PNWI Community Thread version 3.0 (KEEP REFRIGERATED AT ALL TIMES)

[Hababi]

Dude, i was just kidding.

I like more of your opinions than the rest of the forum anyway :p

Oh good :cool:

But some people assume that because I'm socially conservative, I'm Tom Tancredo :\

[Dave de Sylvia]

who the hell is tom tancredo

[Knifeboy]

Dude I'm the most pro-Hispanic person on here :o

Yeah, and the most moderate too!

[Iskandar]

please teach me to hear the difference between american and canadian accentsLike the difference between most British accents, you can't notice it unless you live here.


But some people assume that because I'm socially conservative*, I'm Tom Tancredo :\*neoconservative

[The_Passenger]

I really don't get how people can't tell the difference between some American and Candian accents. OK some of them are similar but some are so different I fail to understand how people can't tell. Same goes for British accents.

[Knifeboy]

Talking about accents
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ANTDkfkoBaI
This accent speaks for itself

[McP3000]

She's uh suthna'

[Der Übermensch]

Like the difference between most British accents, you can't notice it unless you live here.
I think I can tell if someone is a Scotsman or a Cockney lol.

However I don't think I could differentiate between most of the smaller regional.

[Reaganista]

who the hell is tom tancredo

spat out sexy men

[totah]

I think I can tell if someone is a Scotsman or a Cockney lol.

That's like saying you could tell between a New Jersey accent and a Valley accent.

However I don't think I could differentiate between most of the smaller regional.

The trick is in the not-caring:

Jim: You from Birmingham then?
Ken: Nah mate, Newcastle.
Jim: Ah. Cheers then.
Jim and Ken: :chug:

This is why Europe is 1st World while America will always be a mere 2nd.

[guitrguy]

I thought the trick was not caring.

[Dave de Sylvia]

spat out sexy men
o yea

[guitrguy]

o yea

Well thats a curve-ball

[Dave de Sylvia]

I was also surprised!

[McP3000]

oh cool. you have two names?

[Dave de Sylvia]

Yes. I'm also Don Imus.

[Knifeboy]

hello, i'm joanna lumley

[PerpetualBurn]

I think I can tell if someone is a Scotsman or a Cockney lol.

However I don't think I could differentiate between most of the smaller regional.

England has a pretty large array of distinct accents. I imagine most people could tell between Scouse, Cockney, Brummie, and Geordie if they heard examples of them.

[Futue te Ipsum]

small town accents are impossible, though. My town is north of liverpool yet you'd never guess it.

[Dr Hooch]

small town accents are impossible, though. My town is north of liverpool yet you'd never guess it.

**** man which town which town

[nowhesingsnowhesobs]

I reckon most people would have difficulty placing where I lived.

in other news, I just got an offer from Oxford (AAA).

[PerpetualBurn]

Getting the offer is the hard part. Getting the grades at A-level is much more about hoop-jumping than intelligence.

Good luck with becoming a toff.

[Dr Hooch]

not getting into cambridge was the best thing that ever happened to me

I said this to my mate, a 3rd year cambridge engineer, and he said 2that'd be true for me tooo... had i not gotten into cambridge"

[Smokey D]

What's wrong with Oxbridge?

[Dr Hooch]

What's wrong with Oxbridge?

they work you *so hard*, for like ten weeks at a time, then you get long holidays. So, you have hardly any time to enjoy yourself at uni, sit around for a fortnight at home waiting for your friends to break up, spend a couple of weeks with them and then repeat.

Oxbridge is for people who *love* their subjects.

[PerpetualBurn]

What's wrong with Oxbridge?

It's better in terms of education and worse in every other way.

[McP3000]

It's better in terms of education and worse in every other way.

People that go to Oxbridge are more focused on the education part anyway.

[PerpetualBurn]

I think to get to and perform well at Oxford or Cambridge you have to be dedicated to your work.

But I don't think work is by any means the only reason to choose a university.

[Smokey D]

Like connections and job opportunities, not to mention the prestige of having attended an Oxbridge university. However, to get the most of going to a prestige school, you usually have to go post-grad, by which time you should be ready to focus on your work and have done all the partying/fun uni **** already at your undergrad school.

Also, am I correct in thinking that Oxford is no longer rated either #1 or #2 according to the THES?

[nowhesingsnowhesobs]

idk unless you really want to get a first I don't think you have to work insanely hard. All the current PPE undergrads I've spoken to seemed pretty relaxed.

THES puts Oxford joint second

[ringworm]

Feel free to come here at any time. It isn't huge, but quite comfy anyways.
i have some new neighbors from Sweden, from what they have said, I would only want to visit. They say they never want to go back after living here and enjoying the low taxes we pay compared to theirs, but some things did sound good, parents get an entire year or more off work, mother & father, where here, you're good to get the first 6 weeks before your company can legally let you go. They said Sweden was nice, but taxes & income are horrid.
It starts to gets scary below the Mason Dixon line.
uh, wasnt it up north where you live where a student got sent home due to a simple t-shirt?
isnt the north where almost every mass shooting occurs?
isnt it MA where they want to pass a law that bans parental spanking?

:p

yeah, its soo scary down here, lol

[guitrguy]

They would send someone home even faster for that shirt down here. You know I can't really think of a mass shooting in the south, other than the Civil War.

[ringworm]

nah, Bubba would just take it off, let his beer belly hang out and ask which did they prefer, shirts or skins :p

[guitrguy]

lol, he'll take the shirt back to the his truck that also houses his shotgun.

[Dr Hooch]

idk unless you really want to get a first I don't think you have to work insanely hard. All the current PPE undergrads I've spoken to seemed pretty relaxed.

THES puts Oxford joint second

The nat sci, maths and engineer guys have it really hard. Especially nat sci. First year, those guys are pretty much doing 1.5 degrees.

[ringworm]

lol, he'll take the shirt back to the his truck that also houses his shotgun.
but there is a big difference between our Andy Griffith style of enforcement :)

[Hababi]

I now know four of my grades for the semester. If I get an A in my fifth class, I'll have a 4.0 for the semester.

[totah]

Wow I'm so happy I'm finally out of the education circuit. I gets my learnins' on the street. And the internet and books. No amount of sex education would have trained me to find a certain spot in under four seconds, only going out there in the streets and doing it.

Metaphorically speaking.

[totah]

England has a pretty large array of distinct accents. I imagine most people could tell between Scouse, Cockney, Brummie, and Geordie if they heard examples of them.

Cockney is pretty different from the other three you mentioned, and I can always spot Brummie by the way it makes me want to rip out their voice box, but the other two are always more problematic for me, and take more time and guesswork.

I learned to spot Cornish though, after squatting with a bunch of Cornish nationalists. Hilarious stuff. Cornwall has the best flag out of all the united kingdoms. I simply can't wait for the Dissolution of the United Kingdom, it'll be awesome. Islamic Republic of South Yorkshire, know what I mean?

[PerpetualBurn]

I don't see how you could not pick out Scouse and Geordie. Geordies are just slow and stupid. Scouse are the ones knicking your hubcaps.

Yorkshire separating would be fairly tough. Dee-dahs and Dingles battling for power is not something I want to see.

Of course Leeds would crumble. Everyone hates Leeds.

[totah]

That's not true, I spent one of the best weeks of my life in a squat in Leeds. Admittedly the local kids did chuck stones at us and threaten us with hammers, but this is part of the English Experience. I much prefer Leeds to Stoke-on-Trent. If there's anything to say for even the worst parts of the most war-ridden and poverty-infested rat-holes in the world, it's that at least they're not Stoke-on-Trent.

[Iskandar]

I must say, speakers of Scouse deserve to be shot.

[totah]

Nah, they're all alright really. Everyone here is.

[spitfirejunky]

The one that corresponds to Manchester is absolutely ****ing hilarious.

[Iskandar]

I can never understand how the British could have invented the language yet none of them can speak it properly.

[Dr Hooch]

I can never understand how the British could have invented the language yet none of them can speak it properly.

I speak english with a very mild northern accent indeed!

this means

properly

[Iskandar]

I speak english with a very mild northern accent indeed!

this means

properlyBut the letter R still has no meaning for you.

[Dr Hooch]

But the letter R still has no meaning for you.

or leading 'h's...

[Iskandar]

or leading 'h's...You drop those too? I thought only working-class Cockneys did that.

At least that's the stereotype.

[Dr Hooch]

You drop those too? I thought only working-class Cockneys did that.

At least that's the stereotype.

they're there, but they're never emphasised.

[PerpetualBurn]

That's not true, I spent one of the best weeks of my life in a squat in Leeds. Admittedly the local kids did chuck stones at us and threaten us with hammers, but this is part of the English Experience. I much prefer Leeds to Stoke-on-Trent. If there's anything to say for even the worst parts of the most war-ridden and poverty-infested rat-holes in the world, it's that at least they're not Stoke-on-Trent.

Since I live near Stoke...I agree.

I can never understand how the British could have invented the language yet none of them can speak it properly.

This is one of the stupidest things ever.

[Iskandar]

I can never understand how the British could have invented the language yet none of them can speak it properly.Yet entirely true.

I'd take the Australians over you.

[Smokey D]

Hey man, Londoners can speak it properly.

[Iskandar]

Hey man, Londoners can speak it properly.As long as they're not Cockneys.

[Mr. Ron]

So I'm going on a cruise to Alaska in a few months. :^)

[Smokey D]

As long as they're not Cockneys.

I swear there's only like 10 Cockneys in London. I don't know a single one.

[PerpetualBurn]

Yet entirely true.

I'd take the Australians over you.

It's not true at all.

It doesn't even make sense.

[Iskandar]

It's not true at all.

It doesn't even make sense.Sure it does. British people can't speak English.

By the criterion of mutual intelligibility, it's another language.

[PerpetualBurn]

You can't be so stupid as to not realise what's wrong with what you've said.

[Iskandar]

You can't be so stupid as to not realise what's wrong with what you've said.Relax, I'm doing a harmless bit of trolling.

[Reaganista]

the proper way to speak english is the way it's spoken by black americans
it is objectively perfect in all regards

[(*The Noonward Race*)]

hahaha tats so wrong they dont even pronounce some of those letters

[pedro durruti]

You can't be so stupid as to not realise what's wrong with what you've said.
WHAT?

YA CIN TABEE STAPID TA NOGT REAL ICE WATTS WARING WITTLE WHATTLE YOUVLE SODDLE?

British people are weird! Thou hath gone sour in mine mouth!

[PerpetualBurn]

Well, I am a Dee-dah.

[ringworm]

why do so many bills that seem to target one subject always come with pork that will almost guarantee its failure? It seems they love to include junk so the other side appears unwilling to support progressive bills that will help the US.
But a bill that gives more tax breaks to oil & coal and tightens up tax breaks on wind and solar isnt a good one anyway. :/
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/12/13/AR2007121301847_pf.html


i hate all this global warming garbage, the public doesnt see whats coming either, all the protocols and rhetoric of the "new age" look pretty, but if you really investigate what is around the corner, its the same ole big corporations doing the same thing.

GE is licking its lips and smooching Al Gore and all the other morons who think the debate is over on global warming like Chris Hansen in a teen chat room.

[guitrguy]

What so bad bout taking care of our environment, global warming or not?

[Dr Hooch]

If any of that was actually going on i don't think anybody could object.

It isn't.

[ringworm]

What so bad bout taking care of our environment, global warming or not?
I am ALL for helping our environment, I hate how we treat the same planet that gives us life, but because it being politicized so much, its gotten away from actually acheiving anything for the environment and has turned into a debate to help get votes.

take a look at the bill, it gives fossel fuel bigger tax breaks than solar power or wind, which dont pollute at all. What kind of eco friendly results does this acheive? Kyoto protocols, which the UN and other supporters rally behind, do little and only address a few countries and leave out the biggest polluters.

It just seems like people are mindless sheep and have completely fallen for good speeches and totally ignored how the same people actually vote. ALL that is being done is setting up infastructure for yet another big business to do much of the same, yet, when someone voices opposition, the polarity our leaders have created negates good, honest questions and concerns.

If you dont really see whats going on with climate debate, then I guess there isnt much I can do to help.

[Hababi]

got my last grade in, A. Hopefully I get a Dean's List invite or something of the sort.

[McP3000]

got my last grade in, A. Hopefully I get a Dean's List invite or something of the sort.
Did you spend every night studying until you passed out on top of your textbook?

[Hababi]

Did you spend every night studying until you passed out on top of your textbook?

No I'm not that extreme about it :lol: I kept up pretty well with the classes during the semester and then spent several hours studying for each one during the week of finals

[ringworm]

ron paul is kicking *** on glenn beck right now

[guitrguy]

I just got done masturbating to the national anthem. What are you guys up to?

[Iskandar]

Hyped on caffeine.

[guitrguy]

sweet! coffee?

[Iskandar]

sweet! coffee?On my third pot.

[spitfirejunky]

Mad hungover. :(

[guitrguy]

Mad hungover. :(

Drink plenty of water and eat some protein, and you should at least feel a little bit better.

[spitfirejunky]

I'm on it, bra. :)

[PerpetualBurn]

It's all about a good old fashioned English fry-up when you're hungover. If you can keep it down, then you're all set.

[spitfirejunky]

Mmmmm... full English breakfast.

[Dr Hooch]

When you wake up, drink a load of water and go back to bed. Sleep it off.

If you have to be somewhere, then you bring out the big guns and have a big cooked breakfast.

[Iskandar]

It's all about a good old fashioned English fry-up when you're hungover. If you can keep it down, then you're all set.The world's biggest if.

[guitrguy]

I never puke when hungover.

[DBoons Ghost]

I haven't puked as a result of drinking in many years.

I've been hungover often though.

[spitfirejunky]

I have, haha. I woke up mad hungry and decided to have 3 bowls of cereal. About a half-hour later I had 2 hours of carpet cleaning to do.

The milk may have kicked in my gag reflex, but then again I was really ****ing tanked.

[PerpetualBurn]

I remember being absolutely mullered outside a pub once and walking off to a bush to puke with a mate insisting that "the more you get up the more you can get in" before he walked to get me another pint. And I drank it.

I was not a happy bunny the next day.

[DBoons Ghost]

I have, haha. I woke up mad hungry and decided to have 3 bowls of cereal. About a half-hour later I had 2 hours of carpet cleaning to do.

The milk may have kicked in my gag reflex, but then again I was really ****ing tanked.

Cereal? What the hell were you thinking man?

Milk is the worst when you're drunk.

[PerpetualBurn]

Doner kebab - a king among drunken meals.

[Iskandar]

As a general rule, clearer drinks are easy on you than dark stuff. A useful tidbit and, unlike the vast majority of drinking lore, grounded in fact.

[spitfirejunky]

Cereal? What the hell were you thinking man?

Milk is the worst when you're drunk.

*hungover

But it was still stupid.

[DBoons Ghost]

*hungover

But it was still stupid.

Oh.. yeah even hungover. I can't have anything with milk.

With the exception of coffee.

[Dave de Sylvia]

I get sick often whether I drink or not. Hiatus hernias are awesome!

[DBoons Ghost]

As a general rule, clearer drinks are easy on you than dark stuff. A useful tidbit and, unlike the vast majority of drinking lore, grounded in fact.

That's not true with regards to cheap gin or cheal vodka.

I figured you'd know everything about vodka, dear komrade.

[spitfirejunky]

Alright, gonna go run some errands.

Peace

[guitrguy]

I puked last Saturday thanks to some Captain Jerry's Spiced Rum.

[DBoons Ghost]

I puked last Saturday thanks to some Captain Jerry's Spiced Rum.

How is that stuff? I assume it's good when not over-consumed.

I love Captain Morgans and I keep hearing about Captain Jerry.

[DBoons Ghost]

I get sick often whether I drink or not. Hiatus hernias are awesome!

Ouch. Maybe that explains why you can be ornery at times.

[guitrguy]

How is that stuff? I assume it's good when not over-consumed.

I love Captain Morgans and I keep hearing about Captain Jerry.

Its pretty harsh stuff, but a few shots, beers, and bowls of marijuana did me good.

[Iskandar]

That's not true with regards to cheap gin or cheal vodka.

I figured you'd know everything about vodka, dear komrade.Well, you don't buy the ghetto stuff. You go for something half-decent.

[DBoons Ghost]

Well, you don't buy the ghetto stuff. You go for something half-decent.

Yeah I would agree. I can't stand vodka but gin I love. I can drink Bombay Sapphire all night and be fine the next day. As long as I don't mix or stray with a shot or two I'm ok.

[DBoons Ghost]

Its pretty harsh stuff, but a few shots, beers, and bowls of marijuana did me good.

Oh.

Shots are the devil. I can't do them anymore. I do them, of course, but I so shouldn't.

I enjoy a Captain and coke, with a splash of ginger ale.

It's yummy.

[Iskandar]

Rum is gross, but it has that pirate appeal.
Yeah I would agree. I can't stand vodka but gin I love. I can drink Bombay Sapphire all night and be fine the next day. As long as I don't mix or stray with a shot or two I'm ok.Bombay Sapphire is alright. Though I like it for the cool blue bottle more than anything.

[guitrguy]

I hate gin. Its like drinking rubbing alcohol.

[Iskandar]

I hate gin. Its like drinking rubbing alcohol.Everyone says that about vodka. I don't get it. I don't even know what rubbing alcohol smells like.

[guitrguy]

I love vodka. Get me a bottle of Grey Goose or Belvedere, and I am set.

[Iskandar]

I love vodka. Get me a bottle of Grey Goose or Belvedere, and I am set.That'll be expensive, though. At least it is in Canada.

Stolichnaya is a) very good b) Russian c) not extremely expensive. It's a solid choice.

[guitrguy]

they are expensive in the US too, but you're paying for quality.


Taake is by far the worst Vodka ever made.

[Iskandar]

they are expensive in the US too, but you're paying for quality.


Taake is by far the worst Vodka ever made.I disagree. I've had some bad stuff before.

[guitrguy]

Have you ever had Taake?

[ringworm]

it gets no better than some Sauza Tequilia, that is, when I do drink *cough *

well, I'm sure there's better, but :p

[Iskandar]

Have you ever had Taake?No ... it sounds like a cheesy attempt to appear Finnish or something...

[guitrguy]

No ... it sounds like a cheesy attempt to appear Finnish or something...

Keep it that way.

[PerpetualBurn]

Everyone knows that Sainsbury's Basics Vodka is the worst thing ever.

It's supermarket own-brand vodka.

[guitrguy]

We don't get that in the states. Good thing I suppose.

[PerpetualBurn]

Well...it's insanely cheap.

Not a bad choice if you just want to get smashed on vodka and mixers.

I don't really drink anything other than beer for enjoyment. If I'm going out in clubs (which I generally dislike) then I stick to snakebite and shots.

[guitrguy]

I tend to go for beer regardless, but yeah if you're going to mix its best to use cheap stuff.

[PerpetualBurn]

If you're in a club with crap lager and worse bitter then snakebite's much easier to drink in quantities.

I'm a bitter man though. Give me a good pub with real ale and I'll sup it all night.

[Dr Hooch]

If I'm drinking to enjoy the drink, I usually go for cider; Stowford, Kopparberg, bulmers/magners, Brothers, strongbow when there's nothing better. If I'm drinking to get drunk and I'm buying it to drink at home, i usually go for gin and tonic, and in clubs, whatever's cheap. It's £1.50 a pint in my hall bar so it's strongbow or snakebite depending on how fast I want to drink it, and if i'm in a club I can't afford to do anything except mix as much as possible as fast as possible, otherwise I spend the evening stood around watching people have fun while I think about how much I hate the music. I once nearly fell asleep in a nightclub. (as in, where your head keeps tipping forwards and you jerk back up). Since then I've started having to take like, 4 or so pro plus halfway through the night just to keep going...

[Dave de Sylvia]

I never understood why they rebranded Bulmers.

edit: oh there's already an English cider called Bulmers. That's weird.

[PerpetualBurn]

Bulmers is Irish.

[Dave de Sylvia]

rilly

[Dr Hooch]

bulmers is irish, as is magners and gaymers. They are all basically a similar deal.

[PerpetualBurn]

I don't drink a lot of cider. I enjoy Magners but it's normally about fifty quid a bottle.

[Dr Hooch]

I don't drink a lot of cider. I enjoy Magners but it's normally about fifty quid a bottle.

Yeah, it's a pain. When I'm home my dad buys it for me in boxes from costco but £3 a bottle is normal.

it's a shame.

[PerpetualBurn]

I think it's around three quid in our SU, so when you can get a pint for under two, I'm just not going to drink it.

[Dr Hooch]

Yeah. Whereas, in places where a pint is £2.50 anyway, it doesn't tend to be more than £3 still. So that's when I'm more likely to have it.

Another one i like but can't afford: Savannah Dry.

[PerpetualBurn]

I don't think I've had that. I'll stick to the ale, to be honest.

You can't beat a good pint of Magnet.

[Dr Hooch]

I'm not manly enough for ale, alas.

[spitfirejunky]

"Real men drink stout." ;)

[Dave de Sylvia]

Yeah, it's a pain. When I'm home my dad buys it for me in boxes from costco but £3 a bottle is normal.

it's a shame.
That's what happens when you import from stronger economies!

[Dr Hooch]

That's what happens when you import from stronger economies!

Budweiser all round it is then!

[Dave de Sylvia]

There has to be a cheaper way of drinking your own urine.

[Gonads]

Urine dont get you durnk

[Tyr]

Neither does Budweiser.

[Dave de Sylvia]

True!

[Gonads]

I just drink Mountain Dew.

[McP3000]

Neither does Budweiser.
Not true.

It just takes a lot more

[Gonads]

I gotta pretty durnk off of budweiser many times.

[Mr. Ron]

Pomegranate Smirnoff. Mmmmmmm

[Dr Hooch]

Pomegranate Smirnoff. Mmmmmmm

I admit it

sometimes

I drink screwdrivers.

[McP3000]

I gotta pretty durnk off of budweiser many times.
Why do you keep misspelling "drunk"?

Its not that hard.

[Mr. Ron]

I admit it

sometimes

I drink screwdrivers.

I love screwdrivers.

[Gonads]

Yeah Mr. Ron loves the screwdrivers, listen to Mr. Ron because he owns.

[Mr. Ron]

Just what kind of game are you trying to play, son?

[Gonads]

I'm just talking about Mr. Ron eh. It's hard to recognize Mr. Ron with a different avatar.

[Reaganista]

mr ron is an avatar changin homo

[Mr. Ron]

faaaaaabulous!

[Smokey D]

Do you guys get 42 Below anywhere that's not NZ?

[Gonads]

I like to change my avatar often does that make me gay?

[Reaganista]

uh ya it's below 42 here
I like to change my avatar often does that make me gay?
prolly

[Mr. Ron]

Then Tway, that means you are a fellow homosexual.

I wish I had Meg Ryan hair!

[Reaganista]

i havent changed my own avatar in a long time tbh

[Mr. Ron]

can you at least be bi then?

[Reaganista]

ya sure

[Gonads]

I like the vagina does that make me weird?

[spitfirejunky]

Do you guys get 42 Below anywhere that's not NZ?

On extremely bad nights in Montreal, yes. Wind chill -75... :amaze:

[Reaganista]

yaa

[Gonads]

Why do you keep misspelling "drunk"?

Its not that hard.

I just like to, I remember this one chick that was posting on a message board drunk and she kept spelling it like that, I thought it was funny.

[The Stig]

Well it isn't.

[Gonads]

It's still fun for me though.

[McP3000]

It's still fun for me though.

Gonads knows what fun is

[The Stig]

He's the anti-damien

Damien hates fun

but

fun hates Gonads

[Gonads]

Gonads knows what fun is

Ya:)

[McP3000]

He's the anti-damien

Damien hates fun

but

fun hates Gonads

Must....spread...

[Gonads]

Gonads is fun.

[Dr Hooch]

He's the anti-damien

Damien hates fun

but

fun hates Gonads

:lol:

[guitrguy]

I swear Gonads posted in every single thread last night.

[Iskandar]

I've decided to quit drinking after I got sick last night.

[guitrguy]

I've decided to quit drinking after I got sick last night.

haha. Moderation is key.

Edit: Pot is better anyhow.

[Iskandar]

haha. Moderation is key.

Edit: Pot is better anyhow.Yeah, if I wind up in a drinking situation I'll just stay low-key.

I don't smoke pot, though. Not unless somebody else offers.

[guitrguy]

offers

[ringworm]

some really stinky stuff came through yesterday




:smoke:

[Gonads]

I swear Gonads posted in every single thread last night.

Lol, I'm gonna chill out on the extreme posting for now.:p

[DBoons Ghost]

I'm soon to take a break from the reefer. I'm making some big time changes to my life insurance policy and they're gonna blood test me.

I probably won't schedule the physical until after January.

[guitrguy]

some really stinky stuff came through yesterday




:smoke:

I was gonna get some nug last night, but I have to wait until after work today to pick it up.

[Iskandar]

offersYou're on the other side of the continent, dude. I think it'll have to wait.

[guitrguy]

If I'm ever in Canadia we'll chill.

[spitfirejunky]

Ship it in a box labeled "wind chimes".

[Iskandar]

If I'm ever in Canadia we'll chill.It's a big country, remember.

[guitrguy]

With 90% of the population in 10% of the geographic area.

I pulled those numbers out of my ***

[Iskandar]

With 90% of the population in 10% of the geographic area.

I pulled those numbers out of my ***Fairly accurate, though.

[Mr. Ron]

hmmm.....

http://youtube.com/watch?v=bgIBksQEVcc

[Iskandar]

hmmm.....

http://youtube.com/watch?v=bgIBksQEVcclol

[Mr. Ron]

yeeeeaaaahhhhhhhh......

[The Stig]

annnnd....`

[Mr. Ron]

its stupid.

[Iskandar]

To me insert the cable to the fender marshall or mesa boogie amp Is Really Interesant Cause you can play whit distortion and the punk or the music you want to play is very easy cause nyou gow WWW.MXTABS.NET

[The Stig]

its stupid.

it's also pretty stupid to get worked up over it

[McP3000]

hmmm.....

http://youtube.com/watch?v=bgIBksQEVcc
What does it accomplish? I dont even get it...

"Hey guys, 75% of the country is christian, 33% of the world is Christian. Lets honor Christianity by saying we recognize its many positives"

That's basically all it said.

[The Stig]

it was useless, yeah, but nothing worse than recognizing other federal holidays

[Mr. Ron]

it's also pretty stupid to get worked up over it

Not worked up, I just think its arbitrary, and all it is is politicians playing lip service to certain groups of people.

[Dave de Sylvia]

I dunno, I kind of stopped listening to the guy when he started talking. There should be a resolution against making long lists of clauses beginning with "whereas."

[Mr. Ron]

thought this was pretty cool

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A5OhZ9wT568

[Dr Hooch]

thought this was pretty cool

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A5OhZ9wT568

science can be beautiful =)

[(*The Noonward Race*)]

this is creepy http://hk.youtube.com/watch?v=p-2Sb7dFsvM

[Iskandar]

I never thought much of Huckabee from the beginning so w/e.

[Futue te Ipsum]

but jesus is on his side.

[Iskandar]

but jesus is on his side.Dammit you are so annoying

[The Stig]

What was so bad about that? It was pretty funny.

[Hababi]

radical christian baby jesus grrra


Oh and merry Christmas, folks. I finished up A Long Way Gone today and have begun Complications.

[PerpetualBurn]

It's Christmas?

No wonder people kept giving me stuff...

[guitrguy]

lol, yeah I was getting annoyed with the free stuff after a while.

[malaise]

Paul said this place was full of commies, so what's happening?

[guitrguy]

Just chillin' in my commune.

[malaise]

Kømrade

[The Stig]

More like tovarishch.

[guitrguy]

More like I'm a bad commie.

[Aklerc]

My mum called me a communist the other day.

We did insinuate that she was a mildly-racist, right wing nationalist.

I just want everyone to be happy :(

In other news I helped organise a protest against the fascist nature of our college that ended up in lot's of media and had about 300 people attend :)

Kind wish I'd taken politics so I knew stuff better. Doesn't stop me being ignorantly passionate :D

So what's up I've never posted in this thread before <_<

[Reaganista]

i find enlightened ambivalence to be preferable

[Dr Hooch]

My mum called me a communist the other day.

We did insinuate that she was a mildly-racist, right wing nationalist.

I just want everyone to be happy :(

In other news I helped organise a protest against the fascist nature of our college that ended up in lot's of media and had about 300 people attend :)

Kind wish I'd taken politics so I knew stuff better. Doesn't stop me being ignorantly passionate :D

So what's up I've never posted in this thread before <_<

details of your awesome protest pls

also, it must just be a 'mum' thing. The other day when my mum asked if i hated her the only real answer i could give was 'I wouldn't have to if you weren't such a fascist...'

No! I do not want you to tell me how to dress, or how the country would be better off without immigrants, or how being a middle class woman with no real interest in politics further than reading the occasional daily mail and watching ITV news, thanks!

[Mr. Ron]

Me and my mom had a serious 15 minute argument about santa claus last night.....

[guitrguy]

My dad got pissed off when I said socialism has some good ideas.

[Mr. Ron]

My dad got pissed off when I said socialism has some good ideas.

older people, especially baby boomers, do not like to think of different ideas most of the time.

[The Stig]

Because most new ideas are crap.

[Dr Hooch]

Me and my mom had a serious 15 minute argument about santa claus last night.....

a good friend from uni was brought up in a pretty sheltered way and still believed in santa age 14.

Her parents told her the year after and she cried.

[Mr. Ron]

a good friend from uni was brought up in a pretty sheltered way and still believed in santa age 14.

Her parents told her the year after and she cried.

haha


Well, the whole thing was over me saying "You know, I don't think I'll tell my kids that Santa is real, why lie to them?" and she WENT NUTS.

[Amit]

lmfao

i <3 my hindu parents

[Aklerc]

details of your awesome protest pls

also, it must just be a 'mum' thing. The other day when my mum asked if i hated her the only real answer i could give was 'I wouldn't have to if you weren't such a fascist...'

No! I do not want you to tell me how to dress, or how the country would be better off without immigrants, or how being a middle class woman with no real interest in politics further than reading the occasional daily mail and watching ITV news, thanks!

Well, it was about the co-location of our colleges but it spread further than that. Originally, anyone found taking part in a protest for it would face suspension/expulsion and the teachers have been told that basically they'll get fired if they speak out against co-location. I'd explain why it's bad but you're probably not interested :p

Linksh:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/shropshire/content/image_galleries/shrewsbury_colleges_protest_gallery.shtml?1 (there's a beautiful picture of me with a megaphone in there somewhere :p)
http://www.shropshirestar.com/2007/12/hundreds-pack-out-colleges-talks/

etc etc

But yeah. Our principal/management are fascist cunts. We even got our MP to join the fun (tallest MP ever btw, 6 ft 8!) Here's a picture of him:
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v607/herbert_da_fish/IMG_2285.jpg
Giant man.

Anyhoot. We decided (a group of about 10 of us by the end I think) to do this protest and had exactly (almost to the hour) one week to organise it. We were pretty pleased with the result really considering the time and stuff. Some teachers also secretly helped with mass photocopying as well. It was like a big secret organisation. It was really stressful at times (omg we've contacted loads of media what if no one goes) but generally good fun.

[The Stig]

I'd like to hear said reason so I don't think you just did it because protests are the in thing.

[Iscariot]

haha


Well, the whole thing was over me saying "You know, I don't think I'll tell my kids that Santa is real, why lie to them?" and she WENT NUTS.

Part of the fun of being a kid is enjoying your imagination.

EDIT: No one at that protest looks very serious.

[Mr. Ron]

Part of the fun of being a kid is enjoying your imagination.

EDIT: No one at that protest looks very serious.

We don't tell kids that trolls, dragons and unicorns are real, so why start with Santa and flying reindeer? Lying to someone to just make them happy is wrong IMO, but w/e.

[Iscariot]

We don't tell kids that trolls, dragons and unicorns are real, so why start with Santa and flying reindeer? Lying to someone to just make them happy is wrong IMO, but w/e.

We don't have to tell them though. If you don't want to tell your kids that Santa is real, then don't tell them. Don't make yourself look like a soulless *** by telling a 4-year old kid that Santa is a load of crap though. Let them figure it out on their own.

[guitrguy]

older people, especially baby boomers, do not like to think of different ideas most of the time.

My dad isn't even a baby boomer, but he is military.

[Mr. Ron]

We don't have to tell them though. If you don't want to tell your kids that Santa is real, then don't tell them. Don't make yourself look like a soulless *** by telling a 4-year old kid that Santa is a load of crap though. Let them figure it out on their own.

I think its my responsibility to tell them the truth though

thats the thing

[Iscariot]

I think its my responsibility to tell them the truth though

thats the thing

If you believe that a young child can comprehend the truth and reason it out in their head in the same manner that an adult does, you're making a sad mistake.

Your parents didn't ruin it for you I'm sure and you obviously are no worse for wear. I don't see how you feel that embellishing a child's fairy tale is going to alter your children's ability to comprehend the truth or w/e.

[guitrguy]

My kids won't grow-up believing in Santa, but I'm not going to ruin that for others kids and their parents.

[Iscariot]

Let me rephrase that into a question, actually.

How will telling your children that Santa is not real benefit them? What long-term, real, serious improvement would it make? They can figure it out when they're old enough to understand it.

EDIT: Also, it's not like they're ever going to resent you for not telling them when they were just old enough to speak that Santa is garbage. If you fear some kind of misrepresentation of your character that's ridiculous.

[Mr. Ron]

If you believe that a young child can comprehend the truth and reason it out in their head in the same manner that an adult does, you're making a sad mistake.

Your parents didn't ruin it for you I'm sure and you obviously are no worse for wear. I don't see how you feel that embellishing a child's fairy tale is going to alter your children's ability to comprehend the truth or w/e.

I think a young kid can understand the concept of something that doesn't exist.

Its the principle of it. Deliberately telling your child somehting is real when it isn't, is not setting a good example.


but w/e

[guitrguy]

Its pretty neutral on either side, imo. Being that its not necessary either way, I don't see the point in setting my children up for future disappointment.

[Mr. Ron]

Let me rephrase that into a question, actually.

How will telling your children that Santa is not real benefit them? What long-term, real, serious improvement would it make? They can figure it out when they're old enough to understand it.

It lets them know that you are less likely to lie to them about trivial matters, and doesn't help them set up meaningless belief systems.

[Iscariot]

I think you're trying too hard to be right. I can understand why your mom got mad at you. I won't bother turning this into a big thing though.

[The Stig]

I'm going to tell my kids the myth of socialism and let them figure it out when they can comprehend things like an adult.

[Mr. Ron]

I think you're trying too hard to be right. I can understand why your mom got mad at you. I won't bother turning this into a big thing though.

Not really. I just like the concept of not lying to my kids. I think a parent needs to be as straight forward and truthful to their kids as possible.

[guitrguy]

You may want to bold "as possible" for emphasis.

[Mr. Ron]

well yeah

[Aklerc]

I'd like to hear said reason so I don't think you just did it because protests are the in thing.
Okey dokey:
-It's moving from the town centre to join with a college based in a residential area out of town (there are more points to this I'll get in later)
-The town centre will lose loads of business and some will have to shut down
-There is no other example of co-location working with a college of our reputation
-We have lurvly buildings and the area we are in is great for spreading outside the college into social areas like the quarry (a big park)
-The traffic on London Road (where it's going) is awful and dangerous as it is, without an extra 1500 students going there.
-There isn't enough parking spaces for all of the staff, let alone any students.
-Enough social space for 300 students, when there will be over 3000 students every day.
-Trying to get there will be really hard. I only live 20 minutes out of town and I'd have to get up about 5:30 to spend £4-£5 making two separate bus journeys into town then the campus. So anyone even further out won't even have the choice of going to SSFC because they can't get there.
-Choice. People chose to go to Sixth Form not just for the courses but the place. It's a great location to be at. Take away that choice and what are you left with. One goddamn campus in an awful location.
-The ONLY reason they've given funding for this is because they haven't been presented with another option. They'd be happy to give the college money to extend the campus where it is.
-Our college (whic gets seriously good results and in general is a brilliant institution) will actually result in getting less space than before. The planned drama and music department (whic at the moment consists of two classrooms, one studio and two practice rooms with other space) was going to be one classroom.
-We will lose teachers. Up to 30% from both SSFC and SCAT. This alone is a good enough reason not to move.
-3000-7000 (the added 4000 are those that could be part time, there will be 3000 full time students) people in a college with no where to go during frees/lunch in a residential area is not good.
-The extra transport needed to get to the new site with raise CO2 emissions, which is something the world needs to cut down on. Especially with a project that is not necessary.

There are definitely more points. But I'm quite tired/sobering up so those are the ones off the top of my head.

I would have no problem with it if it was logical to co-locate. We will lose teachers, the journey is dangerous, the location is stupid and illogical and our college will not be as good as it is where it is now.

Don't worry, I've done my research. 'Tis something I feel quite strongly about.

[Mr. Ron]

all teens that partake in protests do so because it is fashionable

that is the only explanation.

[Aklerc]

Hell they probably did, but they were there to support and made up the numbers, which is what we were worried about. 97% students don't want co-location so they were there because of that, even if initially they think it's cool. But tbh, the group of us that organised it are really against it and we're willing to do as much as we can to stop it, so if the supports there, I'll damn well use it.

The first one was pretty unpopular and we were scared it was going to happen with this one too since our Principal threatened us with suspension/expulsion. Loads of people couldn't be bothered either. It was last period on the Friday we broke up, so people had the option of going home if they wanted to. But they made the choice to stay and be listened to for once because our college has done nothing but ignore us. So I guess that counts for something.

[guitrguy]

Idk, it seems like people who protest let their emotions get the better of their objective thought.

[Aklerc]

Idk, it seems like people who protest let their emotions get the better of their objective thought.
If there was no passion behind things, then people wouldn't fight to change it. And if I'm being honest, the protest was a publicity stunt with the primary goal to get media attention. (Coincidentally and luckily) it's come at a time when our MP has been in the paper speaking out against it, and when our principal is getting slated for trying to ban teachers from attending a public meeting for it the night before the march. It's what we needed if we want people to object to it before the planning permission goes ahead. If no one's passionate about it thenno one will try and stop it.

BUT

I do semi-agree with you. It's in the last stage of the go-ahead, so the focus for attack needs to get rid of the emotion and put in objections to the planning permission and general location rather than the other stuff.

So yeah, you're right. But the idea of the march was to get a bit of passion enough for people to write objection letters, get it in the media and have another strike at our principal.

[Knifeboy]

I partook in a protest once because it was fun

well, and because I believed it was a worthwhile protest

Which it was, because it actually got something done, which I doubt many protesters can boast about

[Amit]

what was the protest for

[Aklerc]

Mhm. I wasn't holding out much hope before... I mean they've not listened to us before so why now? But we were protesting for the teachers and generally for the fact that college management have tried to shut us all up with threats. But the amount of support we got (which is much more than we expected tbh) leads me to believe we can stop it as long as it doesn't end with the protest.

What protest did you partake in?

[guitrguy]

If there was no passion behind things, then people wouldn't fight to change it. And if I'm being honest, the protest was a publicity stunt with the primary goal to get media attention. (Coincidentally and luckily) it's come at a time when our MP has been in the paper speaking out against it, and when our principal is getting slated for trying to ban teachers from attending a public meeting for it the night before the march. It's what we needed if we want people to object to it before the planning permission goes ahead. If no one's passionate about it thenno one will try and stop it.
there is difference between passion and letting emotion cloud your ideas. I think there are betters ways to communicate an idea and fight for change.




I do semi-agree with you. It's in the last stage of the go-ahead, so the focus for attack needs to get rid of the emotion and put in objections to the planning permission and general location rather than the other stuff.

So yeah, you're right. But the idea of the march was to get a bit of passion enough for people to write objection letters, get it in the media and have another strike at our principal.
I do understand why people protest, and it is just and needed in some cases. It was more or less a general statement.

[Aklerc]

there is difference between passion and letting emotion cloud your ideas. I think there are betters ways to communicate an idea and fight for change.
Yes I totally agree with you and it would never work as a stand-alone fight. Which is why now we're going to press on with (hopefully) more meetings (in which we are also hoping the few that are pro-colocation will not refuse to attend) and encouraging people to write objection letters. Our MP is taking the matter to the education secretary as well. It really was just to get it in the papers and get the students fired up to write in letters.

EDIT: And it was a peaceful protest :p not a "LET'S STORM THE COLLEGE AND RIOT LIKE CRAZY ****ERS"

[Futue te Ipsum]

FEAR LEADS TO ANGER ANGER LEADS TO HATE HATE LEADS TO SUFFERING

ok?

[Knifeboy]

what was the protest for

the guy running our school was really into art.. Which was cool most of the time, because it made the environment a little more interesting

but then one day, there was this artist seance thing where this middle aged woman came to our school and started chanting and dancing while pouring paint and jam and what else she could find in her kitchen over herself and rolling around naked on a carpet

and after that, the walls were plastered with these foul photos from this seance.. A naked middleaged woman covered in jam.. And in the middle of it all hang the carpet she did this one.. Reeking of something not so nice
so you couldn't go to the cafeteria without losing your appetite.

so after getting 70 % of the students to sign a petition to get them removed, without anything being done about it, 10 of us snuck up to the school at night, (we had gotten some keys from a teacher who was in on it) and we taped plastic bags over all the images

So now all art for the school has to be approved by a council of students

[Aklerc]

I've typed out about 4 different responses so far... but I'm not really sure how to reply to that.

Well done I guess :)

[Mr. Ron]

I always thought that middle-aged snatch went well with assorted cafeteria cuisine.