Normal Island

[tamthebam]

1 hour ago, BTFD said:

What's supposed to happen to proceeds of crime here? In some parts of America it literally goes towards police activities and retirement funds, which strikes me as lunacy unless you actively want corruption.

Here's where I again mention that a charity I worked for handed thousands of pounds over to the polis that had probably been picked up in a house clearance after someone died - it was found in a random box in a black bag, and we'd no idea where it had come from, as it had been moved about between locations several times before being opened, and house clearance and donations are a daily occurrence. The polis lied about their procedures for dealing with lost money, didn't issue the correct documentation upon receipt of it, and later admitted they'd just stuck it in a fund for police social activities. Took the involvement of the BoD and local MP to get an admission that they'd have to return the money as it hadn't been claimed, and after a couple of years they still hadn't actually handed it over. At one point they were claiming the guy who wrote the cheques was always on holiday or in another building  

So, if you ever find money and would like to keep it if the owner can't be found, I STRONGLY ADVISE against polis involvement.

The Court collects the forfeiture/confiscation money and it goes to the Scottish Government who build kiddies playgrounds and the like. Or that's what we're told.

As for keeping any money you come across there's a chap called Chigurh wanting a word ..

 

[Boo Khaki]

"Children's playgrounds built off the back of drug money" sounds like a fantastic way to wind Mumsnet right up.

[BFTD]

Pablo Escobar's supposed to have sunk millions into community projects like kiddies playgrounds, with the cynically-minded claiming it was so the people would protect him from the authorities.

Scotland needs a better class of drug dealer.

[Boo Khaki]

Might be a vote winner

"as Prime Minister, my Government will embark on a public spending programme of Escobarian scale"

[effeffsee_the2nd]

2 hours ago, BTFD said:

Pablo Escobar's supposed to have sunk millions into community projects like kiddies playgrounds, with the cynically-minded claiming it was so the people would protect him from the authorities.

Scotland needs a better class of drug dealer.

It’s buying loyalty. Very common tactic for criminals who operate in areas of high poverty, they provide way more to the community than the state who are trying to shut them down, therefore the community never want to grass

[Boo Khaki]

2 minutes ago, effeffsee_the2nd said:

It’s buying loyalty. Very common tactic for criminals who operate in areas of high poverty, they provide way more to the community than the state who are trying to shut them down, therefore the community never want to grass

Tories and 'red wall' vibes.

[BFTD]

6 hours ago, Boo Khaki said:

Tories and 'red wall' vibes.

Only Escobar apparently did do stuff for the community. The Tories say they will, then tell their wealthy neighbours in the south that they're going to redirect funds for Hartlepool food banks to the Little Twitherington Village Green Upkeep Committee admin fund.

Carlos Escobar; more decent, trustworthy, and better for business than the Conservative Party.

[Cheese]

On 05/08/2023 at 20:12, btb said:

The very epitome of Normal Island in 2023....

 

Sunderland seems a fitting venue for the World Diarrhoea Championships tbf.

[BFTD]

21 minutes ago, Ziggy Sobotka said:

Sunderland seems a fitting venue for the World Diarrhoea Championships tbf.

Not Shitterton or Crapstone?

[Florentine_Pogen]

12 hours ago, tamthebam said:

The Court collects the forfeiture/confiscation money and it goes to the Scottish Government who build kiddies playgrounds and the like. Or that's what we're told.

As for keeping any money you come across there's a chap called Chigsy wanting a word ..

 

FTFY.

[Dan Steele]

Perfectly normal for a newspaper to run a story about the fruit-eating habits of a dead wummin. 

'Royal chef shares odd way Queen Elizabeth II would eat a pear - 'no eating like a monkey'

According to a royal insider, Queen Elizabeth II had an unusual way of eating pears".

[scottsdad]

5 minutes ago, Dan Steele said:

Perfectly normal for a newspaper to run a story about the fruit-eating habits of a dead wummin. 

'Royal chef shares odd way Queen Elizabeth II would eat a pear - 'no eating like a monkey'

According to a royal insider, Queen Elizabeth II had an unusual way of eating pears".

Certainly not monkey-like. More like...lizard

[Boo Khaki]

Unless it turns out she digested them by sticking them up her arse, I couldn't care less.

[Bert Raccoon]

17 minutes ago, Boo Khaki said:

Unless it turns out she digested them by sticking them up her arse, I couldn't care less.

So if I'm reading this correctly, you'd be interested in discussing the late Queen shoving pears up her rectum?

[velo army]

Thon p***kly anes, preferably.

E.T.A censorious b*starts.

Edited August 8, 2023 by velo army

[tamthebam]

4 hours ago, scottsdad said:

Certainly not monkey-like. More like...lizard

maybe The Doctor was on to something when he said this

[Boo Khaki]

31 minutes ago, Bert Raccoon said:

So if I'm reading this correctly, you'd be interested in discussing the late Queen shoving pears up her rectum?

Only from the point of view that it would further reinforce my long-standing perception that the entire family are a bunch of depraved, deviant, genetically insufficient weirdos.

I mean, if I was honestly sexually interested in watching a woman shove objects up her rectum, then there are plenty of places where that sort of stuff is readily available. According to a friend.

[Derry Alli]

49 minutes ago, tamthebam said:

maybe The Doctor was on to something when he said this

An apple a day..

[topcat(The most tip top)]

3 hours ago, Bert Raccoon said:

So if I'm reading this correctly, you'd be interested in discussing the late Queen shoving pears up her rectum?

I’m not a monarchist and generally have very little interest in Royal stories 

but I’d also struggle not to be distracted by that one

[Empty It]

3 hours ago, Boo Khaki said:

Only from the point of view that it would further reinforce my long-standing perception that the entire family are a bunch of depraved, deviant, genetically insufficient weirdos.

I mean, if I was honestly sexually interested in watching a woman shove objects up her rectum, then there are plenty of places where that sort of stuff is readily available. According to a friend.

Didn't know you were friends with @BTFD