Legion World Forums LEGION COMPANION Spaceopoly Kill This Thread XVIII - The Debutante Death

I used to have to wear a plastic raincoat and rain boots when it rained because the streets would flood

My first lunchbox was shaped like a school bus and had the Disney character in the window of the bus.

I can't remember what my first lunchbox looked like.

Yours is cute.

"Is it as cunning as a fox what used to be Professor of Cunning at Oxford University but has moved on and is now working for the U.N. at the High Commission of International Cunning Planning?"

I am a cunning linguist

now, how does the next line go...

We don't do lines here.

I guess this isn't England, then. No queues.

You've got to mind your Ps and Qs.

And Rs and Ss and Ts...

I was going to say that they wouldn't have bothered publicans as much, but they're a good indication of slurring speech by customers who have had too much.

I read that as pelicans

It would be true to say that it wouldn't have bothered pelicans either. It would have perturbed pelican publicans even less.

Poor pelicans

Pelican publicans would be poor if they are tied to large breweries and pub chains. It pretty much removes their profit margins. The usual coin operated political foot dragging hasn't done them any favours either.

Politicians. I agree with much of what Gates has said about them.

While I was making tea this morning, I listened to two members of parliament talk answer questions about the missile attacks against Syria. Whether or not it's something you agree with, neither person provided a view that would stand up to the slightest bit of scrutiny. It was feeble from both sides. The quality bar is pretty low, but they must have been briefed before going on. Which says a lot about the mess both parties must be in. That neither were taken to task for it, says a lot about the BBC too unfortunately.

That’s kind of sad. But then, I stopped reading comments on Facebook and Yahoo because they lowered the bar too much.

I was pleased to hear that one of the mods for a local news org was moving on. A lot of his opinions I found... uh, questionable. They also made him mod of their online service, and he was very, very free about pruning comments. It looked like he'd just remove any comment with an opinion that contradicted his, even when it wasn't abusive or spammy.

Yeah, I feel you, cleome. I mean, free speech and all, but that also means am free not to listen to opinions I dislike!

I don't mind opinions I don't like, as long as its part of a decent conversation. It can be a really good way of challenging my views.

True as well. A lot depends on the presentation... in my opinion

Opinions are like a certain part of the anatomy. Everyone has one.

The word "opinion" originally meant a reasoned judgment based on evidence. Along with many words in the vicinity, it has become watered down in contemporary culture to where it tends to mean anything someone happens to believe, whether it's a reasoned judgment or not.

Kind of like the word "moot".