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Discussion about the teachers strike at work today - leave it, not here - when the woman I sit next to (in her 20s) asked "Who is Michael Gove"*.
I was sad and angry and told her she wasn't allowed to contribute to any discussion about anything. After a few seconds I asked her "Have you heard of David Cameron?"**.
She said "Yes of heard of him... Don't know who he is, but I've heard of him".
I don't want to live on this planet anymore.
*UK Education Secretary - if your are UKian and don't know then award yourself a kick in the kock, this explanation is for everyone else.
**None of you should need this one explaining.
“I believe that there is an equality to all humanity. We all suck.” Bill Hicks
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In her defence, Michael Gove is pretty much instantly forgettable...I could look at a picture of him and have no idea what he looked like ten minutes later.
And having exchanged emails with him some years back, I strongly suspect his own brain doesn't know who he is either... 
The only instant messaging I do involves my middle finger.
English doesn't borrow from other languages.
English follows other languages down dark alleys, knocks them over and goes through their pockets for loose grammar.
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I was actually expecting an image of a polished turd with a yellow ribbon round it...glad I was wrong 
But then, I have no idea who (or what) Pob is, so that doesn't help much 
The only instant messaging I do involves my middle finger.
English doesn't borrow from other languages.
English follows other languages down dark alleys, knocks them over and goes through their pockets for loose grammar.
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Pob was massive for a couple of years when I was a kid, a kind of cult status - I'd imagine for a short period in the late nineties every school had one kid given the knickname.
“I believe that there is an equality to all humanity. We all suck.” Bill Hicks
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Both are complete donkeys, that is my opinion!
Every day, thousands of innocent plants are killed by vegetarians.
Help end the violence EAT BACON
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Never heard of any of them.
There are only 10 types of people in the world, those who understand binary and those who don't.
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You're not missing much and you haven't lost out.
If there is one thing more dangerous than getting between a bear and her cubs it's getting between my wife and her chocolate.
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As Septimus says, you haven't missed much. Obama met him when he was leader of teh UK opposition and described him as "a lightweight". He hasn't improved since then...
The only instant messaging I do involves my middle finger.
English doesn't borrow from other languages.
English follows other languages down dark alleys, knocks them over and goes through their pockets for loose grammar.
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OriginalGriff wrote: "a lightweight".
thats the most positive description I have heard about him
Every day, thousands of innocent plants are killed by vegetarians.
Help end the violence EAT BACON
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No matter how many times he dries behind his ears they are always wet.
If there is one thing more dangerous than getting between a bear and her cubs it's getting between my wife and her chocolate.
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I'm not allowed to discuss Gove in the house. It's the same as when Brown was in power, if I say what I think about him then Mrs Wife has trouble talking politely to them. I was very proud of her last week, early morning through to a late dinner spent with The Great Victator and Camaroon, and she didn't drop a single C bomb or punch either of them; I call that restrained.
speramus in juniperus
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Nagy Vilmos wrote: The Great Victator and Camaroon, and she didn't drop a single C bomb or punch either of them; I call that restrained.
I call it a missed opportunity.
“I believe that there is an equality to all humanity. We all suck.” Bill Hicks
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She's paid to be nice to these doofuses, so it's best she doesn't slip batch them.
speramus in juniperus
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Give me a few weeks, I'm sure I can get a consortium together to outbid.
“I believe that there is an equality to all humanity. We all suck.” Bill Hicks
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ChrisElston wrote: Give me a few weeks, I'm sure I can get a consortium together to outbid.
That long... surely not!
Rhys
"If you ever start taking things too seriously, just remember that we are talking monkeys on an organic spaceship flying through the Universe"
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I've worked with me before, there'll be ta least 10 days procrastination.
“I believe that there is an equality to all humanity. We all suck.” Bill Hicks
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OriginalGriff wrote: Obama
sounds familiar... 
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No, forgot to add, American's are excused from having any knowledge of anyone outside their immediate family.
“I believe that there is an equality to all humanity. We all suck.” Bill Hicks
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I wouldn't group all American's with me. I don't watch the news. It's too depressing and I have more important things to do.
There are only 10 types of people in the world, those who understand binary and those who don't.
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ChrisElston wrote: American's are excused from having any knowledge of anyone outside their immediate family.
Carnal?
I wanna be a eunuchs developer! Pass me a bread knife!
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ChrisElston wrote: Education Secretary
So why should anyone care what their name is? They always do exactly the same thing: c**k up education even further, a task which seems quite impossible and yet is usually executed with fantastic efficiency.
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I must admit I'd be very hard pressed to name more than half a dozen cabinet ministers, other than Dave & George. And, to be more honest, I really find it diificult to care any more, I disagree with so much of what the say or do.
Veni, vidi, abiit domum
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I wouldn't want to live in a country where complete ignorance of a topic would keep me from voicing very strong opinions about it.
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