What do you do to get frozen peaches? You freeze peaches. Say “freeze peach” five times fast, and what does it sound like?
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So there’s one thing that bothers me about this story…
“He also ordered him to pay £200 compensation to each victim, a £180 court charge, a £80 victim surcharge and £80 costs.
The amount Thompson has been ordered to pay is £745.”
Who pocketed the extra five quid? Come on, fess up.
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All laughs and jokes aside a solicitor doing that is quite a disturbing bell weather of the current mood that is developing in the UK. That he would do it publicly is indicative that the attitude is growing in the UK justice system and that he has become accustomed to it.
Things are likely to get quite ugly in the UK and they are currently just trying to stem the tide with some empty PR. It something along the lines of, I know your comeuppance is coming, my associates have been discussing it and I can be stupid now. I think a right wing disturbance is very likely in UK politics.
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OK That makes sense.
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You have Pacers? I wasn’t aware we exported those.
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Haven’t seen Pacers since I was a kid.
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“If you don’t like the racism on our train, don’t ride it?”
“Darned immigrants, coming over here, taking our chins…”
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This has nothing at all to do with free speech. This is what he’s reported to have said (the video starts after she called the train manager):
“How did you get into first class? You don’t deserve to be in first class.”
He sneered at them: “You should be in common class. In fact, you shouldn’t be in this country at all.
“You don’t deserve to be here. Bloody foreigners. Where were you even born?”
You don’t get to question someone’s legitimacy and threaten them, then complain when you are removed. In words people like him will understand:
This is our country and we are taking it back. If you don’t respect our people and our laws, you are not welcome here.
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Administration surcharge?
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Where’s that from?
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Preacher.
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That mood is spreading all over the world. Each victory of a right-wing populist politician or issue emboldens the bigots to crawl out from under their rocks. Fortunately ordinary people like this railway guard are stepping up quickly to let garbage people like this solicitor know that their behaviour is unacceptable.
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Preacher, by Garth Ennis. ( https://www.amazon.com/Preacher-Book-Five-Garth-Ennis/dp/1401250742/ref=pd_sim_14_1?_encoding=UTF8&psc=1&refRID=WC2TT3RDSM9TSPTB3CVX - not sure it’s from this particular book, but something like that )
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I need to get a copy of that.
The resemblance in that image is uncanny!
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I suspect the serious answer to this is “expression of Neandertal traits”. Seeing as Europeans have a certain percentage of Neandertal DNA and Neandertals didn’t have chins.
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Wouldn’t the Neandertal traits have been diluted into insignificance by now? Every time I hear “Neandertal traits” used to describe anything in modern humans, it’s speculation at best.
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I never said that it did.
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Sorry, I started with an idea that was more directly in agreement with your comment, then changed it and didn’t change your comment. My comment does look like a non sequitur as I wrote it. Please consider the quote an extra 
for what you wrote, because it’s important. At their heart, they are fragile and out of touch.
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