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Cerv
Sep 14, 2004

This is a silly post with little news value.

Pissflaps posted:

Any clothing would be preferable to nightwear.

What about a onsie?

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Gonzo McFee
Jun 19, 2010

JFairfax posted:

Saatchi was the advertising company that did lots of adverts for the Tories

That's the one named after Nigela Lawson's abusive ex partner, aye?

Cerv posted:

What about a onsie?

Or just a pair of boxers?

OR! What about a guy who wears a T-Shirt, socks and nothing else?

JFairfax
Oct 23, 2008

by FactsAreUseless
Yup, Charles Saatchi

Pissflaps
Oct 20, 2002

by VideoGames

Cerv posted:

What about a onsie?

Is it a onesie that's been slept in the night before?

Jrbg
May 20, 2014

What about an SS uniform

Pissflaps
Oct 20, 2002

by VideoGames
Hmm.

Pyjamas with military uniform prints.

Julio Cruz
May 19, 2006

JFairfax posted:

Saatchi was the advertising company that did lots of adverts for the Tories

Presumably because they got paid a shitload of money, though, rather than for ideological reasons.

Cerv
Sep 14, 2004

This is a silly post with little news value.

Pissflaps posted:

Is it a onesie that's been slept in the night before?

Seems doubtful.
But pyjamas haven't necessity been either.

JFairfax
Oct 23, 2008

by FactsAreUseless

Julio Cruz posted:

Presumably because they got paid a shitload of money, though, rather than for ideological reasons.

They did a whole bunch of them from 1979 onwards, interestingly they did Labour for the 2007 election, I thought they only worked with the tories

LemonDrizzle
Mar 28, 2012

neoliberal shithead

Julio Cruz posted:

Presumably because they got paid a shitload of money, though, rather than for ideological reasons.
One of the Saatchis is a Tory peer and fairly high up in the party.

feedmegin
Jul 30, 2008

JFairfax posted:

They did a whole bunch of them from 1979 onwards, interestingly they did Labour for the 2007 election, I thought they only worked with the tories

The actual Saatchis got chucked out of their own agency in 1995. :commissar: They're not involved in running it any more.

Pissflaps
Oct 20, 2002

by VideoGames

Cerv posted:

Seems doubtful.
But pyjamas haven't necessity been either.

Pyjamas are inherently nightwear. That's their purpose, whether they've been slept in the night before or not. The same cannot be said of a onesie.

Pissflaps
Oct 20, 2002

by VideoGames

JFairfax posted:

They did a whole bunch of them from 1979 onwards, interestingly they did Labour for the 2007 election, I thought they only worked with the tories

Yeah this one was their best known one

Julio Cruz
May 19, 2006

JFairfax posted:

They did a whole bunch of them from 1979 onwards, interestingly they did Labour for the 2007 election, I thought they only worked with the tories

My point is, just because they've done campaigns for the Tories doesn't necessarily mean Moray MacLennon is a Tory shill (though as he's incredibly loaded he probably votes for them at least).

JFairfax
Oct 23, 2008

by FactsAreUseless
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Pork Pie Hat
Apr 27, 2011

Pissflaps posted:

Yeah this one was their best known one



I prefer this version

JFairfax
Oct 23, 2008

by FactsAreUseless
The grieving family of a father and baby killed in a car crash were horrified when hardcore porn was accidentally played at the funeral.

Simon Lewis, 33, and Simon Lewis Jr died after a head-on collision on New Year’s Eve on Lamby Way in Cardiff, Wales.

Lewis’ wife Amanda, who was also in the car, was pregnant with Simon Lewis Jr. She gave birth by emergency caesarean section three days after the crash, but the boy did not survive.

The couple, who was married for about seven years, also had a daughter.

Hundreds of mourners were left shocked after the video was played during the service at Cardiff’s Thornhill Crematorium on Wednesday.

“It was absolutely disgusting, the priest turned around to play the video of Simon, but instead a hard-core pornography video was played on the big screen,” one mourner told Wales Online.

“Everyone was in shock, Simon’s father-in-law was furious, he shouted at the staff present and told them to turn it off.

“It took them nearly four minutes to turn it off, people couldn’t believe what they were seeing.

“To the priest’s credit he handled it extremely well. He apologized on behalf of Cardiff Council and said that in 30 years of doing the job, he had never seen such filth.”

Reverend Lionel Fanthorpe, who led the service, described the moment the footage appeared on screen.

“I look at my congregations instead of the TV screen, but when I heard this noise and members of the congregation moving towards the screen, I realized something was wrong,” he said.

“This was not what anybody could have ever imagined or wanted. Thankfully an engineer came to fix it and turn it off. It seems to be some kind of electronic accident.”

Cardiff Council, which runs the crematorium, has apologized for the incident and said it will be launching an investigation.

http://www.foxnews.com/world/2016/01/28/porn-film-accidentally-shown-at-funeral-father-and-baby-who-died-in-car-crash.html

Renaissance Robot
Oct 10, 2010

Bite my furry metal ass

Pissflaps posted:

Pyjamas are inherently nightwear. That's their purpose, whether they've been slept in the night before or not. The same cannot be said of a onesie.

I really don't get what you're trying to say anymore.

I mean, apart from the fact that you have strong opinions about what people ought to wear in public :jihad:

Renaissance Robot fucked around with this message at 20:54 on Jan 28, 2016

Guavanaut
Nov 27, 2009

Looking At Them Tittys
1969 - 1998



Toilet Rascal
To the priest’s credit he handled it extremely well. :heysexy:

namesake
Jun 19, 2006

"When I was a girl, around 12 or 13, I had a fantasy that I'd grow up to marry Captain Scarlet, but he'd be busy fighting the Mysterons so I'd cuckold him with the sexiest people I could think of - Nigel Mansell, Pat Sharp and Mr. Blobby."

A joint funeral is ruined by unexpected stiffs.

Ms Adequate
Oct 30, 2011

Baby even when I'm dead and gone
You will always be my only one, my only one
When the night is calling
No matter who I become
You will always be my only one, my only one, my only one
When the night is calling




It's loving well called Elerium and I'll let this planet burn to ash and throw all seven billion of us on the pyre before I accept otherwise.

il_cornuto
Oct 10, 2004

Didn't Lemmy repeatedly say he played rock and roll not metal and didn't think they had much in common with metal bands?

Seems like a pretty disrespectful petition really.

Guavanaut
Nov 27, 2009

Looking At Them Tittys
1969 - 1998



Toilet Rascal
Well we can at least all agree that element 117 should be Octarine.

Jose
Jul 24, 2007

Adrian Chiles is a broadcaster and writer

Guavanaut posted:

Well we can at least all agree that element 117 should be Octarine.

118 makes more sense imo

Guavanaut
Nov 27, 2009

Looking At Them Tittys
1969 - 1998



Toilet Rascal
118 would have an -on ending though.

Renaissance Robot
Oct 10, 2010

Bite my furry metal ass
Disappointing there aren't another two group 17 elements above it really. Nature has no respect for thematic propriety.

namesake posted:

A joint funeral is ruined by unexpected stiffs.

Hahaha oh gently caress :sbahj:

Renaissance Robot fucked around with this message at 21:31 on Jan 28, 2016

Regarde Aduck
Oct 19, 2012

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Grimey Drawer
Took 4 minutes to turn it off. They had to get an engineer. Some kind of electrical fault.

What the gently caress is wrong with these people. Why do they they not know how to switch a tv off?

Guavanaut
Nov 27, 2009

Looking At Them Tittys
1969 - 1998



Toilet Rascal
They were waiting for the priest to finish.

Gonzo McFee
Jun 19, 2010
Should have got a 14 year old me to turn it off.

Kegluneq
Feb 18, 2011

Mr President, the physical reality of Prime Minister Corbyn is beyond your range of apprehension. If you'll just put on these PINKOVISION glasses...

Jose posted:

118 makes more sense imo

117a

Gonzo McFee
Jun 19, 2010
http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/northern-powerhouse-department-close-sheffield-7265022#ICID=sharebar_twitter

quote:

'Northern Powerhouse' department to close Sheffield office and move 247 jobs to London

The Government's 'Northern Powerhouse' department is to shut down its office in Sheffield, moving 247 jobs to London in a blow to the credibility of George Osborne's pet project.

And a dozen more regional offices of the Department for Business Innovation and Skills - including six in the North of England - are at risk of closure as the department moves to centralise policy staff.

Sheffield MP Nick Clegg condemned the move, saying: "This flies directly in the face of the Northern Powerhouse agenda."

“I want to be clear that no one ever put this to me in Government and I would not have agreed to it if they had.”

And Labour's Shadow Civil Service Minister Louise Haigh said the decision "demonstrates the utter contempt the Tories have for the North."

BIS civil servants were told this morning the Sheffield office would close by January 2018, as the department moves towards a "smaller workforce and more streamlined structures".

The Prime Minister's spokesman said: "The Business Department, like all departments, seeks to operate as efficiently as it possibly can to deliver the best quality of service to provide the right kind of guidance and advice to ministers.

"This is part of their process of becoming leaner and more efficient."

The restructuring will see the department move to a centralised headquarters in London, with six regional business centres set up around the country.

BIS operates 12 more regional offices in Billingham, Birmingham, Bristol, Cambridge, Cardiff, Darlington, Guildford, Gateshead, Leeds, Manchester, Nottingham and Watford - all of which are at risk of closure in the restructuring.

No decision has been made over which, if any, of the regional offices will be replaced by the six business centres, but the Department hope to offer as many staff as possible roles elsewhere in the organisation.

The business centres will each focus on delivery of a single business activity - such as higher education - but officials today said none of the six will be in Sheffield.

Sheffield Central MP Paul Blomfield said: “Sheffield needs jobs and London's overheating. This move makes no sense and it exposes George Osborne's empty rhetoric about the Northern Powerhouse once again.

"I've pressed Ministers to move public sector jobs out of London, as Labour did, and I'll be challenging this decision at every opportunity.

“Well paid civil service jobs provide opportunities for local people. They enable graduates of our two universities to stay in the city.

"Their spending in the local economy creates more jobs. And we need more of the country's top decision makers to experience life in the regions, not see everything through the distorted experience of London.”

A dozen more regional offices are at risk of closure as the Department for Business Innovation and Skills moves to centralise and slim down policy staff

'Northern Powerhouse' department to shut down Sheffield office and move 247 jobs to London

The Government's 'Northern Powerhouse' department is to shut down its office in Sheffield, moving 247 jobs to London in a blow to the credibility of George Osborne's pet project.

And a dozen more regional offices of the Department for Business Innovation and Skills - including six in the North of England - are at risk of closure as the department moves to centralise policy staff.

Sheffield MP Nick Clegg condemned the move, saying: "This flies directly in the face of the Northern Powerhouse agenda."

“I want to be clear that no one ever put this to me in Government and I would not have agreed to it if they had.”

And Labour's Shadow Civil Service Minister Louise Haigh said the decision "demonstrates the utter contempt the Tories have for the North."

PA Chancellor of the Exchequer George Osborne
The move "flies directly in the face of the Northern Powerhouse agenda"

BIS civil servants were told this morning the Sheffield office would close by January 2018, as the department moves towards a "smaller workforce and more streamlined structures".

The Prime Minister's spokesman said: "The Business Department, like all departments, seeks to operate as efficiently as it possibly can to deliver the best quality of service to provide the right kind of guidance and advice to ministers.

"This is part of their process of becoming leaner and more efficient."

The restructuring will see the department move to a centralised headquarters in London, with six regional business centres set up around the country.

BIS operates 12 more regional offices in Billingham, Birmingham, Bristol, Cambridge, Cardiff, Darlington, Guildford, Gateshead, Leeds, Manchester, Nottingham and Watford - all of which are at risk of closure in the restructuring.

No decision has been made over which, if any, of the regional offices will be replaced by the six business centres, but the Department hope to offer as many staff as possible roles elsewhere in the organisation.

The business centres will each focus on delivery of a single business activity - such as higher education - but officials today said none of the six will be in Sheffield.

Sheffield Central MP Paul Blomfield said: “Sheffield needs jobs and London's overheating. This move makes no sense and it exposes George Osborne's empty rhetoric about the Northern Powerhouse once again.

"I've pressed Ministers to move public sector jobs out of London, as Labour did, and I'll be challenging this decision at every opportunity.

“Well paid civil service jobs provide opportunities for local people. They enable graduates of our two universities to stay in the city.

"Their spending in the local economy creates more jobs. And we need more of the country's top decision makers to experience life in the regions, not see everything through the distorted experience of London.”

Speaking to Sheffield based civil servants this morning, BIS Permanent Secretary Martin Donnelly said: "Today’s announcement is part of implementing our BIS 2020 strategic plans to modernise the way we work, reduce operating costs and deliver a simpler, smaller department that is more flexible and responsive to stakeholders and businesses.

“Our operating model needs to be designed in a way that works for this smaller workforce with more streamlined structures.

“The decision to close Sheffield by 2018 has not been taken lightly. The unions are being consulted and will be involved throughout the process.

“It is my top priority that all our staff are fully briefed and consulted on the process. We will provide comprehensive support to all those facing a potential change or loss of job.

“In relation to the new business centres, we will be working closely with our Partner Bodies over the coming months to develop firm plans for their office locations.”

Regarde Aduck
Oct 19, 2012

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Grimey Drawer
Have I misunderstood? Is this actually a subtle joke that everyone pretended not to know how TVs worked so they could watch porn for 4 minutes? Maybe it was that pirates one, I heard it had amazing production values.

EmptyVessel
Oct 30, 2012

JFairfax posted:


"filth at Cardiff funeral"

Reverend Lionel Fanthorpe, who led the service, described the moment the footage appeared on screen.


Of course it's Lionel Fanthorpe.

Jose posted:

118 makes more sense imo

If you are going for a Colour of Magic sense 116 makes more since 1+1+6 = 8. You will also find that *Chaos Magicians* claim the word too.

Mister Adequate posted:

It's loving well called Elerium and I'll let this planet burn to ash and throw all seven billion of us on the pyre before I accept otherwise.

Ah, a UFOlogist..

Renaissance Robot
Oct 10, 2010

Bite my furry metal ass
"Uh, must be some kind of electronic accident" is the sort of excuse 14 year old me would use to avoid admitting he'd downloaded porn on purpose.

Regarde Aduck
Oct 19, 2012

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Grimey Drawer
People confused by the Internet get really desperate to get their porn. They tried typing in "big willies" once but Google safe search was on. Back to watching HBO shows it was.

Pissflaps
Oct 20, 2002

by VideoGames

Renaissance Robot posted:

I really don't get what you're trying to say anymore.

I mean, apart from the fact that you have strong opinions about what people ought to wear in public :jihad:

I'm saying don't go to the shops in your pyjamas it's not a subtle message.

Gonzo McFee
Jun 19, 2010

Pissflaps posted:

I'm saying don't go to the shops in your pyjamas it's not a subtle message.

Mate I'll loving go to Buckingham palace in an open bathrobe and scratch my arse in front of the queen.

Regarde Aduck
Oct 19, 2012

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Grimey Drawer
I'm a terrible man child. I still play Pokemon games. I waste hours of my life playing elite:dangerous and I regret everything. But I've never gone to the shops in pyjamas.

Niric
Jul 23, 2008

JFairfax posted:

members of the congregation moving towards the screen

Heh

namesake posted:

A joint funeral is ruined by unexpected stiffs.

:golfclap:

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Oh dear me
Aug 14, 2012

I have burned numerous saucepans, sometimes right through the metal
I have never previously gone to the shops in my pyjamas, but now feel practically obliged to. Is there a particularly bad sort to be seen in? I have them in either tartan or a sort of vaguely chinoiserie blue-and-white pattern.

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