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I saw on the cover of Ok, or some such shit, that Peter Andre can't get it up. Any volunteers to help? Would you tell the world that your winky/vag didn't work if you were paid for it?

alt: trade unions are cunts aren't they?
( Naked Ape call me Caitlyn, Wed 26 Oct 2011, 15:53, 207 replies, latest was 14 years ago)

Yeah, I heard today that the only reason the economuy isn't growing is because
you're not allowed to sack people at a moments notice. It must be true it was on the news and all sort.
(Bazongaloid, Wed 26 Oct 2011, 15:54, Reply)

Yeah and because that's the case there's been a massive increase in tempoary workers.
There has been a large scale increase in temporary workers hasn't there?
(PsychoChomp, Wed 26 Oct 2011, 15:56, Reply)

I don't know. I don't know how to follow up question like that when they occur in my brain so I rely on the people on BBC breakfast to do that for me
and if they don't then I punch myself in the ear until I stop thinking about things like that.
(Bazongaloid, Wed 26 Oct 2011, 16:00, Reply)

I like it on BBC breakfast when one of them makes a mistake and gets flustered
I laugh about that and then talk to people about that at work.
(PsychoChomp, Wed 26 Oct 2011, 16:01, Reply)

This morning the man in the suit who I respect because he weats a suit played with a light saber toy
and the women played with a dog that was meant to shit on the table, but it didn't shit on the table and they laughed and she has a face like the back end of a bus.
(Bazongaloid, Wed 26 Oct 2011, 16:06, Reply)

You'll find little support for that law on here...

( Naked Ape call me Caitlyn, Wed 26 Oct 2011, 15:56, Reply)

you definitely shouldn't be able to sack people at a moment's notice
but on the other hand, unions make it damn near impossible to sack people who are utterly useless at their jobs. There's got to be some kind of better balance than we currently have.

Also, for all the positive things about unions, one quick dose of RMT and the most left-wing yoghurt knitter starts secretly praying for the return of Thatcher.
( the mighty badger Aphrodite, on a bar stool, by your side, Wed 26 Oct 2011, 16:01, Reply)

If you weren't so obsessed with celebrity penis
you would realise that they're talking about him performing on stage, not in the bedroom.
(Himjim died a little more inside on, Wed 26 Oct 2011, 15:56, Reply)

Why are you so interested in Peter Andre's bits?

( Amberl was stripey and dominated Europe, Wed 26 Oct 2011, 15:58, Reply)

it's his quest.
To ensure turgidity for all Z-list fucktards before nightfall.
( the mighty badger Aphrodite, on a bar stool, by your side, Wed 26 Oct 2011, 16:02, Reply)

I wouldn't be surprised
I heard he's been arrested twice for sneaking under Craig David's covers for a 'check'
( Amberl was stripey and dominated Europe, Wed 26 Oct 2011, 16:04, Reply)

Craig David lives in a hotel in Miami alone
some young Radio 1 bint suggested tyhis was awesome, it's nbot it makes him Alan Partridge with more money and a better tan
( Naked Ape call me Caitlyn, Wed 26 Oct 2011, 16:06, Reply)

no, but i doubt i'd be famous
alt:no, but we've done this conversation before
( Citizen Cavy Admires your passion for conformity, Wed 26 Oct 2011, 16:00, Reply)

no interest whatsoever in Peter Andre, I have no idea what other women see in him
I hope my fanny never gives up the ghost, but if it did the only person I would tell is a doctor
(Quinton had to abandon other account as i broke it, Wed 26 Oct 2011, 16:00, Reply)

Unions can play an important role in protecting employees.
Union leaders on the other hand tend to be massive cunts. EG: Bob Crow.
( Fucking hell Jeff I am not a robot, Wed 26 Oct 2011, 16:00, Reply)

Name me another union leader who is a massive cunt?

(Bazongaloid, Wed 26 Oct 2011, 16:02, Reply)

I think Bob Crow is enough cunt for all of us.

( the mighty badger Aphrodite, on a bar stool, by your side, Wed 26 Oct 2011, 16:02, Reply)

The BA one

( Naked Ape call me Caitlyn, Wed 26 Oct 2011, 16:04, Reply)

I don't have a problem with him.
Change union to corporation and members to shareholders.
Then he's done a great job increasing the value for the shareholders, it's at the expense of the public I agree but compare that to any other utility provider like BP or British gas, they make massive profits for their shareholders at the cost of the public and no one wants their job abolished and corporations banned in law.

/made this argument here before.
(PsychoChomp, Wed 26 Oct 2011, 16:05, Reply)

But he's on telly all the time and speaks like he does
rather than sit behind the scenes and talks posh so obviously, awful man.
(PsychoChomp, Wed 26 Oct 2011, 16:09, Reply)

It's a poor argument for many, many reasons
but just at the basic levle, because you can't make the changes you have done with union/corporation etc. Because there is no competition in the union sector. Consequently, the public's choice is "accept RMT's blackmail or don't travel" as opposed to "accept British Gas raising the prices or switch to another provider".

Crow and RMT rely on holding the country to hostage because they KNOW there is no alternative for the public. Ergo, blackmailing cunts.
( the mighty badger Aphrodite, on a bar stool, by your side, Wed 26 Oct 2011, 16:22, Reply)

Some tube drivers salaries will rise to over £50k next year

( Naked Ape call me Caitlyn, Wed 26 Oct 2011, 16:25, Reply)

I wonder how he's taking the prospect of driverless tube trains within ten years

( Light In Chains maker of the ikea sofa, Wed 26 Oct 2011, 16:25, Reply)

Three lines in london already run fully auto, or at least are able to.
they just have drivers in because PR surverys suggest the public are more comfortable with a train that has someone sat at the front in a uniform.
( the mighty badger Aphrodite, on a bar stool, by your side, Wed 26 Oct 2011, 16:26, Reply)

Knowing there's some fat wanker sat playing snake on his phone isn't really all that comforting.
They'll be out for ages over the Health and Safety implications whenever it is rolled out.
( Light In Chains maker of the ikea sofa, Wed 26 Oct 2011, 16:32, Reply)

there are no words for how much of a cock bob crow actually is
dammit rory, i was just going to say that!

hopefully he'll be dead by then. you know. of a heart attack. only when he calls for an ambulance, they're all on strike.
( rachelswipe with a fork, Wed 26 Oct 2011, 16:25, Reply)

Hang on, you've really undermined your argument by comparing unions to utilities there.
You don't have a choice in utilities either, and you know it, the whole thing is as big a cartel as you think the unions are.
(Bazongaloid, Wed 26 Oct 2011, 16:26, Reply)

Well, you might have a bit of a point
although you still have a choice, even if it's a minor one.

That doesn't in the slightest bit negate my argument, though, but I can't be arsed to go and change "british gas" to "tesco" so humour me, eh?
( the mighty badger Aphrodite, on a bar stool, by your side, Wed 26 Oct 2011, 16:28, Reply)

No, you don't have a choice, and even if you change it to Tesco, you still don't really have a choice.
Didn't you hear about that report recently where they said the only way you could save money was if you had never ever changed suppliers, if you had, then there was nothing significant between the different utility suppliers.

It's the same as "competition" in the railways, it doesn't exist.

And since Tesco and the other major supermarkets have the stranglehold on most suppliers, the actual difference between them is really minimal, the only way you would make serious savings is to change how you plan your food shopping.
(Bazongaloid, Wed 26 Oct 2011, 16:36, Reply)

if you say so. I think you're being overly tinfoil hatted, myself
either way it doesn't change the incorrectness of the original analogy
( the mighty badger Aphrodite, on a bar stool, by your side, Wed 26 Oct 2011, 16:40, Reply)

I think it's a useful analogy,
because it compares something that is seen as very left wing to something that is right wing. From that you can see the difference in reaction. Anyway an analogy doesn't have to be perfect, it wasn't a direct comparison
(PsychoChomp, Wed 26 Oct 2011, 16:43, Reply)

no, it doesn't have to be perfect, but it has to have some accuracy.

( the mighty badger Aphrodite, on a bar stool, by your side, Wed 26 Oct 2011, 16:45, Reply)

Also, you "think" the unions are?
You're seriously suggesting that RMT aren't holding London to ransom every time they strike?
( the mighty badger Aphrodite, on a bar stool, by your side, Wed 26 Oct 2011, 16:30, Reply)

I never suggested they weren't
but as Chompy says, the point of the union is to get the best deal for it's members, and it does that very well.

If you were a member of the union, you'd probably be quite pleased with them.
(Bazongaloid, Wed 26 Oct 2011, 16:34, Reply)

yeah, but chompy's analogy is poor.
and you know it.

And, worryingly for me, I'm in the kind of profession that most needs the protection of a union but I'm not a member precisely because of the kind of cuntery that RMT and occasionally others perform. So, I'm not sure I would be pleased, because I'm not an utterly selfish arsehole.
( the mighty badger Aphrodite, on a bar stool, by your side, Wed 26 Oct 2011, 16:36, Reply)

No, if you think you need union help and you don't join then you're a fool.
You label unions as selfish aresholes, but you don't think that employers should be able to just fire anyone at a whim. But can't you see that without the threat that unions wouldn't stand for it, the government would happily remove all employment law that benefits the worker over the employer.
(Bazongaloid, Wed 26 Oct 2011, 16:45, Reply)

It's not a black and white argument.
There are unions that work perfectly well without striking at the drop of a hat, for instance. Unions do, as you point out, exist to look after their member's interest. The problem is when they do it to the direct detriment of everyone apart from their members.
( the mighty badger Aphrodite, on a bar stool, by your side, Wed 26 Oct 2011, 16:49, Reply)

I would say that the people who are meant to consider every side of the argument
would be the government, the union is only meant to consider one side.
(Bazongaloid, Wed 26 Oct 2011, 16:52, Reply)

so, following that logic, you think then it's acceptable for the RMT to take more public money for tube drivers
leaving, say, UNISON unable to get more for nurses or teachers, simply because a tube strike is a more powerful driver, because of the financial damage it does to the economy?

There's only a fixed amount of money. Do you think it's acceptable by the union ethos to fuck over others in the same position simply because they, effectively, have a bigger threatning sword?

And before you say that's the governments problem to find more money - In an ideal world, you'd be entirely correct, but we aren't in an ideal world - you totally accept that when it comes to competition/monopoly of corporations so presumely you accept that here, too?
( the mighty badger Aphrodite, on a bar stool, by your side, Wed 26 Oct 2011, 17:00, Reply)

I don't accept it when it comes to corporations, so that's your argument kicked into a hat.
We're coming at this from different sides, I know you're a lot more right wing that me, certainly when it comes to economics, so it's not surprising we're disagreeing about this.

The government should, in an ideal world, regulate corporations to ensure proper competition (energy suppliers is a good example where I think stronger regulation is needed) and they should negotiate with the unions to ensure that the unions don't use their powers unfairly.

The difference here is that I don't believe the unions are using their powers unfairly, you do, and we aren't going to resolve that, so we might as well stop.
(Bazongaloid, Wed 26 Oct 2011, 17:05, Reply)

Sorry, I meant you accept it happens
not that you accept it's fair. You do accept it happens, you just said so down there.

But otherwise, yes, spot on. Anyway, Chompy's played the Godwin card, so we can shake hands and settle down with our pints. Well played all round.
( the mighty badger Aphrodite, on a bar stool, by your side, Wed 26 Oct 2011, 17:08, Reply)

Good game.

(Bazongaloid, Wed 26 Oct 2011, 17:09, Reply)

Were I a member of the RMT
I would struggle to look my employers - by which I mean the long-suffering public - in the eye. They are fucking cunts.
( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Wed 26 Oct 2011, 16:52, Reply)

Well there is internal competition for unions,
and there is no law saying that people working on the underground have to join the RMT or any union.
And it's not as simple as don't travel, it's don't travel as easily. And the idea that if Centrica put their prices up EDF, E.ON and npower won't follow just simply doesn't happen.
(PsychoChomp, Wed 26 Oct 2011, 16:29, Reply)

Consumers have a choice with corporations, no matter how tinfoil hatted you and Al want to get about it.
There is only one public transport system in London. Remove it or hamper it and the public has nothing else to turn to. It's a piss poor analogy and you know it.

If you want an accurate corporation comparison by your analogy of RMT strike action, it would be like British Gas cutting off your personal gas supply until the goverment agreed to pay their shareholders more for supplying the gas.
( the mighty badger Aphrodite, on a bar stool, by your side, Wed 26 Oct 2011, 16:34, Reply)

It's not tinfoil hats
it's six massive corporations who, even if they aren't actually sharing price information, still all keep their prices virtually the same (must be magic).
(Bazongaloid, Wed 26 Oct 2011, 16:37, Reply)

They don't have to share them in secret backroom meetings, all their prices are published.

(PsychoChomp, Wed 26 Oct 2011, 16:40, Reply)

Jesus fucking wept
OK, yeah, the world is secretly controlled by a giant lizard cartel who fix the price of everything. Fine. I'm still a little unsure as how this makes the original analogy anything less than wrong?
( the mighty badger Aphrodite, on a bar stool, by your side, Wed 26 Oct 2011, 16:42, Reply)

You keep banging on about it being an analogy, so I'll counter your claim that it was wrong with
IT WAS A FUCKING ANALOGY!
(PsychoChomp, Wed 26 Oct 2011, 16:45, Reply)

it was a shit analogy.

( the mighty badger Aphrodite, on a bar stool, by your side, Wed 26 Oct 2011, 16:49, Reply)

It's a reasonable comparison between two things that are similar, but not identical.

(Bazongaloid, Wed 26 Oct 2011, 16:50, Reply)

There's not much point continuing if you start throwing around "tinfoil hats".
There has been a government report out that has shown that there is no significant difference between what you pay between different gas and electricity companies, and that they are actively trying to make it confusing for the consumer.

Now, that is just capitalism in action, I'm not saying it's a conspiracy, it's just how big corporations work, they want to take as much money off people as possible, and they do that by maboozeling the customer and relying on them not noticing that prices are creeping up, they don't have to conspire together.

The fact that all the prices are the same simply demonstrates that there is no competition in the market.

But I disagree, the analogy isn't wrong, the union exists to help it's members. It's members are doing well so the union is doing it's job.

Corporations exist to make money for shareholders, they make money any way the legally (or illegally if the punishment means it's more cost effective) can.

Large corporations will do anything they can to avoid any more regulation, which is why the CBI always pipe up when anyone talks about it.
(Bazongaloid, Wed 26 Oct 2011, 16:50, Reply)

If there was only one supplier
they would charge much more. That's also capitalism in action. the prices all being the same might indicate not enough competion. It doesn't indicate none. The choices might be minimal, but there is some choice. There is, however, no option/competition/choice/call it what the fuck you like for "people who drive tube trains in london".

Nothing about the rest of what you've said is untrue, and I'm not going to argue with it at all, but it's got nowt to do with the original point.
( the mighty badger Aphrodite, on a bar stool, by your side, Wed 26 Oct 2011, 16:55, Reply)

Irrespective of the original point, which is being addressed above,
your cries of "tinfoil hat" are totally unjustified.
(Bazongaloid, Wed 26 Oct 2011, 17:00, Reply)

you were using a debatable minor inaccuracy in an otherwise perfectly valid point
to deflect the direction of the discussion. I just went for a throwaway game-upper.
( the mighty badger Aphrodite, on a bar stool, by your side, Wed 26 Oct 2011, 17:02, Reply)

The sort of thing the Nazi's did.

(PsychoChomp, Wed 26 Oct 2011, 17:04, Reply)

YES!
You totally win. I've been waiting for this for ten minutes. This is the problem with internet debate. It can only be settled by Godwin's Law.
( the mighty badger Aphrodite, on a bar stool, by your side, Wed 26 Oct 2011, 17:06, Reply)

No I didn't
I've continued the original discussion elsewhere, I just take umbridge at your unjustified attempt to portray me as an idiot for believing in non existent conspiracies.
(Bazongaloid, Wed 26 Oct 2011, 17:06, Reply)

I don't actually regard tinfoil hat as an insult, at least certainly not of intelligence.
maybe of perspective occasionally. Anyway, I hereby withdraw any previous accusations of a foil or lizard nature.
( the mighty badger Aphrodite, on a bar stool, by your side, Wed 26 Oct 2011, 17:12, Reply)

I stand by my comment about my friends in British Gas.

(Bazongaloid, Wed 26 Oct 2011, 17:12, Reply)

there's got to be some reason the cunts can never get my address right.

( the mighty badger Aphrodite, on a bar stool, by your side, Wed 26 Oct 2011, 17:15, Reply)

I keep on meaning to buy RobertCrowIsACock.com with a picture of him on a rooster's body and me singing cartman style.
Weeeeeelll... Robert Crow is a cock, he's a big fat cock, he's the biggest cock in whole god damn world, if ever there was a cock, robert would be that cock, he's the biggest cock to the boys and girls.
( G/PP 💩💩💩💩💩&#128, Wed 26 Oct 2011, 17:26, Reply)

Dave Prentis, General Secretary of Unison

( Fucking hell Jeff I am not a robot, Wed 26 Oct 2011, 16:11, Reply)

www.b3ta.com/questions/offtopic/post1406053
(Bazongaloid, Wed 26 Oct 2011, 16:14, Reply)

I was about to call you a lolwaki cunt until I realised you didn't say unicorns.

( G/PP 💩💩💩💩💩&#128, Wed 26 Oct 2011, 16:33, Reply)

Alt: No, they're important

(PsychoChomp, Wed 26 Oct 2011, 16:01, Reply)

like cancer?

( Naked Ape call me Caitlyn, Wed 26 Oct 2011, 16:02, Reply)

For holding "managers" to account.
It's another check and balance, increasing the stability of a large organisation which is good in the long run.
(PsychoChomp, Wed 26 Oct 2011, 16:07, Reply)

If I was in charge i'd make striking illegal

( Naked Ape call me Caitlyn, Wed 26 Oct 2011, 16:07, Reply)

ing ethroughs

No, I'm not sure what the joke is here either...
( tangledupinblue hairy badge with moving eyes, Wed 26 Oct 2011, 16:09, Reply)

Yeah, but that's because you're a fucking idiot.

(Bazongaloid, Wed 26 Oct 2011, 16:09, Reply)

Do that and see how long it is until every union member in the country goes on strike.

(PsychoChomp, Wed 26 Oct 2011, 16:11, Reply)

then they'd all be fired and sent to Australia to be replaced with newly trained workers with a clause in their contract promising not to strike

( Naked Ape call me Caitlyn, Wed 26 Oct 2011, 16:12, Reply)

Try getting that message out with the civil service and journalist unions on strike.
Or getting them in with immigration officials striking.
(PsychoChomp, Wed 26 Oct 2011, 16:13, Reply)

www.b3ta.com/questions/offtopic/post1406065
(Bazongaloid, Wed 26 Oct 2011, 16:13, Reply)

Are you deliberately being a twat?
Every person has the right to withdraw their labour.
( Fucking hell Jeff I am not a robot, Wed 26 Oct 2011, 16:14, Reply)

no you don't, you are paid to do a job, fucking do it and stop moaning
if you want to get paid more, stop being useless and get promoted, move to the private sector etc
( Naked Ape call me Caitlyn, Wed 26 Oct 2011, 16:15, Reply)

There was a guy on the radio this morngin, I think he was an injured soldier
and he may have written a book, but he was talking about the "unsung heroes" in afganistan, the mechanic who works 12 hours shifts in 50 degree heat, and said "then you hear about students and civil servants on strike and you think, they've not got is so bad, they should get on with their jobs".

I thought he was a stupid cunt.
(Bazongaloid, Wed 26 Oct 2011, 16:17, Reply)

ALL SOLDIERS ARE HEROS AND SHOULD ALWAYS BE AGREED WITH

( Naked Ape call me Caitlyn, Wed 26 Oct 2011, 16:19, Reply)

You're paid to do a job and you're given a contract, that's a two way thing.
You're not a slave to the employer, you're legally exchanging your labour for money within a set guideline.
(PsychoChomp, Wed 26 Oct 2011, 16:18, Reply)

Hang on, you can't have it both ways
either you accept that union leaders are required so that unions can actually exist, even if they occasionally inconvenience you when supporting their members interests, or you don't think unions are a good idea and therefore striking is just someone not turning up for work, which should be a sackable offence.
(Bazongaloid, Wed 26 Oct 2011, 16:15, Reply)

I support the right of any individual to belong to a union and believe that unions often do a good job in protecting the rights of employees.
There are certain union leaders, such as Bob Crow and Dave Prentis, who fuck me off.

They are more interested in politics than helping union members (yes I know that government policy directly impacts the rights of union members and the leaders role includes an element of political influence), see Prentis during the labour leadership election as an example.
( Fucking hell Jeff I am not a robot, Wed 26 Oct 2011, 16:20, Reply)

But they aren't are they, you only hear from them when there is a dispute
or when the government is trying to change the law to deprive their members of their rights, and they do a good job since their members are doing alright because of them.
(Bazongaloid, Wed 26 Oct 2011, 16:22, Reply)

Yes, but there is a very fine line with RMT between "actual dispute"
and "another flimsy reason to hold various parts of the country to ransom"
( the mighty badger Aphrodite, on a bar stool, by your side, Wed 26 Oct 2011, 16:25, Reply)

No, there is a very big line between "what the papers report as the reason for the strike"
and "what the actual reason for any given dispute is".

Since the papers never actually give the full facts you cannot possibly make that statement.
(Bazongaloid, Wed 26 Oct 2011, 16:28, Reply)

Since I have friends who have worked for LU
in a lot of cases, oh yes I can.

not all, I accept, but enough for me to be comfortable in RMT cuntishness.
( the mighty badger Aphrodite, on a bar stool, by your side, Wed 26 Oct 2011, 16:44, Reply)

Oh well, I know loads of people who work for British Gas and they said all the chief executives are lizards.

(Bazongaloid, Wed 26 Oct 2011, 16:53, Reply)

there you go, then.
you were right after all.
( the mighty badger Aphrodite, on a bar stool, by your side, Wed 26 Oct 2011, 17:03, Reply)

Told you.

(Bazongaloid, Wed 26 Oct 2011, 17:07, Reply)

A classic example of this is the seemingly-annual French air traffic controllers strike
timed just around oh let's see now...the start of the fucking summer holidays. Cunts.
(Reverend Fister "a disciplined fuckwit", Wed 26 Oct 2011, 16:28, Reply)

you can see this from the reactions to people in london
initially quite a few of them had sympathy with the tube drivers. but the RMT has called strikes too many times. people now look at their salaries, holidays, job security, and think, hmmmmm what the fuck are they whining about.

when if they had kept it for the really big issues, they'd still have more public support.
( rachelswipe with a fork, Wed 26 Oct 2011, 16:29, Reply)

They don't need public support, they aren'y there to represent the public
they are there to represent their members, and they do it well.
(Bazongaloid, Wed 26 Oct 2011, 16:32, Reply)

i meant the tube drivers
who are there to serve the public, whatever else you want to say.

london depends on the transport network, for people's jobs, social lives, tourism... all of which pump money into the economy.
( rachelswipe with a fork, Wed 26 Oct 2011, 16:48, Reply)

They'd get hungry and skint soon enough.

( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Wed 26 Oct 2011, 16:13, Reply)

Exactly

( Naked Ape call me Caitlyn, Wed 26 Oct 2011, 16:14, Reply)

But it is possible to get by for quite a while being hungry and skint, isn't it Monty?

( tangledupinblue hairy badge with moving eyes, Wed 26 Oct 2011, 16:17, Reply)

Fack orf.

( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Wed 26 Oct 2011, 16:20, Reply)

Hee hee hee

(Bazongaloid, Wed 26 Oct 2011, 16:22, Reply)

'Impotent'
Spellcheck!

Oh...
( scarpe We Stole Bikes, Wed 26 Oct 2011, 16:04, Reply)

My mate is in love with two schoolbags
He's bisatchel!
(Dad Joke, Wed 26 Oct 2011, 16:02, Reply)

Hmmmm, no that one isn't so good
can we have another please?
(Bazongaloid, Wed 26 Oct 2011, 16:02, Reply)

I was stealing things in the supermarket today while balanced on the shoulders of a couple of vampires
I was charged with shoplifting on two counts!
(Dad Joke, Wed 26 Oct 2011, 16:18, Reply)

you're sacked!

(Quinton had to abandon other account as i broke it, Wed 26 Oct 2011, 16:09, Reply)

Is this your boyfriend?

(PsychoChomp, Wed 26 Oct 2011, 16:14, Reply)

>:(

(Quinton had to abandon other account as i broke it, Wed 26 Oct 2011, 16:17, Reply)

Dinner at yours must be hilarious

(PsychoChomp, Wed 26 Oct 2011, 16:19, Reply)

Daddy issues? *puts tolken powder in hair*

( G/PP 💩💩💩💩💩&#128, Wed 26 Oct 2011, 17:08, Reply)

Alt: they keep banging on about unions at uni and how we should join now etc
They all seem as bad as each other to me.
( SteveFrench Cardio is for homo's. do you even lift bro?, Wed 26 Oct 2011, 16:05, Reply)

try the one that sells beer

( Naked Ape call me Caitlyn, Wed 26 Oct 2011, 16:08, Reply)

They won't matter to you soon
Once Gove has turned over all the schools to the private sector, they won't be recognising teaching unions.
( tangledupinblue hairy badge with moving eyes, Wed 26 Oct 2011, 16:08, Reply)

as a teacher you need to
if nothing else it covers you for if you get accused of something by a student...well unless you actual did nonce the kids up.
( Citizen Cavy Admires your passion for conformity, Wed 26 Oct 2011, 16:08, Reply)

as a teacher, you have to join the union that has the most members in your school,
so you might end up in Nasuwt. But then as a teacher, you should definitely be in a union in case of any allegations against you, then you'll be grateful of the legal support
(DeeDee, Wed 26 Oct 2011, 16:10, Reply)

No he won't, they're all as bad as each other, he can go it alone, he's like a cowboy. At least, he really likes cows, eating cows that is, eating entire cows until he needs to wear two pairs of trousers at once, one for each leg.

(Bazongaloid, Wed 26 Oct 2011, 16:13, Reply)

I'm not a spider you flid.
I didn't know you were a bald ginger, no wonder you're so angry all the time. Contradicted yourself much recently ginge?
( SteveFrench Cardio is for homo's. do you even lift bro?, Wed 26 Oct 2011, 16:14, Reply)

How many legs do you think a spider has?

( scarpe We Stole Bikes, Wed 26 Oct 2011, 16:15, Reply)

The children are doomed

( Naked Ape call me Caitlyn, Wed 26 Oct 2011, 16:17, Reply)

up to 8
are you discriminating against spiders who have less than eight legs? you lot need to not be so literal all the time and explore the possibilities. No wonder so many of you are bitter internet shut-ins.
( SteveFrench Cardio is for homo's. do you even lift bro?, Wed 26 Oct 2011, 16:18, Reply)

less fewer
( tangledupinblue hairy badge with moving eyes, Wed 26 Oct 2011, 16:20, Reply)

hahahahaha

( Naked Ape call me Caitlyn, Wed 26 Oct 2011, 16:21, Reply)

see only people on here give a fuck about that.

( SteveFrench Cardio is for homo's. do you even lift bro?, Wed 26 Oct 2011, 16:22, Reply)

You seem awfully uptight
Any thing we can do to help? Cup of tea? Massage? Play some soothing music?
( scarpe We Stole Bikes, Wed 26 Oct 2011, 16:23, Reply)

Provide a massive plate of food?

(Bazongaloid, Wed 26 Oct 2011, 16:25, Reply)

plate trough
( Naked Ape call me Caitlyn, Wed 26 Oct 2011, 16:28, Reply)

nah, I'm writing lesson plans for the difference between b and d. Trying to source resources in
a foreign country is a pain. Lesson sorted though.
( SteveFrench Cardio is for homo's. do you even lift bro?, Wed 26 Oct 2011, 16:32, Reply)

Ladies and Gentlemen, this is, sadly, the future of our education.
"Nah, don't worry about learning the correct grammar, nobody cares if you get it right or not, as long as it's near it's fine"
(Bazongaloid, Wed 26 Oct 2011, 16:24, Reply)

I have already raised my concerns here
www.b3ta.com/questions/offtopic/post1403967
( tangledupinblue hairy badge with moving eyes, Wed 26 Oct 2011, 16:25, Reply)

Those who can't, teach
those who can't teach work in recruitment
( Naked Ape call me Caitlyn, Wed 26 Oct 2011, 16:26, Reply)

no, those who can't teach become PE teachers
those who can't teach PE become recruiters.
(DeeDee, Wed 26 Oct 2011, 16:29, Reply)

And those that can't do that, become B3tans.

( scarpe We Stole Bikes, Wed 26 Oct 2011, 16:37, Reply)

"fewer" has one more letter in it. This is an important consideration when typing with a headstick.

( Fucking hell Jeff I am not a robot, Wed 26 Oct 2011, 16:27, Reply)

Not that I can recall.
Been morbidly obese recently?
(Bazongaloid, Wed 26 Oct 2011, 16:18, Reply)

not surprising really, you do tend to get caught up in your own sense of self importance
it must be hard to face reality sometimes.
( SteveFrench Cardio is for homo's. do you even lift bro?, Wed 26 Oct 2011, 16:21, Reply)

It must be really hard for you to fit in your clothes too.
Go on then, where have I contradicted myself recently then, since you've got yourself all worked up about it?
(Bazongaloid, Wed 26 Oct 2011, 16:24, Reply)

You've said i've been both funny and a fucking idiot

( Naked Ape call me Caitlyn, Wed 26 Oct 2011, 16:30, Reply)

But they aren't mutually exclusive, as my evidence I give you people with Downs.

(Bazongaloid, Wed 26 Oct 2011, 16:31, Reply)

hahahah POTD

( Naked Ape call me Caitlyn, Wed 26 Oct 2011, 16:36, Reply)

I couldn't care less Al but you seem to take great pleasure in me being fat and I enjoy the fact you
talk utter horse shit most of the time and play devils advocate just for a bit of attention. I'm losing weight, you're still a douche.
( SteveFrench Cardio is for homo's. do you even lift bro?, Wed 26 Oct 2011, 16:34, Reply)

There there tubster.
There there.
(Bazongaloid, Wed 26 Oct 2011, 16:38, Reply)

I never knew you were stupid, you haven't even worked out the Kristine thing which amuses me.

( SteveFrench Cardio is for homo's. do you even lift bro?, Wed 26 Oct 2011, 16:48, Reply)

OMG! Do you know her! Did you tell her not to drive 5 hours to come and meet me!
Wow Andy, that's fucking brilliant if you did, you managed to make no difference to my holiday plans at all if that's what happened.

Go on, play the smug superior card, tell me what I should have "worked out", make me feel small.
(Bazongaloid, Wed 26 Oct 2011, 16:55, Reply)

Other than by standing next to me.

(Bazongaloid, Wed 26 Oct 2011, 16:55, Reply)

'I'm losing weight, you're still a douche'
That's Churchill, if I'm not mistaken?
( scarpe We Stole Bikes, Wed 26 Oct 2011, 16:51, Reply)

that's the rub of it yeah, it's like picking the gas chamber or the firing squad.

( SteveFrench Cardio is for homo's. do you even lift bro?, Wed 26 Oct 2011, 16:13, Reply)

and it costs alot as well.
After a few years, it might be worth beating/noncing a kid up just to get your money's worth out of the subs
(DeeDee, Wed 26 Oct 2011, 16:15, Reply)

What about if we beat up the parents?

( SteveFrench Cardio is for homo's. do you even lift bro?, Wed 26 Oct 2011, 16:22, Reply)

go for it. Or punch the most unpopular teacher at the school, you'll be a hero

(DeeDee, Wed 26 Oct 2011, 16:24, Reply)

myself?

( SteveFrench Cardio is for homo's. do you even lift bro?, Wed 26 Oct 2011, 16:34, Reply)

haha

(DeeDee, Wed 26 Oct 2011, 16:38, Reply)

Which union covers your prostitution?

( Light In Chains maker of the ikea sofa, Wed 26 Oct 2011, 16:15, Reply)

Didn't one of the big unions recently incorporate a sex-workers union?

( tangledupinblue hairy badge with moving eyes, Wed 26 Oct 2011, 16:19, Reply)

Ask DeeDee
They hopefully cover drugs mules and gangster molls as well
( Light In Chains maker of the ikea sofa, Wed 26 Oct 2011, 16:22, Reply)

The International Union of Sex Workers became part of the GMB a few years ago.

( Fucking hell Jeff I am not a robot, Wed 26 Oct 2011, 16:22, Reply)

There will definitely be some allegations at some point. Trust me.

( Fucking hell Jeff I am not a robot, Wed 26 Oct 2011, 16:15, Reply)

Ha ha, "I'll make sure of it"

(PsychoChomp, Wed 26 Oct 2011, 16:16, Reply)

I wish I liked the taste of honey
if I did I'd make this home.earthlink.net/~smcclune/stewpot/recipe_savillum.html
( Amberl was stripey and dominated Europe, Wed 26 Oct 2011, 16:08, Reply)

I suspect the oleaginous oompa-loompa has some history of steroid abuse.

( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Wed 26 Oct 2011, 16:12, Reply)

I just got the company wide forced fun
'Hey guys, lets all be LOL WAKI and do a team Mowvember' email.

I said no.
( scarpe We Stole Bikes, Wed 26 Oct 2011, 16:12, Reply)

W OUT OF FUCKING NOWHERE

(Himjim died a little more inside on, Wed 26 Oct 2011, 16:20, Reply)

I'm about 10 conversations behind today.

( scarpe We Stole Bikes, Wed 26 Oct 2011, 16:22, Reply)

what do you have for lunch?

( Naked Ape call me Caitlyn, Wed 26 Oct 2011, 16:29, Reply)

I saw a bloke in a T-shirt that said "I'm A Cunt"

( scarpe We Stole Bikes, Wed 26 Oct 2011, 16:40, Reply)

Doesn't sound very filling.

( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Wed 26 Oct 2011, 16:41, Reply)

Yes, he is, he admitted it on 'This Morning'

( scarpe We Stole Bikes, Wed 26 Oct 2011, 16:52, Reply)

So Winehouse was 5 x over the limit when she croaked.
All that 'oh no she'd stopped all that' stuff was bullshit. What a surprise. I'm met her ex-husband who is a total, total prick, and been served by her in the Hawley Arms, she seemed fucking deranged and extremely common but basically nice.

In other 3rd-rate namedrop news, I was at a party for a pal's clothing business about a year ago, and there was a live PA by a sweaty ginger cunt who sounded like Craig David. He was shit but a very pleasant young chap. I realised that for the first time in my life I was outnumbered by gingers as my pal Yeti, my other pal Shaun and this boy were all rangas.

I saw this boy in the paper yesterday - his name is Ed Sheeran and I understand he's doing rather well for himself. He's shit.
( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Wed 26 Oct 2011, 17:00, Reply)

I saw Peter Mandleson on the train to london on monday.
Suck my namedropping dick.
(PsychoChomp, Wed 26 Oct 2011, 17:04, Reply)

(gay)LORD Mandelson, please.

( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Wed 26 Oct 2011, 17:04, Reply)

He was sitting in first class with a seat next to him
while I was pressed up against the door without a seat. HOW THE OTHER HALF LIVE EH BOYCE?
(PsychoChomp, Wed 26 Oct 2011, 17:07, Reply)

the better half

( Naked Ape call me Caitlyn, Wed 26 Oct 2011, 17:09, Reply)

Weirdly I saw Portillo on one the other day.
I know he does that 'Great Railway Journeys' show, but i don't think Shoeburyness to Fenchurch Street counts.
( scarpe We Stole Bikes, Wed 26 Oct 2011, 17:06, Reply)

She may have been 4x the limit, but according to the report I read
her minder said she hadn't had anything to drink for a while, until the day before she died.
I reckon it was one last, massive splurge that did her in.

Ed Sheeran sounds like a girl
(Quinton had to abandon other account as i broke it, Wed 26 Oct 2011, 17:04, Reply)

Live, he sounds almost identical to Craig David. This is not a good thing, in my opinion.

( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Wed 26 Oct 2011, 17:05, Reply)

You've been to see Craig David live?
it's all coming out now...
(Quinton had to abandon other account as i broke it, Wed 26 Oct 2011, 17:06, Reply)

According to the report I read
hahahahahhahhhaaahahha I'm joking I don't bother to read that sort of bollocks.
(PsychoChomp, Wed 26 Oct 2011, 17:06, Reply)

I work for the coroner's, it's my job to read those things

not really
(Quinton had to abandon other account as i broke it, Wed 26 Oct 2011, 17:07, Reply)

Your name is lies.
That's sad.

:(
( scarpe We Stole Bikes, Wed 26 Oct 2011, 17:08, Reply)

but I told the truth, the name still stands!

(Quinton had to abandon other account as i broke it, Wed 26 Oct 2011, 17:11, Reply)

'alcohol poisoning after a period of abstinence'
So not bullshit. It's hard.

There but for the grace of god, etc.
( scarpe We Stole Bikes, Wed 26 Oct 2011, 17:05, Reply)

Chong has offered to hand himself in according to BBC breaking news.

( SteveFrench Cardio is for homo's. do you even lift bro?, Wed 26 Oct 2011, 17:05, Reply)

they're now saying no confirmation.
Make your mind up bbc
( SteveFrench Cardio is for homo's. do you even lift bro?, Wed 26 Oct 2011, 17:08, Reply)

FREE TOMMY CHONG!

( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Wed 26 Oct 2011, 17:51, Reply)

She was a great advert for perscribing crack on the NHS to fatties

( Naked Ape call me Caitlyn, Wed 26 Oct 2011, 17:07, Reply)

I think fatties have plenty of crack

( Amberl was stripey and dominated Europe, Wed 26 Oct 2011, 17:15, Reply)

I saw Amy Winehouse at the bowling alley in Finsbury Park

(Bazongaloid, Wed 26 Oct 2011, 17:09, Reply)

I've been to Finsbury Park twice.

(PsychoChomp, Wed 26 Oct 2011, 17:09, Reply)

She used to go to 'Dragons' gym in Muswell Hill
She was shit at everything
( Light In Chains maker of the ikea sofa, Wed 26 Oct 2011, 17:10, Reply)

How can you be shit at a gym?

(Bazongaloid, Wed 26 Oct 2011, 17:13, Reply)

probably tried to rollerskate on dumbells

( the mighty badger Aphrodite, on a bar stool, by your side, Wed 26 Oct 2011, 17:14, Reply)

I'm picturing her tying them to her feet with garden string.

(Bazongaloid, Wed 26 Oct 2011, 17:15, Reply)

Maybe she tried running on the cross trainer
Bitch be trippin
( Naked Ape call me Caitlyn, Wed 26 Oct 2011, 17:14, Reply)

oh fuckin hell
I laughed at this so I'm afraid I'm going to have to kill myself now.
( the mighty badger Aphrodite, on a bar stool, by your side, Wed 26 Oct 2011, 17:16, Reply)

That's two days in a row Badger, are you feeling quite alright?

( Naked Ape call me Caitlyn, Wed 26 Oct 2011, 17:17, Reply)

it's no wonder he was cross!

(Quinton had to abandon other account as i broke it, Wed 26 Oct 2011, 17:16, Reply)

I couldn't play rugby the other day because of the rain
Pitches be drippin'
(Quintno EXPERIMENT RUINED CANCELLED, LEFT 4EVER, Wed 26 Oct 2011, 17:18, Reply)

I was walking along the edge of a field and I got completely stuck in a hollow that ran adjacent to the hedgerow
Ditches be grippin'
(Bazongaloid, Wed 26 Oct 2011, 17:19, Reply)

I was watching the opening scene of Macbeth when I realised the actors were actually making toffee apples on stage.
Witches be dippin'
(Bazongaloid, Wed 26 Oct 2011, 17:20, Reply)

I saw a gymnast with tourettes the other day
twitches be fliipin
( Naked Ape call me Caitlyn, Wed 26 Oct 2011, 17:23, Reply)

I'm trying to install new lighting, but can't get them on properly
switches be slippin'
(Quintno EXPERIMENT RUINED CANCELLED, LEFT 4EVER, Wed 26 Oct 2011, 17:23, Reply)

Harry Potter's been having a difficult time at quidditch lately
snitches be flippin'
(Quintno EXPERIMENT RUINED CANCELLED, LEFT 4EVER, Wed 26 Oct 2011, 17:24, Reply)

I was playing Warhammer with my buddies when the GM told us that two lords of the underworld were swinging a rope between them while a third jumped over it
Liches by Skippin'
(Bazongaloid, Wed 26 Oct 2011, 17:25, Reply)

WTF?

(Quintno EXPERIMENT RUINED CANCELLED, LEFT 4EVER, Wed 26 Oct 2011, 17:27, Reply)

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lich
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jump_rope
(Bazongaloid, Wed 26 Oct 2011, 17:29, Reply)

Alright Quentin, give us a link to your big and srs news, I can't be arsed going back over the threads

( Light In Chains maker of the ikea sofa, Wed 26 Oct 2011, 17:20, Reply)

alright, just wait here while I find it

(Quintno EXPERIMENT RUINED CANCELLED, LEFT 4EVER, Wed 26 Oct 2011, 17:22, Reply)

Make it quick I've got a big business meeting to go to in five minutes

( Light In Chains maker of the ikea sofa, Wed 26 Oct 2011, 17:23, Reply)

almost there, jsut gimme a sec

(Quintno EXPERIMENT RUINED CANCELLED, LEFT 4EVER, Wed 26 Oct 2011, 17:25, Reply)

Zero effort, she'd walk for a bit on the running machine and then go for a tab break
-E must try harder
( Light In Chains maker of the ikea sofa, Wed 26 Oct 2011, 17:15, Reply)

that'll be why she sang
"you know, I'm no good"
(Quinton had to abandon other account as i broke it, Wed 26 Oct 2011, 17:14, Reply)