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http://gulfnews.com/news/gulf/uae/health/man-shocked-to-find-half-a-lizard-in-can-of-baked-beans-from-dubai-store-1.650228

Rape, lol

Boris is the perfect political figurehead and the Tories would be daft to ignore him. He kids enough middle-class, middle-ground voters into electing and re-electing him "because he's a laugh" even while he's chipping away at their quality of life from every angle. He's a terrible, terrible man, but sometimes you just have to step back and admire what he's achieved.

Ee, and I bet you sign up to homeopathy forums and recommend them all painkillers too, you rebel.

God I hate renting. (Don't start - I know I could move out of London, but we're not ready yet. ) Anyway, the landlords visited a couple of months ago - they're a lovely retired couple who've moved down to Devon and kept their place in the big bad city to rent out while they're paying off their mortgage. We had a nice chat and a cup of tea, and agreed that when the lease is up in mid-December, we'll extend for a whole 24 months - we're happy, they're happy, and it means not having to get the letting agency involved any more than is necessary. We've chatted to them on the phone a couple of times since, and yesterday the agency called up to arrange a pre-renewal inspection of the property for a week on Monday, all as it should be. Then this morning I get this e-mail, from a "Team Leader" at the agency (the grammar is all his): "Dear ... Your tenancy is due to expire on the 15/12/2013 can you let me know if you are wishing to renew your contract The landlord is keen to get this done, if the tenancy is not renewed your landlord will be in a position to serve notice for you to vacate or increase the rent via a section 13 notice Look forward to hearing from you Kind regards" :pullhair: Now I know it's just a generic mail from someone who's had a "one month till renewal!" message pop up in his scheduler and who obviously hasn't been informed that the renewal process is already underway - the agency in question is particularly legendary for one hand not knowing what the other is doing - but the wording, the threats and, frankly, the crapness of it all really annoy me. I'm trying very hard not to reply with a serious dose of sarcasm simply because I know it'll be taken literally. But if this is the calibre of their Team Leaders... gaaaargh.

Nah, in Brighton that just gets you a bunch of old bald men asking you about cat grooming techniques.

It's a measure of the degree of indignation over this baked bean sham that no mention has yet been made of the delicate bed of farmhouse vegetables.

Perhaps when he says the "only difference" vs. the recipe is the steak, we should be taking the baked beans as a given. In that case, though, where's the buttered slice? CT, I am confuse.

I sometimes use a can of mixed beans in addition to a can of kidney beans when I'm making chilli, and you get the odd haricot bean popping up in there. I'm hoping that's what's happened here too, but I have to admit I'm not hopeful.

My godparents used to send me a 3-pack of Toffo for Christmas, without fail. Same people who sidled up to my dad right after my nan's funeral and said "She promised us some teatowels...?".

Unlucky.

Speaking of which, Jordan-Uruguay is on Eurosport this afternoon.

http://www.comedy.co.uk/podcasts/comedians_comedian_podcast/ Obviously quite navel-gazey, but worth delving into if you're interested in the mechanics of comedy and more besides. He's almost certainly interviewed someone you like at some point.

For fuck's sake don't tell CT.

Had the misfortune of watching a few things on live TV recently. How do people cope with adverts? Especially the incessant "your Christmas will be inferior unless you buy all this tat and eat all this food" ones, but just generally too. Total headfuck. (Change the channel or mute it, obviously, but still. Gah.)

http://www.wsc.co.uk/forum-index/27-football/852607-mascots-observing-minutes-silences

One for you I think...

"I have a vague recollection of a game against Man United that was similar. Their keeper played a blinder, whoever he was. Probably wasn't anything important like the turning point of our most iconic season in recent history."

If you're talking about 1995/96, so help me God...

It's not as late as the other one anyway - gets us into the resort in time for dinner - so we'll stick with it. Still negates the need for the prepaid airport hotel but might use it anyway! There *is* another early-morning flight for a further £40 each, but you just know what'd happen if we rebooked on that.

Only just saw this exchange.

Which has just been changed to later in the day.

CGDA, low to high. But shouldn't be too tricky - I used to play cello at school and could get my head (and hands) around a bass guitar as a result, not with any great competence, but the concepts were transferable to some extent.

Give over, he's just said the bairn's too alive and well, if anything.