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“Roaring Fires, Malt Beer, Ripe Meat Off The Bone!”

Looks impressive; that first picture is very ‘Mines of Moria-esque.’

Get her to run the country; couldn’t do any worse than her husband or the leagues of withering old men in the LDP that have come before.

Nada. Zip. Zilch. Nowt. Nothing. Fanny Adams.

Such a strange photo. Nothing on the table. Is there some symbology to this? A clean start?

No, it means he Hasn’t Got A Clue.

I am completely overwhelmed and over-excited at the prospect of yet another election in this country. This country that takes my money but says I am ineligible to vote - glorifies in my ineligibility, even rubs my nose in it - but half of you don’t really vote anyway, ‘cos you don’t really care about the result. This country that only cares about being seen to support “the winner.”

This one's easy... What can we expect? Noise.

With you on this. When I hear the vans coming, I just give them a blast of Zeppelin or Floyd.

Amelie

The Lady of the Lake will emerge lifting the sword Excalibur aloft, before Incoming prime minister Shigeru Ishiba will enact a fundamental policy program of real economic political change.

Strange women lying in ponds distributing swords is no basis for a system of government. Supreme executive power derives from a mandate from the masses, not from some farcical aquatic ceremony.

Wonderful, wonderful actress.

I concur.

She and Michael Caine were great together in “California Suite,” but to an impressionable young boy, she she will always be Miss Jean Brodie.

As for Starbucks making “afternoon tea,” don’t make me laugh! They know Sweet FA about tea. Besides, BDS.

I once had "afternoon tea" with my Welsh Uncle Di and Auntie Edna in London 25 years ago, 

Mother told me the cost was over £22 each.

22 Quid each for tea and scones, 25 year ago? In That London? Did your uncle Dai have deep pockets? Or were you at the Ritz?

I never paid that anywhere in the Cotswolds, ever, and they rip-off tourists left right and centre. Even in Bourton-on-the-Bleedin’-Water. Not 25 year ago.

Hmmm. In that case I’m not sure you are qualified to contribute much to this discussion, Dog, and wonder why you are trying.

Well, Swiss, having made five comments on dross/“pop tarts”, I guess you must have skin in the game. Either that, or you’re an expert on pop tarts and dross.

Yeah….Banksy it ain’t….

Dog, we seem to be miscommunicating. Sure,Kate Bush is great! I wouldn’t even mention her in the same breath as her Perry namesake.

Ah, well, that’s grand. I am relieved.

Im referring to Perry’s peers - the current regular slew of pop tarts on the scene. I think if you compare Perry’s new album to their slop it compares quite well. That was my point.

Wouldn’t know about that, having never listened to any of them and don’t allow any of them through my speakers for fear of breaking….the speakers that is. But each to his, or her, own.

As opposed to…?

Oh Dog….have I really got to tell you, to back-up my claim with proof? Isn’t it obvious enough already? But if you really want to know, then I suggest you start with the other Kate. The English one. Kate Bush.

Katy Perry returns with the uninspired and forgettable '143'

Let’s be honest here: Katy Perry is uninspiring and easily forgettable.

Sterilization is the most effective method to ensure that islanders and cats coexist peacefully.

Maybe the islanders could also get Trump to deport some Haitians from Springfield, Ohio - should he win in November of course - to come and have their fill…….?

“Whatever some local mayor said about this case, I am hearing from dozens of racists/xenophobes who are obsessed about making these lies,” Vance said.

There, fixed it for you JD.

“I hate Taylor Swift!!

So much hate for someone you accepted a fake endorsement from……

Mmmmm. Sounds more like the real endorsement caused some botty-hurt.

My kids enjoyed it though… not sure I can trust what you say over my own loved experience.

As John Lennon said, whatever gets you thru’ the night. It’s alright…..

Go back about 20 years, and it was hardly a thing at all in the country. 

Too right. If I wanted Halloween goods for school, I had to traipse over to a poxy little shop almost in the middle of no-where, and pay extortionate prices for my trouble. Now I can walk to my local home centre, where they’ve been on sale since mid-August. Mid-August! I’m literally “up-to-here” with Halloween now. It’s too much.

After the 7-11 announcement, yes. Yes I do. I hope that the US Steel deal falls through, just to spite the J-Govt.

"Once young people eat it and they realize it's good, they will eat it more and more,”

No, they won’t. Whenever it was served-up in school lunches, it was left on the plates in droves. So much so, that my school area, thankfully, no longer serves whale meat. I think the kids have spoken.

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Add this to the list of war crimes committed by Bibi&Co. If this were any other nation….

Whenever this story comes up, it brings to mind a comment made by a “Nihon Tora” here last year(?) regarding the green open space in Tokyo only being 7.4%, compared to New York, Seoul and London. (27%;27.9% and 33%). I am pleased that the developers seem to have had a change of heart.

Doubtful. They just want to see girl-bits, like most boys/men do. Approximated or real, doesn't matter. Just look at the upskirt photo problem in Japan for examples. 

Men/boys have always wanted to see women/girls. It is how we are built/created.

Speak for yourself.

Hope this deepfake stuff doesn’t take hold in Japanese schools. Sadly, with J-children being far more naive than most, I would hazard to guess that this type of thing would be more believe-able.

As soon as Caxton invented the printing press……….

And I have to correct this: William Caxton did not invent the printing press. Thought everyone knew it was Johannes Gutenberg, many years earlier.

The idea that there was some vast conspiracy to defraud Trump and only Trump, not the down ballot Republicans who won on the same ticket is logistically so implausible as to call into question the basic cognition and sanity of anyone dumb enough to postulate it.

For me, that’s the end of the story. Any further discussion is not only unnecessary, but utterly ludicrous.

You could say he joined the correct club. “Cheetah” by name, cheater by nature.

Not just “Aging Japan” struggling to to adopt cashless. This not-so-aging foregner simply refuses to go cashless. Buying goods on tick and having mounting debts are bad. Very bad.

I don't have a vote, anywhere.

Ditto.

In the UK there were also community police. I don't know the current situation.

The Police boxes disappeared so quickly in the UK that I think they morphed into TARDIS, and secured their own tv show.