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BBC journo's are on Strike today, would you strike if you were asked? What do you think of strikers?
(, Mon 18 Feb 2013, 10:47, 203 replies, latest was 13 years ago)
 I wondered where the today rogram was this morning
	I wondered where the today rogram was this morningI had to listen to Jay Rainer talk to some Welsh people in instead
(, Mon 18 Feb 2013, 10:50, Reply)
 I heard that, it was like Gardeners questiontime but about food.
	I heard that, it was like Gardeners questiontime but about food.And less shit.
(, Mon 18 Feb 2013, 10:57, Reply)
 It's not hard to be less shit than Gardener's Question Time.
	It's not hard to be less shit than Gardener's Question Time.I hate Gardener's Question Time.
(, Mon 18 Feb 2013, 10:59, Reply)
 So do I, my mum went to see it live the other day, she said it was "really funny"
	So do I, my mum went to see it live the other day, she said it was "really funny" I don't know if it's legal for me to get her forcably tested for altzhiemers.
(, Mon 18 Feb 2013, 11:03, Reply)
 I don't know why they are striking tbh, so hard to answer your questions in my usual coherent and enlightening fashion
	I don't know why they are striking tbh, so hard to answer your questions in my usual coherent and enlightening fashion Does ths mean no BBC news links from you today?
(, Mon 18 Feb 2013, 10:51, Reply)
 I like it when they point how fat female celebrities have got, that's well lol
	I like it when they point how fat female celebrities have got, that's well lol(, Mon 18 Feb 2013, 10:55, Reply)
 I like how they keep the world up to date on which actresses have been wearing bikinis.
	I like how they keep the world up to date on which actresses have been wearing bikinis.(, Mon 18 Feb 2013, 10:58, Reply)
 Here's a news link about news people
	Here's a news link about news peoplewww.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-21492563
(, Mon 18 Feb 2013, 10:56, Reply)
 My mother accused me of breaking her media centre when I upgraded the wireless card
	My mother accused me of breaking her media centre when I upgraded the wireless cardbecause BBC Breakfast wasn't on this morning.
I am not part of a union anymore so no I guess I would not strike.
Strikers should be more militant. The last strike here they just smiled and gave out leaflets. I think we need to go back to the days of throwing concrete blocks off bridges, killing the cabbie and teaching the scab a lesson.
(, Mon 18 Feb 2013, 10:53, Reply)
 Fuck you right in the ear B3th
	Fuck you right in the ear B3thI'm reporting you to one of the real mods. I'd rather be kicked out than be a puppet whose strings are being manipulated by alcoholics, adulterers and nonces.
(, Mon 18 Feb 2013, 11:05, Reply)
 I'd go on strike for a worthwhile cause, but my employers have always treated me well and paid me fairly.
	I'd go on strike for a worthwhile cause, but my employers have always treated me well and paid me fairly.I think strikers are often unfairly maligned.
(, Mon 18 Feb 2013, 10:55, Reply)
 Morning, spastics.
	Morning, spastics.This is a wonderful new thread, Chompy. Well done.
I've been on strike for ten years. If my demands aren't met, I'm not going back.
(, Mon 18 Feb 2013, 11:01, Reply)
 They are not gong to let you eat KFC chicken skin throughout your lessons, let it go
	They are not gong to let you eat KFC chicken skin throughout your lessons, let it go(, Mon 18 Feb 2013, 11:03, Reply)
 As a London Underground user
	As a London Underground userI imagine I have a skewed view of striking, but my general feeling is that it's blackmail by greedy and self-serving peasants. I'm of the 'if you don't like it you can always leave, you know - someone else would love your job that you can't stop whining about' school of thought. The only other striking I know anything about is the fucking French and those knobbish miners who REALLY STUCK IT TO THE MAN by refusing to work in those coal mines which had no coal in, that were about to close. YEAHHHH NICE ONE.
(, Mon 18 Feb 2013, 11:03, Reply)
 True or not, striking against closure of your workplace seems to me to be monumentally retarded.
	True or not, striking against closure of your workplace seems to me to be monumentally retarded.(, Mon 18 Feb 2013, 11:07, Reply)
 I wonder how many of them came back to t'pit
	I wonder how many of them came back to t'pitto find some enterprising person had nipped around behind them, changed the locks and put a "CLOSED" sign up.
lol
(, Mon 18 Feb 2013, 11:11, Reply)
 Were they not striking in support of their colleagues whose workplaces were closing down?
	Were they not striking in support of their colleagues whose workplaces were closing down?(, Mon 18 Feb 2013, 11:18, Reply)
 I really cannot find it within myself to care one tiny bit.
	I really cannot find it within myself to care one tiny bit.I just don't like northerners TBH.
(, Mon 18 Feb 2013, 11:22, Reply)
 Why do people think that by stopping work at one plant, that will make them reopen the other plant
	Why do people think that by stopping work at one plant, that will make them reopen the other plantit's stupid
(, Mon 18 Feb 2013, 11:27, Reply)
 You see what happens is that when they go on strike, the redundant pits miraculously fill up with coal.
	You see what happens is that when they go on strike, the redundant pits miraculously fill up with coal.It's amazing really when you think about it.
(, Mon 18 Feb 2013, 11:31, Reply)
 Except their resolution to strike was in the event that mines were being closed for reasons other than them having run out of coal.
	Except their resolution to strike was in the event that mines were being closed for reasons other than them having run out of coal.If striking is the only weapon you have, then of course you are going to use it.
(, Mon 18 Feb 2013, 11:37, Reply)
 the car workers won their war as well, by destroying the industry that employed them
	the car workers won their war as well, by destroying the industry that employed them they showed "the Man" who was really in charge
(, Mon 18 Feb 2013, 11:05, Reply)
 Tube driving is well difficult, though.
	Tube driving is well difficult, though.They've got to do all that sitting down in a nice warm cabin driving trains. All men hate driving trains, that's a fact. Nobody grows up wanting to be a train driver.
OK, so occasionally they run jumpers over, but they get counselling for it, the wankers.
(, Mon 18 Feb 2013, 11:06, Reply)
 they really are pricks, the sooner the underground is automated the better
	they really are pricks, the sooner the underground is automated the better(, Mon 18 Feb 2013, 11:07, Reply)
 I cannot wait for the day that those greedy, selfish cunts are all made redundant and have to take jobs for 25% of their previous salaries.
	I cannot wait for the day that those greedy, selfish cunts are all made redundant and have to take jobs for 25% of their previous salaries.aka their actual worth.
(, Mon 18 Feb 2013, 11:09, Reply)
 The one good thing I can see is that the fucking Luddite pricks
	The one good thing I can see is that the fucking Luddite prickswill strike once the automated trains start running, helpfully taking the manned trains off the rail and thereby speeding up the process.
I'm pretty sure I understand how this will work, here.
(, Mon 18 Feb 2013, 11:10, Reply)
 Oh well it should be.
	Oh well it should be.In a strange way *everything* is about Leslie Grantham.
(, Mon 18 Feb 2013, 11:10, Reply)
 here I found a link
	here I found a linken.wikipedia.org/wiki/Killing_of_David_Wilkie
But its boring
TL:DR Coal miners murder cabbie for driving scab to work.
(, Mon 18 Feb 2013, 11:12, Reply)
 well this proves that they were being over paid, only swipe can afford taxis to work
	well this proves that they were being over paid, only swipe can afford taxis to work(, Mon 18 Feb 2013, 11:13, Reply)
 How could that NOT be a murder?
	How could that NOT be a murder?I think it is entrely reasonable that dropping a 46lb block of concrete onto a moving car may kill the occupant
(, Mon 18 Feb 2013, 11:15, Reply)
 You know what, I don't know where I heard that, I might have just made it up, because I did, but I might not have, even though I did....
	You know what, I don't know where I heard that, I might have just made it up, because I did, but I might not have, even though I did....... but I think you're onto something when you say Bob Crow murdered a Black-Cab driver because the driver didn't let bob crow in the back of his cab with an extra saucey donnor.
(, Mon 18 Feb 2013, 11:11, Reply)
 That was during the miners strike, a cabbie was killed taking a miner who refused to strike to work.
	That was during the miners strike, a cabbie was killed taking a miner who refused to strike to work.(, Mon 18 Feb 2013, 11:14, Reply)
 Oh no, this is an entirely seporate incident that I'm making up on the spot that might have actually happened.
	Oh no, this is an entirely seporate incident that I'm making up on the spot that might have actually happened.Bob Crow was in Faces in Gant's Hill, and took a load of cocaine. He then walked across the road to the kabab resturant and ordered a "Faaakin' Donnor, mustifa, don't be cheap on the sauce, I'm onto you, when the fuck did you come to this country anyway? MOAR SAUCE" until he walked out with his pita-bread and sauce with a bit of chicken donnor in (don't trust that 'muzzie elephant leg', his words, not mine, if I wasn't making this up).
He then tried to get a black cab, pulled one over, "Sorry mate, I know you are Bob Crow, but you will have to finish your kabab first", so bob crow pulled out a hammer and smashed the side window in, pulled the cab driver out via the window, and made him "bite the curb".
I'm sure that might have happened, sounds plausable.
(, Mon 18 Feb 2013, 11:19, Reply)
 OH NOES, SOME OF US HAVE TO WORK CHRISTMAS EVE FOR TRIPPLE PAY ON OUR £40+KPA JOBS WHEN WE WOULDN'T BE FIT FOR STACKING SHELVES UNDER NORMAL CURCAMSTANCES.
	OH NOES, SOME OF US HAVE TO WORK CHRISTMAS EVE FOR TRIPPLE PAY ON OUR £40+KPA JOBS WHEN WE WOULDN'T BE FIT FOR STACKING SHELVES UNDER NORMAL CURCAMSTANCES.Bob Crow deserves to be strung up and hanged at the Tower as a warning for all other jumped up power hungry pricks who try to cripple London on a whim.
(, Mon 18 Feb 2013, 11:10, Reply)
 the only reason Bob Crow can get strikes is because the workers are pissed off with the managment.
	the only reason Bob Crow can get strikes is because the workers are pissed off with the managment.If the managment didn't piss off the workers so much then he'd never get a strike vote passed.
(, Mon 18 Feb 2013, 11:16, Reply)
 They aren't remotely pissed off - they see an excuse to blackmail more money and cushier shifts so they grab it with both hands.
	They aren't remotely pissed off - they see an excuse to blackmail more money and cushier shifts so they grab it with both hands.Those cunts aren't exactly wronged semi-slave labour Victorian mill workers.
(, Mon 18 Feb 2013, 11:17, Reply)
 I bet you at least 8 out of 10 people here are "pissed off with management", and most of them don't get half the wage or have twice a cushty job.
	I bet you at least 8 out of 10 people here are "pissed off with management", and most of them don't get half the wage or have twice a cushty job.(, Mon 18 Feb 2013, 11:20, Reply)
 All I'm saying is that the two sides can't make a decent agreement between them.
	All I'm saying is that the two sides can't make a decent agreement between them.You'll say that's because Bob Crow is being unreasonable, I'm saying that due to the way union rules work the agreement should be easier for managment. They only have to persuade a majority of workers that it's acceptable, where as the other side has to be accepted by only the managment.
(, Mon 18 Feb 2013, 11:24, Reply)
 So basically they're both shit. But managment seems to always be seen as the victim in the press.
	So basically they're both shit. But managment seems to always be seen as the victim in the press.(, Mon 18 Feb 2013, 11:25, Reply)
 Londoners are spoilt little brats anyway.
	Londoners are spoilt little brats anyway.1 bus an hour at a random time, that's what the rest of the country gets and you get better than that on strike days. So shut up.
(, Mon 18 Feb 2013, 11:28, Reply)
 Every londoner moans like Soho to Camden is a massive chore that can only be attempted with a days planning.
	Every londoner moans like Soho to Camden is a massive chore that can only be attempted with a days planning.(, Mon 18 Feb 2013, 11:32, Reply)
 It can take time but London is a big busy place.
	It can take time but London is a big busy place.  I was travelling home from Euston yesterday to Lewisham and did it in 30 mins, train to door. Despite the tourists.
(, Mon 18 Feb 2013, 11:34, Reply)
 Bullshit. The only time it's difficult is when there is engineering work at weekends and even then it's simple.
	Bullshit. The only time it's difficult is when there is engineering work at weekends and even then it's simple.I hardly ever hear a London resident moan about getting across town.
(, Mon 18 Feb 2013, 11:48, Reply)
 You can hear your mum moaning from across town when I pay her a visit
	You can hear your mum moaning from across town when I pay her a visit(, Mon 18 Feb 2013, 11:51, Reply)
 'oh shit, it's that massive bent spastic again, don't answer the door'
	'oh shit, it's that massive bent spastic again, don't answer the door'(, Mon 18 Feb 2013, 11:52, Reply)
 There are 10 million of us.
	There are 10 million of us.  It wouldn't work if it ran like it did in the cuntry.
(, Mon 18 Feb 2013, 11:29, Reply)
 Except in populated areas they have increased busses, so that doens't work.
	Except in populated areas they have increased busses, so that doens't work.Take out all the dencely populated areas with resonable transport; such as city centres... then do the maths.
(, Mon 18 Feb 2013, 11:35, Reply)
 You're making an entirely specious argument.
	You're making an entirely specious argument.Entirely. As in completely and utterly.
(, Mon 18 Feb 2013, 11:38, Reply)
 HAY CHOMPY, IF 8 OUT OF 10 PEOPLE BELONG TO CATEGORY A, AND YOU HAVE 100 PEOPLE.... WHAT IS THE AVERAGE POPULATION OF CATAGORY A
	HAY CHOMPY, IF 8 OUT OF 10 PEOPLE BELONG TO CATEGORY A, AND YOU HAVE 100 PEOPLE.... WHAT IS THE AVERAGE POPULATION OF CATAGORY Ahahahaha, what a mong.
(, Mon 18 Feb 2013, 11:45, Reply)
 Ahh! That will be why this morning I had to listen to
	Ahh! That will be why this morning I had to listen tosome bollocks about Pope Benedict's career development in a 15-minute long disseration of Vatican politics, instead of Humphreys taking Montague over the desk at speed during one of his usual coke-fuelled rampages.
(, Mon 18 Feb 2013, 11:14, Reply)
 Greetings from Poland.
	Greetings from Poland.Only -1. Positively spring like compared to previous visits.
(, Mon 18 Feb 2013, 11:22, Reply)
 When in cold alleyways with Polish whores
	When in cold alleyways with Polish whoresyou really have to concentrate to get onto the "vinegars".
(, Mon 18 Feb 2013, 11:24, Reply)
 If you have a grievance then I think you should be able to withdraw your labour
	If you have a grievance then I think you should be able to withdraw your labourwithout getting sacked. That said, the Chinese can't get away with that sort of thing which is why we will all be working for them before too long.
Selfishly, I don't like strikes that effect me. Other than that I don't really care, just don't ask me for money like the miners and firemen used to.
(, Mon 18 Feb 2013, 11:22, Reply)
 But if I was in a union I'd want to be in the RMT.
	But if I was in a union I'd want to be in the RMT.  Well paid and everyone is shit scared of them.
(, Mon 18 Feb 2013, 11:26, Reply)
 He's aware that people think he's a cunt and probably enjoys that fact.
	He's aware that people think he's a cunt and probably enjoys that fact.(, Mon 18 Feb 2013, 11:36, Reply)
 Badmons Dukaz shot his first girl friend. She was tired of being on the bottom during sex. Badmons Dukaz never compromises his position.
	Badmons Dukaz shot his first girl friend. She was tired of being on the bottom during sex. Badmons Dukaz never compromises his position. (, Mon 18 Feb 2013, 11:37, Reply)
 Your sig: terrible idea.
	Your sig: terrible idea.There wouldn't be any communion wine left on the altar.
(, Mon 18 Feb 2013, 11:39, Reply)
 alright everyone?
	alright everyone?Last night I cooked spinach and ricotta canneloni from scratch. Except the pasta tubes, they were dried.
Surprisingly easy really.
(, Mon 18 Feb 2013, 11:52, Reply)
 it was delicious.
	it was delicious.I added pine nuts to the spinach and made my own bechamel sauce.
(, Mon 18 Feb 2013, 11:54, Reply)
 you stuffed some ready made pasta tube with some spinach and cheese?
	you stuffed some ready made pasta tube with some spinach and cheese?(, Mon 18 Feb 2013, 11:54, Reply)
 I for one am massively surprised at how easy it sounds.
	I for one am massively surprised at how easy it sounds.I would have thought that it would have been extremely difficult - it seems not!
(, Mon 18 Feb 2013, 11:57, Reply)
 I made a tomato and red wine sauce with fresh basil and capers
	I made a tomato and red wine sauce with fresh basil and capersMade the spinach, ricotta and pine nuts mix, made a bechamel sauce and layered those fuckers up.
Piece of piss.
(, Mon 18 Feb 2013, 11:56, Reply)
 I went to an Italian restaurant on Friday night and had this.
	I went to an Italian restaurant on Friday night and had this.On account of it being the only vegetarian dish on the menu.
(, Mon 18 Feb 2013, 11:56, Reply)
 I like the way it removes the pressure of decision-making from my dining out experience.
	I like the way it removes the pressure of decision-making from my dining out experience.(, Mon 18 Feb 2013, 12:00, Reply)
 That's exactly why i like o dine out
	That's exactly why i like o dine outI hate the idea of eating new things, prepared in ways I couldn't at home!
(, Mon 18 Feb 2013, 12:03, Reply)
 No you've got it all wrong, you "choke" on the sock in the bathtub joke
	No you've got it all wrong, you "choke" on the sock in the bathtub joke(, Mon 18 Feb 2013, 12:05, Reply)
 one small mention of food and the board goes wild
	one small mention of food and the board goes wildI want some Hallumi for my supper
(, Mon 18 Feb 2013, 12:06, Reply)
 Surprisingly, I did a crown of duck on Saturday, with a black cherry, kirsch and rosemary sauce. N.O.M.
	Surprisingly, I did a crown of duck on Saturday, with a black cherry, kirsch and rosemary sauce. N.O.M.(, Mon 18 Feb 2013, 12:07, Reply)
 I think I'm having sausage and onion baguettes.
	I think I'm having sausage and onion baguettes.But I'm tempted to go to the lebanese near my new place.
(, Mon 18 Feb 2013, 12:09, Reply)
 Salami, gerkin & egg sandwich*
	Salami, gerkin & egg sandwich** what do you expect? I'm in Poland FFS.
(, Mon 18 Feb 2013, 12:11, Reply)
 Easily the best thing to come out of Poland since you mailed me those prozzer's nips
	Easily the best thing to come out of Poland since you mailed me those prozzer's nips(, Mon 18 Feb 2013, 12:14, Reply)
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