(LordManleytwitter.com/LordManley,
Fri 30 Mar 2012, 14:39,
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I heard on the radio she was decanting using a jar
dear fucking god, a jar, in a kitchen.
It's a horrible thing but a little fucking sense of "explody thing may explode" might have helped here.
Oh well, at least it might help a few folks realise the potential danger of fuel/air mixtures in enclosed spaces(it wont't, but one can hope).
(discomeatsThis canoe,
Fri 30 Mar 2012, 15:22,
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The fact that...
...she is clearly a fucking idiot (as I noted when I posted the image, i.e. "Britain's Stupid People Nearly Burning To Death In Kitchen Fires statistics") doesn't absolve greasy cunt Maude from his responsibility in giving out cretinous scaremongering advice in the first place. Or, to put it more simply: Cunt + Fuckwit = Mess
(Harry WebshiterSpiggley biggley bog.,
Fri 30 Mar 2012, 15:23,
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I agree
If Maude had said anything at all about keeping fuel in the house or decanting it or, indeed, done anything other than tell people that they really shouldn't be panic buying, then maybe this would be relevant.
Since he did not, it is not.
(LordManleytwitter.com/LordManley,
Fri 30 Mar 2012, 15:28,
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So if Maude had kept his big gob shut...
..she would still have been there in her kitchen decanting petrol, would she? There isn't - in your mind - even the slightest connection between a government cynically manipulating public fear and (admittedly stupid) members of that public then doing stupid things out of fear?
(Harry WebshiterSpiggley biggley bog.,
Fri 30 Mar 2012, 15:44,
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What he said and what was reported are not the same thing.
As well as this, a connection is not blame.
If I had not been at the quay Victor Greenwood would not have had the same audience and may not have tried to swim across and drowned as I tried to save him.
I am in no way to blame for his actions.
(LordManleytwitter.com/LordManley,
Fri 30 Mar 2012, 15:46,
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God I'm bored...
All we ever get from you is an ever more bizarre defence of Maude as if you're his abandoned lovechild; "Look, daddy, look how I'm defending you! Please love me, daddy, please don't go away again!" *sob*
(Harry WebshiterSpiggley biggley bog.,
Fri 30 Mar 2012, 15:49,
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How rare
(Michael Elliscontributes nothing,
Fri 30 Mar 2012, 16:52,
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Darwin award
On standby
(andythepiemanIs surfing the waves of indifference on,
Fri 30 Mar 2012, 15:39,
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She has a
daughter.
(LordManleytwitter.com/LordManley,
Fri 30 Mar 2012, 15:44,
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I'm all for anything that thins the unthinking masses
(Paul_Phttp://www.Paul-hub.com,
Fri 30 Mar 2012, 14:41,
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I feel a bit sorry for her, everyone calling her the stupidist etc etc
I can't recall how many times burns were related to igniting fuel vapour. It's more about education than stupidity just check out how many videos there are on youtube of people blowing themselves up
(claptonista,the idiot boy..........,
Fri 30 Mar 2012, 14:51,
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I think Francis should walk
he's been exposed as a scaremonger and someone has died.
This whole petrol thing is a farce and the cynic in me suspects that as it's the end of the financial year, this is a last ditch attempt by the government at trying to fudge the yearly figures, transforming Gideon into boy wonder.
(asciifaceofbobbob bob bob bob bob bob bob,
Fri 30 Mar 2012, 14:55,
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Ed Balls says it was a tactic to distract from the donation scandal, I'm inclined to agree
(drimblehe'd been white, he'd been black,
Fri 30 Mar 2012, 15:00,
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Ah yes,
it seems to have worked well..
(asciifaceofbobbob bob bob bob bob bob bob,
Fri 30 Mar 2012, 15:18,
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yep
(Wasp Boxlike a nervous random stranger at a glory hole,
Fri 30 Mar 2012, 15:05,
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Wait, she died?
I haven't read this anywhere, got a link?
Yes, scaring people into panic-buying is fucking ridiculous, and he needs to be called out on it, but it isn't a life-threateningly irresponsible act in the same way that careless handling of a very flammable substance is life-threateningly irresponsible.
(Extinct Jesus Dossier"...I think it counteracts Hitler's magic...",
Fri 30 Mar 2012, 15:18,
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If you read what he actually said
instead of the short excerpt which was published, he is not responsible at all.
(LordManleytwitter.com/LordManley,
Fri 30 Mar 2012, 15:20,
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I give up
I walk to work, so fuck the whole thing
(Extinct Jesus Dossier"...I think it counteracts Hitler's magic...",
Fri 30 Mar 2012, 15:31,
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He just did not say 'panic buy'
he said 'dso not panic buy' and the media were utterly irresponsible.
(LordManleytwitter.com/LordManley,
Fri 30 Mar 2012, 15:47,
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Drivel
Poor reporting is all that happened. This is fuck all to do with him and it is just idiocy to keep our cabinet on the basis of how good they are at popularity contests instead of merit.
He is in no way culpable for the fact that this woman decanted petrol next to her lit cooker, which she stockpiled after reading a quote printed out of context. In no way at all.
(LordManleytwitter.com/LordManley,
Fri 30 Mar 2012, 15:19,
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fair enough on both accounts
but he is still guilty of scaremongering and should go for that IMHO.
And no, she didn't die, I've only had half an eye on the news today
(asciifaceofbobbob bob bob bob bob bob bob,
Fri 30 Mar 2012, 15:44,
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No he is not.
He did not scaremonger, in fact quite the contrary. He said, in response to specific questioning, that there was no need to panic, that no strike was scheduled and that anything beyond filling up the tank or having some in the garage was unnecessary.
It was reported as him saying that everyone should fill up their tanks and fill their garage with petrol, but that does not make it true that he said that.
(LordManleytwitter.com/LordManley,
Fri 30 Mar 2012, 15:49,
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So the fact that even the Prime Minister explicitly stated that a 'petrol panic' would be the obvious (and desirable) outcome of his government's policies is in no way connected with anything that happens as a result of people, er, panicking over petrol? FFS...
Note also the usual Cameron Denial Followed By Belated Confirmation:
Asked if the Prime Minister had said ‘a bit of petrol panic may be no bad thing’, a Downing Street spokesman initially said he had ‘no recollection’ of any such remark, before denying the comment was made.
However, Cabinet sources told The Mail on Sunday Mr Cameron did make the comment.
(Harry WebshiterSpiggley biggley bog.,
Sun 1 Apr 2012, 9:58,
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No-one has fucking died
Stop blowing this out of all proportion to fit your political agenda.
(Paul_Phttp://www.Paul-hub.com,
Fri 30 Mar 2012, 14:03,
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moi?
(2Pints, at the third stroke, it will be,
Fri 30 Mar 2012, 14:06,
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no the guy stood behind you
(Paul_Phttp://www.Paul-hub.com,
Fri 30 Mar 2012, 14:19,
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I do
And I've never forgiven him for it
(Michael Elliscontributes nothing,
Fri 30 Mar 2012, 14:08,
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They're foreign
so I can't hear them from here...
(PhosphorBurnedEyesSwastika Shop opening here soon,
Fri 30 Mar 2012, 14:03,
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oh yeah that was it
The casual racism
(Paul_Phttp://www.Paul-hub.com,
Fri 30 Mar 2012, 14:04,
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the best kind of racism
apart from the upfront and in your face racism, obviously
(reali'm not happy 'til you're not happy,
Fri 30 Mar 2012, 14:10,
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Tigger please
(Paul_Phttp://www.Paul-hub.com,
Fri 30 Mar 2012, 14:19,
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eh?
(reali'm not happy 'til you're not happy,
Fri 30 Mar 2012, 14:25,
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(Paul_Phttp://www.Paul-hub.com,
Fri 30 Mar 2012, 14:31,
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begging for botty love again?
(reali'm not happy 'til you're not happy,
Fri 30 Mar 2012, 15:04,
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(Wobbly BlokeHello, did I miss anything on,
Fri 30 Mar 2012, 17:59,
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What the fuck has happened to his face?
(drimblehe'd been white, he'd been black,
Fri 30 Mar 2012, 14:03,
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Spores
Spores from the over-priced artisanal mushrooms they're delivering.
(2Pints, at the third stroke, it will be,
Fri 30 Mar 2012, 14:05,
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Who's Arti, and why is he parting so easily with his rectal fungi?
(drimblehe'd been white, he'd been black,
Fri 30 Mar 2012, 14:09,
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lesser known facts
Arti was a pioneer in the emerging field of Mycology in the 18th century. Due to a rare and exotic condition he unfortunately managed to cultivate a colony of fungi in his rectum, and is believed to have coined the term "toadstool".
(2Pints, at the third stroke, it will be,
Fri 30 Mar 2012, 14:17,
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LIES
'Toadstool' originates from the 15th Century, from the first observation of a mutant strain of amphibian with opposable thumbs, who were using crude clubs to batter each other senseless
(drimblehe'd been white, he'd been black,
Fri 30 Mar 2012, 14:22,
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Sadly,
A mere prank executed by Arti subsequent to his invention of the time machine on a long Easter weekend.
(2Pints, at the third stroke, it will be,
Fri 30 Mar 2012, 14:27,
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has the person on the poster in the background got an erection?
Their last registered logo was the one here: www.ipo.gov.uk/domestic?domesticnum=1537753 and it has expired. I can't find any record of registration of the logo. If they register it now, I suspect you could easily show that you had been using your logo before they started using registered theirs, and although you probably couldn't get away with claiming that they copied or infringed yours, it might severely clip their toenails.
(blyerkite k trilby,
Fri 30 Mar 2012, 11:42,
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nicey done!
it seems that their current logo was never trade marked, so fuck 'em
(reali'm not happy 'til you're not happy,
Fri 30 Mar 2012, 12:40,
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Do you get a lot of page views?
You could do a deal with them on a "Looking for cashconverters? click here" link.
(HalibutIf you think education is expensive, try crack.,
Fri 30 Mar 2012, 10:20,
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Well, I'm not a legal professional
so all I can really do is just strip naked and roll around the floor.
*strips naked*
*rolls about*
OH MAN! Best feeling ever!
(discomeatsThis canoe,
Fri 30 Mar 2012, 10:21,
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If only everyone who isn't a legal professional had this kind of sense
(mediocreha ha ha, you're reading this,
Fri 30 Mar 2012, 10:26,
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Indeed, the world would be a happier more rolled upon place.
(discomeatsThis canoe,
Fri 30 Mar 2012, 10:27,
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Fortunately, whilst I am not a legal professional
whilst I am not a legal professionalall I can do is film people rolling around on the floor having first stripped naked
actually a legal professional (no, really) who specialises in this sort of thing (I usually write these sorts of letters (though my ones are much, much better)). Despite this all I can do is also film people rolling around on the floor.
This shall also be my defence in court should the situation arise
(discomeatsThis canoe,
Fri 30 Mar 2012, 10:46,
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No!
Use the 'Chewbacca' defence. Never fails.
(Funkenschlagstill likes dogs more than cats,
Fri 30 Mar 2012, 11:15,
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You just reply to the extent that this is a load of old twaddle, that you did not infringe any trademark
and that the parody exists for humour only.
Tell them that, if they want, you will add a link to the real store, but that you have taken advice and do not feel that there is any case to answer here.
Then strip naked and roll on the floor.
(LordManleytwitter.com/LordManley,
Fri 30 Mar 2012, 10:56,
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^ all of this ^
(mediocreha ha ha, you're reading this,
Fri 30 Mar 2012, 12:00,
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Alan Smeath & Co doesn't have a website.
Perhaps you could make one on their behalf.... :D
(Fresh Water Moleloves his baby boy more and more every day,
Fri 30 Mar 2012, 10:15,
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They do own the domain though
But I'd buy AlanSmeath.org or similar and just stick a pic of a naked old man on it? Then say I'll redirect the site to my other domain?
I hadn't seen catconverters before. Jolly nice. And as a layperson I would say only the logo is an potential infringement, as other than that it is very dissimilar.
(HalibutIf you think education is expensive, try crack.,
Fri 30 Mar 2012, 10:17,
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hmm
I do not own a cat, but wish to alter my mustache in some fashion. Has anyone happened upon tashconverters.com yet?
(habermanis singing in the changes,
Fri 30 Mar 2012, 13:37,
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SRS BSNS
I love the way any old shit is called intellectual property these days.
fuckfest
Omg, I just did an intellectual property!
(discomeatsThis canoe,
Fri 30 Mar 2012, 10:20,
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Dear Alan
Please learn the correct use of the reflexive pronoun. Only then will myself be able to take yourself seriouslyself.
(Enzymeis powered by sunlight,
Fri 30 Mar 2012, 10:21,
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the entire letter is badly worded
(reali'm not happy 'til you're not happy,
Fri 30 Mar 2012, 12:43,
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I think your reply should be...
I refer you to the reply given in the case Arkell vs Pressdram (1971). Look it up, it's a beaut! I've used that reference on two occasions and both times the other side hasn't bothered to reply or pursue their case.
YMMV
(Captain Placid24/7 ball gags, brownie mix and clown porn,
Fri 30 Mar 2012, 10:25,
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^This^
(Enzymeis powered by sunlight,
Fri 30 Mar 2012, 10:42,
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Hurrah!
One of the few opening responses widely known by heart to most solicitors.
(PhosphorBurnedEyesSwastika Shop opening here soon,
Fri 30 Mar 2012, 11:20,
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tell them that the cash converters logo is piss poor
and that it's time they rebranded
(prodigy69broke b3ta and made everyone leave,
Fri 30 Mar 2012, 10:30,
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mos def this ^
(reali'm not happy 'til you're not happy,
Fri 30 Mar 2012, 10:59,
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I've just designed a new one, absolutely FREE OF CHARGE
absolutely FREE OF CHARGEHopefully this will pacify the solicitors a little feel free to forward this on to them
(drimblehe'd been white, he'd been black,
Fri 30 Mar 2012, 11:14,
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just change the logo, i'm sure Pimp my snack did just that and got around MTV's request about infringment.
perhaps a disclaimer on the site saying you are in no wat affiliated to cashconverters or any of their subsidary company and any likeness in the style of the website is purely coincidental.
also state that you are no way involved with the supply of catalytic converters either.
and then make a website for the solicitors as well.
(Thor_sonofodinhas done things, terrible things on,
Fri 30 Mar 2012, 11:02,
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Sounds like sage advice to me
(Wasp Boxlike a nervous random stranger at a glory hole,
Fri 30 Mar 2012, 11:25,
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(hekim66 ɐʇƐ𐐒 ʞɔnℲ uooW,
Fri 30 Mar 2012, 12:19,
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They're nothing alike
Despite the cat one being a parody which is allowed under fair use.
(cenarisIs dividing 3 by waffle,
Fri 30 Mar 2012, 13:05,
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"Fair use" is a US thing
We don't have it in the UK
(the wub- guide onion for the blind,
Fri 30 Mar 2012, 16:02,
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Are they...
...taking the piss? No, silly me, they're lawyers... Maybe if everyone on b3ta went all guns blazing taking the piss out of Cash Converters on the twitter etc. i.e. away from b3ta, they couldn't chase everyone simultaneously, could they?
(Harry WebshiterSpiggley biggley bog.,
Fri 30 Mar 2012, 17:12,
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"no pun intended"
Yeah right, that was an intended pun if ever there was one
(Photoshop Bitch2014 edition,
Fri 30 Mar 2012, 17:54,
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I feel a bit sorry for the lawyers...
...as I suspect they realise Cash Converters are being twats, but they have to do their dirty work. On the other hand, they're probably rolling in money, so fuck 'em.
(Harry WebshiterSpiggley biggley bog.,
Fri 30 Mar 2012, 18:08,
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21 Million for my shaven pussy!
I love catconverters.com!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
(delboyonlinesuffered a rectal prolapse in 1997!,
Fri 30 Mar 2012, 18:47,
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