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Quietly minding my own business and reading 'Animal Spirits: How Human Psychology Drives the Economy and Why it Matters for Global Capitalism' :~ http://www.amazon.co.uk/Animal-Spirits-Psychology-Economy-Capitalism/dp/0691142335/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1251441836&sr=1-1 Being the ...

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Not a question of 'God Bothering' or another tedious lecture from an old git - More like good and wise advice. If you are foolish enough to reply you just don't get it, eh?!

Pardon if you've already seen this and knew it anyway?!

http://women.timesonline.co.uk/tol/life ... 409208.ece

A salutary warning however to those less sensible/lacking-common-sense/naive perhaps? ...

As if fitba wasn't bad enough ...

http://news.uk.msn.com/world/article.as ... =147619487

"Listen, man ... you ever made red-split?" (aka The Blood of a Wig) - Thought this might appeal to the bolder/daring of you Mad Ave types ... Of course you're taking a bit of a chance with HIV/CJD these days, but hey, what the heck - Feeling brave? ... :twisted: (Apologies to Terry Souther...

Fry was an arse. really disappointed in his comments. i think he missed the point. I admit that I was shocked by his comments, but he is anything but stoopid, eh? (his exact quote would be helpful perhaps from one of my wise peers?) ... This is why I raised the concept of 'Mokita' ... Don't we all ...

But using Windoze I see ...

:( I wasn't trying to be a cnut about it. Me fail reading comprehension, sorry... OK, the MPs' expenses "scandal" I assume? I don't know what the fragrant Mr Fry has to say on the subject, linky perhaps? Anyway, Public "servants" caught ripping off the public. In more news, bear...

Aye, and (for them) that is zilch of course ...

(Can I claim for my kids' fees at Eton?)

??? Mokita = "truth we all know but agree not to talk about." according to Wiki. Like the idea of "the elephant in the room". Which particular elephant? :lol: OK Fiendish One , very funny, but I was hoping for something a little 'deeper' than this, especially from one with a 'br...

HLers probably already know this word/concept and most likely have their own opinions, eh? (It doesn't seem to have been discussed here - yet) ... We're not supposed to talk about it of course, but in relation to the current fiasco of Snouts in the Trough , I think Stephen Fry may be right - Perhaps...

...it's made me go round and round and round...over under sideways down...backwards forwards... Showing my age again. :wink: Nice one Anthea ! - Great song and great band!!! The Sixties were the best! - Although I was only a 'nipper' I do remember that everything was 'alive' and mostly folk seemed ...

Or do people who believe in a 'Devil' automatically believe in a 'God'?

Just playing the 'Devil's Advocate' ...

Anyway, I trust your 'in-law' is feeling Minty Fresh now? - Nearly time for Mint 7 'Gloria' too! - I hope it is even better than Felicia?! ;D Aye, I'm tempted by the Gloria RC for this computer... ;D I still like my old Mac though, I had it dual-booting with Xubuntu for a while but it kept fncking ...

Can we have some new Emoticons - Pretty Please?

e.g. The one PW has on Lazarus Corporation for Firefox ...

p.s. I know that some of us already know how to do this, and theirs are hugely entertaining, but not all of us are so smart ... A little 'help' here perhaps?! -

markfiend wrote:
Can I go off on one again about evolution versus creation?

You must be BORED?

"Authorities are investigating the cause of the blast."

Duvel???

Izzy HaveMercy wrote: and you WILL get fatter ... cool no?"

Mmmm - Die: happy, young(ish) and thin OR ... (you know this)


Hard one that!!! - I'm still typing though, so the Grim Reaper hasn't paid a visit just yet, so where are those Rizla?!

markfiend wrote:But never Microsoft

nodubmanshouts wrote:rules and regulations

Ah, that be a 'guidebok' for those banking scum to ignore, eh?

Linux and proud Dodges 8) I got mrs fiend's mum's ancient laptop (128-Meg of RAM and a 9-Gig HDD, was Win98 but got a virus and died, couldn't find windows restore disk) running on Linux in about an hour, so she could get on the broadband. Now she's happily browsing, word processing, whatever she w...

Deregulation only creates opportunity for those who are already in the game - and as they accumulate more and more of the available wealth, those who aren't in the game become little more than feudal subjects. That the richest aren't 'old money' bears this out - they have profited immensely from so...

On the subject of rabies - Er, who is playing footie on Saturday, eh?!

nodubmanshouts wrote:Didn't think rabies existed in the UK...

(are we off topic yet? )

Er, Yes & No ...

of the pet/mammal/comic variety?