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I don't believe any of this nonsense about having a specific time to go. But I do think that the majority of people die for reasons beyond their control. It's just more comforting to think of it in terms of some external Fate than random roulette.

You're lucky you're not getting a slice of my fist! I boil the slice and make a knuckle sandwich.

I meant everything. Like swinging a donkey into a box full of kittens.

Assume for the purposes of this discussion that we would live with the gorgeous bodies of twenty two year olds.

It's no good. I keep getting slices of toast. Anyway, if we're talking varieties I'm a fan of Chianti, and Grenache. Or the real ales of grapes. Strangely, in spite of its cachet I can't stand barolo. Whites i don't usually like, but I had a very very good but inexpensive 'green' wine from Portugal the other night. Very slightly fizzy (petillant) it complimented the tapas superbly.

*repeatedly hammers insta-kill moderation button and wonders if it's actually connected to anything.*

This would give me the heebie jeebies. It'd be like when I had rats in the ceiling.

I think we should campaign to get the Bush daughters driving logistics like that soldier who got kidnapped in Iraq. Lindy something. EDIT: I just read that article about New Idea. I simply can't fathom what they thought they were doing. On the one hand, obviously their core readership are probably too stupid to care or even understand HOW the story put lives at risk. On the other hand what in God's name made them think their readers would care enough to justify running the story!? Surely they'd have been more happy reading about Jennifer Aniston's latest salad or something? Godawful bastards.

I'm sick of people slagging off South African wines. They buy cheap plonk at 3.50 a bottle and somehow excuse this by pretending it's awful vbecause it's South African!

I like the deadly boxfrog.

Wow, it's easy to make boardgames? I would think that sometimes that would be almost harder! Making all those crazy rules and stuff, and not cheap for one player... *sigh* Boardgames is easy: 1. A selection of dice 2. A tame polymath 3. Lots of cardboard 4. Coloured pens 5. A belief that despite all evidence to the contrary, you are a genius 6. Beer 7. Several loafs of fresh bread 8. A haunch of roasted meat 9. Knives 10 A film, for inspiration Now set to.

More of teh TV show Later With Jools Holland. Is there no end to the awesomeness of this show?

http://forums.obsidianent.com/index.php?sh...75&start=75 Wine recommendations? In general I prefer Chilean and Argentine reds, although I'll also take southern Italy. The biggest refinement I'd suggest is that for European wines 2003 seems to have been a marvellous year.

I was just reading an article about ageing, and how it all means we're going to have to give up beer, not just for the effect on our arteries, but also because we'll have to save half our income just to eat in our dotage. Then a perhaps more interesting (read less mathematically involved) question struck me. Hypothesis 1: Mankind is too short lived to achieve real wisdom, or plan sensibly for the future because we're already dead by the time it gets here. (John Wyndham) Hypothesis 2: Through the course of life opportunities naturally occur for making immoral decisions and acts. Extend the timeline far enough, and one could expect all persons to have done some absolutely ghastly things. In short, your only hope of dying without sin is to die before you are propositioned by [censored]. Thoughts?

phrase of the day: rhizomic bursts. You've also given me a cracking idea: playing old RPGs on the commute. Hah! Great article: http://www.theonion.com/content/opinion/yo...ow_whats_stupid

New thread, anyone? Not unless you're planning to make a poll or talk about wine instead? I was wondering whether wine was worth discussing.

Well, duh. Fio IS a big green dragon. I went to bed late, again, as I always do when I plan an early night. I know it's supposed to be "Do not go quietly into that dark night..." but did the poet really mean you should be playing Civ IV?

Charles, Prince of Wales: "We owe an enormous amount to those families of servicemen who endure so much and support their loved ones with such understanding. It makes a huge difference," he said. "I also feel very strongly that we don't often appreciate what the people in the armed forces are doing, putting up with the most impossible conditions, very often in hazardous circumstances in heat or freezing cold, being shot at or rocketed at and goodness knows what else." He said all armed service personnel were owed "an enormous debt of gratitude for performing their duty". Finally Prince Charles said: "I've been incredibly proud of Harry and I promise you, equally proud of all the dedicated service given by all our armed forces."

Interesting points Azarkon. Particularly your last about what this says about our society. I think one more thing to consider is how little control our Royals have over even the smallest part of their lives. It may seem odd, but Harry was probably at his happiest and certainly at his most free, bedded into his sangar getting shot at.

Walkerguy, SG Atlantis is total pants. None of the characters except Col. Carter make any bloody sense.

The only reason he woudln't beat me at boxing is I'd be hiding in the fridge. I backed down on my house negotiations and opted to buy at the vendor's set price. On teh one hand I feel like a bitch. On the other hand, I know the reason I shifted was the mathematical certainty that further quibbling would cost me double the disputed difference. Plus it is still a very good deal.

Well, you see it's like this. When a man and an abdominal parasite love each other very much...

New thread, anyone?

Perfectly solid, but I don't think I'll remember it in five minutes.

Kind of inevitable now. Now that the evil doers know he is out there, time for him to be shipped back where its safe. It's not as if he wasn't being shot at. They just weren't shooting at him because he was a prince. EDIT: I wonder if they'll rotate him back in in six months like the rest of us?