Real pisser is, I saw the post and it tickled my synapses to the point that I wanted to answer. I got momentarily distracted, the post is gone and I can't remember for the life of me what it was. Damnit.
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Real pisser is, I saw the post and it tickled my synapses to the point that I wanted to answer. I got momentarily distracted, the post is gone and I can't remember for the life of me what it was. Damnit.
Yes! That was it!
I think I was probably going to make some comment about it not being worth looking for.
What'd they do now?
industrian
will gently cradle you as time slowly ticks away.
If someone fucks with Fray Bentos, then they fuck with me.
My mind was seriously blown when I discovered that was the origin of the pies.
Don't bother. Complete blue balls
industrian
will gently cradle you as time slowly ticks away.
BBC Scotland uses a video of one of my old friends being kicked into the side of the road in Galashiels by a group of other old friends as stock footage of drink-fuelled drunken disorder. I always said he should sue for royalty payments.
Hell, Tam Cowan used the video as the punchline as a joke for "Kenny Miller being welcomed back to Glasgow" when he rejoined Rangers in 2008.
its okay not like i have any chance with any real girls lol
CHEEZMO
Obsidian fan
Don't let the Zelda incident get you down.
Plenty more ducks in the pond and all that.
back from the bank. Left my bank card in an bank cashdraw machine in spain when i was shitfaced and thought some dude behind me may have lifted all my cash lol, but all is well so i cancelled my card and have all my cash intact
i for one was a little worried about the entire thing.
i for one was a little worried about the entire thing.
I'm going to see Joan Baez tomorrow. That's rather exciting.
I love that you checked your balance before cancelling your card.
I love that you checked your balance before cancelling your card.
So that went really well. Almost feel like I am back in work, which is a wonderful feeling. Absolutely hate being on the dole. Not so much the lack of money, but more the lack of dignity that comes from doing nothing with your days and being a bum.
I don't get it.
Cancelled the card on the phone yesterday and had to use my prov driving licence prove who I was. Some hassle
Wanted any excuse to share the video with the thread.
CHEEZMO
Obsidian fan
J Tourettes
Banned
My friend did the honours and sent me a link. Was pretty poop.
Nearly 50% of all young Asians? Did they expand the term of honour killing to include seppuku?
So did they ask all the Asians that immigrated from countries and cultures that don't have any traditions of honour killings? Because that statistic sounds super weighted to me. Honour killings are a damn travesty but if 50% of the Asian population genuinely believed in them, we'd see a lot more than we do. As it happens, we see about 12 cases a year in the UK.
That's still one a month, man. How many 'honour transgressions' would you expect in a year?
Is it something that you mention in polite conversation?
Otherwise, I don't know how you'd know that you haven't.
i'm pretty sure they asked british born asians, men and women.
it's on iplayer if anyone wants to watch. http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b01dxzzv/Panorama_Britains_Crimes_of_Honour/
women who are brought over from the home countries are often beaten and not allowed to learn english or even go out.
there's one very sad story about a woman who either self immolated or was set on fire by inlaws. she was regularly beaten by her husband because he couldn't stand to look at her and her dad wouldn't let her come home as it would bring shame.
Unknown; possible origins include:
French lieu, place
A particular brand of early toilet cisterns, trademarked 'Waterloo'.
(fancifully) the exclamation "gare à l'eau!" ("mind the water!") used when emptying a chamber pot out of a window onto the public sidewalk or street.
the numbering of 00 on a toilet in a building
But, nobody really knows.
Guerrillas in the Mist
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From Wikipedia:
I'd heard the "gardyloo" theory before. Apparently there was a particular time at night in Edinburgh, when everyone would simultaneously throw their chamberpots out the window. No citation, though, so take all that with a pinch of salt.
does anyone still say loo? i haven't heard that since high school. everyone says toilet nowadays.
KungFuBill
Member
*hand up* I do sometimes...
My dad is another of the "bog" users though, so I have no idea why/when I started using the word "loo".
EDIT:
Had no idea that was the origin of "crapper" either, I have learnt something new and all before 10:00am.
i watch english tv on cable, they always say loo
my english teacher doesnt know either
thanks for the quick response guys
Can't remember the last time I heard the word loo.
A good number of Asians (that I know) eat non-halal meat, don't pray, drink (yet for some reason will still stay away from pork, I wonder why the line draws there), I just find it hard to believe that they do all that while at the same time believe in honour killngs.
A good number of Asians (that I know) eat non-halal meat, don't pray, drink (yet for some reason will still stay away from pork, I wonder why the line draws there), I just find it hard to believe that they do all that while at the same time believe in honour killngs.
Jill Sandwich
the turds of Optimus Prime
I thought only women called it a loo?
That's cool and all, but that just suggests you're hanging with the other 50%.
Maybe I'm unlucky but I knew a convert that was literally on the run from her husband. She opened my eyes to the fact there was a whole other community with its own rules and laws. I couldn't convince her to go to the police and as far as I know, she's still on the run. She had to leave Notts after she saw her husband and his brother in the city centre, on her trail.
I also grew up with a few lads that drinked, smoked and totally believed in this sort of shit. They were massive hypocrites. We even used to laugh that one dad wouldn't let me in the house as he openly referred to me as 'the kuffar', even though I'd been friends with both his sons for a decade.
I've two Muslim friends and this describes them. I don't know what it is with pork. Sex and alcohol are fine - pork is a no go. Maybe they're just like Jules from Pulp Fiction.
Guilt is very powerful. Not eating pork is one of the easiest ways to justify your faith.
From my experience this is true of most religious people.
From my experience this is true of most religious people.
That's fucked up, sorry to hear that.
I can picture an honour killing happening in my extended family
FreeMufasa
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From my experience, the people that do that haven't had pork for say the first 18 years of their life so probably don't eat it out of tradition. I'd say the desire to drink and smoke is much larger than to eat pork.
I've had it with the hypocrites and have cut a lot of people out of my life because of it, most recent being 2 weeks ago. This dude started ranting to me because we saw a girl in a Hijab but had it hiked back a bit showing her fringe. A couple of days later I he was heavily drinking outside his house being rowdy as hell.
good luck Suairyu. Sure sometimes its a bad feeling when your heading into work but after a few hours you turn into a bot anyway so its all good. last hour is always a real cunt casually watching the time tick closer till home time.
I have to admit i prefer when my workplace gives me 3 shifts instead of 5 for a week. I call that getting lucky as fuck.
also the British cash we earn. a 20 bank note never looked so fucking good when its fresh out of the bank.
also guys i wish my local Indian opened at this time, I am starved.
I have to admit i prefer when my workplace gives me 3 shifts instead of 5 for a week. I call that getting lucky as fuck.
also the British cash we earn. a 20 bank note never looked so fucking good when its fresh out of the bank.
also guys i wish my local Indian opened at this time, I am starved.
With 35% of the Asian population how much of China does this 50% include? Otherwise we're dealing with a situation where other Asian countries have over 50% of the population supporting honour killings.
This is why I feel this 50% figure was plucked out of nowhere to cause even more controversy. Which is strange because the kind of people to watch a programme about the subject are not likely to support the idea anywho.
This is why I feel this 50% figure was plucked out of nowhere to cause even more controversy. Which is strange because the kind of people to watch a programme about the subject are not likely to support the idea anywho.
We don't use 'Asian' to refer to east-asia.
I think they're just referring to Muslims when they say Asians. We don't call east Asians "Asians" here for some reason.
Were there any Indians in this study for example?
I agree with the 50% being wrong, that means half, HALF!
Thread title doesn't lie.
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