1984 and all that

[Gary]

You gotta a love armour.

Especially in urban settings

Except when it's one to one scale and on my front lawn.

[Swamphen]

Oh, you mean you forgot to install the size-based lockout on the timescooper?

(referencing a thread on alternatehistory.com...)

[Davey B]

Just remembered a story about the strike.

Winter/early spring 1985. Dying days of the miners' strike. My dad and teammates went to the indoor cricket nets provided by the council. Afterwards they went to the local working men's club for a few cheap bevvies. The Jet, in Bentley. Back then, it was dregs of humanity territory. Loads of striking miners, all yelling, "WE'RE NOT GOIN' BACK, WE'RE NOT GOIN' BACK!" One bloke accused someone else's son of blacklegging (that's breaking the strike, fact fans), the responce being something like, "MY SON AIN'T NO FUKKIN' SCAB, I'LL KNOCK YER FUKKIN' 'EAD OFF!!!"

And then they start to sing. To the tune of 'Bread of Heaven':
"ARTHUR SCARGILL, ARTHUR SCARGILL, WE'LL SUPPORT YOU EVER MORE! WE'LL SUPPORT YOU EVER MORE!"[/u][/i][/b][/size]

and then my dad's mate asks in a voice that they heard in Ontario:
"WHO THE FUK'S ARTHUR SCARGILL?"[/size]  

Oh dear. Drink up lads, before the natives finish theirs.