http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/topic.php?id=11503 The NewsBiscuit Community en-US Sat, 18 May 2013 14:07:02 +0000 http://bbpress.org/?v=1.0.2 q http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/search.php http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/topic.php?id=11503&page=2#post-136442 Thu, 30 Aug 2012 23:34:59 +0000 rikkor 136442@http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/ <p>I can't believe the stuff I wrote in this sub. What an angry not-too-young man I was. Kinda voice of his generation-ish. </p> http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/topic.php?id=11503&page=2#post-136306 Wed, 29 Aug 2012 18:54:58 +0000 Al OPecia 136306@http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/ <p>Thank God Its Out, it's been trapped for a year down there...... </p> http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/topic.php?id=11503&page=2#post-136303 Wed, 29 Aug 2012 18:14:25 +0000 ianslat 136303@http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/ <p>Maybe we should have a section for 'Rows &amp; Flounces etc From The Archives' </p> http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/topic.php?id=11503&page=2#post-136299 Wed, 29 Aug 2012 16:25:21 +0000 Golgo13 136299@http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/ <p>Lovely to see one of my old FPs in the archive slot. I think I enjoyed the post FP fight even more than the actual piece though. </p> http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/topic.php?id=11503&page=2#post-38737 Tue, 19 Oct 2010 19:06:32 +0000 IABP 38737@http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/ <p>Did you notice their homes? They seem to live inside cages.<br /> No wonder they didn't feel trapped. </p> http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/topic.php?id=11503&page=2#post-38736 Tue, 19 Oct 2010 18:58:46 +0000 StoopyDeGunt 38736@http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/ <p>I just hope they remembered to clock out, or they won't get any overtime </p> http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/topic.php?id=11503&page=2#post-38600 Tue, 19 Oct 2010 06:16:44 +0000 Mr.3374 38600@http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/ <p>Don't think the "I left the iron on" sub would have worked if they were still down there, tbh.<br /> Notice the small cage they used to rescue them?<br /> That was so they could bring them up Juan by Juan....</p> <p> I'll get me coat. </p> http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/topic.php?id=11503&page=2#post-38444 Sun, 17 Oct 2010 23:04:00 +0000 rikkor 38444@http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/ <p>Stop resurrecting old subs. Now! </p> <p>Oh, I liked the "I left the iron on" Chilean miner sub. But, that was after they were rescued. </p> http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/topic.php?id=11503&page=2#post-38442 Sun, 17 Oct 2010 23:01:47 +0000 Golgo13 38442@http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/ <p>Yeah, well, they're out now. I'm off the hook. </p> http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/topic.php?id=11503&page=2#post-32086 Sun, 05 Sep 2010 21:41:32 +0000 arrghgarry 32086@http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/ <p>Rikko buy a hands free periscope </p> http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/topic.php?id=11503&page=2#post-32060 Sun, 05 Sep 2010 17:55:59 +0000 Scroat 32060@http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/ <p>This conjures up rather disturbing images. </p> http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/topic.php?id=11503&page=2#post-31902 Sat, 04 Sep 2010 12:13:09 +0000 rikkor 31902@http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/ <p>Yes, but I have to stand on the toilet and hoist myself up with two hands, which kind of kills the whole thing. </p> http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/topic.php?id=11503&page=2#post-31850 Sat, 04 Sep 2010 00:11:44 +0000 Quaz 31850@http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/ <p>"Rikkor has got the moral high ground."</p> <p>Wow, that must be a first around here. What's the view like from there Rikkor? Can you see into the bathroom window of that fit girl accross the street? </p> http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/topic.php?id=11503&page=2#post-31832 Fri, 03 Sep 2010 23:45:22 +0000 rikkor 31832@http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/ <p>Stoopy, I love ya like a fat kid loves cake. </p> http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/topic.php?id=11503&page=2#post-31825 Fri, 03 Sep 2010 22:04:00 +0000 StoopyDeGunt 31825@http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/ <p>It's all too Ace in the Hole for me.</p> <p>As long as those chileans are down that mineshaft, Rikkor has got the moral high ground. </p> http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/topic.php?id=11503&page=2#post-31813 Fri, 03 Sep 2010 19:36:19 +0000 FormerlyAlOPecia 31813@http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/ <p>When ted Heath failed to get on the train in time, that was a Politician's misscarriage. </p> http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/topic.php?id=11503&page=2#post-31786 Fri, 03 Sep 2010 16:33:18 +0000 Snarkos 31786@http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/ <p><blockquote>I would draw the line at using a politician's miscarriages or a handicapped child as fodder, unless the politician in question has used their retarded baby as political capital. (Sarah Palin?)</blockquote></p> <p>I wouldn't. </p> <p>(David Cameron?) </p> http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/topic.php?id=11503&page=2#post-31779 Fri, 03 Sep 2010 15:00:00 +0000 IABP 31779@http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/ <p>I would say there's a follow up story to that pinxit. Where is she now etc<br /> She could be a contestant on the X factor - seems to be full of nutty women lately.<br /> Or big brother - seems to be full of nutty women lately.<br /> Or anywhere really - because the world seems to be full of nutty women lately. </p> http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/topic.php?id=11503&page=2#post-31778 Fri, 03 Sep 2010 14:55:06 +0000 pinxit 31778@http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/ <p>Selwyn Gummer stuffing a hamburger down his daughter's throat at the height of the BSE scare.</p> <p>Now <em>that</em> was <strike>grotesque</strike> funny. </p> http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/topic.php?id=11503&page=2#post-31772 Fri, 03 Sep 2010 14:36:19 +0000 Golgo13 31772@http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/ <p>I think it's generally agreed that politicians are fair game, as they are empowered and privileged and so on, so most attacks are OK. Like JP, I would draw the line at using a politician's miscarriages or a handicapped child as fodder, unless the politician in question has used their retarded baby as political capital. (Sarah Palin?) </p> http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/topic.php?id=11503&page=2#post-31758 Fri, 03 Sep 2010 13:46:21 +0000 arrghgarry 31758@http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/ <p>There have been a lot worse on NB how would Nick Cleegg and his family feel if they saw some of the stuff written wbout them ? in Russia Putin has them shot </p> http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/topic.php?id=11503&page=2#post-31703 Fri, 03 Sep 2010 09:22:36 +0000 Golgo13 31703@http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/ <p>My first draft had implied cannibalism and human sacrifice too, but I took them out. That was partly an editorial decision (keep it simple), but also a feeling of it being inappropriate.</p> <p>So that shows that I have lines I don't want to cross too. </p> <p>Then, I guess, it boils down to where is that line, and whose line is it anyway... </p> http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/topic.php?id=11503&page=2#post-31702 Fri, 03 Sep 2010 09:22:08 +0000 jp1885 31702@http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/ <p>I liked it, and that's all that matters. </p> http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/topic.php?id=11503&page=2#post-31690 Fri, 03 Sep 2010 09:11:45 +0000 andhrimnir 31690@http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/ <p>I'm with our barking American friend on this. Well written it may be, but in my opinion it crosses a line of appropriateness. </p> http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/topic.php?id=11503#post-31684 Fri, 03 Sep 2010 08:59:20 +0000 ramblesnake 31684@http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/ <p>This really shows your ignorance about humour Rikkor. Much of it's to do with fear and the idea of being stuck down a mine for months is too horrendous to think of seriously. </p> http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/topic.php?id=11503#post-31664 Fri, 03 Sep 2010 07:57:04 +0000 Golgo13 31664@http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/ <p>I really wanted to believe that Rikkor taking a moral stance on a piece that highlights plural perspectives of morality was intentional irony, but maybe not... </p> http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/topic.php?id=11503#post-31662 Fri, 03 Sep 2010 07:48:59 +0000 MrChigleysAunt 31662@http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/ <p>I'm afraid it didn't even occur to me to find it tasteless or offensive. I thought it was brilliant.<br /> I notice on their website that the BBC are offering in-depth coverage of the mine situation. I find that funny too. </p> http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/topic.php?id=11503#post-31655 Fri, 03 Sep 2010 07:12:35 +0000 pinxit 31655@http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/ <p>Golgo, old chap, did I miss something? Looking at your reply to my throw away 'hole-digging' post - is it possible you have attributed too much subtlety to Rikkor's post?<br /> <em>If</em> he is trowelling on layers of irony with his original post, then it is waaay beyond my ken.<br /> More circles than Dante's inferno. That way lies madness.<br /> My brain hurts. </p> http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/topic.php?id=11503#post-31647 Fri, 03 Sep 2010 04:45:54 +0000 arrghgarry 31647@http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/ <p>last year we got the shaft<br /> they stopped our pay<br /> we could have laughed<br /> this year we`re taking beer<br /> probably Carlsberg special.</p> <p>crowded room, pals with aching asses<br /> we gotta admit ,we prefer lasses<br /> This year we got the bosses<br /> holed them up<br /> deserved it the tossers<br /> next year we`ll them out<br /> thats if we don<code>t forget -</code> em </p> http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/topic.php?id=11503#post-31646 Fri, 03 Sep 2010 03:42:34 +0000 cazzbar 31646@http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/ <p>Personally I didn't get the offence or the humour in the story, but the writer's defence of the piece was quality. </p>