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[Proudhuff]

I think he's the one with Atomic Jameson Breath.

Careful now, Linc. If you've ever seen the Scots getting touchy over national stereotypes on this board, just consider how many Irish are here, and what bad-tempered sonsabitches we all are.

aye, but you never end up fight each other....

[The Legendary Shark]

No, it takes an Englishman to organize that...

[Funt Solo]

Ochone!

I already knew that Hancock & Co. were an arse-biscuit collective, but it's discouraging to see how much: Matt Hancock: Eight government WhatsApp Covid messages revealed

[JohnW]

Throughout my childhood, my government was a collection of gombeens, gobshites, and tuppenny-haepenny crooks. I got used to it, supposing that it was just the order of things. Now, compared to the arse-biscuit collective, my mob looks almost statesmanlike.
Don't know what sort of a point I'm trying to make here, but it certainly isn't anything heartening.

[JohnW]

In other news, did anyone here happen to lose 2.3 tonnes of cocaine recently?

https://www.theguardian.com/society/2023/mar/02/bags-of-cocaine-wash-up-on-normandy-coast

[nxylas]

In other news, did anyone here happen to lose 2.3 tonnes of cocaine recently?

https://www.theguardian.com/society/2023/mar/02/bags-of-cocaine-wash-up-on-normandy-coast

Anybody seen Michael Gove buying a Eurostar ticket recently?

[lincnash]

In other news, did anyone here happen to lose 2.3 tonnes of cocaine recently?

https://www.theguardian.com/society/2023/mar/02/bags-of-cocaine-wash-up-on-normandy-coast

In an attempt to suppress the thread silliness (not really) and get back to the topic at hand...
Losing your large bundle of coke at sea is really becoming commonplace in the antipodes.

https://7news.com.au/news/wa/three-men-rescued-at-sea-while-clinging-to-esky-wanted-after-huge-cocaine-haul-found-off-wa-coast-c-9755619

https://www.9news.com.au/national/nz-authorities-find-more-than-half-a-billion-dollars-worth-of-cocaine-found-floating-in-the-ocean/38499416-0cf0-453a-b430-03463cc18a43

Strewth! 

[The Legendary Shark]

It's that damned Namor screwing with my operation.

Don't fret, though, soon he'll be sleeping with the birdies...

[Definitely Not Mister Pops]

Does that involve some sort of helium hat instead of cement socks?

[The Legendary Shark]

[Funt Solo]

The crane which refuses to leave its human saviour

[JohnW]

The crane which refuses to leave its human saviour

The thread needed a feelgood story.
Fate provides.

[Funt Solo]

I never thought I'd give a toss about anything Gary Lineker said or did: but now (if I was into hash-tags and what-not), I'd be all like #IStandWithGary

For those not following the story: the BBC is being whipped into submission by the Tories. Lineker criticized the government policy on refugees (which is to drown them, as far as I can tell), and has been told to stop pointing things out. (As has been noted, when he pointed out things about Qatar, it was fine.)

Also, he's being accused of a Godwin's Law style argument - except that comparing Tory rhetoric to Nazi rhetoric (where your enemies are dehumanized in the name of a fictional nationalist ideal) is an apt comparison.

[JayzusB.Christ]

The government lurches to the far right and demonises minorities to appease xenophobes, but the big scandal is that Gary Lineker said so.

[The Legendary Shark]

I never thought I'd give a toss about anything Gary Lineker said or did: but now (if I was into hash-tags and what-not), I'd be all like #IStandWithGary

For those not following the story: the BBC is being whipped into submission by the Tories. Lineker criticized the government policy on refugees (which is to drown them, as far as I can tell), and has been told to stop pointing things out. (As has been noted, when he pointed out things about Qatar, it was fine.)

Also, he's being accused of a Godwin's Law style argument - except that comparing Tory rhetoric to Nazi rhetoric (where your enemies are dehumanized in the name of a fictional nationalist ideal) is an apt comparison.

Yeah, it's really bad when people get demonized for having opinions. Thank Grud that never happens here.