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jabby: Oct 27, 2010

I love how Gibraltar is somehow now a Sun 'Campaign'. As if anyone in the EU gives a flying gently caress what one British tabloid prints.

The point about Murdoch being obeyed in Downing Street but ignored in Brussels has never been more aptly demonstrated.

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# ? Apr 4, 2017 01:12

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# ? Jun 9, 2024 04:34

Tigey: Apr 6, 2015

I remember reading that despite it having the 2nd highest circulation of any paper within the EU, they don't stock it in the Commission library as they don't consider it a serious publication

# ? Apr 4, 2017 01:14

Guavanaut: Nov 27, 2009; Looking At Them Tittys
1969 - 1998; Toilet Rascal

Seaside Loafer posted:

loving hell whats with that scary looking dude with that scared looking child. Im no advertising expert but seriously dont people look at the output at least once.

Well, you know what happens to British kids in Spain when their wealthy middle class parents go off for tapas with suspected high ranking British pedos.

baka kaba posted:

Also gonna need someone to weigh in on whether that poster says "our rock doesn't masturbate"

It's not to be touched. Which can be read in the physical, sexual, or emotional sense.

# ? Apr 4, 2017 01:17

cheesetriangles: Jan 5, 2011

Remember the last time yellow journalism led to a anglo nation going to war with spain? Remember the Maine.

# ? Apr 4, 2017 01:17

Guavanaut: Nov 27, 2009; Looking At Them Tittys
1969 - 1998; Toilet Rascal

Britain is going to win a bunch of islands which will be run as free market playgrounds for a while and then maybe one of them will go communist and others will just cause further wars?

# ? Apr 4, 2017 01:21

TomViolence: Feb 19, 2013; PLEASE ASK ABOUT MY 80,000 WORD WALLACE AND GROMIT SLASH FICTION. PLEASE.

Guavanaut posted:

Britain is going to win a bunch of islands which will be run as free market playgrounds for a while and then maybe one of them will go communist and others will just cause further wars?

Same old, same old.

# ? Apr 4, 2017 01:49

Junior G-man: Sep 15, 2004; Wrapped in a mystery, inside an enigma

Guavanaut posted:

Britain is going to win a bunch of islands which will be run as free market playgrounds for a while and then maybe one of them will go communist and others will just cause further wars?

All the UK crown dependencies (and other flavours) are already free market playgrounds :confused:

Although I have my hopes pinned on a Full Communist Revolution on the Isle of Man. One day.

# ? Apr 4, 2017 08:51

Praseodymi: Aug 26, 2010

Junior G-man posted:

All the UK crown dependencies (and other flavours) are already free market playgrounds

Although I have my hopes pinned on a Full Communist Revolution on the Isle of Man. One day.

Can't really justify going to Syria, but I could probably join the International Brigades on the Isle of Man.

# ? Apr 4, 2017 08:54

baka kaba: Jul 19, 2003; PLEASE ASK ME, THE SELF-PROFESSED NO #1 PAUL CATTERMOLE FAN IN THE SOMETHING AWFUL S-CLUB 7 MEGATHREAD, TO NAME A SINGLE SONG BY HIS EXCELLENT NU-METAL SIDE PROJECT, SKUA, AND IF I CAN'T PLEASE TELL ME TO
EAT SHIT

Guavanaut posted:

It's not to be touched. Which can be read in the physical, sexual, or emotional sense.

It'd be no la toca as a command though right? So as it is you can read it as a weird passive 'our rock isn't touched' or - my favourite - a reflexive 'our rock touches itself'

this is tricky and I might be wrong but I want to believe

# ? Apr 4, 2017 08:58

Coohoolin: Aug 5, 2012; Oor Coohoolie.

baka kaba posted:

It'd be no la toca as a command though right? So as it is you can read it as a weird passive 'our rock isn't touched' or - my favourite - a reflexive 'our rock touches itself'

this is tricky and I might be wrong but I want to believe

I think it's correct. If it's like Italian, "non si tocca", it's like "one does not touch". So "our rock, one does not touch".

# ? Apr 4, 2017 09:07

Junior G-man: Sep 15, 2004; Wrapped in a mystery, inside an enigma

What's the odds on this being the front page of the Express tomorrow?

quote:

Theresa May condemns National Trust for axing 'Easter' from egg hunt

Theresa May has criticised the National Trust for omitting the word �Easter� from its annual children�s egg hunt, saying she was furious both as the daughter of a vicar and as a National Trust member.

Church leaders criticised the National Trust for �airbrushing� Christianity out of its chocolate egg hunt, after a rebrand led to the renaming of the �Easter Egg Trail� as the �Great British Egg Hunt�.

In a surprisingly robust response, the prime minister said it was wrong to have scrapped any mention of the Christian festival.

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�I�m not just a vicar�s daughter, I�m a member of the National Trust as well,� she told ITV during a visit to Amman, Jordan. �I think the stance they have taken is absolutely ridiculous. I don�t know what they are thinking about frankly.�

Cadbury, which sponsors the event, told the Telegraph it had also wanted the event to appeal to non-Christians, saying: �We invite people from all faiths and none to enjoy our seasonal treats.�

However, the prime minister said the National Trust had not understood the importance of the festival. �Easter�s very important. It�s important to me,� she said. �It�s a very important festival for the Christian faith for millions across the world. So I think what the National Trust is doing is frankly just ridiculous.�

The archbishop of York said the decision to omit �Easter� from the egg hunt was �tantamount to spitting on the grave of [John] Cadbury� � the chocolate company�s founder.

https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2017/apr/04/theresa-may-condemns-national-trust-for-axing-easter-from-egg-hunt

SAVE ARE BRITISH CULTURE

# ? Apr 4, 2017 09:10

baka kaba: Jul 19, 2003; PLEASE ASK ME, THE SELF-PROFESSED NO #1 PAUL CATTERMOLE FAN IN THE SOMETHING AWFUL S-CLUB 7 MEGATHREAD, TO NAME A SINGLE SONG BY HIS EXCELLENT NU-METAL SIDE PROJECT, SKUA, AND IF I CAN'T PLEASE TELL ME TO
EAT SHIT

Coohoolin posted:

I think it's correct. If it's like Italian, "non si tocca", it's like "one does not touch". So "our rock, one does not touch".

ONE DOES NOT MERELY

TOUCH OUR ROCK

I don't think that's the tone they were going for though

# ? Apr 4, 2017 09:14

Lord of the Llamas: Jul 9, 2002; EULER'VE TO SEE IT VENN SOMEONE CALLS IT THE WRONG THING AND PROVOKES MY WRATH

Junior G-man posted:

What's the odds on this being the front page of the Express tomorrow?

SAVE ARE BRITISH CULTURE

Airbrushing Christianity out? Sounds like a great idea to me.

# ? Apr 4, 2017 09:19

Angepain: Jul 13, 2012; what keeps happening to my clothes

Ahh yes the sacred Christian tradition of the easter egg hunt, straight from the Bible

# ? Apr 4, 2017 09:23

Coohoolin: Aug 5, 2012; Oor Coohoolie.

baka kaba posted:

ONE DOES NOT MERELY

TOUCH OUR ROCK

I don't think that's the tone they were going for though

In Italian "la nostra rocca non si tocca" works fine as a sentiment of "don't touch our rock", I guess in Spanish it's the same. It's just an awkward literal translation.

# ? Apr 4, 2017 09:23

happyhippy: Feb 21, 2005; Playing games, watching movies, owning goons. 'sup; Pillbug

LemonDrizzle posted:

This is us.

happyhippy posted:

Watch the Sun and idiots spaz out and want to invade Spain to keep the rock.

# ? Apr 4, 2017 09:25

Communist Bear: Oct 7, 2008

Junior G-man posted:

What's the odds on this being the front page of the Express tomorrow?

SAVE ARE BRITISH CULTURE

drat Europeans!!

We can blame this on Europe, right?

# ? Apr 4, 2017 09:26

Jose: Jul 24, 2007; Adrian Chiles is a broadcaster and writer

whoops

https://twitter.com/BHAhumanists/st...%3D3800%23pti19

# ? Apr 4, 2017 09:30

Guavanaut: Nov 27, 2009; Looking At Them Tittys
1969 - 1998; Toilet Rascal

Angepain posted:

Ahh yes the sacred Christian tradition of the easter egg hunt, straight from the Bible

Say what you will about the JWs and Anabaptists, at least they stay well away from Easter and Saturnalia and birthdays and other pagan idolatry instead of engaging in syncretism.

# ? Apr 4, 2017 09:33

Jose: Jul 24, 2007; Adrian Chiles is a broadcaster and writer

i can't believe thats not an april fools joke article

# ? Apr 4, 2017 09:40

forkboy84: Jun 13, 2012; Corgis love bread. And Puro

Junior G-man posted:

What's the odds on this being the front page of the Express tomorrow?

SAVE ARE BRITISH CULTURE

April 1st is passed, you can stop this now.

# ? Apr 4, 2017 09:52

Pissflaps: Oct 20, 2002; by VideoGames

Easter is probably my second fave Christian festival of the year. I love celebrating the resurrection of our Lord Jesus Christ with some delicious confectionary.

It's a shame the packaging is so much worse these days though.

# ? Apr 4, 2017 09:55

XMNN: Apr 26, 2008; I am incredibly stupid

Jose posted:

i can't believe thats not an april fools joke article

i can, im p sure this country has some kind of degenerative brain disease

# ? Apr 4, 2017 09:57

goddamnedtwisto: Dec 31, 2004; If you ask me about the mole people in the London Underground, I WILL be forced to kill you; Fun Shoe

Pissflaps posted:

Easter is probably my second fave Christian festival of the year. I love celebrating the resurrection of our Lord Jesus Christ with some delicious confectionary.

It's a shame the packaging is so much worse these days though.

I'm irritated the sweets that come with the eggs aren't put inside the egg any more, and I'm certain it has something to do with the Muslamics.

# ? Apr 4, 2017 10:03

forkboy84: Jun 13, 2012; Corgis love bread. And Puro

XMNN posted:

i can, im p sure this country has some kind of degenerative brain disease

Mad cow disease, and we didn't even notice.

Also, the best part of Easter is Malteaster Bunny chocolates. Though the week after Easter when chocolate eggs get discounted is a close second.

forkboy84 fucked around with this message at 10:09 on Apr 4, 2017

# ? Apr 4, 2017 10:03

MikeCrotch: Nov 5, 2011; I AM UNJUSTIFIABLY PROUD OF MY SPAGHETTI BOLOGNESE RECIPE

YES, IT IS AN INCREDIBLY SIMPLE DISH

NO, IT IS NOT NORMAL TO USE A PEPPERAMI INSTEAD OF MINCED MEAT

YES, THERE IS TOO MUCH SALT IN MY RECIPE

NO, I WON'T STOP SHARING IT

more like BOLLOCKnese

Guavanaut posted:

Anabaptists

I'm not a huge Dan Carlin/Hardcore History fan but this episode about the Anabaptist takeover of Muenster in the 16th century is a good fit for his style due to the sheer level of :stonk:

involved

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x79MW1gWtJ8

# ? Apr 4, 2017 10:06

Junior G-man: Sep 15, 2004; Wrapped in a mystery, inside an enigma

forkboy84 posted:

Mad cow disease, and we didn't even notice.

Another disease brought over to Albion by forrinners :argh:

# ? Apr 4, 2017 10:08

Elman: Oct 26, 2009

Coohoolin posted:

In Italian "la nostra rocca non si tocca" works fine as a sentiment of "don't touch our rock", I guess in Spanish it's the same. It's just an awkward literal translation.

It works fine. Technically you could read it as "our rock doesn't touch itself", in a sexual sense, but that's a stretch.

# ? Apr 4, 2017 10:08

Jrbg: May 20, 2014

Firos posted:

A line is one dimensional

*tugs collar* Which is precisely why er Ganesh is even more wrong folks

# ? Apr 4, 2017 10:11

Lobster God: Nov 5, 2008

Looking forward to the Sun finding out Gibraltar is named after a Muslim.

# ? Apr 4, 2017 10:14

Coohoolin: Aug 5, 2012; Oor Coohoolie.

Elman posted:

It works fine. Technically you could read it as "our rock doesn't touch itself", in a sexual sense, but that's a stretch.

Yeah in Italian it could possibly be read that way as well but the primary meaning is the same.

# ? Apr 4, 2017 10:15

OwlFancier: Aug 22, 2013

Nostra Rocker Noncey Tocker sounds like a secret BBC dossier.

# ? Apr 4, 2017 10:16

Pissflaps: Oct 20, 2002; by VideoGames

Lobster God posted:

Looking forward to the Sun finding out Gibraltar is named after a Muslim.

I find it fascinating that 'Ole' comes from 'Allah'.

# ? Apr 4, 2017 10:18

Guavanaut: Nov 27, 2009; Looking At Them Tittys
1969 - 1998; Toilet Rascal

I thought it came from 'with milk'.

OwlFancier posted:

Nostra Rocker Noncey Tocker sounds like a secret BBC dossier.

Not their most popular 70s children's show.

# ? Apr 4, 2017 10:28

Junior G-man: Sep 15, 2004; Wrapped in a mystery, inside an enigma

Guavanaut posted:

I thought it came from 'with milk'.

Best joke of the day so far.

# ? Apr 4, 2017 10:29

sebzilla: Mar 17, 2009; Kid's blasting everything in sight with that new-fangled musket.

Not 100% but I'm fairly sure that the "Cadbury Egg Trail" is mandated by Cadbury's. You know, in exchange for the thousands of eggs/bunnies that they give the Trust as an advertising exercise. And I don't know where "Great British Egg Hunt" is coming from as properties are being asked to brand their trails as either �National Trust & Cadbury Egg Hunt� or �Cadbury Egg Hunt�. Basically, I blame Kraft.

Interestingly though, both the internal Trust intranet page and generic email address relating to the trails mention Easter.

Hopefully the Trust just poops out the official Twitter response to @number10gov and ignores the issue beyond that.

quote:

Why has Easter been removed from Cadbury Egg Hunts?

TW. Thanks for the feedback . We�ll be celebrating Easter in all sorts of ways at our places� (1/2)� from garden trails to arts and crafts: http://nattru.st/5huey (2/2)

# ? Apr 4, 2017 10:35

bitterandtwisted: Sep 4, 2006

Remember the asylum seeker's cat? We can expect plenty more hot takes on political correctness gone mad from the PM.

# ? Apr 4, 2017 10:58

Coohoolin: Aug 5, 2012; Oor Coohoolie.

bitterandtwisted posted:

Remember the asylum seeker's cat? We can expect plenty more hot takes on political correctness gone mad from the PM.

Oh god I'd forgotten about that. Jesus.

# ? Apr 4, 2017 11:06

Pochoclo: Feb 4, 2008; No...; Clapping Larry

It would be "�El Pe��n no se toca!" or "�No jodan con Gibraltar, espa�oles putos!", "�Viva el eterno Imperio Brit�nico!"

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Breath Ray: Nov 19, 2010

Pissflaps posted:

Easter is probably my second fave Christian festival of the year. I love celebrating the resurrection of our Lord Jesus Christ with some delicious confectionary.

It's a shame the packaging is so much worse these days though.

I think I prefer pancake day but I do like hot cross buns, the fluffy chicks and the days off

# ? Apr 4, 2017 12:05

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