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Guavanaut posted:Less of this illegal sedition. Straight British short swords only. Bonus points if it has a royal cypher on the hilt so you can shout "Clean with the Queen" while you stab a terrified Indian who is putting his backpack on a train rack. Surely the most British stabby thing is the bayonet. First patient I ever layed out had bayoneted an Indian. He killed him during the famine in 1943. He told me he had no choice, as they were about to be over run. Nice old boy. Worked as a bus conductor after the war.
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Thinking about that, I remember my old man telling me about the first patient he layed out. He was at Omdurman and told my dad about looking at the dead bodies after. He reckoned they had no chance, but they were still brave. Some of them were wearing chain mail armour. Hopefully the next generation of nurses will not have to deal with the elderly dead bodies of imperialism. There would be less of them for a start. God knows what the world will be like when some student nurse lays out the dead body of a reaper drone operator in 2080.
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Why did you flood England General???? Were those grouse drives worth it?
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I'm glad my grandad didn't have to stab any famished Indian people. From what I remember him saying most of the colonial troops in north-east India were starved themselves and everyone was grateful to the Sikh temples for having an open food table on a Friday night. There was still the occasional mobilization against whatever the Japanese were supposed to be doing long the Burma line, but more often it was playing football against Indian villagers and figuring out ways to steal alcohol from the officers' quarters.
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JFairfax posted:Why did you flood England General???? I only ever shot a pheasant, and it was asking for it. It ate all the vegetables I was trying to grow. I've moved from the countryside and now inhabit my natural ecosystem, the northern town. I have yet to move into my niche- a council house, but I am working on that.
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Jan 7, 2016 03:29
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I hope you ate the pheasant afterwards as weregild for your lost vegetables.
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Guavanaut posted:I'm glad my grandad didn't have to stab any famished Indian people. From what I remember him saying most of the colonial troops in north-east India were starved themselves and everyone was grateful to the Sikh temples for having an open food table on a Friday night. Other elderly people's experiences may differ. Especially the 3 million Indians who died. But I'm glad to hear somebody's grandad had a bit of a laugh.
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OwlFancier posted:I hope you ate the pheasant afterwards as weregild for your lost vegetables. No, swapped it for some hooky baccy. Pheasant ain't nice meat, and the ex told me to get it out of the house.
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Jan 7, 2016 03:38
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I need to try pheasant. Actually it makes me somewhat sad that there are probably more types of animals on earth than I can realistically eat.
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Pheasant is nice especially in a pie. Edit: Brown your pheasant with some diced bacon, fry some mushrooms and onion, take half a bottle of tawny port, reduce it by half and mix with an equal amount of chicken stock, put the pheasant and bacon in with the mushrooms and onions, add some garlic and flour it, pour your stocky port in, cook untill thickened and put into some pastry and cook. Boom there's a nice loving pie. StoneOfShame fucked around with this message at 04:04 on Jan 7, 2016 |
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Jan 7, 2016 03:50
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Pheasant is alright, but it's no wood pigeon. Fat little fuckers are delicious when you pan fry their boobs in some garlic butter and cranberry sauce.
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DesperateDan posted:Pheasant is alright, but it's no wood pigeon. Fat little fuckers are delicious when you pan fry their boobs in some garlic butter and cranberry sauce. Work paid for an xmas lunch for our department and i had pigeon as a starter. It's pretty good but i only chose it cause it was most expensive. 
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I used to go out with a girl who worked for a butcher delivery service, she was always bringing back cans of venison and vacuumed veal and because she was a vegetarian guess who ate prime loving meat for free I'll never forget my deer ragú, it was epic.
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Coohoolin posted:I'll never forget my deer ragú, it was epic. Source your guardian quotes
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Coohoolin posted:I used to go out with a girl who worked for a butcher delivery service, she was always bringing back cans of venison and vacuumed veal and because she was a vegetarian guess who ate prime loving meat for free A girl who knows how to handle your meat properly is to be cherished
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General China posted:No, swapped it for some hooky baccy. It is me I raised you from the dead didn't I braaaaains
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http://www.telegraph.co.uk/education/educationnews/12084785/Exams-to-be-taken-earlier-in-the-day-to-fit-around-Ramadan-exam-boards-say.htmlquote:GCSE and A-level exams could be rejigged this summer to take into account the impact of Ramadan, when Muslims fast during daylight hours, the exam boards have said. quote:Colin Hart, director of The Christian Institute, a charity that represents 4,000 churches around the UK, said:
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Jan 7, 2016 11:31
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someone should really have told him to shut the gently caress up when the first thing he brings up is students with medical conditions
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lol can you imagine if schools catered to a christian agenda like time off for christmas and easter and harvest festivals and prayers in assemblies no one would stand for it
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Jose posted:someone should really have told him to shut the gently caress up when the first thing he brings up is students with medical conditions
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Jan 7, 2016 11:41
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What a surprise that someone from a Christian 'institute' is actually a right-winger trying to push an agenda on people.
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Guavanaut posted:What even is his point there? Students with medical conditions can already get additional allowances for exams. Yeah I got extra time during exams because of my Dyspraxia making it hard to write quickly, don't know what the gently caress he's talking about.
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On the other hand, Islam is very reasonable about observing Ramadan allowing people who need to to defer their fast until a time when it's better for them. If I was a Muslim student I think I'd look in to that.
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Pissflaps posted:On the other hand, Islam is very reasonable about observing Ramadan allowing people who need to to defer their fast until a time when it's better for them. If I was a Muslim student I think I'd look in to that. Only when traveling or sick, neither of which is really applicable here.
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Jan 7, 2016 12:06
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This isn't new. Time tabling of this exam schedule has taken into account Ramadan for years now.
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Yeah but we weren't terrified of Muslims years ago.
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Telegraph Columnist Dan Hodges Praised For Honouring Lost Bet On Ukip 2015 Election Success
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That's not streaking, Dan. Streaking is running naked. Running in your underwear just makes you mental.
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he can't make any money advertising if he's naked though
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 quote:True to his word, clad only in trainers and a pair of black underpants, Hodges completed the run in just 3:37 minutes - defying odds that he might get arrested along the way. Hmm something's missing but I can't put my finger on it At least he raised some money for charity? Maybe he's found his true calling
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Ddraig posted:That's not streaking, Dan.
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For some reason he went with a Gerry Adams mask but didn't bring a duck. Missed opportunity imo
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Well, he actually did it, which is undeniably a (small) point in his favour.
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I don't think that's the (small) point that the thread wanted to see though.
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Looking at defence things, in a defence review? Shorely not
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Pissflaps posted:It just gets better and better Good, it's about time someone thought about leaving NATO.
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For a man who promised to bow out of politics after losing the last mayoral election, and who doesn't actually hold any office or elected position Livingstone's become pretty vocal recently.
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Cerv posted:For a man who promised to bow out of politics after losing the last mayoral election, and who doesn't actually hold any office or elected position Livingstone's become pretty vocal recently. He's Ken Livingstone, he's massively self important and for good or bad will never be capable of shutting the gently caress up. I dont like NATO and in my ideal world would leave it but lets be fair its probably not going to happen and even mentioning talking about is the sort of thing that's gonna get Labour crucified in the press so maybe it would be a good idea for them to be a bit savvy and not go on about it anymore.
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Pissflaps posted:It just gets better and better
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