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Government retreats on digital 'Big Brother' plans. Almost a score of Lib Dems not particularly happy and threatening rebellion over the issue.

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I would experiment with different food and drink until you find the right combination to turn your body into a noxious fart machine. A combination of brown ale, steamed vegetables and sweetcorn pretty much creates biohazard conditions in Chez Pap.

Dunno. I still see plenty of evidence of variation where I am. Scouse accents, obviously. Those over the water are different ( mostly softer scouse, like Nige ). Then you travel 10-15 miles in any direction, and you get stuff like St Helens, Wigan. Manc is only 30 miles away, and that has a completely different accent. Remember meeting some scouse-ish people abroad once and correctly placed them in Neston

No probs. Put a tweet out to @officialsaints and @jordansibley too. Would like to see it confirmed in writing.

Right. Just been on the phone with the ticket office and they confirmed that they will be open from 9am on Saturday to 'just before the game'. I mentioned the conflicting advice on the Internet, and was told that it was incorrect.

Ticket office said that on the day collection is possible when we ordered yesterday.

Heh, you fishing little fecker, Hatch!

True, but you'd probably love and leave her if say, a lady with an Edinburgh accent was alongside her.

Ah, c'mon - there is no right accent - no matter what people would have you believe. I mean, people use the term Queen's English, but how many people actually speak like the Queen? Having regional newsreaders is a good thing, a reinforcement of the country's diversity. Would rather have that than a plummy newsreader who sounds like no-one.

I was further at the back and didn't see a great deal Probably for the best, what with the football and red gimp suits. I didn't actually see any of the latter. Pulp Fiction gimp suits?

Fully paid up again, me ol' mucker? Kept an eye out for you at Blackpool, but alas, no Nazis wearing foam hands.

Ms pap's family moved to the Wigan area about 15 years ago. Apart from her mum and dad, all of them now have Wigan accents. Talk about a downgrade. I mean, you can say what you like about the scouse accent, but at least they still consider the definite article to be important. "Going down pub" = super pap grrr!

Accents are situational, in my opinion. I've lived up in Liverpool for years, and although I haven't really gone scouse, I don't normally speak in my Hampshire accent either. I have also heard myself "scousing it up" when getting taxis - but largely to be understood - and nothing like the typical scouse accent - more of a lift at the end of a sentence which mirrors their pattern of speech. Most people will double take when they hear an accent they don't expect to hear, even if it's Received Pronunciation. Southampton accent comes back the moment I'm around Sotonians. Mate is staying up here this week, so rocking the accent once more . Same thing happens when I travel down to Southampton. I used to work with a girl from Portsmouth, and she could tell when I'd been down south for the weekend. Ms pap is mostly scouse, but she picked up a few Southernisms in the time we spent in the South. She says "water" like a proper southerner. Pretty much everyone on here would describe my kids as scouse, yet their contemporaries call them "posh" ( I know, it's a laugh ) on account of the inflection they've picked up from me. If I had to say what killed my accent for everyday use, it'd be work, Uni and a perceived need to sound professional in those circumstances. Do love it when it comes back though.

TED Talk 2023: Man, this looks so good.

You can blame Lee. If you dare.

Ah, North Stand Chat. I remember that. Used to visit it when Brighton were, y'know, relevant (ah, feck it - if they're going to call us arrogant - may as well have a pop!)

Well, if he's going to be sacked - I'm now of the opinion that it should happen now. Always been worried about Mr Adkins love for Liverpool FC. He'll be considerably more visible if and when we attain Prem status. Right now, I get the impression that Adkins wouldn't be a big enough "name" for them.

Ten facts to put Liverpool's dismal league season into perspective. Arf!

We managed to get three tickets in Itchen this morning.

Is anyone really surprised? We have all the apparatus for a police state in place. CCTV, communications surveillance, detention without trial. How do we know that such powers are being used responsibly, especially when powers that have been raised for similar outcomes (prevention of terrorism) have been wilfully abused by the authorities? What about the access it would confer to journalists who have an "in" with the police? Potential for blackmail? The present law is enough, in my opinion.

I was at the game, and yes - it was disappointing. However, it's one game - and I don't believe that the team has suddenly become permanently crap overnight. Everyone has a bad day at the office, footballers included. I'd love to tell you that my career has been an unbroken run of success, with each day better than the last. Sometimes that doesn't happen, and the correct thing to do in that circumstance is to analyse wtf went wrong and try and put it right the next time out. I saw our team getting beaten 3-0 at Bloomfield Road in a fairly woeful display and cheered my heart out for them. Why? Well first, I knew that the performance didn't reflect the normal high standards of the team. Also, we were sitting top of the league with 2pts to spare in the title race and 6pts above 3rd place. We're not in that position because we're crap, so forgive me if I don't boo the team, and understand that I'm not going to be buying any plastic bedding for any Saints-related nocturnal micturations. We are going up as champions.

The Telegraph has rounded up the juiciest April Fool's stories:- http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/9178949/April-Fools-Day-todays-best-stories.html Ryder is of course, among them

Hmm, my spider-sense is tingling. The Observer are making the delicious claim that the Government has appointed Shaun Ryder as class advisor, yet I am keenly aware of the present date and the suspicious fact that this news hasn't made any other sources. Probably worth discussing more if and when this turns out to be true or bolox.

Big mistake. The last season of Breaking Bad was amazing, building on everything that was established over the previous three seasons. No spoilers from me, but I'm a huge fan of the Wire and by the end of S4 of Breaking Bad, felt I'd found something that was 'as good' as that amazing show, better in some departments.