Neil_Howie

Christ, where now for Barn Owl gratin? Lordship Lane won't be the same after this.

yes. it's dreadful. and what's more the children have no respect and I can't tell the difference between the boys and the girls. In other grindingly tedious news, policemen are getting younger.

"Think we need something more practical like a Greggs or BK. We don't need another pretentious independent shop to add to the rest of the shops aimed at only a small niche middle-class price range." I haven't been on here for a year or two, but thrilled to see "Louisa" is still hammering away at this gag.

that, if true, is brilliant thinking.

or the bottles of orange p*ss?

Hey NotsoDulwich Next time - I mean, I hope there won't BE a next time - come out and talk to them with us, rather than just peeping from behind the curtains and talking about on a message board the next day. Thanks NH

Penguin - a genuine question. "If we feel uncomfortable when we see a group of youths from a specific ethnic background walking towards us then that surely is a racist reaction" - yes. it surely is. But if we don't feel uncomfortable in any way until the moment, say, some of the group noisily suck their teeth as they pass us, then are they being racist or are we?

Can I ask a question? My children go to Alleyn's so I, literally, couldn't care less about this. Does that make me racist? I'm genuinely worried now that I'm not responding to the issue correctly.

I had a dream last night that every dog in London died peacefully in its sleep. There was no more sh*t on the streets, no p*iss-stinking trees, no parent had to pick poison from their children's shoes, no toddler was bitten or licked by a tongue recently to be found cleaning a pair of testicles, no half-wits wandered around with attack beasts on bits of rope. it was kind of amazing, tbh.

I think smokers should do what they like. They'll be dead soon anyway. The thing I always find confusing is seeing groomed, sometimes even heavily made-up women smoke. Why bother going to all that trouble when you spend all day smelling like a blocked drain? Seems a little pointless to me.

As a rule I never drink further down Lordship Lane than The Palmerston. I can't imagine a Wetherspoons will make me change my mind.

Perhaps the poor beggar ate something vile at Le Moulin?