http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/topic.php?id=54185 The NewsBiscuit Community en-US Wed, 22 May 2013 13:07:17 +0000 http://bbpress.org/?v=1.0.2 q http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/search.php http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/topic.php?id=54185#post-156664 Mon, 07 Jan 2013 15:33:48 +0000 rikkor 156664@http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/ <p>In the US "urban" now exclusively means dusky thugs, their habits, clothing and entertainment favorites. </p> http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/topic.php?id=54185#post-156663 Mon, 07 Jan 2013 15:30:30 +0000 rikkor 156663@http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/ <p>Confirmed bachelor and community playhouse thespian... </p> http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/topic.php?id=54185#post-156662 Mon, 07 Jan 2013 15:29:29 +0000 rikkor 156662@http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/ <p>I like "Too Cheap And Careless To Pay For A Babysitter Parents". </p> http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/topic.php?id=54185#post-156550 Sun, 06 Jan 2013 15:29:52 +0000 Ironduke 156550@http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/ <p>"NOTORIOUS COW FISTER AND HAMSTER SNUFFER"</p> <p>I like it. I'm getting a new name badge for work. </p> http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/topic.php?id=54185#post-156521 Sun, 06 Jan 2013 12:33:21 +0000 Golgo13 156521@http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/ <p>"Yes. He's a bachelor." </p> http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/topic.php?id=54185#post-156520 Sun, 06 Jan 2013 12:22:33 +0000 Tripod 156520@http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/ <p><blockquote>"confirmed bachelor"</blockquote></p> <p>Nah... They'd just "never found the right girl"... </p> http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/topic.php?id=54185#post-156519 Sun, 06 Jan 2013 12:14:23 +0000 nickb 156519@http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/ <p>THey used to say "confirmed bachelor" to mean "gay man" and confirmed "bachelor and bon viveur" to mean gay boozer. </p> http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/topic.php?id=54185#post-156516 Sun, 06 Jan 2013 10:41:46 +0000 The Secret Cabal 156516@http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/ <p>NOTORIOUS COW FISTER AND HAMSTER SNUFFER IRONDUKE LAUNCHES SCATHING ATTACK ON COMMUNITY OF COMMUNITY LEADERS. </p> http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/topic.php?id=54185#post-156513 Sun, 06 Jan 2013 10:26:13 +0000 Idiot 156513@http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/ <p>'Boffin-rocker' - used by the sun to describe Robert Fripp in a piece about his missus, Toyah. </p> http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/topic.php?id=54185#post-156512 Sun, 06 Jan 2013 10:14:17 +0000 sigmund 156512@http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/ <p>‘Community spokesman’ for a passer-by who is willing to give a ‘vox-pop.’<br /> I’ve sometimes wondered if the ‘gay community’ has a ‘gay community centre.’ If so, it’s sure to be tastefully furnished. </p> http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/topic.php?id=54185#post-156468 Sat, 05 Jan 2013 17:31:45 +0000 Tripod 156468@http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/ <p>'Community leaders' are for groups of people we either don't understand or don't like (or both), who we assume will all behave (and vote) the same. So Muslims have them. The 'gay community' has 'spokesmen'. </p> http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/topic.php?id=54185#post-156466 Sat, 05 Jan 2013 17:25:11 +0000 Ironduke 156466@http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/ <p>Can't beat 'Community Leader' for me.</p> <p>Or 'Unqualified job-shy opinionated loudmouthed troublemaking twit with massive chip on shoulder' to give them their full name. </p> http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/topic.php?id=54185#post-156464 Sat, 05 Jan 2013 16:38:44 +0000 Tripod 156464@http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/ <p>Being known for just one thing: ‘vice girl’, ‘Angus the sheep shagger’... and convenient labels (for lazy journos...) like ‘Essex girl’, ‘Mondeo man’, ‘Fifty quid bloke’, etc... </p> http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/topic.php?id=54185#post-156461 Sat, 05 Jan 2013 16:11:11 +0000 beau-jolly 156461@http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/ <p>"Notorious salad dodger"<br /> "Transport caff regular"</p> <p>I know what you mean Dvo. The ones that get me are the Sun headlines which sound like really innapropriate super heroes: "Pool death boy" "Balcony plunge man". </p> http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/topic.php?id=54185#post-156448 Sat, 05 Jan 2013 14:09:59 +0000 Ironduke 156448@http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/ <p>Glutinous Lard Ass Dvo4fun </p> <p>Black-pudding denier Dvo4fun</p> <p>Ketchup-phobe Dvo4fun</p> <p>Gang's breakfast eater Dvo4fun</p> <p>...and I'm spent. </p> http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/topic.php?id=54185#post-156445 Sat, 05 Jan 2013 13:51:04 +0000 dvo4fun 156445@http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/ <p>And this past week - in references to the Indian victim. I wonder if the repeated attachment of the word 'gang' to 'rape' isn't a tad salacious. As perhaps, the inclusion of the story on the news throughout the UK media. Truly truly dreadful event but maybe the coverage in UK is a little disproportionate.</p> <p>@Dick: "Bacon, egg and sausage addict" (dvo4fun) I also had the fried bread under the egg, tinned tomatoes, 2 slices (toasted) and a mug of Tea. But just an hour later I was feeling a little peckish again. </p> http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/topic.php?id=54185#post-156433 Sat, 05 Jan 2013 11:15:28 +0000 Al OPecia 156433@http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/ <p>"Armed Gunman" always gets me - surely an unarmed gunman would just be a man? </p> http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/topic.php?id=54185#post-156430 Sat, 05 Jan 2013 10:57:04 +0000 Dick Everyman 156430@http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/ <p>"Bacon, egg and sausage addict" (dvo4fun) </p> http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/topic.php?id=54185#post-156426 Sat, 05 Jan 2013 10:23:53 +0000 Tripod 156426@http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/ <p>And females who are known by first name only... which marks them out as either a young murder victim or a pop princess... </p> http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/topic.php?id=54185#post-156424 Sat, 05 Jan 2013 10:08:29 +0000 dvo4fun 156424@http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/ <p>Such as</p> <p>"Former Pub Landlord" (Hand transplant chap)</p> <p>"Murdered black teenager" (Stephen Lawrence)</p> <p>"Parents of the murdered schoolgirl Milly Dowler" ( yep)</p> <p>"National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence; NICE" [followed by no use of either name, rendering the use of both terms a waste of time]</p> <p>Sorry. Just back from a Full English at local transport caff and needed a rant </p>