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Very little about you intrigues me Ernest
LOL no, not me !! I didn't mean intrigued about [i]me[/i] ....... I can see the level of disinterest you have in me, by how you repeatedly ignore my posts.
No no, I meant AdamG. I thought you might have been intrigued about who he was. If you had been, I could of told you how very highly intelligent he was. Well at least [i]he[/i] thought was - I'm not sure if everyone else agreed with him. Another thing about AdamG was that he was always full of sh1t. I think most people probably agreed on that one.
He was also breathtakingly arrogant, and he displayed staggering levels of contempt towards those which he considered to be "beneath" him. He would come out with classic comments such as, "I'm comfortably well off and I detest poor people". He was very keen to boast about his alleged 'business acumen', claiming to have made large amounts of money through speculative dealings.
I believe that he was eventually banned for being a tw4t. Although he has returned many times, often using amusing usernames.
Still, you are obviously not interested in him - so I won't bother.
btw, did you know AdamG ? Only you haven't asked me who he was ...... I thought you might be intrigued at my repeated references to him - no ?
FWIW ernie, I don't think he is AdamG.
[i]If you had been, I could [b]of[/b] told you how very highly intelligent he was.[/i]
Could [i]have[/i], Ernest... Could [i]have[/i] told you... 🙄
Could have, Ernest... Could have told you... 🙄
Thank you. Not only am I not wealthy, but I am also poorly educated and not particularly intelligent - so yeah thanks for pointing that out to me 8)
FWIW ernie, I don't think he is AdamG.
No I don't either. For a start, he doesn't display any of those arrogant traits of superiority which AdamG displayed. If AdamG was on here now, he would be talking about swatting me like a fly, and trying to prove how much better educated he was than me.
No, I was just saying how he is obviously as highly intelligent as AdamG. Apart from that, I can't see any other similarities.
I am also poorly educated and not particularly intelligent - so yeah thanks for pointing that out to me
Don't mention it Ernest. Like I said, you might learn something. 😉
Hi all
Read some of the above, but the arguments to seem to go round in circles a bit.
I'm not totally informed about British politics, so I may be totally off the mark here, but why does the UK persist with the First-past-the-Post system? It seems to me that that biggest problem here is that if there is no chance of a party getting in, then people won't vote for them, even if they represent a better choice for the individual involved. Instead, people end up having to make a compromised choice between the two large parties of Who Is Least Bad For Me?
Why isn't there some sort of referendum to get a Mixed-Member-Proportional representation system in place? It's not perfect, especially when you get minor parties attempting to wag the dog, but genuinely gets a better mix of politics and parties involved, which means that the bigger parties end up having to compromise a bit more.
Or is it all about History and Tradition and all that?
Genuinely curious.
Ta.
Because neither of the two main parties will ever propose it when they currently have a stranglehold on government.
Trouble is, proper politicians would have to work with idiots from the likes of the BNP and the communi..err, libdems.
I'm not totally informed about British politics, so I may be totally off the mark here, but why does the UK persist with the First-past-the-Post system? It seems to me that that biggest problem here is that if there is no chance of a party getting in, then people won't vote for them, even if they represent a better choice for the individual involved. Instead, people end up having to make a compromised choice between the two large parties of Who Is Least Bad For Me?
There is some benefit to voting for a party that won't win. The Greens did very well on the share of the vote in previous elections, which has made the major parties start to make themselves (look) greener.
Don't mention it Ernest. Like I said, you might learn something. 😉
Thanks, you are very kind. Although I should point out that, whilst I might find any correction of my english 'interesting', I am hugely comfortable with my own ability to express myself, and not in anyway concerned about grammatical faults. Having said that, it's always interesting in knowing how it [i]'should of been'[/i] said.
Indeed in my [i]real life[/i] my english is full of grammatical mistakes, I am btw, particularly keen on double negatives - I just can't seem to get enough of them. However for the purposes of clarity, I tend to make a vague effort on here, although I am not unduly worried as I'm sure most have a loose understanding of what I'm waffling on about.
And btw, when I say 'poorly educated' I mean it as opposed to 'highly educated'. My education was indeed excellent, as I had the good fortune of being educated in an ILEA comprehensive. It was simply to a fairly elementary level.
Anyways, enough about your post concerning my grammar, let's get back on topic. You say that you will be voting for "Dave" because you detest poor people, you describe it in fact as a "no-brainer". Presumably you are convinced that Cameron shares your aversion to poor people. I would be genuinely interested if you could provide me with some proof of this - I might find it rather useful.
The meaningless but surprisingly common "should of been" is nothing to do with education, it just means you don't read much and spell things as you hear them. What you've heard but never seen written down apparently is "should've been", i.e., a contraction of "should have been" which of course makes sense wheras "should of been" is just some words. 😉
Presumably you are convinced that Cameron shares your aversion to poor people.
There you go again: presuming. Do you blame your propensity for presumption on your 'adequate' education, or merely the fact that you're an idiot?
No, I based my assumption on the fact that you called it a "no-brainer". Which incidentally, is grammatically incorrect.
Here you are, this is what you said :
I'm comfortably well off and I detest poor people, especially the ****less and work-shy. So I'll be voting for Dave, no-brainer really.
So why would it be a no-brainer then ?
What sort of idiot would say that, if they felt that Dave didn't also detest poor people ?
Ernest, I'm starting to get rather bored with this. The title of the thread is "Who will you vote for at the next election". Not, I might add, "Who do you feel shares all the same likes and dislikes as you".
If that [i]was[/i] the title of the thread, then yes, you'd be forgiven for making the assumption that I assumed Cameron detested poor people (he probably does, especially if they're all as objectionable as you, but that's not the issue).
The OP said:
Ok, so the Conservatives are going to screw the poor to make the rich even richer and Labour are going to bankrupt the country by giving all the hard earned tax money to the skiving scum that have never worked, don't want to work and are happy living off the state.
My tongue-in-cheek post (although I'll be the first to admit, many a true word is spoken in jest) was a direct reply to that particular sentiment.
An educated man would have noticed - and perhaps been amused by - the broad brush-strokes and slightly idealistic tones used by the OP, and would have recognised a similar timbre in my post.
With the benefit of hindsight, it's little wonder that it sailed right over your head.
Ernest, I'm starting to get rather bored with this
I'm not surprised. It can't be much fun being wrong all the time 😐
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[i]"you'd be forgiven for making the assumption that I assumed Cameron detested poor people"[/i]
But you said that you were voting on the basis of 'detesting poor people'. So it stands to reason that you presumably thought your candidate [i]also[/i] detested poor people 😕
But wait ............ you're now saying that it was all just a hilarious joke ! LOL you really had me fooled there mate ! Yep, hook line and sinker .......... straight over my head, as you put 😀
BTW, I found your use of the word 'idiot' interesting. Specially coming from, as far as I know, the only person on this thread to have complained about "personal insults".
So it stands to reason that you presumably thought your candidate also detested poor people
Only an idiot would be able to find logic in that Ernest.
The only insult I've seen so far is your assertion that I'm "full of sh!t", which I take to mean that what I say is untrue, therefore I'd be a liar.
My use of the word "idiot" wasn't an insult, it was a statement of fact that's as plain as the nose on my face. Your misunderstanding of others' posts and your inability to compute basic information points to only one thing: you are an idiot.
FIGHT FIGHT FIGHT FIGHT
He called you an idiot, Ern. Bang him out you roughy tradesperson.
(Well I've called you worse but this bloke is getting right on my tits)
The only insult I've seen so far is your assertion that I'm "full of sh!t"
No, I didn't say that you were full of sh1t. I said that you [i]might[/i] be full of sh1t.
Although I'm pretty much convinced now.
Anyways, back on topic .............what's this you where saying about Gordon Brown not being fit to be Prime Minister because of his physical disability ?
Or was it just another one of your hilarious jests which went completely over my head ? ........... you little jester
you 😉
Anyways, back on topic .............what's this you where saying about Gordon Brown not being fit to be Prime Minister because of his physical disability ?
Again Ernest, it was what's known as a joke. A short story with a humourous climax. For starters, I didn't say GB wasn't fit to be PM because of his physical disability. Once again, you've interpreted my post to suit your opinion of me. I merely questioned why anyone would vote for a government run by a man whom I chose to describe by his physical characteristics, namely his clammy handshake and his unfortunate habit of gawping like a fish at the end of every sentence.
I then said: [i]"But then, I suppose things don't look half as bad when you've only got the one."[/i]
That was a bit of wordplay on the expression "things don't look half as bad". You see, he only has one eye, that's just over half the national average. Do you see? The joke being that with only [b]half[/b] the number of eyes, he'd only be able to see [b]half[/b] as much. Therefore, bad things would only look [b]"half as bad"[/b]. Do you understand now I've explained it to you?
So yes, it obviously did go over your head. But I'm sure, with my help and a bit of effort on your part, we can get that brain of yours working just enough for you to understand some of these posts.
Ahhhh I see ................... you were mocking the disabled !
Ho ho ho ............ yes, very very amusing 😀
Well done !
Again Ernest, it was what's known as a joke
I love a good joke me, I'll hold your coat Ernie!
well, I'll be voting tory because
1) fed-up with the jocks running my country
2) wont vote for the greens 'cos who wants a person who wears hessian underpants running the country
3) be buggered if i'll vote for the liberals
2) wont vote for the greens 'cos who wants a person who wears hessian underpants running the country
3) be buggered if i'll vote for the liberals
Careful TMB, any minute now the village idiot will amble into view and accuse you of discriminating against hessian underpant wearers and accusing all liberals of being sodomites.
Ahhhh I see ................... you were mocking the disabled !
Ernest, pray tell, where am I "mocking the disabled"? I have to confess, you're starting to intrigue me - I've never come across anyone with such a creative attitude to interpreting written statements. You really are quite singular.
Ernest, pray tell .................. You really are quite singular.
You are Sherlock Holmes and I am [i]definitely[/i] claiming my £5 !
Oh, there he is. That's another shining example of me successfully predicting an event but failing to predict exactly how or when it would happen.
On that note gentlemen, may I bid you all a good weekend, I'm off to 221b Baker Street to smoke my pipe.
What a peculiar person. I wonder whether he'll stay long. 🙂