Banksy

Round one to Ratty. "Clinker n. Difficult to remove poo particles. a.k.a toffee strings, winnets, kling-ons, dangleberries, bum conkers." Source: Rogers Profanisaurus - every home should have one (beats the O.E.D.)

Anyone else noticed the strange rise of "papoose man" in ED over the last few months? A direct challenge to the authority and status of "pregnant & with buggy for slightly too old child" woman?

"Sitting on your arse all day doing nothing." Isn't that a better description of the ruling class (or underclass) rather than the proles? Huguenot - your officially classed as posh or chavvy for today :-) NB I'm on a very brief lunch break from the Work House (stale bread and water only).

Premiership team? Have Charlton sold him on already? :-) Up the Hamlet!

Was at the aftershow party at an Echo and the Bunnymen gig at the Bluecoat Chambers in Liverpool years ago. Mick Hucknall was there leaning against a door by the bar being ignored by all the cool dudes. Someone inside the bar opened the door......

Jammers - I think Sonners was referring to the incarnation before the last one (!!) when it was well dodgy. Only went in once when I accidentally locked myself out of the house. Had a very "interesting" night with two lesbian racists (one worked for the Immigration Service) before Mrs Banksy came to the rescue. Unfortunately before we made our escape she had a glass of wine from a bottle that had been opened (at least) the year before. She still shudders.

Wow this thread is so ED I'm almost ashamed! "Homeless people" is a tricky one - some good, some not so good, same as everyone else put in a v. strange & transient situation. Year after year I find myself giving out fewer and fewer quids and "Good luck mate" pats on the back but salve my conscience with chariddy donations to orgs I know are doing good work. Just cover yourself for both da street with a good local chariddy and a global one for when you turn the telly on.

I love Golden City! It's like an art installation - every now and then something in the "display" subtly changes. Admittedly this is normally mattresses coming and going but every now and then the resident artist installs a cat for a day or so. Brilliant - please don't let it change (too much).

My heart goes out to Otto on his missing tort. Took about six escapes before we tortoise-proofed our garden boundaries. Did have some bonuses though - one time it was too dark to search for the missing tort so I peered over the fence early the next morning before work only to be confronted with a naked woman holding a towel behind her staring straight at me. I never did go around to apologise to her - the "only looking for my tortoise" line seemed a bit implausible.

Just popped out to buy some artisan bread this morning and returned to find some chav squatters had occupied the garden!.......

I have now!

Surely everybody has seen the classic Bob Mills InBedWithMeDinner sketch about the footie hooligans "on the knock" selling dodgy gear or am I just being Muggy Bonehead? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0FO69NxBQvs http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=FdLgoAvwQL8 Apologies - haven't worked out how to do proper links yet!

Hi Amelie, Check out Spice Republic (top end of Lordship Lane by the Harvester). Takeaways have been consistently fantastic for about 6 months (and has loads of Quorn main dishes for the veggies). You can always tell when a restaurant/takeaway changes chefs so probably only a matter of time before this one goes bland as well so get in quick! :-)

I used to work in a Recycling Centre (a.k.a public tip) where the most regular visitors were blokes in white vans dumping massive quantities of free newspapers, leaflets etc. If you don't get a copy soon email Living South I'm sure they'd be interested to hear! Haven't had ours yet but will give it a few days.......