http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/topic.php?id=57122 The NewsBiscuit Community en-US Fri, 24 May 2013 12:45:00 +0000 http://bbpress.org/?v=1.0.2 q http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/search.php http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/topic.php?id=57122#post-165486 Thu, 28 Feb 2013 22:58:43 +0000 Squudge 165486@http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/ <p>Penguins are very fashionable at the moment - the BBC schedule is full of 'em.</p> <p>On reflection I might have chosen 'excessive' had I been taking more time to be precise, but I am feeling obdurate.<br /> So fuck it. </p> http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/topic.php?id=57122#post-165480 Thu, 28 Feb 2013 22:46:06 +0000 dvo4fun 165480@http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/ <p>Hmm, my own desk dictionary gives one def ene as 'morally repugnant'. But it's only a Penguin </p> http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/topic.php?id=57122#post-165478 Thu, 28 Feb 2013 22:40:57 +0000 Titus 165478@http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/ <p>"Obsecene" bonuses? What is filthy, depraved or pornographic about them?</p> <p>You might regard huge bonuses as absurd, ridiculus, wrong, stupid, excessive, ludicrous, inappropriate, undeserved, unreasonable or unfair; and you might be shocked, outraged, disgusted or offended by them.</p> <p>So use our wonderful English language properly and describe them as absurd, ridiculous, wrong, stupid, excessive, ludicrous, inappropriate, undeserved, unreasonale, unfair, shocking, outrageous, disgusting or offensive. And, rather than follow the example of some semi-literate commentators, reserve the word "obscene" for those things for which it could conceivably be applicable.</p> <p>[/pedantic rant. (Is there a special word for that?)] </p> http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/topic.php?id=57122#post-165458 Thu, 28 Feb 2013 22:04:29 +0000 Squudge 165458@http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/ <p>The public today reacted with astonishment after RBS boss Stephen Hester defensively declared "I don't set my pay" and went on to disclose that obscene bonuses awarded to bankers were due to a shadowy cartel known only as 'societal norms'.</p> <p>The appropriate authorities have been quick to react and the baby name 'Norman' is now to be automatically reported to both Social and the Security Services so that the infant can be put on the risk register of future offenders.</p> <p>Welfare groups have protested and are lobbying that all Norms should be offered the chance of a loving home, fostered into compatible family banks. </p> <p>A Mr N Fosdick of Shaftem and Glossops Hedgefund Management has issued the heartfelt plea to the public to remember that "a bonus is for life, not just for Christmas". </p>