HAL9000

Nah, it was just LM streaking home.

Meanwhile, in one of many Everett-Wheeler alternative realities, a young superposition of our heroine was gently caressing a kiwi fruit...

DJKillaQueen Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > we could ban the import of halal, kosher etc Given the global news storm caused by a grumpy old yenta and a plain bagel - we'd never hear the end of that one!

Peckhamgatecrasher Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Oh it was some baloney with Hal in the Drawing Room. That's not why he flounced - one of his threads in General ED issues/gossip was deleted by Admin. He threw a few barbs at me in his farewell post. No hard feelings on my part, though. I was thinking only this afternoon that he might have given jrussel a good run if he were still with us.

Lidl: a bag of four mixed bagels (cinnamon and something else I can't remember) for 79p. No idea what they're like, though.

Do you have any contacts at the New York Post: I always order a small portion of chips without salt and vinegar. I'd be willing to order a plain multigrain bagel from Starbucks without specifying butter or cheese, too - if that helps?

On the other hand, this could be another wind up to see how everyone reacts to the prospect of national publicity?

I think official tolerance of ritual Kosher and Halal slaughter may be a matter of economic prudence (as much as anything else - such as anti-discriminatory) because a significant number of jobs depend on those markets. Britain now exports a fair volume of ritually slaughtered meat and poultry ? mainly Halal ? to Europe and the Middle East. If ritual slaughter were banned that entire industry sector would collapse. In which case, practicing Jews and Muslims would be more likely to import their requirements rather than become vegetarians.

If Ashtiani isn?t pardoned or her sentence commuted to lashings, she might be executed by hanging but there is virtually no prospect of stoning - Iran is in the process of abolishing that mode of punishment. If anyone is interested - some facts: Sakineh Mohammadi Ashtiani Stoning Religion and capital punishment Capital punishment in Iran

The answer to Life, the Universe, and Everything: number 42 (forty-two) please - thank you.

A grim quiet descended upon the partygoers, apart from a small group of grumpy Cougars comparing the aphrodisiac qualities of accordion-cut meerkats, kiwi fruit, shaved pubes, bleached butt-holes and plain bagels.

The underlying issue is not without interest - it's just the way the real story has been bundled along with an inconsequential communications failure between an over-inflated customer and a lowly employee of a fast-food outlet. I'd have far more respect for the English Professor had she written an informative newspaper article about corporate language abuse instead of causing a confrontation that had her ejected from the premises.

silverfox Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Hal, when you order a portion of chips from a chip > shop do you ask for chips without salt and vinegar Actually, I always ask for a small portion of chips with no salt and vinegar! In fact, I'm going to email the New York Times with this - they're bound to pick it up - they might even syndicate it back to the Telegraph.

Why would a major British broadsheet write up a trivial spat in a coffee shop 3,471 miles from here? Must have been the mother of slow news days.

Supermarkets... don't get me started. All those grumpy women fondling kiwi fruit with a smirk on their faces ? now we know why!

daizie Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > SMACKING the tip of your cock with a teaspoon in > the style of a boiled egg will distract swiftly > from any stubbed toe pain Well, that's the blokes and chicks-with-dicks sorted. What do you smack when you stub your toe, or is there more to you than meets the eye?

dita-on-tees Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > I have experienced it a number of > times this year and I just dont like it. Some on here would consider that a result rather than an annus horribilis.

The alcohols suggested above will dissolve sugar. I'm wondering whether a breast or penis enlargement pump could pull enough vacuum to dry out an iPod? I don't have either of those and doubt if anyone would admit to owning one anyway - no harm in trying, though. I'm sure MacGyver could get it to work (to dry a wet iPod, that is).

If you decide to try a desiccant, seal everything in an airtight container otherwise it will absorb water vapour from the atmosphere. I'm not sure about couscous: Anhydrous Calcium chloride (available from B&Q and hardware shops) is very effective - it comes in small packs used to dry out dampness in basements, etc. Also, if you soak it in water, a quick soak in methylated or surgical spirit or isopropyl alcohol afterwards will help chase off the water and speed up the drying process. (Caution - inflammable.) A better option would be a vacuum desiccator - I'd offer you the use of mine but it's in long-term storage at the moment. But someone else might have one available.

That's a good question. I saw it with three friends. I'm fairly sure that I had grasped most of its intricacies on first viewing but when discussing it with the others afterwards it became clear (to me, at least) that their understanding was fairly superficial - all three had missed the principal paradoxes and one hadn't a clue what the movie was actually about. We all enjoyed it, though, and everyone was satisfied with his or her personal perception of it. I would guess that someone who finds it difficult to piece together a story that unfolds through a series of flashbacks interlaced with real time might have difficulty following Inception's multi-layered plot. Its structure is far more complex than that of the Matrix - Inception has wheels within wheels featuring both spatial and temporal displacements along with what - to me - seems like a deliberate vagueness that invites the viewer?s imagination to fill in the gaps. Like every masterpiece, it is capable of supporting many interpretations on many different levels. I?d say go for it.

Sorry - I've been away and couldn't be bothered to read through the entire thread. How about this one? Save money on postage: carefully open stamped envelopes addressed to you and keep them for reuse. When you want to send a letter to someone, write his or her address on the back, scribble out your address, mark the envelope ?return to sender? and drop it in a post box. [Don't even think about doing this for real - Royal Mail has enough problems already.]

I?m not sure what the point of the original post was I think the OP was seeking others who were similarly affected thereby confirming their suspicion against those particular grapes. If the grapes were at fault the post would have certainly focused the community's attention on a potentially serious problem in a timely manner.

Very funny - but the OP appears to be spamming on behalf of some sort of educational establishment in Vietnam - perhaps even a spam bot?

Save money on telephone bills: (with caller ID on) call someone and hang up on the first ring. Chat for as long as you like when they call you back.

Homemade pizza - cheap, easy and delicious: http://www.pizzarecipe.org.uk/