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Rumour has it that Glasgow had the highest proportion of carpet fitters in the UK, or was it the highest proportion of neds with stanley knives in the UK... I forget now.

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MrJonno wrote:Who are the 34% in the UK who see Israel in favourable light?

The sensible ones? The others are the ones that think the Jews poisoned the wells.

You'll be conflating Jews & Israelis. I'd draw you a Venn diagram, but I'm too lazy instead:
Jew != Israeli, Israeli != Jew

Rum wrote:I think that is too Machiavellian even for him!

Allegedly it was the entirely innocent Lord McAlpine who came up with that one in his book The New Machiavelli

There's a lot of it round my way: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/howaboutthat/9133686/Darn-it-just-who-is-this-secret-knitter.html http://www.hidden-teesside.co.uk/2012/05/31/queens-diamond-jubilee-knitting-saltburn/ Recently a knitted queen on the toilet has appeared, but it's not made ...

Next on the list: Brighthouse - sell a £200 telly for £500 & charge 40% interest on top. I'm sure i heard, but am too lazy too google it, that in France if a lender lends more than is reasonable & the borrower defaults, then the lender picks up the tab. Seems a sensible solution for this country. It...

In the mean time there's always http://www.oolite.org/

The bankers need their fair share of blame, but they only operate within the constraints imposed on them. Keep them under close & aggressive scrutiny & there's not much damage they can do; get all light touch on them & they'll piss your economy into the wind. Brown has to take responsibility for not...

Any skiers round here?

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Austria last march, I'm the one in the black jacket.

Ah, Glaucus atlanticus . One of several species of Aeolid nudibranch in the Genus. All of them make their living in a very interesting way. The Glaucus nudibranchs feed on the tentacles of ocean-drifting siphonophores, particularly the Portuguese Man'O'War, Physalia physalis . These tentacles conta...

My user name comes from Farenheit 451, I've been using it on forums since 2002 or something, when I was going through my "dystopian literature phase". Everyone* is so friendly here, it's nice. *In this particular corner of the forum. There's a few we don't let out of the cellar. Found them! http://...

"Large knives and cleavers are found in nearly every Chinese kitchen. Experts say that because the assailants haven't gotten hold of guns, strictly controlled in China, they have tended to go after victims who are the most vulnerable." http://articles.latimes.com/2010/may/13/world/la-fg-china-schoo...

Something else just occurred to me. To those who contend that guns are not the problem; that people would just kill with other implements: why don't we see those incidents then? If there's nothing special about guns, we should also see comparable numbers of murders and mass murders from other weapo...

Hey Gallstones, when did you last have your mental health checked out?

Personally I've never had mine checked out, but that doesn't mean that it's safe for me to have a gun.

My user name comes from Farenheit 451, I've been using it on forums since 2002 or something, when I was going through my "dystopian literature phase".

Everyone* is so friendly here, it's nice.

*In this particular corner of the forum.

Ooooh good 666th post there Jesus