They know who they are. They get told often enough by you body fascists.
You made the invidious distinction by using "pretty girls". And by paying for frequent visits to Amsterdam to search out something more to your taste. I've talked to a sufficient number of blokes to provide statistically accurate evidence of the reason they go to Amsterdam, Riga and the appropriately named Bangkok.
My reaction is similar to that of the doctor who examines Marlow for the company, and the clerk who conducts him there, regarding his fascination with the map of Africa he has seen in a shop window.
I've never done that. My pal, who has been there, told me about the "space cakes". I think is sounds good.
But he didn't bring me any back, fearing problems at UK border control.
Sorry I was forgetting you weren't a total degenerate like me. Strictly speaking not weed, I've always liked hashish. The Nepalese in Hunter's Bar is out of this world.
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Fri 5 Aug, 2011 09:31 am
I just did a 60 mile round trip on the M6 through Lancashire and I shudder to think what an economic boom would look like.
The stock markets really only reflect the capacity to make profits. And more competition and efficiency makes that more difficult. It gets the fat cats working harder. Good enough for the bastards eh?
Gordon Brown might not have been as daft as he looks. A true socialist gentleman in contrast to the gumpy counter-jumpers you silly sods put in in his place. Fancy voting in a bunch of public school Fauntleroys all completely under the cosh on the domestic front. I bet Mr Obama is too.
I just did a 60 mile round trip on the M6 through Lancashire ...
How did you manage not to have passed Cheshire? (Yes, I know: "Our county is called Lancashire, not Cumbria, Greater Manchester, Merseyside or part of Cheshire.")
I smoked weed when I was in Amsterdam recently. I did get all spaced out. It was fun
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Fri 5 Aug, 2011 11:01 am
@Walter Hinteler,
I've just got back from the Tank Museum. Spendi has finally seen the light re Brown, and I'm glad the poster formally known as Prince had a good time in Amsterdam. Sorry, I imagine your name has more to do with Orange Street.
I never caught your threads when he was pm, but I got the distinct impression you were a bit of a Tory. Not dyed in the wool or anything, just a bit chummy with Dave & his pals. Sorry if I've had you all wrong.
Just found this on the BBC website. As an ex civil servant I've had dealings with these efficiency experts before, who's fees tend to be double the savings they have made. This time, shouldn't someone go to prison?
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Police efficiency agency 'has £6.5m credit card bill'
National Police Improvement Agency spent money on judo apparatus, karaoke equipment and lingerie A credit card bill of £6.5m was run up by staff at a quango tasked with making police forces in England and Wales more efficient, disclosures after a freedom of information request have revealed.
The National Police Improvement Agency (NPIA) incurred the costs in the financial years 2008-9 and 2009-10.
Spending on commemorative coins and karaoke equipment was revealed.
The NPIA said it is "bearing down" on spending but there was a "perception of wastefulness" in its "early days".
It said it had "significantly reduced" the amount spent through the use of credit cards by 33%, from £3.6m in 2009-10 to £2.48m in 2010-11.
Ministers plan to phase out the quango, which was set up in 2007 to help forces in England and Wales to save money.
Its functions will be transferred elsewhere.
Much of the costs by staff at the quango were incurred as a result of train or airline tickets and hotel accommodation for staff who travelled on business.
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Nick Gargan
NPIA chief executive
However, a taxi bill of nearly £100,000 has been revealed along with expenditure on a diverse range of items including £828 on judo apparatus, £105 on pottery, £55 on karaoke equipment - and £28 on lingerie.
The government is reviewing the use of so called "procurement cards" in Whitehall.
It plans to publish all expenditure incurred on them above £500 from next month.
Nick Gargan, the NPIA's chief executive, said: "We have controls in place to ensure that the cards are only used where there is a business need and they have been properly authorised.
"The NPIA is a national policy agency which means getting out and about to forces, which will involve incurring business expenditure.
"Nevertheless, we accept that, in the early days of the NPIA, there was a perception of wastefulness."
Mr Gargan went on: "We have been bearing down on this and continue to scrutinise our spending carefully in the context of sharp budget reductions."
He said the agency would deliver £30m savings in the current financial year, adding that it delivered £54.5m savings in the previous year.
