Strange questions that sometimes need answering (or not asking in the first place really).

[DiogoJ42]

What's weird is when you get the extreme north Wales accent that sounds more Wirral, or even soft Scouse.

While I'm here...

 

[shakey]

Let's be honest.

The Welsh language is at best, unnecessary. And at worst , utterly pointless and extremely expensive to the Welsh government.

A quick Google and it appears that at least 70% of people in Wales cannot speak Welsh while only 1.5% cannot speak English, and I suspect many of those 1.5% are immigrants who can't speak Welsh either. I doubt there is hardly anyone born in Wales who cannot speak English.

Welsh is a compulsory subject in Wales and has been for a long time, but less than a third of the population is fluent in Welsh.

Of course Wales wants to preserve it's identity and culture. But if you are going to learn two languages then Spanish, German or French would seem a more logical choice , given that almost everyone in Wales can speak English , and most of the population can't actually speak Welsh, and nobody outside Wales speaks Welsh.

The cost of having everything in Welsh and English, from road signs to text books to call centres, must cost millions.

Probably the real reason the Welsh government wants people to speak Welsh is to annoy all the English tourists. And they are happy to spend millions to do so.

 

[rob666]

Hey, Goosey, you banged your id report in to the beak in charge then???
Today's the day matey, get yer brood in order...

Even budgies, if you take it out in the fresh air, you must register, today, with the big beak...

Five grand fine for being naughty...

 

[GooseOnTheLoose]

Hey, Goosey, you banged your id report in to the beak in charge then???
Today's the day matey, get yer brood in order...

Even budgies, if you take it out in the fresh air, you must register, today, with the big beak...

Five grand fine for being naughty...

There's a loophole, which I intend to take full advantage of. People who keep birds must register with them with the Animal and Plant Health Agency. I'm a wild goose, who just so happens to be on the loose, and certainly not kept. No goslings here either. All good, but thank you for the concern, it's always appreciated.

🪿

 

[DiogoJ42]

I mentioned this on discord yesterday, but I'll repeat it here:

I say that there's no such thing as Geese. Reckon it's all a conspiracy. They're actually Swan / Duck crossbreeds. They try to cover their shame by claiming to be a seperate species, but in actuallity, they're just a bunch of Swucks.

 

[DiogoJ42]

I got to work this morning, to find the topic of conversation was very serious.

"How is it that your everyday trousers always fit you nomatter how old they are, but your suit trousers that you dig out twice a year have always shrunk?"

 

[pluk]

'Infinite monkey theorem' challenged by Australian mathematicians

Australian researchers have poked holes in an old thought-experiment known as the "infinite monkey theorem".

www.bbc.co.uk

Surely this somewhat misses the point? If you put a finite time constraight on the concept of infinity (even if that is the time constraint of the existence of the universe itself) then you are no longer considering infinity.

Get to work, monkeys.

 

[Jb85]

Why is UberEats always shite
And when you complain you get worse customer service that being mates with Putin



Gourmet burger my ****

Aramark can serve better

And what’s that brown **** with my rings

 

[DiogoJ42]

And what’s that brown **** with my rings

It is ****, Austin.

 

[Matt N]

I thought UberEats was just a food delivery service going to a variety of restaurants, like Deliveroo? Surely the quality of the food is down to the restaurant rather than UberEats themselves?

 

[rob666]

Keeping things on dodgy food...
Does a Bounty bar count as one of your five a day?

 

[Jb85]

I thought UberEats was just a food delivery service going to a variety of restaurants, like Deliveroo? Surely the quality of the food is down to the restaurant rather than UberEats themselves?

Well it is
But in my drunken anger I tracked the food
Picked up an hour and a half before delivery
It literally went on a tour of the town

Apparently that was because they were busy - and not a quality issue - so cold food - is my problem

Edit - email from them - no refund or apology !!!

 

[Slugjc]

Keeping things on dodgy food...
Does a Bounty bar count as one of your five a day?

Technically it's 2. Unless you share it, then it is one

 

[DiogoJ42]

A friend and I have scarily identical youtube tastes. If you were to daw a Venn diagram of what we watch / are reccomended, it would be a slightly blurred-edged circle.

I just threw him a link to a vid I am currently watching, that I thought he would enjoy. It's several days old, so I prefaced it with "you've probably already seen this one..."

He replied within seconds, with a screenshot showing he is watching the same vid, with a timestamp 30 seconds ahead of where I was.

At what point do we give up and start sharing an account like some old married couple?

 

[rob666]

I can assure you that this old married couple have entirely different tastes, and share no accounts, other than banking ones.

 

[rob666]

Double post, different topic, surely whip free.

BBC headline on the very early news this morning, around half five...

"Non breast feeders punished over cost of baby milk formula".

I am a non breast feeder, yet I don't feel punished in any way.

Should I feel shame or guilt here?

I'm puzzled.

 

[BarryZola]

Double post, different topic, surely whip free.

BBC headline on the very early news this morning, around half five...

"Non breast feeders punished over cost of baby milk formula".

I am a non breast feeder, yet I don't feel punished in any way.

Should I feel shame or guilt here?

I'm puzzled.

You should feel shame and guilt about your flagrant disregard for the double-posting regulations!

Joking aside, I feel that if the cheapest baby milk products are genuinely too expensive then maybe a not-for-profit company should be set up to produce this stuff and sell it at more affordable prices, if that's even possible. Or am I being too kind and people need to just suck it up (no pun intended) or buy the non-branded stuff?

 

[rob666]

Didn't breed, so never really noticed until now.

But creating the small creatures does seem to be a bit on the "******* ridiculously expensive" side.

My sister was spending more on school shoes than I did on beer.

 

[Matt.GC]

Children are extremely expensive. But the baby part is the cheap bit. They need equipment which costs a bit, but you can whack them on the boob for a bit before the formula comes out. When you think that formula contains all the stuff they need whilst they're tiny, it's actually quite cost effective. Then they go on to solids but eat very little, and childcare (if you can get it) is mostly fully funded.

Then they become toddlers and destroy stuff, still eat very little, but potty training gets rid of expensive nappies. But childcare funding goes down and you have to top it up.

Then it's school uniform, and the need to spend money entertaining them when they're off. Eating more food.

Then it's school trips and clothes every year because they won't stop growing. A growing assortment of pets, vets bills and insurance. Bigger car as they come out of booster seats. Start eating more.

Then it's Xbox's, PlayStations, bigger houses because they're too big to share single rooms. Eat even more.

Then it's fashion trends, deodorant, rip off secondary school uniform, lavish school trips, ever more expensive holidays, and take your eye off them for 5 minutes and they strip the cupboards and fridge bare.

Then it's forking out for driving lessons and student digs. When they return home, eat everything in the house. Fleece off you until nearly 30 years old because they can't afford to move out.

They better put me in a posh old folks home when the time comes.

 

[jon81uk]

Joking aside, I feel that if the cheapest baby milk products are genuinely too expensive then maybe a not-for-profit company should be set up to produce this stuff and sell it at more affordable prices, if that's even possible. Or am I being too kind and people need to just suck it up (no pun intended) or buy the non-branded stuff?

I would assume that if someone needs formula because there is a medical reason they can't breastfeed then it would be available on prescription?