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Butt out, Chad.

I find this the hardest thing. I cannot listen to a thing they say such is the mesmeric effect of their appearance. I was a huge fan of Ariyah Nusbacher, a ubiquitous telly military specialist, then o ...

I think you're missing the real nub of the campaign. In the good old days, when the enemy was fascist boot boys, the argument was that allowing fascist boot boys on campus was a physical threat. Bizar ...

Promising internecine developments at that bastion of the New Liberal World Order, Sussex University. Some poor (female) philosophy professor had pointed out that trans people are not actually biolog ...

I share your uncertainty. In any case since the non-existence of the Dark Ages is not an original theory of mine I don't make much use of it. Christianity being a Norman invention is my thing. If you ...

As this is the third time you (or a gremlin) has posted this up, Wiley, I feel impelled to respond.

Rory states that nobody refers to the Dark Ages anymore
What Rory means is, "No academic re ...

Know Your Neighbourhood

Mick (entering sub-post office): You're closed already? It's only twelve o'clock.
Bloke behind counter: For about a year and a half now.

This Week's Star Prize From Virgin Media

You could win VIP tickets to watch Southampton FC in the Premier League!
Fancy getting your hands on one of 10 pairs of tickets to see the Saints take on B ...

Medium.com were offering a fifty thousand dollar prize for a short (minimum five hundred words) piece on Death and since they emphasised they were looking for originality and that is not something med ...

Any advance on 1850? No? The gentleman in the silver foil hat. Don't take a Bank of Tanzania cheque, Miriam.

Oh no! The Northern Ireland Protocol is back in the news. It made second story on Al-Jazeera so it must be important. Except it isn't. Just to remind you of the two salient facts:

(1) Brexit and th ...

A minor addition to the vital but neglected QWERTY principle here https://medium.com/technology-hits/the-history-of-ctrl-alt-delete-e036ae322023

England 1 Hungary 1

So how did the first experiment with my demand that Grealish and Foden play together from the off go? Badly. El Wescotto ignored the sub-clause
and all other considerations of ...

Some piccies if technically possible would be helpful. Also, the preponderance of red & blue and the paucity of black means that the rest of us can't quite grasp entirely what you're driving at, e ...

We need to get the right people in the right jobs: people that care about Newcastle and are not just doing it for the sake of a job. Rob Lee The Guardian
No, Rob, that is absolutely the wrong thing ...

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Topic: The Tom Sawyer Principle
Mick Harper Replies: 345 Views: 50181	Forum: Politics Posted: 8:57 am Subject: The Tom Sawyer Principle
Mick Harper Replies: 345 Views: 50181	Butt out, Chad.
Topic: The Tom Sawyer Principle
Mick Harper Replies: 345 Views: 50181	Forum: Politics Posted: 11:35 am Subject: The Tom Sawyer Principle
Mick Harper Replies: 345 Views: 50181	I find this the hardest thing. I cannot listen to a thing they say such is the mesmeric effect of their appearance. I was a huge fan of Ariyah Nusbacher, a ubiquitous telly military specialist, then o ...
Topic: The Tom Sawyer Principle
Mick Harper Replies: 345 Views: 50181	Forum: Politics Posted: 9:16 am Subject: The Tom Sawyer Principle
Mick Harper Replies: 345 Views: 50181	I think you're missing the real nub of the campaign. In the good old days, when the enemy was fascist boot boys, the argument was that allowing fascist boot boys on campus was a physical threat. Bizar ...
Topic: The Tom Sawyer Principle
Mick Harper Replies: 345 Views: 50181	Forum: Politics Posted: 8:37 am Subject: The Tom Sawyer Principle
Mick Harper Replies: 345 Views: 50181	Promising internecine developments at that bastion of the New Liberal World Order, Sussex University. Some poor (female) philosophy professor had pointed out that trans people are not actually biolog ...
Topic: Matters Arising
Mick Harper Replies: 3520 Views: 619806	Forum: The History of Britain Revealed Posted: 8:26 am Subject: Matters Arising
Mick Harper Replies: 3520 Views: 619806	I share your uncertainty. In any case since the non-existence of the Dark Ages is not an original theory of mine I don't make much use of it. Christianity being a Norman invention is my thing. If you ...
Topic: Matters Arising
Mick Harper Replies: 3520 Views: 619806	Forum: The History of Britain Revealed Posted: 3:57 pm Subject: Matters Arising
Mick Harper Replies: 3520 Views: 619806	As this is the third time you (or a gremlin) has posted this up, Wiley, I feel impelled to respond. Rory states that nobody refers to the Dark Ages anymore What Rory means is, "No academic re ...
Topic: CABINET OF CURIOSITIES
Mick Harper Replies: 1674 Views: 214483	Forum: NEW CONCEPTS Posted: 11:52 am Subject: CABINET OF CURIOSITIES
Mick Harper Replies: 1674 Views: 214483	Know Your Neighbourhood Mick (entering sub-post office): You're closed already? It's only twelve o'clock. Bloke behind counter: For about a year and a half now.
Topic: The Importance of Sport
Mick Harper Replies: 2551 Views: 258487	Forum: NEW CONCEPTS Posted: 8:15 am Subject: The Importance of Sport
Mick Harper Replies: 2551 Views: 258487	This Week's Star Prize From Virgin Media You could win VIP tickets to watch Southampton FC in the Premier League! Fancy getting your hands on one of 10 pairs of tickets to see the Saints take on B ...
Topic: CABINET OF CURIOSITIES
Mick Harper Replies: 1674 Views: 214483	Forum: NEW CONCEPTS Posted: 6:09 am Subject: CABINET OF CURIOSITIES
Mick Harper Replies: 1674 Views: 214483	Medium.com were offering a fifty thousand dollar prize for a short (minimum five hundred words) piece on Death and since they emphasised they were looking for originality and that is not something med ...
Topic: Matters Arising
Mick Harper Replies: 3520 Views: 619806	Forum: The History of Britain Revealed Posted: 2:34 pm Subject: Matters Arising
Mick Harper Replies: 3520 Views: 619806	Any advance on 1850? No? The gentleman in the silver foil hat. Don't take a Bank of Tanzania cheque, Miriam.
Topic: Politics, The Final Frontier
Mick Harper Replies: 1021 Views: 125884	Forum: Politics Posted: 2:01 pm Subject: Politics, The Final Frontier
Mick Harper Replies: 1021 Views: 125884	Oh no! The Northern Ireland Protocol is back in the news. It made second story on Al-Jazeera so it must be important. Except it isn't. Just to remind you of the two salient facts: (1) Brexit and th ...
Topic: CABINET OF CURIOSITIES
Mick Harper Replies: 1674 Views: 214483	Forum: NEW CONCEPTS Posted: 8:50 am Subject: CABINET OF CURIOSITIES
Mick Harper Replies: 1674 Views: 214483	A minor addition to the vital but neglected QWERTY principle here https://medium.com/technology-hits/the-history-of-ctrl-alt-delete-e036ae322023
Topic: The Importance of Sport
Mick Harper Replies: 2551 Views: 258487	Forum: NEW CONCEPTS Posted: 1:47 pm Subject: The Importance of Sport
Mick Harper Replies: 2551 Views: 258487	England 1 Hungary 1 So how did the first experiment with my demand that Grealish and Foden play together from the off go? Badly. El Wescotto ignored the sub-clause and all other considerations of ...
Topic: Matters Arising
Mick Harper Replies: 3520 Views: 619806	Forum: The History of Britain Revealed Posted: 5:16 pm Subject: Matters Arising
Mick Harper Replies: 3520 Views: 619806	Some piccies if technically possible would be helpful. Also, the preponderance of red & blue and the paucity of black means that the rest of us can't quite grasp entirely what you're driving at, e ...
Topic: The Importance of Sport
Mick Harper Replies: 2551 Views: 258487	Forum: NEW CONCEPTS Posted: 11:59 am Subject: The Importance of Sport
Mick Harper Replies: 2551 Views: 258487	We need to get the right people in the right jobs: people that care about Newcastle and are not just doing it for the sake of a job. Rob Lee The Guardian No, Rob, that is absolutely the wrong thing ...