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Clearly a high rate of crime area...

Always remember hearing of the late Brandon Lee being broken into.
The burglar wondered why there was a lot of pictures of teh Bruce Lee on the wall.
Figured he was just a fan, never realised he was in his son's house...
...got the holy shit kicked out of him!
Hahahahahahahahahahahah!!
Shuriken!
*Click*
:D
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The burglar wondered why there was a lot of pictures of teh Bruce Lee on the wall.
Figured he was just a fan, never realised he was in his son's house...
...got the holy shit kicked out of him!
Hahahahahahahahahahahah!!
Shuriken!
*Click*
:D

the Brandon Lee thing reminds me of this:

(I think this was posted by someone on /links, but I can't find the original post)
I think it may have been partially disproved by Snopes (the spoil-sports), but still...
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(I think this was posted by someone on /links, but I can't find the original post)
I think it may have been partially disproved by Snopes (the spoil-sports), but still...

I mean, in America most homeowners carry a firearm for this reason.
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They declare themselves beyond the law by breaking it, therefore they are not protected by the law when it comes to your response.
You can, therefore, legally rape them, and enjoy it, and take pictures of yourself enjoying it, and they can't do a thing in response.
Oh wait - they can, because fucking workshy hippy idiots have cried so loudly about it being unfair that they're not allowed to do exactly as they please that they appear to have managed to break the system.
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You can, therefore, legally rape them, and enjoy it, and take pictures of yourself enjoying it, and they can't do a thing in response.
Oh wait - they can, because fucking workshy hippy idiots have cried so loudly about it being unfair that they're not allowed to do exactly as they please that they appear to have managed to break the system.

To be fair, though, more of them are behaving themselves over the last few moths, and have been stopping for lights....
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You're right - I'm genuinely thinking about starting to carry a stick to twat them with as they sail past the red lights.
I pushed one off his bike on the pavement the other day, and his come back was "You don't have the right to push me off when I'm riding on the pavement, whenever I ride on the pavement I'm always considerate", the twat.
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I pushed one off his bike on the pavement the other day, and his come back was "You don't have the right to push me off when I'm riding on the pavement, whenever I ride on the pavement I'm always considerate", the twat.

brilliant.....
A while ago, they closed off Soho road to traffic (replacing water pipes or something), but cyclists kept mounting the pavement and racing down to get into the square. After a week of this, there were a pair of Police stopping each one and either warning or ticketing them. Those cyclist really do get irrate when they are told off :D
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A while ago, they closed off Soho road to traffic (replacing water pipes or something), but cyclists kept mounting the pavement and racing down to get into the square. After a week of this, there were a pair of Police stopping each one and either warning or ticketing them. Those cyclist really do get irrate when they are told off :D

And it's great fun watching them near embolism trying to argue an invalid point.
* See also their screams of agony when one beats them to near death with a crowbar.
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* See also their screams of agony when one beats them to near death with a crowbar.

I'm a cyclist and think they're all knobbers. One of these days I'm gonna see someone get sideswiped at a cross roads and probably lose my lunch.
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Talking on the phone whilst progamming satnavs and shouting at their vile kids, etc. etc.
Heard of many people killed by cyclists?
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Heard of many people killed by cyclists?

You shouldn't be cycling. It's very simple. That's not to excuse motorists but "two wrongs don't make a right".
I don't take a short-cut through your back garden on the way to work, because I once tripped over a paving slab.
And as for being killed by a cyclist - well - I'd say a 6' man weighing 11 stone travelling at 30 mph through a red light - well - I figure that could well be enough to put someone very in hospital, yes.
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I don't take a short-cut through your back garden on the way to work, because I once tripped over a paving slab.
And as for being killed by a cyclist - well - I'd say a 6' man weighing 11 stone travelling at 30 mph through a red light - well - I figure that could well be enough to put someone very in hospital, yes.

Have had regular attempts by dolts to kill me while on motorcycles.
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"Anything you do is nice and legal,"
"Oh Flaaaanders,"
"Doesn't work if you invite them"
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"Oh Flaaaanders,"
"Doesn't work if you invite them"

And people complaining that the compo is shit. Or both!
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Perhaps they are more than just 'sour'

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*puts away ophthalmology journal*
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an thus are a distraction to other legitimate road users what might be partaking of the facility of the modern road network or of rural transport?
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On another note, I was on Amazon and this popped up as an item I may be interested in.
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A van I saw last week had a sticker saying "the only tool left in this van overnight is the driver".
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I still drop by for a quick lurk a few times a week, though. Nice to see that you guys still haven't changed a bit.
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Lovely to see (you and) your stuff again!
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however - what is the tank between the two sets of wheels? It seems vulnerable to explosion.... unless it's the septic tank for waste.
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There is a large propane/zombie biofuel tank at the rear of the front cab. The whole thing runs on propane/biofuel. Turns out petrol has a shelf life - it starts to deteriorate after about 6 months in a sealed container, eventually becoming completely unusable (even damaging to an engine) after more than 12 months. Not a great choice for a long-term zombie apocolypse situation. Propane lasts a fair bit longer, and if zombies can be refined into biofuel, they'll provide a steady fuel source until the need for emergency fuels is gone.
As for explosions, I have read that a metal container filled with volatile liquid is extremely difficult to blow up with gunfire (thanks for the years of misinformation, videogames). You'll need to actually drop fire into the open tank to set it off - pretty low risk.
I like anti-zombie stuff as well, if you hadn't already guessed :D
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As for explosions, I have read that a metal container filled with volatile liquid is extremely difficult to blow up with gunfire (thanks for the years of misinformation, videogames). You'll need to actually drop fire into the open tank to set it off - pretty low risk.
I like anti-zombie stuff as well, if you hadn't already guessed :D

However, I wasn't really thinking of gun fire - zombies rarely have guns. I was more thinking of accidents. Say you are rumbling over a big pile of zombies but you don't know there is also debris under it. What if something sharp or immovable pierced the tank - then you'd have no fuel and would be stuck.
Edit: I would also enclose the top gun turret - like a WWII bomber plane/ star wars but on the top instead of the bottom.
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Edit: I would also enclose the top gun turret - like a WWII bomber plane/ star wars but on the top instead of the bottom.

The fuel tank is right on the back of the cab, away from the ground, but the possibility of the water tanks getting pierced is still understandably significant. I put them down low so that they could be easily filled/drained in a hurry, but it does seem to make more sense to put them inside or on the roof.
And you're definitely right about the turrets needing to be enclosed. Pesky zombies clogging the mechanism could be more than a little inconvenient. I'll bear that in mind for when I start working on the Mk 3.
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And you're definitely right about the turrets needing to be enclosed. Pesky zombies clogging the mechanism could be more than a little inconvenient. I'll bear that in mind for when I start working on the Mk 3.

sciencefocus.com/qa/do-petroleum-products-petrol-and-diesel-have-shelf-life
I did a fair bit of googling about this when I first heard it. Most sources (the one above being one of the more reliable) seem to agree that petrol goes stale within anything between 2 and 12 months. I feel more comfortable believing that than a single wikipedia edit with no cited source.
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I did a fair bit of googling about this when I first heard it. Most sources (the one above being one of the more reliable) seem to agree that petrol goes stale within anything between 2 and 12 months. I feel more comfortable believing that than a single wikipedia edit with no cited source.

Well, I agree that Wikipedia is an unreliable source - but "the website of BBC Focus Magazine" publishing a non-scientific paragraph* with no attibution or evidential backup isn't much better. At least with Wiki there's a *chance* it was written by someone who knows or cares ;)
If you keep it in a decent container that's not exposed to the air (ie so it can't evaporate or perform any sort of hygroscopic action) then it'll be fine for some considerable time. Straight chain alkanes are pretty stable molecules (think of how long they've been hanging about in the ground for), so if there's any "gunk" forming in there then you might like to ask the refinery when they added that's causing the problem!
*"more oily" ffs, that's not an explanation.
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If you keep it in a decent container that's not exposed to the air (ie so it can't evaporate or perform any sort of hygroscopic action) then it'll be fine for some considerable time. Straight chain alkanes are pretty stable molecules (think of how long they've been hanging about in the ground for), so if there's any "gunk" forming in there then you might like to ask the refinery when they added that's causing the problem!
*"more oily" ffs, that's not an explanation.

Please tell me where you found this design. It is magnificent.
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...I personally would go for more of a combine harvester approach with added flamethrowers for cleansing.
Kind of like a council street sweeper but larger and with chopping blades instead of sweeps.
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Kind of like a council street sweeper but larger and with chopping blades instead of sweeps.

A combine harvester can cut through corn pretty easily, but chunks of zombie flesh, bone, clothing and anything else they might have on them would clog it up within minutes. Repairs would be expensive and difficult.
I've heard it suggested that a minesweeping flail like this (skip to 0:45) would be ideal. I'm inclined to agree.
Flamethrowers use an enormous amount of fuel for the damage they do - for a fire to eat all the way through to a zombie's brain it would need to use a very thick, sticky fuel like napalm, and there would need to be a lot of it - and that's not to mention the fact that you'll need to fight off flaming zombies while you wait for the fire to burn through.
However, I'm pretty sure that if they ever make a new Carmageddon game, they will definitely be willing to consider you for a design job :D
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I've heard it suggested that a minesweeping flail like this (skip to 0:45) would be ideal. I'm inclined to agree.
Flamethrowers use an enormous amount of fuel for the damage they do - for a fire to eat all the way through to a zombie's brain it would need to use a very thick, sticky fuel like napalm, and there would need to be a lot of it - and that's not to mention the fact that you'll need to fight off flaming zombies while you wait for the fire to burn through.
However, I'm pretty sure that if they ever make a new Carmageddon game, they will definitely be willing to consider you for a design job :D

www.carmageddon.com/validateage?destination=home
Indeed. My bloodlust generally takes precedent over the practical side of my brain when dealing with theoretical zombie situations. I think my time in a zombie apocalypse would be short but very spectacular...
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Indeed. My bloodlust generally takes precedent over the practical side of my brain when dealing with theoretical zombie situations. I think my time in a zombie apocalypse would be short but very spectacular...

I think I'd want to side with you in a zombie apocalypse. Given the choice between the survivors who want to sit silently in windowless rooms for 23 hours a day, and the people riding quadbikes and spinning chainsaws over their heads like lassoos, I think the decision is pretty obvious.
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I'm not sure I'd be happy in that
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hullo btw! I've still got your hair gel etc. :D
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no worries I'll grab it from you when we see each other next
hope you're well and all that :)
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hope you're well and all that :)

Hope your hols was wonderful - though ages ago now.
I'm tiling my bathroom atm snore.
see you soon!
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I'm tiling my bathroom atm snore.
see you soon!

though the fact that IT completely fucked things up for my replacement has meant that I've had to work twice as hard since getting back...aside from b3ta time, obviously :)
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*nostalges*
Last time I went was mid 90s. I was lucky - went three times and it never rained.
Do you have rising damp now?
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Last time I went was mid 90s. I was lucky - went three times and it never rained.
Do you have rising damp now?

The zombies would attack it thinking it's a real door, because they like doors, and get electrocuted.
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I'd have to do more research
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ww2.zombieinitiative.org/node/269 have some ideas.
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Apparently it still causes muscle spasms (good for throwing them off a vehicle) but the only real way to kill a zombie with it is to electrify a trench full of water and throw them in.
That book makes for some great bedtime reading.
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That book makes for some great bedtime reading.

hope brad of pitt doesn't ruin it.
(I really must get back to tiling....)
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(I really must get back to tiling....)

Just the other day some website was saying that it's being designed to be cinematographically similar to Children of Men.
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but it also needs to be in a position where survivors can get in/out quickly. Roof hatches or airlock systems are more secure, but the door really does need to be easily accessible - there's not many ways round that (that I can think of)
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I don't much like the idea of slowly parachuting down into a horde of waiting zombies. Maybe the seat could be fitted with an engine and rudder, like a microlight. Or maybe that's a little more Thunderbirds than Mad Max.
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Does he have a hole in his jeans or a kind of... third...back pocket?
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to the need for Goatse in any given situation
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like a mouse shoved up the cats arse, and a lizard shoved up the mouse's arse, and so on?
(I had severe trouble trying to think of something smaller than a mouse)
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(I had severe trouble trying to think of something smaller than a mouse)

there would be something shoved up the lizards arse, if lizards have arses I don't know
Possibly it would end on a quark shoved up an atoms arse :D
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Possibly it would end on a quark shoved up an atoms arse :D

Only in reverse.
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Ooof!
Aww, has he had a divorce? His ring's missing (his finger ring)
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Aww, has he had a divorce? His ring's missing (his finger ring)

That's top work that it. Top. Work.
I can imagine its back paws scratching at the air, desperately trying to find something to gip on to.
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I can imagine its back paws scratching at the air, desperately trying to find something to gip on to.

Why are they standing in the middle of the road?

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And yes, some of these are excellent :D
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Click for big, and News


weird headline
I bet people will start leaving their doors open now just to tempt burglars into getting stabbed
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I bet people will start leaving their doors open now just to tempt burglars into getting stabbed

Yes please.
Please - can't we just cordon off the council estates and firebomb them all?
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Please - can't we just cordon off the council estates and firebomb them all?

I feel compelled to point out that it's a state of mind not a matter of geography.
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Now be quiet and clean my shoes, there's a good lad.
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This is already the law - all that needs to be done is to issue guidelines to clarify charging to the CPS.
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if I caught anyone in my house they'd get fucked with a bucky bottle...
then it would be cracked over their head.

But I couldn't as my mouse wouldn't stop laughing.
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Anyone who claims otherwise deserves everything they get.
You break into my place, you declare yourself to be beyond the law, and therefore should have no protection from it.
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You break into my place, you declare yourself to be beyond the law, and therefore should have no protection from it.

I've got no desire to kill or badly hurt anyone, in my house illegally or not, but if someone is in my house illegally chances are I'm going to need to hurt them to persuade them to leave, and I should have the right to do so. And sadly people aren't hard to kill by accident - if they die it should be legally their fault not mine.
Anyone who feels differently must simply be luckier than me. I know for a fact that if I had to confront an intruder in my house and repel them with violence, the fucker would die. I'm just that unlucky in those sorts of situations.
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Anyone who feels differently must simply be luckier than me. I know for a fact that if I had to confront an intruder in my house and repel them with violence, the fucker would die. I'm just that unlucky in those sorts of situations.

I think it's a campaign they would really get behind
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who the fuck do they think they are!
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WITH THE DEATH OF THE PLANET!
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in the immediate future.
prooving it in court is another matter entirely.
i myself favour a handy set of global knives on a magnetic holder in my kitchen along with a razor sharp katana next to my desk.
i would think that blunt force trauma from a cast iron skillet pan would be more easy to defend against in court as 'it was the first thing that come to hand when i confrounted them'.
also, WOO! that is a splendid pic.
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prooving it in court is another matter entirely.
i myself favour a handy set of global knives on a magnetic holder in my kitchen along with a razor sharp katana next to my desk.
i would think that blunt force trauma from a cast iron skillet pan would be more easy to defend against in court as 'it was the first thing that come to hand when i confrounted them'.
also, WOO! that is a splendid pic.

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a smaller close quarters weapon will serve you better.
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like Jason Statham does in every fucking Transporter movie.
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I'd agree.
This is why I punch old ladies in the street - just in case they're Al Q'aida operatives in disguise.
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This is why I punch old ladies in the street - just in case they're Al Q'aida operatives in disguise.

to be cut in half by a katana in your house, it`s most likely because they were posing a threat to you.
It could be vallid to relatives, your mother in law, and these people.
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It could be vallid to relatives, your mother in law, and these people.

I'm guessing, however, at somepoint in the future, someone is going to try and get away with a murder using this, or at least, someone is going to be accused that it was murder, rather than defence. One of those vocal groups of people who love a crusade will start a campaign to get the law repealed and some newspaper/media group will start blowing it all up out of proportion and we'll eventually lose the original ruling. We'll, by law, have to let someone burgle us, then fill out the apporpriate forms afterwards. /pessimist_blog
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Or so you'd fucking believe, judging by the amount of "Copy this to your status for an hour to support the cause" I've seen.
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I detest all of it. You're out with your mates in the pub, they are all updating their FB or tweeting or some shit. Errr..lads...we're in the pub together yet we're not.
/rant
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/rant

Since money is more important than people (yes - it is), it's in the insurance companies' interest for people to tackle people and it to go to court, where it will be a civil matter. If we let people burgle us and then fill out the forms, it will require huge amounts of compensation etc, and they won't be at all happy about that.
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No one likes the hippies - they're all sanctimonious wankers.
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That's the difference - which would you rather have, a protest song sung by some dirty, workshy skank about how it's all so unfair and capitalism equals CRAPitalism actually, or a nice, new, shiny computer?
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consessions end up being made, surely shirley? They had to back out of the NHS changes and reassess it
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But in the greater scheme of things, money talks, always will, and rightly so.
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broke into my house they would probably leave me some stuff from other break-ins out of sympathy.
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keep telling my bank. No sense of humour, those people.
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when it said "Stabbing burglars, now legal. Ken Clarke"
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The little doggie with the chav arm looks so pleased with himself.
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without fear of prosecution
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I guess you could at least smell if someone broke in then.
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maybe one of the metal ones, swung around by the power cord might stun a burglar enough to prevent him from stealing my TV.
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1. Invite your enemy round your house
2. Murder him completely TO DEATH
3. Tell the Rozzers "I caught him breaking in, dear Lord, and I had to strike him down to save the children. THINK OF THE CHILDREN!"
4. ???
5. Profit!!!
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2. Murder him completely TO DEATH
3. Tell the Rozzers "I caught him breaking in, dear Lord, and I had to strike him down to save the children. THINK OF THE CHILDREN!"
4. ???
5. Profit!!!

I, myself, often invite people I have never met back to my home so that they can break a few locks, damage a few of my possessions and take some of the ones it took me longest to earn the money to pay for.
Heck! I even let some little scamps in to remove the pipes in the back garden in case they're worth a couple of quid they can pay to organised criminals for smack.
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Heck! I even let some little scamps in to remove the pipes in the back garden in case they're worth a couple of quid they can pay to organised criminals for smack.

Now I can smash a burglar's head into a mush with my trusty rounders bat, without having to mess up my nice new garden shredder getting rid of the body. Ace! *
*Although getting rid of the body reduces the chance of retaliation by the deceased scumbag's family. Perhaps I'll mess up the shredder after all...
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*Although getting rid of the body reduces the chance of retaliation by the deceased scumbag's family. Perhaps I'll mess up the shredder after all...

But then I realised they're shooting each other, and now I'm just confused.
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This week's suggestions are now ripe for picking. They're as follows:
1. Jumpy orange shapes - see b3ta.com/board/10462799 for joyous details
2. Brand new old album art - often great albums get lumbered with crap artwork. Fix this by replacing it completely
3. If packaging pointed out the negative consequences of using the product - burgers with fat people on the wrappers, cars with dead children printed on their doors, computers adorned with photos of slums created by globalisation, etc.
4. Product placement in the news: if product placement were allowed in news broadcasts, which products would appear during the coverage of different kinds of events? Absorbent paper towels over Tsunami footage, etc.
And here's the votey-click device:




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1. Jumpy orange shapes - see b3ta.com/board/10462799 for joyous details
2. Brand new old album art - often great albums get lumbered with crap artwork. Fix this by replacing it completely
3. If packaging pointed out the negative consequences of using the product - burgers with fat people on the wrappers, cars with dead children printed on their doors, computers adorned with photos of slums created by globalisation, etc.
4. Product placement in the news: if product placement were allowed in news broadcasts, which products would appear during the coverage of different kinds of events? Absorbent paper towels over Tsunami footage, etc.
And here's the votey-click device:





/living in hope blog
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*flounces around like a big frilly, lacy thing*
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The only option that posts a real challenge. The others will be mostly TOAPs and faceswaps.
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Wed 29 Jun 2011, 12:06,
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the orange shapes one will fail horribly. I see it in my crystal balls.
I voted for the news one anyway, as it could be rather wrong and mirthsome.
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I voted for the news one anyway, as it could be rather wrong and mirthsome.

thing is, the orange shapes will win.

They always beat us humans in the end...
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that people will vote for which sounds the funniest, rather than which is the most inspiring.
Probably an extreme case of that this time!
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Wed 29 Jun 2011, 14:45,
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Probably an extreme case of that this time!

and even more so that it's the best option.
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Wed 29 Jun 2011, 12:12,
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but I'm pretty confident it won't be me....
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Wed 29 Jun 2011, 12:33,
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1. Sorry I
2. don't have
3. time for
4. this today.
* Votes for Brand new old album art
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Wed 29 Jun 2011, 12:35,
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2. don't have
3. time for
4. this today.
* Votes for Brand new old album art

*clicks Honest Packaging repeatedly*
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Wed 29 Jun 2011, 13:42,
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But I'm not an expert on b3ta democracy, so I'll play along I guess.
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Wed 29 Jun 2011, 14:07,
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and that was the tango man glove from years ago.
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Wed 29 Jun 2011, 15:04,
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At least it gives me a break in doing compo work.
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Wed 29 Jun 2011, 14:04,
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there could be hundreds of supremely talented lurkers just waiting for a jumpy orange shape compo to tempt them into posting something.
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Wed 29 Jun 2011, 14:13,
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There's probably agencies full of jumpy orange shape specialists.
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Wed 29 Jun 2011, 14:16,
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honest packaging. If I have to pick one.
Would rather pick my nose....
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Wed 29 Jun 2011, 14:37,
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Would rather pick my nose....

"This challenge is shit!"
Fraser will live forever.
He feeds on your tears.

I'm so glad that Nyan cat has been usurped by Masterchef synthesesia in the "annoying songs you can't stop listening to" stakes
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Wed 29 Jun 2011, 11:31,
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I've asked him didn't catch him soon enough.
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Wed 29 Jun 2011, 11:37,
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You could try there @swedemason
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Wed 29 Jun 2011, 11:41,
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Need quite a bit of RAM to run it, but that will get you going in the right direction.
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Wed 29 Jun 2011, 12:18,
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/deliberate misunderstanding blog
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Wed 29 Jun 2011, 12:22,
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It's festival time and my candle day and this time i won't miss it goddamit!
Thanks to Prof Fnord for spotting that :)

t'was one of the main reasons why i donated, yet i missed my first b3taday!
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Wed 29 Jun 2011, 11:13,
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Nice d'tails!
Is that a babby in the pocket? How is babby formed?
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Wed 29 Jun 2011, 11:12,
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Is that a babby in the pocket? How is babby formed?

Muchos kudos!
Now DONATE!
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Wed 29 Jun 2011, 11:25,
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Now DONATE!

you don't need a kettle to eat pot noodles.
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Wed 29 Jun 2011, 11:30,
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i forgot the bloody bastard donate thing. i vow to do it every time i have an income and never do.
i have literally no income atm (living off the lass) but will donate as soon as i am able. B3ta has been too good to me not to.
sorry!
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Wed 29 Jun 2011, 12:02,
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i have literally no income atm (living off the lass) but will donate as soon as i am able. B3ta has been too good to me not to.
sorry!

Actually made worse by all the 'lifestyle' hipsters surrounding it. All it needs is a fucking fixie bike to complete the image of hell.
/rant
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Wed 29 Jun 2011, 11:15,
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/rant

and thought he'd sat on something sharp.
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Wed 29 Jun 2011, 11:22,
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Wed 29 Jun 2011, 11:32,
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*hides all the furniture in his flat*
Sorry, what did you say?
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Wed 29 Jun 2011, 11:37,
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Sorry, what did you say?

Look at the utter sterility of it, the awkwardness of the social situation when the conversation dries up and yet you have nothing to read, no TV to watch and nowhere to put drinks. Look at how everyne is scared to move the furniture about, to adjust their chairs or move that vase slightly in case it spoils the brochure aesthetic. LOOK AT IT
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Wed 29 Jun 2011, 11:50,
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The sofa is always a good place to looking for a snack, if you can't be arsed to get up and go to the fridge. There's usually some pizza or an unopened Chinese meal to be found down the back there.
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Wed 29 Jun 2011, 11:57,
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If he wasn't he'd be looking at the nekkid lady on the fella's lap in the background
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Wed 29 Jun 2011, 11:27,
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bloody kids and their 'everything should be free' attitude
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Wed 29 Jun 2011, 12:00,
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it's slightly less shit, but will soon be promoted to higher plane of shitness.
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Wed 29 Jun 2011, 13:30,
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what on earth has happened to his hand? Is that what happens if you wank too much?
*checks own hands in panic*
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Wed 29 Jun 2011, 10:30,
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*checks own hands in panic*

She was quite pleased until it turned out that a lot of people can do it.
Turns out I'm the freak. Again.
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Wed 29 Jun 2011, 10:41,
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Turns out I'm the freak. Again.

and without the other fingers bending.
And only the big knuckle (biological term).
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Wed 29 Jun 2011, 12:04,
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And only the big knuckle (biological term).

I can do it, albeit with a little straining.
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Wed 29 Jun 2011, 12:15,
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Sorry, that was uncalled for. That's a wonderful cross between pastels and some other media the name of which temporarily escapes me.
Lovely Work.
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Wed 29 Jun 2011, 10:30,
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Lovely Work.

;)
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Wed 29 Jun 2011, 10:38,
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Wed 29 Jun 2011, 11:34,
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He must be listening to Coldplay
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Wed 29 Jun 2011, 10:28,
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