http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/tags.php?tag=ash The NewsBiscuit Community en-US Wed, 22 May 2013 02:19:24 +0000 http://bbpress.org/?v=1.0.2 q http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/search.php http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/topic.php?id=4198#post-11809 Mon, 10 May 2010 16:12:36 +0000 virtuallywill 11809@http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/ <p>I don't want a holiday in the sun, </p> http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/topic.php?id=2876#post-8439 Tue, 20 Apr 2010 07:45:46 +0000 Ostsee 8439@http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/ <p>About time we did this, and I don't even read the Daily Mail. </p> http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/topic.php?id=2876#post-8403 Mon, 19 Apr 2010 21:07:07 +0000 TerribleTim 8403@http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/ <p>More soon... </p> http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/topic.php?id=2849#post-8356 Mon, 19 Apr 2010 18:39:57 +0000 brownpaperreporter 8356@http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/ <p>made me chuckle </p> http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/topic.php?id=2849#post-8347 Mon, 19 Apr 2010 18:18:32 +0000 Hunter F. Thompson 8347@http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/ <p>Quite right. Even penniless Chinese from Outer Mongolia, according to the Daily Mail, make it to Britain in unwelcome numbers. Britain most likely broken by clumsy, clueless Brits.</p> <p>This line has promise and warrants due deadpan diligence. </p> http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/topic.php?id=2849#post-8299 Mon, 19 Apr 2010 14:38:04 +0000 Cassandra 8299@http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/ <p>"If thousands of penniless Moldovan peasants can get into Britain without flying, how hard can it be?" </p> http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/topic.php?id=2848#post-8295 Mon, 19 Apr 2010 14:34:13 +0000 Cassandra 8295@http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/ <p>More soon... </p> http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/topic.php?id=2746#post-8056 Sat, 17 Apr 2010 12:30:06 +0000 Ostsee 8056@http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/ <p>I got the best spot already, and it is not at Crewe. </p> http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/topic.php?id=2746#post-8040 Sat, 17 Apr 2010 09:04:23 +0000 TerribleTim 8040@http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/ <p>M.S. </p> http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/topic.php?id=2600#post-7727 Thu, 15 Apr 2010 12:10:24 +0000 smyke 7727@http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/ <p>Or the ticker-tape version:</p> <p><strong><em>Iceland fined £50 for dropping ash on British street</strong></em> </p> http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/topic.php?id=2600#post-7702 Thu, 15 Apr 2010 10:16:32 +0000 AdrianJ 7702@http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/ <p>Cock! I was just about to post...</p> <p>"Iceland clear UK debt, with issue of world’s largest Pumice invoice"</p> <p>I'll get you next time Smyke. </p> http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/topic.php?id=2600#post-7700 Thu, 15 Apr 2010 10:06:50 +0000 smyke 7700@http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/ <p>Prime Minister Gordon Brown has rejected an attempt by Iceland to repay thousands of British investors’ lost bank deposits with airborne mineral deposits.</p> <p>Near-bankrupt Iceland claimed today that its airdrop of the nation’s most valuable remaining assets right across Europe represents ‘full and final settlement’ of the nation’s international debts.</p> <p>Finance Minister Steingrimur Sigfusson told reporters at a hastily convened news conference: “After several minutes consideration, we have decided to announce that this is the fairest way of settling our financial differences with our European trading partners. </p> <p>“Once swept up, the ash will represent a valuable stockpile of highly prized elements including magnesium, iron, gold and some traces of platinum.</p> <p>“We say that this is the fairest way of distributing the resources that we have left and puts an end to the unseemly squabbling that erupted when our banking system collapsed.”</p> <p>Mr Sigfusson said that he believes most people will welcome the fact that only a very small amount will fall into the hands of bankers.</p> <p>“As they all work on the top floors of very tall buildings, they won’t be able to get downstairs quickly enough with a dustpan and brush.”</p> <p>Gordon Brown said that the offer is ‘unnacceptable’ and warned Iceland that dropping ash on British streets is an offence that carries an on-the-spot fine of £50.” </p>