They had a song for L4D years ago, but were always good.
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I love how foids writting size like that fricking matters, and She could been same weight but with height 6 and she would look skinny with her weight but we know she is probably like 410 so at that weight shell look fat but its whatever
I unreal hate fat foids, and Calling them self normal sized and healthy, and We also as stragot I mean like mature society also decided telling them the truth is not good since they them self know they are fat so we will support them and it will fix the problem and it worked, the obesity percentages multiplied by 2 in 20 years and by 2035 there will be 70% obese in US because supporting them and therapy is working
magician 
David 
Copperfield of misconduct
Mavis Enthusiast 
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JONATHAN HARKER'S JOURNAL
(Kept in shorthand.)
15 May.—Once more have I seen the Count go out in his lizard fashion. He moved downwards in a sidelong way, some hundred feet down, and a good deal to the left. He vanished into some hole or window. When his head had disappeared, I leaned out to try and see more, but without avail—the distance was too great to allow a proper angle of sight. I knew he had left the castle now, and thought to use the opportunity to explore more than I had dared to do as yet. I went back to the room, and taking a lamp, tried all the doors. They were all locked, as I had expected, and the locks were comparatively new; but I went down the stone stairs to the hall where I had entered originally. I found I could pull back the bolts easily enough and unhook the great chains; but the door was locked, and the key was gone! That key must be in the Count's room; I must watch should his door be unlocked, so that I may get it and escape. I went on to make a thorough examination of the various stairs and passages, and to try the doors that opened from them. One or two small rooms near the hall were open, but there was nothing to see in them except old furniture, dusty with age and moth-eaten. At last, however, I found one door at the top of the stairway which, though it seemed to be locked, gave a little under pressure. I tried it harder, and found that it was not really locked, but that the resistance came from the fact that the hinges had fallen somewhat, and the heavy door rested on the floor. Here was an opportunity which I might not have again, so I exerted myself, and with many efforts forced it back so that I could enter. I was now in a wing of the castle further to the right than the rooms I knew and a storey lower down. From the windows I could see that the suite of rooms lay along to the south of the castle, the windows of the end room looking out both west and south. On the latter side, as well as to the former, there was a great precipice. The castle was built on the corner of a great rock, so that on three sides it was quite impregnable, and great windows were placed here where sling, or bow, or culverin could not reach, and consequently light and comfort, impossible to a position which had to be guarded, were secured. To the west was a great valley, and then, rising far away, great jagged mountain fastnesses, rising peak on peak, the sheer rock studded with mountain ash and thorn, whose roots clung in cracks and crevices and crannies of the stone. This was evidently the portion of the castle occupied by the ladies in bygone days, for the furniture had more air of comfort than any I had seen. The windows were curtainless, and the yellow moonlight, flooding in through the diamond panes, enabled one to see even colours, whilst it softened the wealth of dust which lay over all and disguised in some measure the ravages of time and the moth. My lamp seemed to be of little effect in the brilliant moonlight, but I was glad to have it with me, for there was a dread loneliness in the place which chilled my heart and made my nerves tremble. Still, it was better than living alone in the rooms which I had come to hate from the presence of the Count, and after trying a little to school my nerves, I found a soft quietude come over me. Here I am, sitting at a little oak table where in old times possibly some fair lady sat to pen, with much thought and many blushes, her ill-spelt love-letter, and writing in my diary in shorthand all that has happened since I closed it last. It is nineteenth century up-to-date with a vengeance. And yet, unless my senses deceive me, the old centuries had, and have, powers of their own which mere "modernity" cannot kill.
smokin' grass 
as Royal Mail set to be taken over by Czech billionaire for £3.5bn 
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Royal Mail set to be taken over by Czech billionaire for £3.5bn
Company ‘minded to accept' Daniel Kretinsky's improved cash offer
Royal Mail is on the brink of a takeover by Czech billionaire Daniel Kretinsky after the board said it was minded to accept a £3.5bn bid.
In an update to investors on Wednesday, the postal business's parent company International Distributions Services (IDS) said it had received a revised possible cash offer from Mr Kretinsky's EP Group of 370p per share.
The offer is an increase of almost 16pc on a previous 320p per share approach, which was rejected, and values the company at £3.5bn.
The board of Royal Mail said it would be minded to recommend the new offer to shareholders. EP Group now has until 5pm on May 29 to table a firm bid or walk away.
It opens the door for the 500-year-old postal service to fall under foreign ownership for the first time in history.
Royal Mail's central role in British life makes the deal highly politically sensitive and a government spokesman said: “We are monitoring these developments very closely.”
The company has been left vulnerable to a takeover after suffering a slump in its share price. Royal Mail's stock is down by more than a fifth compared to the highs seen in the immediate aftermath of its IPO in 2013.
[article continued]
Mr Kretinsky has agreed to make contractual undertakings to the Government to protect key public interest matters. These include maintaining Saturday deliveries for first class letters and keeping the one-price-goes-anywhere service.
The tycoon, who is known as the “Czech sphinx” in the City, has also vowed to maintain employees' current rights, protect the Royal Mail brand and keep the company's headquarters and tax base in the UK.
The board is also seeking assurances that Mr Kretinsky will maintain IDS's investment grade credit rating.
However, the announcement did not spell out a promise to keep the group's profitable parcels business, GLS, combined with its struggling letters division.
Mr Kretinsky's swoop has sparked speculation that the billionaire could look to merge GLS with Dutch operator PostNL, in which he also holds a major stake.
PostNL, which delivers parcels and letters across Belgium, the Netherlands and Luxembourg, is locked in similar debates to Royal Mail about relaxing its commitments on letter deliveries.
Analysts have said a merger could deliver “synergies” across the businesses and improve services for customers.
A source close to EP Group insisted Mr Kretinsky did not intend to break up IDS and said the list of undertakings was not exhaustive.
It is not yet clear whether the commitments would be legally binding.
Any failure to secure legally binding undertakings would raise the risk that Mr Kretinsky could renege on the pledges in future.
In 2010, US food giant Kraft, now known as Mondelez, came under fire for breaking its pledge to keep Cadbury's Somerset factory open. The promise was made during a hostile £11.6bn takeover of the chocolate brand but the factory was closed a year after the deal closed with the loss of around 1,000 jobs.
SoftBank agreed to legally-binding commitments on jobs following its takeover of British chipmaker Arm in 2016. However, these undertakings expired after five years and the Japanese conglomerate subsequently cut hundreds of roles.
Royal Mail said it will continue to hold discussions with EP Group over the scope and duration of the undertakings, which would be made to ministers as well as to the company.
Keith Williams, chairman of IDS, said Mr Kretinsky's commitments “should ensure that IDS continues to deliver the key elements of the universal service in the UK and protect the interests of the workforce at both Royal Mail and GLS.”
The two companies will now start to carry out due diligence, though bosses warned there was no certainty that a firm offer will be made.
Mr Williams said: “The board is minded to recommend this offer price, which it considers to be fair and reflects the value of GLS' current growth plans and the progress being made on change at Royal Mail to adapt the business to a significant fall in the demand for letters and growth in parcels.”
Redwheel, one of IDS's largest investors, previously supported the board's decision to reject Mr Kretinsky's initial takeover bid.
It has argued that GLS alone is worth 350p per share, meaning that under the terms of the improved bid Royal Mail would be worth just 20p per share – or £192m – not even big enough to get into the FTSE 350.
Shares in IDS surged as much as 20pc to 327p following the revised offer proposal, which came just three hours before a deadline imposed under City takeover rules.
Mr Kretinsky, who is also an investor in West Ham Football Club and Sainsbury's, is already the largest shareholder in IDS with a stake of more than 27pc.
His swoop has proven controversial given the sensitive nature of the postal service.
Sir Vince Cable, who oversaw the privatisation of Royal Mail in 2013, has called on ministers to carry out a fit and proper person test on Mr Kretinsky.
The Czech sphinx was previously subject to a national security investigation when he increased his stake in the company above 25pc in 2022, though this was ultimately approved.
A government spokesman said: “We recognise the importance of the Royal Mail to the British public, and we are monitoring these developments very closely.
“Our priority is to ensure that Royal Mail customers get the service they deserve, including six days-a-week deliveries and a guaranteed standardised price for post throughout the UK, as enshrined by the universal service obligations, regardless of the owner.
“We will engage with the bidder at an appropriate time to explain our expectations for the future of Royal Mail.”
In a letter to Mr Kretinsky on Wednesday, Jonathan Reynolds, the shadow business secretary, asked the tycoon to confirm that Royal Mail would remain headquartered and tax resident in the UK, as well as calling for guarantees around postal workers' rights.
He wrote: “Whilst it's important that Britain remains open and attractive to foreign investment, Royal Mail is an iconic British institution with a unique place in our society and infrastructure.
“Royal Mail is as British as it gets, and Labour will take the necessary steps to safeguard its undeniable identity and place in public life.”
The Czech tycoon is also facing opposition from the Communication Workers Union (CWU), which represents around 115,000 postal workers.
In a statement on Wednesday, Dave Ward, the CWU general secretary said: “It cannot be right that a key part of national infrastructure is allowed to be owned by individuals or companies who have no vision for the future and no clear plan to put the workforce at the heart of turning Royal Mail around.”
Mr Ward accused the company's board of trying to “run letter deliveries into the ground and become just another glorified parcels company.”
EP Group's revised offer consists of 360p per share in cash, plus a final dividend of 2p expected to be paid in September and a special dividend of 8p which would be paid on completion of the deal.
EP Group declined to comment.
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This is a very unusual and fascinating thing. I understand that blood relationships can be difficult at times, but what, I ask, is what drives this one particular club to go out of their way to do this? Is it some kind of guilt-motivated signal? Or maybe it's supposed to…reflect their fan demographics? 
Idk maybe I'm looking into this too much, but dang, these Brits really got my noggin in good use 
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An innocent man took a selfie and is now being charged under the Trudeau Regime
!leafs things have hit a new low
is getting his weight 
under control. 
- r/CalebHammer
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memed to popularity by rightoids and literal groypers are made by big time leftoids??? 
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We haven’t had to do this in 2024 until now, but unfortunately reminding everyone if you spread hate in Pit Vipers, we’ll donate your money to an organization that works against you #pitvipergivesafuck pic.twitter.com/vjckWVerJU
— Pit Viper (@PitViperShades) May 16, 2024
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