I got given an iPad today.
So I naturally got naked in the office and played with it.
Sadly there is no redtube, as it has no Flash.
Clearly NSFW - may contain elements of ME!ME!ME!ME!ME!
Also it is made of pine.
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Sadly there is no redtube, as it has no Flash.
Clearly NSFW - may contain elements of ME!ME!ME!ME!ME!
Also it is made of pine.
Army officer issue.
Specifically pulled up for that 'Scandinavian' feel.
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Fri 9 Apr 2010, 15:33,
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So you got 4 iphones taped together and sold as a new product
Well done you!
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I haven't.
I have got a piece of pine with stickers, front and back.
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Fri 9 Apr 2010, 15:35,
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ipods. It lacks the basic features of a phone.
Mind, so did the iphone for a good while.
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Fri 9 Apr 2010, 15:38,
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I have it on good advice
that if you aren't hyped up about the ipad, you aren't thinking about it hard enough.
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Fri 9 Apr 2010, 15:54,
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actually that would be a good slogan
"Getting bored of our products? THINK HARDER ABOUT THEM, MORE OFTEN."
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Fri 9 Apr 2010, 15:59,
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no
ipod touches have more functionality than ipads! ipod touches can actually run two applications at once! like listening to music while surfing for porn! can't do that on the ipad.
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It's really a mirror with an apple logo stuck on the back, isn't it?
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TJ: just cos I'm bored
here's the b3ta election so far using the BBC's seat calculator
edit/ by the way, SOCKSY!
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Fri 9 Apr 2010, 15:43,
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edit/ by the way, SOCKSY!
What I'd like to see is what the map would like
if it was coloured according everyone who came second.
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Fri 9 Apr 2010, 15:53,
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don't forget that blue mixed with orange either equals black or it equals white
depending on whether you're using light or paint.
MAN THIS IS SO DEEP
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MAN THIS IS SO DEEP
blue and orange with light
makes a pale pinkish purple.
With paint it makes a mucky brown.
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With paint it makes a mucky brown.
cyan and orange make yellow with light
teal and orange make black with paint
SO DEEP
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SO DEEP
err what no they don't
red and green make yellow with light.
cyan and orange make pale green.
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Fri 9 Apr 2010, 16:04,
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cyan and orange make pale green.
Sadly, I think you'd be disappointed to find
it would be very close to being just the exact opposite of this
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Fri 9 Apr 2010, 15:56,
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depends on the system used
in a literal what %age of the votes did they get system (which would never happen) they'd have got over twice as many MPs as they actually did in the last election
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I'm talking about how many constituencies they came second in at the last election.
The talk of any system other than what was used in the last election is meaningless.
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My reply was to gronkpan (although I don't know if he was talking about PR or not)
It's difficult to find out the answer to your question without trawling through the results of all 650 constituencies, and I'm not that bored, but I refer the honorable lady to the answer I gave some moments ago - I think you'd be disappointed to find out how few that would be.
The relatively even geographical spread of Lib Dem support compared with the other two main parties means that PR is the only way they'd be likely to do much better than last time out
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Fri 9 Apr 2010, 16:35,
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The relatively even geographical spread of Lib Dem support compared with the other two main parties means that PR is the only way they'd be likely to do much better than last time out
I don't have enough knowledge of how your political system works to offer any real insight
I just thought it might be funny to offer an arbitrary number.
The number is: seventeen.
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Fri 9 Apr 2010, 16:38,
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The number is: seventeen.
I just did a little experiment with that toy though.
Giving 50% of the vote to one main party and 25% to the other two.
When Labour have 50% of the vote, they win 467 seats.
When Conservative have 50% of the vote, they win 450 seats.
When Lib Dem have 50% of the vote, they win 532 seats.
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Fri 9 Apr 2010, 16:39,
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When Labour have 50% of the vote, they win 467 seats.
When Conservative have 50% of the vote, they win 450 seats.
When Lib Dem have 50% of the vote, they win 532 seats.
The problem with the lib dem section is that 'when' becomes 'if'.
Not trying to shit on anyone's parade, maybe this will encourage a few people.
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I mean "when" as in "when I put those figures into the whatsit there", of course.
But it would be some good propaganda for them. It means a vote for Lib Dem isn't necessarily as wasted as a lot of people seem to think. Actually their biggest enemies seem to be the "others".
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Fri 9 Apr 2010, 16:47,
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You've made a lot of good points
I have to say though - there is no such thing as "good propaganda". It seems good when you agree with the message, but it is never good.
How do you fight two heavily financed propaganda machines? That's a tough one. Fighting it with propaganda just perpetuates the shit.
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Fri 9 Apr 2010, 16:51,
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How do you fight two heavily financed propaganda machines? That's a tough one. Fighting it with propaganda just perpetuates the shit.
All political material is propaganda.
It's "good" if it gets people to vote for you.
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Fri 9 Apr 2010, 16:52,
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Ok, rather than using the word "propaganda", try the eastern bloc term "transparisma"
I find it to be a bit more descriptive - transparent messages to gain power.
If you're going to put all political messages under the propaganda umbrella (even if, let's say for theory's sake, the vast majority of people voted with the exact message you were shouting), then let's differentiate propaganda from transparisma.
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Fri 9 Apr 2010, 16:58,
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If you're going to put all political messages under the propaganda umbrella (even if, let's say for theory's sake, the vast majority of people voted with the exact message you were shouting), then let's differentiate propaganda from transparisma.
Google returns no results for "transparisma".
All political leaflets published by political parties are produced with the aim of convincing people to vote for them. They don't need to be lies as such, they only need to be persuasive in some way. It may simply rely on the audience's general tendency not to be very good at interpreting facts or understanding statistics.
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sorry, I don't know how to spell it in cyrillic
I hope that doesn't get in the way of the concept
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I'm just a bit generally disappointed in the propaganda round here at the moment,
they're all of the form "Vote X, because if you vote Y, Z will win."
I'd rather see something more along the lines of "Don't be put off voting X by people who say they can't win."
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Fri 9 Apr 2010, 17:10,
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I'd rather see something more along the lines of "Don't be put off voting X by people who say they can't win."
I live in a different country so my views are just those of an outsider looking in
That being said, Lib Dems in England have an uphill battle. There is no shame in being the underdog.
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Fri 9 Apr 2010, 17:14,
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Yep, I agree to the tips of my toes
I've been telling Lib Dem organisers to stop banging on about two horse races and make some proper principled arguments. The whole point of being a Liberal is not being a reactionary arsecandle.
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Fri 9 Apr 2010, 17:17,
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All three of them are playing the "two horse race" card here at the moment.
It's insane. The latest Labour one tells me that the Conservative candidate is hoping I'll vote Lib Dem. I was kind of under the impression that he'd want me to vote Conservative. But I guess I may as well now, anyway. What are they trying to do here? Make me strategically vote Conservative? I'm sure as hell not voting Labour, because then the Tories will win!
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Fri 9 Apr 2010, 17:24,
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Labour think the Tories want you to split the Labour vote by voting Lib Dem.
Baffling logic thought up by constituency organiser drones. Surely people vote Lib Dem more because they hate both the Tories and Labour, or because they like our policies. Bizarre tactical voting is an illusion.
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Fri 9 Apr 2010, 17:31,
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The Tories aren't going to win here
unless almost everyone who voted Lib Dem last time switches parties. The idea that the Tory candidate is rubbing his hands at the thought of people switching from Labour to Lib Dem is completely absurd.
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Fri 9 Apr 2010, 17:39,
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Ooh, isn't this the talking shop.
We've gone all heady and political. I think your estimates of percentage of vote/realistic seat share might be the wrong way round. But don't tell anyone, or they might do one of them 'tactical' votes.
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Fri 9 Apr 2010, 16:58,
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Well, here are some other ones!
Currently it takes:
96,481 votes to elect a single Lib-Dem MP,
44,306 votes to elect a single Tory MP,
26,860 votes to elect a single Labour MP.
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Fri 9 Apr 2010, 17:04,
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96,481 votes to elect a single Lib-Dem MP,
44,306 votes to elect a single Tory MP,
26,860 votes to elect a single Labour MP.
that's that even geographic spread
The LDs will need 40% of the vote to win compared to Labour's 30% because Labour's support is concentrated in certain areas, however, the difference between 20% and 50% for the LDs is huge because they're spread out all over (really this just exposes how crude the BBCs toy is).
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The Guardian toy is quite good
But disturbingly inaccurate. Then again, all polls are.
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Ok I'm going to wade in here and suggest that the only important percentage is the one that GETS YOU THE SEAT.
I think British people have some weird dichotomy between "power thirsty bastards" and "our lords and ladies".
Don't like being called British? COMPLAIN TO YOUR LOCAL MP.
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Fri 9 Apr 2010, 16:41,
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Don't like being called British? COMPLAIN TO YOUR LOCAL MP.
It's interesting to note how the Lib Dems are all on the coast
Oh they do like to be beside the seaside
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I'm surprised there aren't more Lib Dem voters on B3ta to be honest.
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I'm very glad to hear this
For some reason everyone seems to spunk over PR and I've never liked the idea. I'm glad to hear I'm not the only one.
(Unless you refer to the Lib Dems. In which case... errr, I've only ever voted Lib Dem. :( I don't *like* them but I can't bring myself to vote Labour and am extremely unlikely to ever vote Tory.)
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(Unless you refer to the Lib Dems. In which case... errr, I've only ever voted Lib Dem. :( I don't *like* them but I can't bring myself to vote Labour and am extremely unlikely to ever vote Tory.)
I like Lib Dem only in the sense that I like them more than Labour and Tory,
and my decision to vote that way has more than a hint of strategy to it.
PR would turn the entire principle of democracy in this country upside-down.
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Fri 9 Apr 2010, 16:50,
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PR would turn the entire principle of democracy in this country upside-down.
DAMN RIGHT
I liked the Lib Dems better when they were pledging to raise taxes to cover their manifesto - it was refreshingly honest. Then unfortunately they started stabbing their leaders in the back until they got one who looks like a clone of David Cameron but is even more boring :( I like Charles Kennedy, I'd vote for him.
Disclaimer: I did actually vote for Menzies Campbell. If you live in North-East Fife you're more or less required to by law.
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Fri 9 Apr 2010, 16:59,
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Disclaimer: I did actually vote for Menzies Campbell. If you live in North-East Fife you're more or less required to by law.
Tax rises are still in there
50% top rate for those earning 150,000 or more.
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Fri 9 Apr 2010, 17:06,
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I like this
(Though I'd add that it's easier to promise tax rises when you know you're unlikely to get voted in and have to try and force it through. Still, I like it.)
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It's not so bad
The party just hasn't made the case for it properly yet. You'd think we'd have had long enough to do so. The Electoral Reform Society has a good little book on it though.
I may be a sad act.
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Fri 9 Apr 2010, 16:55,
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I may be a sad act.
PR marks the death
of minority group representation, particularly for rural voters.
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Fri 9 Apr 2010, 17:48,
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The function of an MP is to represent his constituents in parliament,
not to represent his party in parliament and in his constituency. They may act like that already, but the problem would not be solved by embodying it in the constitution.
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And PR allows for the election
of multiple parties of almost every viewpoint. You go to the representative you choose. It's no harder to stand as an independent. I think you've succumbed to a few PR myths here.
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Good lord man
you've ruined my eyes.
can you use two 'digits' at the same time?
and also i hope you disinfected that seat after that picture.
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Fri 9 Apr 2010, 15:43,
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can you use two 'digits' at the same time?
and also i hope you disinfected that seat after that picture.
Yes, I was pretty close to vinegar too
I'd better dig out an old Cherie Blair pic to finish off over
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Fri 9 Apr 2010, 15:53,
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I'm not exactly sure what you're trying to show us with this post.
But clearly, it's art.
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Fri 9 Apr 2010, 15:50,
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But clearly, it's art.
Arf!
Here's a not-worth-own-thread pic... the only candidate with green credentials...
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Fri 9 Apr 2010, 15:17,
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*Zaps with distergrator ray on instinct....*
Bloody centre right Martians....
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Fri 9 Apr 2010, 15:18,
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A nice idea nicely executed
although not much basis in political fact
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Fri 9 Apr 2010, 15:24,
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clickety
how can people even contemplate voting for those bastards?
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Fri 9 Apr 2010, 15:20,
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Mostly cos they don't like those other bastards either.
Clearly we need constitutional reform to break away fomr the 2 party system in order to gain a more representative government in the future (although how the fuck the lib dems have failed to capitalise sufficiently over the last 20 years astounds me). That will not be achieved by voting Tory this time.
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Seeing as Lucy Pinder was giving £50s outside our window for Ladbrokes this morning
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Fri 9 Apr 2010, 14:38,
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Neigh, Sir - you may shout yourself horse but t'will never be so.
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Fri 9 Apr 2010, 14:57,
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I'd love it if a glue manufacturer were to sponsor the Grand National.
That'd be fantastic.
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Fri 9 Apr 2010, 15:17,
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Bummerbummerbummerbummerbummer cameleon*
*Cheri may not actually be a cameleon
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Fri 9 Apr 2010, 14:38,
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A vote for Fresh Water Mole is a vote for sanity
(apologies to FWM, etc...)
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Fri 9 Apr 2010, 14:20,
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(apologies to FWM, etc...)
That appears to be
a Portmeirion Botanic Garden charger plate. Full of goodies. WHY isn't it on my desk?
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Fri 9 Apr 2010, 15:55,
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If I wasn't between jobs with nothing better to do I wouldn't read this...
but as I've finished the BBC and TechRadar its all I have left
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Fri 9 Apr 2010, 14:18,
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And, prey, just what time do you call this?
Hmm? Hmm?
See me after class.
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Fri 9 Apr 2010, 14:26,
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See me after class.
Oooooh! I take it all back cos I gots mentioned!
*Does the "I'm a media slag" happy dance*
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Fri 9 Apr 2010, 14:33,
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Oh well,
My song didn't get in :(
I can pimp it here, though: Trololo with English lyrics and me performing it, on location in my Moscow flat.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=83Gl6UnH-ZE
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Fri 9 Apr 2010, 14:31,
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I can pimp it here, though: Trololo with English lyrics and me performing it, on location in my Moscow flat.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=83Gl6UnH-ZE
This is brilliant!
You have the arm movements down, and are dressed appropriately :D
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Fri 9 Apr 2010, 14:35,
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Haha I was just going to do that!
I mean photoshop that pic, not fellate our next PM, maiden!
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Fri 9 Apr 2010, 14:16,
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maiden?
I kind of rushed this, thinking it was only a matter of time before someone did it anyway.
Saved you the trouble, I suppose.
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Fri 9 Apr 2010, 14:18,
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Saved you the trouble, I suppose.
am I now doubly confused?
is monge, maiden?
Is it Friday yet?
edit: no, clearly not.
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Fri 9 Apr 2010, 14:33,
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Is it Friday yet?
edit: no, clearly not.
Why do people always build tinfoil hats with a pointy antenna?
Surly that will only help. Someone needs to come up with a flat design.
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Fri 9 Apr 2010, 14:03,
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So actually tinfoil hats help rather than prevent. Another government trap and wasted blue peter hours.
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Fri 9 Apr 2010, 14:08,
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ha ha :D
On a more serious note though, I think I might have really started to develop a fear of lightning in real life :(
can anyone explain how phobias kick off in an otherwise healthy 30 year old chap.
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Fri 9 Apr 2010, 14:03,
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can anyone explain how phobias kick off in an otherwise healthy 30 year old chap.
Catch-22
"Fear in the face of danger that is real (and immediate) is a product of a sane and rational mind"
Okay, so lightning isn't exactly immediate...
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Fri 9 Apr 2010, 14:23,
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Okay, so lightning isn't exactly immediate...
You're getting old
and increasingly obsessed with your own mortality as your years run out. In particular, you're obsessing about risks to your mortality now that you no longer have the carefree attitude of your youth.
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Fri 9 Apr 2010, 15:40,
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and in 1991 the roles reversed for a short while.
Thank you bitmap brothers
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Fri 9 Apr 2010, 14:13,
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Ol' Man Sissy Pants
Click for bigger (54 kb)
Grow a pair, grampa!
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Fri 9 Apr 2010, 13:41,
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Click for bigger (54 kb)
Grow a pair, grampa!
Scared already? You're just like Ol' Man Sissy Pants, but worse!
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Fri 9 Apr 2010, 14:08,
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That implies one can have sex without wielding a knife...
Will wonders never cease?
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Fri 9 Apr 2010, 14:14,
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One year, someone needs to have this slogan. Logic dictates that they will win.
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Fri 9 Apr 2010, 13:40,
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hahahhaha! I just imagine him saying "Woah, I think this shit just kicked in!"
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Fri 9 Apr 2010, 13:46,
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these just get more and more funny, always worth a new thread when you've got a tired and repetitive idea
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Fri 9 Apr 2010, 13:36,
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true, but as they have they fat little fingers in all the pies, it would matter not, to them
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Well, I'm discustard with all the candieddates, they're just a bunch of tarts
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Fri 9 Apr 2010, 13:51,
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Fish and plums is there a pattern emerging here?
or is it just my dirty mind ;)
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Fri 9 Apr 2010, 13:47,
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Very interesting that you should find melons abhorent yet you're all for the Plums and Fish
:D
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Fri 9 Apr 2010, 13:51,
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I've no idea either
I'm troubled by the idea whoever I vote for one of these twunts will be elected - I feel so frustrated that my vote won't make one jot of difference.
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Fri 9 Apr 2010, 13:29,
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I'm a lot more shallow than that
I'm troubled that Rob never manages to release the newsletter in time for lunch these days :-(
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Fri 9 Apr 2010, 13:34,
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We should stage a revolution and overthrow the Rob Oligarchy!
"What do we want? Newsletter out on Time! When do we want it? Errr... on time?"
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Fri 9 Apr 2010, 13:36,
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I once went on a Legalise Cannabis march - that was irony defined:
"What do we want?!"
"Legal cannabis!"
"When do we want it?"
"Erm ... as soon as you can ... please ... cheers ... hey! Who's hungry?"
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Fri 9 Apr 2010, 13:39,
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"Legal cannabis!"
"When do we want it?"
"Erm ... as soon as you can ... please ... cheers ... hey! Who's hungry?"
Yay!
We can vote in a NEW Rob!
Everyone called "Rob" - stand for nominations please and tell us what YOU will do for US.
Or we could have a coup and install in a team of military Robs. They will do what needs to be done.
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Fri 9 Apr 2010, 13:43,
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Everyone called "Rob" - stand for nominations please and tell us what YOU will do for US.
Or we could have a coup and install in a team of military Robs. They will do what needs to be done.
And they'll be famed for On-Time (OT) newsletters
RobOTs, we should call them.
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Fri 9 Apr 2010, 13:48,
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and we could fly them around over Jamaica
Making them RobOTs in de skies.
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Fri 9 Apr 2010, 13:52,
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I say put rail transport first.
Trains foremost. RobOTs in de skies.
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Fri 9 Apr 2010, 14:02,
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Tony, Tory, Tony, Tory...
They look almost the same. Coincidence?
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Fri 9 Apr 2010, 13:46,
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0_0
I am expecting a gimpsuited man-bear with a 11" cock wearing a rubber David Kelly mask to step out from behind the curtain any second...
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Fri 9 Apr 2010, 13:03,
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*wonders if ^that^ will be my random quote on the stats board...*
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Fri 9 Apr 2010, 13:08,
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I am expecting a gimpsuited man-bear with a 11" cock wearing a rubber David Kelly mask to step out from behind the curtain any second...
like this?
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Fri 9 Apr 2010, 13:16,
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think I need to rince my head
I've still got the most excruciating headache
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Fri 9 Apr 2010, 13:31,
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haha
Dave's getting all hiphop with the kids (front page of BBC news)
newsimg.bbc.co.uk/media/images/47614000/jpg/_47614509_newcameronlong_ap.jpg
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newsimg.bbc.co.uk/media/images/47614000/jpg/_47614509_newcameronlong_ap.jpg
Davey Cam droppin top style on the grand slam
Pickin up votes like pimpin out bitches Dave Cam's party got the finest stiches which you paid for, mug, 'cos 'ees a robber a teef an you'll know when he's around because he ain't beyond belief.
Or something.
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Fri 9 Apr 2010, 13:02,
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Or something.
I just can't stand that bloke
I mean, I can't stand ANY of them but he's just a twat. I can at least appreciate why people voted for blair the first time, as he came across as being ok, before being outed as a twat. Cameron has skipped that stage.
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Fri 9 Apr 2010, 13:04,
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oh good lord
TJ for maths people:
if 58% of people read a newspaper in 1994
and only 34% of people read a newspaper in 2008
what is the decline (as a percentage) - my brain says 24% but I bet it isn't
(I last did maths in 1988)
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Fri 9 Apr 2010, 12:54,
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if 58% of people read a newspaper in 1994
and only 34% of people read a newspaper in 2008
what is the decline (as a percentage) - my brain says 24% but I bet it isn't
(I last did maths in 1988)
Lobster over Wednesday multiplied by Green.
Take the remainder, multiply the second and invert the answer to get the full, "freshly-washed stoat" feel.
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Fri 9 Apr 2010, 12:55,
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this is for a high-level presentation
I don't think they want anything about stoats
I'll put a weasel in
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Fri 9 Apr 2010, 12:58,
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I'll put a weasel in
And you can tell just by looking that that stoat is freshly washed.
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Fri 9 Apr 2010, 13:09,
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correct
although only about 64% of those who read newspapers in 1994 are still reading newspapers in 2008
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Fri 9 Apr 2010, 12:56,
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Hmmm..
Im guessing perhaps the decline would instead be what percentage of the people who read papers stopped reading them.. so you would need to consider the drop there not just the difference between the two numbers. Don't make me work it out please :P
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Fri 9 Apr 2010, 12:57,
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58/100 = 0.58
34/0.58 = 58.6206896551724137931034483 (confusingly)
100 - 58.6206896551724137931034483 = 41.3793103448275862068965517, so I guess that's the decline as a percentage.
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100 - 58.6206896551724137931034483 = 41.3793103448275862068965517, so I guess that's the decline as a percentage.
And I provided my doings.
No wate what's the word ... workings.
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Fri 9 Apr 2010, 13:00,
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Well I'm autistic, I have no idea how I got the answer - I just did.
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you're welcome, but I can imagine why you might not have trusted the answer without the doings
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Fri 9 Apr 2010, 13:07,
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no but the question
states 58% and 34% of people - if there are 100 people, 58 of 100 read in 1994 and 34 of 100 in 2008 meaning a drop of 24% - whatever the value is for people is 100%, and the percentage decline relates to this value
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Fri 9 Apr 2010, 13:09,
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wrong
there is a decline of readership of 41.4%
24% less of the population now read a paper
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Fri 9 Apr 2010, 13:14,
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24% less of the population now read a paper
the question doesn't state whether its readership or population
just asks for the decline, so both are right
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Fri 9 Apr 2010, 13:16,
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Mighty Nibus asked for the decline.
And clearly demonstrated the ability to subtract 34 from 58, so I'm pretty sure the answer to his question is 41.4%.
If it's for a presentation, he probably shouldn't say 'it is both 41.4 AND 24 percent'.
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Fri 9 Apr 2010, 13:21,
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If it's for a presentation, he probably shouldn't say 'it is both 41.4 AND 24 percent'.
so because he got 24%
the answer must be 41.4%? Nibus I think he's calling you thick
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Fri 9 Apr 2010, 13:26,
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I can't decide
if you know I'm being silly or if you're getting wound up
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Fri 9 Apr 2010, 13:40,
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I can't decide if you think 32.7 was a serious sugestion :)
edit for clarity: no, I wasn't taking it seriously - I'm glad I correctly assumed that you weren't either.
Nibus clearly lost interest some time ago...
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Fri 9 Apr 2010, 13:41,
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Nibus clearly lost interest some time ago...
Yep, that could be right too
sometimes I see BBC news articles treat a percentage drop in this way and I get confused, but they're an official national institution and hardly ever make lots of typos so it must be a valid way to do it.
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Fri 9 Apr 2010, 13:15,
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the percentage decline is the percentage decline of the percentages.
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Fri 9 Apr 2010, 13:15,
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if Percentage Decline is the name of a mathematical rule
then it should have captials, and not be written in lower case where it could be misinterpreted and generalised
I stopped doing Maths after GCSE, but I have an English degree so I'm now attempting to baffle you mathematicians with linguistics
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Fri 9 Apr 2010, 13:25,
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I stopped doing Maths after GCSE, but I have an English degree so I'm now attempting to baffle you mathematicians with linguistics
percentages of percentages
there could be MORE people reading the newspaper, if the population has increased enough
percentages of percentages are always a bit meaningless
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Fri 9 Apr 2010, 13:54,
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percentages of percentages are always a bit meaningless
very good
Brown makes a very good cowardly lion.
But there's only one way to settle this election, the Queen calls CONKERS!
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Fri 9 Apr 2010, 12:44,
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But there's only one way to settle this election, the Queen calls CONKERS!
Wish I'd thought of that
Would have been a good punchline *sighs*
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Fri 9 Apr 2010, 12:36,
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ninja it
then delete your post above
then we can all call Tribs a twat for repeating the joke
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Fri 9 Apr 2010, 12:39,
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then we can all call Tribs a twat for repeating the joke
haha
nice phone Griffin.
also - is anyone here thinking of standing as an MP in the future? Be warned!
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Fri 9 Apr 2010, 12:37,
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also - is anyone here thinking of standing as an MP in the future? Be warned!
No... can't see what you've done.
At least it's not Widdecombe *shudder*
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Fri 9 Apr 2010, 12:24,
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I'm working on another...
*sings* "Especially for youuuuuuu..."
;-)
Edit: The arm took way too long to do.
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Fri 9 Apr 2010, 12:25,
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;-)
Edit: The arm took way too long to do.
It will be tomorrow and no-one would understand by the time I managed that :(
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Fri 9 Apr 2010, 12:40,
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That's about right, actually; He would just
love to spend all day licking himself.
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Fri 9 Apr 2010, 12:51,
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It can be hard to realistically draw cum
I know, I've tried it.
But you have succeeded where others failed.
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Fri 9 Apr 2010, 12:35,
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But you have succeeded where others failed.
I tend to have no problem in drawing cum
unless I've a had a few drinks
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Fri 9 Apr 2010, 12:38,
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be honest
that's a photograph of the original that you did a tribute on
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Fri 9 Apr 2010, 12:45,
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nice, but why the hell would I want to:
"buy tribute wank mugs, tshirts and magnets"
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Fri 9 Apr 2010, 12:53,
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shopped images only please etc
I'm looking forward to his cartoon
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Fri 9 Apr 2010, 12:24,
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The cartoon is pretty awful
It's well designed, but a cartoon of a podcast is just rather dull.
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Fri 9 Apr 2010, 12:31,
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Yeah, not too shabby
Up for a job interview in a couple of days, and enjoying my motorcycle lessons ;)
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Fri 9 Apr 2010, 12:52,
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Up for a job interview in a couple of days, and enjoying my motorcycle lessons ;)
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