Beefy's Corner - The Off-Topic Chat Thread

St Helens had to win some time.

 

I see Glee could be getting cancelled due to that guy dieing.....

 

I just thought of the most inappropriate thing to say, and I'm using all my restraint right now.

 

Same here.

 

SAY IT. Or else.

 

The second word would have been "cloud".

 

Say it!

 

post of the year, nail, head , hit.

****ing hell its 2013. We've interfered in Iraq, in Afghanistan, Libya, we're poking our noses in Syria, we condemn Mugabe yet fawn over an undemocratic family that murdered their way to "rule" us.

We make out we're sophisticated modern people, but we just ****ing peasants till we get rid of those parasites.

 

Every cloud has a silver lining.

 

IT'S POLITICAL CORRECTNESS GONE MAD!

Sorry, that comment seemed incomplete and it was making me uncomfortable.

 

You could've said worse, that's a pretty fair comment.

 

liking the new sig

 

Its the only area of our life that is not politically correct. What other job is allowed to discriminate against catholic's and Muslims and you're allowed to pass your job onto your first born.

I was reading about a welfare cap of 26k, how come there's one german family where the taxpayers contribution isn't capped?

 

Original obviously. That's why I said old.

So I've seen. My collection contains the original special effects. Still a good watch. The episode I was watching was... The Return of the Archons. I took my very first forum name from one of the characters from that episode.

 

I have a lot more respect for Cortese than I do the Royals. Hard work & talent can deserve the rewards far more than just being the son/daughter of someone else.

But I was raised to always question "authority". Much of it in this country is in place to protect the upper 5% and their money. I respect the law, but that doesn't mean you have to respect those who "enforce" it, often in a way contrary to not only the spirit, but the letter.

 

I tend to think that in this disposable age, that if we did get shot of the Monarchy, they would be soon forgotten because they don't effect people's lives in anyway really. Its only the media who shove them in the limelight all the time because its easy bloody news.

For me, yesterday's birth should have been the news item they have on last... "in other news, Kate gave birth blah blah". Not ramming it down people's throats when there was actually nothing to report.

The younger royals maybe more in touch with common britain because they've spent more time around normal people than their predecessors... but its still a very controlled environment they live in. All we will get when the Queen pops her clogs is Charles and he's a ****ing loon. They will always be a generation behind "reality".

Do you really think that Harry is in harms way when in Afghanistan?

Never understood how a person can "life the nations spirits". People just go about our lives. If 15m people watch x-factor, couldn't that be said to be lifting the nations spirits? And nothing is as fateous as fake reality tv, which is sort of all the Royals are in a way.

Royals get £50m of our money, with a similar amount not disclosed to cover their security arrangements. So, £100m a year, seems a lot, I'm sure a few inner city schools could put that to good use.

 

Away from the royals, I'm trying to get my head around this as a principle. I'm not saying it is a bad approach to life, but I am wondering if it meant you were always destined to find angst and negativity as it strikes me as a 'negative' mind set that will more often than not find conflict rather than harmony.

I was raised always to treat people as I'd want to be treated myself. I believe this finds less conflict and more harmony.

 

100% agree. TV and radio programs stopped for the birth. It is all way to much.

 

I don't go around 8 hours of the day looking to "smash the system". I only question authority when it sticks its nose into my business or of those of my loved-ones. Thankfully & luckily for me, that is very rare.

Its not about finding conflict for the sake of it, but if it occurs, then I think its sensible that everyone is aware of the laws of the land and shouldn't necessarily trust the "system" to be enforcing it correctly.

 

Don't be naive. If we got rid of the monarchy that money wouldn't go anywhere near schools. We'd just spend it on a President.

And £100m is peanuts on a national scale. We spend about 85 times that on foreign aid and foreign aid itself accounts for less than 1% of our annual spend.