Tuber Mirum

The other day, Mrs. N. and I watched Mike Todd's "Around the World in Eighty Days" (1956). Among the extras was a documentary with some interviews with Liz Taylor done shortly after Todd's death along with some news footage of the two of them together. Back then she really looked rather nice and seemed quite sympathetic and reasonably sane, if not overly intelligent. Certainly a much admired actress in her time. Butterfield 8, Cleopatra and Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf all gained her quite a bit of acclaim. Oscars and all that. I suppose she's had a few years since then to go completely doo-lally. Shame.

God goes up to the Arabs and says, "Would you guys like a commandment?" and the head Arab replies, "What is it?" and God says "Thou shalt not commit adultery," and the head Arab says, "No thanks, we do that all the time, we enjoy it." So god goes to the Egyptians and says, "Would you like a commandment?" and the Pharaoah says, "What is it?" and God says, "Thou shallt not covet thy neighbours wife nor his ass nor whatever," and the Pharaoah says, " No thanks, coveting's what we do best, we thrive on it." So finally God goes to the Jews and he says to Moses, "Would you like a commandment?" and Moses says, "How much do they cost?" and God says, "They're free." So Moses says.... "I'll take ten."

Ooh! That's a bit provocative of dear Mr. Teddy! I hope the Mods are busy thinking of an appropriate (to Josco) title for anyone who has made 800 posts. My own well-founded suspicion is that he is sulking because somebody keeps messing with his signature. That's Northerners for you; they're always the first to denigrate themselves in a humorous fashion, but woe betide anyone else who does it for them. That and the ignominy of being Lady Thatcher's Grandnephew or whatever.

That's a brilliant disguise FF! I can only assume you are spending considerably more on makeup than Mr. Blair.

Oh ho ho ho! I know a man who is going to love that! Especially as I suspect he may have a bit of a sair heid this morning.

av•a•tar : noun chiefly Hinduism a manifestation of a deity or released soul in bodily form on earth; an incarnate divine teacher. • An incarnation, embodiment, or manifestation of a person or idea : he set himself up as a new avatar of Arab radicalism. • Computing: a movable icon representing a person in cyberspace or virtual reality graphics. ORIGIN from Sanskrit avatara ‘descent,’ from ava ‘down’ + tar- ‘to cross.’ Doesn't say what the plural is, but it's from the Sanskrit, so "Avatars" is probably simplest.

On the subject of contributions to the world of music by members of the StarTrek cast, it would be a crime not to mention William Shatner's classic rendition of "I am a Canadian". Not to mention Leonard Nimoy singing "The Ballad of Bilbo Baggins" And definitely not to mention Nimoy's "poetry"

if you look down to the bottom-left of the page, you may notice this image: which sort of indicates that the Deathlist may have been mentioned in the Guardian at some time. If I understand correctly, the Admins bribed the editors of the Guardian with a bottle of champagne to give the site a plug.

What about the well-known song "Summer Holiday" then? Eh? Got you there, haven't I?

It can't possibly be HCW as she was on holiday when the worst outrages were perpetrated. So that's one less.

I thought this was the holiday season?

I am convinced that the English language is already up to this challenge. I make it: "Scott, had he been going to have existed, would have been going to have been born here" Someone should write a book on the subject. Someone of a literary bent, and with a passion for grammar bordering on obsession, perhaps. How about it Banshees?

Same thing happened to me except it was holiday I went on rather than vacation. I happened to look at the BBC news the very minute they posted Heath's death and briefly toyed with the idea of trying to be the first to mention it here. But then I thought "Nah, f**k it!"

The jury is still out on that one.

Took you a while to notice that, didn't it? I'm surprised nobody pointed it out to you.

Cash in your notachips, notapotato. How long have you been waiting for the opportunity to use that one, Mr Honez? About three seconds after I read your post. And what are you still doing here anyway? Weren't you off somewhere? Point taken Mr. Honez. A pause for reflection would do us all good. I shall retire tomorrow for a short while to the North of Scotland in order to spend some quality time in the bosom of my family, needless to say, also taking the opportunity to practise my folk dancing.

Cash in your notachips, notapotato. How long have you been waiting for the opportunity to use that one, Mr Honez?

Sorry. And wasn't it just the other day I was up in arms about people not reading the thread before posting? I am prepared to tender my resignation if that it the will of the Party.

I see we are No. 1 result on a Google search for Gretchen Franklin. So we could be in for a minor Emlyn Effect later on.

Since you asked so nicely, no.

Windsor, yer as thick in the heid as dust in a bottle. Ye'll nae doubt be delighted tae hear that I shall be roon aboot Aiberdeen nex wik (visitin' faimily, an' indulging in fowk duncin'). So it'd be nae buther for us to come by an' skelp yer dowp fer ye. Should be fairly easy to find ye; there urnae a' that mony unsympathetic Scotsmen. Or perhaps I'll jist pit pyshin intil yer neeps. Bladderskite. Now ma loons, fa's fir a game o' heapie oan?

We all have our shortcomings.

Probably.

If you write the "r" and the "n" very close to one another it gives you "I'm gay" (I wonder how long it takes before that gets quoted out of context)

That was Lesson #1 of "How to Get Others to Do your Work for You"