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» What nonsense did you believe in as a kid?
Ouch.
As a small person I was convinced that it was an entire testicle that was shot out of one's equipment. I rationalised large families by assuming that testicles re-grew once used.
(Wed 18th Jan 2012, 16:23, More)
Ouch.
As a small person I was convinced that it was an entire testicle that was shot out of one's equipment. I rationalised large families by assuming that testicles re-grew once used.
(Wed 18th Jan 2012, 16:23, More)
» Tales of the Unexplained
Instant karma?
A friend's mother averred to friend - Mr Chris, for it is he - that lightbulbs burst when people are angry.
He replied, with some emphasis, 'I've never heard such nonsense in all my life mum'. Or something like that.
(Pop).
Friend's mother smirked. A lot.
(Thu 3rd Jul 2008, 17:43, More)
Instant karma?
A friend's mother averred to friend - Mr Chris, for it is he - that lightbulbs burst when people are angry.
He replied, with some emphasis, 'I've never heard such nonsense in all my life mum'. Or something like that.
(Pop).
Friend's mother smirked. A lot.
(Thu 3rd Jul 2008, 17:43, More)
» Devastating Put-Downs
Dennis Skinner at his best
Since we have moved into anecdotage, the Gough Whitlam story reminded me of this:
"Roy Jenkins, David Marquand's political mentor, announced he was leaving Parliament to become president of the European Commission in 1977. So politically close were they that Marquand too resigned his seat in order to follow Jenkins to Brussels as his chief advisor.
Jenkins, who famously had difficulty pronouncing the letter R, made an emotional farewell speech to fellow Labour MPs, concluding: "I leave this parliamentary party without rancour." Skinner interjected: "I thought you were taking Marquand with you".
(Fri 25th Nov 2011, 14:19, More)
Dennis Skinner at his best
Since we have moved into anecdotage, the Gough Whitlam story reminded me of this:
"Roy Jenkins, David Marquand's political mentor, announced he was leaving Parliament to become president of the European Commission in 1977. So politically close were they that Marquand too resigned his seat in order to follow Jenkins to Brussels as his chief advisor.
Jenkins, who famously had difficulty pronouncing the letter R, made an emotional farewell speech to fellow Labour MPs, concluding: "I leave this parliamentary party without rancour." Skinner interjected: "I thought you were taking Marquand with you".
(Fri 25th Nov 2011, 14:19, More)
» Devastating Put-Downs
Sticking one's head above the parapet
Way back lost in the mists of time, I was watching a less than devastatingly funny stand up comedian, and when he gave me this opportunity - 'It's a hard life being a comedian'. I took it: 'How would you know?'. He never recovered.
(Thu 24th Nov 2011, 16:05, More)
Sticking one's head above the parapet
Way back lost in the mists of time, I was watching a less than devastatingly funny stand up comedian, and when he gave me this opportunity - 'It's a hard life being a comedian'. I took it: 'How would you know?'. He never recovered.
(Thu 24th Nov 2011, 16:05, More)
» Racist grandparents
Of vans, horns and cover ups.
A couple of tales involving places to the south of these parts.
My parents retired to south west France some years ago, and a French friend of theirs was stone cold certain that North Africans were smuggled into France and dispersed about the country in police vans, and that the state was covering it up. Her husband, a retired cop, would nod in agreement.
A Spanish friend, when a child, was told by an elderly relative that Jews have horns.
(Thu 27th Oct 2011, 14:13, More)
Of vans, horns and cover ups.
A couple of tales involving places to the south of these parts.
My parents retired to south west France some years ago, and a French friend of theirs was stone cold certain that North Africans were smuggled into France and dispersed about the country in police vans, and that the state was covering it up. Her husband, a retired cop, would nod in agreement.
A Spanish friend, when a child, was told by an elderly relative that Jews have horns.
(Thu 27th Oct 2011, 14:13, More)