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Exactly. People need to let go of all this stuff. None of us are responsible for what our ancestors did. All this sort of thing perpetuates racism in my opinion, because it pisses people off.

I'm with you. I cannot see any reason why dressing up as a character when you are not the same race as said character should offend anyone. If a black person wanted to dress up as, for example, Marilyn Monroe or Donald Trump, and used make-up to alter their skin tone, that wouldn't offend me, why should it?

The time has come today

I haven't a clue who most of these people were. Might be an idea to include their wikipedia links. [/lazy]

There's a good Old English alternative. No, not that one. Or that one. Turd.

The increasing use of nursery language, even by such institutions as the BBC and the NHS. In particular - "poo", used both as a noun and a verb. How much lower can standards fall? I blame Mumsnet.

Step-daughter.

Hmmm, perhaps a few others should be moved to Full Sutton.

He should be jailed just for calling her a fat lass. Patronising turd.

Jeez, he looks terrible.

Oh, masses of Daily Mail links. So it must all be true then. In any case, none of anybody else's business.

Welcome back

Serve the cunt right. I trust his wedding tackle was severely damaged. Hopefully it will all go septic and fall off. That is beyond disgusting.

Who knows what the truth is about the money? Whether or not she had a fortune, she would have left her money as she wished, and if she didn't leave it to her own children she would have had her reasons. She didn't die suddenly, she had plenty of time to make those arrangements. Perhaps she didn't have as much as they assumed. I've got cousins who haven't spoken to each other in years over their late parent's non-existent money. As for marrying in the same church, that's nothing out of the ordinary. If people have a long-standing connection to a church, they celebrate all their important life events there.

I seem to have touched a nerve

You do realise that almost all the bovines in the typical herd are cows, ie females? The clue is in the term "dairy cattle". Dairy means milk, something not produced by bulls. Anyway deaths and injuries caused by cows are usually from trampling and crushing.

I don't think so, going by DDT's comment

No, I didn't like Stranger Things. The kids were annoying and Winona Ryder was even more annoying. Spot on. Speaking of which, In The Tall Grass was dreadful. Started off like Children Of The Corn, but was just confusing after that. I gather the source story is simpler and more effective.

It is on the DDP Rules & Scoring page. Just scroll down a bit. http://www.derbydeadpool.co.uk/general/rules_and_scoring.html

The Last Kingdom. Absolutely brilliant series that seems to have gone under the radar. Bernard Cornwell epic: King Alfred v the Danes, with a fictional hero. I watched the first 2 episodes of this way back in 2015 when it started on BBC2, but forgot or missed the third episode and lost track of it. It's now gone to three series with a fourth just wrapped, and is now solely made by Netflix after BBC dropped out after S2. Busy catching up and I am totally hooked. It has some of the elements of Game Of Thrones, but it's less complex. No dragons but some witchcraft here and there. Great characters, great writing, great acting. Plenty of humour, great hair and beard dos, tattoos and eyeliner! Highly recommended. Treat Ep 1 as mainly a prequel: by Ep 3 it has hit its stride. I have also watched a few episodes of Mad Men and it's not drawing me in. Am I right in thinking that much of its appeal stems from its recreation of the 1960s? I can see that it would have a fascination for people born post-60s.

But not a Scavenger Hunt pick, afaics.

I got a 1999 Rugby World Cup £2 coin in my change today. Don't see those very often.

Did the booking T&C really allow that? Disgraceful. I can't believe they'd get away with that.

Maybe she's just stoned.

Alternatively, Jaime Lannister