Zyclon B? Wow, you really are old. Have you never heard of VX nerve gas?
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Quote: Renegade Carpark @ February 2 2012, 12:23 AM GMTZyclon B? Wow, you really are old. Have you never heard of VX nerve gas?
I'm a traditionalist.
Quote: Oldrocker @ February 2 2012, 12:23 AM GMTI'm a traditionalist.
Sarin:
It lets them know that you're carin'.
^ My 02012 Valentine's Day card.
My Top 10 Simple Pleasures -
1. A new toothbrush
2. Clean bed sheets
3. Noticing a film you never got round to seeing is being shown on the telly that night
4. Having an appointment you didn't want to attend getting cancelled
5. No queue at the bank / post office / supermarket
6. A tube / train carriage or the top deck of a bus all to yourself
7. Going to the pub thinking it's going to be boring and then it turns into a great night out
8. Getting the whole row of seats on a plane
9. A freakily warm day in early spring
10. Thinking you've lost / had your mobile stolen and then finding it in a coat pocket
The Top 10 explanations for my continued bachelor status 23 years after my divorce (according to my mother):
1. My house is too messy and full of brewing paraphernalia.
2. I always wear jeans/shorts and t-shirts.
3. I'm too sarcastic.
4. I'm too picky.
5. I drink too much beer.
6. I'm too set in my ways.
7. I cuss too much.
8. I always speak my mind.
9. I answer truthfully instead of telling women what they want to hear.
10. I'm a lazy bastard.
As far as I'm concerned, I like to think of it as "living the dream." 
Cripes RC we share very similar 'Simple Pleasures'
I would add lying in bed reading and tea/toast/cake.
Quote: DaButt @ February 2 2012, 1:41 AM GMTThe Top 10 explanations for my continued bachelor status 23 years after my divorce (according to my mother):
9. I answer truthfully instead of telling women what they want to hear.
Just out of interest, what's your list of things you reckon women enjoy being lied to about? 
Quote: Renegade Carpark @ February 1 2012, 11:31 PM GMTTop 10 Things I would do if I were Prime Minister -
1. Half the tax on cigarettes, booze and petrol
2. Force taxpayer owned banks to lend money to small businesses
3. Create heavily policed ASBO estates and lump all the scum together
4. Offer free University education in areas that are needed
5. Massive tax breaks for manufacturing and new technology companies
6. Points based benefits system with maximum points for being born in the UK
7. Suspension of Foreign Aid (except for humanitarian emergencies)
8. A limit on both EEC and non-EEC immigration
9. Merge drug rehabilitation centres with prisons
10. Divert more GDP into UK Defence budget
Agree with this.
Many of those I agree with, Renegade. Why halve the tax on cigarettes and alcohol though? (If not just because you use them and would like them to be cheaper!)
It's the petrol and booze I agree with. ha.
Heh!
Quote: zooo @ February 2 2012, 12:58 PM GMTMany of those I agree with, Renegade. Why halve the tax on cigarettes and alcohol though? (If not just because you use them and would like them to be cheaper!)
That's simple economics. The UK Government has priced themselves out of the market. People are driving less to save on petrol and the Treasury is actually making less tax money. (it's been estimated at £1 billion per year)
The booze and ciggies market has been flooded with smuggled and counterfeit goods and by holding the UK consumer to ransom, the Government is not only losing money but fuelling organised crime. (illegal homemade booze is blinding and killing people throughout Britain also)
Plus, if we had the cheapest booze / tobacco in Europe, then we'd get thousands of day trippers from the Continent filling the coffers of our dismal coastal towns and paying UK tax for their goods.
Finally, cheaper drinks will re-invigorate the ailing pub trade.
It's a win-win-win for all.
Makes sense to me, gosh we are agreeing a lot, it won't last!
Quote: AJGO @ February 2 2012, 12:43 PM GMTJust out of interest, what's your list of things you reckon women enjoy being lied to about?
Men are logical fixers by nature. When a woman complains about being in a difficult situation a man will analyze it and come up with a reasonable solution.
My ex-girlfriend used to call and e-mail daily because she hated her job and the city where she lived and was having difficulty selling her house. This happened literally hundreds of times and each time I would go over the facts, offer suggestions and encouragement but she never acted upon them. More than a year later when she had a new boyfriend and stopped bugging me about it (Thanks, guy, for taxing the pressure off me.) she told me that she'd never wanted a solution, just someone to commiserate with her.
I told my mother about this and she told me, "Son, women don't want men to solve their problems; women want men to share their pain. Just hold their hand and nod while telling them that yes, they are in a terrible situation and they don't deserve to be, then listen quietly as they moan about it endlessly."
I don't know why it took more than 40 years for numerous women to finally let me in on the secret. 