Malcolm Robinson

Pete, The problem I have is that I did and probably still do support an EU! That is to say I support the idea just not the way it has been rolled out and certainly not the people in charge, elected or otherwise! If we now have a global economy which we want to be part of I think the UK needs to be an integral part of a larger trading body, either that or we go our own way but that necessitates imaginative and innovative policies which are abjectly missing in UK political leadership these days. However I don't think what we have ended up with as an EU that can be changed into something which would have the mass appeal needed, so for that reason I will wear your badge! Interesting to see our local MPs fighting for publicity in the local press every week now. I wonder if that has anything to do with the proposed boundary changes and the fact that one will have to lose his seat! Cynical, moi, jamais! I think GGG's post typifies why we have been held back as a region for so long. Even returning MPs with solid majorities we never see any in ministerial positions or in fact in positions of real power. Our current MP has scaled dizzy heights and is a secretary to Harriet, a woman who I believe is a Machiavellian influence on the Labour Party. Nobody is going to give Ronnie a real job, he might be a good constituency MP but his outbursts in the Commons are embarrassing and he is likely to say the wrong thing to the wrong people at the wrong time.

The Irish Diet: An Irishman was terribly overweight, so his doctor put him on a diet. I want you to eat regularly for 2 days, then skip a day, then eat regularly again for 2 days then skip a day. Repeat this procedure for 2 weeks. The next time I see you, you should have lost at least 5 pounds.' When the Irishman returned, he shocked the doctor by having lost nearly 60lbs! 'Why, that's amazing!' the doctor said, 'Did you follow my instructions?' The Irishman nodded. 'I'll tell you though, I t'aut I were going to drop dead on dat 3rd day.' 'From the hunger, you mean?' asked the doctor. 'No, from the goddam skipping'.

Love these guys...................

Never thought I would say this...................... Well done Ronnie Campbell........ http://www.guardian.co.uk/politics/2011/oct/25/mp-voted-for-eu-referendum?newsfeed=true

Not sure Italy could have avoided a meltdown given its propensity for devaluing out of crisis and German 'oversight' of the Euro project. I have always thought Italy would be caught in a pincer movement outside its control. As I said many months ago Greece should have negotiated a withdrawal from the Euro and I would have thought they would have been given very attractive terms at the time. That would have left them to introduce a currency which would have given them a cost advantage in trading terms. They would still also have had to rationalise their public sector though! I do believe it's those very 'differences between nations' which make the Euro problem insoluble. Without a tight political union there is no chance of a fiscal union working. There are too many differences both in mind-sets and working practices. The UK referendum vote last night is remarkable; not for the result but for the way it unfolded. At its very core is a populist petition which our elected leaders have ridden rough shod over and none more so than William Hague. Having to impose a 3 line whip only to see so many rebels would seem to question Dave's continued leadership of a clearly split party. One name for a successor keeps cropping up in conversations I have, Georgie Boy, flipping heck I need to go and lie down in a dark room!

Keith I couldn't possibly remeber that, I wasn't even a twinkle in a bottle of Fed Special at the time! As for all that walking Brett talks about............

DON'T MESS WITH OLD PEOPLE... A little old lady went to the grocery store to buy cat food. She picked up four cans and took them to the check out counter. The girl at the cash register said, "I'm sorry, but we cannot sell you cat food without proof that you have a cat. A lot of old people buy cat food to eat, and the management wants proof that you are buying the cat food for your cat." The little old lady went home, picked up her cat and brought it back to the store. They sold her the cat food. The next day, she tried to buy two cans of dog food. Again the cashier said "I'm sorry, but we cannot sell you dog food without proof that you have a dog. A lot of old people buy dog food to eat, but the management wants proof that you are buying the dog food for your dog." So she went home and brought in her dog. She then was able to buy the dog food. The next day she brought in a box with a hole in the lid. The little old lady asked the cashier to stick her finger in the hole. The cashier said, "No, you might have a snake in there." The little old lady assured her that there was nothing in the box that would harm her. So the cashier put her finger into the box and pulled it out. She said to the little old lady, "That smells like poo." The little old lady said, "It is. I want to buy three rolls of toilet paper." So........... Don't mess with old people.

If the current gossip about the IMF refusing anymore Greek bailouts is true, and by association that would mean Italy will have to fend for itself, then we are about to enter the endgame for the Euro. I can't see Germany being willing to take on wholesale bailouts for every other Euro member even if Sarko would like them to recapitalise the French banking sector! As for Sarko and Dave's tif……in the immortal words of Harry Hill, ''there's only one way to sort this out……..FIGHT, FIGHT!''

There is, you can devalue your currency and import even more of it……….

One night, an 87-year-old woman came home from Bingo to find her 92-year-old husband in bed with another woman.. She became violent and ended up pushing him off the balcony of their 20th floor apartment, killing him instantly. Brought before the court, on the charge of murder, she was asked if she had anything to say in her own defense. 'Your Honor,' she began coolly, 'I figured that at 92, if he could screw, he could fly.'

Groups of Americans were traveling by tour bus through Holland .. As they stopped at a cheese farm, a young guide led them through the process of cheese making, explaining that goat's milk was used. She showed the group a lovely hillside where many goats were grazing. 'These' she explained, 'Are the older goats put out to pasture when they no longer produce.' She then asked, 'What do you do in America with your old goats?' A spry old gentleman answered, 'They send us on bus tours!'

Bob, a 70-year-old, extremely wealthy widower, shows up at the Country Club with a breathtakingly beautiful and very sexy 25-year-old blonde-haired woman who knocks everyone's socks off with her youthful sex appeal and charm and who hangs over Bob's arm and listens intently to his every word. His buddies at the club are all aghast. At the very first chance, they corner him and ask, 'Bob, how'd you get the trophy girlfriend?' Bob replies, 'Girlfriend? She's my wife!' They are knocked over, but continue to ask. 'So, how'd you persuade her to marry you?' 'I lied about my age', Bob replies. 'What, did you tell her you were only 50?' Bob smiles and says, 'No, I told her I was 90.'

A Doctor was addressing a large audience in Tampa ... 'The material we put into our stomachs is enough to have killed most of us sitting here, years ago.. Red meat is awful. Soft drinks corrode your stomach lining. Chinese food is loaded with MSG. High fat diets can be disastrous, and none of us realizes the long-term harm caused by the germs in our drinking water. However, there is one thing that is the most dangerous of all and we all have eaten, or will eat it. Can anyone here tell me what food it is that causes the most grief and suffering for years after eating it?' After several seconds of quiet, a 75-year-old man in the front row raised his hand, and softly said, 'Wedding Cake.'

Brenda and Steve took their six-year-old son to the doctor. With some hesitation, they explained that although their little angel appeared to be in good health, they were concerned about his rather small penis. After examining the child, the doctor confidently declared, 'Just feed him pancakes. That should solve the problem.' The next morning when the boy arrived at breakfast, there was a large stack of warm pancakes in the middle of the table. 'Gee, Mom,' he exclaimed. 'For me?' 'Just take two,' Brenda replied. 'The rest are for your father.'

A man went to church one day and afterward he stopped to shake the preacher's hand. He said, 'Preacher, I'll tell you, that was a damned fine sermon. Damned good!' The preacher said, 'Thank you sir, but I'd rather you didn't use profanity.' The man said, 'I was so damned impressed with that sermon I put five thousand dollars in the offering plate!' The preacher said, 'No !*!@#?'

The mother of a 17-year-old girl was concerned that her daughter was having sex.... Worried the girl might become pregnant and adversely impact the family's status, she consulted the family doctor. The doctor told her that teenagers today were very willful and any attempt to stop the girl would probably result in rebellion He then told her to arrange for her daughter to be put on birth control and until then, talk to her and give her a box of condoms. Later that evening, as her daughter was preparing for a date, the mother told her about the situation and handed her a box of condoms. The girl burst out laughing and reached over to hug her mother, saying, 'Oh Mom! You don't have to worry about that! I'm dating Susan!'

Thought he was 'just' a King, rather than an omnipotent deity's earth bound vassal? King of the perms KK.

Funny Keith I thought we all saw this when we looked in the mirror?

I was thinking along the lines of ones formed by the likes of Charles Taze Russell, L. Ron Hubbard, Martin Luther, William Miller, Claas Epp, Jr, Chuck Smith, Edward Irving, Menachem Mendel Schneerson, to name a few and who can forget David Icke!

Cool, that nearly Bladerunner tech. Images a bit Lowrie-esque.........

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Hope those lights are going to fit, John? Well done to Colin, if it was him, for that Co-Op funding.

Trolls!

Yeah and what happens when you build a religion on the basis of such things and they don't come true?

A Golf Story... A husband takes his wife to play her first round of golf. The wife promptly whacked her first shot right through the window of the biggest house adjacent to the course. The husband cringed, "I warned you to be careful! Now we'll have to go up there, find the owner, apologize and see how much your lousy drive is going to cost us." So the couple walked up to the house and knocked on the door. A man's voice said, "Come on in." When they opened the door they saw the damage that was done. Glass was all over the place, and a broken antique bottle was lying on its side near the broken window. A man reclining on the couch asked, "Are you the people that broke the window?" "Uh, yeah, sir.. We're sure sorry about that," the husband replied. "Oh, no apology is necessary. Actually I want to thank you. You see, I'm a genie, and I've been trapped in that bottle for a thousand years. Now that you've released me, I'm allowed to grant three wishes.. I'll give you each one wish, but if you don't mind, I'll keep the last one for myself." "Wow, that's great!" the husband said. He pondered a moment and blurted out, "I'd like a million dollars a year for the rest of my life." "No problem," said the genie. "You've got it, it's the least I can do. And I'll guarantee you a long, healthy life!" "And now you, young lady, what do you want?" the genie asked."I'd like to own a gorgeous home complete with servants in every country in the world," she said. "Consider it done," the genie said. "And your homes will always be safe from fire, burglary and natural disasters!" "Now," the couple asked in unison, "what's your wish, genie?" "Well, since I've been trapped in that bottle and haven't been with a woman in more than a thousand years, my wish is to have sex with your wife." The husband looked at his wife and said, "Gee, honey, you know we both now have a fortune, and all those houses. What do you think?" She mulled it over for a few moments and said, "You know, you're right. Considering our good fortune, I guess I wouldn't mind, but what about you, honey?" "You know I love you sweetheart," said the husband. "I'd do the same for you!" So the genie and the woman went upstairs where they spent the rest of the afternoon enjoying each other in every way.. After about three hours of non-stop sex, the genie rolled over and looked directly into her eyes and asked, "How old are you and your husband?" "Why, we're both 45," she responded breathlessly. "No way." He said, "Forty-five years old and both of you still believe in genies?"