THE BRITISH THREAD II

That's what I really don't get, McTag :wink:

Mac wrote-



Those included in my rant are those who squawk and squeak about traces of tobacco smoke in the atmosphere , a known inhibitor of degenerative brain disease, as one can easily see, and which saves the economy billions by knocking people off near the end of their useful lives rather than having them whinging and whining for an additional twenty years and demanding more and more personal care and attention, as will become more apparent than it already is now as time passes, and then go about spewing out, at a rate smokers can only gasp at, noxious chemicals, some of them man-made, unlike tobacco smoke which was made by our heavenly father for our solace, just because their nerves are all shot to pieces through not smoking.

If this ridiculous ban is not overturned I can see our beloved England being turned into one heaving sweaty mass of frenetic activity undertaken by the most boring and unimaginative people it is possible to contemplate with a concommitant pollution problem which will make the atmosphere in an old-fashioned pub seem like the scent of new mown hay in an alpine valley on a nice May morning.

It was an assertion that our fragrance annoyed them which was invented in the service of them annoying us and, by dint of astute propaganda, having power over us. There is a streak of control freakery in non-smokers and an incurable addiction to talking about themselves that I think will cause pubs to slowly become relics of happier times.

The medical profession would obviously like us to live into our 90s requiring ever more care which they will be happy to provide at no cost to the recipent. Just bigger and bigger invoices being sent to HM Treasury.

quite agree smokie

fags should be prescribed free to all those in receipt of a state pension

get rid of the useless bastards thats what I say

Well, I didn't know you were so versed in the agricultural practices of the alpine valleys.

That scent sure is a beautiful one, but usually the hay harvest takes place late June...

well what do you expect? Spendy knows about bars and fags. Everything else is guesswork.

Tell us some of them stories again about your dad and his pipe up in the sky Spendi?


"Jesus Christ is risen in yorkshire"

er well no actually. Aparantly they have been very naughty boys, particularly in Sheffield



Soddom and Be'gorrah

It is people like The Rt Rev Graham Dow who give religious belief a bad name and render it so easy to attack. One presumes his superiors will be aware of that and, if he did speak as quoted, give him his P45.

It is obvious that he means by moral decadence nothing other than things he doesn't approve of. Our moral values seem to me to improve continually.

Francis wrote-



The scent I was referring to was that of a May morning and you did agree that that scent is beautiful. Usually does not mean always.

My May morning, and as the author I can have any May morning I like so I'll take May 31st in a particularly warm and humid springtime. You may write about late June mornings if you like.

What's your point?

Stone me, did he really say that?
There were floods in Carlisle about four years ago...I wonder what the Bish was up to then?

Don't know whether we should dismiss the Bishop of Carlisle so readily. I'm off to collect wood for an ark.

Now, anyone know what a cubit is?

Is it not when you take the speed of light a multiply it by itself three times?

Which requires a lot of wood to be collected I should imagine for even a small ark.

Better get a good night's sleep before I start then

Ark ark the lark at heaven's gate sings
And Phoebus 'gins arise.....



Good Morning, Britain!

Today we can reflect on our most notable experiment, to wit, the progress of our former colonies in the Americas.

You are of course one of the most influential people in the country, but I think you over estimate the audience on the Brit 2 thread.

Good morning to you.

An amazing thing happened here. A double glazing salesman rang up to cancel an appointment. They cant do what I wanted. I tried to pursuade them to come and spend 3 hours selling me something I didnt want, but they refused. I feel quite rejected.

Making you write about it...

Steve, you know you're really unwanted when a salesman refuses to try to sell you a timeshare.

Spendi, I heartily approve of your choice of date - my mum would have been a hundred this May 31st.

I remember once, a long time ago, going a considerable distance to a hotel where we were promised a free holiday. It turned out to be a psychological warfare training excercise for the MOD. Or thats what it felt like. After 3 exhausting hours of hard sell/soft sell we still hadn't signed up an equally exhausted sales manager finally gave us the vouchers for our "free holiday". We never took it.

Someone once came here to sell us something or other, I've forgotten what it was. We actually got rid of him pretty quickly as we wouldn't allow him to smoke and he got all jittery without a cigarette.

Best one was when a leaflet was put through our friends' door. They duly invited the salesman round to sell them a patio - the visit didn't last long as our friends live in a second floor flat. :wink:

I don't suppose you chaps and chapesses would consider moving Wimbledon to a time of year when it was less rainy?