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I'd rather talk about raffles again to be honest.(, Fri 18 May 2012, 11:29, 3 replies, latest was 12 years ago)
i referenced viz this week in worknobody got my finbarr saunders gag.
the person in question wrote 'mascot beat off some stiff competition, and came first'
ffs.
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Was his name Mr Gimlett, by any chance?"I'm going away today Finbarr, and I'm going to give your mother a lift. OH YES, YOUR MOTHER'S GOING TO OLDHAM AND I'M GOING TO BANGOR AS FAST AS I CAN."
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In the 17th centuryCromwell's puritan movement banned raffles following a typo in a parliamentary decree. They actually wanted to ban ruffles on clothing, because they deemed them to be decadent royalist trappings unsuited to the sober outlook of their faith.
To this day, there are parts of Derbyshire in which you can be hanged merely for mentioning raffles.
(c) Gyles Brandreth, 'So, You Think You Know About Raffles?', Harper Collins 1986
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Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Fri 18 May 2012, 11:33,
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There's a Taxi company in Milton Keynes called Raffles.Often said that it's called that because it's a raffle if they turn up on time! sne sne
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Gyles isn't the only one to enjoy a raffle
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Fucking hell Jeff I am not a robot, Fri 18 May 2012, 11:41,
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How about a 'news' link?PM needs to fuck off back to mumsnet
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b3th Not shit. Not mod., Fri 18 May 2012, 11:37,
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Well, yes, I agree that most people seem to have no fucking idea how to raise civilised childrenbut it would be nice to think they learn it from their family and not through state-sponsored stating-the-bloody-obvious lessons.
Then again, childrearing is hardly my area of expertise, and it's not something I ever want to have anything to do with.
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b3th Not shit. Not mod., Fri 18 May 2012, 11:41,
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Scaryduck's the expert on 'child rearing', that's what I heard.(
Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Fri 18 May 2012, 11:44,
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ScaryGadd deleted my response to his post in the sex toys QOTW.I asked him if he'd ever used sex toys on his kids.
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Fucking hell Jeff I am not a robot, Fri 18 May 2012, 11:45,
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I wonder how you'd take it if a bunch of people accused you of abusing your child online. (, Fri 18 May 2012, 11:46, Reply)
No, that would be childish, I just think battered is being a bit double standardy(, Fri 18 May 2012, 11:48, Reply)
I think someone did in the past. Can't remember who though. (
Fucking hell Jeff I am not a robot, Fri 18 May 2012, 11:48,
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It would be nice for that to happen, but not everyone has a family.And also "how it's always been done" isn't the same as the best advice available at the moment. You wouldn't have farmers using the same technique through generations and that practice is nearly as old as child raising.
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Like I said, I'm not personally involved in the processso I don't really have any idea how it should be done.
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b3th Not shit. Not mod., Fri 18 May 2012, 11:48,
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You're rubbish need some mothers back on here to get all angry about it. Where's Chicken lady when you need her.
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Chickenlady could talk about parenting AND farming techniques.(
crackhouseceilidhband Fuck off back to Mumsnet, Fri 18 May 2012, 12:06,
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What, news threads?I'd never have guessed.
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Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Fri 18 May 2012, 11:43,
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