If you could phase something out?

Mala591 · Post by **Mala591** » Thu Jun 22, 2017 2:09 pm

If you had the power to phase something out of existence over the next 10 years then what would it be? Some things that might be on my list:

Religion
The Royal Family
The House of Lords
Parking on pavements
Football agents
The City of London
Leylandi trees
Arms exports to muslim countries
Non football blogs on a football blog forum

The choice is yours...

RocketLawnChair · Post by **RocketLawnChair** » Thu Jun 22, 2017 2:13 pm

Mala591 wrote:If you had the power to phase something out of existence over the next 10 years then what would it be? Some things that might be on my list:

Religion
The Royal Family
The House of Lords
Parking on pavements
Football agents
The City of London
Leylandi trees
Arms exports to muslim countries
Non football blogs on a football blog forum

The choice is yours...

Blackburn Rovers Football Club

Newty · Post by **Newty** » Thu Jun 22, 2017 2:14 pm

RocketLawnChair wrote:Blackburn Rovers Football Club

Won't need 10 years to phase that out.

RocketLawnChair · Post by **RocketLawnChair** » Thu Jun 22, 2017 2:17 pm

Newty wrote:Won't need 10 years to phase that out.

Sorry Newty, I failed to mention my project started six years ago. Only four to go... Bang on schedule!

UpTheBeehole · Post by **UpTheBeehole** » Thu Jun 22, 2017 2:18 pm

Brexit. And I'd deport all Brexiteers to a country outside the EU, which would surely please them.

CombatClaret · Post by **CombatClaret** » Thu Jun 22, 2017 2:21 pm

Immigration
Social Change
The Young

I've been on this forum too long...

box_of_frogs · Post by **box_of_frogs** » Thu Jun 22, 2017 2:25 pm

Younger clarets fans singing far, far, far, far too fast. Get some rhythm, or watch the 91-92 promotion video.

starting_11 · Post by **starting_11** » Thu Jun 22, 2017 2:25 pm

Religion

Communists

ExistentialWanderer · Post by **ExistentialWanderer** » Thu Jun 22, 2017 2:26 pm

Not necessarily phase out, although I guess if someone could invent a remote to turn down women nagging, that'd be quite nice. I'd quite like to see her lips moving but the volume dropping to muted.

SammyBoy · Post by **SammyBoy** » Thu Jun 22, 2017 2:34 pm

Football
Money in football, I'm not sure you could 'phase it out' entirely but take things back to the old days where there wasn't such a huge disparity between clubs/leagues in terms of finances. This may in turn lead to better atmospheres in stadiums, make it more affordable and truly the working mans game again. There would probably end up being less overseas players here but that would just mean more opportunities for English youngsters.

Non Football
Superficial vacuous Z list celebrities and the whole circus that goes with it - TOWIE, X Factor, Big Brother etc.

Pstotto · Post by **Pstotto** » Thu Jun 22, 2017 2:39 pm

If you want to phase something out then you have to supply the way to do it and put forward some creativity regarding what will function better. As far as religion goes, the first thing to address is the issue of transubstantiation and the idea that another man is somehow a conduit between you and God and that your self experience was somehow dependent on others.

The first case is Buddhism and the Dalai Lama claiming to be a living God as well as Hinduism and the notion of Holy men (Godhead is the phrase) and Holy words. Hirohito had to say to the populace of Japan that he was an ordinary man, so this should be the case with the 'Holy' men of India and the Dalai Lama and all lamas and swamis, who are currently lording it with alpha male status as claimed God representatives, spreading superstition and supernatural fear.

In actual fact it is epistemologically impossible to have Holy men or holy words because of the 'sin' of imperfect sense mediation and the subjectivity of the human condition. As such there is in fact no Islam, no Christianity, no atheism, No Judaism, No Buddhism, because there is not the perfect object to receive and act upon it, only one's personal subjectivity and take on the supposed knowledge.

By making that common knowledge, then perhaps we can phase 'religion' out.

Funkydrummer · Post by **Funkydrummer** » Thu Jun 22, 2017 2:40 pm

The advert at the top of this forum for The Todmorden Show which happened last weekend.

Chester Perry · Post by **Chester Perry** » Thu Jun 22, 2017 2:41 pm

Dyche to Palace thread

boiledclaret · Post by **boiledclaret** » Thu Jun 22, 2017 2:44 pm

Modern Art: I have no problem with the origins of Dada, which was a revolt against art after the atrocities of WW1. It was the punk of it's day, so to speak. But some of the tasteless ugly monstrosities that are considered to be works of 'odd beauty' nowadays are just annoying.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AtBy62SBd-Y" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

Funkydrummer · Post by **Funkydrummer** » Thu Jun 22, 2017 2:47 pm

boiledclaret wrote:Modern Art: I have no problem with the origins of Dada, which was a revolt against art after the atrocities of WW1. It was the punk of it's day, so to speak. But some of the tasteless ugly monstrosities that are considered to be works of 'odd beauty' nowadays are just annoying.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AtBy62SBd-Y" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

That horrible thing is on loan. I would send it back from whence it came, the bloody weirdo.

Pstotto · Post by **Pstotto** » Thu Jun 22, 2017 2:50 pm

Bad art, not Modern Art. Modern art is a tactical strategy to try and open the door of perception to see what is universally beyond the limits of the human mind. In ten words: Shape represents form but looks like shape. Tough sh*t. Play.

Damien Hirst's sculpture is a vile example of 'public art.' That really does need phasing out, it's folk on committees with too much money to spend and the no taste, hoping to add a bit of 'culture' to the environment.

ClaretinMyBlood · Post by **ClaretinMyBlood** » Thu Jun 22, 2017 2:53 pm

Periods.

UpTheBeehole · Post by **UpTheBeehole** » Thu Jun 22, 2017 2:56 pm

ClaretinMyBlood wrote:Periods.

We call them 'full stops' over here.

Bertiebeehead · Post by **Bertiebeehead** » Thu Jun 22, 2017 2:58 pm

People
Things
Places

ClaretinMyBlood · Post by **ClaretinMyBlood** » Thu Jun 22, 2017 2:58 pm

UpTheBeehole wrote:We call them 'full stops' over here.

Nope, My wife has never had a full stop.

dpinsussex · Post by **dpinsussex** » Thu Jun 22, 2017 3:00 pm

Mala591 wrote:If you had the power to phase something out of existence over the next 10 years then what would it be?
Non football blogs on a football blog forum
...

What's this thread about then. Doesnt appear to be football related.

LeadBelly · Post by **LeadBelly** » Thu Jun 22, 2017 3:02 pm

Chicken-based fast food outlets. - They stink & remind me of that old abattoir stench.
Trendy "superfoods"- quinoa etc - Gets some spuds and carrots down you!
"Celeb culture" - No need to explain
Honours lists- Totally devalued now.
Call Centres in India that "serve" UK customers - Bloody annoying especially if you don't hear well.
Electronic music - Learn to play a guitar/banjo/bass/drums/trumpet/saxophone/glockenspiel/fiddle/flute/whatever.
Bright street lights - Let's see the stars again
Old codgers complaining - Oh er er....

Guich · Post by **Guich** » Thu Jun 22, 2017 3:06 pm

Politics

Chobulous · Post by **Chobulous** » Thu Jun 22, 2017 3:07 pm

Islington

claretdom · Post by **claretdom** » Thu Jun 22, 2017 3:07 pm

Lily Allen

boiledclaret · Post by **boiledclaret** » Thu Jun 22, 2017 3:12 pm

Pstotto wrote:Bad art, not Modern Art. Modern art is a tactical strategy to try and open the door of perception to see what is universally beyond the limits of the human mind. In ten words: Shape represents form but looks like shape. Tough sh*t. Play.

Damien Hirst's sculpture is a vile example of 'public art.' That really does need phasing out, it's folk on committees with too much money to spend and the no taste, hoping to add a bit of 'culture' to the environment.

Agreed, that's more or less what I was trying to say. You just did it in a less 'arty farty' kind of way, which is ironic really.

AndrewJB · Post by **AndrewJB** » Thu Jun 22, 2017 3:13 pm

Smoking. End the sale of it in public. Addicts (like myself) would pick them up from a dispensary like a prescription. No new smokers starting means we could pretty much rid ourselves of smoking in fifty years.

BennyD · Post by **BennyD** » Thu Jun 22, 2017 3:14 pm

UpTheBeehole wrote:Brexit. And I'd deport all Brexiteers to a country outside the EU, which would surely please them.

Remainers; that way they could f*ck off to the mainland, which should surely please them.

quoonbeatz · Post by **quoonbeatz** » Thu Jun 22, 2017 3:14 pm

Funkydrummer wrote:The advert at the top of this forum for The Todmorden Show which happened last weekend.

harsh.

the internet will have just reached Tod, just as you've phased the advert out.

Chobulous · Post by **Chobulous** » Thu Jun 22, 2017 3:15 pm

Departure announcements

dpinsussex · Post by **dpinsussex** » Thu Jun 22, 2017 3:22 pm

Abc and krbfc

UpTheBeehole · Post by **UpTheBeehole** » Thu Jun 22, 2017 3:26 pm

BennyD wrote:Remainers; that way they could f*ck off to the mainland, which should surely please them.

Well, it is where all our ancestors were from. You know, the vikings, saxons, angles, romans etc. Europeans who came to Britain to trade.

Why would we seek to stop immigration and trade with our ancestral homes?

FulledgeClaret · Post by **FulledgeClaret** » Thu Jun 22, 2017 3:30 pm

UpTheBeehole wrote:Brexit. And I'd deport all Brexiteers to a country outside the EU, which would surely please them.

We could save some money deporting all the remoaners as there are about a million fewer of them.

ExistentialWanderer · Post by **ExistentialWanderer** » Thu Jun 22, 2017 3:33 pm

LeadBelly wrote:Chicken-based fast food outlets. - They stink & remind me of that old abattoir stench..

Venky's given an honourable stay of execution.

Sidney1st · Post by **Sidney1st** » Thu Jun 22, 2017 3:47 pm

ExistentialWanderer wrote:Not necessarily phase out, although I guess if someone could invent a remote to turn down women nagging, that'd be quite nice. I'd quite like to see her lips moving but the volume dropping to muted.

You're watching the wrong lips then.

starting_11 · Post by **starting_11** » Thu Jun 22, 2017 3:58 pm

People who leave wooden chopping boards in a sink full of ******* water!

JegunClaret · Post by **JegunClaret** » Thu Jun 22, 2017 3:59 pm

Leftwingers and all their claptrap.

Steve1956 · Post by **Steve1956** » Thu Jun 22, 2017 4:13 pm

The Monarchy..

Steve1956 · Post by **Steve1956** » Thu Jun 22, 2017 4:16 pm

ClaretinMyBlood wrote:Periods.

I would go a tad further mate...Woman altogether.

Bertiebeehead · Post by **Bertiebeehead** » Thu Jun 22, 2017 4:17 pm

Steve1956 wrote:I would go a tad further mate...Woman altogether.

We had your sort in the forces.

Steve1956 · Post by **Steve1956** » Thu Jun 22, 2017 4:19 pm

Bertiebeehead wrote:We had your sort in the forces.

What? Homosexuals ?

BennyD · Post by **BennyD** » Thu Jun 22, 2017 5:01 pm

UpTheBeehole wrote:Well, it is where all our ancestors were from. You know, the vikings, saxons, angles, romans etc. Europeans who came to Britain to trade.

Why would we seek to stop immigration and trade with our ancestral homes?

We won't; hopefully well be able to regulate numbers that we want, not what Brussels wants.

UpTheBeehole · Post by **UpTheBeehole** » Thu Jun 22, 2017 5:03 pm

BennyD wrote:We won't; hopefully well be able to regulate numbers that we want, not what Brussels wants.

We already could.

Guich · Post by **Guich** » Thu Jun 22, 2017 5:06 pm

It might be stretching a point slightly to say the Vikings came here to trade, or the Saxons and Romans for that matter.

Lord Beamish · Post by **Lord Beamish** » Thu Jun 22, 2017 5:07 pm

I'd like to phase out electronic sound processors used to filter a signal by creating a series of peaks and troughs in the frequency spectrum. The ones where the position of the peaks and troughs of the waveform being affected are typically modulated so that they vary over time, creating a sweeping effect.

claretblue · Post by **claretblue** » Thu Jun 22, 2017 5:30 pm

ablue!

boiledclaret · Post by **boiledclaret** » Thu Jun 22, 2017 5:58 pm

Funkydrummer wrote:That horrible thing is on loan. I would send it back from whence it came, the bloody weirdo.

Is that a Dyche quote about Bamford?

Rowls · Post by **Rowls** » Thu Jun 22, 2017 6:01 pm

The UK government's mass racial profiling information programme.

"Which ethnicity suits you best?" White? Brown? Indian? Bangla-pakistani-British? British-Pakistani-Bangla? Lancastrian? etc. etc.

If I were a multi-millionaire I would genuinely fund a nationwide advertising campaign encouraging people to tick the "prefer not to say" box.

BleedingClaret · Post by **BleedingClaret** » Thu Jun 22, 2017 6:06 pm

UpTheBeehole wrote:Brexit. And I'd deport all Brexiteers to a country outside the EU, which would surely please them.

I think you might have that arse about..
We'll stay here and you can go and live in either Merkels Germany or In a Pakistani region and understand the type of community they are trying to establish here.

Joe14 · Post by **Joe14** » Thu Jun 22, 2017 6:07 pm

Drivers who don't indicate.