What did you go without as a child?
Poor Rishi Sunak. Sounds like a tough upbringing, not having Sky TV. I weep for him and his lack of understanding of reality for most people.
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Smiley_Neil filling the interweb with crap, Wed 12 Jun 2024, 10:54,
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If you're stood at the back
all you can do is push your kids two steps forward so they start closer to the finish line.
I do note that even after his speech, none of the kids at the front ran any slower, because they were racing all the other kids at the front...
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My Name was saying these words inside your head on, Wed 12 Jun 2024, 11:53,
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Everyone still wants to win $100
I'd love to see what happened afterwards though. Did the kid who won get it? Did he share his winnings with those at the back? Did it change any of their lives? Did he invest it in 3 months of Sky TV?
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Smiley_Neil filling the interweb with crap, Wed 12 Jun 2024, 11:58,
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Everyone wanting the prize is the problem we can never fix
They see it like you can have everything you ever wanted, or give it to someone else.
And, of course, when the kids at the back put their kids two steps forward, the kids at the front have put their kids four steps forward...
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My Name was saying these words inside your head on, Sat 15 Jun 2024, 11:18,
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I went without sky tv as a kid.
But that's because I grew up in an era where football on telly was free until the cunts sold it to some Australian prick and my dad refused to pay up.
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Octo I ruin everything., Wed 12 Jun 2024, 12:12,
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Totally!
Saturday afternoons in front of Grandstand watching every sport imaginable (rally cross in Mini Coopers with Murray Walker going loopy as they crashed), including football, rugby, and everything else that ended up on Sky.
Though I lived in a cardboard box in the road and couldn't get Sky, due to the dish being too big and toppling the box over. Hard times.
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Smiley_Neil filling the interweb with crap, Wed 12 Jun 2024, 12:58,
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I used to watch Test Cricket
Then they sold it. Now it’s perpetually struggling against other formats.
Shocked I am.
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wheresthefish Partly filled with wrong, Wed 12 Jun 2024, 19:03,
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People wonder why kids don't play cricket any more.
It's because you sold the game down the river for 50 quid and a handy.
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Octo I ruin everything., Wed 12 Jun 2024, 20:15,
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he struggles talking about his privilege doesnt he
Cant imagine he had much fun at that posh school
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Probably bullied for being the poor kid.
So as a grown up he feels contempt for the really poor and a desire to be rich that will never be satisfied.
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jonbob loves you, Wed 12 Jun 2024, 15:49,
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Middle class and ashamed of it forever
Not sure that's what his parents thought they were paying for when they sent him there but that's what they've got
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Yes, Benny, the former head boy of Winchester, must’ve had a really hard time.
One of your heroes, Seamus Milne, went there too.
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Prufrock Lucifer, son of the morning!, Wed 12 Jun 2024, 18:12,
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Behind every tory is a miserable childhood Pru
As I'm sure you know
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I think we're all missing the clear takeaway from this, close down sky sports and return all sport to free to air telly thus freeing up the cash that would have been spent on subscriptions for other uses thus helping struggling families.
Creates jobs at the other broadcasters but we're not heartless, a free package of day old sporting highlights* will still be available on Sky.
* including occassional goals from minor league and international friendly football matches
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