Bathers' Blog

Interest rates down to 0.5%?

2009-03-05T15:47:00.003Z

Great. Another little gift for those already lucky enough to own a house.

What about the rest of us (those people who live in Central London, earn decent money and rent!)?

We're already spending everything we earn so discouraging us from saving won't make a difference (it's also not going to make me try harder to earn ore cash because there aint much I can do with it when I get it!).

I also can't buy a house...the banks won't pass on the lower rates and need a massive deposit from me (which I don't have because I haven't saved and am not likely to want to save as you've buggered up the interest rates!).

If you want me to spend more how about reducing what you take off me in income tax? I can guarantee that any extra I get will be spent - probably on booze so that might help all of these small pubs you're so keen on fucking over.

Quite frankly. You guys (the Government) fucked up the economy in the first place. What makes you think that trying to fix things is going to help? I imagine there's way more chance it's going to make things worse.

How about you stop meddling and let us get on with it.

Day 4

2009-02-05T07:50:00.001Z

Day 2

2009-02-05T07:49:00.001Z

What?

2009-01-19T21:49:00.002Z

Radio 4? Ever considered giving it a go? The comedy can be good...but...erm...hang on...what's this? Old people talking about how Porn is "ruining" the world?

Hmm.

How about talking about poverty or people carrying guns or the guy in the blue van who cut me up on the bike while smoking a spliff this evening...

Porn? For fuck sake.

"Will....that's not his real name....WAS a teacher...his voice has been changed".

Please tell me this is a joke?

"Jason....another USER..."

Come on BBC. You're not the Daily Mail.

Why is it that the only place I have to vent this kind of frustration with prudish losers is on a fucking blog!?!

Blimey.

"Jason....who now says he's RECOVERED..."

Jason....get a life!

BBC NEWS | UK | 'No God' campaign draws complaint

2009-01-08T22:34:00.000Z

Genius! Pure genius.

Ignoring the fact that the "probably" guarantees no complaint will be upheld I would really love to see the ASA going ahead with the investigation and finding that there is no evidence at all for the existance of "God" so therefore the statement is not only "probably true" but in fact...TRUE.

BBC NEWS UK 'No God' campaign draws complaint

Not that Religious nuts would listen of course. That's the problem with ideology and brain washing really. Can't talk sense into crazy people.

God doesn't exist. Legally anyway

2008-10-22T18:51:00.000+01:00

"But Senator Chambers, a law school graduate, thinks he's found a hole in the judge's ruling.
He said: "The court itself acknowledges the existence of God. A consequence of that acknowledgement is a recognition of God's omniscience."

I disagree. I should think this case highlights a change in the American courts' standpoint regarding the existance of God.

Great stuff.

Legal case against God thrown out - Yahoo! News UK

Call for creationism in science AKA Bullshit talked by twat taken seriously by idiots.

2008-09-12T13:04:00.000+01:00

I don't think I'll even bother adding a comment to this bullshit...

BBC NEWS Education Call for creationism in science

Linux?

2008-09-05T10:03:00.000+01:00

Sums it up really.

Linux is interesting and worth a play around with....but quite frankly: It's shit. Stick to Windows.

BBC NEWS Technology Getting to grips with Linux

DJs criticised for drink comments or "Billy-no-mates researcher does research into crap because nobody will invite them out for drinks".

2008-09-05T09:56:00.000+01:00

BBC NEWS Health DJs criticised for drink comments

Some people really need to get out more...literally. As a direct result of this study I have decided to steer clear of the shandies tonight and shall be having myself a whole heap of top strength lager.

Radio presenters need to say things that their listeners can relate to and find entertaining. Most people (certainly in the UK) enjoy a drink and know that a good night out is generaly accompanied by a few drinks. This is just the way it is...and no, it's not any different in other parts of Europe or the world (that drink that is. In the others they live a dull and tedious life following some fairy tale or other about some imaginative thing that rules the world. But that's another issue altogether. Don't get me started on religion).

People in this country drink too much...that's a fact. But it's not "talking about it" that makes people drink more.

Really wish fucking 'do-gooders' would just leave the rest of us alone to enjoy our lives. You're clearly jealous of the fact that some of us manage to have a good time on a weekend - it's called having friends. You should try it sometime.

BBC flights spending 'frivolous'

2008-09-03T13:21:00.000+01:00

This wouldn't be a politician trying to deflect attention from MPs own pointless spending would it? Considering Norman Baker was ranked 6th in terms of "Incidental Expenses Provision" in 2006/07 this seems a little rich.

Or maybe he's jealous of the travelling BBC staff get to do considering he only managed to spend £5,576 in 2006/07 on travel.

BBC NEWS Politics BBC flights spending 'frivolous'

The value spent by the BBC on travel may be a lot but considering that the BBC has an obligation to report from all over the world it's not exactly surprising. The MP for Lewes (where?), on the other hand, has no such obligation I'm sure.

Who needs the Isle of Wight Festival anyway!

2008-04-03T14:39:00.001+01:00

Sign me up for the 2009 "Frozen Dead Guy Days" festival. Sounds awesome!

http://www.nederlandchamber.org/FrozenDeadGuyDays/

Beer up 4p a pint?

2008-03-12T13:33:00.002Z

A recent headline stated "Beer is cheaper than water". In fact, I think you'll find that "water is more expensive than beer" is a more accurate headline (why the hell is water so expensive in this country!?). People don't drink too much in this country because of the price of booze (it's certainly not cheap as it is) - they drink too much because:

1) Pubs are geared up to make people drink as much as possible (and I don't mean happy hours!) - music is too loud, there are no tables to sit and have a nice chat, soft drinks are more expensive than beer, tea/coffee is unavailable or too expensive etc etc
2) Britain is bloody boring - what else have we to do (go to the cinema? - can anyone actually afford to?)
3) Restricted licensing laws glamorise alcohol and force a "damn, it's closing time so better get the drinks in" attitude.

Sweden (for example) is an expensive country and still has a drink problem similar to that in the UK. In Iceland the prices are so high in bars that people drink as much as they can before they leave the house (classic binge drinking) which means that by the time they reach the pubs they're already too drunk (anyone who's been a student knows how this works!). Restricting something glamorises it - let alcohol be part of "normal" society and people won't get so hooked up on it. Make it possible for people to have a "few pints" without breaking the bank and they're more likely to stick to just a few - On more than one occasion I've thought "well, I may as well drink a skinful if I'm going to pay for a beer". And for those who don't want to drink alcohol, give them a cheaper choice - £2 for a coke is just plain wrong. Why drink a soft drink when you can have an alcoholic one for the same price (and NO, the answer to this is not raising the price of alcohol but DROPPING the price of soft drinks!)

Who ya gonna call?

2008-02-19T17:35:00.001Z

Tuuurdddbusters of course..

Worst train station in the world...

2007-12-24T14:13:00.000Z

Up until just now i would have said mostar...but i can now say the award goes to chester. What a shit hole this place has become! A big ugly shit fest of turd. Waste of fucking space. On which note...arriva trains wales can go Fuck themselves too. Have they just got one engine that does all the routes? This is supposed to be the DEVELOPED world!

----  Sent using a Sony Ericsson mobile phone

Lighter Nights

2007-10-31T14:51:00.000Z

Usually I'm a stickler for tradition (keep the pound etc etc) but I think it's about time we scrapped GMT (for Britain at least). I couldn't give a monkey's if it's dark in the mornings...I want lighter nights!

Not only will this save energy (people not needing as much artificial light in the evenings) it will also boost productivity and ensure people are more cheerful!

So, if you agree (if you don't you're probably some shitty subsidy loving farmer) then sign this:
http://petitions.pm.gov.uk/lighternights/

Blimey!

2007-10-11T12:29:00.000+01:00

Enough said really (men will no doubt give the same response as me while women will simply be impressed).

http://www.cnn.com/2007/HEALTH/diet.fitness/10/03/weightloss.kelly.pless/index.html

Understand the English language?

2007-09-07T13:01:00.000+01:00

Well, if not don't go to Wikipedia for help:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Noun

"In linguistics, a noun or noun substantive is a lexical category which is defined in terms of how its members combine with other grammatical kinds of expressions. Since different languages have different inventories of grammatical categories, the definition of noun will differ from language to language. In English, nouns can be defined as those morphological stems that form words which can co-occur with (in)definite articles and attributive adjectives, and function as the head of a noun phrase."

Elitist shite. How the fuck is anyone who doesn't have a basic grasp of the English language supposed to understand that crap?

Makes me think of: http://www.plainenglish.co.uk/

What's this you just sent me?

2007-08-10T09:42:00.000+01:00

10th of August. 09:40.

Phone rings (it's Mikey B).
Me: "Hello..............hello?"
Mikey B: "Awright. What's this thing you've just sent me?"
Me: "I've not sent anything. What is it?"
Mikey B: "I'm sure it's from you. It's on my phone. Like a clock thing with your name next to it"
"Mike, that's a reminder on your phone to wish me happy birthday".

Classic.

Always the pessimist...

2007-07-27T12:42:00.000+01:00

Has nobody considered that maybe this cat is actually *causing* these people to die - perhaps through some respiratory illness/complication or something?

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/americas/6917113.stm

Chef's salty balls...

2007-06-18T14:59:00.000+01:00

A few lines you wouldn't expect to see on bbc.co.uk:

She pulled off his left testicle and tried to swallow it, before spitting it out. A friend handed it back to Mr Jones saying: "That's yours."

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/4253849.stm

The award for stupid bint of the month goes to

2007-05-11T15:16:00.000+01:00

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/wales/south_west/6646331.stm

Here's an atist's impression of the scene:

First one to spot the obvious mistake wins an empty Yazoo bottle.

Save our Boozers!!

2007-04-30T14:31:00.000+01:00

There's nothing more upsetting than seeing another pub closing down (think Intrepid Fox or the Marquis of Granby) or converted into some gastro-pub or, worse still; a "bar".

To prevent one of London's finest pubs from closing sign this petition:
http://petitions.pm.gov.uk/SavetheNell/

It's about time the nasty little suit wearing developers were told where to go. Pubs are fun. Flats are not.

Also worth a visit: http://savetheboozer.blogspot.com/

Test

2007-04-23T13:59:00.000+01:00

NEWS!!!!

2007-04-13T16:54:00.000+01:00

Wales:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/wales/north_east/6548625.stm

Utter crap. How does that make the BBC website?

I could probably do this

2007-04-05T14:29:00.000+01:00

..If I wasn't such a fat wimp.

Not a bad shot for a mobile phone though.