The Pooka

Cracking TF. And topical.

Thought that they'd found fibres showing the guy had cut the cords himself.

Two of the best both Jimmy Cagney. 'Made it Ma! Top of the world.' and Panama: This is Eddie Bartlett. Cop: Well, how are you hooked up with him? Panama: I could never figure it out. Cop: What was his business? Panama: He used to be a big shot.

I'm not following this terribly well. Do I take it that the vindicator (vindicatrix) has identified one of us and is repeatedly exposing him. Who gives a sh*t?

Am I right in thinkinhg that there have been thousands of viewings on this site today. I'm sure it was only 36,000 an hour ago. I have to take my hat off to Paul Hunter's fan base. Respect.

To paraphrase........ our lone brain cells exert themselves by spunking venom on high gloss walls Yours puzzled (but alive, dammit, ALIVE!!)

Well you are a last word freak, aren't you. Me too.

He may be German but you ain't. Ubermenschen = supermen. Did you mean untermenschen? It's Übermenschen. OK? If you don't have an "Ü" on your keyboard, then write "Ue" This ain't Discworld here, you know! PS: Untermensch is a nasty Nazi expression. Umlaut or not, one of us is missing the point. This still doesn't explain why he thought uberuebermenschen was an insult. PS if we are nit-picking to the point of worrying over missing umlauts, your exclamation mark is superfluous. Even more so when one takes into account the touching use of an expressive Smilie.

He may be German but you ain't. Ubermenschen = supermen. Did you mean untermenschen?

Who gives a F**k if it's a global game. If you had a poll among the world, American sports would dominate. There is absolutely no doubt about it. Well if the USA ran the poll like it ran Bush v. Gore you probably would win.

All so called American sports were invented over here Baseball (rounders), American Football (Rugby for cissies). All you've really got is Basketball and that was invented by a canadian. Was it the 1984 Olympics in LA or the 1996 in Atlanta where Japan beat USA in the baseball tournament?

God knows how you find that out ATJ, but would there be a way of identifying if its a DL regular?

... he did write exceedingly good poems.

In Just- spring when the world is mud- luscious the little lame balloonman whistles far and wee and eddieandbill come running from marbles and piracies and it's spring when the world is puddle-wonderful the queer old balloonman whistles far and wee and bettyandisbel come dancing from hop-scotch and jump-rope and it's spring and the goat-footed balloonMan whistles far and wee

Godot - how good of you to raise the tone. Here's a simple favourite from my neck of the woods. I believe it was a 'chart-bound sound' in 1913. In Time of 'The Breaking of Nations' Only a man harrowing clods In a slow, silent walk With an old horse that stumbles and nods Half-asleep as they stalk. Only thins smoke without flame From the heaps of couch-grass; Yet this will go onward the same Though Dynasties die. Yonder a maid and her wight Come whispering by; War's annals will fade into night Ere their story die. Thomas Hardy Bring 'em on.

Is this actually Richard O'Sullivan himself? Can admin run an IP check? I doubt it. I don't think Brinsworth would allow Dickie out of bed at 12.26 am.

He was a pain in the arse when he played for my beloved Feyenoord. I thought they got a bit of discipline into him at Arsenal, but it appears that didn't work completely. Otherwise he's a talented footballer. Trivia: I played against his granddad at chess once. regards, Hein Don't tell me - Max Euwe.

Good to hear its under control CA. My understanding is that the majority of self-injurers find other ways to cope eventually. But while they're harming they can get a pretty tough deal from the 'caring services'.

I would take issue with method 28 - Skydiving accident. Since it is rare that people jump alone there would be a more than a slight chance of being rescued by an alert fellow skydiver. I think, therefore, that there is an unacceptably high risk of failure in this method and would urge anyone thinking of using it to think again. It's foolhardy. I regard the suggestion as somewhat irresponsible bordering on callous in an otherwise thoughtfully considered list. 'More than slight' - I doubt it. But you may know more than me. Remember if the person is sufficiently motivated to disable both the main and the reserve parachute they may not welcome any attempt to 'rescue' them (at close to 200km/h). I am impressed that you are studying the methods and hope that none of them attract you, good to see you back (your book will emerge when it is ready). Has anyone thought about what method they would use? I know about this stuff Pook since I took lifesaving badges etc in swimming as a youth. As you say it is quite likely that a struggling person will panic and lash out at you so you are supposed to sock them on the jaw to sort of quieten them and then you pull them to the side while supporting their head above water. So you might have to do the former stuff with a kamikazi parachutist but after that you need only hold on to them while you deploy your shoot for the both of you. Speed through the air is not an issue when you are both travelling at the same velocity. Obviously you need to keep tight hold when the parachute jerks. I think that jumping off a high building - as Tracey Emin (see earlier post) could possibly contemplate as performance art - is likely to be far more effective without any real risk of failure. (re-parenthasis: true, but book won't write itself) Well Godot, this is most heroic. I hope that having 'rescued' this person who was determined to die, he wallops you within an inch of your life for foiling him.

Since she's a Jain I guess she'll come back as a stick insect. Not necessarily. Reincarnation is a tenet of the more complex Jains. I believe, however, that she was a plain Jain. Boom, Boom.

Yes. I was discussing it in chat, and a couple of days later his campaign started. He provoked me into kicking him as to have an excuse to start the campaign. A real Prince then. An astute observation TF. I wonder if he also wears the impressive codpiece sported by the Prince.

I would take issue with method 28 - Skydiving accident. Since it is rare that people jump alone there would be a more than a slight chance of being rescued by an alert fellow skydiver. I think, therefore, that there is an unacceptably high risk of failure in this method and would urge anyone thinking of using it to think again. It's foolhardy. I regard the suggestion as somewhat irresponsible bordering on callous in an otherwise thoughtfully considered list. 'More than slight' - I doubt it. But you may know more than me. Remember if the person is sufficiently motivated to disable both the main and the reserve parachute they may not welcome any attempt to 'rescue' them (at close to 200km/h). I am impressed that you are studying the methods and hope that none of them attract you, good to see you back (your book will emerge when it is ready). Has anyone thought about what method they would use?

Glad to assist the sandal-clad plagiarists. I used to teach a 10 day degree level unit just on suicide, self-harm and self-mutilation. It was a scream. Its also one of those easy subjects where people just don't get bored with the topic. Are tattoos classed as self-mutilation? Yes in a theoretical sense - along with piercings they count as socially acceptable forms of self-mutilation. As they are socially determined they aren't counted as self-harm or mutilation in surveys, whereas, cutting, burning, inserting sticks up the jacksie ec etc are counted. Its not a precise science!

Great-Grandad got his just desserts 8 yrs later. Walking home one night, thoroughly pissed, he walked in front of a car & was squished. I have to be pedantic here. Forgive me. I suspect OOO that he got his deserts. Unless, of course, he was struck by a runaway dessert trolley. In which case I hope that his final memory was of an excellent Black Forest Gateau and a tarte citron that defied description.

Glad to assist the sandal-clad plagiarists. I used to teach a 10 day degree level unit just on suicide, self-harm and self-mutilation. It was a scream. Its also one of those easy subjects where people just don't get bored with the topic.