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by IvanV » Mon Jan 31, 2022 1:50 pm
tom p wrote: ↑Mon Jan 31, 2022 11:31 am
Compared to them, Johnson's a hilarious & charming adonis.
I have some slight knowledge of this, as I used to play cards with Adonis when we were both students.
So I am reasonably confident in asserting that adding hilarious and charming to Andrew Adonis would still leave you a long way from Boris Johnson. Big items would include removing the train-spotter and adding the dishonesty.
I was also slightly acquainted at that time with Venus, Ms S Venus that would be. But she was in the Labour party, while Adonis was a Lib Dem in those days. So they made no connection.
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by noggins » Mon Jan 31, 2022 2:35 pm
Martin_B wrote: ↑Sat Jan 29, 2022 10:53 pm
Might explain Peter Stringfellow's success, too (before his death, not recently!)
Stringfellow had 4 kids by 3 wives.
Postively decent in comparision.
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by tom p » Mon Jan 31, 2022 3:10 pm
IvanV wrote: ↑Mon Jan 31, 2022 1:50 pm
tom p wrote: ↑Mon Jan 31, 2022 11:31 am
Compared to them, Johnson's a hilarious & charming adonis.
I have some slight knowledge of this, as I used to play cards with Adonis when we were both students.
So I am reasonably confident in asserting that adding hilarious and charming to Andrew Adonis would still leave you a long way from Boris Johnson. Big items would include removing the train-spotter and adding the dishonesty.
I was also slightly acquainted at that time with Venus, Ms S Venus that would be. But she was in the Labour party, while Adonis was a Lib Dem in those days. So they made no connection.
How could you and your friends fail to set them up? Shameful!
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by Bird on a Fire » Mon Jan 31, 2022 4:55 pm
Well, he throws a lot of good parties apparently.
We have the right to a clean, healthy, sustainable environment.
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by Trinucleus » Mon Jan 31, 2022 5:11 pm
Bird on a Fire wrote: ↑Mon Jan 31, 2022 4:55 pm
Well, he throws a lot of good parties apparently.
You must wait for the full report
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by Grumble » Mon Jan 31, 2022 5:32 pm
They’re so good they’re hard to remember
where once I used to scintillate
now I sin till ten past three
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by dyqik » Mon Jan 31, 2022 6:37 pm
I am intrigued by what the bunch of blokes discussing this here will conclude...
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by Grumble » Tue Feb 01, 2022 12:52 am
dyqik wrote: ↑Mon Jan 31, 2022 6:37 pm
I am intrigued by what the bunch of blokes discussing this here will conclude...
I’ve not had anything like the sexual success of Boris, and it possibly is for want of trying. At least partly anyway. And if we define “success” as how many partners one has had rather than how long you’ve stayed with them. I think I’d beat him by that measure, though it’s a low bar.
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by Bird on a Fire » Tue Feb 01, 2022 10:50 am
As Woodchopper says above, part of the answer is probably that Johnson hits on a huge number of women. That's an inescapable part of finding the maximum number of people who want to sleep with you.
The downside is that in most contexts it's pretty inappropriate up to borderline abusive. Note that Johnson doesn't seem to have many women working closely with him.
So the titular question is a bit loaded. It may seem like lots of women want to f.ck Boris Johnson, but as a percentage of women he propositions it could well be that he has less success than the average bloke.
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by Gfamily » Tue Feb 01, 2022 10:55 am
I assume that he has what they call a Marmite personality.
i.e. there's a significant risk of a yeast infection.
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by Opti » Tue Feb 01, 2022 10:57 am
dyqik wrote: ↑Mon Jan 31, 2022 6:37 pm
I am intrigued by what the bunch of blokes discussing this here will conclude...
I tried the rest, then settled on the best. 43 years now. But it's not just the f.cking that's important to me ...
Time for a big fat one.
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by shpalman » Thu Feb 03, 2022 11:54 am
having that swing is a necessary but not sufficient condition for it meaning a thing
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by shpalman » Thu Feb 03, 2022 12:01 pm
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(not the real Ken Clarke)
having that swing is a necessary but not sufficient condition for it meaning a thing
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by Little waster » Thu Feb 03, 2022 12:37 pm
Beer goggles are a terrible thing.
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by tenchboy » Thu Feb 03, 2022 1:00 pm
OK. As we're now there. I was going to mention that that car-crash ch4 defence of BJ by ND had all the hallmarks of a schoolgirl being caught out on her crush for her new boyfriend. I was going to say then that (within then realm of comedy memes) those two are at it donchano, but didn't cos of it being beyond fair comment and likely libelous.
But now...
ETA to cover my back with: (within then realm of comedy memes)
If you want me Steve, just Snapchat me yeah? You know how to Snapchap me doncha Steve? You just...
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by tom p » Thu Feb 03, 2022 1:07 pm
tenchboy wrote: ↑Thu Feb 03, 2022 1:00 pm
OK. As we're now there. I was going to mention that that car-crash ch4 defence of BJ by ND had all the hallmarks of a schoolgirl being caught out on her crush for her new boyfriend. I was going to say then that those two are at it donchano, but didn't cos of it being beyond fair comment and likely libelous.
But now...
It certainly wouldn't be libelling Johnson to accuse him of having an affair with Dorries. For it to be libel, you have to be harming someone's reputation. As for Dorries, well, she is a single woman and even though you or I might find him as attractive as a gone-off blancmange, clearly many tory women think differently, so it would surely be a reasonable defence to say that there is no harm to her reputation & thus no libel.
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by tenchboy » Thu Feb 03, 2022 1:17 pm
tom p wrote: ↑Thu Feb 03, 2022 1:07 pm
tenchboy wrote: ↑Thu Feb 03, 2022 1:00 pm
OK. As we're now there. I was going to mention that that car-crash ch4 defence of BJ by ND had all the hallmarks of a schoolgirl being caught out on her crush for her new boyfriend. I was going to say then that those two are at it donchano, but didn't cos of it being beyond fair comment and likely libelous.
But now...
It certainly wouldn't be libelling Johnson to accuse him of having an affair with Dorries. For it to be libel, you have to be harming someone's reputation. As for Dorries, well, she is a single woman and even though you or I might find him as attractive as a gone-off blancmange, clearly many tory women think differently, so it would surely be a reasonable defence to say that there is no harm to her reputation & thus no libel.
Right you are. I was thinking of the forum and causing trouble for the mods+ as much as anything.
If you want me Steve, just Snapchat me yeah? You know how to Snapchap me doncha Steve? You just...
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by shpalman » Thu Feb 03, 2022 5:33 pm
tom p wrote: ↑Thu Feb 03, 2022 1:07 pm
tenchboy wrote: ↑Thu Feb 03, 2022 1:00 pm
OK. As we're now there. I was going to mention that that car-crash ch4 defence of BJ by ND had all the hallmarks of a schoolgirl being caught out on her crush for her new boyfriend. I was going to say then that those two are at it donchano, but didn't cos of it being beyond fair comment and likely libelous.
But now...
It certainly wouldn't be libelling Johnson to accuse him of having an affair with Dorries. For it to be libel, you have to be harming someone's reputation. As for Dorries, well, she is a single woman and even though you or I might find him as attractive as a gone-off blancmange, clearly many tory women think differently, so it would surely be a reasonable defence to say that there is no harm to her reputation & thus no libel.
I doubt it though, I mean, she's older than half Johnson's age plus 7.
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by Grumble » Thu Feb 03, 2022 6:27 pm
shpalman wrote: ↑Thu Feb 03, 2022 5:33 pm
tom p wrote: ↑Thu Feb 03, 2022 1:07 pm
tenchboy wrote: ↑Thu Feb 03, 2022 1:00 pm
OK. As we're now there. I was going to mention that that car-crash ch4 defence of BJ by ND had all the hallmarks of a schoolgirl being caught out on her crush for her new boyfriend. I was going to say then that those two are at it donchano, but didn't cos of it being beyond fair comment and likely libelous.
But now...
It certainly wouldn't be libelling Johnson to accuse him of having an affair with Dorries. For it to be libel, you have to be harming someone's reputation. As for Dorries, well, she is a single woman and even though you or I might find him as attractive as a gone-off blancmange, clearly many tory women think differently, so it would surely be a reasonable defence to say that there is no harm to her reputation & thus no libel.
I doubt it though, I mean, she's older than half Johnson's age plus 7.
The acceptable creepiness age you mean?
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by Gfamily » Thu Feb 03, 2022 10:59 pm
Little waster wrote: ↑Thu Feb 03, 2022 12:37 pm
Beer goggles are a terrible thing.
I think this is what they call deepfake
https://twitter.com/i/status/1488971766450040833
but I could be wrong.
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by wilsontown » Fri Feb 04, 2022 11:10 am
I don't particularly have much sympathy for Dorries, but I do think this is one occasion where if she complained about sexism then she'd have a case.
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