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« Reply #375 on: 15:17:52, 05-05-2008 » |
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I suppose that in Britain even a nuclear war would stop at four o'clock in the afternoon: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T8C4TCdd6E0 |
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"People hate anything well made. It gives them a guilty conscience." John Betjeman
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« Reply #376 on: 16:28:29, 05-05-2008 » |
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I suppose that in Britain even a nuclear war would stop at four o'clock in the afternoon:
That Britain ( England ? ) has long vanished Pim. |
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« Reply #377 on: 16:32:11, 05-05-2008 » |
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That Britain ( England ? ) has long vanished Pim.
Yes and even without a nuclear war, Bobby. A tremendous achievement! |
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"People hate anything well made. It gives them a guilty conscience." John Betjeman
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« Reply #379 on: 09:29:49, 09-05-2008 » |
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Not so much a humorous news story but a crackpot idea from Chef Gordon Ramsay. He wants restaurants to be fined if they use out of season produce on their menus. He wants produce to be in season and locally sourced. He is quoted as saying he does not want strawberries from Kenya in December and asparagus from Zimbabwe in January. He is evidently in talks with Gordon Brown about it.
Initially I thought well, yes, go along with that in that I try to only buy seasonal. But, we are such a global food economy how would such a move affect the farmers in Kenya and Zimbabwe? And what about the food we can't grow here such as avocados, aubergines, lemons, oranges, etc?
I suspect this is some ill thought out media spin for his new restaurant.
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Reality, sa molesworth 2, is so sordid it makes me shudder
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« Reply #380 on: 16:59:48, 09-05-2008 » |
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Why do sociologists or whatever think we NEED a study to tell us the bleedin' obvious?? Like: "Young people are using alcohol and drugs to increase their chances of getting sex, a study has found". click here for the bleedin' obvious Oh, I forgot, this is the humorous thread  |
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« Reply #381 on: 12:55:52, 13-05-2008 » |
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Here is an example of a man who clearly has his priorities right! Tommo
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Made by Thompson & son, at the Violin & c. the West end of St. Paul's Churchyard, LONDON
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« Reply #382 on: 00:25:11, 14-05-2008 » |
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The Pope's chief astronomer says that life on Mars cannot be ruled out. Writing in the Vatican newspaper, the astronomer, Father Gabriel Funes, said intelligent beings created by God could exist in outer space. Father Funes, director of the Vatican Observatory near Rome, is a respected scientist who collaborates with universities around the world. The search for forms of extraterrestrial life, he says, does not contradict belief in God. The official Vatican newspaper headlines his article 'Aliens Are My Brother'. Full story here http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/7399661.stm |
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« Reply #383 on: 07:57:20, 14-05-2008 » |
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Father Funes also noted with glee that the aliens "may be without original sin".
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"I was, for several months, mutely in love with a coloratura soprano, who seemed to me to have wafted straight from Paradise to the stage of the Odessa Opera-House"
- Leon Trotsky, "My Life"
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« Reply #384 on: 08:52:23, 14-05-2008 » |
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« Reply #385 on: 10:07:52, 14-05-2008 » |
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'It's all about saving the souls of little green men.'
There's hope for you yet martle  |
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« Reply #387 on: 16:03:29, 14-05-2008 » |
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Thanks George, that made my day.
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I've got to get down to Sidcup.
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« Reply #388 on: 16:43:31, 14-05-2008 » |
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"For Mass, get Smash" |
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"I was, for several months, mutely in love with a coloratura soprano, who seemed to me to have wafted straight from Paradise to the stage of the Odessa Opera-House"
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« Reply #389 on: 17:34:37, 14-05-2008 » |
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A US orchestra has held its most unusual performance - being conducted by a robot.
The Detroit Symphony was led by Asimo, a 1.3 metre (4ft 3in) tall robot designed by car manufacturer Honda as it performed The Impossible Dream.
Asimo was programmed to mimic the orchestra's education director as he conducted the piece in front of a pianist six months ago.
But the robot cannot respond to the musicians' actions.
So during early rehearsals, Asimo - which stands for Advanced Step In Innovative Mobility - slowed the tempo and the orchestra lost its place, something a human would have sensed.
"It's not a communicative device, it simply is programmed to do a set of gestures," musical director Leonard Slatkin said.
Bassist Larry Hutchinson said while the movements were a little stiff, they were "very humanlike, much more fluid than I thought".
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We pass this way but once. This is not a rehearsal!
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