[usury] underpinning the world

Under the title Banks, usury and slavery, Sackers asks a fair question:

This means that bank lending, as a proportion of GDP, doubles every 7 years. How long can this continue? How long before we are completely robbed and enslaved? Or am I asking a fool's question?

Not in the least - been going on a long time now. Will all collapse and start over again as usual.

[thought for the day] sunday evening

Is it the sharp edges or the holes which actually grate the carrot?

[only after dark] have faith

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[phonetic dictionary] third offerings

The idea is that this is a "phonetic" dictionary and so the definitions do not actually accord with the meaning of the words but with the sounds of those words.

So, take "antelope", definition "absconding insect". "Ant" - the little insect. "Elope" - to run away with one's lover. Similarly, with "badinage" - the phonetic meaning comes out as "bad in age" - memory, sex, teeth.

If you get the idea, you might like to try these below:

The first offerings were here.

The second offerings were here.

The third offerings are here:

20 Equilibrium...............Sedative for horses

21 Equivocal...................Duet

22 Farthing....................Distant object

24 Flatulent...................Borrowed apartment

25 Fodder.......................Male parent

26 Foolhardy..................Stan Laurel

27 Forensic.....................Migrants unwell

28 Foresight...................Saga

29 Forfeit........................Quadruped

30 Frigate!......................Angry exclamation

Can you state, in each case, why that particular phonetic meaning?

[may 17th] who'll take the cup

Pompey with their chimes

Cardiff with their imminent UEFA entry

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[loo roll crisis] economy too far

There are some excellent things about the Russians - the warm-heartedness, the way everything is negotiable but there are also some not so good. One of the worst is when they try to emulate the west in ripping people off.

They've learnt the art of curtailing services "for your convenience" and now they've hit the loo roll.

Now just look at the pic above - do they look the same size? Do they really look comparable? For a start, look at the:

1. overall size - hardly equal, wouldn't you agree;

2. squidginess - look at the firm, hard roll on the right, lovingly packed with paper and then the wobbly abomination on the left;

3. the outrageous claim - the one on the left trumpets "65 metres" and the one on the right has the maker's name. Ha - the one on the right is shorter, yes - I just measured them - and you know why, reader? Because the one on the left is half the bl--dy weight of the other and you don't need to be a genius to know what that means when that moment is reached.

This "tormoz" [local name for limited intellect] thought it was oh so clever to sell the new one on the left and no one would notice. Well I did - the moment I tried to take the wrapper off, half the roll came away [see photo above for evidence] and now I have half a soggy roll.

The word "Kalashnikov" hovers perilously close to the tongue and the trigger finger is itching right now.

What is particularly galling is that if you fronted the Receding Brow with said Kalashnikov, he'd claim it was market forces made him do it. He can have a couple of rounds in his market forces then and see how he likes these new times we live in.

Now I wouldn't want you to get the idea I was a little less than gruntled of course. It is Sunday after all and we're meant to forgive and forget.

Hot damn - some more just came away and my fingers went through it. Right - I'll be back in a few minutes - spot of culling needs doing downstairs. Will you excuse me?

Many thanks to Nunyaa who sent the comment below - a carton of local loo roll is on its way to you right now.