Let's day dream a bit for fun :-)

[Arjimlad]

I do that, but I dismount and then cross

That's less heinous... but surely your Mummy lets you ride on the road at your age ?

 

[swee'pea99]

I have considered it. However although we don't have CCTV in the actual loo, our entire building is covered by it so there's a high chance they would know who the culprit was.

And as to why, because they have told people that that is how the world will be. Welcome to the all inclusive, "We're all in it together", 21st century civil service.

Brings to mind a story I was once told...

Back in the '80s, when 'we're all one big happy family' management was all the rage, M&S decided to take out all the class-divisive flooring in their HQ, from crusty lino in the basement to contract nylon flooring on the lower floors to luxuriant deep wool carpets on the top floor, and replace it all with uniform 'quality' carpeting. All went well till they took out the top floor carpet, to reveal the most exquisite marquetry flooring, created by exceptional craftsmen a hundred years before and long-since forgotten. Endless hours of agonising followed, as they debated whether they could bring themselves to cover it up again.

And before anyone asks, I can't remember what they decided in the end.

 

[I like Skol]

Let's have some police to actually police the nation and enforce some of the 'minor' laws that appear to be being ignored because at the moment every Tom, Dick and Harry seems to think they can get away with almost anything (and in most cases they can!). I include myself in this as we all need to know the boundaries and the consequences of being unreasonable.

The 'minor' things I have in mind are things like vandalism, antisocial drunkedness and of course road related problems like illegible/missrepresented numberplates, bright blue LED sidelights (how can this not be enforced????), dangerous/aggressive driving and lying/cheating/weasling scum bags that lie through their teeth following an accident to try and avoid an insurance claim with no risk of a penalty, even when they are subsequently revealed as the lying, cheating, weasling scumbags they really are

 

[swee'pea99]

Let's have some police to actually police the nation and enforce some of the 'minor' laws that appear to be being ignored because at the moment every Tom, Dick and Harry seems to think they can get away with almost anything (and in most cases they can!). I include myself in this as we all need to know the boundaries and the consequences of being unreasonable.

The 'minor' things I have in mind are things like vandalism, antisocial drunkedness and of course road related problems like illegible/missrepresented numberplates, bright blue LED sidelights (how can this not be enforced????), dangerous/aggressive driving and lying/cheating/weasling scum bags that lie through their teeth following an accident to try and avoid an insurance claim with no risk of a penalty, even when they are subsequently revealed as the lying, cheating, weasling scumbags they really are

There's something in this. And not just the vengeful wrath against petty wrongdoers.

The original idea behind zero tolerance, later adopted and adapted by the punitive brigade, was simple to capitalise on real life human psychology as a way of improving environments and so everyday life. Get used to tolerating the occasional broken window, you'll find yourself with a lot of broken windows. Fix broken windows instantly, without fail, and this becomes in people's minds 'a place that doesn't have broken windows'. Result - your broken window count drops off a cliff.

Basic psychology-in-action that helped transform New York from a war-zone on the slide into a liveable city in a matter of a few years.

 

[Dave Davenport]

There's something in this. And not just the vengeful wrath against petty wrongdoers.

The original idea behind zero tolerance, later adopted and adapted by the punitive brigade, was simple to capitalise on real life human psychology as a way of improving environments and so everyday life. Get used to tolerating the occasional broken window, you'll find yourself with a lot of broken windows. Fix broken windows instantly, without fail, and this becomes in people's minds 'a place that doesn't have broken windows'. Result - your broken window count drops off a cliff.

Basic psychology-in-action that helped transform New York from a war-zone on the slide into a liveable city in a matter of a few years.

We have a nice town centre park near us (with plenty of bins), any time it's nice enough to eat lunch outside you can hardly see the grass for the litter by the afternoon. There's a police station 500 yards away which seems to have quite a few Pcso's coming and going, I sort of assumed that dealing with littering would be one of the easy and usefull things they could do but apparently not.

Perhaps they should bring back the 'Parky' (i.e Blakey of 'on the buses' armed with stick with a spike on the end).

 

[Pennine-Paul]

Make all the cashpoint cripples who abuse disabled spaces
work with the the disabled for no pay to understand what being disabled means,
Just cos your mums in a care home and you take her out for sunday lunch
once a month does not give you the right to park in a disabled bay

 

[Peteaud]

Susanna Reid must only read the news in her underwear.

Thats it, no silly laws, just the one.

 

[martint235]

Susanna Reid must only read the news in her underwear.

Thats it, no silly laws, just the one.

What? She's not allowed to do anything else in her underwear?

 

[Peteaud]

What? She's not allowed to do anything else in her underwear?

Well a ahem few other things as well

 

[Pat "5mph"]

That's less heinous... but surely your Mummy lets you ride on the road at your age ?

I'm scared of black taxis and buses and lorries and cars ....

 

[Mad Doug Biker]

I'm scared of black taxis and buses and lorries and cars ....

'I'm scared of big men in their big cars beeping their horn BEEP BEEP!!'


10 point for whoever can tell me from what recent TV drama that quote came from. Clue, it wasn't British or American.

 

[Arjimlad]

I'm scared of black taxis and buses and lorries and cars ....

Bless !

They're more scared of you than you are of them.

 

[Manonabike]

Put a stop to all reality TV shows.

 

[tyred]

Force Bruce Forsythe to retire.

 

[Manonabike]

Force Bruce Forsythe to retire.

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