Why oh why
has none of the commenters on youtube noticed that it's *not* a one-way street.
If you look at the road markings you can clearly see that it is a *two way* street.
Instead of composing inaccurate ditties, the two young chaps should be reporting to the council that someone has illegally erected a one-way street sign.
And at the same time they should chide the council for allowing said road markings to lapse into a state of disrepair.
Youth these days, huh?
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Boot I want to know what you meant, Thu 29 Aug 2019, 19:23,
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A fan of this sketch has vandalised a One Way sign near me
to read "One Way down a one way street". Which annoys me for being wrong.
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monkeon schmonkeon, Thu 29 Aug 2019, 21:56,
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I've been listening to Bribane band Goatzilla this week, and their album Muthafukasaurus. This track's called Drop Bear
edit: looks like you'll have to watch it on youtube. nice b3taesque animation on the vid
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cumquat may will not be commenting further on the allegations, Thu 29 Aug 2019, 9:49,
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North American Eagle has finally killed someone
Around 1997, when Thrust SSC was setting it's land speed record, there were a few other teams trying the same thing. Spirit of America was possibly the most likely to succeed, until they had a wheel lift at 675 mph and severely damaged the car.
Aussie Invader III dropped out when Thrust SSC pushed the record beyond the design speed of their car.
And then... There was this.
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North American Eagle was exactly what you'd expect a jet fighter with the wings chopped off and wheels mounted on an rsj to look like. Built with seemingly total disregard for lift or downforce. First time I clapped eyes on it I thought it'd end up killing it's pilot.
Development has been slow. Possibly because it looks so alarmingly dangerous that nobody wanted to be involved. Their Wikipedia page tellingly says "For the last 13 years, development and testing of the vehicle has been ongoing with no notable progress to date."
Sadly former Mythbusters host Jessi Combs gambled with it and lost.
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evil_andy Stick stick stick stick sticky sticky stick stick, Wed 28 Aug 2019, 22:41,
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Even though the first thing Sky news concentrates on is her age
36 is very young to die
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Sn0tters 🇯🇴🇧🇧🇮🇪, Wed 28 Aug 2019, 23:14,
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Either way - totally avoidable.
To be clear I'm fine with people risking their lives in land speed record attempts, but this particular car was so clearly a deathtrap I'm amazed anyone set foot in it.
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evil_andy Stick stick stick stick sticky sticky stick stick, Thu 29 Aug 2019, 7:44,
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I know bugger all about aerodynamics etc
and those working on it are no doubt experts.
But yeah, I imagine a plane fuselage would produce a fair bit of lift even without wings? It still looks like something that wants to take off.
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Especially with ground effect adding to the problems...
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Happosai _,,,,_(O ; o)_,,,, Wed 28 Aug 2019, 23:31,
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Works fine in KSP
for situations where
"fine" == "enough to get you within 2km of where you want to be before triggering a RUD"
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Boot I want to know what you meant, Thu 29 Aug 2019, 11:30,
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Doesn't take much logic to guess that tailplanes are fitted for a reason.
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FeralCatMan Unusual disease collector., Wed 28 Aug 2019, 23:51,
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typical woman driver
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cumquat may will not be commenting further on the allegations, Thu 29 Aug 2019, 3:07,
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This is a funny joke.
You are very funny.
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George Blank my 2nd last sig was funny, Thu 29 Aug 2019, 12:20,
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not here, mum, all my friend are watching
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cumquat may will not be commenting further on the allegations, Thu 29 Aug 2019, 14:26,
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Just looking at it you know it is "wrong" in some fundamental way
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Thrill_My_Chinchilla is old and unimproved, Thu 29 Aug 2019, 8:42,
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"Inevitably" might have been a better choice.
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evil_andy Stick stick stick stick sticky sticky stick stick, Thu 29 Aug 2019, 9:20,
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Looking at that photo
I’d put good money on the nose having lifted. Probably somewhere north of 550 mph once the dynamic pressure built up sufficiently around the front wheel area.
Don’t think much of the lateral stability either - so a side bet of it having veered off-course and rolled.
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wheresthefish Partly filled with wrong, Thu 29 Aug 2019, 9:18,
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wrong
it hit a skip that had been left out carelessly by a builder
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cumquat may will not be commenting further on the allegations, Thu 29 Aug 2019, 10:16,
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probably
arstechnica.com/cars/2016/10/the-pride-of-a-nation-the-north-american-eagle-land-speed-record-project/
"at over 630mph you'd actually get 800lbs of lift on the nose," Shadle explained. "But even then the weight on the front end is only about 4400lbs—that's quite acceptable"
read on another article that they've had steering issues in the past.
Also has a raspberry pi.
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On a side note
I would highly recommend reading Thrust by Richard Noble, which tells the story of the development of Thrust 2 and SSC. I hadn't realised what a tinpot, men in sheds type development it was. As I recall when after getting the land speed record in Thrust 2, they ran it through a computer model and discovered it was 2mph from flipping. In some ways I feel the development of Bloodhound was doomed because it was too corporate.
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herd of chickens First part only £1.99 and comes with a free, Thu 29 Aug 2019, 9:21,
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Just for the Record is also a good read on Thrust 2, and chunks of it seem to have been posted here:
woottonbridgeiow.org.uk/ackroyd/thrust2.php
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evil_andy Stick stick stick stick sticky sticky stick stick, Thu 29 Aug 2019, 9:29,
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Thanks for that
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herd of chickens First part only £1.99 and comes with a free, Thu 29 Aug 2019, 10:01,
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That's a shame
She was a good example of women actually being practical and having some decent skills instead of spray painting something the men had made. It's a shame that she passed but it was a daft thing to do if she wanted to keep on living.
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JamHamster My eyes, my beautiful eyes!, Thu 29 Aug 2019, 11:46,
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As a youth
I often watched that guy on TV sat in a studio 'shed' just chatting.
Mind you, in the '70s that was the highlight of the TV week.
I could listen to him and Oliver Postgate talking all day long.
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My Name was saying these words inside your head on, Wed 28 Aug 2019, 22:32,
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^ This
Deeply relaxing and all is well.
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spazzcaptain Misses Valin @, Wed 28 Aug 2019, 23:29,
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Very reassuring voices from a distant time.
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FeralCatMan Unusual disease collector., Wed 28 Aug 2019, 23:55,
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yeah, sitting round the TV at me grandparents house
Fucking nostalgic old bastard I am.
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simbosan is too tired, Thu 29 Aug 2019, 8:19,
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Lovely!
My Dad would love this...he's still got some old split-cane rods.
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Happosai _,,,,_(O ; o)_,,,, Wed 28 Aug 2019, 23:49,
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Halloween make-up effect
"The gory props are for scary dressing up outfits and can be stuck anywhere on the body with fake blood to resemble an axe wound or nasty gash."
Title:
This Halloween display is turning heads at Devon store
Description:
Lots of people have stopped and done a double-take
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Ambegris likes his tea stirred anti-clockwise, Wed 28 Aug 2019, 9:10,
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*throws money at screen*
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Fadgebadger Sweaty sumo wanks for everyone!, Wed 28 Aug 2019, 10:09,
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I go to Guernsey for my gash
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guernsey_G%C3%A2che
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spazzcaptain Misses Valin @, Thu 29 Aug 2019, 13:43,
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A flying water tower
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evil_andy Stick stick stick stick sticky sticky stick stick, Wed 28 Aug 2019, 7:10,
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Marty is great!
I have no real interest in the subject matter but his videos are relaxing and entertaining in a very subtle way. I find myself pausing the videos to read the humorous newspaper articles.
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JamHamster My eyes, my beautiful eyes!, Wed 28 Aug 2019, 8:49,
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Nice!
Although there's very little actual claymation in there, which is odd, given that Art Clokey was one of the medium's pioneers.
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Happosai _,,,,_(O ; o)_,,,, Wed 28 Aug 2019, 17:27,
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the opening reminded me of a viewer made section of an old kids tv show
needed a Michael Rod intro
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Jonathan Bree - Murder
Ever since Portishead came to my attention, i now find myself getting excited by Lofi, horror-esque music.
And its been a long time since ive heard a track that is exactly 3 minutes long.
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It reminds me of a modern day version of the scene in The Uninvited.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=y3ZxgWKk_2I
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cowcat Bituminous squeegee, Wed 28 Aug 2019, 3:00,
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Examples of automated puppet dubbing by researchers at Stanford
Including big bird reading kafka
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THE MOST MYSTERIOUS SONG ON THE INTERNET
People on Reddit trying to identify a band/song found on an old cassette tape from Germany in the mid 80's.
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BaronMunchausen Interdimensional Demon Day Laborer, Tue 27 Aug 2019, 16:47,
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People have been trying to identify this on Reddit for fucking eons.
They're not getting anywhere, because nobody seems willing to accept that it's just some hobby garage band some kids started up in the 80's after listening to too much Sisters of Mercy and just as suddenly faded into obscurity when they all got shitty full time jobs and began spawning offspring.
It sounds so familiar because it is. The sound is influenced by just about every goth band of the era. Some people just want to believe there's some great mystery at work, because it's much more romantic than the boring reality of the situation.
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^^^
I was in a band that recorded about 15 songs and never did anything with them, might do the same and get Internet famous in 40 years time
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H.B.Mupps, Tue 27 Aug 2019, 17:24,
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It doesn't appear as though anyone denies it being "some garage band..." that "faded into obscurity."
On the contrary it looks as though they're just trying to track down any basic info like the bands' name or country of origin. The nerve...
As an expert on "every goth band of the era" perhaps you could just tell them who it was so there won't be anymore "great mystery."
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BaronMunchausen Interdimensional Demon Day Laborer, Tue 27 Aug 2019, 19:35,
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listening to your post
reminded me of a band a guy I went to high school with was in. googling them, I was surprised to actually find a youtube link.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=-23gVJh3SSk
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miss fortunate last posted ages ago, Tue 27 Aug 2019, 20:11,
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Nice!
Definitely late 80's industrial (ala Wax Trax! records).
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BaronMunchausen Interdimensional Demon Day Laborer, Tue 27 Aug 2019, 22:41,
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Another few months and having already isolated the vocals from the music thelead singer will be identified when they orderstru
del at a drive through in Munich
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It has been suggested they use the song in a major movie and wait to see who sues.
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BaronMunchausen Interdimensional Demon Day Laborer, Tue 27 Aug 2019, 22:43,
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Scorpions
There was no other german band making music in the 80s so it must be the Scorpions, ipso facto QED cave canem
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cumquat may will not be commenting further on the allegations, Tue 27 Aug 2019, 23:43,
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To be fair, that's a pretty fucking horrendous nose.
Title:
'My cruel gangster father made me have a nose job'
Description:
Margo Perin was 13 when her father asked if she wanted a nose job. It soon became clear she had no choice.
(, Tue 27 Aug 2019, 16:29, Reply)
No, it's not.
It's just a nose.
This is an awful story, I can't quite believe a father would put his (just) teenage daughter though the trauma of a nose job just to make her prettier. Cosmetic surgery is for those that want it. To top it off she was also coerced into an abortion. Like her parents, you are wrong.
(, Tue 27 Aug 2019, 16:55, Reply)
Well he didn't do it to make her prettier.
He did it to avoid a choice between a 50 year stretch, or ending up face down in a river. Not that that makes it any better.
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Ahem...
"her father summoned her to the living room of their home in Glasgow's West End, and asked if she'd like to look prettier."
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That was the bullshit he said to her, yes.
That was not his motivation for doing it.
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I didn't read anything about his motivation in the article.
I don't follow.
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George Blank my 2nd last sig was funny, Tue 27 Aug 2019, 20:14,
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Admittedly there is no direct evidence of his motivations,
but given the man's history it seems more likely to me that he would want to disguise his family in secret (and use the only plausible excuse available, despite how cruel it is), than arbitrarily adjust his daughter's nose. Either way he's a cunt.
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what a bastard
She could have played Kylo Ren otherwise!
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Turboesprit Volume knob, Tue 27 Aug 2019, 17:49,
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Where's the license fee going?
"Oh, we're spending it on an effort to compete with Google, Amazon and Apple on their own turf."
Title:
BBC plans to launch 'Beeb' rival to Alexa
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It will work on smart speakers, TVs and mobiles but would Beeb be a good wake-up word?
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evil_andy Stick stick stick stick sticky sticky stick stick, Tue 27 Aug 2019, 13:58,
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After the runaway success of the BBC Scotland channel, this game changer is bound to be the BBC's next victory.
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Prufrock Lucifer, son of the morning!, Tue 27 Aug 2019, 15:09,
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I'm sorry, I didn't catch that. What channel did you want?
ELEVEN!
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BBC keep making weird decisions
The iplayer is/was a perfectly fine piece of software, did what it needed to, and seemed really popular. What do they do? Spend a load of cash on some new "BBC Sounds" thing, then put loads of effort into getting people to use it when it proves less popular than what they already had. It's mildly baffling.
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Took me ages to figure out why I couldn't find 5 Live Sports Extra on the website at the weekend. Turns out they'd canned the Radio section and crammed it into the Sounds section where I'd never think to look.
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evil_andy Stick stick stick stick sticky sticky stick stick, Tue 27 Aug 2019, 16:10,
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Quelle surprise
Nothing to do with being run by a bunch of inept, institutionalised Muppets.
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spazzcaptain Misses Valin @, Tue 27 Aug 2019, 16:23,
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RadioPlayer was fine, and still is
but whoever put the Sounds app together for them really made a mess. The suggestions are particularly weird. After listening to a play from Radio 3 the algorithm seems to think that episode 4 of a 6 part series that I've never listened to would be a good choice. How could it work so bad without it being deliberate.
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I do still like the BBC
But it's being filled more and more with utter horseshite.
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Thrill_My_Chinchilla is old and unimproved, Tue 27 Aug 2019, 21:15,
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to be fair
It's not like the BBC is just a TV channel. BBC Micro*?
It's software not hardware, and they've generally done well there with the iplayer (sounds app aside). It'll probably just be a pointlessly voice activated iplayer.
*without which I'd have never played Granny's Garden
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The Micro was a product of it's time. Microcomputers had clear untapped potential, and the BBC were instrumental in getting them into people's homes.
However...
The boat has sailed with voice assistants. They've been on every smartphone and therefore in the pocket of nearly everyone in the country for the last five years. The last eight in the case of Siri.
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evil_andy Stick stick stick stick sticky sticky stick stick, Wed 28 Aug 2019, 10:06,
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Still think if there was an equivalent today of BBC doing what they did with the micro
they'd get even more of a kicking from the right and everyone would just moan about the licence fee.
Was that the case then? (genuine question)
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Don't know to be honest, I was 4 at the time.
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evil_andy Stick stick stick stick sticky sticky stick stick, Wed 28 Aug 2019, 14:11,
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What sort of an excuse is that?
Geeeeez!!!
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Fadgebadger Sweaty sumo wanks for everyone!, Wed 28 Aug 2019, 14:19,
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I give it about 30 days before trump starts slagging him off on twitter
Title:
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(, Tue 27 Aug 2019, 13:27, Reply)
You also predicted the Tory party leadership election would be close.
What else do you see in your crystal ball, Benny?
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Prufrock Lucifer, son of the morning!, Tue 27 Aug 2019, 15:14,
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Two cunts
in a battle to see who is the bigger cunt.
Shame it will be both our countries that they use as test material for their little competition.
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My Name was saying these words inside your head on, Wed 28 Aug 2019, 0:09,
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