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( Puromycin will be wearing his "special" underpants on, Thu 30 Nov 2006, 0:37, archived)

Celery couldn't prevent it
it's got no nutrition

are you acting serious?
( GrandmaOfShoes, Thu 30 Nov 2006, 0:38, archived)

nothing wrong with seriousness Grandma

( GrandmaOfShoes, Thu 30 Nov 2006, 0:38, archived)

SHUT UP YOU BASTARD CONSCIOUS

( GrandmaOfShoes, Thu 30 Nov 2006, 0:38, archived)

I am not at all sure that this is correct.

( Pedantichrist twitter.com/LordManley, Thu 30 Nov 2006, 0:39, archived)

fuck off

( mr horrible put his trousers on really angrily on, Thu 30 Nov 2006, 0:40, archived)

Cunt.

( Pedantichrist twitter.com/LordManley, Thu 30 Nov 2006, 0:41, archived)

cunt

( mongychops you don't like him and he doesn't like you, Thu 30 Nov 2006, 0:43, archived)

how's oz?

( Milkman Dan, Thu 30 Nov 2006, 0:44, archived)

very nice
went to the opera house this morning, well it is still only 1145 am (tomorrow for you)here, so i'm just wandering around
( mongychops you don't like him and he doesn't like you, Thu 30 Nov 2006, 0:45, archived)

Excellent
I went to Melbourne once. Ate a pie or two, watched the rugby league and the aussie rules, went searching for Rex Hunt, failed, and came home
( Milkman Dan, Thu 30 Nov 2006, 0:50, archived)

off to melborne on sunday i think
dunno, i'm hopeless at planning
( mongychops you don't like him and he doesn't like you, Thu 30 Nov 2006, 0:54, archived)

hows the beer?
I hear there's a few nice brews down there.
( mr horrible put his trousers on really angrily on, Thu 30 Nov 2006, 0:50, archived)

dunno
the guinness at o'malleys is nice ;)
( mongychops you don't like him and he doesn't like you, Thu 30 Nov 2006, 0:54, archived)

you need ales
see if you can find a Scharers.
( mr horrible put his trousers on really angrily on, Thu 30 Nov 2006, 0:56, archived)

That is a nice ale!

( BargeArse Maker of fine Trouser Trumpets since 1863, Thu 30 Nov 2006, 1:00, archived)

I'm glad you liked it
I believe you're catching up with Gronkpan tonight?
( BargeArse Maker of fine Trouser Trumpets since 1863, Thu 30 Nov 2006, 0:57, archived)

i'm going to give him a call
i think he wants to do tomorrow
( mongychops you don't like him and he doesn't like you, Thu 30 Nov 2006, 0:59, archived)

He messaged me, but I can't make it tonight or tomorrow...
:(
( BargeArse Maker of fine Trouser Trumpets since 1863, Thu 30 Nov 2006, 1:00, archived)

shame
i'll be back in sydney next feb, i think, well i fly out in feb so i might spend a bit more time here
( mongychops you don't like him and he doesn't like you, Thu 30 Nov 2006, 1:02, archived)

Go to Manly beach
and send me a postcard.
( Pedantichrist twitter.com/LordManley, Thu 30 Nov 2006, 1:03, archived)

Ok send me a message when you're back in town and we'll go for a pint
We should go to the "Lord Nelson Hotel" and "The Australian Hotel, located in the Rocks in Sydney.

THe Lord Nelson brew their own beers...
( BargeArse Maker of fine Trouser Trumpets since 1863, Thu 30 Nov 2006, 1:06, archived)

i will do
oh, and i'll have vist there, i'm off wandering now!
( mongychops you don't like him and he doesn't like you, Thu 30 Nov 2006, 1:08, archived)

holy shit
mongy, if you are meeting gronky... oil up your cock and ram it in his ear from me.
( mr horrible put his trousers on really angrily on, Thu 30 Nov 2006, 0:59, archived)

will do
and after bangkok god knows what he will catch
( mongychops you don't like him and he doesn't like you, Thu 30 Nov 2006, 1:01, archived)

you missed Essex you cock

( mr horrible put his trousers on really angrily on, Thu 30 Nov 2006, 1:05, archived)

you fucking anal pusbeater
hows Oz sir?
( mr horrible put his trousers on really angrily on, Thu 30 Nov 2006, 0:44, archived)

'Fraid so
don't know what came over me.
( Puromycin will be wearing his "special" underpants on, Thu 30 Nov 2006, 0:39, archived)

a worthy cause

( GrandmaOfShoes, Thu 30 Nov 2006, 0:40, archived)

*comes over Puromycin*

( Pedantichrist twitter.com/LordManley, Thu 30 Nov 2006, 0:41, archived)

I intend to be
a celeriac after reading this
( Milkman Dan, Thu 30 Nov 2006, 0:39, archived)

Mr Dan
Have you, in fact, been hanging around on b3ta all evening? I'm sure you were posting stuff at about 8ish when i was pretending to do some coursework... Could it be that you are addicted to b3ta?
(Fantastic Mr Porter is bored, and wishes it was, Thu 30 Nov 2006, 0:42, archived)

I was here from about 11:30 till 1 then 7 till 8:30 and then 11 till now
so yes, probably
( Milkman Dan, Thu 30 Nov 2006, 0:43, archived)

i see
please make sure you log your b3taing times with me on all future occasions.
(Fantastic Mr Porter is bored, and wishes it was, Thu 30 Nov 2006, 0:45, archived)

ok
I'll let you know if I leave for any reason
( Milkman Dan, Thu 30 Nov 2006, 0:46, archived)

I've been breeding like a fucking rabbit
and I struggle to feed the bastards* too.


*only one is actually a bastard.

( Pedantichrist twitter.com/LordManley, Thu 30 Nov 2006, 0:40, archived)

Should read
"instead of coca cola digging huge wells to reach water and not giving a drop to the locals,and actually giving them support, could prevent this from happening"

or

"if nestle actually stopped promoting their baby milk in areas where there is an abundance of dirty water, therebye stopping the babies drinking it and dying of typhoid, could prevent this from happening"

rant over, sorry.
( RBF esquire cant believe how good the 3D at Imax really is, Thu 30 Nov 2006, 0:46, archived)

Big corporations cause death by failing to give away free stuff to all the world's poor?

(_Felix suspicious character from prehistoric caucasus, Thu 30 Nov 2006, 0:50, archived)

the milk requires water to be made up
the water is dirty. Breast is best, etc etc. Although I think breast is certainly best.
( mr horrible put his trousers on really angrily on, Thu 30 Nov 2006, 0:52, archived)

Oh yes.
breeasssssst

*drools like homer*
( RBF esquire cant believe how good the 3D at Imax really is, Thu 30 Nov 2006, 0:58, archived)

Even if the old Nestle baby-milk frighteningness thing was true,
What they would need is a scheme to provide the information "don't give dirty water to babies". I was counting that scheme among free stuff.
(_Felix suspicious character from prehistoric caucasus, Thu 30 Nov 2006, 0:59, archived)

well, yes, one would hope so
personally, I don't see the point in boycotting or slagging off Nestle or any of it's products. The way Nestle allegedly takes advantage of such lack of knowledge is a symptom of a problem, not a cause.
( mr horrible put his trousers on really angrily on, Thu 30 Nov 2006, 1:01, archived)

*eats cheerios obnoxiously*
Yay.
(_Felix suspicious character from prehistoric caucasus, Thu 30 Nov 2006, 1:11, archived)

Every time you eat a cheerio,
a little baby dies.
( RBF esquire cant believe how good the 3D at Imax really is, Thu 30 Nov 2006, 1:15, archived)

Very true,
point taken. Although what they need is a 'dont give your baby powdered milk unless you have trouble breastfeeding' info sheet
( RBF esquire cant believe how good the 3D at Imax really is, Thu 30 Nov 2006, 1:02, archived)

As do we.

( Pedantichrist twitter.com/LordManley, Thu 30 Nov 2006, 1:10, archived)

Its not the giving of free stuff,
its the taking away of free stuff. For example, water. Coke dig hundreds of feet deep to drain the water. The good stuff, but dont spare to think of the people who cant reach that far down.In nestles case they give away free powdered milk and encourage bottle feeding against breast feeding, approx 1.5 million children die a year (aledgidly) from this.
Anyway, Im not arguing, and I hate being preachy. But thanks for the point.
( RBF esquire cant believe how good the 3D at Imax really is, Thu 30 Nov 2006, 0:57, archived)

The NHS give free powdered milk away to mothers for a short time,
despite knowing that breast is best.

Please explain why the same indictment should not be levelled at them?
( Pedantichrist twitter.com/LordManley, Thu 30 Nov 2006, 1:02, archived)

Heh. Well, seeing as their *job* is explicitly to provide free stuff,
it really, really should (if breast actually is best, which it isn't, since some mothers prefer to bottle-feed for convenience, gasp, shocking un-natural behaviour). It should apply to the NHS, and *not* to Nestle.
(_Felix suspicious character from prehistoric caucasus, Thu 30 Nov 2006, 1:05, archived)

It is,
it has huge benefits to children, in the form of inherited antibodies.

Giving a mother in a maternity ward a bottle to give to her child discourages breast feeding.

This is not in the interests of the child's health.

So what we are saying is (and I know that in some instances there are issues which prevent breast feeding) the NHS encourages bottle feeding by giving powdered milk to lazy mothers who might otherwise have breast fed, and then removing the free supply, supporting the powdered milk industry?
( Pedantichrist twitter.com/LordManley, Thu 30 Nov 2006, 1:08, archived)

My misus tried breast feeding,
but developed mastitis. The midwives still made her breastfeed, the bastards. She was in pain for days. So, what do you do, carry on, or go on the bottle?
( RBF esquire cant believe how good the 3D at Imax really is, Thu 30 Nov 2006, 1:11, archived)

clear the blockage
antibiotics and teat massage.
( mr horrible put his trousers on really angrily on, Thu 30 Nov 2006, 1:14, archived)

Too late,
and that wasnt an option unfortunatly. Being young and naive, we followed orders, until the missus couldnt stand it any longer.
( RBF esquire cant believe how good the 3D at Imax really is, Thu 30 Nov 2006, 1:17, archived)

Carry on with antibiotics, massage and heat.
Breast feeding is uncomfortable, but I am a man and don't have to put up with it.
( Pedantichrist twitter.com/LordManley, Thu 30 Nov 2006, 1:16, archived)

See above.
Honestly, the midwife never tried to cure it, just made her do it more.
( RBF esquire cant believe how good the 3D at Imax really is, Thu 30 Nov 2006, 1:18, archived)

Bummer.

( Pedantichrist twitter.com/LordManley, Thu 30 Nov 2006, 1:26, archived)

the NHS
(depending on location)

Has 24/7 breastfeed support teams to encourage and help new mothers with breastfeeding.
( mr horrible put his trousers on really angrily on, Thu 30 Nov 2006, 1:12, archived)

I didn't deny it was best for health.
Only that it's best. I hate it when doctors act as if the only concern anybody has in life is to be healthy. It's also unfair to call mothers lazy merely because they don't wish to be physically pinned to their children all through the day.

Yes, antibodies are nice, and useful, but so is freedom of movement. There are other desires a person may have which compete with living in absolute perfect health, or with the optimum health of their child.

Mountain biking - to take a random example - would probably be most healthy if performed at home, on an exercise machine. Reduced risk of broken bones.
(_Felix suspicious character from prehistoric caucasus, Thu 30 Nov 2006, 1:14, archived)

We agree,
WHOZZZAAA

Im exhausted, off to bed me thinks.
( RBF esquire cant believe how good the 3D at Imax really is, Thu 30 Nov 2006, 1:20, archived)

Yes, me too.
Anybody else still awake wins the argument. That probably means Manley. Oh well.
(_Felix suspicious character from prehistoric caucasus, Thu 30 Nov 2006, 1:24, archived)

Nope, I'm off too.

( Pedantichrist twitter.com/LordManley, Thu 30 Nov 2006, 1:26, archived)

Its been emotional,
cya.

*hands over peace jaffa cake*
( RBF esquire cant believe how good the 3D at Imax really is, Thu 30 Nov 2006, 1:28, archived)

I like getting hammered and smoking
I don't do those things now.

I don't like changing nappies, but I still did it.

I'd suggest (and mean) that if someone isn't prepared to care for their child in the best way that they can (and, again, I stress that there are situations where breast feeding is not an option) then maybe they should rethink breeding?

Mountain biking only hurts Manley.

Not wanting to feed the child properly is not in the same ball park.
( Pedantichrist twitter.com/LordManley, Thu 30 Nov 2006, 1:21, archived)

Won't somebody please think of the children!
...is an absolutist and self-righteous mode of thought. Nothing is absolutely sacred, including children's perfect health.
(_Felix suspicious character from prehistoric caucasus, Thu 30 Nov 2006, 1:29, archived)

Bollocks
This isn't 'perfect' health, it's no different than continuing smoking through pregnancy because you like it.

Having to feed the kid is part of having it.

I am not sating that it is fair to call mothers lazy merely because they don't wish to be physically pinned to their children all through the day. - I wouldn't expect anyone to want that, but to not do it just because one doesn't want to is lazy.
( Pedantichrist twitter.com/LordManley, Thu 30 Nov 2006, 1:33, archived)

I think I don't know what I'm arguing about, actually.
I suppose I'd advise people to breast-feed because of the antibodies thing, and then accept it if they didn't want to; and the same goes for not smoking near the baby, too. I don't suppose you're saying these things should be made law, any more than I am. So we're essentially arguing about a matter of degree: how interfering and nagging we ought to be. My considered opinion is meh.
Night.
(_Felix suspicious character from prehistoric caucasus, Thu 30 Nov 2006, 1:42, archived)

Most of our water is clean,
thier water is not, and deadly.
( RBF esquire cant believe how good the 3D at Imax really is, Thu 30 Nov 2006, 1:08, archived)

Yes, I thought you were talking about that particular story, but it wasn't clear.
I looked into it a lot when there was the b3ta competition to slander coca cola for the benefit of Mark Thomas. The whole thing was heresay and deeply entangled with local politics, particularly to do with certain traditionalist Indian factions who are against modern things in general, and quite prepared to claim anything for leverage against change.
(_Felix suspicious character from prehistoric caucasus, Thu 30 Nov 2006, 1:03, archived)

I am not saying that either of these companies are clean,
just that, more often than not, smear campaigns are based upon lies bred by competitors with similar operating methods.

Mark Thomas pisses me off too.
( Pedantichrist twitter.com/LordManley, Thu 30 Nov 2006, 1:05, archived)

I like Mark Thomas
and in general I like agit-comedy. This has not clouded my judgement with regard to basic obvious things.
( mr horrible put his trousers on really angrily on, Thu 30 Nov 2006, 1:18, archived)

He iritates me as he is anti everything.
being against things helps nobody very much,

Much better to be for alternatives than merely against a practise.
( Pedantichrist twitter.com/LordManley, Thu 30 Nov 2006, 1:25, archived)