What made you smile today?

Halloween is almost upon us.

Before I begin, let me apologize for illiterate Americans, I'm sorry,,,,,,I'm embarrassed. However after Labour Day in the US, Yom Kippur began on Oct 3rd and then Columbus Day on October 13th, when we celebrate the genocidal Christopher Columbus.

To avoid further confusion, lift is what Brits call an elevator, flat is an apartment, and I'll stop by and knock you up means I'll knock on your door or ring your doorbell.

Thanksgiving

Yea, I forgot Columbus Day! Thank u.





David

That 's AFTER Halloween.

And don't forget the bags you put in the boot of your car, Glitter. Lift the bonnet if you need to check the motor and be watchful for those lorries on the autoway.

Also, all this thinking has me knackered.

Autoway?

We have motorways.

Knackered?

We say cream crackered. Far easier.

I no spikk You Kay so very good. Only been in country one time and that just short distance. So sorry.

No problem.

Oh, sorry...you're a johnny foreigner so probably didn't understand. I'll therefore shout slowly.


N-O....... P-R-O-B-L-E-M.

What made me smile today was being called an arrogant prick for no reason by Mark Noble, of all people!

Hilarious.

Actually, that made me giggle as well. I didn't see marks post, but I was wondering if that's the same person who called another poster an uncircumcised beast/infidel/ or something, that made me laugh out loud.

I have a theory that someone may have pissed in his cornflakes this morning.
Pretty funny though, all the same.

I thought he played for West Ham!

Ah, that explains it!

That reminds me. I got called a bitch yesterday by a self-entitled hipster girl because she was walking her unleashed dacshund down the center line of the road, and I wasn't supposed to drive by her. "THIS DOG IS MY LIFE!!!!"

She got huffy when I told her I thought her dog was smart enough not to run under the wheels of my car, especially since it was standing there staring at me.

edit....I also asked her why she didn't have the dog leased, the law, since it was her life.

Maybe he LIKES them that way.
He said something nasty to me too, elsewhere.
That was probably the reason.

THIS MADE ME VERY HAPPY:

Officials irked about state bill
that could eliminate local gun laws
By AMY WORDEN,
INQUIRER HARRISBURG BUREAU
LAST UPDATED: Wednesday, October 22, 2014, 1:08 AM
POSTED: Tuesday, October 21, 2014, 6:32 PM


HARRISBURG -
The Pennsylvania House's passage Monday of a controversial bill
granting legal standing to the National Rifle Association
to sue over local gun laws has put dozens of municipalities on notice.

The implicit threat of the legislation, which Gov. Corbett has indicated he will sign, is:
Repeal your gun ordinances or risk costly lawsuits.

Word of the bill's approval in the final hour of the legislative session
drew strong reaction from all corners of the southeastern part of the state.

Law enforcement and government officials implored Corbett to veto
the bill, saying the proposal was bad legislation that would open
the floodgates to lawsuits that threaten self-rule, and could bankrupt
smaller townships and boroughs.

MORE COVERAGE
PA House of Reprensentatives roll call for October 20, 2014 (.pdf)
"Cities across this commonwealth enact gun regulations in an effort to save lives,
period," said Philadelphia City Council President Darrell L. Clarke.
"To meet such efforts with the threat of costly and frivolous
litigation by special interests is heartless at best."

Philadelphia is one of roughly 30 municipalities that have enacted
local gun laws - most involving mandatory reporting of lost and stolen
guns - in the six years since an effort to pass statewide gun control laws failed.

The legislation, amended to a bill involving the theft of metal, would
broaden the definition of "standing" to include "membership organizations" such as the NRA.

It also would award plaintiff's legal fees and loss of income,
something legal experts have said was an extraordinary provision.

Supporters of the bill said the state constitution already establishes
that firearms laws must be uniform, that changes are to be made
by the General Assembly, and that existing local laws are not constitutional.

"We can't have a crazy quilt of laws," said Rep. Jeff Pyle (R., Armstrong).

A high-ranking Philadelphia aide told The Inquirer that the city would
not back down on its authority to regulate firearms within its borders.
[This shud be tons of FUN!!! and profitable! David] but Montgomery County Solicitor
Sean Kilkenny said he would recommend to Norristown, Jenkintown, and Whitemarsh
that they immediately repeal their lost and stolen gun ordinances.

"As a lawyer, we have to advise our clients, and we have to be a little cautious,"
he said Tuesday. "If a town like Jenkintown gets sued, a couple
hundred thousand dollars would blow a huge hole in their budget."

A 2008 lawsuit brought by the NRA over Philadelphia's gun laws led
to several measures being struck down, but the group was denied
standing on the lost and stolen ordinance, which remains intact.

Police and anti-gun violence groups maintain that reporting lost
and stolen firearms helps curb gun trafficking by felons who use
individuals with clean records to purchase weapons.

When those guns turn up at crime scenes, law enforcement officials say,
the purchaser denies culpability by claiming the gun is lost or stolen.

In a statement Tuesday, the NRA's national lobbying arm hailed the legislation,
saying it will strengthen the state firearms preemption statute and
ensure firearms laws are "consistent throughout Pennsylvania."

It said that once signed, the law will allow "gun owners to hold these
municipalities responsible for infringing on our Second Amendment rights."

John Hohenwater, the NRA's Pennsylvania lobbyist, said his group has
no lawsuits prepared to file, but issued a clear warning to municipalities.

"We hope towns will do the right thing and get these laws off the books,
so we don't have to litigate," he said.

Philadelphia Police Commissioner Charles H. Ramsey said communities
"should have the ability to pass some legislation that is in the best interests of their residents."

"We know the NRA is an incredibly strong lobby, and they have an influence on the legislature.
This is one more example of it," he said.
[This is democracy in action; a good example for the young. David]

Clarke called it "a sick irony" that communities facing gun violence
would have to pay the very organizations "responsible for the free flow
of deadly weapons in our country."

Cheltenham Police Chief John Norris said he was disappointed by
the bill and added that a lawsuit over the township's stolen firearms
ordinance "would really be a financial hardship."

"It's common sense to report a gun lost or stolen," he said.
"I can't see why it hurts the NRA or anyone else."

William Caldwell, president of the Norristown Municipal Council,
expected that the council would drop the law.

"It's not worth the tax money to litigate, frankly," he said,
noting that crime has declined in Norristown in recent years.

In Plymouth Township, which passed a lost and stolen ordinance in 2010,
Police Chief Joseph Lawrence said he did not think it had made much difference.

Anyone who owns a gun legally, Lawrence said, would report it being stolen
because "it's not only a weapon, it's a thing of value" and people who
don't own guns legally aren't likely to care about breaking another law, he said.



ENDANGERED GUN LAWS:

These towns and municipalities in Southeastern Pa. have adopted
local ordinances mandating that owners let the police know
if their guns have been lost or stolen:

Philadelphia

Cheltenham

Chester

Conshohocken

Hatfield Township

Jenkintown

Norristown

Oxford

Plymouth Township

Whitemarsh Township

SOURCE: CeaseFire Pa.

[All emfasis and coloration of text
have been joyfully added by David.
The felicity, elation and glee of seeing gun control crumble into nothingness
remind me of the deaths of nazism and communism.]