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Ruprect replied

24 October 2007, 09:00
Still rubbish. Everyone's got the plague! No! Its OK! Everyone's alright! Move along please
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sasguru replied

17 October 2007, 15:49
Originally posted by gingerjedi View Post

I saw something on News 24 about how Iranian women were being more daring with their dress by having some of their hair showing and how a few had abandoned the head scarf altogether, yet in this country the full on burka is becoming more commonplace.

It seems whilst Muslim women in Iran are trying to gain some sort of equality and respect as equals to men by standing up to traditionalists the opposite is happening in this country, I would go as far to say some are being deliberately controversial.

It's a little more complicated than that. There are many Iranians, the more educated, who consider themselves Persians, descendants of the Great Persian Empire of Darius. To them the Islamicists are hicks from the sticks. After the revolution in 1979 and during the eighties, these people kept their head down (or were forced down), but as the country gets younger demographically these impulses are increasing.
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gingerjedi replied

17 October 2007, 15:40
I saw something on News 24 about how Iranian women were being more daring with their dress by having some of their hair showing and how a few had abandoned the head scarf altogether, yet in this country the full on burka is becoming more commonplace.

It seems whilst Muslim women in Iran are trying to gain some sort of equality and respect as equals to men by standing up to traditionalists the opposite is happening in this country, I would go as far to say some are being deliberately controversial.
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Churchill replied

17 October 2007, 15:19
Originally posted by gingerjedi View Post

I may be generalising here but I do find it quite ironic that the Iranian cultural attaché's wife was (I can only presume) a 'moderate muslim' judging by her dress, must be quite shocking to come over here and see what modern western culture has done to some of ours.

I have met some very, very attractive Iranian women in my time. Not to keen on the old covering up tulipe, either!
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gingerjedi replied

17 October 2007, 14:14
I may be generalising here but I do find it quite ironic that the Iranian cultural attaché's wife was (I can only presume) a 'moderate muslim' judging by her dress, must be quite shocking to come over here and see what modern western culture has done to some of ours.

Last edited by gingerjedi; 17 October 2007, 14:16.
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sasguru replied

17 October 2007, 14:03
Originally posted by NotAllThere View Post

Wasn't she the bint of the Iranian cultural attaché?

No. That was him being the honey trap. His real gf is the sour puss at MI5.
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NotAllThere replied

17 October 2007, 13:59
Originally posted by gingerjedi View Post

Hhmm maybe I'm attracted to dykes.

Why was Adam boffing the ugly bint at the beginning? I'm not gay but I can tell he's a good looking man and I'm sure he could do better than that.

Wasn't she the bint of the Iranian cultural attaché?
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sasguru replied

17 October 2007, 13:42
Originally posted by gingerjedi View Post

Hhmm maybe I'm attracted to dykes.

Why was Adam boffing the ugly bint at the beginning? I'm not gay but I can tell he's a good looking man and I'm sure he could do better than that.

She's got a good head on her.
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gingerjedi replied

17 October 2007, 13:37
Originally posted by zeitghost

Dyke cut, as my dear sis terms it...

Hhmm maybe I'm attracted to dykes.

Why was Adam boffing the ugly bint at the beginning? I'm not gay but I can tell he's a good looking man and I'm sure he could do better than that.
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chef replied

17 October 2007, 13:31
i LOVE Spooks, or well I did, very disappointed with this series.

Didn't watch the 2nd episode though, was too tired so I went to bed

(a big ahhhh for Chef)
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Moscow Mule replied

17 October 2007, 13:29
Originally posted by Ruprect View Post

I liked the 3 minute injected tracking device. Why didn't Adam just shove one up his botty?

Because the baddies would have picked up the signal before they picked him up! Duh!
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Ruprect replied

17 October 2007, 13:25
Originally posted by sasguru View Post

Good point, well made. I guess his commitment to MI5 has its limits
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sasguru replied

17 October 2007, 13:17
Originally posted by Ruprect View Post

I liked the 3 minute injected tracking device. Why didn't Adam just shove one up his botty?

Good point, well made. I guess his commitment to MI5 has its limits
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Ruprect replied

17 October 2007, 13:14
I liked the 3 minute injected tracking device. Why didn't Adam just shove one up his botty?
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Moscow Mule replied

17 October 2007, 13:14
Originally posted by sasguru View Post

Quite. I think the sight of a blond bloke in a woolly cap loitering suspiciously at a bomb explosion in Tehran would usually cause a few more raised eyebrows

Didn't they cover this before - there is some tribe of iraq/iran area where it's quite common to be blonde?

Always thought that a bit tenuous.
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