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My apologies erse2 - I did confuse you with erse. It was like finding your dog discussing the finer points of quantum theory.
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Bodil - throughout your ravings, you mention "we".........this is the point of the whole bloody referendum .. Who is "we" and who are "they"......the point is they (the Scots) , don't want to be "we" (the British).
Consider, and revert. |
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nevermind. carry on with your self-indulgent hoity-toity drivel
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And I'm talking about a country whose fate will be decided by 8% of it's population. Fate's a bit strong but it will cost tens of billions. Soon we'll be discussing serious money. I think we can all agree that our current crop of politicians - bar maybe a dozen - are self-serving and pretty much without merit. Federalism is fine but after the horse-trading Scotland would probably end up with less money, I suspect. Anyway, the can of worms has been opened. The Law of Unintended Consequences is as widely applicable as any of Newton's.
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'its' tut tut. And you were doing so well
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Well, if the Scots don't wont us we will depart and take our custom and money. And they can become a quaint backwater, Celtic customs in a Donald Trump theme park. They'll still attract plenty of rich businessmen from all over the world - to shoot their grouse and deer, catch their salmon and play golf - providing abundant career opportunities as ghillies, beaters, stalkers, caddies, green-keepers, chauffeurs, waiters, barmen etc... And their better halves can provide them with 'comfort' in the evening.
You've got to admit this Korean spirit can start wars. Jinro! I really should go - but nice to get some feedback. |
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Back with a bang
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Yes crags, I know (about both). But you would be unconscious by this stage.
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Are you Welsh?
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pull the finger see what happens
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It's the brawl in the virtual pub car park. I feel young again.
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I've still got 2" left (in the bottle). Actually more widely applicable, sadly.
Come on. Amuse me. For example - I asked about the stellar people who would lead 'independent ' Scots to the promised land. No names yet - after 24 hours+. |
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farting gravy
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I've just read the whole thread for the first time (yes, I was that bored). Isn't screaming from beneaththewaves impressive - just the kind of intellect the new Scotland needs, but wont get.
That's more like it, erse2. Reality re-established. Now I can sleep. |
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Who exactly is allowed a vote? How does the system work?
I've seen English people being interviewed who are eligible to vote? What about Scottish people residing in England, do they get a vote? As far as i can remember there's always been 5 million people living in Scotland? How many Scots reside/commute work between England and Scotland? All very confusing this independence referendum. No wonder so many are still undecided! What's the vote really all about? bodil, you seem to have a handle on proceedings - enlighten me with your wisdom. |
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So the yes vote is successful. You've painted your faces blue, gone down to the border, lifted your kilts and exposed your buttocks to a few disinterested English sheep, beat up a couple of OAPs with a No poster in their window and pushed dog excrement through JK Rowling's letter box.
I would have thought you'd be above and beyond that bodil. "To date, the only crimes associated with the referendum that I know of were the conviction for assault on a Yes campaigner by someone from the No campaign, the No campaigner who kicked a pregnant Yes campaigner in the stomach, the guy who threatened on Twitter to kill Salmond, and of course the guy who threw the egg at Murphy. Is it not interesting that Murphy's egg has had more media exposure - indeed this must be one of the best known eggs in Scotland - than the appearance in court of the guy who threatened to kill Salmond. What kind of media do we have where throwing an egg (and for the record, stupid thing to do) is treated with more gravity than a threat to kill someone? The fact is that Labour have spun a narrative where the Yes side are marauding all over the country threatening good honest patriots. The fact there is little or no evidence for this is merely a detail - it must be true because this is what Labour are saying. McConnell I see is at the same game again this morning, and once more has been slapped down for his "exaggerated rhetoric" by the Police Fed. Perhaps you might want to comment on the SSP meeting in Drumchapel last night which had to be abandoned because of the abuse being handed out by pro-Union protesters?" From the Herald. |
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DartsnBooze
DartsnBooze 17 Sep 14 11:10 Joined: 16 Oct 10 | Topic/replies: 6,333 | Blogger: DartsnBooze's blog Who exactly is allowed a vote? ANYONE resident in Scotland who has registered to vote. That's it. |
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I'm so tired. Let's call a truce tomorrow and leave the bloodletting for Friday.
But first I need to finish my brain-dump. Or some kind of dump. Alias. Late night posters on chit chat know that the watching masses (aka residue) demand entertainment - I do it myself - 'entertain me!'. So the sentence you quote was a hook - shock/amuse, draw the punters in. But the central point of the post was, you'll all be the same people on Friday morning that you were a week ago (equally dynamic, equally passive). There will be no magic alchemical transformation - lead will still be lead. But, for certain, you will be in a bitterly divided country with a powerful (10x+) neighbour to the south who is going to make you pay for your rejection. Given the economic chaos we will inflict on you, the only reason anyone will vote Yes is because they are either blissfully unaware of the consequences or they hate the English so much they are willing to bring the temple down on everyone. And as for your complaint, just about every report of intimidation/harassment/violence today has been Yes on No. Partially blind pensioner distributing No leaflets punched. Galloway has a bullet with his name on it somewhere. Milliband shouted down and cuts visit short (that one may have been me). The Scottish extreme right is separatist - live with it. Fortunately the numerically-superior English far-right are either in jail/under house arrest with ankle bracelets, don't care, or don't know where Scotland is. Watching today's proceedings I was struck by 2 things. Today's a working day but the Yes campaign had huge crowds out - presumably largely benefits claimants looking after No 1 and robbing the unborn future-Scots. The other was the unthinking evangelical fervour of the Yes crowds. For some reason it put me in mind of the Jonestown massacre. Alex as the Reverend Jim Jones, the SNP as the Peoples' Temple, the Blueshirts as the distributors of cyanide-laced punch, the Scottish population as the slightly reluctant victims, and the rest of us as the grieving relatives wondering what collective madness could have brought about this catastrophe. But on Friday morning you'll all be alive and at each-others' throats and we'll be vengeful rather than grieving. I realise it's a pretty crappy analogy, but the separatist argument is a pretty crappy case. |
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If the vote is 'yes', will 16 year olds need passports to scarper to Gretna Green?
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I've got a few more odds and ends to tidy up, but what has disappointed me is the lack of relevant response from the Nats to the key questions. You really haven't thought any of this through, have you? Stuff the English, and that's about it.
Tonight I am drinking ouzo. |
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bodil...ouzo?...even a peasant wouldnt drink that dross...I am enjoying a late night treat
a delicious glass of Bruichladdich...one of the many reasons we want away from you lot. |
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bodil many of us are tired and fed up of being ruled by a self serving party that has one seat in our country..is that really so hard to understand?
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It's a coalition government - no one voted for it. In the 2010 general election in Scotland, the SNP got 491,000 votes, the Conservatives got 413,000. Seems many of countrymen don't agree with you. Are you getting the 'correction' camps ready?
The last time I drank ouzo, they said they could follow my progress by the trail of vomit. When I fell out of bed my room-mate said he left me there because I couldn't fall any further. It was a field trip to Cyprus in the early 1970s. The leader - the great Professor Dan Gill - went out into the port bars and got into fights with American sailors. Sometime during the night he emptied his mighty bladder in bed. In the morning he just propped the mattress on the balcony to dry in the sun. The hotel proprietor was incensed. He need not have worried - it was Kyrenia, and within a year the Turks took it over. Happy days. Ouzo really is drinkable. I expect your dogs would love it. |
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We arent voting for the snp..we are voting for the right to govern ourselves.
2010 was along time ago and even you would admit those figures would be very different today. |
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You're voting to reject us - and we (11x larger) will react accordingly and logically. We will arrange things to suit our best interest. Sensible enough, I'm sure you'll agree?
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yes indeed..we are terrified of what dire retribution Dave will bring on us.
regardless of the result Cameron is a dead man walking(politically speaking) |
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Dave is a dead man walking. Great. Something we can agree on. It's the lumpen public who will punish you. If yes, there will be a worrying trickle of money going south. Actually on day 1 a lot will disappear. But when the acrimonious divorce settlement discussions take place, there will be a tidal wave of rage down here - organized campaigns against Scottish-based financial companies will ensure they move south (not just the name-plate) or die. We can stand the loss of diminishing oil revenues - they are no longer big enough to be important. Strangulation of both will do for you. None of this is in your control - you're too small.
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crikey bodil!..why didnt the no campaign wheel you out?...we never said we thought it would be easy.
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so if the no lot win...jock parliament will get more powers and more dosh from our english chums?
and we help get rid of Dave...jobs a goodun. |
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I'm laughing!
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What the hell was I going to say? Going to start with a quote from The Scottish Play(isn't that sweet?). 'I am in blood
Stepped in so far that, should I wade no more, Returning were as tedious as go o'er.' Right. Sigh. Let's see what the loons have contributed. |
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Still no actual policy. I can wait.
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nite nite bodil...have to get up early to vote..then spend the rest of my day scaring no voters.
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Cuddles, sofia. Sleep well. Like until next Tuesday.
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OK I'm going to bed. So tired. I'll say this only once. It will be insane to vote for separation. But we have always been irrational apes. Please wait until I'm dead before you commit suicide. Thank you and good night.
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Superb stuff from Bodil here.
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No rage where I am south of the border, everyone i speak to wants Scotland to look after their own the best way they can
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PatraTheCat 18 Sep 14 02:39
Superb stuff from Bodil here. I've seen enough of our friend bodil over the years to be able to categorically state that when he's in full flow, he is very intelligent, not in the least inarticulate and always entertaining. He should be King. |
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Most kind cmat. Truly. I would do a better job than most in important posts were I as sober as you. Sadly I have too many skeletons in my closet. Actually I live in the closet and the skeletons have the run of the house. But I have finally discovered the Nats' blueprint for an independent Scotland:
a) Stuff the English b) Pray for a miracle. |