Cold Ale - The Blokes' Thread!

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Originally Posted by Michael T

I remember Emilio Estevez with Harry Dean Stanton in Brian Cox's cult Si-Fi movie 'Repo-Man' :alien: What a strange yet compelling movie it was too! It gives meaning to all those little green trees (air fresheners) that people hang from the mirrors in their cars. Weird film...It makes me laugh just thinking about it. :lol:

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Absolutely!

Mind you, any film with Harry Dean Stanton in is worth the price of several admissions. Greatest character actor ever. The end.

He even pops up in a Ry Cooder video - Get Rhythm - which is also brilliant.

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Originally Posted by The Atheist

Mind you, any film with Harry Dean Stanton in is worth the price of several admissions. Greatest character actor ever. The end.

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Agreed! :)

With 'the end' it is very hard to continue conversation, unless someone is found to disagree with your respective opinions. I don't know enough of Harry Dean Stanton's work to either agree or disagree, so I will drink too much whisky and have a shouting match at the bar with my imaginary friend Harold. ;)

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Originally Posted by Silas Thorne

... so I will drink too much whisky and have a shouting match at the bar with my imaginary friend Harold. ;)

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Always a good option! :D

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Originally Posted by Silas Thorne

so I will drink too much whisky and have a shouting match at the bar with my imaginary friend Harold. ;)

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Are you sure he is not called "Harvey"? ;)

http://content7.flixster.com/skin/pr...background.jpg

Do you really think that Harvey would be involved in a shouting match?

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Originally Posted by BienvenuJDC

Do you really think that Harvey would be involved in a shouting match?

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Don't know; never met him... So, I will *have to* take your word for it!

;)

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Originally Posted by LostPrincess13

Ooooh, what's a Bank Holiday?:D Do the banks close down for a day or two?

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We get a few Bank Holidays every year. They are a national holiday...usually on a Monday. They are best known as days that the whole of the UK looks forward to with dreams of picnics and sunbathing on the beaches. However, they inevitably pour with rain and 97% of the population visit D.I.Y. stores instead. (D.I.Y. stores are about the only stores that open on Bank Holidays) I might add that I despise D.I.Y. with a passion! Henceforth, I shall be spending my Bank Holidays in the 'Blokes Thread' bar with the newspapers and a few drinks! :D

Hope that helps LostPrincess. ;)

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Originally Posted by Scheherazade

Don't know; never met him... So, I will *have to* take your word for it!

;)

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Both he and Elwood are the most polite chaps I know...

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Originally Posted by Michael T

We get a few Bank Holidays every year. They are a national holiday...usually on a Monday. They are best known as days that the whole of the UK looks forward to with dreams of picnics and sunbathing on the beaches. However, they inevitably pour with rain and 97% of the population visit D.I.Y. stores instead. (D.I.Y. stores are about the only stores that open on Bank Holidays) I might add that I despise D.I.Y. with a passion! Henceforth, I shall be spending my Bank Holidays in the 'Blokes Thread' bar with the newspapers and a few drinks! :D

Hope that helps LostPrincess. ;)

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Living in a seaside town, and being tremendously overworked at the moment, I took a rather perverse pleasure in watching the rain and the wind batter the beach yesterday... it also drowned out the noise of that pathetic and ridiculous funfair they shove in the town centre... grumblegrumblehumbug...

Solamen miseris socios habuisse doloris.

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Originally Posted by The Atheist

You can say that anytime. Charlie Sheen is unwatchable and can't act. Luckily, most of his parts, he plays.... Charlie Sheen. He's a moron. You couldn't pay me to watch him. His brother/s and old man can act, though.

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:lol: You are absolutely right.

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Originally Posted by Silas Thorne

With 'the end' it is very hard to continue conversation, unless someone is found to disagree with your respective opinions. I don't know enough of Harry Dean Stanton's work to either agree or disagree, so I will drink too much whisky and have a shouting match at the bar with my imaginary friend Harold. ;)

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I'll join you in a quick tot, it's a cold and bleak morning here, with the cold air moving up from Antarctica.

One in the tea sounds about spot on!

OK guys, here's the drift. Do you think it is right, as per news item below, to allow Marks & Spencer to levy this charge?

M&S chief faces shopper revolt over £2 extra for bigger bras.
by Rosamund Urwin.

Marks and Spencer chairman Sir Stuart Rose is set to have a face-to-face confrontation with campaigners over the store's surcharge on bigger bras.

Protesters have been lobbying the company to drop the extra £2 they charge on bras above a DD-cup.

Campaigners say the surcharge discriminates against well-endowed women. They argue that other items of clothing are the same price regardless of size.


Now I think we must show solidarity with our female members on this question and give support to well-endowed women by showing a a hands on approach to the problem, and also writing collectively to Sir Stuart Rose in favour of large-breasted women.

Bigger bra sizes ought to be subsidized by taxes from men. :lol:

I will have to side with the makers of the bras on this. If the bras are larger and thus cost more to make, then the law of supply merits that the product should cost more. Discrimination should not be a factor. If those who are protesting do not want to pay a higher price, then they can choose NOT to buy and use the product.

You know I know the women had this discussion once... :rolleyes:

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Originally Posted by BienvenuJDC

I will have to side with the makers of the bras on this. If the bras are larger and thus cost more to make, then the law of supply merits that the product should cost more. Discrimination should not be a factor. If those who are protesting do not want to pay a higher price, then they can choose NOT to buy and use the product.

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:lol: Now I see the madness to your method. :D

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Originally Posted by Brian Bean

OK guys, here's the drift. Do you think it is right, as per news item below, to allow Marks & Spencer to levy this charge?

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Well, the pragmatic part of me agrees with Bienvenue and says that economics, not discrimination is at play here and it's a typically awful attempt by big boobed babes to play the discrimination card.

As should be obvious to any DD++ woman, men do not discriminate against larger boobs.

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Originally Posted by Brian Bean

Campaigners say the surcharge discriminates against well-endowed women. They argue that other items of clothing are the same price regardless of size.

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And that's flagrantly wrong, because a woman who takes a DD++ bra isn't likely to fit those off-the-rack clothes anyway.

However, this is an excellent point!

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Originally Posted by Virgil

Bigger bra sizes ought to be subsidized by taxes from men. :lol:

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Perhaps a subsidy on all cosmetic surgeons and XXX film-makers is the answer?

The protesters are showing alot of front, and certainly have some weighty arguements to bring forward. But are they Genuine? Or have they been blown up out of all proportion?

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Originally Posted by prendrelemick

The protesters are showing alot of front, and certainly have some weighty arguements to bring forward. But are they Genuine? Or have they been blown up out of all proportion?

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Very good!

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Originally Posted by prendrelemick

The protesters are showing alot of front, and certainly have some weighty arguements to bring forward. But are they Genuine? Or have they been blown up out of all proportion?

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:):):D:D:lol::lol::D:D:):)

You certainly have a couple of good points for us to get our teeth into there! We should bounce these around for a while in the club over tea and buns! :)

I walked past the ‘Girls Only Thread’ on my way here this morning and overheard some of their conversation. They seemed to be discussing how disappointed they were that they couldn’t touch certain parts of their bodies with their own tongues! ...And they moan about US!!! :sick:

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Originally Posted by Brian Bean

OK guys, here's the drift. Do you think it is right, as per news item below, to allow Marks & Spencer to levy this charge?

M&S chief faces shopper revolt over £2 extra for bigger bras.
by Rosamund Urwin.

Marks and Spencer chairman Sir Stuart Rose is set to have a face-to-face confrontation with campaigners over the store's surcharge on bigger bras.

Protesters have been lobbying the company to drop the extra £2 they charge on bras above a DD-cup.

Campaigners say the surcharge discriminates against well-endowed women. They argue that other items of clothing are the same price regardless of size.


Now I think we must show solidarity with our female members on this question and give support to well-endowed women by showing a a hands on approach to the problem, and also writing collectively to Sir Stuart Rose in favour of large-breasted women.

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:lol: It's remarkable what you guys do with your time... :lol:

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Originally Posted by Virgil

Bigger bra sizes ought to be subsidized by taxes from men. :lol:

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Hear! Hear! :lol: Women spend way much more than men when it comes to underclothing because of their bigger "parts". :D

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Originally Posted by BienvenuJDC

I will have to side with the makers of the bras on this. If the bras are larger and thus cost more to make, then the law of supply merits that the product should cost more. Discrimination should not be a factor. If those who are protesting do not want to pay a higher price, then they can choose NOT to buy and use the product.

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Even though I believe that the responsibility lies with the consumer, this is just outrageous!:lol:

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Originally Posted by prendrelemick

The protesters are showing alot of front, and certainly have some weighty arguements to bring forward. But are they Genuine? Or have they been blown up out of all proportion?

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Sir, you have a way with words...:lol:



NO to the extra charge on bigger bras! :D

I have to disagree with those members who don't support the women on this.
There is a fundamental issue of fair-play involved and I have drawn up a letter on behalf of the LitNet women which might go some way to showing Sir Stuart Rose the error of his ways:


Dear Sir Stuart,

We are writing to inform you of the LitNet women members’ refusal to accept the extra charge for bigger bras. We are going to lobby our MPs and take all necessary means to defeat you on this issue.
Please note that our big-breasted women are determined to stand proud and firm and will not wobble in their determination.
You have made some well-known errors of judgement since you took over at M&S but big boobs like these will weigh heavily in the balance when you are finally sent packing.

Norma Snockers
for LitNet women

Should Value Added Tax be levied on padded bras. ?

Now I know this story is hard to swallow, but what's even even more amazing is the name of the newspaper it was reported in ie. Sin Chew Daily.


Woman bites off lover's penis in car crash
A secretary involved in an affair with her boss reportedly bit off her lover's penis while performing oral sex in a car.

Sin Chew Daily and China Press reports that the painful incident occurred in a park in Singapore where the couple met after work.

The 30-year-old secretary was performing oral sex on her boss when the car was shunted by a reversing van. According to the China Press, the impact of the crash caused the woman to bite off her lover’s organ.

Gentlemen, I have grave news to report from Lords.

England have collapsed from 98 for 1, to 112 for 4.:flare::(

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Originally Posted by Brian Bean

Now I know this story is hard to swallow, but what's even even more amazing is the name of the newspaper it was reported in ie. Sin Chew Daily.


Woman bites off lover's penis in car crash
A secretary involved in an affair with her boss reportedly bit off her lover's penis while performing oral sex in a car.

Sin Chew Daily and China Press reports that the painful incident occurred in a park in Singapore where the couple met after work.

The 30-year-old secretary was performing oral sex on her boss when the car was shunted by a reversing van. According to the China Press, the impact of the crash caused the woman to bite off her lover’s organ.

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Ouch. All I can say is, I'm not sure whether to laugh or not - that is quite horrific, yet at the same time - so comical.

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Originally Posted by LostPrincess13

:lol: It's remarkable what you guys do with your time...

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You need to realise the way men think; there's a good analogy with my wife and me.

She makes the small decisions in life and I devote myself to the big decisions.

"Small decisions" being, where we live, what kind of house we buy, what sort of car we drive; stuff like that.

"Major decisions" being, whether we should send more troops to Afghanistan, who should be in the test team for [/insert sport], what odds should be set for next year's Grand National... (whether bras should be padded or taxed)

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Originally Posted by Brian Bean

Norma Snockers
for LitNet women

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Originally Posted by prendrelemick

Should Value Added Tax be levied on padded bras. ?

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Originally Posted by Brian Bean

Now I know this story is hard to swallow, but what's even even more amazing is the name of the newspaper it was reported in ie. Sin Chew Daily.

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Brilliant!

It's taken me a good five minutes to stop laughing enough to reply.

Eric Morecambe and Ronnie Barker reincarnate. Can you just imagine Barker reading that news article?

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Originally Posted by prendrelemick

Gentlemen, I have grave news to report from Lords.

England have collapsed from 98 for 1, to 112 for 4.:flare::(

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Good grief!

Parker will be in mourning.

:rolleyes:

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Originally Posted by Niamh

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So you see guys, there are some things that can render women speechless and send them scuttling away from the Bloke's thread, even if the unfortunate event in Singapore was the means of achieving it.

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Originally Posted by The Atheist

You need to realise the way men think;

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Exactly. For instance, the poor unfortunate man from Singapore,has lost two thirds of his mental capacity.

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Originally Posted by Brian Bean

So you see guys, there are some things that can render women speechless and send them scuttling away from the Bloke's thread, even if the unfortunate event in Singapore was the means of achieving it.

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Or maybe its mens lack of understanding when it comes to womens busts.

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Originally Posted by Niamh

Or maybe its mens lack of understanding when it comes to womens busts.

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Gonna go with Niamh here, I hadnt even noticed the singapore incedent. till Brian thought it was what rendered women speechless.

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Originally Posted by Niamh

Or maybe its mens lack of understanding when it comes to womens busts.

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Unyet its a subject that's been a life time of study for many men

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Originally Posted by Niamh

Or maybe its mens lack of understanding when it comes to womens busts.

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I'm not sure what you are referring to exactly, but for me it is simply a matter of economics. I am a professional estimator for a steel company. Everyday I estimate the amount of material that is needed for a project, the cost of the material, the calculated labor and overhead costs, and then I add to it the reasonable mark up. This is how much a product costs.

Steel prices have risen considerably of the past year. In my line a work, if the design requires additional structural support, then it usually costs more. I have yet to have any of the engineers complain that the larger structures cost more to build.

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Originally Posted by Brian Bean

Now I know this story is hard to swallow, but what's even even more amazing is the name of the newspaper it was reported in ie. Sin Chew Daily.


Woman bites off lover's penis in car crash
A secretary involved in an affair with her boss reportedly bit off her lover's penis while performing oral sex in a car.

Sin Chew Daily and China Press reports that the painful incident occurred in a park in Singapore where the couple met after work.

The 30-year-old secretary was performing oral sex on her boss when the car was shunted by a reversing van. According to the China Press, the impact of the crash caused the woman to bite off her lover’s organ.

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Karma at its finest! I wonder if thier spouses are having a good laugh over this one.

Oh, and if you like odd stories, check out msnbc.com and go to thier Weird News section...I believe it's under the U.S. news (although the weird news is not limited to bizarre happenings in the States alone)
The stories up today are as follows:

Cow bolts slaughterhouse, milks freedom

Smuggler Hid 13 Birds in his Pants

Man Sues Over Right to Wear Skirts in Public

Girl Finds Condom in Happy Meal (a 7 year old in Switzerland...)

Plane Crash Lands into Port-o-Potty

No Pants, No Season for Oregon's Frisbee Team

Virgin Mary seen on a Griddle

Man Shoves Officer to Join Brother in Jail

Vitamin "C" in Man's Oranges is Really Cocaine

Burgler Steals Only JellyBeans

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Karma at its finest! I wonder if thier spouses are having a good laugh over this one.

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I bet the spouse of the guy who lost his most essential piece of equipement isn't going to be happy. Unless, that is, she can find a replacement.

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Originally Posted by Brian Bean

I bet the spouse of the guy who lost his most essential piece of equipement isn't going to be happy. Unless, that is, she can find a replacement.

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You think it was a clean "off", I just figured that was reporting - I assumed just severe damage, I didn't think actually OFF. Ouch.

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Originally Posted by Brian Bean

I bet the spouse of the guy who lost his most essential piece of equipement isn't going to be happy. Unless, that is, she can find a replacement.

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But if he was having an affair (which will now cause her major public embarassment), she very likely will not want anything to do with it anymore. This just gives her a great chance to stick it to him (no pun intended) in court and milk him dry for alimony (it mentions that he is a boss so he is probably comfortably off..just not in the literal sense).
When it comes down to it, many men are just horny, selfish jerks, and many women are bloodsucking, selfish leeches. So maybe it will work out for all of them :lol:

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Originally Posted by Stargazer86

But if he was having an affair (which will now cause her major public embarassment), she very likely will not want anything to do with it anymore. This just gives her a great chance to stick it to him (no pun intended) in court and milk him dry for alimony (it mentions that he is a boss so he is probably comfortably off..just not in the literal sense).
When it comes down to it, many men are just horny, selfish jerks, and many women are bloodsucking, selfish leeches. So maybe it will work out for all of them :lol:

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Or perhaps they actually like each other.