What would you ban and why? (Definitely tearoom!)

[SillyOldDufferModerator @sillyoldduffer]

Posted by Michael Gilligan on 25/08/2016 22:37:14:

Posted by SillyOldDuffer on 25/08/2016 22:17:12:

"I'm a dum dum" the duffer admitted coltishly…

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Boom-Boom !!

We should be a comedy duo. Unfortunately "Cannon and Ball" has already been taken…

[Michael GilliganParticipant @michaelgilligan61133]

Posted by SillyOldDuffer on 26/08/2016 21:04:39:

We should be a comedy duo.

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We could give it a shot

Edited By Michael Gilligan on 26/08/2016 21:07:41

[SillyOldDufferModerator @sillyoldduffer]

Posted by Hopper on 26/08/2016 04:25:09:

Posted by SillyOldDuffer on 25/08/2016 19:33:36:

I'm a little depressed to find that linguistics is yet another subject about which I know nothing.

Dont feel bad. I took several years of it at uni in a previous life and I still know nothing, including whatever paronomasia is.

Things get worse. I knew what paronomasia meant yesterday and now I've forgotten.

It's very strange – these days I remember 1958 like it was yesterday and yesterday like it was 1958!

Dave

[mark costello 1Participant @markcostello1]

AMEN to that.

[John Stevenson 1Participant @johnstevenson1]

Posted by SillyOldDuffer on 25/08/2016 19:33:36:

I'm a little depressed to find that linguistics is yet another subject about which I know nothing.

The Delectable Dr Debs reckons that English isn't my first language.

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I think she may be right

[SillyOldDufferModerator @sillyoldduffer]

Posted by Michael Gilligan on 26/08/2016 21:07:21:

Posted by SillyOldDuffer on 26/08/2016 21:04:39:

We should be a comedy duo.

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We could give it a shot

Edited By Michael Gilligan on 26/08/2016 21:07:41

I've run out of gun related humour. The whole thing was a flash in the pan.

[Neil WyattModerator @neilwyatt]

Posted by Hopper on 26/08/2016 04:25:09:

Posted by SillyOldDuffer on 25/08/2016 19:33:36:

I'm a little depressed to find that linguistics is yet another subject about which I know nothing.

Dont feel bad. I took several years of it at uni in a previous life and I still know nothing, including whatever paronomasia is.

I think its a health problem made worse by having a calque.

Neil

[KWILParticipant @kwil]

Its all going off at half cock, you are just playing with words, ah yes a pun (for fun).

[DMBParticipant @dmb]

How about America bringing in a total ban on possession of assault rifles. I think you would find that they are the type of firearm used most in the constant shooting episodes that we here about on the news all too frequently.

To those who would object, I ask, why would you need one? Plenty of other types available. If each state held say three amnestys in a 12 month, to allow for those out of the country on business or hols., that should clear out most of the A. Rifles. After that, no excuse, bang up fo mandatory minimum 10 years and confiscation of whole gun collection that those culprits seem to possess followed by a lifetime ban on possession of any firearm. Don't forget that said culprits give their victims 'life'.

BTW, I'm British, never been to USA and wouldn't on principle – unsatisfactory human rights record.

Edited By DMB on 19/07/2022 20:35:26

[DMBParticipant @dmb]

Further to my previous post, the root cause of America s gun problem is the Constitution. If only they scrapped the right to bear arms, that would be a start. Trouble is, it would probably spark a reaction similar to the pre war prohibition of booze. I believe that Joe Public should be limited to a simple pistol for personal protection, not vast collections of various guns. Don't see any good reason to possess any more than one pistol and say 20 bullets.

Thankfully, the UK doesn't have a similar problem but if the situation changed, suggest making it illegal to possess any firearm outside of a gun club or sporting facility like pheasant shooting venues. Maybe one or two exceptions e.g., farmers to protect their livestock.

Edited By DMB on 19/07/2022 20:55:12

[Clive HartlandParticipant @clivehartland94829]

DMB, a very objective subject. There have been gun massacres here in the UK, 2 of them. The end result a ban on automatic weapons and then pistols.

Black powder pistols still possible to own. Rifle shooting is still a sport, target shooting is a fine art at 1000 yards.

The United staes problem is that guns are easy to obtain and money is no object. A collectionof guns is fine. Small bore tartget shooting, full bore target shooting and game and clay pigeon shooting excellent past times and quite social.

My brother and I were range officers able to run a shoot on the ranges teaching gun safety and gun control, never had any cowboys or I would have stomped on them. sadly all gone now plus most of the ranges too.

[mark costello 1Participant @markcostello1]

I cannot speak My piece as I would turn up on a list somewhere.

[GeorgineerParticipant @georgineer]

Posted by MW on 21/08/2016 10:46:23:

"If the safety nazis really want to save serious lives, all they need to do is make eating two slices of high-fibre wholegrain toast a day mandatory."

We're gonna have to rename the tea room to the toast room to encourage this activity and give people something to amuse themselves with whilst they eat their toast.

Michael W

Ban toast. It contains cancer-causing dioxins!

George

[Grindstone CowboyParticipant @grindstonecowboy]

I think something needs to be done about Dihydrogen Monoxide – dangerous stuff!

See some info here.

Rob

Links to http://www.dhmo.org/facts.html

[Anonymous]

Posted by Georgineer on 20/07/2022 00:35:36:

Ban toast. It contains cancer-causing dioxins!

You can't get a decent (i.e. charbroiled) hamburger around here any more since the fear mongers dictated charbroiling is bad for you. They may well be right if you dine out on hamburgers multiple days per week.

For my 3 hamburgers a year, I'd take my chances …. if I could.

[PatJParticipant @patj87806]

The gun in the US thing is rather complex, and there is no easy solution to it.

If you look at the stats, the permit holders in the US have a lower crime rate than even the police.

One has to look at who is using the guns and for what purpose.

Inner city folks use guns as a nomal way of life, such as in Chicago.

The gang folks go out at night and protect their turf.

The police of Chicago and other big cities do not enforce the gun laws that are on the books, and every day after a big shooting in Chicago, all the participants are given a slap on the wrist, and told to go home and don't do that again.

And so the big City shootings happen every night.

Its a consequence of no law enforcement, lest some may get offended.

I live in a high crime city (ranked 8th in the nation for violent crime).

I am told "move to another place". It is not that easy. The jobs and money are in the big cities.

There is no money in the safe rural areas.  I can't bankrupt myself as a feel-good measure.

The reality in the US is very different then the reality in the UK or many other places, and what works in other places definitely would not work here.

Rural areas are pretty safe, and many don't lock their doors, or worry about crime.

Big cities can be deadly if you go into a no-go zone.

Criminals don't adhere to any weapons bans, and good luck trying to round up 300 million weapons.

What needs to happen is prosecution of the gun laws that are on the books.

In recent history, they did put you in jail for a long time if you committed a crime with a gun.

Our southern border is wide open, and there is a constant flood of millions.

Think anyone will roll over and give up their guns here? I would not bet on it.

There is too much trouble here. We have a lot of good folks over here, and many extremely dangerous and unstable criminal types here too.

Lock up the dangerous folks here is what needs to happen.

If they banned criminals, then there would be no shootings, be no crime, and be no need to confiscate anything from anyone.

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Edited By PatJ on 20/07/2022 01:45:36

[Martin ConnellyParticipant @martinconnelly55370]

Balloon releases (littering/fly-tipping) and, especially with these hot and dry times, Chinese lanterns (littering/fly-tipping/random fire starting). I watched a Chinese lantern drifting over a nearly ready to crop field of cereal one night in August some years ago. Luckily it kept going and passed over the field but not at any great height.

Martin C

[Colin WhittakerParticipant @colinwhittaker20544]

If life imitates art … then let's ban Hollywood's depiction of unrealistic gun battles where the good guys/girls always hit their target and never get worse than a scratch in return. Impractical? Nobody smokes on films anymore.

They could also mandate lifetime injury insurance for any new gun sale, even if the gun is lost or stolen the insurance provider is still liable.

By the way, having worked all over the world, including the scarier parts of the middle east, the only place I've ever heard a gun being fired was in the car park across the road from my downtown hotel in Houston, Texas.

Edited By Colin Whittaker on 20/07/2022 02:13:14

Edited By Colin Whittaker on 20/07/2022 02:13:42

[SteviegtrParticipant @steviegtr]

Posted by Georgineer on 20/07/2022 00:35:36:

Posted by MW on 21/08/2016 10:46:23:

"If the safety nazis really want to save serious lives, all they need to do is make eating two slices of high-fibre wholegrain toast a day mandatory."

We're gonna have to rename the tea room to the toast room to encourage this activity and give people something to amuse themselves with whilst they eat their toast.

Michael W

Ban toast. It contains cancer-causing dioxins!

George

Only if it is burned

Steve.

[HOWARDTParticipant @howardt]

How about banning turning vegetables into so called meat alternatives. In my mind you are either a meat eater or not. Cannot see the sense in using energy to convert a vegetable into anything else when it is perfectly edible as is.

[lee websterParticipant @leewebster72680]

I would ban music in shops. Unless it's the Sally Ann playing carols at Christmas.

I would ban smoking in a public place, anywhere public. If you want to smoke do it in a cupboard at home.

I would ban highly paid executives. There should be a pay cap on these people. If you own a company you have created, then you deserve good pay, but the others in the company don't.

I would ban people who moan.

[pgk pgkParticipant @pgkpgk17461]

I would ban bottled water. It should be freely available everywhere and you can carry your own canteen. Indeed I'd love to ban take out drinks altogether and takeaway disposable containers with a huge refundable deposit.

[DalboyParticipant @dalboy]

Posted by HOWARDT on 20/07/2022 08:24:02:

How about banning turning vegetables into so called meat alternatives. In my mind you are either a meat eater or not. Cannot see the sense in using energy to convert a vegetable into anything else when it is perfectly edible as is.

I have to agree to that why make it taste like meat if those that eat it want something to taste like meat then eat meat. Why call it meatless chicken as it is not chicken if it has no meat in it to me it is false advertising. Most of them just seemed confused.

[SillyOldDufferModerator @sillyoldduffer]

Posted by Derek Lane on 20/07/2022 10:16:38:

Posted by HOWARDT on 20/07/2022 08:24:02:

How about banning turning vegetables into so called meat alternatives. In my mind you are either a meat eater or not. Cannot see the sense in using energy to convert a vegetable into anything else when it is perfectly edible as is.

I have to agree to that why make it taste like meat if those that eat it want something to taste like meat then eat meat. Why call it meatless chicken as it is not chicken if it has no meat in it to me it is false advertising. Most of them just seemed confused.

Can't agree with that!

Many vegetables aren't edible unless converted by energy into something our digestive systems can handle. Like Bread! Other vegetables be eaten raw, but they're pretty nasty – try eating an uncooked potato. Cooking is an important way of increasing the amount of food we can eat, as are other forms of processing.

Many people enjoy the taste and texture of meat but balk at the pain, suffering and waste it causes. So I don't have a problem anyone preferring with meat alternatives. The way things are going it's only a matter of time before we all have to eat insect protein: no problem as long as I can't tell the difference between locust and beef-steak!

I wonder how many happy meat eaters would still be keen after being taken around a battery farm, slaughter-house, and a meat processing facility? Not for the squeamish, much worse than wringing a rabbit's neck before skinning and gutting it for the pot. But we all have to eat.

Dave

[DalboyParticipant @dalboy]

Posted by SillyOldDuffer on 20/07/2022 10:52:44:

Posted by Derek Lane on 20/07/2022 10:16:38:

Posted by HOWARDT on 20/07/2022 08:24:02:

How about banning turning vegetables into so called meat alternatives. In my mind you are either a meat eater or not. Cannot see the sense in using energy to convert a vegetable into anything else when it is perfectly edible as is.

I have to agree to that why make it taste like meat if those that eat it want something to taste like meat then eat meat. Why call it meatless chicken as it is not chicken if it has no meat in it to me it is false advertising. Most of them just seemed confused.

Can't agree with that!

Many vegetables aren't edible unless converted by energy into something our digestive systems can handle. Like Bread! Other vegetables be eaten raw, but they're pretty nasty – try eating an uncooked potato. Cooking is an important way of increasing the amount of food we can eat, as are other forms of processing.

Many people enjoy the taste and texture of meat but balk at the pain, suffering and waste it causes. So I don't have a problem anyone preferring with meat alternatives. The way things are going it's only a matter of time before we all have to eat insect protein: no problem as long as I can't tell the difference between locust and beef-steak!

I wonder how many happy meat eaters would still be keen after being taken around a battery farm, slaughter-house, and a meat processing facility? Not for the squeamish, much worse than wringing a rabbit's neck before skinning and gutting it for the pot. But we all have to eat.

Dave

No one said you should not turn veg into something edible it was more about saying for example "that it is meatless chicken" where as chicken is not meatless. I also find it strange that you state that it "Many people enjoy the taste and texture of meat but balk at the pain" so if it balk that much why make it taste like it to remind you what it tastes like. Call it what you like but do not refer to it as meat of any kind. Just call it a vegetable patty or something similar.

PS I will still sit and enjoy my medium rare steak and I am sure you will enjoy you vegieburger

Edited By Derek Lane on 20/07/2022 11:08:54

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