Cosmic Joe

Sometimes I wonder if I've accidentally strayed on to a forum inhabited by fourteen year-olds...

No idea what they do to their motor, but the bellends that drive around sounding like their exhaust is totally fucked when they accelerate. Perhaps about one in fifty has got a totally fucked exhaust right enough...

I think you are missing the point. Abuse is not about the intent of the behaviour. It is about the impact of the behaviour...

Right, here we go. I got smacked as a kid from my parents. The preferred form was a shoe or slipper over the bare arse. More degrading than painful, although it was fucking sore as well. Corporal punishment was administered at school from the age of eight for losing my place at reading. I genuinely don't hold any grudges against my parents - they didn't know any better, it was the done thing at the time ("spare the rod, spoil the child* - what an utterly ridiculous saying). We have two children, both now in their twenties. The oldest got a skelp round the backside (we didn't know any better either) when she behaved badly - never the humiliating bare bum with an object. We soon realised that this only happened when we had lost control of the situation and decided to ditch the smacking. The younger kid didn't get smacked. He has grown up the more couthy of the two - both great kids but one with a nippy temper and one without. The bottom (sorry) line is, you don't need to inflict physical pain and degrading treatment on your kids to bring them up well...

Aye, these wee neds are the products of the non-smacking generation...

What pisses me off is when they make statements like "the first in the UK" rather than one of the last in Europe when it comes to outlawing physical abuse of children...

He's at it again! The Spartans FC‏ @spartansfc 57m57 minutes ago More What a time also for our Fan with the Cam @GrimOGrady to be away at sea too. Just use your imagination to visualise tonight's goals... 0 replies 0 retweets 1 like Reply Retweet Like 1 Direct message

1. See my team in a major final 2. Scottish independence 3. Meet my Grandfather 4. Attend a Stevie Wonder concert 5. Drive from Lochee to Cliftonhill with less than three wrong turnings

Not really. My Grandfather's family were from Bailieborough in County Cavan, and Lochee Harp play around 600 yards from my front door...

East Fife Everton Napszot Jedrzejow Bailieboro Celtic Lochee Harp

Not the greatest of games. 172 looked on as Cowden scored the only goal of the game some seven minutes before the break. Not certain about the composition of the visitors' line-up but East Fife gave several fringe players a start. Not too much between the sides in terms of possession. Cowden probably kept their shape better and certainly defended well when under pressure. East Fife had plenty of decent deliveries into the box, unfortunately without an end product. Good to see Kevin Smith getting an hour or so on the park after a lengthy lay off through injury...

That implies that casuals pre early 90s weren't also complete fannies...

There is a classic episode of Curb Your Enthusiasm based around something similar...

On holiday in Turkey. Having a great time but everyone f****ng smokes. The locals, the Russians, the Germans, the English. You can't sit outside in a bar without the entire table next to you sparking up....

Thank f**k no, put together some furniture for them, when they offered to pay me i refused, but they replied back insisting they pay me. I honestly don't get that, why insist on doing it if you are just gonna fob the person off anyway? All that does is guarantee i wont do anymore favors for you.

Almost ashamed to admit I know two of the latest nominations in real life. Probably three as I lived in the village of Arbroath for nearly 20 years...

You missed out bigots...

Harsh on Throbber...

Up there with the excitement of an Irn Bru quarter finals' draw...

Good call out on casual racism...

Should select the top sixteen and go into a knock-out stage. Livestream the draw. No seeding. Grimbo (Fireraising, charity abuser) v Bennett (SDL sympathising bigot) etc...

Grimbo unwittingly provided some entertainment at least. Some of the threads involving him on here were box office...

Viking Ton seems to come across as overly smug and attention-seeking, with a tendency to hurl childish insults if his views are challenged. He gets my vote...

Edinburgh is the best Scottish airport to fly from by some distance. An hour's drive from Lochee, easy parking, stress-free through the baggage checks and a decent choice of meals and drinks before your flight...