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Then with respect I would suggest that you need to become a different person. It's actually a lot easier than it sounds.

A foot is actually the size of a foot, from memory. So yes, as Hurlshot points out it's a blinding straightforward unit to use. EDIT: Maybe not your feet, as such. But it's a simple thing to imagine. If you were measuring, say vehicle interiors, having everything in forearm lengths would be much easier to work with.

Shame you're not up for advice. I'd suggest being less self-obsessed. Go out and help someone, anyone. You'd be amazed how much fun it is.

I presume therefore that this was successful and that her chest wasn't even more amazing?

Imperial measurements make a lot of sense for anything designed around people. I still buy food by the pound rather than kilo because you can tell easily how much you need. And as Malc says, feet and inches tells you people's heights a lot better. I only use metric for mm because it's so much more convenient than saying teenths of an inch or whatever if you're measuring plate metal (for example).

Yeah, I meant The Brute Man. It'd been years since I saw it, but I still remember that insanely long creeping segment.

Too small to see, Raithe.

I'm typing up briefing notes for my successor since I couldn't manage earlier. I'm actually surprisingly emotional about it. It's a bit like writing a "Please look after my baby. I can't be bothered." note. EDIT: some of my colleagues know I post on here, so .

Speaking to someone who is talking chinese is like standing trying to have a conversation with a William Shatner, as he flits past on a very fast spinning funfair ride, when he doesn't want to be on one, and has tourettes.

Found a metalworker to help me with a Valentine's day project, and wound up treating him to free beers by way of a thank you. Utterly unable to work today. Am off now to go get a huge luncheon wrap from a place I know, then go to the bank where I intend to terrify my account manager by staring vacantly at him until he wets himself.

Bend/break, schmiel.

Farage didn't die. He was badly injured. You have a strange sense of lulz. Unless I am confusing lulz with honest laughter. Which may be inappropriate.

Then japan went and ruined it by blowing up pearl. Damn good thing, too. We'd have missed those Grants in the desert, and I think everyone would hvae been upset if the Germans had got our mideast oil.

Up betimes as I thought zombies were attacking. Turns out it was just a roof hatch falling open.

Yeah. I'm sure that the crowds of nutflaps are out boogying around a burning stars and stripes because of the Kyoto agreement. Funny how few anti-Chinese get-downs you see, given they must surely qualify for a bit of misery-iciousness.

That's awesome! I can't believe they used it to house people from the Carribean immigrating to Britain! How freaking weird to come to Britain in the first place, butto be put into some futuristic (for them) bunker...

Actually, iirc they take oaths indicating precisely that. That's why police officers deserve respect. Besides, it's not like she was 9/11ing it. Officers over here routinely wrastle with people. I've seen it first hand on Friday/Saturday nights. Keep in mind, though, that the professional protestor s are also always looking for good photos and footage to make the police look bad. It's standard planning to have as many cameras as possible. My guts says that on this occasion the cops were out of line. But with the way the video starts so suddenly you should ask yourself what happened first. He could have punched out three massive blokes and downed a litre of methylated spirits just before the cut in.

Actually, I've got to say I was surprised they tasered him. He was unarmed, and simply being shouty. There were three cops there. A good old fashioned collaring seemed in order. I'm beginning to think the objectors were right that tasers and mace are becoming a first resort not second to last. I'm less clear on the issue of his not being told why he was being arrested. That could easily have happened before the video rolled. He was already pretty agitated.

How about the fact that we have a huge common culture, borne from a shared experience of two world wars, economic systems, and thousands if not millions of artworks across film, literature, and the internet. And Americans combine naivety with idealism and a tremendous drive to succeed with being a bit mental, and often naked?

In communist Russia, sex has YOU.

Seems a bit contradictory, but it got them on the news, so I guess they succeeded. The Telegraph, to my surprise actually has them entirely en clair.

Fixed, I think.

You've confused me there, Gorgon. How can an institution which passes laws superceding UK law, and which is not elected by citizens/subjects of the UK be considered extremely democratic?

Keep up the good work. Maybe steal stuff from the big museum?