Things Noticeable this week - Page 2916

**otokonomidori** · April 22nd, 2017, 12:31 AM

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Originally Posted by CARLTON BROWN

Wish I could agree with you Otoko, but she still needs to put her case to the public and answer potentially difficult questions - IMHO.

Isn't that what Parliament is for?

**tsunamiSD** · April 22nd, 2017, 01:50 AM

Rome Celebrates 2770th Birthday on 21 April

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Known as Natale di Roma, the annual birthday celebration is based on the legendary foundation of Rome by Romulus in 753 BC. The traditional birthday celebrations are centred in the Circus Maximus and include the trench-digging ritual, known as the tracciato del solco, at 15.00 on 21 April. This tradition recalls the founding of ancient Roman towns when a trench or mundus was dug and offerings thrown into it to encourage the gods to watch over the town’s inhabitants.

**Brecht** · April 22nd, 2017, 02:18 AM

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Originally Posted by haroldeye

Most of the violent anarchists I have met were from middle class backgrounds.

Absolutely. Marxists love to call them middle-class or petty bourgeois radicals.

**palo5** · April 22nd, 2017, 02:37 AM

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Originally Posted by Brecht

...middle-class or petty bourgeois radicals.

Tories?

**otokonomidori** · April 22nd, 2017, 02:38 AM

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Originally Posted by Devius

Britain went a full day without using coal ...

I saw that in the news so I lit both the coal fires in my house - burning coal's banned around here but fortunately my neighbours [ who've also got coal fires] hate tree huggers as much as me

**Brecht** · April 22nd, 2017, 02:50 AM

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Originally Posted by palo5

Tories?

Well, their social background would suggest so but while those middle-class kids claim to fight against the system, it's really just them revolting against their conservative parents and environment. Their behavior is causing a lot of harm to the labor movement in general as it's counter-productive and dubious. Communists aren't running around looking for a fight with everyone or throwing cakes into politicians' faces.

**palo5** · April 22nd, 2017, 03:12 AM

Oh... I thought most tories were anxious property owners, worried that evil commies would take their unearned wealth from them. Is that not so?

**Wendigo** · April 22nd, 2017, 07:00 AM

Back to proper meaningful news stories

Serena Williams: Ilie Nastase heard making derogatory comment

http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/tennis/39674903

As Romanian player Simona Halep was answering a question in English about Williams' pregnancy at Friday's Fed Cup draw in Constanta, the 70-year-old turned to one of his other team members and added in Romanian: "Let's see what colour it has. Chocolate with milk?"

Pretty much what my old mum would say as she just says what comes into her mind, it's a generation thing and another storm in a tea cup.

**palo5** · April 22nd, 2017, 09:49 AM

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Originally Posted by Wendigo

Back to proper meaningful news stories

Serena Williams...

Who?

It's snowing again. That's meaningful news for me

**Greenman** · April 22nd, 2017, 04:31 PM

Ille Nastase had a reputation, especially at Wimbledon, as the 'bad boy of tennis' and made John McEnroe look like a saint, so I am not surprised he is embroiled but I also heard on the radio that he swore at the umpire and also Johanna Konta, our lovely tennis player who got GB back into this Federation Cup against Romania.

If Kim Jong-un had a son(god help us all) would he be a wrong-UN?

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Wendigo Former Staff Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Blighty Posts: 113,765 Thanks: 259,872 Thanked 1,139,209 Times in 113,885 Posts	Back to proper meaningful news stories Serena Williams: Ilie Nastase heard making derogatory comment http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/tennis/39674903 As Romanian player Simona Halep was answering a question in English about Williams' pregnancy at Friday's Fed Cup draw in Constanta, the 70-year-old turned to one of his other team members and added in Romanian: "Let's see what colour it has. Chocolate with milk?" Pretty much what my old mum would say as she just says what comes into her mind, it's a generation thing and another storm in a tea cup. __________________ RIP Doctor Who To view links or images in signatures your post count must be 0 or greater. You currently have 0 posts. 23 November 1963 to 25 December 2017, sacrificed on the altar of identity politics. The show is dead to me, but my DVD's live on If you can re-up dead links please consider adding this to your signature. It helps when looking at reports of dead posts. Please PM me re any dead images although it is likely if it is outside Celebs I may no longer have the content

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April 22nd, 2017, 03:12 AM	#29157
palo5 Former Staff Join Date: Sep 2009 Posts: 16,579 Thanks: 452,836 Thanked 222,658 Times in 16,567 Posts	Oh... I thought most tories were anxious property owners, worried that evil commies would take their unearned wealth from them. Is that not so?