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48 minutes ago, Genie said:

What I often ask myself, are they words removed and so get attracted to the Tory party or are they initially quite normal but then turn into words removed after being in the Tory party for a period of time?

The old biddy who was asked for the five grand to pay The Bad People: 

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She said her family had been loyal Conservatives for generations.

"The party has been part of my life, I've run every election campaign here for 40 years.

"I work myself into the ground for the party - all they hear is a 78-year-old little old lady."

She added: "I am not having this brushed under the carpet."

"The party has let me down. I have said; my faith in the party is like my faith in God... they've let me down.

"I watch people go for a walk in this quiet area. Do I want them to go out and vote for a man who gets himself locked up and needs money to get him out? No."

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-68851004

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4 minutes ago, Nigel said:

You can't appeal yellows

Apparently you can in European competitions. 

13 hours ago, Mandy Lifeboats said:

The nuns simply destroyed numerous "immoral" pieces of artwork containing nudity. 

On that subject (and this could equally have gone in the Books or Religion threads), this is well worth a read: 

Just started Ripley. Looks promising, particularly the b&w cinematography, which gives it a very 'period authentic' look. 

Just now, OutByEaster? said:

Emi is suspended for the first leg of the semi no?

Nobody knows until the chicken entrails have been examined. 

Romesh Ranganathan booked now. 

Has Ollie touched the ball in this match? 

Emi still timewasting. Might end up with Olsen on pens if we're not careful. 

Somebody should suggest to the ref that he's allowed to book himself and then send himself off. 

1 minute ago, AshVilla said:

Do the Villa players not remember Agincourt ffs.

6000 English and Welsh against 36000 french.

FTFY

I'd take 0-0 all day long here. 

28 minutes ago, GlobalVillan said:

Its not jealousy, its laughing at them. 

They are a circus. Always have been, always will be.

We are in Europe, in the top 4 of the PL, have a world class manager, a beautiful stadium, a huge fan base and a decorated past. 

Why the f*** would we be jealous of that lot?

10 minutes ago, OutByEaster? said:

That does rather beg the question, who was Jan Berry?

Just now, rjw63 said:

Dunno always sounded like love to me 

It's cos you love Mike Love. 

Currently: 

2 hours ago, rjw63 said:

“You learn something new every day even after six decades” corner.

If you know Neil Young, one of his best albums is called “Tonight’s The Night “.

The title track is about people he knew dying of drug addiction and the first line of the song goes:

”Bruce Berry was a workin’ man

he used to love that Econoline van”.

Bruce had checked out after a heroin overdose and was one of Neil’s roadies.

I only just read that Bruce was in fact the brother of Jan Berry.

Maybe one for the boring thread

 

I didn't know that. Definitely QI for the likes of you and me. 

EDIT: But wasn't it load that Econoline van? 

1 hour ago, magnkarl said:

The usual suspects who are extremely vocal on Palestine are deathly silent on Russia.

We've always been told that Russia are The Bad Guys, so it's only what we expect from them. 

But we've also been told for years that Israel are The Good Guys. 

A hard habit to break, apparently. 

11 hours ago, Xela said:

Chaucer would be jealous of your prose. 

*envious* 

3 hours ago, chrisp65 said:

a pleasant find on the radio yesterday, a programme about the psychology of band break ups and episode 1 was Dr Feelgood

 

Dr Feelgood are Schrödinger's band. They both split and continued. 

10 minutes ago, VillaChris said:

Plot twist....Steve Evans going back to Rotherham!

Beat us at VP in the cup last season and he's exactly the sort who'll want a response in their last three games so that isn't too badly actually, they'll put in a far more lively performance now.

New manager bounce. 

11 hours ago, OutByEaster? said:

An Air Lingus flight was found to have something suspicious on board and forced to land at Birmingham - passengers were evacuated, plane surrounded by police, airport closed and the bomb squad boarded.

False alarm - nothing that would go bang.

Back in the 1980s, my wife's office was evacuated when a mysterious parcel arrived from Ireland, exhibiting greasy patches and a slight smell of almonds (both apparently signs of certain plastic explosives). The bomb squad were called, and a controlled explosion carried out in the car park. 

Turkish delight everywhere. 

I like both coffee and tea, but if I could only have one or the other, it would have to be tea. 

Chocolate, I am seriously addicted to.