I believe I am one of the least paranoid people you will every have had the pleasure to meet Neither am I sensitive about my gender ...... it is a pleasure to be female However if you could review your own ramblings, with an open mind, I would ask the question ..... is there ever a gender bias towards taking the piss? Of course, being one of the 'fairer sex', no doubt I will be wrong
Minxy In view of your denial regarding any paranoia, I presume that your original question to me was without prejudice. Of course you have a perfect right to pose the question. I believe that I answered it - I still maintain that the circumstances you introduced were hypothetical - whereas I was quoting facts from an English newspaper. I was not responsible for these facts - I merely reproduced them. With regards to your obvious suggestion regarding my teasing ( I'd rather refrain from using coarse language in a 'family friendly' forum - as is my prerogative ) - I will not deny the accusation that these occasions tend to be far more prevalent when it concerns matters relating to the 'fairer sex.' However I am not reluctant to tease anyone - regardless of their gender - my nature is naturally sarcastic - and my next 'victim' could just as easily be male as female. I do find that I am given an abundance of opportunities to 'tease' from the activities of women who I encounter as opposed any males. The 'ramblings' that I have written in this thread are all 100% true - even though a lot of them seem incredible. I cannot help the gender of the persons involved. Having admitted to a jocular nature - I usually forget any teasing as soon as the moment has passed - ever searching for the next poor soul - unless, of course the opportunity to tease is a part of a series of events ( such as with my neighbour ). I have always advocated that the recipient of my wit should look to seek 'revenge' - rather than sulk - and that despite the sometimes cruel nature of my humour - I never confuse banter and vitriol. In fairness to your sex - I have to say that it is my pleasure to announce that most of my closest friends are female. ....so I'm glad that you are not upset or paranoid by my posting of certain material relating to a motorist - but you still seem more concerned about the gender of the motorist rather than their nationality.
What - didn't they think that to continually punch somebody in the face wasn't going to go wrong ? http://www.bbc.co.uk/newsbeat/28123631 My sympathy goes to his family - ( it's difficult to have proper sympathy for the deceased )...... there you go Minxy it's not just women who can be stupid !
My neighbour probably has dementia. My principles allow me to 'suffer' her without telling her to go forth. Some people would consider me compassionate - others would accuse me of being stupid for accepting, with good grace' some of her 'nonsense' ................ Who's reaction is right ? I have a sense of humour that can wind up a particular person or groups of people. Yet other people from the same generic group would be greatly amused by my 'nonsense'................Who's reaction is right ? I think that I have a mischievous sense of humour. Some people may think that my sense of humour is not funny....... Who's right ? One thing that my sense of humour isn't - that is VITRIOLIC - because if it WAS - it would cease to have anything to do with humour / banter etc. Of course if you think that I am mad - then, surely I am to be pitied ( in the same way as I pity my neighbour ) - but if you waste any emotion of pity on me, you will always fail to see the funny side of nature ( even to the point that I am perfectly at ease with 'teasing' MYSELF ) ( as I have surely demonstrated in posts in this thread ) ....so to ask me to change my sense of humour would be like asking me to stop supporting The Gills --------therefore Answer to original question = Me - I'm mad - what excuse have you got ?
More nonsense from my neighbour. Yet another note from her about my open fanlight windows ( on the hottest day of the year last week ) - her place was 'cold & draughty' !! I ignored the note. Yesterday she posted a (Wilkinsons) tape measure through my letter box -with a note saying that it belonged to me( it didn't ) - but she wanted me to return her De-Walt tape measure ( I hadn't got a clue what she meant ) I returned the (Wilkinsons) tape measure - stating that one of her recent workmen must have left it and picked up her measure by mistake. Today - I'm doing some weeding outside the front of my place. Neighbour approached me - I asked if she had resolved the 'mystery tape measure' - She replied that there was no mystery - "You took it." ( here we go again ) Before I could think of a respectful reply she added that I had taken it ( well over a year ago) saying " I'll have that." I was gobsmacked by this ridiculous accusation. I told her that she was mistaken. I told her that if I had a De Walt tape measure - or any gold plated tape measure, I would give it to her just to keep her quiet - just like I paid for her broken flower pot when the courier drove over it - I wasn't responsible for the damage - but just wanted a quiet life. She said "It was your fault -you just watched him drive over it." I said to her " Later today I will be going out in my car -if I witness an accident on the road - will THAT be MY fault ?" She mumbled something that I couldn't make out. I then tried to carry on with my gardening - but clearly she wanted Round 2. She then said "Do you remember what you did in 1989?" My mind boggled. I asked her to remind me. She then claimed that I had thrown two bags of rubbish in the road outside her house. ( It didn't happen - but WHY would I want to do that ?) I tried to deny the accusation - but she said "Yes you did - I saw you from my bathroom window." (nothing has changed there then! ) I really couldn't be bothered to argue and just said that it wasn't me. Round 3 She then returned to her home - but soon reappeared with a card with several pieces of broken plastic cable ties attached to it. She asked "Do you know what these are?" I asked "Are they from your broken planters from the night of a storm late last year?" She said "It wasn't the wind that broke them." ( she originally claimed that it was ME ! ) I asked her for her point. She asked why I hadn't seen the person who had caused the damage. I was struggling to understand her. I said "I'm sorry I don't spend my life staring out of my bathroom window every time my neighbour leaves their house - don't think I haven't noticed." Amazingly she asked " Why don't you?" - she added " I watch out to make sure everyone is safe around here" ( to my knowledge we haven't had a crime in my road for about 20+ years ---so she must be making a difference ! ) She moaned that I didn't care -- Which led to Round 4 You didn't care when I phoned you to say that somebody was trying to break into your garage ( I told you about this some time ago ) - THIS didn't happen. She claimed that I didn't care about her safety with the intruder likely to go on to 'attack' her premises. I pointed out that if I was as selfish as she implied - then surely I would have cared more about my garage being 'attacked' than anything else. She then went for Round 5 The old and trusted open windows - I will abbreviate - she still makes the claim that her place is draughty & cold because of my open windows etc. I told her to get proof - and offered that if she could I would brick up my windows. Her reply " With you inside." She then mentioned the tape measure again - I cut her short - telling her to prosecute me if she had any evidence - because I was a lot of things -but not a thief. She skulked off - but offered to allow me to use her 'green bin' for the weeds. I told her that there was no need as I would be chucking them in the road. ( I think she realised that I was joking ) Oh well - just another quiet week in the life of alwaysright.
I hope his football career is successful - he's obviously a good guy ( not the first time he's put his hands in his pockets to help his teams fans ) http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-suffolk-28416351
Personally I prefer my fish grilled ( sea bass ) I'm not condoning the prank - but I've seen television 'performances' of the same 'trick' - where the fish is regurgitated - yet no prosecution took place! http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-suffolk-28451309
Of course you do - Even though you might be worried about the pollution that exists on our sea shores you still take your children - knowing that the worst they can suffer is a bought of dysentery. Well there appears to be other dangers lurking on a day at the seaside http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/blogs-trending-28606491 I genuinely despair for the prospect of real peace in our world. R.I.P. to the innocent thousands (millions)
I'm sure that many people will be aware of the Darwin awards - awards "named in honor of Charles Darwin, the father of evolution, the Darwin Awards commemorate those who improve our gene pool by removing themselves from it." http://www.darwinawards.com/ There is SOOOOO much there.
Despite my (sometimes) persona - I actually am saddened at the senseless waste of human life - irrespective if it is 'self inflicted' - This world is actually a beautiful place - with so much to enjoy - and it is a real pity when lives are cut short - with so much loss of lifes' pleasures.
---- at the second idiot, if not the first ! http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/blogs-magazine-monitor-28805895 There was at least one stupid man involved in this story ( not counting me )
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/a...ct-NO-affection--stop-talking-demands-it.html And to think that some people think that I am sexist - I'm pretty sure that I am not the worst misogynist in the world. edit - A E was outrageous - probably the worst form of improper behaviour towards women that you can find.
Come on alwayswrong ...... Must try harder ! He was just a very intelligent idiot with a list Plenty worse out there
Yet again I was 'only' replicating an article in a newspaper. I added a personal opinion. You have expressed one of yours - thank you. I don't doubt that Einstein was intelligent - but I do realise that being intelligent doesn't necessarily win any favours.
BSG To answer your initial question: It was a story in a newspaper - I merely reproduced it. I won't deny that I derived a small amount of pleasure from the article - in view of recent events - (private, can't elaborate) - and the fact that Einstein has featured in my signature for some time. The timing of the article could have been a couple of weeks earlier for my liking - but nevertheless, it made me smile - as well as disappointed that a man could treat his wife as poorly as Albert. It puts my trivial 'so called' non-personal transgressions into perspective. ( sorry if this leaves you a little bemused )
Always, my comment was not directed at your reproduction of the story, merely wondering at the point of the story by a national newspaper.
Just keeping up my ability of having an answer for everything - alas it doesn't allow me the time for petty name calling ( mind you, I left that behind in primary school )
