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    The Thatcher Museum

    I once quipped to a reporter from the Grantham Journal that the only monument to Thatcher the town needed was all the empty retail units on the high street. They didn't print my biting bon mot but that was probably less to do with political censorship and more to do with the fact I'd been asked about parking spaces in the market square.

    But fuck those guys anyway. And fuck the guys making a Thatcher museum. It'll be dry as all shite and the gift shop will be wank. Museums should be reserved for interesting things, not dead old crows who fucked up most of the country just to line her mate's pockets.

    The only possible way I'd visit it is if they hung her skeleton from the ceiling like the whale in the Natural History Museum, or if they did a musical act similar to the Hall Of Presidents or Country Bear Jamboree with all the paedophiles she helped cover up. And even then it's only be to say "Here, this is a bit rum. Not sure I approve of this at all."

    And, I can't stress enough, the gift shop will be terrible.

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    At least it'll have replicas of dinosaurs. Even if they're only political ones. (Do you see what I did there eh? Eh?)

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      #3
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      How long before the first arson attack - more or less than two seconds?

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        Depends on how quickly I can get there.

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          #5
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          I think the gift shop would be brilliant.
          I'd definitely purchase a mug and maybe a t-shirt.

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            #6
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            Some of the interactive games for the kids will be fun. Sink the Belgrano, whack-a-miner, that kind of thing.

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              #7
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              I hope the exit is marked with a sign saying "OUT OUT OUT"

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                #8
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                Toby Gymshorts wrote: Depends on how quickly I can get there.

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                  #9
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                  Let it open and see how it goes.

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                    #10
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                    Well, y'know … did these mythical, spontaneous, UK-wide street parties we were promised upon the death of Thatcher ever happen?

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                      #11
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                      The Trafalgar Square do was pretty lively, and people travelled miles for it, even in poor weather.

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                        #12
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                        "Ding, dong, the witch is dead" got to number two in the midweek download chart, but the BBC refused to play it.

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                          #13
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                          Manson's freaking me out, by the way.

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                            Lame-ass gift shops typically self-identify and bring in unrelated tat to improve their bottom line. It'll be just a few weeks before you can get a limited edition Dr Who Yahtzee with collectible Dalek dice cup. That and red phone box tea tins and Corgi die cast double decker busses and other UK-based cliche merch.

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                              Wasn't it Maggie herself who said "Keep Calm and Carry On"?

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                                Vicarious Thrillseeker wrote: Manson's freaking me out, by the way.
                                Lose the beard and it's late-Johnny Rotten gurning on stage during a performance.

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                                  WOM wrote: Lame-ass gift shops typically self-identify and bring in unrelated tat to improve their bottom line. It'll be just a few weeks before you can get a limited edition Dr Who Yahtzee with collectible Dalek dice cup. That and red phone box tea tins and Corgi die cast double decker busses and other UK-based cliche merch.
                                  And glow stars. Don't forget glow stars.

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                                    They'd do a roaring trade in mini-effigies, and Maggie dolls in coffins a la Sid Vicious.

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                                      I'm quite certain that the Maggie sycophants are quite unhappy that they can't feed at the public trough in the manner of her dim boyfriend Ronnie, and the rather ridiculous US tradition of "Presidential Libraries", which also provide all kinds of opportunities for taking care of the boys.

                                      He still has another two years in office, but there is already a rather unseemly fight over the location of Obama's pile among Cicago, New York and Hawaii.

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                                        #20
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                                        Unless my mum's chucked them out, I still have a pair of these somewhere. (Ironic 18th birthday present from my friends.)

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                                          #21
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                                          Danger of broken toes, there.

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                                            #22
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                                            Only if he wore them outside the house, which is a different thread entirely.

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                                              #23
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                                              Ha. Wouldn't you be tempted to kick the fridge door, repeatedly, very hard?

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                                                #24
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                                                Certainly - I wouldn't risk wearing them while moving a collection of anvils or for cutting the grass with a scythe.

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                                                  ursus arctos wrote: He still has another two years in office, but there is already a rather unseemly fight over the location of Obama's pile among Cicago, New York and Hawaii
                                                  How about Nairobi as a nice gesture?

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