In the future I wonder if you could sign up for cheaper health insurance
on the understanding that if you get something terminal you won't spend a fortune on treatment for it. That could lead to all sorts of awkward situations.

Alt: Best: Sonic Youth - Superstar, Futureheads - Hounds of Love, Rammstein - Stripped, Such Great Heights - Iron and Wine, Fiona Apple - I Want You (VH1 live cover), Jimi Hendrix - All Along The Watchtower. Worst: Adele - Lovesong.
(Zoz prayed for twink on, Tue 13 Mar 2012, 13:22, 3 replies, latest was 14 years ago)

Maybe we should have a Logan's Run style law. but based on health rather than age.
Basically, if the cost of your treatment is going to be more than the value of your economic contribution over your estimated lifespan, off you go.
( scarpe We Stole Bikes, Tue 13 Mar 2012, 13:31, Reply)

oh man, poor people are screwed

( Naked Ape call me Caitlyn, Tue 13 Mar 2012, 13:35, Reply)

Liverpool will be a ghost town.
In fact, the whole of the North will just be unspoilt countryside within two generations.
( scarpe We Stole Bikes, Tue 13 Mar 2012, 13:36, Reply)

It's a winning plan

( Naked Ape call me Caitlyn, Tue 13 Mar 2012, 13:39, Reply)

Not so
You can't unspoil Manchester
(Darth Foxtrot A one-man army dedicated to making fetch happen, Tue 13 Mar 2012, 13:45, Reply)

Ha, I really like Manchester. I'd be happy to move the few economically viable Northerners into Manchester and keep it as the only city North of the M25. I mean, you've gotta have somewhere for a Waitrose.
( scarpe We Stole Bikes, Tue 13 Mar 2012, 13:47, Reply)

As long as none of them were Mancs
One of the main problem with Manchester is that it's full of people from fucking Manchester.
(Darth Foxtrot A one-man army dedicated to making fetch happen, Tue 13 Mar 2012, 13:55, Reply)

In fairness, at least none of them support Manchester United.

( Agnostic Antichrist Baltimora, Tue 13 Mar 2012, 14:03, Reply)

Good point
but in a few years time it won't make much difference
(Darth Foxtrot A one-man army dedicated to making fetch happen, Tue 13 Mar 2012, 14:12, Reply)

Like a pet?

(Set your faces to Stunned Bigly, Tue 13 Mar 2012, 13:35, Reply)

dunno man, it's hard to quantify the economic contribution of someone
who say doesn't have a job but raises a family. This leads to no one having kids, which leads to a very depressing movie with Clive Owen in it.
(Zoz prayed for twink on, Tue 13 Mar 2012, 13:37, Reply)

Good call on the Carpenters cover - the flipside was alright too.

( tangledupinblue hairy badge with moving eyes, Tue 13 Mar 2012, 13:35, Reply)

Stripped is a terrible cover
Then again, it was a terrible song.
( Agnostic Antichrist Baltimora, Tue 13 Mar 2012, 13:48, Reply)

You horrible internet bully you

(Zoz prayed for twink on, Tue 13 Mar 2012, 13:53, Reply)

*steals lunch money*

( Agnostic Antichrist Baltimora, Tue 13 Mar 2012, 13:55, Reply)