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I've been turning a blind eye to the commentary on the British Election mainly because I've been in bed as sick as a dog, but for fairness sake we need to stick to the rules and have all politics in the Soapbox[^] please.
cheers
Chris Maunder
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I hope you are feeling human again?
If not, then get well soon - hopefully it's nothing serious. ![Rose | [Rose]](https://codeproject.global.ssl.fastly.net/script/Forums/Images/rose.gif)
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OriginalGriff wrote: If not, then get well soon Lay down, Stay
FTFY 
Mongo: Mongo only pawn... in game of life.
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I wouldn't say that there has been any political discussion; more like a general consensus that we all hate all politicians.
Besides, one of our own was involved.
He's not involved any more, of course... (Bwah-hah-hah-hah-haaa!)
(I know, I know, it's cruel of me to mock losers. Losers are people, too*.)
But the point remains that I haven't seen any political points being made; just people having a laugh at political @rseholes candidates, with no mention of their policies.
No-one is soapboxing this party's policies or that's, so it's not political discussion, it's just discussion about the events of the day.
We're English, so we can make the distinction between having a discussion about political preferences and having a laugh -- something that the Usians proved they can't do, when that filthy politician of some party or other was elected as president, back whenever it was. Every few years, I think.
I think the closest we got to being political was when Nagy and I had a poke at racism, but that still falls short of the mark.
* DD, if you don't take a poke back, I'll tell everyone you're a wuss!
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Hey, we don't ALL hate politicians!
Some of us find them entertaining, in a gallows humor sort of way... And occasionally delicious, with a side of fava beans and a nice chianti.
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I think the problem with the image of politicians is that we only see them in one context (when they're lying through their teeth to us).
Maybe they could improve that image by doing what others in the public eye do to improve their image -- a reality TV show, where they're subjected to something that they're not normally subjected to.
I think I'll write up an outline and send it to Fox. I reckon "I'm a Politician, Please don't Waterboard me Again!" would be a hit.
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Mark_Wallace wrote: we only see them in one context (when they're lying through their teeth to us).
How can you tell when a politician is lying?
His lips move...
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I'm a Politician, Please don't Waterboard me Again!" would be a hit.
Not there's a kickstarter idea if ever I heard one!
"If you don't fail at least 90 percent of the time, you're not aiming high enough."
Alan Kay.
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Mark_Wallace wrote: "I'm a Politician, Please don't Waterboard me Again!"
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And, those of us that do, don't hate ALL politicians.
No object is so beautiful that, under certain conditions, it will not look ugly. - Oscar Wilde
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Mark_Wallace wrote: We're English, so we can make the distinction between having a discussion about political preferences and having a laugh
As can a lot of the rest of the world. I get it.
However, it's either I fine tune the warning to specifically define "Discussions about Politics" and "Discussions about Everyday Things That Happen To Revolve Around Politics" and the difference between having a laugh and grinding one's axe, or I just, for the purposes of sanity, say "how about we step over here and discuss this away from the gentle-folk, lads".
It's been a long day.
cheers
Chris Maunder
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Mark_Wallace wrote: He's not involved any more, of course... (Bwah-hah-hah-hah-haaa!
Shame on you mark, that is way too much laughter. 
No object is so beautiful that, under certain conditions, it will not look ugly. - Oscar Wilde
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If you were as sick as my childhood dog, you would have been put down.
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Hope you feel better soon, Chris !
cheers, Bill
«To kill an error's as good a service, sometimes better than, establishing new truth or fact.» Charles Darwin in "Prospero's Precepts"
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The dalek was standing in Limbury / Luton? https://www.facebook.com/LimburyMeadResidents[^]
Oops...it went labour:
#Limbury result: Seats won by Steve Lewis (Labour) and Jennifer Rowlands (Labour) #LutonVotes
#Limbury result: Con1 1,382, Lab1 2099, Con2 902, Lab2 1597 #LutonVotes
https://twitter.com/lutoncouncil[^]
So, will he come back, with or without his tail between his legs?
Sorry Dave...
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I've unlocked this thread because it's about Dave. One of our own.
I trust you all to keep the conversation about how rigged it all was and how he should have got the guernsey because he's such a fine upstanding lad and not to devolve this into, say, actual politics.
cheers
Chris Maunder
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Ah! So that's what the little padlock meant! I did wonder...
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Was Aristurtle the slowest of the Greek philosophers?
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S'truth, but, Aesop only beat him by a hare.
«To kill an error's as good a service, sometimes better than, establishing new truth or fact.» Charles Darwin in "Prospero's Precepts"
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That's just a fable.
/ravi
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I thought it was Slothrates....
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His teacher* traveled everyday at breakneck speed from Pluto to teach him, but apparently could not speed up Aristurtle. 
*Plato
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Yes but he had an uncatchable head start
If the brain were so simple we could understand it, we would be so simple we couldn't. — Lyall Watson
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I want to cry.
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