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ADs deflower male cucumbers for the Greater Good. All phallic aubergines welcome .

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BogRollBOGOF · 14/08/2020 00:27

Because bitter male cucumbers don't bring joy, but phallic aubergines can raise an irreverent smile.

AD chat continues about life, the universe and everything. We know the answer is 42 but what is the question?
6x7?
How many roads must a man walk down?
How many unsadly reincarnations have PHE put into the database?

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WouldBeGood · 19/08/2020 11:10

I thought pea soup was your Rishi’s dishy @Willow2017 😃

Commiserations to all the ADs listening to the battering rain. Reminds me of childhood holidays, sitting in the car with a bottle of strawberry Cresta looking at the dismal greyness.

Willow2017 · 19/08/2020 11:22

If i never hear Rishys Dishes again it will be too soon! 🤣🤣🤣
Roll on Sept.

Welcometothelifeboatparty · 19/08/2020 11:34

I fear I may be in trouble with HQ soon, so if I disappear you'll know why...

TheOrchidKiller · 19/08/2020 11:37

BogRollBOGOF
DominaShantotto

Just started to rain here - which is great except I'm in the middle of doing my deferred phonetics exams and the only work space in our tiny house is in the conservatory so if it doesn't stop in the next 10 minutes - doing my intonation one (I struggle like mad with intonation) is going to suck!
That'll be louder than the caravan!

Seem to remember that the hopscotch-under-the-underpass holiday was also where we had the tiniest apartment with a tin roof, which was why staying inside on a wet day was not an option!

Those wet, cramped holidays all cooped up together were merely a dress-rehearsal for now. I suppose the only positive now is that I can have insomnia in my own bed instead of on a rock-hard sofa bed!

Good luck Domina.

NowYouListenToMeFella · 19/08/2020 11:49

Morning All. Lashing rain here too. We have an orange weather warning for rain in place.

Things moving backwards over here. More restrictions on. Now we have to wear a mask if in a car with someone not from our household, sport gone back to behind closed doors, 15 people for outdoor gatherings, 6 for indoors.

You can still go to a restaurant or pub serving food or a wedding with 50 people indoors. So why we can only have 6 people who we know and know where they have been in our homes I don't know.

Telling the over 70s to be careful and restrict their movements. Nothing about the food production factories where a lot of our latest cases have come from. Oh no, fuck over the little people and key big business carry on employing people and housing then in shite conditions.

Rant over 😃

Good luck Domina.

TheOrchidKiller · 19/08/2020 12:04

@Nowyoulistentomefella
So why we can only have 6 people who we know and know where they have been in our homes I don't know.

The "experts" say its because we are more likely to hug the people we know than strangers in a restaurant, and we just can't be trusted to not do it. Hmm

Telling the over 70s to be careful bothers me too- fair enough to be careful, yes we know they may be more at risk due to age, but just keeping them inside & not interacting with others is cruel. Not everyone over 70 is decrepit. A lot of them volunteer, provide free childcare, spend money to benefit the economy, etc. The ones I know & love were making the most of life until this, & it has made them "old" through lack of social interaction & worry.

There are cases in food factories near me, which is worrying.

I am definitely worrying too much this week. Think I need to look at pictures of kittens or something, to neutralise it.

SirSamuelVimesBlackboardMonito · 19/08/2020 12:34

@Willow2017

If i never hear Rishys Dishes again it will be too soon! 🤣🤣🤣 Roll on Sept.
Spoil sport! I love saying / writing about a Rishi Dishy.
WouldBeGood · 19/08/2020 12:35

Sorry, @Willow2017 😂

Willow2017 · 19/08/2020 12:49

Spoil sport! I love saying / writing about a Rishi Dishy.

Try serving hundreds of them from 8am to 7pm every sodding day!😉

justasking111 · 19/08/2020 13:11

Anyone fancy starting a petition telling BO JO and Drakeford to keep BST this winter so that we have more daylight hours in the evening when we need it. Tell Sturgeon to take a hike, we need this.

SirSamuelVimesBlackboardMonito · 19/08/2020 13:18

Oh alright @Willow2017, I'll let you off. This time!

DominaShantotto · 19/08/2020 13:19

Well I passed the exams - with like 90% despite all the fuckwittedry of the year.

LadyOfTheImprovisedBath · 19/08/2020 13:20

Congratulations DominaShantotto.

Weneedmusicandtheatre · 19/08/2020 13:20

Great news! Well done.

LadyOfTheImprovisedBath · 19/08/2020 13:21

Or maybe well done would have been a better turn of phrase there.

WouldBeGood · 19/08/2020 13:23

@justasking111

Anyone fancy starting a petition telling BO JO and Drakeford to keep BST this winter so that we have more daylight hours in the evening when we need it. Tell Sturgeon to take a hike, we need this.
I’m in Scotland but would be really happy with this too.
Willow2017 · 19/08/2020 13:24

@SirSamuelVimesBlackboardMonito

Oh alright *@Willow2017*, I'll let you off. This time!
Thanks😄
WouldBeGood · 19/08/2020 13:24

@DominaShantotto well done! Very impressive!

SirSamuelVimesBlackboardMonito · 19/08/2020 13:32

@DominaShantotto congratulations!!

Willow2017 · 19/08/2020 13:38

Domina
Well done great result.

countrygirl99 · 19/08/2020 13:38

@DominaShantotto well done.🍾

NannyPhlegm · 19/08/2020 13:38

Telling the over 70s to be careful and restrict their movements. Nothing about the food production factories where a lot of our latest cases have come from. Oh no, fuck over the little people and key big business carry on employing people and housing then in shite conditions.

Hasn't this always been the way. Take climate change, as an example. Let's harangue regular people to use paper straws that turn to mulch and mix with your drink while big corporations continue to offload humongous quantities of pollutants. It's just easier to harass Susan next door and feel virtuous.

Don't get me wrong, I hate single use plastic. But it's the smug fuckwittery approach that riles me up.

NannyPhlegm · 19/08/2020 13:39

Well done @DominaShantotto. What a triumph!!

TheOrchidKiller · 19/08/2020 13:45

@DominaShantotto
Nice one!

RealityExistsInTheHumanMind · 19/08/2020 14:01

Well Done @DominaShantotto, aced it despite your pessimism