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I guess it depends on what kind of chicks you like. It would also depend how cool the carvings were. I imagine the trick would be to keep one on you at all times to show off.

Listen, guys, and especially you mkreku. I don't care what you've heard about pilots, stewardesses or even God. This is nuts. I'm telling you the specialist word of a man who has spent his entire life in precisely this field ( my colleague). It's NOT OK. I happened to bring this up with a friend this evening and he informed me that we've lost chinook helicopters because of this issue. People were killed. Fact.

I was on the plane back to the UK yesterday and this woman next to me is chatting on her phone right through the announcements on safety and saying to her more conscientious friend on the other end that is wasn't really a problem and that it was some conspiracy with the phone companies. Once she had finished this conversation at takeoff I leaned over and told her what I'm going to tell you. That is that the regulations are there for a bloody good reason. I happened to be travelling with a friend of mine who is a professor and world recognised expert in electronics and particularly wireless communications. He said precisely the same thing as me, with a good deal of technical explanation which I shan't repeat here. I am raising this here in case you hear some bloke in a pub telling you it's OK. It's not. Turn your phone off, and if you see anyone trying to use theirs then stop them. They could be about to get you killed.

Personally I find it very sad that passing out of high school successfully should make people so ecstatic. A sad comment on the state of the nation's education system. Having said that I do think it is a more than a little heartless to expect people to remain quiet if they are very proud of their kids. In fact I'd say it's probably BECAUSE they are so proud that the kid is there in the first place. My ruling would be to point out to everyone at the start how proud EVERYONE is and that if cheering is too long and loud for each student then other people can't express their own pride. If I knew it was going to be an issue I'd be a good enough principal to find out which families were most likely to go bananas and chat to them personally beforehand, sugaring the pill of warning them to keep calm while giving them a chance to showboat to me.

I think you should have an alien empire that is non-contiguous. That is it is in spots all over the place. But to them it is, because they are able to travel through the fifth dimension!* *Sand's pants.

If it was on purpose then he's a fething nut. Or he has totally misplaced confidence in the robustness of his wheelchair. One wheel fails and you're going to be jam under the truck.

Would like to be: Dwarvish fighter Would be: Gnomish fighter

Bone carving (which I think is also called scrimshandering) always sounded interesting to me. You could also try doing more practicaly focussed woodcarving. I'd love a rosewood computer case.

Man, you guys are making me all miffed I haven't got any.

You've clearly never been bitten by one.

Sando, quit shooting the loophole. You're just making it worse.

ROFL San loss 30/100 EDIT: for seeing what's under the kilts.

I suggest we form a club dedicated to shooting household pets with vintage 75mm anti-tank guns. Who's up for it?

Sounds like you could come drinking with us and enjoy it. I'll give yours a try some time. I just tried scotch and lime juice over crushed ice. It was, I'm sad to say, quite revolting.

I was referring to them mischievious space monkeys. What stole the stars. Anyway, I think it looks cool.

Space monkeys.

Perhaps they lost because they are such big wusses?

Mmmm... squid...

taks, out of interest how many first class con men have you run into? I've run into a fair few. I'm not sure what I'm driving at tho.

You have to also bear in mind that UK comedy is usually not written by committee like American stuff is. This makes it more able to express uniue genius, but also less able to run and run. It relies on the inspirationa nd experinece of only a few people.

As far as I'm concerned, while I am usually a skeptic, if it brings folks to Lockh Ness to provide bucks to local industry then fair play.

Squid? Squid are delicious!

I just noticed I've been drinking Goos Island beer, not Goose Green beer. Oh well, we got a got discussion out of it.

Good point.

It's probably a ploy by the show staff to get more pay or more staff. Or buns.