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That's fair To speak seriously to the OP, and go for something I would approve of, how about Cunard? Classy historic brand with a long association with the city. Prawn sandwich sales could rocket.

How's Aunt Sally, Wurzel?

Twenty.

Your opinion has been noted and will be given all the respect due to someone who had to abandon a username because of all the sh!te associated with it.

Nope, it's about the right move at the right time. London is a place to go to when you're working, not struggling for cash as a student. It'd actually be fine as a Uni destination. Nothing like the rest of the South. Just better to earn there than learn there. Christ, you really do have no real world experience, do you?

Actually, probs would. Parents and students alike baulk at Uni fees here, but for a maximum of 9K UKP p.a., your kid can go to Oxford or Cambridge if they are bright enough. Massachusetts Institute of Technology is about forty grand (UKP) a year. Big diff.

She loves London, and will be heading there post-graduation. I've no problem with that.

Turks, I've got a weird situation. I am quarter Pakistani. I can see where this thread is going. Do I chop one of my limbs off and send it back to Karachi?

For that reason, I'm out.

When people ask ms pap and I if we're having any more kids, my stock reply is "she's not. I might".

Yeah, alright matey. I was very careful to qualify my comments. The vast majority of my best mates are southerners as well. I secretly hate them.

Nah, but the same themes apply. You're saying that someone is something, normally quite negative, because they're from a certain place. Put it this way. Eldest daughter is super bright and off to a Russell Group university. She's not going down South, simply because of the way I've seen ignorant southerners treat her mother. (Note, not all southerners - I stress, just the ignorant ones). I've been more of a crim than ms pap will ever be. She's a LOT nicer than I am, yet she gets the sh!te. Something not quite right there.

It's simple. To profit from health you need sick people. Big pharma charges huge prices for their wares and actively litigates against countries that try to produce clone variants. Profit margin before human life. It's repellent.

You had a vasectomy on SaintsWeb? Good work, mods. I didn't realise that was bundled in with the fiver. Super value.

Need to read thread before posting. Daymn!

We have a possible full kit w4nker situation. Repeat. Possible full kit w4nker situation.

Possibly hypo. I try to let most of it slide, but it veers on racism at times.

The doctors and nurses argument is interesting. Under the NHS, I'd argue most definitely not. I know doctors make a fair old whack, but permanent nurses aren't exactly raking in the cash. Over in the US, there is a lot of that, and the cost of healthcare varies massively, so yep - I think you have a point when you say that doctors and nurses make a living from suffering. For many though, it's a vocation that provides genuine satisfaction, largely on account of them making people better. Are Wonga making people's lives better, or less miserable? I talked about exhausting options earlier. Basically, you have to be in the sh!t to go to Wonga. It means you've no credit, no friends or family to help tide you over - nowhere else to turn, basically. I can't wish them good luck. I hope the f**kers crash and burn. I'm amazed that there has not been more of a furore over their association with Newcastle United.

They're just an evolution of firms that used to prey on council estates back in the 80s/90s, profiting from hardship. I run a firm myself - it can be a right pain in the arse chasing people for money. However, there is usually money somewhere I can use, even if I have to raid the tax account temporarily. Even without that, banks are pretty cool about this sort of thing. If you have to go to Wonga for a bridging loan that means you've exhausted all other options, and for that to be the case, you have to have severely mismanaged your finances or happen to be unfortunate enough to work in an area of where supply outstrips demand (e.g. Skilled construction labour just after the housing crash). Either way, Wonga are profiteering from a miserable situation.

The bloke has mental health issues, IMHO. He saw it as a genius money-making scheme. Wonga will take him to the cleaners over it. It should never have been available to him in the first place.

Yeah, I completely care about it. I turned down a pretty well-paid job because they handled clients who offered loans at 78% (my potential boss said "believe it or not, some people will pay it"). Wonga et al make that crowd look like the friendly local credit union. It's unbridled usury yet as you say, is completely legal. The problem is that there are some very stupid people out there. Example. Bloke in my digs borrowed £300 from Wonga and lost it on an accumulator. Lost it in the first match when Northern Ireland accidentally beat Russia. This bloke has no job. They'll literally lend to anyone because of their interest rates. Disgusting practice, and if Saints ever took on a payday loan company as sponsor, they should enjoy the money, because they wouldn't get another penny from me.

Been watching a bit of this over the last month. Great game ruined by commercials.

Holy accord, Batman. I think we're in agreement! I have to absorb quips on either my southernness or my Englishness. Water off a duck's back. I choose to go to these places.

Racialist (sic) hand-grenade ahoy! Adrian Chiles has had to apologise after making potentially offensive remarks about the Polish. http://www.theguardian.com/football/2013/oct/12/adrian-chiles-twitter-poland-fans Lee Dixon said that the Polish would be "crying at the end" of the crucial World Cup qualifier. Chiles responded with "hope they're not too upset, I'm looking to get some building work done" Have at it.

What is all this buttock level training MS speaks of?