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“In many tribal societies the consumption of alcohol is, and was, confined to religious and ceremonial occasions, such as the interment of bodies, the construction of tom ...

Just reading Francis Pryor’s Scenes from Prehistoric Life. It’s about the major prehistoric sites in Britain and is quite interesting, but as always with Pryor his thinking always runs on the same ...

My youngest works in the Co-Op at weekends. They are a very good employer, but they are easily the most expensive store in the town. Their business model appears to be to set up in areas where people ...

Of course, most didn't actually leave. They just pretended they had become Christians. Eventually the Spanish Inquisition was required to seek them out.

Incidentally that explains why Spaniards hav ...

I think Scotland is such a corrupt place that the police would not have dared to arrest any high-ranking SNP politicians unless they were bang to rights.

And Sturgeon would never have resigned unl ...

Centre of towns? Rail

British politics is full of such mysteries.

My favourite is that mediocrity, John Major. His father was a music-hall performer turned garden gnome maker. John achieved three O levels at school and ...

Sunak is so useless he has achieved what was thought to be a complete impossibility: to make the British public feel sorry for Diane Abbott.

And the speaker is just as crap at his job. There is a l ...

I was banned from Twitter for hoping that both the Labour and Conservative Party would kill themselves.
I appealed on the grounds that I wasn't promoting suicide, just being metaphorical, but to no ...

There is no official start to Spring, despite what the BBC meteorologists would have you believe when they talk of the "official" start of Spring.

Spring actually started last week when ...

Evening Standard has just said that Sadiq has a 25% lead in the polls. But who is voting for him?

Yes I know the Muslims are. But the Hindus won't vote for a Muslim. Anyone with an old car won't vo ...

I'm amused that no-one is allowed to ask the obvious question about Nikki Haley: how you so white, Nimirata Randhawa?

When Michael Jackson bleached his skin the media never stopped reporting it, b ...

Kamala Harris is less popular than Hilary so surely they won't choose her. Michelle Obama is untested in frontline politics.

That means they have to go for a white man.

I think Gavin Newsom, G ...

It's happening in rugby as well. Regularly players just standing there get sent off for dangerous play when someone clatters into them.

What's going on? They used to be contact sports.

Of course it's not really genocide, but it's super fun to accuse the Jews of it.

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Topic: Who Built The Stones?
Grant Replies: 201 Views: 115026	Forum: Megalithic Posted: 8:12 am Subject: Who Built The Stones?
Grant Replies: 201 Views: 115026	But here’s a good one: “In many tribal societies the consumption of alcohol is, and was, confined to religious and ceremonial occasions, such as the interment of bodies, the construction of tom ...
Topic: Who Built The Stones?
Grant Replies: 201 Views: 115026	Forum: Megalithic Posted: 8:09 am Subject: Who Built The Stones?
Grant Replies: 201 Views: 115026	Just reading Francis Pryor’s Scenes from Prehistoric Life. It’s about the major prehistoric sites in Britain and is quite interesting, but as always with Pryor his thinking always runs on the same ...
Topic: Questions Of The Day
Grant Replies: 4538 Views: 802462	Forum: Politics Posted: 8:43 pm Subject: Questions Of The Day
Grant Replies: 4538 Views: 802462	My youngest works in the Co-Op at weekends. They are a very good employer, but they are easily the most expensive store in the town. Their business model appears to be to set up in areas where people ...
Topic: The role of belief in knowledge
Grant Replies: 75 Views: 48180	Forum: APPLIED EPISTEMOLOGY Posted: 1:58 pm Subject: The role of belief in knowledge
Grant Replies: 75 Views: 48180	Of course, most didn't actually leave. They just pretended they had become Christians. Eventually the Spanish Inquisition was required to seek them out. Incidentally that explains why Spaniards hav ...
Topic: Questions Of The Day
Grant Replies: 4538 Views: 802462	Forum: Politics Posted: 10:07 am Subject: Questions Of The Day
Grant Replies: 4538 Views: 802462	I think Scotland is such a corrupt place that the police would not have dared to arrest any high-ranking SNP politicians unless they were bang to rights. And Sturgeon would never have resigned unl ...
Topic: AE on Telly News
Grant Replies: 2209 Views: 554388	Forum: NEW CONCEPTS Posted: 9:06 pm Subject: AE on Telly News
Grant Replies: 2209 Views: 554388	Centre of towns? Rail
Topic: AE on Telly News
Grant Replies: 2209 Views: 554388	Forum: NEW CONCEPTS Posted: 8:57 pm Subject: AE on Telly News
Grant Replies: 2209 Views: 554388	British politics is full of such mysteries. My favourite is that mediocrity, John Major. His father was a music-hall performer turned garden gnome maker. John achieved three O levels at school and ...
Topic: Questions Of The Day
Grant Replies: 4538 Views: 802462	Forum: Politics Posted: 12:40 am Subject: Questions Of The Day
Grant Replies: 4538 Views: 802462	Sunak is so useless he has achieved what was thought to be a complete impossibility: to make the British public feel sorry for Diane Abbott. And the speaker is just as crap at his job. There is a l ...
Topic: CABINET OF CURIOSITIES
Grant Replies: 2679 Views: 646412	Forum: NEW CONCEPTS Posted: 9:38 pm Subject: CABINET OF CURIOSITIES
Grant Replies: 2679 Views: 646412	I was banned from Twitter for hoping that both the Labour and Conservative Party would kill themselves. I appealed on the grounds that I wasn't promoting suicide, just being metaphorical, but to no ...
Topic: AE on Telly News
Grant Replies: 2209 Views: 554388	Forum: NEW CONCEPTS Posted: 6:53 pm Subject: AE on Telly News
Grant Replies: 2209 Views: 554388	There is no official start to Spring, despite what the BBC meteorologists would have you believe when they talk of the "official" start of Spring. Spring actually started last week when ...
Topic: Questions Of The Day
Grant Replies: 4538 Views: 802462	Forum: Politics Posted: 9:55 pm Subject: Questions Of The Day
Grant Replies: 4538 Views: 802462	Evening Standard has just said that Sadiq has a 25% lead in the polls. But who is voting for him? Yes I know the Muslims are. But the Hindus won't vote for a Muslim. Anyone with an old car won't vo ...
Topic: Questions Of The Day
Grant Replies: 4538 Views: 802462	Forum: Politics Posted: 7:57 pm Subject: Questions Of The Day
Grant Replies: 4538 Views: 802462	I'm amused that no-one is allowed to ask the obvious question about Nikki Haley: how you so white, Nimirata Randhawa? When Michael Jackson bleached his skin the media never stopped reporting it, b ...
Topic: Questions Of The Day
Grant Replies: 4538 Views: 802462	Forum: Politics Posted: 11:50 pm Subject: Questions Of The Day
Grant Replies: 4538 Views: 802462	Kamala Harris is less popular than Hilary so surely they won't choose her. Michelle Obama is untested in frontline politics. That means they have to go for a white man. I think Gavin Newsom, G ...
Topic: The Importance of Sport
Grant Replies: 3926 Views: 743721	Forum: NEW CONCEPTS Posted: 6:38 pm Subject: The Importance of Sport
Grant Replies: 3926 Views: 743721	It's happening in rugby as well. Regularly players just standing there get sent off for dangerous play when someone clatters into them. What's going on? They used to be contact sports.
Topic: War on Terrorism
Grant Replies: 1618 Views: 382642	Forum: Politics Posted: 12:56 am Subject: War on Terrorism
Grant Replies: 1618 Views: 382642	Of course it's not really genocide, but it's super fun to accuse the Jews of it.