Brendan

If anyone has been reading about the most recent death by incompetence debacle in Africa this is quite good. Admittedly it is a bit of a rant but a warranted one. http://www.thoughtleader.co.za/traps/2008/12/11/zimbabwe-its-the-bobby-mugabe-show/ I especially liked this: ?Well cholera is now available to all you lucky folks in pretty much every country within the SADC. In other news there are no gale warnings and western imperialism threat levels are now reduced to orange. In the words of Ford Fairlaine, ?Un-fucking-believable!??

Fade to Black ? Metallica ? sorry wrong thread.

IBIIKPGC. JTTPAU.

What about UUSHR or JJHSY. KJUSH had six on last week and JHYRT has recently got over the thing with the plastic.

Don?t The Automatic have a song about a bus stop? Summat along the lines of, What?s that coming over the hill Is it a bus stop? Is it a bust stop? It all sounds a bit unhygienic.

Sounds like fun. Do we have to run down there from the Plough again like the last time we got drunk at the Clockhouse? I think the bbq idea is a non-starter though as they don't let you set fire to Peckham Rye. It may be for the best though as you guys would probably just get it wrong.

They seem to not bother trying to deliver our parcels during the week and then on Saturday a different postie comes normally an hour or so after the normal one with our parcels.

Baby Bejesus. LOL.

When you?re in Glasgow look behind you coz that?s where the ranger?s gonna be.

Goebbels? Ranger? What?s going on here? Chuck Norris takes on the 3rd Reich?

Terrible I know Tillie. But at least it may be heartening for emc to know that while a lot of the nice men are attached not all of us attached men are necessarily nice.

Well you know what they say, ?Lower the standards and up the averages.? Just make sure you have a bottle of vodka handy. And perhaps a tub of iodine based ointment.

That?s kinda the point the article makes Bob. The problem is inherent with the system and trying to get a consensus on changing the status quo especially from those who benefit from its faults is near impossible.

As someone who deals with the law on a regular basis this rings very true and is just one of the reasons I spend a large amount of my time angry with the various systems that govern our lives. http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/thereporters/markeaston/2008/12/one_law_for_the_rich.html QUOTE: Q: How many people were prosecuted for TV licence evasion in 2005-6? A: 157,452. (The Television Licensing Authority claims a 99.9% conviction rate.) Q: How many people were prosecuted for tax evasion last year? A: 69.

You mean instead of meeting up for drinks we stay at home and try to kill ourselves with marijuana?

Because when the light goes red it causes a queue of cars which presents problem at the bus stop a little further down the road.

Can?t make this one as I will be in Seffika. Sunning myself in the razor-wired opulence of the Benoni Riviera.

Which is the teapot? I know Orion?s belt looks a bit like a saucepan but I haven?t seen a teapot anywhere.

You will experience a feeling of discomfort towards the middle of the week as Mars moves into Uranus.

Does that mean Pluto has a view of my bedroom window from Capricorn? Dirty yellow mutt.

Ahh I see. It is instrumental music that sounds like nonsense to you.

Wot?s post rock? Is it like post punk? (An odd fabrication in itself) or is it posties rocking out in their spare time? Or 9 minute long power ballads with 5 minute guitar solos about missing parcels? Or angry 1 minute long 3 chord rants about stupid posts on internet forums? Or the official music of the Society for the Provision of Support for Fences? Or an obscure musical genre inspired by the ever present but often undervalued need to keep telephone lines out of the road?

Swede can be pepped up a bit with a little nutmeg and cinnamon. (Sorry but it was only a matter of time before someone did it)

You couldn?t make this up. Company tries to get gun classed as medical device - http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn16207 I especially like this: "The justification for this would be no more or less for a [walking aid] or wheelchair, or any number of things that are medical devices," he says.