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Not to be Ian-esk, but I dreamt that Niemeyer died. (I just like to mention it in case I developed some seeing-gift.)

Don't jump to hasty conclusions: he might do a 'Sharon'. Pretending he's going to die and bring all DL'ers to a frenzy of delight, and then fall into a coma for an indefinite time. Old criminal statesmen: never consider them flatlined before they're actually buried.

You started it...

Sure. Without Rooney, the English squad stands no chance whatsoever. And if you make it to the quarterfinals (cough cough) Robben and Van Nistelrooy will shoot you straight back to the right side of the Channel.

Or any colonialists, for that matter. The Belgians, the French (in spite of their image always very brave if it comes to lucrative matters) and even the Dutch are responsible for many of the world's greater examples of injustice. I want some credit too!

English "slate roof" equals Dutch: "leien dak". groet, Hein The 'leien dakje' is of course a dutch proverb, but I never quite realised that they really existed. My mistake. Should have read the suggested magazine but I was too busy cutting out my eyes.

No, but obviously you are. In fact, I had to check my dictionary to find out what a 'slate' roof is, and I still don't have a clue. Probably nothing that google can't solve (should I bother).

Well, it very much depends on the kind of charity he or she is contributing to. I would consider a donation to one specific and extremely poor dutch student a noble cause and a great way to 'waste' your money. Spending it all on libraries and schools that should be paid for by the government (i.e. by taxpayers' money) is just an extremely stupid way of legitimizing the ridiculous american view on public facilities. (Which is, of course, that it doesn't matter how ragged those facilities are as long as the extremely rich can keep as much of their fortunes as they can.)

How can you be 'safe' and 'critical' at the same time? Obvious contradictions like these often occur in medical bulletins, but I never quite understood the meaning of them.

I think that snub was uncalled for. While I'm highly sceptic about claims of magic, one doesn't have to be uneducated or undeveloped to believe in magic. Enough well-educated members of well-developed societies do so. regards, Hein No, but one HAS to be stupid. (Sorry, I was just bored. It's raining, my girlfriend is in London for the weekend and I'm supposed to be sober as I have to work later on.)

Yeah, right... Suharto is now 84 years old, which is far from exceptional. If he had made it till 110, your occultism-claim might have made sense. But you're right: western countries (well educated, well developed and secularized) won't believe it.

We have such a thing in the Netherlands, but it's called "honorary citizenship". It's useless, but it comes with a nicely calligraphed piece of paper. My home town has only one such honorary citizen: Sir Winston Churchill. We never had an opportunity to hang him. regards, Hein They were very close to granting Jackie Chan the same honour, but they changed their mind. Having some lousy actor next to Sir Winston was considered a sacrilege (face it: no matter how good this JC is in martial arts and all the dangerous stunts he is doing, his acting sucks big time). Nevertheless, the dimwit was grateful to have been pictured at all, and went to Rotterdam to shoot some extravagant stunts for 'Who am I?'. He had probably been struck by a windmill, to quote some Denglish.

Maybe that is the curse Well, that might be the case with that moronic excuse for a drummer, but Sir Paul is certainly one of the greatest artists ever to have set foot on a podium.

Well, let's be frank: modern politics have rarely been more controversial than those of the eighties. The treesome Thatcher - Pinochet - Reagan will always be good for a hearty debate or two. (Hmm... never thought I'd ever use the word 'threesome' in the same sentence as 'Thatcher'...)

That would have made him somewhere between 10 and 14 years old during the Great War, so that's highly unlikely. (googling) He is quite young though. If he makes it till december, he'll celebrate his 105th birthday. He served on a submarine as a young lad. Were those navy-guys never checking ID's? Admitting 15 or 16 yrs old on a boat seems to be a brute way of saving space. It's highly possible he would have been at least 14 at the time. Many WWI soldiers lied about their age wanting to do their bit to stop the advance of the Kaiser and even more so when the Russians pulled out towards the end. Forgot to log in last time, and I was obviously struggling with the maths too. The 101-years old would have been 9 in 1914 and 13 in 1918, which would have made it highly unlikely that he actually served. You're right about those youngsters who were so anxious to enroll that they lied about their age, but I refuse to believe that the Americans allowed many 13-years old to enter the navy. They can't have been that stupid, can they? (Feel free to prove me wrong, Americans keep surprising me when it comes to them being stupid...) But as I already mentioned: Maurice Starkey celebrated his 104th birthday last december, so that mystery was already solved.

Wow, it seems that Vonnegut almost turned out to be a miss for the list!

Well, that makes you pretty sane all week, as in dutch no day of the week ends in 'y'.

Hmm, it's not on their website, so are you sure it's this Albert Hofmann you're talking about?

O really?

I just Googled Windsor the Troll and the first hit was: Gay Royalty - The Royal Forums windsor the troll windsor the troll is offline ... Send a private message to windsor the troll Maybe it's time to bring back the Pink Reaper Avatar Well, I checked and you know what? There's a Swedish girl who posted 13.289 times on the Royal Forums. (And you would expect her to speak English fluently by now, but she clearly doesn't... Her signature is "dont forget to vote on your favirite threads", and as that mistake comes up 13.289 times, that's pretty stupid.) If she and Windsor would breed, that would make the most obsessively posting offspring in the world, I suppose.

Sorry to bring this back up, but I'm a bit scared actually. I don't want to be put to death. I might spare your life this time. I killed you once in 60AD. Some things are against your fate: You were born on 13th ( # 13 is PT=Lula´s Political party=Death Tarot card) of December ( 12th and last month of the year (= The closest to 13 =The Death card of the tarot deck again). This year 2006 is ruled by Saturn (=Saturday ,Last day of the week ,end of the cycle=Death in Medieval Astrology). Year of Birth: 1984 ( Geroge Orwell´s Infamous prediction). THOU SHALT NOT SUPPORT OSCAR AND COMMUNISTS AS YOU WILL SURELY FALL FROM GRACE THIS YEAR!!! OBEY MY ORDERS AND I WILL LET YOU LIVE!!! My God, this guy is like herpes, it's itching and you never seem to get rid of it.

The guy is offering that innocent child a blow on his whistle! O dear! I'd be surprised if that link would pass the very strict DL-criteria of censorship... Those poor Belgians don't have an immaculate reputation when it comes to improper behaviour towards children, mind.

Not quite sure of the logic of that. If everybody cheats and you don't cheat then you must be the cheat for not cheating. That right? Well, yes, that's about it, really. You have to play the game by the rules... the written as well as the unwritten ones. If doping yourself is laid down as a standard, you would be a spoiler or cheater if you refuse to do so.

Well, that's not quite true. In fact, he got himself disqualified in the Tour of Italy in 1969 because of a positive drugtest. He got away with it somehow (as many of the great champions of that day) and he declared himself an enemy of druguse in sport. Does that make him a swindler? No, of course not. As all his opponents were doped, he would have been cheating if he had remained clean his entire career. By the way: may I congratulate the Brits among you with the Grand Depart of the Tour de France of 2007, which is appointed to London? Hopefully, it's just what cycling needs to enhance popularity in the UK. It really is the most thrilling and exciting sport in the world (yes, even better than cricket and bowls!)

And talking about 'longest living' prominents: isn't the Queen about to beat her great-great-grandmother's record of 81 yrs and 243 days? If she's as tough as her mother, there's no doubt she'll smash it to smithereens.