Is this what canals are for?

[Athy]

Greeno, Neilo!

[furnessvale]

Catching a cold is hardly something you can avoid!

You really are a humourless soul aren't you.

 

George ex nb Alton retired

[The Pipe]

FadeToScarlet, on 31 Dec 2013 - 2:42 PM, said:

Oi! I'm a boring young fart on a narrowboat, thanks very much.

Thats subjective old chap.

[Gingerbeer]

Shhhh! If you're very quiet you may be able to detect the sound of a hair being split.

 

I have tried to be very quiet but I have never heard my split ends forming....but I do see them in the mirror every morning so I know it can happen ;-)

[lynalldisocvery]

Did anyone else notice the comment he laid there for an hour before the air ambulance arrived?

[kevinl]

You really are a humourless soul aren't you.

 

George ex nb Alton retired

George, take a look at her posts for the day, even by her own high standards of sneering superiority today she has excelled herself. I think possibly she has a quota to use up before the end of the year before it expires at midnight tonight.

Happy new year

K

[Athy]

Full of festive spirit, eh, Kev? The poor lass has a cold, not life threatening but it makes most of us a bit ratty. Tolerance would be appreciated, I am sure.

[blackrose]

This bloke gets nominated for the Darwin awards.

 

Sorry, but I really can't feel much sympathy for drunken idiots.

[David Mack]

Charity jumper misses the water and is seriously injured on Leeds & Liverpool canal.

http://www.lancashiretelegraph.co.uk/news/10905271.Blackburn_charity_canal_jumper_seriously_injured_after_missing_water/?ref=var_6

 

 

 

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-cornwall-25537596

 

why is it people think that if it is aid of charity it is OK to do stupid things?

And in both cases the people were rescued by charities (air ambulance and RNLI). The rescues probably cost the charities more than the idiots would have raised.

[DHutch]

Jumping into the canal, and missing, when drunk, is a fairly poor thing to think of doing.

 

But equally there is a decent chance he could have done as badly if he had landed in the water.

 

 

Daniel

[Coelum Ruat]

George, take a look at her posts for the day, even by her own high standards of sneering superiority today she has excelled herself. I think possibly she has a quota to use up before the end of the year before it expires at midnight tonight.

Happy new year

K

Happy new year +green

[Doorman]

So what are the canals for?

IMO they are there for all to enjoy not just a few boring old farts on narrowboats.

 

Eh up Phyllis, less of the 'boring' please! :-)

[churchward]

This bloke gets nominated for the Darwin awards.

 

Sorry, but I really can't feel much sympathy for drunken idiots.

What kind of idiot would you feel sorry for then?

[madcat]

All idiots surely, we must be inclusive.

 

Any way you don't know if your an idiot it's other people who make that judgement. Idiots are blissfully unaware.

[mark99]

All idiots surely, we must be inclusive.

 

Any way you don't know if your an idiot it's other people who make that judgement. Idiots are blissfully unaware.

 

Neil Innes song - "How Sweet to be an Idiot"

 

"How sweet to be an Idiot,

As harmless as a cloud,

Too small to hide the sun

Almost poking fun,

At the warm but insecure untidy crowd.

 

How sweet to be an idiot,

And dip my brain in joy,

Children laughing at my back,

With no fear of attack,

As much retaliation as a toy.

 

How sweet to be an idiot, how sweet.

 

I tiptoe down the street,

Smiled at everyone I meet,

But suddenly a scream,

Smashes through my dream,

Fie fye foe fum,

I smell the blood of an asylum,

(Blood of an asylum,

But mother I play so beautifully, listen. ha ha)

Fie fye foe fum,

I smell the blood of the asylum,

Hey you, you're such a pedant,

You got as much brain as a dead ant,

As much imagination as a caravan sign.

 

But I still love you, still love you,

Oooh how sweet to be an idiot,

How sweet. how sweet. How sweet"

 

Music and lyrics by: Neil Innes

 

Edited January 1, 2014 by mark99

[Coelum Ruat]

... struggling here ...

 

Idiots were once defined by having an IQ less than 20, rather than the value-judgements of their behaviour made by passers-by or followers of hearsay.

[Poster girl]

The newspaper report mentioned the words ill baby, have you never been under pressure got drunk to forget and done something stupid and reckless that would help no one but for a few stupid senseless minutes made you feel better. Answer yes, you're only human, answer no you're still only human but you've been very lucky.

[Naughty Cal]

The newspaper report mentioned the words ill baby, have you never been under pressure got drunk to forget and done something stupid and reckless that would help no one but for a few stupid senseless minutes made you feel better. Answer yes, you're only human, answer no you're still only human but you've been very lucky.

or more likely your a liar

[kevinl]

or more likely your a liar

Outragous thing to say, did you actually read the article?

 

"They said the 25-year-old, of Bedford Street, Blackburn, had decided to jump off the 20ft-high bridge to raise money for a charity which helped his ill baby as he drank in the Navigation Inn, in Mill Hill."

[mark99]

... struggling here ...

 

Idiots were once defined by having an IQ less than 20, rather than the value-judgements of their behaviour made by passers-by or followers of hearsay.

 

Perhaps idiot behaviour is more apt. I used to think a "moron" was more of an insult than "idiot" - it seems not.

 

 

IQ Range Classification 70-80 Borderline deficiency 50-69 Moron 20-49 Imbecile below 20 Idiot

Edited January 2, 2014 by mark99

[Athy]

Where did you get those gradations from, Mark? They don't sound very official.

[mark99]

Where did you get those gradations from, Mark? They don't sound very official.

 

Athy,

 

http://www.iqcomparisonsite.com/iqbasics.aspx

 

They have the ring of a victorian institution.

Edited January 2, 2014 by mark99

[Athy]

Ah yes, it does say that they "used to be" used.

Reminds me of a cheerily simple boy whom I once taught, who came up to me one day and said "Sir, Ilast night I looked up 'cretin' in the dictionary. Now I understand what you've been calling me all term".

[Laurie Booth]

Glad to see by the scale I'm "Superior Intelligence" most people call me "Raving Bonkers"

I did try to join Mensa and took their test, I worked out with great difficulty that the opening sentence of the letter I got back from them wasn't good news. it read

"Dear Moron........"

Edited January 2, 2014 by Laurie.Booth

[mayalld]

Where did you get those gradations from, Mark? They don't sound very official.

 

They aren't official any more, but they were once.