Mega Thread The Random Thoughts Thread Part 1

[I Dont Care]

Scratch that. I still can't login. The whining will continue...

 

[Eddie Dingle]

I love Schulzenfest for starting this thread and for not being angry gopy anymore

 

[Eddie Dingle]

In other news I have to stop having my first beer before lunch on Fridays.

 

[Eddie Dingle]

And living in Balmain is awesome when the Tigers get beat.

Go the *****.

 

[HaroldOliver]

In other news I have to stop having my first beer before lunch on Fridays.

Why?

 

[Eddie Dingle]

Why?

Carl.

Bad decisions.

 

[Zakk Wylde]

In other news I have to stop having my first beer before lunch on Fridays.

Why?

 

[Hooligan87]

I miss these ads.

Why do I feel as if these ads where on TV only 10 years ago yet I feel as if John Martins closed 20 years ago.

I am so confused.

 

[Eddie Dingle]

Why?

Why?

 

[Dylan8]

Why?

 

[I Dont Care]

Why?

Because Pepsi falls off

 

[El_Scorcho]

So I stayed up late to figure out how to get 4D Sports Boxing working on Windows 8.

It turns out dosbox makes it really easy. Amazing game for it's time.

 

[RussellEbertHandball]

In my best Tony Greig voice - Absolute carnage in the UK elections

The polls all predicted a hung parliament but a small majority to the conservatives after winning a net 25 seats

3 leaders resign as a result of their parties failings,
Ed Milaband - Labour expected to gain seats about 25 or so, but lost 26
Nick Clegg - Liberal Democrat and deputy PM in coalition with conservatives lost 49 seats to be left with only 8
Nigel Farage - the UKIP leader from the European parliament stood for House of Commons seat but lost.
UKIP got 3.9mil votes or 12.5% of all votes for only 1 seat out of 650 and finished 2nd in 118 seats - missed out due to the UK first past the post system.

Labour wiped out in Scotland lost 40 seats and Liberal Democrats lost 10 seats to both only have 1 seat each along with 1 seat retained by conservatives, The Scottish National Party went from 6 seats to 56 of the 59 seats in Scotland. They got 1.45mil votes or 4.8% of total UK vote for 56 seats. There will be a further push for Scottish independence as a result of their success.

The Democratic Unionist Party in Northern Ireland got 8 seats from only 184k votes and also in Northern Ireland Sinn Fein got 4 seats from 176k votes and the Ulster Unionist Party 115k for 2 seats. In Wales Plaid Cymru won 3 seats with 182k votes.

The Greens like UKIP won bugger all seats - only 1 - after getting a decent vote 1.15mil votes or 3.8% of the total vote

With no elected upper house ie The House of Lords, UKIP and The Greens cant take advantage of proportional representation like in Oz with the Senate, where a smaller party who can't win a seat in the House of reps can at least pick up seats in the Senate because of the weight of votes.

I think the next 5 years with this proportional representation issue, the Scottish independence issue and the proposed EU referendum David Cameron promised to voters, the UK is for some serious debate about changing their constitution and maybe have to actually reform it. I have always found it a little strange you have 4 countries in a single country, but it might mean the UK has to devolve power and becomes a United Kingdom of 4 federated states.

 

[Magpiespower]

And my favourite local ad of recent times. Absolute genius for its crapfulness. Awfully compelling and compellingly awful...

 

[Quadzilla]

Finally...I can activate the Live Pass I got from the club

Digital membership ... sounds great...how much?

 

[I Dont Care]

Digital membership ... sounds great...how much?

Extra 60 bucks I think

 

[Eddie Dingle]

Worth 800 silver logies this ad.

 

[Eddie Dingle]

Silly Bev. You're supposed to take the washing out of the machine!!

 

[ClintEastwood]

 

[chiwigi]

And living in Balmain is awesome when the Tigers get beat.

Go the *****.

I used to like you!

 

[Eddie Dingle]

I used to like you!

whaddayoucarerabbit? oh.

 

[chiwigi]

In my best Tony Greig voice - Absolute carnage in the UK elections

The polls all predicted a hung parliament but a small majority to the conservatives after winning a net 25 seats

3 leaders resign as a result of their parties failings,
Ed Milaband - Labour expected to gain seats about 25 or so, but lost 26
Nick Clegg - Liberal Democrat and deputy PM in coalition with conservatives lost 49 seats to be left with only 8
Nigel Farage - the UKIP leader from the European parliament stood for House of Commons seat but lost.
UKIP got 3.9mil votes or 12.5% of all votes for only 1 seat out of 650 and finished 2nd in 118 seats - missed out due to the UK first past the post system.

Labour wiped out in Scotland lost 40 seats and Liberal Democrats lost 10 seats to both only have 1 seat each along with 1 seat retained by conservatives, The Scottish National Party went from 6 seats to 56 of the 59 seats in Scotland. They got 1.45mil votes or 4.8% of total UK vote for 56 seats. There will be a further push for Scottish independence as a result of their success.

The Democratic Unionist Party in Northern Ireland got 8 seats from only 184k votes and also in Northern Ireland Sinn Fein got 4 seats from 176k votes and the Ulster Unionist Party 115k for 2 seats. In Wales Plaid Cymru won 3 seats with 182k votes.

The Greens like UKIP won bugger all seats - only 1 - after getting a decent vote 1.15mil votes or 3.8% of the total vote

With no elected upper house ie The House of Lords, UKIP and The Greens cant take advantage of proportional representation like in Oz with the Senate, where a smaller party who can't win a seat in the House of reps can at least pick up seats in the Senate because of the weight of votes.

I think the next 5 years with this proportional representation issue, the Scottish independence issue and the proposed EU referendum David Cameron promised to voters, the UK is for some serious debate about changing their constitution and maybe have to actually reform it. I have always found it a little strange you have 4 countries in a single country, but it might mean the UK has to devolve power and becomes a United Kingdom of 4 federated states.

The sooner the frigging better. Out of 98 MP's Wales and Scotland combined returned 11 Tories! Yet both countries have to suffer yet another TORY GOVERNMENT, DESPITE NEVER SENDING BACK A Tory majority. It's a disgrace that if it happened in somewhere like Indonesia there would be uproar!

 

[Dylan8]

everyone seems to hate the tories but they won again, what's the deal chiwig?

 

[RussellEbertHandball]

everyone seems to hate the tories but they won again, what's the deal chiwig?

36% of the vote for 51% of the seats. UKIP 12.8% of the vote for 1 seat out of 650. Thats how first past the post works most of the time.

 

[Eddie Dingle]

everyone seems to hate the tories but they won again, what's the deal chiwig?

Everyone hates commies.