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Political onanism

(231 Posts)
suziewoozie Wed 13-Nov-19 10:55:38

Well anyone who thinks it’s appropriate to use that phrase is a wanker

Gonegirl Wed 13-Nov-19 17:36:56

Eton. No idea if he went anywhere near Elton. Doubt it.

Gonegirl Wed 13-Nov-19 17:35:52

Political onanism has a ring to it. Wank etc sounds more Sun readers language.

He went to Elton. He just is posher than some.

GracesGranMK3 Wed 13-Nov-19 17:31:53

Funnily enough, I was idling with the thought that JC must love himself, for surely anyone in his position could see that he personally is damaging the hopes of the LP. Yet still he remains. Total selfishness.

Have you been reading those desktops again jo1book?

suziewoozie Wed 13-Nov-19 17:24:58

If it’s fine to talk about political onanism, then it would be finer to use words everyone understood - unless it’s his trying yet again to show how ‘clever’ he is

Bridgeit Wed 13-Nov-19 17:16:29

Boris & appealing ? these are not words I would put together !

ladymuck Wed 13-Nov-19 17:10:37

Well, you certainly learn things on Gransnet! Once again, I had to get out my dictionary to find out what I didn't know. Does sound rather adolescent....but then Boris is still a schoolboy at heart, which is what makes him so appealing.

Gonegirl Wed 13-Nov-19 17:07:44

why say onanism and not wank or masturbate or toss off

Why would you want him to say those things? confused

Bridgeit Wed 13-Nov-19 17:03:08

Well , it just confirms what we already know ,,they are all a bunch of Tossers! ?ohhps I have said it

Gonegirl Wed 13-Nov-19 17:02:42

Why is it a relief Callistemon?

Callistemon Wed 13-Nov-19 17:00:44

That's a relief

suziewoozie Wed 13-Nov-19 17:00:01

Call Jura didn’t say all , she said ‘can’.

Callistemon Wed 13-Nov-19 16:52:47

Not all of them jura

jura2 Wed 13-Nov-19 16:51:20

good post suzie. Another proof that those boys who were sent too early to boarding school can have very long lasting damage.

Callistemon Wed 13-Nov-19 16:51:19

I'm even more confused now suziewoozie

If CI was an original sin, how come the RC church recommended it as the only moral method of contraception?

suziewoozie Wed 13-Nov-19 16:27:08

I just think there’s something rather grubby and unedifying about our PM using that phrase. It’s not witty, it’s not entertaining but it does demonstrate a certain sort of public school obsession with masturbation ( as did his spaffing comment). And actually, if it’s fine to to use that metaphor why say onanism and not masturbate or wank or toss off. As Iam said he thinks it’s both clever and funny to use a word that he thinks put him a cut above mere mortals. < checks I’ve spelled cut correctly>

Whitewavemark2 Wed 13-Nov-19 16:22:02

iam I can think of a different description.

Iam64 Wed 13-Nov-19 16:16:46

He's a big show off isn't he. Studied classics at Oxford, 'very clever' according to his father and Mr B Johnson clearly loves himself and finds himself very entertaining.

I'd like a PM who wasn't quite so obsessed with self... whoops, self promotion.

Tooting29 Wed 13-Nov-19 15:56:12

Love him or loathe him, he is entertaining

Whitewavemark2 Wed 13-Nov-19 15:50:46

suzie clearly not a practice that Johnson has any familiarity with.

Whitewavemark2 Wed 13-Nov-19 15:49:45

Macca 2.0
@El_Abaddon
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Makes me want to puke how readily Johnson turns to crass sexual imagery to get his points across.

He is a lying, lascivious, rutting hog who doesn't even have the common decency and morality to acknowledge the existence of the children his base urges produce.

suziewoozie Wed 13-Nov-19 15:02:16

How about ‘go away and onanise’ (modern meaning) instead of ‘go f**k yoursrlf’.

suziewoozie Wed 13-Nov-19 14:55:25

Apparently the original sin that Onin committed was coitus interuptus.

Bridgeit Wed 13-Nov-19 14:43:41

?I couldn’t possibly ?

Whitewavemark2 Wed 13-Nov-19 14:43:12

suzied it is a pity it isn’t just £100million.

It has cost £78 bn in lost growth to date ( BoE figures)

£4.2bn has been spent to date by government departments.

Add to that the cost to every business which has to prepare for Brexit,

You get the idea of just how much brexit has cost to date, and of course we have yet to leave when the really serious hit to our economy will occur.

But apparently it is all worth it?

grapefruitpip Wed 13-Nov-19 14:39:54

If somebody is being " picked on " here, they can contact HQ as can anybody who sees this going on.

F....off is not really going to work is it?