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  • RichardTheBruceRichardTheBruce I'm motivated by my Duty.
    Posts: 13,820
    Hear, hear! Merry Christmas, @j_w_pepper!
  • j_w_pepperj_w_pepper Born on the bayou, but I now hear a new dog barkin'
    edited December 2017 Posts: 9,041
    Same to you, @RichardTheBruce. Verily.
  • MajorDSmytheMajorDSmythe "I tolerate this century, but I don't enjoy it."Moderator
    edited December 2017 Posts: 13,978
    As a great member once said, "we are all among friends here, chap".
  • CommanderRossCommanderRoss The bottom of a pitch lake in Eastern Trinidad, place called La Brea
    edited December 2017 Posts: 8,267
    Andi1996Ruegg wrote: »

    My achievements are my own though and the strength I have in me to reach my goals was given to me. For me that was God, for others it may be a question of biology only. I respect that.

    @Andi1996Ruegg as long as you remember this, you'll find that this year has been only a start. Think positive, go for opportunities and never ever let fear get the better of you. It's a warning, a warning to think before you act, to take calculated risks instead of beeing reckless, and to accept the outcome.

    Now that was my Christmas thought for the day, so to you and everyone else Happy Christmas, and especially too to @Jason.


  • jobojobo
    Posts: 7,507
    https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2018/jan/18/republicans-trump-silence-racism
  • ThunderfingerThunderfinger Das Boot Hill
    Posts: 45,489
    Shithole countries a racist term? Come on!
  • DikkoHendersonDikkoHenderson Daniel Craig at the plastic surgery clinic- "Gently my friend Gently... THAT'S NOT BLOODY GENTLY!!"
    edited January 2018 Posts: 50
    Are we going to pretend that a place like Haiti, a mecca for human trafficking, organ trafficking, etc is not a shithole? Let's call a spade a spade..
  • ThunderfingerThunderfinger Das Boot Hill
    Posts: 45,489
    DikkoHenderson wrote: »
    Are we going to pretend that a place like Haiti, a mecca for human trafficking, organ trafficking, etc is not a shithole? Let's call a spade a spade..

    Spades are valuable in those shitholes after all.
  • SaintMarkSaintMark
    Posts: 7,653
    Thunderfinger wrote: »
    DikkoHenderson wrote: »
    Are we going to pretend that a place like Haiti, a mecca for human trafficking, organ trafficking, etc is not a shithole? Let's call a spade a spade..

    Spades are valuable in those shitholes after all.

    Welcome in Haiti indeed.

    Isn't a spade a slang word for negro? Only less complimentary?
  • ThunderfingerThunderfinger Das Boot Hill
    Posts: 45,489
    That is true.
  • BennyBenny Shaken not stirredAdministrator, Moderator
    Posts: 15,138
    Why am I seeing videos on social media of Idris Elba commenting about everyone wanting to see the character of Bond be overhauled. Be it a black Bond a female Bomd or anything else.
    When did Mr. Elba become an authority on such things?
    Why can't Bond remain a white English spy?
    Why does he have to change?Why can't people just leave things alone anymore?
    Bond isn't broken, so doesn't need fixing.

  • Fire_and_Ice_ReturnsFire_and_Ice_Returns I am trying to get away from this mountan!
    Posts: 25,205
    If Bond changed gender or race then it would be a different character, only the PC brigade will be pushing for drastic change, they should go and create a new character themselves and leave Bond alone.
  • BMW_with_missilesBMW_with_missiles All the usual refinements.
    edited January 2018 Posts: 3,000
    Fire_and_Ice_Returns wrote: »
    If Bond changed gender or race then it would be a different character, only the PC brigade will be pushing for drastic change, they should go and create a new character themselves and leave Bond alone.

    Ahh, but it does no good for the child throwing a tantrum to build his own sandcastle to knock down; he must knock down yours. That's the way it seems to work with the PC crowd unfortunately.
  • Fire_and_Ice_ReturnsFire_and_Ice_Returns I am trying to get away from this mountan!
    Posts: 25,205
    BMW_with_missiles wrote: »
    Fire_and_Ice_Returns wrote: »
    If Bond changed gender or race then it would be a different character, only the PC brigade will be pushing for drastic change, they should go and create a new character themselves and leave Bond alone.

    Ahh, but it does no good for the child throwing a tantrum to build his own sandcastle to knock down; he must knock down yours. That's the way it seems to work with the PC crowd unfortunately.

    Good analogy the PC brigade have already done that to Doctor Who and took away a male role model.
  • ClarkDevlinClarkDevlin Martinis, Girls and Guns
    edited January 2018 Posts: 15,423
    You should see the absurdity that took place in the Who Could/Should Be Bond Actor thread a week ago.
  • Fire_and_Ice_ReturnsFire_and_Ice_Returns I am trying to get away from this mountan!
    Posts: 25,205
    I'll have a look at the thread.
  • peterpeter Toronto
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    Idris Elba, an actor I quite like, is really becoming tiresome with his thoughts on the Bond character. The latest was at Sundance where he claimed people wanted change within the character of 007, whether Bond is a black or white woman. I'm not understanding his endgame on the matter. If reporters ask him a stupid question on a character that he has no relation with, why does he persist on giving and feeding the machine? Is he, deep down pissed he wasn't offered the role? Are reporters provoking him? After all, why isn't Tom Hardy or Tom Hiddleston asked about Bond at every turn? Is he provoking them? I just don't understand this fascination the media have in getting his feedback on a character he doesn't play, and, as far as we know, was never offered the role. The closest he has come to Bond seems to have been in a leaked email where Amy Pascal said he'd make a good 007. That's it. Otherwise, his understanding of the character seems to stand at nil.
  • DikkoHendersonDikkoHenderson Daniel Craig at the plastic surgery clinic- "Gently my friend Gently... THAT'S NOT BLOODY GENTLY!!"
    Posts: 50
    SaintMark wrote: »
    Thunderfinger wrote: »
    DikkoHenderson wrote: »
    Are we going to pretend that a place like Haiti, a mecca for human trafficking, organ trafficking, etc is not a shithole? Let's call a spade a spade..

    Spades are valuable in those shitholes after all.



    Isn't a spade a slang word for negro? Only less complimentary?

    That was CERTAINLY not what I was implying. To "call a spade a spade" means to speak plainly on a subject.
  • CommanderRossCommanderRoss The bottom of a pitch lake in Eastern Trinidad, place called La Brea
    Posts: 8,267
    DikkoHenderson wrote: »
    SaintMark wrote: »
    Thunderfinger wrote: »
    DikkoHenderson wrote: »
    Are we going to pretend that a place like Haiti, a mecca for human trafficking, organ trafficking, etc is not a shithole? Let's call a spade a spade..

    Spades are valuable in those shitholes after all.



    Isn't a spade a slang word for negro? Only less complimentary?

    That was CERTAINLY not what I was implying. To "call a spade a spade" means to speak plainly on a subject.

    I think they're pulling your leg here @DikkoHenderson ........

    https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/call_a_spade_a_spade

    you meant 'fig', after all...


    but don't worry, that'll b see nas rcist too soon enough...

    http://eprints.whiterose.ac.uk/113930/

  • ThunderfingerThunderfinger Das Boot Hill
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    The ugly architecture of the last 50-60 years never stops grating on my nerves. Get a grip, damn architects and construction landlords! Seriously, you can t go on making the environment uglier. What is this, the Soviet Union?
  • barryt007barryt007
    edited April 2018 Posts: 19,339
    Thunderfinger wrote: »
    The ugly architecture of the last 50-60 years never stops grating on my nerves. Get a grip, damn architects and construction landlords! Seriously, you can t go on making the environment uglier. What is this, the Soviet Union?

    It might be soon as we’ve launched missiles on their ally this morning
  • TorgeirtrapTorgeirtrap
    Posts: 17,763
    Thunderfinger wrote: »
    The ugly architecture of the last 50-60 years never stops grating on my nerves. Get a grip, damn architects and construction landlords! Seriously, you can t go on making the environment uglier. What is this, the Soviet Union?

    I'm with you on this one. Coming from a town that was more or less totally rebuild after WW2 - and in a post-war Functionalism style, makes anything else feel like a breath of fresh air.
  • ThunderfingerThunderfinger Das Boot Hill
    Posts: 45,489
    Torgeirtrap wrote: »
    Thunderfinger wrote: »
    The ugly architecture of the last 50-60 years never stops grating on my nerves. Get a grip, damn architects and construction landlords! Seriously, you can t go on making the environment uglier. What is this, the Soviet Union?

    I'm with you on this one. Coming from a town that was more or less totally rebuild after WW2 - and in a post-war Functionalism style, makes anything else feel like a breath of fresh air.

    Whenever I cross the river to our old town, where everything is from the 17th, 18th and 19th century, I can feel it gives my mental health a boost.
  • TorgeirtrapTorgeirtrap
    Posts: 17,763
    Thunderfinger wrote: »
    Torgeirtrap wrote: »
    Thunderfinger wrote: »
    The ugly architecture of the last 50-60 years never stops grating on my nerves. Get a grip, damn architects and construction landlords! Seriously, you can t go on making the environment uglier. What is this, the Soviet Union?

    I'm with you on this one. Coming from a town that was more or less totally rebuild after WW2 - and in a post-war Functionalism style, makes anything else feel like a breath of fresh air.

    Whenever I cross the river to our old town, where everything is from the 17th, 18th and 19th century, I can feel it gives my mental health a boost.

    Not surprising! Older buildings and architecture always makes me happy, too. Also one of the reasons I will never complain if Bond goes to Italy again, and again, and again…
  • 00Agent00Agent Any man who drinks Dom Perignon '52 can't be all bad.
    edited April 2018 Posts: 5,185
    Thunderfinger wrote: »
    Torgeirtrap wrote: »
    Thunderfinger wrote: »
    The ugly architecture of the last 50-60 years never stops grating on my nerves. Get a grip, damn architects and construction landlords! Seriously, you can t go on making the environment uglier. What is this, the Soviet Union?

    I'm with you on this one. Coming from a town that was more or less totally rebuild after WW2 - and in a post-war Functionalism style, makes anything else feel like a breath of fresh air.

    Whenever I cross the river to our old town, where everything is from the 17th, 18th and 19th century, I can feel it gives my mental health a boost.

    May i ask in what city you live @Thunderfinger?
  • ThunderfingerThunderfinger Das Boot Hill
    Posts: 45,489
    Our ancestors understood the importance of beautifying the surroundings, but something happened a while ago. Can t understand how, but morons were put in charge of these things.
  • ThunderfingerThunderfinger Das Boot Hill
    Posts: 45,489
    00Agent wrote: »
    Thunderfinger wrote: »
    Torgeirtrap wrote: »
    Thunderfinger wrote: »
    The ugly architecture of the last 50-60 years never stops grating on my nerves. Get a grip, damn architects and construction landlords! Seriously, you can t go on making the environment uglier. What is this, the Soviet Union?

    I'm with you on this one. Coming from a town that was more or less totally rebuild after WW2 - and in a post-war Functionalism style, makes anything else feel like a breath of fresh air.

    Whenever I cross the river to our old town, where everything is from the 17th, 18th and 19th century, I can feel it gives my mental health a boost.

    May i ask in what city you live @Thunderfinger?

    Fredrikstad.
  • 00Agent00Agent Any man who drinks Dom Perignon '52 can't be all bad.
    Posts: 5,185
    Thunderfinger wrote: »
    00Agent wrote: »
    Thunderfinger wrote: »
    Torgeirtrap wrote: »
    Thunderfinger wrote: »
    The ugly architecture of the last 50-60 years never stops grating on my nerves. Get a grip, damn architects and construction landlords! Seriously, you can t go on making the environment uglier. What is this, the Soviet Union?

    I'm with you on this one. Coming from a town that was more or less totally rebuild after WW2 - and in a post-war Functionalism style, makes anything else feel like a breath of fresh air.

    Whenever I cross the river to our old town, where everything is from the 17th, 18th and 19th century, I can feel it gives my mental health a boost.

    May i ask in what city you live @Thunderfinger?

    Fredrikstad.

    Thanks, sounds like something i would like to visit one day.
    Norway as a whole is very tempting for me.
  • ThunderfingerThunderfinger Das Boot Hill
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    And where do you live, @00Agent ?
  • 00Agent00Agent Any man who drinks Dom Perignon '52 can't be all bad.
    Posts: 5,185
    Thunderfinger wrote: »
    And where do you live, @00Agent ?

    I moved to Hamburg around 4 years ago, but was located in north germany most of my life.
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