Madame Defarge

Even so, it might bear repeating.

Probably, but it's timely for me to ask again when does the poll close? Not until the death of Clive Dunn. Or Ronnie Biggs.

I'm one of the 17. Audrey can testify to that.

Lord, at grevious risk of igniting the hoary old What is Art chestnut, may I take it that if you can't "tell what it is yet" then it doesn't meet with your approval? I know what it is. Its a picture ( it doesnt deserve to be called a painting) of somebodys vomit. If Tracy Emin could make a Bedroom scene look like an old slags morning after (Her life expressed in Art, allegedly....) and call that Art, why is it beyond the realms of possibility that Cy twatface wasnt inspired to paint his "picture" after a bout of food poisoning and a visit to the bog to "talk to Burton Huey?" Yours Lord Philistine Nelson I'm not calling you a philistine, but I fail to see the connection between Emin's 'bed' (which I don't admire) and Twombly's paintings (which I do), other than that they're both non-figurative. I won't ask what you think of Jackson Pollock's art, because I can already guess. And I expect it'll involve more bodily-function metaphors, random Capital letters and an 'angry' emoticon. TAFKAG and Lord Philistine(may I call you Phil?) I find nothing wrong with bodily functions per se but if your gonna paint someone downloading their dinner, it should be done with the passion and conviction it deserves:

I really wouldn't like to say, Officer. Now, now, now. You seem like a nice enough lad. You've already been implicated, so tell us what we want to know and we'll go easy on you.

No one could say it better. Can we drop this now? You're quite right.

I certainly did not intend to impune your figure, Lord, I was merely noticing that you have a strong preference for motorcars. etc.. I'm sure that even if you were an amphibian you'd be a fine broth of a frog, although personally I prefer them sauteed with only a little bit of garlic.

I really enjoyed that rant LFN even though (or possibly because) you sound a little bit like I had a car but unfortunately it died and so I either walk, take the bus or get a ride to wherever I have to go.The riders on my bus aren't nearly as loathsome as the ones you describe although obviously I haven't exactly seen Prince Charles or Camilla or any of their friends trying to balance themselves while holding on to a to a greasy strap as my dear bus lurches up a hill! I don't much like taking the bus either, but for another reason: I have to make sure I get to bus stop #2 in time to make my connection. This is in direct conflict to my rather Mediterranean sense of time, but it's something I will have to put up with for a bit. The bright side of all this is that there are fewer and fewer Ford Explorasauruses on the road with each passing day.

That was fun.

Congratulations to ma and pa Trip and a warm welcome to the newest member of the DDT clan!

Here's the design for New York's new Tetanus Shot Freedom Tower:

Jack Vettriano can keep churning these out until he's 100 years old and I'll keep on liking them. And also, scribble on, Ralph Steadman!

Leafblowers, on any morning but especially on Saturday or Sunday, when there are usually 2 or 3 of them fired up at once to produce the most dreadful surroundsound effect which must surely be the soundtrack in the foulest pit of hell. Just another reason why I love rainy days in the summertime.

I could have sworn he had his own thread here someplace but...Senator Ted Kennedy has suffered a seizure.

Happy Birthday Notapotato.

I find it odd that none of these things has ever crashed while trying to land. We are after all located in the boondocks galaxy-wise , a dark and lonely place to run out of fuel or to need emergency flying saucer parts.

Clubs? Clubs? Dude!! You gotta outfit those bobbies with some semi-automatics if you want to get the job done!

Happy birthday to Football Fan and TLC!

I was going to make a smart ass comment about levels of sobriety as related to perceptions, blah, blah, but then I got curious. Here's your light reading for the evening. Do bubbles in Guinness go down? Do they sink down the glass in the Southern Hemisphere as well, or do they rise?? I can vouch that yes, they do indeed sink [down the glass] in the Southern Hemisphere. But, I am reliably informed, when vomited into a toilet, it disappears anticlockwise past the event horizon. Thank you for your timely response. Not another sleepless night spent pondering that question!