OT Where's sweller when you need him?

BBC4 have a series on the left atm. Tonight how TV dramas have changed
from the force to change policy (Cathy come home) to soma for the
masses. Followed by 'my Dad was a communist' with Aaronovitch, Sayle
et al. commenting. Good it was. I expected Auvache to pop up at any
moment.

 

Work in progress wrote

Johnny come latelys, who would want anything to do with them? It was my
Maternal Great Grandfather over a hundred years ago in the century
before last what was the one who was proud enough of his heritage to
exercise his right to kill stinking capitalist running dogs and to join
with is drinking buddy Karl[1] and become one of Britain's earliest
commie bastards.

Fathers were commies indeed, I doubt they even know the meaning of the
word.



[1] Family folklore I am afraid, no actual proof exists they ever met
but it is unlikely they didn't.

 

My father was in the remnants of the Red Clydesiders. IIRC the ILP were
effectively muzzled and swamped by the PLP in the 1930's. Shades of New
Labour and the constituency parties today.

 

Oppressing the paperboys.
He would have been first against the wall had the revolution happened.

 

Using the patented Mavis Beacon "Hunt&Peck" Technique, Champ

My dad was the same. He remembers being a spectator at the Battle of
Cable street too. Bit young (at 9) to participate too actively. I don't
think he's paid up any more.

--
Wicked Uncle Nigel - There are few things in life more sinister than a
public toilet with the lid closed.

WS* GHPOTHUF#24 APOSTLE#14 DLC#1 COFF#20 BOTAFOT#150 HYPO#0(KoTL) IbW#41
SBS#39 OMF#6 Enfield 500 Curry House Racer "The Basmati Rice Burner",
Honda GL1000K2 (On its hols) Kawasaki ZN1300 Voyager "Oh, Oh, It's so big"
Suzuki TS250 "The Africa Single" Yamaha GTS1000

 

Using the patented Mavis Beacon "Hunt&Peck" Technique, Champ

Getoffgetoffgetoffgetoffgetoff!

--
Wicked Uncle Nigel - There are few things in life more sinister than a
public toilet with the lid closed.

WS* GHPOTHUF#24 APOSTLE#14 DLC#1 COFF#20 BOTAFOT#150 HYPO#0(KoTL) IbW#41
SBS#39 OMF#6 Enfield 500 Curry House Racer "The Basmati Rice Burner",
Honda GL1000K2 (On its hols) Kawasaki ZN1300 Voyager "Oh, Oh, It's so big"
Suzuki TS250 "The Africa Single" Yamaha GTS1000

 

Using the patented Mavis Beacon "Hunt&Peck" Technique, Champ

It's just a bit cold, that's all.

<gulp>

I don't think I've ever been eductated in the first place. They didn't
have that at my school.

--
Wicked Uncle Nigel - There are few things in life more sinister than a
public toilet with the lid closed.

WS* GHPOTHUF#24 APOSTLE#14 DLC#1 COFF#20 BOTAFOT#150 HYPO#0(KoTL) IbW#41
SBS#39 OMF#6 Enfield 500 Curry House Racer "The Basmati Rice Burner",
Honda GL1000K2 (On its hols) Kawasaki ZN1300 Voyager "Oh, Oh, It's so big"
Suzuki TS250 "The Africa Single" Yamaha GTS1000

 

"Ministry of Alteration... They change people... They change them from
being alive people to being dead people. To purify democracy."

--
_______
..'_/_|_\_'. Ace (brucedotrogers a.t rochedotcom)
\`\ | /`/ GSX-R1000K3
`\\ | //' BOTAFOT#3, SbS#2, UKRMMA#13, DFV#8, SKA#2
`\|/`
`

 

Using the patented Mavis Beacon "Hunt&Peck" Technique, Champ

Oh it did education right enough, we just missed eductation.

--
Wicked Uncle Nigel - There are few things in life more sinister than a
public toilet with the lid closed.

WS* GHPOTHUF#24 APOSTLE#14 DLC#1 COFF#20 BOTAFOT#150 HYPO#0(KoTL) IbW#41
SBS#39 OMF#6 Enfield 500 Curry House Racer "The Basmati Rice Burner",
Honda GL1000K2 (On its hols) Kawasaki ZN1300 Voyager "Oh, Oh, It's so big"
Suzuki TS250 "The Africa Single" Yamaha GTS1000

 

Nice one, keep it going - at this rate it might keep me amused for the
rest of the afternoon.

--
_______
..'_/_|_\_'. Ace (brucedotrogers a.t rochedotcom)
\`\ | /`/ GSX-R1000K3
`\\ | //' BOTAFOT#3, SbS#2, UKRMMA#13, DFV#8, SKA#2
`\|/`
`

 

Using the patented Mavis Beacon "Hunt&Peck" Technique, Ace

Haven't you got some semi-precious plumbing to polish?

--
Wicked Uncle Nigel - There are few things in life more sinister than a
public toilet with the lid closed.

WS* GHPOTHUF#24 APOSTLE#14 DLC#1 COFF#20 BOTAFOT#150 HYPO#0(KoTL) IbW#41
SBS#39 OMF#6 Enfield 500 Curry House Racer "The Basmati Rice Burner",
Honda GL1000K2 (On its hols) Kawasaki ZN1300 Voyager "Oh, Oh, It's so big"
Suzuki TS250 "The Africa Single" Yamaha GTS1000

 

Wow, even better than a direct hit, in off the cushion.

--
_______
..'_/_|_\_'. Ace (brucedotrogers a.t rochedotcom)
\`\ | /`/ GSX-R1000K3
`\\ | //' BOTAFOT#3, SbS#2, UKRMMA#13, DFV#8, SKA#2
`\|/`
`

 

Using the patented Mavis Beacon "Hunt&Peck" Technique, Champ

<glup>

--
Wicked Uncle Nigel - There are few things in life more sinister than a
public toilet with the lid closed.

WS* GHPOTHUF#24 APOSTLE#14 DLC#1 COFF#20 BOTAFOT#150 HYPO#0(KoTL) IbW#41
SBS#39 OMF#6 Enfield 500 Curry House Racer "The Basmati Rice Burner",
Honda GL1000K2 (On its hols) Kawasaki ZN1300 Voyager "Oh, Oh, It's so big"
Suzuki TS250 "The Africa Single" Yamaha GTS1000

 

It not so much that the eductation is painful - it taking out the old
ducts that is painful..

<Opens drink, opens popcorn, sets up webcam>

Phil

 

Champ wrote

You are not really very good at this are you? The proletariat are
properly referred to as "oppressed" or "down trodden" or "abused" or
"exploited" or similar terms with a strong negative connotation, never
positive. Besides there is nothing glorious about working, if this were
the case the toffs would do it.

 

Using the patented Mavis Beacon "Hunt&Peck" Technique, Champ

Shit.

Steve, if you find out what it is, let me know will you?

It sounds *scary*.

--
Wicked Uncle Nigel - There are few things in life more sinister than a
public toilet with the lid closed.

WS* GHPOTHUF#24 APOSTLE#14 DLC#1 COFF#20 BOTAFOT#150 HYPO#0(KoTL) IbW#41
SBS#39 OMF#6 Enfield 500 Curry House Racer "The Basmati Rice Burner",
Honda GL1000K2 (On its hols) Kawasaki ZN1300 Voyager "Oh, Oh, It's so big"
Suzuki TS250 "The Africa Single" Yamaha GTS1000

 

Champ wrote

I don't need none.

 

Wicked Uncle Nigel wrote

I think you are going to be up against the wall long before me.

It does rather.

 

Using the patented Mavis Beacon "Hunt&Peck" Technique, Champ

Collectively.

--
Wicked Uncle Nigel - There are few things in life more sinister than a
public toilet with the lid closed.

WS* GHPOTHUF#24 APOSTLE#14 DLC#1 COFF#20 BOTAFOT#150 HYPO#0(KoTL) IbW#41
SBS#39 OMF#6 Enfield 500 Curry House Racer "The Basmati Rice Burner",
Honda GL1000K2 (On its hols) Kawasaki ZN1300 Voyager "Oh, Oh, It's so big"
Suzuki TS250 "The Africa Single" Yamaha GTS1000

 

Champ wrote

Is this a closed process or do I get some chance to put a modest
proposal list forward?