On CUK? Here's some good advice.

[Mich the Tester]

By the way DP , is Billie Piper from Swindon ?

She didn't hang around.

[Churchill]

By the way DP , is Billie Piper from Swindon ?

That's not the question, the question is "Does she still live there?"

Nuff said!

[DimPrawn]

By the way DP , is Billie Piper from Swindon ?

Yes, she is. I'm sure she misses the place like crazy having to slum it in West Sussex where she lives now.

[expat]

I'm only negative in the fashion of the Stoic philosophers, like Seneca. By assuming that everything will be tulip I spare myself dissappointment. Optimism can only result in a feeling of being let down.

Personally I find Seneca quite positive. I suppose he is Stoic in the sense of not betting your happiness or well-being on specific good outcomes that may in the event not come about.

[DimPrawn]

That's not the question, the question is "Does she still live there?"

Nuff said!

Oi! Justin Hayward is from.....?

[Mich the Tester]

Personally I find Seneca quite positive. I suppose he is Stoic in the sense of not betting your happiness or well-being on specific good outcomes that may in the event not come about.

Well indeed, and in that sense Stoicism is a very positive form of negativity. A bit like Morrissey; the happiest miserable git in the world.

[suityou01]

Stop whinging about Britain, Labour, governments, house prices, recession, Ford Focus's, TV programmes and get on with life.

HTH

PS. And I won't even charge for this advice.

So can I carry on whinging about my contract?

[expat]

Well indeed, and in that sense Stoicism is a very positive form of negativity. A bit like Morrissey; the happiest miserable git in the world.

I'd say Leonard Cohen. As he said, I tried several religions, but cheerfulness kept breaking though. He says his songs come from conscience, not from depression.

Saw Cohen in Amsterdam: looked around at the audience and sure enough, everybody was smiling.

[HairyArsedBloke]

But what if I'm being negative about being negative. Those two negatives make a positive, but I'm still being negative. If there are more negative things around than positive then perhaps it is best to be negative about everything so that all the negatives become positive and the few positives become negative meaning an overall shift to being positive by being negative.

"... and the teacher said 'two positives never make a negative'.

At that point a bored student at the back of the class moaned, 'yeah, right'"

[MPwannadecentincome]

If we can't whinge here where can we whinge - have to let of steam somewhere....