Monoclinic

Job done. In the words of Lord Kitchener "Your country needs you" to sign that petition. Though I doubt it will change anything.

He's 71 the guy who did EMU died years ago! Is this Guest Post of the Year so far or what? EMU was Roy HULL FFS! It was ROD Hull FFS!!! As opposed to star of Miami Vice Girls and many other no-doubt classics, Rod Hudd ..and just to go full circle and bring it back to ROY HUDD, here's his profile. No mention of groping birds and silky suits so I am guessing it's our man. As an aside - I was looking at the ever reliable wiki entry for the stinky heap of cheese flavoured gunge that was Noel's House Party as I was wondering if our man was one of the regulars like Frank Carson(?). Anyway I was shocked to find it won an award the Bronze Rose at Montreux. Is this true? I don't actually know what this award is, it could be for the best stinky heap of cheese flavoured gunge themed TV programme to come out of an unironed backside.

Even more back of the envelope deisgns, finished in 20 minutes, that are better than the 12 month 400 grand embarassment we are lumped with. If anyone knows of one of those non effective petition type things please post it here so I can sign it from every available IP address computer at my disposal. Every little helps as they say at Tescos.

Altogether now.... "It's behind you!"

I too have a spirit guide. His name is Monsieur le cocktail menu. He advises me which cocktails contain southern comfort or red bull thus inadvertantly telling me which ones to avoid.

WOulD tHaT bE 27 tH MaY 2009 ???! In Brownium rectums omnus squidius dulce et decorum est pro patria mori = A load of bollocks in Latin with some squids, rectums and Wilfred Owen thrown in for good measure. Damn just calculated that it's the 28th May that falls on a Thursday, I'll have to predict that he won't see the next general election instead. Class Monoclinic, absolute class! Now I just have to repeat it every once in a while right?

WOulD tHaT bE 27 tH MaY 2009 ???! In Brownium rectums omnus squidius dulce et decorum est pro patria mori = A load of bollocks in Latin with some squids, rectums and Wilfred Owen thrown in for good measure. Damn just calculated that it's the 28th May that falls on a Thursday, I'll have to predict that he won't see the next general election instead.

Is that the shape of the Thames? *Runs off to look at map in detail* Apparently they've admitted that most of the feedback is negative - but is it too late to change? Edit - As in the bit near the burnt out Cutty Sark

Shaking in my shoes - doubtful. For my sins I'm a scientist and fully aware of what wide-scale destruction mankind can bring upon itself, though I wouldn't class myself as an X-files conspiracy theorist I always treat everything I hear with a pinch of salt. Not so much trust no-one, more believe no-one.

...and here is what the general public have come up with for nothing. If this is the "first one" you were refering to Windsor I am with you. The icon street sign (number 6) is also good but unfortunately no olympic rings. I also like the idea of using a tube line map but not the one that was sent in (number 10) thus bringing me back to number 1.

At first I thought maybe there is a slight whiff of cunning design, the 2 looking vaguely like Britain the 0 like Australia, after that I drew a blank. Even the two 2s are different. The worst thing is that they've probably paid a or six or seven figure fee for some tosser conceptual design consultant to sit on their arse for several months then tell their three year old kid to piss around in the MS Windows paint application for 20 minutes and voila. Though I think that is a little unfair on the three year olds of Britain. I gave it the wooden spoon,along with around 83% of the voters thus far.

Your use of them and are (sic) for a start led me to interpret that as the "sand lands" versus the rest of the world. I wouldn't say South but North Korea as the most likely candidate. History can change rapidly, look at the last 250 years. It wasn't that long ago we fought and lost against the thirteen united colonies. With the threat of Russia pointing its missiles at Europe if the US uses countries like Poland to station its new weapons who is to say in the coming century we switch allegiance to the super powers of China and Russia? Never say never. [Aside] We already do have vehicules running on carburants other than crude oil derivatives. I read somewhere about certain countries trying to instigate some kind of OPEC to control biofuels which I read as the west getting nervous that certain poorer counties would gain more financially as they have the best climates for growing the crops. I just get wound up when I hear how we exploit the underdog. It sets me off on a tirade against anyone favouring the unjust actions of the west. You were in my line fire. Sorry, we can agree to disagree if you like?

In the 90s there was a Tory MP for Eastleigh, Stephen Milligan, who was struck down by a terrible illness involving stockings, a satsuma and a walnut.

Mideast MidEast MiddleEast MidEastern Sandlands of the desert folks who hate the US (Most of them anyway) and are jealous of are freedom - No not Ohio - Iraq. Iran. Bang dad. Probably building bombs to destroy peoples lives. Building bombs to kill. That's right building bombs to kill. If anything ends us it's them and their anthrax loaded chemically induced halo bombs of steel. I'm not against anyone but if your designing that blast off rocket sh*t f**k you. I hope your captured by US soldiers and packed into a laundry bag. Then tossed in back of a truck and driven to base where they can tie you up and question you. No good carpet floating bastards. That goes for any government who designs those bombs. Most Sincerely f**k You. So us westerners have never design bombs that kill innocent people? Pray, do tell me what is the US running total on civilians dead in Iraq, troops killed in friendly fire, bombing in Cambodia/Vietnam/Nagasaki/Hiroshima etc. After you have calculated that number I dare you to come back to me with the hypocritically sick notion that the US is always right. Speculation here but to date there may have been more use of WMD amongst western allies in the various modern wars than by any "infidel" to the Whitehouse. I will take the same line as you here and speak for millions of people without actually knowing the opinions of a whole country or continent. You may as well add Europe (including Britain minus some of its misguided politicians) into the tally of folk who hate the actions of the US. Maybe some of our antipodean friends could add whether the people of Oz, NZ et al. are, on the whole, pro or anti? Comments like yours make me mad. Do you actually have friends of any other origin than western? I do, friends from Arab countries in fact. They hold no grudge on me even though I am British. We talk, we laugh, we confide and we educate. Learning about other cultures helps us to realise that the rhetoric spilling from certain governments is, at best, a crock of shite. If death absolves us, it'll have its work cut out when Bush and Blair come knocking.

Singer dead from, quelle surprise, suspected drug overdose

Yes we do & it's been the same every year for decades, MPFC. Premiersh*t? A bit of jealousy creeping in there young man? The Championship has been the new Premiership for the last two years. And unfortunately so it seems will be so for the unforseeable future. I am however, not bitter.

Would that be Ohio? Is one assuming that everybody in the middle East is conspiring against the US and its maligned collaboraters by hiding one f*****g great big ACME bomb somewhere in the desert? Or maybe inside the Kaaba? Just for you Harvester It's probably been a few years since you heard this (No, not All Your Base)

So chicken or egg?

The Spanish Inquisition? No-one expects the Spanish Inquisition

Kurrisst! What happened to the name of this thread? And who the hell is Jacques Brel? A famous dead Belgian who could perspire and cry fluently in either French or Flemmish. I'd say this may be his best known example of sweating, crying and singing. They're quite fond of him in France. Or German, the third official language on account of the German community, who are also Belgian, in the North East of the country. Nothing is ever simple in Belgium. I am neglecting of course the Italian and Polish communities who emigrated here to work in the mines - I am sure there are probably those who wish to set up even more governments here in Belgium to represent them. (Wallonia, Flandres and the Germanophones all have their own governments as does the autonomous region of Brussels before you even get to the national level!)

Just seen the photos for the England-Brazil match (still going back to basics "sans television"). My eagle eyes spotted that they are wearing black armbands. Has someone died or are they still mourning Bally, even though it was a couple of months ago? Then again I guess it is the first England match since the bonfire incident (cue list of aptly titled songs). Which leads me onto official mourning schedules - how long is too long?

Wasn't there a song called footloose? Or am I dreaming it. If not how's about Hazard by Richard Marx or Heart of Glass by Blondie or maybe more appropriately satelitte blues by ACDC or A View To A Kill, Duran Duran.

An indefinite gestation period! Or would he allow them to give birth too? Would it be wrong to suggest this Cardinal looked into retroactive abortion whilst he's at it... maybe we could arrange a meeting between himself and Kevorkian?

First you had your lactose intolerant soya milk fetishists, then came along gluten free products but is there really a market for tomato based products with er the tomato taken out? http://www.nomato.com/ As for a replacement it needs to be something very very wet to help the pasta to go soft (assuming you've got dried pasta). If cream based sauces aren't to your tastes you could always put some veggie stock with the vegetables I guess . This is the chemist and not the cook in me suggesting this, I have never tried it and am unlikely to do so as I love tomatoes, except of course those insipid Dutch ones that never ripen!

I think science will shortly have the answer to your problems, if you just sit tight you might be able to be a fully functional woman.