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Forum: General Discussions 26 Aug 2007, 00:59
Replies: 30
Views: 8,822
Posted By Proteus
Re: The BBC strikes out against stupid conceptions of property

You must have been if you got the impression that abstracting electricity was theft. :(
Forum: General Discussions 21 Mar 2007, 01:10
Replies: 54
Views: 11,161
Posted By Proteus
Forum: General Discussions 14 Feb 2007, 00:25
Replies: 161
Views: 21,424
Posted By Proteus
Re: OK GD people, which book are you reading now?

Presumably their manufacture involves an abnormally high level of slavery.

Those crazy Dutch, you can't even trust them to make shoes without breaching the UDHR.
Forum: General Discussions 12 Feb 2007, 20:40
Replies: 89
Views: 8,634
Posted By Proteus
Re: Valentine's Day

This has never worked in the past, so no. :(
Forum: General Discussions 12 Feb 2007, 16:13
Replies: 52
Views: 6,198
Posted By Proteus
Re: Cannabis Cameron

If you drive stupidly fast you could be charged with dangerous driving, which also carries a maximum 2 year prison sentence. Obviously minor speeding offences won't get custody, but then neither will...
Forum: General Discussions 12 Feb 2007, 15:09
Replies: 52
Views: 6,198
Posted By Proteus
Re: Cannabis Cameron

Does this mean we'll find out next week that Cameron wore burberry and modded a Vauxhall Nova when he was younger?
Forum: General Discussions 12 Feb 2007, 14:57
Replies: 52
Views: 6,198
Posted By Proteus
Re: Cannabis Cameron

I suspect they'd react in a similar way to an "omg Cameron once got a speeding ticket" story, but that would hardly suggest they should feel obliged to abolish speed limits.
Forum: General Discussions 30 Jan 2007, 10:32
Replies: 298
Views: 34,377
Posted By Proteus
Re: Wife problems

http://blog.360.yahoo.com/blog-DHTnr8w9dLSVxQpN3UCMFjx5UXcEuH_HYA--?cq=1&l=11&u=15&mx=552&lmt=5
Forum: General Discussions 29 Jan 2007, 23:05
Replies: 20
Views: 2,962
Posted By Proteus
Re: Music to Queer to

Someone should send this twat a The Spores album.

Although, I don't know, perhaps if his incredible insight into the world of sexuality has led him to the discovery that David Furnish's civil...
Forum: General Discussions 29 Jan 2007, 22:23
Replies: 45
Views: 6,981
Posted By Proteus
Re: Questions you have been thinking to ask

The endeavour of necessity, because no one in their right mind would employ any of us. (At this rate I'll be studying until the end of time.)


EC4, you dozy barrister you.

What I want to know...
Forum: General Discussions 27 Jan 2007, 19:40
Replies: 34
Views: 4,379
Posted By Proteus
Re: Prisions Today

So you agree it has an impact?

And I'm afraid I'm not going to be here for ever, so forgive me if I expect my government to do things that help me, and not say "well, it won't have any permanent...
Forum: General Discussions 27 Jan 2007, 18:44
Replies: 34
Views: 4,379
Posted By Proteus
Re: Prisons Today

The problem was partly that I felt the same thing about your last post. I agree with you that trying to stop people committing crime in the first place through education and social improvement is a...
Forum: General Discussions 27 Jan 2007, 18:09
Replies: 34
Views: 4,379
Posted By Proteus
Re: Prisions Today

That's because crime reduction is a continuous process, not a thing you can do and say "oh look, I've reduced crime, good for me, I think I'll have a break for 600 years". To give you an analogy, if...
Forum: General Discussions 27 Jan 2007, 17:53
Replies: 34
Views: 4,379
Posted By Proteus
Re: Prisons Today

I purposely didn't mention drugs, because I agree that the current drugs-law system is stupid.


How are they comparable to drug dealers?


Obviously, and those things should be done with...
Forum: General Discussions 27 Jan 2007, 17:16
Replies: 34
Views: 4,379
Posted By Proteus
Re: Prisions Today

I'm not sure what you're getting at here. Could you be a bit more coherent?


That's what crime is, though - a series of acts perpetrated by individuals (or groups) that are against the law. If...
Forum: General Discussions 27 Jan 2007, 14:30
Replies: 34
Views: 4,379
Posted By Proteus
Re: Prisions Today

It rather obviously reduces crime and protects the public in the sense that there are at least some people currently in prison who would be committing crimes and harming the public if they weren't in...
Forum: General Discussions 17 Jan 2007, 23:14
Replies: 54
Views: 5,893
Posted By Proteus
Re: Jade Goody: Enemy of civilisation

This could be the first time in history that protesters burning things in the streets to demonstrate that they're awful might actually have a point.

(For the wrong reasons, granted, but you can't...
Forum: General Discussions 14 Jan 2007, 00:46
Replies: 31
Views: 3,414
Posted By Proteus
Re: Avatars!

I never Christmasified mine. Which was pretty silly of me considering I already have a Christmas Denning picture on my computer.

But I'm not getting rid of Denning. :(
Forum: General Discussions 14 Jan 2007, 00:44
Replies: 24
Views: 4,148
Posted By Proteus
Re: Rape: should liers lose the right to anonymity?

Am I the only one who's seen the stories in the press over the past year or so about women who've been named, prosecuted, convicted and jailed for lying about being raped?

But I agree with...
Forum: General Discussions 6 Jan 2007, 14:28
Replies: 161
Views: 21,424
Posted By Proteus
Re: OK GD people, which book are you reading now?

The Scarlatti Inheritance by Robert Ludlum.
Forum: General Discussions 4 Jan 2007, 12:10
Replies: 53
Views: 22,654
Posted By Proteus
Re: Why I don't use the train

The article's wrong about this. You can always leave the train before the destination printed on your ticket (as long as you're actually on a route that will eventually go to the printed...
Forum: General Discussions 13 Dec 2006, 16:26
Replies: 54
Views: 7,707
Posted By Proteus
Re: ITT: You help me with the culture shock [London]

Unless you're on the tube, in which case look straight ahead, avoid eye contact at all times, and don't say anything, ever (except possibly "excuse me" in an irritated tone if someone's standing on...
Forum: General Discussions 13 Dec 2006, 00:55
Replies: 50
Views: 12,907
Posted By Proteus
Re: The Christmas Repeal

"You do not have to say anything, but it may harm your defence if you do not mention when questioned something which you later rely on in court. Anything you do say may be given in evidence."
Forum: General Discussions 16 Oct 2006, 16:12
Replies: 11
Views: 3,348
Posted By Proteus
Re: Where people drink?

Here (http://www.beerintheevening.com/pubs/s/11/1118/White_Hart/Bishopsgate), normally.

Occasionally here (http://www.beerintheevening.com/pubs/s/27/270/George/Liverpool_Street).

Here...
Forum: General Discussions 13 Oct 2006, 20:30
Replies: 6
Views: 1,871
Posted By Proteus
Re: Council Tax

That's what I hoped, but it doesn't stop them sending me nasty letters. :(


I've only actually had a written demand for the full year's amount (well, a quarterly installment, but rising to the...
Forum: General Discussions 13 Oct 2006, 19:49
Replies: 6
Views: 1,871
Posted By Proteus
Council Tax

I have a quick question for those more familiar with such things than me.

First, some background: I did one full-time course last year, but was living at home at the time, so I didn't have to...
Forum: General Discussions 25 Sep 2006, 19:48
Replies: 43
Views: 3,533
Posted By Proteus
Re: Phone a friend!

He's also quite likely to ignore the answer and point out that the question's wrong. Or tell you that the answer's not one of the four options.


I've always wondered how they'd stop this sort of...
Forum: General Discussions 25 Sep 2006, 16:27
Replies: 50
Views: 12,598
Posted By Proteus
Re: The Girl on the Train

"Hi, I sat and chatted to you on this journey for a week and the whole time thought you were a girl. I only realised you weren't when I watched you going to the lavatory. Did I mention I fancied you?...
Forum: General Discussions 22 Sep 2006, 08:48
Replies: 8
Views: 1,939
Posted By Proteus
Re: Jane Eyre

"Glass of Champagne" is the song in the Marks and Spencer advert.
Forum: General Discussions 7 Sep 2006, 17:21
Replies: 44
Views: 3,530
Posted By Proteus
Re: Waistcoats

I think I got mine from Moss Bros.
Forum: General Discussions 3 Sep 2006, 22:45
Replies: 113
Views: 9,673
Posted By Proteus
Re: What Do You Like Drink While Gamming?

If the original post in this thread deserved a ban, then this one certainly does.
Forum: General Discussions 3 Sep 2006, 22:43
Replies: 17
Views: 2,604
Posted By Proteus
Re: Today, I heard a new word (courtesy of CNN).

If someone who studied criminology is a criminalist, is someone who studied sociology a socialist?
Forum: General Discussions 3 Sep 2006, 10:17
Replies: 113
Views: 9,673
Posted By Proteus
Re: What Do You Like Drink While Gamming?

He should have been banned under Clause 11.
Forum: General Discussions 30 Aug 2006, 18:08
Replies: 27
Views: 4,329
Posted By Proteus
Re: Hey Tomkat it was me!

They ask you if you've had anything to drink in the last 15 minutes. If you say you have, they simply wait (at the side of the road) until 15 minutes have passed since you said you last drank and...
Forum: General Discussions 29 Aug 2006, 08:01
Replies: 27
Views: 4,329
Posted By Proteus
Re: Hey Tomkat it was me!

Over here you're told not to stop to let pedestrians cross for precisely this reason.
Forum: General Discussions 28 Aug 2006, 23:05
Replies: 91
Views: 6,779
Posted By Proteus
Re: well worth a read

He's not going to be able to tell anything to the Romans if he hasn't done Latin.
Forum: General Discussions 26 Aug 2006, 13:07
Replies: 111
Views: 14,715
Posted By Proteus
Re: "Tell me an interesting fact about yourself"

Everything. I thought we'd established this... :confused:


Not a part of the UK.

Anyway:

I've travelled up the east coast of England on an aircraft carrier.

I sat in on the final trial...
Forum: General Discussions 26 Aug 2006, 12:40
Replies: 24
Views: 2,975
Posted By Proteus
Re: Emma Watson

He means the fact that she's done her GCSEs doesn't mean she's over 16, which is perfectly correct (I did mine when I was 15, for instance).
Forum: General Discussions 25 Aug 2006, 23:21
Replies: 24
Views: 2,975
Posted By Proteus
Re: Emma Watson

Anyway, what were you doing reading the Newsround website?

(The only other option I can think of is that you were Googling for "Emma Watson trapped in chocolate...
Forum: General Discussions 25 Aug 2006, 23:15
Replies: 24
Views: 2,975
Posted By Proteus
Re: Emma Watson

You're 4 months and 10 days late.
Forum: General Discussions 25 Aug 2006, 21:57
Replies: 111
Views: 14,715
Posted By Proteus
Re: "Tell me an interesting fact about yourself"

Presumably you weren't in uniform?


Jaywalking's not illegal in Britain so I'm guessing "no".
Forum: General Discussions 16 Aug 2006, 23:06
Replies: 31
Views: 4,791
Posted By Proteus
Re: London

I could do this.

If I knew where he lived. :(
Forum: General Discussions 16 Aug 2006, 23:01
Replies: 41
Views: 5,000
Posted By Proteus
Re: Drugs bust

Then you thought wrong. Very very wrong.
Forum: General Discussions 13 Aug 2006, 23:14
Replies: 45
Views: 5,284
Posted By Proteus
Re: So what do we do?

Good job on missing the point (in fact, the whole discussion) entirely there.
Forum: General Discussions 12 Aug 2006, 23:12
Replies: 45
Views: 5,284
Posted By Proteus
Re: So what do we do?

Obviously it's very hard to prove that no others exist, but I've never heard one mentioned. (The important word, of course, is "guaranteed" - you could try all your life to live by Allah's rules,...
Forum: General Discussions 12 Aug 2006, 08:50
Replies: 45
Views: 5,284
Posted By Proteus
Re: So what do we do?

He's invented the "Jews and Christians" bit, but the bit of the Qur'an used as evidence that those who die fighting a holy war are promised paradise is:

"Think not of those who are slain in...
Forum: General Discussions 25 Jul 2006, 16:15
Replies: 16
Views: 2,558
Posted By Proteus
Re: The CPS is smrt

It seems more to have been the extreme dodginess of the entire exposure operation. The reporter, on discovering important information, should have gone straight to the police (who would have been...
Forum: General Discussions 25 Jul 2006, 15:55
Replies: 16
Views: 2,558
Posted By Proteus
Re: The CPS is smrt

Basically, yes.

(At least that's what the judge told me.)
Forum: General Discussions 24 Jul 2006, 20:44
Replies: 83
Views: 6,290
Posted By Proteus
Re: Is Wales a Country?

They're both countries because the word has more than one meaning. The United Kingdom is a country in the sense of "a sovereign state", and Wales is a country in the sense of "a nation".
Forum: General Discussions 21 Jul 2006, 18:34
Replies: 115
Views: 10,126
Posted By Proteus
Re: Over-tired!

No, but I phoned the Pope last night and he said it was "oh, they're tired". Apparently he knows because God told him.
Forum: General Discussions 19 Jul 2006, 21:03
Replies: 204
Views: 16,049
Posted By Proteus
Forum: General Discussions 19 Jul 2006, 19:52
Replies: 115
Views: 10,126
Posted By Proteus
Re: Over-tired!

Yeah, the Toyota Verso's miles better.
Forum: General Discussions 19 Jul 2006, 16:08
Replies: 115
Views: 10,126
Posted By Proteus
Re: Over-tired!

You must have enormous problems understanding pop groups. And choirs. And musicals. And angry mobs. :(
Forum: General Discussions 19 Jul 2006, 12:16
Replies: 115
Views: 10,126
Posted By Proteus
Re: Over-tired!

You can watch it here (http://www.visit4info.com/details.cfm?adid=29888), by the way.

And anyone who thinks it's "overtired" (including fictional Vauxhall customer service staff in fabricated...
Forum: General Discussions 19 Jul 2006, 11:22
Replies: 204
Views: 16,049
Posted By Proteus
Re: [meet] GD mini-meet

Is this an all day thing?

Because I'm doing something that Saturday, but I should be finished by about 6ish.

(And I now live in central London so it shouldn't be any problem getting there.)
Forum: General Discussions 19 Jun 2006, 21:58
Replies: 11
Views: 2,342
Posted By Proteus
Re: Name Changes

You haven't been to Ireland recently, have you?
Forum: General Discussions 19 Jun 2006, 16:28
Replies: 51
Views: 3,403
Posted By Proteus
Forum: General Discussions 19 Jun 2006, 16:11
Replies: 51
Views: 3,403
Posted By Proteus
Re: Sarah's law

This sentence shouldn't end "if you are male".
Forum: General Discussions 16 Jun 2006, 09:25
Replies: 33
Views: 3,628
Posted By Proteus
Forum: General Discussions 15 Jun 2006, 18:24
Replies: 19
Views: 2,165
Posted By Proteus
Re: GuilFest (Festival in Guildford)

You have? So have I...
Forum: General Discussions 15 Jun 2006, 12:00
Replies: 19
Views: 2,165
Posted By Proteus
Re: GuilFest (Festival in Guildford)

Only because Theuderic had promised me Burgundy. The lying git. Well, his dynasty could never mess with me again, I made damned sure of that.
Forum: General Discussions 15 Jun 2006, 11:40
Replies: 19
Views: 2,165
Posted By Proteus
Re: GuilFest (Festival in Guildford)

You expect me to keep count?

That's a rather impertinent question, young man.
Forum: General Discussions 15 Jun 2006, 11:03
Replies: 19
Views: 2,165
Posted By Proteus
Re: GuilFest (Festival in Guildford)

I live about 15 minutes from Guildford, so I suppose I might go, if only for the comedy. If I can be bothered. Which seems unlikely.
Forum: General Discussions 8 Jun 2006, 08:11
Replies: 53
Views: 4,303
Posted By Proteus
Re: Couldnt make this up

I get the impression from watching police films that giving fast food to people you're negotiating with is pretty normal, so yes, it probably is.


I saw a documentary once where two people who'd...
Forum: General Discussions 1 Jun 2006, 08:53
Replies: 67
Views: 6,287
Posted By Proteus
Re: Faggot nostalgia

I thought Gayle left pretty soon after people started calling her a gimmick account.

But it's entirely possible I'm imagining things.
Forum: General Discussions 25 May 2006, 09:39
Replies: 65
Views: 5,089
Posted By Proteus
Re: Grammar/spelling: what really annoys you?

In other words, "colon" with a different final letter. What lovely images you must have when you read American English ("I love all the different colors in this room", "This painting is just an...
Forum: General Discussions 23 May 2006, 16:01
Replies: 55
Views: 5,022
Posted By Proteus
Re: Your Life Update Thread: III

I hope none of them involved reading comprehension. :(
Forum: General Discussions 23 May 2006, 11:46
Replies: 55
Views: 5,022
Posted By Proteus
Re: Your Life Update Thread: III

Horsley. And if you live in Woking you certainly have my sympathy.
Forum: General Discussions 23 May 2006, 11:41
Replies: 92
Views: 8,993
Posted By Proteus
Re: If you could go back in time...

I may be being pessimistic here, but I've a niggling feeling that history might take a rather different turn if the Caliph of Baghdad were running around 13th century Arabia armed with rocket...
Forum: General Discussions 22 May 2006, 23:30
Replies: 92
Views: 8,993
Posted By Proteus
Re: If you could go back in time...

I love the way you point out in great detail the enormous problems associated with "teach some clever Greeks a bit of Physics" immediately before saying "stop the Mongol hordes destroying a city" as...
Forum: General Discussions 22 May 2006, 19:36
Replies: 14
Views: 2,349
Posted By Proteus
Re: How perfect is your parking?

I don't need play a computer game to know that I'm terrible at parking.
Forum: General Discussions 22 May 2006, 19:33
Replies: 92
Views: 8,993
Posted By Proteus
Re: If you could go back in time...

I wasn't really planning on spying on them closely enough to work out exactly when they were having sex. Even for eliminating Tony from history that would be too high a price to pay.
Forum: General Discussions 22 May 2006, 18:05
Replies: 92
Views: 8,993
Posted By Proteus
Re: If you could go back in time...

Work out when Tony Blair was conceived and phone up his parents that night every 10 minutes offering to sell them some double glazing.
Forum: General Discussions 22 May 2006, 18:00
Replies: 55
Views: 5,022
Posted By Proteus
Re: Your Life Update Thread: III

Education/Employment

I'm just coming to the end of my one-year law conversion course (study leave started today, exams 5th-14th June) and from the end of August I'll be doing the Bar Vocational...
Forum: General Discussions 13 May 2006, 09:20
Replies: 59
Views: 3,646
Posted By Proteus
Re: 15 year old prosecuted for rape, 11 yr old enjoying pregnancy

Something under the Sexual Offences Act, most likely.
Forum: General Discussions 13 May 2006, 09:20
Replies: 59
Views: 3,646
Posted By Proteus
Re: 15 year old prosecuted for rape, 11 yr old enjoying pregnancy

I don't think so. The case report seems to imply that they were all injuring each other, so they charged A with GBH on B and then B with GBH on A at a different time. There don't appear to have been...
Forum: General Discussions 13 May 2006, 08:51
Replies: 59
Views: 3,646
Posted By Proteus
Re: 15 year old prosecuted for rape, 11 yr old enjoying pregnancy

But surely there's more than one GBH going on?

They were guilty of conspiracy to commit GBH against C as soon as they "plan together" to do so, so I don't see how the fact that B subsequently got...
Forum: General Discussions 13 May 2006, 01:04
Replies: 59
Views: 3,646
Posted By Proteus
Re: 15 year old prosecuted for rape, 11 yr old enjoying pregnancy

Well, it's not really my argument, I'm just applying Tyrrell.


Well, yes, but he's not the victim of those crimes. (And Tyrrell specifically concerned a sexual offence, so I'm not sure whether it...
Forum: General Discussions 13 May 2006, 00:46
Replies: 59
Views: 3,646
Posted By Proteus
Re: 15 year old prosecuted for rape, 11 yr old enjoying pregnancy

As the article points out. (Although I suppose I can't blame anyone for not being able to read past the sex-beast line.)
Forum: General Discussions 13 May 2006, 00:44
Replies: 59
Views: 3,646
Posted By Proteus
Re: 15 year old prosecuted for rape, 11 yr old enjoying pregnancy

You can't be a secondary party to an offence against you (so she couldn't be convicted of aiding/abetting/counselling/procuring the rape against her if she encouraged him to do it or what not), but...
Forum: General Discussions 12 May 2006, 18:44
Replies: 59
Views: 3,646
Posted By Proteus
Re: 15 year old prosecuted for rape, 11 yr old enjoying pregnancy

I would like to nominate this for best line in a newspaper report ever:
Forum: General Discussions 12 May 2006, 17:13
Replies: 59
Views: 3,646
Posted By Proteus
Re: 15 year old prosecuted for rape, 11 yr old enjoying pregnancy

s6 of the Interpretation Act 1978 provides that "in any Act, unless the contrary intention appears, words importing the masculine gender include the feminine; words importing the feminine gender...
Forum: General Discussions 12 May 2006, 15:16
Replies: 59
Views: 3,646
Posted By Proteus
Re: 15 year old prosecuted for rape, 11 yr old enjoying pregnancy

It was in August last year, so there's a good chance he was actually 14 at the time. And though it's easy for 14-year-old girls to look like they're 21 it's rather harder for 14- and 15-year-old boys...
Forum: General Discussions 12 May 2006, 14:52
Replies: 59
Views: 3,646
Posted By Proteus
Re: 15 year old prosecuted for rape, 11 yr old enjoying pregnancy

I linked to it in the other sex-related thread, but here (http://www.opsi.gov.uk/ACTS/acts2003/20030042.htm) it is again.
Forum: General Discussions 12 May 2006, 14:30
Replies: 59
Views: 3,646
Posted By Proteus
Re: 15 year old prosecuted for rape, 11 yr old enjoying pregnancy

She can't be prosecuted for rape, obviously, but there are plenty of other offences that don't require the person committing them to be male.

(I don't see any reason why she's not guilty of sexual...
Forum: General Discussions 12 May 2006, 14:23
Replies: 59
Views: 3,646
Posted By Proteus
Re: 15 year old prosecuted for rape, 11 yr old enjoying pregnancy

Why has she not been prosecuted too?

She had sex with a fifteen year old boy, and that's illegal as far as I'm aware...
Forum: General Discussions 11 May 2006, 23:36
Replies: 103
Views: 6,582
Posted By Proteus
Re: How long 'till Ste get's arrested?

Yes. (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sex_reassignment_surgery)
Forum: General Discussions 11 May 2006, 19:14
Replies: 103
Views: 6,582
Posted By Proteus
Re: How long 'till Ste get's arrested?

Threats to kill, contrary to s16 Offences Against the Person Act 1861, maximum sentence 10 years imprisonment.

The police are on their way to your den of iniquity as we speak.

P.S. Everyone...
Forum: General Discussions 7 May 2006, 17:05
Replies: 43
Views: 5,651
Posted By Proteus
Re: i just joined the gym

I had a session with a personal trainer on Thursday - weight lifting, rowing, running, boxing, skipping, lifting deceptively heavy coloured balls, and some very strange (and painful) exercises that...
Forum: General Discussions 6 May 2006, 11:21
Replies: 51
Views: 4,651
Posted By Proteus
Re: Recent Elections

All of this terminological disagreement is obscuring the fact that dda seems to believe that having a "George Bushish leader" is the only alternative to socialism.
Forum: General Discussions 27 Apr 2006, 00:16
Replies: 18
Views: 8,751
Posted By Proteus
Re: Last minute hotels, London

Why don't you just book a room at your club?
Forum: General Discussions 20 Apr 2006, 17:17
Replies: 29
Views: 23,390
Posted By Proteus
Re: T-mobile

I've been with T-Mobile since they were one2one, and I can prove it because my phone still says "one2one" on the screen. :( (People keep telling me it's something wrong with my phone, but I've...
Forum: General Discussions 17 Apr 2006, 13:26
Replies: 261
Views: 21,203
Posted By Proteus
Re: travler

Since "bar" is Aramaic and "ben" is Hebrew, and Jesus most likely spoke Aramaic, no.
Forum: General Discussions 17 Apr 2006, 11:27
Replies: 28
Views: 2,056
Posted By Proteus
Re: So I want to go out in the city of London tomorrow...

Neither the Natural History Museum nor London Zoo are in the City of London...
Forum: General Discussions 16 Apr 2006, 20:49
Replies: 92
Views: 4,415
Posted By Proteus
Forum: General Discussions 15 Apr 2006, 23:04
Replies: 92
Views: 4,415
Posted By Proteus
Re: Gentlemen, The Queen!

I was going to buy her a castle but then I found out she's already got one. :(

Perhaps I could send her some cash in an envelope marked "to be put towards HMY Britannia II".
Forum: General Discussions 3 Apr 2006, 20:59
Replies: 15
Views: 1,751
Posted By Proteus
Re: alki, do you remember:

No it's not. The posting of long IRC logs is against the rules.
Ten lines is the maximum allowed length for posted irc logs.
Forum: General Discussions 31 Mar 2006, 00:25
Replies: 34
Views: 2,532
Posted By Proteus
Re: Bugger

You're confusing The Queen-in-Parliament (Queen + Lords + Commons) and The Queen-in-Council (Queen + Privy Council). The Queen-in-Parliament makes Acts of Parliament and The Queen-in-Council makes...
Forum: General Discussions 30 Mar 2006, 10:32
Replies: 43
Views: 3,096
Posted By Proteus
Re: What words If any

Why would it be? How do you pronounce it?
Forum: General Discussions 29 Mar 2006, 10:16
Replies: 32
Views: 4,165
Posted By Proteus
Re: TV Licence Legal Help

That seems rather excessive. My parents found that simply ignoring the letters makes their computers break and just start sending the same cycle of increasingly rude letters all over again. Obviously...
Forum: General Discussions 25 Mar 2006, 21:24
Replies: 90
Views: 8,858
Posted By Proteus
Re: Have you ever been arrested?

I've only ever met polite police officers. But then I've never been a "suspect" (and I'm not stupid enough to overtake unmarked police cars).
Forum: General Discussions 25 Mar 2006, 11:19
Replies: 90
Views: 8,858
Posted By Proteus
Re: Have you ever been arrested?

I've been in the back of a police van, and in a custody suite actually, but only for perfectly legitimate reasons.
Forum: General Discussions 24 Mar 2006, 11:19
Replies: 106
Views: 7,652
Posted By Proteus
Re: Yahwe's Career

I thought you were a teacher...
Forum: General Discussions 23 Mar 2006, 22:22
Replies: 41
Views: 3,304
Posted By Proteus
Re: House

findaproperty.com tells me that 1 bedroom flats here cost £670-£700 a month.
Forum: General Discussions 20 Mar 2006, 20:27
Replies: 28
Views: 2,997
Posted By Proteus
Re: So the police broke our window tonight...

Bournemouth's in the US now?
Forum: General Discussions 20 Mar 2006, 13:11
Replies: 106
Views: 7,652
Posted By Proteus
Forum: General Discussions 15 Mar 2006, 19:13
Replies: 27
Views: 3,628
Posted By Proteus
Re: Dace walks into church

The priest can't tell anyone, ever.
Forum: General Discussions 15 Mar 2006, 11:30
Replies: 14
Views: 2,028
Posted By Proteus
Re: For those who know the law better than me

Perhaps it's to avoid their staff simply accepting a driving licence as proof of age without looking at the date of birth, since you can have a provisional licence at 17 but are unlikely to have a...
Forum: General Discussions 14 Mar 2006, 20:17
Replies: 83
Views: 4,639
Posted By Proteus
Re: Whats your price?

I don't think I'd even be able to get it down in the first place, let alone hold it down.
Forum: General Discussions 14 Mar 2006, 20:16
Replies: 21
Views: 2,365
Posted By Proteus
Re: (my) stupidity on a spectacular scale

Not knowing who Quintilius Varus was doesn't exactly put you up there with Stephen Hawking, you know.
Forum: General Discussions 14 Mar 2006, 19:58
Replies: 83
Views: 4,639
Posted By Proteus
Re: Whats your price?

a) I wouldn't.
b) I wouldn't.
c) I don't have one.
d) I wouldn't.
e) I doubt I'd physically be able to, i.e. I'd throw it up (again) immediately, which I assume doesn't count.
Forum: General Discussions 11 Mar 2006, 20:02
Replies: 37
Views: 3,207
Posted By Proteus
Re: GD Meet II #1

Voted July because I'll probably be living in London by then.
Forum: General Discussions 9 Mar 2006, 20:38
Replies: 29
Views: 1,983
Posted By Proteus
Re: Youre Fired!

I can't believe he didn't fire Jo. He's clearly a complete muppet.
Forum: General Discussions 7 Mar 2006, 22:20
Replies: 31
Views: 2,748
Posted By Proteus
Re: Drunken Sex

And of course she could have slipped him some viagra without him noticing.
Forum: General Discussions 7 Mar 2006, 19:54
Replies: 31
Views: 2,748
Posted By Proteus
Re: Drunken Sex

Well, yes, technically you're right in that she can't be charged with "rape" as such, but a woman who forces a man to have sex with her can be charged with "causing a person to engage in sexual...
Forum: General Discussions 5 Mar 2006, 00:00
Replies: 69
Views: 3,833
Posted By Proteus
Re: Glitter

It's hardly unique in this sense, though: a cheap car can be bought for hardly anything, yet the actual cost of being able to drive it, having paid for insurance and road tax, not to mention the...
Forum: General Discussions 4 Mar 2006, 23:30
Replies: 69
Views: 3,833
Posted By Proteus
Re: Glitter

Or you could unplug it.
Forum: General Discussions 4 Mar 2006, 23:27
Replies: 69
Views: 3,833
Posted By Proteus
Re: Glitter

Indeed. I have about as much sympathy for people who claim not to be able to afford their television licences as I do for people who buy big houses and claim not to be able to afford high rates of...
Forum: General Discussions 4 Mar 2006, 21:21
Replies: 69
Views: 3,833
Posted By Proteus
Re: Glitter

Yes, it's terrible really, all those poor people being forced at gunpoint to buy televisions. :(
Forum: General Discussions 4 Mar 2006, 19:49
Replies: 69
Views: 3,833
Posted By Proteus
Re: Glitter

People who rob don't tend to get fined, they tend to get sent to prison. Fines are generally for more regulatory offences, and I doubt anyone can argue that they were compelled to drive above the...
Forum: General Discussions 3 Mar 2006, 17:39
Replies: 11
Views: 1,407
Posted By Proteus
Re: Guantanamo Again

I really do love the "they'll all be bad people now anyway" argument.

"John Smith has just been cleared of murder on appeal, and it turns out he's been wrongly imprisoned for the past 30 years....
Forum: General Discussions 1 Mar 2006, 10:09
Replies: 8
Views: 2,073
Posted By Proteus
Re: Internet retail to take a hit?

Jersey's not part of the UK, it's a Crown Dependency.
Forum: General Discussions 23 Feb 2006, 22:18
Replies: 29
Views: 1,983
Posted By Proteus
Re: Youre Fired!

Humanity would be considerably better off if Syed were hit by a bus.

In fact, the programme would have been so much more entertaining if they'd used some of the brains they're all supposed to...
Forum: General Discussions 23 Feb 2006, 19:46
Replies: 37
Views: 2,392
Posted By Proteus
Re: ITT , Kura is Actually Speechless

I read that last night, and he definitely only says "murdering people" (he goes on quite a bit about Harold Shipman). I have no idea where you got rape and paedophilia from.
Forum: General Discussions 22 Feb 2006, 12:20
Replies: 31
Views: 2,682
Posted By Proteus
Re: Dreams

I was once eaten by a Tyrannosaurus Rex in the grounds of Knebworth House.
Forum: General Discussions 20 Feb 2006, 01:27
Replies: 27
Views: 2,355
Posted By Proteus
Re: Legal Falsities

People can use reasonable force to evict other people trespassing on their land.
Forum: General Discussions 20 Feb 2006, 01:25
Replies: 27
Views: 2,355
Posted By Proteus
Re: Legal Falsities

Incidentally, I'd like to see a law against businesses putting up stupid exclusion notices. As far as I'm concerned they're attempting to cheat people who might have demanded a refund or what not but...
Forum: General Discussions 20 Feb 2006, 01:19
Replies: 27
Views: 2,355
Posted By Proteus
Re: Legal Falsities

No, it means that trespassing is a civil rather than a criminal wrong.

And if you "roam" (or indeed "camp") on my private property you can fully expect me to chase you away with a big stick.
Forum: General Discussions 17 Feb 2006, 19:56
Replies: 282
Views: 15,941
Posted By Proteus
Re: Total smoking ban passed (previously "Get in my son")

They're not exempt from being sued for negligence*, they just don't have to comply with "safety in the workplace"-type laws. (I doubt Her Majesty's bedroom has a luminous green "FIRE EXIT" sign over...
Forum: General Discussions 16 Feb 2006, 14:51
Replies: 282
Views: 15,941
Posted By Proteus
Re: Total smoking ban passed (previously "Get in my son")

I'd imagine that because it's a Royal Palace it's treated as a residence rather than as a place of work. If H&S extended to Palaces then members of the Royal Family wouldn't be able to smoke in their...
Forum: General Discussions 16 Feb 2006, 14:12
Replies: 26
Views: 3,331
Posted By Proteus
Re: UK Motorists - Fuel Price Help

Hey guys, has anyone else noticed...

No, sorry, I just can't bring myself to do it. :(
Forum: General Discussions 16 Feb 2006, 14:10
Replies: 282
Views: 15,941
Posted By Proteus
Re: Total smoking ban passed (previously "Get in my son")

That's because the Palace of Westminster is a Royal Palace and thus exempt from health and safety legislation. It's not a clause saying "smoking is banned in enclosed spaces (except the House of...
Forum: General Discussions 15 Feb 2006, 23:10
Replies: 282
Views: 15,941
Posted By Proteus
Re: Total smoking ban passed (previously "Get in my son")

£50 on-the-spot fines for smoking in a smoke-free area (I'm not kidding, that's the actual name of the soon-to-be criminal offence), and rather large fines (up to £2,500) for owners of premises that...
Forum: General Discussions 15 Feb 2006, 00:39
Replies: 7
Views: 1,574
Posted By Proteus
Re: So what do you do when you're skint...

And when she suggests you look around tell her you can't because it's a complete rip-off and costs £7 to get in.

(Thought it would be a nice thing to do one lunch time when I was at the Old...
Forum: General Discussions 14 Feb 2006, 23:55
Replies: 15
Views: 2,908
Posted By Proteus
Re: [London] Attractions

The College of Arms.
Forum: General Discussions 14 Feb 2006, 23:52
Replies: 119
Views: 9,883
Posted By Proteus
Re: Valentines Day

I need to provide you with context.

It's only fair.


Obviously not me, because s|k replied to me. :up:

I probably am now though. :(

Edit: :up:'s gone all yellow and rubbish.
Forum: General Discussions 14 Feb 2006, 22:00
Replies: 119
Views: 9,883
Posted By Proteus
Re: Valentines Day

aye[/QUOTE]
Quoting Yahwe to annoy s|k.
Forum: General Discussions 14 Feb 2006, 21:16
Replies: 7
Views: 1,574
Posted By Proteus
Re: So what do you do when you're skint...

http://pirate.planetarion.com/showthread.php?t=189749
Forum: General Discussions 13 Feb 2006, 18:07
Replies: 15
Views: 2,143
Posted By Proteus
Re: A story of loss

They stole gin without tonic, and Pimm's without lemonade?

Burglars are really going downhill these days. :(
Forum: General Discussions 13 Feb 2006, 18:01
Replies: 20
Views: 2,961
Posted By Proteus
Re: Bored?

None.
Forum: General Discussions 13 Feb 2006, 17:58
Replies: 15
Views: 2,143
Posted By Proteus
Re: A story of loss

What type of booze?

(P.S. And what type of kitkat, come to think of it?)
Forum: General Discussions 13 Feb 2006, 17:55
Replies: 17
Views: 2,989
Posted By Proteus
Re: asda does valentines day

Perhaps his girlfriend isn't totally materialistic and would rather he spent his money on useful things.
Forum: General Discussions 12 Feb 2006, 13:08
Replies: 33
Views: 3,455
Posted By Proteus
Forum: General Discussions 8 Feb 2006, 20:54
Replies: 85
Views: 6,374
Posted By Proteus
Re: Job, what do you do?

I'm doing a law conversion course this year, then the Bar course next year, then a year of pupillage on pretty much minimum wage. I may have a "good and stable income" by about 2019. If I'm lucky.
Forum: General Discussions 8 Feb 2006, 11:26
Replies: 23
Views: 2,282
Posted By Proteus
Re: pig, which mental disorder do you have?

Pig is a gimmick account that has reached such epic proportions that it has, by the workings of the hand of Lucifer himself, taken human form and attended a GD meet.
Forum: General Discussions 8 Feb 2006, 00:46
Replies: 12
Views: 1,897
Posted By Proteus
Re: I got a credit card today

I wanted to do that, but I was too scared that they'd say "no decent income, so no credit card for you, me laddie", at which point my credit rating would tumble (and since I'd imagine it's at "zero"...
Forum: General Discussions 7 Feb 2006, 12:27
Replies: 20
Views: 2,084
Posted By Proteus
Re: Which statement best describes you?

Life is great.

(Obviously, both original statements are always true, so I'm not going to waste time trying to pick one.)
Forum: General Discussions 6 Feb 2006, 17:21
Replies: 12
Views: 2,059
Posted By Proteus
Re: Things you did not care about

Liechtenstein and Uzbekistan.
Forum: General Discussions 5 Feb 2006, 13:37
Replies: 29
Views: 2,284
Posted By Proteus
Re: Teachers these days

I'd believe a person called "Paul" rather than a person called "Keysean" any day.
Forum: General Discussions 30 Jan 2006, 11:06
Replies: 5
Views: 1,889
Posted By Proteus
Re: euro bank notes

Clearly the intended chat-up line is "This note has been in 6 different countries :cool:". Unfortunately, the fatal flaw in this plan is that the reply will inevitably be "How do you know that?", at...
Forum: General Discussions 27 Jan 2006, 20:38
Replies: 41
Views: 3,161
Posted By Proteus
Re: Sattelite images of your home?

I see that, and raise you this (http://maps.google.com/maps?f=l&hl=en&q=&near=london&btnG=Search&t=k&ll=51.506562,-0.081418&spn=0.000695,0.003031&t=k).
Forum: General Discussions 27 Jan 2006, 20:11
Replies: 41
Views: 3,161
Posted By Proteus
Re: Sattelite images of your home?

My future house (http://maps.google.com/maps?f=l&hl=en&q=&near=london&btnG=Search&ll=51.503313,-0.127593&spn=0.000705,0.003031&t=k) :cool:
Forum: General Discussions 27 Jan 2006, 20:08
Replies: 41
Views: 3,161
Posted By Proteus
Re: Sattelite images of your home?

Whichever they are, neither is as cool as this chappy here (http://maps.google.com/maps?f=l&hl=en&q=&near=portsmouth&btnG=Search&t=k&ll=50.801736,-1.109539&spn=0.000715,0.003031&t=k).
Forum: General Discussions 27 Jan 2006, 19:43
Replies: 41
Views: 3,161
Posted By Proteus
Re: Sattelite images of your home?

Where I'm studying (http://maps.google.com/maps?f=l&hl=en&q=&near=guildford&btnG=Search&ll=51.224108,-0.583938&spn=0.002836,0.012124&t=k) (the College of Law in Guildford - basically the car park and...
Forum: General Discussions 27 Jan 2006, 19:08
Replies: 41
Views: 3,161
Posted By Proteus
Re: Sattelite images of your home?

My house. (http://maps.google.com/maps?f=l&hl=en&q=&near=east+horsley&btnG=Search&ll=51.273709,-0.432158&spn=0.001416,0.006062&t=k)

(If you start between the "Map" and "Satellite" buttons in the...
Forum: General Discussions 27 Jan 2006, 18:57
Replies: 40
Views: 2,566
Posted By Proteus
Re: Gates has more money than the Uk :(

That's still considerably less than the NHS annual budget.
Forum: General Discussions 27 Jan 2006, 15:18
Replies: 40
Views: 2,566
Posted By Proteus
Re: Gates has more money than the Uk :(

I'd already have my lawyers ready to have his will declared invalid.

But then I'm nice like that.
Forum: General Discussions 26 Jan 2006, 19:59
Replies: 87
Views: 5,703
Posted By Proteus
Re: Britain to be shot down and quarantined by the thought police

Cambridge academics a bit ahead of their time?

Shocking.
Forum: General Discussions 26 Jan 2006, 11:12
Replies: 13
Views: 2,419
Posted By Proteus
Re: I'm EVIL

It's not as if his death was much of a surprise anyway.
Forum: General Discussions 25 Jan 2006, 13:24
Replies: 72
Views: 6,047
Posted By Proteus
Re: Oh my little fluffykins, I do so adore you, please be mine....

Roses are red,
Violets are blue,
You're ****ing dead,
Knackers whackers too.
Forum: General Discussions 23 Jan 2006, 20:30
Replies: 12
Views: 2,207
Posted By Proteus
Re: British spys, Russia, and an electric rock

Secret Intelligence Service in attempting to obtain intelligence secretly shocker. :rolleyes:
Forum: General Discussions 22 Jan 2006, 23:32
Replies: 35
Views: 2,529
Posted By Proteus
Re: Tesco clubcard points

Much as I enjoyed your success story and congratulate you on your derring-do, I'm sure I can't be the only one who wants to hear more concerning the (presumably entertaining) failures that preceded...
Forum: General Discussions 22 Jan 2006, 18:56
Replies: 16
Views: 2,375
Posted By Proteus
Re: Do you digg?

I'm not entirely sure how much I trust statements ending "according to digg comments". I mean, is there any particular reason I should treat "according to digg comments" any differently from...
Forum: General Discussions 20 Jan 2006, 19:12
Replies: 29
Views: 3,492
Posted By Proteus
Re: Im a bad bad person

You can solve this problem by hiring a gardener to cut your grass. :up:
Forum: General Discussions 20 Jan 2006, 19:11
Replies: 21
Views: 3,014
Posted By Proteus
Re: Whale lost in London. Can't hail a cab...

It's only because it's in London and the news organisations are also in London.

"Sea monster swims up Firth of Forth; eats ferry" might get a mention if the news were particularly slow. Might.
Forum: General Discussions 20 Jan 2006, 17:46
Replies: 80
Views: 4,961
Posted By Proteus
Re: If you were searching for something illegal, you may be screwed.

Mine is. It even has the lost 25th Book of the Iliad in which Achilles runs around the Plain of Troy shouting "lightning bolt! lightning bolt!" and telling the Trojans they're all ****ing dead.
Forum: General Discussions 19 Jan 2006, 23:13
Replies: 80
Views: 4,961
Posted By Proteus
Re: If you were searching for something illegal, you may be screwed.

Results 1 - 10 of about 386 for evil ways to wage jihad against the United States by blowing up the White House and assassinating President Bush, the Great Satan. (0.36 seconds)

They're going to...
Forum: General Discussions 19 Jan 2006, 20:43
Replies: 22
Views: 2,600
Posted By Proteus
Re: [Football] TV Commercials for Feb. 4th

Yob's commas, are a sign of idiocy.
Forum: General Discussions 19 Jan 2006, 20:26
Replies: 25
Views: 2,768
Posted By Proteus
Re: Bin Laden offers truce.

You made Bin Laden a PD moderator?
Forum: General Discussions 19 Jan 2006, 20:25
Replies: 22
Views: 2,600
Posted By Proteus
Re: [Football] TV Commercials for Feb. 4th

And take breaks every 15 seconds in case they get tired.


This is like saying that being stabbed is better than being shot - it may be true, but neither is awfully high on any sane person's "to...
Forum: General Discussions 19 Jan 2006, 01:38
Replies: 30
sup
Views: 2,982
Posted By Proteus
Re: sup

I don't have a question. :(
Forum: General Discussions 14 Jan 2006, 12:11
Replies: 196
Views: 15,246
Posted By Proteus
Re: I'm sick and tired of ****ing chavs/knackers/pikeys/scumbags...whatever you call them

To be quite honest, I don't really think we actually need to do anything to ensure he never produces offspring.
Forum: General Discussions 13 Jan 2006, 14:12
Replies: 20
Views: 2,537
Posted By Proteus
Re: I ****ing hate hospitals

Don't worry - sooner or later your nose is bound to rot away. :up:
Forum: General Discussions 13 Jan 2006, 11:04
Replies: 196
Views: 15,246
Posted By Proteus
Re: I'm sick and tired of ****ing chavs/knackers/pikeys/scumbags...whatever you call them

Of course you do. You are entitled to use reasonable force to defend yourself, and the law reads "reasonable force" in its widest possible sense. If you produced a shotgun and started blowing their...
Forum: General Discussions 12 Jan 2006, 13:43
Replies: 14
Views: 2,871
Posted By Proteus
Re: KentuckyFriedCruelty

His driving licence says his name is "KENTUCKY FRIED CRUELTY .COM" (with spaces), so presumably he's now "Mr .com".
Forum: General Discussions 9 Jan 2006, 09:21
Replies: 19
Views: 3,295
Posted By Proteus
Re: Mineral water & Honey Mustard

Tap water here is nice, but even in Cambridge, where the tap water tasted as if it had been extracted directly from the Cam, I just used a water filter and it was fine. There's no way I'm paying...
Forum: General Discussions 9 Jan 2006, 00:08
Replies: 16
Views: 1,453
Posted By Proteus
Re: [Dead Guy] One Less Chelsea Fan

I liked Lord Stratford. :(
Forum: General Discussions 8 Jan 2006, 22:45
Replies: 50
Views: 4,103
Posted By Proteus
Re: We need a thread about drinks.

They have cows that can produce vodka mudshakes now? The wonders of science never cease to amaze!

(Anyway, Surrey doesn't have any farmers.)


But they don't sell i... Wait a minute. This...
Forum: General Discussions 8 Jan 2006, 21:34
Replies: 50
Views: 4,103
Posted By Proteus
Re: We need a thread about drinks.

I've got to shop somewhere, you know. Much as I'd like to, I can't really boycott the entire retail industry.
Forum: General Discussions 8 Jan 2006, 16:04
Replies: 50
Views: 4,103
Posted By Proteus
Re: We need a thread about drinks.

Are they the ones that are essentially alcoholic chocolate milkshakes? I had them in Aberdeen but nowhere down here seems to sell them. :(
Forum: General Discussions 8 Jan 2006, 12:43
Replies: 50
Views: 4,103
Posted By Proteus
Re: We need a thread about drinks.

I opened this thread thinking "KoeN's going to have said something absurd".

You don't disappoint. :up:
Forum: General Discussions 7 Jan 2006, 18:37
Replies: 46
Views: 3,423
Posted By Proteus
Re: Something related to drugs (of some sort)

Again, this isn't going to persuade anyone. As I keep saying, most of society does not just not want to take drugs but does not want other people to take drugs either, and so unless you can come up...
Forum: General Discussions 7 Jan 2006, 18:12
Replies: 27
Views: 2,365
Posted By Proteus
Re: Glug glug glug...Kennedy's leadership finally gets call for last orders?

I've been told that he's on the left wing of the Lib Dems, and that he probably wants really high tax rates, but that comes from my crazy Irish mother so treat it with whatever doubt you think fit.
Forum: General Discussions 7 Jan 2006, 17:07
Replies: 46
Views: 3,423
Posted By Proteus
Re: Something related to drugs (of some sort)

Yes, but again that's merely an argument why legalisation would be good for current drug users.

It seems to me that the main problem legalisation proponents have to overcome is that there are...
Forum: General Discussions 7 Jan 2006, 13:58
Replies: 46
Views: 3,423
Posted By Proteus
Re: Something related to drugs (of some sort)

Unfortunately for you, society seems to disagree.


Yes, because legalising things means the Government has complete control over their use. That's why we have absolutely no alcohol-related...
Forum: General Discussions 6 Jan 2006, 19:00
Replies: 46
Views: 3,423
Posted By Proteus
Re: Something related to drugs (of some sort)

You've given lots of very good reasons why legalising drugs would be good for drug addicts, but I rather suspect it's not drug addicts you have to persuade.
Forum: General Discussions 31 Dec 2005, 14:15
Replies: 55
Views: 4,731
Posted By Proteus
Re: so what are you doing tonight?

I'm going to party like it's 1799.
Forum: General Discussions 27 Dec 2005, 13:37
Replies: 38
Views: 3,403
Posted By Proteus
Re: New Year Resolutions

If you had something that associated you with Jennifer in any way you'd want to keep it as quiet as possible too.
Forum: General Discussions 22 Dec 2005, 18:36
Replies: 28
Views: 3,186
Posted By Proteus
Re: Happy days are here again.

I find it odd how Theamion's "envy me for I lead a blessed life and am perfect in every way (P.S. hockey)" threads actually make me glad that I'm not only not Theamion but also in a different country...
Forum: General Discussions 22 Dec 2005, 17:43
Replies: 55
Views: 4,201
Posted By Proteus
Re: Gay 'marriage'

It annoys me, but only because I'm a pedant. If they had passed a law creating/allowing (depending on which way you look at it) gay marriage, I'd be quite happy to call it that (and the gay marriages...
Forum: General Discussions 22 Dec 2005, 17:38
Replies: 3
Views: 2,358
Posted By Proteus
Re: Have Your Say

Half the problem is that we do want to do both, but to different people. If someone's committed a burglary, we really want to rehabilitate them so that they can become a productive and law-abiding...
Forum: General Discussions 18 Dec 2005, 00:54
Replies: 9
Views: 3,154
Posted By Proteus
Re: Space & Spaceship images

http://10e.org/samcthumb/magicals.jpg
Forum: General Discussions 18 Dec 2005, 00:50
Replies: 74
Views: 6,229
Posted By Proteus
Re: GD is elected to Government

Clearly (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2005_Sydney_race_riots) you need to be Minister for Diversity and Race Relations.
Forum: General Discussions 17 Dec 2005, 18:28
Replies: 74
Views: 6,229
Posted By Proteus
Re: GD is elected to Government

I thought junior ministers were slaves... :confused:
Forum: General Discussions 16 Dec 2005, 15:35
Replies: 74
Views: 6,229
Posted By Proteus
Re: GD is elected to Government

TheShadowMan needs to be MM's deputy as Minister for Police, in charge of implementing GD's new "knackers whackers at dawn" crackdown on crime.
Forum: General Discussions 16 Dec 2005, 11:25
Replies: 74
Views: 6,229
Posted By Proteus
Re: GD is elected to Government

I have no idea where you got 1 from.
Forum: General Discussions 15 Dec 2005, 23:20
Replies: 74
Views: 6,229
Posted By Proteus
Re: GD is elected to Government

I want the Lord Chancellorship, obviously.
Forum: General Discussions 15 Dec 2005, 09:36
Replies: 67
Views: 6,379
Posted By Proteus
Re: Stanley "Tookie" Williams (hey dda!)

No, you're simply illiterate.

(The American Heritage Dictionary labels your usage "nonstandard", which is a polite dictionary way of saying "wrong".)
Forum: General Discussions 14 Dec 2005, 12:45
Replies: 67
Views: 6,379
Posted By Proteus
Re: Stanley "Tookie" Williams (hey dda!)

Only in the US could the fact that his victim was a "veteran" have any relevance whatsoever to anything.

(And it's "lying", by the way, not "laying".)
Forum: General Discussions 13 Dec 2005, 18:24
Replies: 40
Views: 4,511
Posted By Proteus
Re: Is it right to......

Masturbation is equivalent to having sex with your siblings.
Forum: General Discussions 13 Dec 2005, 18:19
Replies: 24
Views: 2,166
Posted By Proteus
Re: God botherers

Because Catholicism is :cool: and Deism is boring.
Forum: General Discussions 13 Dec 2005, 00:07
Replies: 77
Views: 6,581
Posted By Proteus
Re: The Avatar Christmas Hat thread

Lord Denning was never averse to the idea of celebrating Christmas in style.
Forum: General Discussions 11 Dec 2005, 20:15
Replies: 27
Views: 3,057
Posted By Proteus
Re: People finally figure out wikipedia is shit

Of course, he could have removed it himself, but no, he had to get "executives" to do it for him...
Forum: General Discussions 10 Dec 2005, 20:42
Replies: 63
Views: 4,667
Posted By Proteus
Re: What are you currently reading?

Trunk Music by Michael Connelly.
Forum: General Discussions 7 Dec 2005, 10:02
Replies: 28
Views: 2,177
Posted By Proteus
Re: Killing People

I'd be more worried about the fact that you went willingly with the Police.
Forum: General Discussions 7 Dec 2005, 01:19
Replies: 31
Job
Views: 3,059
Posted By Proteus
Re: Job

Maybe if you're a corporate solicitor, but otherwise it's in an entirely different league.
Forum: General Discussions 7 Dec 2005, 00:48
Replies: 31
Job
Views: 3,059
Posted By Proteus
Re: Job

I did some research a few weeks ago about cases where useless accountancy firms were being sued by companies they did absolutely appalling audits on.

About 90% of them involved Deloitte.

Hope...
Forum: General Discussions 7 Dec 2005, 00:42
Replies: 22
Views: 2,311
Posted By Proteus
Re: David Cameron is the new Tory Leader

I shouldn't imagine they'll find that particularly hard.
Forum: General Discussions 25 Nov 2005, 16:00
Replies: 156
Views: 10,056
Posted By Proteus
Forum: General Discussions 25 Nov 2005, 15:47
Replies: 156
Views: 10,056
Posted By Proteus
Re: Free Speech In Europe

I thought I'd already explained this.
Forum: General Discussions 25 Nov 2005, 10:48
Replies: 156
Views: 10,056
Posted By Proteus
Re: Free Speech In Europe

:(

Anyway, how is such a law compatible with the European Convention on Human Rights, which I assume all of these countries have signed up to?
Forum: General Discussions 25 Nov 2005, 09:49
Replies: 156
Views: 10,056
Posted By Proteus
Re: Free Speech In Europe

Making holocaust denial illegal is clearly absurd, but since it's only the crazy Germanic countries that do so I hardly think it's fair to comment on "Free Speech In Europe" on that basis.
Forum: General Discussions 24 Nov 2005, 23:47
Replies: 10
Views: 2,377
Posted By Proteus
Re: [Spoilers] Christmas

I'm Santa Claus.

None of you are getting presents this year, though.
Forum: General Discussions 24 Nov 2005, 18:52
Replies: 20
Views: 2,359
Posted By Proteus
Re: Quick english question, please help!

The infinitive isn't a tense. If anything, it's a mood.
Forum: General Discussions 21 Nov 2005, 01:51
Replies: 56
Views: 7,641
Posted By Proteus
Re: Back To Hell

Truth or Dare.

Truth, I ask him how I can escape from Hell, and Dare, he has to appoint me doorkeeper for a day.

Whichever he chooses, I'm laughing all the way to the Pearly Gates.
Forum: General Discussions 20 Nov 2005, 00:37
Replies: 31
Views: 3,750
Posted By Proteus
Re: [Boring]Radiator heating problem.

Buy a blanket.

That's how I coped with my radiators at university not working, anyway.

Blankets also have the added advantage that you can use them instead of a quilt during the summer when...
Forum: General Discussions 19 Nov 2005, 01:15
Replies: 75
Views: 12,606
Posted By Proteus
Re: Your Life Update Thread

Finished my degree this summer, now doing a law conversion course in Guildford. Applying for barristers' course in London for next year. Living with parents again (:down:) but hope to be living in...
Forum: General Discussions 18 Nov 2005, 02:07
Replies: 90
Views: 5,494
Posted By Proteus
Re: Royalty

Yes, it's called "treason".
Forum: General Discussions 16 Nov 2005, 20:46
Replies: 16
Views: 3,419
Posted By Proteus
Re: I Question Your Patriotism

That's no way to speak about Maggie. :mad:
Forum: General Discussions 12 Nov 2005, 01:28
Replies: 90
Views: 5,494
Posted By Proteus
Re: Royalty

If it's Arthur and a couple of dozen Knights who are so united in organisation and purpose that they can't even sit around a rectangular table without killing each other against the Grenadier Guards...
Forum: General Discussions 11 Nov 2005, 11:32
Replies: 18
Views: 2,461
Posted By Proteus
Re: GD Hypothetical

No, that's just a middle name.

They mean things like "Billy-Bob" and "Mary-Kate".
Forum: General Discussions 11 Nov 2005, 10:49
Replies: 21
Views: 2,539
Posted By Proteus
Re: Removing Christmas

Or he's simply had a good education.
Forum: General Discussions 11 Nov 2005, 10:47
Replies: 21
Views: 2,420
Posted By Proteus
Re: I have come to a conclusion

Strangely enough, I watched that for the first time last week (I had to force myself to, because it was on something I was really interested in), and Sir Trevor was there for about 15 seconds of it....
Forum: General Discussions 11 Nov 2005, 10:43
Replies: 18
Views: 2,461
Posted By Proteus
Re: GD Hypothetical

It completely depends on whether it's a "Cavendish-Smith"-type double-barrelled surname (Miss Cavendish marries Mr Smith and is far too stuck-up to allow herself to become Mrs Smith so insists on...
Forum: General Discussions 11 Nov 2005, 10:01
Replies: 90
Views: 5,494
Posted By Proteus
Re: Royalty

From every latent foe,
From the assassins blow,
God save the Queen!
O'er her thine arm extend,
For Britain's sake defend,
Our mother, prince, and friend,
God save the Queen!
Forum: General Discussions 11 Nov 2005, 09:56
Replies: 38
Views: 3,364
Posted By Proteus
Re: So if you had to choose...

Davis would be a total disaster. :(
Forum: General Discussions 11 Nov 2005, 01:01
Replies: 21
Views: 2,420
Posted By Proteus
Re: I have come to a conclusion

I never watch ITV News because I don't like Sir Trevor McDonald and I'm scared of him appearing randomly and annoying me.

I heard a while back that Sky News is the Daily Mail of television news;...
Forum: General Discussions 9 Nov 2005, 14:26
Replies: 84
Views: 14,588
Posted By Proteus
Re: omg gf problems - problem with gfs conservative parents gd help me

What, be constantly insulted, criticised and ridiculed by the national media, be followed around constantly by paparazzi, be shown topless in tabloid newspapers, be cheated on by their husbands and...
Forum: General Discussions 5 Nov 2005, 00:21
Replies: 69
Views: 7,404
Posted By Proteus
Re: So what's this thing going on in Paris?

[/QUOTE]
Not a very good dictionary, if it can't tell the difference between -in and in-.
Forum: General Discussions 5 Nov 2005, 00:18
Replies: 36
Views: 3,354
Posted By Proteus
Re: [Physics] Quantum Theory Wrong?

No one who doesn't understand it actually cares about quantum theory, you know.
Forum: General Discussions 4 Nov 2005, 00:01
Replies: 49
Views: 4,810
Posted By Proteus
Re: MacIntyres Toughest Towns

You probably can't pronounce it, though. :(

Anyway, I'm afraid the US and South Africa have stolen all our down-on-their-luck dukes.
Forum: General Discussions 3 Nov 2005, 23:34
Replies: 49
Views: 4,810
Posted By Proteus
Re: MacIntyres Toughest Towns

"Baronet".

I dread to think what a "bar(r)onette" is.
Forum: General Discussions 20 Oct 2005, 07:49
Replies: 8
Views: 1,847
Posted By Proteus
Re: The trial of Saddam Hussein

I suspect that he was immune from prosecution under "the same system which was employed at the time that the crimes were committed".
Forum: General Discussions 17 Oct 2005, 21:37
Replies: 26
Views: 2,490
Posted By Proteus
Re: I'm Not Sure That Cursive Handwriting Gets All The Disrespect It Deserves

If cursive is running, then my writing is the hurdles, which is much more impressive.
Forum: General Discussions 17 Oct 2005, 13:34
Replies: 33
Views: 2,675
Posted By Proteus
Re: Someone decide my history dissertation for me

She was bonkers, she was.

I seem to recall she didn't want to stop being "Lady Diana" on her husband's ennoblement, and so tried to persuade him to become "Viscount Diana", and was then most upset...
Forum: General Discussions 16 Oct 2005, 21:49
Replies: 24
Views: 2,175
Posted By Proteus
Re: Spitting feathers

You'd have a hard time covering my roof in solar panels. (I don't think thatched roofs and electricity mix awfully well.)

Do I get to have a nuclear power plant in my back garden?
Forum: General Discussions 16 Oct 2005, 12:02
Replies: 35
Views: 3,594
Posted By Proteus
Forum: General Discussions 14 Oct 2005, 18:06
Replies: 29
Views: 2,623
Posted By Proteus
Re: The UK National ID Card and more

I'm just quoting the leaflet they sent me... It even has a picture of a woman wearing something that leaves only her face showing (it makes her look a bit like a nun) with a little green tick in the...
Forum: General Discussions 14 Oct 2005, 12:57
Replies: 29
Views: 2,623
Posted By Proteus
Re: The UK National ID Card and more

Your face must be uncovered, but it must show "your full head, without any head covering, unless it is worn for religious beliefs or medical reasons".

So if I want to wear something that covers my...
Forum: General Discussions 14 Oct 2005, 10:34
Replies: 33
Views: 3,631
Posted By Proteus
Re: Your Next Car Accident

If I do crash, it'll be because some stupid old lady from my village hasn't quite worked out that you drive on the left/put your lights on at night/indicate before turning/don't drive whilst under...
Forum: General Discussions 13 Oct 2005, 23:37
Replies: 29
Views: 2,623
Posted By Proteus
Re: The UK National ID Card and more

I did read the little leaflet thing*, so they'd better not be. :mad:

*Can't say I understand why wearing something that completely covers your hair is okay, but hey.


No, I already have an...
Forum: General Discussions 13 Oct 2005, 23:34
Replies: 64
Views: 4,875
Posted By Proteus
Re: Something worries me

I used to have some nice Monets, but my mother stole them and put them in one of the guest rooms and replaced them with two drawings of some rather fat pigs and a painting of Veronica's Veil...
Forum: General Discussions 13 Oct 2005, 23:23
Replies: 29
Views: 2,623
Posted By Proteus
Re: The UK National ID Card and more

I now feel much better for having sent off my passport application on Monday, rather than putting it off another couple of months.

Thanks. :)
Forum: General Discussions 27 Sep 2005, 20:01
Replies: 11
Views: 1,785
Posted By Proteus
Re: Tony Blairs speech

The speech needs pauses represented. It just isn't a Blair speech without pauses. Perhaps some new punctuation mark could be developed to represent a Blair pause. A stylised cheesy grin, perhaps.
Forum: General Discussions 27 Sep 2005, 19:57
Replies: 9
Views: 1,774
Posted By Proteus
Re: Six Degrees of Kurashima

Paisley's not a Privy Counsellor (thank God), and it's "Honourable", damn you.
Forum: General Discussions 27 Sep 2005, 19:22
Replies: 78
Views: 4,519
Posted By Proteus
Re: GD Meet 2...

I'm having a hard time working out why someone would accept a full driving licence as ID but not a provisional one. The only difference is how they entitle you to drive, and I'm not sure why a...
Forum: General Discussions 27 Sep 2005, 18:58
Replies: 30
Views: 3,481
Posted By Proteus
Re: Take Heart, A University Degree Can Get You...

I thought they only gave scholarships for the BVC. (Plus I still need to pick one, which is becoming increasingly difficult as no one can give me any differences between them at all.)


Good God...
Forum: General Discussions 27 Sep 2005, 12:05
Replies: 83
Views: 6,201
Posted By Proteus
Re: So, what are you stealing today ?

I'm not stealing anything today, but the other night there was a party near my house and I listened to the music. :(
Forum: General Discussions 27 Sep 2005, 12:03
Replies: 30
Views: 3,481
Posted By Proteus
Re: Take Heart, A University Degree Can Get You...

No one's paying me to become a lawyer. :(
Forum: General Discussions 27 Sep 2005, 11:58
Replies: 84
Views: 6,279
Posted By Proteus
Re: Britain

I love the fact that the police are revealing all their "what makes someone suspicious" criteria. Next time I want to blow up a train I'll know exactly what not to do. :up:
Forum: General Discussions 21 Sep 2005, 09:41
Replies: 98
Views: 7,994
Posted By Proteus
Re: What is your prejudice?

I have a dilemma. I don't want to have an IQ lower than 120 because Madi would kill me, and I don't want one higher than 120 because Madi wouldn't kill me and I'd have to live in a world full of...
Forum: General Discussions 20 Sep 2005, 22:57
Replies: 10
Views: 2,161
Posted By Proteus
Re: the second one made me laugh

I have that CD. It's great. :up:
Forum: General Discussions 20 Sep 2005, 22:35
Replies: 98
Views: 7,994
Posted By Proteus
Forum: General Discussions 19 Sep 2005, 10:49
Replies: 29
Views: 4,247
Posted By Proteus
Re: It is Official

I once tried to get money out of a cash machine with my Trinity buttery card (effectively a College membership card).

At least I have the excuse of extreme drunkenness, though.

And no one was...
Forum: General Discussions 18 Sep 2005, 18:13
Replies: 56
Views: 5,279
Posted By Proteus
Re: so we are getting a new government today

What are this Merkel woman's views on the EU?
Forum: General Discussions 16 Sep 2005, 11:12
Replies: 24
Views: 2,835
Posted By Proteus
Re: Moving house!

I'll be moving to London next year. I'm slightly worried about it, though. It'd better be nice. :(
Forum: General Discussions 8 Sep 2005, 00:18
Replies: 57
Views: 5,223
Posted By Proteus
Re: You're part of the problem if

That was a very small part of your original post, and really just a stepping stone to your "everything on Radio 1 is crap" rant. Most of it was "X is bad because I say so". Then you criticise someone...
Forum: General Discussions 7 Sep 2005, 23:55
Replies: 57
Views: 5,223
Posted By Proteus
Re: You're part of the problem if

At least he has an argument.
Forum: General Discussions 19 Aug 2005, 17:39
Replies: 98
Views: 9,255
Posted By Proteus
Re: Mo Mowlam Dead

But that's a stupid concept.
Forum: General Discussions 19 Aug 2005, 14:20
Replies: 21
Views: 2,457
Posted By Proteus
Re: So Steven ...

Quite.


Someone at Durham, obviously.
Forum: General Discussions 19 Aug 2005, 12:31
Replies: 98
Views: 9,255
Posted By Proteus
Re: Mo Mowlem Dead

I wish some rubbish Labour politicians would die for a change. :(
Forum: General Discussions 19 Aug 2005, 12:27
Replies: 21
Views: 2,457
Posted By Proteus
Re: So Steven ...

At least it's not as bad as "Doxbridge", which is a synonym of "Durham".
Forum: General Discussions 18 Aug 2005, 14:21
Replies: 54
Views: 4,353
Posted By Proteus
Re: The most unsafe university towns

The Cambridge that APU is in is safer than the Cambridge that Cambridge is in?
Forum: General Discussions 13 Aug 2005, 12:23
Replies: 12
Views: 2,585
Posted By Proteus
Re: Sky Television - Can you cheat their system?

But in that situation, what's to stop the bar owners just taking the box to the bar as well?
Forum: General Discussions 12 Aug 2005, 17:27
Replies: 12
Views: 2,585
Posted By Proteus
Re: Sky Television - Can you cheat their system?

I suspect it's the card that counts. If you take the card with you no one in your house can use it, so it's not as if you could be swindling them by having the game watched in two houses on one card.
Forum: General Discussions 12 Aug 2005, 11:19
Replies: 55
Views: 5,793
Posted By Proteus
Re: Worst places to live in the UK

As I said, they analysed local government areas, so the Easington they mean is the district rather than the place.
Forum: General Discussions 11 Aug 2005, 22:56
Replies: 15
Views: 2,088
Posted By Proteus
Forum: General Discussions 11 Aug 2005, 22:35
Replies: 15
Views: 2,088
Posted By Proteus
Re: I have finally bookmarked this forum

Except now, of course, even the BBC types don't sound like the BBC types.
Forum: General Discussions 11 Aug 2005, 22:28
Replies: 15
Views: 2,088
Posted By Proteus
Re: I have finally bookmarked this forum

Surely you don't seriously think there is such a thing as a "neutral" accent?
Forum: General Discussions 10 Aug 2005, 18:29
Replies: 12
Views: 2,382
Posted By Proteus
Re: got this in a email

Obligatory "Snopes" post. (http://www.snopes.com/politics/soapbox/williams.asp)
Forum: General Discussions 10 Aug 2005, 18:19
Replies: 90
Views: 6,011
Posted By Proteus
Re: Newsflash : Arrogant car drivers found to be "complete faggots", survey says

Your loss. :(


They actually based their comments on increase/decrease statistics since the rise of speed cameras, rather than absolute numbers, but hey.
Forum: General Discussions 10 Aug 2005, 18:10
Replies: 55
Views: 5,793
Posted By Proteus
Re: Worst places to live in the UK

It annoyed me rather a lot, as they analysed (often extremely arbitrary) local authority areas rather than sensible regions. So South Cambridgeshire, for instance, gets a high mark because the place...
Forum: General Discussions 6 Aug 2005, 20:58
Replies: 90
Views: 6,011
Posted By Proteus
Re: Newsflash : Arrogant car drivers found to be "complete faggots", survey says

Speed cameras cause accidents.

Top Gear told me so it must be true.

(P.S. I'd expect someone ranting about stupid drivers to know what a dual carriageway is.)
Forum: General Discussions 4 Aug 2005, 00:01
Replies: 45
Views: 2,809
Posted By Proteus
Re: Oh no, I'm a terr'ist

I'm with Dace here. No one short of a Police Officer is going to march me anywhere, and I certainly wouldn't explain anything to someone demanding to know what I was doing in a public place.
Forum: General Discussions 30 Jul 2005, 14:07
Replies: 9
Views: 2,152
Posted By Proteus
Re: So the Police seem to be doing a good job

I was very surprised that they hadn't fled the country. That would have been the first thing I'd have done (before the Police had a chance to release all those CCTV images, which would obviously make...
Forum: General Discussions 30 Jul 2005, 10:24
Replies: 93
Views: 6,317
Posted By Proteus
Re: Why do faggots have an accent?

No, I'm British, and I'm about to start at the College of Law. (I graduated from Cambridge in June.)

I'm merely anticipicating with some foreboding the amount of work I'm going to have to do. (I...
Forum: General Discussions 28 Jul 2005, 16:39
Replies: 20
Views: 3,153
Posted By Proteus
Re: Lawyers representing terrorists

Unfortunately for me, yes.
Forum: General Discussions 28 Jul 2005, 16:24
Replies: 20
Views: 3,153
Posted By Proteus
Re: Lawyers representing terrorists

At work, presumably. He's a lawyer, you know.
Forum: General Discussions 6 Jul 2005, 21:31
Replies: 26
Views: 2,631
Posted By Proteus
Re: Cold Calling

You can instruct your telephone operator (certainly BT, presumably others as well) to prevent incoming calls with withheld numbers (which includes all marketing calls, as they're all from call...
Forum: General Discussions 6 Jul 2005, 21:26
Replies: 48
Views: 3,570
Posted By Proteus
Re: A few Stories from the Continent

I don't see how any of the bit you quoted proves your assertion that Birmingham is not in Warwickshire.
Forum: General Discussions 6 Jul 2005, 13:08
Replies: 48
Views: 3,570
Posted By Proteus
Re: A few Stories from the Continent

In the sense that local government boundary changes don't affect the traditional counties.


And the West Midlands is purely an administrative county.

...
Forum: General Discussions 6 Jul 2005, 13:02
Replies: 75
Views: 4,933
Posted By Proteus
Re: Olympic Games 2012

You're getting good at talking rubbish, aren't you?
Forum: General Discussions 6 Jul 2005, 11:47
Replies: 48
Views: 3,570
Posted By Proteus
Re: A few Stories from the Continent

I can think of worse suggestions.
Forum: General Discussions 6 Jul 2005, 10:12
Replies: 55
Views: 10,779
Posted By Proteus
Re: Coming to a city near you....

Speaking of Newcastle, I've just discovered that I'm going to be stuck there for the 22nd and most of the 23rd of July.

(Well, I mean not actually stuck there, but I finish something there on the...
Forum: General Discussions 6 Jul 2005, 09:34
Replies: 48
Views: 3,570
Posted By Proteus
Re: A few Stories from the Continent

Birmingham is still in Warwickshire. It's just in the Administrative County of the West Midlands for local government purposes.
Forum: General Discussions 5 Jul 2005, 20:09
Replies: 78
Views: 5,169
Posted By Proteus
Re: So I've Finally Done It

By "complete" do you mean "get to the end" or "do everything possible"?
Forum: General Discussions 5 Jul 2005, 20:07
Replies: 75
Views: 4,933
Posted By Proteus
Re: Olympic Games 2012

I'm inclined to think it's not going to be Paris based purely on the bad press France has had recently.

I'm not sure whether I want it to be London or not. The improved public transport sounds...
Forum: General Discussions 5 Jul 2005, 15:38
Replies: 9
Views: 2,295
Posted By Proteus
Re: Who's dinner party would you rather go to?

Yahwe's, partly because KoeN would be at Radical Edward's spouting rubbish about food.
Forum: General Discussions 5 Jul 2005, 12:19
Replies: 69
Views: 4,433
Posted By Proteus
Re: The French (again)

In this thread KoeN shows he has no taste.
Forum: General Discussions 4 Jul 2005, 20:38
Replies: 23
Views: 2,206
Posted By Proteus
Re: [Help] Letter of Interest

"Two-fold", not "two fold", is correct, but the verb should be singular.
Forum: General Discussions 4 Jul 2005, 20:35
Replies: 23
Views: 2,206
Posted By Proteus
Re: [Help] Letter of Interest

"Myself" would be incorrect there. Personal pronoun != reflexive pronoun ("I am providing information about myself" but "this letter is providing information about me").
Forum: General Discussions 29 Jun 2005, 15:47
Replies: 53
Views: 4,528
Posted By Proteus
Re: Mobile trouble

You're going to hell, miladdo.
Forum: General Discussions 28 Jun 2005, 19:51
Replies: 33
Views: 3,648
Posted By Proteus
Re: Turning Dream car into reality

I have a car that looks a bit like this (http://www.anticandson.com/printpictures/main/Ford-Fiesta-1.3.jpg), but I want it to look and drive like this...
Forum: General Discussions 28 Jun 2005, 13:58
Replies: 95
Views: 5,248
Posted By Proteus
Re: Would you ever use a teleporter?

It just sounds to me like a cloning device with the added bonus of getting vaporised after you've been cloned.

So no, I'd rather not be killed, regardless of how many exact copies of me you've...
Forum: General Discussions 28 Jun 2005, 13:13
Replies: 42
Views: 2,501
Posted By Proteus
Re: The POTW needs you!

There'd be very little point in having a competition where week after week every single nominated post was by you.
Forum: General Discussions 28 Jun 2005, 00:57
Replies: 11
Views: 2,605
Posted By Proteus
Re: Wittgenstein in a paragraph

Wittgenstein was a beery swine who was just as schloshed as Schlegel.
Forum: General Discussions 28 Jun 2005, 00:46
Replies: 68
Views: 5,454
Posted By Proteus
Re: i'm buying a house!

I'm more impressed with the fact that the stairs in the hall are "rising to first floor".
Forum: General Discussions 28 Jun 2005, 00:29
Replies: 82
Views: 5,762
Posted By Proteus
Forum: General Discussions 26 Jun 2005, 01:29
Replies: 39
Views: 2,946
Posted By Proteus
Re: Remember the story about my neighbour?

Give me his address and when I'm on HMS Torbay in August I'll fire a missile at his house.
Forum: General Discussions 25 Jun 2005, 11:10
Replies: 49
Views: 3,348
Posted By Proteus
Re: Iran have a new president

The United States is the paradigm of democracy (as well as being the land of the free and the home of the brave, obviously), so it makes sense to define democracy as "what the people of the United...
Forum: General Discussions 24 Jun 2005, 21:04
Replies: 48
Views: 3,731
Posted By Proteus
Re: Plasma TVs

I could put you in touch with some people...
Forum: General Discussions 20 Jun 2005, 13:48
Replies: 70
Views: 4,676
Posted By Proteus
Re: Dr Who (Spoilers)

Internal consistency is great if it's unimportant stuff (having the Tardis randomly be red in one episode for no apparent reason would be silly, for instance), but when it gets in the way of writing...
Forum: General Discussions 17 Jun 2005, 10:52
Replies: 57
Views: 5,793
Posted By Proteus
Re: Gimmick Accounts

I've never had a gimmick account, and since a collection of gimmicks seems to be necessary to be a GD poster I suspect I may in fact be a gimmick account myself. Now all I have to do is work out...
Forum: General Discussions 13 Jun 2005, 17:27
Replies: 15
Views: 2,274
Posted By Proteus
Re: Amsterdam

I'm going to Amsterdam in July. I intend to take advantage of this situation fully.
Forum: General Discussions 12 Jun 2005, 14:56
Replies: 36
Views: 3,274
Posted By Proteus
Re: Cookies!

Chewy.

Plus hard ones are far too difficult to eat.
Forum: General Discussions 10 Jun 2005, 15:45
Replies: 19
Views: 2,440
Posted By Proteus
Re: The Technicalities of Formal-wear

Only fat people wear cummerbunds.
Forum: General Discussions 8 Jun 2005, 07:54
Replies: 100
Views: 7,629
Posted By Proteus
Re: Pay as you go - Motoring style

You won't need roads to travel in them, so congestion will practically cease to exist outside major cities.

(I would have thought that was obvious...)
Forum: General Discussions 7 Jun 2005, 21:53
Replies: 100
Views: 7,629
Posted By Proteus
Re: Pay as you go - Motoring style

The sooner flying cars are invented the better.
Forum: General Discussions 7 Jun 2005, 18:46
Replies: 183
Views: 14,859
Posted By Proteus
Re: The 'Asexuals'

I would not deign to tarnish the holy office of Supreme and Universal Pontiff by discussing this "fanny" of which you speak.

(Also what Sarina said. :( )
Forum: General Discussions 6 Jun 2005, 19:07
Replies: 61
Views: 4,054
Posted By Proteus
Re: Tomorrow

I was referring to George Bush's "You forgot Poland!" outburst, not saying you had actually forgotten it.
Forum: General Discussions 6 Jun 2005, 09:22
Replies: 61
Views: 4,054
Posted By Proteus
Re: Tomorrow

Skiddy forgot Poland. :( :(
Forum: General Discussions 5 Jun 2005, 21:41
Replies: 52
Views: 5,155
Posted By Proteus
Re: most ridiculous sport ever

My folk etymology's better than your folk etymology, naah naah nah naah naah.
Forum: General Discussions 5 Jun 2005, 17:35
Replies: 47
Views: 2,372
Posted By Proteus
Re: Ending a life

I won't bother answering this, as it's already been pointed out to you that you don't know what you're talking about.


I would have thought it was obvious that being filmed on a stage performing...
Forum: General Discussions 5 Jun 2005, 09:12
Replies: 47
Views: 2,372
Posted By Proteus
Re: Ending a life

Have you ever actually seen the Big Brother House, or in fact Big Brother for that matter? You don't seem to have the faintest idea what it's like.


Sleight of hand works with a live audience....
Forum: General Discussions 4 Jun 2005, 15:08
Replies: 26
Views: 3,540
Posted By Proteus
Re: Long Time no see

No one on GD plays Planetarion.
Forum: General Discussions 4 Jun 2005, 14:59
Replies: 26
Views: 1,813
Posted By Proteus
Re: Hooray!

What type of degree, in what, and what class are you expecting/hoping for?

(I won't comment on the other stuff, as you're just making me jealous that I'll have to wait until Wednesday to do that....
Forum: General Discussions 4 Jun 2005, 14:55
Replies: 50
Views: 5,091
Posted By Proteus
Re: Catching a thieving bastard

Set up a situation like the money-stealing scene near the beginning of Trading Places, with your family sitting round a table while you demand they empty their wallets to locate the marked money you...
Forum: General Discussions 4 Jun 2005, 14:51
Replies: 47
Views: 2,372
Posted By Proteus
Re: Ending a life

Even if there were such areas (which seems unlikely), how would you know where they were?


You'd have to get the poison into what they eat or drink somehow, and when they died the police would...
Forum: General Discussions 3 Jun 2005, 18:00
Replies: 36
Views: 3,234
Posted By Proteus
Re: Watch your Marshmellows...

Why would you want to ruin utterly a lovely name like "Catherine" by making it "Casey"? :(
Forum: General Discussions 3 Jun 2005, 17:58
Replies: 190
Views: 20,269
Posted By Proteus
Re: [Big Brother] Discuss

Whenever I've seen the live feed with past Big Brothers (admittedly not very often, and not for very long [the time between coming into the room and realising that Big Brother is on and changing the...
Forum: General Discussions 2 Jun 2005, 21:22
Replies: 50
Views: 3,745
Posted By Proteus
Re: So tommorow I'm going to Chelmsford

Two young girls asked me to buy them drinks a while ago. I had just got off a train from some godforsaken land (Westmorland, I think), hadn't shaved in about a week, and generally looked like a cross...
Forum: General Discussions 2 Jun 2005, 14:07
Replies: 190
Views: 20,269
Posted By Proteus
Re: [Big Brother] Discuss

What kind of a name is "Science"?
Forum: General Discussions 1 Jun 2005, 08:32
Replies: 63
Views: 3,648
Posted By Proteus
Re: Moscow / Russia

I've been to Moscow, but I'm not sure I can give you any "tips". (Except perhaps "don't try to evade paying on the underground, because the machines will amputate your legs at the knees".)

I agree...
Forum: General Discussions 27 May 2005, 18:45
Replies: 21
Views: 2,544
Posted By Proteus
Re: £40,000 p/w star gets legal aid

You can pay for your own doctors and schools as well, and yet I don't see any headlines saying "Investment Banker Gets Treated at NHS Hospital!" or "Rich Parents Send Child to State School!".
Forum: General Discussions 26 May 2005, 17:37
Replies: 53
Views: 5,650
Posted By Proteus
Re: ****!

Presumably, if you were completely drunk at the time, so was she, so she's unlikely to have the entire illicit escapade clearly imprinted on her mind. Take advantage of this fact - go celebrating...
Forum: General Discussions 25 May 2005, 08:21
Replies: 138
Views: 9,598
Posted By Proteus
Re: Star Wars: Episode 3 - Your Opinion

And sound doesn't travel in space either. :mad:

Seriously, if you want scientific accuracy, don't watch science fiction.
Forum: General Discussions 24 May 2005, 21:13
Replies: 20
Views: 2,291
Posted By Proteus
Re: Wanted: Advances from a female

Posting on the internet isn't going to help.

Why does everyone always forget Rule Number 1? :(
Forum: General Discussions 24 May 2005, 21:10
Replies: 23
Poll: POTW Voting.
Views: 3,726
Posted By Proteus
Re: POTW Voting.

It's the General Election all over again. :(
Forum: General Discussions 24 May 2005, 21:07
Replies: 58
Views: 5,312
Posted By Proteus
Re: German Sex

"Progress through Technology", I believe.
Forum: General Discussions 24 May 2005, 15:28
Replies: 138
Views: 9,598
Posted By Proteus
Re: Star Wars: Episode 3 - Your Opinion

I'm afraid "it tells you more than the films do" isn't much of an argument in its favour, because that much is self-evident.
Forum: General Discussions 24 May 2005, 13:51
Replies: 138
Views: 9,598
Posted By Proteus
Re: Star Wars: Episode 3 - Your Opinion

I really have no idea what that is supposed to mean.


I wasn't saying it was obvious from the films - I was just saying it's common knowledge. The chances of anyone getting to be old enough to...
Forum: General Discussions 24 May 2005, 13:35
Replies: 138
Views: 9,598
Posted By Proteus
Re: Star Wars: Episode 3 - Your Opinion

The EU is a load of nonsense. Trying to see the actual Star Wars universe through an EU perspective just makes the whole thing absurd.
Forum: General Discussions 24 May 2005, 13:23
Replies: 138
Views: 9,598
Posted By Proteus
Re: Star Wars: Episode 3 - Your Opinion

I doubt there are many people who aren't old enough to have watched the first three films when they were first released for whom it was a surprise. I certainly knew Vader was Luke's father before I...
Forum: General Discussions 23 May 2005, 20:17
Replies: 17
Views: 2,384
Posted By Proteus
Re: No :(

That's because they're all disguised as High Court Judges.
Forum: General Discussions 23 May 2005, 20:00
Replies: 17
Views: 2,384
Posted By Proteus
Re: No :(

Yes. If he ever gets knighted he'll look awfully silly.
Forum: General Discussions 23 May 2005, 19:17
Replies: 17
Views: 2,384
Posted By Proteus
Re: No :(

He's called Sir George Newman.
Forum: General Discussions 21 May 2005, 23:25
Replies: 38
Views: 2,656
Posted By Proteus
Re: Cheese

Only if you're utterly incompetent.
Forum: General Discussions 21 May 2005, 22:17
Replies: 10
Views: 1,937
Posted By Proteus
Re: Following on from the recent cannabis thread

Won't help you on the "cost" thing, but might answer the other questions. (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cannabis_(drug))
Forum: General Discussions 20 May 2005, 21:53
Replies: 38
Views: 2,656
Posted By Proteus
Re: Cheese

That's because Lady Strange was a very strange lady.
Forum: General Discussions 20 May 2005, 21:12
Replies: 38
Views: 2,656
Posted By Proteus
Re: Cheese

Jarlsberg is nice.
Forum: General Discussions 19 May 2005, 10:16
Replies: 57
Views: 4,967
Posted By Proteus
Re: Culture of respect

If I had the Tories I'd be happy.
Forum: General Discussions 19 May 2005, 08:35
Replies: 14
Views: 2,172
Posted By Proteus
Re: Yahwe...

"Tuned"? The police are chavs?
Forum: General Discussions 18 May 2005, 22:06
Replies: 58
:)
Views: 5,782
Posted By Proteus
Re: :)

Congratulations! :up: :up:
Forum: General Discussions 18 May 2005, 21:14
Replies: 138
Views: 9,598
Posted By Proteus
Re: Star Wars: Episode 3 - Your Opinion

Anakin Skywalker in Episode 2 really irritates me. I was hoping that the person who becomes Darth Vader would have to face epic moral struggles and be gradually seduced by the subtle attractions of...
Forum: General Discussions 18 May 2005, 21:08
Replies: 29
Views: 3,749
Posted By Proteus
Re: If you ever wanted to know what a chav funeral would look like

I want to be buried in a devil costume with a pitchfork. That way, if our mortal bodies are indeed risen again on the last day, I can scare the hell out of all the other people in the graveyard by...
Forum: General Discussions 18 May 2005, 10:52
Replies: 57
Views: 4,967
Posted By Proteus
Re: Culture of respect

Yes, that's the problem our Dear Leader is trying to solve.
Forum: General Discussions 17 May 2005, 22:24
Replies: 228
Views: 14,755
Posted By Proteus
Re: Your Funniest IRC Quote

The fact that GD is part of the Planetarion forums is more an accident of history than a fundamental aspect of its identity.
Forum: General Discussions 17 May 2005, 20:18
Replies: 107
Views: 7,908
Posted By Proteus
Re: Next Gen Consoles

Thanks. :)

Where would be the cheapest place to buy one? (Or "Can I save any money by not going and getting one from Game?")
Forum: General Discussions 17 May 2005, 20:04
Replies: 107
Views: 7,908
Posted By Proteus
Re: Next Gen Consoles

I'm not generally fussed - normally I'll play a game if it's good, regardless of genre. I enjoyed most of the popular N64 games. (Well, except the sport ones.)


I don't like playing games on my...
Forum: General Discussions 17 May 2005, 19:51
Replies: 107
Views: 7,908
Posted By Proteus
Re: Next Gen Consoles

On a slightly related note, now I'm finishing university and moving back somewhere with a television, I'd like to buy a new console. (There's only so many times you can replay Goldeneye.) Which one...
Forum: General Discussions 17 May 2005, 19:03
Replies: 57
Views: 4,967
Posted By Proteus
Re: Culture of respect

Whatever "respect" means, it obviously doesn't extend to respecting another person's right to have views you disagree with (*cough* Incitement to Religious Hatred Bill *cough*).

Also, I love these...
Forum: General Discussions 16 May 2005, 18:54
Replies: 30
Views: 2,727
Posted By Proteus
Forum: General Discussions 13 May 2005, 14:25
Replies: 41
Views: 3,146
Posted By Proteus
Re: The Da Vinci Code

Thanks for spoiling the ending for me. :mad:
Forum: General Discussions 12 May 2005, 22:50
Replies: 139
Views: 6,764
Posted By Proteus
Re: GD Meet VII - The First Initiative

It's a good thing I'm not coming, in that case, since I do little other than talk bollocks, especially when drunk.
Forum: General Discussions 12 May 2005, 22:43
Replies: 51
Views: 4,243
Posted By Proteus
Re: For those attending the meat

Unfortunately not.

My name's Peter, though, if you were wondering.
Forum: General Discussions 11 May 2005, 22:24
Replies: 51
Views: 4,243
Posted By Proteus
Re: For those attending the meat

Only one servant?

I assumed Yahwe had a Persian-Empire-esque army of retainers, descendants of the people he first hired in the seventeenth century BC, mindlessly loyal and ridiculously interbred.
Forum: General Discussions 11 May 2005, 22:16
Replies: 14
Views: 2,348
Posted By Proteus
Re: This ISP..

In that case he has to make it very inconvenient for them to continue doing so, by (for instance) using up all of his bandwidth all of the time.
Forum: General Discussions 10 May 2005, 20:18
Replies: 39
Poll: Meet Poll
Views: 4,129
Posted By Proteus
Re: Meet Poll

Erm... Right.

It turns out that one of my best friends is twenty-one on Friday.

You couldn't make this up. :(
Forum: General Discussions 10 May 2005, 15:56
Replies: 34
Views: 4,426
Posted By Proteus
Re: Parents + computers = Bad

My mother once turned off the computer when trying to open the CD-ROM drive.
Forum: General Discussions 9 May 2005, 22:08
Replies: 39
Poll: Meet Poll
Views: 4,129
Posted By Proteus
Re: Meet Poll

I assume I can still come on Friday.

But still. :(
Forum: General Discussions 9 May 2005, 21:41
Replies: 39
Poll: Meet Poll
Views: 4,129
Posted By Proteus
Re: Meet Poll

The above statement remains correct, but the phrase "but a friend's 30th birthday party probably will" should be added onto the end. :(

I'm going to go and hit my head against a wall now.
Forum: General Discussions 8 May 2005, 16:43
Replies: 14
Views: 2,348
Posted By Proteus
Re: This ISP..

Stop paying them. That usually seems to work for my parents.
Forum: General Discussions 8 May 2005, 15:34
Replies: 20
Views: 2,635
Posted By Proteus
Re: The Decline of MSN messanger

I use it all the time, but mainly in a "when are we going to the bar?" kind of way. I rarely have proper conversations on it.
Forum: General Discussions 8 May 2005, 15:32
Replies: 64
Views: 9,896
Posted By Proteus
Re: Should Blair step down?

He has? I must have missed that.

Imagine that. All this fuss about electing MPs and there's an election for Prime Minister that I completely fail to notice. I should really pay more attention.
Forum: General Discussions 7 May 2005, 14:34
Replies: 140
Views: 8,066
Posted By Proteus
Re: [UK] Election Results

The party for the vain and crass. (http://eclectech.co.uk/veritasparty.php)
Forum: General Discussions 6 May 2005, 19:23
Replies: 140
Views: 8,066
Posted By Proteus
Re: [UK] Election Results

The Tories held Hexham. :up:

(The fact that I was born in Hexham probably has something to do with how pleased I am about that result.)


Shame.
Forum: General Discussions 6 May 2005, 10:47
Replies: 140
Views: 8,066
Posted By Proteus
Re: [UK] Election Results

MPs aren't really supposed to "help" their constituencies - they're supposed to represent them in Parliament. The issues you claim he should be addressing are a matter for local councils.
Forum: General Discussions 6 May 2005, 00:34
Replies: 19
Views: 1,945
Posted By Proteus
Re: Who works with the Inland Revenue here?

Basically, you're asking if students are exempt from paying tax?

Riiiight...
Forum: General Discussions 5 May 2005, 23:24
Replies: 140
Views: 8,066
Posted By Proteus
Re: [UK] Election Results

Yes.

Also, does anyone know how good exit polls are at predicting results? Are they generally skewed any particular way (I know normal polls are biased against the Tories)?
Forum: General Discussions 5 May 2005, 17:40
Replies: 121
Views: 13,409
Posted By Proteus
Re: Teh big General Election thread.

Yes.


Luckily, Cambridge is the flattest place in the known universe, so I wasn't faced with any such problem.
Forum: General Discussions 4 May 2005, 22:03
Replies: 50
Views: 4,074
Posted By Proteus
Re: London vs Birmingham

Yes, which reminds me: thank you for that - their CD is great.
Forum: General Discussions 4 May 2005, 16:39
Replies: 67
Views: 5,382
Posted By Proteus
Forum: General Discussions 3 May 2005, 22:31
Replies: 39
Poll: Meet Poll
Views: 4,129
Posted By Proteus
Re: Meet Poll

The legions of Lucifer and all the demonic hordes of hell couldn't keep me away.
Forum: General Discussions 3 May 2005, 20:16
Replies: 62
Views: 5,678
Posted By Proteus
Re: September 11th

You still seem to be suggesting that the lack of phonetic spelling is a problem. English doesn't have phonetic spelling because it doesn't want it. It's no more a problem that "rough" is pronounced...
Forum: General Discussions 3 May 2005, 19:12
Replies: 62
Views: 5,678
Posted By Proteus
Re: September 11th

If you want any sort of phonetic spelling then English isn't the language for you, and hasn't been for a very long time.
Forum: General Discussions 2 May 2005, 22:56
Replies: 63
Views: 4,808
Posted By Proteus
Forum: General Discussions 2 May 2005, 19:01
Replies: 121
Views: 13,409
Posted By Proteus
Re: Teh big General Election thread.

They didn't bring me on board with only a fancy title, a comedy hat and a colourful bow tie, you know. I'm in it for the two birthdays and the legalisation of driving over roundabouts as well.
Forum: General Discussions 2 May 2005, 18:40
Replies: 121
Views: 13,409
Posted By Proteus
Re: Teh big General Election thread.

It's both. "Lord" makes me feel more important (as do the bow tie and hat).
Forum: General Discussions 2 May 2005, 18:20
Replies: 121
Views: 13,409
Posted By Proteus
Re: Teh big General Election thread.

Why else would you want an assault rifle? :confused:
Forum: General Discussions 2 May 2005, 17:56
Replies: 62
Views: 5,678
Posted By Proteus
Re: September 11th

I normally just call it "the 11th of September". I'd never say "9/11".

But neg-repping you for saying "11/9" is stupid. Some compensatory pos-rep is heading your way.
Forum: General Discussions 2 May 2005, 14:46
Replies: 63
Views: 4,808
Posted By Proteus
Re: So, Iraq...

Worse, of course. (Especially for the hundred thousand dead Iraqis, for whom it's considerably worse.)


Not unless "a better place" means "far more dangerous than before with far more angry...
Forum: General Discussions 1 May 2005, 18:44
Replies: 121
Views: 13,409
Posted By Proteus
Re: Teh big General Election thread.

Everyone always forgets the OMRLP. :(
Forum: General Discussions 1 May 2005, 16:07
Replies: 121
Views: 13,409
Posted By Proteus
Re: Teh big General Election thread.

Because I prefer the Tory policies on most other things.
Forum: General Discussions 1 May 2005, 16:02
Replies: 121
Views: 13,409
Posted By Proteus
Re: Teh big General Election thread.

I think "so and so invaded a sovereign state for personal reasons, killed a hundred thousand civilians and lied to Parliament and country while doing so, but we won't" is a pretty decent policy, to...
Forum: General Discussions 1 May 2005, 15:58
Replies: 121
Views: 13,409
Posted By Proteus
Re: Teh big General Election thread.

Why would you want to vote Green when you could waste your vote properly by voting Lib Dem?
Forum: General Discussions 1 May 2005, 15:55
Replies: 23
Views: 2,339
Posted By Proteus
Re: How the Election SHOULD be run.

I just spent the whole time trying to hit Tony. :(
Forum: General Discussions 1 May 2005, 15:19
Replies: 121
Views: 13,409
Posted By Proteus
Forum: General Discussions 28 Apr 2005, 18:05
Replies: 33
Views: 3,484
Posted By Proteus
Re: Brazilian Wandering Spider Attack

What exactly is a "community hospital"? It sounds suspiciously like it's run by the WI.
Forum: General Discussions 26 Apr 2005, 21:51
Replies: 32
Views: 4,163
Posted By Proteus
Re: Laptop burns!

I came here expecting geek-related sexual injuries.

I now realise, of course, that this was a foolish hope.
Forum: General Discussions 26 Apr 2005, 19:40
Replies: 27
Views: 2,290
Posted By Proteus
Re: moving

Stand near them the whole time, coughing and spluttering and making mumbled apologies about how you think you may have SARS and how you hope they don't catch it.
Forum: General Discussions 26 Apr 2005, 12:15
Replies: 17
Views: 2,786
Posted By Proteus
Re: old people and stupid sayings - a tuesday morning rant

It's supposed to be "cheap at twice the price", which actually makes sense.
Forum: General Discussions 21 Apr 2005, 15:56
Replies: 33
Views: 3,340
Posted By Proteus
Re: The wondrous intricacies of Grammar

Neither do the people of Shrewsbury, who can't decide whether it's "Shroosbury" or "Shrowsbury".
Forum: General Discussions 21 Apr 2005, 15:44
Replies: 33
Views: 3,340
Posted By Proteus
Re: The wondrous intricacies of Grammar

No it's not.


Nonsense. It might be discouraged in guides to formal writing, but it's certainly not improper.
Forum: General Discussions 11 Apr 2005, 16:05
Replies: 62
Views: 5,356
Posted By Proteus
Re: the story of skiddy

I can't even begin to imagine how stupid a townie would have to be to think that taking on a member of the RMP was anything even remotely resembling a good idea.
Forum: General Discussions 11 Apr 2005, 13:19
Replies: 180
Views: 11,083
Posted By Proteus
Re: Election 2005

I gave up ages ago on Labour MPs booting out Tony Blair because they have consciences or integrity. The only hope I have left is that they'll realise that their party is popular in spite of, rather...
Forum: General Discussions 11 Apr 2005, 13:01
Replies: 180
Views: 11,083
Posted By Proteus
Re: Election 2005

I just want Tony Blair to be kicked out by his MPs. I wouldn't really mind a Gordon Brown-led Labour Government for the next few years. (Obviously I'd prefer a Tory one, but unless Tony Blair appears...
Forum: General Discussions 9 Apr 2005, 16:08
Replies: 46
Views: 3,029
Posted By Proteus
Re: Why i like Camilla

The problem was less her marital history and more the fact that she was an American and a Nazi.
Forum: General Discussions 9 Apr 2005, 15:20
Replies: 46
Views: 3,029
Posted By Proteus
Re: Why i like Camilla

Why would it mean that?
Forum: General Discussions 8 Apr 2005, 18:51
Replies: 35
Views: 2,313
Posted By Proteus
Re: The Pope's Funeral

The homily and prayers etc. were in normal languages (mainly Italian), but most of the actual mass was in Latin.


Red means "Cardinal" and purple means "Bishop", but other than that I can't tell...
Forum: General Discussions 8 Apr 2005, 12:21
Replies: 5
Views: 1,436
Posted By Proteus
Re: mortgage advice

I would trust financial advice I found on the internet.
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