http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/topic.php?id=44862 The NewsBiscuit Community en-US Wed, 22 May 2013 03:10:35 +0000 http://bbpress.org/?v=1.0.2 q http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/search.php http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/topic.php?id=44862#post-128555 Wed, 04 Jul 2012 12:15:58 +0000 button 128555@http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/ <p>Great idea, well executed! </p> http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/topic.php?id=44862#post-128517 Wed, 04 Jul 2012 09:19:47 +0000 grumblechops 128517@http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/ <p>1% perspiration, 99% someone else's inspiration! </p> http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/topic.php?id=44862#post-128507 Wed, 04 Jul 2012 07:20:47 +0000 kga6 128507@http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/ <p>Grumble you can have this one for yourself - even your headline is better. Good job. </p> http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/topic.php?id=44862#post-128505 Wed, 04 Jul 2012 07:17:51 +0000 dvo4fun 128505@http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/ <p>gets stars from me but as b-j said, sort them out yourselves </p> http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/topic.php?id=44862#post-128491 Tue, 03 Jul 2012 22:21:05 +0000 Vertically Challenged Giant 128491@http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/ <p>Good work grumble </p> http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/topic.php?id=44862#post-128452 Tue, 03 Jul 2012 16:50:04 +0000 kga6 128452@http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/ <p>Lovely. These subs just write themselves. 5* </p> http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/topic.php?id=44862#post-128446 Tue, 03 Jul 2012 15:41:05 +0000 beau-jolly 128446@http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/ <p>Sort the stars out among yourselves - no scratching! </p> http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/topic.php?id=44862#post-128431 Tue, 03 Jul 2012 14:33:12 +0000 grumblechops 128431@http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/ <p>OK who am I kidding, I have anyway. Apologies if I've stolen some thunder. Feel free to borrow/edit/ignore/delete as you wish!</p> <p><strong>Online-dating in turmoil as EU rules ‘Lonely Hearts’ ads must not discriminate</strong> </p> <p>The dating world is in chaos after the European Court ruled that Lonely Hearts adverts were subject to the same legislation that protects jobseekers from discrimination.</p> <p>The test case was brought by Deborah Jarrow, 42, who claims her chances of finding true love have been unfairly restricted on the grounds that she is too old, too young, too female or too devoid of a good sense of humour – a point which she ably proved by taking the case to Court.</p> <p>Ms Jarrow cited a number of personal adverts in Court, including one which she believed was posted by her 'soulmate'. “I saw an advert on a dating website from a person whose interests included costume dramas, cats and baking, which match mine almost exactly" she said. "I clicked to say I was interested, but a few days later got a message back saying I had been turned down on the grounds that I was not a man. Excuse me, but is this the 1950s?”</p> <p>In finding in favour of Ms Jarrow, the Court awarded the plaintiff a date with her proclaimed soulmate - a 62 year old woman from Barnsley - with costs to be shared equally. But when asked afterwards if things had gone well, Ms Jarrow said “We had a lot in common, yes, but she was about a size 18 with verbal diarrhoea and a perm but at <u>no point</u> in her advert did she describe herself as ‘bubbly’. </p> <p>“I’ve half a mind to inform Trading Standards.” </p> http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/topic.php?id=44862#post-128430 Tue, 03 Jul 2012 14:26:25 +0000 grumblechops 128430@http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/ <p>If you don't, I will! </p> http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/topic.php?id=44862#post-128426 Tue, 03 Jul 2012 13:52:52 +0000 beau-jolly 128426@http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/ <p>Go for it. How about matching really honest ads:<br /> Unemployable blond with looks beginning to fade desperate for stinking rich man to support life style<br /> Ugly but rich bloke recons he could now do better than the women he married when he wasn't so wealthy</p> <p>Charmless tattooed smoker hoping for a couple more fatherless kids before welfare reform<br /> Feckless wastrel hoping for a disapointing shag </p> http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/topic.php?id=44862#post-128391 Tue, 03 Jul 2012 09:29:02 +0000 Vertically Challenged Giant 128391@http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/ <p>I reckon so. </p> http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/topic.php?id=44862#post-128383 Tue, 03 Jul 2012 08:34:07 +0000 kga6 128383@http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/ <p>Anyone think this is worth developing? </p>