@McTag,
Quote:Are you going to watch The Bank of Dave on Channel 4 tonight?
It's not my sort of thing Mac. I don't rate taking a nut to crack a hammer. It's faddy stuff. Entertainment for the chattering class. Once eaten soon forgeeten as milkmen used to say on payment night.
@spendius,
That sort of niggardly attitude will ensure you miss out on much of the rich tapestry of delight, saying nothing of the gallimaufry or the panoply, of life, sadly.
@McTag,
It's not certain Mac but only highly likely that the show will have low production costs.
I've been called away.The rich tapestry and all that.
Okay, Rangers are to play in SFL Division 3 next season.
A few changes necessary there, then.
Amazing. If money talked, nobody listened.
@McTag,
I see you guys care deeply about the travails of Glasgow Rangers, motto "Ready".
@McTag,
The financial consequences of the Rangers decision now seen to threaten other clubs in the leagues.
http://www.heraldscotland.com/sport/football/five-spl-clubs-may-fold-within-weeks.18157711
But this article from The Observer strikes a more positive tone.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/football/blog/2012/jul/14/sfl-rangers-optimism
@McTag,
On Newsnight just now 3 women were animatedly arguing about the shambles of Olympic security on the watch of a woman Home Secretary and everything contributing to the shambles was the result of men's decisions and actions.
Following that two women are taking on the infamous perils of one of the most dangerous roads in the world; the Ho Chi Min trail. Organised, arranged, equipment built by, recorded and scripted by men who are discreetly hidden from view.
Nearly 200 BBC top earners are taxed on their income in a jurisdiction about 50 miles north of the Kalahari Desert's most polluted oasis.
Ever felt we are becoming more and more insignificant Mc Hacker?
@spendius,
I was informed by Susannah Reid or was it Naga Munchetty from the BBC newsroom sofa that it is scientifically proven that women are more intelligent, effective and organised than men.
And I'm happy to take their word for that if they just keep smiling at me.
I forget all about Golda Meir, Margaret Thatcher, Condoleeza Rice, Hillary Clinton, Hattie Harperson and Edwina Currie.
@McTag,
Did you get "Naga Munchetty" out of Rider Haggard?
@McTag,
I must admit I had never heard of the lady. Nor recognise her from the photo. I've heard of Edwina Currie of course. An egg producer I used to know would happily have throttled her. She majored in getting it across the cabinet table. The Bank of England director's table is not unsullied in that regard. Nothing is sacred to the devilish perversity of blaspheming a consecrated sanctum.
Naga looks very Brave New Worldie" don't you think? A
beta minus pneumatic to perfection.
@spendius,
Quote:Nothing is sacred to the devilish perversity of blaspheming a consecrated sanctum.
Apparently that is so. Some couples sneak into churches to have it away behind the altar, or whatever.
But we never got caught.
@McTag,
Had you been you could have claimed you were sanctifying the act of human copulation and thus distinguishing it from the bestial performances of the rest of copulatory creation.
@spendius,
Very true. Thank you for the suggestion.
I just saw this:
Idi Amin famously went by the title His Excellency President for Life, Field Marshal Al Hadji Doctor Idi Amin, VC, DSO, MC, CBE, Lord of all the Beasts of the Earth and Fishes of the Sea, and Conqueror of the British Empire in Africa in General and Uganda in Particular.
@spendius,
Possibly, but I think if anyone laughed at Pres Amin, he quickly had them removed and corrected.
@McTag,
Did you see Kirsty Walk's thighs on Newsnight as she discussed matters of great national importance.
Quite fetching I thought.
@spendius,
Kirsty doubtless wants to be known for her brains, not her cellulite.
I think in general this summer ladies' fashions in the skirts department seem to be making it awkward for them to sit on a sofa without showing some leg to the legions of perverts who only watch the news for that reason.
Speaking of things anatomical and topical, from The Scotsman newspaper today:
NAKED Rambler Stephen Gough tasted his first day of freedom in six years yesterday and vowed to continue walking around Britain with no clothes on.
Former marine Gough said his time spent behind bars had “flown by” but added that he was looking forward to seeing his children for the first time in years.
• Police break previous protocol by not arresting Gough as he leaves prison naked
• Naked Rambler vows to continue nude walks but vows to stay away from “main roads”
Gough was spoken to by police when he was freed from Perth Prison yesterday morning, but was then allowed to go on his way in an apparent shift in Tayside Police policy.
On the last few occasions, he has been immediately arrested by officers waiting for him at the gates, but yesterday he was given the go-ahead to walk off despite being naked.
He said: “My opinion is that the police have thought, ‘The guy’s not going to give up so let’s have a think about it’. Something has changed and it is good news for me.
“What they were doing before was pre-empting complaints and now they are not.
“I am going to head south and see what happens. I haven’t seen my kids for ages. It’s not all free and easy for me as I might get arrested at any moment.
“I don’t really know what I am going to do. I could get arrested when I go round the next corner. I want to see my mum as I haven’t seen her for six years.
“My children are teenagers – Kiana is 16 and Yarin is 14. They are teenagers so I expect they are embarrassed by me. If I was them and the tables were turned and my dad was walking round naked, I suppose I would be embarrassed.
“This is my job. This is my vocation in life at the moment. I have absolutely no regrets, especially now. I think I have partially proved my point by making the police think more carefully about the issue.”
Gough, 53, who completed a 657-day sentence yesterday, revealed that he had spent the vast majority of his time in solitary confinement in maximum security Perth Prison.
“It is nice to be standing here feeling the breeze,” he said. “I haven’t been outside a building in the last six years and it is nice to smell the flowers and see the greenery.
“It’s nice to be outside in nature. It flies by when you are in prison. You think it flies by when you are outside, but it flies by even faster in prison.
“I was kept in solitary all the time. I wasn’t given association with other prisoners. I got half an hour in the evening to have a shower and walk up and down the hall when they have been locked away.
“There would be other prisoners around and I would get a chat with them. I missed having a good, deep conversation and connecting with people.
“I have kept fit doing step-ups on the chair in my cell every day I am going to stay away from busy roads and enjoy the countryside.
“To conform with everyone else is the easiest way but when you conform, you compromise. I am not going to give up. Stay naked is the word.
“What I am doing is based on my belief about what I am and what I am is not indecent,” he added. “Ordinary people have prejudices and intolerances.”
On his most recent release, Gough was arrested within 60 seconds and sentenced to 657 days imprisonment for breaching the peace.
He has spent the vast majority of the past decade behind bars because of his refusal to put on any clothing.
