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8/10/24 51 The Sisters of Mercy ft. Ofra Haza - Temple of Love (1992) +4 38 Spin Doctors - Two Princes -6 32 Billy Joel - The River of Dreams 27 Richard Marx- Hazard 26 Whitney Houston - I Have Nothing 24 Faith No More - I’m Easy/Be Aggressive 24 Dina Carroll - Don’t Be a Stranger 24 Annie Lennox - Little Bird/Love Song for a Vampire 23 Bizarre Inc ft. Angie Brown - I’m Gonna Get You 22 SWV - Right Here (Human Nature Remix) 21 Mr. Big - To Be With You  20 Sub Sub ft. Melanie Williams - Ain’t No Love (Ain’t No Use)  14 Michael Jackson - Remember the Time  12 Vanessa Williams - Save The Best For Last  12 Curiosity - Hang On in There Baby 11 Madonna - Erotica 

ETA: Though I had a reasonable stab at Mauritius, even I was a bit taken aback to discover the Chagos Islands are actually 1,300 odd miles away. If you've got 3 minutes or so read the whole article from the link, it's 1/3 enlightening, 1/3 amusing (Crawley and the Gatwick air corridor) and 1/3 a bit horrifying - or was to me.

Mon 7 Oct 47 The Sisters of Mercy ft. Ofra Haza - Temple of Love (1992) +4 42 Spin Doctors - Two Princes 34 Billy Joel - The River of Dreams 29 Annie Lennox - Little Bird/Love Song for a Vampire 27 Whitney Houston - I Have Nothing 24 SWV - Right Here (Human Nature Remix)  23 Richard Marx - Hazard -6 23 Faith No More - I’m Easy/Be Aggressive 23 Dina Carroll - Don’t Be a Stranger 23 Bizarre Inc ft. Angie Brown - I’m Gonna Get You  21 Mr. Big - To Be With You  20 Sub Sub ft. Melanie Williams - Ain’t No Love (Ain’t No Use)  17 Madonna - Erotica  17 Curiosity - Hang On in There Baby  17 Michael Jackson - Remember the Time  13 Vanessa Williams - Save The Best For Last  09 Chaka Demus & Pliers - Tease Me

469 pages that aren't about Jimmy Carter. Actually I don't know - nostalgia maybe? You prompted me to go back to page 1 and look though.

This is how I do my lists. And probably why I never win much

6-Oct 50 Spin Doctors - Two Princes  42 The Sisters of Mercy ft. Ofra Haza - Temple of Love (1992) +4 30 Richard Marx - Hazard -6 32 Annie Lennox - Little Bird/Love Song for a Vampire 30 Billy Joel - The River of Dreams 27 Bizarre Inc ft. Angie Brown - I’m Gonna Get You  25 Whitney Houston - I Have Nothing 25 Vanessa Williams - Save The Best For Last  21 Mr. Big - To Be With You  21 Faith No More - I’m Easy/Be Aggressive  21 Dina Carroll - Don’t Be a Stranger  20 Michael Jackson - Remember the Time  20 Sub Sub ft. Melanie Williams - Ain’t No Love (Ain’t No Use)  20 SWV - Right Here (Human Nature Remix)  17 Madonna - Erotica  17 Curiosity - Hang On in There Baby  13 Chaka Demus & Pliers - Tease Me 10 West End ft. Sybil - The Love I Lost 

Oh for christs sakes crem, that's people complaining that we didn't go far enough with reparations to the islanders. This isn't even close to what you were saying. You're moving the goalposts yet again. And in those discussions where you can't find a way to fool even yourself you simply don't answer and move on. What goes on in your head? I did say at the start I was on a fools errand, it appears I don't learn either - insanity is doing the same thing over and over and expecting a different result. Never argue with an idiot, they'll drag you down to their level and beat you with experience.

301. There might be a few more I can dredge up but after that it would entail some form of cheating whether directly or just looking at google/openstreetmaps for towns and districts to prompt my memory. I'm actually fairly amazed at that given that some of these lines are little used overground loops and distant end of line suburbs not frequented by anyone but residents thereof. Since 301 is actually more than 272 I can only surmise their method of counting stations more than once if more than one line connects to it is skewing the percentages somewhat .

As if it were needed, the Guardian Editorial has now weighed in on this and whilst granted it's a rather left wing source even so it starts out fairly categorically with:- It would be better for everyone, yourself most of all probably, if you were to think just a little bit before jumping in with a half-baked opinion seconds after a headline appears. Do you still maintain Starmer was 'stupid'? (notwithstanding it was hardly his sole decision). Since the admins still refuse to ban you, please at least try to join in responsibly rather than wasting everyones time with tripe.

Holy crap really? This is borderline autism surely? . I lived in Barnet (not actually the station name) for 3/4 of my life probably and can thus name all the northern line to central london, and the same for the Piccadilly line. A good deal of Central London also - but after that it all rather falls apart. Additonally, as with all of these type of quizzes, the exact name is often not quite the same as the colloquial one (hardly giving anything away with Kings Cross as an example here, and terminal # this or that). You could do worse than try North, South, East, West, Central, Broadway and Park to any area you can think of ETA: it's also a bit inconsistent, there's some overground lines but not others, even half of the WAGN services out to the North (eastern branch, I'll not name the stations) but not the other half (western branch). Still, it's diverting for a while.

5/10/24 46 Spin Doctors - Two Princes  46 The Sisters of Mercy ft. Ofra Haza - Temple of Love (1992) +4 34 Richard Marx - Hazard 34 Billy Joel - The River of Dreams 30 Annie Lennox- Little Bird/Love Song for a Vampire 25 Whitney Houston - I Have Nothing 25 Vanessa Williams - Save The Best For Last  23 Bizarre Inc ft. Angie Brown - I’m Gonna Get You  21 Mr. Big - To Be With You  21 Faith No More - I’m Easy/Be Aggressive  21 Dina Carroll - Don’t Be a Stranger  21 West End ft. Sybil - The Love I Lost  20 Michael Jackson - Remember the Time  20 Sub Sub ft. Melanie Williams - Ain’t No Love (Ain’t No Use)  20 SWV - Right Here (Human Nature Remix)  17 Madonna - Erotica  17 Curiosity - Hang On in There Baby  13 Chaka Demus & Pliers - Tease Me 01 Snap! ft. Niki Harris - Exterminate 00 Rage — Run Off -6

Go for it Gary 19/23. Though leaving the house without an umbrella and a fair number of the others don't really seem to me to be exactly Evel Kneivel level risks so I don't think I'm that mad.

Oh shut up. You just read some headlines, decide you agree with some but not others, and post accordingly. You don't really have the faintest idea what you are talking about with the possible exception of the nationality of the workers who fixed up your parents house. Get a grip.

So, for clarity, exactly what are you saying? It often feels like I cannot question what anyone says without them making some kind of competition/fight out of it. I was simply saying that A single vote from Carter isn't perhaps what it seems on the face of it. Do you actually disagree with that?

I'm not sure I said nobility or reading between the lines had anything to do with it. You said one vote doesn't matter, I said, in practice, it's not one vote. Shrug.

So the Tories and by extension you, can frankly shut it. Politics innit?

No, it isn't. But the symbolism may. The very fact that he's hung on to vote will have an impact. One only needs to look at the sheer quantity of posts in this thread to see the influence the man still has.

We should send the Elgin marbles back too whist we're at it. Or actually, thinking about it, just invade Mauritius and make a bigger military base for the west and keeping the existing one killing two birds with one stone (three if you count government popularity since that seems your main premise here). I'm serious about one of those, I'll let you guess which.

This is a double negative, it doesn't mean what you think it does. You're Opinion Stated As Fact(ing) again. Somewhat ameliorated by the fact that at least this is titled a 'ranting' thread. On a more general note, if anyone wants a discussion for a laugh, why do we as a nation believe that because we occupied a load of far away islands by force a couple of centuries ago we should still be administering them in the 21st century? How would we feel if Argentina administered Jersey? or The isle of Man (sorry @Handrejka) or The Orkneys? I personally find it hard to see what business it is of ours in the middle of the Indian Ocean as of today.

Ok, I'll bite because I'm at a loose end for 10 minutes. Why is it stupid? *And no answers that suggest I'm equally stupid for responding to this, I already know that thanks.

3/10/24 38 The Sisters of Mercy ft. Ofra Haza - Temple of Love (1992) +4 34 Spin Doctors - Two Princes  32 Billy Joel - The River of Dreams 28 Richard Marx - Hazard  24 Annie Lennox- Little Bird/Love Song for a Vampire 24 Vanessa Williams - Save The Best For Last  21 West End ft. Sybil - The Love I Lost  20 Michael Jackson - Remember the Time  20 Mr. Big - To Be With You  20 Curiosity - Hang On in There Baby  20 Snap! ft. Niki Harris - Exterminate  20 Faith No More - I’m Easy/Be Aggressive  20 Sub Sub ft. Melanie Williams - Ain’t No Love (Ain’t No Use)  20 Chaka Demus & Pliers - Tease Me  20 SWV - Right Here (Human Nature Remix)  20 Dina Carroll - Don’t Be a Stranger  20 Whitney Houston - I Have Nothing 18 Rage - Run To You  17 Bizarre Inc ft. Angie Brown - I’m Gonna Get You  17 Madonna - Erotica  14 Ugly Kid Joe - Everything About You -1 14 Madonna - This Used to Be My Playground 12 Take That - Could It Be Magic -6 05 Inner Circle - Sweat (A La La La La Long)

I have no issues with the rest of your comments, I definitely spend a lot of time trying to find my miniscule penis in order to wank myself to oblivion over the obits here, you're prescient. I also completely concur about the abject lies and concealed conspiracies from anyone in power anywhere, it's obvious to anyone with an intellect. You screwed up there though, I'm an atheist.

I read this and don't see what the problem is. He's 81, wants to keep playing with his 2nd amendment mandated AR15 and can't see for shit anymore. Bigger sheep, bigger target, bigger lamb chops, kleftico and souvlaki? It's win win. And a country that chlorinates chickens puts this guy in jail?