Britain - The Official Thread

[DG_Silva]

Dutch cheese that keeps English tradition rolling: Competitors will chase Gouda down hill in historic race after British makers were threatened by health and safety zealots

Read here: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/art...-makers-threatened-health-safety-zealots.html

I come from Cheltenham, which is not too far from the site, why can't the HSE and police leave alone. They have been trying to close this event down for the last 8 years, but if people want to throw themselves down a 1:1 hill, then bloody let them!

 

[TenEightyOne]

Dutch cheese that keeps English tradition rolling: Competitors will chase Gouda down hill in historic race after British makers were threatened by health and safety zealots

Read here: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/art...-makers-threatened-health-safety-zealots.html

I come from Cheltenham, which is not too far from the site, why can't the HSE and police leave alone. They have been trying to close this event down for the last 8 years, but if people want to throw themselves down a 1:1 hill, then bloody let them!

Oh please, only regular Daily Fail readers still believe this ridiculous campaign.

Do some quick fact checking and you'll find that the organisers asked the HSE's advice a few years ago when the event began to attract large numbers. They sensibly checked their liabilities for crowd numbers and were limited to 5000. 15000 turned up in 2011.

It's literally true that anyone who puts their name to a dangerous gathering (like 10000 people too-many in a small show area) could potentially be liable, but most intelligent people can see that fairly easily.

The Mail bring this up every year and cross-eyed Mail readers buy it every time

 

[dhandeh]

Daily Mail Headline Generator - Foreign Cheese Responsible For Health & Safety Britain

 

[orimarc]

Nah, Daily Mail would say something like IS HEALTH AND SAFETY HELPING FOREIGN CHEESES INVADE BRITAIN?

 

[Liquid]

Parallel post with the European elections thread.

Nick Griffin has lost his seat, thank the electorate. Wales has returned a Conservative, a Labour, a UKIP and a Plaid Cymru.

 

[TenEightyOne]

Nah, Daily Mail would say something like IS HEALTH AND SAFETY HELPING FOREIGN CHEESES INVADE BRITAIN?

The addition of the Gouda really does give the Mail absolutely everything they need. Immigrant Cheese, UK on it's Knees, Mad HSEs, Snooooort....!

Nick Griffin, that's a real shame. Not the result, I actually mean Nick Griffin himself.

 

[axletramp]

Nick Griffin has lost his seat, thank the electorate.

TNick Griffin, that's a real shame. Not the result, I actually mean Nick Griffin himself.

Some are saying he took his eye off the prize. Mainly anyone standing near the prize.

 

[Liquid]

It revotls me that such a creature has made his nest in Wales.

 

[axletramp]

Australia gets off lightly...

 

[orimarc]

I thought Vlad's place was bigger...damn those sneaky bulgarians and romanians, invading HIS territory!

 

[TenEightyOne]

Haha, only just realised what's entirely missing... no prizes for EU dwellers, I wonder how many USA-ians can spot it?

 

[Dotini]

Haha, only just realised what's entirely missing... no prizes for EU dwellers, I wonder how many USA-ians can spot it?

Half the North American continent.

 

[Lizard]

One problem with that map. Isn't Mordor meant to be hot?

 

[TenEightyOne]

Half the North American continent.

Keep going...

 

[Touring Mars]

I'm not going to give the game away...

Also...

Who is Julia Quenzler and why did they need an artist to draw the accused when the accused is only ROLF bleedin' 'ARRIS!

 

[Dotini]

Keep going...

Ireland is missing, even though it is an EU member.

 

[TenEightyOne]

Ireland is missing, even though it is an EU member.

And Scotland, and Northern Ireland...

 

[Dotini]

And Scotland, and Northern Ireland...

Humph. The map must be regarded as inaccurate.

Edit: Now I wonder why?

UKIP has seats in Northern Ireland and Scotland, yes?
So why would a map purporting to show how ukip views the world leave out part of ukip itself?

 

[Crash]

No Greenland?

 

[Wiegert]

Looks like the Falkland Islands consumed Svalbard, The Kerguelen Islands, most spits of land in the Pacific and half the British Isles to become Earth's alpha archipelago.

No Greenland?

Tilting the screen reveals a far from green land. Curse those lying Norsemen!

 

[Liquid]

Who is Julia Quenzler and why did they need an artist to draw the accused when the accused is only ROLF bleedin' 'ARRIS!

Can ya tell who it is yet?

 

[TenEightyOne]

Can ya tell who it is yet?

Better than "can you tell what it is yet", didgeri-don't and all that. That court artist had the worst job ever; to represent a very recognisable artist under the legal compunction to make them unidentifiable. That's fried my brain.

 

[Wiegert]

That's fried my brain.

Speaking of fried organic matter, I get the worrying feeling that somebody out there could have mistaken that artists impression for Colonel Sanders that KFC bloke.

 

[TenEightyOne]

Can ya tell who it is yet?

The more court "pictures" I see, the more I wonder... the artist is legally obliged to disguise the subject, but perhaps she's giving us subtle clues?

 

[Liquid]

I didn't think it was illegal to represent the subject, or that one is obliged to disguise the subject if you like. I just thought that it was illegal to photograph or video an ongoing trial and artists' impressions can be as accurate as they like.

 

[TenEightyOne]

I didn't think it was illegal to represent the subject, or that one is obliged to disguise the subject if you like. I just thought that it was illegal to photograph or video an ongoing trial and artists' impressions can be as accurate as they like.

No, it's okay, I don't care if you kill my joke.

You're right actually (I was wrong), only the jurors remain necessarily unidentified. All that photoshopping for nothing.

 

[axletramp]

Also... Who is Julia Quenzler and why did they need an artist to draw the accused when the accused is only ROLF bleedin' 'ARRIS!

 

[Dotini]

Your emperor has spoken. Discussion of Scottish secession and UK withdrawal from the EU shall cease.
http://news.antiwar.com/2014/06/05/obama-tells-scotland-not-to-secede-from-britain/

 

[TenEightyOne]

Your emperor has spoken. Discussion of Scottish secession and UK withdrawal from the EU shall cease.
http://news.antiwar.com/2014/06/05/obama-tells-scotland-not-to-secede-from-britain/

Haha, the "Yes" campagin are probably delighted

 

[Tired Tyres]

Is that the YES we want independence or NO we don't want to be part of the UK vote?