That thread is pretty pap, sorry al.
Have you ever been in a riot? Would you particpate? what causes would you demonstrate/riot for?

Alt: Sexiest politician? I vote for Louise Mench
( SteveFrench Cardio is for homo's. do you even lift bro?, Mon 8 Aug 2011, 12:07, 103 replies, latest was 15 years ago)

while I didn't partake
I was stuck in the middle of one on a train to prague from poland. It was pretty exciting. Lots of bits of train being ripped apart while it was moving - some guys tore a door down and threw is out of the window.

Was later joined by a couple of the rioters in our compartment, one of whom fell asleep on my shoulder
( Citizen Cavy Admires your passion for conformity, Mon 8 Aug 2011, 12:11, Reply)

did you just sit their throughout or pretend to get involved?

( SteveFrench Cardio is for homo's. do you even lift bro?, Mon 8 Aug 2011, 12:13, Reply)

we just sat there hoping they wouldn't come into our compartment
the next one along had other travellers in and we saw their bags and things gets kicked along the corridor. We were pretty lucky - when the guys did come to our compartment, they didn't let anyone else in
( Citizen Cavy Admires your passion for conformity, Mon 8 Aug 2011, 12:14, Reply)

Never have, never will
Bunch of plebs wanting to cause trouble? If I wanted to see that, I'd go to a Man Utd game.
( Agnostic Antichrist Baltimora, Mon 8 Aug 2011, 12:13, Reply)

You have to admire the ingenuity of the Glazers Out protests from a while back
Organising a march from a pub they were going to be in anyway to a match they were going to anyway is really sticking it to the man.
(Darth Foxtrot A one-man army dedicated to making fetch happen, Mon 8 Aug 2011, 12:15, Reply)

did they hate windows so much?

( Citizen Cavy Admires your passion for conformity, Mon 8 Aug 2011, 12:16, Reply)

hahahaha woman misunderstooding football lol

( SteveFrench Cardio is for homo's. do you even lift bro?, Mon 8 Aug 2011, 12:17, Reply)

They've got class there, they don't piss on their own dead fans, or kill other fans over a game of football

( Light In Chains maker of the ikea sofa, Mon 8 Aug 2011, 12:18, Reply)

So you're a Sun reading Manc as well as a cunt?
Fuck me, I didn't think I could consider you less of a person. Congratulations for surpassing yourself.
( Agnostic Antichrist Baltimora, Mon 8 Aug 2011, 12:20, Reply)

I've seen tons of Liverpool fans jib into the away end at Craven Cottage on multiple occasions.
I don't think they have a leg to stand on (no pun intended) regarding Hillsborough. I don't know what went on that day in too much detail and I'm not saying it was Liverpool fans fault by any stretch. And don't get me wrong, I don't see anything wrong with sneaking into grounds, I've done it on more than one occasion. But then I don't demand justice for people who died in similar circumstances.
(Barry from Eastenders is, despite the words written above, not a woman, Mon 8 Aug 2011, 12:38, Reply)

It's all they bang on about, their own fans ended up killing a load of their own for a change, and not a fuck was given by anyone else
All the tears are a way for them to forget about not being close to winning the title in over a generation.
( Light In Chains maker of the ikea sofa, Mon 8 Aug 2011, 12:45, Reply)

Quite a lot of people gave a fuck at the time if memory serves
Me included, as I was at the other end of the ground when it happened.
(Darth Foxtrot A one-man army dedicated to making fetch happen, Mon 8 Aug 2011, 12:52, Reply)

LEAVE 'IM DARF! 'E AIN'T WURF IT!!!!

(Bazongaloid, Mon 8 Aug 2011, 12:56, Reply)

It was a tragedy, no doubt.
And very sad. I just think it's a bit rich for them to still charge through turnstyles to get into games.
(Barry from Eastenders is, despite the words written above, not a woman, Mon 8 Aug 2011, 12:57, Reply)

No argument there
I've never really dwelled on the issue of whose fault it was, I prefer not to think about it at all. Ostrichmethodlols.
(Darth Foxtrot A one-man army dedicated to making fetch happen, Mon 8 Aug 2011, 13:00, Reply)

So you never wondered what possessed Liverpool fans to suffocate their own, and then to rob their wallets?
I mean Heysel was one thing, but Hillsborough was just taking it too far
( Light In Chains maker of the ikea sofa, Mon 8 Aug 2011, 13:05, Reply)

Honestly Rory, I don't know whether or not they robbed the corpses
Like I said I've never thought about it much. It's not a fun thing to watch happen when you're 10
(Darth Foxtrot A one-man army dedicated to making fetch happen, Mon 8 Aug 2011, 13:08, Reply)

Well, who knows what the future holds?
As long as we can get off to a flying start*, the season could go anyone's way. (well, except Arsenal's)

*hopefully not Munich '58 kind of flying
( Agnostic Antichrist Baltimora, Mon 8 Aug 2011, 12:58, Reply)

There's a riot in my pants as I type this

( broadsword, Mon 8 Aug 2011, 12:20, Reply)

and everybody's invited to loot?

( Citizen Cavy Admires your passion for conformity, Mon 8 Aug 2011, 12:21, Reply)

Quick, set fire to his pubes!

( Naked Ape call me Caitlyn, Mon 8 Aug 2011, 12:22, Reply)

see, if he were ginger, you wouldn't need to bother
fire in the disco...
( rachelswipe with a fork, Mon 8 Aug 2011, 12:30, Reply)

Yup
just don't set light to me Dixons
( broadsword, Mon 8 Aug 2011, 12:24, Reply)

No. No. Barry Chuckle for lifetime president of Scotland
Alt: None, ever
( Naked Ape call me Caitlyn, Mon 8 Aug 2011, 12:21, Reply)

I never have, and I probably never would.
but I'd like to think I would be brave enough to stand up to the man if someone's human rights were being raped, à la 1930s Warsaw...

EDIT - Alt: Boris? Lembit? Nick? There's not a lot to choose from with the male MPs.
( b3th Not shit. Not mod., Mon 8 Aug 2011, 12:23, Reply)

I wouldn't take part in the actual rioting
but I'd definitely be up for some opportunistic looting.
( Kroney, Mon 8 Aug 2011, 12:23, Reply)

Londoner and Proud.

(Bazongaloid, Mon 8 Aug 2011, 12:24, Reply)

How dare you?
I was born in Westminster. Toooootally different.
( Kroney, Mon 8 Aug 2011, 12:27, Reply)

born hatched
( rachelswipe with a fork, Mon 8 Aug 2011, 12:30, Reply)

Apparently Nadine Dorries is a nice person if you actually meet her.

(Bazongaloid, Mon 8 Aug 2011, 12:24, Reply)

nadine Dorris

Margaret Thatcher

You've changed man
( Naked Ape call me Caitlyn, Mon 8 Aug 2011, 12:27, Reply)

I NO RITE!

(Bazongaloid, Mon 8 Aug 2011, 12:30, Reply)

She can still get to fuck though
Homeopathy lover!
( Peej, Mon 8 Aug 2011, 12:52, Reply)

Actually I think that is the least deplorable of her beliefs.

(Bazongaloid, Mon 8 Aug 2011, 12:52, Reply)

i nearly got trampled in a mini riot at old trafford in the late 80's
when utd won a match and whomever they beat (i want to say west ham?) got relegated as a consequence. the fans went on the rampage. it was prob nothing but it looked very scary to me as an 8 year old who nearly got mashed!

i would riot for.......... nothing. i don't want to smudge my mani-pedi. i'll just come on here and rant instead.
( rachelswipe with a fork, Mon 8 Aug 2011, 12:32, Reply)

Not a riot as such
I went on an anti-BNP demonstration in 1993 which culminated at a fork in the road which had the original route past BNP HQ in one direction (blocked by police, who had decided the day before not to allow the demonstration to pass this way) and the police's preferred route in the other.
Faced with the frankly terrifying prospect of having literally tens of youths throwing their balsa wood banners at them, the police took the only sensible course of action which was to have the mounted police charge directly at the crowds, whilst those officers who were only armed with batons, ran towards us swinging their batons indiscriminately.
This was reported on the news as "rioting demonstrators". It didn't look like a riot to me...
Alt: None of the UK ones, does Berlusconi still have a policy of giving top jobs to models?
( tangledupinblue hairy badge with moving eyes, Mon 8 Aug 2011, 12:38, Reply)

No, No, No.
We've already had it amply pointed out here that the police do not overreact or lie. You must have been mistaken.
(Bazongaloid, Mon 8 Aug 2011, 12:44, Reply)

Of course, silly me...
Come to think of it, all those people with blood pouring from the backs of their heads probably just fell down the stairs or something.
( tangledupinblue hairy badge with moving eyes, Mon 8 Aug 2011, 12:52, Reply)

I was there too
And was just about to type up my story... I recall being about 10 rows back thinking "oh shit this is going off" and trying to get away sharpish, then seeing the crowds move apart as those jolly chaps and their lovely horses came out for a trott
(Bonzodog29 is an unemployed sponge of the worst kind, Mon 8 Aug 2011, 13:21, Reply)

It was scary
"Link arms" they all shouted, so I found the biggest sturdiest looking guy in the vicinity and linked arms with him.
( tangledupinblue hairy badge with moving eyes, Mon 8 Aug 2011, 13:42, Reply)

I'd get involved in some looting if there was anything worth nabbing.
Or I'd at least try and get someone to steal something for me. A lad I sort of know bought a Macbook for £100 in Brixton last night.
(Barry from Eastenders is, despite the words written above, not a woman, Mon 8 Aug 2011, 12:45, Reply)

Amazing how often football's come up in this thread
You don't get riots at Ballroom dancing competitions. Probably because it's hard to throw rocks with a limp wrist.
(Darth Foxtrot A one-man army dedicated to making fetch happen, Mon 8 Aug 2011, 12:49, Reply)

And if anything slightly scary happens you all screams, flap your arms
and jump into your partners arms.


By "you" I am referring to all the men.
(Bazongaloid, Mon 8 Aug 2011, 12:50, Reply)

If I jumped into Ms Foxtrot's arms I would probably kill her
Otherwise, spot on.
(Darth Foxtrot A one-man army dedicated to making fetch happen, Mon 8 Aug 2011, 12:51, Reply)

nor larping
in fact they've sent police to the big larp events before now because they were suspicious that there was such a large, regular gathering of people and such a low incidence of reported crime
( Citizen Cavy Admires your passion for conformity, Mon 8 Aug 2011, 12:50, Reply)

Surely it's only a matter of time before someone reports a mass LARP battle because they can't tell the swords are rubber?

(Darth Foxtrot A one-man army dedicated to making fetch happen, Mon 8 Aug 2011, 12:53, Reply)

probably has been more than once
but usually the police have had warning.

Years ago I got stopped in London for carrying a larp sword. Lucky I didn't get shot or Games Workshop would have got looted or something
( Citizen Cavy Admires your passion for conformity, Mon 8 Aug 2011, 12:54, Reply)

I'd be right in there if that happened
Those Mumak models are fucking expensive
(Darth Foxtrot A one-man army dedicated to making fetch happen, Mon 8 Aug 2011, 12:58, Reply)

don't I know it
I'm much more rich now I'm divorced
( Citizen Cavy Admires your passion for conformity, Mon 8 Aug 2011, 13:00, Reply)

If you got any of the LOTR wargaming models in the divorce I'll marry you

(Darth Foxtrot A one-man army dedicated to making fetch happen, Mon 8 Aug 2011, 13:01, Reply)

haha
nah - I broke a few (not lotr ones, though) when I found out he'd been cheating, but I didn't take any with me
( Citizen Cavy Admires your passion for conformity, Mon 8 Aug 2011, 13:03, Reply)

Good for you
Hit the man where it hurts

(I don't mean this to sound sarcastic, I know how much time and money goes into buying and painting those models)
(Darth Foxtrot A one-man army dedicated to making fetch happen, Mon 8 Aug 2011, 13:09, Reply)

Oh I got him worse
I stomped on his millenium falcon (one he'd been carefully keeping since he was a kid). Don't mess with me :)
( Citizen Cavy Admires your passion for conformity, Mon 8 Aug 2011, 13:13, Reply)

This would only scare me
if "millenium falcon" is geek euphamism for "cock and balls"
( the mighty badger Aphrodite, on a bar stool, by your side, Mon 8 Aug 2011, 13:18, Reply)

It sounds more like you were doing him a favour
perhaps increasing his chances of finding someone else...?
( tangledupinblue hairy badge with moving eyes, Mon 8 Aug 2011, 13:20, Reply)

he found enough other people
when he was with me. I don't know how that works
( Citizen Cavy Admires your passion for conformity, Mon 8 Aug 2011, 13:21, Reply)

being married seems to attract women.
no, I don't know either.
( the mighty badger Aphrodite, on a bar stool, by your side, Mon 8 Aug 2011, 13:24, Reply)

Being unavailable is attractive, it appears
Never been married but I can vouch for Badger's statement in principle
(Darth Foxtrot A one-man army dedicated to making fetch happen, Mon 8 Aug 2011, 13:28, Reply)

Not in my experience
I've been married for six years and I am just as unappealing to women now as I was before.
( tangledupinblue hairy badge with moving eyes, Mon 8 Aug 2011, 13:28, Reply)

Can you beat a bear to death with your penis, though?

(Darth Foxtrot A one-man army dedicated to making fetch happen, Mon 8 Aug 2011, 13:31, Reply)

Yeah... of course
Oh hang on...
beat a bear to death with your penis cry-wank over my tragic life
^that
( tangledupinblue hairy badge with moving eyes, Mon 8 Aug 2011, 13:39, Reply)

*feels your pain*
I'm running a pool on what the first strikethrough-based response to this will be
(Darth Foxtrot A one-man army dedicated to making fetch happen, Mon 8 Aug 2011, 13:44, Reply)

*looks afraid*
*looks very, very afraid*
(Darth Foxtrot A one-man army dedicated to making fetch happen, Mon 8 Aug 2011, 13:21, Reply)

I don't get angry often, but when I do...
My friend described me as taking 'the nuclear option'. I did a lot of tracing the bitch involved, too and pestering her on MSN (stopped short of calling her at work, although I did talk to her at one point. She said "yes, but think how I feel") and generally making it known amongst his 'friends' that he was not to be trusted.

By the afternoon I felt sad
( Citizen Cavy Admires your passion for conformity, Mon 8 Aug 2011, 13:27, Reply)

Must have been fucking horrible for you
I am NEVER spilling your pint, in other news
(Darth Foxtrot A one-man army dedicated to making fetch happen, Mon 8 Aug 2011, 13:30, Reply)

yeah, it sucked
but it was 3 years ago, now, so it's just a story and life is better
( Citizen Cavy Admires your passion for conformity, Mon 8 Aug 2011, 13:31, Reply)

Good attitude
Takes some points
(Darth Foxtrot A one-man army dedicated to making fetch happen, Mon 8 Aug 2011, 13:38, Reply)

I love Warhammer.
But I'm far too conscious of how much I'd have the piss ripped out of me if I ever got seen walking in or out of a Games Workshop. A looting of the one in Bromley could give me an opportunity to get in there wearing a mask and not be seen.
(Barry from Eastenders is, despite the words written above, not a woman, Mon 8 Aug 2011, 12:59, Reply)

i can't stand them
I don't do that shit at all. My stupid ex filled the house with those bastard models.
( Citizen Cavy Admires your passion for conformity, Mon 8 Aug 2011, 13:00, Reply)

Fucking hell, this is a shock!

( Agnostic Antichrist Baltimora, Mon 8 Aug 2011, 13:01, Reply)

I had shitloads of Necrons when I was about thirteen.
I think I stopped when I realised girls' fannies do not get moist at the sight of you playing with plastic figurines and dice.
(Barry from Eastenders is, despite the words written above, not a woman, Mon 8 Aug 2011, 13:08, Reply)

Haha
A friend of mine has started up again, and has once again stopped having any luck with women at all. He doesn't seem to see the correlation between the two!
( Agnostic Antichrist Baltimora, Mon 8 Aug 2011, 13:13, Reply)

I'd riot for breasts
I like breasts
( Peej, Mon 8 Aug 2011, 12:54, Reply)

I'd only do that if there was a good chance of being able to loot some breasts.

(Bazongaloid, Mon 8 Aug 2011, 12:57, Reply)

would that be before or after you smashed the back doors in?

( the mighty badger Aphrodite, on a bar stool, by your side, Mon 8 Aug 2011, 13:14, Reply)

YES

( broadsword, Mon 8 Aug 2011, 13:16, Reply)

Got caught in a riot at Morfa Stadium
Stereophonics gig, Cardiff vs Swansea fans. Lovely valley boys. Got hit over the back of the head with a vodka bottle for "being English"

good times.
( the mighty badger Aphrodite, on a bar stool, by your side, Mon 8 Aug 2011, 13:06, Reply)

i live near there
you don't go out when it's a cardiff/swansea match
( Citizen Cavy Admires your passion for conformity, Mon 8 Aug 2011, 13:08, Reply)

We were camping somewhere near there on the coast afterwards
Nearly died when two pissed twats in a nicked transit decided to hammer round the field doing handbrake turns. They ran over the tent but we just managed to get out beforehand.

I'm amazed I don't think the Welsh are all total cunts to be honest. Oh wait, maybe I do.
( the mighty badger Aphrodite, on a bar stool, by your side, Mon 8 Aug 2011, 13:11, Reply)

nice
that's surprising if it was gower way, it's posher there. Mind you, scary nasty chavs have cars, too :(
( Citizen Cavy Admires your passion for conformity, Mon 8 Aug 2011, 13:15, Reply)

It was a while ago
but it was somewhere near Porthcawl I think. Which wasn't the most salubrious of places back then. In hindsight, we should have tried harder to ooh, say, kick their fucking heads in, but stoned beach bums aren't that scary to stella'd up valley boys, it turns out.
( the mighty badger Aphrodite, on a bar stool, by your side, Mon 8 Aug 2011, 13:18, Reply)

porthcawl, eh?
Ok, well that makes more sense. Learn for next time
( Citizen Cavy Admires your passion for conformity, Mon 8 Aug 2011, 13:22, Reply)

I did
this was over 10 years ago and I've never been back.
( the mighty badger Aphrodite, on a bar stool, by your side, Mon 8 Aug 2011, 13:23, Reply)

I was in Tesco in Ponty on Saturday
it was how I imagined Hell to be.
( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Mon 8 Aug 2011, 13:20, Reply)

Full of Van-Driving Justin Bieber impersonaters with bits of carpet glued to their chins?

(Bazongaloid, Mon 8 Aug 2011, 13:30, Reply)

much much worse if you can believe it

( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Mon 8 Aug 2011, 13:31, Reply)

Vipros has got a van, you know

( tangledupinblue hairy badge with moving eyes, Mon 8 Aug 2011, 13:34, Reply)

That's the joke

( Amberl was stripey and dominated Europe, Mon 8 Aug 2011, 13:37, Reply)

Vipros looks a bit like Justin Bie...
oh fergeddit.
( tangledupinblue hairy badge with moving eyes, Mon 8 Aug 2011, 13:40, Reply)

Despicable, shameful behaviour
Really badge, I didn't have you pegged as a Stereophonics fan - you should be ashamed.
( tangledupinblue hairy badge with moving eyes, Mon 8 Aug 2011, 13:18, Reply)

I'm not, really
was camping along the Gower peninsula and skimboarding. We found out they were playing the last gig at Morfa so we went along for a laugh, thinking it would be a good atmosphere.

It wasn't. And they came on stage to a montage of famous Welsh rugby victories over the English. Shortest band intro ever....
( the mighty badger Aphrodite, on a bar stool, by your side, Mon 8 Aug 2011, 13:21, Reply)

I recall being in a pub in Cardiff
I think there were 3 of english people in there, including me, and England beat Wales 50-10 in the 6 Nations. It was terrifying
( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Mon 8 Aug 2011, 13:23, Reply)

and Cardiff is probably the safest town in South Wales.
It's a pity, it would be a lovely place without the Welsh.
( the mighty badger Aphrodite, on a bar stool, by your side, Mon 8 Aug 2011, 13:25, Reply)

the same could be said of a lot of places though

( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Mon 8 Aug 2011, 13:30, Reply)

Still quite shameful though
I would have accepted:
a) I was only there to pelt Kelly Jones with bottles containing my piss.
b) as above, but with human excrement.
( tangledupinblue hairy badge with moving eyes, Mon 8 Aug 2011, 13:33, Reply)

I'm about to riot over the lack of food here.
alt: weiner lol
( Lisette von Falcon, Mon 8 Aug 2011, 13:33, Reply)

me too!
Though there is talk of 'Subway' after two o'clock, if I can keep from starving until then.

Wiener is a funny name for a politician, because it sounds like a penis. and he did something naughty with his penis.
( b3th Not shit. Not mod., Mon 8 Aug 2011, 13:39, Reply)

it will be 2 in twenty minutes won't it?
that's not too long

most men do, they're naughty boys
( Lisette von Falcon, Mon 8 Aug 2011, 13:42, Reply)

Yeah, I might be able to last that long without dying.
Men, as you say, do.

Luckily I got mr b3th when he was old and past that sort of malarkey. Apparently he was a scandalous hoor in his youth. I keep getting told the story of 'the day I had three women in one day'. He's a catch, taht one.
( b3th Not shit. Not mod., Mon 8 Aug 2011, 13:45, Reply)

your husband was a skank
most men are, to be fair
( Lisette von Falcon, Mon 8 Aug 2011, 13:47, Reply)

I'm not sure they are, to be honest
I think I would say 'most men would love to have the opportunity to be a skank, and would probably take it if they thought they could get away with it'.
( b3th Not shit. Not mod., Mon 8 Aug 2011, 13:48, Reply)

you would be correct

( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Mon 8 Aug 2011, 14:03, Reply)

If I was left in a room with K-Swizz I'd be the biggest skank the world has ever seen.

(Bazongaloid, Mon 8 Aug 2011, 14:04, Reply)