If they can't take a bit of piss take then piss off and grow a thicker skin.

As for some media fear mongering i agree some of it does make you think, "jeeze what shit are they stiring with this" but if 90% of the world population wasn't a dribbling idiot that believes anything they're told then there'd no problem.

My 2 pennies worth

"Lester will indeed be executed in true police state style"

Now *that*, we need a picture of...

. . . does Anthony win a medal?

Or is he visited and tasered until he leans to write in the King English?

Why are Cheese and Onion crisps ALWAYS the ones used in any media representation? There are SO many more flavours out there, not to mention Salt and Vinegar being the best flavour ever! Cheese and Onion is DISGUSTING, I wouldn't even feed it to my BABY, let alone my Staffy!

My disappointment in El Reg spreading the falsehood of the dominance of C&O flavoured crisps is disgraceful, and I shall be cancelling my subscription forthwith. Chris Williams should be taken out, peeled, sliced, grilled, and turned into whatever flavour anyone chooses, as long as it's not C&O!

Mine's the green one with all the crumbs...

Or if not, is there any way of feeding the Reg's Flame of the Week into its databanks?

Anthony is absolutely correct in his assessment of the gentle and unassuming nature of the Staffordshire bull terrier. I've spent many a peaceful mealtime feeding my own Staffie chips, which he takes delicately from my mouth. I'm unable to feed him with my fingers since he viciously ripped them off with his slavering jaws after a game of tug got slightly heated, but otherwise he is a model of canine restraint.

It's Marmite crisps you should be plugging, or at least Prawn Cocktail...

Mine's the one with crumbs in the pockets.

What a great response, written with pure passion... And of course, totally biased. =)

I've seen a man riding on the back of a Lion, but that doesn't mean Lions aren't dangerous animals.

Machines will never replace humans, and this is a proof of it:Twat-o-Tron is no match for this fine lad...

Would he teach the ways of the rant? If so, check me in!

"Why are Cheese and Onion crisps ALWAYS the ones used in any media representation?"

Because Staffys tend to rip the legs off any salt and vinegar proffering babies ( in a gentle way ).

...how can he win Double FoTW if he generated it with the Tw@t-O-Tron?

Not Fair.....

very funny

This guy obviously has too much time on his hands.

Got to hand it to Lester though, that guy has a top quality sense of humour and most of you don't do bad either, its why I never go more than a few days without visiting the Reg

excellent work, keep it up.

How can you compare the kick-in-the-face immediacy of salt n' vinegar (note the compulsory " n' " there) with the warm creeping fustiness of cheese n' onion?

Mind you, the recent arrival of Marmite flavour has tempted me away from my former favourite.

You bastard, I'm starving now. I'm going down to the snack machine to see if there any left.

Now then, who wants to start a Hobnob vs. chocolate digestive debate?

Or I'll be making multiple visits to the Twat-O-Tron myself!

(PS mine (alsation, not ToT) prefers "green" snack-a-jacks to Cheese & Onion... they're healthier, he's very good with that...)

"...i have seen staffys sharing crisps with babies before they are so gentle, they are so emotional "

I've seen Snow White singing to the birds while they wrap a blue ribbon around a dog who is breast feeding babies that are riding pink ponies with unicorns dancing in the mist. So gripping, so emotional.

Death to the CEO of Playmobil!

Man, I wish I could get that drunk (while here at work on the hell desk).

like shoot the owner and later shoot everybody else in the city/county/country/world to protect the poor dog from de devil humans...

really, if something cant stand 50000 volts, i think it's better resign...

- it was vicious, left your mouth feeling like it'd been chewing razor-blades while drinking sea water....

The only thing that comes close now is Nice'n'Spicy NikNaks, but they lack the chemical burn that only the 1970's flavours could supply.

They're my favourite. So if you guys don't want them I'll have the lot. Yum!

I'm afraid I have to side with our crisp-sharing dog lover. Staffys aren't Devil Dogs, only one breed can lay claim to evil incarnate.

The true Devil Dogs as any owner can confirm, are Beagles. My own dog, while not being pure Beagle, has through a satanic quirk of fate inherited all the cuteness genes from the Beagle side of her mutthood.

And why, I might hear you ask, do I say Beagles are the Devil?

Go ahead, buy one and wait a year or so. Better yet, borrow one that's fully grown.

Then knock on the door or ring the doorbell.

That fucking bark will drive you infuckingsane. But no sooner do you put the shotgun to its head, it will look up at you in all its cuteness and quite probably cast some evil spell of bleeding heart nancy boy upon you.. crushing your resolve to rid the world of one its most insidious pests.

Fire thingy because they're the Devil..

Am I the only one who feels that something should be done about Walkers Crisps reversing the ISO standard colours of Green for Salt and Vinegar and Blue for Cheese and Onion?

It used to cause me no end of confusion. Forget OOXML, this is the real problem with standards facing the 21st century.

Jolyon

Of course I meant the ISO standard colours of Green for Cheese and Onion and Blue for Salt and Vinegar. You see what confusion those Walkers bastards continue to cause?

Jolyon

It has to be the fault of the people to write about them and take pictures after the fact! Damn you journalists! I bet you don't even know that before journalism was invented, we all lived in peace with everyone and all the animals and nations didn't exist and the wind would tie your shoelaces and we lived in harmony with the curd and the tofu and pit bulls were regularly elected to parliament......

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Perhaps everyone is reading the complaint incorrectly. With the inability to sting a real sentance together, and with obvious spelling and gramatical mistakes, pehaps he actually mean to say:

"I've seen them sharing crisps AND babies!"

Perhaps he was attempting to reference a previous incident he witenessed were a pack of Staffys had all met up in his local park, and where communally eating crisps and babies!

I just managed to pick up on this piece while slaving over 200+ upgrades over the weekend. Perfect timing. Just as I'm going completely hat-stand I wibble over to El Reg for some 'relief'. That was one of the funniest comments section for ages.

Do keep it up chaps, I can now go forward unto tomorrow (Sunday) in joyous peace.

BTW. I'm really glad no-one mentioned the sulphurous abomination that is Monster Munch...

Yeah Jolyon, good point. How many times have I fished around in the cupboard for a packet of cheese n' onion, only to utter an exasperated "d'oh!" as my booty turns out to be yet another Walkers imposter salt n' vinegar.

However, without wishing to sound picky - might I remind you that there is also an ISO standard for the " n' " abbreviation between crisp flavour pairs, as there is for the fish / chip combination meal.

Does anyone remember hedgehog flavour?

http://www.doyouremember.co.uk/memory.php?memID=4286

I concur with some of the comments on here; no dog is "evil".

Training (if one can call it such) by certain morons means the dogs react in certain ways. They don't lose their prey drive, they begin to see people as prey etc.

The worst ones are the total morons that raise a dog like that, totally screwing the poor things mind up, probably involving cruelty, violence and mistreatment etc. in order to "toughen" the dog up. Then dog does what dog was taught, and takes down that tasty treat that just so happens to actually be moron owners sprogling, and the tabloids descend with another tale of woe about "devil dogs", when really, it should be about "tarded-dog-owners".

Bring back a dog licence and make the owner pass a test to prove they aren't a) thick as shit, and b) cruel evil psychopaths.

Sorry, youf *ukc*ign mornos the ISO chip collers R:

Purple: Salt'n'Vingar

Gren: Chikin

Blue: Plain

Yellow: Cheev'n'nunyun

Ornage: BBQ-queue

Red: Chilly

Black: Crunchy frog.

This guy is obviously an early alpha release and needs considerable work before general release.

Good Idea Math. In principle anyway. Problem is, with gov.uk being so 'on-line' these days, that's where you'd be able to get your Mutt Permit, and, as NO-ONE ever tells porkies when filling in this kind of thing on line, this system will easily weed out all the maladjusted arseholes who really shouldn't have a dog, of any kind.

No, sorry, my mistake, it won't.