General Chit Chat

[Hoboh]

Most days at midday, Uber’s nondescript office in London’s King’s Cross opens its doors and dozens of men clutching sheaves of driving licences and insurance documents pour in. Many are first- or second-generation immigrants from places such as Afghanistan, Poland, Somalia and Nigeria eager to sign up to drive for the US tech company, whose phone-based minicab-hailing app has transformed the taxi industry in 58 countries.
It has also created for its investors – including Goldman Sachs, Google and Travis Kalanick, its 38-year-old founder – a fortune these drivers can only dream of.

Maybe Bolton's taxi service's is the 'norm' now then.

Who is Bolton's Goldman Sachs?

[Hoboh]

Egypt’s president, Abdel Fatah al-Sisi, has been criticised at home and abroad for agreeing to transfer two Red Sea islands to Saudi Arabia that have been controlled directly from Cairo for more than 60 years.


The deal on Tiran and Sanafir paves the way for the construction of a bridge linking Saudi Arabia to Sharm el-Sheikh, at the tip of the Sinai peninsula. It was announced at the weekend during a visit by King Salman of Saudi Arabia.

I thought the Saudi's were supposed to be getting a little short on the readies with the price of oil being so low?
(Or is 'Dave' lending them a few bob)

[thebish]

fab - the barred list from Half moon pub in Herne Hill!

[Worthy4England]

I rang Aurora - she said she's not busy tonight.

[bobo the clown]

fab - the barred list from Half moon pub in Herne Hill!

fck. Am I barred from there as well ???

[LeverEnd]

As long as you're still barred from.the Saddle. I'm going to self bar from there. Some wild eyed lunatic claimed he knew me at the weekend. I denied this and he acted like I was in hiding and started winking like he knew why I was pretending to be someone else. I'd made the innocenf mistake of telling him I was from Great Lever when he asked. I decided it was better to let him think I was a GL gangland kingpin, shake hands and move on rather than explain I'm actually a modern languages teacher. fecking weirdos. Everywhere.

[thebish]

...the letter "M" seems to be entirely inappropriate for kids!!

[BWFC_Insane]

^^ Not all that sure about V either.

And nobody with a spine is making a good attempt at C or G....

[Bruce Rioja]

M for Minge and V for Vagina. Learning by association - perfectly acceptable.

[Worthy4England]

M for Minge and V for Vagina. Learning by association - perfectly acceptable.

On that basis, A is clearly expecting an Alabama hot pocket then...

[Bruce Rioja]

M for Minge and V for Vagina. Learning by association - perfectly acceptable.

On that basis, A is clearly expecting an Alabama hot pocket then...

And C is for Cleveland Steamer

[Hoboh]

"While the existence of Planet 9 remains unproven"

Well why give it a planet number then?
Now it may or may not be there, so might £2,000,000 in my offshore account! and these are the type of bloody scientists who tell us they know everything about climate change?
Guess they'll keep digging until they find some excuse for a planet, a nicked one at that, that may or may not exist until one does but no one can see it except them.

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[Prufrock]

"While the existence of Planet 9 remains unproven"

Well why give it a planet number then?
Now it may or may not be there, so might £2,000,000 in my offshore account! and these are the type of bloody scientists who tell us they know everything about climate change?
Guess they'll keep digging until they find some excuse for a planet, a nicked one at that, that may or may not exist until one does but no one can see it except them.

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Of all the hoboh sentences, this is my favourite.

Oh no, don't waste the planet numbers!

[Harry Genshaw]

I'm still trying to fathom out whether Bobo is the flat cap coke fiend or the vitriolic queen

[bobo the clown]

I'm still trying to fathom out whether Bobo is the flat cap coke fiend or the vitriolic queen

Wonder & weep.

I have many names.

[thebish]

I'm still trying to fathom out whether Bobo is the flat cap coke fiend or the vitriolic queen

Wonder & weep.

I have many names.

wonder and weep are odd ones, though...

[Bijou Bob]

I'm still trying to fathom out whether Bobo is the flat cap coke fiend or the vitriolic queen

Wonder & weep.

I have many names.

wonder and weep are odd ones, though...

You've never seen a clown look confused or squirt tears out of his eyes??!

[Bruce Rioja]

I've just learned an ace word. It was in an email to my boss from an outrageously pompous Welsh MD (not Bobo ) who owed us quite a bit of money and I was sent to try and sort it out. He said that I "strode in as the company's plenipotentiary". Ace word (though I'm not sure that it was meant in nice way )).

[Montreal Wanderer]

I've just learned an ace word. It was in an email to my boss from an outrageously pompous Welsh MD (not Bobo ) who owed us quite a bit of money and I was sent to try and sort it out. He said that I "strode in as the company's plenipotentiary". Ace word (though I'm not sure that it was meant in nice way )).

Been around in diplomatic circles for a few centuries. Someone whose been given absolute power. However, the power is generally given by the reigning sovereign so you'd better be careful. The Queen has been getting a tad irritable of late.

[Bruce Rioja]

I've just learned an ace word. It was in an email to my boss from an outrageously pompous Welsh MD (not Bobo ) who owed us quite a bit of money and I was sent to try and sort it out. He said that I "strode in as the company's plenipotentiary". Ace word (though I'm not sure that it was meant in nice way )).

Been around in diplomatic circles for a few centuries. Someone whose been given absolute power. However, the power is generally given by the reigning sovereign so you'd better be careful. The Queen has been getting a tad irritable of late.

Cheer, Monty. I had to look it up too.