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  1. oakey

    Things that annoy you

    Undershirts must be the same colour as the main colour of the shirt sleeve; Read more at http://www.thefa.com/football-rules-governance/laws/football-11-11/law-4---the-players-equipment#OYiQv2sDLv3YEc8O.99 Footballers being allowed to flout the laws of the game by wearing undershirts in another...
  2. oakey

    The EU: In, out, shake it all about....

    My concern is not who was right but what's the plan? I fear that we will have around 5 years arguing the toss about BREXIT and we will likely be no better off at the end of it all. That thought is the main reason I feared a LEAVE vote. Not because we will necessarily be worse off but because...
  3. oakey

    Things that annoy you

    ... And those that wear coats and hats with shorts ...
  4. oakey

    Things that annoy you

    Men, still wearing shorts in October, especially the fat b@£/@rds Lazy, pre-diabetic overheating or overgrown schoolboys?
  5. oakey

    Things that annoy you

    I can just about see how it is possible, though very stupid and wrong, to speak on a static phone next to you whilst driving. I personally could not and would not do it. But I can't see for the life of me how people can be texting or on social media etc whilst driving. WTF?
  6. oakey

    That headmaster turning kids away due to uniform

    I wonder if these parents will be desperate to get their kids into the new grammar schools and then happily fall into line with their (expensive) uniform policies. I can see them now with, "Jordan is starting at the new grammar in September so we have started saving for the uniform." Bragging...
  7. oakey

    Things that annoy you

    The practice of researching long lost relatives, who died before you were born, and posting warm tributes to them whilst ignoring people in your family who are alive and, perhaps, could do with your attention!
  8. oakey

    Things From Your Childhood

    If you were running late for something you could just leg it and get there in half the time. Now, after a painful 5 yards, it's realising that you need to find an excuse for arriving late.
  9. oakey

    Women says the most stupid things

    Schoolboys take some beating, genuine story with names changed ... My classroom is on the ground floor near a staircase to one upper floor.13 year old boy approaches and asks me have I seen Mr Murray? I say no have you tried the classrooms upstairs? He replies, "Where's that?" Me and his mate...
  10. oakey

    RIP Labour

    It may be very admirable to have principles, of course, but if you lead a party and insist that everyone else has precisely the same principles then you either need a set of clones or to hand the job over to a real politician not a protester, like yourself. Corbyn should go back to the purity of...
  11. oakey

    RIP Labour

    Also, because the content is perceived as harder, the teaching of it is dependent on so many other factors. In my school maths and science teachers have much smaller classes, much more support from TAs, bigger budgets, more lessons to deliver in, groups that have been set so they can pitch...
  12. oakey

    RIP Labour

    The reaction would be the same as in any situation in which people were doing effectively the same job.
  13. oakey

    Things that annoy you

    Cafes that serve you a tea and leave a teabag in. What the hell is that about? Amateurs or fookin Yankee chain coffee shops that don't know how to serve the great British beverage. I make a point of fishing it out and slopping it down on their counter. See their faces. What do they think you're...
  14. oakey

    Things that annoy you

    People who don't say what they mean. Example, Did you get my email? When they mean, Have you read my email or Why haven't you replied to my email?
  15. oakey

    "Glass half empty" or "Glass half full"

    This is one of those annoying, what sort of person are you, optimist or pessimist, questions. Think about it for one minute and it doesn't actually work. If the glass was previously FULL it is now half empty. If the glass was recently EMPTY it is now half full. Next time someone asks you that...
  16. oakey

    RIP Labour

    Ian, I think you make some fair points. It will take some time to see whether these new members are genuinely committed to changing politics for the better or a mixed bunch of anarchists, trots, greens etc who will slope off if they cannot remake the Labour Party into a protest movement of their...
  17. oakey

    RIP Labour

    Ian, that is a version of, "they would say that, wouldn't they?" Which shuts down genuine debate, which in turn leads to a bunker mentality. It is the unwillingness to accept any criticism or compromise that epitomises extremism. The only ways of changing the current system are through...
  18. oakey

    RIP Labour

    Also this is interesting http://www.newstatesman.com/politics/staggers/2016/01/how-middle-class-are-labour-s-new-members http://www.taxresearch.org.uk/Blog/2016/07/17/the-rise-and-fall-of-corbyns-economics/...
  19. oakey

    RIP Labour

    Corbyn is about direct democracy and creating a grassroots movement to pressurise authorities of all kinds into change. He and his set don't really believe in parliamentary representative democracy. The Labour Party was formed a century ago to gain and exercise power through parliament to bring...
  20. oakey

    Babies Kits

    The only kits available for females are the ones for babies.
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