Monoclinic

Oh you could say there are the odd one or two about. In fact the Brits actually still living in Britain seem to be the rare breed on this site. In the Venn diagram of life those of us falling into Brit, expat and DL member are common as muck!

Personally I prefer the Levellers ;-)

I think the one match a week is a good way to go. Although it does drag it out somewhat I think it is what made last season such a close run thing, as there is time to train in between matches if need be. It also lessens the burden of time! Good luck NAP and eejit. Hope you find your feet fast, you'll need to! I look forward to my regular deliveries of special fluids from the drinks salesman.

I think you might have got a little caught up in the moment there CP. Deep breaths now

That really is one asshole in action. To name his kids as he did without a standard N,N-diethyl-D-lysergamide fallback excuse.

You are right, they wont achieve anything but by christ they are doing SOMETHING. Here we all are, up sh*t creek being told by Captain Haddock that he, and he alone, can get us all out of the crap. Quite amazing really as he spent eight years in total control of the Countrys finances/Economy, liased with his counterparts around the World in seminars, meetings and jollies, had his finger on the pulse of world Economics and yet he didnt see fook all coming. Would YOU have the twat up your Crows nest? Nah, me neither. Hey, at least, as he stated, we have a robust economy....... Meanwhile the British stiff upper lip remains stiff and we make him believe that we still love him. Oh to be a bit more, er... French Yes, but they strike for any God damn reason and haven't learnt that all this demonstrating amounts to nothing. Surely that alone demonstrates a lack of cerebral matter. In fact, they'd have more money if they spent less time striking! I have a strong urge to go up to one of them and say lizten veary carefoolly I shall say zhis only once, it's not mai 68 get back to work you clé de bitte! I'm sure some of the students are loving it, a chance to be raucous without really knowing what they're being raucous about. The rest, well those poor souls are most likely to be found on the slopes. Aujourd'hui comme il faisait beau...

French strikes. I can't really be bothered to detail my reasonings as there's absolutely no point. They acheive nothing, I'll acheive nothing and we'll all live happily until next thursday. (I was told November was strike season, as it was the "rentrée" (back to schoo/work), which incidently is in September, I feel it's not as regimented as shooting grouse and can in fact happen at any unforseen moment) Instead of having less trams today they cut out the midle part of the line I take. Imagine a line going ABCD with stops in between. They decided in their wisdom to stop trams circulating between B and C but not A and B nor C and D. Okay, I have feet so all I had to endure was a cold 15 min walk, that isn't going to bring down any governments. However a ululating unihoof (© Anubis the Jackal, 29 JAN 2009) might have had a thing to say about such actions. Cockspanners.

Well at least for BC Alum it will be the big one of the year. Swayze ticking all the right boxes, American, crap B-list actor etc. I await the post in which he makes the comparison between Heath Ledger, Brad Renfro et al. and old cancer dancer himself with great anticipation.

That's definitely shade 107 Judith Chalmers Orange she's got on there. Though it is a bit strange how she doesn't look quite so oompa loompa ish in the other shots. Has the Daily Mail renewed it's photoshop licence recently?

Mr Leslie, did you enjoy your short stay in Maryport?

It was all Greek to me, however I do like the idea of the splendourous thief .

Bravo! Our favourite Bridesmaids! DWB At least we're consistent, eh DWB?

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It's day four in the Big Brother House White House and the death of the deathlist is high on Barack's to do list. US regulators have approved research into the first human embryonic stem cell based therapy. With such treatments at our fingertips not only longevity but immortality awaits. Lance-Corporal Jack Jones was brought to you courtesy of the Obama effect.

In no way famous but yet again Belgium hits the news for their national sport, child killing.

I seem to recall you spent quite a lot of time last year informing us of how Sir Edmund's death was not particularly noteworthy as most young Americans had not heard of him. Now that you have a new little theory, which we'll probably hear about all year, he's suddenly significant. The least you can do is be consistant. Re the optimism - I've seen it before with Blair in 97 (only time I've ever voted) and look how many celebrity deaths there that summer. Oh God Han, you put a finger on something there. I must go out to purchase some earplugs just in case Elton John has another one in him. He only sings songs for dead blondes though. Do you think Jade Goody would count? I can just imagine it. Goodbye Jane Goody Though I never had you at all You had the grace to whore yourself While those around you laughed They crawled out of East Angular... No, not even slightly creative tonight. I'll leave it up to someone else.

I just thought this might appeal to some of us (or at least the Scottish gene in us) to create a thread where we can link in any great offers and promotions that catch our eye. This could also extend to free website competitions which admittedly get tiresome and treated as spam but I must admit to winning £200 once and also a free Beatles album. (LFN it was during the period you were paying your taxes for me and not for Windsor to drink copiously, discuss the merits of Carlton Palmer and click buttons on the computer under the pretense of "research"). Also very informative websites like http://www.moneysavingexpert.com/ or http://www.saynoto0870.com/ might help us in our winter of hardship.

I seem to recall you spent quite a lot of time last year informing us of how Sir Edmund's death was not particularly noteworthy as most young Americans had not heard of him. Now that you have a new little theory, which we'll probably hear about all year, he's suddenly significant. The least you can do is be consistant. Re the optimism - I've seen it before with Blair in 97 (only time I've ever voted) and look how many celebrity deaths there that summer. Oh God Han, you put a finger on something there. I must go out to purchase some earplugs just in case Elton John has another one in him.

The new MSN messenger 2009. It seems to have mucked up the contact groupss - now all lumped in one long list and there's this annoying What's New bit at the bottom scrolling through contact updates with little snippets of information they've added. Oh well at least my morph icon still works.

Haven't voted on this poll yet, but my answer to the second one would be about 5 years. For his first term, the mere fact that he's not Dubya will make anything he does look like pure gold, as it did during the campaign. He'll get re-elected and the people will then soon realize that he doesn't walk on water and that, surprise, surprise, he's just an overrated politician. I'll give him that he's not as bad as most of them, but he doesn't strike me as being particularly special. And this "comparing him to Lincoln" stuff is just BS. Someone truly great can stand on their own name. It's like when a TV show announces that it's "such and such" for a new age. The second the name gets dropped, it's almost certainly crap. Forget a black president or a woman president. I'm not an atheist, but I'll be impressed when one becomes president in the States. Heck, I'll be impressed when a non-Christian becomes president. Look at the fuss they made back in the day about ol' Catholic Kennedy! Sound familiar? The Blair PM project II anyone? I'll stand by my "all politicians are a crock of sh*t". I guess it must be a human nature factor too. As soon as someone puts their head above the crowd into celebritydom, I use the word lightly (Kerry Katona, Jady Goody, Carlton Palmer etc), it's human nature to criticise and find fault. Perhaps it is intrinsic jealousy? Or perhaps there are those who unfortunately are born into crock of sh*t birthing pools.

Thanks! I guess he'll claim he meant hardship all along as he didn't want to plagerise Bacon's work nor copy that other famous politician who also used it. Aside, I had a little history lesson today from my landlady about de Gaulle and the idea of a US protectorate and how even today the French like to think their foreign policy is going along a different course to the United States.

The French went into the menu in a little detail, as the French are wont to do, apparently it is based on Abraham Lincoln's tastes. He adored apples. Oh and the Merlot and Sauvignon is not French, forcement.

Re the Holy Spigit, the French were keen to note that he seemed to slip up on the word "faithful". And yes Harry, I am a little disgusted at the money thrown at this show, I mean inauguration, considering the current global crisis. Being European I am all for the get the newbie in asap and ask the deposed departing head of state to hand over their keys and to shut the door on their way out, P45 or equivalent in hand. No frills, no fuss just tell them to get on with the job they were elected for, sod pomp and circumstance. Good to see he mentioned the healthy mix of religions and non-believers in his speech and promptly followed with about 5 references to God (as in bless America). Anyway I do hope he really does make a difference... The first politician to actually act upon his well scripted thought out words would be a start. Some are born cynical, some achieve cynicalness and other just think all politicians are a crock of sh*t. Whilst on the subject of Shakespeare could anyone tell me if he misquoted the bard? Didn't he say something like now is the winter of our hardship and not discontent? It was a bit difficult to follow with the French translator wittering on and trying to keep up, I may have misheard.

You have to love the canny unscrupulous way in which advertising software works. A link to this is what I see next to the Wendy Richard story. I am surprised it wasn't for face lifts on seeing her photo, she's looking like she's picked a particularly sour lemon to suck today. Still Pauline Fowler always liked to put on her best dour old bitch look.

Can I prescribe some fresh air? Nice long strolls by the beach that sort of thing. I hear Pennsylvania has some lovely short piers along its coastline. With any luck you might re-enact Harold Bishops finest hour. On second thoughts, it's always best to aim higher, perhaps Harold Holt would be the safest Aussie Harold to emulate. If a job's worth doing it's worth doing properly. By the way, do you like swimming Banshees?