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A lot of this is bollocks.

We don't object to Sikh turbans, jewish skullcaps, or Plymouth Bretheren and muslim women covering their hair.

We do object to people covering their faces, because this is antisocial.

End of story.

BA were silly banning a woman with a small cross on a necklace, and the tribunal will show this.

I bet (having seen the woman on TV) that she was sacked for something else, and this is a wind-up. But the stupid management have shot themselves in the foot.

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McTag wrote:

BA were silly banning a woman with a small cross on a necklace, and the tribunal will show this.

I bet (having seen the woman on TV) that she was sacked for something else, and this is a wind-up. But the stupid management have shot themselves in the foot.

According to all what is online and I saw printed, that woman hasn't been sacked/suspended but it's still under investigation.

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A BA spokeswoman said Miss Eweida had not been suspended. She said the matter remained under investigation and an appeal was due to be heard next week.

She said BA recognised that uniformed employees may wish to wear jewellery including religious symbols.

"Our uniform policy states that these items can be worn, underneath the uniform. There is no ban.

"This rule applies for all jewellery and religious symbols on chains and is not specific to the Christian cross."

And therefor, she plans to sue British Airways for religious discrimination.

The outcome will indeed be interesting - and of European dimension (since e.g. we've got similar policies/statues in various firms e.g. in the charity I've worked with).

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Steve wrote-

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Your head hurting this morning Spendy?

Even the anti-ID Yanks have given up with that sort of stuff.

What did it mean then-

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Meanwhile back in the real world

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Go on-elaborate. Let's pass on the easy jibes or others might get the idea that those are our chosen methods of discourse here. Sarcasm is well known for what it is.

Were you referring to the beautiful passage I quoted which I assumed everyone knew so famous is it or to the conversations about the weather and the polite greetings?

The Guardian is not my idea of the real world and neither is a Channel 4 programme about the North-West which is a much more complex concept than they can manage in a few well chosen sound-bites and re-cyclings of archive footage. The programme can be garuanteed to be cheap to make and to appeal to superficiality. Let's see how much time they give to British Aerospace and the raft of football clubs in the Premiership.

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Hi boys,

smorgs tuning in after a hard day at the Jobcentre...

Now lets see (smorgs strokes chin - sans hair btw)

Muslims - check

The weather - check

sussy being an irritable focker - check

Smut - check

true story:

I was a touch distracted at work today as I was mentoring a new starter(for mentor read: someone to do your filing, make your coffee and answer your phone whilst you take illegal fag breaks). We have to sign something called a 'Jobseekers Agreement' with our customers - and for some strange reason I referred to it as a 'Knobseekers Agreement'!!!

Really!

Linda (me mate) heard it and spat some of her herbal tea on a customer's passport (I.D.) and had to take it to the loos to blow dry it!

Needless to say, we pissed ourselves laughing for the rest of the day, so much so, that one of the other managers gave me the evils over her half moon glasses and kept tutting. Which I took great offence at, as she is the same grade as me! Twas like being back at school...

I honestly don't know why I called it that... I must say it 20 time a day... I wasn't even thinking about (door)knobs at the time...

x

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smorgs wrote:

Needless to say, we pissed ourselves laughing for the rest of the day, so much ...

That must have been a real fun when you two blew it dry on the loo!

(Was the passport dried on the Gents or Ladies? I mean, if it was a he-customer and since your mate is a she ....)

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Walter,

I ADORE Florentines...

They are my favourite!

Closely followed by Creme Crisps - those heart shaped things with cream and jam inside...

I love cakes... as you've probably gussed! But I hardly ever eat them, so they are a real treat. When in Amsterdam, I always buy one from the big department store there (can't remember the name). A really BIG one... and they put it in a black, lacquered box with ribbon around, I take it back to the hotel, put it on the bed, open the lid... and a shaft of golden light bathes my face...

Then I stuff it in my gob!

x

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spendius wrote:

What did it mean then-

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Meanwhile back in the real world
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Go on-elaborate. Let's pass on the easy jibes or others might get the idea that those are our chosen methods of discourse here. Sarcasm is well known for what it is.

It wasnt meant to be sarcastic just a brief intro to my post which had do with hard realities of newspaper headlines. I read all sorts of newspapers, not especially the Guardian. However I do like that paper as we took the Manchester Guardian when as a boy, and I like the new 'Berliner' format and the print quality. I was honest enough to say that few years ago I would have been very much against the sort of intrusions that the govt. now proposes. But that was because I did not understand the nature of the threat. The fact that the politico-islamists are largely a product of the West makes no difference. They are very dangerous people and must be watched, for the benefit of society and Muslims in particular.
I stress again that these people are using religion for extremist political ends. They are not defending the oppressed, they are exploiting Muslim grievances and using religion to attack us.

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g'day poms.
iIs the middle of the night and I cant sleep so I thought I'd pop in for a cuppa.
white wiyh 2 thanks and cream bun would be nice.

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Walter wrote;

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Was the passport dried on the Gents or Ladies? I mean, if it was a he-customer and since your mate is a she ....)

Heaven forbid that the public should be allowed to use OUR conveniences, Walter!

Have you lost your mind?

We are on amber alert!

Everyone knows an inner city Jobcentre is a prime target for terrorists!

x

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I stress again that these people are using religion for extremist political ends. They are not defending the oppressed, they are exploiting Muslim grievances and using religion to attack us.

Well said, spends...

x

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smorgs wrote:

Walter wrote;

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Was the passport dried on the Gents or Ladies? I mean, if it was a he-customer and since your mate is a she ....)

Heaven forbid that the public should be allowed to use OUR conveniences, Walter!

Have you lost your mind?

We are on amber alert!

Everyone knows an inner city Jobcentre is a prime target for terrorists!

x

reminds me of the slogan (quite appropriate for a Jobcentre) "Be alert! Your country needs lerts."

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Yes- and media is blowing it up out of all proportion like they do everything that they think will give the retired matrons the heebie-jeebies.

From smorgie's account of a day in the office it looks like we had better
get that glass out of the ceiling and fix some steel plates into place.

When are we going to get some proper smut?

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G'day dadpad!

Is it hot?

x

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Not hot, I have the gas heater on but it has been v hot, hottest its been in Oct since 1940 (ish) Much of Oz is in real trouble with drought. Farmers are selling non breeding stock for next to nothing. Sheep $2.00

There will be no spare farm income for my farm forestry establishment business so not to sure what I will be doing in 2 months time.

bit of a worry really

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smorgs wrote:

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I stress again that these people are using religion for extremist political ends. They are not defending the oppressed, they are exploiting Muslim grievances and using religion to attack us.

Well said, spends...

x

0I to coin a phrase, that was me. Spendy writes about unrequited love.

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Awww, dadpad...

I'm genuinly sorry to hear that.

Come to Manchester - I'll find you a job!

Is there anything on the horizon? Any contingency plans by the government?

If it rains now - can things recover?

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Apologies,

steve765*% and spendy.

x

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dadpad wrote:

Not hot, I have the gas heater on but it has been v hot, hottest its been in Oct since 1940 (ish) Much of Oz is in real trouble with drought. Farmers are selling non breeding stock for next to nothing. Sheep $2.00

There will be no spare farm income for my farm forestry establishment business so not to sure what I will be doing in 2 months time.

bit of a worry really

F*ck, dadpad, that's a real pisser. There was an article in Steve's Guardian today about the Murray River and the water management arguments.

We are all helpless in such circumstances. Here in Britain we rarely realise how lucky we are, our climate being so mild & variable.

In Ethiopia recently (or was it Rwanda, sorry) they had about 5 years of drought followed by a major flood! Killing conditions.

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One of my sisters moved from Perth to Tasmania recently, as she was fed up living in a blast furnace. Perth is quite temperate, compared to some parts of Oz.
Dadpad, I bet your throats as dry as a dead dingo's donger, after a days work out in that sun.

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smorgsie-

I read that if you say "prunes and piquant prisms" 80 times a day you won't ever get fat lips.

TOILETS!!

CONVENIENCES!!

SHITHOUSES!!

Shouting those into the microphone always quiets a fractious audience. A retired MC off the QE2 told me that.

KNICKERS!! as well. I nearly forgot that.

Art is useless. Bombs everytime. Won't make that mistake again on the Brit's thread.

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Spendy writes about unrequited love.

That is because requited love leaves me washed out like a limp thong and in no mood for anything but rolling over and having a long dreamless charp in whatever position I land in. Perhaps I over-requite but it is the sine qua non of the requitement job in my sophisticated ambience. Being held on a knife-edge for half an hour as the piece de resistance is worse than gelding a shed full of piglets for the succulent pork market.

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