"Woman has boobs" shocker!
I look forward to the day when this is not a headline.
"Woman has boobs" shocker!
I look forward to the day when this is not a headline.
I don't know the key to success, but the key to failure is trying to please everybody - Bill Cosby
It is a pity that the public continues to purchase the output of the tabloids and the photographers who supply them. Take away the market and you take away their practices. Ultimately if you decide you want to live in a free world(or our version of a free world) then you have to accept the will of the public. Of course if actual laws are being broken there should be repercussions.
As for Kate Middleton, I think she has a genuine grievance but it doesn't really matter to me. I have my own issues, some of which are real. As soon as I am being photographed on my British-taxpayer funded world tour I am sure I will understand her pain.
Originally Posted by Benny
And therein lies the survival of the red tops. Jumbo breakfast roll man will buy a tabloid long long before he'd turn to his computer or phone for the same news. It adorns the dashboard of many a White van/taxi/rubbish lorry along with plastic bottles of lucozade and silk cut purple.
The broadsheets are tanking mainly I suspect due to the fact that broadsheet readers sit in front of computers all day long and can access their broadsheet content for free (ish) whereas the redtop target Market aren't as certain to be at a computer for extended periods of the day.
I am the million man.
Point of note. I don't think the tax payers are funding the tour. They are using money from their own hard earned cash. See they get this money from somewhere, amazing effort really it must be. Don't have a clue how the manage it...But this money is definitely theirs.
And it still won't cost as much as some of the jollies our elected's have enjoyed
I am the million man.
Come on now SRG. Just any commoner's wouldn't be headliners. But you don't think they'd resign a duchess's to page 3 to be forgotten about by tomorrow do you?
Those classy guyz in the wee papers have been trying to get their cameras up her skirt since the beginning. Of course they'll run thus up the flagpole instead. They're so frustrated and wound up wih not enough cheap thrills to go on.
Well considering the hundreds of millions they bring to the UK economy every year in tourism, I'd say that might be a good place to start your investigations.
To The Brave and the Faithful, Nothing is Unpublishable.
still unelected sponges though
Classic Lievremont
How much do our elected sponges bring in?
4 Feb 2011 - Gilmore on the General Election
"Frankfurts way or Labours way."
28 Feb 2012 - Gilmore on a yes vote for the fiscal treaty
"A vote for economic stability and a vote for economic recovery."
Unelected, yes but also devoid of any real legislative powers outside a veto last used by Queen Anne in 1707. The members have won a genetic lottery (although one look at Wills MPB and his auld fella's everything might argue it a pyrrhic victory) much like a lot of other silver spoon families all over the world - at least these silver spoon licking lords and ladies keep a lot of British people employed selling crappy porcelain plates of their overcousined mugs and other tourism related stuff.
To The Brave and the Faithful, Nothing is Unpublishable.
I once saw a Chinese tourist drop a fiver when Brian Cowen barged him out of the way at a buffet in a function in Dublin. One of the catering staff picked it up and pocketed it so it's at least €5.
To The Brave and the Faithful, Nothing is Unpublishable.
elected being the most important word....
Classic Lievremont
The Windsors' value to the British tourism industry is often used to justify their position and taxpayer funding, but I don't think the absence of royalty from the Palace of Versailles has done too much harm to the French tourism industry.
Never mind perception because it isnt real. Its only what people think. Go out and make them think something else.
- Alan Quinlan on believing in yourself
Population of the UK is over 60 million odd that most of them don't appear to have a problem with the Windsors. If I remember my history correctly at one stage they decided that they were sick of the royal family and topped Charles I oddly enough after a few years they asked his family to come back.
4 Feb 2011 - Gilmore on the General Election
"Frankfurts way or Labours way."
28 Feb 2012 - Gilmore on a yes vote for the fiscal treaty
"A vote for economic stability and a vote for economic recovery."
True but then I guess the French don't get tourists milling about outside the 'royal palace' watching the change of the guard.
4 Feb 2011 - Gilmore on the General Election
"Frankfurts way or Labours way."
28 Feb 2012 - Gilmore on a yes vote for the fiscal treaty
"A vote for economic stability and a vote for economic recovery."
I don't give a **** what they think, I personally don't like the concept
Classic Lievremont
you sure?
http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2012/au...powers-exposed
If the lessons of history teach us anything it is that nobody learns the lessons that history teaches us.
turkey spain and even italy are more visited by tourists than the UK and i expect that the UK figures include Scotland Wales and the North which further distorts the notion that tourists come to the UK to do a dick Whittington. You may also notice that the percentage of people visiting the UK has dropped in relation to those above it and Germany below it.....by the same token does that mean the Royals are becoming less popular then?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_Tourism_rankings
in terms of europe it seems that tourists in france prefer not to see the changing of the guard
Europe
In 2011, there were over 503.96 million international tourist arrivals to Europe, an increase of 6.2% over 2010. In 2011, the top ten destinations were:[2]
Rank Country International
tourist
arrivals
(2011)[2]1 France
79.50 million 2 Spain
56.69 million 3 Italy
46.12 million 4 Turkey
29.34 million 5 United Kingdom
29.19 million 6 Germany
28.35 million 7 Austria
23.01 million 8 Russia
22.69 million 9 Ukraine
21.42 million 10 Greece
16.43 million
Last edited by munsterforever; 20th-September-2012 at 09:56.
If the lessons of history teach us anything it is that nobody learns the lessons that history teaches us.
That pervert took away her dignity, and she'll never get it back.
Being a proper Brython, I don't recognise them as any different to the rest of us, thats why this has touched a nerve.
That is me done.
The axe that cuts the tree can easily forget, but the tree thats been cut will not forget.
Considering that the UK has crap weather, that's pretty impressiveturkey spain and even italy are more visited by tourists than the UK and i expect that the UK figures include Scotland Wales and the North which further distorts the notion that tourists come to the UK to do a dick Whittington. You may also notice that the percentage of people visiting the UK has dropped in relation to those above it and Germany below it.....by the same token does that mean the Royals are becoming less popular then?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_Tourism_rankings
in terms of europe it seems that tourists in france prefer not to see the changing of the guard
Europe
In 2011, there were over 503.96 million international tourist arrivals to Europe, an increase of 6.2% over 2010. In 2011, the top ten destinations were:[2]
Rank Country International
tourist
arrivals
(2011)[2]1 79.50 million 2 56.69 million 3 46.12 million 4 29.34 million 5 29.19 million 6 28.35 million 7 23.01 million 8 22.69 million 9 21.42 million 10 16.43 million
The axe that cuts the tree can easily forget, but the tree thats been cut will not forget.
very good weather actually. especially during the hot southern european weather, thats what surprised me about Italy...you just wouldnt go there in July otr August unless you wanted to melt....yet they do and especially when compared to Russia which basically has 2 places of real interest to see, no royal family, an almost impossible visa system but yet 22.69 million visitors!
If the lessons of history teach us anything it is that nobody learns the lessons that history teaches us.
if you are referring to the monarchy v president debate. I would say mary robinson and then mary mcaleese along with her hard working husband have certainly not been a drain on our system and couldnt be called sponges, in fact some may find that quite offensive considering their efforts. They have done seriously amazing and positive work throughout the world particularly with mrs robinson, and shes still going strong. mrs mcaleese and her husband did fantastic work in healing old wounds in the north, especially for parts of the unionist community.
For me the 2 women are a credit to this Country and ive very proud of them....they were also elected
If the lessons of history teach us anything it is that nobody learns the lessons that history teaches us.
We could do with some of that money dont you think?
I did read somewhere that there was a group here in Ireland that favoured a re-instatement of an Irish Royal Family, even with the difficulties in terms of genealogy arguments,apparently it could be done, and they believed that the implementation of this may bring many Tourists to Ireland. If this could be done at little or no cost to the Irish Taxpayer Would you be in favour of that?
If the lessons of history teach us anything it is that nobody learns the lessons that history teaches us.
Well, if a German family wanted a summer holiday on the coast, they wouldn't head to the Uk. They'd be down taking all the sunbeds in Turkey.
The only areas that get fairly reliable decent warm weather in the UK are the south, south east, south west and south west Wales.
The axe that cuts the tree can easily forget, but the tree thats been cut will not forget.
I think thats a little stereotyping of our german masters is it not. Im sure they wouldnt think you were sha**ing Sheep in Lampeter. The Weather in the UK is lovely in spring and summer, I agree not in Manchester, but the Lakes and cumbria generally are delightful, Edinburgh also has quite poor Weather but is jammers throughout Summer, and did you know that one of the Germans favourite destinations is Cornwall where a cornish writer has so interested them that ZDF actually have made films in deutsch for the german audience http://www.cornwalls.co.uk/history/p...de_pilcher.htm
by the way i think you will find the kate and wills are not brythonic
If the lessons of history teach us anything it is that nobody learns the lessons that history teaches us.
I know, I am. Read my post again.
The axe that cuts the tree can easily forget, but the tree thats been cut will not forget.
I'm well aware of the British weather, having lived there for most of my life. But the reality is, that most people dont associate the Uk with a sunshine holiday and in the same way with a skiing holiday, despite Scotland having a handful of small resorts. That is what makes that figure impressive. It is also geographically a peripheral island in Europe, which means less tourist by rail and road - Unlike France which is well linked to the continent.
Edit: Also the difference is, Germans do take sunbeds and Welsh don't shag sheep. The latter is just a horrible scenario dreamt up by a pervert from England
Last edited by Huwie; 20th-September-2012 at 11:07.
The axe that cuts the tree can easily forget, but the tree thats been cut will not forget.
I agree with your edit.
I think you will find that the "taking of sunbeds" is not confined to Germans either and its apparent widespread practice is part myth.
London is not geographically peripheral. Heathrow is THE or one of the busiest international airports in the world. In fact in terms of Europe and beyond, London is probably the most accessible major city from the air in the world. I suspect with the more destinations than CDG or anyother European Hub such as Schipol or Frankfurt.I would be surprised if JFK has more international arrivals than just Heathrow does.
Im still at a loss to undertand why a proper brython would not see kate and wills as different to the rest of us. As human beings neither do i, in terms of wealth and privilege they certainly are.
You might have fallen for this if you would have been there:
The tradition of investing the heir-apparent of the monarch with the title of "Prince of Wales" is usually considered to have begun in 1301, when King Edward I of England invested his son Edward Caernarfon with the title at a Parliament held in Lincoln. According to legend, the king had promised the Welsh that he would name "a prince born in Wales, who did not speak a word of English" and then produced his infant son to their surprise (and presumable chagrin).
Anyway the point is not the weather in england, or whether llywelyn ap gruffydd would have seen the english monarchy as the same as the rest of us either.. that would be a shills agenda..... the matter that mccloud and joe are talking about is the value of the british monarchy or a monarchy in general as compared to a republic (in mcclouds case)
If the lessons of history teach us anything it is that nobody learns the lessons that history teaches us.
And this was the man they thought should do the "job": http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/...323959950.html
Seems he needs a few bob too.
Huwie, speaking of the french,
Last edited by munsterforever; 20th-September-2012 at 11:52.
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