Teachers have voted for strike action this month, have you ever been on strike?
Are you member of a union, is it worth it? Is it compulsory/expected? Are they pretty much toothless 70s throwbacks, reduced to a token action such as one day crap such as the teachers are doing?
Alt, trainers? There' s been a lot of trainer chat here recently. They're only fucking running shoes, and leisure wear, not high art, agree or disagree?
Altalt, breakfast tales please.
(Pookie Bear had some very shiny foez, Tue 1 Oct 2013, 7:21, 229 replies, latest was 11 years ago)

I don't really understand what a union is, but in my mind it's all a bit 'Socialist Worker' and Communist.
Just seems like a club for people who are all upset about having to work for a living.
Alt: I like footwear but not obsessively so. I see a pair of trainers I like and buy them. But I wouldn't buy hundreds of pairs to be kept in boxes, but I suppose it's just a kind of hobby?
Altalt: No breakfast today because I had FIVE high end sausages and mash while out last night washed down with something called 'lager'.
( MEATSNAKE Richard Hammond, Tue 1 Oct 2013, 7:33, Reply)

*votes frog*
It's the "we deserve more" attitude I don't get. The economy is struggling, everyone is facing a bit of a pinch, why should you be so special?
( Windy Pig I'm naturally quite suspicious about the moon., Tue 1 Oct 2013, 7:34, Reply)

I have only worked for small independent companies in the last decade, so having any sort of 'union' would have been out of the question.
If I stopped working because I wanted more money I'd just get the boot.
( MEATSNAKE Richard Hammond, Tue 1 Oct 2013, 7:39, Reply)

You are looking at it from the wrong perspective.
It's this race to the bottom politics that is pushing more and more people below the poverty line.
Why are there families queuing at food banks in this country? That ain't right.
( tangledupinblue hairy badge with moving eyes, Tue 1 Oct 2013, 8:57, Reply)

It is funny though.

( MEATSNAKE Richard Hammond, Tue 1 Oct 2013, 9:08, Reply)

One morning when I was working at a small pub bed and breakfast thing,
I was on the breakfast shift, got all the equipment fired up, started cooking, ran out for a fag before the guests came down, and when I got back some bloke was in my kitchen cooking his own breakfast. I sort of stood there staring at him, he looked at me, said good morning and asked where the hash Brown's were.
It took me a minute to process, but I eventually said "sorry sir, this is a staff area" and he said, "oh, I know, but I'm a better chef than you so I thought you wouldn't mind."
" well, I do mind, it's not safe for guests to be here, and as a chef you should know about wearing appropriate clothing"
"oh, I'm not a professional chef, I cook as a hobby, I'm very good don't worry"
Then I got angry and killed him
( Windy Pig I'm naturally quite suspicious about the moon., Tue 1 Oct 2013, 7:33, Reply)

I'm glad you killed him, I admire your restraint. I would have raped him too.

( MEATSNAKE Richard Hammond, Tue 1 Oct 2013, 7:40, Reply)

I would've asked him to knock a breakfast up for me while he was there

( Two Hats 🎩🎩, Tue 1 Oct 2013, 8:11, Reply)

That's why you're fat.

( Windy Pig I'm naturally quite suspicious about the moon., Tue 1 Oct 2013, 8:13, Reply)

I'M HUSKY

( Two Hats 🎩🎩, Tue 1 Oct 2013, 8:14, Reply)

Although I did eat quite a lot at the all you can eat breakfast buffet on sunday

( Two Hats 🎩🎩, Tue 1 Oct 2013, 8:18, Reply)

I love a good breakfast buffet.

( Windy Pig I'm naturally quite suspicious about the moon., Tue 1 Oct 2013, 8:39, Reply)

Me too
Especially if there's the full complement of breakfasty goodness* - including black pudding.

*This description does not include baked beans.
(Captain Placid 24/7 ball gags, brownie mix and clown porn, Tue 1 Oct 2013, 8:50, Reply)

baked beans are the shiznit and essential for a good breakfast
otherwise the toast is too dry.
( The Light in Chains don't touch the Pope's boner, Tue 1 Oct 2013, 9:13, Reply)

This one was at the beefeater near Port Solent
It's actually pretty good.
( Two Hats 🎩🎩, Tue 1 Oct 2013, 8:58, Reply)

Yes, I've been on strike
No longer a member of a union for several reasons - one of which is the 'Animal farm' type conversion of one firebrand union official to self-serving cunt (MP) that I've seen first-hand. The unions shouldn't be vilified as they are but the politicians made a pretty good propaganda job of turning unions into bogeymen.
Alt: Just running/leisurewear.
Altalt: Bacon sandwich with a big mug of tea

Quick ninja edit - Bacon and EGG sandwich!
(Captain Placid 24/7 ball gags, brownie mix and clown porn, Tue 1 Oct 2013, 7:36, Reply)

Bacon butty soundss good. And MUG instead of cup gets my vote. Fucking cups.

(Pookie Bear had some very shiny foez, Tue 1 Oct 2013, 7:51, Reply)

I have a MUG of tea.
It's green tea though, so I'm not as working class and manly as I appear.
( MEATSNAKE Richard Hammond, Tue 1 Oct 2013, 7:53, Reply)

Green tea is good stuff. I have my tea without milk and sugar, these are for wimps.
Have you tried the lamon and green tea mix, think it' s Twinings? Luvly jubbly.
(Pookie Bear had some very shiny foez, Tue 1 Oct 2013, 8:01, Reply)

My mug of tea may be a tad less butch than it sounds
I buy a blend of tea which is (supposedly) optimised for the local water. I have to say it's stonking stuff but I do add milk.

*Shames*
(Captain Placid 24/7 ball gags, brownie mix and clown porn, Tue 1 Oct 2013, 8:04, Reply)

I don't really like normal tea, and was drinking too much coffee so went with the green tea.
I think I shall investigate other flavours.
( MEATSNAKE Richard Hammond, Tue 1 Oct 2013, 8:06, Reply)

Like "mince" or "pout"?

( rachelswipe with a fork, Tue 1 Oct 2013, 8:11, Reply)

NO LAD BANTER

( MEATSNAKE Richard Hammond, Tue 1 Oct 2013, 8:12, Reply)

First you have to be a lad, green tea boy
Then you can have lad banter
( rachelswipe with a fork, Tue 1 Oct 2013, 8:23, Reply)

But I said 'NO'
No means no, rapey rapist.
( MEATSNAKE Richard Hammond, Tue 1 Oct 2013, 8:23, Reply)

Green tea is a valid tea chubster.
Are you still fat?
(Pookie Bear had some very shiny foez, Tue 1 Oct 2013, 8:27, Reply)

Green tea is good stuff, but...
...mostly I feel the need for a good strong cuppa the colour of freshly-mixed plaster that stains the mug after just one use.
(Captain Placid 24/7 ball gags, brownie mix and clown porn, Tue 1 Oct 2013, 8:29, Reply)

Did you agree with the strike, or go along with it because of the vote?

(Pookie Bear had some very shiny foez, Tue 1 Oct 2013, 8:17, Reply)

Absolutely agreed with the strike

(Captain Placid 24/7 ball gags, brownie mix and clown porn, Tue 1 Oct 2013, 8:19, Reply)

Some of the unions did it themselves
See the tubes and Christmas. Let's ruin people's Christmases and damage the economy on a vital day for retail because getting triple time during a recession isn't enough for some people...
( rachelswipe with a fork, Tue 1 Oct 2013, 8:22, Reply)

See, you *say* that, but all I hear is
'wah wah waaaaaaaah!'
( MEATSNAKE Richard Hammond, Tue 1 Oct 2013, 8:25, Reply)

'See the tubes and Christmas. Let's ruin people's Christmases and damage the economy on a vital day for retail'...
Alternatively...
Let's get maximum coverage and make the maximum impact for the minimum time out. It's all about tactics. Why strike on the slowest day of the year? What impact would that have?
(Captain Placid 24/7 ball gags, brownie mix and clown porn, Tue 1 Oct 2013, 8:26, Reply)

That' s where the miners fucked it.
Winter strike and a proper vote, they could have fucked the thing; I still have respect for Arthur though.
(Pookie Bear had some very shiny foez, Tue 1 Oct 2013, 8:30, Reply)

It could be argued that it was their employers that did this, not the unions.
But there is little point in you and I going over this again.
( tangledupinblue hairy badge with moving eyes, Tue 1 Oct 2013, 8:55, Reply)

they are lucky to have well paid jobs in decent working conditions in the current economy
that is all
( rachelswipe with a fork, Tue 1 Oct 2013, 9:23, Reply)

Just as the girl in the 'slut boots' was lucky not to get raped by a taxi driver.

( tangledupinblue hairy badge with moving eyes, Tue 1 Oct 2013, 9:27, Reply)

this is a daft argument even for a leftie

( rachelswipe with a fork, Tue 1 Oct 2013, 9:34, Reply)

It's rory's argument, not mine.

( tangledupinblue hairy badge with moving eyes, Tue 1 Oct 2013, 9:39, Reply)

yes but he didn't mean it
whereas you clearly believe every last letter of it, obv.
( rachelswipe with a fork, Tue 1 Oct 2013, 9:40, Reply)

I mean every single word I say on here.

( tangledupinblue hairy badge with moving eyes, Tue 1 Oct 2013, 9:42, Reply)

Apart from that one, obv.

( tangledupinblue hairy badge with moving eyes, Tue 1 Oct 2013, 9:42, Reply)

"here" ?

( the mighty badger Aphrodite, on a bar stool, by your side, Tue 1 Oct 2013, 10:26, Reply)

Yeah, I once worked at a toilet factory run by Kenneth Williams
And we'd frequently strike over silly reasons, such as tea breaks and toilet usage. I feel that this clumsily lampooned the plight of people working under genuinely difficult decisions. After the works outing to Margate, I quit and got a job in telesales.
( Two Hats 🎩🎩, Tue 1 Oct 2013, 8:10, Reply)

Margate eh?
I went there once. Stayed in a hostel next to a creepy abandoned hospital.
( Windy Pig I'm naturally quite suspicious about the moon., Tue 1 Oct 2013, 8:40, Reply)

woah
come to my house, windy. Bring the missus, I'll make food and everything.
( Two Hats 🎩🎩, Tue 1 Oct 2013, 8:53, Reply)

Everyone's seen this, right?
b3ta.com/questions/purefury/post2107021
( Two Hats 🎩🎩, Tue 1 Oct 2013, 8:26, Reply)

I had not, but I'm glad I have now. THANK YOU.

( MEATSNAKE Richard Hammond, Tue 1 Oct 2013, 8:28, Reply)

with pleasure x

( Two Hats 🎩🎩, Tue 1 Oct 2013, 8:29, Reply)

Yes - I've been enjoying the response.
Was veritably chuckling away to myself during my morning weight loss.

"Seriously guys I was just joking!"
( Je suis un vagabond is an unfunny, up your own arse middle class knob, Tue 1 Oct 2013, 8:54, Reply)

I love the fact
that after all these years, people still post stories like that and expect others to believe it. And not just believe it, but support it. Awesome stuff, would read again +++
( Two Hats 🎩🎩, Tue 1 Oct 2013, 8:56, Reply)

"Yeah well actually she's my cousin, and anyway she's 18 now, so it wouldn't be illegal, and anyway I was only JOKING!"

( Je suis un vagabond is an unfunny, up your own arse middle class knob, Tue 1 Oct 2013, 9:01, Reply)

hells bells
The "Lazytown Defence" rears its ugly head once again.
( Two Hats 🎩🎩, Tue 1 Oct 2013, 9:04, Reply)

HEY EVERYONE! VOTE FOR MY SONG!
b3ta.com/questions/purefury/post2107435
( Je suis un vagabond is an unfunny, up your own arse middle class knob, Tue 1 Oct 2013, 9:22, Reply)

Nah, it's shit.

( tangledupinblue hairy badge with moving eyes, Tue 1 Oct 2013, 9:23, Reply)

^ bullying on the internet lols

( Je suis un vagabond is an unfunny, up your own arse middle class knob, Tue 1 Oct 2013, 9:26, Reply)

I like that ditty "The working class can kiss my arse, I've got the boss's job at last."
Trainers (or 'daps') are just running shoes. The fetishisation of them is stupid.

Two weekends ago I got up at 1-30pm with a massive hangover, and breakfasted on a freshly-cooked pizza and a pint of coca-cola, while watching Blackadder II. It was fantastic - made me glad to be an adult.
( Je suis un vagabond is an unfunny, up your own arse middle class knob, Tue 1 Oct 2013, 8:41, Reply)

One of the best things about being a grown up is that you don't have to worry about spoiling your appetite
If I want a mars bar at 4 o'clock, I'm bloody having one.
( Two Hats 🎩🎩, Tue 1 Oct 2013, 8:54, Reply)

I have never been a member of a union nor been on strike.
I'm lucky that my employers are decent people who treat their staff fairly.
It's sad that so many people have bought into the rhetoric that unions are somehow a bad idea.
I fully support the teachers on their decision to strike.

Alt: I own a pair of baseball boots, yet I've never played baseball
( tangledupinblue hairy badge with moving eyes, Tue 1 Oct 2013, 8:52, Reply)

' I own a pair of baseball boots, yet I've never played baseball'
Me too! we could be like, baseball boot brothers or suttin'
(Captain Placid 24/7 ball gags, brownie mix and clown porn, Tue 1 Oct 2013, 8:55, Reply)

We have so much in common

( tangledupinblue hairy badge with moving eyes, Tue 1 Oct 2013, 8:59, Reply)

INORITE!!!!
On a serious note, you should have gone to the open mic at the Open arms the other Sunday. There was a guy doing ragtime/fingerpicking versions of Buzzcocks and Iain Drury songs - he was good!
There was some banjo playing being perpetrated though.
(Captain Placid 24/7 ball gags, brownie mix and clown porn, Tue 1 Oct 2013, 9:02, Reply)

It's the dreary singer-songwriters that put me off these things.
And I'm guilty of inflicting banjo on others myself.
( tangledupinblue hairy badge with moving eyes, Tue 1 Oct 2013, 9:05, Reply)

You play the banjo?
NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!
You're dead to me.*


*Not really, we're baseball boot brothers so that makes it forgivable.
(Captain Placid 24/7 ball gags, brownie mix and clown porn, Tue 1 Oct 2013, 9:06, Reply)

I have a pair of Gazelles, yet I've never been attacked by a tiger

( Two Hats 🎩🎩, Tue 1 Oct 2013, 8:56, Reply)

I also own a pair of desert boots, yet I've never ridden a camel

( tangledupinblue hairy badge with moving eyes, Tue 1 Oct 2013, 8:58, Reply)

I have a pair of loafers
and i don't even like bread
( MEATSNAKE Richard Hammond, Tue 1 Oct 2013, 8:59, Reply)

bread Lokesy
( tangledupinblue hairy badge with moving eyes, Tue 1 Oct 2013, 9:00, Reply)

That's not what I've heard
heard read on a train station toilet wall
( Two Hats 🎩🎩, Tue 1 Oct 2013, 9:00, Reply)

read written
( tangledupinblue hairy badge with moving eyes, Tue 1 Oct 2013, 9:00, Reply)

well.....yes
BUT SOMEONE HAD TO SAY IT
( Two Hats 🎩🎩, Tue 1 Oct 2013, 9:04, Reply)

In a way I'm glad it was you.

( tangledupinblue hairy badge with moving eyes, Tue 1 Oct 2013, 9:23, Reply)

A full English cooked on a BBQ is a breakfast sensation.

( MEATSNAKE Richard Hammond, Tue 1 Oct 2013, 8:55, Reply)

The eggs are tricky though
they keep slipping through the grill
( Two Hats 🎩🎩, Tue 1 Oct 2013, 8:57, Reply)

ITS NO YOLKING MATTER

( MEATSNAKE Richard Hammond, Tue 1 Oct 2013, 9:00, Reply)

ALBUMEN

( Two Hats 🎩🎩, Tue 1 Oct 2013, 9:05, Reply)

For some unknown reason I am singing this word to the tune of Glen Campbell's Galveston.
I also think of The Doveston to this melody as well.
( tangledupinblue hairy badge with moving eyes, Tue 1 Oct 2013, 9:17, Reply)

I think it might be because I'm a prick.

( tangledupinblue hairy badge with moving eyes, Tue 1 Oct 2013, 9:17, Reply)

UNPOSSIBLE

( Two Hats 🎩🎩, Tue 1 Oct 2013, 9:18, Reply)

I might take you up on the offer of dinner or lunch at your house.

( Windy Pig I'm naturally quite suspicious about the moon., Tue 1 Oct 2013, 9:38, Reply)

gud

( Two Hats 🎩🎩, Tue 1 Oct 2013, 9:43, Reply)

all lawyers have been sent home today
we've all been told not to bother because apparently someone is giving a talk in america today and so there would be no point even TRYING.
( rachelswipe with a fork, Tue 1 Oct 2013, 9:21, Reply)

They should all go and join the teachers on the picket lines.

( tangledupinblue hairy badge with moving eyes, Tue 1 Oct 2013, 9:23, Reply)

i think teaching is criminally underpaid
they work fucking hard
( rachelswipe with a fork, Tue 1 Oct 2013, 9:24, Reply)

No they're lazy pricks who have too much holiday and knock off at three every day.
We should make them work longer and harder for less money and keep their pension fund for ourselves
( tangledupinblue hairy badge with moving eyes, Tue 1 Oct 2013, 9:25, Reply)

i quite like the pension fund idea
fork that over
( rachelswipe with a fork, Tue 1 Oct 2013, 9:27, Reply)

How would you feel if it was decided to raid your pension fund?

( tangledupinblue hairy badge with moving eyes, Tue 1 Oct 2013, 9:29, Reply)

i don't expect my pension fund to be worth anything anyway

( rachelswipe with a fork, Tue 1 Oct 2013, 9:33, Reply)

The teachers were expecting theirs to be worth at least what they paid into it over the course of their careers.

( tangledupinblue hairy badge with moving eyes, Tue 1 Oct 2013, 9:38, Reply)

maybe they shouldn't have voted for blair and brown then, eh?

( rachelswipe with a fork, Tue 1 Oct 2013, 9:39, Reply)

Hindsight.

( Windy Pig I'm naturally quite suspicious about the moon., Tue 1 Oct 2013, 9:44, Reply)

to be fair
i could never have voted for blair, regardless of what party he was, or my circumstances. ghastly slimey lying man with a freshly buggered schoolboy grin. he has always made me cringe.
( rachelswipe with a fork, Tue 1 Oct 2013, 9:47, Reply)

He is an unpleasant creature, but seemed to be fairly popular.

( Windy Pig I'm naturally quite suspicious about the moon., Tue 1 Oct 2013, 9:50, Reply)

people are thick, that's why

( rachelswipe with a fork, Tue 1 Oct 2013, 9:52, Reply)

I always base my decision on how to vote on whose smile I like best or who has the nicest teeth.

( tangledupinblue hairy badge with moving eyes, Tue 1 Oct 2013, 9:52, Reply)

it's tragic that a lot of the population did exactly this
"ooh but he looks like such a nice man, with a nice family," cooed my friend.

who has a phd.

and is clearly still thick as windy pigshit.
( rachelswipe with a fork, Tue 1 Oct 2013, 9:53, Reply)

I go by haircut and style of tie knot.

( Windy Pig I'm naturally quite suspicious about the moon., Tue 1 Oct 2013, 9:53, Reply)

I don't vote, I just play along at home for fun.

( MEATSNAKE Richard Hammond, Tue 1 Oct 2013, 9:54, Reply)

along
( rachelswipe with a fork, Tue 1 Oct 2013, 10:11, Reply)

You're American?

(localboy purveyor of pisspoor puns, Tue 1 Oct 2013, 9:59, Reply)

That's right, they were naive to vote for people committed to investing in education.

( tangledupinblue hairy badge with moving eyes, Tue 1 Oct 2013, 9:53, Reply)

I liked the top tip in Viz:
"Teachers! Go on strike during the long summer holidays when you're doing all those difficult OFSTED reports and writing lesson plans! That will show the government you really mean business!"
( Je suis un vagabond is an unfunny, up your own arse middle class knob, Tue 1 Oct 2013, 9:34, Reply)

ha
my mum DID work through most of the summer though. i was always being dragged into school with her to do shit when i was a kid.
( rachelswipe with a fork, Tue 1 Oct 2013, 9:35, Reply)

Too cheap to shit at home?

( Windy Pig I'm naturally quite suspicious about the moon., Tue 1 Oct 2013, 9:37, Reply)

it was that funny tracing paper toilet roll
couldn't get enough of it
( rachelswipe with a fork, Tue 1 Oct 2013, 9:39, Reply)

Christ, my nan still buys that stuff.

( Windy Pig I'm naturally quite suspicious about the moon., Tue 1 Oct 2013, 9:42, Reply)

i didn't know they still made it
gotta be andrex
( rachelswipe with a fork, Tue 1 Oct 2013, 9:46, Reply)

Typical
Anything that's easy to put your fingers through....
(localboy purveyor of pisspoor puns, Tue 1 Oct 2013, 9:43, Reply)

ha!
i nearly shared too much there. let's just say m&s underwear ain't what it used to be, or possibly bold washing tabs are too powerful.
( rachelswipe with a fork, Tue 1 Oct 2013, 9:45, Reply)

Or your mimsy is hungrier than a rabid pirhana?

(localboy purveyor of pisspoor puns, Tue 1 Oct 2013, 9:53, Reply)

is hungrier than smells like
( Two Hats 🎩🎩, Tue 1 Oct 2013, 10:05, Reply)

www.youtube.com/watch?v=bDHBZdJT64A&feature=youtube_gdata
( Windy Pig I'm naturally quite suspicious about the moon., Tue 1 Oct 2013, 10:08, Reply)

Awesome
His performance at Woodstock is what made me buy an SG. Fucking brilliant.
( Two Hats 🎩🎩, Tue 1 Oct 2013, 10:17, Reply)

it's one of my favourite performances by anyone ever.
Did you know he'd been spiked with acid and was really losing it? He ended up praying that if he could make it through the performance he'd change his life etc and did. Which is why he went shit.
( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Tue 1 Oct 2013, 10:24, Reply)

That God bloke has a lot to answer for

( The Light in Chains don't touch the Pope's boner, Tue 1 Oct 2013, 10:26, Reply)

I didn't know that
Carlos, Aerosmith, Jack Dee. Three acts that really shouldn't have kicked the booze and drugs.
( Two Hats 🎩🎩, Tue 1 Oct 2013, 10:28, Reply)

It's making me want a decent Hammond

( tangledupinblue hairy badge with moving eyes, Tue 1 Oct 2013, 10:25, Reply)

+Richard

( The Light in Chains don't touch the Pope's boner, Tue 1 Oct 2013, 10:26, Reply)

Get a Hammond and help me form a mental rhythm and blues band
We can get Windy on bass.
( Two Hats 🎩🎩, Tue 1 Oct 2013, 10:29, Reply)

I'm in.

( tangledupinblue hairy badge with moving eyes, Tue 1 Oct 2013, 10:29, Reply)

My stand up is coming along nicely,
I can just about get the spin right.
( Windy Pig I'm naturally quite suspicious about the moon., Tue 1 Oct 2013, 10:31, Reply)

SWEET
Although that will mean I'll have to buy a Gretsch. SO BE IT. Sometimes these sacrifices need to be made for the greater good.
( Two Hats 🎩🎩, Tue 1 Oct 2013, 10:33, Reply)

I wholeheartedly support your need for a Gretch.

( tangledupinblue hairy badge with moving eyes, Tue 1 Oct 2013, 10:37, Reply)

I want a Gretsch

( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Tue 1 Oct 2013, 10:37, Reply)

The build quality of their Electromatic range is surprisingly good

( Two Hats 🎩🎩, Tue 1 Oct 2013, 11:02, Reply)

Certainly saves on bog roll.

( Je suis un vagabond is an unfunny, up your own arse middle class knob, Tue 1 Oct 2013, 9:40, Reply)

alt shut up you knob

( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Tue 1 Oct 2013, 9:52, Reply)

Yo.
How's it?
( Windy Pig I'm naturally quite suspicious about the moon., Tue 1 Oct 2013, 9:53, Reply)

shit

( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Tue 1 Oct 2013, 9:58, Reply)

What's getting you down man?
Is it your flat?
( Windy Pig I'm naturally quite suspicious about the moon., Tue 1 Oct 2013, 10:03, Reply)

by 9pm on my 40th I was at home reading a book.
IT'S ALL OVER
( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Tue 1 Oct 2013, 10:08, Reply)

but yes, flat also

( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Tue 1 Oct 2013, 10:10, Reply)

It's not all over,
It's just different now.
( Windy Pig I'm naturally quite suspicious about the moon., Tue 1 Oct 2013, 10:11, Reply)

different in a shit way

( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Tue 1 Oct 2013, 10:12, Reply)

binga bing bang bong RELEASE!

( Two Hats 🎩🎩, Tue 1 Oct 2013, 9:56, Reply)

Jo Dolce less successful zzzzzz

(localboy purveyor of pisspoor puns, Tue 1 Oct 2013, 9:57, Reply)

this means nothing to me

( Bill Clay a.k.a. Claudio, Tue 1 Oct 2013, 9:58, Reply)

Or Rhianna....

(localboy purveyor of pisspoor puns, Tue 1 Oct 2013, 10:01, Reply)

Did she keep Ultravox off the No1 spot too?
Ohhh Vieenna-ena-ena-hey-hey
( Bill Clay a.k.a. Claudio, Tue 1 Oct 2013, 10:03, Reply)

Yeah, I'm in an IT union. When we strike we all sit around with our fingers crossed hoping nobody figures out how to use google and/or basic common sense
Alt: One pair for running* and one one of those 'high-tops' or whatever the kids call them cos I like them and they're comfy.

Altalt: Fruit and yoghurt. YAY!!



*walking quickly but not overdoing it
( Bill Clay a.k.a. Claudio, Tue 1 Oct 2013, 9:58, Reply)

unions are for flat cap wearing workshy cunts down pit
They have no place in the modern world. If I was in charge I'd ban them and ship their leaders off for reconditioning. Then I'd blockade Jewish businesses, reclaim Sudetenland and ultimately invade Poland on a flimsy pretext. It's the only language they understand.
( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Tue 1 Oct 2013, 10:07, Reply)

That still leaves the problem of what to do with all the ousted Jews and other undesirables
Or have you got a plan for them?
( tangledupinblue hairy badge with moving eyes, Tue 1 Oct 2013, 10:08, Reply)

more of a solution, i suspect
finally
( rachelswipe with a fork, Tue 1 Oct 2013, 10:10, Reply)

I may have.
That's all I am prepared to say at this juncture.
( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Tue 1 Oct 2013, 10:11, Reply)

Just putting it out there, but I sell gas related products and would be pleased to donate materials necessary for any large scale projects free of charge.
Just saying.
( MEATSNAKE Richard Hammond, Tue 1 Oct 2013, 10:22, Reply)

favourable contacts will be awarded to loyal supporters

( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Tue 1 Oct 2013, 10:31, Reply)

*salutes (you know which one)*

( MEATSNAKE Richard Hammond, Tue 1 Oct 2013, 10:36, Reply)

*clicks heels*

( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Tue 1 Oct 2013, 10:38, Reply)

*Admires Hugo Boss apparel*

( MEATSNAKE Richard Hammond, Tue 1 Oct 2013, 10:45, Reply)

AND AT LEAST YOU'LL MAKE THE TRAINS RUN ON TIME, MONTS

( Two Hats 🎩🎩, Tue 1 Oct 2013, 10:26, Reply)

u no dat

( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Tue 1 Oct 2013, 10:29, Reply)

I can see a place for worker's unions
though there should be laws about when strikes are legally acceptable. Shutting down the Tube network on Christmas Eve because the government won't approve a 40 grand minimum wage for the task of pushing a control lever forward on a choo choo isn't socially or morally acceptable and it shouldn't be legally so, either.
( Kroney, Tue 1 Oct 2013, 10:21, Reply)

You should be allowed to strike as long as that strike can't have any impact?

( tangledupinblue hairy badge with moving eyes, Tue 1 Oct 2013, 10:27, Reply)

A fucking Tube strike is always going to have a huge impact on London you fucking hemp chewing ignoramous
there's no need to do it the day before Christmas when everybody's already having a shitty enough time trying to get to their families in filthy bastard weather.

You guys in Cov might just be able to hop on the trailer of the nearest friendly farmer that might just be happening to pass by your filthy commune on their way t'market but those of us in civilisation have rather more obstacles to contend with. LONG SENTENCE.
( Kroney, Tue 1 Oct 2013, 10:29, Reply)

Oi'll nivvor understand you clever London types

( tangledupinblue hairy badge with moving eyes, Tue 1 Oct 2013, 10:42, Reply)

it's the bit of the country that supports your bit of the country

( rachelswipe with a fork, Tue 1 Oct 2013, 10:44, Reply)

*tugs forelock*
Thank'ee koindly, Mistress Swoipe.
( tangledupinblue hairy badge with moving eyes, Tue 1 Oct 2013, 10:46, Reply)

so you should be
*bends over and gets raped for tax*
( rachelswipe with a fork, Tue 1 Oct 2013, 10:59, Reply)

you have a valid point, all strike action SHOULD be illegal.

( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Tue 1 Oct 2013, 10:30, Reply)

I'm not sure that's the point he's making
I'd read it more as you shouldn't be allowed to strike over something that clearly isn't a reasonable matter for protest.

See: Anything done by RMT, ever.
( the mighty badger Aphrodite, on a bar stool, by your side, Tue 1 Oct 2013, 10:30, Reply)

Call it a compound point.
Two points in one. It's better value that way. Ask Monty, he knows all about BOGOFs.
( Kroney, Tue 1 Oct 2013, 10:33, Reply)

TOP BANANA

( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Tue 1 Oct 2013, 10:38, Reply)

CAAAWL THES NOMBER NEEEOOW

( Kroney, Tue 1 Oct 2013, 10:40, Reply)

I'm not
although I probably fucking should be, because sooner or later I'll turn down some undergrad's advances she's going to accuse me of sexual harassement and then I'll be fucked without a union.

But, y'know, meh. Strikes, a bit shit in general. So swings and roundabouts. Plus you have to pay them.
( the mighty badger Aphrodite, on a bar stool, by your side, Tue 1 Oct 2013, 10:29, Reply)

now we've met you
wei really don't think you need to worry about being sexually harassed, darling xxx
( rachelswipe with a fork, Tue 1 Oct 2013, 10:37, Reply)

*mwah*
thanks sweetie.
( the mighty badger Aphrodite, on a bar stool, by your side, Tue 1 Oct 2013, 10:41, Reply)

you should come down for MOAR drinks soon
you were nice
( rachelswipe with a fork, Tue 1 Oct 2013, 10:46, Reply)

I would, but you've basically just called me uggers
massive sadface, online
( the mighty badger Aphrodite, on a bar stool, by your side, Tue 1 Oct 2013, 11:02, Reply)

it's only because you're selfishly married and sprogged up
i'm just trying to control myself
( rachelswipe with a fork, Tue 1 Oct 2013, 11:03, Reply)

See, closing ranks because some little lesbian didn't want your old chap up her
and went bloo blooing to the papers is a reasonable use for a union.
( Kroney, Tue 1 Oct 2013, 10:38, Reply)

Quite so *lights pipe*
I mean, if they didn't want it, why did they come to my office? I don't buy these flimsy pretexts about coursework and such.
( the mighty badger Aphrodite, on a bar stool, by your side, Tue 1 Oct 2013, 10:43, Reply)

They ALL know why you've got that fogged glass in your office door.
If they come willingly in wearing some sort of "skirt", then they're clearly gagging for it. Just because they get a clammed-up snatch just before claiming their A grade doesn't mean you should suffer, old boy.
( Kroney, Tue 1 Oct 2013, 10:45, Reply)

he'd probably enjoy that
makes it tighter
( rachelswipe with a fork, Tue 1 Oct 2013, 10:46, Reply)

OI! BADGER! Leave them kids alone!

( Peej, Tue 1 Oct 2013, 10:43, Reply)

All in all
Its just a-nother prick in the halls
( sporters I’m sincerely gratitude to you, Tue 1 Oct 2013, 10:44, Reply)

I'll bet that Nigel Farage chap has a good stance on unions.
He's a good egg.
( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Tue 1 Oct 2013, 10:40, Reply)

Kroney has a good stance on onions

( sporters I’m sincerely gratitude to you, Tue 1 Oct 2013, 10:41, Reply)

alright mate

( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Tue 1 Oct 2013, 10:52, Reply)

do a new thread, eh?

( rachelswipe with a fork, Tue 1 Oct 2013, 10:53, Reply)

I got nuttn

( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Tue 1 Oct 2013, 10:55, Reply)

FINE I DID IT MYSELF
much like lighty and his ass-chilli
( rachelswipe with a fork, Tue 1 Oct 2013, 11:00, Reply)

Good morning sir

( sporters I’m sincerely gratitude to you, Tue 1 Oct 2013, 10:54, Reply)

I was in the boilermaker's union once.
Trufax.
( Kroney, Tue 1 Oct 2013, 10:42, Reply)

I was a major player in the students union.
Well in their bar at any rate.
( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Tue 1 Oct 2013, 10:54, Reply)