I know they've (the nanny state) been talking about introducing a minimum unit price on alcohol for a while now but I've only just found out what they propose it is
40p per unit. Which doesn't sound like much until you look into how that will affect the price of different types of alcohol.

Vodka will still be about £12 a bottle, infact spirits won't really change in price
Wine will still be the same price, so will your beers and lagers

The real problem comes with the big bottles of cheap cider and extra strong lager. A 3 litre bottle of Frosty Jacks will go up from £3.99 to a minimum of £9! Now I don't drink this stuff, I like my JD and red wine so this law wouldn't really affect me, my issue is that this is just going to cause big problems to poor family's and those on benefits.

Really, if you've got no money, then you shouldn't be buying non essentials like fags and booze, but let's be honest, people don't give these things up. What this is going to end up being is a tax on the poor and is ultimately going to end up punishing children.

"Why have we got no food or heating today mummy?"
"Because daddy has spent our entire weeks money on 1 bottle of cider so he can forget for a while that he has no job prospects because the country is fucked."

I know it's just a small thing but it'll end up forcing family's with alcohol dependent parents on to the streets. It really is a tax on the poor, but would you expect anything less from a conservative government?

Thoughts please?

Alt: too serious for first thing in the morning? Talk about/post pictures of cute animals (ideally kittens, cos they're fluffy and adorable)
(wehttamman via B3ta for microwave, Thu 15 Mar 2012, 6:54, 173 replies, latest was 12 years ago)

Mr Ham, I agree 100%
Upping the price of booze will lead to people not buying or spending on other things in order to get pissed. In the mean time, most folks will just be pissed off that their beer and wine deals have fucked off.

Simple answer is to stop cheap shite from being sold. Red Pig, I'm looking at you

Alt:
My dog failed his MOT yesterday for being a fat cunt
( sporters I’m sincerely gratitude to you, Thu 15 Mar 2012, 7:13, Reply)

Well you got it exactly right when you said "would you expect anything less from a conservative government?"
It really does beggar belief that they are still so popular despite raping the country so spectacularly, even with things they have no mandate on.
(Bazongaloid, Thu 15 Mar 2012, 7:17, Reply)

Do you not agree with their plans to reduce our debt?

( sporters I’m sincerely gratitude to you, Thu 15 Mar 2012, 7:28, Reply)

I certainly don't

( tangledupinblue hairy badge with moving eyes, Thu 15 Mar 2012, 8:38, Reply)

I know why they tax the poor
There's more of 'em! And, if the descendant of King William IV has his way, there will be more and they'll stay that way.

Damned oiks wouldn't know a decent Chateau Lafite from brasso anyway.

Alt: Jack Russels are the funniest dogs - discuss.
(Captain Placid 24/7 ball gags, brownie mix and clown porn, Thu 15 Mar 2012, 8:05, Reply)

If a bottle of horrendous piss is going to be more expensive
but your beer and lagers etc will pretty much stay the same price...won't they simply swap to those instead?
(berk, Thu 15 Mar 2012, 8:17, Reply)

that's what I would have thought.
it's what happened here when they raised the tax on "alcopops". People just switched drinks.
(Poppet some assembly required., Thu 15 Mar 2012, 8:28, Reply)

Not many people drink 'Frosty Jack' et al because they choose to (over the age of 14, anyway)
So I don't know whether them 'upgrading' would be possible.
( Agnostic Antichrist Baltimora, Thu 15 Mar 2012, 8:33, Reply)

Not all of them.

'A friend' told me that they didn't buy cheap stuff for the taste, they bought it for the strength. It wasn't really a financial issue, more a practical one.
( scarpe We Stole Bikes, Thu 15 Mar 2012, 8:48, Reply)

Beer and lagers won't stay the same price though
Although a lot of the large manufacturers have been introducing lower strength versions of their brands over the last few years.
One of the main objections to this legislation is the knock on effect it is likely to have on the already diminishing pub trade.
( tangledupinblue hairy badge with moving eyes, Thu 15 Mar 2012, 9:06, Reply)

The whole thing is a farce anyway. Drinkers gonna drink.

( scarpe We Stole Bikes, Thu 15 Mar 2012, 9:08, Reply)

If they abolish the fuel price escalator, there may be a cheaper alternative:
www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/news/4188798/What-a-fuel-young-girl-is-addicted-to-drinking-petrol.html
( tangledupinblue hairy badge with moving eyes, Thu 15 Mar 2012, 9:15, Reply)

i didn't read the full story, so it's possible that it's answered, but...how does that even happen?

( scarpe We Stole Bikes, Thu 15 Mar 2012, 9:18, Reply)

There is not much more detail in the story than is given in the headline.

( tangledupinblue hairy badge with moving eyes, Thu 15 Mar 2012, 9:24, Reply)

Good way to make sure you never smoke I guess.

( Lampito rise with the moon, go to bed with the sun, Thu 15 Mar 2012, 9:19, Reply)

If she smokes she's a flaming idiot.

( scarpe We Stole Bikes, Thu 15 Mar 2012, 9:42, Reply)

Boom boom!

( Lampito rise with the moon, go to bed with the sun, Thu 15 Mar 2012, 10:17, Reply)

Well, that's shit.
Cider is an easy drink to have in for piss ups, as something to go onto when you run out of lager, etc. There's a perfectly drinkable one sold near me for £1.95, that's not too bad. That'll go up to about £5, methinks. Also, as Al puts it, it's the Conservatives, their main objective is to fuck over the poor, etc.

Alt: Fuck kittens and cats, they're 99% fucking shit. Dogs are where it's at.
( Agnostic Antichrist Baltimora, Thu 15 Mar 2012, 8:23, Reply)

Didn't the last Labour government propose doing the same thing?

( Fucking hell Jeff I am not a robot, Thu 15 Mar 2012, 8:38, Reply)

In all honesty, I have no idea

( Agnostic Antichrist Baltimora, Thu 15 Mar 2012, 8:39, Reply)

+ about anything

( Light In Chains maker of the ikea sofa, Thu 15 Mar 2012, 8:47, Reply)

I believe so. They at least talked about it, i don't recall how far they got with the idea before they imploded
in a one eyed grumpathon.
( scarpe We Stole Bikes, Thu 15 Mar 2012, 8:51, Reply)

Where do you sell it?

( scarpe We Stole Bikes, Thu 15 Mar 2012, 8:49, Reply)

Edited for clarity

( Agnostic Antichrist Baltimora, Thu 15 Mar 2012, 8:55, Reply)

oh you arse!

( scarpe We Stole Bikes, Thu 15 Mar 2012, 8:57, Reply)

This post does seem to contain some level of misunderstanding of the situation.
As I understand it Frosty Jack doesn't exist to allow those too poor to afford decent booze to enjoy a civilised drink. As scarpe will testify, it is simply the most cost effective way of getting the most units of alcohol into yourself as quickly as possible.
The research into this suggests that increasing the minimum price per unit will have an effect on reducing the number of alcohol related deaths. That is why they are doing it.
(Also, isn't this only in Scotland?)
( tangledupinblue hairy badge with moving eyes, Thu 15 Mar 2012, 8:43, Reply)

If it's only in Scotland, fuck em.

( Agnostic Antichrist Baltimora, Thu 15 Mar 2012, 8:46, Reply)

If it works, it is likely to be introduced here.

( tangledupinblue hairy badge with moving eyes, Thu 15 Mar 2012, 8:52, Reply)

Seems a bit unfair.
Unless they also abolish tuition fees and introduce free prescriptions here too. Just giving us their shit laws doesn't seem fair...
( scarpe We Stole Bikes, Thu 15 Mar 2012, 8:55, Reply)

There is a lot that is unfair in UK politics

( tangledupinblue hairy badge with moving eyes, Thu 15 Mar 2012, 8:57, Reply)

Nope, this is the absolute only example of any unfairness that I can think of.

( scarpe We Stole Bikes, Thu 15 Mar 2012, 9:01, Reply)

Also, no Sunday trading hours

( Agnostic Antichrist Baltimora, Thu 15 Mar 2012, 8:58, Reply)

Those Godless heathens

( scarpe We Stole Bikes, Thu 15 Mar 2012, 8:59, Reply)

HA!
I just wrote that first point up there^ before I saw this.
( scarpe We Stole Bikes, Thu 15 Mar 2012, 8:49, Reply)

Can we stop calling
Frosty Jack cider. Thanks.
( JeffTheDogFucker Can you dig it?, Thu 15 Mar 2012, 8:53, Reply)

You are more of a White Lightning kind of guy.

( tangledupinblue hairy badge with moving eyes, Thu 15 Mar 2012, 9:07, Reply)

White Lightning sounds like one of Jeff's conquests
I imagine their eyes met in the winner's paddock at the track
(Darth Foxtrot A one-man army dedicated to making fetch happen, Thu 15 Mar 2012, 9:32, Reply)

K Cider. Delicious.

( Lampito rise with the moon, go to bed with the sun, Thu 15 Mar 2012, 9:11, Reply)

This is a brilliant plan to clean up our streets
Everyone knows that extra strong lager was developed solely to corner the tramp market. Once the homeless and destitute find their begged funds can no longer cover a bottle of mind-rotter, they'll resolve to put it into a high-interest savings account until they can afford a nice suit and a Honda Accord, at which point they will be given well-paid jobs in the private sector and start contributing to the Big Society. Go David Cameron's big shiny face!

Anyone who drinks that cheap cider should use the money to pay for working taste buds.
(Darth Foxtrot A one-man army dedicated to making fetch happen, Thu 15 Mar 2012, 9:27, Reply)

Morning Darth
I watched Alien for the first time in years last night, still a rather good film.
( Agnostic Antichrist Baltimora, Thu 15 Mar 2012, 9:35, Reply)

I want to watch Alien now

(Darth Foxtrot A one-man army dedicated to making fetch happen, Thu 15 Mar 2012, 9:39, Reply)

The entire film seems weird to me, as in my head, it's merged with Aliens.
I was wondering where Newt was the entire time.
( Agnostic Antichrist Baltimora, Thu 15 Mar 2012, 9:40, Reply)

she was with me

( Naked Ape call me Caitlyn, Thu 15 Mar 2012, 9:43, Reply)

paedo

( sporters I’m sincerely gratitude to you, Thu 15 Mar 2012, 9:47, Reply)

The trick is to pretend that Alien and Aliens were the only films in that franchise
Then it's arguably the second best film series ever made. First, unless you also ignore The Phantom Menace.
(Darth Foxtrot A one-man army dedicated to making fetch happen, Thu 15 Mar 2012, 9:49, Reply)

As I've said before, I enjoy AvP as a 'crash, boom, bang' sort of film, one for switching off your brain to
AvP 2 is one of the worst films I've ever seen though. I watched that, and Cloverfield in the same night. I now pretend that night never happened.
( Agnostic Antichrist Baltimora, Thu 15 Mar 2012, 10:00, Reply)

Poor people are shit and should be put down
this will solve the problem
( Naked Ape call me Caitlyn, Thu 15 Mar 2012, 9:28, Reply)

You only dare say that now
because Monty's not here to take umbrage on behalf of his people
(Darth Foxtrot A one-man army dedicated to making fetch happen, Thu 15 Mar 2012, 9:31, Reply)

Monty is with me on this one funnily enough

( Naked Ape call me Caitlyn, Thu 15 Mar 2012, 9:35, Reply)

That boy is a fascinating mess of contradictions

(Darth Foxtrot A one-man army dedicated to making fetch happen, Thu 15 Mar 2012, 9:36, Reply)

Ccontradictions festering tramp sores and a club foot like a pigeon
( Naked Ape call me Caitlyn, Thu 15 Mar 2012, 9:41, Reply)

Actually this is likely to save the lives of some poor people.

( tangledupinblue hairy badge with moving eyes, Thu 15 Mar 2012, 9:37, Reply)

exactly, I'm here to make the tough decisions so you dont have to

( Naked Ape call me Caitlyn, Thu 15 Mar 2012, 9:39, Reply)

tough wrong
( tangledupinblue hairy badge with moving eyes, Thu 15 Mar 2012, 9:41, Reply)

You just agreed with the povvo cull

( Naked Ape call me Caitlyn, Thu 15 Mar 2012, 9:41, Reply)

When?

( tangledupinblue hairy badge with moving eyes, Thu 15 Mar 2012, 9:43, Reply)

I must say you're missing a good opportunity here
Putting them down doesn't win ratings. Forcing them to undergo a series of ever-more humiliating and increasingly lethal challenges to compete for clothing and dignity does.
(Darth Foxtrot A one-man army dedicated to making fetch happen, Thu 15 Mar 2012, 9:47, Reply)

Alt: I don't find animals to be cute. Kittens are shit.
What are you? Some kind of furry?
( tangledupinblue hairy badge with moving eyes, Thu 15 Mar 2012, 9:28, Reply)

Quinten's here, roll call please

(Quintno EXPERIMENT RUINED CANCELLED, LEFT 4EVER, Thu 15 Mar 2012, 9:35, Reply)

bella? BELLA?
anyone seen Bella?
( Naked Ape call me Caitlyn, Thu 15 Mar 2012, 9:35, Reply)

Bella flounced yonks ago
before some cunt else says it
(Darth Foxtrot A one-man army dedicated to making fetch happen, Thu 15 Mar 2012, 9:35, Reply)

www.b3ta.com/questions/offtopic/post1559733
( Agnostic Antichrist Baltimora, Thu 15 Mar 2012, 9:36, Reply)

Bollocks.
Also: I don't get your comment on my status mate, apologies
(Darth Foxtrot A one-man army dedicated to making fetch happen, Thu 15 Mar 2012, 9:36, Reply)

Fat + r?

( Agnostic Antichrist Baltimora, Thu 15 Mar 2012, 9:37, Reply)

Aha
Very good
(Darth Foxtrot A one-man army dedicated to making fetch happen, Thu 15 Mar 2012, 9:39, Reply)

they had a couple of good pop tunes in the 80s but I woouldn't say they were "very good"

( Naked Ape call me Caitlyn, Thu 15 Mar 2012, 9:40, Reply)

I would say they were "fucking shit"

( tangledupinblue hairy badge with moving eyes, Thu 15 Mar 2012, 9:49, Reply)

*cries in the rain*

( sporters I’m sincerely gratitude to you, Thu 15 Mar 2012, 9:50, Reply)

Is it raining? I hadn't noticed
BANG

Darth Foxtrot's How To Improve Films, vol. 1 - Four Weddings and a Funeral
(Darth Foxtrot A one-man army dedicated to making fetch happen, Thu 15 Mar 2012, 9:51, Reply)

That's not bad.
My rule for how to improve any film is simple. Add Paul Rudd.
( scarpe We Stole Bikes, Thu 15 Mar 2012, 9:53, Reply)

Ru Ga
( sporters I’m sincerely gratitude to you, Thu 15 Mar 2012, 9:55, Reply)

Paul Rudd a talking pie
( tangledupinblue hairy badge with moving eyes, Thu 15 Mar 2012, 9:55, Reply)

Ha. I've got a friend who wrote a whole sketch show around the gag that one of the characters in every sketch was a talking pie.
It was performed precisely once...
( scarpe We Stole Bikes, Thu 15 Mar 2012, 9:58, Reply)

Also works with Hugo Weaving and Nathan Fillion
But how, pray tell, would you improve Anchorman?
(Darth Foxtrot A one-man army dedicated to making fetch happen, Thu 15 Mar 2012, 9:56, Reply)

Remove Jack Black

( Agnostic Antichrist Baltimora, Thu 15 Mar 2012, 9:58, Reply)

Remove DVD from player
Throw away

Improved
( sporters I’m sincerely gratitude to you, Thu 15 Mar 2012, 10:01, Reply)

I disagree, I love Anchorman.

( Agnostic Antichrist Baltimora, Thu 15 Mar 2012, 10:01, Reply)

I watched half then turned it off
It was fucking boring to me
( sporters I’m sincerely gratitude to you, Thu 15 Mar 2012, 10:07, Reply)

Well I have a subrule that most films can be improved by the absence of Will Ferrell.

( scarpe We Stole Bikes, Thu 15 Mar 2012, 9:59, Reply)

This^
Unfunny cunt
( sporters I’m sincerely gratitude to you, Thu 15 Mar 2012, 10:00, Reply)

My rule is the same, except for in Anchorman.
However, in terms of other actors I would remove from films to improve them, I'd remove Ben Stiller, Jack Black and Owen Wilson from most films.
( Agnostic Antichrist Baltimora, Thu 15 Mar 2012, 10:00, Reply)

Jack Black makes my skin crawl.
I think Ben Stiller is OK at times. And I actually like Owen Wilson, despite some awful films he has been in. He was great in Midnight In Paris.
( scarpe We Stole Bikes, Thu 15 Mar 2012, 10:06, Reply)

Whilst Ben Stiller has been OK in a couple of films, when you balance that against the abortions of 'Something About Mary' and 'Mystery Men', he has no argument.
And whilst I didn't mind Owen Wilson in Shanghai Noon, I think that was mainly because he was playing off against Jackie Chan.
( Agnostic Antichrist Baltimora, Thu 15 Mar 2012, 10:08, Reply)

Mystery Men is brilliant
You are menkle
(Darth Foxtrot A one-man army dedicated to making fetch happen, Thu 15 Mar 2012, 10:10, Reply)

It's absolutely fucking dire.
Also, so is Zoolander.
( Agnostic Antichrist Baltimora, Thu 15 Mar 2012, 10:12, Reply)

You are dead to me
until I'm next up your way, then we should have a pint
(Darth Foxtrot A one-man army dedicated to making fetch happen, Thu 15 Mar 2012, 10:12, Reply)

Speaking of which,
I was in Blackpool Tower on Saturday and went to the Ballroom. First thing that popped into my head was 'I wonder if Darth has danced here'. Stay out of my weekends, B3ta.
( scarpe We Stole Bikes, Thu 15 Mar 2012, 10:14, Reply)

I actually never have
In fact, you've been in the Tower Ballroom more than I have. All our competitions have been in the Winter Gardens.
(Darth Foxtrot A one-man army dedicated to making fetch happen, Thu 15 Mar 2012, 10:15, Reply)

Are you suggesting that scarpe is gay?

( tangledupinblue hairy badge with moving eyes, Thu 15 Mar 2012, 10:16, Reply)

I think we're well beyond suggestion at this point

(Darth Foxtrot A one-man army dedicated to making fetch happen, Thu 15 Mar 2012, 10:17, Reply)

Did he push back?

( tangledupinblue hairy badge with moving eyes, Thu 15 Mar 2012, 10:19, Reply)

I almost fell off the cliff

(Darth Foxtrot A one-man army dedicated to making fetch happen, Thu 15 Mar 2012, 10:21, Reply)

Excellent euphamism

( sporters I’m sincerely gratitude to you, Thu 15 Mar 2012, 10:35, Reply)

I genuinely cannot stand Ben Stiller on screen when he's trying to be funny
He just annoys me. Yet, when he's playing a prick, I think he's excellent.
( Agnostic Antichrist Baltimora, Thu 15 Mar 2012, 10:14, Reply)

Mystery Men is brilliant
You are menkle.
( scarpe We Stole Bikes, Thu 15 Mar 2012, 10:13, Reply)

No it's not.

( Agnostic Antichrist Baltimora, Thu 15 Mar 2012, 10:15, Reply)

I'd just like to add to this that I have never watched any of these films
They all look dreadful.
( tangledupinblue hairy badge with moving eyes, Thu 15 Mar 2012, 10:15, Reply)

They are all awful

( Agnostic Antichrist Baltimora, Thu 15 Mar 2012, 10:16, Reply)

Andie McDowell
should stick to shampoo ads. She registers nothing at all on the Defcon Bongle scale
( sporters I’m sincerely gratitude to you, Thu 15 Mar 2012, 9:56, Reply)

Her daughters on the other hand...

( tangledupinblue hairy badge with moving eyes, Thu 15 Mar 2012, 10:07, Reply)

I wasn't aware she had any

( sporters I’m sincerely gratitude to you, Thu 15 Mar 2012, 10:08, Reply)

Alright Monters
Nakers wants you dead
(Darth Foxtrot A one-man army dedicated to making fetch happen, Thu 15 Mar 2012, 9:50, Reply)

you calling me a cunt?

( Naked Ape call me Caitlyn, Thu 15 Mar 2012, 9:37, Reply)

Technically, I said "before"
So if anyone else says it now, they're a cunt. You said it before me, so I'm not calling you a cunt up there ^

I am now. You cunt.
(Darth Foxtrot A one-man army dedicated to making fetch happen, Thu 15 Mar 2012, 9:40, Reply)

"And I'm not being funny. I mean no disrespect, but you're a cunt."
"You're a cunt now, and you've always been a cunt. And the only thing that's going to change is that you're going to be an even bigger cunt. Maybe have some more cunt kids. "
( Agnostic Antichrist Baltimora, Thu 15 Mar 2012, 9:41, Reply)

"leave my fucking cunt kids out of this"

( Naked Ape call me Caitlyn, Thu 15 Mar 2012, 9:42, Reply)

My housemate's actually just been to Bruges
He got many points for saying to me last night - first words we'd exchanged since he got back - "It's a fucking fairy tale fucking town"
(Darth Foxtrot A one-man army dedicated to making fetch happen, Thu 15 Mar 2012, 9:45, Reply)

"I retract that bit about your cunt fucking kids."

( Agnostic Antichrist Baltimora, Thu 15 Mar 2012, 9:46, Reply)

It must have a big clit

( sporters I’m sincerely gratitude to you, Thu 15 Mar 2012, 9:49, Reply)

who the fuck is bella and why should i care?

(Quintno EXPERIMENT RUINED CANCELLED, LEFT 4EVER, Thu 15 Mar 2012, 9:42, Reply)

Not using your MenaceCoat login this morning?

( Fucking hell Jeff I am not a robot, Thu 15 Mar 2012, 10:13, Reply)

i only use menace coat at night
he's like a superhero watching over the dark streets of Off Topic
(Quintno EXPERIMENT RUINED CANCELLED, LEFT 4EVER, Thu 15 Mar 2012, 10:44, Reply)

Whack the price up, but keep advertising them where kids will see, that'll help:
www.metro.co.uk/news/893134-alcohol-logos-more-familiar-to-children-than-cake-and-chocolate-brands


Not that I think this is actually anything to be concerned about. We'll just breed skinny drunk kids instead of fat sweaty ones. Big deal.
( scarpe We Stole Bikes, Thu 15 Mar 2012, 9:52, Reply)

Is a liver transplant cheaper than pancreatic cancer to treat?

( sporters I’m sincerely gratitude to you, Thu 15 Mar 2012, 10:02, Reply)

Leave Scarpe alone he doens't need the transplant anymore

( Naked Ape call me Caitlyn, Thu 15 Mar 2012, 10:26, Reply)

It wasn't a dig at scarpe!

( sporters I’m sincerely gratitude to you, Thu 15 Mar 2012, 10:27, Reply)

Poor Scarpe, 4EVA In R HARTZ

( Naked Ape call me Caitlyn, Thu 15 Mar 2012, 10:32, Reply)

*pours one out for homies that have passed away*

( sporters I’m sincerely gratitude to you, Thu 15 Mar 2012, 10:34, Reply)

STOP TAKING THE PISS OUT OF SCARPE DRINKING

( Naked Ape call me Caitlyn, Thu 15 Mar 2012, 10:39, Reply)

no

( sporters I’m sincerely gratitude to you, Thu 15 Mar 2012, 10:39, Reply)

*hic*
NOW LOOK WHAT YOU'VE DONE!

Aw, Fuggit, I love you.
( scarpe We Stole Bikes, Thu 15 Mar 2012, 10:53, Reply)

*stumbles*
You.... YOU!
You are my besht mate, you
( sporters I’m sincerely gratitude to you, Thu 15 Mar 2012, 10:54, Reply)

I hate everyone,
but particularly the poor. I'm all for it. If you can't at least afford a halfway decent Rioja, you shouldn't be allowed to drink at all. Or breed.
( Kroney, Thu 15 Mar 2012, 10:25, Reply)

I was "forced" into drinking Merlot last night

( sporters I’m sincerely gratitude to you, Thu 15 Mar 2012, 10:28, Reply)

What? By whom?

( Kroney, Thu 15 Mar 2012, 10:29, Reply)

By that dastardly rogue, sportscow

( sporters I’m sincerely gratitude to you, Thu 15 Mar 2012, 10:32, Reply)

That boy is a bad influence and I don't want you seeing him again.

( tangledupinblue hairy badge with moving eyes, Thu 15 Mar 2012, 10:36, Reply)

Sorry Dad

( sporters I’m sincerely gratitude to you, Thu 15 Mar 2012, 10:36, Reply)

It was a fucking nice drop though

( sporters I’m sincerely gratitude to you, Thu 15 Mar 2012, 10:37, Reply)

Can I just shock you?
I like wine. Despite what I just said earlier. At any one time I have nine bottles of wine in my house.
( tangledupinblue hairy badge with moving eyes, Thu 15 Mar 2012, 10:39, Reply)

*proffers Blue Nun*

(Darth Foxtrot A one-man army dedicated to making fetch happen, Thu 15 Mar 2012, 10:40, Reply)

I currently have 1/2 a bottle
This needs to be addressed STAT
( sporters I’m sincerely gratitude to you, Thu 15 Mar 2012, 10:40, Reply)

Now hand over the remainder of your alcohol

( tangledupinblue hairy badge with moving eyes, Thu 15 Mar 2012, 10:37, Reply)

Fuck no

( sporters I’m sincerely gratitude to you, Thu 15 Mar 2012, 10:38, Reply)

You are "Miles" AICMPN

( Naked Ape call me Caitlyn, Thu 15 Mar 2012, 10:29, Reply)

?

( sporters I’m sincerely gratitude to you, Thu 15 Mar 2012, 10:32, Reply)

Sideways
Brilliant film
(Darth Foxtrot A one-man army dedicated to making fetch happen, Thu 15 Mar 2012, 10:34, Reply)

Never heard of it

( sporters I’m sincerely gratitude to you, Thu 15 Mar 2012, 10:34, Reply)

indeed
but I couldn't tell you why...
( Naked Ape call me Caitlyn, Thu 15 Mar 2012, 10:34, Reply)

Yeah nor could I actually
I really enjoyed it, but can't very well describe why
(Darth Foxtrot A one-man army dedicated to making fetch happen, Thu 15 Mar 2012, 10:36, Reply)

Only thing I disagree with is that if you're poor, you should give up all your luxories.
We all need luxories in life, there are a few that no matter how poor/rich I am, I always do. I'll always get at least one take away a week, and I'll always have at least one meal that requires me to use 50% of my pots'n'pans and an ingredient that requires a specalist shop (such as a butcher, fishermonger, greengrocer). And I'll always let myself go out at least once every two weeks with a mate without caring (within reason) what I spend. Another one is fags and red-bull type drinks every day.

I got really little patients for alcholics who don't do anything about it, they just seem so pathetic to me, when you see people buying their super-strength larger and shaking as they hand over the coins. I don't mind drunk people, but I hate drunks (which are two different things).

If bottles of frosty-jack and all that are gonna go up to just short of a tenner, people will think "fuck it" and just get spirits instead, and tell people "It'll last two days" instead, which it will at first, but not for long. I think it's fine dramaticly increasing the price of booze, as long as it comes with some kind of campaign to help alcholism. Like you can get nicottine patches in shops, they should be booze ones.
( G/PP 💩💩💩💩💩&#128, Thu 15 Mar 2012, 10:30, Reply)

Just put the plaster over their mouths
Problem solved
( sporters I’m sincerely gratitude to you, Thu 15 Mar 2012, 10:33, Reply)

I'd buy a booze patch

( tangledupinblue hairy badge with moving eyes, Thu 15 Mar 2012, 10:36, Reply)

I'd ring it out into a glass

( sporters I’m sincerely gratitude to you, Thu 15 Mar 2012, 10:37, Reply)

I would very much like to see the following people live on a council estate for a month on benfits.
- Every MP. They're there to represent the people, but they are so far removed from them, so far removed from knowing what its like to struggle, that they think it's OK to buy a fucking duck pond on expenses.
- Every policy maker and upper-management for DWP.

The only trouble with that, I don't know of a single individual who hasn't had to wait at _least_ 2 months for their benifits to come through.
( G/PP 💩💩💩💩💩&#128, Thu 15 Mar 2012, 10:39, Reply)

It was the one that had his moat cleaned on expenses that really made me laugh.

( Kroney, Thu 15 Mar 2012, 10:41, Reply)

How else does one get it cleaned?

( sporters I’m sincerely gratitude to you, Thu 15 Mar 2012, 10:43, Reply)

"Are you seriously proposing that pay to get my own moat cleaned?
"My dear sir, what on Earth are the peasantry *for*?"
( Kroney, Thu 15 Mar 2012, 10:45, Reply)

my dad uses the welsh to do ours
they're near enough the cheshire border and grateful for the cash
( rachelswipe with a fork, Thu 15 Mar 2012, 10:48, Reply)

cash sheep
( sporters I’m sincerely gratitude to you, Thu 15 Mar 2012, 10:48, Reply)

c w
( tangledupinblue hairy badge with moving eyes, Thu 15 Mar 2012, 10:54, Reply)

haha
i am laughing a lot.
( rachelswipe with a fork, Thu 15 Mar 2012, 11:03, Reply)

I don't get what goes through someone's head to think "That is an OK purhcase".
How can someone draw the conclusion that it is anything but a sackable offence?
( G/PP 💩💩💩💩💩&#128, Thu 15 Mar 2012, 10:46, Reply)

It won't
It will have been his PA/assistant/butler
( sporters I’m sincerely gratitude to you, Thu 15 Mar 2012, 10:49, Reply)

It wasn't a sackable offence
Apart from one or two exceptions (those who have been or are being prosecuted), on the whole it was the system that was corrupt not the MPs. They were encouraged to claim for as much as they could.
( tangledupinblue hairy badge with moving eyes, Thu 15 Mar 2012, 10:50, Reply)

^ this ^
yes, they SHOULD have thought, i am being a disgusting piss-taker, but they didn't because everyone else was doing it. and we all know that makes it ok.
( rachelswipe with a fork, Thu 15 Mar 2012, 10:51, Reply)

I'd do it just for the lols

( Kroney, Thu 15 Mar 2012, 10:57, Reply)

I think anyone who has to say "What I did wasn't wrong, according to law BLAH BLAH I was perfectly entitled too.." must know they're taking the piss.

( G/PP 💩💩💩💩💩&#128, Thu 15 Mar 2012, 11:01, Reply)

gonz your username is making me hungry, dammit

( rachelswipe with a fork, Thu 15 Mar 2012, 11:03, Reply)

Ma' made some salt beef and potato ludkas, I got proper jew-food for lunch today. OH BOY.

( G/PP 💩💩💩💩💩&#128, Thu 15 Mar 2012, 11:07, Reply)

now you've made me want a bagel
damn you gonz damn you and all your kind
( rachelswipe with a fork, Thu 15 Mar 2012, 11:18, Reply)

I bet they wouldn't waste it on booze, fags and sky tv

( Naked Ape call me Caitlyn, Thu 15 Mar 2012, 10:45, Reply)

Booze and tv isn't a waste, silly

( sporters I’m sincerely gratitude to you, Thu 15 Mar 2012, 10:46, Reply)

It is when you can't afford decent food for your children

( Naked Ape call me Caitlyn, Thu 15 Mar 2012, 10:54, Reply)

I bet one of them says "What's the point? I know it's only for a month, it's not a fair test, I might as well not do it".

( G/PP 💩💩💩💩💩&#128, Thu 15 Mar 2012, 10:47, Reply)

Our local socialist only drew the wage of a skilled factory worker when he was an MP
(about 40% of what other MPs were being paid)
( tangledupinblue hairy badge with moving eyes, Thu 15 Mar 2012, 10:46, Reply)

what an idiot

( Naked Ape call me Caitlyn, Thu 15 Mar 2012, 10:51, Reply)

I remember him - Dave Nellist
Good honest bloke with principles. Paid his staff the proper going rate too instead of using unpaid interns and overpaid relatives. Obviously this didn't go down well with the Labour party so they dumped him and installed a new guy (I knew the new guy when he was a union official at RR - didn't trust him then, even less reason to trust him now)
(Captain Placid 24/7 ball gags, brownie mix and clown porn, Thu 15 Mar 2012, 11:15, Reply)

i love the really little patients
it's like a hospital for dwarfs (dwarves?)
( rachelswipe with a fork, Thu 15 Mar 2012, 10:39, Reply)

Oompa Loompa doobidy doo

( sporters I’m sincerely gratitude to you, Thu 15 Mar 2012, 10:43, Reply)

OK, I understand the logic/justification of reducing alchohol-related deaths.
But I'm left wondering if people that desperate to escape from reality won't just move to the next most cost-effective drug, which might be even worse for them, anyone know what that might be?
( CQ Knows the truth, all of it., Thu 15 Mar 2012, 10:54, Reply)

Currently at the development stage
I am testing various substances on Monty. Results to follow.
( tangledupinblue hairy badge with moving eyes, Thu 15 Mar 2012, 10:56, Reply)

Can you Use Nakers as a guinea pig for the more virulent substances?

( CQ Knows the truth, all of it., Thu 15 Mar 2012, 11:09, Reply)