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This is a link post Alan Moore discusses consciousness and time in Western thought.
One for your lunchbreak maybe. Deeeeeeep.
(, Tue 24 Jul 2012, 12:14, Reply)
This is a normal post STOP TALKING WORDS AND GET THE NEXT LEAGUE OF EXTRAORDINARY GENTLEMEN FINISHED.

(, Tue 24 Jul 2012, 12:31, Reply)
This is a normal post Leave it out
jon has no say in the matter
(, Tue 24 Jul 2012, 13:38, Reply)
This is a normal post No he's right, I've been keeping Alan Moore in my basement for the last few years.

(, Tue 24 Jul 2012, 13:59, Reply)
This is a normal post He's finished them, hasn't he?
I thought 2009 was the final part.
(, Tue 24 Jul 2012, 13:57, Reply)
This is a normal post I was hoping he'ld revisit the orginal timeline.
i've not been hearing good things about the non-Victorian ones.
(, Tue 24 Jul 2012, 14:21, Reply)
This is a link post Morally wrong
Warning - may contain words

tl;dr - the minister who claims it's morally wrong to pay cash in hand for work (you know, because it deprives the treasury of much-needed revenues), claimed upwards of ten grand in costs for his 2006/7 house move, including £8,550 in stamp duty, on his expenses.

If the excuse "it's OK 'cos everyone was fiddling it" works for MPs, then why not for others?
(, Tue 24 Jul 2012, 11:24, Reply)
This is a normal post This debate has been on 5-Live this morning ....
The Minister can go fuck himself - the Govt. (not just this one) need to sort out the big companies \ huge earners who are either, not paying tax or paying less tax than is 'morally correct before he complain about the 'man on the street'. Cunt.

Cash is hand is very handy when a plumber recently did four hours of pipe work for me on a Sunday and charged £80 - ta v much, I don't earn too much these days.
(, Tue 24 Jul 2012, 11:31, Reply)
This is a normal post A hard working tradesman who skips out on £15 in tax by doing a cash job for a neighbour on a Saturday is morally wrong.
A global conglomerate who offshores billions of revenue in order to avoid paying tax is acting fairly and responsibly within its rights.

Go figure.
(, Tue 24 Jul 2012, 11:35, Reply)
This is a normal post According to Dave Harnett's successor (The new head of the treasury)
who's job used to be creating "tax efficient structures for clients" at PWC, tax law is created by parliament and has nothing whatsoever to do with morals, therefore "efficient tax planning" is absolutely fine, morally and legally. That's the _successor_ to Dave Harnett, the chap who let Vodaphone off billions.

We're basically screwed.

/Edit: Found it. (Private Eye #1318 p30, for those following at home).

"...appt of a new chair for HM Revenue and Customs...Step forward Ian Barlow, who has built a career on tax scheming every bit as contrived as comedian Jimmy Carr's dodge - but far more costly tto the UK.

Barlow was head of tax and accountancy at KPMG from 1993 to 2001 and then became senior partner in London until 2008. Over this period he was directly responsible for selling some of the most aggressive tax avoidance schemes on the market, many of them already exposed by the Eye. Here is a taste of some that made it in to the courts..."

[snip synopsis of each dodge, many of which involve giving offshore child companies lots of tax free money, then borrowing it back from them]

"As a dyed-in-the-wool tax dodger, before it became unfashionable he wasn't shy about it. "There is no meaningful distinction to be drawn between acceptable tax planning and unacceptable tax avoidance," he declared in 1999. "Tax is an aftificial construct of legislation. If parliament deems something unacceptable, it can legislate against it. What is left is acceptable." Exploiting loopholes, however artificial, is fair same: so no room for "moral repugnance" there. What next? Bob Diamond for the Band of England no doubt..."
(, Tue 24 Jul 2012, 13:32, Reply)
This is a normal post as I said below
Just because someone is a massive shit, doesn't mean you should be a tiny bit of a shit too.
Lead by example and send them to the tower
(, Tue 24 Jul 2012, 11:38, Reply)
This is a normal post But the guy in front was doing 105 as well officer...

(, Tue 24 Jul 2012, 11:40, Reply)
This is a normal post the guy in front is a serial killing paedophile...

(, Tue 24 Jul 2012, 11:43, Reply)
This is a normal post *Orders car sticker*

(, Tue 24 Jul 2012, 12:13, Reply)
This is a normal post ....Toyota's less successful marketing slogan

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This is a normal post Ah apols I hadn't seen that.
I've no problem with the legalities of it - I think everyone knows if they get busted doing a foreigner then they're in trouble. It's when some kind of moral judgment comes into the equation that my hackles rise.
(, Tue 24 Jul 2012, 11:44, Reply)
This is a normal post Well, I agree with your first statement, but
The problem with "leading by example" is that 1/ no one cares about the little people to follow & 2/ big business doesn't care about personal morality.
(, Tue 24 Jul 2012, 11:56, Reply)
This is a normal post which is why you prosecute the fuck out of them
safe in the knowledge that you're not some kind of terrible hypocrite
(which is where all these mps are going wrong)
(, Tue 24 Jul 2012, 11:58, Reply)
This is a normal post ....the problem is that a lot of controversies recently have been "morally wrong" but not actually breaking any laws.
So you can't.
...and also, big business/MPs et al know that the hoi polloi have extremely short term memories.... I've not bought a Sunday Times since the phone hacking scandal kicked off, but their sales recovered nicely.
(, Tue 24 Jul 2012, 12:02, Reply)
This is a normal post Assuming the figures can be trusted.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_newspapers_in_the_United_Kingdom_by_circulation#Circulation_since_2000_2

The sunday times is heading south.
(, Tue 24 Jul 2012, 12:09, Reply)
This is a normal post I think the overarching trend there (my balding, ginger, alexic nemesis) is that all printed media is on the way out.
I can't find it (obv) but there was a short-term survey taken that showed the boycott of the Murdoch papers lasted as long as the general public's indignation/about a month.
(, Tue 24 Jul 2012, 12:13, Reply)
This is a normal post Your word of the day calender has "alexia" on it AICMFP

(, Tue 24 Jul 2012, 12:34, Reply)
This is a normal post Judging me by your snakebelly standards, eh?

(, Tue 24 Jul 2012, 13:04, Reply)
This is a normal post I least I have standards you deviant.

(, Tue 24 Jul 2012, 13:52, Reply)
This is a normal post You're an ugly, balding, bearded, ginger cornishman.
"All signs point to 'No'".
(, Tue 24 Jul 2012, 15:16, Reply)
This is a normal post or be the good little boy
and do what the man is telling you...even though he's not doing the same?

how does following hypocritical advice benefit us?
(, Tue 24 Jul 2012, 12:00, Reply)
This is a normal post how does everyone being shit to each other benefit the human race
I appreciate I'm being foolishly optimistic, but I'd feel like a twat getting angry at companies fiddling their books if I was fiddling mine.
(, Tue 24 Jul 2012, 12:10, Reply)
This is a normal post my arguement, is that untill as a society
we say "everyone pays tax" thats when its a moral issue... right now its a class issue... if your rich enough or powerful you dont have to pay tax... therefore its a punishment for not being ambitious/cuntish enough...

so only the stupid and weak pay their fair amount of tax...

so when ikea is registered as a charity and the politicians tell you that your handyman neighbour is "morally wrong"

thats when its being a good little boy....

when the rich and powerful AREN'T doing it, yet saying everyone who isn't is morally wrong.

fuck that.
(, Tue 24 Jul 2012, 13:02, Reply)
This is a normal post Paying taxes is how you contribute to the community.
It's not being a "good little boy"
(, Tue 24 Jul 2012, 12:12, Reply)
This is a normal post how much is on a sliding scale of how much power and influence you have...
so i' argue that while the deficit could be filled by the corporate big boys paying their share...instead we are being asked to "shop our neighbour"

thats exactly being a good little boy.
(, Tue 24 Jul 2012, 13:24, Reply)
This is a normal post Ok so the big corps are being naughty so the rest of us shouldn't bother?

(, Tue 24 Jul 2012, 13:55, Reply)
This is a normal post no im saying that
you dont make the corporations play ball by forcing the average man...

you go the other way round....

you make sure the big boys are paying up and THEN you go for the little guy...

if a boat had 4 holes one hole with a surface area twice the size of the other 4 holes... you wouldn't say the best solution would be to plug the smallest hole would you?

(fluid dynamics will tear this metaphor apart... but you get it)
(, Tue 24 Jul 2012, 14:08, Reply)
This is a normal post Just thought of another angle to this.
Not all tradesmen want to fix the books for whatever reason yet will be undercut by 17% anyone that does.
(, Tue 24 Jul 2012, 11:47, Reply)
This is a normal post 20 %
get with the times man.........
(, Tue 24 Jul 2012, 12:37, Reply)
This is a normal post I personally am a Plumber and last year I paid less than 1% tax.....
...which would have netted the treasury over 21 trillion in revenue. What's your fucking problem?

Yours sincerely
John Vodafone esq.
(, Tue 24 Jul 2012, 12:24, Reply)
This is a normal post Thank you for being evil, it makes it right for us to be naughty.

(, Tue 24 Jul 2012, 12:50, Reply)
This is a normal post Politicians are in no position to offer moral guidance.
That's the job of preachers, philosophers and my girlfriend.
(, Tue 24 Jul 2012, 13:14, Reply)
This is a link post 8" flexidisc given to McDonald's employees in 1978.
Roy Kroc's personal message (2:56) is a highlight.
(, Tue 24 Jul 2012, 10:59, Reply)
This is a normal post Ray sounds a bit mental?

(, Tue 24 Jul 2012, 11:23, Reply)
This is a normal post He sounds like Dr Steve Brule from Tim and Eric!
"For your health!"
(, Tue 24 Jul 2012, 12:17, Reply)
This is a normal post I think he sounds like a cross between...
...Mickey Flannagan and Richard Pryor
(, Tue 24 Jul 2012, 12:27, Reply)
This is a normal post Wow, it's a little bit Cave Johnson :)

(, Tue 24 Jul 2012, 11:26, Reply)
This is a normal post Throwing science to the wall,
and seeing what sticks!
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This is a normal post Nobody can do it like McDonalds can...
...but Burger King do it remarkably similar.
(, Tue 24 Jul 2012, 13:07, Reply)
This is a normal post Meat sandwich,
It's a tough one to figure out eh?
(, Tue 24 Jul 2012, 13:15, Reply)
This is a link post And A Dogging I Will Go... NSFW
So I may still be coming to terms with which way up to hold an iPhone whilst shooting video under the influence of scrumpy, but you may at least enjoy the audio from this.

Murray Lachlan Young at the Port Eliot Lit fest in
St. Germans down in Cornwall sings about the pleasures of dogging in a folk style.
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This is a link post Cassetteboy - Boris Johnson's Olympic Welcome I made this!
Dunno if this one will get taken down like the Jubilee one did, as it features Olympic logos and so on.
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This is a normal post well I'm glad I saw it while it was still up :D

(, Tue 24 Jul 2012, 10:42, Reply)
This is a normal post Fantastic, as always
Likey!
(, Tue 24 Jul 2012, 13:10, Reply)
This is a normal post Ha ha ha!
Fuck the sales-fest oylmipixs.
(, Tue 24 Jul 2012, 10:42, Reply)
This is a normal post Haha, quality.
You should be the Limpets Organising Committee's official Satirist. That would make satire fun, making it officially bonded and all that.
(, Tue 24 Jul 2012, 10:42, Reply)
This is a normal post Ha ha! Brilliant as always.
'Look, get some burgers or get eaten by bears'
Lovely stuff
(, Tue 24 Jul 2012, 10:43, Reply)
This is a normal post Now see here you rotter, you know all too well that those words were taken out of the context of which they were spoken.

(, Tue 24 Jul 2012, 10:43, Reply)
This is a normal post Superb!

I love Boris. He's such a privileged, well-meaning, upper-class buffoon. The world will be a poorer place when we, regretfully, put them up against the wall......

Cheers
(, Tue 24 Jul 2012, 10:47, Reply)
This is a normal post is he well meaning?
with his watermelon smile? :D
(, Tue 24 Jul 2012, 17:26, Reply)
This is a normal post hehe
good luck
(, Tue 24 Jul 2012, 10:49, Reply)
This is a normal post
Ha, thanks. They can't do anything to me other than make me take it down...can they?
(, Tue 24 Jul 2012, 11:01, Reply)
This is a normal post they'll hunt you down with flaming torches

(, Tue 24 Jul 2012, 11:45, Reply)
This is a normal post Or throw you to the bears...
*click*
(, Tue 24 Jul 2012, 12:22, Reply)
This is a normal post I like that
If only there were some kind of button or checkbox that allowed me to express my feelings.
(, Tue 24 Jul 2012, 10:58, Reply)
This is a normal post Haha - very, very good :D
*click*
(, Tue 24 Jul 2012, 11:03, Reply)
This is a normal post top stuff :D

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This is a normal post delurking just to say how much I lolled at this.
(quite a lot)
(, Tue 24 Jul 2012, 11:39, Reply)
This is a normal post The 2012 commercialympics ... and so it begins
Well put. I hope it survives the YouTube Olympic Gestapo.
(, Tue 24 Jul 2012, 11:42, Reply)
This is a normal post Ace.
Not sure if I'm more terrified of McD's burgers, or bears...
(, Tue 24 Jul 2012, 12:02, Reply)
This is a normal post wonderful stuff
you are very wonderful all round
(, Tue 24 Jul 2012, 12:27, Reply)
This is a normal post Superb work as ever
and good use of Chris Morris right at the end.
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This is a normal post What makes me giggle
more than anything, is I get the feeling Boris would have happily read that out as a script anyway without a clue what he was actually saying.
(, Tue 24 Jul 2012, 13:30, Reply)
This is a normal post Fantastic as usual.
You've earned yourself a click.
(, Tue 24 Jul 2012, 14:08, Reply)
This is a normal post Bravo!!
*clap clap*
(, Tue 24 Jul 2012, 14:46, Reply)
This is a normal post ++good

(, Tue 24 Jul 2012, 15:29, Reply)
This is a normal post I *heart* this, and all your works

(, Tue 24 Jul 2012, 16:20, Reply)
This is a normal post Lovely
Lovely
Loberly
(, Tue 24 Jul 2012, 17:44, Reply)
This is a normal post Expertly done :D

(, Tue 24 Jul 2012, 19:49, Reply)
This is a normal post Propaganda
And top notch at that!
(, Tue 24 Jul 2012, 20:06, Reply)
This is a normal post Great, as ever.
I recommend chucking it on Vimeo before Youtube pull it, they seem to be more forgiving there and you can still embed it, etc.
(, Wed 25 Jul 2012, 17:34, Reply)
This is a normal post
Brill.
(, Fri 27 Jul 2012, 15:46, Reply)
This is a normal post Lovely!
Morris at the end too! :)
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This is a link post Dave Allen on young men turning 18
From almost a quarter of a century ago. Perfectly observed. What a loss.
(, Tue 24 Jul 2012, 10:36, Reply)
This is a normal post 18 is the cut off age for Tabby.

(, Tue 24 Jul 2012, 10:37, Reply)
This is a normal post That is one late Briss, he'll do anything to be sucked by a rabbi.

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This is a link post 100 Worthwhile DOS Games of the 90s
Nerdgasm.

(Keeps finger crossed that it doesn't display inline - as its huge)
(, Tue 24 Jul 2012, 9:43, Reply)
This is a normal post What a list!!
Battle Chess, Alone in the Dark, BioForge, Decent, Magic Carpet, Tera Nova, SW Tie Fighter, Ultima Underworlds (My top game of all time), Wing Commander & Monkey Island.

*hugs*

Everyone forgets about Corporation though, don't they ?
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Corporation_(video_game)
(, Tue 24 Jul 2012, 9:53, Reply)
This is a normal post I loved Corporation
had completely forgotten about it
www.mobygames.com/game/corporation/screenshots
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This is a normal post I was sad enough to get my face digitised :)
By the time the file came back from the US on a single 720k disk I had completed the game ...

Other glaring omission are F16, Commanche and Gunship 2000 ;)
(, Tue 24 Jul 2012, 10:04, Reply)
This is a normal post bloody hell!, I think I had mine done too!
:D
(, Tue 24 Jul 2012, 10:12, Reply)
This is a normal post puffs!
:)
(, Tue 24 Jul 2012, 10:21, Reply)
This is a normal post I lost days to F117a
May have to spend the weekend hunting for some of these
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This is a normal post oh yeah
making it to an airstrip bouncing all over the place cos yer shot to shit... flying at 20 foot :) glorious times
(, Tue 24 Jul 2012, 15:31, Reply)
This is a normal post I always thought Corporation was bastard hard
Even though I've since heard that it could be completed pretty quickly if you knew what you were doing.
Maybe I was too young for it at the time.
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This is a normal post My work filter has blocked that as 'Porn'
I'll be checking this out when I get home though. Nice one.
(, Tue 24 Jul 2012, 10:09, Reply)
This is a normal post no 7th guest / 11th hour
:(
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This is a normal post saying that... Realms of the Haunting looks fucking awesome
I think I might end up trying to get a hold of some of these
(, Tue 24 Jul 2012, 10:20, Reply)
This is a normal post it's available on GOG.com
www.gog.com/gamecard/realms_of_the_haunting
(, Tue 24 Jul 2012, 10:44, Reply)
This is a normal post No Flashback either.
I tried to get 7th guest to work on windows 7 the other day but failed
(, Tue 24 Jul 2012, 10:28, Reply)
This is a normal post look at this
portableapps.com/apps/games/dosbox_portable

there's probably a non-portable version
(, Tue 24 Jul 2012, 10:34, Reply)
This is a normal post DOSbox is like mame and doom, it get's ported all over the place.
There's a PS3 version IIRC.
Defiantly a PC one.
(, Tue 24 Jul 2012, 10:38, Reply)
This is a normal post I took a look at the compatibility list
www.dosbox.com/comp_list.php?letter=num
7th gust is there...
(, Tue 24 Jul 2012, 10:40, Reply)
This is a normal post Flashback was fantastic.... Also quite liked the 3D 3rd person sequel - Fade to Back

(, Tue 24 Jul 2012, 10:49, Reply)
This is a normal post Ah Fade to Black
That had some frankly amazing cut-scenes, and some wonderful atmospheric levels with all the nipping round the solar system. Those golems smacking you on the bonce!
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This is a normal post No Under a Killing Moon
But that might have been crap. I have fond memories though. Does anyone remember that?
(, Tue 24 Jul 2012, 10:32, Reply)
This is a normal post Fucking hell that takes me back
Spent ages on Descent II.
Even got the space orb 360 to play it.
www.cwonline.com/store/view_product.asp?Product=1108

Worlds - Best - Gamepad.
(, Tue 24 Jul 2012, 10:17, Reply)
This is a normal post Hah, ditto
Was an awesome controller, made my wrist ache tho. Or was that something else.
(, Tue 24 Jul 2012, 10:41, Reply)
This is a normal post Ah Terra Nova!
Spent ages on that bloody thing and had a bit of a crush on one of the female actors in the fmv sequences.
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This is a normal post The only ones I played
Civilisation
Lemmings
Populous (crap)
Sim City
Syndicate (brilliant)

Still play Civ, in version 4. I'd love to see a new version of Syndicate.
(, Tue 24 Jul 2012, 10:29, Reply)
This is a normal post They remade Syndicate recently, didn't they?
Maybe it hasn't been released yet.
(, Tue 24 Jul 2012, 10:39, Reply)
This is a normal post was remade as a FPS, and I don't think it was that well received.
I recently tried playing the original again, and it wasn't as good as I remember... Oh, and Syndicate:American Revolt is still impossible.
(, Tue 24 Jul 2012, 10:46, Reply)
This is a normal post The best thing about it
was the ability to control each agent individually, with separate commands. I can't imagine it as a FPS, the whole point was that you had overview, but not direct, individual control all the time.
(, Tue 24 Jul 2012, 10:48, Reply)
This is a normal post I think they just used the brand name, rather than tried to remake the game with all teh strategy elements. Just a straight up shooter, now.,
Wiki says it was well recieved, but I'm sure I heard a lot of negative talk on release...
(, Tue 24 Jul 2012, 10:53, Reply)
This is a normal post It's alright, actually
Multiplayer though, the easy way to do squad-based tacticals. And there's a lot of tactical play in there, as well as the old 'researching new weapons and abilities', hacking, persuadertron and suchlike.

It does have a bit of a reliance on throwing loads of opposing forces at you, but it does allow sneaky stuff if you're clever.
(, Tue 24 Jul 2012, 13:50, Reply)
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The best praise I've seen it given is that it is a very well put together FPS, from a technical standpoint, but with no uniqueness to call it's own. Boring singleplay story and gameplay with a decent 4 player co-op mode.
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This is a normal post we got ripped off with a shit computer donkeys years ago
my brother spent ages fucking about with drivers and all sorts of shag to get it to play these games. we got it working. all i remember was playing inadiana jones and fucking about and dangling a fish. my brother also saved monkey island 2 just before lechuck would walk in the room, he didnt have enough time to do anything but die. hours wasted just dying.
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This is a normal post oh fuck....
I always used to make new saves for this reason... plus I was always wary there were other ways to go, easter eggs, etc.
(, Tue 24 Jul 2012, 10:38, Reply)
This is a normal post Was Canon Fodder ever available as a DOS game?
'Cos that was ACE.
(, Tue 24 Jul 2012, 10:38, Reply)
This is a normal post it was

(, Tue 24 Jul 2012, 10:46, Reply)
This is a normal post it was ace
i dunno if it was dos
(, Tue 24 Jul 2012, 10:47, Reply)
This is a normal post at teh risk of promoting GOG too much - they have that available:
www.gog.com/gamecard/cannon_fodder
(, Tue 24 Jul 2012, 10:47, Reply)
This is a normal post Oh, you fucking rotter.
I *wish* you hadn't shown me that... BRILLIANT!!!!
I notice people were oohing about Syndicate, which is also available there,
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This is a normal post The ones I played the most
Death Rally
Raptor
One Must Fall
Grand Theft Auto
and Doom of course

Makes me feel I really missed out on all the ones with good stories, I guess I just loved to blow things up when I was a kid (I still do)
(, Tue 24 Jul 2012, 10:50, Reply)
This is a normal post Well, that's half the day gone...thanks for that!
Seriously, thanks. *click*
(, Tue 24 Jul 2012, 13:11, Reply)
This is a normal post Blood
I still play it, it really is a fantastic game, can't recommend it enough.
(, Tue 24 Jul 2012, 14:46, Reply)
This is a normal post Indeed...
...Whenever it's overcrowded when i'm travelling by rail I have to say "GET OFF MY TRAIN" in a gravelly voice.
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This is a link post Do you suck at your religion?
Nice comic from The Oatmeal
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This is a normal post
Oh, this is very much relevant to my interests. We have someone at work that preaches (even though I have suggested to him that it's not appropriate for the workplace, in the same way I would not contemplate sitting next to religious people and telling them their beliefs are shite).

This man tells me that when I went to Castleton and saw for myself the fossils that prove that the earth is millions of years old, that I was foolish to believe that evidence just because someone had TOLD me they were that old. The Earth is thousands of years old, and I should believe what HE says.
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This is a normal post Ask him why there's no mention of "Big fucking lizards"* in the bible
*©Bill Hicks.
(, Tue 24 Jul 2012, 9:33, Reply)
This is a normal post
The devil made dinosaurs...for a laugh.
(, Tue 24 Jul 2012, 9:49, Reply)
This is a normal post he he prankster god... oh my me

(, Tue 24 Jul 2012, 10:01, Reply)
This is a normal post There's a type of crocodile that looks a bit lika a dinosaur
so people did live alongside dinosaurs and there were dinosaurs on the ark.

(c) The Jehovah's Witness who came to my door once.
(, Tue 24 Jul 2012, 10:18, Reply)
This is a normal post Did it have feathers?

(, Tue 24 Jul 2012, 10:20, Reply)
This is a normal post I like that.

(, Tue 24 Jul 2012, 9:32, Reply)
This is a normal post Nice one.
I found out recently that a friend of mine is super-religious but you'd never know. He cooks his elderly neighbour a roast dinner every Sunday. Is that religion or is it just being 'nice'. Am I a cynic for thinking that he gets as much out of the good deed as the old man? Mind you, he did get into financial shit once so him and his wife prayed. And, this isn't a joke, they got out of the financial shit. I'm not saying you-know-what, but it certainly cemented their belief that they were on the right track. Meh.
(, Tue 24 Jul 2012, 9:35, Reply)
This is a normal post Good for him.
Using it as a framework to create your own augmented rule base for living is fine. Just be nice.
(, Tue 24 Jul 2012, 9:37, Reply)
This is a normal post Precisely.
Do things that make both you and the other person feel good. A mutual friend of ours was dumped by her fiance and he told her that he was going to pray for her. I not sure what the point of all that was about.
Time to phase out silly religions (the ones about gods, aliens etc) and time to bring in Nice Club (cynical cunts also allowed).
(, Tue 24 Jul 2012, 9:47, Reply)
This is a normal post Exactly.
I make a point of not committing murder. Not because someone told me that God summoned Moses to the top of a mountain and gave him instructions carved into a couple of slabs, but because I have decided that it's not a very nice thing to do.
(, Tue 24 Jul 2012, 10:02, Reply)
This is a normal post ....and you've not met Pissflaps IRL.

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This is a normal post You weren't complaining last weekend when you overdosed on heroin & I took you to A&E.

(, Tue 24 Jul 2012, 10:46, Reply)
This is a normal post To be fair, I think we were BOTH surprised
at how much crack Herbs is able to smuggle in her knickers.
(, Tue 24 Jul 2012, 11:13, Reply)
This is a normal post True, true.

(, Tue 24 Jul 2012, 13:37, Reply)
This is a normal post Nice comic... but it really makes a hash of Catholicism vs other types of Christianity.

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This is a link post Meet Mindy
may induce vomiting
(, Tue 24 Jul 2012, 9:01, Reply)
This is a normal post Is she one of those sex dolls?

(, Tue 24 Jul 2012, 9:28, Reply)
This is a normal post Les yeux sans visage

(, Tue 24 Jul 2012, 10:47, Reply)
This is a normal post Mindy seems to have a disability.
Whenever anyone points a camera at her, she tilts her head to the left and grins. Check out the photo gallery and tell me I'm wrong...
(, Tue 24 Jul 2012, 12:06, Reply)
This is a normal post She constantly looks like she's peeping round a corner and hopes to see a kitty.

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This is a link post If this is true then I am morally wrong.
Tax avoidance debate.
(, Tue 24 Jul 2012, 8:40, Reply)
This is a normal post It's only morally wrong when them rich folk do it, init?

(, Tue 24 Jul 2012, 8:43, Reply)
This is a normal post Yes
Because poor people don't earn enough to pay tax, so they're not really avoiding anything.

What the fuck is a squeezed middle?
(, Tue 24 Jul 2012, 8:52, Reply)
This is a normal post Poor people pay tax all the time VIA V.A.T
And if you're earning over 8 grand a year then your paying income tax too.

[edit]
And what about the majority who aren't poor but not rich?
Ok i've read the story again can't find a mention of a squeezed middle.
(, Tue 24 Jul 2012, 8:54, Reply)
This is a normal post The squeezed middle is sort of the hole in my argument
I think they're basically people who earn enough to keep them out of benefits and on the income tax register, but aren't sufficiently rich to ignore the little costs and dance round the big ones.
(, Tue 24 Jul 2012, 12:05, Reply)
This is a normal post of course its morally wrong
you're depriving hospitals from funding as well as many other less important aspects of the society you constantly take from.
it's a tiny amount of morally wrong compared to the cunts in banks, but you're still being a cunt like them.
(, Tue 24 Jul 2012, 8:45, Reply)
This is a normal post 23 trillion in tax avoidance from the rich....
i get the feeling the tories are doing their best to have us lot fighting each other
(, Tue 24 Jul 2012, 9:03, Reply)
This is a normal post it's not just the Tories
but why shouldn't we self regulate? Just because they're cunts doesn't mean we have to be to each other. Be the better man.
(, Tue 24 Jul 2012, 9:10, Reply)
This is a normal post True, but basically taxes are higher for the rest of us because many of the ultra rich are able to avoid paying tax and we have to make up the difference
The £70bn the economy loses from shady offshore accounting equates to about £2.3k per PAYE tax payer.

It's not morally right for anyone to avoid/evade tax. But making the masses cough up the difference is sick.
(, Tue 24 Jul 2012, 10:14, Reply)
This is a normal post That 23 Trillion dollar figure was for the planet right? Not just the U.K.
And if this is a Tory plot then it's going to backfire.
How much you want to bet that cash paid AuPairs working for M.Ps are not going to be lining up outside max cliffords house this morning?
(, Tue 24 Jul 2012, 9:16, Reply)
This is a normal post Hooray!

(, Tue 24 Jul 2012, 10:10, Reply)
This is a normal post I'm a cunt because
I don't have a chequebook. Nice.
(, Tue 24 Jul 2012, 10:15, Reply)
This is a normal post what does not having a cheque book have to do with anything?

(, Tue 24 Jul 2012, 10:20, Reply)
This is a normal post
I pay with cash.
(, Tue 24 Jul 2012, 10:27, Reply)
This is a normal post Burn the witch.

(, Tue 24 Jul 2012, 10:39, Reply)
This is a normal post sizzles

(, Tue 24 Jul 2012, 10:45, Reply)
This is a normal post that's not the issue,
it's about people not registering the transaction with the tax man
(, Tue 24 Jul 2012, 10:59, Reply)
This is a normal post That's not
the payer's responsibility.
(, Tue 24 Jul 2012, 11:06, Reply)
This is a normal post I didn't say it was

(, Tue 24 Jul 2012, 11:10, Reply)
This is a normal post Ok,
I missed the "in the hope of avoiding tax.", just read the headline ;p
(, Tue 24 Jul 2012, 11:19, Reply)
This is a normal post If you're offered more than a tenner off "for cash" you can be fairly certain the V.A.T is being skipped.

(, Tue 24 Jul 2012, 12:16, Reply)
This is a normal post Erm...
Surely it's the tradesman being "morally wrong" by not correctly declaring their earnings ?

I would rather accept cash than, say Debit or Credit card which incurs a 5%+ charge. Or a cheque, which you can't guarantee with a card for small amounts anymore - and so need to guarantee via transax which costs. As does paying it in. Bank transfer is preferable, but even costs money for business accounts *IF* you can get the elderly couple who's guttering you just fixed to pay that way.

Fucking hypercritical cunt MP's. How many income taxes of the average tradesman tax dodger would the Amazon or Vodaphone corporation tax bill cover ? You cunts.

Obviously, IF the tradesman says "pay me cash to dodge income earnings" then you might think twice
(, Tue 24 Jul 2012, 9:04, Reply)
This is a normal post The minute they sort out large-scale tax avoidance
by companies is the minute I'll get excited about whether my plumber pays tax on the fifty quid he took to unblock my drain.
(, Tue 24 Jul 2012, 9:49, Reply)
This is a normal post 50 quid?
Polish?
(, Tue 24 Jul 2012, 9:53, Reply)
This is a normal post Why would you want to polish a drain?
It wouldn't stay shiny for long.
(, Tue 24 Jul 2012, 10:02, Reply)
This is a normal post Badumtish

(, Tue 24 Jul 2012, 14:20, Reply)
This is a normal post ^ this every day of the fucking week

(, Tue 24 Jul 2012, 10:06, Reply)
This is a normal post Blimey, what on earth are you flushing?

(, Tue 24 Jul 2012, 10:30, Reply)
This is a normal post opinion > arsehole

(, Tue 24 Jul 2012, 13:50, Reply)
This is a normal post This
oh goodness me yes.
(, Tue 24 Jul 2012, 11:04, Reply)
This is a normal post The minute they sort out genocide
i'm going to stop kicking people in the nuts.

A little "Reductio ad absurdum" but couldn't resist
(, Tue 24 Jul 2012, 12:30, Reply)
This is a normal post

(, Tue 24 Jul 2012, 10:25, Reply)
This is a link post The history of the City of London
Well I learned a few things.
For people that already knew all this here's a cat viddy.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=s2ypJRyfy-0&feature=youtu.be
(, Tue 24 Jul 2012, 8:38, Reply)
This is a normal post Somebody
once told me Birmingham was actually the biggest city in the UK because London isn't actually a city, rather a 'metropolitan area' including two smaller cities, City of London and Westminster.

Did wonder if there was any truth in that.
(, Tue 24 Jul 2012, 10:27, Reply)
This is a normal post I'm not sure about that.
The way I understand it, and what this video is pointing out I think, is that London is a City, however The City of London is not the same as London. You see?
(, Tue 24 Jul 2012, 12:56, Reply)
This is a link post Shit happens

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This is a normal post Gake.

(, Tue 24 Jul 2012, 8:09, Reply)
This is a normal post fay

(, Tue 24 Jul 2012, 10:34, Reply)
This is a normal post Looks like Lassie let himself go a bit.
And now he's into sniffing aerosols and god knows what else !?!?
(, Tue 24 Jul 2012, 8:09, Reply)
This is a normal post Unreal and of the other persuasion

(, Tue 24 Jul 2012, 8:15, Reply)
This is a normal post Who keeps spray paint in the kitchen cupboard?

(, Tue 24 Jul 2012, 8:28, Reply)
This is a normal post Cunts

(, Tue 24 Jul 2012, 8:31, Reply)
This is a normal post Stupid sub-human scum.

(, Tue 24 Jul 2012, 8:41, Reply)
This is a normal post Banksy

(, Tue 24 Jul 2012, 10:04, Reply)
This is a normal post I liked the bit where the bare patch of floor exploded.

(, Tue 24 Jul 2012, 8:42, Reply)
This is a normal post stupid cow..poor dog :(

(, Tue 24 Jul 2012, 10:08, Reply)
This is a link post Northmost - Off the Rails I made this!
This is a little stop motion animation that I made as a film clip for my band's second single 'Off the Rails'. This is my first attempt at a film clip.
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This is a normal post Hello

(, Tue 24 Jul 2012, 8:16, Reply)
This is a normal post I bet that took a long time to make!

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This is a link post Mao's Great Famine

(, Tue 24 Jul 2012, 6:32, Reply)
This is a normal post Ho ho, those zany japs .

(, Tue 24 Jul 2012, 6:37, Reply)
This is a normal post Comunism and Famine just seem to go hand in hand.

(, Tue 24 Jul 2012, 8:48, Reply)
This is a normal post and dictatorships
thats the third hand.
(, Tue 24 Jul 2012, 9:04, Reply)
This is a normal post Amartya Sen
(Nobel prize winning economist) made his name with a piece of research which led him to claim that no famine has been due to lack of food, but rather bad governance. Either deliberate from an occupying/dictatorial power, or incompetence. Some now question the evidence, but it's still worth a read.
(, Tue 24 Jul 2012, 9:54, Reply)
This is a link post Daily Mail up to their usual hi-jinks again
Can't remember the cache service, so I'll just quote the cunts. They're claiming this is the poster for some sort of ultra violent video game. The clue's in the poster. You know, where you can clearly see words like 'Paintball' and 'The new DVD from..."

Here's them at their hysterical best.

"A former classmate from the University of Colorado suggested another cause for the killings, describing Holmes as someone who had lost touch with reality after becoming 'obsessed' with video games.

The classmate told the Daily Mail: 'James was obsessed with computer games and was always playing role-playing games."

"A poster for a video game called Soldiers of Misfortune is visible- and fitting considering both Holmes' interest in video games and his maniacal course of destruction that has torn Aurora apart."

They're idiots as well as cunts.
(, Tue 24 Jul 2012, 3:33, Reply)
This is a normal post No sex-case paedos here.

(, Tue 24 Jul 2012, 6:47, Reply)
This is a normal post

Nah. We got the B3ta torches out and drove him away.

Fuck him.
(, Tue 24 Jul 2012, 9:22, Reply)
This is a normal post The worst misinformation I've seen so far was
a quote on Sky News from the guy's gun club leader which said....

"Looking back, and if I'd seen the movies, maybe I'd say it was like the Joker."

I can't believe they kept the "and if I'd seen the movies" bit in.
(, Tue 24 Jul 2012, 10:23, Reply)
This is a link post Little Man (MC Chris Diss) I made this!
No idea if you have heard about all the drama on reddit and such about MC Chris... but we made a song about it, using his video where he pretended to cry! OM NOM NOM MC CHRIS TEARS. OM NOM NOM :D
(, Tue 24 Jul 2012, 3:26, Reply)
This is a normal post dont spend anytime over at reddit.
but is that about MC Pee pants? he is still doing anything?!
anyway. have a click. even if i have my nerd rappers mixed up.
(, Tue 24 Jul 2012, 3:42, Reply)
This is a normal post
i think it's the same guy. i don't use reddit, i just know he's been talked about on there lol
(, Tue 24 Jul 2012, 3:56, Reply)
This is a normal post haha!
well i liked the tune! if it is him, i met him in 2007 i think. he was a bit of a dick.
(, Tue 24 Jul 2012, 4:03, Reply)
This is a normal post i don't use reddit
has become the new "i don't have a Facebook" or "i don't have a tv"
(, Tue 24 Jul 2012, 9:06, Reply)
This is a normal post Hardly
Why would I ever need to visit Reddit if I already browse /Links?
(, Tue 24 Jul 2012, 11:32, Reply)
This is a link post sally ride has died.
i would like to think she off to another shuttle mission in the sky. goodnight/goodmorning/goodafternoon all.
(, Tue 24 Jul 2012, 3:10, Reply)
This is a normal post Sad
I grew up with the space shuttle - I remember the first mission like it was yesterday, I was in secondary school and we all got to miss an English lesson to watch the lift off. And I remember the explosions, the images are clear in my mind. And I remember Sally Ride being the first woman in space. How a woman could become an astronaut before a speccy teenager from the Midlands I don't know. Sod you, NASA.
(, Tue 24 Jul 2012, 9:04, Reply)
This is a normal post She wasn't the first woman in space
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Valentina_Tereshkova

Very sad though.
(, Tue 24 Jul 2012, 10:35, Reply)
This is a link post Fix up my tune I made this!
Morningwood vs Dizzee Rascal feat. Billy Squier
(, Tue 24 Jul 2012, 3:00, Reply)

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