Random Daily Banter

[First Aspect]

HONK

Sorry, couldn't resist

I have a small phone and fat fingers.

 

[briantrumpet]

I have a small phone and fat fingers.

Being pedantic on t'internet puts a target on your back, which is only fair.

 

[First Aspect]

Being pedantic on t'internet puts a target on your back, which is only fair.

I accept all constructive criticism.

 

[First Aspect]

Just reading that another member of the gentry has some legal issues for slightly strangling someone a few times.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cd9zv78dqzgo

I am assuming this is just an upper class tradition like fox hunting or being fondled by a man servant, and we do need to make allowances.

 

[matticus]

Just reading that another member of the gentry has some legal issues for slightly strangling someone a few times.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cd9zv78dqzgo

Being on my manor close to home, this also caught my eye. Such a bizarre story - for one thing, you wonder how he didn't succeed on any of the attempts!

 

[First Aspect]

Being on my manor close to home, this also caught my eye. Such a bizarre story - for one thing, you wonder how he didn't succeed on any of the attempts!

Traditionally, posh people have limp handshakes in my experience. Since they are all closely related, there could be a genetic issue with grip strength.

 

[bobzmyunkle]

Ex drug addict and convict? And extremely rich obviously.

 

[Pross]

Being on my manor close to home, this also caught my eye. Such a bizarre story - for one thing, you wonder how he didn't succeed on any of the attempts!

Hands like Trump's probably.

 

[Beebo]

Being on my manor close to home, this also caught my eye. Such a bizarre story - for one thing, you wonder how he didn't succeed on any of the attempts!

Could it be some sort of no consensual sex game?
He may not have been trying to kill.

 

[Ian H]

Could it be some sort of no consensual sex game?
He may not have been trying to kill.

The Churchills do seem to have produced a fair number of wronguns, Winston among them, of course.

 

[Beebo]

The Churchills do seem to have produced a fair number of wronguns, Winston among them, of course.

This guy looks a lot more like Earl Spencer than Winston Churchill.

 

[bobzmyunkle]

Not sure where to put this. Strange that @CXRAndy hasn't shared some rage from his feed yet.
https://www.manchestereveningnews.c...risons-bolton-issues-statement-after-33077728

 

[BoldonLad]

This guy looks a lot more like Earl Spencer than Winston Churchill.

According to the BBC report, he is "first cousin, three times removed, or Sir Winston Churchill, and, a distant relative of the late Princess Diana, through the Spencer family".

First, I have no idea what "first cousin, three times removed" actually means, but, to me, it sounds like a distant relative!

 

[briantrumpet]

According to the BBC report, he is "first cousin, three times removed, or Sir Winston Churchill, and, a distant relative of the late Princess Diana, through the Spencer family".

First, I have no idea what "first cousin, three times removed" actually means, but, to me, it sounds like a distant relative!

The three times removed refers to how many generations difference, so The Strangler must have had a great grandparent who was a cousin of Churchill (if I've counted that right)

 

[First Aspect]

According to the BBC report, he is "first cousin, three times removed, or Sir Winston Churchill, and, a distant relative of the late Princess Diana, through the Spencer family".

First, I have no idea what "first cousin, three times removed" actually means, but, to me, it sounds like a distant relative!

It means he's refused to leave the members club quietly on three occasions.