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Clearly I annoy and anger most of you. There is really no point me hanging around, I have a girlfriend to verbally abuse me, Is that not punishment enough?

Identity solved, Phil has revealed himself as Calum.

― aldo_cowpat (aldo_cowpat), Thursday, 28 July 2005 13:05 (twenty years ago)

i too am relieved that it wasn't gerbil abuse

― ken c (ken c), Thursday, 28 July 2005 13:06 (twenty years ago)

We only have one more day of Chair-Share bliss, Raston.

I don't think anything is happening at Euston.

― PJ Miller (PJ Miller 68), Thursday, 28 July 2005 13:06 (twenty years ago)

the reality of bunglers is scarier than the comfort blanket of secret order

this isn't very funny, but i googled now so:

http://www.tellytunes.com/wallpapers/rainbow_bungle_800.jpg

― N_RQ, Thursday, 28 July 2005 13:08 (twenty years ago)

I don't think I was ever aggressive was I?

And I'm just trying to wind anyone up. Like I said, I saw a lot of hits coming from this place and wanted to check it out, saw some people misrepresenting me so wanted to state my case.

Conspiracy theories, the real ones, do tend to be dull, fantasy-the reality we generally live in- is fun. Personally I like to know what is going on and don't like being taken for an idiot or lied to.

Still when I'm not all serious and dull i'm a damn funny dude with the looks of bond and starry eyed girls trying to get me into bed. You probably didn't need to know that did you? If you didn't hate me before .............

― Phil Howe, Thursday, 28 July 2005 13:08 (twenty years ago)

http://www.starstore.com/acatalog/SW_chewbacca_statue_L.jpg

(CEO of company responsible for the creation, up-keep and evolution of the internet and all future communication and technologies ever)

― mark s (mark s), Thursday, 28 July 2005 13:09 (twenty years ago)

The Reality of Bunglers

At last, I have a title for my magic realist novel set on the night bus from George Square to Paisley Cross

― Dadaismus (Dada), Thursday, 28 July 2005 13:11 (twenty years ago)

oh it's only calum. fair enough. it's always a pleasure to have the great man here to cheer us up in times of trouble!

― Marcello Carlin (nostudium), Thursday, 28 July 2005 13:12 (twenty years ago)

some conspiracy theories are true. some 'truths' are true
some conspiracy theories are false. some 'truths' are false

we have to come to our theories about which ones are which.

― charltonlido (gareth), Thursday, 28 July 2005 13:13 (twenty years ago)

yet again mark s feks up my post with a failed image grrr!

anyway, it's good to know it's only calum. always a pleasure to have the company of the great man to cheer us up in times of turbulence!

― Marcello Carlin (nostudium), Thursday, 28 July 2005 13:14 (twenty years ago)

phil you weren't aggressive at all, or trolling really

momus is an aesthetic imagineer -- his theories and insights are not intended to bear down on mere reality here and now

― mark s (mark s), Thursday, 28 July 2005 13:16 (twenty years ago)

phil whatever you do don't tell your girlfriend about the bond girls! she's going to give you more than just verbal abuse.

― ken c (ken c), Thursday, 28 July 2005 13:16 (twenty years ago)

Ahem, if I may change the subject, I find it very interesting that a certain Cherie Booth writes in today's Guardian warning that the government may try to use the current bomb wave to restrict civil liberties:

"Nowhere has the importance of independent judges policing a constitution of principle become clearer than in the context of the threat and reality of terrorism. I say this in the month that London experienced a series of bomb blasts, killing and maiming many innocent civilians. Nothing I say here makes light of these horrific acts of violence, or of the responsibility imposed on governments to keep the public safe, or of the dangerous task performed by the police and intelligence services. At the same time, it is all too easy to respond in a way that undermines commitment to our most deeply held values and convictions and cheapens our right to call ourselves a civilised nation.

[...]

"Sometimes democracy must fight with one hand tied behind its back. None the less, it has the upper hand. Preserving the rule of law and recognition of individual liberties constitutes an important component of its understanding of security. At the end of the day, this strengthens its spirit, and this strength allows it to overcome its difficulties."

Since Cherie Booth is none other than Tony Blair's wife, the big question today has to be not "What's going on at Euston?" but "What's going on in Tony Blair's bedroom?"

― Momus (Momus), Thursday, 28 July 2005 13:16 (twenty years ago)

... or what's NOT going on

― Dadaismus (Dada), Thursday, 28 July 2005 13:18 (twenty years ago)

seems the coupley verbal abuse is spreading. perhaps it is MI5

― charltonlido (gareth), Thursday, 28 July 2005 13:19 (twenty years ago)

tony and cherie: it's like 'mr and mrs smith'.

― N_RQ, Thursday, 28 July 2005 13:20 (twenty years ago)

i don't want to consider the aesthetics of tony and cherie shagging.

― ken c (ken c), Thursday, 28 July 2005 13:20 (twenty years ago)

... difficult times call for difficult measures

― Dadaismus (Dada), Thursday, 28 July 2005 13:22 (twenty years ago)

What's going on in Bungle's bedroom?

― Sociah T Azzahole (blueski), Thursday, 28 July 2005 13:22 (twenty years ago)

http://www.bbc.co.uk/cymru/cyfoes/wythnosofeddwl/images/tony-cherie.jpg

― Onimo (GerryNemo), Thursday, 28 July 2005 13:25 (twenty years ago)

Cherie Booth for PM, I say! (And no jokes about "it's just PMT", you wretched sexists.)

― Momus (Momus), Thursday, 28 July 2005 13:25 (twenty years ago)

She should join Respect

― Dadaismus (Dada), Thursday, 28 July 2005 13:27 (twenty years ago)

momus is on the rag.

― N_RQ, Thursday, 28 July 2005 13:34 (twenty years ago)

Momus is just on, period.

― Sociah T Azzahole (blueski), Thursday, 28 July 2005 13:37 (twenty years ago)

Has anybody here ever seen the secret and unbroadcast, x-rated version of Rainbow?

http://www.keenaschips.co.uk/index.php?page=articles/misc_rainbow

― Phil Howe, Thursday, 28 July 2005 14:04 (twenty years ago)

So it is Sir Ian Blair inside that Bungle suit after all

― Dadaismus (Dada), Thursday, 28 July 2005 14:05 (twenty years ago)

the bombers lived in a block of flats called BLAIR HOUSE. i think.

― N_RQ, Thursday, 28 July 2005 14:07 (twenty years ago)

I heard they were all lizards in suits.

― Jarlr'mai (jarlrmai), Thursday, 28 July 2005 14:09 (twenty years ago)

"Errrrrrrr, excuse me, madam, have you see any 12 foot lizards in the vicinity lately?"

― Dadaismus (Dada), Thursday, 28 July 2005 14:09 (twenty years ago)

Ha ha XPOST!

― Dadaismus (Dada), Thursday, 28 July 2005 14:10 (twenty years ago)

aha from the guyardian:

"Meanwhile, armed officers remained at Blair House in Stockwell, where three women were arrested last night on suspicion of harbouring offenders. The building was cordoned off."

― N_RQ, Thursday, 28 July 2005 14:18 (twenty years ago)

Euston was evacuated at about 2pm-ish.

― suzy (suzy), Thursday, 28 July 2005 14:59 (twenty years ago)

kings cross about 620ish, train got held in station, with no explanation for a minute or two, then the tannoy said "ladies" and cut out, then the driver said we were being held but he didnt have any information. for the first time since the bombs i REALLY felt the tension, everyone was looking around and wondering what to do, could see fear in a way i hadnt really seen yet. felt like if one person panicked and got off, everyone would

i wonder about peaktime evacuations, especially of stations with multiple lines,

― charltonlido (gareth), Thursday, 28 July 2005 16:57 (twenty years ago)

I think all those policemen must have the day off today, hardly saw a single bobby on the way to work.

Oh well.

― PJ Miller (PJ Miller 68), Friday, 29 July 2005 07:10 (twenty years ago)

police stopped my bus just south of mornington cres, they closed down hampstead road.

― N_RQ, Friday, 29 July 2005 07:39 (twenty years ago)

What happened in Brixton last night? Just a suspect package?

― Masonic Boom (kate), Friday, 29 July 2005 07:42 (twenty years ago)

If you scroll down here, you will find a link to watch Questions of Security, a kind of Question Time special about the bombings and surrounding issues, should you be interested and were out of reach of a television last night:

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/4726485.stm

― PJ Miller (PJ Miller 68), Friday, 29 July 2005 10:51 (twenty years ago)

Shami Chakrabati was very impressive on that, I thought.

― Cathy (Cathy), Friday, 29 July 2005 11:15 (twenty years ago)

Is anyone watching Sky news, they have a resident on the phone in a flat where police are attempting to get a man to leave a flat, all live.

Surely she's putting them at risk, as she's dictating the movements of the armed police officers.

― Jarlr'mai (jarlrmai), Friday, 29 July 2005 11:23 (twenty years ago)

I was wondering about that.

― Ed (dali), Friday, 29 July 2005 11:25 (twenty years ago)

Agreed - she was excellent. As was Zaki Badawi, I thought.

x-post: wuh!?

― NickB (NickB), Friday, 29 July 2005 11:25 (twenty years ago)

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/4727975.stm

― beanz (beanz), Friday, 29 July 2005 11:25 (twenty years ago)

What do you mean by dictating?

― Alba (Alba), Friday, 29 July 2005 11:26 (twenty years ago)

sorry I meant relaying

― Jarlr'mai (jarlrmai), Friday, 29 July 2005 11:27 (twenty years ago)

reporting every move that she can see. Maybe terrorists don't have sky?

― Ed (dali), Friday, 29 July 2005 11:28 (twenty years ago)

hampstead road had a bit of a road block yesterday morning, but it was actually a traffic accident. it's weird how it seems odd now to see roads blocked off for non-bomb-alert things.

― ken c (ken c), Friday, 29 July 2005 11:30 (twenty years ago)

"Take your clothes off. Exit the building. Do you understand?"

― James Mitchell (James Mitchell), Friday, 29 July 2005 11:35 (twenty years ago)

The lyrics to the new R Kelly single have leaked?

― Sociah T Azzahole (blueski), Friday, 29 July 2005 11:47 (twenty years ago)

They were all quite impressive, on that. But I felt a bit short-changed when Sir Ian Blair started repeating himself word for word.

― PJ Miller (PJ Miller 68), Friday, 29 July 2005 12:21 (twenty years ago)

looks like they have caught two more of the bombers from last thurs.

― N_RQ, Friday, 29 July 2005 13:28 (twenty years ago)

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