Might I just point out that war clouds are gathering in various parts of the world...

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Originally Posted by Pat Vegas

That's the one! The ones who say they are feminists and stuff.

I just go on instagram thesedays.

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:cloud9: You've no idea how much it pleases me to have been able to enlighten a young person about modern terminology, f.

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Originally Posted by Burney

You realise that 'squaddie' denotes someone in the lowest ranks of the British Army, yes? It doesn't just mean 'soldier'.

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Yes, I understand that.

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:cloud9: You've no idea how much it pleases me to have been able to enlighten a young person about modern terminology, f.

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I'll be 35 soon.
The advantages of being in my 30s seems that when I walk into a guitar shop they bendover backwards to assist me as they think I have money. Unlike completely ignoring me when I was 17. actually perhaps that's not a good thing.

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Originally Posted by Burney

I don't know. Maybe one should ask Laurie Penny about the state of her lady garden to get some idea?

Or would that be a micro aggression?

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I shall tweet immmediately asking if xe'd mind showing us a picture of xer minge. Note how I have remained gender neutral to avoid giving offence.

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I shall tweet immmediately asking if xe'd mind showing us a picture of xer minge. Note how I have remained gender neutral to avoid giving offence.

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You see? That's the sort of touch I'd have missed out and probably ended up being the victim of a Twitterstorm.

Tell her if she doesn't want to take a picture we'd take a drawing.

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Originally Posted by Pat Vegas

I'll be 35 soon.
The advantages of being in my 30s seems that when I walk into a guitar shop they bendover backwards to assist me as they think I have money. Unlike completely ignoring me when I was 17. actually perhaps that's not a good thing.

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To me, a 35 year-old is a young person, f. :-(

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You realise that 'squaddie' denotes someone in the lowest ranks of the British Army, yes? It doesn't just mean 'soldier'.

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The young chaps one would have encountered on the streets of Northern Ireland, taking cover in shop doorways and the likes.

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The young chaps one would have encountered on the streets of Northern Ireland, taking cover in shop doorways and the likes.

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Those were the chaps, sw. The ones pointing rifles at you.

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Those were the chaps, sw. The ones pointing rifles at you.

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Indeed, how we would banter off each other.

"Brit *****"
"Fúck off paddy"

Looking back now I have nothing but sympathy for them.

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Originally Posted by SWv2

Indeed, how we would banter off each other.

"Brit *****"
"Fúck off paddy"

Looking back now I have nothing but sympathy for them.

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It's this sort of high-quality badinage that has kept the United Kingdom together all this time, sw. It's all good-natured, though really, of course.