I assumed the byline pic had been tailored for this story about periods, given that

[Burney]

The Good Lie, you see. Hardly surprising that the swivel-eyed right foam at the mouth at the brazen mendacity underpinning the entire philosophy of the contemporary left, while traditional leftists who just seek a fairer share of the fruits of our toil through solidarity with our colleagues can only shake their heads at how far things have fallen.

I hardly think one needs to be 'swivel eyed' in order to shake one's head in wonder at the way in which 'the left' has created rigid orthodoxies around comforting, but nonsensical fantasies rather than ever risk giving offence with the truth. One merely needs to have a nodding acquaintance with the concept of empirical truth, surely?

[Burney]

It isn't the greatest read either. Hardly Dickens....

None of Steinbeck is. They're kiddies' books, really. Much his best was Cannery Row.

[Ash]

Wait, you're telling me I'm a traditional leftist?

Who knew?

I thought you had chaps to do the toiling for you?

[Peter]

None of Steinbeck is. They're kiddies' books, really. Much his best was Cannery Row.

Of Mice and Men isn't great.

[Ash]

I hardly think one needs to be 'swivel eyed' in order to shake one's head in wonder at the way in which 'the left' has created rigid orthodoxies around comforting, but nonsensical fantasies rather than ever risk giving offence with the truth. One merely needs to have a nodding acquaintance with the concept of empirical truth, surely?

Indeed. I was just chucking some rhetoric around in accordance with local traditions.

[Burney]

Indeed. I was just chucking some rhetoric around in accordance with local traditions.

Oh, fair enough, then. Do carry on, you ghastly communist.

[Burney]

Of Mice and Men isn't great.

No. I read it when I was about 10 or 11, I think. I liked it then.

[Monty92]

Mate, you’ve bred with a woman whose mum is mad and whose dad lives on a boat and recently married a Nigerian whore.

Poor old anus.

Women being wrong'uns isn't a problem. It's men with their predisposition to criminality and inclination to sack off their kids when they can't be arsed with the responsibility who are the cause of most of society's ills.

Mental women are barely distinguishable from sane ones, anyway

[Sir C]

I thought you had chaps to do the toiling for you?

Well, yes, but without my giving them something to toil at, they'd have fúck all toiling to do. That is my toil, I create the toil. This toil creates money, which is taken by the Revenue and given to lazy people.

This process is called 'socialism'.

[Peter]

Women being wrong'uns isn't a problem. It's men with their predisposition to criminality and inclination to sack off their kids when they can't be arsed with the responsibility who are the cause of most of society's ills.

Mental women are barely distinguishable from sane ones, anyway

True. The more accurate distinction is between diagnosed and undiagnosed.