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I dunno- wasn't Escape From New York set in the 'future' of 1997 anyway?

I used to know stuff like that- now I have to look it up.  My brain must be full...

Cuh!  That's a bit tedious, isn't it?!?  Won't your story be about two years old by then?  That's worse than an eight year old child waiting for Christmas...

I don't really like to slag artwork- but I really didn't like that cover...

That's this week's as opposed to next week's.

Happy birthday- have a good one.

Stop causing trouble, you silly gnob...

Well it's like this, Dud- I either said "I would never buy ethical trade trainers"- or I didn't.

In the time it's taken you to post your messages today, you could quite easily have re-read the posts in question and you'd know for sure.

Matt

Yeah... don't feel the need to apologise for making up stuff I *didn't* say or anything- just look for something I did say and jump on that instead- something else your average fourteen year old is more than capable of.  

Of course, I never specifically said that *you* were taking a cheap holiday abroad- I just asked you if you'd like me to tell you why it is that we're *able* to take them- so I guess you could call that another assumption on your part.  But it wasn't of course ;)

Now then, Duds.  If you just want to turn the whole thing into a 'who can come back with the best sarcastic insult' competition- I'll leave you to it.  I'm not interested in changing your mind and I really can't be arsed with your sarcasm, not to mention your quite insulting personal comments- so feel free to chalk this one up as a 'win' if you like.

Enjoy your holiday.

Matt

He's one of us.  Who are you?

"you should call it soccer like the rest of the world does"

Why?  It originated here.  The rest of the world ought to conform- or call it 'British Football' or something...

;)

And where was that guy's pic when I was drawing Neanderthals last week?  Might've saved me some time and effort.

I read my prog on the bog too.

Seriously- I don't give a toss.  Read it or don't read it- but spam is spam.  We're being spammed.  It's annoying.

"...take another look and you'll see the improvements"

Does it come with its own matches and accelerant now?

This thread is absolutely *mental*.

How could you be so unintelligent, Gary?  Whatever were you thinking?!?

:D

I went to Leeds and had a great time- but it has to be said that I was very glad to get back home again yesterday.

I think I'm getting a bit too old for it all...

Did anybody else see Fat Truckers?  What the hell was that guy on?!?

To be honest, I'd be just as happy if you stuck me in your killfile from now on.

It seems like most of our posts go down this route, Hex- which is made all the more annoying by the fact that more often than not, I'm not even talking to you in the first place.  If you don't want to read it, don't read it- but don't bore me by telling me that you're not reading it.  Just stick me in your killfile and be done with it- I'm sure I'll get over it.

I find a few of *your* posts to be pointless, preachy and generally off topic as well, but I wouldn't normally go out of my way to tell you about it as it's a bit... well... sad (not to mention rude).

No hard feelings and all that- just stick me in your killfile and we'll say no more about it.

Matt

I'm crushed.  No, really...

I've got two words for you, Hex- the second one being "off".

Well now, Dudley.  This response irritates me on so many levels that it's hard to know where to begin- so let's just start with the most obvious and work our way along.

First of all, I'd be interested to know where it was I said that I'd never buy trainers from ethical traders.  It might not seem like much- but as you seem to have based my entire personality and social status around this single, made up fact- I think it might be worthy of an answer.  Let's see now...  Being self employed and therefore not eligable for state support and having previously worked in various call centres, shops and factories (all before the introduction of a minimum wage, I might add), just how often do you think I might have seen the wrong side of the breadline?

You know *nothing* of my attitude, Dudley- mainly because you know nothing about me.  You have no idea what my politics are about, so how can you tell me that I want to argue you around to my way of thinking?  I've thrown in a few fairly obvious observations, but I've yet to tell you or anyone else which side of those observations I actually sit on.

Did I say that the people who marched against the war were stupid or wrong?  Did you even think to ask if I was one of them?  I didn't say that they shouldn't have marched, only that it made no difference and that it was never going to make any difference.

I'd rather have a "starved and hopeless view of the world" (which I don't, by the way- I just open my eyes and look around once in a while), than delude myself into thinking that life is so great here "because of the efforts of millions of individuals to help themselves and those around them" (and if you'd bothered to read my posts properly, you'd realise that I had already addressed this issue and pointed out that people in the third world would laugh at our complaints).  What absolute toss.  We live the way we do at the expense of others.  Tell me, Dud- do you buy ethical jeans to go with your ethical trainers?  Do you watch TV, go to the pub, connect to the internet?  Do you use gas?  Electricity?  Drive a car or sit on a bus?  How about your bank?  Do they give you a good rate?

You are part of a system designed to keep most of the world poor, Dudley- that's the only point I'm trying to make.  You cannot conduct your day to day life and business without contributing to the system- it's as simple as that.  It's not your fault and you can't do anything about it- although I would be interested to hear all that *you* know about ethical trade goods.  Quite honestly, I'm not going to lose any sleep over whether or not you dislike my views- especially as you don't really seem to understand them very well- but I'm f*cked if I'll be judged by somebody who can't even be bothered to read what I've written properly and then makes stuff up to make me look worse.

Before you say anything else remarkably stupid about my blaming the world's woes on the politicians and money men, you might want to go away and do some research on exactly why it is that one billion people control the wealth of six billion.  Either way, neither you nor I have the power to do anything about it.  You want to buy ethical trade trainers for an extra tenner?  Good for you.  I'll see your trainers and raise you the five hundred and forty pounds that went out of my account to various charities last year.  It went out monthly, via direct debit- whether I'd had a good month or two bad months in a row.  What a bad person I must be...

To sum up:  You took my tramp analogy and assumed that I meant live like a tramp or do nothing at all, when what I actually said was that living as a tramp really is the only way you can live in this country and not contribute to the system.  I'm not condemning anybody within the system, nor am I condemning those who would like to work against it.  I'm certainly not going to condemn those that feel better for doing their 'bit'- I'm merely pointing out that in this country, marching doesn't change a thing.

Enjoy your holiday- I'll be on mine by the time you get back, so this could take some time to resolve.  Would you like me to tell you why it is that we're able to take cheap holidays abroad, or do you think you can work it out for yourself?