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Time to grasp the thistle 360

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An offer refused 186

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The limits of science 240

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    • Chas on And Nothing Happened Forever: “The Scots language you allude to and use in some of the mince you post is basically 75% misspelt English…May 10, 11:07
    • Bilbo on And Nothing Happened Forever: “Another one of the usual suspects taking my metaphor literally. Funny that? Farage’s Brides 😉May 10, 11:05
    • Alf Baird on And Nothing Happened Forever: “Insightful intellectual analysis, Northcode. Which confirms the cultural and hence linguistic divide in the colonial framework. And of course, that…May 10, 10:52
    • Frank Waring on And Nothing Happened Forever: “Why is the outcome of this election not regarded as the ideal result? The Scottish government can now do nothing…May 10, 10:31
    • Geri on And Nothing Happened Forever: “Shitface, Newsflash – Your twisted world view is in the minority. At home. Abroad. In the courts. At the United…May 10, 10:31
    • Captain Caveman on And Nothing Happened Forever: ““Guys, guys. Get a private room and circle jerk off all you like about those good old times.” Ugh. What…May 10, 09:51
    • Sven on And Nothing Happened Forever: “Big Jock @ 08.51. You’re being a bit unfair to Mr Kelly, B/Jock, bringing logic and common sense into the…May 10, 09:43
    • Northcode on And Nothing Happened Forever: “Mocking an Indigenous language is racist; it is racist because it attacks a protected characteristic indirectly: I’ve written down some…May 10, 09:38
    • TURABDIN on And Nothing Happened Forever: “EVENTUALLY, it may dawn that the comedy of bits of paper in metal boxes has zilch to do with regaining…May 10, 09:30
    • agentx on And Nothing Happened Forever: “Mannivannan identifies as ‘non-binary’ – so in Holyrood it can go in both the Ladies and/or Gents depending how it…May 10, 09:29
    • Bilbo on And Nothing Happened Forever: “@ Main I have explained that I was using that as a metaphor concerning the futility of longing for a…May 10, 09:23
    • Big Jock on And Nothing Happened Forever: “For comedy I still nip into James Kelly’s daft logic poll analysis. Latest is that he is saying not voting…May 10, 08:51
    • Hatey McHateface on And Nothing Happened Forever: “@Geri Bilbo was posting about jerking off. Try to (ahem) stick to the subject if you have anything to add.May 10, 08:36
    • Hatey McHateface on And Nothing Happened Forever: ““Loonies are being elected” Loonies are electing them. Myself, I’m for bringing back something like the property qualification for voting.…May 10, 08:31
    • Hatey McHateface on And Nothing Happened Forever: “Anybody ken hoo lang this wake will gang oan fer? Ah may hae tae nip oot fer anither boatle. Seeing…May 10, 08:23
    • Big Jock on And Nothing Happened Forever: “Lets have 73 Seats and a straight fight.May 10, 08:12
    • Hatey McHateface on And Nothing Happened Forever: ““sodomite lifestyle” YL? My, my, every accusation, etc. etc. Just as well we all ken you’re what we Scots used…May 10, 08:12
    • Big Jock on And Nothing Happened Forever: “I reckon we need to bring back first past the post in Scotland. This experiment with D’Hont is rewarding failure.…May 10, 08:10
    • Hatey McHateface on And Nothing Happened Forever: “Criticise the ham ass scum and up pops Geri to defend them. Beats me why all the other ham ass…May 10, 07:55
    • SophiaPangloss on And Nothing Happened Forever: “The other nationalist parties? I’m not sure you mean Reform, but they’re the only other nationalist party in Holyrood, I’m…May 10, 07:15
    • twathater on And Nothing Happened Forever: “TBQH I am scunnered with the whole independence situation , Scots are about to become the Aboriginal or First Nation…May 10, 04:01
    • Geri on And Nothing Happened Forever: “Exactly Bilbo. They’re longing for a time that was pre Thatcher. They pine after her with no self awareness that…May 10, 02:11
    • robertkknight on And Nothing Happened Forever: “Look at the numbers Izzie… 2021… SNP Constituency Vote: 1,291,204 SNP Regional Vote: 1,094,374 2026… SNP Constituency Vote: 877,077 SNP…May 10, 00:40
    • Young Lochinvar on And Nothing Happened Forever: “Absolutely spot on Rob. They’ve lost their way and become what the Unionists caricatured them as..May 10, 00:33
    • Rob on And Nothing Happened Forever: “At this point when us old tins are talking about the SNP it might be worth reminding folk what the…May 10, 00:22
    • Young Lochinvar on And Nothing Happened Forever: “HMcH @ 9.52 So you’re back again eh? Conservative friends of Is Rye Ale in a blue funk over their…May 10, 00:16
    • Bilbo on And Nothing Happened Forever: “@ Main I appreciate you are not very bright. It is beyond your comprehension that you can’t understand the intellectual…May 9, 23:22
    • Hatey McHateface on And Nothing Happened Forever: “How dare you, Sven. Remind the usual suspects about Bethlehem and they might remember where Bethlehem was 2026 years ago,…May 9, 23:17
    • Geri on And Nothing Happened Forever: ““is to fervently wish for every last one of the ham ass scum to be buried deep in the tunnels…May 9, 23:14
    • Hatey McHateface on And Nothing Happened Forever: “Take it easy, Geri. Remember what lies ahead of you for every day of the next 5 years. You’re gonna…May 9, 23:08
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