Lent – another four-letter word

I don´t know if Protestants and other heretics observe Lent but it´s the only time I feel any sympathy with Moslems who fast for 30 days. That´s easy compared with what we Papes have to put up with. A minimum of 40 days and often it lasts longer. No drinking, no Internet porn, no arguing with wife, daily mass, fasting, giving my hard-earned cash to worthless scumbags. It´s all down there, chiselled in stone so I have no choice.

Still there´s Easter to look forward to – that is if it ever comes. An English Catholic writer called Caryll Houselander once said that she was surprised at how quickly Lent passed and hinted that it should be longer so we could enjoy our suffering more. She must have been on speed or something.

Nominated by: Mr Polly

With energy prices going through the roof now that the Price Cap has been raised by an extra £700 (and will no doubt go up again in October 2022), energy companies have been writing to their customers telling them that their direct debits will be increasing by far more than the 54% price cap increase.

Some companies are offering fixed tariff deals whereby the increase cost for units used won’t go up quite so much, BUT the standing charge will double.

So if your current standing charge is something like 23p day, it could double should you choose a tariff with a relatively lower increase in unit cost.

This carrot and stick option is favoured by the energy suppliers because its more or less a fixed daily fee that you can’t wiggle out of even if you use no electric or gas.

For most people choosing that kind of tariff it will mean you’ll be hit twice: 1/ for the slightly higher cost increase for unit used; 2/ a doubling of your standing charge.

It will be interesting to see if the cost of the standing charge will fall by the same amount when energy prices eventually return to normal (could be 2 or 3 years away yet). I somewhat doubt it.

https://www.theguardian.com/money/2022/feb/26/energy-bills-suppliers-price-rise-gas-electricity
(Helpful link provided by me – Part Time Admin)

Nominated by: Technocunt

Some cunt is daubing runic symbols on old buildings in York.

A spokescunt has said:
“We reported to special branch when targeted back in November. They weren’t investigating as [they] said it was isolated. Some of the symbols/runes we had were associated with far right/white supremacists.”

Spokescunt obviously disappointed that his paranoia not acted on.

Yep, get Special Branch involved due to the swastikas and SS style script. Except it isnt. This is hippy dippy runic shite. Fuck all to do with the ever present far right white supremacists who terrorise us all. Daily. They probably get the bus from Harrogate, that hotbed of neo Naziism. The cunts.

MSM Link.

Nominated by: Cuntstable Cuntbubble