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[gingerjedi]

does it pop of your mouth?

Yes, they check my tonsils at the same time.

[Spacecadet]

Oh yeah and I get a 6 foot tube shoved up me bum every year.

does it pop of your mouth?

[gingerjedi]

bad news - sorry to hear that. is there any sort of treatment/cure?

No cure, just anti inflammatory drugs and steroids if need be.

Oh yeah and I get a 6 foot tube shoved up me bum every year.

[gordonbrown]

what's the point of signing on???

you get pittance, and and treated like tulipe

best to have a rainy day fund

On the contrary.

About signing on, I'll let you into a little secret. When I was a student I wrote a comprehensive guide to all the benefits and discounts that you could claim - from the government, your local council, local transport, the list goes on. You could maintain a comfortable standard of living by following my advice.

As for your other point, having money in the bank or significant equity in property disqualified you from many benefits, such as the enhanced state pension and income support.

It is therefore important that you claim what is rightfully yours, and spend it in the shops rather than squirreling it away and watching it diminish in value. Spending it all will have the added benefit of keeping the economy ticking over while I steer it through the troubled times that have been visited upon us from abroad.

[norrahe]

because of the size of my rainy years fund, they'll give me nowt

none too keen on signing on locally, the dole office (or whatever they call it these days) is next to the rehab action centre

[BrilloPad]

I’ve got crohn’s In a way I’m quite lucky as mine is nowhere near as bad as some but it does flare up now and then, for me it’s like having a bad tummy bug 24/7 for about 3 months then it goes away… 6 months or 6 years later its back.

bad news - sorry to hear that. is there any sort of treatment/cure?

[gingerjedi]

That's actually very sad, especially the Crohn's disease - it's an awful affliction.

I’ve got crohn’s In a way I’m quite lucky as mine is nowhere near as bad as some but it does flare up now and then, for me it’s like having a bad tummy bug 24/7 for about 3 months then it goes away… 6 months or 6 years later its back.

[TheFaQQer]

what's the point of signing on???

you get pittance, and and treated like tulipe

best to have a rainy day fund

May as well do both, really - got to take something back from the state, even if it's not too much.

Power to the people!

[DimPrawn]

what's the point of signing on???

you get pittance, and and treated like tulipe

best to have a rainy day fund

year

[norrahe]

what's the point of signing on???

you get pittance, and and treated like tulipe

best to have a rainy day fund

[DimPrawn]

He/she can close the limited and look for contracts and sign on.

If they find a contract, they can get a limited company setup in about 48 hrs.

Bloody whingers!

[TheFaQQer]

Resign from the company, don't shut it down, look for work and sign on.

IIRC, if you resign though, it takes longer before you are allowed to sign on, though.

[Doggy Styles]

Can't he resign as a director and give himself a P45?

I suppose he'd need someone else to be a director instead, perhaps a wife or relative.

Anyway, yes, poor sod. I used to work with someone who had that. They ended up having a chunk of intestine cut out.

[Bob Dalek]

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/7671199.stm

KALPESH PATEL, 38, IT CONTRACTOR, LONDON...

I can see light at the end of the tunnel, or at least I have to believe that I can.

The proverbial train coming the other way, poor sod.

[DiscoStu]

It's a crap situation, but one of his quotes is somewhat misleading. Even if he winds up the company he can still look for contracts and just work through an umbrella.