tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3141759542968821728.post7316128506088657943..comments2024-01-01T16:01:35.711+00:00Comments on Dick Puddlecote: A New Sinister Anti-Tobacco PrecedentDick Puddlecotehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01481866882188932892noreply@blogger.comBlogger17125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3141759542968821728.post-5342667450239437482011-12-09T15:05:57.163+00:002011-12-09T15:05:57.163+00:00My heroes The Inquisition knew
how to deal with Dr...My heroes The Inquisition knew<br />how to deal with Druids,Puritans,<br />Quakers and other assorted sour<br />faced gargolyles sent from Hell<br />to plague human joy.<br />Toast them or boil them..slowly<br />Free them from their despair and<br />misery<br /><br /><br />Ode to joyAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3141759542968821728.post-76695418419170188502011-12-09T10:46:50.584+00:002011-12-09T10:46:50.584+00:00Anon @ 18:43: Bit different after the Reformation....Anon @ 18:43: Bit different after the Reformation. The Welsh adapted to non conformism like a duck to water - Methodist, Welsh Baptist, etc. Hence the hellfire and damnation form of preaching so loved by them.<br /><br />Pleasure has always been the no 1 enemy to this breed of believer, after all, Christ died on the cross for us, we have no reasons to be happy and joyful and damn well shouldn't be. It went a little during the latter days of the mining communities,(my half heritage) but with their disappearance, it's crept back into fashion. As it seems to have in most Anglo influenced places, I suppose.Franknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3141759542968821728.post-88984138869893323852011-12-08T22:44:31.634+00:002011-12-08T22:44:31.634+00:00This thing about turning 18 happens in other place...This thing about turning 18 happens in other places too.<br /><br />Recently a family member had an operation and on leaving was asked if there was someone in the house who could look after her. She answered that her 17yr 10mth old daughter would be. The nurse would not accept that as an answer and insisted that someone over the age of 18 would be required to look after her. After being told this a few times she was pacified by answering in the affermative, but ignored.SadButMadLadhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17836368722377421009noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3141759542968821728.post-80185671900153232272011-12-08T18:43:56.640+00:002011-12-08T18:43:56.640+00:00Frank (@12.15) said:
... all [Welsh] Pubs were c...Frank (@12.15) said:<br /><br /> ... all [Welsh] Pubs were closed on Sundays - Chapel, you see, the Lord would be upset!<br /><br />Odd that. The Lord had a different view in England in the Middle Ages. Many parish churches had their own ale houses and brewed their own ale. For example, and because I'm feeling lazy, look up "Parish Ale" at Wiki.<br /><br />And just in case some might think this was just for unusual and rare, occasions, many parishes had 3 major buildings: the churche, the rectory and the church alehouse. (Our local church still has one although no longer serving its original purpose.)<br /><br />Alan BatesAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3141759542968821728.post-45616835484346915892011-12-08T15:29:17.046+00:002011-12-08T15:29:17.046+00:00“This would seem to read as a move by the Assembly...<em>“This would seem to read as a move by the Assembly to dictate a maximum price to private businesses, over which they aren't legally allowed to sell their product.”</em><br /><br />I thought we'd seen the last of this sort of nonsense back in the '70s. It's incredible: if you'd told me 20 years ago that by 2012 we'd have a total indoor smoking ban, price controls, nationalized banks, and a national debt approaching £1 trillion, I'd have assumed you were describing some kind of dystopian sci-fi movie. Things might not have been perfect, but at least we'd figured out once and for all that this kind of dirigiste crap <em>doesn't help</em>. Hadn't we?<br /><br />WV: “Intox”. Some hope, these days.Sam Duncannoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3141759542968821728.post-43036580532404368762011-12-08T14:51:46.595+00:002011-12-08T14:51:46.595+00:00British Airways has this week complained about the...British Airways has this week complained about the additional passenger tax and has said it expects a contraction of business in direct proportion to the levy.Woman on a Rafthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08897415591130901416noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3141759542968821728.post-60336171720992405272011-12-08T12:18:17.485+00:002011-12-08T12:18:17.485+00:00XX Dictating selling prices to private businesses ...XX Dictating selling prices to private businesses rivals Soviet methods at their most excessive, yet not one of these hideous professional politicians bats an eyelid. In fact, they dismiss all thought of objection as irrelevant. XX<br /><br />The answer is in the first sentence.<br /><br />Name one politician, (One that has actualy GOT anywhere. I don't mean the wannabees sitting in the back room of some ex smokey pub.) except perhaps Farage, that is not an out right commy slime ball, piece of shit.Furor Teutonicushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13856575077967523322noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3141759542968821728.post-79100248811943879202011-12-08T12:15:37.951+00:002011-12-08T12:15:37.951+00:00This development is no more sinister than the orig...This development is no more sinister than the original SHS fraud. We know it's, really, bugger all to do with health and more to do with control.<br /><br />Wales has, historically, tended to be a hellfire and damnation preaching land. Add Socialism to the pot and- bang!!! I can say this easily as I'm half Welsh who can remember the days when all Pubs were closed on Sundays - Chapel, you see, the Lord would be upset!Franknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3141759542968821728.post-83940551956330612912011-12-08T11:49:24.300+00:002011-12-08T11:49:24.300+00:00You just can't resist the sheep jokes. It'...You just can't resist the sheep jokes. It's no wonder the Welsh have such massive chips on their shoulders.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3141759542968821728.post-88303133176070288812011-12-08T10:53:56.633+00:002011-12-08T10:53:56.633+00:00@ Edgar "This is what eight centuries of havi...@ Edgar "This is what eight centuries of having curiously-intimate relations with wooly mammals does to you"<br /><br />Tired ad hominem stuff like this just weakens the otherwise reasonable point of the blog. <br /><br />Now if you pointed out that Wales gets about 20% more from Westminster than it pays, you would have a point. This is why I left.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3141759542968821728.post-2389520278658807072011-12-07T23:41:18.102+00:002011-12-07T23:41:18.102+00:00Selsey Steve: Ta for the heads up. Duly noted for ...Selsey Steve: Ta for the heads up. Duly noted for the future.Dick Puddlecotehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01481866882188932892noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3141759542968821728.post-3845895439956142712011-12-07T23:36:54.176+00:002011-12-07T23:36:54.176+00:00Jeff: The same thought crossed my mind too, worth ...Jeff: The same thought crossed my mind too, worth looking up I reckon.<br /><br />Anon @ 23:02: Nick Welsh rugby players? Look how it has worked out having Jocks in Westminster! :-0Dick Puddlecotehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01481866882188932892noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3141759542968821728.post-21899339879973315992011-12-07T23:24:08.846+00:002011-12-07T23:24:08.846+00:00This is what eight centuries of having curiously-i...This is what eight centuries of having curiously-intimate relations with wooly mammals does to you.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3141759542968821728.post-46989864279938495002011-12-07T23:02:44.101+00:002011-12-07T23:02:44.101+00:00Fuck Wales. It's not even a proper country.
T...Fuck Wales. It's not even a proper country.<br /><br />They eat leeks and benefits and let's not forget their taste for prohibition.<br /><br />No wonder so many of them ended up having a swinging time not so long ago. It's not teenage angst, it's depression because of a bunch of black-hatted Methodists and the sheer ghastliness of living in a slag heap that has coal we don't want and no oil.<br /><br />The sooner they are as relevant to our existence as Samoa, the better. We can pinch the odd good rugby player, the rest can piss off.<br /><br />Next: the Scots.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3141759542968821728.post-56406978413466709902011-12-07T22:41:05.212+00:002011-12-07T22:41:05.212+00:00Wales had a referendum and decided by a majority v...Wales had a referendum and decided by a majority vote to make its own laws………….. . I voted against it but hell I’m English I don’t count. We/they already have a ban on the free donation of a carrier bag to shoppers. Result - faced with a 5p price tag on a bag I only buy what I can carry. It hasn’t hit the retailers yet - it will. Not my small contribution to the economy, but more people buying less will eventually hit home. They want to reorganise the constituencies so only Labour can ever win control. Watch Wales and see what you have in store!!!!!!!!!!!! Control freaks - you ain’t seen nothing yet.<br />Sorry - slightly pissed (going down the homebrew street preparing for the next ban) and very pissed off.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3141759542968821728.post-48750901580734395762011-12-07T22:38:28.531+00:002011-12-07T22:38:28.531+00:00I didn't think I would ever call on the EU for...I didn't think I would ever call on the EU for support, but isn't this sort of thing - like minimum pricing for alcohol in Scotland - illegal under EU law?Jeff Woodnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3141759542968821728.post-80297090256587876272011-12-07T22:05:54.680+00:002011-12-07T22:05:54.680+00:00The First Republic in Zambia, a rabidly socialist,...The First Republic in Zambia, a rabidly socialist, one-part state under Kenneth Kaunda, introduced this self-same mechanism for many commodities and foodstuffs.<br />The country went from being the 3rd or 4th wealthiest in Africa to the 2nd or 3rd poorest in five years.<br />It still hasn't recovered despite this mechanism being abandoned some time ago.selsey.stevehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12531315051208210724noreply@blogger.com