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Post by chrislord on Feb 11, 2009 21:30:52 GMT
OK...OK...less of the rubbing one's face in it!! The running white horse gif is a step too far...Remember that the 'angel of the South' will be quite still...teenagers, drunks and naked women will be dancing below it. A brainless epitaph of modern Britain.
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Post by everso on Feb 12, 2009 0:26:38 GMT
Good reading, men. Thanks. I'm the only one voting yeah so I have to rethink. Peer pressure. I like it! But then, I live in Essex so as long as they keep it over the river in Kent that's o.k. with me. |
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Post by rjpageuk on Feb 12, 2009 10:12:33 GMT
I think due to the strength of the argument in favour of "yes" we have slowly turned the tide of opinion in this thread.
Well done guys.
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Post by swl on Feb 12, 2009 11:38:17 GMT
Well, personally, with £2,000,000 I would make a life size coal sculpture showing every politician climbing over each other in a pyramid to reach a shiny golden turd. The faces of the politicians would be clearly recognisable.
Then, every Nov 5th, I'd set light to it and sell tickets. The money raised would pay for the next year's version - so it would remain topical and accurate.
The "Burning of the Parasites" would act as a pressure relief valve for all those frustrated at the political process and as a reminder to politicians that true power remains with the people who can remove them at a whim.
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Post by everso on Feb 12, 2009 12:00:20 GMT
Well, personally, with £2,000,000 I would make a life size coal sculpture showing every politician climbing over each other in a pyramid to reach a shiny golden turd. The faces of the politicians would be clearly recognisable. Then, every Nov 5th, I'd set light to it and sell tickets. The money raised would pay for the next year's version - so it would remain topical and accurate. The "Burning of the Parasites" would act as a pressure relief valve for all those frustrated at the political process and as a reminder to politicians that true power remains with the people who can remove them at a whimOnly so long as the government allows elections  You can bet your life they've considered that! |
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Post by trubble on Feb 12, 2009 12:14:56 GMT
I think due to the strength of the argument in favour of "yes" we have slowly turned the tide of opinion in this thread. Well done guys.  (It could still go either way. A mere 50% of the electorate has turned out. Shockin.) |
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Post by Alpha Hooligan on Feb 12, 2009 12:36:48 GMT
I'm still going with the step-pyramids & human sacrifice motif...I like that sort of stuff.
AH
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Post by motorist on Feb 12, 2009 13:09:01 GMT
I'm still going with the step-pyramids & human sacrifice motif...I like that sort of stuff. AH Yeah, more of that Aztec/Inca stuff. Otherwise I shall dress up as an Inca when I crap on the horse  |
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Post by housesparrow on Feb 12, 2009 19:30:42 GMT
I had to double check Trubble's story because Iwas quite convinced that it must be an April 1 joke. Mind you, if it had been, the good Gaurdian readers of Orpington probably would have been writing to complain about the lack of good taste.
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Post by housesparrow on Feb 12, 2009 19:38:08 GMT
After careful thought I've gien the horse the thumbs down simply because it is such a dull beastie. If we can't have one on its hind legs it could at least look a little more well - alert, for want of a better word. I agree with swl (#9) that the horsie on the M8 is much more the business.
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Post by Patrick on Feb 13, 2009 11:29:36 GMT
A-ha! I wasn't the only one....... (Quote is clickable) |
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Post by trubble on Feb 13, 2009 12:27:11 GMT
Bearing in mind the comments of Housesparrow and Patrick about a rearing horse on hind legs ...
Dear Mehs,
Would you change your vote if the horse was on two legs?
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Post by motorist on Feb 13, 2009 12:37:45 GMT
Dear Mehs, Would you change your vote if the horse was on two legs? If it wears an Inca headdress (I have the Inca bug now, thanks to this thread) |
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Post by trubble on Feb 13, 2009 13:27:39 GMT
Incas have no bearing on Kent.
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Post by motorist on Feb 13, 2009 15:05:25 GMT
Incas have no bearing on Kent. Don't care - that's the price of me changing from meh to yeh ;D |
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Post by swl on Feb 13, 2009 15:15:51 GMT
If the horse were remodelled slightly. I'm thinking along the lines of a 156ft Catherine Zeta Jones  |
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Post by motorist on Feb 13, 2009 15:39:01 GMT
If the horse were remodelled slightly. I'm thinking along the lines of a 156ft Catherine Zeta Jones In that instance, I would forego the Inca headdress requirement ;D |
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Post by swl on Feb 13, 2009 16:01:49 GMT
Oh I dunno - Inca costumes can be quite cool. Now here is a real Angel of the South   That's my niece btw The one at the front  |
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Post by swl on Feb 13, 2009 16:06:53 GMT
Although obviously no good for representing Kent as her legs are shut.
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Post by Patrick on Feb 16, 2009 15:27:35 GMT
Not from Gillingham or Maidstone then!  Some pretty poems   on the North and South on Beeb News pages |
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