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Post by Flatypus on Mar 22, 2009 20:39:24 GMT
Piffle, that's all quite interesting but, can I ask a question? Are you paid by the word? Try shortening it. Do yuo want a discussion or a telegram? |
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Post by Flatypus on Mar 22, 2009 20:42:13 GMT
Shock horror. Alcohol consumption has increased. Surprisingly, after the Government relaxed the licensing laws. A few weeks ago I heard that the Government is becoming concerned about the increased level of gambling in this country. Nothing to do with the relaxation of gambling laws? You have to do the political equation: Tax revenue against policing and health costs. Cynic? Moi? |
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Post by Patrick on Mar 22, 2009 20:49:22 GMT
It's probably worth a different thread, but I had it in mind when I posted this. I do wonder where this is going to end up? They pick their times very carefully to release these snippets of info - it's not a daily barrage - but just when the idea gets forgotten about - then up comes another set of statistics.
It's been going on for years of course. I can remember on (the original) BBC Boards going back through the topic subjects to find the same things cropping up every six to ten months or so AND USUALLY as a result of some report, or some Government backed study that has been recently released. It's a perpetual Hamster wheel of information. Nothing changes.
It'll be teenage pregnancies (again) next!
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Post by bonbonlarue on Mar 22, 2009 20:51:02 GMT
I must get 5 e mails a day offering me £10-£20 free Bingo money.Then there are the TV ads:
Husband watching TV, ignored wife switches on laptop.
Hey presto!!! [glow=red,2,300]Fun! Money!Glitz! Glamour![/glow]
[Housekeeping gone...kids ignored, husband pissed off...]
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Post by riotgrrl on Mar 22, 2009 20:54:00 GMT
I must get 5 e mails a day offering me £10-£20 free Bingo money.Then there are the TV ads: Husband watching TV, ignored wife switches on laptop. Hey presto!!! [glow=red,2,300]Fun! Money!Glitz! Glamour![/glow] [Housekeeping gone...kids ignored, husband pissed off...]You're lucky. All I get are offers to see Britney nude. |
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Post by bonbonlarue on Mar 22, 2009 20:55:46 GMT
eeeeuuuuuwwwwwwww......
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Post by swl on Mar 22, 2009 21:00:19 GMT
Piffle, that's all quite interesting but, can I ask a question? Are you paid by the word? Try shortening it. Do yuo want a discussion or a telegram? Make a point or two at a time. Nobody's done it here yet, but the usual response to long posts is a line-by-line dissection with cut-and-paste rebuttals. Before you know it, the screen is full of quote boxes and it's impossible to follow the argument/discussion. I suspect the reason that's not happening is nobody's reading them  |
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Post by Flatypus on Mar 22, 2009 21:47:46 GMT
Some people's response to short posts is to leap in with a triumphant cry of what a fool has overlooked this, that and the other or find some proviso missing because it seemed so unnecessary and then go charging off stamping their foot that that is what it means to them so that is what it must mean and before you know it, you find yourself under attack from what was your original viewpoint and appearing to defend something you never intended before you can finally get it back under control to cries of triumph for having seen the light - which was what you posted in the first place and was opposed, but by the second day everybody had lost track of.
I find there will always be somebody to object to something. If it isn't your fault for not being detailed enough then it's too long for anybody to read. There is no pleasing those determined never to be pleased. So I prefer too much detail to too little. It is safer to have things omitted than to have them added!
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Post by housesparrow on Mar 22, 2009 21:47:57 GMT
I try to keep my posts more like telegrams these days lest Stub Crouchers nod off half way through and drop their roll ups on the carpet.
Do we have fire alarms, Patrick?
Back to drink. The government can tax all they like, but this won't stop publicans selling beer at a low profit margin and subsidising it with exorbitant soft drinks prices. A fruit juice topped up with tonic can cost more than a pint in a pub.
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Post by swl on Mar 22, 2009 21:55:25 GMT
Some people's response to short posts is to leap in with a triumphant cry of what a fool has overlooked this, that and the other or find some proviso missing because it seemed so unnecessary and then go charging off stamping their foot that that is what it means to them so that is what it must mean and before you know it, you find yourself under attack from what was your original viewpoint and appearing to defend something you never intended before you can finally get it back under control to cries of triumph for having seen the light - which was what you posted in the first place and was opposed, but by the second day everybody had lost track of. I find there will always be somebody to object to something. If it isn't your fault for not being detailed enough then it's too long for anybody to read. There is no pleasing those determined never to be pleased. So I prefer too much detail to too little. It is safer to have things omitted than to have them added! Couldn't you add a few gags to break things up? |
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Post by everso on Mar 22, 2009 22:09:40 GMT
I must get 5 e mails a day offering me £10-£20 free Bingo money.Then there are the TV ads: Husband watching TV, ignored wife switches on laptop. Hey presto!!! [glow=red,2,300]Fun! Money!Glitz! Glamour![/glow] [Housekeeping gone...kids ignored, husband pissed off...]You're lucky. All I get are offers to see Britney nude. Funny, they want me to gain a few more inches in length  |
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Post by everso on Mar 22, 2009 22:14:47 GMT
Some people's response to short posts is to leap in with a triumphant cry of what a fool has overlooked this, that and the other or find some proviso missing because it seemed so unnecessary and then go charging off stamping their foot that that is what it means to them so that is what it must mean and before you know it, you find yourself under attack from what was your original viewpoint and appearing to defend something you never intended before you can finally get it back under control to cries of triumph for having seen the light - which was what you posted in the first place and was opposed, but by the second day everybody had lost track of. I find there will always be somebody to object to something. If it isn't your fault for not being detailed enough then it's too long for anybody to read. There is no pleasing those determined never to be pleased. So I prefer too much detail to too little. It is safer to have things omitted than to have them added! Can I just say something Piffle? I feel kind of guilty that I'm not reading your posts. It's not because I'm not interested in what you say, but, taking a look at your first sentence/paragraph above, it's difficult to follow. Try adding a few full stops. That gives a sort of breathing space. |
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Post by swl on Mar 22, 2009 22:23:07 GMT
You're lucky. All I get are offers to see Britney nude. Funny, they want me to gain a few more inches in length What I want to know is who or what they think I am. How can I possibly want bigger breasts and a bigger penis? |
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Post by Deleted on Mar 22, 2009 23:30:56 GMT
Funny, they want me to gain a few more inches in length What I want to know is who or what they think I am. How can I possibly want bigger breasts and a bigger penis? Well.........you might have a desire to be a ladyboy |
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Post by gIant on Mar 24, 2009 20:12:47 GMT
I am most definitely a girl (although not 'girly') and I will say here and now, "I like a drink... or two".
Why should anyone else tell me what to do so long as I am not inflicting my habits on them.
It will be prohibition next!!!
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Post by everso on Mar 25, 2009 0:57:15 GMT
I am most definitely a girl (although not 'girly') and I will say here and now, "I like a drink... or two". Why should anyone else tell me what to do so long as I am not inflicting my habits on them. It will be prohibition next!!! And look what a success THAT was. |
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