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http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3845350/Prankster-puts-UPSIDE-fiver...
or stupid?

In reply to FesteringSore:

Yes. We allow them to vote as well.

In reply to marsbar:

Arguing for an IQ qualification for voting?

In reply to Big Ger:


It can't hurt!

In reply to Big Ger:

Anyone stupid enough to bid on a rare upside down £5 isn't someone I would want to vote on my future. Maybe to be fair stupid people can be allowed to vote on reality TV shows only, Strictly come baking or whatever.

In reply to FesteringSore:

I don't think they're actually going to pay

In reply to broken spectre:


Right I am sick of hearing this IQ voting BS. You can't segregate people for voting, what's next, Poor people can't vote? Black people cant vote? Disabled people can't vote? People called Dave can't vote? Single parents can't vote?
You can't kick off about people disagreeing with you, it's democracy, if you want to blame anyone, blame the knobhead politicians on both sides for lying, blame the media, blame the system, kick off about the hidden details. Blame your side for not doing more to convince people. Not every one that voted leave is a xenophobe or Stupid.

I know plenty of people who voted Remain that are absolute chuffing idiots.
I know plenty of people who voted Leave that are quite smart and switched on.

Wind your necks in you bunch of pretentious, wet lettuce fannies. Maybe you should start questioning why the disagree and why they weren't won over by your side rather than questioning their IQ.

Honestly, you can't demand to move the goalposts after the goal has been made. Get a grip and get over it.

Bloody IQ tests for votes, what's next burning books?

In reply to Bootrock:


... relative to whom?

In reply to Bootrock:

You're absolutely correct. However I do think that people ought to have their irony meters checked before they're allowed to post on UKC.

In reply to Bootrock:
I think it's a joke Bootrock, but you still coudn't resist it or resist bringing up Brexit (again) and you want us to stop moaning about it!. Looks like the joke's on you!

(Is that your dislike)

In reply to Rob Exile Ward:

Very good!

In reply to john arran:

Get off your high horse

In reply to Bootrock:

No, just not call a referendum.

In reply to FesteringSore:

Stop bickering on here and check your wallets, I've just found three of the little buggers ! I'm in the money.

In reply to Hugh J:

Well there hasnt been much call for an IQ test on any other votes.....so it's pretty obvious. It's hardly about IQ tests for voting in the chuffing X factor is it?

I stand by what I said. Dunno if it was meant as a joke or what, It's been a long day.

In reply to Bootrock:

Calm down dear.

1) it was a joke

2) I said vote, I meant in elections. I didn't bring up Brexit, you did.

3) Now we are assured of a supply of Marmite, I'm fine with it

4) Number 3 may not be entirely true.

5) Read number 1 again, it is true

6) Always remember, in the old days I wouldn't have been allowed to vote. Only men. Check your privilege

7) I may be joking when I tell you to check your privilege.

In reply to marsbar:

I need a rum.



I most certainly am not, Marmite isn't a food substance. It should be registered in the list of Biological Weapons, and banned!


How old are you?!



You best be, or I will be writing another badly worded rant that no one will read and dislike anyway.


Nah Hugh, wasn't me disliking it? You made me smile.

In reply to Bootrock:

>Dunno if it was meant as a joke or what,

You seem to be the only one...

In reply to aln:
Must be because I voted leave, we lack humour, hate everyone and are pretty thick.

In reply to Bootrock:
'we lack humour, hate everyone and are pretty thick.'

That may not be true. A single counter example would do to refute it. However...

In reply to Bootrock:


I wouldn't say you (pl) lack humour...

In reply to Bootrock:


If you say so but I wouldn't coz I'm not stupid or bigoted and I don't tar everyone with the same brush.

In reply to Bootrock:

I myself have a mug of whisky and lemon on the go. It seems to be working.

In reply to Big Ger:


How about a simple multi-choice e.g.

(a) Who is the Prime Minister?
(b) What is the capital of Scotland?

In reply to FesteringSore:

It's an interesting relection on our "meritocracy" that one can be that thick and still have 65k to spooge on an upsidedown fiver...

In reply to Oldsign:


Hmmm, bit like supposedly intelligent folk loosing thousands after being conned by telephone and internet scammers. Many that I've heard of are the sort of people you would least expect to fall for such things.

In reply to Peter Metcalfe:
Is it:

a) Rupert Murdoch?
b) London? (Runs for cover!!!)

In reply to Bootrock:








You're losing your touch. You could have got at least one "precious snowflake" in there, possibly two.

In reply to FesteringSore:

To read the daily mail? It appears so.

In reply to Bootrock:


If the cap fits....

In reply to Bootrock:

>>Marmite isn't a food substance. It should be registered in the list of Biological Weapons, and banned!

My God. I agree with something Bootrock says.

<retires to bed with cold compress and hides under duvet for rest of the day. recovery from the shock not assured.>

In reply to Bootrock:

2 days till you can get your tot shippers

In reply to marsbar:

in the old days most men weren't allowed to vote!

In reply to mangoletse:


Pusser's I hope?

In reply to FesteringSore:

Nuff mans ere av bin trolled big time by daily mail

Manz even talkin bout brexit LOLZ

In reply to Bootrock:



Wind MY neck in!! FFS!

In reply to FesteringSore:


Gullible idiot falls for (yet another) ebay prank and thinks people are actually seriously bidding!

Stupid?

In reply to john spence:


You might be if the code along the bottom starts with AK 47. They are changing hands for hundreds of pounds each - inexplicably!

In reply to Bootrock:


For 90% of the population, reading some books.

In reply to faffergotgunz:

Have you got a speech impediment? Otherwise can you please give your comment in clear English.

In reply to ianstevens:


But only the books you agree with?

And always Pusser's. Occasionally some Sailor J, but that's what them hipsters drink. So it puts me off, and now my beloved Gin and Tonic is being hijacked by the snowflake hipster brigade too.

The British Empire was built on Gin. Well tea. But Gin is darn good, what!

I do like to have a bit of Kraken, mainly so I can shout RELEASE THE KRAKEN.

In reply to damhan-allaidh:


Welcome to the dark side. We have rum, and hobnobs, dark chocolate obviously.

In reply to FesteringSore:

Just wondering, with bootrock's bizarre outburst, ...is unnecessarily bringing up brexit the new Goodwin's?

In reply to Just Another Dave:


Bizarre ?

In reply to FesteringSore:

Ok, bizarre might be overstating; I suppose I meant entirely ordinary and predictable.

In reply to Bootrock:


Nope, whatever people want. So long as they enjoy them and/or they make them think.

In reply to john spence:


Yes, you've got fifteen quid.

In reply to Bootrock:

Dark chocolate is in third place behind Marmite and anchovies.

In reply to FesteringSore:

I just saw an advert for "Sunny" loans advertised on Dave, interest rate 1299%

1299% just in case you thought that was an error.

In reply to john arran:

'Raises hand' A relative, a liberal voting, charity supporting open minded about migration and difference type - rather than the caricature/stereotype sometimes painted by some, who is an engineering professor and has always tried to keep informed on things, was pondering voting for Brexit after having voted 'in' during the 70's to join the common market, due to problems he saw with the EU becoming undemocratic and how Greece had been treated, that the fiscal rules were bent to let them in - and then they paid the price for it. In the end he was busy, but his reasoning was from a liberal and 'autonomy for the people' angle. I think the actual Brexit campaign was awful and dishonest by the way.

In reply to Timmd:


Obviously a closet xenophobic, homophobic, dumb arsed numpty who's lost his marbles then.

In reply to Lusk:
He might be losing his marbles - or his keys - it can feel like the same thing.

Edit: I think the problem is that though there are without doubt some people with very decent reasons for voting Brexit, the actual campaign itself was rather base with Farage and his 'Breaking Point' poster full of brown people, and talking about immigration being a bigger problem than it probably is (we will always need some kind inflow due to the ageing population we have - and the NHS would be lost without it), and lying about things like money which goes into the EU in not mentioning what we get back.

I don't think it can be doubted that people who 'are' racist, xenophobic and reactionary (in not liking multiculturalism just because it's newer and different) would have responded to all this in voting Brexit too, which may explain the rise in reports of people being told to go home, having threatening flyers left on their cars or posted their doors, and the other unpleasant things, I think such people with them feeling more empowered to be open with their sentiments.

With the people who voted for Brexit due to feeling left behind and wanting change, it's not at all back and white in people being 'stupid and hateful' or 'nice and intelligent' depending on how they voted. The city of Sheffield can be split into richer and poorer areas essentially - along Brexit/Remain lines.

In reply to FesteringSore:

Intelligent folk who use loose instead of lose

In reply to john spence:


I'm tempted to iron one to shrink it ( as they do shrink above a certain temp) and put one up for sale as a rare mini fiver, and see how much I get

In reply to Bootrock:


Self awareness is a good quality though.