http://forums.shipoffools.com/index.php?p=/ Tue, 21 Jul 2026 02:25:51 +0000 en Hell — Ship of Fools http://forums.shipoffools.com/index.php?p=/discussion/6020/donald-trump Tue, 29 Oct 2024 07:02:06 +0000 Hell ChastMastr 6020@/index.php?p=/discussions
The Madison Square Garden stuff seems like a new low.]]> http://forums.shipoffools.com/index.php?p=/discussion/6957/bloody-hell-its-hot Wed, 24 Jun 2026 10:25:54 +0000 Hell la vie en rouge 6957@/index.php?p=/discussions
I usually have a fairly high tolerance for heat but this is ridiculous. And it's only June. Sodding climate change. ]]> http://forums.shipoffools.com/index.php?p=/discussion/6974/is-this-not-rude Wed, 08 Jul 2026 07:07:06 +0000 Hell Hugal 6974@/index.php?p=/discussions http://forums.shipoffools.com/index.php?p=/discussion/6935/football-fans-must-be-gutted Tue, 26 May 2026 17:03:52 +0000 Hell Hugal 6935@/index.php?p=/discussions The final will be in a stadium that is not walkable from public transport and the area is a bit of a health hazard. ]]> http://forums.shipoffools.com/index.php?p=/discussion/6950/words-we-love-to-hate Wed, 17 Jun 2026 11:40:50 +0000 Hell sionisais 6950@/index.php?p=/discussions Anyway, my first word is “robust”, particularly in the sense of policies and especially in HR-Speak, where it is used, in my experience, to justify hard, ie, pig-headed decisions, that are legal, but barely decent. It’s astonishing how anti-bullying policies can be found in just about every workplace, but the management is all but exempt.]]> http://forums.shipoffools.com/index.php?p=/discussion/6959/you-support-sexism-gamma Wed, 24 Jun 2026 15:58:58 +0000 Hell Ruth 6959@/index.php?p=/discussions You need to lie down at the thought that some people support repealing women's right to vote? You signed up for a church that doesn't ordain women. You weren't baptized into it before you were making your own choices. You joined as a grown-ass adult who should know better. Whatever is passing for theology in churches that don't ordain women is full support for the idea that women's humanity is not equal to men's.

You're complicit. You don't get to take to your fainting couch.]]> http://forums.shipoffools.com/index.php?p=/discussion/145/cancer-sucks Thu, 08 Feb 2018 22:58:19 +0000 Hell Doc Tor 145@/index.php?p=/discussions http://forums.shipoffools.com/index.php?p=/discussion/6945/patriots Wed, 10 Jun 2026 13:09:22 +0000 Hell Alan Cresswell 6945@/index.php?p=/discussions ]]> http://forums.shipoffools.com/index.php?p=/discussion/6960/stay-out-of-our-business-kennedy Fri, 26 Jun 2026 11:09:44 +0000 Hell Hugal 6960@/index.php?p=/discussions Kennedy Jr keep out of our business. This is in-sighting violence.
One commentator who was into re-enactment asked which crusader sword, there are several. Typical British humour. We can laugh it off but some will take it seriously. ]]> http://forums.shipoffools.com/index.php?p=/discussion/6952/calling-ruth-to-hell Thu, 18 Jun 2026 12:43:45 +0000 Hell Hugal 6952@/index.php?p=/discussions Ruth you complain about British attitudes but you are rude when you think you are being forthright.
You show little or no understanding of the way we are but expect us to be totally understanding of how you feel. Not all Americans on the Ship, you and one or two others .
You expect one thing from other but do not treat others the same.

You accuse me of starting a thread to moan about the US when I started a thread about the World Cup and its organisation.
You are at times outright rude. ]]> http://forums.shipoffools.com/index.php?p=/discussion/6314/wes-streeting-is-in-the-wrong-party Sun, 16 Mar 2025 14:50:05 +0000 Hell Arethosemyfeet 6314@/index.php?p=/discussions
Seriously, has this shiny man in a shiny suit done anything laudable in his career ever? I first encountered him 20 years ago and he was a treacherous gobshite then and he's worse now. How is he still in the Labour Party, much less the cabinet?

The latest is whinging about "overdiagnosis" of mental health issues, like anxiety or depression are some sort of Fae, only causing problems if you name them. And then to in the same breath claim to "want to follow the evidence", when we've known at least since Cass that he's only interested in evidence that conforms to his prejudices.

Get tae fuck, Streeting. ]]> http://forums.shipoffools.com/index.php?p=/discussion/6927/evangelizing-other-denominations Mon, 18 May 2026 13:58:43 +0000 Hell The_Riv 6927@/index.php?p=/discussions http://forums.shipoffools.com/index.php?p=/discussion/6925/stealth-drivers Sat, 16 May 2026 23:34:42 +0000 Hell sionisais 6925@/index.php?p=/discussions There’s just one thing that gets her goat on the road, and that is drivers who do not use their lights. This evening, a dingy overcast, light rain but there were still cars with no lights on. None, not even side lights. Worse still, they were all black, grey or silver, the very colours that are hardest to see against wet tarmac in half-light. And my wife has decent, legal, eyesight (she’s diabetic and has annual checks).
What is it with these people? Are they saving energy?]]> http://forums.shipoffools.com/index.php?p=/discussion/146/fucking-guns Thu, 08 Feb 2018 23:00:35 +0000 Hell Doc Tor 146@/index.php?p=/discussions http://forums.shipoffools.com/index.php?p=/discussion/6904/the-supreme-court-gutted-the-voting-rights-act Thu, 30 Apr 2026 15:18:59 +0000 Hell Ruth 6904@/index.php?p=/discussions
So many horribly wrong things about this, but maybe the most sickly ironic ones are that the decision says we don't need the VRA because we've made so much progress on racism and that it cites the equal protection clause of the 14th Amendment, which was passed in the wake of the Civil War to protect rights of people newly freed from slavery.

And I'm angry that this is already off the front page of major US news sites. We officially stopped being a full democracy yesterday. It deserves more coverage. The NY Times is already both-sidesing it, too -- "conservative justices see progress on racism" while "some Black Southerners say voting rights ruling missed the mark."]]> http://forums.shipoffools.com/index.php?p=/discussion/6816/bad-theology-in-the-face-of-tragedy Tue, 03 Mar 2026 16:04:35 +0000 Hell The_Riv 6816@/index.php?p=/discussions http://forums.shipoffools.com/index.php?p=/discussion/6894/ms-gov-tate-reeves-wants-you-to-enjoy-confederate-heritage-month Thu, 23 Apr 2026 13:41:22 +0000 Hell The_Riv 6894@/index.php?p=/discussions this is the pervasive reality of this state, and it's not going anywhere any time soon. The new state flag did away with the confederate battle emblem from the previous one a half dozen years ago, but that was an outward gesture, bitterly fought as it was. But the whole 'heritage' idea, the last remnant of the Lost Cause is inward, and in all likelihood, permanent. If you ever happen to have plans to even pass through Mississippi... change them. ]]> http://forums.shipoffools.com/index.php?p=/discussion/6898/the-new-uk-smoking-laws Mon, 27 Apr 2026 09:02:21 +0000 Hell Hugal 6898@/index.php?p=/discussions Anyone born in or after a certain year will be banned from taking up smoking. I can see this being pulled in the future. It will cause chaos for a few years. ]]> http://forums.shipoffools.com/index.php?p=/discussion/6880/slc-withdrawing-loans Sat, 11 Apr 2026 10:49:02 +0000 Hell Doublethink 6880@/index.php?p=/discussions This is fucking appalling. They should make good on what the students were promised to allow them to finish courses they are already doing with loans in place. Just not issue to new students if that’s their position - but screwing over existing students like this is entirely self-defeating from a national perspective, and grossly unjust.]]> http://forums.shipoffools.com/index.php?p=/discussion/6886/i-wonder-why-men-kill-women Mon, 13 Apr 2026 17:43:44 +0000 Hell Doublethink 6886@/index.php?p=/discussions was this man not charged with attempted murder ?]]> http://forums.shipoffools.com/index.php?p=/discussion/6861/about-an-ancestors-name-gamma Sat, 28 Mar 2026 15:12:18 +0000 Hell Gramps49 6861@/index.php?p=/discussions @Gamma Gamaliel I admire your persistence — it has the tenacity of a minor demon who’s been told he can’t leave the paperwork pit until he gets one more soul’s middle name.

“Gamma, if you’re hoping my ancestor fled because Charles I was collecting heads like a Stuart‑era Pokémon trainer, I’m afraid history disappoints. The only head Charles I definitively lost was his own — and Parliament handled that part.”

Some family stories stay in the family. That’s not secrecy; that’s good spiritual hygiene. Even the devils in the seventh circle know when to stop poking at a locked door.

So I’ll keep my ancestor’s name safely tucked away, and you’re welcome to keep your questions — perhaps roast them lightly over whatever infernal campfire you’re tending today.

If he wanted to be interrogated centuries later, he’d have stayed in England and saved himself the boat fare]]> http://forums.shipoffools.com/index.php?p=/discussion/6792/epstein Mon, 09 Feb 2026 18:39:47 +0000 Hell Doublethink 6792@/index.php?p=/discussions http://forums.shipoffools.com/index.php?p=/discussion/6793/complaining-about-hell-threads-that-arent-our-business Wed, 11 Feb 2026 17:52:39 +0000 Hell System 6793@/index.php?p=/discussions pease the unappeased.... These posts moved to give The_Riv and Caissa the opportunity to show the rest of us how things should be done. Dafyd Hell Host]]> http://forums.shipoffools.com/index.php?p=/discussion/6782/china-and-australia-post-trump Tue, 27 Jan 2026 14:41:32 +0000 Hell System 6782@/index.php?p=/discussions Donald ******* Trump.]]> http://forums.shipoffools.com/index.php?p=/discussion/5852/elon-musk Sat, 27 Jul 2024 17:24:51 +0000 Hell Stercus Tauri 5852@/index.php?p=/discussions
https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2024/07/26/musk-transgender-vivian-grimes/

And why, for heaven's sake, did the Washington Post place the article in the business section?

I have no words for this. Does anyone else?]]> http://forums.shipoffools.com/index.php?p=/discussion/6694/john-smyth Sat, 13 Dec 2025 11:17:55 +0000 Hell Schroedingers Cat 6694@/index.php?p=/discussions
I watched this. I don't recommend it, but it is very well done, it is just brutally honest and his abuse was appalling.

I found it especially disturbing because I was just off the edge of some of this - no, not involved (he only targetted posh kids, and that I wasn't). But things like the Festival of Hate - sorry Light I had involvement in the outfall of this. I think I probably knew people who knew victims - but if there had not been a 10 year difference, i would probably have known victims. It makes it feel very personal.

But also, he was working within the Church of England. He did not set up a cult of his own, because he was rich and Public School educated and connected, he set up a cult in the CofE. The cult is the Evangelical wing of the church. And he continued to abuse many many young boys. Driving some to suicide. And many to MH problems.

All under the auspices of the church. All known by senior people in the church. Including Justin Welby.

And when they worked it out, they sent him to Zimbabwe, instead of prison. Where he continued his abuse.

When he was being called back the the UK to face justice, he died. Not apparently suspicious, but I do wonder. So I thought he deserved a thread in hell, where he can read it. Although probably not until it has sunk down to the deepest depths.

I am glad I got out. I am glad I wrote my book about getting out. Because the CofE is corrupt.

[corrected title - Alan Cresswell]]]> http://forums.shipoffools.com/index.php?p=/discussion/6480/people-who-judge-what-others-are-eating Sat, 28 Jun 2025 23:48:53 +0000 Hell Graven Image 6480@/index.php?p=/discussions http://forums.shipoffools.com/index.php?p=/discussion/6575/who-cares Tue, 02 Sep 2025 22:34:48 +0000 Hell Stercus Tauri 6575@/index.php?p=/discussions @LambChopped in All Saints about the abduction by government thugs and apparent suicide of a refugee brought back the memory of a family of three who died after jumping from a high rise balcony in Glasgow about fifteen years ago. It has haunted me ever since, but thought it was a rarity. I looked it up to see if I had remembered right, and found this: https://www.migrantsorganise.org/three-years-on-has-anything-changed-since-the-death-of-alan-kurdi/, a long list of deaths while waiting or in custody.

We can demonstrate, we can write to our elected representatives, we can donate to refugee support organisations, we can even provide refuge if we are brave, but can we change anything? Who cares?]]> http://forums.shipoffools.com/index.php?p=/discussion/6553/to-hell-the-dentists-chair Tue, 19 Aug 2025 16:10:06 +0000 Hell Graven Image 6553@/index.php?p=/discussions http://forums.shipoffools.com/index.php?p=/discussion/6560/show-me-how-you-manage-your-dog-and-ill-have-an-idea-about-what-kind-of-person-you-are Tue, 26 Aug 2025 18:49:47 +0000 Hell The_Riv 6560@/index.php?p=/discussions
I returned to my front yard and waited to see if anyone from the new-ish neighbors' house was going to retrieve their dog's poo pile and discard it, but no. After 15 minutes, I gave up. A few hours later, after walking our own dogs up and down the street, I took a flashlight and plastic bag, found and picked up the dogpile, and put it into the trash bin.

Now, this is a -doodle mix, so it's likely that the dog is actually friendly (they're generally well dispositioned, IME), if not a bit goofy and not very bright compared to other species, but the walkers and my next door neighbor were definitely frightened by it, and it clearly hadn't been trained to obey voice commands. And, okay, sometimes dogs get out or away from an owner, but to just stand there motionless the whole time and not take a single physical step toward helping? No apologies to anyone? No assurances that the dog is friendly? Disappearing when the dog drops a pile? Not taking it upon one's self to clean up the pile? Even after having hours to do so under the cover of darkness? Seriously?! ]]>