LOL

I think the funniest thing is the fried chicken on the bill. The world has no sense of humour anymore.

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Alfonse wrote:
> LOL
>
> I think the funniest thing is the fried chicken on the bill. The
> world has no sense of humour anymore.

And that burger must have been the biggest, most delicious one ever to warrant that price tag.

When Episode 1 came out, my brother bought lots of figures and just left them in their box. I think everyone else had the same idea, so I don't think they'll be worth much more than what he paid.

I feel sorry for people who collect Star Wars merchandise. There's just so much of it and the majority is rubbish. Who the hell wants an action figure of a character that had 3 seconds of screen time anyway.

Also as much as I like Boba Fett he's not worth $13,000

With all the chrimstas lights being turned on, shops with their christmas decorations up and christmas songs playing, it doesn't feel like Guy Fawkes night.

Howdy folks, now starting to get internet back and some stability to my routine of work!!

Hopefully tomorrow i will be back to my normal posting self and can contribute a tad more to the forums again lol. Got reviews and cheats to get on with soon, but going to be busy with work once i am online and sorted in my new Office!!

What stupid kids :/

@Emmie, glad to have you back.


Haven't heard any fireworks yet, we don't have our local one till 7, so the celebrations will have to wait. Probably a good thing as it's raining a lot here.

Oh, and Happy Birthday to Altaranga if you're around.

Morning all (just).

And thanks for the birthday wishes. : )

I was up most of last night getting online achievements for PGR3. Only woke up an hour ago.

They really should start upping the law on fireworks, restricting sales to licensed users (fireworks show organisers and such) only. I was waiting in line in Sainsbury's and in front of me was your typical chav (cap, tracksuit, white sports trainers) holding a couple of boxes of firework rockets... he was over 18 no doubt, but the whole queue must have all been thinking the same thing. And of course there was this incident in the news

Fireworks shoved through a letterbox

Exactly. Mad isn't it?

How many of us have had a fireworks display in our back garden where "that one firework" has gone oddly wrong? I remember my auntie has like a birthmark under her eye now where one hit her when I was younger.

I love fireworks, but really.......giving people sticks of gunpowder to set off 10 feet away from their house and more importantly, their children? :S

We celebrate defeating and punishing him I believe more than him per se. If that even is the true meaning. I can't remember now. :S

Either way, I am strongly against banning it altogether. My family have always had massive feelings for fireworks night, as it's like a second Xmas to us. We all get together, my older brother buys loads of fireworks etc. BBQ, coats and sparklers. :D

That part of it is great, but there should be some class or leaflet thing you have to read through with trained providers when buying. Wouldn't be that hard.

EDIT: I should elaborate. Have only trained providers able to sell them. When you go to buy fireworks you have to listen to a 5/10 minute safety talk and sign something official to say you have done it. Not too much effort to go through, or for the officials to set up.

Used to work at Somerfield, and we sold them to anyone who asked (and was old enough obviously). I took this further in our store, by refusing to let any of my evening team sell them to anyone who looked dodgy. Against the rules? Definately. Against societies morales? Hell no.

Fair enough Warhunt, we each have our own family's traditions, and fair play on breaking the law- for the right reasons of course ;D But nobody can hold it against families who have been on the bad end of a firework wanting them banned.

But Warhunt hasn't created the stereotypes. It's not stereotypical, it's true. I'm sorry, if somebody is wearing a hood, and it's not very cold or raining, i'll automatically think they're up to no good. I say it's not stereotypical because you can't stereotype if it's completely true. I would never sell a firework to a skinhead wearing a hoody with a gang of mates around him, because to be honest, i care more for my personal guilt, because if they injure or kill somebody with them, i'm going to feel aweful. So screw being stereotypical, if a scall wants to buy a firework, then he should've done better in school.

Pete, are you willing to take a lie detector test? xD

Sonic Chris wrote:
> But Warhunt hasn't created the stereotypes. It's not
> stereotypical, it's true. I'm sorry, if somebody is wearing a
> hood, and it's not very cold or raining, i'll automatically think
> they're up to no good. I say it's not stereotypical because you
> can't stereotype if it's completely true.

I wear a hood and have short hair. Do I create these problems for society? So no, it isn't completely true Chris.

I would never sell a
> firework to a skinhead wearing a hoody with a gang of mates
> around him, because to be honest, i care more for my personal
> guilt, because if they injure or kill somebody with them, i'm
> going to feel aweful. So screw being stereotypical, if a scall
> wants to buy a firework, then he should've done bette,  in school.

Because a middle class kid has never blown off half his face with a firework? You guys seem to be content advocating discrimination against groups from up there on your high horses. Talk about firework legisation instead, your warped sense of justice is ridiculous.

Who says i'm a middle class kid? You're basing your judgement on me by presuming i'm middle class. Am i not entitled to an opinion? Now who's being prejudice?

Alfonse wrote:
> You guys seem to be content advocating discrimination
> against groups from up there on your high horses.

I think that means that 'we guys' are elevating ourselves above the rest of society. I'm not elevating myself at all in society, i hate classes in society. What i'm on at is image, because i have to say, 100% of the time i've seen youths doing something, they've been skinheads with hoodies on. That is completely true. We've had car windows smashed in multiple times, all by the same group, during one week, there was multiple burgalries on the same shop by the same people. Yes, they wore hoodies. And i live in one of the 'posher' parts of Liverpool. So forgive me if i'd think twice about selling fireworks to people of this image. It's not my fault i think this way, it's just judging from personal experience, i can't help it.

Alfonse wrote:

> I'm not giving them justification. I'm just highlighting the loss
> of community within our society. But hey, you'll find out for
> yourself when one of your kids grows up and is denied fireworks
> by a Warhunt in ASDA.

The loss of community is brought on by the hostile glares and behaviour of said groups of chavs themselves. Prejudice against race/religion/sex/disability is unfounded. But looking at someone with ill intent whilst dressed in clothing that disguises your face, does create the feeling that someone is up to no good. But that can be changed.

And kids aren't sold fireworks at all. Yet kids are setting them off with the intent to harm others, as shown in the BBC links below. So it's obvious that some adults or adult looking kids are buying it for them. Who are these adults? As they're hardly setting the right example to their kids, we can easily assume that they are a grown up version of the kids doing the damage - hence mine, and the others' suspicion of the adult chav buying the fireworks.

And this is why we should just have a blanket ban on selling fireworks bar show organisers... it is clear that having a policy on not selling to anyone 'shifty' is at best vague and at worst targeting groups that would otherwise be fine, were it not for the storekeeper's own prejudices.