News of the day

[bruhnaldo]

Damn has Phonics just uncovered that I'm being donned by the twitter bots because I, too, saw it under my "What's Happening" feed and thought "holy shit people at outraged at anything".

[Spikey M]

./

[Giggles]

How has phonics so few followers when he's so desperate for them? A mate of mine started an account about 6 weeks ago and has over 8500 already.

[Pepe]

Isn't phonics a twitter bot? He is just shitting on the competition.

[Pepe]

How has phonics so few followers when he's so desperate for them? A mate of mine started an account about 6 weeks ago and has over 8500 already.

'A mate of mine'

[phonics]

How has phonics so few followers when he's so desperate for them? A mate of mine started an account about 6 weeks ago and has over 8500 already.

1) nobody has any reason to follow me so why would they
2) lol at your 'mate' for buying twitter followers.

[Giggles]

'A mate of mine'

An acquaintance then. Mate is a bit strong for a grown man.

In fairness it's something sport stat related so it's easy pickings. Takes a decent bit of time to put together.

[bruhnaldo]

The most followers I have is around 4500 and that shit took me like 5 years to amass.

[mugbull]

An acquaintance then. Mate is a bit strong for a grown man.

In fairness it's something sport stat related so it's easy pickings. Takes a decent bit of time to put together.

Yeah, he's definitely been buying followers

[Baz]

The most followers I have is around 4500 and that shit took me like 5 years to amass.
I used to be one :cry:

[igor_balis]

The pretend Bosko Balaban twitter account my mate made 8 years ago still has slightly more followers than the one the real Bosko Balaban made a year later, though both have less than 1000. Because it's Bosko Balaban.

[Boydy]

An acquaintance then. Mate is a bit strong for a grown man.


https://i.pinimg.com/originals/2d/8b/db/2d8bdb36f6e3383512c2cf1dd15fb038.jpg

[Lewis]

I had a housemate for a year and we never said a word to each other. I only found out his name off somebody else after about six months. He was black, so I think he was a racist.

[bruhnaldo]

How do you not know the names of people who sleep in your home on a regular basis?

England is insane.

[Giggles]

Because there's no need to.

[Jimmy Floyd]

I had a Welsh housemate in my first year of uni (second edition) who I never once talked to in a year. He used to go and play basketball on his own every day as well. Thinking back, he was alright actually.

[Spikey M]

https://www.bbc.co.uk/bbcthree/article/ccbb0c7f-47f6-41fe-a48b-fcd7fec61bd1

Fuck off Mahow.

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

As if I'd do that.

The man should be put down.

[Boydy]

I respect him.

[Lewis]

'Beans are the first thing that I’m happy to let go from from a full English' sound like the words of a man ('man') who has never actually had an English breakfast before.

[-james-]

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-glasgow-west-47456716

Hell of a defence.

[Pepe]

He got her there quicker, and for free? Man deserves a medal.

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/amp/uk-47500387

Well she's not getting back into the country now.

[igor_balis]

How do you not know the names of people who sleep in your home on a regular basis?

England is insane.

In my private uni halls there was me, two polish girls, this annoying drama school guy and a chinese guy. I lived there 9 months and only met the chinese lad once; fire alarm went off at 4am, I staggered outside without my key fob. After banging on the door for about 10 minutes he sheepishly let me in, obviously finally coming to terms with being the only person in and the social awkwardness of answering being outweighed by listening to me bang on the door anymore.

[John]

'Beans are the first thing that I’m happy to let go from from a full English' sound like the words of a man ('man') who has never actually had an English breakfast before.

The worst thing about that bit is that he put 'five or six' beans in. That's less than a normal scoop with a fork or spoon, so he's either delicately chosen the number of beans or he's lifted a load then put some back.

[Spikey M]

https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p072rrrx

Finally, someone else that understands the struggle of not being racially abused. Stay strong, fam.

[Giggles]

I just love the fact that the two deed poll fees are still cheaper.

https://www.buzz.ie/news/passenger-hilarious-standoff-ryanair-autocorrect-error-319777

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

The new passport would push the cost up.

[Spoonsky]

https://www.cbc.ca/radio/asithappens/as-it-happens-thursday-edition-1.5046925/man-angry-his-photo-was-used-to-prove-all-hipsters-look-alike-then-learns-it-wasn-t-him-1.5046933

lol.

(But also, I own the same shirt :face:)

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

That is quality.

[Bernanke]

https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2019/mar/12/i-met-my-girlfriends-parents-and-realised-i-had-once-slept-with-her-father?CMP=twt_gu

1105430898462334976

[Giggles]

The apology will sting far more than the money.

https://www.rte.ie/sport/soccer/2019/0313/1036129-mcclean-to-receive-damages-as-councillor-apologises/

[Yevrah]

Facebook is down for large parts of the world apparently. Stinks of data breach that one.

[phonics]

Facebook is down for large parts of the world apparently. Stinks of data breach that one.

Yeah... No. That's not how a breach works.

[Yevrah]

How do you mean?

I think you've misunderstood what I mean.

[phonics]

A data breach wouldn't take down servers and once the breach has happened, you wouldn't shut down the servers that had been breached. They've already got what they need off of it.

[Yevrah]

So you wouldn't shut your service down while you fix the entry point?

[phonics]

So you wouldn't shut your service down while you fix the entry point?

Then it would be down for everyone. My entry point is the same as yours but mine isn't down.

[Spikey M]

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-47524760

But why?

[Pepe]

Someone's golf.

[mugbull]

@ital or anyone deep in the physics game, how many decimals of precision for Pi would be strictly necessary in the field? Like, how imprecise can you get before your models start getting thrown off and everything goes to shit? Assuming you didn’t have the benefits of a modern computer architecture

[mugbull]

I’d guess for nano level stuff you’d probably want 30 or so at least

[Giggles]

3.1.

[Spikey M]

In miles or kilometres?

[Giggles]

Knots.

[mugbull]

‘Gigolos’

[Giggles]

‘Gigolos’

1 gigolo = 100 uphill miles (161km).

[mugbull]

The average distance it takes to find a client

[Giggles]

This seems far too sensible to be true.

https://www.thejournal.ie/an-post-homeless-address-4541437-Mar2019/

[Baz]

Why've you got rid of coffee man, and who is that?

[Ian]

Didn't somebody else have that avatar on here?

[Disco]

It's the really stoned guy from the memes.

[Giggles]

That's the lad.

[Giggles]

Didn't somebody else have that avatar on here?

I may have had it before.

[Ian]

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-47577506

Just the $500bn?

[phonics]

Lorraine Kelly has won 1.2 million back from the taxman claiming that he isn't appearing on television but is playing a character called Lorraine Kelly.

[Yevrah]

Which, if that's the line over which the case is judged, is the correct conclusion to reach.

Absolutely no way is that 24/7 smiley persona actually her.

[Ian]

I still remember the slightly terrifying advert for a programme she was doing that was basically just wall-to-wall "are you ___?" (my mum / father of my child / my secret clone / whatever) where she actually said the line "You can't choose your family, but you can disown them."

[Boydy]

How does that get her off tax?

[phonics]

The breakfast TV presenter Lorraine Kelly is performing the role “of a friendly, chatty and fun personality” when she appears on ITV each morning and not simply appearing as herself, a tax tribunal judge has ruled (http://financeandtax.decisions.tribunals.gov.uk//Aspx/view.aspx?id=11009).


The presenter of the magazine show Lorraine “presents a persona of herself”, Judge Jennifer Dean ruled, and as such can be described as a “theatrical artist”, meaning payments to an agent were allowed as a tax deductible expense.


“We did not accept that Ms Kelly simply appeared as herself; we were satisfied that Ms Kelly presents a persona of herself,” Dean’s ruling stated.


“We should make clear we do not doubt that Ms Kelly is an entertaining lady, but the point is that for the time Ms Kelly is contracted to perform live on air she is public ‘Lorraine Kelly’; she may not like the guest she interviews, she may not like the food she eats, she may not like the film she viewed but that is where the performance lies.”


The remarks came in a ruling by the first tier tax tribunal into a successful appeal by Kelly against a £1.2m tax and national insurance bill from HMRC (https://www.theguardian.com/politics/hmrc).


The TV presenter received the bill as part of the revenue’s crackdown on personal services companies used by a host of stars employed by national broadcasters.
It has argued that the presenters are effectively employees, and should be subject to income tax and national insurance contributions (Nics).

Me neither.

[niko_cee]

If the argument is that TV presenters and actors who appear on TV should be treated the same in terms of whether their agents' fees are tax deductible, then surely that makes sense?

Obviously there's entirely different arguments about what many of these people get up to in terms of their tax affairs, but that doesn't seem all that outrageous.

[Gray Fox]

I'm sure Terry Bollea managed to successfully argue that it was Hulk Hogan and not himself that appeared on that sex tape.

[Disco]

He cashed the cheque either way.

[Baz]

I’d make a sex tape with Lorraine Kelly.

[Lewis]

https://news.sky.com/story/dr-evil-tattooist-brendan-mccarthy-sentenced-to-40-months-11671500

There is a lot in this, but the stand-out must be 'He stated that had he known it was illegal, he would never have had the procedure because he certainly was not that desperate to have his ear removed'. Right. He must feel a right mug now.

[Pepe]

https://reason.com/blog/2019/03/20/when-the-zoning-code-bans-your-tall-fenc

Freedomz. :happycry:

[Giggles]

That kind of backfired.

https://www.rte.ie/news/munster/2019/0322/1037893-limerick-evacuation/

[John]

If there's anything keeping anti-Irish sentiment alive on these Isles it's suspect packages coming from IRA whoppers with codewords, not Alan Partridge.

[Disco]

Mrs Brown causes more anti Irish sentiments than the IRA these days.

[Giggles]

If there's anything keeping anti-Irish sentiment alive on these Isles it's suspect packages coming from IRA whoppers with codewords, not Alan Partridge.

It's well bred in to you all, but yeah that doesn't help either. Hopefully this is just a lone nutjob, it's amateur enough that it probably is anyway.

[Spikey M]

Spikey O'Mouse has nothing but love.

[niko_cee]

Mrs Brown causes more anti Irish sentiments than the IRA these days.

Mrs Brown surely causes more anti-people who watch Mrs Brown sentiment than anything else, and I've never assumed they were predominantly (or at all) Irish.

[Jimmy Floyd]

I'm a Mrs Brown contrarian. It's a load of silly gags and moderately funny slapstick. What's wrong with that?

[Giggles]

Nobody under 60 watches it here, I presume it's the same there too.

[Boydy]

I'm a Mrs Brown contrarian. It's a load of silly gags and moderately funny slapstick. What's wrong with that?

Yeah, it's not that bad.

Those letter bombs that were sent the other week - I don't get why they sent one to Galsgow Uni.

[Disco]

It is fine, that's the point.

[randomlegend]

Giggles' relentless insistent that the British all vehemently hate the Irish is one of the weirdest things I've ever come across. I've never met a single person who remotely cares. I've never heard an anti-Irish sentiment uttered in real life. "Bred into you all" :cab:

Admittedly most people in Norfolk have never seen a black person, so perhaps they just don't know what Ireland is, but still.

[mugbull]

It makes it even funnier as his entire identity on this forum is "I don't care about things, nothing is important" and yet Irish patriotism is for some reason his bellwether issue. Like Lewis and his weightlifting/colonialism

[Yevrah]

Giggles' relentless insistent that the British all vehemently hate the Irish is one of the weirdest things I've ever come across. I've never met a single person who remotely cares. I've never heard an anti-Irish sentiment uttered in real life. "Bred into you all" :cab:

Admittedly most people in Norfolk have never seen a black person, so perhaps they just don't know what Ireland is, but still.

I think there genuinely used to be amongst older folk in the mid-90s, but I don't think anyone from my generation or younger gives a shit.

[Spikey M]

Ders more ta oirland den dis.

[Lewis]

It's like one of those one-sided football 'rivalries', like Blackburn thinking United is a derby. They are convinced United are still fuming about their title, which the odd person might be, but most people probably don't know that they even won one (further parallels available relating to Indian mismanagement).

See also: every single post Henners has made about Brexit, which either completely mis-understands it or is bristling with completely out of character sentiment.

[Baz]

I’ve recently started listening to Blindboy Boatclubs podcast and in episode 7 (I think) he goes pretty hard on a “Brits don’t get taught about how they’ve raped Ireland, the focus is on the unacademics to have national pride and join the army, so why would they?” I couldn’t give a toss either way (soz Giggles) but he puts it across quite well.

[Spikey M]

I tried that podcast, although not that episode. It's an abortion. The self important, over-opinionated mong

[niko_cee]

Didn't Al Murray do something half-decent about Ireland on that why everyone hates the English thing? Although I tend to think Lewis' interpretation is about right. See also Manchester being better than London, Melbourne being better than Sydney or every other chippy smaller place versus ambivalent bigger place relationship in the world. There's probably one pertaining to the UK/English, I don't know, thinking they're better than everyone? There's always an exception to the rule.

[Giggles]

I tried that podcast, although not that episode. It's an abortion. The self important, over-opinionated mong

He is an absolute twat of the highest order. A fucking blowhard. And unfortunately he's a good example of an ever growing section of cunts here. All posturing.


.

[Spikey M]

There's probably one pertaining to the UK/English, I don't know, thinking they're better than everyone? There's always an exception to the rule.

America. See our American Politics thread being twice the size of our UK one.

[Giggles]

America. See our American Politics thread being twice the size of our UK one.

I couldn't figure out what he meant by a lot of that so I'll just assume the whole post was like an ad for the EDL.

[Spikey M]

I take his meaning to be a smaller places obsession with big places that don't give a fuck about you.

[Lewis]

Most people OBSESSED with America - especially in a political context - tend to look down on them, so I don't think it is really the same as the latent, inter-generational bitterness that emanates from the Celtic fringe. It might be deluded, but it isn't the same, since mere long-term relative decline isn't really conducive to developing that sort of complex. The closest thing we have is how we think Germany care about us as football rivals. They don't.

[Boydy]

Britain just has delusions of grandeur thinking they're still an empire/their empire was good.

[Giggles]

Britain just has delusions of grandeur thinking they're still an empire/their empire was good.

Right up to actually thinking the EU were going to spread the cheeks and offer everything in desperation to keep ties with said empire.

I don't blame the school system for brainwashing kids into thinking they were swashbuckling heroes instead of animals in history classes, it's classless but they don't want a generation with a complex, but even in adulthood everyone remains completely oblivious.


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[Ian]

Everyone, yes.

[Baz]

He is an absolute twat of the highest order. A fucking blowhard. And unfortunately he's a good example of an ever growing section of cunts here. All posturing.What makes you say this?

He seems pretty passionate about Ireland and Irish people, including wanting to share his wealth of knowledge of the history of Ireland, and especially Limerick, albeit heavily biased. I’d be interesting to know what problems you have with him.

[Kikó]

Quite enjoyed (for once) Jonathan Pie - speaks to Boydy's post a little.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-IL2XwSkFJQ

[John]

1109269351927111680

Pissing hell.

[Spikey M]

Mate.

[bruhnaldo]

That's rough

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

She's fucking demented.

[Spikey M]

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-47715169

If and when people start to die of this shit, the Anti-vax parents should face manslaughter charges.

[phonics]

I didn't realise there was a Chicken Pox vaccine until this started popping up recently. Was it invented recently or were my parents just cheap and had me get it off some other kid? God that was a miserable few days.

[Ian]

The headline here is better than the actual video.

Watch police use riot shields and loaf of bread to control 'mental' Greenock swan (https://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/news/scottish-news/watch-police-use-riot-shields-14193560)

To be fair, they can break a man's arm.

[niko_cee]

They've had it in America for years (I think it's one of the standard ones they give) but it's not part of the normal series of vaccines over here. You can get it though and it's well worth it. I think kids have to spend something like 7-10 days off school if they get it. No thanks.

The chicken pox vaccine, that is.

[randomlegend]

I didn't realise there was a Chicken Pox vaccine until this started popping up recently. Was it invented recently or were my parents just cheap and had me get it off some other kid? God that was a miserable few days.


The chickenpox vaccine is not part of the routine UK childhood vaccination programme because chickenpox is usually a mild illness, particularly in children.

There's also a worry that introducing chickenpox vaccination for all children could increase the risk of chickenpox and shingles in adults.

https://www.nhs.uk/common-health-questions/childrens-health/why-are-children-in-the-uk-not-vaccinated-against-chickenpox/

Don't remember where you were born but they may take a similar line.

[phonics]

The AfD (the BNP of Germany) have asked the police to list the most common first names to be arrested for knife crimes to prove THE BLOODY MUSLIM IMMIGRANTS ARE ALL CRIMINALS.

I'm going to assume they were rather disapointed to find that they were literally all shit like Jens, and Sven.


Michael (24 Fälle), Daniel (22 Fälle), Andreas (20 Fälle), Sascha (15 Fälle), Thomas (14 Fälle), Christian (13 Fälle), Kevin (13 Fälle), Manuel (13 Fälle), Patrick (13 Fälle), David (12 Fälle), Jens (12 Fälle), Justin (11 Fälle) und Sven (11 Fälle).

https://www.saarbruecker-zeitung.de/saarland/afd-saar-bekommt-antwort-messer-angreifer-haben-oft-deutsche-vornamen_aid-37745459

[Pepe]

Manuel? BUILD THE WALL!

[Ian]

Manuel? BUILD THE WALL!

Waste of time. The World Cup taught us that Germany has no defence against Mexicans.

[SincereTheRebel]

Waste of time. The World Cup taught us that Germany has no defence against Mexicans.

:D

[Disco]

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-47798717



This behaviour is totally unacceptable and falls well below the high standards the Army expects


Presumably the grouping wasn't tight enough.

[Lewis]

Lads.

[Giggles]

:rolleyes:

https://www.the42.ie/crusaders-name-change-4574222-Apr2019/

[phonics]

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-47798717



Presumably the grouping wasn't tight enough.

I saw Peston did a 'Won't somebody think of the children?' tweet earlier where he said something along the lines of 'Imagine how damaging this is to the reputation of the British Military around the world?'

[Lewis]

I reckon, relative to his standing/profile, that Robert Peston is the shittest pundit of any form in the whole world. If he was a football pundit his analysis would consist entirely of things like '2-0 is the worst lead to have', and 'You can't write off Man United', but nobody calls him a cunt because he is the top boy.

[phonics]

Having the good fortune of being 'the economics guy' at the BBC during the financial crisis has been a literal goldmine for him.

[Lewis]

Yeah, anything he says that is remotely of interest is down to him having access to people. His own 'takes' on things are utter shit.

[phonics]

Yeah, anything he says that is remotely of interest is down to him having access to people. His own 'takes' on things are utter shit.

Quite and I'm starting to think him posting screenshots of his inbox benefits no-one except the person who sent the text.

Was Andrew Marr ever any good? He's awful on that Sunday show which seems to be treated as the way to affect the bellweather of political discussion on TV.

[Shindig]

The alternative is Martin Lewis telling us to bankrupt a small country by going ALL IN on their ISAs.

[niko_cee]

:rolleyes:

https://www.the42.ie/crusaders-name-change-4574222-Apr2019/

:D

They should really rename the whole place, the insensitive bastards.

Terrorists Win

[John]

:rolleyes:

https://www.the42.ie/crusaders-name-change-4574222-Apr2019/

Why are they bothering with market research to pick their new name? If they're taking that much influence from the events of the Middle Ages they should just call themselves the Canterbury Tales and get on with it.

[Giggles]

Why are they bothering with market research to pick their new name? If they're taking that much influence from the events of the Middle Ages they should just call themselves the Canterbury Tales and get on with it.

Probably should just wind up altogether before someone hurts someone.

[Jimmy Floyd]

I was thinking yesterday how remarkable it is that there are still Redskins, Indians, Chiefs etc in American sports. Arsenal should probably be renamed as well in case it makes the poor little Muslim children think about gay sex.

[Giggles]

I was thinking yesterday how remarkable it is that there are still Redskins, Indians, Chiefs etc in American sports. Arsenal should probably be renamed as well in case it makes the poor little Muslim children think about gay sex.

There's a few blowhard sportswriters in the US that won't use the Redskins name in articles.

[bruhnaldo]

"Pre-match entertainment at home games usually features sword-brandishing mounted men dressed as crusading knights in chainmail and tunics adorned with crosses."

Glad they've cut that out as a bunch of random guys doing a fucking Knights Tale cosplay really evokes images of the recent atrocities committed in the name of pewdeepie.

[Disco]

I was going to ask if they still charge about on horses before the games, I suppose they have to do something now Lord of the Rings has dried up.

[John]

I was thinking yesterday how remarkable it is that there are still Redskins, Indians, Chiefs etc in American sports. Arsenal should probably be renamed as well in case it makes the poor little Muslim children think about gay sex.

Until last year the Cleveland Indians mascot was still a pissed up native American called Chief Wahoo. He was bright red and had a big feather poking out of his hair. It's bonkers.

[Magic]

What is it now? A pissed up rapist Mexican?

[phonics]

I was looking to see if there were any other mascots that were similarly bad but ended up reading an NYT article that had the following:



Pratt has found herself in the middle of one such debate involving the Exeter Chiefs (https://www.exeterchiefs.co.uk/), the defending champions of England’s rugby union league.

Exeter, which rebranded itself as the Chiefs in 1999, calls its team store the Trading Post and its online fan group the Tribe. Fans chat on a message board named Pow-Wow. Among the 15 bars at the team’s home stadium are Wigwam, Cheyenne, Apache, Mohawk, Tomahawk, Buffalo and Bison. Just inside the main entrance to the arena stands the team’s Five Nations Totem Pole (http://jameslakesculpture.co.uk/portfolio/totem-finished/), memorializing the five countries visiting Exeter for the 2015 Rugby World Cup (not, as some might guess, the five nations of the Iroquois Confederacy.)



1) If you're going to go with the theme, lean all the way in I guess?
2) Why the fuck is Exeter Rugby Club branding themselves to appeal to California Gold Miners from the 1840s?

[Disco]

I was looking to see if there were any other mascots that were similarly bad but ended up reading an NYT article that had the following:





1) If you're going to go with the theme, lean all the way in I guess?
2) Why the fuck is Exeter Rugby Club branding themselves to appeal to California Gold Miners from the 1840s?

Cornwall is a poor but proximate market.

[Queenslander]

:rolleyes:

https://www.the42.ie/crusaders-name-change-4574222-Apr2019/

Move them to Brisbane and Call them the West Canterbury Reds.

[Shindig]

FC United of Canterbury.

[Queenslander]

Precious FC because of the Richie era.

Edit: As a Qlder I have 'hated' the Crusaders for 15 years.

[Spikey M]

Christchurch should really be branded #Muhammadmosque whilst they're at it.

[Shindig]

You're not thinking modern enough. Rename them a hashtag.

[Spikey M]

Fixed it.

[Kikó]

A guy I used to play football with played for that internet team hashtag united.

[Giggles]

Haven't had one in a while.

https://m.independent.ie/irish-news/courts/boy-who-cut-arm-while-climbing-building-site-fence-gets-80000-settlement-37981874.html

If the world was run right he'd have got a few clatters for being somewhere he shouldn't and that would be the end of it.

[mugbull]

That one's hilarious

[Shindig]

I like this one:

https://www.independent.ie/world-news/im-a-fg-international-lawyer-irish-woman-who-became-abusive-after-being-refused-alcohol-on-flight-is-jailed-37984104.html

[niko_cee]

Saw this story (https://www.insurancebusinessmag.com/uk/news/breaking-news/slipandtrip-fraudster-gets-jail-time-after-aviva-tussle-163891.aspx) the other day and thought of you Giggles.

[mugbull]

https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-47812780


...it has since emerged that civil servants around the UK were offered counselling to help prepare for no deal.

Dope dope

[Spikey M]

Speaking of dope.

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/science/cannabis-faecal-matter-drugs-dealing-trafficking-madrid-study-a8855181.html?amp

"Most cannabis sold on streets contains faecal matter, study finds" :lol:

[Shindig]

It amazes me people in the brexit article list "Reading the news." as their main hobby. Imagine that on a CV.

[mugbull]

Speaking of dope.

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/science/cannabis-faecal-matter-drugs-dealing-trafficking-madrid-study-a8855181.html?amp

"Most cannabis sold on streets contains faecal matter, study finds" :lol:

The smugglers eat the shit, right out of Narcos, and then shit it out and unpack it.

You gotta go to one of their underground dispensaries for the primo

[Spikey M]

Missed opportunity to use the phrase 'the good shit'.

[Boydy]

It amazes me people in the brexit article list "Reading the news." as their main hobby. Imagine that on a CV.
No one should be putting their hobbies on their fucking CV anyway.

[Spikey M]

"Posting in the off topic section of an off topic forum" is right at the top of mine.

[Ian]

I now just have my name and contact details with 'Team Engineer' below them.

[Spikey M]

Why do employers ask what your hobbies are anyway? The answer is either going to be a lie to make you seem a good fit for the job ('I just make excel spreadsheets all weekend') or it's going to be the standard 'going out with my mates'. Who fucking cares? I barely care and they're my hobbies.

SvN do you ask? If so, why?

[Offshore Toon]

I imagine having proper hobbies translates very well into the workplace. If you're motivated and enthusiastic outside of work, there's a good chance you are inside of work too. Plus, you might as well shoot for the stars and try to get an IDEAL candidate for the job with similar hobbies to the current staff.

[Boydy]

Why do employers ask what your hobbies are anyway? The answer is either going to be a lie to make you seem a good fit for the job ('I just make excel spreadsheets all weekend') or it's going to be the standard 'going out with my mates'. Who fucking cares? I barely care and they're my hobbies.

SvN do you ask? If so, why?
Have you ever been asked in an interview?

I haven't.

[Spikey M]

Have you ever been asked in an interview?

I haven't.

Yeah. With the exception of my Civil Service job I think I've always been asked.

[Ian]

I've never asked about them in any interviews I've done and I can only recall one time when anybody I know said they were asked about theirs.

[Offshore Toon]

I've never been asked in an interview, but I've seen quite a few job applications that want to know "a bit about yourself" so you might as well just list a few bullet points showing you're not a mong that stays at home all weekend booting a dog.

[SvN]

I don't really care what they do in their spare time, but sometimes I might ask stuff like what music they're into. Not because it matters, but just to try and make the interview more conversational and less formal.

[Pepe]

I now just have my name and contact details with 'Team Engineer' below them.

References:
Pepe
M̶a̶g̶i̶c̶
Foe

[Ian]

Good idea. Updated it. :thbup:

[Foe]

I'll hopefully be leaving team engineer in the next year or so.

Graduating on to bigger and better things hopefully.

Might even try and join team finance.

[Shindig]

Kiko's already at the bar.

[mugbull]

I imagine having proper hobbies translates very well into the workplace. If you're motivated and enthusiastic outside of work, there's a good chance you are inside of work too.

Yup

I think it's a fair question, you can generally see how boring they are and put that in the memory banks

[Giggles]

1114967037632184320

[Ian]

EDIT: Somehow replied to the wrong thread. While I'm here though:

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-47858819
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NXIVM#History

The fuck.

[Spikey M]

Mate.

[Ian]

What, did I in fact respond in the right thread and you deleted your post to make me look like a FOOL?

[Spikey M]

I'm mate-ing at the story you just posted. What post were you replying to with whatever that post was before?

[Ian]

You saying something about having being asked about the hobbies thing in interviews.

Unless I imagined it and this is the breakdown happening.

[phonics]

I've been trying to understand what's going on in here for about 20 minutes. Maybe I'm the one having the breakdown.

[Disco]

I've been trying to understand what's going on in here for about 20 minutes. Maybe I'm the one having the breakdown.

On a day when you've already admitted you couldn't dress yourself properly is there much debate?

[Ian]

That pair of posts reminded me of John lolling at Chinny that day he'd said Bam was his favourite pornstar.

[phonics]

On a day when you've already admitted you couldn't dress yourself properly is there much debate?

I dressed myself properly in the situation that presented itself to me.

[Spikey M]

You saying something about having being asked about the hobbies thing in interviews.

Unless I imagined it and this is the breakdown happening.

That was about a week ago. :D

[Spikey M]

It's on the last page posted on the 5th.

[Disco]

I dressed myself properly in the situation that presented itself to me.

Take off your jumper and say that with a straight face.

[Ian]

Christ knows how I managed to get directly onto that page because I don't imagine I'd have clicked back to it. :face:

[Giggles]

Fuck the world part 7274932619929.

https://news.sky.com/story/waitrose-apologises-for-selling-racist-chocolate-ducklings-after-criticism-11688611

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

If anything it's a compliment.

The ugly duckling turned out to be a beautiful swan.

[Magic]

If anything it's a compliment.

The ugly duckling turned out to be a beautiful swan.

I heard it screaming in Walmart and tearing wigs off ratchets.

[bruhnaldo]

If anything it's a compliment.

The ugly duckling turned out to be a beautiful swan.

Right but you see the whole thing is racist cause the swan had to become white to become beautiful

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

Didn't think of that, I'm clearly part of the problem.

[Disco]

You get black swans too though, so that doesn't work.

[Spikey M]

Fuck the world part 7274932619929.

https://news.sky.com/story/waitrose-apologises-for-selling-racist-chocolate-ducklings-after-criticism-11688611

Fuck the world part 7274932619930

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/blogs-trending-47866381

[Lewis]

It should have depicted them starving and killing each other over it.

[Magic]

Fuck the world part 656676446755.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-47876650

[Magic]

You get black swans too though, so that doesn't work.

But they ugly as fuck.

[niko_cee]

Nobody thought the Liverpool reds were communists

:sick:

[Giggles]

My old local.

[Magic]

:sick:

By far the worst part is this:


He was originally a fan of both Manchester United and Fulham, but chose his current allegiance in 2006 when both teams were in the Premier League.

[SincereTheRebel]

Great world we live in.

[Giggles]

This sounds fucking horrid.

https://www.98fm.com/whats-on/take-look-inside-new-dublin-venue-jam-park-846243

[Pepe]

"Play" is such a wanker term.

[phonics]

They've found a bomb in a nuclear missle base apparently.

[Boydy]

They've found a bomb in a nuclear missle base apparently.

What?

[Pepe]

I found some cups in my cupboard.

[Giggles]

I had a drink of water earlier and it was wet.

[Spikey M]

It wasn't that sparkling shite then.

[Giggles]

The latest bout of "judges are shit", and this one's not even a compo claim.

https://www.independent.ie/irish-news/courts/taxi-driver-who-sexually-assaulted-three-young-women-remanded-on-bail-on-condition-no-female-passengers-sit-in-front-seat-38000923.html

[Lewis]

It's not a 'nuclear missile base' or even one of those submarines.

[John Arne]

I see some Aussie rugby bloke is in trouble for having an opinion. I don't know what to think here... I find religious types fairly bonkers, but if they want to believe that homosexuality/atheism/thieves are bad... then so be it. Are we gonna get to the point where you can only represent your country if you're a atheist lefty?

[bruhnaldo]

Thought policing is at an all-time high.

[phonics]

As people have been literally burnt alive for their thoughts not aligning with group think, I’m going to say that’s not true.

[bruhnaldo]

Suppose you have a point there.

[Disco]

I see some Aussie rugby bloke is in trouble for having an opinion. I don't know what to think here... I find religious types fairly bonkers, but if they want to believe that homosexuality/atheism/thieves are bad... then so be it. Are we gonna get to the point where you can only represent your country if you're a atheist lefty?

Maybe don't equate that one with the others.

[Lewis]

Given that he could quite easily point to the bits of the Bible that would agree with him, could you actually sanction him in any serious way without him having a decent case for religious discrimination? If those protections cover stuff like wearing particular items of clothing because a book tells you to, it must logically cover the wilder stuff as well.

[Queenslander]

I see some Aussie rugby bloke is in trouble for having an opinion. I don't know what to think here... I find religious types fairly bonkers, but if they want to believe that homosexuality/atheism/thieves are bad... then so be it. Are we gonna get to the point where you can only represent your country if you're a atheist lefty?

Surely Folau's employers are allowed to set a standard? Especially as he is under contract that has social media do's and donts which has been explained to him twice before. If he wants their money then he needs to keep it too himself.

I can only imagine the double standard if someone said something similar about polynesians?

Professional Rugby Union is his job so stuff his religious views.

[John Arne]

Surely Folau's employers are allowed to set a standard? Especially as he is under contract that has social media do's and donts which has been explained to him twice before. If he wants their money then he needs to keep it too himself.

I can only imagine the double standard if someone said something similar about polynesians?

Professional Rugby Union is his job so stuff his religious views.

That's a fair point - if you wanna work for company, then you should follow their rules. But even that seems a little draconian - it all just seems a little thought police. I guess he can believe what he wants, but for the protection of his career, he shouldnt air those thoughts.

[mo]

That's a fair point - if you wanna work for company, then you should follow their rules. But even that seems a little draconian - it all just seems a little thought police. I guess he can believe what he wants, but for the protection of his career, he shouldnt air those thoughts.

And, you know, the alienation of his supporters who might be gay.

Or thieves.

[Spikey M]

Who are we talking about and what has been said?

[niko_cee]

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/rugby-union/47880064

Israel Folau (dual code Rugby winger bod) is a (homophobic) religious nut, as is the style for certain types from the downunderverse, and much consternation is caused.

[Queenslander]

Fuck him! He is more than welcome to go nuts on social now the dumb cunt.
http://i66.tinypic.com/24x41zp.jpg

[Spikey M]

His Twitter feed is hilarious.

[phonics]

Assange has been chucked out of the embassy looking like that old version of Mr. Burns.

https://i.ytimg.com/vi/067ZRcsrdeM/maxresdefault.jpg

[Queenslander]

Between him and Folau it has been a big day for Queensland.

[Spikey M]

Fuck the world part 4847382948583

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-47878994

[Lewis]

That Rugby Australia statement seems loose enough to suggest he wasn't actually under any contractual obligation not to be a public mental, in which case I hope he sues them for the lol value.

[SincereTheRebel]

They have sacked him :face:

https://www.msn.com/en-gb/sport/rugby-union/israel-folau-sacked-rugby-australia-terminate-full-backs-contract-after-latest-anti-gay-instagram-comments/ar-BBVPAxw?li=BBoPWjQ&ocid=mailsignout

[igor_balis]

John Arne Strachan

[Disco]

Given it all dragged on for about a month the last time he did pretty much the same thing I don't think anyone should be that surprised that they've decided to bin him. Or threaten to bin him then walk it back in a few weeks so they can take him to Japan.

[Queenslander]

They have sacked him :face:

https://www.msn.com/en-gb/sport/rugby-union/israel-folau-sacked-rugby-australia-terminate-full-backs-contract-after-latest-anti-gay-instagram-comments/ar-BBVPAxw?li=BBoPWjQ&ocid=mailsignout

It was all in his contract mate.

Australian sport is in a constant war for fans and corporate money.

[Queenslander]

That Rugby Australia statement seems loose enough to suggest he wasn't actually under any contractual obligation not to be a public mental, in which case I hope he sues them for the lol value.

The NRL doesnt want him either.

[Lewis]

I bet a few teams were already putting packages together.

[Queenslander]

I bet a few teams were already putting packages together.

Unless it is 4 million or more he is of to Japan or France. The salary cap prevents players like Folau ever going back to League unless it is for massive 1 year deals IMO.

I just wish we could go back to the days where people could keep this shit and political views to themselves. I dont remember any nutjop Mormon polynesians going public last decade or in the 90's.

[Lewis]

There is that marquee fund they will never use, but I bet someone like North Queensland could have matched his union contract before this sent any third parties running a mile.

[Queenslander]

There is that marquee fund they will never use, but I bet someone like North Queensland could have matched his union contract before this sent any third parties running a mile.

I hope that marquee fund is going towards paying Tongan, Samoan, Fijian and PNG Test match wages and not on expanding an already bloated middle management at NRL and ARL head quarters.

[SincereTheRebel]

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-6915387/Drink-driver-spared-jail-female-judge-WOMAN.html

Judge Sarah Buckingham said: 'If Miss Parry was a man, there is no question it would have been straight down the stairs, because this is a shocking case of dangerous driving against a background of two previous convictions for excess alcohol.

[Spikey M]

That has to be appealed by the prosecution, surely. I was expecting it to be in relation to a violent outburst or something, which would still have been mental but atleast you could understand the angle the Judge has taken. How is gender even relevant here?

[Lewis]

Billy Vunipola is on board. I bet a Religious Weirdo XV would go well at the World Cup. Jarryd Hayne might even get a game.

[Queenslander]

Billy Vunipola is on board. I bet a Religious Weirdo XV would go well at the World Cup. Jarryd Hayne might even get a game.

Bloody Tongans.

[Spikey M]

Mongans.

[Spikey M]

It always amuses me when conquered people take the blue pill. Sort yourself out lads, the evil white man sold you a lie.

[Queenslander]

Mongans.

:D

[Queenslander]

It always amuses me when conquered people take the blue pill. Sort yourself out lads, the evil white man sold you a lie.

I reckon per capita the polynesians and the Sudanese are keeping certain congregations afloat in SEQ.

[Lewis]

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-47907370

:cool:

[Baz]

the first word cracked by GCHQ boffins was Sidebottom's favourite word, "bobbins". :)

[Shindig]

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-47987971

I was scared for a second but it appears it's actual snakes and not some rebel opposition.

[niko_cee]

Somebody had to say something (https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-48038130)

The paper straw movement must be one of the worst aspects of modern climate hysteria. Well, from my perspective at least. Fuck Tuvalu/the dolphins.

[Shindig]

Straws are for children anyway.

[Baz]

The last tweet on that article is one of the most boring I've ever read. How's he got over 3,000 followers?

[Jimmy Floyd]

I'm all for the anti-plastic thing, purely for aesthetic reasons. Brown paper bags are glorious things.

[John]

Their lids and the cups they put slushy drinks in are still plastic, so fuck knows why they've started with straws.

[phonics]

It's just them optimising supply chains because they have to use them in the US, no?

[Boydy]

Straws are for children anyway. Take a swig like an adult. Smoke a fucking cigarette.

[Offshore Toon]

The best way to consume a McDonald's milkshake is with a spoon anyway.

[Waffdon]

You must be there all day scooping it up.

[Spikey M]

1121385404593332224?s=19

:lol:

[Spikey M]

Keep an eye out on your meet up lads.

[phonics]

Hertz are sueing their webdesigners after they paid a team THIRTY TWO MILLION DOLLARS to make a website and an app and they arrived over a year late and still didn't work :D

https://www.theregister.co.uk/2019/04/23/hertz_accenture_lawsuit/

[Boydy]

I saw that yesterday. It's mad. Accenture are such a bunch of grifters. They wanted 'hundreds of thousands' more dollars to make it tablet responsive which they didn't deliver even though it was in the original requirements.

[Raoul Duke]

They've obviously just subcontracted it to some absolute jokers. Consultancies are such a waste of money (unless you like paying £100k for a Powerpoint).

[Kikó]

Depends. Done right , you bring people in that can do things you can't do and you have defined conditions in the contract. Most of the time, you just get them in to look like you're doing something (and have someone to blame if it goes to shit).

[Boydy]

For $30 million+ you could have built your own very good tech team though.

[Kikó]

No doubt.

[Kikó]

1122494406370701315

Heh.