tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2170981338945747646.post863065925013737725..comments2024-02-06T07:57:54.467+00:00Comments on underdogs bite upwards: Electrocandles.Leg-ironhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04932361799889315359noreply@blogger.comBlogger29125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2170981338945747646.post-19658178930000058022011-07-10T01:58:23.278+01:002011-07-10T01:58:23.278+01:00Sadbutmadlad - interesting. I'm growing apples...Sadbutmadlad - interesting. I'm growing apples... are they WMD's now?<br /><br />In fact, the apple crop this year looks like producing far more HCN than the tobacco plants. <br /><br />Better grow more tobacco next year, or I'll spoil the antismokers' fun.Leg-ironhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04932361799889315359noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2170981338945747646.post-27084797097890521772011-07-10T01:54:53.868+01:002011-07-10T01:54:53.868+01:00Rose - that sign is all it would take to boost cus...Rose - that sign is all it would take to boost custom. As long as their outside area was off the street so we don't have to endure the whiners complaining that we're contaminating their diesel fume experience.Leg-ironhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04932361799889315359noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2170981338945747646.post-22027983767339549242011-07-10T01:52:59.138+01:002011-07-10T01:52:59.138+01:00Bunni - I think the ones I saw were entirely plast...Bunni - I think the ones I saw were entirely plastic (saving the planet by using masses of petroleum products). I didn't buy any so can't be sure but they were far too shiny to be wax.Leg-ironhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04932361799889315359noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2170981338945747646.post-41268708129722152862011-07-10T01:51:25.469+01:002011-07-10T01:51:25.469+01:00hangemall - I remember those electric candle bulbs...hangemall - I remember those electric candle bulbs. Filament shaped like a flame and flickered like a flame. Fascinating to watch. I suppose they're banned now.Leg-ironhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04932361799889315359noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2170981338945747646.post-87368813302783031842011-07-10T00:23:40.873+01:002011-07-10T00:23:40.873+01:00remarkably, the art of sleaze, as practiced by the...remarkably, the art of sleaze, as practiced by the <i>news of the world</i>, is still plastering over the headlines, but this was never <i>news</i> - the real story is of a government and police force suffering from terminal corruption. whatever happened to press-focus?master mainline manipulatornoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2170981338945747646.post-90008410972021627602011-07-09T11:22:29.435+01:002011-07-09T11:22:29.435+01:00non-effervescent and emission-free, emancipation-s...non-effervescent and emission-free, emancipation-safe electro-candles:<br /><br />the arab spring - that's another fine example of a <i>cia</i> inspired false-dawn designed to have a short battery-life and flush-out all the ever-ready-to-die revolutionaries. so sublimely sick.trick trot trapnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2170981338945747646.post-6175333804361638052011-07-09T11:10:56.156+01:002011-07-09T11:10:56.156+01:0003:13
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(insert between 'or' and '...03:13<br /><br />not<br /><br />(insert between 'or' and 'until', penultimate line)the gritty grammariannoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2170981338945747646.post-50006883307831061282011-07-09T10:50:55.007+01:002011-07-09T10:50:55.007+01:00@Pc fuck off 08.53
FAIL@Pc fuck off 08.53<br /><br />FAILAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2170981338945747646.post-1336571683476572242011-07-09T03:19:35.234+01:002011-07-09T03:19:35.234+01:0003:13
this hack hath offended...arrrrgh03:13<br /><br />this hack hath offended...arrrrghrebekah tradenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2170981338945747646.post-25540263311079143702011-07-09T03:13:01.281+01:002011-07-09T03:13:01.281+01:0023:08
forsooth, yet there is but one fitting mann...23:08<br /><br />forsooth, yet there is but one fitting manner in which this dire situation may justly be resolved, sir:<br /><br />play the man, mister cameron and not the paper; for we shall this day light such a bundle of unsold copies of <i>the news of the world</i>, by god's grace, in england, as i trust shall never be put out (or until coulson, wade, and murdoch jr are done to a 't', at any rate).hugh oventimernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2170981338945747646.post-44484087224457796672011-07-09T00:50:35.902+01:002011-07-09T00:50:35.902+01:00no wanking posts tonight, leg-iron?no wanking posts tonight, leg-iron?private dicknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2170981338945747646.post-69399653810446906912011-07-09T00:07:36.362+01:002011-07-09T00:07:36.362+01:00our company must fully and proactively cooperate w...<i>our company must fully and proactively cooperate with the police in all investigations and that is exactly what news international has been doing</i>you never said a truer word, mr murdochnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2170981338945747646.post-33153412123103111182011-07-08T23:37:33.840+01:002011-07-08T23:37:33.840+01:0023:08
a week is a long time in politics: last fri...23:08<br /><br />a week is a long time in politics: last friday i was contemplating signing over my soul to the holy godfather of <i>news corporation</i> in return for permission to run the country into the ground if you lot messed up in libya...now i can't even remember sucking the guy's dick three-times a week for the last ten years...and all those wild press after-parties and call-girls at wapping are a rapidly fading distant memory too...funny that...<br /><br />and hey dave...you know how you said you used that private detective for smoothing out embarrassing little problems with uncooperative ladyfriends and suchlike...his name wasn't err ******* by any chance?<br /><br />oh crap.ed "who the fuck was rebecca" rubberbandnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2170981338945747646.post-40863752578442602502011-07-08T23:08:41.887+01:002011-07-08T23:08:41.887+01:00why am i standing by andy callsong? well, basical...why am i standing by andy callsong? well, basically...i can't look much more of a prick than i already do, and if the heat gets to rupert, i'm going to get my head kicked by the new world mafia.dave "the dachshund" cameronnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2170981338945747646.post-13232485122461850212011-07-08T22:43:03.706+01:002011-07-08T22:43:03.706+01:0022:14
yes, sir p, it's not just a case of nau...22:14<br /><br />yes, sir p, it's not just a case of naughty-journalists 'hacking' into one's voice-mails - it's about gangster-tappers using software to access the microphones and global-positioning-systems on mobile-telephones in order to facilitate and mount continuous eaves-dropping and tracking operations on one. they plant micro-spycams and inject electronic-nano-tags into one too. it's full-scale surveillance, in one's honest opinion - and if one finds out that anyone's been listening in to one having a poo, the shit's <i>really</i> going to hit the flaming fan, matey.superintendent bizzy lizzy (throne-tapping expert)noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2170981338945747646.post-17358373209008284792011-07-08T22:14:42.896+01:002011-07-08T22:14:42.896+01:00insurrection-safe somnolent electronic-candles abo...insurrection-safe somnolent electronic-candles abound - <i>this blog</i> is one, for starters: it purports to promote a libertarian society by proposing, as a fundamental reason for its defence, the freedom to pursue what is probably one of the most anti-social habits imaginable, smoking, and i must therefore deduce that <i>underdogs bite upwards</i> is a snuffly snide excuse for a filthy column.<br /><br />in contrast, of course, we have the soon-to-be-scrapped <i>space-shuttle</i> - which, by any standard, is a fucking dangerous flying fire-stick.<br /><br />however, another not-very-all-illuminating and manifestly <i>false-light</i> is this evidencially emasculated eruption and slickly-staged side-show which we now recognize as the <i>news of the world</i> - an avidly-read-rag which for generations has successfully diverted the british public's attention from the <i>real story</i> of how <i>the people</i> have been right-royally repressed.<br /><br />for, you see...in truth, i would dearly wish to widen the remit of the judicial enquiry into police-press corruption in order to include a forensic examination of possible 'international' infection of 'other institutions', because, given that they've already had intimate contact with my own boys-in-blue, it doesn't exactly require a giant-leap-of-the-imagination to suspect that freelance members belonging to the murky underworld of murdoch's <i>pot-pourri</i> of private investigators (blaggards and buggers inc) have also been acting as dodgy <i>de facto</i> detectives for an intelligence agency - but precisely <i>which one</i>, i couldn't tell you...since my nose is so badly bunged-up with fifties that i'm in no position to sneeze it all out...maybe the <i>cia</i>, or the <i>pia</i>, or the <i>ira</i>, or the <i>talibania</i>, or the <i>libyania</i>, or the <i>mafia</i>, or the <i>froggia</i>, or the <i>kgb</i>, or the <i>triads</i>, or the <i>commies</i>, or even our own <i>british security services</i>...who knows? who really cares?...anyway, it's not my place to ask questions...i'm paid too much.<br /><br />although, having said that...i <i>do</i> often wonder whether diane abbott and meg hillier get sweeties for appearing on <i>sky news</i>...and, now i mention it...there we have another dimly-lit inspection-candelabra...no matter how much the honourable member of parliament for greed and hypocrisy slags off <i>news international</i>, no normally adjusted punter's going to take a blind bloody bit of notice of what she's spouting on about...and note how the rotters at the <i>sky</i> studio never even bother making the poor old cow up properly...and always neglect to film her in a favourable light...very cruel...it's clearly an open-and-shut case of the <i>murdoch empire</i> bigging-itself-up with faint flab-i-mean-<i>flak</i>. absolutely scandalous, i tell you. evening all.sir paypaul of the yardnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2170981338945747646.post-7553665892898962172011-07-08T22:06:52.085+01:002011-07-08T22:06:52.085+01:00Since they have set such an absurdly low threshold...Since they have set such an absurdly low threshold for claiming SHS harm they have painted themselves into a corner. Every thing that burns emits similar components and compounds therefore candles, fires, bonfires, fireworks, barbecues, incense, incinerators, matches, lighters, even cooking a steak is deadly and must be banned.<br /><br />Someone may even petition the Pope to ban candles in church.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2170981338945747646.post-81353376286667130532011-07-08T12:48:30.428+01:002011-07-08T12:48:30.428+01:00HCN is not only found in cigarette smoke but also ...HCN is not only found in cigarette smoke but also in wood smoke - no more BBQs, and car exhaust - no more cars. It's also found in the pits of many fruit. 100g of crushed apple seeds can produce about 10mg of HCN - ban healthy fruit they are poisonous.SadButMadLadhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17836368722377421009noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2170981338945747646.post-2553839480021556142011-07-08T11:22:15.573+01:002011-07-08T11:22:15.573+01:00I at the doctors a couple of days ago and noticed ...I at the doctors a couple of days ago and noticed one of the anti smoking posters. It was a list of chemicals in ciggy smoke also found in other things. All the usual BS comparisons including this:<br /><br />Hydrogen cyanide......also used in gas chambers.<br /><br />Not only offensive and insensitive (particularly to some older Jewish smokers perhaps), but also slightly unnerving..Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2170981338945747646.post-48229828132123866992011-07-08T11:09:13.523+01:002011-07-08T11:09:13.523+01:00Of course, reducing the exposure to these noxious ...Of course, reducing the exposure to these noxious chemicals could be counter-productive, as then the homoeopathic principle will apply and you are in more danger again. <br /><br />There's no way out, is there? And what about the Catholic church? Will they have to stop burning incense and have fake candles too? <br /><br />Perhaps it's all an islamic plot to undermine our society...Ed Pnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2170981338945747646.post-58677317601024289162011-07-08T10:42:02.123+01:002011-07-08T10:42:02.123+01:00And people hate the Frogs?
"The Lutèce Hotel...And people hate the Frogs?<br /><br />"The Lutèce Hotel in Paris has a floor of smoking rooms. It also has a small lounge near the bar with a sealed door: you can smoke in there, but you have to take your own drink in. Arriving back at the hotel one late evening, the bar was very quiet. We got a drink at the bar and opened the sealed door. It was full of music and young people dancing on the tables, cigarettes in hand. I couldn't stop laughing (it's good for you and it clears the lungs)."<br /><br />David Hockney, of course, in <a href="http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/standard/article-23968020-light-up-and-laugh-at-the-anti-smoking-killjoys.do" rel="nofollow">Evening Standard</a><br /><br />Bastards.View from the Solenthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00930587784230398787noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2170981338945747646.post-3091838618797254652011-07-08T08:53:21.761+01:002011-07-08T08:53:21.761+01:00I'm OK then, I only burn handmade beeswax cand...I'm OK then, I only burn handmade beeswax candles, I have even met the bees responsible, they live near a cliff in Cornwall.<br /><br />The only scent is the flowers they were made from.<br />The scent of summer in winter, wonderful.<br /><br />I only visit one cafe,after the ban I noticed it had a sign in the window saying "Smoking Encouraged" and I only go where I am welcome.<br /><br />RoseAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2170981338945747646.post-18360382750733962222011-07-08T06:55:41.878+01:002011-07-08T06:55:41.878+01:00Haven't eaten out since the ban but can imagin...Haven't eaten out since the ban but can imagine that it's utterly dreary: the horrified looks when you (have to) ask for salt and you order a whole bottle of wine between two. Shouldn't be long before we have to hand over our ration cards.<br /><br />Yep, the lack of ashtrays on outside tables reminds us that we're barely tolerated - in fact, don't bother asking for a smoking table at one of the dozen outside The Kings Head Hotel in Richmond, North Yorks, we're not wanted at all.<br /><br />JayAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2170981338945747646.post-44490212481602532312011-07-08T02:55:59.467+01:002011-07-08T02:55:59.467+01:00No candles on tables in restaurants? No ashtrays e...No candles on tables in restaurants? No ashtrays either. They must be very roomy these days.<br /><br />But, like Hangemall, I wouldn't know either.<br /><br />I have also noticed that local cafes no longer have ashtrays on their outside tables. There used to be a few smokers sitting there with a coffee and a cigarette. I suppose the antismokers whined about it.<br /><br />Now the tables are all completely empty, because the smokers were the regulars, not the antis.<br /><br />Some people really don't like the hassle of being in business.Leg-ironhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04932361799889315359noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2170981338945747646.post-38255153075101669172011-07-08T02:05:43.164+01:002011-07-08T02:05:43.164+01:00@Junican. I wouldn't know. I haven't bee...@Junican. I wouldn't know. I haven't been in one since the snoking ban.hangemallnoreply@blogger.com