AnotherPaul

I'm guessing Desmonds in Bellenden is a work of fiction, funny though. As for that story Jonboy, you might want to take some joke writing lessons from Jimbob. The hunt continues?

Could cut this silence with scissors. Think he might have been disappeared.

Being upset about having expensive possessions trashed isn't a girl thing, just a fairness thing. Whatever it cost and whatever its sentimental value the dress was destroyed and the people who did it tried to lie their way out of it. That's a nasty way to conduct business and if others want to slag 'em for it then fine. I worked in a DC as a teen and saw how upset people can be over ?20 shirts getting damaged so it's perfectly understandable Susie is upset. As for her sounding materialistic and her dress costing too much, the fabric of that argument is threadbare. AP

A deluge of owls smothering and crushing that awful police station.

Fewer owls, chocolate or otherwise.

Thanks MP, East Dulwich doesn't need insults that rubbish. As for what ED needs, cheaper housing, fewer cars, a cinema, an italian restaurant which actually opens and loads of other stuff. AP

Firezza deliver in ED from Herne Hill. Truly great pizzas by the 1/2 metre!

I've been having my hair cut by Tim at Willis B for a year or so, always good fun and great haircuts. But he's 'not with the company' anymore! Anyone know where he is? AP

Owls. Up to our necks in them, being eaten, touched and not being what they seem. Mockney, please explain how and why we will be up to our necks in wols. AP

I think it's vital to think of religion for what it causes. Not the balance of good and bad CitizenED mentioned, for me that comes a by-product of religion. The issue for me is the that believing myths can be dangerous. By engaging with the god myth, debating it's pros and cons, we actually validate that which is impossible. The myth and it's constructs cease to be the centre of attention and myriad permutations of 'my myth is better than yours?' come to the fore. This shift of focus lets religion off the hook. Unrealistic as it is I think all religion should be stopped. Nicely. AP :)

I wear floppy jerry curls from inside a heavy black hat whilst my wife is required to shave her head and wear a wig. She will also have to walk behind me as she's inferior. I never eat pork or beef. Once I saw a stone statue crying real blood and I own a vile which is full of holy water for 'good luck'. On holiday this year I will visit a church and behold a fragment of a very dead person's hand in a posh case. I can't make decisions for myself having agreed to over-rule my own beliefs and defer power to a bunch of celebate men in very elaborate dresses and hats. I may decide to blow myself up to meet 'him' or a load of virgins. I think aids is bad but that people shouldn't be allowed to use condoms. I also nod at walls believing them to be spiritually imbued. I may have to stop this religion thing. It's getting in the way of having a life.

An great idea mentioned to me by Mark worth voicing here. It would be great have a statue/signpost formed of (in)famous local figures directing traffic, ie Del Boy directing towards Pekam, John Alleyn, towards the village, Enid Blyton up LL. That would make me laugh and help me know where I'm going :)) AP

Just got back, had to fill-up half way round the block. Not feeling stifled at all but thanks anyway.

Gore's lack of irony? Would be impossible to have any sense of humour at all if you'd stood and lost to Bush. Asset, you can out-green me if you want, I'd like to see you try. :) Apols. for being a bit agro in here today, it is Monday as well as the flights issue. Thanks Mockney. Being newish round here didn't realise this subject had been so well done a while back. (AP steps away from rant brain and goes for a quick drive in his Range rover to calm down.)

We do Xfm, R1, R4, R6, London and some of the African pirate stations - but all in a very non-committal manner. On Xfm Lauren Laverne was good but O'Connell was majestic and I miss laughing that hard in the morning. Spot on about their playlist, so predictable and far from it's indepedent roots. On R1 Moyles has his moments but can also horribly borish, Scott Mills is far funnier. Wiley I can't stand, faux cool, hushed tones but tied to the same play list as everyone else. R4 is my news channel. It also makes me laugh just how many mid-afternoon shows there are which feature medieval English music, at least two a week it seems. R6 for Stephen Merchant on replay. And London for the occasional Robert Elms show is lovely although the format's a bit predictable now. Vanessa is too much froth and not enough content for my liking, distinctly remember here doing what I thought to be pretty bad job the day of the 7/7 bombings. And then there's her 'celeb' boyfriend. What a knob. John Gaunt was terrible. And then there's the African pirate stations (including the evangelical preach/ranting ones) to remind me I'm in the best city in the world. AP

This issue is one great big 'however'. For every reason given to act there are 'reasons' not to, politicians flying about, off-setting being balls, India and China building a power station a minute. Are we too sceptical to accept that we might be causing this problem but that if we stop the caveating (i know) and sort our lifestyles out then horror of horrors, there's an outside chance that Germans will still be holidaying in the Maldives in 100 years. And that's surely worth the bother.

Sean, I like your cake and eat it approach, sensible. Flying's not bad in itself and being sensible about our carbon footprint doesn't mean we can't all have a perfectly relaxing time on holiday. What I just don't get is bragging about cheap flights as if it's really cool to not care about the place where you live. Spadetownboy, if we all refuse to behave better until China and India sort themselves we may be doomed. They'll look at us and say 'not until they do', which means life on earth may expire over an disagreement as unsophisticated as a playground argument. What a complete waste. I read a great analogy to climate change which completely undoes the 'not yet' reasoning. Think about climate change as a process similar to falling out of a 40 floor building. If instead of concentrating on the hitting the ground bit you fixate upon being ok as each floor passes the whole experience would be kind of exciting. But as you reach the 1st floor you realise all of a sudden that you're fuck3d and it's far too late to do anything. It is China and India's responsibility. It is also ours. AP

True, politicians flying about to discuss climate change is nuts. I'm all for pragmatic solutions so Keef, you sis isn't doing much wrong. For businesses the serial flyers are the problem, flying short haul a few times a month. That's just got to stop and it could be done on the phone. And there are so many other aspects of modern life which need looking at. Football teams and supporters careering around the UK and europe week-in-week out. The media banging on about the environment then running Ryanair ads all over their pages and those 'necessary' trips to a far off lands. A month or so ago FiveLive did a show on the impact of climate change? from Mumbai. Fools. Mrs Paul informs me (over lunch) that all those new RyanAir offers are due to them selling far fewer seats than their newly expanded fleets can carry. Hurrah! I hope they go bust! AP

Tillie, not wanting to sound too extreme here but if there is a climate change disaster at some point in the future will people who had to fly because of work be exempt from blame? Employers should be forced to think long and hard about running businesses in a way which make flights necessary, not looking for opt outs. Asset, it's kind of a good idea but wouldn't we end up with a situation in which people who don't fly much anyway hand over vouchers to the well off who do lots of flying already. A kind of status-quo.

Sorry, can't be leaving the ecological issues aside, I'm having a red rag and bull moment. I don't want to start and arguement but I'm bothered mr spadetownboy, really bothered by this. At this point in the world, what with fossil fuel burning aggravating climate change (and leaving to one side funny pirate theories), how do you end up thinking it's a good idea to brag about buying several flights when those journeys could have easily been done by train? Yes they would have cost more but where's the value in saving a few quid whilst shafting the environment? Obviously it's not just mr spade who's thinking this, there seems to be an attitude abroad which goes something like 'i kind of care about the environment but not enough to actually change my behaviour.' Perplexed and genuinely interested to hear what others think. AP

Oh great, LL without parked cars. That will be fun for everyone who lives nearby, their roads are so car free right now it's a crime. etc.

Templeton's approach to communication is maybe what ED needs more than anything else.

At college I discovered why the locals were so violent, Hofmeister.

Huguenot, if I did that test and included G&B and Nicholas my wallet would give out before my kidneys.

How many 2.6% cans does it take to get p!ssed?, am thinking that drowning must have been a very real risk.