http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/topic.php?id=48361 The NewsBiscuit Community en-US Tue, 21 May 2013 15:45:42 +0000 http://bbpress.org/?v=1.0.2 q http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/search.php http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/topic.php?id=48361#post-139493 Sat, 22 Sep 2012 10:10:20 +0000 button 139493@http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/ <p>I missed this yesterday, very good! </p> http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/topic.php?id=48361#post-139489 Sat, 22 Sep 2012 09:51:39 +0000 Actual Size 139489@http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/ <p>Much laughter - always like an absurd reference and 'impractical dog' just made me splutter uncontrollably. </p> http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/topic.php?id=48361#post-139487 Sat, 22 Sep 2012 09:48:37 +0000 writinginbsl 139487@http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/ <p>missed this</p> <p>very clever </p> http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/topic.php?id=48361#post-139313 Fri, 21 Sep 2012 08:00:21 +0000 Sinnick 139313@http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/ <p>Hard to believe that this bunting is a criminal:</p> <p><img src="http://floridabirdingtrail.com/images/home_banner/27dfaef06acc559a7e124bdbdcd7f418.jpg"> </p> http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/topic.php?id=48361#post-139267 Thu, 20 Sep 2012 22:58:58 +0000 dvo4fun 139267@http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/ <p>@nickb Ah yes, sorry - missed out the word 'treatment' there </p> http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/topic.php?id=48361#post-139242 Thu, 20 Sep 2012 21:08:02 +0000 Anonymous 139242@http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/ <p>FIVE </p> http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/topic.php?id=48361#post-139231 Thu, 20 Sep 2012 20:07:11 +0000 waylandsmithy 139231@http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/ <p>I know! What sort of mad country do we live in, when you need a licence to bear flags? </p> <p>Forget the recession, this a common sense policy that everyone can get behind. </p> http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/topic.php?id=48361#post-139230 Thu, 20 Sep 2012 20:06:28 +0000 nickb 139230@http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/ <p><blockquote>.....as a former member of a drug team</blockquote>?? </p> http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/topic.php?id=48361#post-139229 Thu, 20 Sep 2012 19:48:17 +0000 dvo4fun 139229@http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/ <p>Ah - didn't even notice the trigger story, but funny nonetheless. Didn't even know permission needed to 'fly the flag'. Do BNP know? </p> http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/topic.php?id=48361#post-139228 Thu, 20 Sep 2012 19:43:58 +0000 waylandsmithy 139228@http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/ <p>Cheers! It's based on this:</p> <p><a href="http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/politics/9556471/Fly-your-flags-without-asking-permission-Pickles-says.html">legalise it</a></p> <p>Bit of a low-profile news story, though. </p> http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/topic.php?id=48361#post-139222 Thu, 20 Sep 2012 19:19:59 +0000 dvo4fun 139222@http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/ <p>As a resident of a village where we bunt quite often and a former member of a drug team [details available under plain cover] this mixes the two experiences worryingly well. You don't live near here do you?</p> <p>I thought this was a snorter. </p> http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/topic.php?id=48361#post-139176 Thu, 20 Sep 2012 15:08:49 +0000 waylandsmithy 139176@http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/ <p>Eric Pickles has taken the controversial step of decriminalising a range of popular flags for 'personal use', but social workers have warned that widespread nationalism ‘could be just around the corner’.</p> <p>With royal weddings and jubilees making the St. George's Cross seem almost acceptable in certain circles, flag use can be witnessed on many of Britain's streets. But while 'doing a line of bunting' might seem like fun to the uninitiated, many first-time users have found themselves craving something stronger. Ms McClintock, an expert in heraldry and chair of the charity 'Wavers Anonymous', believes bunting is a ‘gateway flag’ that can lead to village fetes. </p> <p>Addicts aren’t always easy to spot. While some display obvious symptoms such as a shaven head, Ben Sherman shirts or an impractical dog called Tyson, others can appear normal, or only mildly patriotic. But with anxious parents worried that their children could become mixed up with the ‘flag heads’, McClintock offered some guidance on the tell-tale paraphernalia to look out for.</p> <p>“It might feel like a breach of trust to search their rooms when they’re out”, admitted McClintock. “But it’s better to find traces of red and white fondant icing on their school shirts now, than union jack underwear later.” Face paint, royal wedding mugs and improvised flag poles are all danger signs to look out for, as are tell-tale rope burns on the hands of an inexperienced ‘flyer’.</p> <p>Inevitably, some flag users will want to take things further, and McClintock warned that dirty needles are sure-fire evidence of this. “The scars might not be obvious, or could be hidden beneath their clothes”, she warned. “But if you find spent needles, particularly ones that are stained red, white or blue, there’s every probability they’ve got a ‘moniker on their back’.”</p> <p>Pickles insists that decriminalisation will get flags out into the open, where wavers can be treated without fear of prosecution. “There was a certain frisson of excitement associated with ‘running one up’ when such activities were illegal”, claimed Pickles. “But I'm proud to say we've stripped flagging of its glamour, now you can sit back and unfurl one without a £335 licence from the council.” </p>