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Seems heavy-handed. Anti-racism and anti-sexism rules already enforced by a nationwide organisation to be double-checked by the City Council. Who can't sanction the companies anyway?
PC gone mad I tell ya

@tommmmmmm this could be you in a few years if you play your cards right.

Can I come drinking round your house? I struggle to get more than 3 large (i.e. 250ml) glasses out of a standard 750ml bottle.

There's a weird one where a driver seriously injured a kid then drove away from the scene and when he failed a drugs test claimed he took cocaine when he got home because he was "in a panic":

https://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/news/greater-manchester-news/dylan-worley-hilton-chef-court-14262515

Don't you bosh a line when you're feeling panicked? That sweet, relaxing cocaine, that's what it's famous for, right? Relaxation.

Snorting some lines as soon as he got home shows how traumatised he was and should count as mitigation. He just needed some contemplative time.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1KvZxoQqAhs

£400/g. They saw that tie coming a mile away.

Life goals!

was hoping for him to start spitting bars.

http://metro.co.uk/2018/02/08/woman-told-cant-take-emotional-support-hamster-flight-flushes-toilet-7296709/amp/

Edit: I'm thinking epic wtf, and also feeling sad for both the Woman & the Hamster.

feeling sad for ...the Woman

Precisely, why?

you’re ruining the bouquet!!

You shouldn't laugh but

The student is contemplating a lawsuit against Spirit and has hired attorney Adam Goodman to fight her case.

He told the Miami Herald: ‘This wasn’t a giant peacock that could pose a danger to other passengers.

Precisely, why?

Vaguely connected to her Cancer scare (can be quite a big deal, there's not much detail around it in the report though) and the attachment she's reported to have to this Hamster, as well as her state of mind / degree of upset when faced with flushing a living pet down the toilet.

P s. I'd moved on from it quite quickly though, thanks for dragging me back.

A spokesman for SpaceX said, “We got this strange signal just after takeoff. We thought it might be space debris or aliens. When we turned the camera around we saw a black Audi flashing its headlights at us. After 27,000 miles it undertook us on the approach to low Earth orbit. As it came past the driver could be seen waving his hands and calling us wankers. He wasn’t even indicating.”

Ha! Someone at work just sent me the same thing. Needs mobile phone too though.

https://rochdaleherald.co.uk/2018/02/07/audi-driver-becomes-first-driver-in-space-after-tailgating-elon-musks-space-car/

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-manchester-42989671 wtf.

This happened after ;)

http://newsthump.com/2018/02/07/angry-cyclist-spotted-furiously-chasing-down-car-300000-miles-from-earth/

Anyone seen the high fivin', dancing, acrobatic lollipop woman in Markhouse Road?
Her gyrations gain her way more attention than any hi-viz ever will.
The kids love her.

That'll be because someone took or tried to take their emotional support peacock on a flight.

Sounds like they should be encouraging high-5's and dancing, not clamping down on it!

^This.
Exactly.
She used to blow me kisses when I cycled past.
I'm under the impression that I wasn't the only cyclist she did this to.
I think it was part of her 'routine'.
A big plus for my commute.

Surely an old bloke in the middle of the road holding a massive fucking flouro lollipop high-fiving children is a pretty good indication to approaching traffic that it's not clear to proceed. Elf'n safety gone maaaad, I tell ya!