Monty can fuck off
and to a lesser extent, so can Gonz.

Selling off of forests/woodlands. What's your view?
( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Tue 1 Feb 2011, 14:36, 100 replies, latest was 15 years ago)

Sell them off for walks, paintball, Go Ape etc
But not to chop 'em down and put up flats.
( Labia Majora You keep on talking but it makes no sense at all, Tue 1 Feb 2011, 14:37, Reply)

hmm, so then we can only walk in the woods
if we pay?
( Citizen Cavy Admires your passion for conformity, Tue 1 Feb 2011, 14:39, Reply)

you'll probably have to pay to park
it'll be like privately owned beaches I suspect
( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Tue 1 Feb 2011, 14:40, Reply)

If you pay me, yes.
The UK needs more woods and land for Scouts, so then LARPers can rent them out for events.
( Labia Majora You keep on talking but it makes no sense at all, Tue 1 Feb 2011, 14:40, Reply)

or so larpers who accidentally get money
can buy up land and make bad businesses where they run larp sites?
( Citizen Cavy Admires your passion for conformity, Tue 1 Feb 2011, 14:42, Reply)

Yes indeedy

( Labia Majora You keep on talking but it makes no sense at all, Tue 1 Feb 2011, 14:45, Reply)

I am coming around to this idea
make sure you set it up somewhere near the M4
( Citizen Cavy Admires your passion for conformity, Tue 1 Feb 2011, 14:47, Reply)

It's a bit confusing.
I can't see the wood for the trees.
( JeffTheDogFucker Can you dig it?, Tue 1 Feb 2011, 14:37, Reply)

I think this is the problem

( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Tue 1 Feb 2011, 14:38, Reply)

I find it all a bit sickening
Not least because it's another tax loophole for the super-rich to exploit.

Edit: See here - www.woods4sale.co.uk/taxation.htm

So, even if they conserve it, it's still a fucking load of gash.
(BelladonnaAnodyne Melissa's gonna wet herself, I swear..., Tue 1 Feb 2011, 14:38, Reply)

there is that
but that has been the case anyway

some time ago a load of rich fuckers like Phil Collins and Sir Cliff bought a bunch of Scottish woodland
( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Tue 1 Feb 2011, 15:00, Reply)

I know
But it's no reason to set a load more cunts up for tax breaks.
(BelladonnaAnodyne Melissa's gonna wet herself, I swear..., Tue 1 Feb 2011, 15:06, Reply)

Meh.
there are a million tax loopholes out there. At least with this one, in order to qualify for the loopholes, you have to conserve the woodland and maintain public access.
( the mighty badger Aphrodite, on a bar stool, by your side, Tue 1 Feb 2011, 15:14, Reply)

^this

( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Tue 1 Feb 2011, 15:25, Reply)

It makes me cross
it's a bad idea. But I'd like woodland of my own
( Citizen Cavy Admires your passion for conformity, Tue 1 Feb 2011, 14:38, Reply)

some of my mates have some
I am jealous of it
( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Tue 1 Feb 2011, 14:39, Reply)

Nooooo
Everyone needs trees.
(Applebite Uh! A cow!, Tue 1 Feb 2011, 14:40, Reply)

want to jerk that knee a bit more?
I'm pretty sure they will have to be managed as forests. It may even result in better conditions, environmentally speaking.
( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Tue 1 Feb 2011, 14:40, Reply)

It's the thin edge of the wedge Vippers.

( girlinthehole, Tue 1 Feb 2011, 14:42, Reply)

w h
( JeffTheDogFucker Can you dig it?, Tue 1 Feb 2011, 14:42, Reply)

You're the funniest person here.
btw, this is not a compliment.
(PsychoChomp, Tue 1 Feb 2011, 14:49, Reply)

but for us as the public
we have less access, less say on what happens to them and less places we can freely wander
( Citizen Cavy Admires your passion for conformity, Tue 1 Feb 2011, 14:44, Reply)

They'll have to retain the rights to roam on the woodlands as they are.
That's part of the problem, a commercial company won't pay top dollar for a woodland that people can walk through, so we're going to be selling them below market rates.
Rather than managing them as they are and selling the timber and making a steady long term profit.
(PsychoChomp, Tue 1 Feb 2011, 14:46, Reply)

ITS ALMOST LIKE THE GOVERNMENT DON'T KNOW WHAT THE FUCK THEY'RE DOING????!?!?!?!

(PsychoChomp, Tue 1 Feb 2011, 14:51, Reply)

I think internet people are far better placed to make decisions on matters of national importance
than those people who have access to all of the facts and figures before they've been through the Murdoch filter.
( Naked Ape call me Caitlyn, Tue 1 Feb 2011, 14:53, Reply)

I think you're underestimating how much of a fucking genius I am.

(PsychoChomp, Tue 1 Feb 2011, 14:55, Reply)

I bet thhat happens a lot

( Naked Ape call me Caitlyn, Tue 1 Feb 2011, 14:56, Reply)

But I like trees :(

(Applebite Uh! A cow!, Tue 1 Feb 2011, 15:35, Reply)

nothing is going to stop you from continuing to like them

( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Tue 1 Feb 2011, 15:56, Reply)

Bad idea, it'll cost money in the long term.
I blame the con dem alliance.
(PsychoChomp, Tue 1 Feb 2011, 14:42, Reply)

con demmit

( Lisette von Falcon, Tue 1 Feb 2011, 14:44, Reply)

I heard that there is more forest now than there has been in the last 500 years
As we don't make big wooden boats and stuff anymore*

*May contains half truths/lies/incorrect infomation
( Naked Ape call me Caitlyn, Tue 1 Feb 2011, 14:50, Reply)

i suspect that's bollocks

( Citizen Cavy Admires your passion for conformity, Tue 1 Feb 2011, 14:50, Reply)

I would check Google, but meh

( Naked Ape call me Caitlyn, Tue 1 Feb 2011, 14:51, Reply)

*shrugs*
current level is 12% of the UK's area, the EU's average is 37%
(PsychoChomp, Tue 1 Feb 2011, 14:53, Reply)

Yeah but the EU contains some relatively underdeveloped countries out east which probably sku the results
You would need to quantify thre figures by population per square kilometer or some such thing.
( Naked Ape call me Caitlyn, Tue 1 Feb 2011, 14:55, Reply)

not just out east
France has a buttload of forest in the middle. We've just got a shitload of people in a small place.
( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Tue 1 Feb 2011, 14:58, Reply)

Bloody Frenchies, stealing our forests, raping our womens, supporting gypsy rights!

( Naked Ape call me Caitlyn, Tue 1 Feb 2011, 15:00, Reply)

my opinion of the French has changed recently
I like the cut of their collective jibs
( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Tue 1 Feb 2011, 15:02, Reply)

Have you been to Biarritz surfing?
Very odd place, it's full of surfers, teh gays and very old people. Like someone combined Cornwall, San Fransico and the South coast of England.
( Naked Ape call me Caitlyn, Tue 1 Feb 2011, 15:04, Reply)

I have not.
not really a long board wave. I have heard that it is like that though.

It's on a great stretch of surfing coast.
( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Tue 1 Feb 2011, 15:07, Reply)

I'm totally shocked that you relate to a people
that are known to be smug, chain smoking lazy pricks with bad personal hygeine.
(PsychoChomp, Tue 1 Feb 2011, 15:05, Reply)

I'm not shocked that you are shocked
given that I don't chain smoke, am not lazy or a prick and have excellent personal hygiene.
( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Tue 1 Feb 2011, 15:06, Reply)

It's funny because I was calling you a smug, chain smoking lazy prick with bad personal hygeine.

(PsychoChomp, Tue 1 Feb 2011, 15:11, Reply)

everyone was aware of that
and also aware that you have mispelt hygiene twice.
( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Tue 1 Feb 2011, 15:13, Reply)

*pistol fingers*

( sporters I’m sincerely gratitude to you, Tue 1 Feb 2011, 15:39, Reply)

pffft
we all know it's not a priority for the nhs otherwise there would be no super-bugs...
( rachelswipe with a fork, Tue 1 Feb 2011, 16:00, Reply)

I'd fucking love it if they replaced New Forrest with a huge disney land.

( G/PP 💩💩💩💩💩&#128, Tue 1 Feb 2011, 14:56, Reply)

The New Forest is a shit forest, fact
Too much sand
( Naked Ape call me Caitlyn, Tue 1 Feb 2011, 14:59, Reply)

All forests are shit, they promise orks and dinosaws and all that, but there is fuck all there.

( G/PP 💩💩💩💩💩&#128, Tue 1 Feb 2011, 15:15, Reply)

you haven't been to the right forests city boy

( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Tue 1 Feb 2011, 15:38, Reply)

Cut them down.
They are full of paedos and doggers.
(Tugnut Ex of this parish, Tue 1 Feb 2011, 15:01, Reply)

and you can't see them well enough because of all the trees?

( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Tue 1 Feb 2011, 15:02, Reply)

Well - it would make dogging sites easier to find.

(Tugnut Ex of this parish, Tue 1 Feb 2011, 15:04, Reply)

Have I related the time when we accidentally went dogging?

( Citizen Cavy Admires your passion for conformity, Tue 1 Feb 2011, 15:03, Reply)

Go on then...

(Tugnut Ex of this parish, Tue 1 Feb 2011, 15:05, Reply)

I bet it's another larping annecdote.

(PsychoChomp, Tue 1 Feb 2011, 15:06, Reply)

bingo

( Citizen Cavy Admires your passion for conformity, Tue 1 Feb 2011, 15:08, Reply)

I don't get dogging, what if you meet someone you know,
that would put me right off.
(PsychoChomp, Tue 1 Feb 2011, 15:14, Reply)

I would be more concerned about being the first one there.
That must be a bit unnerving.
(Tugnut Ex of this parish, Tue 1 Feb 2011, 15:18, Reply)

I'll be honest
I'm much more concerned about the whole premise of standing in a car park wanking over unattractive people rutting in Vauxhall Astras over and above any logistical issues.
( the mighty badger Aphrodite, on a bar stool, by your side, Tue 1 Feb 2011, 15:28, Reply)

There could be a call for a mobile valet service at dogging sites.
'Spit 'n' Shine - we clean your interior.'
(Tugnut Ex of this parish, Tue 1 Feb 2011, 15:46, Reply)

Would the exterior
not need cleaning as it would look like a pigeon coop after a few hand shandies over the paintwork?
( sporters I’m sincerely gratitude to you, Tue 1 Feb 2011, 15:54, Reply)

Once upon a time there were 40 larpers
all dressed up like twats as egyptians, werewolves, imps, etc.

At 1am as they walked through a car park to get to the battlefield they say some cars with lights on. In those cars were some pretty embarrassed naked people.

It was one of those moments when no-one's quite sure who should be most embarrassed about their hobby. Anyway, since we looked at the doggers, that makes us doggers, too, now. I think
( Citizen Cavy Admires your passion for conformity, Tue 1 Feb 2011, 15:08, Reply)

"if you see people shagging in a car park at night, but you're not actually wanking
are you still a dogger?"

It's a terrific moral dilemma.
( the mighty badger Aphrodite, on a bar stool, by your side, Tue 1 Feb 2011, 15:16, Reply)

Hold on, hold on,
no-one said they weren't wanking. We're talking about LARPers.
(wellgroomedwookiee is a filthy-minded hobgoblin, Tue 1 Feb 2011, 15:34, Reply)

ing ers
( Citizen Cavy Admires your passion for conformity, Tue 1 Feb 2011, 15:37, Reply)

Joni Mitchell could see the future.
'Put all the trees in a tree museum and charge the people a dollar and a half just to see them'.
( girlinthehole, Tue 1 Feb 2011, 15:09, Reply)

OMG THEY'RE GOING TO PAVE PARADISE!

( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Tue 1 Feb 2011, 15:10, Reply)

but at least they will put up a parking lot

( Citizen Cavy Admires your passion for conformity, Tue 1 Feb 2011, 15:12, Reply)

She didn't understand inflation though.

(PsychoChomp, Tue 1 Feb 2011, 15:12, Reply)

Mama Cass did, the fat bitch.

( Agnostic Antichrist Baltimora, Tue 1 Feb 2011, 15:16, Reply)

just not the terrific risk of eating sandwiches.

( the mighty badger Aphrodite, on a bar stool, by your side, Tue 1 Feb 2011, 15:18, Reply)

I think you are getting funnier every day

( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Tue 1 Feb 2011, 15:23, Reply)

Thank you

( Agnostic Antichrist Baltimora, Tue 1 Feb 2011, 15:26, Reply)

Like Chompy said above, not a compliment.

(wellgroomedwookiee is a filthy-minded hobgoblin, Tue 1 Feb 2011, 15:35, Reply)

Woods are shit, they haven't got breasts, fuck off woods

( broadsword, Tue 1 Feb 2011, 15:13, Reply)

they've got fucking loads of tits

( Lisette von Falcon, Tue 1 Feb 2011, 15:22, Reply)

That changes everything
SAVE OUR WOODS
( broadsword, Tue 1 Feb 2011, 15:26, Reply)

*gets wood*

( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Tue 1 Feb 2011, 15:44, Reply)

And if you go there at night you might see hooters.

(Tugnut Ex of this parish, Tue 1 Feb 2011, 15:27, Reply)

It's shit if it's selling them to foresters who'll only cut them down and burn them.
but not as shit as the fact I'm now back in australia. :(
(Poppet some assembly required., Tue 1 Feb 2011, 15:17, Reply)

Not good!

( Agnostic Antichrist Baltimora, Tue 1 Feb 2011, 15:22, Reply)

That is rather shit

( Labia Majora You keep on talking but it makes no sense at all, Tue 1 Feb 2011, 15:23, Reply)

must be all the worse because you didn't meet me

( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Tue 1 Feb 2011, 15:24, Reply)

Nor me.

( Agnostic Antichrist Baltimora, Tue 1 Feb 2011, 15:25, Reply)

at least one upside then

( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Tue 1 Feb 2011, 15:25, Reply)

Definitely, instead of meeting me she was snowed in with BGB.
That's certainly better.
( Agnostic Antichrist Baltimora, Tue 1 Feb 2011, 15:27, Reply)

Dons Lefty Ranting Hat
Now I am ready to be shot down here, but isnt this just the same old Tory tactic of selling the public something the public already own...

See British Gas passsim..
(Bonzodog29 is an unemployed sponge of the worst kind, Tue 1 Feb 2011, 15:18, Reply)

yes

( Citizen Cavy Admires your passion for conformity, Tue 1 Feb 2011, 15:18, Reply)

well, no.
The country owns it. I'm fairly sure that's not quite the same as you and I owning it.
( the mighty badger Aphrodite, on a bar stool, by your side, Tue 1 Feb 2011, 15:20, Reply)

Yes the country...
so if it isnt you and I that own it wouldnt it make it part of the Queens estate?
(Bonzodog29 is an unemployed sponge of the worst kind, Tue 1 Feb 2011, 15:35, Reply)

erm, we don't "own" the country.
we live here. consider taxes as a rent not a mortgage.
( the mighty badger Aphrodite, on a bar stool, by your side, Tue 1 Feb 2011, 15:44, Reply)

very fine definition
Surely the people "are" the country... most countries have to be created by a populace at some point ergo the common ownership. And if you are saying that we dont own it then it must belong to the Queen as the owner of all the common land?
(Bonzodog29 is an unemployed sponge of the worst kind, Tue 1 Feb 2011, 16:15, Reply)

If it annoys others and has no effect on me, I'm all for it.

(Barry from Eastenders is, despite the words written above, not a woman, Tue 1 Feb 2011, 15:18, Reply)

This. ^

( JeffTheDogFucker Can you dig it?, Tue 1 Feb 2011, 15:21, Reply)

Where will the bears have left to go for a shit ?

( JeffTheDogFucker Can you dig it?, Tue 1 Feb 2011, 15:20, Reply)

on the Pope

( Labia Majora You keep on talking but it makes no sense at all, Tue 1 Feb 2011, 15:21, Reply)

the vatican

( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Tue 1 Feb 2011, 15:23, Reply)

brilliant now they've cut down the trees

( SteveFrench Cardio is for homo's. do you even lift bro?, Tue 1 Feb 2011, 18:31, Reply)