Yes, to all comments! going through a claim at the moment.
A holiday in Turkey certainly made me aware of Mosques and their calls to prayer.
Things that piss you off Page 775
Quote: Peter Brouhaha @ November 2 2011, 1:35 PM GMTPeople who think 'Child on board' stickers in their rear car windows give them the right to drive like they're on the dodgems at the funfair.
Yesterday,one such driver backed out of a side street onto the main road I was on without looking....and if I hadn't moved damned quickly, I would have got shunted from the side.
What these people really need are 'No brains on board' stickers.
Oh my word, yes. Your inability to use contraception means we have to make allowances for your poor driving? It makes you look Worse, not Better, to advertise that you're putting a child in danger as well as everyone else.
Quote: Marc P @ November 2 2011, 1:02 PM GMTThis looks interesting but is usa based - will Google some more.
http://www.birminghambookfestival.org/teenage-writers-workshop-david-calcutt-1047/
http://www.midlandit.co.uk/education/
http://www.fictionteachers.com/fictionclass/newfangled.html
And one here cheap second hand from the UK on Amazon Zooo, I'd snap it up quick.
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Write-away-Friendly-Teenage-Writers/dp/0867093501
Thanks Marc!
*has a look*
Quote: Nogget @ November 2 2011, 6:42 AM GMTI see there is an online guide, so at the very least, help for kids is out there.
http://www.midlandit.co.uk/education/
...but it comes across like a teacher giving a lesson, which would probably turn kids off.
But I think Leevil's right, it's a gap in the market. If you could write such a book, whilst cleverly making it fun to read for kids,(perhaps by making it into fiction, about a child writing a story?), the world would be a richer place.
Thanks!
Well there does seem like there might be a gap. Hmm...
Did Stewart Francis write the 'Outstanding in his field' joke? Because if not, it pisses me off that he's appropriated it when it belongs to everyone (nb I'm sure he's lovely and funny, it's just that its pissed me off)
Quote: AJGO @ November 2 2011, 4:41 PM GMTDid Stewart Francis write the 'Outstanding in his field' joke? Because if not, it pisses me off that he's appropriated it when it belongs to everyone (nb I'm sure he's lovely and funny, it's just that its pissed me off)
I don't know if he came up with it but if it "belongs to everyone" why shouldn't he use it?
OK, I'm on a roll now: leaflet distributors who don't push their junk mail etc. all the way through letterboxes. If you're not at home to remove their crap, a wedged open letterbox tells potential burglars - at a glance - that no one's at home (aren't we told that most burglars are opportunists?). Also, the letterbox being wedged open lets all the cold air into the house. Come on flyer people.....it's not a complicated job: just shove your (unwanted) crap all the way through the door.
Quote: David Bussell @ November 2 2011, 4:53 PM GMTI don't know if he came up with it but if it "belongs to everyone" why shouldn't he use it?
Because as a professional comedian, by using it for his tour name he's taking ownership of it. It wouldn't have pissed me off quite as much had I not seen it every bloody day for ages at the bottom of the page
Quote: Peter Brouhaha @ November 2 2011, 5:29 PM GMTOK, I'm on a roll now: leaflet distributors who don't push their junk mail etc. all the way through letterboxes. If you're not at home to remove their crap, a wedged open letterbox tells potential burglars - at a glance - that no one's at home (aren't we told that most burglars are opportunists?). Also, the letterbox being wedged open lets all the cold air into the house. Come on flyer people.....it's not a complicated job: just shove your (unwanted) crap all the way through the door.
You are my dad and I claim my £5.
Quote: Peter Brouhaha @ November 2 2011, 1:35 PM GMTPeople who think 'Child on board' stickers in their rear car windows give them the right to drive like they're on the dodgems at the funfair.
Yesterday,one such driver backed out of a side street onto the main road I was on without looking....and if I hadn't moved damned quickly, I would have got shunted from the side.
What these people really need are 'No brains on board' stickers.
If they are involved in an accident the emergency services could be put at risk trying to rescue that child who may not actually be on board at the time. I think they should be banned. Stickers that is, not children.
Quote: Peter Brouhaha @ November 2 2011, 5:29 PM GMTOK, I'm on a roll now: leaflet distributors who don't push their junk mail etc. all the way through letterboxes.
It's a federal offence to tamper with our mailboxes so there's never anything but mail in them. I do get the occasional flyer stuck to my front door and since I always enter/exit via the garage they probably stay there for a few days and might give criminals the idea that the place is empty. It'll be the last bad idea they ever have if they break in while I'm home.
How do they stick them to your door??
Quote: zooo @ November 2 2011, 8:29 PM GMTHow do they stick them to your door??
Rolled up and wedged behind the door handle, usually. The classier ones use rubber bands.
Oh I seeee.
I thought you meant with tape or something! Which would be a bit vandalism-y.
Once or twice they've used tape but it comes off the glass door very easily.
Quote: DaButt @ November 2 2011, 8:26 PM GMTIt's a federal offence
Is that still transvestism or was that a federal perk?