So, the guy in charge of Network Rail is going to step down
www.guardian.co.uk/world/2010/jun/17/network-rail-boss-iain-coucher-resigns

He says he is worth every penny of his £750K salary - which makes me think he's a liar

BUT

Bob Crow has attacked him saying he "presided over a culture that had attacked jobs, working conditions and rail safety while his salary and perks had "gone through the roof"" and this makes me like him as a think Bob Crow is a cunt.

So I'm a little torn. Has anyone else found themselves torn over an issue recently?
(Bazongaloid, Thu 17 Jun 2010, 16:40, 72 replies, latest was 16 years ago)

They could both be cunts?
That's usually the answer to this sort of dilemma.
(PsychoChomp, Thu 17 Jun 2010, 16:41, Reply)

I suspect you may be right on the money there.

(Bazongaloid, Thu 17 Jun 2010, 16:42, Reply)

Agreed. Both opposite sides of the same cunty-coin.
Like Thatcher and Scargill.
(Bicycle Repairman "you're also a bit of a wanker", Thu 17 Jun 2010, 16:50, Reply)

Exactly. Opposing one cunt doesn't stop a cunt being a cunt
(After all, there are lesbians in the world, aren't there?)

I have long since disowned Bob Crow for not behaving like a proper crow and behaving like a cunt instead. And quite frankly anyone who thinks he's worth £750,000 per annum for running a rail network in that fashion is almost a cunt as well.
(LongJohnBaldry, Thu 17 Jun 2010, 16:59, Reply)

I *knew* it!
I bloody knew it!

One mention of the trains and that's it - you're like a bacon seeking missile!

Alright gorgeous?
( chickenlady b3ta's very own Elizabeth Taylor, Thu 17 Jun 2010, 17:03, Reply)

I think Bob Crow is a cunt also
finally something we agree on.

I'm torn over whether I should go to Rome by myself after all. My mother is laying a fairly heavy guilt trip on me about it, the heat is going to be unbearable and it's going to be really expensive. But I still really want to go
( Amberl was stripey and dominated Europe, Thu 17 Jun 2010, 16:42, Reply)

You should go
And eat some Pizza. Apparently the Italians are famous for it. Who knew eh!?
(Bazongaloid, Thu 17 Jun 2010, 16:43, Reply)

No they're famous for pasta,
you're getting them confused with the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles.
(PsychoChomp, Thu 17 Jun 2010, 16:44, Reply)

Oh man
I've gone and given my parents totally the wrong advice now. They are going to look mighty stupid wandering round Rome looking for Pizza next week.
(Bazongaloid, Thu 17 Jun 2010, 16:45, Reply)

This is the best bit of Rome
www.italyheaven.co.uk/rome/areas/trastevere.html
(Aberracion Life's getting very complicated, but a lot of fun., Thu 17 Jun 2010, 16:46, Reply)

When I was last in Rome I stayed
here, not bad for a Catholic retreat.
( Lampito rise with the moon, go to bed with the sun, Thu 17 Jun 2010, 17:01, Reply)

GO, GO, GO, GO!!!
You'll enjoy it, you'll see beautiful places, have great food and wine, have sunshine. I can't see why you wouldn't want to go.

Try to avoid end of July to begining of September if you're bad with heat.
(Aberracion Life's getting very complicated, but a lot of fun., Thu 17 Jun 2010, 16:45, Reply)

Your mother's laying a guilt trip on you?
Ignore her, it's Rome, not Kandahar.
( Kroney, Thu 17 Jun 2010, 16:49, Reply)

You should go :)
It'll be awesome.

At the moment I'm debating whether I should go around Europe on my own, but I'm not sure it's a good idea this summer. Maybe the next.
( Lampito rise with the moon, go to bed with the sun, Thu 17 Jun 2010, 16:53, Reply)

There's nowt wrong with taking a holiday by yourself
I've done it at least twice before now.

(Helps if you can speak the local language, mind; a week in Croatia not having a proper conversation with anybody got a bit odd after a while)
(LongJohnBaldry, Thu 17 Jun 2010, 17:02, Reply)

true
but she is a worrier by nature. And I won't have internet during that time, and my phone can't make foreign calls on my contract I think, so I see where she is coming from.
( Amberl was stripey and dominated Europe, Thu 17 Jun 2010, 18:02, Reply)

I'm sure there will be plenty of "very friendly"young Italian men
who will be all too pleased to help you out if you get it any trouble.
(LongJohnBaldry, Thu 17 Jun 2010, 18:35, Reply)

you mean
the lecherous ones my tutor is worried about. Not that I'm very hot, just apparantly they will harass anyone female
( Amberl was stripey and dominated Europe, Thu 17 Jun 2010, 18:37, Reply)

I shouldn't stereotype
As I'm sure not all Italian men are greasy, lecherous crooks. In fact, I know some who aren't.

However, during the first couple of weeks when volcanic ash was grounding planes, all the other countries did their best to help stranded tourists, whilst in Italy a lot of the natives bought up whatever plane, train or boat tickets they could to sell on at a premium to said stranded tourists.
(LongJohnBaldry, Thu 17 Jun 2010, 18:41, Reply)

so do I
(know nice Italian men) however they are still usually quite sexist. And the times I've been to Rome before (and the times my family have been to Rome) there's been gangs of them who can be fairly intimidating
( Amberl was stripey and dominated Europe, Thu 17 Jun 2010, 18:50, Reply)

While it's in my mind...what time are you coming in tomorrow?

( Lampito rise with the moon, go to bed with the sun, Thu 17 Jun 2010, 18:44, Reply)

I'm going to leave Oxford
at about half 3pm. So will arrive at about five (though could be as late as five depending on traffic.)
( Amberl was stripey and dominated Europe, Thu 17 Jun 2010, 18:53, Reply)

Into Victoria yes?
Where are you staying?
( Lampito rise with the moon, go to bed with the sun, Thu 17 Jun 2010, 18:54, Reply)

yeah into Victoria
Don't know where I am staying. Will depend how the evening ends. If it is civilised, then I'll probably head back before midnight. If it is riotous and fun and involves getting drunk then probably I'll stumble drunkenly around looking for a hotel, or simply stay awake the night, depending.
( Amberl was stripey and dominated Europe, Thu 17 Jun 2010, 18:59, Reply)

I see
I already have Applebite with me, but if you want to stay on you can come to mine. I'm only allowed one overnight guest, so we'd have to be sneakysneaky, but I'd imagine you'd have to leave Charing X quite early to get to Victoria before midnight...
( Lampito rise with the moon, go to bed with the sun, Thu 17 Jun 2010, 19:01, Reply)

yeah
I'd rather not leave early especially if it all goes well.

If I can crash at yours that would be cool. However if it's too inconvenient, then I'll be cool finding somewhere else :)
( Amberl was stripey and dominated Europe, Thu 17 Jun 2010, 19:06, Reply)

It's getting near the end of the year- hope security won't mind too much!
I don't really have any sleeping stuff, though :(
( Lampito rise with the moon, go to bed with the sun, Thu 17 Jun 2010, 19:15, Reply)

I'm fine with that
I don't really sleep very much, so when I do it tends to be wherever
( Amberl was stripey and dominated Europe, Thu 17 Jun 2010, 19:30, Reply)

I was going to yell at my cousin for taking her car to a place that will definitely rip her off instead of waiting a half hour to bring it to my place of employment
I was going to say "Would you order a steak from McDonalds?" but then I remembered she puts ketchup on her steak and thought fuck it, she ought to be ripped off
( Lisette von Falcon, Thu 17 Jun 2010, 16:42, Reply)

A good steak doesn't need anything
Least of all ketchup
(Aberracion Life's getting very complicated, but a lot of fun., Thu 17 Jun 2010, 16:44, Reply)

you can tell her that
but she'd probably throw poo at you, like the uncivilized monkey she is
( Lisette von Falcon, Thu 17 Jun 2010, 16:49, Reply)

Hahaha! Americans!
(sorry)

My sister just moved to NY (well, 3 months ago) and she's having a lot of problems with the food. I imagine she'll do better after a while. I struggled in the UK at the beginning as wel.
(Aberracion Life's getting very complicated, but a lot of fun., Thu 17 Jun 2010, 16:51, Reply)

what sort of problems?
I imagine we have anything she could possibly want, does she not make her own food?

is she angry we no longer have the McRib? I've never had it but I've heard it's tasty. Let her know that Burger King now sells riblets, or at least that's what the tiv says.
( Lisette von Falcon, Thu 17 Jun 2010, 16:55, Reply)

It seems everybody goes for burgers and sandwiches
and have lunch while walking on the street.

She can't find all the ingredients she needs either. And she complains that everything has a lot of fat and sugar, even the "healthy choices".

She only needs to find the right supermarket, I think.
(Aberracion Life's getting very complicated, but a lot of fun., Thu 17 Jun 2010, 16:57, Reply)

How much fat is in a stick of celery?
Tell her to make her own food instead of a meal from a box.
( Lisette von Falcon, Thu 17 Jun 2010, 16:59, Reply)

I know
But I understand her. At the begining it was very confusing for me here in the UK as well.

She says, however, that you have the best steaks ever.
(Aberracion Life's getting very complicated, but a lot of fun., Thu 17 Jun 2010, 17:00, Reply)

I am totally torn
as to whether I should believe Facebook that I should be friends with the woman who played a pivotal role in ending my marriage.

When I say torn, I mean tempted into doing mean things
( Citizen Cavy Admires your passion for conformity, Thu 17 Jun 2010, 16:55, Reply)

How did she play that role?
Dressing up and meeting you in bed, being a bad girl?

In that case, I'd try to stay away... Unless you still fancy her.
(Aberracion Life's getting very complicated, but a lot of fun., Thu 17 Jun 2010, 17:09, Reply)

urgh good god, no
she shagged my husband, repeatedly.
( Citizen Cavy Admires your passion for conformity, Thu 17 Jun 2010, 17:16, Reply)

Ah
She was being a bad girl with the other person. That's worse.

Sorry about that. Facebook keeps trying to make me friends with my bf's exwife.
(Aberracion Life's getting very complicated, but a lot of fun., Thu 17 Jun 2010, 17:18, Reply)

I saw a very funny video and I'd like to share it here
But I know this is not links.

What should I do?

Well, here you have:
failblog.org/2010/06/16/epic-fail-photos-towing-fail-3/
(Aberracion Life's getting very complicated, but a lot of fun., Thu 17 Jun 2010, 17:09, Reply)

That is very funny

(LongJohnBaldry, Thu 17 Jun 2010, 17:11, Reply)

I thought you'd like it.
If I wasn't a woman, I'd say: Women!
(Aberracion Life's getting very complicated, but a lot of fun., Thu 17 Jun 2010, 17:14, Reply)

Well, I'm not a woman.
Women!
(LongJohnBaldry, Thu 17 Jun 2010, 17:15, Reply)

Ey! We're not all like that!
(Quite possibly I'd have done something as silly)
(Aberracion Life's getting very complicated, but a lot of fun., Thu 17 Jun 2010, 17:20, Reply)

To be honest, I thought her idea was quite inspired...

(LongJohnBaldry, Thu 17 Jun 2010, 18:33, Reply)

Shush, Crosephine

( Lampito rise with the moon, go to bed with the sun, Thu 17 Jun 2010, 18:43, Reply)

I suppose I can hardly criticise,
trapped as I am between being a woman or a massive bumder...
(LongJohnBaldry, Thu 17 Jun 2010, 18:45, Reply)

A homosexual hermaphrodite
Or does that mean you only fuck other hermaphrodites?


Oh, you poor thing. You must be so confused.
( Lampito rise with the moon, go to bed with the sun, Thu 17 Jun 2010, 18:47, Reply)

It's a bit like those continental plugs where the earth pin comes out the wall
Except fleshy and unpleasant to watch.
(LongJohnBaldry, Thu 17 Jun 2010, 18:52, Reply)

I don't quite know what to say
other than I hoped I'd live my life fully before being faced with such a horrific image such as that.
( Lampito rise with the moon, go to bed with the sun, Thu 17 Jun 2010, 18:53, Reply)

I'm sure it's just your mind imagining it as being more unpleasant than it actually is
Unless you Google image-searched it, of course...

_{Please tell me you didn't Google image-search it.}
(LongJohnBaldry, Thu 17 Jun 2010, 18:57, Reply)

:(
it even looks shocked itself :(
( Lampito rise with the moon, go to bed with the sun, Thu 17 Jun 2010, 18:59, Reply)

It does rather
(Not that I don't trust you or anything, but I did check the URL *very* carefully before I clicked that one)
(LongJohnBaldry, Thu 17 Jun 2010, 19:00, Reply)

Worried I might show you
porn?
( Lampito rise with the moon, go to bed with the sun, Thu 17 Jun 2010, 19:03, Reply)

how could you?
that's disgusting. Almost makes me want to make a knight of it
( Amberl was stripey and dominated Europe, Thu 17 Jun 2010, 19:07, Reply)

Those fuc-king queens.

( Lampito rise with the moon, go to bed with the sun, Thu 17 Jun 2010, 19:10, Reply)

haha!
Bashing the bishop depicted within
( Amberl was stripey and dominated Europe, Thu 17 Jun 2010, 19:13, Reply)

I see the Supreme Rook has not commented
might be a little too much for him...
( Lampito rise with the moon, go to bed with the sun, Thu 17 Jun 2010, 19:14, Reply)

haha!
nice one. Aren't you get board of it though?
( Amberl was stripey and dominated Europe, Thu 17 Jun 2010, 19:31, Reply)

I'd have to check, mate

( Lampito rise with the moon, go to bed with the sun, Thu 17 Jun 2010, 19:31, Reply)

this joke is
definitely getting stale, mate
( Amberl was stripey and dominated Europe, Thu 17 Jun 2010, 19:36, Reply)

Let's begin the endgame!

( Lampito rise with the moon, go to bed with the sun, Thu 17 Jun 2010, 19:37, Reply)

Anyone on for the knight shift?
Was going to post this pun free at the bottom, but then though, what the hell


A good pun is it's own reword

hides
( Tedium Alduce me to interlow myself., Thu 17 Jun 2010, 20:17, Reply)

not a pleasant mental image that

( Amberl was stripey and dominated Europe, Thu 17 Jun 2010, 18:54, Reply)

Nope
(Not a bad analogy though, is it?)
(LongJohnBaldry, Thu 17 Jun 2010, 18:57, Reply)

My mum offered to swap cars with us.
We'd get her Xsara Picasso, she'd get our Ka. This would work well as she recently gouged the sides of the Picasso along a lorry because she's shit at driving big cars, plus we'd have a car we can actually fit a baby seat into.

Then I checked the insurance. It would cost a grand to insure us both because Catface is young and has 6 points for speeding. I am now torn between a comfortable, spacious car that I can never let him drive, or the fucking little noddy car that only costs £300 to insure because it's so small it evades all collisions by fitting through the gap under all other cars.

Still, better than trains.
( crackhouseceilidhband Fuck off back to Mumsnet, Thu 17 Jun 2010, 17:23, Reply)

Stick with the Noddy car
Worth it in the long run. You can always stick the baby seat in the front and Catface in the back.
(Himjim died a little more inside on, Thu 17 Jun 2010, 17:44, Reply)

Look at the EuroNCAP safety ratings
Protecting your baby, yada yada yada.
(PenguinOfDeath is Scottish, and most likely angry, Thu 17 Jun 2010, 17:50, Reply)

Yeah, but I'm more worried about how much leg room I'll have.

( crackhouseceilidhband Fuck off back to Mumsnet, Thu 17 Jun 2010, 19:42, Reply)

Better than trains?
Are you mad?
( HSDriver was probably still at work on, Thu 17 Jun 2010, 23:27, Reply)

From the original post "..I'm a little torn"
Oh that's typical PsychoChomp.
You don't fucking ask when it's one I actually know.
(Cave Duck, Thu 17 Jun 2010, 18:02, Reply)