Typhoid Harry

Of course did that immediately I read this thread the other night. there are three Hugo Bleichers in the phone book. One is a practising doctor, so he's unlikely to be our man. The other two are listed in the phone book so are unlikely to be our man. I'm not inclined to call any of them to see if they're in any way related. There is almost no mention of Hugo Bleicher on the German-language bit of the web. I think Argentina would be a better place to look. Perhaps even Bolivia.

Well you got the anatomy correct, or at least the source of the infection.

Sad, but not in vain; he died at the right time to remind those of us in the US to set our clocks an Auerbach last night.

There was never a fight between TF and I because he was asking for me to name a place, and I'm not about to cross a continent and an ocean because: Besides, if I want TF to go away, I just make him go away. Takes about three mouse clicks.

This must have been posted here before, but doesn't show up on a search: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PDxiTBFJ0wg

What would you like it to be? And merged with what?

And here I thought the whole point was for you to accumulate posts and watch your silly words come back and bite you on your fat hairy ass. Is this another one of your exes, TH? There are so many. And I just gave this one a present, too.

Why are people trying to pick at my way of writing? Oh very well - across two decades but basically the period between their promotion to the old Division One in 1964 through to their defeat in the European Cup final in 1975! And yes it's 11 years... with that grumpy post, I've run up 500.... Congratulations. Welcome to the "We Need A Life" club.

Yuck. Just yuck.

The BBC? Oh come now, surely you aren't going to believe their lies. This one, just for you:

Isn't that two decades?

Good lord, the point of the whole thing is that it's stupid to try to fight on the internet.

Have you seen the damage that can be done with a snooker cue TH? Not only seen it, have had the experience on both the giving and receiving ends. Well, whatever takes your fancy. What you do behind closed doors is your business... I'll demonstrate at Death-con 1.

I love that ' Invisible Bike '. Excellent! So did I and the one in the shower. Why does that sound dirty?

There's such a thing as dinner without wine?

It's not always easy to determine what is relevant. Generally, if you'll use the "report" button, or just PM me, we can make stuff like that go away.

Twit? Possibly. Sanctimonious? Never. I love the oddballs, but prefer to be able to read them.

I had a look at that Tardblog. It won't become my favourite read on the Web, but I have no problem with it. The words used may be offensive, but if you replace them in your imagination by euphemism of choice nothing offensive is left. I think the authors use the word 'tard' quite affectionately. While a word like 'tard' is considered offensive, the problem is not the word, but the way people perceive tards. You can replace the word by any other, within weeks the euphemism du jour will get exactly the same offensive quality. In my life I've seen several cycles of this happen in Dutch: 'zwakzinnig' (feebleminded) was replaced by 'imbeciel', 'geestelijk gehandicapt' (mentally disabled), 'moeilijk lerend' (difficult learning) and 'verstandelijk gehandicapt' (intellectually disabled). In the days that politically correct language was in fashion more were proposed and cheerfully forgotten. It's the content of that blog that matters, not the words the authors choose to indicate their students. regards, Hein Ding ding ding!!! Yay, somebody gets it. And, M. Oates, would you feel better if the caption read, "Arguing on the internet is like running in a race for the specially challenged, even if you win you're still specially challenged!"?

Good lord, M. Oates, don't you get the point? Most people dealing with adversity don't want your pity or sympathy; they want your respect. They also realize that humor is part of that. When my best friend's 12-year-old daughter loses it in a crowd (she has Tourettes) I laugh my arse off and encourage others to join me. You think they, the afflicted (whether Downs, Tourettes, or MS, ad nauseum) don't know they're different? Would you have the world pretend they are normal? Ask a few "physically challenged" people what they would prefer, and then get back to me, okay. That mongoloid looking boy I posted in that pic? He thinks it's hilarious. When you start treating "disabilities" as if they don't exist, you make the person disappear. Ask any midget, er, sorry, height challenged person. It's crap, all of it, People know where they stand and spot phony empathy a mile away. Be honest with people, regardless of condition, and I promise you will meet honest people.

How holier than thou. Sorry - I find your friend's blog offensive. She wouldn't be teaching my son. Anyone who can't show respect to her students, regardless of what they bring to the table, doesn't deserve to know them. Her "disclaimers" are nothing more than a sad attempt to justify her lack of respect for her students and to follow the great American tradition of saying that one can't possibly be doing anything out of line - it is, as always, someone else's prejudices, preconceptions, ideas, sick mind, etc....that's at fault. She ought to be a politician. Especially since she - in her own words - wants to have enough money to drink herself into a stupor four nights a week. There's a reason to respect someone. Speaking of "holier than thou"! Who has children who haven't laughed at them. My nephew was the source of most of my best material for years. If a child happens to have "mental challenges", some of the humorous moments are going to come from that. I'm sorry if you have a child whom is "developmentally disabled", but does using that term really make you feel better? The lady who writes that blog works 70+ hours a week with some seriously messed up kids. If she wants to drink her cares and demons away afterwords, that's her prerogative. She also happens to be my ex and an absolute saint. She has affected more good things upon retarded children in this world than I can possibly articulate. Your child would be quite lucky to know her.

Calm down, CA, I work with them here, too, but you've got to have a sense of humor. Check out the blog from a good friend of mine who has dedicated her life as a special educator; if it weren't for the humor, she'd go insane: Tardblog Objection to the word "retarded" or its variations just further insulates those afflicted from the help they need.

Quite nostalgic, Mag, you wouldn't happen to know where to find that in wmv format, would you?

I wish they'd put this off until after the first of the year.

Happy Anniversry, H! (Logic dictates that you have only one "birth" day. Remember, you're getting older, don't over do it!

When I was at university in the US, "browning" referred to when someone coughed and spluttered after taking too large a drag of weed. So I'm told. We used to call that "hacking". Funny how times change. I work from home most of the time, can't remember the last time I switched on the system in my office, although I think my assistant uses it to play games when she's bored. Note: I added a choice to the poll so I could vote. I also log on from my laptop while travelling.