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  • kingstongraham
    kingstongraham Posts: 28,228
    rick_chasey said:

    Asos the fast fashion company was originally called "as seen on screen".

    I remember it being set up - they sold cheap versions of what you saw celebrities wearing in TV shows and films, I think.
  • focuszing723
    focuszing723 Posts: 8,154
    edited March 2021

    How short Richi Sunak is. He's just 5ft 6".
  • elbowloh
    elbowloh Posts: 7,078
    focuszing723 said:


    How short Richi Sunak is. He's just 5ft 6".

    Same height as Napoleon.

    Just saying.
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  • shirley_basso
    shirley_basso Posts: 6,195
    kingstongraham said:

    rick_chasey said:

    Asos the fast fashion company was originally called "as seen on screen".

    I remember it being set up - they sold cheap versions of what you saw celebrities wearing in TV shows and films, I think.
    I did know that. The first time I bought something from it was the bad mother fukker wallet from pulp fiction.
  • ballysmate
    ballysmate Posts: 15,996
    That the next door neighbour paid 29k for a Ford Kuga and some of the roof panels are held on by velcro. :o
  • ddraver
    ddraver Posts: 26,717


    We're in danger of confusing passion with incompetence
    - @ddraver
  • briantrumpet
    briantrumpet Posts: 20,724
    ddraver said:




    No idea what that is... it looks like a small map with an unfortunate coffee spill on it.

    tl;dr - BR is rubbish these days for images, especially ones hosted on BR.
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  • elbowloh
    elbowloh Posts: 7,078
    I think it's to demonstrate how big Japan is in relation to Europe.
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  • briantrumpet
    briantrumpet Posts: 20,724
    elbowloh said:

    I think it's to demonstrate how big Japan is in relation to Europe.


    Ah, thanks. I was never good at those "What country is this the shape of?" questions on University Challenge.
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  • pblakeney
    pblakeney Posts: 27,490
    People are going to extreme lengths to keep themselves occupied during lockdown.
    As long as it is harmless, crack on.
    The above may be fact, or fiction, I may be serious, I may be jesting.
    I am not sure. You have no chance.
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  • briantrumpet
    briantrumpet Posts: 20,724
    Roses don't have thorns, merely 'prickles'. "Prickles are superficial, grow from the outer layer, whereas thorns are part of the basic structure of the plant (non-technical explanation)", as a friend explained.
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  • Pross
    Pross Posts: 43,593
    That Greece imported its royal family from Denmark in the 19th century as it didn't have one of its own after becoming an independent nation.
  • kingstongraham
    kingstongraham Posts: 28,228
    Pross said:

    That Greece imported its royal family from Denmark in the 19th century as it didn't have one of its own after becoming an independent nation.

    Are they responsible for that weird walk the guards do?
  • pinno
    pinno Posts: 52,501
    Cue ministry of silly walks.
    seanoconn - gruagach craic!
  • seanoconn
    seanoconn Posts: 11,739
    ballysmate said:

    That the next door neighbour paid 29k for a Ford Kuga and some of the roof panels are held on by velcro. :o

    Why would anyone pay 30k for such an ugly fat lump of metal?
    Pinno, מלך אידיוט וחרא מכונאי
  • vincesummerskRoxcBTr
    vincesummerskRoxcBTr Posts: 1,201
    Never to believe bike buddy's description of a easy run out.
  • rick_chasey
    rick_chasey Posts: 75,660
    https://assets.bwbx.io/documents/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/rSEzNw9cve9E/v0

    Goldman 1st year analysts are *really not happy*

    “The sleep deprivation, the treatment by senior bankers, the mental and physical stress…I’ve been through foster care and this is arguably worse”

    _
  • surrey_commuter
    surrey_commuter Posts: 18,867
    edited March 2021
    rick_chasey said:

    https://assets.bwbx.io/documents/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/rSEzNw9cve9E/v0

    Goldman 1st year analysts are *really not happy*

    “The sleep deprivation, the treatment by senior bankers, the mental and physical stress…I’ve been through foster care and this is arguably worse”

    Money doesn't sleep, if they want a firend get a dog
  • yorkshireraw
    yorkshireraw Posts: 1,632
    What CHIS stands for
  • elbowloh
    elbowloh Posts: 7,078
    They want to limit the working week to 80 hrs i think...
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  • rjsterry
    rjsterry Posts: 29,811
    Almost everything you think you know about the origin of Easter is made up.

    1985 Mercian King of Mercia - work in progress (Hah! Who am I kidding?)
    Pinnacle Monzonite

    Part of the anti-growth coalition
  • pblakeney
    pblakeney Posts: 27,490
    That the term pagan was a christian construct to neatly define anyone not christian.
    The above may be fact, or fiction, I may be serious, I may be jesting.
    I am not sure. You have no chance.
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  • secretsam
    secretsam Posts: 5,120
    pblakeney said:

    That the term pagan was a christian construct to neatly define anyone not christian.

    With Christianity, of course, being a made-up name to describe the latest religious group.
    It's just a hill. Get over it.
  • tailwindhome
    tailwindhome Posts: 19,459



    “New York has the haircuts, London has the trousers, but Belfast has the reason!
  • morstar
    morstar Posts: 6,190
    tailwindhome said:




    Oh, I very much see his point.

    Rick however will still think they’re all old fossils with one foot in their facist graves at those ages.
  • pblakeney
    pblakeney Posts: 27,490
    edited May 2021
    That did surprise me now on reading.
    Thing being that when they formed I was young and they was* old.

    Grammatical error intentional but I can't remember why it is appropriate. I'm getting old. George Harrison lyrics? 😉
    The above may be fact, or fiction, I may be serious, I may be jesting.
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  • kingstongraham
    kingstongraham Posts: 28,228
    I think it's astonishing because The Beatles went from "She loves you" to "Happiness is a warm gun" and then split when Harrison was 27. 27!!! That's ridiculous.
  • orraloon
    orraloon Posts: 13,270
    Age 27 has an alternate significance for entertainers - Hendrix, Cobain, Winehouse, Morrison, Joplin et al.
  • oblongomaculatus
    oblongomaculatus Posts: 616
    pblakeney said:

    That did surprise me now on reading.
    Thing being that when they formed I was young and they was* old.

    Grammatical error intentional but I can't remember why it is appropriate. I'm getting old. George Harrison lyrics? 😉
    Yes. One of his solo songs was about The Beatles, called When We Was Fab.

  • rick_chasey
    rick_chasey Posts: 75,660
    edited May 2021
    morstar said:

    tailwindhome said:




    Oh, I very much see his point.

    Rick however will still think they’re all old fossils with one foot in their facist graves at those ages.
    I have no idea who these people are

    One of them looks like Bob Dylan
    _

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