http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/topic.php?id=8210 The NewsBiscuit Community en-US Sat, 25 May 2013 18:26:47 +0000 http://bbpress.org/?v=1.0.2 q http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/search.php http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/topic.php?id=8210&page=2#post-22601 Mon, 12 Jul 2010 22:48:52 +0000 rikkor 22601@http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/ <p>My tags are inspired. Their haiku or twitter-like brevity gets my creative juices flowing. PHWOAR! </p> http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/topic.php?id=8210&page=2#post-22600 Mon, 12 Jul 2010 22:43:26 +0000 rikkor 22600@http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/ <p>Blacker, I witness your request to Jehovah. </p> http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/topic.php?id=8210&page=2#post-22581 Mon, 12 Jul 2010 21:31:20 +0000 Mrblacker 22581@http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/ <p>You are Jehovah and I claim my free pass to heaven </p> http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/topic.php?id=8210&page=2#post-22399 Sun, 11 Jul 2010 15:41:53 +0000 Skylarking 22399@http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/ <p>True story: There was actually a church in Liverpool who invited their Bishop to a special yoof event. After a delicious bbbq, young people could ask his Rt Reverendness whatever difficult questions they wanted. And the church called the event (in all innnocence one must assume) "Bash the Bishop". FACT. I have witnesses... </p> http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/topic.php?id=8210&page=2#post-22398 Sun, 11 Jul 2010 15:40:02 +0000 rikkor 22398@http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/ <p>Edward, I believe that I saw the movie adaptation of your youthful escapades. It was called "Take Me Up The Severn", I believe. The priest was played by Orson Welles. </p> http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/topic.php?id=8210&page=2#post-22397 Sun, 11 Jul 2010 15:38:03 +0000 ramblesnake 22397@http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/ <p>Being a strict Roman Baptist I'm not too bothered about the C of E but are you doing Islam next week?</p> <p>Mr H I've been pretty sure for a long time you were originally red indian-ooops, native american. Thanks for the confirmatiion. </p> http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/topic.php?id=8210&page=2#post-22389 Sun, 11 Jul 2010 13:43:27 +0000 Scroat 22389@http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/ <p>Bishoptwat? </p> http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/topic.php?id=8210&page=2#post-22367 Sun, 11 Jul 2010 09:03:14 +0000 Scroat 22367@http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/ <p>I'll second that Mr Hack. A fitting tribute indeed. He must be sadly missed. </p> <p>Getting back to my initial suggestion, all I said was that I thought it a bit weird. I'm not doing a Dawkins and advocating that the clergy be put up against a wall and shot. It's just that I don't understand their stance on this issue.</p> <p>Heard one such prelate on the radio yesterday saying they're not being sexist or mysogenistic. They are opposed to women bishops because so many of the churchgoing population won't recognise their validity of bishops. Or something.</p> <p>Does bring a whole new meaning to the Bishopric though. Bishopfanny has a certain ring to it. </p> http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/topic.php?id=8210&page=2#post-22360 Sun, 11 Jul 2010 08:03:55 +0000 Skylarking 22360@http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/ <p>RIP Ibid</p> <p>Thanks for sharing, Edward - especially on a site more used to mocking people's ridiculousness etc. </p> http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/topic.php?id=8210&page=2#post-22333 Sat, 10 Jul 2010 20:09:43 +0000 sauce 22333@http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/ <p>He sounds like a wonderful person, Ed. RIP indeed. xx</p> <p>Sorry Stunts, I wasn't having a dig at GPs. I think our doctors are fabulous and have to work bloody hard (and spend years training) for what they earn. But they probably don't want to add a huge pile of paperwork and pen-(mouse-)pushing to the equation. If they're anything like teachers (of whom I know a number) they want to actually do their job not fill in bloody forms. </p> <p>No easy ways to deal with savings - whatever happens, however careful, some are going to affect care, treatment, access and waiting list times.</p> <p>PS Feeling much better already </p> http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/topic.php?id=8210&page=2#post-22325 Sat, 10 Jul 2010 18:22:25 +0000 edward hack 22325@http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/ <p>My first partner was a Roman Catholic priest...I shared his bed for 11 years (1988-1999)...he loved God, hated religion. Hated religious sychophants even more....was of the opinion religion was such a personal affair it should and could never be shared with others.<br /> We lived in an old wooden shack on the banks of the river Severn in Shropshire, he had a small chapel in the garden (a rickety old shed)<br /> No bells, no smells.<br /> Best years of my life and not once did he ever raise the subject of religion unless I (usually pissed) asked for it.<br /> Religion for him was with his Lord which he honoured at home, in his own time.<br /> He was not considered suitable material to run a parish because of his (bohemian) beliefs and outwardly gay attitude.<br /> I found out when he died he had been a priest at Woormwood Scrubs for a while.<br /> RIP that man.<br /> Nuff said</p> <p>I never doubted them for a second<br /> <a href="http://s681.photobucket.com/albums/vv171/edwardhack/?action=view&amp;current=hot-fuzz.jpg"><img src="http://i681.photobucket.com/albums/vv171/edwardhack/th_hot-fuzz.jpg"></a> </p> http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/topic.php?id=8210&page=2#post-22324 Sat, 10 Jul 2010 18:18:42 +0000 allmyownstunts 22324@http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/ <p>Get well soon, Sauce. Sounds like you've had a horrendous time.</p> <p>Most GPs earn a vast amount less than the figures quoted in the media. Those that do earn more than six figures (in Scotland at least) are in remote and rural areas and pay their staff out of their salaries as well as handling a 365 days a year on-call commitment.</p> <p>GPs did get a huge and badly-needed improvement to their contracts a few years back, which is costing the NHS a lot to service. But their workloads increased vastly (I harldy ever see my husband these days which is quite possibly why I am on NB so much) and now we are all cowering under the government-led media backlash implying that GPs are all fat lazy overpaid bastards, in order that their contracts can be whittled away in the months to come, with no public outcry.</p> <p>Thanks for the oppotrunity to give everyone a giggle! xx </p> http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/topic.php?id=8210#post-22317 Sat, 10 Jul 2010 14:40:52 +0000 sauce 22317@http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/ <p>I'd like to nominate whichever bastard child/children gave my the horrendous sicky bug from which I am just crawling from my sickbed after 36 hours of misery. </p> <p>Thanks, Scroaty, for your perceptive guess at my main shaft for the week. Though, through my fevered retchings (I do hope no one is late lunching?) I seemed to hear that GPs are now to have all their own buying beaurocracy. So how much does a fully trained GP earn? And how much time are they going to be spending on their "shopping"? </p> <p>Fascinating debate, Skylarking and co. I quite agree about intollerance of intollerance. I'm quite intollerant of superstious mumbojumbo - hence my dislike of Gove. </p> http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/topic.php?id=8210#post-22315 Sat, 10 Jul 2010 14:11:48 +0000 thisisall1word 22315@http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/ <p>In this day and age it's just simply wrong for the church to hide behind arcane scripture - surely we need a level playing field. I suggest that both men and women are banned from being bishops and only hermaphrodites or sexless animals should be allowed to be ordained. I think I'd draw the line at plants though. </p> http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/topic.php?id=8210#post-22314 Sat, 10 Jul 2010 13:57:33 +0000 FormerlyAlOPecia 22314@http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/ <p>That's what my priest told me to say................. </p> http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/topic.php?id=8210#post-22301 Sat, 10 Jul 2010 12:50:34 +0000 The All New Jeni B 22301@http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/ <p>Soooooo Al, you "like" the Holy Knob of Guidance do you...? </p> http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/topic.php?id=8210#post-22288 Sat, 10 Jul 2010 11:53:29 +0000 FormerlyAlOPecia 22288@http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/ <p>Hmmmm.....The Holy Knob of Guidance, I like it. </p> http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/topic.php?id=8210#post-22286 Sat, 10 Jul 2010 11:48:40 +0000 rickwestwell 22286@http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/ <p><blockquote>And I agree SL that one shouldn't demonise those with outdated views, but it would help their cause tremendously if they could come up with a better argument than 'well, they just shouldn't...'.</blockquote></p> <p>Mary, Mary - it's very simple. It's all about willies. Please see my latest soon-to-be-FP sub for further clarification, but basically, how can you possibly consider providing a spiritual direction without a mighty purple bell-end to point the way? It's obvious. </p> http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/topic.php?id=8210#post-22285 Sat, 10 Jul 2010 11:46:07 +0000 wallster 22285@http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/ <p>Can I please nominate a person what I knows, who has just changed her facebook status to (and I quote) 'chillaxin.com'</p> <p>Need I say more? </p> http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/topic.php?id=8210#post-22281 Sat, 10 Jul 2010 11:41:29 +0000 Skylarking 22281@http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/ <p>"the minute you point out that their views are outdated, ridiculous and unsupported by fact, then they shout that they are being demonised, and in some cases threaten to kill you."</p> <p>Well, if you put your views like that to them I kinda see why... </p> http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/topic.php?id=8210#post-22275 Sat, 10 Jul 2010 11:18:09 +0000 FormerlyAlOPecia 22275@http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/ <p>Dear Skylarking, </p> <p>The trouble with people who have ridiculous and outdated views, such as there is a non-existent deity who is responsible for all the good stuff whilst humans are responsible for all the bad stauff and the world was created in a puff of smoke like a Tommy Cooper trick, is that the minute you point out that their views are outdated, ridiculous and unsupported by fact, then they shout that they are being demonised, and in some cases threaten to kill you.</p> <p>That's enough sub-clauses for now.</p> <p>Best</p> <p>Al</p> <p>P.S. My replies rarely make sense, even before editing. </p> http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/topic.php?id=8210#post-22258 Sat, 10 Jul 2010 10:22:11 +0000 rickwestwell 22258@http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/ <p>With you 100%, 'larkin. And I'd have approached Hoddle the same way, <strike> by ripping the piss mercilessly</strike> with rapier-sharp satire. </p> http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/topic.php?id=8210#post-22257 Sat, 10 Jul 2010 10:19:35 +0000 Mary Evans 22257@http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/ <p>While my feminist tendencies stop well short of believing men and women can do any job (get me started on parents in the army after a few tanks of Sauvignon), what I fail to understand about the female clergy debate is that surely women are eminently suited to roles within the church? Aside from issues of compassion, surely any job where you have to tell people how to live their lives while wearing a frock was made for a woman? </p> <p>And I agree SL that one shouldn't demonise those with outdated views, but it would help their cause tremendously if they could come up with a better argument than 'well, they just shouldn't...'. </p> http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/topic.php?id=8210#post-22255 Sat, 10 Jul 2010 10:09:53 +0000 Skylarking 22255@http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/ <p>Actually no Rick not at all (goes onto subs page and gives it healthy star rating). I reckon it's fine to lampoon something that appears to be a bit ridiculous - like this. The problem I have is with the demonisation of those who hold views we consider a bit ridiculous or outdated. </p> <p>A classic example was the demonisation of Glenn Hoddle who was basically a really decent guy with 'the wrong views' about reincarnation - and I cringed with the rest of us when he said that stuff. Meanwhile other footballers genuinely behave like twats with no comeback at all... </p> <p>I hope people vaguely get where I'm headed with this.</p> <p>Sorry Al I have re-edited the comment and now your reply (which was rather funny) now doesn't make sense. Not deliberate, I promise! </p> http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/topic.php?id=8210#post-22254 Sat, 10 Jul 2010 10:03:25 +0000 rickwestwell 22254@http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/ <p>Skylarking - I guess that's a thumbs down for my<em> "Essential for bishops to have willies" says Church of England</em> sub then? :-) </p> http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/topic.php?id=8210#post-22252 Sat, 10 Jul 2010 09:58:57 +0000 FormerlyAlOPecia 22252@http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/ <p>I don't think that he was in the Bible. </p> http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/topic.php?id=8210#post-22251 Sat, 10 Jul 2010 09:58:35 +0000 Skylarking 22251@http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/ <p>As a former relgious producer who met many, many clergy in his time, may I just offer the following observations:</p> <p>a) Those clergy whose view of tradition and holy scripture meant that they opposed women's ordination were often delightful and not at all sexist or misogynistic (also frequently camper than Christmas, including the straight ones but that is another matter)</p> <p>b) The most intolerant person I ever interviewed was an American religious liberal who believed <em>all</em> the right things that would get him a pat on the back for being tolerant. But he utterly demonised anyone with more conservative views than his.</p> <p>c) I actually knew the first clergyman to leave the church over women's ordination. He was actually really lovely, just deeply old fashioned in his views. I was also acquainted with the printer of an anarchist publication who picked up on the Revd's opposition to women vicars and printed in his esteemed underground publication that "a swift kicking is surely due". I tend to see those who see it as their job to 'administer a swift kicking' to those with the wrong views as the truly intolerant ones.</p> <p>d)Twattishness is what twatty people say and do. Often at dinner parties in North London where they don't put a politically correct foot wrong. But they're still twats.</p> <p>A bit heavy for NB but I always think decent satire should go a little deeper (matron). </p> http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/topic.php?id=8210#post-22242 Sat, 10 Jul 2010 09:26:45 +0000 Scroat 22242@http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/ <p>In the Biblical sense? </p> http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/topic.php?id=8210#post-22217 Sat, 10 Jul 2010 07:28:21 +0000 FormerlyAlOPecia 22217@http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/ <p>I know Tinky Winky </p> http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/topic.php?id=8210#post-22210 Sat, 10 Jul 2010 00:37:55 +0000 Quaz 22210@http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/ <p>If we ordain Tinky Winky, do the Teletubbies win? The Teletubbies are the acceptable face of the Talebannies. </p>