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Who here observed the traditional two minutes' silence?
If not, why not? And has the whole thing been cheapened by cunts announcing minutes of silence every few minutes for increasingly trivial things?

I personally lament the passing of the good old days when you could have a jolly good old war and not feel bad about it. I blame lily-livered liberal attitudes such as this for the breakdown of modern society.
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Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Thu 11 Nov 2010, 11:16, 127 replies, latest was 15 years ago)

I did but then I'm on my own today
so I don't have to talk to any cunts.
(PsychoChomp, Thu 11 Nov 2010, 11:18, Reply)

Can you hurry up and finish this thread
I have a hilarious bbc news link that needs it's own thread.
(PsychoChomp, Thu 11 Nov 2010, 11:23, Reply)

Is it the one about the paedophile's handbook?

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Labia Majora You keep on talking but it makes no sense at all, Thu 11 Nov 2010, 11:30, Reply)

Nope.
It'll be a suprise.
(PsychoChomp, Thu 11 Nov 2010, 11:30, Reply)

I found this to be overrated.
Although the top tips were interesting.
(Bear Pookie The Frankly Challenged. Halloween is coming to town., Thu 11 Nov 2010, 11:33, Reply)

Nigel Farage's plane being brought down by the banner it was towing?

(Reverend Fister "a disciplined fuckwit", Thu 11 Nov 2010, 11:53, Reply)

I've just observed my own
We usually get told that we're going to do it in work, and I've always hated that. I'd rather do it in my own time.

I think several things deserve a minutes silence, although I do like the whole idea of a minutes applause at football grounds these days.
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Agnostic Antichrist Baltimora, Thu 11 Nov 2010, 11:18, Reply)

Every time someone asks
'who here likes AA?' there's a minute's silence.
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Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Thu 11 Nov 2010, 11:20, Reply)

More than likely
But I don't mind, I know that a few (very few) actually like me IRL.
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Agnostic Antichrist Baltimora, Thu 11 Nov 2010, 11:21, Reply)

Name them.

(Bear Pookie The Frankly Challenged. Halloween is coming to town., Thu 11 Nov 2010, 11:24, Reply)

~~them~~ it
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sporters I’m sincerely gratitude to you, Thu 11 Nov 2010, 11:25, Reply)

Nah
A gentleman never tells
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Agnostic Antichrist Baltimora, Thu 11 Nov 2010, 11:28, Reply)

Relatives don't count.
Neither do those who are paid.
(Bear Pookie The Frankly Challenged. Halloween is coming to town., Thu 11 Nov 2010, 11:30, Reply)

Well, considering you're still the only one to have been to ALL the same bashes as me
This puts you in a worrying light
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Agnostic Antichrist Baltimora, Thu 11 Nov 2010, 11:34, Reply)

I feel dirty now.
And not in a good way.
(Bear Pookie The Frankly Challenged. Halloween is coming to town., Thu 11 Nov 2010, 11:35, Reply)

I just managed to catch the clock ticking to 11:00
Very few people in the office noticed, and therefore observed it.
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Labia Majora You keep on talking but it makes no sense at all, Thu 11 Nov 2010, 11:19, Reply)

I certainly did
Had it drummed into me by my granddads who were in the army and navy.
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sporters I’m sincerely gratitude to you, Thu 11 Nov 2010, 11:20, Reply)

~~in the army and navy~~ drummers
(PsychoChomp, Thu 11 Nov 2010, 11:21, Reply)

haha!
Best strikethrough for a while on here!
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sporters I’m sincerely gratitude to you, Thu 11 Nov 2010, 11:24, Reply)

we did

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rachelswipe with a fork, Thu 11 Nov 2010, 11:22, Reply)

I did.
No choice.
(porkylips looks better as the sun goes down., Thu 11 Nov 2010, 11:31, Reply)

Technichally yes
As I was still asleep
(Applebite Uh! A cow!, Thu 11 Nov 2010, 11:32, Reply)

Were you snoring like a mouse?

(PsychoChomp, Thu 11 Nov 2010, 11:37, Reply)

How do you know you were silent, if you were sleeping?

(Bear Pookie The Frankly Challenged. Halloween is coming to town., Thu 11 Nov 2010, 11:37, Reply)

I'm not going to say much about this
as I always get people upset with me for what I think. But yes, I did observe them.
(Aberracion Life's getting very complicated, but a lot of fun., Thu 11 Nov 2010, 11:33, Reply)

That's because you're genetically evil.

(PsychoChomp, Thu 11 Nov 2010, 11:36, Reply)

I know
It's because I'm Spanish.
(Aberracion Life's getting very complicated, but a lot of fun., Thu 11 Nov 2010, 11:43, Reply)

And a woman

(PsychoChomp, Thu 11 Nov 2010, 11:44, Reply)

Of course, and a woman
Stupid by default.
(Aberracion Life's getting very complicated, but a lot of fun., Thu 11 Nov 2010, 11:47, Reply)

No no no,
I said women are Evil, not stupid, I wouldn't ever say women are stupid, I'm not a sexist.
(PsychoChomp, Thu 11 Nov 2010, 11:48, Reply)

Sorry
I must be one of those stupid and evil women... my fault.
(Aberracion Life's getting very complicated, but a lot of fun., Thu 11 Nov 2010, 11:51, Reply)

Too right, I'd still be in Eden if it wasn't for you.

(PsychoChomp, Thu 11 Nov 2010, 11:52, Reply)

Well, the snake had a bit to do with it, too
and I didn't put the apple in your mouth and force feed it to you. It's not my fault that'd you do anything for sex.
(Aberracion Life's getting very complicated, but a lot of fun., Thu 11 Nov 2010, 11:54, Reply)

I was hungry.

(PsychoChomp, Thu 11 Nov 2010, 11:58, Reply)

And you couldn't eat anything else?
Always looking for excuses and other people to blame for your own faults. The only reason I ate that apple was because I wanted to go out of Eden so I didn't have to share more space with you! And have a shower, you stink!
(Aberracion Life's getting very complicated, but a lot of fun., Thu 11 Nov 2010, 12:01, Reply)

WELL MAYBE IF YOU WERE A BETTER COOK

(PsychoChomp, Thu 11 Nov 2010, 12:06, Reply)

Maybe if you helped me with the kids
I'd have time for cooking better things. They're just messing around all the time and you never tell them anything. Look at that Cain! One day he's going to kill his brother, and then I'll divorce you!
(Aberracion Life's getting very complicated, but a lot of fun., Thu 11 Nov 2010, 12:19, Reply)

roll up roll up, read all about it, first edition scoop right here
psychochomp finally admits milton keynes is not paradise (nor anything close)
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rachelswipe with a fork, Thu 11 Nov 2010, 11:56, Reply)

It's not a bad place though

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M o D, Thu 11 Nov 2010, 12:03, Reply)

no idea, i've managed to avoid it thus far
apart from somewhere called woolstone where i have to go and see a client about once a year.
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rachelswipe with a fork, Thu 11 Nov 2010, 12:08, Reply)

I'm interested in your opinion.

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Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Thu 11 Nov 2010, 11:36, Reply)

You might be, but I usually get a load of abuse when I start talking about Remembrance day
and the Poppies and all that, so I'm leaving that on the side.
(Aberracion Life's getting very complicated, but a lot of fun., Thu 11 Nov 2010, 11:43, Reply)

when i was really little
i firmly believed that poppies were to remind people of my birthday. part of me would still like this to be true. 8,000,000 londoners all wearing a flowers because of me, that would be pretty cool.

maybe not a poppy though, it's kind of bindun. a nice yorkshire white rose, perhaps.
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rachelswipe with a fork, Thu 11 Nov 2010, 11:49, Reply)

Hahaha! How sweet
You see, I'd wear a flower for your birthday :)
(Aberracion Life's getting very complicated, but a lot of fun., Thu 11 Nov 2010, 11:52, Reply)

thank you!
here, as monty rejected them so callously, have some more!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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rachelswipe with a fork, Thu 11 Nov 2010, 11:55, Reply)

Don't make me raise my voice at you.

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Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Thu 11 Nov 2010, 11:57, Reply)

gosh
how fantastically masterful
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rachelswipe with a fork, Thu 11 Nov 2010, 11:58, Reply)

Thank you dear
I'll put them in my jacket, my hair, my handbag... there we are... I look lovely now :)
(Aberracion Life's getting very complicated, but a lot of fun., Thu 11 Nov 2010, 12:00, Reply)

enemiesofreason.co.uk/2010/11/11/idontwearapopp/
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Noeli overtheshoulderboulderholderthingstraplatchboobs, Thu 11 Nov 2010, 11:35, Reply)

Thanks for that Nole.
Bookmarked.
(porkylips looks better as the sun goes down., Thu 11 Nov 2010, 11:51, Reply)

Personally
I don't feel the need to join in with everyone else at a given time to remember our nation's war dead.

1) I fucking hate 'joining in' with a passion and
2) I'm already thinking about WWII most of the time anyway
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Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Thu 11 Nov 2010, 11:44, Reply)

There was one for Lady Diana.
Which was a bit puke inspiring.
(Bear Pookie The Frankly Challenged. Halloween is coming to town., Thu 11 Nov 2010, 11:47, Reply)

The same Lady Diana
Who passed away the same day as Mother Theresa; who did thousands of better things for humanity than the princess. However, nobody does a minute silence for Mother Theresa.
(Aberracion Life's getting very complicated, but a lot of fun., Thu 11 Nov 2010, 11:48, Reply)

That's because she was a 'Paki'

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Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Thu 11 Nov 2010, 11:49, Reply)

MASSIVE RACIST!

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Agnostic Antichrist Baltimora, Thu 11 Nov 2010, 11:50, Reply)

That's a compliment to him

(Aberracion Life's getting very complicated, but a lot of fun., Thu 11 Nov 2010, 11:50, Reply)

At least Elton recorded a song for her too.
Sandal in the Wind.
(Bear Pookie The Frankly Challenged. Halloween is coming to town., Thu 11 Nov 2010, 11:50, Reply)

~~wind~~ bin
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Agnostic Antichrist Baltimora, Thu 11 Nov 2010, 11:50, Reply)

And the same day as my Nan
Frankly, I don't give a fuck about the other two, My Nan was fucking magic.
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Agnostic Antichrist Baltimora, Thu 11 Nov 2010, 11:49, Reply)

I remember seeing Eddie Izzard doing standup, he said something like,
"Princess Diana dies and the world bursts into tears, my mum died when I was six and nobody gives a shit"
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Colonel Dracula Two manky hookers and a racist dwarf, Thu 11 Nov 2010, 11:52, Reply)

Typical Izzard: painfully unfunny.

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Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Thu 11 Nov 2010, 11:56, Reply)

I thoroughly disagree.

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Agnostic Antichrist Baltimora, Thu 11 Nov 2010, 11:57, Reply)

His attempts to be 'surreal' and 'tangental'
are as embarrassing as Ross fucking Nurble's.
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Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Thu 11 Nov 2010, 12:01, Reply)

I disagree
I like Izzard, he's clearly intelligent, and I find him funny.

And as I've said in the past, I can understand why others don't like Noble, he is extremely hyperactive, but I quite like his comedy.
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Agnostic Antichrist Baltimora, Thu 11 Nov 2010, 12:05, Reply)

See I think that Diana was a slut
and Mother Teresa a hypocrite who was full of shit.

I think only one of them was honest about what they were.
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Peej, Thu 11 Nov 2010, 14:39, Reply)

I played a drum solo during that one.
Entirely accidental of course.
(wellgroomedwookiee is a filthy-minded hobgoblin, Thu 11 Nov 2010, 12:13, Reply)

Thinking about
How you could have made it "better"?
(Aberracion Life's getting very complicated, but a lot of fun., Thu 11 Nov 2010, 11:47, Reply)

If only we hadn't pushed to take Moscow
we'd have fucking won.
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Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Thu 11 Nov 2010, 11:48, Reply)

Nazi LOLZ

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Agnostic Antichrist Baltimora, Thu 11 Nov 2010, 11:49, Reply)

And trying to conquer the UK?
It was impossible. If we had stop suplying anything to them... lets them survive with the minimum, no imports or exports, until the people of the streets asked for Britain to join us!
(Aberracion Life's getting very complicated, but a lot of fun., Thu 11 Nov 2010, 11:50, Reply)

Some of us in the Upper Class were ready and waiting
for the glorious alliance of Europe's two great aryan powers.
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Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Thu 11 Nov 2010, 11:52, Reply)

It's a shame it didn't work
Imagine, a whole Europe working together, towards a brilliant future of sharing in peace and harmony... hang on...
(Aberracion Life's getting very complicated, but a lot of fun., Thu 11 Nov 2010, 11:56, Reply)

Greece and France?

(Bear Pookie The Frankly Challenged. Halloween is coming to town., Thu 11 Nov 2010, 11:58, Reply)

I think war with Belgium should be the next one.
Pull out of Iraq and Afghanistan, and invade Bruges.
(Bear Pookie The Frankly Challenged. Halloween is coming to town., Thu 11 Nov 2010, 11:49, Reply)

They have enough with what they have
Or what they don't have... a goverment, to start with.
(Aberracion Life's getting very complicated, but a lot of fun., Thu 11 Nov 2010, 11:56, Reply)

I dislike being forced to do things, outside of the bedroom anyway.
I also find it hard to care about something that happened 100 years ago. I respect the fact that people laid-down their lives to fight for our country, but I don't really see the point in forcing people to think about it, be that by communal silences or newspapers making you feel bad if you don't. If this makes me a bastard, so be it.
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Noeli overtheshoulderboulderholderthingstraplatchboobs, Thu 11 Nov 2010, 11:48, Reply)

but inside the bedroom it's fine?
safety word, please.
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rachelswipe with a fork, Thu 11 Nov 2010, 11:50, Reply)

It's 'Awooga'

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Agnostic Antichrist Baltimora, Thu 11 Nov 2010, 11:50, Reply)

Hahaha good work from you today, young man.

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Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Thu 11 Nov 2010, 11:55, Reply)

Thank you

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Agnostic Antichrist Baltimora, Thu 11 Nov 2010, 11:56, Reply)

Lovely day innit.

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Noeli overtheshoulderboulderholderthingstraplatchboobs, Thu 11 Nov 2010, 11:51, Reply)

It's hard to say the safety word when you're wearing a ball-gag and gimp mask
I mean...I imagine it would be hard
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Colonel Dracula Two manky hookers and a racist dwarf, Thu 11 Nov 2010, 11:57, Reply)

if ball-gags and gimp masks did it for you
i imagine it would be, too.
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rachelswipe with a fork, Thu 11 Nov 2010, 11:59, Reply)

fortunately my safe word is
mmmmnngghnnngh!
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Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Thu 11 Nov 2010, 12:01, Reply)

i just got the most enormous box delivered
my friend's baby has sent me a massive birthday balloon.

i am now picturing you trying to say that after inhaling all the helium and it is making me smile out loud.
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rachelswipe with a fork, Thu 11 Nov 2010, 12:10, Reply)

your friend's baby hasn't sent you a balloon now has it?

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Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Thu 11 Nov 2010, 12:16, Reply)

oh vipros
why must you piss on every single one of my chips? :(

also...

vipros: happy birthday, darling rswipe
rswipe: thank you so much dearest vipros, however did you remember?
vipros: well-

oooh. another package. hang on...
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rachelswipe with a fork, Thu 11 Nov 2010, 12:16, Reply)

there's only one package you want
*gestures to groin*

YEAH!
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Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Thu 11 Nov 2010, 12:26, Reply)

hilarious
so my colleagues bought me a selection of really fancy cheeses from neals yard.

this was a package from 2 friends who left recently. it's an absolutely massive cheese bomb, in the black wax.

i could actually open my own cheese shop. any london b3tans want to come over and eat their own body weight in different cheeses?????
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rachelswipe with a fork, Thu 11 Nov 2010, 12:28, Reply)

I don't like cheese
unless it is molten.

smelly cheese is fucking rank.
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Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Thu 11 Nov 2010, 12:29, Reply)

There's a level of smelliness
below which cheese is categorised as 'strong and tasty', but above which it is unpalatable, and vomit inducing.

That level varies for different people. My gran used to love stinky cheese, but my level doesn't extend much beyond extra mature cheddar.
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K2k6 has a proper job these days, Thu 11 Nov 2010, 12:31, Reply)

sorry
i like my cheese REEEEALLY offensive
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rachelswipe with a fork, Thu 11 Nov 2010, 12:33, Reply)

Agreed, smelly cheese is the best sort!
Give me a warm Epoisses, some plain biscuits and a good red any day.
BTW Happy Birthday Rachel. Only just had a chance to get on here, stoopid job limiting my B3TAtime ...
(BrianHequator was stretching owls, on, or around, Thu 11 Nov 2010, 12:35, Reply)

awww thank you!

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rachelswipe with a fork, Thu 11 Nov 2010, 12:38, Reply)

Me please.

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Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Thu 11 Nov 2010, 12:44, Reply)

That's a very clever baby.
I'm imagining a pram trundling down to the post office with a big parcel on the top!
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K2k6 has a proper job these days, Thu 11 Nov 2010, 12:16, Reply)

see above
you men take the romance and glee out of EVERYTHING.
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rachelswipe with a fork, Thu 11 Nov 2010, 12:17, Reply)

where is the romance and glee in pretending that a baby sent you a gift?
I get birthday and christmas cards and presents from my parents' dog and chickens and it just makes me think they are getting more mental.

I'm all about romance and glee, just not pretending pointless things
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Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Thu 11 Nov 2010, 12:19, Reply)

Indeed, V
Couldn't have put it better myself.
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K2k6 has a proper job these days, Thu 11 Nov 2010, 12:27, Reply)

I did
I generally don't give that sort of thing much thought, so find it interesting to have a couple of minutes to see what I think about such things.
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Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Thu 11 Nov 2010, 11:53, Reply)

This is about breasts isn't it?

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Noeli overtheshoulderboulderholderthingstraplatchboobs, Thu 11 Nov 2010, 11:58, Reply)

damnit, I could've spent two whole minutes thinking of breasts
without being distracted by anything else

what a wasted opportunity
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Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Thu 11 Nov 2010, 11:59, Reply)

Totally doing this next time.

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Noeli overtheshoulderboulderholderthingstraplatchboobs, Thu 11 Nov 2010, 12:01, Reply)

Fuck it, I'm doing it now

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Labia Majora You keep on talking but it makes no sense at all, Thu 11 Nov 2010, 12:20, Reply)

I tried
However, a few people in the office didn't notice the time/didn't care, so were yapping away regardless.

I don't observe it to "honour our heroes" (I don't think they are heroes), but for the "never again" sentiment.
(The Empress it seems you CAN polish a turd!, Thu 11 Nov 2010, 11:54, Reply)

It seems I'm the only one who noticed it in our office
This is fine by me, usually our boss comes out of his office, and announces it to us.
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Agnostic Antichrist Baltimora, Thu 11 Nov 2010, 11:57, Reply)

that's what happened here
boss came out and said a piece. Some people even stood up for the period of silence.
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Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Thu 11 Nov 2010, 11:57, Reply)

You should have broken out your best SS Officer impression at the top of your voice
and goose-stepped around your offices demanding to be told 'ven is ze invasion, Tommy?'
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Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Thu 11 Nov 2010, 11:59, Reply)

I'm certain that would have had people rolling in the aisles
trying to prevent their sides splitting from laughter.

On another note: I watched a thing the other day with Brian Wilson and band performing the whole of Pet Sounds. Fucking brilliant.
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Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Thu 11 Nov 2010, 12:00, Reply)

Yup In our lecture
Some cunts phone went off though so they got evils. Cannot be fucked with Uni today want to go to bed.
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SteveFrench Cardio is for homo's. do you even lift bro?, Thu 11 Nov 2010, 11:58, Reply)

it's not his fault his phone went off
the people giving evils should fuck off.
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Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Thu 11 Nov 2010, 11:59, Reply)

Surely he shouldn't have his phone on in lectures regardless...

(berk, Thu 11 Nov 2010, 12:00, Reply)

who gives a shit?
you're probably not supposed to sleep either but that never stopped anyone.

he may have forgotten. it's hardly a massive crime.
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Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Thu 11 Nov 2010, 12:01, Reply)

Phone should be off in lectures.

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SteveFrench Cardio is for homo's. do you even lift bro?, Thu 11 Nov 2010, 12:16, Reply)

www.b3ta.com/questions/offtopic/post965210
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Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Thu 11 Nov 2010, 12:16, Reply)

It's a massive crime if I'm lecturing
I've been known to sentence offenders to 10 years hard labour.

Actually, I just give them a withering look and stop speaking until they sheepishly turn it off
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K2k6 has a proper job these days, Thu 11 Nov 2010, 12:18, Reply)

which is fine
anything else is a complete overreaction
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Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Thu 11 Nov 2010, 12:19, Reply)

She

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SteveFrench Cardio is for homo's. do you even lift bro?, Thu 11 Nov 2010, 12:18, Reply)

oh fuck
you told me. I completely retract my argument in the face of this/
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Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Thu 11 Nov 2010, 12:20, Reply)

Why so agitated v man?
I was just giving you all the info. Relax it's not important.
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SteveFrench Cardio is for homo's. do you even lift bro?, Thu 11 Nov 2010, 12:23, Reply)

I'm not agitated
the tone that I imagined my last post in was not adequately conveyed across the internet
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Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Thu 11 Nov 2010, 12:26, Reply)

I didn't notice when it was 11am this morning.
But I will be going to Westminster Abbey on Saturday to put crosses down for my dad, uncle and grandfather.
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Bartleby A dead man on vacation, Thu 11 Nov 2010, 12:04, Reply)

It didn't even occur to me
I do have my poppy in my hat today though. Mainly because I don't have a buttonhole, nor indeed a lapel, on my fleece.
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K2k6 has a proper job these days, Thu 11 Nov 2010, 12:14, Reply)

i was doing a poo

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Sir Sand GOBLIN ^popular page dis, Thu 11 Nov 2010, 12:20, Reply)

Yes, I bought a poppy
and I observed the silence. I did it for my own reasons, though. I don't read the Daily Express and Help for Heroes can fuck RIGHT off.
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Kroney, Thu 11 Nov 2010, 12:22, Reply)

we did
had a reminder email this morning AND someone came round at 5 to, advising us to go by the PC clocks not the one on the wall.
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The Light in Chains don't touch the Pope's boner, Thu 11 Nov 2010, 12:28, Reply)

My wall clock is radio controlled
Therefore it's never out by more than a few nanoseconds.

Except when the battery runs down. Then it goes nuts.
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K2k6 has a proper job these days, Thu 11 Nov 2010, 12:29, Reply)

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