Posie putting her money where her mouth is. Lets do this.

[Fallingirl]

Posie is planning to re-build the women’s sector, starting with crowd funding for a women-only refuge.

Re glue. It was cheap. That's why older children and teens did it. It was very dangerous. There were loads of TV warnings etc when I was young.

Guns are very difficult to get hold of. And for various reasons not that. Kind of done.

It's more knives and old fashioned violence/ intimidation. Baseball bats maybe. That sort of thing.

Even the bloody terrorists tend to go for knives/ vehicles/ and of course bombs.

This idea that PP has s bunch of gun toting militia up her sleeve is properly massively bizarre. And silly.

This reminds me of that bit in Adrian Mole when he tried sniffing glue and got a model aeroplane stuck to his nose.

That's true - so many other threads about say Sam Smith or Eddie Izzard - would never last this long.

Posie is far tougher than either of those.

I enjoyed that bit in Adrian Mole Tinsel

'In the years before the act was commenced, Home Office statistics show that homicides involving firearms were 75 in 1993, the same in 1994, and 81 in 1995. Aside from spikes around the turn of the century, the subsequent years have all seen markedly lower gun-deaths recorded.'

'Abstract
The epidemiology of deaths from volatile
substance abuse (VSA) in those under 18
years that occurred in the UK from
1981-90 is described. The analysis of
deaths is based on a national register,
which has information obtained from a
regular survey of coroners, the Office of
Population Censuses and Surveys, and a
press clippings agency.
Altogether 605 people under 18 died from
VSA during this period. Seventy per cent of
deaths occurred between the ages of 14 and
16. The largest number of deaths were
attributed to butane gas lighter refills.
There was a large north-south gradient in
age specific mortality ratios (Scotland 180,
south east England 87) and nearly four
times as many deaths occurred in social
class V compared with social class'.

When I was a child glue was a massive problem.

Maybe people are too young to remember?

It killed a lot of teens.

This reminds me of that bit in Adrian Mole when he tried sniffing glue and got a model aeroplane stuck to his nose.

So where's pp getting these men with guns from?

Out of interest.

I remember at primary school a long time ago, a boy got Copydex glue stuck to the sleeve of his new green jumper and he was upset because his mum was going to shout at him. That was a sad glue moment.

I think we passed the threshold for 'seriousness' some time ago.

Yes indeed, quite some time ago.

From an OP on a fundraiser for a single sex service for women running in fear for their lives to the price of glue, with a pit stop on guns in toilets and added perfume memes.

I'm

When I was a child glue was a massive problem.

I remember. It was. Along with aerosols.

@NiceGerbil

So where's pp getting these men with guns from?

Out of interest.

Hollywood?

NiceGerbil it's really not a good look to try and minimise gun crime in America. And Posie was specifically addressing American men.

That was a sad glue moment.

Yet so solvable. With hot soapy water.

@NiceGerbil

So where's pp getting these men with guns from?

Out of interest.

Are there any men in toilets with guns - in the U.K. or the US - being found with tales of instructions to do so from a mother of 4 from Trowbridge?

Where's Clint Eastwood when we need him. 🤔

Just when I thought I'd found my people I realise you're all utterly bonkers

He's in the toilet.

The USA has armed police type people in schools btw.

They are in the news fairly often for really awful treatment of really young black children.

Eg

www.nytimes.com/2020/02/27/us/orlando-6-year-old-arrested.html

it's really not a good look to try and minimise gun crime in America. And Posie was specifically addressing American men

Was she offering to pay their air fare over here? I missed that. ☺️

@SpindleWhorl

I remember at primary school a long time ago, a boy got Copydex glue stuck to the sleeve of his new green jumper and he was upset because his mum was going to shout at him. That was a sad glue moment.

Did you used to paint Marvin glue on your hand in the infants, wait for it to dry and then pretend your skin was peeling off? Good times.

@OhHolyJesus

He's in the toilet.

Is Clint identifying as a laydee?

'Are there any men in toilets with guns - in the U.K. or the US - being found with tales of instructions to do so from a mother of 4 from Trowbridge?'

Never make assumptions...

But yes it's highly unlikely.

@Erikrie

it's really not a good look to try and minimise gun crime in America. And Posie was specifically addressing American men

Was she offering to pay their air fare over here? I missed that. ☺️

Probably. With the money we all received from the far, far Christian right.

Did you used to paint Marvin glue on your hand in the infants, wait for it to dry and then pretend your skin was peeling off? Good times.

YES. I did this. Good times indeed.

This thread is a total mess.