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Admin wrote: ↑Thu Feb 23, 2023 2:35 am

arthwollipot wrote: ↑Wed Feb 22, 2023 11:21 pm It's thirty years since I went to the tourist trap at Rotorua. It seemed pretty nice back then. Except for the smell, of course.

It was then. Now, it's a dumping ground for the dregs of society and is probably the worst town in the entire country in 2023.

Pity.

Yeah, shame.

It's merely the idea that "away" is a place that you can throw something and not have to think about it any more. It doesn't occur to them that "away" simply means "someone else's backyard".

For some reason, we don't get that here, as I can attest after going to a number of tourist spots over the past 4 days. Rubbish is almost non-existent, despite most places not even having bins. It's thirty years since I went to the tourist trap at Rotorua. It seemed pretty nice back then. Except fo...

I am not a number! I am a human being!

There are some photos floating around under the "different views of famous places" heading that show ridiculous amounts of rubbish around the Taj Mahal and the Giza Plateau (which is now just on the outskirts of Cairo, by the way).

grayman wrote: ↑Mon Feb 20, 2023 1:28 pmIf Shakespeare interests you...

Shakespeare is overrated.

Yeah, I said it.

Admin wrote: ↑Mon Feb 20, 2023 6:59 am

arthwollipot wrote: ↑Mon Feb 20, 2023 12:20 am Gridlock was a great book, but have you read Blind Faith (also by Elton)?

Yep, I've read every word he's ever written.

You're probably doing better than me then.

stanky wrote: ↑Mon Feb 20, 2023 2:18 amThat's twice you've defended the Catholics.

Well yeah, the Catholic church is fucked up enough. We don't need to make up lies to discredit them - they're doing a great job of that all by themselves.

sparks wrote: ↑Mon Feb 20, 2023 4:04 amWhich book? He's only published a couple of dozen or so...

Has he? Okay. I was specifically referring to God Is Not Great.