Holmes_and_Watson

I read it as him enabling some fundamentalist End Times scenario, so they get their their ideological payoff and Donald is the last president anyone gets. It's got that foreboding tone to it. In contrast, the idea to get an idea of the number of church goers and just add them to Trump's vote count, to save them having to vote, seems perfectly sane and a massive time saver. 🙂

Just think of the time lost to clean your slate, chalk a message, summon the messenger boy and send him out into the smog choked metropolis to deliver it! And don't talk to me about staying late to make up for it. That office candle is snuffed out at 5:30 sharp! Tune in next week when SOG's messenger boy is intercepted by his arch nemesis, Jacob Rees-Mogg!

It's partly the avatar, partly the tone and partly revelations about his career. http://jedisparadise.com/2/index_htm_files/15778.jpg But I always read sog's posts as if he were a failed Hong Kong Phooey. A crusading champion of justice...if only he weren't trapped in a disused filing cabinet, doing a paper clip audit. Edit: Work is increasingly intensive and focused. Where there are natural breaks, staff make full use of it to recharge, have the work/life balance that technology gives them, before getting on with the day.

Bag

Squid

Hmmm. Looks like an old photo of the lesser seen David Hirst to me.

Well, the other cat had an arse that looked just like Iain Dowie, and I saw that cat first. 🙂

News saying 2 dead children, another 6 critical and 2 adults in critical condition too.

Fountain

Never mind the coincidence about the photo. How did you know about my gran's cat? 🙂

Fixed that. Southampton calls to you. You don't get to pick your club. Across oceans and continents, it's siren call captures your heart and you will forever follow the Saints. Anyway, the support group is every second Tuesday. Bring some biscuits. And we'll pop up the helpline number in a bit. 🙂

Oh, come on. Give him some credit. He's hardly going to divulge lots of gossip on the back of the first bit of pester... Never mind... 🙂

The Easter Bunny is very real. But not linked as a signing in the this thread, and certainly not in the CoT one, which runs to a different standard.

Innovative, and improving the quality of life for many. Nice to read about the state of our nation, that's not hand wringing moaning. When people ask me where I get my news, I shall now say "in trousers!".... actually, maybe not...

Awkward choice of protest day.

Interest

Maker

Please don't interrupt me taking the knee in front of my fridge. 🙂

Entirely possible. Beside all the bonuses for not putting in a request and being with the club for set lengths of time, he may well be looking for some/most/all of a wage packet taken care of as well. All of which means it will drag out a bit.

Clearly lots going on behind the scenes, but reassuring the manager looking to replace the first team gaps - Che, Stu, Fraser and Brooks. On Fraser, he wants to go. Newcastle want him to go. The relationship between player and manager/club can't be great if he's training with Ue1s. Could be Newcastle haven't had their valuation met. They are waiting for us to improve it, or for Fraser to put in a transfer request to remove a number of bonuses.

I'm not sure I'm old enough to watch that on Match of the Day.

Nice to see, not only the purpose of the Circle of Trust again for new joiners, but a recommitment to it's goals, after some more acrimonious posting against it.

House

Pretty much covered above. "Danger Will Robinson!" Enough concerns to stay away. I've seen plenty of folk who try to convince themselves it will be all right, in the face of multiple red flags. I'd be looking elsewhere.