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There are 37939 comments on 548 articles.

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You know, us non-smoking tax payers have to use our income to put food in our families' mouth, but instead have to tell our kids, "Well, maybe we can eat tomorrow," and then waste our low-wage income on paying for purifiers in a person's cigarette. Does that sound fair?? Maybe if no one had a pack of smokes each day, our families could eat!!
Thanks a lot, you nicotine inhaling morons!! I agree with First Kid and Other Kid. At least they know what they're talking about...
Go eat a tobacco weed,
* concerned father   09-May-2008 15:53 - Ban smoking in public places

 
to glyn - ammanford

what the beepidty beep beep do you mean? us AMERICAN people can't understand your "words"
* some random person   09-May-2008 15:47 - Ban smoking in public places

 
Smoking is bad for you. I also kills people who don't even smoke!!Save us all!!
* the hood   09-May-2008 15:45 - Ban smoking in public places

 
To, dear SuperBambinoCattivo,
Ok, us adolescents know a lot more the you idiotic, moronic, etc. adults. Why do you want to destroy and tear apart your already mishappen lives over a little death stick? Have you not learned in Kindergarten what cigarette smoke does to your immune system? I would rethink this whole idea of wasting my life away and make a clear path for life in my cloudy head. Thank you listening to my words of wisdom.
* First Kid   09-May-2008 15:38 - Ban smoking in public places

 
to SuperBambinoCattivo

if you find a package on your doorstep filled with nicarette fruit splash gum, DON'T BE SUPRISED!! dumb butt (meaning the much worse version)
* some random person   09-May-2008 15:36 - Ban smoking in public places

 
I agree completely, I too am in a similar situation, and I for one am rubbing my hands in glee in anticipation of a housing crash.

We are told that it is selfish to be happy when so many will be in negative equity; but I don't remember being shown any sympathy by people who rushed to buy their over expensive houses... I don't remember any of the greedy buy to let landlords speaking out for the poor people who can't afford to by a home. They where more interested in lining there own pockets and where happy to step on us on their way up, so why then should I have any sympathy for these people on their way back down as they reap the seeds they have sewn?

And before you say, I too will be affected, of course I will; we all will but at least I won't be as badly affected as the greedy scumbags who put us all into this situation. I gather estate agents are closing down all over the country, ah sweet justice.

the rising cost of fuel and food is adding to the situation... expect lots of strikes and a huge bang when the bubble bursts, just be be glad you don't own a house at least you won't be in negative equity in a couple of years time.
* The meek shall inher   09-May-2008 15:28 - I can't afford to buy a house

 
hi im stephen baker im deppressed im married to a 12 year old help
* baker   09-May-2008 15:04 - Slow drivers are dangerous too

 
Happy it's fastened? Collar tight? I suppose your boss is around, otherwise surely in this heat you could loosen up!
* How loose   09-May-2008 14:07 - Dress code in bars and clubs

 
White button-down white shirt and pale blue tie. Top button fastened.
* buttonupboy   09-May-2008 14:04 - Dress code in bars and clubs

 
Just had my red sachs xtc 125 stolen from outside my house in clapham - where do these bikes end up ?? Id shoot the little bs if I had my way !
* angry   09-May-2008 13:53 - Stolen motorcycle, one fed up biker

 
I booked my volkswagen golf in at guilders (rotherham) for a replacement overhead cam. 17 days later the car had not been touched apparently due to lack of engineers! The car was tranfered to Hillsborough volkswagon in sheffield and was completed in 2 days. Avoid GUILDERS ROTHERHAM. Yours sincererly. next tour de france winner!
* Paul of Worksop   09-May-2008 13:28 - Volkswagen UK customer service

 
A broken car-window, as a result of vandalism, presumably with the intention of stealing either the car or its contents, is no longer considered a crime. Overfilling a dustbin with rubbish, in the vain hope that it will be collected at some point within a fortnight, is now considered a crime.

Tax, fine or criminalise the hardworking, morally respectable and law-abiding citizens. Laud, protect or fund the utter scum that take advantage of this spineless nation; the politicians who have no grasp on everyday life, the bogus asylum-seekers, the babies-for-benefits chav scum, the spoilt teenagers who think the world owes them the ultimate respect and honour, the home-grown British-born terrorists, the frantic, desperate talent-free celebrities, the overpaid bully-boys masquerading as premier league footballers and their cheap, nasty girlfriends, the proponents of total, utter, mindless violence towards babies, children, pets, animals both wild and domestic, the elderly, the disabled.
Where is this country's sense of perspective? I truly, truly despair...
* Hope   09-May-2008 13:25 - Fortnightly rubbish collection and fines

 
Being sent to prison is the punishment in that the inmates lose their freedom, there is no call for a double punishment by enforcing harsher regimes.

Do we not want criminals to be rehabilitated? How kind of you to tell us so. Rehabilitation is the only way to prevent recidivism and that's the point of prisons.
* Alison   09-May-2008 13:16 - Prison is a cushy number these days

 
So you're done up today? What are you wearing?
* How loose   09-May-2008 13:15 - Dress code in bars and clubs

 
A guy in our office did try to get away with saying his top button had fallen off. He was sent home and told to come beack with a different shirt on which does have a top button. He also had his wages docked for time wasting!
* buttonupboy   09-May-2008 12:45 - Dress code in bars and clubs

 
I absolutely agree! My local pub now sells Becks alcohol free which is brilliant because I'm 20 weeks pregnant and it's hot and sunny- beer weather! Coke is full of sugar and caffeine anyway which is no good for me or the baby. My fridge at home is full of alcohol free Becks too. Cheers!
* Mum2be   09-May-2008 12:08 - No alcohol free beer in pubs

 
I'm all for a prison being a dumping ground for the dregs of humanity, what else should be done with them? This way you have all these misfits in one box. It's a shame we have to pay to keep them alive. Am sure the world will not mourn one less evil child killer.

I care not for the well being, welfare or rights of any of them. The same way they did before they went about their business ruining the lives of others. They are there for punishment and punishment it should be, none of this reform rubbish.
* Marly   09-May-2008 11:41 - Prison is a cushy number these days

 
To the Other Kid.
This website hasn't changed a comma over the decision to smoke or not to smoke.
And while I am writing this I am smoking a very nice cigarette which you hate of course, but who gives a damn! It takes much more than that to stop smoking - probably not even an earthquake can do it. People that really HATE smoking are people with considerable problems of their own and are intollerant and usually have no friends.

Regards
* SuperBambinoCattivo   09-May-2008 09:59 - Ban smoking in public places

 
Essentially you are right. It is stealing. But you need a complainant in order to persue it! If they don't want to file that complaint then he cannot answer it can he? That is why I say it is open to interperetation (but maybe should have used the word debate instead).

"Spending money that does not belong to you, was never yours in the first instance IS NOT open to interpretation."

Not entirely true but it is fair to say in most instances it is theft. There are circumstances however in which it is not.
* Freddie   09-May-2008 09:26 - The police are not above the law

 
If you are a tailgater on a congested motorway, I wonder if it has struck you that you are behaving quite pointlessly? Because sure enough once you are past me, there's going to be someone else in the way. Then another and another and another and so on.

With so many lorries cluttering up lane 1 on say the M40 and M1, to assume that it's only the car immediately in front of you that's the "problem" is just failing to take any kind of account of what is going on around you. On that basis you probably NEED to be slowed down, before you lose control and take a load of other drivers with you.

Isn't it a case of saying, when you have to drive slowly or carefully then do so, when you can drive fast then do so. If the road is blocked you cannot drive fast. If that sounds obvious, don't worry, it's supposed to.
* Sideswipe   09-May-2008 00:31 - Tailgating and flashing headlights

 
I just wish call takers would STOP trying to "smiile at me down the phone." I'd rather they just arrange for my TV to be repaired in an un-fussy, straightforward way. That's all I ask. I don't want an additional warranty, a new router or a pig breeding kit. I just want my damned telly fixed and that's it, why oh why is it too much to ask?

Sorry got to go, someone on the phoone
* Blewitt   09-May-2008 00:02 - TalkTalk, yet another complaint

 
I'm a smoker and since the ban came in in wales I've not been worried, but I enjoy waking up the morning after and having the choice whether to put the same clothes back on
* glyn - ammanford   08-May-2008 23:53 - Ban smoking in public places

 
Surely this is completely unacceptable and you should insist that your bank refunds you the money. Don't let this drop!
* alaneroberts   08-May-2008 23:20 - Fitness First cancellation policy

 
The reason that they do tend to drive slower is either to allow traffic to actually pass them rather than holding drivers up and making them nervous and jumpy, or they are looking for something/someone. It's hardly the police drivers fault that the public won't pass them. They are not stopping you traveling, merely allowing people to pass at the speed limit.
As for the part about the public commuting to work at the times they drive slower, more cars on the road means more to observe. Drivers being excessively aggressive, causing severely damaging situations. That tends to stop very, very quickly when a police car is in the area. Funny how that happens really.
* Chris   08-May-2008 21:18 - Police cars that drive too slowly

 
I've travelled on FGW trains into London Monday to Friday for 6 Months. The service has been pretty good. I do have a car but travelling to London by car would be stupidly inpracticle.

Problems that have caused my train to be delayed:

Tresspassers on the line, not FGWs fault.
A fatality at a station, more than likely not FGWs fault.
A fallen tree, not FGWs fault.
People leaving things on the line, not FGWs fault. (This could be solved by legelising Chav Hunting)
Signal Failure, not FGWs fault.
Damage to the train from a brick thrower, not FGWs fault. (This could also be solved by legelising Chav Hunting)
A freight train blocking the line, signal operators fault.
Mechanical Failure of train power car, yes that could be FGWs fault.

The fact of the matter is I've done about 100 trips to London in just as many days, covering over 10,000 miles. Don't go off complaining about trains always being late if you only travel on a train once every ten years. The world doesn't revolve around you get used to it.
* That same youth you   08-May-2008 20:44 - First Great Western train service

 
ARGHHHHHHHHHHHHHH Why is it so difficult to write a comment on the really badly designed website. . You need to sot your life out, if you really cared for this girl then you wouldn't have cheated in the first place, and as for using being human as an excuse to do it AGAIN, well frankly thats just pathetic. !
(I hope this is long enough, not too long, puntual enough, less than 50% capital letters, that all my I's are capital, that there is nothing which could be considered text language, not too abusive and any other ridiculous parameters are met) after this i'm giving up.
* A human   08-May-2008 20:25 - Groupies make playing in a band hell

 
The reason why Police vehicles travel at 50-60mph on motorways is to stop large tailbacks being created, if they travelled at 70mph nobody would overtake them.
* roger   08-May-2008 18:51 - Police cars that drive too slowly

 
I have just had my peugeot 307 'repaired', and I say repaired in the loosest possible terms, by Pratt and Gelsthorpe at Newark. They are Peugeot dealers.The brakes had a knock when they were applied, and a replacement modified exhasust flange and the pollen filter needed replacing too. They charged my £157.97 for the work but the brakes still knocked when I drove the vehicle away. Their director Richard Gelsthorope was very unhelpfull indeed, very money concious and the service manager Fred Elner were very rude and unhelpfull too. They refused to put their defective workmanshipe right unless I paid more money. I have since reported them to Peugeot and to Consumer Direct. I would not use this garage again and certainly would not recommend anyone to ever use this garage. It seems to me as if all they want is your money and do not give damn whether they upset the customer or not and have absolutely no regard for customer satifaction nor goodwill. I feel completely ripped off!
* Disappointed of Linc   08-May-2008 17:58 - Car service at your own risk

 
nana, that happens with all bikes when the owners FAIL to take out insurance and tax, and it's the same with cars where you have either 14 or 7 days to produce various driving documents to a Police station. And ALL cars and bikes that do not have relevant tax and insurance should be crushed full stop, crushed on the day, they're a bloody nuisence!
* Anono   08-May-2008 17:48 - Police officer harasses our son

 
I'm sure glad that some cities are banning people to smoke in public places. without that, I would be at a funeral with all of my friends and family crying thier eyeballs out over my smoke infected body. keep it smoke free!!
* yep, you guessed it,   08-May-2008 17:27 - Ban smoking in public places

 
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