Things that don't deserve their own thread

[Sandstorm]

Probably should have been penalised. But lifting the legs like that is a bit "fuck around and find out" for the Spain player.

'but'... the player ducked in the tackle

'but'... the player had eyes on the ball and couldn't avoid the player already in the air

'but'... it was just an attempted cleanout

Yeah, none of those are comparable.

Having your legs lifted from under you like that in a maul is an illegal act. For good reason

It is. But you can’t kick a player in retaliation. Ref is a fucking idiot.

[Uncle fester]

Probably should have been penalised. But lifting the legs like that is a bit "fuck around and find out" for the Spain player.

'but'... the player ducked in the tackle

'but'... the player had eyes on the ball and couldn't avoid the player already in the air

'but'... it was just an attempted cleanout

Yeah, none of those are comparable.

Having your legs lifted from under you like that in a maul is an illegal act. For good reason

Been a while since I looked at sevens laws but I don't think that counts as a maul.

[Guy Smiley]

The WR site doesn't list a Variation in the Sevens Laws that addresses the maul, so it's safe to assume the regular Laws apply.

[Margin__Walker]

I think we all agree that the kick was the worse offence and deserved to be penalised tbf.

[Slick]

I think we all agree that the kick was the worse offence and deserved to be penalised tbf.

Meh, I don't

[Sandstorm]

I think we all agree that the kick was the worse offence and deserved to be penalised tbf.

Meh, I don't

Vile creature

[Gumboot]

恭贺新禧!

Happy Chinese New Year! The Year of the Snake is upon us.

The sprog's in Keelung for the festivities with her Taiwanese whanau.

[Enzedder]

I think we all agree that the kick was the worse offence and deserved to be penalised tbf.

It was a push by the leg being lifted. She wasn't hurt (apart from her feelings). Play on "and don't do it again please".

[Biffer]

恭贺新禧!

Happy Chinese New Year! The Year of the Snake is upon us.

The sprog's in Keelung for the festivities with her Taiwanese whanau.

There are a fuckton of fireworks going off in San francisco

[Gumboot]

恭贺新禧!

Happy Chinese New Year! The Year of the Snake is upon us.

The sprog's in Keelung for the festivities with her Taiwanese whanau.

There are a fuckton of fireworks going off in San francisco

I had more than my fill of fireworks while living in Taiwan. Like living in a bloody war zone at times.

[Guy Smiley]

I had more than my fill of fireworks while living in Taiwan. Like living in a bloody war zone at times.

I did a New Year's Eve in Phuket once... holy shit

[inactionman]

If ever a video needed speeding up to a soundtrack of yakety sax:

Police pursued a woman in a three-wheeled mobility scooter after a report of shoplifting at the Meadowhall shopping centre in Sheffield on Sunday.

[Niegs]

I may be unfamiliar with bidet use, but can recognize one. But what's this tiny bath tub for?

[Sandstorm]

I may be unfamiliar with bidet use, but can recognize one. But what's this tiny bath tub for?

Dog washing station.

[Niegs]

I may be unfamiliar with bidet use, but can recognize one. But what's this tiny bath tub for?

Dog washing station.

I thought so, too, but it's too old of a house (1919). Surely people didn't care so much about dogs back then?

A friend suggested it might be a hip or sitz bath (for soaking your nether regions), but when I Googled that, realized there were taller, wider and more comfortable looking ones AND this little bath on the other side of the room in the images.



Then I finally found this ... it IS for feet! Guess that was just a thing you did, and built into nicer houses, when people were standing/walking much more than we do today.

[dpedin]

I may be unfamiliar with bidet use, but can recognize one. But what's this tiny bath tub for?

Dog washing station.

I thought so, too, but it's too old of a house (1919). Surely people didn't care so much about dogs back then?

A friend suggested it might be a hip or sitz bath (for soaking your nether regions), but when I Googled that, realized there were taller, wider and more comfortable looking ones AND this little bath on the other side of the room in the images.



Then I finally found this ... it IS for feet! Guess that was just a thing you did, and built into nicer houses, when people were standing/walking much more than we do today.

Glass of single malt, latest copy of Private Eye and a feet soaking with regular top up of hot water ... does it for me!

[Niegs]

Glass of single malt, latest copy of Private Eye and a feet soaking with regular top up of hot water ... does it for me!

I used to work for a Heritage / Parks Canada library and would dive into old building plan and house accessory catalogues they had. It was interesting seeing all the things they had that seem to have disappeared in the modern era. Laundry chutes and dumb waiters are a fav, but might be seen as a fire hazard now?

I follow an insta account that finds mid-century modern homes listed for sale ... from that era, I'd love a 'conversation pit'.

https://www.instagram.com/homeswithmax/

[Gumboot]

Marianne Faithfull gooone!

She was 78 years old - amazing that she survived this long tbh.

I still vividly remember when my mates and I first heard Broken English, and in particular the lyrics of "Why D'Ya Do It?" left a lasting impression!

RIP

[inactionman]

God above, that would be a bad way to go

Fears are growing for a truck driver who has spent three days trapped inside a sinkhole in Japan, as rescue workers started building a ramp in a desperate attempt to reach him.

The 74-year-old, who has not been named, became trapped when the sinkhole opened up in a road near Tokyo on Tuesday, swallowing him and his two-tonne truck.

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/ ... -third-day

[Kiwias]

God above, that would be a bad way to go

Fears are growing for a truck driver who has spent three days trapped inside a sinkhole in Japan, as rescue workers started building a ramp in a desperate attempt to reach him.

The 74-year-old, who has not been named, became trapped when the sinkhole opened up in a road near Tokyo on Tuesday, swallowing him and his two-tonne truck.

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/ ... -third-day

They managed to hoist the truck out, minus the driver's cab, and there is still no sign of the driver. The sinkhole is expanding, which greatly complicates rescue efforts, while the forecast is for rain and snow over the next few days.

[tabascoboy]

UK: The £58bn company that doesn’t exist

Avis Capital Limited is one of the largest companies in the UK. It says it was spun out from Avis (the car hire company), is FCA-regulated and has £58bn of net assets. It promises investors a 31% return. But all of this is a lie.

Avis Capital’s accounts are a work of fiction. It’s completely unregulated, and the financial products it sells appear to be fraudulent. It has no connection to the real Avis group. All of this has been facilitated by Companies House accepting filings and accounts which are false on their face, and by accounting firms who failed to notice obvious signs of fraud.

Companies House’s failure to identify and act on this is a scandal. It could be taking simple steps to stop UK company law being used and abused by criminals. But it isn’t.

We are aware of even worse cases, and will be reporting on them shortly.

Full story: https://taxpolicy.org.uk/2025/01/25/the ... snt-exist/

[Blackmac]

UK: The £58bn company that doesn’t exist

Avis Capital Limited is one of the largest companies in the UK. It says it was spun out from Avis (the car hire company), is FCA-regulated and has £58bn of net assets. It promises investors a 31% return. But all of this is a lie.

Avis Capital’s accounts are a work of fiction. It’s completely unregulated, and the financial products it sells appear to be fraudulent. It has no connection to the real Avis group. All of this has been facilitated by Companies House accepting filings and accounts which are false on their face, and by accounting firms who failed to notice obvious signs of fraud.

Companies House’s failure to identify and act on this is a scandal. It could be taking simple steps to stop UK company law being used and abused by criminals. But it isn’t.

We are aware of even worse cases, and will be reporting on them shortly.

Full story: https://taxpolicy.org.uk/2025/01/25/the ... snt-exist/

Their website is absolutely ridiculous. Why would anyone fall for such bullshit.

[inactionman]

On the subject of frauds, I'm dying to try this:

An elderly grandmother who chats about knitting patterns, recipes for scones and the blackness of the night sky to anyone who will listen has become an unlikely tool in combatting scammers.

Like many people, “Daisy” is beset with countless calls from fraudsters, who often try to take control of her computer after claiming she has been hacked.

But because of her dithering and inquiries about whether they like cups of tea, the criminals end up furious and frustrated rather than successful.

Daisy is, of course, not a real grandmother but an AI bot created by computer scientists to combat fraud. Her task is simply to waste the time of the people who are trying to scam her.

https://www.theguardian.com/money/2025/ ... hone-fraud


eta: ah, you can't try it. They've put phone numbers up for trawling, to attract scammers.

[Niegs]

Her "I don't want to know..." is pretty much it.

[Punter15]

How the fuck is The Apprentice still going? An out of touch dinosaur flanked by a vile old hag and a simpering sycophant overseeing a bunch of people so deluded and thick that they don’t even realise that they are the joke.

What a bunch of cunts.

[Niegs]

[Guy Smiley]

[Biffer]

[Kiwias]

Reminded me of this from a BBC Schools broadcast in 1948. The notes stated that "It is reported that Ernest Lush was playing the piano with a handkerchief stuffed in his mouth, and that the continuity announcer was rolling on the floor behind the glass screen, helpless with laughter".

[inactionman]

We're having a bit work done to our house and - given I'm the world's worst interior designer - I asked a few mates in the trade for inspiration.

One of them sent me the estate agent advert for John Terry's house - I'm not sure whether for inspiration or as a warning.

https://www.rightmove.co.uk/properties/ ... el=RES_BUY

He's managed to make a lovely house look like a cross between a mid-price boutique airport hotel and a B&M catalogue.

Love the pools, mind.

[mat the expat]

We're having a bit work done to our house and - given I'm the world's worst interior designer - I asked a few mates in the trade for inspiration.

One of them sent me the estate agent advert for John Terry's house - I'm not sure whether for inspiration or as a warning.

https://www.rightmove.co.uk/properties/ ... el=RES_BUY

He's managed to make a lovely house look like a cross between a mid-price boutique airport hotel and a B&M catalogue.

Love the pools, mind.

It's almost "So bad it's good"

[TB63]

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I had an alabaster iguana in Dubai..

[Yeeb]

We're having a bit work done to our house and - given I'm the world's worst interior designer - I asked a few mates in the trade for inspiration.

One of them sent me the estate agent advert for John Terry's house - I'm not sure whether for inspiration or as a warning.

https://www.rightmove.co.uk/properties/ ... el=RES_BUY

He's managed to make a lovely house look like a cross between a mid-price boutique airport hotel and a B&M catalogue.

Love the pools, mind.

Far better than I expected tbf

[Oxbow]

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I had an alabaster iguana in Dubai..

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Apricot iguana in Djibouti

[fishfoodie]

We're having a bit work done to our house and - given I'm the world's worst interior designer - I asked a few mates in the trade for inspiration.

One of them sent me the estate agent advert for John Terry's house - I'm not sure whether for inspiration or as a warning.

https://www.rightmove.co.uk/properties/ ... el=RES_BUY

He's managed to make a lovely house look like a cross between a mid-price boutique airport hotel and a B&M catalogue.

Love the pools, mind.

What happens when a Chav with an unlimited budget, but zero taste gets let loose.

Who the fuck puts that much marble in a house at our latitude ?????

There isn't one single room in that house you could ever actually be comfortable in, & you'd pay tens of millions to buy it, only to have to tear 90% of it down so that a normal human could spend some time in it.

[Niegs]

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I had an alabaster iguana in Dubai..

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Apricot iguana in Djibouti

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Red cougar in the Dominican Republic ... but being shit at maths, I might have done it 'wrong'.

[Sandstorm]

None of you would have bothered to do the whole test if the guy testing was shown in the still above instead of the hot bird.

[tabascoboy]

Another story about one more fake company



Full thread with supporting images at https://threadreaderapp.com/thread/1888 ... 28787.html

[Uncle fester]

Another story about one more fake company



Full thread with supporting images at https://threadreaderapp.com/thread/1888 ... 28787.html

Trying to grab control of a Ukrainian gold mine makes me wonder who might be behind the. Man behind the curtain?

[TedMaul]

We're having a bit work done to our house and - given I'm the world's worst interior designer - I asked a few mates in the trade for inspiration.

One of them sent me the estate agent advert for John Terry's house - I'm not sure whether for inspiration or as a warning.

https://www.rightmove.co.uk/properties/ ... el=RES_BUY

He's managed to make a lovely house look like a cross between a mid-price boutique airport hotel and a B&M catalogue.

Love the pools, mind.

What happens when a Chav with an unlimited budget, but zero taste gets let loose.

Who the fuck puts that much marble in a house at our latitude ?????

There isn't one single room in that house you could ever actually be comfortable in, & you'd pay tens of millions to buy it, only to have to tear 90% of it down so that a normal human could spend some time in it.

Someone who has 20 mates round with 10g of beak each to consume…..