Useless Thread MDCLXXXV: 2016 Is Almost Over

[Ceremony]

Hey look I'm half-cut and beasting a Codemasters racing game

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[Mantis]

Keith Tkachuck just dabbed

 

[Siamese Dream]

Hey look I'm half-cut and beasting a Codemasters racing game

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A solicitor who is older than me said she didn't know who Status Quo were yesterday because "before my time"

What would your reaction have been?

 

[Ceremony]

A solicitor who is older than me said she didn't know who Status Quo were yesterday because "before my time"

What would your reaction have been?

"eh, whatever you want"

 

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[Siamese Dream]

"eh, whatever you want"

There was a hilarious generation gap in court a month or so ago when the middle-aged advocate was trying to explain a UB40 reference to the Magistrates (who are all ancient) and of course I had no clue what she was on about either.

It was something to do with the defendant not being allowed to contact his ex and they were fans of UB40 and he had commented on a Facebook feed in which her name was tagged so she could see it, and he had referenced the "Rat In My Kitchen" song in reference to her being a rat for grassing him up to the police and that he was going to kill her, like a lyric in the song apparently. The Advocate was trying to explain to the Magistrates that it was a joke.

 

[Ceremony]

There was a hilarious generation gap in court a month or so ago when the middle-aged advocate was trying to explain a UB40 reference to the Magistrates (who are all ancient) and of course I had no clue what she was on about either.

It was something to do with the defendant not being allowed to contact his ex and they were fans of UB40 and he had commented on a Facebook feed in which her name was tagged so she could see it, and he had referenced the "Rat In My Kitchen" song in reference to her being a rat for grassing him up to the police and that he was going to kill her

are you sure you work in a court and not on the Jeremy Kyle show

 

[Siamese Dream]

are you sure you work in a court and not on the Jeremy Kyle show

I'm not sure sometimes. The family court is always the best, they are in court against their ex partner and they always bring their new partner with them as a "McKenzie friend" to stir up the pot even more.

Actually the best ones are when the police come to do a Domestic Violence Prevention Order against someone and the bloke turns up accompanied by the woman they want to prevent him from seeing, and she opposes the police doing it

 

[Siamese Dream]

A lot of our "customers" are the exact types you'd see on Jezza Kyle

 

[Ceremony]

I'm not sure sometimes. The family court is always the best, they are in court against their ex partner and they always bring their new partner with them as a "McKenzie friend" to stir up the pot even more.

?

 

[Pip]

powerplay!

 

[Siamese Dream]

?

A McKenzie friend assists a litigant in person in a court of law in England and Wales. This person does not need to be legally qualified. The crucial point is that litigants in person are entitled to have assistance, lay or professional, unless there are exceptional circumstances.

Their role was set out most clearly in the eponymous 1970 case McKenzie v McKenzie.[1] Although in many cases a McKenzie friend may be an actual friend, it is often somebody with knowledge of the area, and the trend is heavily in favour of admitting McKenzie friends.[2] He or she may be liable for any misleading advice given to the litigant in person[citation needed] but is not covered by professional indemnity insurance.

 

[Ceremony]

A McKenzie friend assists a litigant in person in a court of law in England and Wales. This person does not need to be legally qualified. The crucial point is that litigants in person are entitled to have assistance, lay or professional, unless there are exceptional circumstances.

Their role was set out most clearly in the eponymous 1970 case McKenzie v McKenzie.[1] Although in many cases a McKenzie friend may be an actual friend, it is often somebody with knowledge of the area, and the trend is heavily in favour of admitting McKenzie friends.[2] He or she may be liable for any misleading advice given to the litigant in person[citation needed] but is not covered by professional indemnity insurance.

I can see no possible downsides to this.

 

[Ceremony]

polisi tap house soupy

 

[SoupyFIN]

polisi tap house soupy

Did Santa bring you gifts?

 

[Ceremony]

Did Santa bring you gifts?

Santa isn't real and people just give me money because I buy stuff I want

 

[SoupyFIN]

Santa isn't real and people just give me money because I buy stuff I want

Pretty much the same, mum buys me an item of clothing (usually a pair of long johns), but that's about it.

 

[Siamese Dream]

Santa isn't real and people just give me money because I buy stuff I want

There's only one fat guy that brings us presents and his name ain't Santa

 

[Bee Sheriff]

Where is my friend irunthepeg

Happy New Year's Eve peg

 

[Siamese Dream]

only 55 minutes until the English appropriate your culture, Ceres

 

[Ceremony]

only 55 minutes until the English appropriate your culture, Ceres

Burns is *****

 

[Siamese Dream]

Burns is *****

Naw.

 

[MrFunnyWobbl]

if you want some fun

sing obla di obla da

 

[Ceremony]

Naw.

he's ***** and not as representative of Scottish culture and/or history as people think he is

 

[SoupyFIN]