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NO  BLACKS!  NO  WOMEN!  NO  CATHOLICS!”
            What would you think about it? How about if you saw a
            sign saying this:
           “FLAT TO RENT - NO BENEFIT CLAIMANTS! NO
            STUDENTS! NO CHILDREN!” Do you think any of
            these  are  OK?  All  of  them  or  none  of  them.  Do  you
            know  which  ones  are  legal  in  the  UK?  Is  it  fine  to
            discriminate  and  be  prejudiced  against  some  groups  of
            people but not others? I have seen the 2nd one dozens
            of times over the last few months in mainstream estate
            agents and listing sites.

           27 June 2016 —
           Jesus Churyste! Have we really got to listen to the elevator
            version of the theme from Doctor Who while we sit in
            the doctor’s waiting room?! Who chose this?! ....and now
            I’m picturing all these ill old biddies breaking into dance
            on  the  waiting  room  chairs.  Techno!  Techno!  Techno!
            Techno! He is the doctor! Wooop wooop!
           Thank  God  I’m  outa  there!  I  thought  I  was  having
            auditory  hallucinations  again  at  first!  A  load  of  old
            biddies with bandages n walking sticks sat in a Doctors
            waiting room listening to a "Muzak" version of Doctor
            Who  with  drum  n  base  background.  I  haven’t  seen
            anything  that  surreal  since  the  Dada  exhibition  when  I
            was Art College.
           Can you imagine how hard I was trying not to laugh?! It
            even had a robot voice going "He is the Doctor!" and just
            me  and  15  old  folks  sat  in  otherwise  silence  with
            nonchalant expressions. I had to hide my face behind my
            hand.
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