Quote: Renegade Carpark @ November 1 2009, 6:41 PM BSTOh, because the money has been spent on expensive operations for newly arrived immigrants...nice.
Yeah, and other "new arrivals", such as sick babies. They've never contributed a penny in National Insurance but they still expect the very best free care, don't they? It makes me mad! 
Quote: Badge @ November 1 2009, 6:51 PM BSTLooks like Renegade Carpark will be taking this option then.
Yes, for my Batmobile. 
Quote: Tim Walker @ November 1 2009, 6:51 PM BSTYeah, and other "new arrivals", such as sick babies. They've never contributed a penny in National Insurance but they still expect the very best free care, don't they? It makes me mad!
Yes, because when I've been in a waiting room at my local East London hospital to have a check up, the waiting room is full of sick English babies.
No wait, it's the f**king cast of Lawrence of Arabia, my mistake.
Quote: Renegade Carpark @ November 1 2009, 6:50 PM BSTNo, make car insurance compulsory, but make it free for everyone by diverting the money derived from Road Tax into a national scheme, like the NHS for cars - so instead of Road Tax going into the treasury to pay for bollocks like maintaining roads...
Actually, I know it isn't ring-fenced but your VED does go into the general coffers which do pay for your roads, so...
Your argument about careful drivers not crashing isn't worth debating further.
Quote: Renegade Carpark @ November 1 2009, 6:53 PM BSTYes, because when I've been in a waiting room at my local East London hospital to have a check up, the waiting room is full of sick English babies.
No wait, it's the f**king cast of Lawrence of Arabia, my mistake.
Calm down dear, it's only a cheap comic comparison. 
Quote: Badge @ November 1 2009, 6:54 PM BSTYour argument about careful drivers not crashing isn't worth debating further.
That kind of logic has never stopped any of us around here before...
Quote: Tim Walker @ November 1 2009, 6:54 PM BSTCalm down dear, it's only a cheap comic comparison.
There you go with the car insurance spoof - you're deliberately winding him up!
Quote: Renegade Carpark @ November 1 2009, 6:53 PM BSTNo wait, it's the f**king cast of Lawrence of Arabia, my mistake.
I assume you don't mean homosexual aristocrats.
Quote: Badge @ November 1 2009, 6:54 PM BSTActually, I know it isn't ring-fenced but your VED does go into the general coffers which do pay for your roads, so...
Your argument about careful drivers not crashing isn't worth debating further.
Do you know how little of Road Tax is actually spent on the roads?
As for my argument about careful drivers, I'm glad to see that you've given up thanks to my semantic tomfoolery. 
Quote: Kevin Murphy @ November 1 2009, 6:56 PM BSTI assume you don't mean homosexual aristocrats.
Disney sure has changed since I was a kid.
Quote: Kevin Murphy @ November 1 2009, 6:56 PM BSTI assume you don't mean homosexual aristocrats.
Personally I'd love to go down to my GP surgery and meet Peter O'Toole.
Quote: Kevin Murphy @ November 1 2009, 6:49 PM BSTAre you sure that wasn't a porno you watched?
First LOL of the week. His walking partner had massive boobs.
Why is it that naturalists never have girlfriends who are chubby or look like a walrus?
Quote: Renegade Carpark @ November 1 2009, 6:41 PM BSTWell no, quite frankly. I'm one of these people who is bizarrely healthy despite my self destructive lifestyle and even though I am *cough* years old, I have never spent a single night in hospital.
If I were to total up how much money has been taken from me either through National Insurance contributions and tax on alcohol and cigarettes and compare it to how much has been actually spent on my medical treatment for the last 20 years - the balance would shock you.
If, as can be argued, that I'm paying this money towards a future need which may arise as I get older, why am I not receiving regular financial dividends for my investment?
Oh, because the money has been spent on expensive operations for newly arrived immigrants...nice.
You lack imagination. Want value for money?
1 Nag your GP you hate your cock and want to wear a frock. Soon you'll have a £20,000 sex change op with psychotherapy thrown in!
2 Get drunk and piss on something before stabbing yourself. Night in casualty, arrest and short prison sentence. 1000s more of your pounds back to you.
And male naturists always have odd-shaped genitals. 
Quote: Tim Walker @ November 1 2009, 6:55 PM BSTThat kind of logic has never stopped any of us around here before...
Quote: Tim Walker @ November 1 2009, 6:55 PM BSTCalm down dear, it's only a cheap comic comparison.
That kind of logic has never stopped any of us around here before...
You're the poo poo head.
Quote: Renegade Carpark @ November 1 2009, 6:57 PM BSTDo you know how little of Road Tax is actually spent on the roads?
The tune is familiar but I'm not sure of the words.
Quote: Tim Walker @ November 1 2009, 7:02 PM BSTAnd male naturists always have odd-shaped genitals.
Poppycock!