Topic: FAO: Minibrits
Erik !jzYkdX7lIw started this discussion 6 years ago #95,757
Will you be Bunging a bob for a big ben bong this brexit?| Poll option | Votes | Percentage | Graph |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bunging a bob for a big ben bong | 5 | 50% | |
| No | 5 | 50% |
jodi !ariasXXmaE joined in and replied with this 6 years ago, 5 minutes later[^] [v] #1,080,607
tteh !WewLadzomg joined in and replied with this 6 years ago, 4 minutes later, 9 minutes after the original post[^] [v] #1,080,609
No. I instead submit that we crowdfund a lefty Big Ben, Big Ahmed, which bongs to the tune of Ode to Joy around the clock, incessantly.
jodi !ariasXXmaE replied with this 6 years ago, 8 minutes later, 17 minutes after the original post[^] [v] #1,080,619
Erik !jzYkdX7lIw (OP) replied with this 6 years ago, 43 minutes later, 1 hour after the original post[^] [v] #1,080,636
Fake anon !ZkUt8arUCU joined in and replied with this 6 years ago, 2 minutes later, 1 hour after the original post[^] [v] #1,080,637
Why is America the only country that actually speaks English? You can't even rely on the English to do that anymore!
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tteh !CatPiss/d. replied with this 6 years ago, 28 minutes later, 1 hour after the original post[^] [v] #1,080,640
Killer Lettuce? !HonkUK.BIE joined in and replied with this 6 years ago, 2 minutes later, 1 hour after the original post[^] [v] #1,080,641
Anonymous F joined in and replied with this 6 years ago, 45 minutes later, 2 hours after the original post[^] [v] #1,080,645
Boris is almost as much of a clown as Trump. He just lacks the bright orange face paint.
Anonymous G joined in and replied with this 6 years ago, 17 minutes later, 2 hours after the original post[^] [v] #1,080,649
Killer Lettuce? !HonkUK.BIE replied with this 6 years ago, 19 minutes later, 2 hours after the original post[^] [v] #1,080,653
But in a statement, the House of Commons Commission, which organises the day-to-day running of parliament, said the bell was “unlikely” to sound on 31 January, in part due to the estimated cost of £500,000 to make it happen.
Work needed would include restoring the clock chime mechanism, testing it, and building a temporary floor in the belfry to allow the work to take place. This would in turn delay the ongoing conservation work by up to four weeks, costing £100,000 alone.
Lindsay Hoyle, the new Commons Speaker, who chairs the commission, said the overall cost would mean “you are talking about £50,000 a bong”.
He said: “We also have to bear in mind that the only people who will hear it will be those who live near or are visiting Westminster.”
It later emerged that Johnson’s “plan” for a public fund to finance the work does not exist.
Work needed would include restoring the clock chime mechanism, testing it, and building a temporary floor in the belfry to allow the work to take place. This would in turn delay the ongoing conservation work by up to four weeks, costing £100,000 alone.
Lindsay Hoyle, the new Commons Speaker, who chairs the commission, said the overall cost would mean “you are talking about £50,000 a bong”.
He said: “We also have to bear in mind that the only people who will hear it will be those who live near or are visiting Westminster.”
It later emerged that Johnson’s “plan” for a public fund to finance the work does not exist.
https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2020/jan/14/boris-johnsons-big-ben-brexit-bong-plan-falls-flat
Actually, this sounds like a perfect way to mark Brexit. Horrendously expensive, self-defeating, and surrounded by lies.
Anonymous H joined in and replied with this 6 years ago, 29 minutes later, 3 hours after the original post[^] [v] #1,080,671
We will have a minichan countdown!
Anonymous I joined in and replied with this 6 years ago, 4 hours later, 7 hours after the original post[^] [v] #1,080,739
Why don't they just broadcast the sound of the bongs on all TV and Radio stations operating in the UK?
Green !StaYqkzUPc joined in and replied with this 6 years ago, 8 minutes later, 7 hours after the original post[^] [v] #1,080,744
6 o'bong!
jodi !ariasXXmaE replied with this 6 years ago, 2 hours later, 10 hours after the original post[^] [v] #1,080,814
@1,080,641 (Killer Lettuce? !HonkUK.BIE)> > Big Ahmed
> > Not a name that also starts with B, like Big Bassam
big Bashir
Anonymous I replied with this 6 years ago, 1 hour later, 11 hours after the original post[^] [v] #1,080,853
Realistically it wold be like Big Mo or something.