Marty_d

Lock Him Up

I was just reading one of those political thriller novels. It was obviously written a bit more than 2 years ago, when Putin was starting to build up forces against Ukraine. One quote in it (and I'm paraphrasing here, can't remember the exact words) was: "Russia can't compete with the rest of the world, so they want to drag everyone down to their level. You can't negotiate with them or appease them - you just have to contain them."

M for Millenium

Quite possibly, hence my caveat.

The beggars down here tend to sit quietly with a handwritten sign asking for money. Maybe they realize that's the most effective method of not being moved on by Mr Plod and garner more sympathy than bothering people.

What, you're used to seeing cuffs on the bed head? No wonder your lot breed like rabbits Spacey!

They usually try to match the type of community service to the criminal's skills. So.............. Nah I got nothing. Picking up rubbish it is.

A vow of silence and solitude would be the biggest community service he could do.

Ball GAG not ballbag... the thing hanging from the bedstead is a handcuff, hence the ball gag joke.

Work colleague just returned from a holiday in Canada. Telling us about the rubbish bins in this Canadian town. Massive steel bins to withstand bears and raccoons. To put in your rubbish, you have to reach into a small opening and release the latch which holds down the lid. The idea is, the opening is too small for a bear's paws and too high off the ground for a raccoon to reach. Now this is unverified - it may be true, or it may be a tall tale spun by a local to impress the tourists - but the story goes, locals have seen bears and raccoons working together to open the bins - the bear picks up the raccoon and holds him up to the opening, raccoon releases the catch, bear lifts the lid and they share the spoils!

I stand corrected. That pistol bears some similarities to Stormy's testimony too.

They don't make guns for hands that small anyway.

dummy... ball gag... Have you noticed the item yet OME?

Now that the trial is over he can squeal however he likes. Whether or not he gets jail time (very unlikely), it doesn't change the fact that he is now a convicted felon. If it sways some swing voters away from him it's a good thing.

Maybe he's a policeman...

Gee it's nice to hear good news for once!

17071

150 = end of May

Is that a trick question, or did you just not know my true identity?

What kind of freak eats 6 fried eggs with their steak? Or even without the steak, for that matter?

Tim for sure

That's ok, the rest of the world laughs at him.

PayPal. All you need is an email address.

Horses for courses as always. That little French thing meets a need for singles who don't tend to do huge shops anyway and live in inner city/close suburbia - and there's a lot meeting that criteria. There's a lot of straw man arguments about not being able to travel the outback in EV's or tow a 3 ton caravan, but 99.9% of people don't do that anyway. I'd even argue that 90% or more of big-ass 4wd's out there never actually go offroad and never tow anything.

I made a trip back to the car just to get a $2 coin for a busker the other day. He was playing a banjo in front of the supermarket, and doing it really well too.