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Ben E. King. Bring it on home to me ... with a shot of rum, and the serious two string blues.

Actually I'm being needlessly fractious - read the what you did today thread - and apologise. The SC has to rule on the constitutional basis. That's its job.

Put in a lot of work, then faced up to the fact that I can't complete my training I'm in such a **** state after being sick and with the rib flapping and all. Had to call up and make official my dropping back to stage 1. Really really sucks, as it means I lose my unit. I'd read about how much that means, but you can't really grasp it until you've done it.

like I said, if you want guns, be my guest. As I said in the recent thread on violence, I don't ebelieve the chokepoint for interdiction is the means of violence. It's the human being with the gun. My problem in this instance is that of justifying gun ownership based on a two hundred year old document whose endorsement is at best highly debateable. If you can't do better than that I'm not impressed.

I wasn't that bothered until saw the connected post where an angry guy explains that the makers take themselves seriously. Mind you, something like 10 of the population are genuinely morons in the scientific sense of the word. And if this is what it takes to pry 10 bucks from their hands which would otherwise go to financing televangelists or cigarette companies, or buying handguns, then good going.

You are free to interpret the damn thing any way you want. But in terms English grammar and historical context I can't see any other inrepretation than that it is about regulated militias. Moreover, as George Washington would tell you then, and I'm telling you now, without a regulated trained militia your guns are less than worthless if you are intending to take on a tyrannical State. Like I say, if you want to have guns be my guest. I don't like them, but I have liked them, and I appreciate their utility. But PLEASE quit putting on your powdered wigs and pretending like the framers wanted you to own a .357 magnum to shoot crack addicts.

As long as you didn't laugh when the cow fell down on Iron Man. Cows ARE comedy. Witnes Me, myself & Irene

I want high Elves you can actually torture when they get supercilious.

I just completed the OC in Oblivion. Thought I'd reprise some points and moments: BAD 1. Levelling everything around you as you level This not only made increasing your level dangerous and pointless, but ruined immersion. how it managed to get trhough testing is completely beyond me. In fact, how it got beyond being suggested is beyond me. I installed Oscuro's Oblivion Overhaul, and that fixed it. 2. Shopping I don't mind shops having fixed cash to start with, but if they keep buying armour worth 30k off me for 800 gp then surely they should get more. Either that or I should be allowed to slaughter the shopkeep. 3. Stupid learning by doing. I loved learning by doing. But was furious when I worked out the mechanics. For example, I assumed that your block experience increased by how much damage you avoided, rather than simply how many times you'ev been hit. Transition me prowling the hills looking for ogres to spar with, to standing in a shallow pond getting nibbled by mudcrabs.* Similarly, trading is by how many things you sell, not how good a deal you get for them, or anything else. So If I give away a hundred penny sweets I'm a better merchant than that guy who bought Manhattan off the Indians. 4. Shiny happy people I only found one slightly irate person in the whole game. Even the dark and sinister society of assassins was like a church social. Is this some sort of fantasy thing? It had better not be in FO3! GOOD 1. Meta-gaming as ever I set about stealing something with the express intention of simply running into the restricted area as fast as possible (pretty damn fast if you were on as many drugs potions as I was), then hoofing it to my nearest theives guild representative. This plan failed becaue, hero that I was, as soon as a guard hit me in public, every local stopped what he was doing and rushed to my aid, precipitating a revolution and subsequent mass slaughter. I laughed. 2. Learning by doing Best idea ever, in my opinion. But see above. 3. Becoming a vampire 4. Running away. The best thing about Oscuro's Overhaul is that it replaced the 'every bad guys is identical, but wearing different trousers' element to areas of varying danger. Therefoer at level one I spent a great deal of my time running away terribly fast (well, not that fast because I was level one) from bad guys. Until, I worked out that if you ran far enough you could lead them to an Imperial Patrol, who would kill them for you and you could loot the corpses. *A common cry is "I've fought mudcrabs better than you!" By level 17, and togged out with a sword which could inconvenience God I really wanted to see the mudcrab in question. In fact I think someone should add in a giant mudcrab somewhere out at sea.

Since X3 has already been suggested, can I suggest you buy a small yellow three wheeled van and tour South London council estates? The experience should be remarkably similar. But with more flick knives and less lasers.

You do realise that the whole point of having a gun is that you don't have to go toe to toe. Or are you short sighted?

I assume you've heard the Doug Anthony Allstars variation?

Well I mean the majority of the English team, all great names and individuals but you seem to lack what Germany has for an example, effective teamwork and discipline. There I agree absolutely. Your wisdom (in that it reflects my own) is perfect.

Well at least England has individual qualities By indidvidual qualities I presume you mean a neanderthal in shorts.

Putin would just make sure he does everything after McCain's bedtime at 2100. Obama he'd twist around his finger like spaghetti. Is it just me or are the tyrannies waxing powerful again?

A .377 Soupy Twist?

LOL "not sure I like". I don't like them, but being a weedy pohm I can't say so.

As the mourners entered I'd like the music from Full Metal Jacket, the scene where they are looking at the trench full of dead village elders. I can't find it online, but you'll find it on the soundtrack (which I think everyone should own). It's very creepy. For leaving, , by the Tiger Lillies

Sluggo, what are your four courses so far? And why not take something curveball like creative writing? I'm a believer in balancing stuff. I mean crippling your CV like a racehorse with a shattered knee.

Bill Hicks was not only a great comedian, but one of the best social commentators I've ever had the privilege of listening to. Don't make me mention girdles. I nearly threw up instantly.

Good heavens. Teamwork and discipline make a difference? Blimey.

You don't have to be Lucretia Borgia to see a way out of this.

I'm not pro junk food. I'm pro choice.

Fifth day inside. Ate bacon. May have gone insane.

In a waffle press. *thinks* I need a waffle press. I wonder how much they are.