Brendan

But things like buggery don?t seem to be on their agenda.

I see Pietersen is once more getting blamed for the fact that the rest of the team are rubbish.

David Niven played cricket for the Hollywood Cricket Club. He also smoked rather a lot of marijuana. Whether or not this effected his cricket is debatable.

Errol Flynn met Johnny Depp? When?

What?s with that saffa?s stupid beard?

Shouldn't that be on the "satges of forumitis" thread?

Am I the only one who didn't understand a word of that?

Sounds fun. I may come along and get my rugger on for Harvey?s, Ingerland and oval balls.

I?ve worked with people who would probably behave worse if they knew it would be tolerated.

Quick point is, that?s entirely up to you. If you find benefit in participating in a certain shared, social ritual and accept to stick the normal dates and practices (regardless of what sort of institution is the guardian of these) go ahead. If not, don?t. The interesting point is asking how shared behaviour developed in human society and how it became entrenched in things like religion, culture and even law and government. It's not going to lead you to any answers about whether or not to give something up for lent but it is an interesting line of enquiry.

I fell over twice on Monday whilst walking home from the pub. The first time was when I decided to get involved in one of the many pitched snowball battles that were breaking out on Lordship Lane. The second time was when I was rolling a giant snowball up the path to my house and I tripped forward and landed on my face in the snow. I?m not sure whether it was the first or second tumble that broke the eggs I was carrying but they were both pretty funny.

The idea of fasting seems to be deeply ingrained in us and manifests itself in almost all religions which makes me thing it is probably older than those religions themselves. It?s an exercise of self control that I see as being not entirely without merit whether the benefits you are looking for are physical, psychological or spiritual. I do think it has to be something you want to do rather than something you feel obliged to do though.

What do you mean by "white"?

Perhaps we should try to engage it in conversation. If you can?t tell the difference and it is indeed a ?bot? we may have a moral conundrum or at least a theme for a science fiction story.

And I thought I was bored.

That Will Farrell clip is one of the funniest things I've seen in ages. And I saw a man in a 3 piece suit fall on his arse this morning. Which was pretty dam funny.

Conclusive proof that our health service hasn?t got a prayer.

Ah hah! So it appears that you could give a fig. And I will ask you to reflect upon that ladies and gentlemen of the jury. Your witness.

I concur, figs are useless for de-icing.

How does he breath?

Well I for one was being deeply sarcastic but nobody ever understands me. I think it?s a racial thing.

Well I for one find it disgusting! It?s like when they took my gun away. ?Human rights? apparently. I?ll ?human rights? them. All these people breaking into the parks, do they have dreadlocks?

I saw a dog walking up Lordship Lane yesterday wearing booties. It didn?t look too happy about the whole situation.

He was after your mate?s Bob Marley records wasn?t he? ;-)

I?ve seen that video too. So that was Admin. I?m shocked. Impressed, but shocked.