What?
Sorry I dozed off. Didn’t even notice @TheMightyOstrich flounce off the site and back again.
He deserves a revolving door badge for the shortest flounce/return
I’ve got one ready for you
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We collected a very large heavy item last night from a country pile near Alton. I went in and negotiated the deal, then got my mate out of the van to help load up. He’s from Guyana, built like the proverbial brick shithouse and very black indeed.
I actually couldn’t quite believe the woman’s reaction. She didn’t say anything, but her face was a fucking picture and she beat a retreat that would put a French battalion to shame. I had to go looking for her after we got the item onto the van just so I could give her the cash.
You should have sent your mate in to give her the money.
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I didn’t think of that 
Bet she was beating something else when she was alone!!!
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If I may say so, that’s rather crude.
I’m probably not allowed to talk about this on account of not being black, but I hear that being black is a much different experience in the countryside.
Mileage really does vary. I remember moving from the rather mixed Southampton (yes, I know it’s got The Area but different people live in all the neighbourhoods).
First place I landed was Everton. Not a non-white face about. I found it disturbing given my starting position.
My job is done
Sometimes the anti-woke stuff is a bit ill-considered too.
I’m getting blocked in the morning, blocked in the morning, blocked in the mooor-nin’
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As we all should be aware, today is International Women’s Day. I thought it would be good to mark the occasion with a nice illustration of the great strides made by the ladies in a traditional man’s world, in this example, football.
Sorry Intiniki, very poor taste I know. If we should meet at the Sotonians covid survivor’s piss up you will be fully entitled to give me a clip round the ear.
Today is International Women’s Day.
It was supposed to be held yesterday but they took this long to get ready.
I’ll have you know I take less time to get ready than Mr Tigger
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You shouldn’t have married Beau Brummel. 
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Depends what they are getting ready for?
Hang on a minute. I thought the wonderful thing about a Tigger is there is only one.
It’s helped me sleep at night, actually
The insurance companies disagree, Scotsworth.
And given they’re just corporate bookies, I would heed them 
Traitor 
In any case, there’s a good reason for the insurance companies stance, which is the default relationship setting of “unless he’s completely incapacitated, the bloke drives.” That has applied to every relationship I’ve been in myself or observed as an outsider, the sole exception being one couple I know where only the wife has a drivers licence. The bloke is so obsessed with trains that he never learned to drive.
Was talking to the wife about this - surely creating a day and celebrating it like this is counter-productive? If people want it yo be normal don’t force celebrations on a specific day.
Otherwise it’s just the equivalent of “International talk like a pirate day”.