Monoclinic

I do like that idea, makes for more excitement having an under 40 catagory, especially with the state Britney's in. I also like the fact you mainly chose A-listers and not the random Z listers that tend to bulk up the BB house, and the bring out your dead thread!!! I am sure some people just scan the obituaries to see if they can post something rather than have actually taken an interest in that person's life. Maybe a small under 40/50's list to increase chances of a hit?

Cargo cults are the in thing with hacks at the mo then. I read about the John Frum cult on the BBC the other day. Must be a slow news week what with Harry being posted to Iraq, Britney having a grade 0, Italian prime minister resigning and collosial squid being caught in antarctic waters...

She is practising for her next single....you put your left foot in your left foot out in out in out you shake it all about... or would that be ...Rehab one more time? or Oops...I did it again! Yup, that'll be the tumbleweed. Time to go

But clearly we wouldn't say DRUGSTORE but Chemists. Though most likely we'd say Boots or the supermarket. (EDIT - or the pound shop for the more pikey amongst us!) The best and well known language difficulty involves the derriere. We all know and (unless you have had a humour bypass) sN-word at the US equivalent for the bumbag!

Wow! I see our reference point is the not so "ubiquitous" London bus. Does that suggest several will come along at once. Will we have a squid fest of discoveries?

How gutting is this - Siegfried Landau, founder of the Brooklyn Philamonic died yesterday. Got to the ripe old age of 85 only to be killed in a house fire. http://www.nytimes.com/2007/02/21/arts/music/21landau.html

I had a jacket potato with tuna mayo last night, hadn't had it in ages till you mentioned it. I thought, yes I realise how difficult this might be to give up. Bon appetit Lemon and sugar or something a little risqué? I can't convince these waffle munchers to try lemon juice with their crepes. Scandalous!

For our more sentimental deathlisters, if such an oxymoron is possible... A Peace of Squid

Isn't that Phantom's avatar, the guy in the picture?

If it weren't for seeing Johnny Vegas in situations you just don't want to think about I must admit I have seen this film (SLOTPM). It is funny purely because it is set in Birmingham thus it is that accent that makes me laugh. Even after completing a four year stretch in that town as soon as I hear Alrooight how yow doin' bab I start to titter. I think a Brummie accent must be the complete antithesis of the dreamboat Irish accent. But laughing is good for the soul. I found myself a nifty translator... http://www.whoohoo.co.uk/main.asp

Right, off to the video shop to seek out this little gem. Just need to find out what the french is for squid, I wonder if it is Lula? Any of the Grave family care to help me on this? Otherwise I'll have to make do with The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou and keep my eyes peeled for our favourite invertebrae.

Maybe we could all give up bitching on internet forums for lent? BTW - Godot's avatar reminds me of Shane MacGowan. The Pete Doherty of the 80s Edit - Added images to back up my claims. Please don't have nightmares.

Thanks to DL my squid knowledge has increased ten fold as proved by the Squintelligence Quotient test

Oh bollocks to it.....he goes to the same AA meetings as me if you must know. Milwall does his breath really smell like a thousand fags? Is this where someone makes a cheap reference to sucking on Elton's cheesy...oh is that the time? I'll get my coat.

Gravy will still be available, but only to those party members who have shown outstanding loyalty. Bisto or OXO? If it is one of those watery OXO cubes I may have to change my vote. Lynda Bellingham can't convince me otherwise.

If ever there was a time to learn how to knit

Leonard Cohen got it all wrong. The squids can show him the way... First we take your parking space, then we take Brazil.

You pee in the basin? Where the hell do you brush your teeth? Well what else do you call it? Toilet pot? Receptical? Lavatory? Well at least no-one said shower, neighbours back garden or the municipal baths!

What, you already have the wheel up in Scotland? Would you like me to send you the blueprints for fire to complement your technical advancement since my last visit? I believe Patrick Moore has a spare copy. We have fire, already. Have the Belgian's developed a better army since my great grandfather's last visit in 1914? Afraid I don't know, I'm English, but the bureaucratic department in the army should be super efficient ;-)

What, you already have the wheel up in Scotland? Would you like me to send you the blueprints for fire to complement your technical advancement since my last visit? I believe Patrick Moore has a spare copy.

Last Samba in Rio?

A guy goes into a seafood restaurant and asks to see the dishes of the day. The waiter wheels over a trolley and the man examines the dishes. "I'll have the little green squid with the hairy lip, please" says the man. "O.K." replies the waiter and calls out "Gervais!" A little French chef appears with a large knife, the waiter instructs the chef to kill the little green squid with the hairy lip. Gervais is just about to slice at the poor squid when he notices a tear running down its face. Gervais is touched, and admits that he hasn't the heart to kill the squid. "Not to worry" says the waiter, and calls out "Hans!!" at which an enormous German bloke comes out of the kitchen. "Sir", says the waiter, "this is Hans, the dishwasher. Hans, kill that squid!" The dishwasher wields a huge rolling pin and is just about to bludgeon the little green squid with the hairy lip when it cringes back and gives a little cry. "I am sorry sir, I just cannot kill the squid" Hans admits, his lower lip trembling. "Well sir," says the waiter, "it just goes to show. That Hans that do dishes, can be soft as Gervais. With mild green, hairy lip squid!"

In New York, snow and mainly ice surfaces everywhere. ( I better change the subject before Star Crossed has a pussy fit) Anyhow I don't think Patrick Moore is going yet. But for some reason he has sudden stroke written all over him. Didn't mother warn about the dangers of scepticemia from writing on yourself in biro/marker/crayola fun pen. You'd have thought at his age he would have learnt not to play with ink! To keep on-topic - there is a slight chill in the air in Wallonia and it has been raining on and off all day ;-)

(merged into single squid thread) ATJ Wow, thank-you! Squidinfotainment right at our fingertips. I am considering retraining as a marine biologist in antcipation of the wonderful facts that could well appear in this thread.

I can assure you that, if he/she are some sort of solar/tuber chimera then he/she does not use the same IP. Having said that, I suspect the probability of he/she being one and the same are infinitesimal. So you are saying that the chances are high (like infintesimal) or low (1 in infinity a.k.a. snowball's chance in hell) If the theory is true, what is the likelihood that SC/NAP is also iain?