How ridiculous can it get -Earth Hour
Mar 24th 2018, 4:45 pm
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How ridiculous can it get -Earth Hour
So I’m sat in a bar in Dubai enjoying a quiet pint and its earth hour so they turn the lights off, cool eh?
Nope; now the staff are running around putting high powered battery lights on every table which have been drawing from the grid all day. Here in a country with one of the highest per capita energy uses in the world. Oh, did I mention that the lights are made of plastic that’ll probably feed a whale or two for the next 100 years?
I’m not really a greenpeace bloke but this just smacks of the normal, let’s adopt a great cause and commercialize it as we normally get in this region.
Multiple face palms are starting to hurt my head these days. 541t bucket is filing up faster than ever.
Nope; now the staff are running around putting high powered battery lights on every table which have been drawing from the grid all day. Here in a country with one of the highest per capita energy uses in the world. Oh, did I mention that the lights are made of plastic that’ll probably feed a whale or two for the next 100 years?
I’m not really a greenpeace bloke but this just smacks of the normal, let’s adopt a great cause and commercialize it as we normally get in this region.
Multiple face palms are starting to hurt my head these days. 541t bucket is filing up faster than ever.
Mar 24th 2018, 5:00 pm
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Re: How ridiculous can it get -Earth Hour
Sometimes I can understand why the locals want to reject all this Western Liberal PC Nonsense as B S and go back to the One True Faith !
Mar 24th 2018, 5:02 pm
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Re: How ridiculous can it get -Earth Hour
So I’m sat in a bar in Dubai enjoying a quiet pint and its earth hour so they turn the lights off, cool eh?
Nope; now the staff are running around putting high powered battery lights on every table which have been drawing from the grid all day. Here in a country with one of the highest per capita energy uses in the world. Oh, did I mention that the lights are made of plastic that’ll probably feed a whale or two for the next 100 years?
I’m not really a greenpeace bloke but this just smacks of the normal, let’s adopt a great cause and commercialize it as we normally get in this region.
Multiple face palms are starting to hurt my head these days. 541t bucket is filing up faster than ever.
Nope; now the staff are running around putting high powered battery lights on every table which have been drawing from the grid all day. Here in a country with one of the highest per capita energy uses in the world. Oh, did I mention that the lights are made of plastic that’ll probably feed a whale or two for the next 100 years?
I’m not really a greenpeace bloke but this just smacks of the normal, let’s adopt a great cause and commercialize it as we normally get in this region.
Multiple face palms are starting to hurt my head these days. 541t bucket is filing up faster than ever.
Hang on, be right back. Couple of old people just fell over the steps due to lack of emergency lighting!
Mar 25th 2018, 5:52 am
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Re: How ridiculous can it get -Earth Hour
Ok now I’ve nearly p155ed myself. Manager came over for a chat about earth hour, bless him. Apparently Gov representatives turned up and FORCED anthem to turn off the lights, again cool. Another government Dept turned up and threatened to close them down if they didn’t light up the tables, stairs, and key exits. Have we suddenly become the most outlying street of Camden?
Hang on, be right back. Couple of old people just fell over the steps due to lack of emergency lighting!
Hang on, be right back. Couple of old people just fell over the steps due to lack of emergency lighting!
Mar 25th 2018, 7:27 am
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Re: How ridiculous can it get -Earth Hour
Earth Hour. Lights out in cities all over the world for one hour to highlight climate change tonight.
Or as it is known in Liverpool, Shopping Hour...
Or as it is known in Liverpool, Shopping Hour...
Mar 25th 2018, 1:34 pm
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Re: How ridiculous can it get -Earth Hour
I remember when they were constructing Sustainable City.
There was a massive billboard advertising it lit up with spotlights you could see from miles around.
They haven’t quite got the hang of it, have they?
There was a massive billboard advertising it lit up with spotlights you could see from miles around.
They haven’t quite got the hang of it, have they?
Mar 26th 2018, 6:33 am
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If that's the case they should get proper jobs and work to do something about it.
Have you noticed btw, it's only minorities that protest?
Mar 26th 2018, 7:10 am
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Mar 26th 2018, 7:52 am
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Mar 26th 2018, 9:04 am
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Mar 26th 2018, 12:22 pm
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Mar 28th 2018, 9:36 am
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Apr 2nd 2018, 5:59 am
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Re: How ridiculous can it get -Earth Hour
Mark Hughes, manages to get two clubs relegated in the same season (If Palace go down too, Pardew can add that to his cv).
