Matt Hancock getting jiggy with it
The last time I was surprised by indefinitely, it was Steven Hawking.
(, Fri 25 Jun 2021, 9:04, Reply)
Giggeddy giggeddy giggeddy!!!!
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garold you're on mute I SAID YOU'RE ON MUTE, Fri 25 Jun 2021, 9:12,
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It's an ingenious way to avoid getting the sack.
"But Boris, I just did what you did."
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jonbob loves you, Fri 25 Jun 2021, 9:49,
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"Oh, erm, right, I see, better DNA test the elephant’s calf"
"Noo no no dearest Bojo, with an entirely different aurum fodiens..."
"Oh, ah, I see, hope you had fun, say hello to the wife."
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My wife said
She's surprised the Sun didn't go with the headline, "Hancky Panky" :o)
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Turquoise Hexagon Sun has just dropped acid on, Fri 25 Jun 2021, 10:08,
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A Tory? Being caught in sleaze, hypocrisy and massive ineptitude?
I couldn't be more shocked and disappointed.
Typically though, I see the right wing press has sandbagged this in favour of 'ollidays!/?', with the Excess coming out with today's winner with 'ITS A EU PLOTT TO STEEL ARE OLLIDAYS!' - a deft and sophisticated argument as always.
(, Fri 25 Jun 2021, 10:43, Reply)
Comedy gold!
prize winning burk
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Hummel Who died and made you....oh wait...., Fri 25 Jun 2021, 10:49,
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🎵 If you like Gina Colades, and getting caught in The Sun...🎵
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buffet_the_appetite_slayer ٩(●̮̃•)۶ jacked in to the ICE on, Fri 25 Jun 2021, 10:52,
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www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/matt-hancock-office-this-morning-b1823969.html
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Jabberwoc misses D.R. and Quinch, Sat 26 Jun 2021, 0:00,
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Do the Tories still bother banging on about family values these days?
(, Fri 25 Jun 2021, 11:11, Reply)
They sacrificed those values on the altar of Brexit
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wheresthefish Partly filled with wrong, Fri 25 Jun 2021, 11:14,
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Do the Tories still bother banging on about family values these days?
(, Fri 25 Jun 2021, 11:11, Reply)
Nah, they've been drinking the Gramsci Kool Aid for some time now.
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Prufrock Lucifer, son of the morning!, Fri 25 Jun 2021, 18:33,
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Do the Tories still bother banging on about family values these days?
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Fadgebadger Sweaty sumo wanks for everyone!, Fri 25 Jun 2021, 11:26,
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They just do the banging part these days.
The only valued values are their portfolios.
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Do the Tories still bother banging on about family values these days?
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Q4nobody, Fri 25 Jun 2021, 11:29,
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this story seems too cute
the heat has been on him since the cummings enquiry. seems like a deflection to get hopeless hancock out of the picture without taking accountability for failings as health secretary
unfortunately we share a surname
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bearhunt is drinking tea with wreckless abandon, Fri 25 Jun 2021, 13:14,
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Hopeless hapless hypocritical Hancock
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buffet_the_appetite_slayer ٩(●̮̃•)۶ jacked in to the ICE on, Fri 25 Jun 2021, 13:30,
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Ever since Cummings attacked Hancock he's basically had a job for life
- there's no way Johnson would sack him until we've all forgotten Cummings' attacks.
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Invisible Wizard - 13th Level Scrote, Fri 25 Jun 2021, 13:49,
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These pictures are 6 weeks old.
I detect Cummings' hand in them being released now.
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Tusk knows where you live, Fri 25 Jun 2021, 15:31,
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Hmm, I think that’s a bit Carole Cadwalladr.
I guess Boris can’t sack him as he can’t claim any moral high ground on philandering. Boris told the queen Hancock was full of beans. He’s been spaffing his beans all over the place. I was beginning to wonder how the fucker could keep going in his nightmare job. Now we know.
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Prufrock Lucifer, son of the morning!, Fri 25 Jun 2021, 20:38,
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I’m not sure.
It doesn’t feel like his modus operandi, as is unlikely to be anything more than personally damaging to him. To my mind it’s more likely to be someone else he’s pissed off in the ministry who has seen him shrug off Cummings’ attacks and has decided to have a go too.
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wheresthefish Partly filled with wrong, Fri 25 Jun 2021, 22:17,
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Doncaster Urban Park, transformed
A park in Doncaster is the latest canvas for street artists Craig Evans and Tom Jackson, who work together under the name Static.
The Scarborough duo are working with Doncaster Creates and AOP Projects on their first major paint project in the north of England. This follows exhibitions in Asia and the U.S as well as a high profile presence on the London street art scene.
The project, that is part of an initiative to breathe fresh life into Baxter Park, has seen the creative pair undertake phase one of an ambitious scheme, starting with an end gable paint which forms part of a wider scheme next year, devised through engagement sessions with the public including local school children, about how best to uplift this park and imagery.
Static write, Like many of the locations we have been invited to paint in the last few years, Baxter Park is a communal space somehow missing a community - a shadow of what it might have been in the past.
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another cryptic
I made this!
for those of you with the patience for such things
(, Fri 25 Jun 2021, 8:39, Reply)
Scratching my head over it right now.
Although 6, 4, 14 jumped out at me coz I am an anorak.
(, Fri 25 Jun 2021, 10:21, Reply)
He's just curious if they have any sources to back up their opinions.
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joefish It's hard for thee to kick against the pricks, Fri 25 Jun 2021, 11:31,
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Sad to announce the death of Wyn Lewis Jones
If you only listen to one Welsh punk song today, make it this one. Wyn and his brother, Richard, set up Fflach records and were the bedrock of a thriving music scene. Wyn was hilarious, kind, talented and supportive and a bloody fantastic bass player and musician.
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garold you're on mute I SAID YOU'RE ON MUTE, Fri 25 Jun 2021, 8:29,
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Losing him just after losing David R. Edwards of Datblygu has made it a particularly shitty week for Y Roc Cymraeg,
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I like this!
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buffet_the_appetite_slayer ٩(●̮̃•)۶ jacked in to the ICE on, Fri 25 Jun 2021, 13:20,
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I'm so old now
I'm enjoying this because each word is clearly enunciated - which is quite a skill when throwing that many words in per minute. A career in doing the fast bit at the end of radio ads awaits.
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rob, Fri 25 Jun 2021, 13:52,
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Someone said BLECH on the main page...
Reminded me of a Warp Records compilation. Bound to be GC.
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Thanks for the reminder.
I need to listen to more of my Autechre collection.
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2Pints , at the third stroke, it will be, Thu 24 Jun 2021, 23:47,
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This still gives me the same goosebumps I got when I first heard it...
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Happosai _,,,,_(O ; o)_,,,, Fri 25 Jun 2021, 1:11,
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Found a Spotify list too that has a few more songs
open.spotify.com/playlist/0PfsSSRoc61BCxyD3wCsJj
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Still remember the first time I heard that solid drumlins kick in on the first track
I was obsessed with this album for many years
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Former NRA president tricked into giving graduation speech
to 3,044 chairs representing dead teens
daily kos writey link: www.dailykos.com/stories/2021/6/23/2036711/-Former-NRA-president-tricked-into-giving-graduation-speech-to-3-0444-chairs-representing-dead-teens
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unclepills, Thu 24 Jun 2021, 21:10,
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Oh ffs, how do I embed these days. Spazz? Fadge? Bueller?
Bueller?
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unclepills, Thu 24 Jun 2021, 23:19,
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Next time post the dot com YouTube address
Not the short Belgian one
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Mudface The web isn't callipygian, Fri 25 Jun 2021, 10:03,
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Thanks
I'm so fucking old. "These little grey cells" were never much up to scratch anyway.
Cheers Mud
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unclepills, Fri 25 Jun 2021, 12:26,
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Weather is not that bad in the UK
Counter to the Aussie man commentary.
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Nephinsnubbin, Thu 24 Jun 2021, 19:22,
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Just an excerpt down there, this is the whole hideous thing!
And just to kick things off, if Bonnie Prince Bob posts a video of himself singing along to this I'll donate a tenner to the charity of his choice...
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da5id <YOUR SIG HERE>, Thu 24 Jun 2021, 14:44,
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I listened to it yesterday
and, being a lover of music, I have no need to hear it ever again.
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brb man-child cuck corporate supplicant fuck, Thu 24 Jun 2021, 15:21,
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We don't need no indoctrination.
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Prufrock Lucifer, son of the morning!, Thu 24 Jun 2021, 17:21,
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That's what social media is for.
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brb man-child cuck corporate supplicant fuck, Thu 24 Jun 2021, 17:36,
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I'm still waiting for Bonnie Prince Bob to name his charity...
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da5id <YOUR SIG HERE>, Thu 24 Jun 2021, 18:17,
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Possibly the worst song on the album.
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FeralCatMan Long ads need comments sections, Thu 24 Jun 2021, 19:17,
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Definitely the worst vocals/lyrics.
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Prufrock Lucifer, son of the morning!, Thu 24 Jun 2021, 23:05,
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From the same team that brought you..
From the same team that brought you this, presumably:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=RIXCMLz4PsE
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2Pints , at the third stroke, it will be, Thu 24 Jun 2021, 23:51,
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Introducing your friends to Cattle Decapitation
Fantastic band. Their name is a metaphor for humanity, and the need for it to stop killing the planet, etc. youtu.be/MmYcFP1vTdk
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Turquoise Hexagon Sun has just dropped acid on, Thu 24 Jun 2021, 12:25,
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Early Antarctic explorers underfed their dogs
"To match the energy intake needed by modern sledge dogs, the dogs on the early Antarctic expeditions would have needed to eat between 2.6 and 3.2 kg of Spratt’s dog cakes a day. However, historic accounts suggest daily dog rations on some expeditions were only around 0.5 kg of biscuits and were sometimes as low as 0.3 kg."
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Mudface The web isn't callipygian, Thu 24 Jun 2021, 7:37,
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They underfed the men too
Scott of Antarctic's daily energy intake was only 4300 calories. When Ranulph Fiennes and Mike Stroud crossed the Antarctic 80 years later they each burned up to 11,000 calories per day.
www.newscientist.com/article/mg14719961-900-did-antarctic-explorers-starve-to-death/
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buffet_the_appetite_slayer ٩(●̮̃•)۶ jacked in to the ICE on, Thu 24 Jun 2021, 15:30,
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Maybe Scott's expedition didn't have access to a sit-down Greggs in the Antarctic
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Luckily they didn't have to rely on these.
The actual paper points out these were to supplement the diet; actually the dogs were fed on whatever meat was available. If you read stories of the Shackleton expeditions, that often included other dogs!
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da5id <YOUR SIG HERE>, Thu 24 Jun 2021, 18:21,
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Nothing to feed the dogs?
Just wait a bit: Plenty to feed the dogs!
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wheresthefish Partly filled with wrong, Thu 24 Jun 2021, 20:22,
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McAfee scan finds no pulse
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cumquat may will not be commenting further on the allegations, Wed 23 Jun 2021, 23:10,
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My money's on Christian Bale playing him in a Vice-style biopic
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Extinct Jesus Dossier "...I think it counteracts Hitler's magic...", Thu 24 Jun 2021, 9:24,
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Robert Downey JR or GTFO
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garold you're on mute I SAID YOU'RE ON MUTE, Thu 24 Jun 2021, 9:39,
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Hmm...good point
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Extinct Jesus Dossier "...I think it counteracts Hitler's magic...", Thu 24 Jun 2021, 12:10,
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What is all this shite?
Nicholas Cage was born to play him!
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da5id <YOUR SIG HERE>, Thu 24 Jun 2021, 13:57,
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I think they *all* should play him
at the same time. That'd about convey the absolute state of the man.
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garold you're on mute I SAID YOU'RE ON MUTE, Thu 24 Jun 2021, 15:55,
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It may be worth a nostalgic look at this gem
www.youtube.com/watch?v=bKgf5PaBzyg
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garold you're on mute I SAID YOU'RE ON MUTE, Thu 24 Jun 2021, 9:43,
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That is fantastic
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My Name was saying these words inside your head on, Thu 24 Jun 2021, 11:22,
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...at 3:16 you can see an illuminati pyramid tattoo on the girl's back under her top...
*rushes to the kitchen for some tinfoil*
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Extinct Jesus Dossier "...I think it counteracts Hitler's magic...", Thu 24 Jun 2021, 12:17,
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I'd never heard of him until he was in the news very recently, dead.
What an extraordinary character.
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Varmint, Thu 24 Jun 2021, 19:19,
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Ozzy Man Reviews: Yanet Garcia & Mexican Weather
NSFW
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Boris Johnson's Press Secretary, Wed 23 Jun 2021, 22:39,
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1 year anniversary
www.youtube.com/watch?v=YZeAtinpWiw
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My Name was saying these words inside your head on, Thu 24 Jun 2021, 12:58,
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Welcome to the internet
NSFW
brilliantly done. NSFW for ittle swear
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Turboesprit, Wed 23 Jun 2021, 22:12,
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Thought All Eyes On Me
was a genuinely great song. Euphoric and sad, like a poppy Burial.
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monkeon schmonkeon, Wed 23 Jun 2021, 23:54,
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We're Gonna Hang Out The Washing on the Siegfried Line lalala
Should be next.
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I'm loving
the way that the message being sent out these days to bolster morale and British national identity is almost exactly the same message that you would want to send if you were campaigning to rejoin the EU. Unity with the world, we are all one team, stronger together etc.
Rejoining is inevitable, the only thing in doubt is how long it will take and how much damage will be done to our economy on the way.
Part of me hopes not much damage, because obviously that would be good. Another part of me realizes that each extra bit of damage weakens any argument that anti-Europeans would use to wreck the process.
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My Name was saying these words inside your head on, Wed 23 Jun 2021, 11:49,
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getting people to pivot from a frenzy of nationalism to pan-continental brotherhood and peace sounds tricky
(, Wed 23 Jun 2021, 13:59, Reply)
It would be easier if we has easily demonized common enemy we could unite again.
China? Anyone? No?
Ok let's go blame the EU for uncalibrated cow farts or someth.
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For the past 900 years its mostly been the French.
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Tusk knows where you live, Wed 23 Jun 2021, 14:57,
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And for the French the English.
But we are not anymore.
Most of your manufacturing hasn't been relocated to the Loire Valley - but to Guangdong (hint, that's not in Europe).
Would photoshoped berets on chinamen help?
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If you can lead a crowd one way, you can lead it another.
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mofaha ┐( ˘_˘)┌ ʅ(́◡◝)ʃ, Wed 23 Jun 2021, 21:54,
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YES! This'll be amazing.
With Femi and Lord Adonis? Oh Christ, I hope it's with Femi and Lord Adonis. Get Stephen Fry to do another patronising cartoon for the proles to understand. And get that annoying drunk guy in Parliament Square back, the one who shouted through a megaphone all the time. And calling people thick and racist - can you honestly, hand on heart, say you did that enough? You're a bunch of old loonies but it's very sweet.
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After you my dear Alfonse No. After you., Thu 24 Jun 2021, 5:48,
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The trick seems to be finding something from the 70s that people are nostalgic for and promising to bring it back
How do you feel about 4 digit phone numbers?
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Fucking hell though
The victory could not have been more complete. It was embarrassing. Then Covid wiped 15 months of negative press. No-one would go near the EU now. Everyone's talking about stricter borders. But you're still cutting about like bewildered Japanese soldiers stranded in the Malay archipelago.
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After you my dear Alfonse No. After you., Thu 24 Jun 2021, 8:09,
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Stuart Hall
Rolf Harris, Jimmy Saville, Dave Lee Travis, Bill Cosby, Gary Glitter, all the stars from the 70s
Could have them in a big spectacular directed by Roman Polanski
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My Name was saying these words inside your head on, Thu 24 Jun 2021, 11:25,
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Better yet, get them to front your brilliant new second referendum campaign. Might as well for all the fucking difference it would make.
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After you my dear Alfonse No. After you., Thu 24 Jun 2021, 12:33,
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Aww, you think you won.
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brb man-child cuck corporate supplicant fuck, Thu 24 Jun 2021, 15:06,
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Well, actually old chap
we did win. In 2016 and, after some pitiful nonsense, by thumping majority in 2019. That, I'm afraid, brb san - honourable servant to the Nippon cause though you may have been - is the reality of the thing. I mean one does have to work rather hard in the field of mental gymnastics to find a victory for remain.
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After you my dear Alfonse No. After you., Thu 24 Jun 2021, 19:26,
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You take your own opinion very seriously, and you state it as fact. I like that about you.
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mofaha ┐( ˘_˘)┌ ʅ(́◡◝)ʃ, Wed 23 Jun 2021, 21:53,
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Well, somebody has to
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My Name was saying these words inside your head on, Thu 24 Jun 2021, 11:34,
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The best part about it is, a lot of Scottish schools break up tomorrow. The day before this.
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propaganda, now that's a big word children, I know a song about that
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Only one problem - Britain isn't a nation
And this is being promoted by the Department for Education?
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buffet_the_appetite_slayer ٩(●̮̃•)۶ jacked in to the ICE on, Wed 23 Jun 2021, 12:57,
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Kindly explain to this simple minded foreigner
How Britain, with its singular national government with singular foreign and defense policy, singular head of state, singular currency, singular seat at the UN and recognized by all other nations as a nation is not a nation?
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Tusk knows where you live, Wed 23 Jun 2021, 14:41,
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Britain is the union of three nations; England, Wales and Scotland.
Wales governs itself in the Welsh Assembly. Scotland governs itself in the Scottish Parliament. England has no parliament of its own, but essentially rules over the other nations from the Palace of Westminster.
The UK is GB + Northern Ireland. Northern Ireland is a nation that ideally governs itself in the Northern Irish Assembly/Stormont, but in reality Westminster constantly needs to step in and break up the fighting toddlers, or impose civilisation upon the superstitious morons who are afraid of gays and love their guns.
So what you think of as Britain is in fact UKoGBaNI.
Oh and the Welsh, Scots, English and Irish all tend to hate each other just a little bit.
If you're still struggling, just check our sport teams out. We don't have a UKoGBaNI football team (except during the Olympics, possibly, when we inexplicably become Team GB, which, I think, inexplicably includes NI).
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brb man-child cuck corporate supplicant fuck, Wed 23 Jun 2021, 14:53,
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the sports teams are just as complicated as the political nomenclature
Team GB for example
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Nope, sorry.
Having mildly autonomous regional government does not a nation make. As I understand it, None of the devolved 'governments' have any real power when it comes to defense, raising taxes, the economy or foreign diplomacy. Calling them countries is a nice touch, but meaningless. Nobody in their right mind would consider Wales or Scotland as a sovereign nation.
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Tusk knows where you live, Wed 23 Jun 2021, 15:08,
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Nobody in their right mind, unless they were using or writing a dictionary.
Sorry, but a nation is a nebulous concept. A sovereign nation is a different concept to a nation.
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brb man-child cuck corporate supplicant fuck, Wed 23 Jun 2021, 15:10,
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So we basically agree
that Britain is a nation.
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Tusk knows where you live, Wed 23 Jun 2021, 15:39,
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Kind of, in context, but I'm not sure you get it.
Think of UKoGBaNI as a kind of mini EU, but with more unelected and unaccountable bureaucrats and more centralised control.
Edited to add this from the bbc news site:
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brb man-child cuck corporate supplicant fuck, Wed 23 Jun 2021, 16:51,
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CGP Grey has quite a good video on this
www.youtube.com/watch?v=rNu8XDBSn10
although it was created when we were in the EU, so it's a little outdated.
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I don't think you get it.
I'm just unwilling to admit that my definition of a 'nation' is wrong.
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Tusk knows where you live, Thu 24 Jun 2021, 13:10,
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to get pedantic about it, Britain is a geographical term which excludes northern Ireland
The name of the political entity that has a seat on the security council for example is 'the UK'.
The term 'Britain' can usually be used interchangeably with 'the UK' however. Yes it is stupid
(, Wed 23 Jun 2021, 15:23, Reply)
To be even more pedantic: the geographical term is Great Britain.
But yes, you are correct. Anyone refering to 'Britain' probably means the UK, in the same way that non north American people refering to 'football' are referring to association football, and not, for example, the Eton wall game.
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Tusk knows where you live, Wed 23 Jun 2021, 15:37,
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Like how 'America' is understood to be that one country in the two American continents.
The one made up of 50 'states' (NB, not all states, Kentucky is a commonwealth, etc,) plus a number of 'territories,' any of which could be argued is a nation.
And that's not even considering the various native American 'nations' which exist within the USA.
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brb man-child cuck corporate supplicant fuck, Wed 23 Jun 2021, 17:03,
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a large body of people united by common descent, history, culture, or language
so very much nations.
Countries on the other hand...
Do you know many Scots?
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"Inexplicably includes NI"
Should be "excludes NI" sort of, kind of ...
Anyone from NI can compete as Ireland if they want.
Those NI folk who want to compete as Ireland tend to see themselves as Irish first. Those NI folk who want to compete as GB tend to see themselves as British first.
So NI isn't represented at the Olympics at all, in effect.
Oversimplifying, of course.
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Invisible Wizard - 13th Level Scrote, Wed 23 Jun 2021, 16:27,
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Or to put it another way, the UK is represented by GB in the Olympics
and by the individual nations in other things.
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brb man-child cuck corporate supplicant fuck, Wed 23 Jun 2021, 16:54,
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it is a united kingdom
of great Britain (the separate countries England, Wales and Scotland) and Northern Ireland
(, Wed 23 Jun 2021, 18:13, Reply)
so are a lot countries that seem to have got over it
Spain was a union of the crowns of Aragon and Castile, but you don't see Aragon competing in the Euros. Germany is an amalgamation of the crown of Prussia, the Archduchy of Austria, and a bunch of kingdoms, principalities and free cities besides, and this happened well after Britain became a single country under a single crown and central government in London. Likewise Italy with its unification of the kingdoms of Piedmont and Naples and whatnot. Only Britain insists on perpetuating this pointless charade of referring to long defunct kingdoms as countries, that what are now effectively no more than provinces or states. Your typical australian state has more diverging legislation from the federal than Wales or Scotland, like separate health systems
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cumquat may will not be commenting further on the allegations, Thu 24 Jun 2021, 3:55,
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it's only the britain itself that continues to refer to its internal provinces as countries, despite them not fulfilling much of the criteria you'd expect of a country
They're not recognised as countries by the UN, EU and most other international bodies apart from sporting ones, which I think is more due to the UKs prominent position in the formation of several sports like football or rugby back in the day. That's your facts.
Now you need to tell me I don't what I'm talking about so I can have another only vaguely relevant rant. C'mon, be a sport, stickleback
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cumquat may will not be commenting further on the allegations, Thu 24 Jun 2021, 23:12,
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Great Britain is the larger of the two largest Islands in the British Isles
That's where the word "Great" comes from. Great as in larger than Ireland which is the second largest island. (Great) Britain comprises three nations: The Nation of England, the nation of Scotland and the nation of Wales. Add in Northern Ireland* and you have the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland or UK for short. The UK isn't a nation either. It's a united kingdom - a union of England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland. Each have their own parliaments and to some extent, laws.
*Northern Ireland is a Schrödinger's nation - it's both a part of Ireland and a part of
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buffet_the_appetite_slayer ٩(●̮̃•)۶ jacked in to the ICE on, Wed 23 Jun 2021, 21:08,
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The Brittany Isles?
I guess that makes sense - they are Islands off Brittany. Ireland is still the second largest one. By the way it's
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buffet_the_appetite_slayer ٩(●̮̃•)۶ jacked in to the ICE on, Thu 24 Jun 2021, 10:28,
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To explain this very simply, I don't believe you'll find anyone in the world who officially recognises an entity called "Britain" as a nation. The official name "United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland" is used for very specific reasons.
The fact that someone came up with this song demonstrates what a poor grasp many "patriots" have of their country's structure. The fact that it was endorsed by the Minister of Education sadly just demonstrates his ignorance (yet again).
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My passport says I'm a British Citizen.
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evil_andy Stick stick stick stick sticky sticky stick stick, Wed 23 Jun 2021, 23:07,
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What's the official name of the country on the front cover?
I supppose you're just proving the point I was making about people who don't really understand what "UK" means.
(, Thu 24 Jun 2021, 1:10, Reply)
My point is that even an official document seems to be using United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, and Britain interchangeably.
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evil_andy Stick stick stick stick sticky sticky stick stick, Thu 24 Jun 2021, 9:31,
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Nope, red. Says European Union on the top of the cover for some reason.
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evil_andy Stick stick stick stick sticky sticky stick stick, Thu 24 Jun 2021, 21:14,
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it's all perfectly straightforward
Britain refers to the nation that is made up of 3 countries that aren't really countries as well as a part of another country that is no longer part of that country though some seem to quite strongly wish it were. It is formed from Great Britain which is a geographic term that includes those three countries that aren't really countries but not that part of the other country previously mentioned, though this is encapsulated in the term United Kingdom that by contrast does include that part of a country that is not united, along with the three countries that are not really countries but are united, at least officially if not in practice. People from the United Kingdom are British, and not United Kingdomish, though they are just as likely to refer to themselves as citizens of the countries that are not really countries. The UK is abbreviated as GBR because it has three letters rather than two, which is important, and they compete as Britain, Team GB, the United Kingdom, or from one of the countries that are not really countries depending on the sport and whether the other actual nations involved from other parts of the world feel like putting up with all this special case nonsense that they don't seem to grant to other non-countries like Quebec or the Basque.
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cumquat may will not be commenting further on the allegations, Thu 24 Jun 2021, 2:23,
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It was promoted in a tweet by the DofE but it's a private organisation
that's been going since 2005, set up by 2 husband-and-wife Tory MPs.
"We’ve opened our doors, and widened our island shores" - precisely the fucking opposite, stupid deluded cunts (and yes I know the lyrics are supposed to have been written by a primary school)
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fred zeppelin (Taylor's version), Wed 23 Jun 2021, 15:34,
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erm, the latter part isn't true
they did post a bollocks tweet,
but this shit song is by a nationalist bellend who's coattailed off the Dfe tweet
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stop complaining and eat your humanely killed pet
hope they removed the chew toy
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Liz Truss gives me an Oboner
I've been kicking around here for a few years and not commenting very often. I'm not as skilled as most of you in graphics, but love the community.
I honestly cannot get my head around where we as a nation are heading. It plumbs the depths of depressing. It sucks the balls off a 12 year old rat corpse.
5 years since that fucking dreadful referendum.
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Snar, Wed 23 Jun 2021, 18:52,
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Depressing is the word
I remember waking up and realising that I'm in the minority of thought in my own country.
Starting to hate the sight of the Union Jack, frankly.
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Extinct Jesus Dossier "...I think it counteracts Hitler's magic...", Thu 24 Jun 2021, 9:23,
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My primary school once
had Norman Collier visit to find children to record backing vocals for his flop single Space Chicken. No one knew who he was, but he made assembly fun by acting the pillock.
I imagine it must have been just as exciting for these kids to meet Gavin Williamson. 🇬🇧
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monkeon schmonkeon, Wed 23 Jun 2021, 20:27,
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Unite all people in one great team
Without a shred of irony.
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tarka_dall Like normal dall, only a bit more spicy, Wed 23 Jun 2021, 21:06,
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If you include the word 'team'
then all the football idiots will sing it
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My Name was saying these words inside your head on, Thu 24 Jun 2021, 11:41,
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Golden Rabbit Hole
Been searching for these on the Tube of You. Look at the state of the fucking pitches. Proper old school mud baths some of them
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simbosan nuck nuck nuck, Wed 23 Jun 2021, 3:16,
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"Do not allow Jeff Bezos to return to Earth" - 89,000 signatures at last call
I tend to view online petitions as a complete waste of time, but this one caught my fancy
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cumquat may will not be commenting further on the allegations, Tue 22 Jun 2021, 23:27,
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Quite enjoying the spectacle of his ex-wife giving away loads of cash just to wind him up
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What's mad is she'll barely be able to give it away quick enough
The sheer interest on her wealth is absurd.
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Extinct Jesus Dossier "...I think it counteracts Hitler's magic...", Thu 24 Jun 2021, 9:38,
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Be careful what you wish for
He may rename it MySpace.com
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Mudface The web isn't callipygian, Wed 23 Jun 2021, 9:15,
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Branson getting there first is the happiest ending I can think of
Obviously it's not ideal but the look on his bald little face would be superb.
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I'm wondering about this
"space" isn't under any legal jurisdiction, is it?
So, if someone were to, say, brutally murder billionaires in space, hacking up their bodies into a fine paste and shove it out the airlock, technically no actual crime would be commited, right?
Just asking for a friend...
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Tusk knows where you live, Wed 23 Jun 2021, 14:52,
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I posed the question to the Internet
people.howstuffworks.com/murdered-in-space.htm
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Mudface The web isn't callipygian, Wed 23 Jun 2021, 15:05,
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That's a very interesting read
Thanks for that.
So in conclusion, I, er sorry, my friend, would still be open to a legal prosecution.
Best to make it look like an accident, then.
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Tusk knows where you live, Wed 23 Jun 2021, 17:34,
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I had a delayed transfer in Houston, and got to chatting with few blokes in transit
their job turned out to be globally administering satellites and allocating orbital slots. they said it was some international agency I've now forgotten, but they were all yanks. We didn't mention crime but it's only a a matter of time before there's a test case. My money is on rape, not murder
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cumquat may will not be commenting further on the allegations, Thu 24 Jun 2021, 3:35,
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Oh no. Don't.
Don't.
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Extinct Jesus Dossier "...I think it counteracts Hitler's magic...", Thu 24 Jun 2021, 9:24,
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Nardwuar Hip Flipping with various world leaders.
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cowcat Bituminous squeegee, Tue 22 Jun 2021, 22:58,
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