UK In a Spot of Trouble!

[PigsnieLite]

www.nytimes.com/2010/08/10/world/europe/10britain.html?hpw

Expect PLite to be hiding under his Spidurman blankie when the Unemployment Riots begin. It is going to be very very bad. See, even the BBC talks about it in whispurs.

[sunfrog]

Wow! Is this real? It's the end of the UK!
This is not good at all!

[PigsnieLite]

Yes, its very upsetting, Low class people would throw rocks at our house and steal my turtle to make turtle soup!

[Frito Freddie]

How does this save money? Won't they just go on unemployment pay -- which I hear is fairly generous in the UK?

[PigsnieLite]

Well, Im not sure how long our dole lasts, but I dont think it lasts as long as the US. And they'll be cutting that too. Didnt they cancel school on Fridays in Hawaii at one point?

[dragrat]

Is the UK in a spot of trouble, still?

After reading this I wonder..

Lord Sainsbury donates $25m to the British Museum

www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-11274399

Could that twenty five mill help save the hundreds of jobless british citizens?

[PigsnieLite]

Well, it could have, but donating your moneys to the poor isnt going to get your noble name on a golden plaque hanging in the British Museum. [PLite laughs unpleasantly.]

[sunfrog]

When the floods and riots start you can come live with me Pea.
Also, tell Pigsnie he should sell his houses as soon as there's a rise in the market. After London floods he won't be able to sell them. Or maybe he should buy big fat flood insurance policies instead. I saw a show yesterday that said London will flood when the polar ice caps melt.

[PigsnieLite]

Ooooh, thanks, Sunspot! And then I'll tell Pigsnit to build a yacht!

[sunfrog]

Millions of Brits can't ride a bike, swim or tie their shoelaces, a study claims.

Researchers quizzed adults on "basic skills" and deduced that nearly nine million can't balance on a cycle to ride it.

Most of those unable to ride said they didn't learn when young and felt it was too late.

The poll of 3,000 people by www.OnePoll.com also suggests around five million can't tie their laces and a similar number can't swim.

A spokesman said: "These stats are quite startling."


Read more: www.mirror.co.uk/news/top-stories/2010/10/09/9million-brits-cannot-ride-a-bike-claims-study-115875-22620331/#ixzz11sS6AU00
Go Camping for 95p! Vouchers collectable in the Daily and Sunday Mirror until 11th August .

Is this true?

[PigsnieLite]

Waahh, I can tie my laces & ride a bike. But its true, I cant swim. Whut do I need swimming for anyway, our fountain is only 2 foot deep! But if you like, I can wear water wings everyday in case a tsunami wipes out London.

[dragrat]

Another 'sport of trouble' for Britain

www.bbc.co.uk/news/education-11550619

Luckily I have a job at a university, for now.

[PigsnieLite]

Whut, are you a prof? Students listen to your every holy word in your teaching course and whispur *Awesome, Professor Draggy?*

Fortunately, my da is retired from Oxford wid a nice little pension and the occasional reunion of peevish colleagues who are not so fortumate in their unholy offspring.

[dragrat]

Another report of the jobless rate in the UK... It's amazing how news of your country doesn't really come across the wireless..
www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-12223226

[PigsnieLite]

16% of charming pimply English yooth unemployed! SHOCKING! I wondur how many of these live in vast country houses, tending their mums herbaceous borders. Me, Im just THANKFUL I haf connections and Im so supernaturally talented. [PLite goes back to footling online, trying to choose between a heifer & a sheeps to send to the Third WOrld.]

PS. News of our embarrassing unemployment rate doesnt come across the wireless becuz nobody gives a shite about us well-spoken twerps. Heh. Personally, I am counting on THE KINGS SPEECHY to put us on the map once again. Our King stuttered! Waaaahhhh!