http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/tags.php?tag=flubber The NewsBiscuit Community en-US Thu, 23 May 2013 06:57:06 +0000 http://bbpress.org/?v=1.0.2 q http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/search.php http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/topic.php?id=55406#post-178834 Mon, 20 May 2013 07:08:41 +0000 blacklesbian 178834@http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/ <p>Missed this first time round - very good. Thanks for the bump Monsieur Le Robot. </p> http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/topic.php?id=55406#post-178833 Mon, 20 May 2013 07:08:28 +0000 raudus 178833@http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/ <p>His being a politician, I think it's fair to shoot first and call 'stop police' after...so prick until proven innocent.</p> <p>Great piece, worthy of the full 5 </p> http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/topic.php?id=55406#post-160368 Tue, 29 Jan 2013 23:37:42 +0000 Titus 160368@http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/ <p>Fair enough guys - I'm willing to accept that he IS a prick!</p> <p>But I think this particular story is stronger if it concentrates specifically on this particular moronic statement, rather than on condemning Pickles generally. (Just my opinion ...) </p> http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/topic.php?id=55406#post-160340 Tue, 29 Jan 2013 21:00:03 +0000 Al OPecia 160340@http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/ <p>I have, he is, in my humble opinion. </p> http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/topic.php?id=55406#post-160338 Tue, 29 Jan 2013 20:54:31 +0000 dvo4fun 160338@http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/ <p>Of course I could be wrong. As I say I haven't actually met him. </p> http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/topic.php?id=55406#post-160337 Tue, 29 Jan 2013 20:48:32 +0000 dvo4fun 160337@http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/ <p>@Titus: "Pickles may or may not be a prick (never met him) but the OP was rightly taking the piss out of an utterly moronic statement rather than passing a general judgement on Pickles."</p> <p>Fair enough &amp; I have to say I've not met him either. But I did see him live on QT a couple of years back trying to justify having a second home courtesy of you &amp; me; because he lived 37 miles from Westminster and had to be in at work on time. Just watched it again courtesy of Youtube ['eric pickles on question time'] and accept I made a mistake. I remembered him saying he had to be in for 8am but I was wrong. It was 9.30am. That's why I thought he was a prick. Nothing he's said since has served to change my view. </p> http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/topic.php?id=55406#post-160331 Tue, 29 Jan 2013 20:34:38 +0000 Al OPecia 160331@http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/ <p>At least it puts the pie mystery to rest. </p> http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/topic.php?id=55406#post-160319 Tue, 29 Jan 2013 18:00:33 +0000 beau-jolly 160319@http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/ <p>Just had to look the story up too. Gosh, he's a right fatty isn't he! </p> http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/topic.php?id=55406#post-160318 Tue, 29 Jan 2013 17:48:23 +0000 Titus 160318@http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/ <p>Pickles may or may not be a prick (never met him) but the OP was rightly taking the piss out of an utterly moronic statement rather than passing a general judgement on Pickles.</p> <p>Let's keep focussed! </p> http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/topic.php?id=55406#post-160314 Tue, 29 Jan 2013 17:21:09 +0000 dvo4fun 160314@http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/ <p>Let's not forget Pickles was the prick claiming MPs 2nd home allowance because he sometimes needed to be in at work in Westminster by 8am. </p> http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/topic.php?id=55406#post-160298 Tue, 29 Jan 2013 15:22:17 +0000 Des Custard 160298@http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/ <p>Thanks for the comments, and I like the further examples. As the original story slipped off the screens quite quickly, it might help to add the following final para: </p> <p>While reporters accepted all these comments at face value, they realised Mr Pickles was taking the piss when he referred to councils who put up council tax by 1.99 percent, below the 2 percent limit at which a referendum would be required, as ‘democracy dodgers who try to creep in under the radar’, who need a ‘reality check’ and are ‘cheating their taxpayers’. </p> http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/topic.php?id=55406#post-160296 Tue, 29 Jan 2013 14:52:44 +0000 dvo4fun 160296@http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/ <p>Yep. I was breath tested after an accident the other day and gave a reading of 34 microgrammes of alcohol per 100 millilitres. Clearly under the 35 limit but I'm thinking of disqualifying myself from driving for a year for taking the piss. </p> http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/topic.php?id=55406#post-160288 Tue, 29 Jan 2013 14:20:32 +0000 Midfield Diamond 160288@http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/ <p>Also had to look it up but great stuff Des. Next he'll be saying an exam pass is actually a failure for those who didn't exceed the pass mark by a sufficiently large margin. Oh, that's been done already ... </p> http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/topic.php?id=55406#post-160270 Tue, 29 Jan 2013 13:50:10 +0000 Vertically Challenged Giant 160270@http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/ <p>Had to go searching for what he'd said after seeing this on here.</p> <p>Nice work Des, properly satirical. Not like today's FP, which is just daft and, frankly, a bit shit. </p> http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/topic.php?id=55406#post-160243 Tue, 29 Jan 2013 10:38:31 +0000 Titus 160243@http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/ <p>Disagree with Al Op.</p> <p>The issue of whether Pickles is "vile" or not is irrelevant here.</p> <p>He may be the most wise and noble of politicians (I couldn't comment). However ANYONE, even the most virtuous, who allows an increase but sets a limit, and who is then outraged when increases indeed occur but within that specified limit, is obviously a complete moron.</p> <p>Deskpilot had it exactly right - if 2% was not the limit, what WAS an acceptable increase? </p> http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/topic.php?id=55406#post-160138 Mon, 28 Jan 2013 23:28:44 +0000 sponge finger 160138@http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/ <p>everything is a bit dark behind Eric Pickles </p> http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/topic.php?id=55406#post-160137 Mon, 28 Jan 2013 23:27:25 +0000 quango 160137@http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/ <p>Dvo, that's a bit dark. I mean politicians can be morons but I'm not proposing silencing them with aids </p> http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/topic.php?id=55406#post-160104 Mon, 28 Jan 2013 20:35:21 +0000 Squudge 160104@http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/ <p>vg </p> http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/topic.php?id=55406#post-160102 Mon, 28 Jan 2013 20:24:48 +0000 dvo4fun 160102@http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/ <p>Gets my vote Des</p> <p>Aren't Ministers supposed to have 'aides' to save them from spouting such obvious tosh? </p> http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/topic.php?id=55406#post-160099 Mon, 28 Jan 2013 20:20:51 +0000 deskpilot3 160099@http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/ <p>If 2% isn't the target then perhaps fat boy could explain what the real target is.....? </p> http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/topic.php?id=55406#post-160097 Mon, 28 Jan 2013 20:15:15 +0000 writinginbsl 160097@http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/ <p>yep</p> <p>stars </p> http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/topic.php?id=55406#post-160081 Mon, 28 Jan 2013 18:11:17 +0000 Perks 160081@http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/ <p>Nice </p> http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/topic.php?id=55406#post-160074 Mon, 28 Jan 2013 17:44:29 +0000 Al OPecia 160074@http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/ <p>Excellent. 5*.</p> <p>Pickles is a vile moron. </p> http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/topic.php?id=55406#post-160073 Mon, 28 Jan 2013 16:53:15 +0000 Not Amused 160073@http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/ <p>Yes, very good. 5 from me. </p> <p>He is also encouraging drink drivers to be over the limit and not just have a pathetic two pints but really go for 10. </p> http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/topic.php?id=55406#post-160071 Mon, 28 Jan 2013 16:18:10 +0000 Titus 160071@http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/ <p>Spot on. His statement that Local Authorities are somehow "cheating" by complyng EXACTLY with Central Government instructions is one of the most stupid statements I have heard for a long time, even from a politician.</p> <p>I wish there were an even more savage way of taking the piss out of this moronic ministerial statement.</p> <p>5 stars obviously. More to come, I hope, from other posters. </p> http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/topic.php?id=55406#post-160068 Mon, 28 Jan 2013 15:55:24 +0000 Des Custard 160068@http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/ <p>Communities Secretary Eric Pickles has denounced the behaviour of a majority of motorists when passing speed cameras as ‘fine dodgers’, saying they have a moral duty to man up, speed up and pay their fair share.</p> <p>Pickles said that he wanted all motorists to pay £60 every time they passed a camera, helping to reduce the deficit, and that maintaining a speed just below the government-imposed threshold was reprehensible and undemocratic.</p> <p>He added that people could still avoid points on their licence by paying extra for a greed awareness course, at which they would discover that cameras are used purely for revenue generation and often cause more accidents than they prevent.</p> <p>Warming to his theme, he excoriated rail passengers who paid exactly the right price instead of buying a lower-value ticket or dodging the fare completely, cheating the country out of millions in fines. He saved special venom for those who bought saver tickets, as if paying even less but remaining within the letter of the law was socially acceptable.</p> <p>Mr Pickles concluded by saying that men who squeezed into waistbands measuring less than 50 inches are pie-dodging wimps who have a moral duty to stuff their faces in order to stimulate the economy and make him look, if not sound, less stupid. </p>