Today I'm neither Angry nor Happy about....

[Lost Leopard Spot]

That dreadful moment of realisation that the person that the 'little fittie' dental nurse looks a bit like is actually Martin Gore.

I should probably put this on the happy thread, but I'm delighted I'd heard of the footballer, but had to look up, who the fcuk Martin Gore was.

If the response time was a tiny bit slow ... it's because I was already looking !!

He's the bloke that looks a bit like Bruce's fittie dental nurse. Obviously. Although I'm not claiming that Bruce fancies him in any way of course. Obviously not.

[mrkint]

demonstrations out in force on the strand for workers' day. Which is quite nice.

The huge banners of Stalin and Mao though...not so much.

[bobo the clown]

demonstrations out in force on the strand for workers' day. Which is quite nice.

The huge banners of Stalin and Mao though ... not so much.

What ? .... is that a surprise to you ?

[Lost Leopard Spot]

demonstrations out in force on the strand for workers' day. Which is quite nice.

The huge banners of Stalin and Mao though ... not so much.

What ? .... is that a surprise to you ?

Well it's a surprise to me; Marx and Lennin, yes I can see that. Stalin, ?

[TANGODANCER]

demonstrations out in force on the strand for workers' day. Which is quite nice.

The huge banners of Stalin and Mao though ... not so much.

What ? .... is that a surprise to you ?

Well it's a surprise to me; Marx and Lennin, yes I can see that. Stalin, ?

All must-have accessories for any demos, even though most there have never heard of them. A pic of Che Guevara is also handy along with Anarchy banners.

[bobo the clown]

demonstrations out in force on the strand for workers' day. Which is quite nice.

The huge banners of Stalin and Mao though ... not so much.

What ? .... is that a surprise to you ?

Well it's a surprise to me; Marx and Lennin, yes I can see that. Stalin, ?

All must-have accessories for any demos, even though most there have never heard of them. A pic of Che Guevara is also handy along with Anarchy banners.

.... and the ubiquitous placards on sticks with the tell-tale block-ie typeface all printed out from some SWP print shop.

I was in a Union office a few days ago & in the Officials office there were about 80 of these piled against his wall ready for a protest the coming weekend. I asked what this one was about " .... oh, I've no fckg idea, they get on your tits after a while .... I haven't had a proper Saturday lie in for months. Always one protest or another !"

[Prufrock]

In fairness, I reckon *most* of them have at least heard of Marx, Lenin, Stalin, Mao and Guevara!

[Bijou Bob]

Took Not Mrs Bob out for tea tonight (Eagle and Child at Weeton - very nice indeed). In the pub were another couple (married judging by the rings) sat opposite us. He spent the entire time we were in there on his i pad, she never put her phone down. To some extent, I could understand this if they were in their twenties but they were in their forties. They exchanged around a dozen words in a couple of hours.

I'm not angry or happy, I just find that extremely ignorant and rather sad.

[bobo the clown]

Took Not Mrs Bob out for tea tonight (Eagle and Child at Weeton - very nice indeed). In the pub were another couple (married judging by the rings) sat opposite us. He spent the entire time we were in there on his i pad, she never put her phone down. To some extent, I could understand this if they were in their twenties but they were in their forties. They exchanged around a dozen words in a couple of hours.

I'm not angry or happy, I just find that extremely ignorant and rather sad.

Did they argue ? ..... No.

Think themselves lucky they do.

[Always hopeful]

Took Not Mrs Bob out for tea tonight (Eagle and Child at Weeton - very nice indeed). In the pub were another couple (married judging by the rings) sat opposite us. He spent the entire time we were in there on his i pad, she never put her phone down. To some extent, I could understand this if they were in their twenties but they were in their forties. They exchanged around a dozen words in a couple of hours.

I'm not angry or happy, I just find that extremely ignorant and rather sad.

Surely if they were in their twenties they'd have more to say to each other? At least they had their iPads and phones to keep themselves occupied between the invariably prolonged silences many couples suffer as they run out of things to say to each other.

Let me guess, they probably sat on the same side of the table, positioned so that they could look out at the rest of the pub/restaurant?

[Bijou Bob]

They were sat at right angles to each other. The other half and I can sit quite happily in each others company without talking much, but I just think there's something rather sad about people taking an instrument to the pub which allows them to disengage. Perhaps its just me.

[Always hopeful]

They were sat at right angles to each other. The other half and I can sit quite happily in each others company without talking much, but I just think there's something rather sad about people taking an instrument to the pub which allows them to disengage. Perhaps its just me.

I know what you mean. I can sit for hours with Mrs H, without saying much at all. Afterall, it's rude to interrupt.

[bobo the clown]

"You never listen to me. !!!"

"There's no need ... you'll have said it before ... you'll say it again ... I always agree with you ..."

"No you don't !"

"OK, I don't!"

[Dujon]

A simple, quite straight forward, business meeting, Bijou Bob. Problem solved.

[Beefheart]

They were sat at right angles to each other. The other half and I can sit quite happily in each others company without talking much, but I just think there's something rather sad about people taking an instrument to the pub which allows them to disengage. Perhaps its just me.

'No phones at the table' is the rule as far as I'm aware. Bit weird taking an iPad to the pub anyway!

[Bijou Bob]

They were sat at right angles to each other. The other half and I can sit quite happily in each others company without talking much, but I just think there's something rather sad about people taking an instrument to the pub which allows them to disengage. Perhaps its just me.

'No phones at the table' is the rule as far as I'm aware. Bit weird taking an iPad to the pub anyway!

Hmmm, my partners son takes his everywhere. It really clashes with my value set, but it's not for me to interfere.

[Bruce Rioja]

Guess which 4ucknugget knocked his egg-skelter onto the k-itchen floor last night?

[mrkint]

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[Bijou Bob]

Guess which 4ucknugget knocked his egg-skelter onto the k-itchen floor last night?

A what??!!

A clear contender for Most Pretentious Post surely!

[bobo the clown]

http://www.buzzfeed.com/lukelewis/middle-class-problems

Brilliant .... forwarded to several people already.