At 11/20/09 11:48 PM, aviewaskewed wrote: Speaking of Punisher...Franken-Castle...w...t...f?!

I bought that the other day. WTF, sums it up. It wouldn;t so bad if it weren;t drawn in a way which amde Frank look like he's one of the munsters... or if it didn't have the stupid japanese stereotype monster hunters which speak in broken English when they're communicating with each other and not Japanese. ... or... yeah actually...thinking about it, it all sucks...

I HAVE RETURNED!

<Promptly collapses into chair whilst a butler poors a brandy>

I'M NOT DEAD!

And apparently I'm still a moderator despite not being here in ages!

Third year in university is hell. I have zero free time that's not taken up writing my dissertation, running the student campus societies I'm involved in, and sleeping and eating and seemingly scaring off girls I go on dates with!

Life sucks, I'm tired exhausted and am for some reason considering doing a masters in the cultural perceptions of the British armed forces in 1930's Britain.

But all in all I'm quite good.

So.... yeah...

HAI GUIZ!!!!

At 10/9/09 08:22 AM, Coop83 wrote: "Sure, I'm up for whatever."

Pretty much that was how the conversation went :P

Texted her today to see if she was free lunc time tomorrow for a lunch date and have had no response =/

Not a good sign really :P

THe dudes being rewarded for his fucking rhetoric during his campaign. That is just plain fucked up. Its awarding the prize based on what he *Says* he's going to do, so apparently sugar coated words are enough for a Nobel Prize now...

Gores winning was at least feasible, regardless of what you think about him or what he's done he's at least *done* something recognisable. Obama had to have been nominated within 2 weeks of his coming to power and in those two weeks he achieved nothing worthy of the peace prize.

Congratulations Nobel Committee you just lost any semblance of credibility you had.

At 10/8/09 07:07 AM, BobbaQ wrote: So, anything happening with you fine people this week?

Got a date coming up in the next few days. Need to arrange a proper time for it. Should text her really...

I HAVE RETURNED!

For a bit at least. Whilst I only have 5 hours of contact time at uni this year ( costing me £1.44 for every minute) I have shite loads of work to do for my dissertation and my modules.

YAY THIRD YEAR!

At 9/12/09 11:37 AM, Korriken wrote:

At 9/12/09 10:56 AM, TheShrike wrote:

It's sad that you actually believe that.

prove me wrong then. WHY would they shoot down enforcement amendments?

Because they restrict the operation of the health service and increases the number of checks and bureaucracy involved in the system, thus driving up costs as more admins need to be hired to deal with it, and also increases waiting times as these checks need to go through an take time?

You blame the inventor for the programming the robot but similarly you do not let the robot go on and continue with its rampage of destruction. You take it into ciustody and reprogramme it if possible or destroy it.

Focusing on the analogy you're trying to make, sure there are always going to be circumstances that lead to negative outcomes that are illegal or whatever, but that doesn't mean the individual is void of responsibility. When it comes down to it it was their choice to take the actions they did.

At 9/8/09 05:13 PM, Jon-86 wrote: The UK will either keep the union flag as is or remove the St Andrews cross from it. Finally Wales has nothing to do with it, if they wasn't to become independent then that's up to them. Their are a number of reasons why I don't like the union, some personal some political. But is a modern world with globalisation in place Scotland could benefit going it alone.

Except you wouldn't be going it alone. You'd be joining the EU, and possibly even adopting the Euro if I remember correctly, cause you sure as hell can't use British Pound Sterling any more if you go independent. So you'd be leaving one oft ehs trognest currencies in the world either for something of your own design ( Which you wouldn;t have the economic force to back properly) or adopt the Euro. So in all likelhood you'd be going from Pound to Euro... one grouping of nations with a shared economy to another.

You can sort of go it alone, but what does Scotland actually have that the rest of the world needs? Oil? Denmark is predicting its North Sea OIl is going to run out in just over a decade, and as Scotlands Oil is also from the North Sea where does that leave you? You can't use Oil as the basis of your economy, so then what do you use?

Link

You can't compare in tertiary sector businesses with England as England has the Financial capital of the world and banking and 'business' is what most 1st world countries economies are base don these days.

England has one of the the financial sectors in the world. London. Edinburgh and Glasgow dont even come close.

Theirs that and also some things are done differently in Scotland which are just better for the average person.

Such as?

I think it would be a good move if our own government actually had the same authority as the British one instead of being a subset of Westminster.

You don't even make full use of the powers that you have in the Scottish Parliament, so if you don't want to be a subset, you need to stop acting like one. Scottish nationalists are in power in Scotland, and have they even really stood up to the British government on anything? if they ahve i've not come across it.

Has your parliament even changed any taxes that the British government has instigated? Cause they've got the power and the authority to do it.

At 9/7/09 07:33 AM, istillplaywithlego wrote:

At 9/7/09 07:27 AM, JarrodK wrote: The towel is symbolism.

not so much symbolism, but personification as Tri-Nitro-Toluene said

Anthropomorphism, not personification. Ducks aren't objects, but they are living beings, so its anthropomorphism.

In order for us to feel that he's actually more than just a duck and thus worthy of our viewing Disney has to make him seem more human. Utilising the towel after coming out of the shoper is just one way of doing that.

TNT got a bailiff threat today from an energy company I'm not with, addressed to a person who doesn't live at my house, saying that they owe them Almost £1000 pounds. Apaprently this non-existant person lives at my house according to Npower.

This is 3rd time this has happened. The first time was almost a year ago. said energy company has repeatedly stated that they would fix the problem. Apparently it will all be fixed by the 16th. A FULL YEAR AFTER THE PROBLEMW AS FIRST REPORTED O_o

TNT is annoyed and going to write to the Ombudsman who regulates energy companies with a huge arse rant about Npower.

TNT will also be writing to the Managing Director of NPower explaining how he, his company and all but one of his employees ( the person I spoke to this morning who was very helpful) can go fuck themselves and that if I ever as much as receive another letter from them to my house I will come down to their offices in Swindon and go fucking postal.

TNT wants cake...

At 9/2/09 09:12 AM, bcdemon wrote: Holy shite, 7 pages dedicated to arguing with a guy who wants to be a black nazi.
WHAT IS THE FUCKING POINT PEOPLE? Seriously, I am curious why so much interest in this thread.

Its amusing. Its like watching a car crash. You know you shouldn't look, but the sight is jsut too intriguing to not.

Violent Aj's trolling/ opinions ar elike that. People know they shouldn't bother, but the sheer idiocy of what he says means that people are going to reply and show interest.

Wow... just wow.

Skim read the first few pages, and its just... I'm actually speechless. A self hating black in favour of the nazis...

Wow.

At 9/1/09 01:16 AM, Gagsy wrote: The only graphic novels I've read are Watchmen and V For Vendetta (yes because they got turned into movies), but I really fucking loved reading both, much better then the film versions, and I was wondering if there is other comics like those that I would probably enjoy, with the whole adult theme.

The Punisher ( Written by Garth Ennis is your best bet)

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Ghost Rider can be quite adult at times.

Hellblazer

Preacher

Possibly Fables as well...

Or should I just find more Alan Moore work?

As a general rule of thumb, yes. League of Extraordinary gentlemen might be a good palce to start.

At 8/31/09 04:26 PM, Memorize wrote: What do you think Britain and Scotland would do if a bomber blew up a plane in the United States that carried mostly British and Scottish persons then the US released their killer for oil?

Shrug our shoulders mumble ' well that sucks' and get one with our lives.

It's what we do when we get bombed by terrorists, so the release of a prisoner isn't going to have that much of a different affect, unless we're personally affected by the event in question.

At 8/31/09 02:41 PM, TheAmateurAnimator wrote:

At 8/31/09 01:08 PM, homor wrote: Disney will not Kiddy up their various franchises, you paranoid idiots.

they didn't do it to:

or anything else they took over.

calm the fuck down.

This.

Calm down, Marvel fans, the sky is not going to fall down, Disney is not going to bastardize Wolverine or Deadpool or any other other Marvel characters. Nothing's going to change. Well, nothing important, anyway.

Except, you know, Disney in recent years has shown a business practice focsuing not on producing quality but whatever sells the most, therefore assuming that there is a risk that those practices could be potentially applied to Marvel in Disney's attempts to make more profit ( especially at a time when they're seeing a fall in profits) is something we should be happy about?

At 8/31/09 12:16 PM, mariomusicmaker1 wrote: They only wanted 4 mill? that is fucking sad... Im going to go cry now.

I thought a company like Marvle with all there lisences would be worth 2 bill MINIMUM!

It was actually sold for 4 billion. The OP got it wrong in his initial post.

So, Disney looks like its about to own Marvel...

Oh god... please don't let them kiddify Marvel...

The concept of a Deadpool Disney crossover in the form of Widdle Wade going on a DIsney Killing spree at least now becomes possible if Disney don;t try and make Marvel a wholesome brand...

I think I'm going to cry...

Relevant song!

But seriously, despite the message of that song. Personally I wouldn't take Ecstasy.

I've got Arkham Asylum. Been playing it a bit and am about 20% through at the moment. Just encountered Scarecrow for the 2nd time. Its a good game, only problem I;ve got is 1) I don't like what they've done in terms of how Harley Quinn looks, 2) The Riddlers challenges and riddles don't seem to really be riddles, half the time I'm jsut accidentally stumbling across the trophies whilst looking for other stuff.

But its an awesome game regardless.

Excercise less, eat more, and eat unhealthily. Go to McDonalds as often as you can. Eat fried food as much as possible. basically do the opposite of a healthy diet.

Though why would the army want you to gain weight to serve? Unless you're showing signs of anorexia I fail to see how you gaining weight would be a benefit to service.

At 8/29/09 04:56 PM, lawlmaster wrote:

At 8/29/09 04:53 PM, Tri-Nitro-Toluene wrote: Not since my girlfriend dumped me :(

It must be hard to type and use the mouse with your left hand.

Ambidexterity and voice recognition software ftw!

Not since my girlfriend dumped me :(

This thread sucks and is an unfunny parody.

This is my attempt at a witty lock comment.

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So are there actually any Kennedy's left in main stream politics now ?

Currently binging on 80's music.

Nothing says awesome like Falco

Amadeus amadeus!