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Ooh, how would you like your conspiracy; plain vanilla corporate cronyism or mecha-Hitler at the centre of the Earth? I can also cover all points between.
It would be nice to believe our esteemed government has the guile and cunning to be elaborately screwing us over in some new, exciting unforeseen way but I think the sad fact is they're useless, flapping children and what we are seeing is the flapping of useless children.
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I mean, among the things that have been very buried by the Party (and party) is Rishi Sunak's wife's highly dodgy claims of being non-domiciled in the UK while living inside 11 Downing Street for two years. Rwandan concentration camps and transportation seems to be edging out of the column inches too, and likely only appeared in the first place because of the refugee situation with Ukraine.
And that's just stuff we actually found out about. I'm sure there's other stuff going on, mainly around sex. Not to mention the fact we're supposed to be talking about the parties and not the weird lack of price drops in fuel - it went up quick enough when oil went up but didn't fall alongside the fall in the price of oil and the Fuel Duty cut - food, and power.
Just on the good side of things, it is worth noting that the UK has been praised for its reaction and supply of arms to Ukraine, and Johnson's walk-through of a warzone alongside Zelenskyy was a bloody bold piece of publicity.
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Ah yeah, fair play - I've been working under the presumption that Eyes Wide Shut re-enactment parties are to be taken as a given for quite a few years now.
Then again the idea that a bunch of people high on power all locked in important old buildings together and NOT leaping almost immediately to tomfoolery in the 3rd floor bathrooms is more than a little absurd, really.
Searching for noteworthy controversies in the Tory party is a bit of a "can't see the trees for the woods" situation really.
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Aside from a 13 year period of Labour leadership ('97 - '10) the Tories have held government since 1979. I get the impression that they feel they are now the default UK Government and as such have the right to pretty much do as they please with little challenge.
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And with their gerrymanding about to kick in coupled with that classic FPTP electoral system, nothing is going to stop them.
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What irks you more, the redundant "plain" or the implication that the rare and exotic vanilla is bog standard or unexciting?
I'm sure given the right malicious moment of inspiration I can go back and make it even more eye-twitching.
Never highlight my relentless word count padding again!
(Note: read this post in a playful tone)
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I've so definitely read that post before 
The ice cream and milkshake manufacturers of the world laugh at your pedantry (even if I do, in principle, agree with you)
Is there a ready alternative? Because I won't lie, custard doesn't exactly roll off the tongue, and that's nothing to do with its viscosity.
The ice cream and milkshake manufacturers of the world laugh at your pedantry (even if I do, in principle, agree with you)
Is there a ready alternative? Because I won't lie, custard doesn't exactly roll off the tongue, and that's nothing to do with its viscosity.
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Maybe we can call it plain vanillin instead @MaxAttack - it's the ubiquitous artificial flavour that apparently led to the term's popularity. Personally I think we have enough problems with people spelling "led" like "lead" the metal or compounding "a" and "lot" to make "alot" without worrying about idioms which have been in use since at least 1880.
Perhaps we should prohibit the use of "whitebread" because certain kinds of bread taste good?
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- it's the ubiquitous artificial flavour that apparently led to the term's popularity. Personally I think we have enough problems with people spelling "led" like "lead" the metal or compounding "a" and "lot" to make "alot" without worrying about idioms which have been in use since at least 1880.Perhaps we should prohibit the use of "whitebread" because certain kinds of bread taste good?
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"Plain as potatoes" has a pleasing alliterative quality, alas potatoes are also kind of awesome.I've so definitely read that post before
The ice cream and milkshake manufacturers of the world laugh at your pedantry (even if I do, in principle, agree with you)
Is there a ready alternative? Because I won't lie, custard doesn't exactly roll off the tongue, and that's nothing to do with its viscosity.
Thoughts on peanuts? I can take them or leave them.
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Potatoes were a veritable foodstuff revolution for the western world, although the profile fits, I suppose you could poke as many holes in it as the vanilla example.
Peanuts would also suit but I'm also dubious due to their lethal potential... Allergies aren't cool or fun but can we really call them boring?
Glad we are on to the real questions now, guys
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Good point. Not about the allergen, because I don't care about that, but about them being boring. Peanuts are mild in flavor (something which vanilla certainly is not), but they're not boring. I mean...they're no pistachio or hazelnut, but still.Potatoes were a veritable foodstuff revolution for the western world, although the profile fits, I suppose you could poke as many holes in it as the vanilla example.
Peanuts would also suit but I'm also dubious due to their lethal potential... Allergies aren't cool or fun but can we really call them boring?
Glad we are on to the real questions now, guys
"White rice"?
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Plain has a couple of meanings; simple and boring.
Plain as potatoes is simple. Potatoes are still awesome even though, in fact because, they're simple. Plain as meaning boring is trickier to definitively nail down. Vanilla, the most ubiquitous example, is obviously wrong. I'd suggest plain as blue alcohol (i.e. a catch-all term for alcohol-free alcohol) but it's not quite snappy enough.
Plain as potatoes is simple. Potatoes are still awesome even though, in fact because, they're simple. Plain as meaning boring is trickier to definitively nail down. Vanilla, the most ubiquitous example, is obviously wrong. I'd suggest plain as blue alcohol (i.e. a catch-all term for alcohol-free alcohol) but it's not quite snappy enough.
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If you're going to poke holes in potatoes, do it with a fork (especially with jackets)Potatoes were a veritable foodstuff revolution for the western world, although the profile fits, I suppose you could poke as many holes in it as the vanilla example.
Peanuts would also suit but I'm also dubious due to their lethal potential... Allergies aren't cool or fun but can we really call them boring?
Glad we are on to the real questions now, guys
How do we know they were ready? Did anyone ask them beforehand?!
They might be unready salted.
Hmm, can you get treatment for that at an STD clinic 🤔
Is it free or do you have to shell out for it?
Plain also means something like a large flat piece of land. Especially in Spain.
The rain in Spain falls mainly on the plains.
But as this is the British thread, the only flavour ice cream you get in Wetherspoons is plain vanilla...
Case closed.
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Things perhaps not being discussed enough in the media at the moment; The Elections bill, the Policing bill, and the Online safety bill...
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