That's fucking stupid

Will someone think of the children…

Commonly Sensible — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 16:19:18 +0000

I had the misfortune to have to listen to LBC last night while running my hands over an oily teenage girl and was amused at their response to this “story”. The presenter, whose name I have thankfully repressed, kept going on and on about how this was a knee jerk reaction to (and she kept mentioning [...]

Shocked I tell you, shocked!

Commonly Sensible — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 09:33:05 +0000

Labour ‘rent an opinion’ MP Keith Vaz has condemned the new Modern Warfare 2 xbox game saying he was “absolutely shocked” by its violence. It’s a game, dickwad. If you want to be shocked, how about you get all shocked about the actual killing and violence which is taking place in a variety of hot and [...]

Calm down dear

Sensibly Common — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 12:48:21 +0000

Dear Mrs Janes, I’m sure you are deeply upset at the PM’s pisspoor handwriting and spelling. But given the choice of all the names in the universe, you were the one who decided to call him James Janes, weren’t you? All the best, TFS

Here’s what I don’t get…

Commonly Sensible — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 12:47:30 +0000

Why did they give the aged photos of Madeleine a sun tan? Either she’s underground or wherever her parents dumped her or she’s locked up in a basement – both of which are better than factor 100 for keeping the tan at bay.

Quote of the day

Sensibly Common — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 11:49:39 +0000

Marc Mutty, public affairs director for the Roman Catholic Diocese of Portland on the repeal of the Maine gay marriage bill: “We went up against tremendous odds… We all know we were the little guy going up against the big guy, but we prevailed.” How on Earth did the poor little tiny Roman Catholic church manage to [...]

It’s been hard…

Commonly Sensible — Fri, 23 Oct 2009 23:45:53 +0000

Holy shit, it feels like ages since I got really really angry with something and felt the need to vent my rancid bile on here. Unfortunately I have not really been outraged much recently despite lots of things happening which would make me outraged if I could be bothered to break my new policy. I [...]

Quote of the day

Commonly Sensible — Sun, 18 Oct 2009 13:02:40 +0000

CWU general secretary Billy Hayes describing the management at the Royal Mail “This is about a culture of management that seems to think in a democracy that the workforce have to do just what they’re told” Who said anything about a democracy, Billy? That’s exactly how it works, that’s why they’re called management – because they manage [...]

You got a pulmonary oedema because you’re gay

Sensibly Common — Fri, 16 Oct 2009 14:17:59 +0000

Jan Moir is an idiot. A post-mortem revealed Stephen [Gately] died from acute pulmonary oedema, a build-up of fluid on his lungs. Gately’s family have always maintained that drugs were not involved in the singer’s death, but [he] smoked cannabis on the night he died. … Another real sadness about Gately’s death is that it strikes another blow to [...]

A big sprinkle of gold

Commonly Sensible — Thu, 15 Oct 2009 09:29:04 +0000

A little birdie told me recently that a large bank in the city is due to announce another record quarter of profits, and with that another round of record bonuses will follow. The Daily Heil will no doubt bleat on about fat cats and that sort of thing but here’s why they should just sit [...]

Quote of the day

Sensibly Common — Tue, 13 Oct 2009 11:49:23 +0000

Former Labour minister Ian McCartney, on an act to ban cigarette vending machines in England, NI & Wales: “[Tobacco is] the only product in Britain that can be sold legally, which routinely kills and injures its customers” I’m not sure that 863,000 people would agree with that statement though, you cockbag.

Quote of the day

Commonly Sensible — Wed, 07 Oct 2009 16:18:04 +0000

Once they realised they were facing a ship that was responding and was heading towards them, they stopped shooting and attempted to flee. That was Admiral Christophe Prazuck, a French military spokesman, describing the not-all-that-bright Somali pirates who attacked a French Navy vessel thinking it was actually a harmless merchant ship.

Shield me from this outrage

Commonly Sensible — Thu, 01 Oct 2009 16:26:42 +0000

Stephen Glover is clearly harbouring paedophile tendencies. He’s brim full of moral outrage at the idea of displaying a picture of a naked ten year old Brooke Shields in an art gallery, perhaps because he feels he could not look at it without some sort of sexual arousal. In an effort to explain to middle [...]

I can smell another MMR style scare

Commonly Sensible — Thu, 01 Oct 2009 10:07:05 +0000

There is already enough resistance to the HPV vaccine, it’s essentially an STD and parents prefer to believe that their little princess is not being screwed senseless by some spotty herbert than accept the fact that it’s pretty likely and take the sensible precautions. Add to this the case of a kid who tragically died [...]

Quote of the day

Commonly Sensible — Wed, 30 Sep 2009 12:10:13 +0000

Gordon Brown, shrugging off the fact that the SUN (Britain’s most read newspaper) is no longer supporting New Labour. “it is people that decide elections” Tell that to Thatcher.

Quote of the day

Sensibly Common — Wed, 23 Sep 2009 17:26:35 +0000

Roberton Williams of US thinktank the Tax Policy Center, on fines for those not covered by health insurance under the proposed US healthcare system: “The fact that it is imposed on people and they have no choice in paying it, and the fact that it’s administered through the tax system all make it look like a [...]

Quote of the day

Sensibly Common — Mon, 21 Sep 2009 13:44:00 +0000

Prince Muhammad bin Nayef of Saudi Arabia, on surviving a recent suicide bomb attack on him, in his office: “he surprised me by blowing himself up” Yes. I guess that would be a bit of a surprise. Incidentally, the perpetrator had hidden explosives in his, erm, rectal cavity and ‘activated them remotely’.

EU Vote – Update

Sensibly Common — Fri, 18 Sep 2009 13:38:43 +0000

So… yours truly put on his investigating shoes and got in contact with the office of that Daniel Hannan, and got a swift response from his Chief of Staff* with a link to the following: Which opens up a whole new kettle of fish in a china shop. Oh. I think I may have mixed my [...]

Quote of the day

Sensibly Common — Fri, 18 Sep 2009 08:21:24 +0000

David Cameron, leader of the UK’s Conservative Party, on Section 28 in July this year: “I am sorry for Section 28. We got it wrong. It was an emotional issue. I hope you can forgive us.” All well and good. The Conservatives say they’ve moved on from that issue. Here’s the background [...]

Now with SFW URL

Commonly Sensible — Tue, 01 Sep 2009 14:01:03 +0000

We listened. We do that a lot but this time we didn’t laugh and slag you off behind your back. Alternate URL has less swearing in it but sweary one works just fine too.

Daily Mail bell ends

Commonly Sensible — Sun, 30 Aug 2009 22:31:27 +0000