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Hodges the APR Warden from Dad's Army!!
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Mike Brockhurst said:
What a load of bollocks that was - he now holds the record for single
replies to a (probably fictitious) post! - Did nobody notice who wrote it -
Hodges the APR Warden from Dad's Army!!Thornbury provoked more replies than that!
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Well, The Spectator has attracted many criticisms of late, but I dont think
running fictitious articles is one I've seen before - did you not read the
original article?"Mike Brockhurst" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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What a load of bollocks that was - he now holds the record for single
replies to a (probably fictitious) post! - Did nobody notice who wrote
it - Hodges the APR Warden from Dad's Army!! -
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Mike Brockhurst said:
What a load of bollocks that was - he now holds the record for single
replies to a (probably fictitious) post! - Did nobody notice who wrote
it -
Hodges the APR Warden from Dad's Army!!Thornbury provoked more replies than that!
What was the Thornbury one Paul
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Mike Brockhurst said:
"Rooney" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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Mike Brockhurst said:
What a load of bollocks that was - he now holds the record for single
replies to a (probably fictitious) post! - Did nobody notice who wrote
it -
Hodges the APR Warden from Dad's Army!!Thornbury provoked more replies than that!
What was the Thornbury one Paul
He was a master troll. No-one knows who he really was, but I think it
started with him making a post about religion and swearing. There's
still a number of regular posters who will remember him.--
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"Rooney" <[email hidden]> wrote
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He was a master troll. No-one knows who he really was, but I think it
started with him making a post about religion and swearing."No one knows who he really was" sounds mysterious. Could have been God
himself, in which case he's probably entitled to say things like "Religion's
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AndyP said:
"Rooney" <[email hidden]> wrote
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He was a master troll. No-one knows who he really was, but I think it
started with him making a post about religion and swearing."No one knows who he really was" sounds mysterious. Could have been God
himself, in which case he's probably entitled to say things like "Religion's
all a load of bollocks".Ha ha! Maybe so!
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Rooney said:
Mike Brockhurst said:
"Rooney" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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On Tue, 30 Nov 2004 13:05:28 GMT, "Mike Brockhurst"
<[email hidden]> wrote:>What a load of bollocks that was - he now holds the record for single
>replies to a (probably fictitious) post! - Did nobody notice who wrote
>it -
>Hodges the APR Warden from Dad's Army!!
>Thornbury provoked more replies than that!
What was the Thornbury one Paul
He was a master troll. No-one knows who he really was, but I think it
started with him making a post about religion and swearing. There's
still a number of regular posters who will remember him.It's all there in Google.
This http://makeashorterlink.com/?M5F2128E9 is the post that started
the thread which ran to more than 300 posts.
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David said:
Well, The Spectator has attracted many criticisms of late, but I dont think
running fictitious articles is one I've seen before - did you not read the
original article?But it was misleading.
Swiss Army knives are only illegal if there is an intent to use them
to wound or injure someone - even if in self defense.The man was arrested after a batton was found in his briefcase which
he admitted was kept with the intent to use it against a person under
certain circumstances.Had the hapless motorist said that the baton was kept to ward off
dangerous dogs, and the thought of using it against a person had not
crossed his mind, he would not have been arrested.The report was misleading.
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If it was misleading, why didn't it mislead you?
It wasn't in the least misleading.
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David said:
Well, The Spectator has attracted many criticisms of late, but I dont
think
running fictitious articles is one I've seen before - did you not read the
original article?But it was misleading.
Swiss Army knives are only illegal if there is an intent to use them
to wound or injure someone - even if in self defense.The man was arrested after a batton was found in his briefcase which
he admitted was kept with the intent to use it against a person under
certain circumstances.Had the hapless motorist said that the baton was kept to ward off
dangerous dogs, and the thought of using it against a person had not
crossed his mind, he would not have been arrested.The report was misleading.
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Rooney said:
Thornbury provoked more replies than that!You mean Thornbush surely ;-)
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"C L Imber" wrote >
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Quoted message said:
Well, The Spectator has attracted many criticisms of late, but I dont
think
running fictitious articles is one I've seen before - did you not read the
original article?But it was misleading.
Swiss Army knives are only illegal if there is an intent to use them
to wound or injure someone - even if in self defense.The man was arrested after a batton was found in his briefcase which
he admitted was kept with the intent to use it against a person under
certain circumstances.Had the hapless motorist said that the baton was kept to ward off
dangerous dogs, and the thought of using it against a person had not
crossed his mind, he would not have been arrested.The report was misleading.
If you read the story the baton wasn't the problem, it was the fact that the
blades in the Multitool locked, it was effectively a lock knife and they are
specifically illegal to carry I understand.
There is no proof of intent needed, they are classed as illegal weapons.
Personally as an allotment gardener I carry a large and sharp fixed blade
knife in my 90, together with all my other gardening tools. It is needed and
is used to cut veg on the allotments ( try cutting a cabbage with anything
else) so it would appear I am liable to arrest if an officious copper
stopped and searched me whilst driving the 90.
Another case of a law being passed for one problem but being used across the
board.Bob.
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Rooney said:
Thornbury provoked more replies than that!You mean Thornbush surely ;-)
Ha ha - come to think of it, we haven't had a good argumentative
thread for a while....--
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Chris Street said:
Rooney said:
Mike Brockhurst said:
What a load of bollocks that was - he now holds the record for single
replies to a (probably fictitious) post! - Did nobody notice who wrote it -
Hodges the APR Warden from Dad's Army!!Thornbury provoked more replies than that!
I think he hit about 340 replies from Google. Mr Saunders with no trolling
intended kicked off G3 Contrast Range with about 640 posts, which
degenerated into a frentic game where me Paul and the third guy passed the
thread and hoped to God we were not holding it when it went bang.So leaving aside non-trolls (Paul would never be guilty of trolling!)
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Chris Street said:
No. The Criminal Justice Act 1988 s139(1) makes them illegal to possess in
a public place inless you can show reasonable grounds for carrying them.
Right of the police to search for them is contained in the Knives Act 1997.
It's another exmaple of reversal of proof where you are assumed to be a
homocidal maniac unless you can prove otherwise. Any folding knife with a
blade more than three inches, or any knife with a fixed or locking blade is
covered by the Act.I stand corrected.
I suppose hill walking would be considered reasonable grounds?
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Rooney said:
Mike Brockhurst said:
"Rooney" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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> On Tue, 30 Nov 2004 13:05:28 GMT, "Mike Brockhurst"
> <[email hidden]> wrote:
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>>What a load of bollocks that was - he now holds the record for single
>>replies to a (probably fictitious) post! - Did nobody notice who wrote
>>it -
>>Hodges the APR Warden from Dad's Army!!
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> Thornbury provoked more replies than that!What was the Thornbury one Paul
He was a master troll. No-one knows who he really was, but I think it
started with him making a post about religion and swearing. There's
still a number of regular posters who will remember him.Phil Cook wrote ..It's all there in Google.
This http://makeashorterlink.com/?M5F2128E9 is the post that started
the thread which ran to more than 300 posts.I've found it thanks.......extract reads "It is very annoying to see words
such as W-----"What [censored] wash why wrangle words with w!
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"David" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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Well, The Spectator has attracted many criticisms of late, but I dont
think running fictitious articles is one I've seen before - did you not
read the original article?No, sorry...just like the Spectator though.....went on and on and on and
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"Mike Brockhurst" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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What a load of bollocks that was - he now holds the record for single
replies to a (probably fictitious) post! - Did nobody notice who wrote
it - Hodges the APR Warden from Dad's Army!! -
C L Imber said:
Chris Street said:
No. The Criminal Justice Act 1988 s139(1) makes them illegal to possess in
a public place inless you can show reasonable grounds for carrying them.
Right of the police to search for them is contained in the Knives Act 1997.
It's another exmaple of reversal of proof where you are assumed to be a
homocidal maniac unless you can prove otherwise. Any folding knife with a
blade more than three inches, or any knife with a fixed or locking blade is
covered by the Act.I stand corrected.
I suppose hill walking would be considered reasonable grounds?
Not in itself. Backpacking might. What you need to prove is that you
need a good knife for something and having it in combination with food
and cooking gear would IMO be reasonable, however its not my opinion
that needs to be satisfied. But you'd better not have it in your
pocket staggering back to the campsite from the pub. :-(
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Yes. I should have said that the G3 thread was just for comparison as the
longest thread we came up with.Now there's a challenge for the Xmas hols ;-)
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What was the Thornbury one Paul
He was a master troll. No-one knows who he really was, but I think it
started with him making a post about religion and swearing. There's
still a number of regular posters who will remember him.Shhhh.. He is still around.....
Seems to have quietened down. Never had him as a troll though...
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