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I suggest we trade places, then we can get Disney to make a film out of our hilarious misadventures.

The debates make me laugh. We've had televised Prime Minister's question time for years, which is essentially the same thing, but more bitchy.

Unless you replace the House of Lords with an elected Senate, like we should have done half a century ago. It is true that the House of Lords has, for some years, been the most successful and effective part of our Parliamentary system, but that's not really saying a whole lot. Thanks to Radio 4 I now hear the emperor's music from Star Wars every time I see Mandelson on TV. If the theory is that it shouldn't work and it does, my money's on reality, not the theory. I agree that he should really be officially referred to as Darth Mandelson.

I have to agree. I had held off posting a thread like this because I was, like: "Surely I can't have understood this. They double public sector pay, refuse to pay taxes, and then throw a hissy fit because everything goes **** up?" I wouldn't mind if the people rioting were the bastards who DID pay some tax. BUt no, it's LoF's mates. Actually, LoF, you should get in there. All that tear gas. Emotions running high. No real chance of getting killed. You'll be dining off that in trendy coffee houses for years.

1. Mine scrip token 2. Bilge pump bearings 3. Silk suit 4. Horse's saddle 5. Scrap of flag 6. A cup 7. Clockwork toy 8. Stone block from fortress 9. Heraldic shield 10. Novel mechanical contrivance (commercial) 11. Novel mechanical contrivance (military) 12. Embroidered hessian needle case 13. A whisk 14. A contract to provide an ornamental plaster wall 15. A mysterious tombstone 16. A small bag of gold ingots 17. A traveller's pack and blanket 18. A magical srying device 19. A set of fine eating crockery 20. A missionary's collection box 21. The rigging of a ship or barge 22. An idiot savant, skilled in numismatics 23. Flint and kindling 24. A vital constitutional document 25. A large musical instrument 26. A brass bell 27. A drinking horn 28. A magical flute which makes people very alert 29. A brooch depicting a sea leopard, in painted wood 30. A set of engineer's tools 31. A token of the love between two people 32. The sign from outside an Inn 33. A ceremonial torch, from a temple 34. A military standard belonging to a 'certain' regiment 35. A shipment of dye 36. A religious symbol, made of weapons 37. A baby 38. A man's sandals 39. The award of a political honour 40. A cartload of wattles 41. A voodoo doll 42. The king's nightcap 43. A battle-scarred sundial 44. A bank 45. A dagger 46. A replica of a skull of a famous hero 47. A surgeon's bag. 48. A collecting pot for voting tokens (ballot box) 49. A 10 ft copper statue of a god 50. A child's caly rattle 51. A large bass trumpet 52. A pottery wine jug 53. A draft of a peace treaty 54. A wool merchant's trading book 55. Some undergarments 56. A jar of cat's eyes 57. A bloodstained handkerchief 58. Letter from a composer of music 59. A mummified hand 60. A top class war chariot 61. A ball gown 62. Tiny executioner's axe 63. An armoured ox-drawn waggon 64. The bell rope from a cathedral 65. A tapestry map 66. A revolutionary warship 67. The mummified remains of a priest 68. A diamond brooch wedding gift 69. A mountain man's finely crafted goatskin boots 70. An adventurer's boot, with hidden compartments 71. The robes of a priestess 72. A war drum 73. A preserved sheep 74. A helmet 75. A chalice, which neutralises alcohol 76. A pony 77. A medal 78. A jar of beans 79. A human jawbone 80. A kite 81. An enchanted box which answers questions 82. A wolf 83. A loin of beef 84. The keys to the castle 85. A nun's habit 86. A coracle 87. A milepost 88. An archaeologist's hammer 89. A ship's anchor 90. Stone hand axe 91. An alchemical flask full of volatile spirits 92. A sunken wreck 93. A silver boxo of tea leaves 94. The corpse of a fat man 95. A rare and expensive fruit 96. An enchanted glass swan 97. A new kind of lock 98. A toilet 99. A tin ingot 100. A slave.

All my own work. D100 1. Players 2. Authorities 3. Old hag 4. Fair maiden 5. Band of brigands 6. Invading army 7. Small child 8. Priest 9. Pauper 10. Crow 11. A herd of animals 12. A group of artists 13. An accountant 14. A scientific institute 15. A hospice 16. The state army 17. A herald 18. A royal inspector 19. A northern university 20. An architect 21. A butler 22. A seneschal 23. A tax collector 24. A sewer cleaner 25. A rat catcher 26. An insurer 27. An engineer 28. A lawyer 29. A craftsman 30. A teacher 31. A professional athlete 32. A foreign religious body 33. A cartographical society 34. A geologist 35. A forester 36. An alchemist 37. A witchdoctor 38. A numismatist 39. A plumber 40. A young scholar 41. A marine 42. The owner of an art gallery 43. A marksman 44. The rider of a mythical (ish) flying beast 45. A troupe of strolling actors 46. A musician 47. A dark-skined tribesman 48. A yellow-skinned foreign visitor 49. A tedious old bastard 50. An armourer 51. An astronomer 52. A professional dancer 53. A collector of rare plants 54. A poisoner 55. A midwife 56. A grave robber 57. A gaoler from a charity bedlam 58. A captain 59. A shipwright 60. An orchestra 61. A blind beggar 62. An opera singer 63. A seige engineer 64. A portrait painter 65. A field gunner 66. A seamstress 67. An organist 68. A pamphleteer 69. A sculptor 70. A ranger 71. The victim of an accident 72. A man who abuses animals 73. A bird watcher 74. A hunter 75. A campaigner for public health 76. A dragon hunter 77. A specialist in rare diseases 78. A disabled sailor 79. A watchman 80. A keeper in a private zoo 81. A page boy 82. A victualler 83. An adviser to nobles 84. A secretary 85. A knight 86. A king 87. A Usurper 88. A leper 89. A witch 90. A thief 91. A tailor 92. A farmer 93. A fisherman 94. A footpad 95. A prostitute 96. A housewife 97. A chef 98. A raconteur 99. A prisoner 100. A gaoler

With Brown out of office no-one will need Mandelson enough to put up with him. Although of course he will still be a peer.

:lol: I just had a Labour candidate canvass me at the door. I very politely and calmly explained in detail why I would not be voting Labour. This was demonstrably more effective than simply shouting at her. She looked genuinely crestfallen which only got worse when I commisserated with her!

I've given it quite a bit of thought and reached a decision. If Gordon Brown wins the election then we're basically completely ****ed. Given that I have no formal obligation to stay in the country any more I am considering whether I should move to Canada or Australia. Both seem to be chock full of awesome people, and more sensible governments who understand the term 'social contract'.

Your sac is just being toughened up for greater things. OK that sounded a lot more personally suggestive than intended.

Is that cos of it being featured by Audiosurf?

My objection to all the criticism, including (no offence intended) this one, is that I don't see what contingency would be appropriate. The rig explodes and sinks. There's not much I can see helping in that instance. So they spend the money on stopping it happening in the first place. I don't think my past comments paint me as some corporate shill. but i like to think when I criticise corporations I'm being fair. And I don't see what more BP could have done.

I am unable to post any pictures of England, since I can't find a picture of a bunch of schoolchildren kicking a pensioner to death while some middle class professionals throw hemp ponchos at a fox hunter.

I think I'm eminently qualified to point out that you need a base level of fitness to even participate in training. I think being mainly sedentary is far more dangerous than body fat. I've seen perfectly spherical senior NCOs blasting along like running snakes. I also agree with WoD. Western warfare is going to become robot based. Hell, it already is moving that way.

Wrong, extra wrong, and super wrong. You're saying that incest is not more likely to produce genetic abonormalities, and nor are eggs from an older woman, and nor is there any stigma attached to a kid for having been born in incest? Riiiiight. @Junai: Again, My sincere apologies. I shouldn't have jumped on you like that.

I don't really understand either, so it's fine by me. EDIT: I've just been told we have access to 3rd ed here. Not that that will help, since I'm too lazy to read it.

That woman isn't hot. She's an alien.

A plan, as they say, with no drawbacks.

I've got a crazy idea: why don't we just accept that our lardy shape is a consequence of the peace and propserity we enjoy. And celebrate it?

Spider Jeruslaem's take on voting (mature language)

Dream about Thailand, Krez. The women there are beautiful, and the food is amazing.

If Junai knew that, then he deserves my sincere apologies. Sorry. EDIT: Back on main aspect: what about the kid? It cannot possibly be anything other than wanton cruelty to give birth to a child under these conditions. Ignoring the risk of recessive genetic abnormality from the incest, the mother's also ancient. Then you have the lifelong stigma which will be attached. It's just not right.

I'd dearly love to know what LoF actually does for a living.

Yes... because both those countries have the knowhow to create a bomb, and cheerfully engage in bonkers activity. Iran is possibly the world's biggest single sponsor of terrorism through its groups in Lebanon, and Iraq. And if it wanted to nuke the USA or Israel it would need to use 'foreign' uranium as the most basic step in plausible deniability.

I'de bet 50 quid that out of a random sample of 100 britishers that 90 couldn't locate Washington DC on a map in under three seconds.