Today I'm angry about.....

[Bijou Bob]

I suspect the local authority did!

[Prufrock]

I presume Tango, it's to stop the square being regularly littered with the homeless, the aggressive, the drunk and the asylum seeking. All of whom were sitting around in great numbers the last time I was in town.

I can see how you'd identify someone as drunk or aggressive - at a pinch, homeless - but how do you identify an asylum seeker from the way they are sitting on a bench?

1. I worked the town centre as a cop

2. A good friend of mine works as a counsellor working with refugees and asylum seekers ( I thought I'd heard some harrowing tales in my practice, but nothing, and I mean NOTHING compared to what some of her clients have witnessed or been through). The town hall square is used as a safe spot to hang out during the day ( it's covered by cctv), there is shelter and warmth if they need it and it's where they meet newcomers to the area from their own towns, villages and tribal areas.

Good enough?

That sounds like a legit reason to keep it nice for them, no ?

[Hoboh]

I presume Tango, it's to stop the square being regularly littered with the homeless, the aggressive, the drunk and the asylum seeking. All of whom were sitting around in great numbers the last time I was in town.

I can see how you'd identify someone as drunk or aggressive - at a pinch, homeless - but how do you identify an asylum seeker from the way they are sitting on a bench?

1. I worked the town centre as a cop

2. A good friend of mine works as a counsellor working with refugees and asylum seekers ( I thought I'd heard some harrowing tales in my practice, but nothing, and I mean NOTHING compared to what some of her clients have witnessed or been through). The town hall square is used as a safe spot to hang out during the day ( it's covered by cctv), there is shelter and warmth if they need it and it's where they meet newcomers to the area from their own towns, villages and tribal areas.

Good enough?

And some fcuking idiot argued with me the other that there are no migrants in Bolton centre, just pissed myself laughing and walked away, not wasting my breathe on a complete utter socialist moron!

[Bijou Bob]

......The word gnab.

It's bang out of order.

[Prufrock]

GET. TO. FCUK!



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[TANGODANCER]

Careless plonkers who knock cups of tea over their p.c keyboards. Now I have to turn out and buy one this afternoon. One I'm using now I had to dig out till then: It's so worn I have to guess where the letter are. Reserved a decent looking one at Argos for £13. Plonker.

[jaffka]

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What's the common denominator?

[Bruce Rioja]

What's the common denominator?

That they're all accused of smuggling in cocaine?

[Prufrock]

Mint, this is like that Only Connect thread that died!

Is it they all live in Greater Manchester?

[jaffka]

What's the common denominator?

That they're all accused of smuggling in cocaine?

Not a bad effort but its gone much further than being accused.

[Montreal Wanderer]

What's the common denominator?

That they're all accused of smuggling in cocaine?

Not a bad effort but its gone much further than being accused.

They all pleaded guilty but blamed hoboh and the UKIP?

[malcd1]

Why are 'some' people in world such morons? I'm not talking about the young people who have been arrested but the Malaysian politicians. A group of people pose naked on a 'sacred' mountain and this causes an earthquake. Stupid fecking idiots.

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[boltonboris]

Anyone got the pics? She looks pretty tidy

[Bijou Bob]

Why are 'some' people in world such morons? I'm not talking about the young people who have been arrested but the Malaysian politicians. A group of people pose naked on a 'sacred' mountain and this causes an earthquake. Stupid fecking idiots.

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I can't say I've any sympathy with the morons who failed to observe local customs. 3 months prison? I won't lose any sleep over it. The politicians are just playing to their constituents. If a Malaysian student came over and shat on the cenotaph, I'd expect my government representatives to voice their anger.

[Montreal Wanderer]

Why are 'some' people in world such morons? I'm not talking about the young people who have been arrested but the Malaysian politicians. A group of people pose naked on a 'sacred' mountain and this causes an earthquake. Stupid fecking idiots.

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I can't say I've any sympathy with the morons who failed to observe local customs. 3 months prison? I won't lose any sleep over it. The politicians are just playing to their constituents. If a Malaysian student came over and shat on the cenotaph, I'd expect my government representatives to voice their anger.

I think there is a bit of a difference between crapping on the Cenotaph (clearly a deliberate and political act designed to raise strong feelings) and stripping on top of a mountain pretty far from the centre of things (possibly not realizing the locals might think this causes earthquakes). Well, they must take their punishment, but I'm with Malcd1 - that a senior minister would pander to superstition is worrying. I don't whether it would be worse if he was a lying hypocrite or actually believed what he said.

[TANGODANCER]

Nothing like a bollockers selfie on top of a sacred mountain. That's living the life, that is..
Er, yes?

[Montreal Wanderer]

Nothing like a bollockers selfie on top of a sacred mountain. That's living the life, that is..
Er, yes?

Perhaps the photo was unwise. Somewhere in my vanished youth I vaguely remember going skinny dipping. I expect that was against some law somewhere and the lake may have been sacred to someone. There was no intent to upset others but I can't now cast the first stone against modern youth.

[TANGODANCER]

Nothing like a bollockers selfie on top of a sacred mountain. That's living the life, that is..
Er, yes?

Perhaps the photo was unwise. Somewhere in my vanished youth I vaguely remember going skinny dipping. I expect that was against some law somewhere and the lake may have been sacred to someone. There was no intent to upset others but I can't now cast the first stone against modern youth.

Got a few modern youths in the family myself Monty, and did a few crackpot things too back in the 16th century. Who didn't to be honest? Have to say though the Brits on holiday can be one massive embarrassment.

[Bijou Bob]

Come on guys, to go to a conservative, mainly Muslim country and strip off??! Granted it's an excess of youthful exuberance, but it's also pretty feckin stupid. They can hardly claim they weren't aware of the response they might get or how a court in a Islamic state might deal with them.

For their next trip, might I suggest a cartoon drawing expedition to Mecca during the Haj. Best representation of Allah wins........a flogging and 12 years inside. If they're lenient.

[Prufrock]

Why are 'some' people in world such morons? I'm not talking about the young people who have been arrested but the Malaysian politicians. A group of people pose naked on a 'sacred' mountain and this causes an earthquake. Stupid fecking idiots.

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I can't say I've any sympathy with the morons who failed to observe local customs. 3 months prison? I won't lose any sleep over it. The politicians are just playing to their constituents. If a Malaysian student came over and shat on the cenotaph, I'd expect my government representatives to voice their anger.

I wouldn't expect them to blame them for causing the financial crisis though. One of the Malaysians quoted said that until the earthquake got mentioned no-one was that bothered.