i think this might make up some good potential debate.....
uk.news.yahoo.com/nandos-feature-colonel-gaddafi-and-saddam-hussein-in-controversial-advert.html

For those who don't wanna go to the article, it's a new Nandos advert featuring Gaddafi at a dinner table alone. He's thinking about prominant dictators (Gadaffi, Husain, Mogabi and a whole bunch I didn't recongise) frollicking around, such as making 'Snow Angels' in the sand, having a water-fight with with a golden AK47, and driving around standing on top of a tank.

Although I can see this has the potential to really hurt someone who's suffered under the verious regiems, is it people getting offended on behalf of others? Or is this just a modern take on Charlie Chaplin's "The Great Dictator" ?

What's your two-cents?

ALT: Friday today, got the weekend coming up, handed in my notice in my current flat, gonna go order my furniture and carpets and paint and cupboards tomorow. OH BOY.
( G/PP 💩💩💩💩💩&#128, Fri 25 Nov 2011, 11:18, 174 replies, latest was 14 years ago)

People getting offended on other people's behalf can just fuck off, as far as I'm concerned

( Agnostic Antichrist Baltimora, Fri 25 Nov 2011, 11:22, Reply)

Yeah', well meaning but generally making an issue out of a non-issue

( G/PP 💩💩💩💩💩&#128, Fri 25 Nov 2011, 11:26, Reply)

Exactly
My friend claimed to take offence to 'Ahmed The Dead Terrorist', I told her to piss off.
( Agnostic Antichrist Baltimora, Fri 25 Nov 2011, 11:30, Reply)

I KEEEL YOU!

( sporters I’m sincerely gratitude to you, Fri 25 Nov 2011, 11:30, Reply)

I take offence to that sketch
because it's fucking shit and not remotely amusing.
(Bazongaloid, Fri 25 Nov 2011, 11:32, Reply)

I find that some of it is quite funny
But none of the funny bits are quotable, so a not-too-terrible sketch has been ruined by retards quoting every unfunny line in it.

See also: Little Britain, Peter Kay, etc.
( Agnostic Antichrist Baltimora, Fri 25 Nov 2011, 11:40, Reply)

In Little Britain's case they ruined it themselves
They took a handful of ideas which, on their own, might be reasonably funny, and repeated them over and over until they just looked pathetic.
(Darth Foxtrot A one-man army dedicated to making fetch happen, Fri 25 Nov 2011, 11:42, Reply)

Yeah', I'm with you on that. Fucking Jenga or whatever that mobile company is called killed an already unfunny concept.

( G/PP 💩💩💩💩💩&#128, Fri 25 Nov 2011, 11:43, Reply)

This x1000.

(Barry from Eastenders is, despite the words written above, not a woman, Fri 25 Nov 2011, 11:59, Reply)

I think it's fine
and I think if I was oppressed by any of them, I'd actually like them being mocked.
(PsychoChomp, Fri 25 Nov 2011, 11:26, Reply)

In some ways it's quite a good thing, it's showing that there are no fewer cunts like Mugabe around
and by directly comparing him with Gadaffi and Hussein it makes him look like a fool.
(Bazongaloid, Fri 25 Nov 2011, 11:29, Reply)

I agree with both of you.
Although, as a counter-point/devil's advocate, if someone has done something horrific to you and yours, something quite significant, terrorised you. I think maybe if that was turned into an insignificant event, it might irk me. The jewish culture is well known for mocking those who oppress them, the jokes in the ghettos can be really funny* in a morrose way. But I could imagine something that has effected me all my life in an horrific way, mocking that thing in relation to belittling it into nothing, might see that the rest of the world don't realise what a big deal it is.


* Hitler hears of a fortune teller in the ghetto. So he asigns his best SS officers to guard him and he goes into the encampment. He sees this women and demans "Yid ! You shall tell me the future, and for that, I shall spare a trip on the trains. Tell me, when will I die?". So the old women takes Hitler's hand and traces a line on it. She then looks him straight in the eye and says "Mine furrah, it is fortold that you shall die on a Jewish Holiday". Hitler's face turns gray, and asks her how she knows. The old lady looks him right in the eye, and she says "Hitler, any day you die, will be a Jewish Holiday".
( G/PP 💩💩💩💩💩&#128, Fri 25 Nov 2011, 11:39, Reply)

That's quite a funny joke

(Bazongaloid, Fri 25 Nov 2011, 11:52, Reply)

I don't think we should worry about offending people
I think we should worry that it's a stupendously fucking awful advert and the people who commisioned it should be burn on spikes.
( the mighty badger Aphrodite, on a bar stool, by your side, Fri 25 Nov 2011, 11:32, Reply)

Whatever publicity cannot be generated by quality,
shock factor will compensate for.

If people are going to get offended by adverts, those ones with the cartoon rappers banging on about fancy cars with bluetooth or whatever the fuck it is are a good place to start.
(Darth Foxtrot A one-man army dedicated to making fetch happen, Fri 25 Nov 2011, 11:37, Reply)

I couldn't give less of a fuck

( WormuIus, Fri 25 Nov 2011, 11:35, Reply)

Since a fuck is a discrete quantity
surely you couldn't give fewer of a fuck?
( the mighty badger Aphrodite, on a bar stool, by your side, Fri 25 Nov 2011, 11:37, Reply)

A poor show from our resident legal mind.

(Bazongaloid, Fri 25 Nov 2011, 11:40, Reply)

I really hope his legal expertise is better than his command of English, Al.

( the mighty badger Aphrodite, on a bar stool, by your side, Fri 25 Nov 2011, 11:51, Reply)

Given that he's unemployed I suspect this isn't the case.

(Bazongaloid, Fri 25 Nov 2011, 11:54, Reply)

I'm not unemployed.

( WormuIus, Fri 25 Nov 2011, 12:00, Reply)

I make FEWER mistakes when posting on b3ta than you.
This is becuase I am LESS stupid than you.
( WormuIus, Fri 25 Nov 2011, 11:59, Reply)

Considerably more, old boy, it would appear
since even Quentin would have spotted the pisstake.
( the mighty badger Aphrodite, on a bar stool, by your side, Fri 25 Nov 2011, 12:03, Reply)

NO I TROLL UUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU

( WormuIus, Fri 25 Nov 2011, 12:04, Reply)

OH NO
Now I don't know who is trolling who!
(Bazongaloid, Fri 25 Nov 2011, 12:10, Reply)

It's gone troll circle.

( the mighty badger Aphrodite, on a bar stool, by your side, Fri 25 Nov 2011, 12:11, Reply)

It wasn't trolling
it was a midly humerous diversion to the thread.

not everything on the internet has to be about being a cunt, you know.
( the mighty badger Aphrodite, on a bar stool, by your side, Fri 25 Nov 2011, 12:10, Reply)

There was me thinking you were being pedantic
pedantic and wrong.
( WormuIus, Fri 25 Nov 2011, 12:14, Reply)

My pedantry knows no bounds, Wormy
much like my wrongness.
( the mighty badger Aphrodite, on a bar stool, by your side, Fri 25 Nov 2011, 12:15, Reply)

Given that 'fewer' is used to describe multiples of things
and 'less' is used to describe singular things,

and a fuck is a singular thing, I'm not really sure what your point is.

I'm not quite sure what a 'discrete quantity' is either but I'm willing to bet your pubes to my wristwatch that it doesn't shed any light on whatever they fuck you were talking about.
( WormuIus, Fri 25 Nov 2011, 11:58, Reply)

discrete versus continuous. It defines variation and therefore how a multiple can be subdivided, if at all
It would shed light on it were it not for the fact I'm quite obviously deliberately talking shite. However I've no need for your pubes, and they aren't really a fair stake against my U-Boat. Soz.
( the mighty badger Aphrodite, on a bar stool, by your side, Fri 25 Nov 2011, 12:02, Reply)

Are you deliberately not understanding 'YOUR pubes to MY wristwatch' as well.
I need to know, I wouldn't want to look stupid on the internet.
( WormuIus, Fri 25 Nov 2011, 12:04, Reply)

yes. yes, that.
whatever. you know, it is possible to run with a joke without being a tit about it, you know. Even Al managed, if you noticed.
( the mighty badger Aphrodite, on a bar stool, by your side, Fri 25 Nov 2011, 12:07, Reply)

STOP TROLLING ME

( WormuIus, Fri 25 Nov 2011, 12:08, Reply)

It's all me me me from you today.

( the mighty badger Aphrodite, on a bar stool, by your side, Fri 25 Nov 2011, 12:13, Reply)

And if I can manage it in my ill fitting suit
then you would think an unemployed barrister would be able to do it too.
(Bazongaloid, Fri 25 Nov 2011, 12:11, Reply)

You know what annoys me?
Americans who say "I could care less", when they mean they couldn't care less. How fucking idiot is that?
(Darth Foxtrot A one-man army dedicated to making fetch happen, Fri 25 Nov 2011, 11:41, Reply)

That winds me up.

( WormuIus, Fri 25 Nov 2011, 12:01, Reply)

I could care less

(PsychoChomp, Fri 25 Nov 2011, 12:04, Reply)

*rages*

( WormuIus, Fri 25 Nov 2011, 12:05, Reply)

I might be performing a surprise house-inspection,
because I like nagging you and you can't be trusted I care.
( thealternativefact, Fri 25 Nov 2011, 11:36, Reply)

I felt like I had swallowed a bowling ball this morning
too much kebab in my belly.
(Bazongaloid, Fri 25 Nov 2011, 11:37, Reply)

Through a garden hose?

(Darth Foxtrot A one-man army dedicated to making fetch happen, Fri 25 Nov 2011, 11:38, Reply)

No, that comment is more applicable to BGB or berk.

(Bazongaloid, Fri 25 Nov 2011, 11:40, Reply)

Why those two in particular?
And how do you know?
(Darth Foxtrot A one-man army dedicated to making fetch happen, Fri 25 Nov 2011, 11:42, Reply)

Because they are both dirty slags who like sucking people off.

(Bazongaloid, Fri 25 Nov 2011, 11:45, Reply)

Which brings me back to my second question

(Darth Foxtrot A one-man army dedicated to making fetch happen, Fri 25 Nov 2011, 11:49, Reply)

You do read b3ta don't you?

(Bazongaloid, Fri 25 Nov 2011, 11:54, Reply)

There aren't as many pictures as I'd like, no

(Darth Foxtrot A one-man army dedicated to making fetch happen, Fri 25 Nov 2011, 11:57, Reply)

Oh cool, fancy a bit of American or Japanese while you're at it? Is sunday good?

( G/PP 💩💩💩💩💩&#128, Fri 25 Nov 2011, 11:40, Reply)

hahaha
I was thinking I may go by Sunday to pick up my post and be all like OH HAI! Was I interupting your packing? Sorry I'll help! And by help I mean shout encouragement. Maybe I'll buy some pom poms

Give me a G! Give me an O! Give me an N! Give me a Z! iiiiiittttt'sssss goooooonz
( TGB checking Off Topic is still shit at, Fri 25 Nov 2011, 11:44, Reply)

Shouldn't it be
"Give me a G! Give me an N! Give me an Eplison! Give me a Q! What do you have? Fuck knows"

SOrry Gonz mate. I had to go there.
( the mighty badger Aphrodite, on a bar stool, by your side, Fri 25 Nov 2011, 11:53, Reply)

I did almost spell out gozn

( TGB checking Off Topic is still shit at, Fri 25 Nov 2011, 11:56, Reply)

I have spent 18 years working in advertising and marketing
Shock ad's are nothing new (think back to the Benetton ad's of the past).

Creative agencies come up with them for 3 reasons; 1] they can't think of a better idea 2]the client wants PR as part of campaign and 3] they want people to talk about it.

None of it is original thinking.
( Fucking hell Jeff I am not a robot, Fri 25 Nov 2011, 11:40, Reply)

This one's not a shock ad, really
it's just shite.
( the mighty badger Aphrodite, on a bar stool, by your side, Fri 25 Nov 2011, 11:51, Reply)

Replying to
another badger here.
(badger of doom http://www.trendingtracks.co.uk, Fri 25 Nov 2011, 11:52, Reply)

*badger fives*

( the mighty badger Aphrodite, on a bar stool, by your side, Fri 25 Nov 2011, 11:55, Reply)

Can I get in on that?
*holds up hand*
( TGB checking Off Topic is still shit at, Fri 25 Nov 2011, 11:55, Reply)

*thunderous tens*
 
(badger of doom http://www.trendingtracks.co.uk, Fri 25 Nov 2011, 11:57, Reply)

WOOHOO

( TGB checking Off Topic is still shit at, Fri 25 Nov 2011, 11:59, Reply)

*fives*
*also gropes*
( the mighty badger Aphrodite, on a bar stool, by your side, Fri 25 Nov 2011, 11:57, Reply)

ha
naughty badger
( TGB checking Off Topic is still shit at, Fri 25 Nov 2011, 11:59, Reply)

Hell yeah.
Any other badgers around?
(badger of doom http://www.trendingtracks.co.uk, Fri 25 Nov 2011, 11:56, Reply)

There's a horse down below
And I'm a fox.

Sort of.
(Darth Foxtrot A one-man army dedicated to making fetch happen, Fri 25 Nov 2011, 11:59, Reply)

You're a fox
who likes cocks
( TGB checking Off Topic is still shit at, Fri 25 Nov 2011, 12:00, Reply)

That's two things we have in common then
...and now it appears I'm a Panda
(Darth Foxtrot A one-man army dedicated to making fetch happen, Fri 25 Nov 2011, 12:04, Reply)

he's a fox-in-the-cocks.

( the mighty badger Aphrodite, on a bar stool, by your side, Fri 25 Nov 2011, 12:04, Reply)

Cow also here

( sporters I’m sincerely gratitude to you, Fri 25 Nov 2011, 12:04, Reply)

I'm a bitch
or possibly a cougar.
( b3th Not shit. Not mod., Fri 25 Nov 2011, 12:12, Reply)

No idea.
Soz.
(The Personality Horse www.tinyurl.com/perhor, Fri 25 Nov 2011, 11:54, Reply)

surely nothing is as offensive as being taken to eat at nando's
although i DO like their peri-peri mayonnaise.

so i have a third date tonight with this guy that i really don't like but i'm too wet to tell him i don't want to go, esp as i have cancelled twice already. any suggestions for putting him off?

for the benefit of al: the idea is to stimulate an amusing discussion about dreadful things to do on a date rather than to say "swipe, your repellent face and personality should have put him off already". for the avoidance of doubt.
( rachelswipe with a fork, Fri 25 Nov 2011, 11:59, Reply)

nandos in other countries are better then the ones here.
In australia they are more like a takeaway.
(Bazongaloid, Fri 25 Nov 2011, 12:01, Reply)

Here is the best advice ever
(scroll down a tiny bit to see the pictures)

custardpringle.livejournal.com/511446.html#cutid1
( Amberl was stripey and dominated Europe, Fri 25 Nov 2011, 12:02, Reply)

haha
this is sheer genius.

some of it is still true. the drinking one? very very true.
( rachelswipe with a fork, Fri 25 Nov 2011, 12:10, Reply)

I love the photos showing what not to do, so much

( Amberl was stripey and dominated Europe, Fri 25 Nov 2011, 12:11, Reply)

And how many of them have you been guilty of?

( b3th Not shit. Not mod., Fri 25 Nov 2011, 12:17, Reply)

I count six, possibly seven

( Amberl was stripey and dominated Europe, Fri 25 Nov 2011, 12:22, Reply)

i would say all of them
except doing my makeup in public, which i never do.
( rachelswipe with a fork, Fri 25 Nov 2011, 12:23, Reply)

Haha I like how that came well before
the 'not caress other men on your date'
( Amberl was stripey and dominated Europe, Fri 25 Nov 2011, 12:25, Reply)

notice how they didn't say "don't caress other girls on your date"
presumably because men do not object to that.
( rachelswipe with a fork, Fri 25 Nov 2011, 12:28, Reply)

Oh the good old days
when women were a necessarily, albeit silly, evil you needed to endure in order to get your washing done.
( Kroney, Fri 25 Nov 2011, 12:28, Reply)

if you didn't still live with your mum.

( b3th Not shit. Not mod., Fri 25 Nov 2011, 12:30, Reply)

I DON'T! NOBODY CAN SAY THAT I DO, NONE OF YOU HAVE SEEN WHERE I LIVE
Oh, you didn't.

Er, yeah, anyway. Carry on.
( Kroney, Fri 25 Nov 2011, 12:33, Reply)

If he gets you wet, why do you want to cancel?

( b3th Not shit. Not mod., Fri 25 Nov 2011, 12:06, Reply)

you know
when i re-read it, i thought someone would make that joke.

i just never thought it would be you, b3th. for shame.
( rachelswipe with a fork, Fri 25 Nov 2011, 12:07, Reply)

I'm not ashamed.
I regret nothing.
( b3th Not shit. Not mod., Fri 25 Nov 2011, 12:08, Reply)

I thought about it.
if that helps?
( the mighty badger Aphrodite, on a bar stool, by your side, Fri 25 Nov 2011, 12:08, Reply)

you thought about Rachel's wet fanny?
You, Badger?! YOU?! Never
(Darth Foxtrot A one-man army dedicated to making fetch happen, Fri 25 Nov 2011, 12:09, Reply)

Imagine.

( the mighty badger Aphrodite, on a bar stool, by your side, Fri 25 Nov 2011, 12:12, Reply)

I'd really rather not imagine Swipe's fanny, if that's okay with you.

( b3th Not shit. Not mod., Fri 25 Nov 2011, 12:14, Reply)

It's like an explosion in a butcher's shop
Hope this helps.
( Kroney, Fri 25 Nov 2011, 12:15, Reply)

LIES
er, and the above.

how the hell would you know?!?
( rachelswipe with a fork, Fri 25 Nov 2011, 12:15, Reply)

I've seen a lot of exploded butcher's shops.

( Kroney, Fri 25 Nov 2011, 12:23, Reply)

*calls anti terrorist hotline*

( b3th Not shit. Not mod., Fri 25 Nov 2011, 12:28, Reply)

it might help b3th
to realise she isn't the only pervert on the planet.

also... yeah, as DF said, nobody is surprised to hear that. not. at. all.
( rachelswipe with a fork, Fri 25 Nov 2011, 12:12, Reply)

I was.

( the mighty badger Aphrodite, on a bar stool, by your side, Fri 25 Nov 2011, 12:12, Reply)

it's too late now
you've been spreading the manly seeds of your adoration all over your screen for years.
( rachelswipe with a fork, Fri 25 Nov 2011, 12:15, Reply)

now this definitely isn't true
I've got a screen protector for that kind of thing.
( the mighty badger Aphrodite, on a bar stool, by your side, Fri 25 Nov 2011, 12:17, Reply)

the fact that you work in a lab
somehow makes this whole disgusting image so much better
( rachelswipe with a fork, Fri 25 Nov 2011, 12:25, Reply)

I don't, really
I have people to do that kind of thing for me these days.
( the mighty badger Aphrodite, on a bar stool, by your side, Fri 25 Nov 2011, 12:32, Reply)

At least I'm open about my fanny-imagining
Basically TMB, you're more in denial than I am.

YEAH I WENT THERE
(Darth Foxtrot A one-man army dedicated to making fetch happen, Fri 25 Nov 2011, 12:18, Reply)

denial is a river in eygpt, sweetie.

( the mighty badger Aphrodite, on a bar stool, by your side, Fri 25 Nov 2011, 12:19, Reply)

Hmm
a) no it isn't
b) where's eygpt?
c) Who the hell are you and what have you done with Badger?
(Darth Foxtrot A one-man army dedicated to making fetch happen, Fri 25 Nov 2011, 12:21, Reply)

I appear to have caught acute Gonz
my apologies. that rather bollocks that one up.
( the mighty badger Aphrodite, on a bar stool, by your side, Fri 25 Nov 2011, 12:23, Reply)

Don't apologise; this is the only time I've ever felt smarter than you
I might cryogenically freeze myself now so as to forever preserve a feeling that will doubtless be fleeting and never return.
(Darth Foxtrot A one-man army dedicated to making fetch happen, Fri 25 Nov 2011, 12:25, Reply)

i feel smarter than him every day
welcome to my world. you've got 5 minutes. don't waste it.
( rachelswipe with a fork, Fri 25 Nov 2011, 12:26, Reply)

*removes bra*
*examines label*

...and now I know everything about you that interests me
(Darth Foxtrot A one-man army dedicated to making fetch happen, Fri 25 Nov 2011, 12:26, Reply)

you're still a damn sight deeper than some guys

( rachelswipe with a fork, Fri 25 Nov 2011, 12:27, Reply)

It's only so I can help you shop darling
Hint: Pepperberry is your friend
(Darth Foxtrot A one-man army dedicated to making fetch happen, Fri 25 Nov 2011, 12:29, Reply)

obsessing over my hollywood
coming onto DF

you're not a real gay.

you're a BI. a big, swinging, pink sock wearing, BI!
( rachelswipe with a fork, Fri 25 Nov 2011, 12:24, Reply)

Badger, as revenge for this accusation, I'd like to offer you the choice of tops or tails

(Darth Foxtrot A one-man army dedicated to making fetch happen, Fri 25 Nov 2011, 12:26, Reply)

Ugh, you don't have a hollywood, do you?
That's just wrong.
( b3th Not shit. Not mod., Fri 25 Nov 2011, 12:26, Reply)

you know
i don't think it would benefit anyone on here if i were to answer that!
( rachelswipe with a fork, Fri 25 Nov 2011, 12:27, Reply)

Which one is that?
Is that totally bald, or the one with a line which might as well have "Heaven this way" tattooed above it?
(Darth Foxtrot A one-man army dedicated to making fetch happen, Fri 25 Nov 2011, 12:27, Reply)

that's a brazilian

( rachelswipe with a fork, Fri 25 Nov 2011, 12:28, Reply)

The totally bald.
Otherwise known as 'the paedo magnet'
( b3th Not shit. Not mod., Fri 25 Nov 2011, 12:29, Reply)

Lovely
Fairly confident Swipey won't be mistaken for a child any time soon though
(Darth Foxtrot A one-man army dedicated to making fetch happen, Fri 25 Nov 2011, 12:32, Reply)

The hair on the top lip is a dead giveaway for starters

(Bazongaloid, Fri 25 Nov 2011, 12:36, Reply)

And the gay boyfriend

(Darth Foxtrot A one-man army dedicated to making fetch happen, Fri 25 Nov 2011, 12:38, Reply)

ach, i'm bored with al now
he goes for: views on appearance (based purely on facebook), shallowness (based purely on b3ta posts), dead mother.

nothing new. not for months and months and months.

he needs to change the record or change the target. i'm pretty easy as to which.
( rachelswipe with a fork, Fri 25 Nov 2011, 12:45, Reply)

as to which

Sorry, that was on obvious one.
( b3th Not shit. Not mod., Fri 25 Nov 2011, 12:49, Reply)

In fairness
I pretty much just go for "show us yer tits"

Is that somehow better?
(Darth Foxtrot A one-man army dedicated to making fetch happen, Fri 25 Nov 2011, 12:50, Reply)

Hang on Darth
in a minute she'll say "I'm not angry, I'm just disappointed"
(Bazongaloid, Fri 25 Nov 2011, 13:07, Reply)

Why? People make a lot of weird assumptions about that.
Nobody makes the same assumptions over shaved armpits, or legs. Yet logically the same argument applies.
( Kroney, Fri 25 Nov 2011, 12:34, Reply)

I think it's mostly because armpits and legs aren't primarily sexual organs.

( b3th Not shit. Not mod., Fri 25 Nov 2011, 12:36, Reply)

But they're all shaved for identical reasons
because some people find hair unsightly and smooth skin feels nicer.
( Kroney, Fri 25 Nov 2011, 12:37, Reply)

I think the key word in your original argument is "logically"
Whilst on the face of it the same principle should apply, the shaving of armpits and legs is commonplace, especially if these areas are to be displayed. There is a much wider range of options in play for the bikini line.
(Darth Foxtrot A one-man army dedicated to making fetch happen, Fri 25 Nov 2011, 12:39, Reply)

I don't understand the "hollywood = paedo magnet" comment
because the thing about paedos, the defining, indisputable feature of them, is that they fuck children. Not adults with shaved mittens.
( Kroney, Fri 25 Nov 2011, 12:42, Reply)

I completely see your point
as referenced by my pointing out that Swipey is not going to be mistaken for a child, unless she's a child smuggling two other children in her blouse. I was just illustrating the difference in attitudes towards the shaving of the respective areas
(Darth Foxtrot A one-man army dedicated to making fetch happen, Fri 25 Nov 2011, 12:44, Reply)

this is a fair point.

( b3th Not shit. Not mod., Fri 25 Nov 2011, 12:40, Reply)

It's the one that's entirely constructed around a fake premise of "making it"
when really it'll be waiting tables for the next 15 years before ending up in porn.

I probably needed to think that analogy though a bit, but, fuck it, let's throw it out there.
( the mighty badger Aphrodite, on a bar stool, by your side, Fri 25 Nov 2011, 12:29, Reply)

Well I got it
So it can't be THAT clever
(Darth Foxtrot A one-man army dedicated to making fetch happen, Fri 25 Nov 2011, 12:32, Reply)

I didn't think it was clever
I thought it probably wasn't very good. Apart from the porn bit.
( the mighty badger Aphrodite, on a bar stool, by your side, Fri 25 Nov 2011, 12:33, Reply)

i would agree with your assessment
that your analogy was not very well thought out, i mean.
( rachelswipe with a fork, Fri 25 Nov 2011, 12:36, Reply)

Is that just because you like talking about porn?
If so, we have something in common. Apart from the forthcoming spitroast of a London-based solicitor.
(Darth Foxtrot A one-man army dedicated to making fetch happen, Fri 25 Nov 2011, 12:36, Reply)

I've absolutely no idea about the state of your labial topiary
but, if me being BI works for you, let's run with it.
( the mighty badger Aphrodite, on a bar stool, by your side, Fri 25 Nov 2011, 12:28, Reply)

run mince
( rachelswipe with a fork, Fri 25 Nov 2011, 12:28, Reply)

I just had a mince pie
does that make me gay?
( Naked Ape call me Caitlyn, Fri 25 Nov 2011, 12:29, Reply)

no. It's the sucking off sailors that makes you gay

( the mighty badger Aphrodite, on a bar stool, by your side, Fri 25 Nov 2011, 12:36, Reply)

genetics
and possibly a bit of your upbringing made you gay
( rachelswipe with a fork, Fri 25 Nov 2011, 12:36, Reply)

DON'T USE HER REAL NAME
How on earth would anyone ever work it out?!
(Darth Foxtrot A one-man army dedicated to making fetch happen, Fri 25 Nov 2011, 12:08, Reply)

I know what you mean.
Let us bask in our internet anonymity, 'Darth Foxtrot', 32, telecomms analyst from Norwich.

; )
( b3th Not shit. Not mod., Fri 25 Nov 2011, 12:11, Reply)

My anonymity is safe
as three of those facts are inaccurate
(Darth Foxtrot A one-man army dedicated to making fetch happen, Fri 25 Nov 2011, 12:12, Reply)

I KNOW WHERE YOU LIVE

( b3th Not shit. Not mod., Fri 25 Nov 2011, 12:13, Reply)

Oh god, you do as well

(Darth Foxtrot A one-man army dedicated to making fetch happen, Fri 25 Nov 2011, 12:15, Reply)

I suggest you go with
"Oh I'm sorry, I'd like to go out with you, but I have a history of managing to pull homosexuals. They, at least, had the decency to pretend to be straight, ducky. Kiss, kiss"
( Kroney, Fri 25 Nov 2011, 12:10, Reply)

Just a suggestion...
get pissed, go back to his place, be a crap shag.

He'll never phone you again.
(Reverend Fister "a disciplined fuckwit", Fri 25 Nov 2011, 12:18, Reply)

that necessitates shagging him
i don't think i could. it'd be like trying to hide a warhead in the sahara.
( rachelswipe with a fork, Fri 25 Nov 2011, 12:26, Reply)

This makes you sound like you have a TGB level growler
not that he has a small cock.

Happy to help.

Edit: There's a lot of talk about your chuff on here today.
( Kroney, Fri 25 Nov 2011, 12:30, Reply)

You could be lucky
it could only be a bullet.
( the mighty badger Aphrodite, on a bar stool, by your side, Fri 25 Nov 2011, 12:40, Reply)

I think it's a bit of a non issue
the advert itself barely makes sense, I was watching thinking the reason he was alone was that they'd all fucked off to Nandos without him.

Alt: I'm off to Ireland tonight. A ridiculous amount of time aboard a coach beckons and possible freezing to death
( Amberl was stripey and dominated Europe, Fri 25 Nov 2011, 11:59, Reply)

Two condoms were walking down the street.
They pass a gay bar and one turns to the other and says,
"let's pop in here and get shit faced"
(PsychoChomp, Fri 25 Nov 2011, 12:02, Reply)

It's funny because condoms can't actually walk or talk.

(PsychoChomp, Fri 25 Nov 2011, 12:08, Reply)

Or have faces

( Naked Ape call me Caitlyn, Fri 25 Nov 2011, 12:08, Reply)

Maybe it was meant to be faeces
I no longer get this joke.
(PsychoChomp, Fri 25 Nov 2011, 12:11, Reply)

I like this chaps POV
www.youtube.com/watch?v=C9HRLvfbauA
( Naked Ape call me Caitlyn, Fri 25 Nov 2011, 12:07, Reply)

He looks scarily like Monty.

(Bazongaloid, Fri 25 Nov 2011, 12:16, Reply)

But on a serious note
he's actually just building a straw man argument against H&S and PC.
(Bazongaloid, Fri 25 Nov 2011, 12:18, Reply)

Yeah, I saw that last night.
I think it's terrible. Those lookalikes are shit.
( mark morrisons prison shoes I love Willie, Fri 25 Nov 2011, 12:11, Reply)

Your Alt question isn't actually a question Gonz.

( WormuIus, Fri 25 Nov 2011, 12:17, Reply)

I just wrote City Link a scarcastic email
I feel much better now
( TGB checking Off Topic is still shit at, Fri 25 Nov 2011, 12:27, Reply)

As someone who used to have to deal with City Link daily as part of my working life
I have to volunteer this information; ParcelForce are worse. Much worse.
(Darth Foxtrot A one-man army dedicated to making fetch happen, Fri 25 Nov 2011, 12:28, Reply)

We sent a parcel on Tuesday
On wednesday they claim the consignee had resheduled.
He had not they were lying
On thursday they claim it's a non arrival at the depot and that we hadn't sent it.
We had they were lying.
Today they admit they have lost it and we will have to fill out a mazillion forms to claim the money back. They apologise for losing it.
My customer calls to say he's just received it.
( TGB checking Off Topic is still shit at, Fri 25 Nov 2011, 12:33, Reply)

Ah. Did you use Craig David shipping?
only, he'll probably be conkers deep in it by now if so.
( the mighty badger Aphrodite, on a bar stool, by your side, Fri 25 Nov 2011, 12:35, Reply)

I did see the similarity
I hope he's not fucking my bathrom furniture
( TGB checking Off Topic is still shit at, Fri 25 Nov 2011, 12:37, Reply)

I never said they were good, only that ParcelForce are worse
That is fairly breathtaking actually.

*gasps for air*
(Darth Foxtrot A one-man army dedicated to making fetch happen, Fri 25 Nov 2011, 12:35, Reply)

Well?
Are you going to share it with the class?
( b3th Not shit. Not mod., Fri 25 Nov 2011, 12:33, Reply)

I see that I was so angry I forgot to use commas.
Whilst I would enjoy the endless paperwork involved in attempting to reclaim any money from you in regards to the lost item, I have just had an email from my customer saying that he has received the item.

I am slightly concerned that whenever our “regular” driver (Mike – who is an absolute credit to your company and one of your few redeeming features) if off, we appear to get people turn up in plain vans, with their girlfriend sat in the passenger seat looking incredibly bored as they load up the van and then everything goes missing. Do you not trust these people with scanners which is why nothing ever seems to get checked in? Does your depot not wonder what these strange large parcels are that suddenly appear that aren’t in the system? Are there no checks anywhere along the line to see if the thing they are throwing around is actually logged in and being tracked? Now that my customer has signed for an item that according to you doesn’t exist will it flag up anywhere on the system?

I do commend the fact that people now actually answer the phone when I call the depot, I am, however, not impressed that I have to keep calling to rectify “non arrivals” that have arrived, “incorrect/non existent addresses” that are taken from YOUR online booking system and “lost items” that have been delivered.

I am also dreading the Christmas period as last year you managed to excel yourselves in the number of missing and delayed deliveries which is why I was eventually forced to use TNT and then was actually shocked that as a delivery company they managed to actually deliver everything on time.
( TGB checking Off Topic is still shit at, Fri 25 Nov 2011, 12:36, Reply)

hahaha
sarcastic letters ftw
( b3th Not shit. Not mod., Fri 25 Nov 2011, 12:38, Reply)

got angry for a no u-turn fine
Dear R. Evans,



Thanks you for finally getting back to me regarding this PCN after I responded to you promptly on the 4th of April and again on the 16th after receiving no reply. I can only assume you send out so many dubious fines that you have an enormous backlog to get through.



I don’t know when you put up the no u-turn signs, I’ve been turning around there for years and no it’s not dangerous and no it didn’t cause a delay as your photos clearly show a complete lack of any other traffic on the road, I can only assume then that this is a another revenue gathering mechanism as it obviously has nothing to do with road safety whatsoever.



I am well aware that you will read this and have a laugh with your colleagues that you’ve caught out another driver, well let me congratulate you on adding to your revenue for the year, you should be very proud.



It’s always enjoyable to be considered guilty until proven innocent in a legal matter, something that you take to your full advantage by threatening increased fines and court appearances.



Your department is a joke, taking 2 months to reply to me when I am given only two weeks to reply to you or my fine is increased. In fact why don’t we reverse that lovely piece of legislation and I say to you that by not responding within two weeks I get a £60 discount and we’ll call it evens and the debt cleared
( Naked Ape call me Caitlyn, Fri 25 Nov 2011, 12:44, Reply)

ha
I like the idea of reverse fines
( TGB checking Off Topic is still shit at, Fri 25 Nov 2011, 12:47, Reply)

I'm going to go out on a limb and guess that didn't work...

( b3th Not shit. Not mod., Fri 25 Nov 2011, 12:48, Reply)

It's always the same with everyone that gets caught doing something illegal on the road
"It was safe when I did it"

And if you didn't notice the signs, that surely points to you being an unobservant driver and a danger on the roads.

WAH WAH WAH! I'M A GOOD DRIVER YOU SHOULDN'T WASTE YOUR TIME ON ME!
(Bazongaloid, Fri 25 Nov 2011, 13:05, Reply)

I think it's proof, once again, that if you don't like something you should ignore it.
Nando's have got a ton of free advertising from the people that were offended by this, it may well have been their intention, in which case well done nandos.

Edit: having watched it: I think this is my favourite advert of all time. Love it.
( CQ Knows the truth, all of it., Fri 25 Nov 2011, 13:00, Reply)