On the ethics of a no-deal Brexit: https://www-rte-ie.cdn.ampproject.org/c ... e.ie/amp//

I wouldn’t take the opinion of one academic philosopher too seriously, and I really don’t think he argued his case terribly well.

The opening sentence has a quintuple negative! I have a problem with even double negatives, it’s like speaking to a lawyer. It’s also like adjusting a ball-cock. Do you know what I mean? You want to stop water rising too high so do you adjust the ball-cock up or down? Maybe only I see the connection.

On the ethics of a no-deal Brexit: https://www-rte-ie.cdn.ampproject.org/c ... e.ie/amp//

I wouldn’t take the opinion of one academic philosopher too seriously, and I really don’t think he argued his case terribly well.

The opening sentence has a quintuple negative! I have a problem with even double negatives, it’s like speaking to a lawyer. It’s also like adjusting a ball-cock. Do you know what I mean? You want to stop water rising too high so do you adjust the ball-cock up or down? Maybe only I see the connection.

How often do you flood your home?

There was the time I tried plumbing. I think I've mentioned before that I have a 97% success rate with joints. Turns out that anything less than 100% is problematic. Then there was the time I ran out of dishwasher tabs so used a liquid detergent instead. I'd definitely recommend that if you are at a loose end. It's fun, dramatic, and not dangerous, and will keep you occupied for quite a long time. 

I was actually suspecting that the toilet cistern with the ball-cock valve must have leaked many times. They cover in scale very fast in London's hard water. That's how I befriended one of my neighbours (thankfully I'm moving out). When I opened the cistern to fix the leak and saw the mysterious red balloon inside, I took photos and sent to my grandpa. He said that it was ancient. Now I have Australian double-flush siphon (Ha! I also have an Australian brother-in-law! I have to tell him that he's not the only Australian in my life!)

We could easily fill a thread with toilets around the world. The different ball-cocks, sucking versus blowing (not sure about the terminology), bottom warmers, "observation decks," hose pipes and water jugs, holes in the ground (which way are you supposed to crouch? I've never figured that out), urinals and their etiquette. 

I used to explain Halton Sequences using urinal etiquette as an analogy. But no longer in these sensitive times. I don't think any of my analogies are still legal.

Maybe it is time to switch from analogies to digitalis? 

Welcome, El Comandante! Goodbye, PC-Nazis!

We should just leave without telling anyone. Like leaving a bad party.

Nah, won’t work. They’ll see us leaving and block the driveway.

Who would like to block the driveway? 

A populist PM from Eton, whodda thought.

Limerick?
A lonely young lad of Eton
Used always to sleep with the heat on,

He woke up one night,
In a nightmarish fright,
That his country was run by a cretin

Poetry by committee. What could possibly go wrong?

"by a crouton" would, tho'.

Sorry, but the RhymeZone disagrees with you: https://www.rhymezone.com/r/rhyme.cgi?typeofrhyme=perfect&loc=thesql&Word=Eton

Mammon, pigeon, gibbon, baboon, moron, buffoon, strap-on and bonobo are words which came to my mind. I didn't notice that it was supposed to be about BoJo Things are looking good on the bunny-hugging extremist front, we have a common enemy - climate catastrophe. Ugli declared that she wouldn't let any Pole in the UK after 1 Oct. JRM banned "awesome", "due to", ... I have nothing against BoJo's government so far.

One consequence of BREXIT is no more Benidorm.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=AMT698ArSfQ