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I'm afraid there's no one to vote for then. Although I am a dyed in the wool Conservative (both big & little C) I have little time for CameraOn and his cohorts (with the exception of wee Willie Hague). Who ever gets in will have to face up to a really big mess...... Which got me thinking; who in their right mind would want the job. Massively unpopular decisions will have to be taken which will ensure that either they will be forced to U turn or there will be an election which they will lose heavily. Perhaps the Conservatives are playing a brilliant game in which they do just enough to lose and then wait for Brown to fuck it up and ensure Nu Labour never get in again. My fervent wish is that they all just piss off and leave us alone. 3,600 new laws (including over 450 new ones that give powers of forced entry to unelected officials) in the last ten years have not made life any better.

Well, I've read this several times, had a Gin & Tonic (or two) and read it again..... Still don't get it.

Is it an empty tube? I thought it had a vacuum in it, a Dyson or Hoover perhaps.

In the village where I live there were frequent power cuts when it rained. Now they've fixed that and it is not as romantic any more cooking by candlelight. The two pubs were always open and they were good moments. However we have no Gas and broadband is about the same as a 15k modem.

Two for the price of one Paddy goes to confessions, "Bless me father, I had sex with Fanny Green every week for last month!". Priest gives him 5 Hail Marys for penance. Murphy goes in next, "Bless me father, I had sex with Fanny Green twice a week for the past month!". He gets 10 Hail Marys! Priest enquires who this woman is and is told she is new in town. Next morning at mass a beautiful woman sashays up the aisle wearing a green mini skirt and matching green shiny shoes. She sits in the front seat, her long slender legs slightly apart - Sharon Stone style! The priest and altar boy cannot take their eyes off her.The priest composes himself and whispers to the altar boy "Is that Fanny Green?" "No", he says "I think its just the reflection off her shoes!" --------------------------------------------------------------- A man staying at the Ritz hotel in london removes a card offering sexual services from a phone box. Back at the hotel he rings the number. A lady with a silky soft voice answers and asks if she can be of any assistance. The man says "I'd like a blow job, a missionary shag, doggie style, some mild bondage, finishing off with a tit wank. Is that ok?" The lady says "it sounds interesting sir, but you might like to dial 9 for an outside line firs

It makes mention that people with allergies should avoid eating Squid Fish [sic]. Learned, as we are, about all things squid, I'd avoid whatever kind of ungodly piscine/cephalopod chimera she ate. It was probably spawned in some radioactive dumping ground at the bttom of the pacific. I also love this quote too:

So how was it? Please reply as I may be popping out for lunch myself soon.

As one who dabbles in the ever-fascinating detective work of tracing the family tree, there are certainly a few of my ancestors I would quite like to have a word with. Some mystery in your past? Some ancestor upset you? Want to bring them back to life so that you could kill them?

Right then, I'll spend the money on something else.....

If one truly believed that then it couldn't be classed as suicide... just a postponement. Another thought, what about life insurance, would you have to repay it? Or more likely, the insurance company would withhold payment until you had died a second time (after revival) and then there would probably be some small print forbidding it. From a legal point of view, are you the same person, are all your 21st century parking tickets and speeding convictions still valid? What about your possessions, your house and other goods and chattels? Can you claim them back (if you could find them)?

Great quote in the paper today: Football is a gentlemen's game played by beasts, Rugby is a beast's game played by gentlemen. Still, sad to see Leeds United lose to Tottenham.

I'd say this Jarrod would probably get a good return for his $1700 with the established media outlets. Has Max Clifford contacted him yet? Ah, Cynicism. So refreshing.

Well I watched it around 6 times.... Waste of 30 seconds if you ask me.

Not a massive listing in Google. (Results 1 - 10 of about 4,160 for Chhouk Rin. (0.24 seconds) ) So the original question still stands, will he get an obit in one of the broadsheets? I don't think so, but I have been mistaken before, once.

Apart from the hassle of commuting I've enjoyed the weather so far although it is now beginning to thaw.... Problems at home are with our propane gas supply. It's running out and they cannot get out to my little village to fill us up. So to conserve gas for cooking the heating is off and although the wood burning stove is running at full chat it can barely keep the sitting room warm. Roll on spring and a bit of global warming.

NAP, your comment seems to indicate that there are some gods. Well I'm sorry to break this to you, but you are wrong, there aren't any. Sorry.

The mess HE created ?????? What mess? If you are referring to the global downturn/recession/watever, You cannot seriously blame one prime minister. (Personally, I blame the bankers) Or am I not picking your comments correctly? I'd rather stick with the devil I know in this case, and suggest he is most probably the best person to get us out the mess. *Dons tin hat and waits for the fallout If any fingers can be pointed regarding the cause of the banking crisis and the subsequent recession then they should point in Bill Clinton's direction, he it was who instructed American banks to lend to create more home-owners (a la Margaret Thatcher). However Gordon's reign as Chancellor has left our economy badly placed to weather the storm. Among his errors: Inflating enormous debt bubble Destroying pension schemes Massive PFI off-balance-sheet debts Massively increasing tax burden through fiscal drag Selling Gold reserves just before Gold tripled in value Creating the biggest trade deficit in 10 years (This list continues ad infinitum........) As to sticking with him..... His votes are most likely to come from those who are paid by him* hence his desire to create even more government and the costs associated with it. A Viv Nicholson "spend spend spend" policy. The alternatives that are available to us are equally poor. Cameron and Osbourne are utterly uninspiring. Clegg has said that in the event of a hung parliament he will support which ever party has the larger vote; Jesus that fence post must be a long way up his arse... A pox on the lot of them. *Currently 1 in 3 of the working population receive ALL their income from the government, in Newcastle that rises to 75%

Windsor, you may be right. The opposition doesn't inspire many people, the electorate are bored and we shall probably end up with a hung parliament. The real question is why the hell would he (or anyone else) ever want the job. The mess that he has created will take forever to clear up. The debt facing the country is staggering. If any one can't be bothered to read all of this the pertinent figures are on page 13: Total debt is around £4,090 billion which equates to 270% of GDP (worse than Zimbabwe) and is around £70,000 for every UK inhabitant. Bring back William Hague!

That's an even more difficult subject. In a way, there's little need to do that. If we go on burning oil and gas at the current rate, we'll soon run out of those fuels and increasing price levels will force us to find other sources of energy. Coal will be available for a much longer time, though. This has some interesing results. The UK and the Netherlands may well see their coal mines reopened in the next few decades. Unfortunately, coal is even worse a CO2 source than oil and gas, so we're not out of the woods yet. We'll probably sooner run out of woods. regards, Hein So the answer, as always and within mankind's current technological know how, is unclear nuclear. Shame that supplies of uranium-235 are in doubt.

Have to disagree I'm afraid. The ultimate desire of any government is to have a malleable, compliant and controlled population. Replace population for customer and there you have any large corporations tenet. I don't really trust either, but with a corporation you can always vote with your feet. With a government you not only have to wait until they allow a vote, but your vote is also reliant on a major proportion of other voters agreeing with you. Besides, any health service that is free at the point of contact is bound to be abused, particularly by an increasingly apathetic populace who are encouraged to believe that big government will sooth and solve all their problems and absolve them from any blame. Moreover, you could throw every penny of our GDP at the health service and people will still die! (that last comment was a little irrelevant and irreverent, but what the hey.)

Even as a sceptic I believe it happened, our climate has always been subject to changes. But I am not convinced that the current changes (either warmer or cooler) are caused entirely by man. I am prepared to change my opinion on that, I just don't currently believe the science; there are too many hidden agendas. However, even if I am convinced of man's culpability, I also believe that it is unstoppable and that we should be prepared for change, not throw trillions of pounds / dollars attempting to stop it. Incidentally, I'd never heard of the Clovis culture before and have had a little read, fascinating. DeathList.... Not just entertainment but an education

An undertaker friend of mine said that everyone died of the same thing: "Short of breath." (Sounds better if pronounced with a Yorkshire accent)

I wasn't lost, but have a pint anyway. Fine beer, but like fine wine it doesn't travel well, so you'll have to come and get it. Sadly the brewery is closing soon (rationalisation or some other marketing bull) and production will move over 100 miles away. I'll have to develop a taste for the product from Masham instead. Plus ca change......

He had some "pretty good soundbites too".