Homobase

[The Natural Philosopher]

well that's because despite all the PC faux horror, no one really gives a shit.

[Dave Liquorice]

Some things have, I believe, legal limits for retail sale. Try buying three packets paracetamol... I get paracetamol from Costco 24 packs of 16 tabs "trade only".

[Dave Plowman (News)]

Logical, I suppose. No one in trade ever tries to kill themselves. ;-)

[whisky-dave]

I had teh same problem in sainsburys wanted to buy 3 packs 1 aprin 1 parcet omol and one nuerofen or whatever they are called the till girl said I can only buy 2 packets. The only reason I brought them was because all of mine were out of date the paracetomol was dated jan 2013 I had used two of them. Dates on the other boxes were all about the same.

Anyway what makes tehm think I'm trying to kill myself I can think of many other people I'd prefer to kill before myself.

[whisky-dave]

Yeah us Homosapians really don't give a shit.

[Dave Plowman (News)]

I'm fairly certain that's the reason for the restriction.

[Tim Watts]

There's a HUGE difference between mocking a state and being evil against a person who is possessed of said state IMHO.

Others may disagree. I like Clarkson's humour...

But to my mind making joke about nationality/sexual preference/disability is in a whole different world to sticking a sign in your B&B window saying "no blacks/irish/gays" (the latter being a very current example).

And the danger is if you drive riske humour out of the mainstream, you'll just breed hidden resentment which very often does manifest in nasty ways. Jokes are a good way to lighten things up and they don't have to be nasty.

May I remind people that it is still common for someone to say "are you blind" to someone who cannot locate an item.

This is exactly equivalent to so many things that have become politically incorrect.

Is anyone offended? Perhaps Brian might have an opinion on this particular example.

[Tim Watts]

Homo erectus.

Fnarr fnarr

[The Medway Handyman]

"We had gay burglars the other night. They broke in and rearranged the furniture".

Robin Williams

Is that bigotry? Or just funny?

[Another John]

FUNNY!

Forget it Dave: you made the "crack", a coupla people (inc. me) commented, you took an appropriate step back, but a coupla people won't let it go. .... Just forget it!

J.

[Mike Tomlinson]

En el artículo , The Medway Handyman escribió:

Funny. And I'm gay.

If you can't laugh at yourself, there's no hope for you.

[F]

Who is in trouble again.

Driving a Porsche in Argentina with number plate H982 FKL... (1)982 Falklands?

Stones, insults and rude words thrown in Clarkson's direction by the local Patagonians and the car has been abandoned with his nibs and the crew leaving in a hurry.

The BBC claim the plate is a coincidence!

[F]

Just discovered they were in Ushuaia. We've been there a few times and there's not a lot going on so chasing Clarkson probably offered them as much entertainment as they've had in the last ten years!

[Adrian]

The plate is genuinely on a taxed and tested grey 928, though, and is the right age.

[polygonum]

The should know it is a river.

[F]

The plate/car combination may be genuine but their presence in Argentina is quite a coincidence.

[JoeJoe]

4 pints of milk at Tesco used to be ~£1.30 until very recently until the pressure from the German duo must have forced them to go down to £1 like the rest...

I have a Tesco and an Asda at a similar distance from my house. Prices at Tesco for standard box-shifting stuff, i.e. branded goods, are at least 20% higher on average. Haven't set foot there in the last few years and glad to see that everybody else has finally woken up to this too.

[Dave Plowman (News)]

I'll bet they haven't, for the sort of things those firms sell.

Large companies deal direct with the maker - not the likes of Costco etc where you can buy most things in one go, like a corner shop might do.

And I can't see Homebase selling anything like the same quantities of wiring accessories as a proper electrical wholesaler.

[Ian Jackson]

In message , whisky-dave writes

Somewhere, I have read that the limit of 32 paracetamol/aspirin/etc tablets only applies to shops. At a pharmacist, they *can* sell you more (maybe 100?) - but maybe this is only if you're served by a qualified pharmacist.

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[stuart noble]

All British humour needs a victim, and the stand-ups generally have a thinly disguised contempt for anyone but themselves. Actually, I think I can do without humour (and maybe laughter) altogether.