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Post by Sam Tyler on Mar 13, 2020 9:44:36 GMT
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Post by Three Litre on Mar 14, 2020 13:29:46 GMT
This stockpiling issue, maybe we should blag a toilet roll warehouse and then sell them at a huge profit! Trouble is the getaway vehicle is going to have to be huge as the damn things are so bulky. Maybe we should concentrate on rice and pasta which is easier to store.
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Post by Sparky on Mar 14, 2020 15:59:36 GMT
This stockpiling issue, maybe we should blag a toilet roll warehouse and then sell them at a huge profit! Trouble is the getaway vehicle is going to have to be huge as the damn things are so bulky. Maybe we should concentrate on rice and pasta which is easier to store. I bet the Loo Roll Manufacturers are loving it.
Incidentally - it's all kicking off...
Trump has accused the Chinese of starting the Virus on purpose.... China has retaliated and said the US Military brought it to China in the first place.
God forbid if they start up a war - people will be panic looting Toilet Roll factories.
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Post by Cartman on Mar 14, 2020 17:16:55 GMT
Never mind, you can always use newspaper. I recommend either the Sun or Daily mail, after all, they have no other useful purpose
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Post by Sparky on Mar 14, 2020 17:27:26 GMT
Never mind, you can always use newspaper. I recommend either the Sun or Daily mail, after all, they have no other useful purpose Be careful, you'd end up with the Daily Mails current scaremongering headline on your backside. Mind you - if it's the sun, as least you can say "The Sun Shines out of my Arse"....!
Guardian is a larger paper.
Other recommended paper:
Council Tax Demands Junk Mail (be careful, that's glossy) Letters from the Bank Electric Bill Gas Bill Phone Bill
Don't forget, once you've used any of the above - RETURN it to sender.
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Post by Arthur Pringle on Mar 14, 2020 20:18:24 GMT
What do penguins, pelicans & the Inland Revenue all have in common?
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Post by Davy Freeth on Mar 14, 2020 20:23:07 GMT
Don't know lol only thing that comes to mind black and white lol
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Post by Three Litre on Mar 14, 2020 20:35:18 GMT
They can all shove their bills up their arse.
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Post by Three Litre on Mar 15, 2020 15:41:27 GMT
Even though I enjoy the Sweeney more than any other police series, I do feel the writers give the coppers other than Regan and Carter a poor showing. Haskins and the other officers senior to Regan are usually shown to be wrong when in conflict with him. Anyone in uniform is a prat and just gets in the way of the real work, even the other detectives in the squad aren't allowed to be up to much, they are frequently made examples of. Poor old Bill never gets any good lines.
Occasionally you get grudging respect e.g. Country Boy and Hard Men, however on the whole everyone other than the two leads are written to be below par.
So in terms of don't get, not sure why they wrote it like that. Maybe because that was in an era of when the leads just had to be heroes.
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Post by Arthur Pringle on Mar 15, 2020 17:49:11 GMT
Pretty sure that the model for Regan was Popeye Doyle from 'The French Connection', who of course in that film was in a permanent state of rage & in conflict with everyone around him. Regan isn't a team player & he's a borderline bully at times, but I think they had to keep the character consistent from episode to episode, plus each episode starts from scratch in terms of Regan's relationship to his colleagues, you don't see him warming to any of them or mellowing with age. It was definitely a vehicle for Thaw with the other squad members coming & going in the background.
I think if a person doesn't like The Sweeney it's because they don't like Regan or Thaw, take him out of the equation & there's not really a show left, like Kojak without Telly Savalas. Thaw just took the character by the lapels & didn't let go.
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