Craving Peaches Posted February 24, 2023 Author Share Posted February 24, 2023 2 minutes ago, EggBlue said: everyone is so serious about the threat of the Others in Britain! Of course I am. I'm in Aberdeen, I need to get away ASAP. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EggBlue Posted February 24, 2023 Share Posted February 24, 2023 5 minutes ago, Craving Peaches said: Of course I am. I'm in Aberdeen, I need to get away ASAP. run to the Summer Isles Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlackLightning Posted February 25, 2023 Share Posted February 25, 2023 9 hours ago, Craving Peaches said: Hmmm... I wonder if King Arthur would return? He would If there would ever be a time for that to happen, it would be then Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Many-Faced Votary Posted February 25, 2023 Share Posted February 25, 2023 No. Not because of how powerful the Others are or what sort of effect modern technology might or might not have on them, nor even because of disagreement on how to handle them, but rather because a large proportion of the public and the Parliament would deny the Others' very existence despite all evidence to the contrary. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Craving Peaches Posted February 25, 2023 Author Share Posted February 25, 2023 5 hours ago, Many-Faced Votary said: Parliament would deny the Others' very existence despite all evidence to the contrary. Also there aren't enough seats for all the MPs... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
James Arryn Posted February 25, 2023 Share Posted February 25, 2023 11 hours ago, EggBlue said: everyone is so serious about the threat of the Others in Britain! They’ll make Brits put those tags back on the mattresses again like bloody Brussels! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Craving Peaches Posted February 25, 2023 Author Share Posted February 25, 2023 Bet you Edinburgh City Council still would not put grit on the icy roads Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Many-Faced Votary Posted February 25, 2023 Share Posted February 25, 2023 9 minutes ago, Craving Peaches said: Bet you Edinburgh City Council still would not put grit on the icy roads To be fair, they may not care about people's lives and health. You might have to warn them about the possibility of property damage instead. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Craving Peaches Posted February 25, 2023 Author Share Posted February 25, 2023 3 minutes ago, Many-Faced Votary said: To be fair, they may not care about people's lives and health. You might have to warn them about the possibility of property damage instead. Mind you the Others probably couldn't get in due to all the road works anyway. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Many-Faced Votary Posted February 25, 2023 Share Posted February 25, 2023 1 minute ago, Craving Peaches said: Mind you the Others probably couldn't get in due to all the road works anyway. If incompetence is key to defending against the Others, perhaps Cersei should remain in power in King's Landing! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Craving Peaches Posted February 25, 2023 Author Share Posted February 25, 2023 8 minutes ago, Many-Faced Votary said: If incompetence is key to defending against the Others, perhaps Cersei should remain in power in King's Landing! Spoiler I don't know whether to class it as incompetence or not, I think the reason they do it is not because the roads are necessarily in bad condition, but so they can spend as much as possible in order to avoid getting a smaller budget next year. If you live there you notice a sudden glut of roadworks shortly before the end of the financial year. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Many-Faced Votary Posted February 25, 2023 Share Posted February 25, 2023 4 minutes ago, Craving Peaches said: Reveal hidden contents I don't know whether to class it as incompetence or not, I think the reason they do it is not because the roads are necessarily in bad condition, but so they can spend as much as possible in order to avoid getting a smaller budget next year. If you live there you notice a sudden glut of roadworks shortly before the end of the financial year. Spoiler That makes it significantly worse. I am sure there could be much better uses for that money for worthier causes. In particular, they could combat homelessness and poverty. Government-subsidized housing, public funding for soup kitchens; any number of things. Even these road projects could be better applied to neighborhoods where money isn't usually spent, as I doubt the entire city has up-to-date and fully repaired roads! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Craving Peaches Posted February 25, 2023 Author Share Posted February 25, 2023 14 minutes ago, Many-Faced Votary said: Hide contents That makes it significantly worse. I am sure there could be much better uses for that money for worthier causes. In particular, they could combat homelessness and poverty. Government-subsidized housing, public funding for soup kitchens; any number of things. Even these road projects could be better applied to neighborhoods where money isn't usually spent, as I doubt the entire city has up-to-date and fully repaired roads! Spoiler Yes I don't know why they spend it on roadworks when they could be spending it on this like grit on the roads, maintaining parks, improving public transport, giving more money for schools and so on. It's not like everything else is tip top so the only thing they can spend it on is roadworks. If the UK government is any example, I would suspect it is because they can give the contracts to do road works to their friends... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SeanF Posted February 25, 2023 Share Posted February 25, 2023 No one would have believedAt the beginning of the twenty first centuryThat human affairs were being watched from the timeless arctic wastes No one could have dreamed that we were being scrutinizedAs someone with a microscope studies creatures that swarm and multiply in a drop of waterFew men even considered the possibility of intelligent, non-human lifeAnd yet, across the gulf of oceanMinds immeasurably superior to oursRegarded this Earth with envious eyesAnd slowly and surely, they drew their plans against us Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sandy Clegg Posted February 25, 2023 Share Posted February 25, 2023 We have strong defences. Greggs in every high street means the Others would all die of heart disease within 3 days. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Craving Peaches Posted February 25, 2023 Author Share Posted February 25, 2023 3 minutes ago, Sandy Clegg said: We have strong defences. Greggs in every high street means the Others would all die of heart disease within 3 days. I laughed...but then I realised...I frequent Greggs quite often... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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