BRFR Cake Stop 'breaking news' miscellany

[briantrumpet]

I've read and considered this carefully, and the net result will be to increase the cost of getting a haircut from someone with the required V level. This seems like a bad thing.

You could try hair loss treatment.

 

[briantrumpet]

Dammit, I don't know the height of the London Eye either. Should I report myself for deportation?

 

[secretsqirrel]

Is it that person's birthday?
Will they be crying?

if they want to.

 

[midlandsgrimpeur]

I think this looks sensible, *if done properly*, doesn't it?

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Yes, does look sensible. Having a fair few friends as teachers, the whole system of education in England seems to have become so unnecessary complex over the last 20 years. I have always believed it should be a mix of straight up academic subjects, focussed skills based subjects and creative endeavours. Just give kids a broad and interesting education that leaves them fully literate and with some knowledge and (hopefully) an enthusiasm to continue to learn as they grow older.

 

[briantrumpet]

Wankers. The lot of them. Literally.
https://www.404media.co/viral-quitt...ion-habits-of-hundreds-of-thousands-of-users/

 

[PurplePenguin]

Dammit, I don't know the height of the London Eye either. Should I report myself for deportation?

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You can try the test online. I have always managed to pass despite the fact that there are a few randomly tricky questions. Everyone I have known who has done the test for real has found it interesting and useful, so it is mainly only Brits who don't need to do it who moan about it. Or to put it more succinctly, it's Telegraph article fodder.

 

[briantrumpet]

"Ian Huntley was at home for what could have been a normal day... but his life would drastically change when two girls came into his house..."

 

[briantrumpet]

You can try the test online. I have always managed to pass despite the fact that there are a few randomly tricky questions. Everyone I have known who has done the test for real has found it interesting and useful, so it is mainly only Brits who don't need to do it who moan about it. Or to put it more succinctly, it's Telegraph article fodder.

I passed too, but I've no idea why random knowledge about the UK is part of the process. It's not as if potential malicious actors or ne'er-do-wells can't learn facts.

 

[First Aspect]

You can try the test online. I have always managed to pass despite the fact that there are a few randomly tricky questions. Everyone I have known who has done the test for real has found it interesting and useful, so it is mainly only Brits who don't need to do it who moan about it. Or to put it more succinctly, it's Telegraph article fodder.

Some of my colleagues have done it. And they find it as useless as the sample questions suggest.

 

[First Aspect]

Wankers. The lot of them. Literally.
https://www.404media.co/viral-quitt...ion-habits-of-hundreds-of-thousands-of-users/

Where do you find this stuff? I find out lots of things on the internet about politics, F1, football, cycling and cats (which are unavoidable on the internet), but I have never stumbled across masturbation therapy news stories.

 

[briantrumpet]

Something tells me that Milne's days as a solicitor are numbered.

 

[briantrumpet]

Where do you find this stuff? I find out lots of things on the internet about politics, F1, football, cycling and cats (which are unavoidable on the internet), but I have never stumbled across masturbation therapy news stories.

I found it in some rag.

 

[briantrumpet]

Weirdly, I find F1, football and cycling easily avoidable. The cats less so, despite my best efforts.

 

[First Aspect]

Weirdly, I find F1, football and cycling easily avoidable. The cats less so, despite my best efforts.

I think my point is I go looking for F1 and football news.

 

[PurplePenguin]

I passed too, but I've no idea why random knowledge about the UK is part of the process. It's not as if potential malicious actors or ne'er-do-wells can't learn facts.

It's just a bit of a history/culture lesson that helps people to understand more about the country. I was opposed to it when they brought it in (perhaps I am masking my secret desire to read the Telegraph), but everyone who has done it has found it worthwhile. If I visit a country I often end up reading similar stuff albeit in less detail.