.
So why should this be any different? Why should it be enshrined?
Yes.I was within earshot of the World Trade Centre on September 11th. With people who had sons and daughters that worked across the street from the World Trade Centre and who had no idea about their kids being alive or dead for better than three hours. So I don't find the plane jokes funny. But I don't complain either.
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HairyTwatter certified eel and sodium salesman,
Wed 15 Apr 2009, 21:29,
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This is a very good pointIf you don't like the content, there's a hide button.
Jokes about the holocaust, a-bombs, etc... they are all fair game but when it's something a little closer to home it's crossing the line?
(Jokes about the holocaust, a-bombs, etc... they are all fair game but when it's something a little closer to home it's crossing the line?
epiphany coming live from sweden,
Wed 15 Apr 2009, 21:30,
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I was in the air at the time, on a US-owned jet.The Captain was stupid (or naive) enough to tell us what was going on.
I have laughed at jokes here about the 2001 attacks, even though the whole thing scares the piss out of me. What else can you do?
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Wed 15 Apr 2009, 22:14,
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I have laughed at jokes here about the 2001 attacks, even though the whole thing scares the piss out of me. What else can you do?
^this^The Sept 11th stuff hits hard on Americans because we'd never had anything like that happen here, really. No IRA bombings, no Holocaust, nothing. But this isn't an American interwebz board, and I respect that*.
FWIW, On Sept 11 I drove home, or started on the way home - about 500 miles. Bellied up for the night at a hotel in Winchester, Virginia...there were half a dozen people around the bar, all of use doing the same thing - driving home. It was pretty surreal. Got up the next morning, dropped south through Virginia on the old roads, staying off the motorways. Nothing had changed...time stands still in those rural places.
*actually the fact that it's not an American interwebz board is what I like about it :)
(FWIW, On Sept 11 I drove home, or started on the way home - about 500 miles. Bellied up for the night at a hotel in Winchester, Virginia...there were half a dozen people around the bar, all of use doing the same thing - driving home. It was pretty surreal. Got up the next morning, dropped south through Virginia on the old roads, staying off the motorways. Nothing had changed...time stands still in those rural places.
*actually the fact that it's not an American interwebz board is what I like about it :)
HairyTwatter certified eel and sodium salesman,
Wed 15 Apr 2009, 22:49,
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Me and Fleur went up to KSC a few days after.People weren't suspect at all. They were really friendly, but a bit subdued. It's the first time I ever saw Blitz Spirit in the States.
And then there were the KSC guards. First time I ever had an AR15, an MP5 and a Beretta even vaguely pointed at me all at the same time.
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And then there were the KSC guards. First time I ever had an AR15, an MP5 and a Beretta even vaguely pointed at me all at the same time.
It's an odd thingand quite impossible to put into words.
Not everything can be explained.
(Not everything can be explained.
Flowerpot No longer has the vapours thanks to DTH,
Wed 15 Apr 2009, 21:29,
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Like I saidyou put it perfectly first time
without getting outraged. you made a suggestion not a statement. and it resonated with me
still not worth getting too exited over eh - jaffa cakes and tea for everyone
(without getting outraged. you made a suggestion not a statement. and it resonated with me
still not worth getting too exited over eh - jaffa cakes and tea for everyone
boff FL OZ,
Wed 15 Apr 2009, 21:32,
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nyom!
BubaMan 3 conspiracy nuts walk into a bar... Coincidence?,
Wed 15 Apr 2009, 21:35,
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Oh hell no!Jaffa Cakes and tea makes everything better :)
So would a piece of Lemon Meringue pie.
*drools at the thought*
Maiden has a lot to answer for *shakes fist*
(So would a piece of Lemon Meringue pie.
*drools at the thought*
Maiden has a lot to answer for *shakes fist*
Flowerpot No longer has the vapours thanks to DTH,
Wed 15 Apr 2009, 21:36,
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I make an excellent lemon meranguebut my banoffee is better. and my choc bread and butter pudding is legend.
( boff FL OZ,
Wed 15 Apr 2009, 21:40,
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I do tooand I have the ingredients to make one right now.
But FFS at my age, I daren't eat so much sugar.
(But FFS at my age, I daren't eat so much sugar.
Flowerpot No longer has the vapours thanks to DTH,
Wed 15 Apr 2009, 21:49,
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At my agei dont care. sugar is just a hydrogen atom less than carbs, enjoy
( boff FL OZ,
Wed 15 Apr 2009, 21:53,
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