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Mecca Cola (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mecca_Cola)
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Slow day at work today? ;-)
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Cyberus wrote:
Slow day at work today? ;-)
Kind of, one is a student still. :-)
Supposed to be finishing off my PGCE. Really struggling to get motivated though. Only got until next Friday to finish it too.
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mdma wrote:
Cyberus wrote:
Slow day at work today? ;-)
Kind of, one is a student still. :-)
Has one been taking English lessons from the Queen? ;-)
Supposed to be finishing off my PGCE. Really struggling to get motivated though. Only got until next Friday to finish it too.
What, you've got to do a write-up?
Have you done your apprentice year of teaching or whatever its called? Or is it just the the study side you're about to finish?
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What, you've got to do a write-up?
Several essays to write that i've put off doing for the last few months. :-(
Have you done your apprentice year of teaching or whatever its called? Or is it just the the study side you're about to finish?
I did both at the same time. I taught four days a week, and went to my own lectures one day a week.
I'm a real bona fide teacher now, I just need to get these essays written up so I can have the piece of paper that proves it. :-)
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mdma wrote:
Mecca Cola (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mecca_Cola)
:lol:
I've actually seen it in some of the local shops...
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Karlos wrote:
mdma wrote:
Mecca Cola (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mecca_Cola)
:lol:
I've actually seen it in some of the local shops...
Are you local?
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No, you're all remote. I'm local. Me and my sock are. :lol:
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whabang wrote:
No, you're all remote. I'm local. Me and my sock are. :lol:
You aren't (http://amigaworld.net/images/avatar/users/3685.jpg), but we are. :-)
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@mdma
Mecca Cola
Motto: Don't drink stupid, drink with commitment!
Claims 20% of profits go to "Islamic charities" ......Hamas? Hezbollah? Al Qaeda????
Website features special fatwa page.
Cans carry warning: Please do not mix with alcohol!
acetone and hydrogen peroxide must be fatwa instructed mixes with Mecca Cola
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metalman wrote:
Cans carry warning: Please do not mix with alcohol!
I know this isn't in the spirit of the thread, but what the feck..
At least it isn't as condescending and stupid as the milkshake I bought the other day..
"Allergy advice: Warning, contains milk." Well, DUH!..
Or the hazelnut chocolate bar I bought that said "Warning, may contain nuts"..May?? I bought it cos it was supposed to have friggin nuts in it. :pissed:
Even my new soldering iron had a sodding label that warned me that it gets hot... :lol:
I'm beginning to think we should remove all warning labels and let evolution take it's course.
Bugger Karlos' revolution, Death to the stupid.
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Doobrey wrote:
metalman wrote:
Cans carry warning: Please do not mix with alcohol!
I know this isn't in the spirit of the thread, but what the feck..
At least it isn't as condescending and stupid as the milkshake I bought the other day..
"Allergy advice: Warning, contains milk." Well, DUH!..
Or the hazelnut chocolate bar I bought that said "Warning, may contain nuts"..May?? I bought it cos it was supposed to have friggin nuts in it. :pissed:
Even my new soldering iron had a sodding label that warned me that it gets hot... :lol:
I'm beginning to think we should remove all warning labels and let evolution take it's course.
Bugger Karlos' revolution, Death to the stupid.
Yeah, I've thought that before...
The person why sued because their coffee was hot, the people who put pop tarts into a toaster and then were surprised when they burnt their mouths eating them.
The 'may contain nuts' thing might just be a conventional labelling thing, that they put on depending on the environment its produced in. So it only sounds silly when it happens to apply to something that is supposed to contain nuts. Even so, you're right, it is stupid.
My favourite one, is a story my Dad told me. He used to work for Islington borough council years ago. And there was a window somewhere that kept getting smashed by vandals. So the local government decided to replace it, and the rest of the windows in this council building, with polycarbonate ones.
So one day, a kid comes along, throws half a brick at the window that was always getting smashed and.....guess what?
It bounced back and hit him on the head, causing relatively minor injuries. You probably already have an inkling what's coming next.....His mother tried to sue the local council, because of what happened to her son. The judge threw it out of court, but that was the 80s...these days she'd probably win....which neatly brings us to why we have all these inane warnings...!!!
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Cyberus wrote:
there was a window somewhere that kept getting smashed by vandals. So the local government decided to replace it, and the rest of the windows in this council building, with polycarbonate ones.
So one day, a kid comes along, throws half a brick at the window that was always getting smashed and.....guess what?
It bounced back and hit him on the head, causing relatively minor injuries.
:lol: :lol:
Words of Wisdom for the MODERN Age:
People who live in polycarbonate houses don't worry about bricks!
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metalman wrote:
Cyberus wrote:
there was a window somewhere that kept getting smashed by vandals. So the local government decided to replace it, and the rest of the windows in this council building, with polycarbonate ones.
So one day, a kid comes along, throws half a brick at the window that was always getting smashed and.....guess what?
It bounced back and hit him on the head, causing relatively minor injuries.
:lol: :lol:
Words of Wisdom for the MODERN Age:
People who live in polycarbonate houses don't worry about bricks!
And people who live next door to polycarbonate houses shouldn't throw stones. :-)
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Indeed!
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Cyberus wrote:
My favourite one, is a story my Dad told me. He used to work for Islington borough council years ago. And there was a window somewhere that kept getting smashed by vandals. So the local government decided to replace it, and the rest of the windows in this council building, with polycarbonate ones.
So one day, a kid comes along, throws half a brick at the window that was always getting smashed and.....guess what?
It bounced back and hit him on the head, causing relatively minor injuries. You probably already have an inkling what's coming next.....His mother tried to sue the local council, because of what happened to her son. The judge threw it out of court, but that was the 80s...these days she'd probably win....which neatly brings us to why we have all these inane warnings...!!!
It's almost funny because it's so true, like the American woman who sued a department store because she was knocked over by an unruly child running amok and injured herself.
She was also the mother of the crazed bratfink...
If any sane person were the judge they'd have made her pay court costs and attend parenting classes, unfortunately the message sent out is that it's okay to rescind one's responsibilities because you can sue someone else for your own failings anyway.
:pissed:
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PMC wrote:
It's almost funny because it's so true, like the American woman who sued a department store because she was knocked over by an unruly child running amok and injured herself.
She was also the mother of the crazed bratfink...
If any sane person were the judge they'd have made her pay court costs and attend parenting classes, unfortunately the message sent out is that it's okay to rescind one's responsibilities because you can sue someone else for your own failings anyway.
:pissed:
That's so bizarre as to be considered an unbelievable urban legon, Except in today/s world of no personal responsibility, its details are probably documented somewhere on the link below, along with this bizarre lawsuit.........
October 20 1999-- The art of blame. A three-year-old is left unattended and forgotten in a van in 95-degree heat, and the van's interior grows hotter and hotter until hours later he dies of hyperthermia. Who deserves the blame? You may be a suitable candidate for practicing law if you guess the Ford Motor Co., for not designing and installing systems that would cool the air in parked cars with the engine off. (Ben Schmitt, "Suit Demands Ford Add Safety Device to Cool Cars", Fulton County Daily Report, Oct. 4).
Many Many other examples of lack of personal responsibility (http://www.overlawyered.com/topics/responsib.html)
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The woman suing VW because her drunk husband died whilst driving one takes the proverbial biscuit. It makes me want to walk up to her, sit her down, place both my hands gently on her shoulders and yell "HE WAS DRUNK DRIVING YOU SILLY BINT!".
The law should make special provision for the arrogant and stupid.
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Unfortunately it doesn't say on what grounds are they suing?
Some Guesses:
VW failed to provide an autopilot for drunk drivers?.
VW failed to provide anti-drunk device to check for sobriety before allowing the engine to start.
Defective design did not fully protect driver driving head on into walls at 100mph?