JohnnyAnger
OOOG AKBAR

*pinches your nipple*

That's why I said it in private.

I don't know what is going on there...but he apparently had a breakdown last year....and doesn't seem the same since.

This tax should be means-tested.

Brecht and Marxism are important relics from history.

Marxism is pretty much superseded now you and I have the Welfare State, NHS and Feminised/Emotionalised public discourse. Have you noticed how The Guardian has been squirming these last 2 days?

Oh, that wasn't a mock, just amused at the implication that Scotland was ever a good weather place to live. It's like climate notorious.

LOL —*I had to look up that word!
It's completely unusual in my country, merely the Protestant minority may perhaps use it, but even then only in the standard meaning "Dies Domenica, Sunday".
In my country, some guys celebrate "Vatertag" (like the Belgians, apparently) on the second [!] Sunday of June, but I really find all sorts of "Father's Day" repulsive.
Additionally: In 1934, the German Nazis replaced Ascension Thursday (already in May usually) with that utter nonsense.

re "hovel"
Have you tried http://dict.leo.org ?
Certainly not perfect, but much better than translate.goo***.com at least

Agreed.

Obviously, the very thought of him giving advice on interpersonal dynamics is a hoot. As if.