Brew 5,412 Posted March 14, 2020 Report Share Posted March 14, 2020 I quite agree Ayup, it just annoys me when it seems the whole damn world is trying to control our thoughts and deeds screaming 'I'm offended' by things that are simply the rough and tumble of life. We can't have rainbows everyday and providing we don't let our differences become acrimonious they will happen and soon be forgotten as we move on. 5 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
catfan 14,793 Posted March 14, 2020 Report Share Posted March 14, 2020 Oh dear. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
radfordred 6,284 Posted April 22, 2020 Report Share Posted April 22, 2020 When this Coronavirus malarkey is all over & kids are back in school they need to be taught how to draw rainbows Quote Link to post Share on other sites
MargieH 7,600 Posted April 22, 2020 Report Share Posted April 22, 2020 @radfordred kids get the order of the colours wrong because of that silly song about 'singing a rainbow ' The song says ..... red and yellow and pink and green, purple and orange and blue How did everyone on here learn the colours in the right order? I know of 2 ways .... Quote Link to post Share on other sites
nonnaB 4,895 Posted April 22, 2020 Report Share Posted April 22, 2020 Leave the rainbows alone, whatever their size or shape it all comes down to one thing. HOPE And if you haven't got it , there's no hope for you. I love to see misshapen rainbows, it shows kids love them. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Brew 5,412 Posted April 22, 2020 Report Share Posted April 22, 2020 32 minutes ago, MargieH said: How did everyone on here learn the colours in the right order I didn't and still don't Margie.. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
annswabey 599 Posted April 22, 2020 Report Share Posted April 22, 2020 Richard of York gained battle in vain 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Willow wilson 894 Posted April 22, 2020 Report Share Posted April 22, 2020 I find children's artistic creations are more than interesting and very often reveal a different light on some of our formal notions of things. 4 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
MargieH 7,600 Posted April 22, 2020 Report Share Posted April 22, 2020 @ann swabey I do know that mnemonic but I actually learned the colour order as the name of a man called ROY G BIV. Any other ways people remember? 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
philmayfield 6,123 Posted April 22, 2020 Report Share Posted April 22, 2020 How about this for a mnemonic. 'After expressing joy in suitable language my Indo- Japanese servant brewed my coffee'. It's to remember the anterior venous system of the common frog. I still remember that from my A level biology days! A mine of useless information me! Another on for light aircraft pre take off checks: Tommy tickled Mary carefully for five gorgeous ecstatic heavenly hours. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
MargieH 7,600 Posted April 22, 2020 Report Share Posted April 22, 2020 So Phil, you remembered the mnemonics but can you remember the actual words you wanted to remember? Does that sentence make sense ? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
philmayfield 6,123 Posted April 22, 2020 Report Share Posted April 22, 2020 Anterior vena cava, external jugular, innominate, subclavian, labial,?, internal jugular, brachial, musculo cutaneous- or something like that. Trim, throttle, mixture, carb heat, fuel, flaps, gauges, electrics, harness, hatch secure. Flying controls full and free movement. How about that! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
MargieH 7,600 Posted April 22, 2020 Report Share Posted April 22, 2020 Well remembered Phil! You could have ended up as a vet or airline pilot instead of an accountant (?). A man of many talents....... Quote Link to post Share on other sites
philmayfield 6,123 Posted April 22, 2020 Report Share Posted April 22, 2020 ...... but master of none! Actually I gave up accountancy and was involved in electrical and mechanical engineering plus building a few factories over my last 25 years of work. You name it, I've done it! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Oztalgian 3,278 Posted April 28, 2020 Report Share Posted April 28, 2020 I am getting increasingly peed off with websites wanting to deliver "news" via short videos instead of text. I can read and I don't want the drivel that goes most video including introductions and closing comments. If there is waffle in the words I can skip it and go to the bits that contain the actual news content, it is hard to fast forward through the videos as there is no discernible difference between news and waffle. 3 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
loppylugs 8,429 Posted April 28, 2020 Report Share Posted April 28, 2020 I think they assume most can't read or think. I think in many cases that's true. If they try to force a video on me I just click 'em off. Mostly a waste of time anyway. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
radfordred 6,284 Posted June 12, 2020 Report Share Posted June 12, 2020 This emotional, insecure, distressed, lefty pathetic, sensitive, deluded, fragile snowflake type bollocks is getting on my tits, man up, get a grip of life, your f*cking it up for the rest of us 5 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
HSR 286 Posted June 12, 2020 Report Share Posted June 12, 2020 People who assume they can post your address, & number plate, as they drive by..just because you have a few interesting vehicles, best to hide your stuff behind electric gates.... Quote Link to post Share on other sites
woody 552 Posted September 9, 2020 Report Share Posted September 9, 2020 So the BBC are issuing instructions to staff not to use certain words and phrases that the politically correct brigade and other associated loonies have taken exception to . It is about time the rest of us said enough is enough and told them to go and do sometbing constructive. The British language has been about for longer than the loonies and is simply being hijacked by them to further their perverted ideas. Racism does need to be stopped but outlawing any word that contains black is not the way to do it. Are we going to rename Blackpool and Blackburn or do away with blackberries and blackcurrants to appease these oversensitive individuals? 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
loppylugs 8,429 Posted September 9, 2020 Report Share Posted September 9, 2020 Problem with the pc mindset is that they are never satisfied. Even when society bends over backwards to accomodate them they will find something else to be offended about. It's time society as a whole told 'em to gerrovver it or move elsewhere. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
philmayfield 6,123 Posted September 9, 2020 Report Share Posted September 9, 2020 I enjoy offending the pc brigade. At my age you can say pretty well what you like and people just think ‘poor old fool’. I also act the doddering old person when out shopping and people come to my assistance so I just stand there and let them assist even though I’m more than capable of doing it myself! 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Beekay 5,141 Posted September 9, 2020 Report Share Posted September 9, 2020 Your a proper little tinker, aren't you Phil. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
philmayfield 6,123 Posted September 9, 2020 Report Share Posted September 9, 2020 I am indeed BK. I've reached that 'I don't give a stuff age!' Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Brew 5,412 Posted September 9, 2020 Report Share Posted September 9, 2020 George Orwell came up with: “If thought corrupts language, language can also corrupt thought”. Most politically correct speech is obfuscation, it's less direct, less expressive (Homosexual = Gay. Immigrant = Newcomer. Illegal immigrant = undocumented...). the list goes on. The basic premise is not to upset or offend. In Orwell's view as language becomes less expressive thought processes become restricted and the mind more easily controlled. We are all to some extent going along with this. There are things we dare not say and times we are made to feel guilty without good reason... 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Jill Sparrow 10,305 Posted September 9, 2020 Report Share Posted September 9, 2020 Ey up! Leave blackcurrants alone. They're my favourites! I may even adopt a black cat! Can think of some good names! 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Recommended Posts
Join the conversation
You can post now and register later. If you have an account, sign in now to post with your account.