tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32593562011-08-16T10:39:08.865ZAmusing... in a what-the-hell-is-wrong-with-you kind of way.The Philosophical Cowboyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07878111421440454988noreply@blogger.comBlogger17741100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3259356.post-1148140463864543882006-05-20T15:54:00.000Z2006-05-20T15:54:24.006Z

What is the truth of The Da Vinci Code

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"My main ambition is to marry a premiership footballer" "man mad". "I think I'm just special" well you're right on one count kiddo...

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Illiterate who appears to have confused BB with the apprentice."I treat [women] as princesses while they're with me". Like Grace Kelly?

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"How many Chinese people can you imagine talk like this"Speaks Chinese with a manc accent. Seems to hear voices...

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Has never paid to get into a club ever. Can't have done it through her charisma, or looks, or intelligence, ah... look at the lips.She says her best feature's her personality, much like the pleasing sheen on a maggot

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"I'd seduce a corpse" We can only hope you end up next to one soon. Preferably in the same fridge. With a couple of bags of cement on the lid....

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Voted sexiest lifeguard in north wales. And is a muppet.

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I look forward to her discourse on Kungian paradigms in exercise science.She doesn't want friends.

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Why does venus williams demand the same pay as Mikey

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"I've got a degree. I love underwear."

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The euphemism says it all.

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And, per the news of the world, a certain type.Plastic [insult]ic

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Accurately expects to be assassinated. Claims to have heard every insult. A challenge.

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Claims to be royal. Sounds like he's swallowed his silver coke spoon.Very proud of what he is and who he is. A nomark.

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A strange mix of Tourettes, meth, and a bipolar disorder. Appears to impersonate chickens.If there's an opportunity in the house for someone to be on a leash, and he gets the chain, they'll be throttled in seconds.

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Appears to be several weeks pregnant. And a repellant human being. I expected no less.

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Appears to be several weeks pregnant. And a repellant human being. I expected no less.

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Shoot 'em all.

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First thought - after 2 weeks, tell them there's a drought outside.Then have them build a still.Then see who goes blind from drinking wood alcohol or blows themselves up

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The guantanamo bay song - is this the new Jib Jab?

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Because the world's going to the dogsShear genius. Thanks to Volokh for the link. Sorry it's been so long.

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So there I was watching Pimp my Ride, when I thought a Pimp my PC show would be fun (or a cheap service). The Web, of course, has suggested it first.

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The BBC has set up a v. open blog for the lions tour - made up of their own correspondents, plus e-mail and text contributions. Thus Lions in New Zealand Tour Blog: "0353 BST: Col, Ho Chi Minh City Building up for a great afternoon (2pm kick off here in HCMC)and looking forward to what should be a fantastic Test series. I'm flying to NZ for the 2nd & 3rd Tests - can't wait. No accommodation in

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Just got to steal the whole thing... - but see the rest of his stuff... "STAR WARS: EPISODE III - REVENGE OF THE SITH: THE ABRIDGED SCRIPT™ By Rod Hilton Rating: 5.0/5 Stars FADE IN: EXT. SPACE Two NOT-QUITE-TIE-FIGHTERS fly and zoom around, the camera chasing wildly behind them in a way that only computer generated scenes can show. We see that they have EWAN MCGREGOR and HAYDEN

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PostSecret - v. amusing.

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The horror - Tessa's back. Irritatingly, there was a fairly messy set of swings that could have seen her out. Evidently my rumours about casinos in the constituency didn't work...

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Apologies for the interuption - I'd had a hectic couple of months, and having moved house haven't had access to home e-mail access. Sent more stuff from China!

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If you have an Amazon account (and I'm sure you do), use the Amazon Honor System to make a donation to the American Red Cross disaster relief fund. Takes thirty seconds including your password. Remember, dollars are about 50p at the moment.

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Feel the science: "In the alchemical tradition, creation of the Philosopher’s stone is the ultimate end to man’s needs. The stone has the power to cure disease, prolong life, and possesses the added benefit of being able to transmute metals, as in lead into gold. As scienticians, we believe that such an object exists, and that it can be used for our own dastardly purposes. Our theory is that a

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I assume that someone's been marking this up. But v. hard to tell with theBanbury Massive: "We r da Banbury Massive We believe in da followin: phat cars blingin beats sweet biatches Respeckt and remember: We hit all da right switches on r bitches If u r respecktin dis ere site we iz demandin u 2 spread da word, me homee. respecktion selecktion. nova n out"

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So consider buying me the new ScrappleFace book: "Energy Nominee Excited to Become Big Oil Croney by Scott Ott (2004-12-10) -- President George Bush's Energy Secretary nominee, Sam Bodman, said today that his lack of oil industry background and connections should not keep him from becoming 'a good-old-boy in the Bush-Cheney cabal of Big Oil cronies.' 'I've heard about these mysterious guys

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"How do you describe small, cuddly talking teddy bears?: A) Terrorists B) Freedom Fighters" Know your force...

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LILEKS has some great snaps from a boxing film I'd love to see -all abou the audience and their reaction shots. The Set-Up. Must see.

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Saysl Paul Krugman: "I am convinced that many economists, when they try to argue in favor of free trade, make the mistake of overestimating both their opponents and their audience. They cannot believe that famous intellectuals who write and speak often about world trade could be entirely ignorant of the most basic ideas. But they are -- and so are their readers. This makes the task of

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I'm buying, though it doesn't have to be VH...: "Things are going badly for Kofi Annan. The oil-for-food scandal has revealed U.N. behavior regarding Saddam Hussein's Iraq that ranges from criminally inept to outright corrupt. Rape and pedophilia by U.N. peacekeepers haven't gotten the kind of attention they'd get if American troops were involved, but the scandals have begun to take their toll.

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Regardless, I'll be watching on or soon after the 10th December... Amazon.co.uk: DVD: The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (Extended Edition) [2004]: "The Extended Cut DVD includes scenes such as: - Extended Isengard scene, this is in the book with Saruman speaking to Gandalf from the Tower. He then fires a shot of flame from his staff at Gandalf the White - I'm sure he survives!!! -

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Fun snippet from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia: "The bias blind spot is a cognitive bias about not compensating for one's own cognitive biases. ... Pronin and her co-authors explained to subjects the better-than-average effect, the halo effect, self-serving bias and many other cognitive biases. According to that better-than-average bias, specifically, people are likely to see themselves as

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Trivia for Team America: World Police (2004): "The very first footage screened for Paramount executives was of a poorly crafted puppet in front of a background of a badly drawn Eiffel Tower, prompting one executive in the audience to yell. 'Oh god, they fucked us!' This was a prank pulled by the directors and the shot then pans over to a beautiful Parisian landscape with much better looking

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An important guide to what directors should attempt. Some things to pledge not to do: "26. I will not cut important scenes simply because I do not like them. 40. Titania should not be portrayed as a dominatrix. 80. I will not un-soliloquize soliloquies. 81. I will not fail to employ a dictionary if there are words in the text whose pronunciation is uncertain, and I will strongly encourage my

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From No Watermelons Allowed: "there are two kinds of people - those who divide people into two types, and those who do not."

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Natalie Solent gets it about right: "The fools have banned Vlaams Blok.[a moderately unpleasant Belgian Flemish nationalist party with strong popular support] Oh this is so great. Just fan-bleeding-tastic. Exactly what we needed for Europe's future, isn't it? A million-strong bunch of ethnic nationalists who believe, accurately, that their reward for taking part in the peaceful political

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Exclusive reporting for you: ""'Actually, I have my own idea,' Condi said, 'Why don't we punish Old Europe for being unfaithful to us. I have a plan for overthrowing Paris. Based on their defenses, it should take just five armed Marines and a Humvee. Then, we can raid the treasures of the Louvre. I certainly wouldn't mind the Mona Lisa on my wall.' 'Nah, I don't like art,' Bush answered, '

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"You are amusing... in a what-the-hell-is-wrong-with-you kind of way."

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Chavesian Rhapsody, a cartoon in two (and counting) parts... "Jewellry from Argos Gear from Burburry Trackies tucked in my socks Trackies tucked in my socks, for me..."

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Stephen Pollard is just one of many to spot that Osama Bin Laden is willing to endorse some westerners. Fisk must be so proud: "Robert Fisk.... is of your own and of your religious affiliation, and I consider him to be unbiased."

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LILEKS has Arafat's death covered (though perhaps not as well as the Syrian Defence Minister who described him as "the son of sixty thousand whores": "Our paper had this headline: “Enduring Symbol of Palestine Dies.” Personally, I’m old school. I’d go with something, oh, factual, like “ARAFAT DEAD.” Hard to argue. Hard to find bias. I don’t know what would be satisfying, really. “Goaty Old Fiend

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Damian Penny has found the ideal way to up all our output - drop-down article menus: "Once again, the Rechimplicans have STOLEN the so-called "election"!!! The henchmen of Karl Rove stabbed minority voters in France!!!!!!!!! And their last-minute SCARE TACTICS of accusing John Kerry of being a space bunny, and trying to focus on the Constitution instead of REAL ISSUES like dental insurance were

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It's a red and blue thing: We, the bold, free-spirited peoples of the Diverse Lands of Blue America, hereby contract with you, the safe, ordinary drabs of the Nearly-contiguous Lands of Red America to exist peaceably and amicably in the manner to which we've become accustomed. We will continue to exist in heavily-impacted urban centers in areas where our explosive growth and profligate

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You are most like Cartman. You love to brag on your friends. You are a real fat ass. And You love your cheesy Puffs. And loves T.V. and your moms a whore.

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If you're a rapper, how do you manage your entourage of hangers on? "Since Slate is extraordinarily popular with the entourage-having-rapper demographic, we've compiled a list of entourage best practices: tips on how to make your entourage's violent impulses work for you. Maybe you'll never get your security team to teach underprivileged kids how to read, but with a little know-how and planning,

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I'm willing to discuss it, but only under the ground-rules set out in The Woolly-Thinkers Guide to Rhetoric: "Do a Procrustes Make the evidence fit the case you're trying to make. Force it. If it doesn't fit, don't give up, don't be shy, just keep pushing and hammering and chopping until it does. No one will notice. Pat yourself on the back Say things like "This is a trivial issue, there

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I am Son of Spam: DEAR SIR/MADAM, THIS IS A PERSONAL EMAIL T0 YOU ONLY. I AM THE SON OF SPAM SPADE, THE FORMER LOAN OFFICER OF NIGERIA, WHO WAS KILLED BY A RUSSIAN LADY WHO WANTS TO MEET YOU. HIS MORTGAGE RATES WERE SUPERB, BUT HIS PENIS WAS TOO SHORT, SO HE ORDERED 60,000,000 VIAGRA PILLS AND BEFORE HE COULD TAKE THEM HE WAS ASSASINATED BY 5 MILLION EMAIL ADDRESSES AT NO COST TO YOU. NOW I

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The Grauniad is now apparently calling for assassinations to be carried out. Others think that the paper can help: "Here's what The Guardian should do: get a database together of the president's itinerary and give out one by one the locations, dates, and times where Bush is supposed to be to people who sign up with their email addresses. Each person is to attempt to assassinate the president

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But I ended up offered a copy of Put 'em Down, Take 'em Out!: Knife Fighting Techniques from Folsom Prison

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Stephen Pollard points to the evidence that Andre Agassi is, at heart, an Entertainer - in response to a Spanish tennis tournament using models as ball girls, his response was: "I think that the skirts should be shorter."

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I like to help out small businesses. However, even if I'm the number one search for CHINA WHOLESALERS OF OBSCENE TALKING LIGHTERS, I'm not sure I can assist

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Slate asks: "Which bedfellow do you want? Greedy petrosheiks or sanctimonious frogs? Religious extremists or cynical atheists? Women in black veils? Or black lingerie? To help readers decide, Slate offers this guide to our so-called allies."

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Catallarchy has an endlessly entertaining story: "Because they foolishly tried to compete with the free market in growing, packaging, and selling marijuana by creating a publicly-run medicinal marijuana program. Blaming packaging and distribution costs, the government bud sells for twice as much as the plentiful coffeeshop alternative. As a result, they’ve only sold 175 lbs of 450 expected."

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eBay item 5527273221 (Ends 23-Oct-04 12:12:44 BST) - 2 invitations to a wedding I don't want to go to I've been invited to the wedding of a mate of mine who I used to know really well until he started going out with the girl he's going to marry. She's a dog. No really. I haven't seen them since I told her she's a dog over two years ago. They've stupidly invited me to their wedding, but I don't

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Natalie Solent has a quote I'd hoped to rediscover, about the excavation of mass graves in Iraq: "Mr Kehoe said that work to uncover graves around Iraq, where about 300,000 people are thought to have been killed during Saddam Hussein's regime, was slow as experienced European investigators were not taking part. The Europeans, he said, were staying away as the evidence might be used eventually

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Why WOULDN'T you make a Michael Moore parody entitled "Fellowship 9/11". I blame Gandalf, the so-called "White".

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Just a day after buying a ukelele on a whim*, I discover that I could have bought a digital accordian instead. * Sample reviews "you can't play that ukelele"; "please stop playing that"; "carry on and I'll break it over your head"; "stop threatening people by plucking the ukelele at them"

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Via Dr Frank - the best blog ever

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ScrappleFace's latest is too funny not to quote in full: "Gore Lawsuit Challenges Australian Election Results (2004-10-09) -- Just hours after the polls closed across Australia, and Prime Minister John Howard headed for his fourth term, former U.S. Vice President Al Gore filed a lawsuit in international court at the Hague alleging 'irregularities' in the balloting. The election was seen by

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Wikipedia also, it seems, does Wikiquote. Such as this brilliant Buffy quote: "[Xander is searching for information on a troubled student.] Willow: Have you Googled her yet? Xander: [aghast] Willow! She's 17! Willow: It's a search engine. "

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This junk mail at least amused me (though clearly spam) Aloha, Lillian Dickson said, "Life is like a coin. You can spend it any way you wish, but you only spend it once." You can't put a pricetag on your health. However, you can sav-on your rneds. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe once wrote, "Life belongs to the living, and he who lives must be prepared for changes." Not all changes happen overnight

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Question: is the recent rush of fake documents a new trend, or are there a shock of old fakes that were never uncovered? Example: fakes of uranium documents in the Iraq dossiers Example: CBS fakes Example: The Mirror fakes Example: Possibly documents found floating around Iraq implicating certain parties This seems like a glut compared to previous items like the Hitler diaries. Is this

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All together now! "Rove Rove Rove your vote Harshly ‘till they scream Hatefully hatefully hatefully hatefully Life is just an unending opportunity to maximize global inequities and convert the resources of the third world into profits for a thin stratum of our plutocracy and meaningless diversionary consumer products for a bloated spoonfed sheeple whose obsequience and inability to apprehend our

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The Grauniad has a delightful little article, making clear how closely Metallica are now related to Spinal Tap: "In a way, the makers of Spinal Tap had it easy with heavy metal. A genre populated in the main by enormous egos, by odd British men, and with its own strange rituals ... this was satire very much waiting to be gathered. All its makers had to do was shake the tree... The last thing you

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I'm not quite sure what the libertarians will have to say about this. But the Times reports that people are starting to knock out home-made speed cameras to regulate speeding outside their home: "Ray Allott, a 38-year-old engineer from North Yorkshire, has had enough: “I’m fed up with people knowingly breaking the law,” he says. “Some idiots on motorbikes were coming past at 80mph. It made me

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As IANAL, I can only marvel at the kind of stuff that they can come up with, such as this story from The Gweilo Diaries* on a scam by Malaysian lawyers: "Yim was charged inflicting grevious harm with a dangerous weapon after Bonet [her maid] was discovered huddled outdoors, crying and covered with horrific bruises and burns, by a security guard at the luxury condominium complex where Yim lived.

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Courtesy of John Kerry, the Global Test for military action. I particularly like this question: "Will the illegitimate and racist state of Israel benefit in any way from this action? Yes (-300 points) No (0 points) Actually, will probably damage Israel (300 points) The Zionist Entity will be destroyed, and the Zionists pushed into the sea (1000 points)" Note also that if you do it in

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I've not seen this type of banner ad before: one that talks to you. Well done the University of Phoenix. Take a bow, polluters of the web...

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The Gweilo Diaries has detail on dead horse technique: "The code of tribal wisdom says that when you discover you are riding a dead horse, the best strategy is to dismount. [However], we often try other strategies with dead horses, including the following: buying a stronger whip; changing riders; saying things like 'this is the way we have always ridden this horse'; appointing a committee to

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Dr Weevil reveals that those scrolls about Caesar drinking orange soda are authentic: "There is nothing physically impossible in the idea that Caesar could drink an orange soda. It could theoretically have happened: In conquering Gaul, Caesar may well have visited the mineral springs of Perrier, where the water is naturally carbonated -- in effect, club soda bubbling up from the ground. While

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I've been quietly looking forward to the launch of "Rome: Total War" on the PC. What's particularly nice is that the makers have set up an pen profile history of Rome, obviously taking in the wierdness that was Rome, such as a contest of dwarves against women gladiators. The FAQ reveals the release dates (more accurately, over the next 2 weeks): "Q. When is Rome: Total War (RTW) out? A. We're

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For UK readers - compare and contrast the "CBS memo" about Bush's National Guard service to the same document typed (again?) on Word. Pretty similar as LGF discovered: Powerline has been another one driving this story and has the latest, including a link to a flash animation of the recreation of the document.

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How can I not be, after hearing one of the protestors include in her argument the line: "I'm not a terrorist, I'm a physiotherapist"....

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The Hardens restaurant guide (UK only) has a fairly robust attitude to criticism - their first press quote they cite from the launch of the 2005 guide is below: ""This is Harden's, the guide that is written by its readers, so it doesn't matter at all. The book and its conclusions are utterly, utterly irrelevant. Because it is written by you. And you, pal, know nothing at all about restaurants.

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Straight from the e-mail, but still amusing.... More than 400 performers have been demonstrating the art of comedy on and beyond the Fringe. Here's a selection of the best gags ... The dodo died. Then Dodi died, Di died and Dando died... Dido must be sh*tting herself. =================== Is it fair to say that there'd be less litter in Britain if blind people were given pointed sticks? ======

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Straight from the e-mail, but still amusing.... More than 400 performers have been demonstrating the art of comedy on and beyond the Fringe. Here's a selection of the best gags ... The dodo died. Then Dodi died, Di died and Dando died... Dido must be sh*tting herself. =================== Is it fair to say that there'd be less litter in Britain if blind people were given pointed sticks? ======

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Straight from the e-mail, but very good... More than 400 performers have been demonstrating the art of comedy on and beyond the Fringe. Here's a selection of the best gags ... The dodo died. Then Dodi died, Di died and Dando died... Dido must be sh*tting herself. =================== Is it fair to say that there'd be less litter in Britain if blind people were given pointed sticks? ============

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Straight from the e-mail, but very good... More than 400 performers have been demonstrating the art of comedy on and beyond the Fringe. Here's a selection of the best gags ... The dodo died. Then Dodi died, Di died and Dando died... Dido must be sh*tting herself. =================== Is it fair to say that there'd be less litter in Britain if blind people were given pointed sticks? ============

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I think this guide to International understanding has me bang to rights: "Hence the guide's warning that when a Briton says “I hear what you say”, the foreign listener may understand: “He accepts my point of view.” In fact, the British speaker means: “I disagree and I do not want to discuss it any further.” Similarly the phrase “with the greatest respect” when used by an Englishman is

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"I realize that, historically, phrases like 'massive redistribution of wealth' are usually accompanied by rivers of blood. That said, it's about time for a massive redistribution of wealth."

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Have a merry Christmas in Cambodia

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After Six Decades, No End To The Quagmire: "PARIS (Routers) August 25, 2004 Sixty years after Paris was seized by the "Allies," and the beginning of the American occupation, France remains a failed nation, mired in political corruption and beset by vast pockets of Muslim extremism and anti-semitism, into which the gendarmerie fear to tread. The economy continues to struggle under economic

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Dr Frank points to this brilliant list of literary review cliches. He also points out a music review comparison would include the words "my ass" far more often: "achingly beautiful anything-fuelled – narratives of a new, edgy type of fiction sometimes called Britfic tend to be fuelled by a range of uppers – amphetamines, caffeine, cocaine, Robbie Williams as good as any novel – why should

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JibJab had done numerous things before their brilliant "This Land" satire. The one I've linked to is their "Arnold for Governor" ad - great fun.

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Channel 5's news report on the theft of Munch's Scream described it as "painted towards the end of the last century". Like, get with the programme and join the 21st century, dude...

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Curious theory - as Cringely has rather more contact with super-brain Silicon Valley types than I, I'm inclined to take it on board: "There's an interesting effect here that I've noticed over the years -- smart people don't make the same mistake twice while REALLY SMART people don't make the same mistake three times. Since they tend to make fewer mistakes to start with, really smart people tend

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Snopes have certified the Bush rugby pic as genuine:

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The Ewok Song: "Ewok Version Yub nub eee chop yub nub ah toe meet toe pee-chee keene g'noop dock fling oh ah Yah wah eee chop yah wah ah toe meet toe pee-chee keene g'noop dock fling oh ah Coatee chah tu yub nub coatee chah tu yahwah coatee chah tu glowah allay loo ta nuv Glowah eee chop glowah ya glowah pee chu nee foam ah toot dee awe goon daa Coatee cha tu goo (Yub nub!) coatee cha tu doo (

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Keep a list of all of the promises Kerry has made and check them off if he's elected. Of course, someone should be doing this for Bush as well (preferably retrospectively)...

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Now that's entertaining: "George Bush delivers illegal, but gratifying right hook to opposing ball carrier." while playing rugby for Yale

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