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Right, Raithe has agreed to be second referee. So it should work, although we're in the same time zone, which may frustrate any forn'ers.

Look, just run with me on this one. Give me those fantasy characters to begin with. EDIT: Except for the ghoul, who (as I say) I'm going to keep.

It depends entirely on what your citizens <sic> want, and (as has been said) what your international stakeholders want. If you can do all those things then you can bet people will call you a country.

I hear you, man. The more ****ed up work has got, the more I just want to lose myself in tunes and wine in the evening.

Um, it's THEIR money. Where the smeg else are they going to build it? In Australia for all the Australians to enjoy? :headbang: "Naaah, we can't try to make this a great place to be, because this is a bad place to be!" Well, frankly, yes. Might just as well build a massive butter palace on the slopes of Montserrat.

Further evidence that prohibition is a childish fantasy: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/immigration/9248958/Heathrow-border-drug-checks-dropped-over-queues-crisis.html Border controls have effectively ceased to exist at Heathrow, with no drugs checks taking place AT ALL. This is less irresponsible than it sounds, since checks barely make a dent in the international trade. The Home Office know this, and you can see the truth bleeding into policy in sideshows like the Border Agency.

Smashing idea. Let's build a massive fragile future utopia smack dab in between two of the most volatile and violent countries around.

For all our problems, I'm pretty keen on right now. Mainly because I think we're going to look back on now as a golden age.

I knew those photos would mither LoF, and lo' he doth mither.

Because it was late in Italy, and everyone loves Italy, I'm going to let Jackie stand as is. Everyone else I'm talking hobbits, bloody night elves, half orcs. You name it. Now if you'll excuse me I'm going to have to hammer this plot until I can fit a ghoul in.

'STI'? In my day we had STDs. I mean generically.

*immediately imagines a surprised looking Norwegian in a small log cabin*

Not everyone gets to know about these things, mate. If they did we wouldn't have hipsters.

Trust me. OK. Don't trust me, trust me. But do as I say.

Yeah. You tell me, using a classic fantasy styling. And a race etc. Think freely. I'l tell you what works.

OK. Well, very simple start. I'm going to need some fantasy characters from you. Names, and skill descriptions. System agnostic though.

Hey! Stop poking me! And stabbing. OK. So, I'll have to check on my work schedule, but how about we aim to get running on Wednesday?

I have a library room. I hjeartily recommend it. Although just presently it's full of a friend's boxes.

Very quiet day today. Dragged out for beers yesterday, and rolling around town like a good 'un. Just contemplating whether I really need to spend a few thousand on improving the insulation and security on the house. I had the quote yesterday and it comes all told to about a grand more than I intended. But then I look at the place and think how much better I'll sleep if I'm warm and safe(er).

Fair dos on the volume. Real point is that the volume of gold available doesn't increase in proportion to the economic activity of the world. So a country could work incredibly hard and industrialise and whatnot and not get very much richer. Not to mention the aforementioned <sic> Goldfinger dodge.

Er... what the unholy **** is going on? "Give us democracy! Then give us death!" "Surely you mean 'or give us death'?" "I know what I mean." EDIT: The CSM reckons it's total proverbial.

Assumed you were the proverbial fracking toaster.

That really doesn't sound very likely. I'm pretty sure my racial memory has a line or two covering my ancestors hoofing it with massive ships full of gold from Africa. And giggling.

You're one of those naked sushi people, right?