Hey, it's just another metaphor for The Cat In The Hat, if that's any help ???

Posted By: Arganth on February 20th 2006 at 15:36:51

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FAO all those asking have i bought "1984" yet..... (General Chat) - Mark_Knopfler, Feb 20, 15:21:31
- Get the concise version. (General Chat) - yarmyyarmy, Feb 20, 15:31:39
  - Sexcrime ? (n/m) (General Chat) - Arganth, Feb 20, 15:33:06
  - If he really likes it, I can sell him the official calendar for a tenner (n/m) (General Chat) - Steve in Holland, Feb 20, 15:32:44
  - Lol ... (General Chat) - Ottosson Foxtrot, Feb 20, 15:32:39
    - That can't be true... (General Chat) - Dr Baker, Feb 20, 15:34:38
      - Here you go... (General Chat) - Dr Baker, Feb 20, 15:39:45
        
        That's class! (n/m) (General Chat) - Ottosson Foxtrot, Feb 20, 15:42:14
- Shame, i was looking forward to your pearls of wisdom on the book (n/m) (General Chat) - DiscoDaleGordon, Feb 20, 15:25:58
- Buy it, and come back when you've read it. (n/m) (General Chat) - Ottosson Foxtrot, Feb 20, 15:24:19
  - Just a quick question..... (General Chat) - Mark_Knopfler, Feb 20, 15:25:09
    - Oh, and it's one of my very favourite books. (n/m) (General Chat) - Ottosson Foxtrot, Feb 20, 15:27:33
    - Read it and u might find out... (General Chat) - Riverking, Feb 20, 15:26:49
    - Because its 300000 pages long, meaning (General Chat) - DiscoDaleGordon, Feb 20, 15:26:48
      - Well, 311. (General Chat) - Arizona Bay, Feb 20, 15:29:14
      - It's not a long book at all. (n/m) (General Chat) - Steve in Holland, Feb 20, 15:27:39
        
        Especially if you skip the Goldstein bits. (n/m) (General Chat) - Ottosson Foxtrot, Feb 20, 15:28:18
    - You said it was more "revelent" (sic) than ever. (General Chat) - yarmyyarmy, Feb 20, 15:26:31
      - Because that's what other people have told me who i hold close views with.... (General Chat) - Mark_Knopfler, Feb 20, 15:28:40
        
        Oh well fair enough to ape them then (General Chat) - Steve in Holland, Feb 20, 15:29:53
    - Because you were talking about how contemporary society is like '1984'. (General Chat) - Ottosson Foxtrot, Feb 20, 15:25:54
      - This country.... (General Chat) - Mark_Knopfler, Feb 20, 15:27:31
        
        wasnt 1984 22 years ago, not 10? (n/m) (General Chat) - DiscoDaleGordon, Feb 20, 15:31:36
        
        Fuck off and go live in China then. (n/m) (General Chat) - tudders, Feb 20, 15:31:03
        
        LOL...... (General Chat) - Mark_Knopfler, Feb 20, 15:31:58
        
        It's not lost on you, is it. (n/m) (General Chat) - tudders, Feb 20, 15:35:45
        
        That's not what a nanny state is (n/m) (General Chat) - Steve in Holland, Feb 20, 15:30:28
        
        We do live in a nanny state. (General Chat) - Arganth, Feb 20, 15:32:38
        
        To be fair, my nanny is in a bit of a state. But then (General Chat) - Steve in Holland, Feb 20, 15:33:55
        
        Isn't "nanny state" just one of those meaningless Daily Mail/Sun cliches? (n/m) (General Chat) - Ottosson Foxtrot, Feb 20, 15:31:03
        
        its PK's current buzz word (General Chat) - DiscoDaleGordon, Feb 20, 15:33:08
        
        Oh, well in that case.... (General Chat) - Arganth, Feb 20, 15:34:52
        
        My turn (General Chat) - DiscoDaleGordon, Feb 20, 15:35:52
        
        Here's what nanny state means....... (General Chat) - Mark_Knopfler, Feb 20, 15:34:39
        
        Not allways (General Chat) - DiscoDaleGordon, Feb 20, 15:36:15
        
        As the article suggests, it's a term coined by stupid Tories for use by stupid Tories. (n/m) (General Chat) - Ottosson Foxtrot, Feb 20, 15:36:12
        
        Until they come back into power, in which case... (General Chat) - Arganth, Feb 20, 15:38:02
        
        I don't mind who's it coined by,they are right! (n/m) (General Chat) - Mark_Knopfler, Feb 20, 15:37:08
        
        Oh, exclusive. PK states "Stupid Tories are right" (n/m) (General Chat) - Steve in Holland, Feb 20, 15:37:59
        
        I'm not anti.... (General Chat) - Mark_Knopfler, Feb 20, 15:39:24
        
        Ask someone who reads the Daily Mail / Sun (n/m) (General Chat) - Steve in Holland, Feb 20, 15:32:01
      - lol (General Chat) - Steve in Holland, Feb 20, 15:27:14
        
        Or any other book of fairy stories nicked from other sources... (n/m) (General Chat) - Arganth, Feb 20, 15:28:04
        
        Wooosh.... (General Chat) - Steve in Holland, Feb 20, 15:29:04
        
        Was just describing the bible. (n/m) (General Chat) - Arganth, Feb 20, 15:31:10
        
        1984 just nicks from Zamyatin's 'We' and Koestler's 'Darkness at Noon'. (General Chat) - Ottosson Foxtrot, Feb 20, 15:28:53
        
        That rules me out of any further participation in this debate, I'm afraid. (n/m) (General Chat) - tudders, Feb 20, 15:34:15
        
        Don't worry. There'll be a purple veined dick joke along any time now. (n/m) (General Chat) - Arizona Bay, Feb 20, 15:37:33
        
        Off to dick joke island, see ya. (n/m) (General Chat) - tudders, Feb 20, 15:41:01
        
        There's people heckling in Chinese at this moment. (General Chat) - Ottosson Foxtrot, Feb 20, 15:39:11
        
        I'm putting some Bill on while I get stuck into the tricky bit of the program I'm writing. (n/m) (General Chat) - Arizona Bay, Feb 20, 15:40:46
        
        Today's Bill moment was brought to you by the poster AB... (n/m) (General Chat) - Arganth, Feb 20, 15:38:54
        
        Hey, it's just another metaphor for The Cat In The Hat, if that's any help ??? (n/m) (General Chat) - Arganth, Feb 20, 15:36:51
        
        lol. I thought the same. However (General Chat) - Steve in Holland, Feb 20, 15:35:44
        
        Do it, there's no possible way passing off that opinion as your own could backfire. (n/m) (General Chat) - Ottosson Foxtrot, Feb 20, 15:38:10
        
        I'm sure you can still bait one of its participants, though. (General Chat) - Ottosson Foxtrot, Feb 20, 15:35:20
        
        Fair point. (n/m) (General Chat) - tudders, Feb 20, 15:38:37

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