Isn't it terrible that all those people you meet in the pub are such Grade A entrepreneurs
and the banks are so stingy. It's the same thing when you get into a cab, that man shouldn't be driving a cab, he should be running the country.
(Bazongaloid, Mon 7 Mar 2011, 8:58, 3 replies, latest was 15 years ago)

Everyone in my pub wants to be in charge of immigration policy.

(BelladonnaAnodyne Melissa's gonna wet herself, I swear..., Mon 7 Mar 2011, 9:01, Reply)

Someone needs to be, someone not in the last government.

( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Mon 7 Mar 2011, 9:13, Reply)

Given that they don't know the difference between immigrants and asylum seekers
I wouldn't give any of them the job.
(BelladonnaAnodyne Melissa's gonna wet herself, I swear..., Mon 7 Mar 2011, 9:16, Reply)

Neither does Monty
that's why he just posted what he did.
(Bazongaloid, Mon 7 Mar 2011, 9:18, Reply)

The asylum numbers are negligible
but it is an strange thought that someone utterly desperate to escape from an oppressive African country would feel the need to get to the northwestern tip of Europe to seek help rather than the nearest 'safe' country.

I take issue with the legal economic migration from shitholes in eastern Europe far more than a few Somalians, though.
( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Mon 7 Mar 2011, 9:24, Reply)

It IS strange isn't it,
I can't imagine what is going through those silly little darkies heads when they finally manage to get out of those countries where actually expressing an opinion can lead to you being arrested, tortured and the murdered by the government.

Why would they even consider that they should aim for a country where, should be allowed to stay, they will be giving the best chance for themselves and their families.

Silly darkies.
(Bazongaloid, Mon 7 Mar 2011, 9:27, Reply)

They really are.
What's wrong with Switzerland?
( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Mon 7 Mar 2011, 9:31, Reply)

I actually made a sign at work
Explaining the difference between the two, because I'm sick of "....those fucking asylum seekers, coming over here and taking our jobs" or "...those fucking illegal immigrants, coming over here and being showered in benefits!".
(BelladonnaAnodyne Melissa's gonna wet herself, I swear..., Mon 7 Mar 2011, 9:25, Reply)

It was Lusty's best friend who has her own toymaking company.
Not quite sure what the point you are trying to make here - is it that this woman is some kind of liar?
( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Mon 7 Mar 2011, 9:06, Reply)

Monty, banks loan to make money
if you are running a company and it has cashflow problems but generally your company is healthy most banks would allow you to set up an overdraft, but it will cost you and is unlikely to be set up overnight. Banks don't just throw money at people at short notice.

If you suddenly need £150 for 24 hours then WONGA.com would probably be a better option.

But this is all by the by since the article is about civil servants and has nothing to do with banks.
(Bazongaloid, Mon 7 Mar 2011, 9:13, Reply)

*goes to wonga.com*
She borrowed it off a friend, by the way.
( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Mon 7 Mar 2011, 9:14, Reply)

Don't its a fucking rip off.
(well in nearly all circumstances, there are some times it's useful)
(PsychoChomp, Mon 7 Mar 2011, 9:15, Reply)

It's only about 3500% interest, isn't it?
I have a cheque for 10k to bank this morning, so I'm OK for now.
( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Mon 7 Mar 2011, 9:16, Reply)

Well yeah it's fixed charge like £20 for every £100
or some cunt.
(PsychoChomp, Mon 7 Mar 2011, 9:18, Reply)

Yah', but if the Nintendo 3DS comes out on the 26th and payday is on the 28th and you know if you don't get it on the first day it'll sale out and you won't be able to get it 'till the 3rd of April,
then you can borrow £250 (got to get a couple of games with it), then you can pay back £290 when you get paid instead and thus not have to wait two weeks for it to come out and end up being laughed at in the school playground.
( G/PP 💩💩💩💩💩&#128, Mon 7 Mar 2011, 10:09, Reply)

Yeh', but say you've borrowed a key of coke for a houseparty off a dealer for three grand, hoping to sale it on for £50 a gram....
... making a prophet of two grand, but the party comes along and you get wasted and end up giving it all away and now the dealer is going to get a gang of jamacans to smash your backdoor in who'll pay the dealer £100 per person (thus being 20 goes until the debt is paid), then you can go to Wonga.com and borrow £400 for 30 days and pay back £525 under 5 different names/accounts (the extra £400 is to pay for the new Nintendo 3DS and some games) and thus get to play Street Fighter IV 3D on release day _and_ keep your bumhole's integraty intact.
( G/PP 💩💩💩💩💩&#128, Mon 7 Mar 2011, 10:14, Reply)

There is a driver where I used to work who is just one exam away from being a "heart doctor", he needs £12k to take the exam, and has been studying for ten years.
When he picks up old ladies from big houses, he tells them that he is driving a cab to pay for the exam, even though he drives 7 days a week.

When I told him my father died of a "Massive cardiac arrest", he said "Oh, that's very terrible", ok, fair enough, I then said he had "a quard-droople bypass in his 50s", he asked me what that was.

I still see him every few months when I order a cab and he picks me up, I swear, if he gives me medical advice, I'm going to the police.
( G/PP 💩💩💩💩💩&#128, Mon 7 Mar 2011, 9:57, Reply)