News of the day

[Ian]

:D

I get that people want to record the best time but some of those dickheads could at least have turned back around and offered him the hand he clearly needed.

[Spikey M]

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-48090616

:cool:

[Yevrah]

:D

I get that people want to record the best time but some of those dickheads could at least have turned back around and offered him the hand he clearly needed.

To be fair, what in the fuck is he doing running the most prestigious marathon in the world dressed as Big Ben? He must be touched.

[Disco]

Probably raising money for people with cancer or something the loser.

He should have backed up and dived over the line.

[Spikey M]

If he'd dressed like The Gurkin he could have rolled over it.

[Yevrah]

Running a marathon in fancy dress is somehow worse than fancy dress itself, which is the worst thing in the world, so it's going some.

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

Where does genocide rank on the list?

[Spikey M]

Name a single genocidal maniac that didn't wear a stupid outfit.

[Disco]

If Pol Pot had rocked up at the re-education centre dressed as Hamburgler we'd have to re-evaluate that guy.

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

Name a single genocidal maniac that didn't wear a stupid outfit.

Fair point.

I assume the tandem of Robert Mugabe and Paul Ince must be top 5.

[Yevrah]

Where does genocide rank on the list?

Just above Marvel movies and Nando's, but below fancy dress.

[Shindig]

What about that bloke that ran with a fridge on his back for years?

[Yevrah]

What about that bloke that ran with a fridge on his back for years?

Worse than Hitler.

[Baz]

Just above Marvel movies and Nando's, but below fancy dress.I can get on board with this list.

[Baz]

https://twitter.com/TimmyUk

:wtf:

[SincereTheRebel]

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-6980039/Mother-slept-14-year-old-boy-cleared-child-sex-crimes.html

[Giggles]

Ahh England, never change.

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[Spikey M]

He has similar ideas to Henry on how to police the border, mind.

[Disco]

Fuck guys, we forgot to sign it.

[Shindig]

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-6980039/Mother-slept-14-year-old-boy-cleared-child-sex-crimes.html

I was going to say how drunk you need to be to make that mistake. Luckily, the article spells it out.

[bruhnaldo]

"So you are an Irish international, anybody can fucking play for Ireland. They give caps out in cornflake packets" i'm sorry but i'm fuckin crying lmao

[Manc]

All the nonsense in Piccadilly Gardens has led to an early finish. Scenes.

[Giggles]

If there ever was a need for a three strikes approach.

https://www.thejournal.ie/paul-connelly-eight-and-half-years-for-man-who-drove-into-pedestrians-on-footpath-after-taking-drugs-and-alcohol-4619152-May2019/

[mugbull]

215 convictions??!

[Giggles]

This bit would especially sicken you.


Judge Melanie Greally suspended the final 18 months of the sentence today, giving Connolly credit for his guilty plea, his remorse and his limited cooperation. She said she also took into account Connolly’s long-standing addiction issues.

[mugbull]

I wouldn’t say that sickens me, I feel no nausea and i’m on the toilet too

[niko_cee]

I like the fact that he was already banned from driving for 25 years.

25 years?

[Spikey M]

There's a massive hole in the law when it comes to driving convictions. When I was working for the court there were a good few famous cases that had thousands-and-thousands of pounds worth of fines for 'failure to ID a driver' and 'Driving otherwise than in accordance with a licence'. Which basically means they ignored the police and had their licence revoked, so, you know, they carry on as they were and just keep getting the fines and points. Hundreds of points. Still driving. No threat of prison time.

[Spikey M]

Thanks Bob.

[Pepe]

I like that you're still trying. Keep up the good fight.

[Pepe]

Yeah, them bestsellers that no one can listen to!

[Giggles]

Never knew about this :face:

https://www.irishtimes.com/news/ireland/irish-news/donegal-road-renamed-to-r2d2-in-tribute-to-star-wars-character-1.3861134?mode=amp

[niko_cee]

Prince D'Brickashaw has been born!

Well, you never know.

[Spikey M]

Prince Jizzya Shorts.

[Shindig]

Prince Boateng.

[Lewis]

The statement I saw said he was born this morning, so they've presumably been straightening its hair and making it presentable all day.

[Shindig]

The kid's a week old. Nadia Sawahla is on the case. Our taxes paid for that baby, etc.

[Jimmy Floyd]

They should use this opportunity to try and repopularise a name in decline. I vote for Clive.

[Foe]

Bernard.

[igor_balis]

First dangerous driving conviction should be a year ban, and the 2nd should be for life. Without doubt.

[Lewis]

The penalties for injuring and killing people with cars do seem to be a bit low in the better-publicised cases. What did that Polish lorry driver get for wiping a family out, ten years?

[bruhnaldo]

Prince D'Brickashaw has been born!

Well, you never know.


The statement I saw said he was born this morning, so they've presumably been straightening its hair and making it presentable all day.

didn't know yall boys were so RACIST. :worried:

[mugbull]

didn't know yall boys were so RACIST. :worried:

You didn’t?

[Lewis]

Is our royal family really going to include an 'Archie'? Is that where Britain is now?

[phonics]

Maybe they just liked the bloke from the Daz ads when he was on eastenders.

[Spikey M]

Our boy is called Archie. Now this is going to get brought up every time someone asks what he's he's fucking called. :moop:

[Lewis]

People who give their kids diminutive names should have them taken off them.

[Spikey M]

Are you going to take that John?

[Lewis]

That ship might have sailed for him.

[phonics]

Baker tweeted a black and white photo of a well-dressed man and woman holding hands with a suited chimpanzee, and captioned it: “Royal baby leaves hospital.”

After a backlash and allegations of racism, he deleted the post and apologised. “Sorry my gag pic of the little fella in the posh outfit has whipped some up. Never occurred to me because, well, mind not diseased,” he said. “Soon as those good enough to point out it’s possible connotations got in touch, down it came. And that’s it.”


The 61-year-old, who presents a weekly show on BBC Radio 5 Live, apologised again on Wednesday evening, saying the joke had been intended to poke fun at the royal family.


He wrote (https://twitter.com/prodnose/status/1126230936197259265): “Once again. Sincere apologies for the stupid unthinking gag pic earlier. Was supposed to be joke about royals vs circus animals in posh clothes but interpreted as about monkeys & race, so rightly deleted. Royal watching not my forte. Also, guessing it was my turn in the barrel.”

Milwall will be Milwall.

[Spikey M]

In fairness, it would be out of character and a very stupid joke indeed, if intended as portrayed. That's not to say he won't lose his job over it because of mass-hysteria, mind.

[phonics]

He already has done. Sacked.

[John Arne]

Just checked it. I would have thought the 'circus' angle was pretty obvious.

[Jimmy Floyd]

I saw it when he initially put it up and the RACIST angle didn't even occur to me. Shows how unwoke I am I guess.

[Lewis]

I sent it to my friend as lol look at this quality racist joke, so I'm glad they've sacked him. Racist cunt.

[Spikey M]

Twitter is in full outrage and full support of the sacking, obviously. Ridiculous really. He's not helped himself with his 'of course I didn't fucking mean that, you idiots' Line of defence, you know, not enough begging for forgiveness.

That tweet really wasn't a good look though. He's not stupid enough to not see the connotations, but he's also not thick enough to think other people wouldn't either.

[SincereTheRebel]

People are digging up old posts for new celebrities from years ago and punishing them now. We are all aware of social posting and the consequences.

[Boydy]

If I were a celebrity I would simply not use social media.

[SincereTheRebel]

Thats not enough. You need to go back and start deleted posts before you are invited to the table.

[Jimmy Floyd]

If I were a celebrity I would simply not use social media.

And yet they all do, pretty much to a man or woman (aside from a few old school types). They are exposure addicts.

[Pepe]

Got to work on 'the brand'.

[Yevrah]

They have to use it, as every fucker does. What I wouldn’t do is ever post anything without someone else vetting it first though.

And fair play to him for not issuing a grovelling apology. It would have made absolutely no difference whatsoever. Once the professionally offended are offended, they don’t rest until there’s a sacking.

[Disco]

Nobody has to use it, they just aren't willing to do without it.

[Lewis]

He did apologise straight away, and that still wasn't good enough, because everyone knows what he meant better than he does. Ah well. PG gone mad, as someone said on the Twitter.

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

He claimed he didn't even know who had the Royal Baby.

I personally don't think it's racist (but I can see why others do in this day and age) but he hasn't helped himself after the event.

[Yevrah]

There was genuinely nothing he could do after the event. It doesn't work that way.

[mugbull]

This PC nightmare shit isn't gonna last that much longer. It'll reverse to where it was in 2005 or so within 7 years.

[phonics]

It's one of those things that would have been in the past a several week long meltdown in the tabloids with everyone eventually settling on doing nothing because nobody involved with any power actually cares.

The tweet/joke had obvious racist connotations. I don't believe he meant them but he had to be thick not to see them. He shouldn't have been sacked but they should have instead done a show of his on it. He was in the wrong for posting it. The Beeb were wrong for acting so quickly on it.Presumably under pressure from the likes of the Sun/Mail who were on his doorstep ASAP, groups that have done much more terrible and offensive things every other day because it suits their anti-beeb agenda to be pro-PC culture in this situation.

[Shindig]

If he found a picture with an African elephant, he'd have been safe as houses.

[Jimmy Floyd]

Without wanting to 'whatabout', Alan Sugar tweeted something far worse and far more racist (deliberately so, too) and didn't get SACKED from the Apprentice. The beeb are a bunch of wet losers who make it up as they go along.

[phonics]

Without wanting to 'whatabout', Alan Sugar tweeted something far worse and far more racist (deliberately so, too) and didn't get SACKED from the Apprentice. The beeb are a bunch of wet losers who make it up as they go along.

Agreed, that was definitely racist and he definitely knew it. However, Baker is paid well and also been sacked by them multiple times for various behavior issues so think it was easy for them.

[Baz]

What did Alan Sugar say?

[Shindig]

https://i2.wp.com/metro.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/sei_17883588.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&zoom=1&resize=540%2C562&ssl=1

[SincereTheRebel]

:lol:

[Spikey M]

I'm not sure if I'm black enough to get away with laughing at that.

[SincereTheRebel]

When people in a position of power openly make racist jokes in a public forum, makes it even better.

[Ian]

I missed some excellent "America is lovely" stories this week. I was reading about how Alabama Republicans seemingly want to make rape punishable with a sentence ten times stricter than that of rape and it led me on to a heartwarming story of an 11 year old in Ohio who was raped and, as things stand, is legally barred from aborting the pregnancy that has resulted from it.

[Baz]

Serves her right for being such a sexy little cherno.

[phonics]

https://i.imgur.com/POzlXM0.png

Wild. If that's hate speech every one on this forum is doing a 3 year stint at least.

[Spikey M]

Everyone I've ever met is.

[mugbull]

Some guy just got banned from a baseball stadium for doing that upside down “OK” finger sign that’s been a meme for a while now. Apparently it’s also a white supremacist gesture. Who knew.

[Spikey M]

Everyone?

[Giggles]

So why wasn't Sugar investigated?

It's all some load of bollocks.

[John Arne]

Presumably, some journo hack would have reported, simply to extend the story.

[Jimmy Floyd]

So why wasn't Sugar investigated?

It's all some load of bollocks.

Because the Apprentice is worth big money and Danny Baker's 5 live show isn't. Simple as that.

Some are saying it's because the Apprentice is made by a production company, but you think if Richard Osman called someone a nigger on Pointless the beeb would brush it off as an Endemol matter? I don't think so.

[Ian]

Some guy just got banned from a baseball stadium for doing that upside down “OK” finger sign that’s been a meme for a while now. Apparently it’s also a white supremacist gesture. Who knew.

Everyone?

Really? The only association I have with that hand gesture is what Google tells me is called "the circle game."

https://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=Circle%20Game

Unless there is some subtle distinction.

[Baz]

Some guy just got banned from a baseball stadium for doing that upside down “OK” finger sign that’s been a meme for a while now. Apparently it’s also a white supremacist gesture. Who knew.

https://www.adl.org/sites/default/files/styles/max_650x650/public/2019-04/OkayLarge267x296.jpg?itok=BAkTglHS

[-james-]

I do that sometimes to indicate something is good/going well. Am I going to get cancelled?

[Giggles]

I think it's more when it's the other way up.

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[Boydy]

https://cheesecake.articleassets.meaww.com/39574/uploads/a0deab06b822852f6c7c06e3df6a8921_800_420.jpeg

[mugbull]

Yeah i think that guy did that in reference to the meme, which has soiled anyone who’s done it since then

[Boydy]

No, it was a white power thing long before then.

[Manc]

The world has gone fucking mad.

[Spikey M]

https://i.postimg.cc/ydzb6cqg/Donald-Trump-Debate-OK-Reuters.jpg

Scum.

[Pepe]

:D

[mikem]

The whole point is that it is just the ok sign. White power groups in the US use it and then go “What do you mean?” so it is impossible to tell if the guy at the game is harmless or this:

https://mobile.twitter.com/IGD_News/status/1126670175384662016

[Vercetti]

...if Richard Osman called someone a nigger on Pointless the beeb would brush it off as an Endemol matter? I don't think so.


The idea of that amused me way more than it should have.

[phonics]

If this man was simply playing 'the circle game' then he lost the game. The circle is above his waist, a clear flaunting of the traditional rules. This evidence on top of the fact that he's at a baseball game means that I am compelled to sentence this man to 'probably a racist'.

[phonics]

Jeremy Kyle show has been suspended indefinitely after one of the guests topped themselves shortly after being on it.

[Lewis]

How has that not happened before?

[SvN]

The broadcaster took Monday's show off air and replaced it with a repeat of Dickinson's Real Deal.

I smell a conspiracy.

[Yevrah]

How has that not happened before?

It is staggering that it hasn't, if not.

[SincereTheRebel]

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-7023193/Matador-wipes-away-tears-bloodied-bull-handkerchief-killing-it.html

I didnt know they actually kill the bull in the end. I thought they put him back in a cage for further fights.

[Pepe]

Where do you think the term 'Matador' comes from?

[SincereTheRebel]

I know what a Matador is but i I dont know the true meaning behind the game. I thought they would just dance around the bull and the same bull is used over and over again like horse racing.

[Disco]

The matador is only in for the last bit, there's toriedors and a bloke on a horse before they get involved.

[Pepe]

Nope, they get poked with spears, made to chase the red towel for a while, and killed at the end. And then dragged around the floor for a while.

[Disco]

I have a feeling matador vs fresh bull would be a very different show.

[Yevrah]

Indeed, which is the main problem I have with this ludicrous game/sport/pat time - what actually is it?

If the bull was a fully fit one and it was a fair fight then fine, crack on. As it is, I hope you yourself die a painful death you scummy little coward.

[Shindig]

It's a spectacle rather than a sporting contest. Americans do it better with Rodeo.

[Alex]

Jeremy Kyle show has been suspended indefinitely after one of the guests topped themselves shortly after being on it.

Good. Regardless of however much that smug twat pretends that he's trying to help people it's never been anything more than nasty, exploitative television. It's effectively the modern day equivalent of a freak show. "Pay your money! Step inside! Have a good laugh at the unemployed dossers and their horrible, lower class existence!".

Some of the stuff I've read in the wake of this about the way it's put together, particularly what goes on backstage, is horrible. He, and the rest of the people involved in making it, want to be fucking ashamed of themselves.

[phonics]

I saw a quote from one of the production people talking of the casting that went along the lines of "People on Prozac are the right type of mad"

[Baz]

A theatre of cruelty. :o


I saw a quote from one of the production people talking of the casting that went along the lines of "People on Prozac are the right type of mad"

It's here: https://jonathanronson.tumblr.com/post/184847097642/an-excerpt-from-the-psychopath-test-about-a-guest

[Shindig]

It's the kind of thing you're amazed hasn't happened sooner. Part of me thought some of the guests were plants as well.

[Lewis]

To be fair, the guy did fail the lie detector test, so will anyone really miss him?

[Disco]

If this is the logic upon which we're cancelling tv programs how many are actually going to be left?

[Shindig]

The tributes from his family suggest so. Including the woman who broke up with him before the show. Mixed signals, girl.

[Baz]

If this is the logic upon which we're cancelling tv programs how many are actually going to be left?Love Island has had 2 suicides and is still going strong, thankfully.

[Baz]

Jezza’s been cancelled forever.

[niko_cee]

This does open up a range of possibilities.

Hopefully a guest on Gardeners' World tops themselves at some point.

[Ian]

Jezza’s been cancelled forever.

Well, until some other channel that cares less picks him up.

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

Jezza’s been cancelled forever.

For a split second I thought I was in the WWE thread and Corbin had gotten the sack.

ffs :(

[Jimmy Floyd]

This does open up a range of possibilities.

Hopefully a guest on Gardeners' World tops themselves at some point.

Please, please, please Antiques Roadshow. I can't take it anymore.

[Ian]

"This would be worth just under £2m normally but sadly when getting it out of the car you've damaged the filigree and it's now worthless."
*killing spree*

[niko_cee]

:D

Yes!

[Ian]

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-48280492

"These child sex offences were committed whilst he was speaking to investigating officers."

I mean I'd say it was a mistake letting him bring kids into the interrogation room in the first place.

[Boydy]

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-48280492


I mean I'd say it was a mistake letting him bring kids into the interrogation room in the first place.

:D

Ha

[Yevrah]

Is that the bloke that was fuelling Tom Watson's "I know something paeda-big" nonsense that he refused to let go?

[Ian]

He seems to have been implicating everybody since Pitt the Elder / Lord Palmerston.

[Spikey M]

Yeah, well lucky m8.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-lancashire-48339242

[niko_cee]

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-48348431

:D

Spain really is an amazing place.

[Disco]

It's stuck in a place/time where it's still acceptable to spend 300 years building a cathedral.

[SvN]

Female-voice AI reinforces bias, says UN report


These female helpers are portrayed as "obliging and eager to please", reinforcing the idea that women are "subservient", it finds.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-48349102

I want to get off, I'm done.

[Pepe]

Does anyone actually use those things?

[Spikey M]

Disco does on his phone.

[Disco]

First 'feature' I turned off. :drool:

[Giggles]

Does anyone actually use those things?

Does anyone not? Unless they're making a statement or something like.

I've a male voice on all mince since they first introduced the option to change anyway.

[mugbull]

They're completely useless

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

Alexa is great tbh.

I call her wife.

[Disco]

I've never used one purely because I'm completely happy with the speed/ease with which I do all the things they do so what would be the point.

[Pepe]

What are the things they do?

[mugbull]

What are the things they do?

They can turn off your lights, which is great for those of us allergic to light switches

[Pepe]

That requires extra controls though, doesn't it? At which point you can just carry a button with you (or do it from your phone) instead of shouting at a plastic box like a pleb.

[Spikey M]

It's a woman willing to talk to Mahow.

[Pepe]

Well, at least that's one use. Can't think of a better tool for that job.

[Shindig]

It's a machine. It cannot love him back.

[Disco]

Skynet is going to really hold this against us.

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

It's a machine. It cannot love him back.
Yes she fucking can.

[Disco]

With the correct ..... attachment I'm sure it could be done.

[Shindig]

"Alexa, tell me I'm good."
"I'm Good is a song by The Mowgli's from their 2015 album 'Kids in Love'".

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

Well she hasn't left me yet.

[Pepe]

With the correct ..... attachment I'm sure it could be done.

:D

[Spikey M]

USexB port indeed.

[Giggles]

That requires extra controls though, doesn't it? At which point you can just carry a button with you (or do it from your phone) instead of shouting at a plastic box like a pleb.

If you had to shout at it that is.

[Pepe]

Sorry, talk to it gently. We don't want to reinforce negative stereotypes.

[SvN]

I only really use mine for setting timers, turning on the TV and asking for definitions when cheating on the crossword.

[Giggles]

Timers are the best thing on them. And adding to/viewing the shopping list.

[phonics]

Imagine paying more than a quid for a virtual egg timer that you have to talk to. The things people convince themselves are good will never not boggle the mind.

[mugbull]

Imagine paying more than a quid for a virtual egg timer that you have to talk to. The things people convince themselves are good will never not boggle the mind.

All told I'd rather get 200 fidget spinners than an Alexa

[Giggles]

Imagine paying more than a quid for a virtual egg timer that you have to talk to. The things people convince themselves are good will never not boggle the mind.

Says the mong who'd spend hundreds on moon boots.

[bruhnaldo]

Phones are like the swiss army knife of this generation.

At least when I was a kid I feel like every now and then someone would show off theirs and all the fancy little things it had on it that, for the most part, were entirely useless.

But, their main function (communication / cutting) remained entirely viable.

[Lewis]

https://www.theguardian.com/music/2019/may/22/natalie-portman-criticises-moby-friendship-dating-memoir

Good choice of picture, Mobes. That'll convince 'em.

[mugbull]

I remember reading that original piece and being surprised that Natalie Portman would ever go out with him. The dude is absolutely insane.

[Smjffy]

I actually bought the Echo maybe two weeks ago. I thought it was a wireless speaker I was buying. I had a play and it's now stashed away forever more. £90 worth of bollocks. Perhaps some find enjoyment in it but for me it's just not worked.

[Baz]

Portman finished the tirade against the former Techno musician with “36-year-old baldheaded fag, blow me. You don't know me, you're too old, let go it's over.”:baz:

[Mike]

Mine turns the kettle on when I ask it. Did it via my phone on my way home yesterday. Utterly pointless really :D

[Giggles]

Not an ounce of shame. If she gets a penny out of this riots are needed.

https://m.herald.ie/news/courts/td-had-items-in-both-hands-when-she-fell-off-swing-hotel-claims-38131916.html

[Ian]

"In circuit court proceedings, she accused the hotel of negligence, saying the swing was "unsupervised" and there were no signs to instruct patrons how to safely use it."

It's a fucking swing, mate.

[Giggles]

Supposed to be running a country as part of a government - can't operate a swing unsupervised.

[Shindig]

Ms Bailey claimed she can no longer sit or stand for long periods without experiencing pain or discomfort. She also said she used to run 70km a week before the fall, but has had to reduce this to less than 20km.

That's almost nothing.

[Jimmy Floyd]

70km a week? That's not far off two marathons.

[Giggles]

Fair going for someone who can't manage sitting on a swing without assistance.

[Shindig]

With her hands full.

[Giggles]

Thick as mince and about to be €60,000 better off. Sometimes I think I was clueless when I wouldn't claim when my van was rear ended last year. I'd have pulled 20k minimum.

[Giggles]

The papers had the story this morning that she ran a 10k race 3 weeks after the fall but the court papers say she couldn't run at all for 3 months. Needless to say she's now dropped the claim.


https://www.independent.ie/irish-news/courts/td-bailey-ran-10km-race-three-weeks-after-swing-fall-38146778.html

https://m.independent.ie/irish-news/politics/swing-case-td-maria-bailey-drops-compensation-claim-against-hotel-38147952.html

She'd really want to be resigning at this stage.

[Giggles]

She's just went on the radio to "give her side" and went down in flames, this is glorious :drool:


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[Pepe]

https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/fbi-tapes-reveal-martin-luther-kings-affairs-with-40-women-058h7k9wd

[Lewis]

They let him get away with cheating on his doctorate, and then look what happened.

[Pepe]

:uhoh:

[Giggles]

Fuck that.

https://www.irishmirror.ie/news/irish-news/snake-python-found-wicklow-mountains-16213536

[John]

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-sussex-48443134

As if that story couldn't get any better, it turns out the town already has a statue of Ho Chi Minh because he once worked on a ferry that docked there. What the fuck is their local government up to?


The plaque reads: "Rest in peace Eric 'Eazy-E' Wright 1964-1995"

:D

[Ian]

US energy department rebrands gas exports 'molecules of freedom'
(https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-48454674)

US energy officials appeared to rebrand natural gas produced in the country as "freedom gas", in a statement announcing an increase in exports.

The US Department of Energy said the expansion of a Texas facility meant more "molecules of US freedom" could be produced and exported worldwide.

Incredible.

[Queenslander]

US energy department rebrands gas exports 'molecules of freedom'
(https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-48454674)


Incredible.

Australia will follow.

[Baz]

I’m definitely going to Newhaven.

[niko_cee]

I'm about 10 minutes drive from Newhaven at the moment and am quite tempted to go and sit on Eazy-E's bench.

[Spikey M]

Do it and post a picture in the Mugshot thread.

[Baz]

I'm about 10 minutes drive from Newhaven at the moment and am quite tempted to go and sit on Eazy-E's bench.

You must.

[niko_cee]

I've sown the seeds to go and do it tomorrow, I just need to find out where it actually is.

[Baz]

I've sown the seeds to go and do it tomorrow, I just need to find out where it actually is.Denton Island, apparently. :sorry:

https://www.newhaventowncouncil.gov.uk/news/eazy-e-bench-installed-newhaven/

[Shindig]

He'll get there and there'll be an old couple on it already. Or a queue.

[Spikey M]

Fuck it. Guys, forget what you've got planned for today. Let's have a meet. Grab your 40's - I reckon a bottle of White Lightning is our equivalent - and head on down. All day ting. Let's do it.

[Ian]

I mean I'm fucking miles away. Can I Skype in?

[phonics]

So was Sincere and no-one turned up to it. Get some dedication ffs.

[SincereTheRebel]

So was Sincere and no-one turned up to it. Get some dedication ffs.

Still hurts. I had my ticket and everything.

[niko_cee]

I'm going for it.

If I don't return erect a memorial bench in my honour.

[Spikey M]

I'll pour my bottle of Drench on the curb in your honour.

[Giggles]

Not one of the sharper knives in the drawer.

https://www.independent.ie/irish-news/courts/pictured-man-who-went-to-garda-to-complain-over-quality-of-his-drugs-38173180.html

[Pepe]

Everyone knows that you go to the vendor/manufacturer first. Amateur move.

[Spikey M]

It's a civil matter. You take it to CannaCon.

[phonics]

Apple have announced their new line of products which includes a 32" monitor that costs 6 grand and the stand is so sophisticated it'll set you back 1/6th of the monitor that goes on it.

[Pepe]

:drool:

[Giggles]

Apple have announced their new line of products which includes a 32" monitor that costs 6 grand and the stand is so sophisticated it'll set you back 1/6th of the monitor that goes on it.

There was audible laughter during that one.

[Pepe]

Is it meant for 'designers' and 'artists'?

[Spikey M]

Igor's

[Pepe]

Just Googled it. It is meant for 'pros.'

[Vercetti]

Wankers.

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

https://www.apple.com/newsroom/images/product/mac/standard/Apple_Mac-Pro-Display-Pro_Display-Pro-Swivel-Screen_060319_inline.gif.large_2x.gif

So advanced you can go in portrait mode.

[Shindig]

So... when are you getting one?

[phonics]

So advanced you can go in portrait mode.

90% of the people who buy one will use it to look at their twitter feed.

[-james-]

https://www.apple.com/newsroom/images/product/mac/standard/Apple_Mac-Pro-Display-Pro_Display-Pro-Swivel-Screen_060319_inline.gif.large_2x.gif

So advanced you can go in portrait mode.

I used to have a monitor that did this and it certainly didn't cost six grand.

[phonics]

Think of how many more spreadsheet cells you could fit on your betting software with the extra 4000 pixels though

[Giggles]

There are some fucking knob ends out there.

https://www.breakingnews.ie/ireland/cctv-footage-of-dangerous-incidents-released-as-luas-operator-launches-safety-appeal-928598.html

[Pepe]

The one that crashed into the train. :D

[Disco]

What is a Luas and why is it called that?

[Giggles]

What is a Luas and why is it called that?

The tram in Dublin City. Luas is the Irish for speed/pace (ironically), and also Light Urban Area Service.

[bruhnaldo]

the lad who took the weed to the police just seemed like a homeless who needed a night indoors from the story :(

[Giggles]

He's in a better place now, ie. not here.

[Disco]

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[Sir Andy Mahowry]

I'm sure she felt much better after that quick spin.

[Spikey M]

1135985034857345024

:lol:

[SvN]

That's absolutely hilarious :D

[Disco]

Injured while hiking, definitely all the injuries happened while hiking.

[Pepe]

Fuckin' hell, rather be left to death. :D

[Shindig]

There's a point where it stops being funny and then becomes funny again.

[John]

She's spinning every bit as quickly as that Baumgartner lad who jumped from space.

[Spikey M]

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-48564192

Apparently being a fraud doesn't generate enough hatred.

[niko_cee]

Just seems such an odd choice. Does he not have any friends?

[Baz]

Second choice was Bartholomert

[SincereTheRebel]

Ozil to give up his word cup medal and be capped with Turkey

[Jimmy Floyd]

Astonishingly poor judgement really.

[Ian]

"This would be worth just under £2m normally but sadly when getting it out of the car you've damaged the filigree and it's now worthless."
*killing spree*

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-norfolk-48549105

[John]

https://metro.co.uk/2019/06/18/cyclist-ordered-pay-compensation-woman-stepped-front-looking-phone-9996411

Clash of the titanic dickheads.

[niko_cee]

Probably lucky they didn't send him to prison like the fixie-bike guy.

[Disco]

Fuck that, if a green light doesn't give you right of way then what's the point of them at all?

[Giggles]

Yeah it's a complete load of bollocks and I'd be the first person to love seeing a cyclist get done normally. Might as well turn off all the lights so.

[Disco]

Quite. The road is for cars, if you're stepping into it as a pedestrian it's on you to make sure nothing is coming.

[bruhnaldo]

Do pedestrians not always have the right away over there?

[Giggles]

Do pedestrians not always have the right away over there?

They do, same as here. Which is what's complete bollocks in the first place.

[Spikey M]

There's a fun game over here in which school kids attempt to push their mates into busy roads. They're then in fits of laughter at their near death and the accidents this could have caused. You should be allowed to mount the fucking pavement.

[bruhnaldo]

I saw a video of some girl who did that as a bus was coming and the girl literally tripped and the back wheel of the bus nearly popped her skull like a watermelon.

Aye here it is:


https://youtu.be/AYZZlI_cfVQ

[Shindig]

Props to the person pulling up at the end of that clip. Presumably to whoop someone.

[Offshore Toon]

Was walking past my nearest tube station earlier and saw some kids chasing another kid into the station. Walked back past a few minutes later and there were police cars, then an ambulance. Now been confirmed there was a stabbing. #London

Bit mad, though. There are quite a lot of lunatics around here, especially at Aldi in Tottenham, but I've been enjoying it more than anything. These kids looked about 15 or younger. Maybe its not as safe around here as I thought.

[The Merse]

Whereabouts Offy?

The amount of times I had similar when I was in Mile End was a bit much, I must say. It never really bothered me but now I'm up in leafy Islington it's dawned on me how nice it is to once again find a police siren a cause for concern...

[Offshore Toon]

The station was Turnpike Lane. At least the police were there rapidly.

The main thing I've noticed since moving to London, though, is how bad the drivers are. It's not surprising that half the barriers on the pavement are folded over.

[niko_cee]

As if the Green Lanes have ever been safe.

Probably some stray members of the Wood Green Massive, if that's still a going concern.

[Baz]

I always presume people who get stabbed must have done something to make the stabber(s) think they deserve it. So I’m safe, basically, cos who’d wanna stab someone as awesome as me? :baz:

[Jimmy Floyd]

It's safe for you. Black kids in London grow up desperate to be like American gangsters for some unknown reason.

[Offshore Toon]

Yeah, it's fine. It's definitely more hectic than I thought it'd be, but I'm actually more comfortable at this pace. I just need to find the right knife to match my trainers then I'm all set.

In other news, my mate was sat on a park bench the other week when he got swarmed by three lads in balaclavas. One of them put a hand on his shoulder and said "let's make this easy, yeah?" so he went along with it and one of them grabbed his phone.

Then the guy takes off the phone cover, says "it's not my phone," hands it back and they all just cycle off.

[SincereTheRebel]

https://metro.co.uk/2019/06/18/cyclist-ordered-pay-compensation-woman-stepped-front-looking-phone-9996411

Clash of the titanic dickheads.

It it was a car, he would have got off nice.

[igor_balis]

Was walking past my nearest tube station earlier and saw some kids chasing another kid into the station. Walked back past a few minutes later and there were police cars, then an ambulance. Now been confirmed there was a stabbing. #London

Bit mad, though. There are quite a lot of lunatics around here, especially at Aldi in Tottenham, but I've been enjoying it more than anything. These kids looked about 15 or younger. Maybe its not as safe around here as I thought.

That fucking aldi was terrifying. I felt especially uncomfortable as my mate was wearing white jeans and some kind of captain beefheart overcoat, and talking loudly about Henry James novels. Hes basically exactly what Lewis pretends to think I am.