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SuperinjunctionsDo celebrities have a right to privacy or should we know all the sordid deatils of their lives?
Similarly should people be given anonymity if they are implicated in a crime, at least until they are charged? (eg Joanna Yeates' landlord)
ALT: cufflinks or buttons?
ALT ALT: ducklings or goslings?
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Naked Ape call me Caitlyn, Mon 9 May 2011, 10:36,
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Let's have a Bertdown. Yes.
Yes.
Alt: Cufflinks everytime, no button down collars or pockets on shirts either. Ditto short sleeves for work in an office.
Alt Alt: Goslings, nom.
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A white short sleeved shirt and tie...the horror, the horror.
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Naked Ape call me Caitlyn, Mon 9 May 2011, 10:48,
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Whilst I agree in principle,an honourable exception must surely be made for Charles "Chuck" Bartowski
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never seen itI'm loving the Google doodles today
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Naked Ape call me Caitlyn, Mon 9 May 2011, 10:55,
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I was about to say "you'd like it"but I'm still not completely sure who you are. Al.
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Sometimes any human contact is better than none at all :'((
Naked Ape call me Caitlyn, Mon 9 May 2011, 10:51,
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I don't give a shit about the private lives of celebritiesI don't think most people do, but the papers seem to think that if they don't write this stuff people won't buy their papers.
So yeah they have a right to privacy, but then everyone should have a right to privacy it shouldn't just be the people who can afford the most expensive lawyers.
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A fuckload of people really do care about celebritiesYou can take the combined IQ of these people and still struggle to make three figures. You may know them as "the general public".
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I'm pretty sure even if you ask the general publicthat if they got rid of one type of reporting from their newspaper of choice what would it be. Then celebrity reporting would be at the top of their list.
Magazines, not so much but people who read celeb magazines are beyond help.
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I like to buy them sometimes Purely to set fire to them in my garden, and then dance around them laughing manically.
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There is a reason behind that nightmarish picture you knowI haven't just done it for shits and giggles.
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Yeah I saw the background in the commentsit was pretty funny online.
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Although if I'd said that to you, I would have just received a barrage of abuse.(, Mon 9 May 2011, 11:02, Reply)
The way you have phrased this suggests that you and Chompy got it on at some point.Ha ha.
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She have one of those colour-changing dipstick things?EDIT - sorry, force of habit.
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I've got a bad feeling that if you asked the general public they'd say "forrin news".But you do make an important distinction. And are quite correct. A cull is the only option left.
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You're rightSomehow all this celebrity gossip pish actually sells newspapers, magazines etc. I have no idea why. Who actually gives a shit about Katie Price's latest relationship disaster? Well the truth would appear to be that lots of people do. People with single-digit IQs with fuck all going on in their own lives.
Unfortunately this particular demographic seems to make up around 75% of the population. Hence the popularity of X-Factor.
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No I think that's bollocks, I think it's a lie that the media have started to believe themselves.
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There is an answerWe just have to make a genuine interest in celebrity gossip punishable by death. Might be difficult to implement but it makes perfect sense.
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Well who buys these newspapers and magazines?They don't buy themselves you know. Our shop at work stocks all the main newspapers, but then loads of Heat, OK, Now! - that sort of pish. Presumably they stock them because people actually buy them.
It's no coincidence that our building is mainly filled with vacant fuckwits.
They also stock The Rangers News, which totally proves my point.
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Yes but the link between "sordid sex stories"and increase in sales is false. They could just put pictures of attractive women in their underwear and it'll increase sales, they don't have to describe "sex acts" with footballers.
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Eh? So are you suggesting that 'celeb' magazines are predominantly bought by hetero men and lesbian women? I think that's 'grot' mags that you're thinking of.
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No I'm thinking about News of the worldand The Star and the Express,
as I mentioned above I think the celeb magazines are different to the Tabloid press. The celeb mags almost have a pact with some celebs which I don't think is that bad, it's the confrontational attitude of the press that is what's wrong.
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And Britain's Got TalentEven the fucking judges don't have talent. Hasselhoff's nothing without a talking car or a legion of blonde women in red swimsuits.
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You've clearly never seen his alcoholic meltdown video.(
Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Mon 9 May 2011, 11:17,
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Oh well remembered.But nonetheless, if he's not prepared to replicate it on ITV for our entertainment, it gets filed alongside KITT and Pamela Anderson's breasts in his useless back catalogue
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Celebrities don't have an automatic right to privacybut celebrities children do. I think it's a case of how much you've invited celebrity and it's attendant perils upon yourself. The damaging thing about injunctions is the silencing effect it can have on those who have a right to freedom of speech about events concerning themselves- Andrew Marr's mistress for example. People implicated in crimes should have automatic privacy though, as should teachers in abuse cases.
Alt: cufflinks but only with certain shirts (and not for myself)
Alt Alt: neither of them have much meat on them
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Amberl was stripey and dominated Europe, Mon 9 May 2011, 10:47,
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Right so if Jude Law had a testicular cancer scare the biopsy results should be front page news?(, Mon 9 May 2011, 10:49, Reply)
Yes, and hopefully they'd have closeups of his crying face when they told him.(
Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Mon 9 May 2011, 10:55,
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Extreme example therethe fact is I don't give a shit about celebrities and their lives. But for some unfathomable reason a lot of people do. And this is taken advantage of to sell a product- premiere photos, lifestyle editions, long, sordid interviews. They're already selling themselves in most ways that matter so publishing a kiss and tell is hardly the worst thing that can be done.
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Amberl was stripey and dominated Europe, Mon 9 May 2011, 10:56,
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Andrew Marr's not really guilty of any of the things you've said though is he?(, Mon 9 May 2011, 10:58, Reply)
He's guilty of looking like Martin Clunes after 6 months at Auschwitz.(
Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Mon 9 May 2011, 11:05,
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In my last job, I had to call Martin Clunes up and ask him to prove he was who he said he wasPart of our anti-fraud measures an' that. The man has a fairly distinctive voice. I felt very stupid asking him to send us a photocopy of his driving license so we could be sure he was really Martin Clunes.
Fair play though, he was very nice about it and did so. His first name isn't Martin, it's Alexander. So there.
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Yes it didOh, I saw that osteopath, had acupuncture, got given exercises to do to sort out the curve in my spine. I told them you had a bad back too and have been authorised to stick needles in you til it's better.
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Andrew Marr, right. Hardly a looker.Married right? Wife is unlikely to be a Page Free Stunna either, right?
I dread to think what the woman looks like who's willing to sleep with an unattractive man married to an unattractive woman. She's hardly likely to be a prize, is she.
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Kroney, Mon 9 May 2011, 11:13,
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No but his jobmakes it a fantastic case of pot, kettle, black.
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Amberl was stripey and dominated Europe, Mon 9 May 2011, 11:24,
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Don't careDon't care
Alt: Don't care
Alt Alt: DUCKLINGS! Yellow and brown fuzzy fluffy adorable ducklings.
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Ahh, you'll miss my birthday party.I won't bother inviting you now.
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Don't worry, I can still make it.(
Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Mon 9 May 2011, 11:15,
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Wear a mask with a picture of my face on itNo one will ever know the difference
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I really don't care about celebrities.But people should be given anonymity until charged, or if it helps police in some way.
Alt: Cufflinks are fine for formal functions, otherwise buttons.
Alt Alt: either, roasted.
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Bartleby A dead man on vacation, Mon 9 May 2011, 10:51,
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Do you have a right to privacy?If you do, then they do.
Yes.
Alt: Cufflinks for smart work and above, buttons for daily work and below.
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Kroney, Mon 9 May 2011, 10:53,
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I don't care.My Joey Deacon book has arrived from America.
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Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Mon 9 May 2011, 10:54,
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Are you going to read it to yourself using his voice?(
Bartleby A dead man on vacation, Mon 9 May 2011, 10:55,
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Yes I am.Aloud, on the tube.
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Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Mon 9 May 2011, 10:58,
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That should get you a seat by yourself.(
Bartleby A dead man on vacation, Mon 9 May 2011, 11:00,
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I was thinking it was going to get me 'some pussy', actually.(
Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Mon 9 May 2011, 11:04,
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That all depends upon how animated your tongue looks.(
Bartleby A dead man on vacation, Mon 9 May 2011, 11:06,
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And if they're in the market for a barely-worn size 9 shoe in the face.(
Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Mon 9 May 2011, 11:14,
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My brother is a fucking legend.(
Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Mon 9 May 2011, 10:58,
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Autobiography, written with his translator mate.I should imagine it took quite a while.
It's a US hardback edition called 'Joey: an unforgettable story of human courage' - my brother's UK paperback version's called 'Tongue Tied: 50 years in a subnormality hospital' which I think is slightly more racy.
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Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Mon 9 May 2011, 11:03,
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I remember his translator mate from Blue Peter. 50 years in care? Bloody hell.
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Yeah what a fucking spastic, eh?(
Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Mon 9 May 2011, 11:13,
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That's the difference in transatlantic attitudes right there.(
Kroney, Mon 9 May 2011, 11:09,
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No. Joey offer his view on the coalition government from beyond the grave.Additionally, it includes his, as yet, undelivered pitch to Dragons' Den for his new retail outlet 'the spare shoe'.
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JeffTheDogFucker Can you dig it?, Mon 9 May 2011, 11:05,
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Hahahah'Joey explains his controversial plans to create a land bridge with France, made entirely of size 9 Hush Puppies'
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Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Mon 9 May 2011, 11:08,
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Project named'Operation Dover Sole'
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JeffTheDogFucker Can you dig it?, Mon 9 May 2011, 11:10,
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Jesus Christ why do I find this funny? I am so ashamed.(
Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Mon 9 May 2011, 11:13,
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Cheer yourself up by making a highly flammable advent wreath.(
JeffTheDogFucker Can you dig it?, Mon 9 May 2011, 11:16,
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Thanks for playingOr did you reply up there under a pseudonym?
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Naked Ape call me Caitlyn, Mon 9 May 2011, 10:58,
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I think it dependsIf you are a celebrity simply because people take an interest in your ridiculous life eg. Katie Price, Jodie Marsh etc then fuck them. If you are a singer who doesn't throw their private life around to increase their fame (someone like Dido I guess) then yes leave them the fuck alone. Joanna Yeates landlord deserves every penny of compensation he gets and more, the papers labeled him a murdering weirdo right away and he had done nothing wrong. Cufflinks for occasions, buttons for work. Ducklings because they grow up in to swans.
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Peej, Mon 9 May 2011, 10:57,
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I think all of those papers should have to run a full front page apologies outlining the jourbnalistic tricks that they usedto insinuate guilt without getting "immediately" sued. The Editors should also be fired.
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Naked Ape call me Caitlyn, Mon 9 May 2011, 10:59,
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Just make disclosure of their identity illegal until lifted by the police or CPS. Simple innit.
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Definitely, In This Light and on This Evening was shite.(
Agnostic Antichrist Baltimora, Mon 9 May 2011, 11:02,
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That's the only album of theirs I likeI went to one of their gigs and everything they played that wasn't from that album sounded like B side remixes of the same song.
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Bill Clay a.k.a. Claudio, Mon 9 May 2011, 11:06,
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I quite liked The End Has a Start, but that's the only one I've listened to properlyI just wanted to make a cheap joke.
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Agnostic Antichrist Baltimora, Mon 9 May 2011, 11:10,
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Ooh, I've got one of them..There were some 'cheep' birds for sale in the pet shop the other day, so I decided it would be a good time to buy one, like, when they're for cheap. No, that's not right.
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Bill Clay a.k.a. Claudio, Mon 9 May 2011, 11:15,
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Are they the ones that sound like a Kwik-Save Joy Division?(
Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Mon 9 May 2011, 11:12,
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They sound more like a budget Interpol.Exactly like a budget Interpol, in fact.
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Kroney, Mon 9 May 2011, 11:14,
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That sounds about rightThe Kwik-Save near us closed down about two years ago, not sure if they're still around. My Nan used to buy a four pack of Skol there at the weekend. True story.
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Bill Clay a.k.a. Claudio, Mon 9 May 2011, 11:17,
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When I was a student I developed a recipe for potato soupwhich consisted of Kwik-Save instant mash watered down to a soup-like consistency, garnished with pepper.
It's amazing I am still alive.
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Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Mon 9 May 2011, 11:21,
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It started as mash that went a bit wrong - before I knew I'd I'd created a modern British classic.I was 'Heston' before Heston was 'Heston'.
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Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Mon 9 May 2011, 11:35,
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I love instant mash!Add butter, milk, pepper and cheese and it is the snack of a champion
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sporters I’m sincerely gratitude to you, Mon 9 May 2011, 11:38,
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I hate to point out the obvious hereBut ducklings grow up into ducks.
Cygnets grow up into swans.
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Yeaheverybody knows it's only the ugly ducklings that turn into swans.
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Kroney, Mon 9 May 2011, 11:04,
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That was what I was going for.Minus points to Applebite for not making the connection.
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Peej, Mon 9 May 2011, 11:12,
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Are you telling methat the tale of the ugly duckling who grew up in to a swan isn't a fact?
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Peej, Mon 9 May 2011, 11:22,
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They do in Farmville, and you have no friends.(
Bartleby A dead man on vacation, Mon 9 May 2011, 11:07,
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Then you take the fifthNot the fith.
And amendment.
Not ammendment.
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SplagglewafflebutbutYou mean Joey.
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Bartleby A dead man on vacation, Mon 9 May 2011, 11:21,
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Mweeeeaauurrghhhhh nnnnnnghhh(
Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Mon 9 May 2011, 11:34,
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Charlie says"Don't do MD's"
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sporters I’m sincerely gratitude to you, Mon 9 May 2011, 11:36,
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I don't think we have any right to know, it's not our businessYes, they should be innocent until proven guilty, so their names stay silent. There was a female teacher at my old school who was accused of sleeping with a student. It made it to trial, and the jury decided within minutes that the lad was lying.
However, the damage is done, and she'll likely never teach again, all because that little shit wanted to cause trouble, how is that fair?
Alt: Buttons for work, cufflinks for when you want to look awesome.
Alt Alt: Ducklings.
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Agnostic Antichrist Baltimora, Mon 9 May 2011, 11:01,
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This is a common issue for teachersUnfounded allegations ruin careers
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sporters I’m sincerely gratitude to you, Mon 9 May 2011, 11:40,
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She's said she never wants to be near a school child again, I don't blame herLittle shitbags.
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Agnostic Antichrist Baltimora, Mon 9 May 2011, 11:41,
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Until they get that restraining order sorted(
sporters I’m sincerely gratitude to you, Mon 9 May 2011, 11:45,
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I'll do your kids party, I'm cheap cos the crb has a few questionable entries(, Mon 9 May 2011, 11:49, Reply)
alt qwhy is my boss such a grumpy git this morning and why do i have to re-do an entire NIGHTMARE of a report after having been here until 1am last night and why should i not burst into tears and run screaming from the office to butcher 57 primary school children in a blaze of glory style exit?
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rachelswipe with a fork, Mon 9 May 2011, 11:27,
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Because you get paid in gold bars, that's why.(
Bartleby A dead man on vacation, Mon 9 May 2011, 11:28,
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He didn't get laid at the weekend. And like all bullies, they kick down.
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No reason. Kill the children,they deserve it and you'll feel much better.
LISTEN TO THE VOICES.
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Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Mon 9 May 2011, 11:33,
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I've got the smallest violin in the world, hereIt's playing just for you.
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the mighty badger Aphrodite, on a bar stool, by your side, Mon 9 May 2011, 11:34,
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STRIKETHROUGH violin END STR... I really cannot be fucking bothered.Greetings, Mighters.
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Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Mon 9 May 2011, 11:37,
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Aw, man, that would actually have been a good strikethrough.Morning, chap. Good weekend?
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the mighty badger Aphrodite, on a bar stool, by your side, Mon 9 May 2011, 11:38,
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Not bad at all, sire.I shall spare you the gory details (actually it was rather sedate). You?
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Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Mon 9 May 2011, 11:40,
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not too shabby, cheers. The usual stuff. Drank booze. Danced. Got married.standard May weekend, really.
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the mighty badger Aphrodite, on a bar stool, by your side, Mon 9 May 2011, 11:42,
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You actually got married?Why aren't you on honeymoon?
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sporters I’m sincerely gratitude to you, Mon 9 May 2011, 11:46,
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because there are certain work things I have to deal withfor the next two weeks. We're going towards the end of may.
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the mighty badger Aphrodite, on a bar stool, by your side, Mon 9 May 2011, 11:47,
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cheers.Now get out of my wife.
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the mighty badger Aphrodite, on a bar stool, by your side, Mon 9 May 2011, 11:50,
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yes, I did.(
the mighty badger Aphrodite, on a bar stool, by your side, Mon 9 May 2011, 11:47,
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Well I for one am enormously pleased for you.Well done that man. Good work.
Now get off the internet and have sex with your wife.
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Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Mon 9 May 2011, 11:48,
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*gets off internet and has sex with badger's wife*(
sporters I’m sincerely gratitude to you, Mon 9 May 2011, 11:48,
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*gets off with the internet then tries to marry a badger*(
Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Mon 9 May 2011, 11:50,
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thank you kindlyand I would, but Sportscow has already beaten me to it.
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the mighty badger Aphrodite, on a bar stool, by your side, Mon 9 May 2011, 11:49,
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'I would, but there's an empty pasty bag in my hall and a trail of crumbs up to our room'(
Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Mon 9 May 2011, 11:50,
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haha, tidy.(
the mighty badger Aphrodite, on a bar stool, by your side, Mon 9 May 2011, 11:52,
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is it actually rape if it doesn't touch the sides?(
the mighty badger Aphrodite, on a bar stool, by your side, Mon 9 May 2011, 12:04,
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Congratulations, BadgerYou have my heartiest and most hale sentiments of good wishes and wellbeing.
Dancing is a tricky beast to master.
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basic swing is easy-ishand fine for weddings as long as you seem confident, always lead and don't tread on their toes. But compared to the stuff you do, that's like saying knowing the chord shapes for A, E and D means you can play guitar.
And cheers mate.
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the mighty badger Aphrodite, on a bar stool, by your side, Mon 9 May 2011, 11:56,
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Basic swing isn't the easiest thing to do, because of the aforementioned leading and toe-tread possibilityIn all seriousness, congrats - I hope it was a wonderful day for all involved.
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I didn't tread on the bride's toeseveryone else doesn't matter ;)
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the mighty badger Aphrodite, on a bar stool, by your side, Mon 9 May 2011, 12:03,
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why yes*, yes I am. *not really.
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the mighty badger Aphrodite, on a bar stool, by your side, Mon 9 May 2011, 11:46,
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nah, you weren't(
the mighty badger Aphrodite, on a bar stool, by your side, Mon 9 May 2011, 11:57,
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You have my sympathy todayWork I've done on Saturday that seemed to work fine hasn't. I now have a very angry site and have wasted the morning
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sporters I’m sincerely gratitude to you, Mon 9 May 2011, 11:36,
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Come on Sportscow! That sort of defeatist attitude is for mortals.
Not Olympian heroes like us.
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*mans up*(not in a Darth way)
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sporters I’m sincerely gratitude to you, Mon 9 May 2011, 11:47,
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I love that my nick has become a B3ta byword for bummingI really do
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Haha, you worry too much mateI don't really care that much - wouldn't do me any good if I did, would it?
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Have a pasty.You'll feel fine afterwards.
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Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Mon 9 May 2011, 11:42,
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My pastie forfeit is in the queue3 ahead of me to eat. We also have had a massive muffin delivered which sorted my cups of coffee out lovely. Right, fucked site is now not fucked any more and upgrade at other one is going fine. RARGH!
I am sportscow, hear me Moo
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sporters I’m sincerely gratitude to you, Mon 9 May 2011, 11:44,
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