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Post by Baron von Lotsov on Oct 20, 2022 14:43:15 GMT
Whatever the level of Kwarteng's skills are in Economics it is unforgivable that, given his position as Chancellor, he failed to understand the impact his policies would have on the markets. Surely he has enough contacts in the City he could have run his ideas past to gauge what the reaction would be. No, Kwarteng failed to understand that he had no power at all unless sancitioned by the oligarchs. Truss accepts this or is a dead woman walking. Welcome to liberal democracy. Hi - welcome to the forum. |
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Post by colbops on Oct 20, 2022 21:07:59 GMT
Who do you think I was referring to by "contacts in the City"? People you have touched in exchange for money in the dark back passages of Soho, illuminated by only by the crimson glow from the windows nearby |
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Post by petenz on Oct 20, 2022 21:58:13 GMT
Who do you think I was referring to by "contacts in the City"? People you have touched in exchange for money in the dark back passages of Soho, illuminated by only by the crimson glow from the windows nearby Oh dear! You know, when I first started reading your posts I thought it might come to this. I don't usually indulge in personal insults but I'm prepared to make an exception in your case. Let me see. What I need is to describe you in two words, one word from the top of the tree and one from the roots. I keep all the good words in a trunk in the attic, so follow me. OK. Where's the light switch? Ah yes, now mind your head on the rafters. (Good heavens! So that's where I put the garden roller. Well, well.) Right. Here's the trunk where I keep the top notch words. Shade your eyes, it can be quite bright when I open the lid. Oh, and you might hear some heavenly music. Wow! Look at that lot! It'll have to be a lucky dip. How about this one? Ah yes, that will do nicely. Now we need to go down to the basement for the second word. OK. Careful on the steps it's a bit grimy down here. Just look at all those words scattered around on the floor! What about this one? Good grief! I can't use that! That's a red card from the mods if ever I saw one. I'll grab one from that pile in the corner. What's this? It looks Greek to me. How silly, I'm holding it upside down. Ah yes! Perfect! Now let's put the two together and see what we've got. Wonderful! Nailed you perfectly! You are an Ultracrepidarian Gobshite. |
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Post by colbops on Oct 20, 2022 22:48:11 GMT
People you have touched in exchange for money in the dark back passages of Soho, illuminated by only by the crimson glow from the windows nearby Oh dear! You know, when I first started reading your posts I thought it might come to this. I don't usually indulge in personal insults but I'm prepared to make an exception in your case. Let me see. What I need is to describe you in two words, one word from the top of the tree and one from the roots. I keep all the good words in a trunk in the attic, so follow me. OK. Where's the light switch? Ah yes, now mind your head on the rafters. (Good heavens! So that's where I put the garden roller. Well, well.) Right. Here's the trunk where I keep the top notch words. Shade your eyes, it can be quite bright when I open the lid. Oh, and you might hear some heavenly music. Wow! Look at that lot! It'll have to be a lucky dip. How about this one? Ah yes, that will do nicely. Now we need to go down to the basement for the second word. OK. Careful on the steps it's a bit grimy down here. Just look at all those words scattered around on the floor! What about this one? Good grief! I can't use that! That's a red card from the mods if ever I saw one. I'll grab one from that pile in the corner. What's this? It looks Greek to me. How silly, I'm holding it upside down. Ah yes! Perfect! Now let's put the two together and see what we've got. Wonderful! Nailed you perfectly! You are an Ultracrepidarian Gobshite. That's a work of art, and I nominate ultracrepidarian as the word of the day. Even though you either don't know what it means or you don't know the Baron well enough to realise that should be his username. |
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Post by petenz on Oct 21, 2022 0:40:11 GMT
Oh dear! You know, when I first started reading your posts I thought it might come to this. I don't usually indulge in personal insults but I'm prepared to make an exception in your case. Let me see. What I need is to describe you in two words, one word from the top of the tree and one from the roots. I keep all the good words in a trunk in the attic, so follow me. OK. Where's the light switch? Ah yes, now mind your head on the rafters. (Good heavens! So that's where I put the garden roller. Well, well.) Right. Here's the trunk where I keep the top notch words. Shade your eyes, it can be quite bright when I open the lid. Oh, and you might hear some heavenly music. Wow! Look at that lot! It'll have to be a lucky dip. How about this one? Ah yes, that will do nicely. Now we need to go down to the basement for the second word. OK. Careful on the steps it's a bit grimy down here. Just look at all those words scattered around on the floor! What about this one? Good grief! I can't use that! That's a red card from the mods if ever I saw one. I'll grab one from that pile in the corner. What's this? It looks Greek to me. How silly, I'm holding it upside down. Ah yes! Perfect! Now let's put the two together and see what we've got. Wonderful! Nailed you perfectly! You are an Ultracrepidarian Gobshite. That's a work of art, and I nominate ultracrepidarian as the word of the day. Even though you either don't know what it means or you don't know the Baron well enough to realise that should be his username. Oh I know what it means all right and no doubt you do too now you've had a chance to look it up. Why you are referencing the Baron is a mystery to me. He has nothing to do with my original post. You obviously don't know when to call it quits and pull your neck in. I suggest you ignore any of my future posts just as I intend to ignore yours which add nothing to any discussion. |
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Post by Deleted on Oct 21, 2022 4:52:31 GMT
People you have touched in exchange for money in the dark back passages of Soho, illuminated by only by the crimson glow from the windows nearby Oh dear! You know, when I first started reading your posts I thought it might come to this. I don't usually indulge in personal insults but I'm prepared to make an exception in your case. Let me see. What I need is to describe you in two words, one word from the top of the tree and one from the roots. I keep all the good words in a trunk in the attic, so follow me. OK. Where's the light switch? Ah yes, now mind your head on the rafters. (Good heavens! So that's where I put the garden roller. Well, well.) Right. Here's the trunk where I keep the top notch words. Shade your eyes, it can be quite bright when I open the lid. Oh, and you might hear some heavenly music. Wow! Look at that lot! It'll have to be a lucky dip. How about this one? Ah yes, that will do nicely. Now we need to go down to the basement for the second word. OK. Careful on the steps it's a bit grimy down here. Just look at all those words scattered around on the floor! What about this one? Good grief! I can't use that! That's a red card from the mods if ever I saw one. I'll grab one from that pile in the corner. What's this? It looks Greek to me. How silly, I'm holding it upside down. Ah yes! Perfect! Now let's put the two together and see what we've got. Wonderful! Nailed you perfectly! You are an Ultracrepidarian Gobshite. That was marvellous, petenz. Are you writer by any chance? It was in the same elevated realm as many of Red's anecdotes. He's a good writer too, but too lazy to do anything about it. |
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Post by petenz on Oct 21, 2022 10:21:46 GMT
That was marvellous, petenz. Are you writer by any chance? It was in the same elevated realm as many of Red's anecdotes. He's a good writer too, but too lazy to do anything about it. [/quote] Thank you vanna. Yes I do write but only very occasionally now. At one time I contributed regularly to local monthly periodicals but they are rapidly disappearing with the rise of on-line publishing. Editors are now demanding more frequent contributions which reduces the time I can spend on my other interests and, frankly, I no longer have the drive I once had. My style is/was to treat a subject in a whimsical fashion while presenting the core issues (usually social) that I am commenting on. My reasoning being that readers will spend time on a piece that is both entertaining/amusing and hopefully absorb the opinions being made rather than having to wrestle their way through something dry. |
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Post by Deleted on Oct 21, 2022 12:20:12 GMT
Good for you!
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Post by Montegriffo on Oct 22, 2022 19:48:53 GMT
Oh dear! You know, when I first started reading your posts I thought it might come to this. I don't usually indulge in personal insults but I'm prepared to make an exception in your case. Let me see. What I need is to describe you in two words, one word from the top of the tree and one from the roots. I keep all the good words in a trunk in the attic, so follow me. OK. Where's the light switch? Ah yes, now mind your head on the rafters. (Good heavens! So that's where I put the garden roller. Well, well.) Right. Here's the trunk where I keep the top notch words. Shade your eyes, it can be quite bright when I open the lid. Oh, and you might hear some heavenly music. Wow! Look at that lot! It'll have to be a lucky dip. How about this one? Ah yes, that will do nicely. Now we need to go down to the basement for the second word. OK. Careful on the steps it's a bit grimy down here. Just look at all those words scattered around on the floor! What about this one? Good grief! I can't use that! That's a red card from the mods if ever I saw one. I'll grab one from that pile in the corner. What's this? It looks Greek to me. How silly, I'm holding it upside down. Ah yes! Perfect! Now let's put the two together and see what we've got. Wonderful! Nailed you perfectly! You are an Ultracrepidarian Gobshite. That's a work of art, and I nominate ultracrepidarian as the word of the day. Even though you either don't know what it means or you don't know the Baron well enough to realise that should be his username. Man, you got burned bad. Do you need some aloe vera? |
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Post by colbops on Oct 22, 2022 19:59:07 GMT
That's a work of art, and I nominate ultracrepidarian as the word of the day. Even though you either don't know what it means or you don't know the Baron well enough to realise that should be his username. Man, you got burned bad. Do you need some aloe vera? It was a little clumsy but it made me chuckle a little. I'm not sure what I did to earn pretenders' wrath though. I can't say I've even heard of him or clocked any of his posts. I've I've interacted with him before now I can only surmise it fell into the 'unmemorable' bucket. |
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Post by Montegriffo on Oct 22, 2022 20:15:34 GMT
Man, you got burned bad. Do you need some aloe vera? It was a little clumsy but it made me chuckle a little. I'm not sure what I did to earn pretenders' wrath though. I can't say I've even heard of him or clocked any of his posts. I've I've interacted with him before now I can only surmise it fell into the 'unmemorable' bucket. I mean, you did accuse him of turning tricks in dark alleys, Maybe it was that? Besides, any burn that you have to look up in a dictionary to understand is on a different level.  |
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Post by colbops on Oct 22, 2022 20:37:55 GMT
I mean, you did accuse him of turning tricks in dark alleys, Maybe it was that? haha maybe, though I wasn't accusing him. He said Kwarteng had contacts in the city, and then subsequently asked what whoever thought he meant by that. So, where I was going with it was implying the assumption would be Kwarteng's contacts in the city were hookers in Soho. Some things land, some things don't, ce la vie |
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Post by Baron von Lotsov on Oct 23, 2022 13:14:23 GMT
That's a work of art, and I nominate ultracrepidarian as the word of the day. Even though you either don't know what it means or you don't know the Baron well enough to realise that should be his username. Fuck off. |
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