Magere Hein

That's what happens when you play Alekhine's defence. regards, Hein

If I remember my economics classes at Uni correctly, there's a lot of truth in the above. First of all we must remember that economy and money aren't the same thing, even though they are related. A moneyless economy is possible, if not very efficient. As long as a territory produces the stuff it needs and distributes that stuff to the people who need it, it's not particularly important who pays the bills. Trade, imports and exports make this more complicated, but the principle holds. The nasty thing about western type economies is that a lot of people make their income from services, while their basic needs come from imports. If the trade system collapses due to monetary difficulties, the shops soon look like this: regards, Hein

Well, he's 90 now and a freshly minted Hero of the Russian Federation. As far as I can see he's in good health. I'm not sure that the world would have been a better place if he'd invented patriotic poetry rather than an assault rifle. regards, Hein

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It has a new user. regards, Hein

Unfortunately that disease is rarely life-threatening. regards, Hein

Seconded. I'm always wrong in these polls, so we'll score at least 13 hits this year. regards, Hein

Well OK, I googled it! No luck with a translation as yet. Let's give it a try: In coal mine 7 Prison coal in engine ain't useful, alright Who is the same, 'cause now up the seam All wait, men, in the howler monkey´s day Trr - check is a mind, begin the coal Baby stay, you pussy, oh Who is the same, 'cause now up the seam All wait, men, in the howler monkey´s day Not the same like you, the promised din You now in trouble, love gay, cue Jen In the cayman, or just no bay for love so Up, up just came low, we came lower Hoping you stay, like just go more men You bitch, two men cold, doubly gory Oh Sandy Etcetera. It doesn't seem to make more sense. regards, Hein

Also today five years ago, Dutch cyclist Gerrie Knetemann died. regards, Hein

An interesting sentence in that article: I want one of those computers! regards, Hein

Oh dear. You better call in the exterminators, those things reproduce like rabbits. regards, Hein

Ah yes. Q: How many bodyguards does an Indian Prime Minister need? A: Try six. regards, Hein

Dunno. Is shagging toys compulsory? regards, Hein

Hello Peter Falk is that you Dervesia73? Yes, he (or she) is. And possibly he (or she) is a Joey. regards, Hein

Shouldn't this message be in another topic? regards, Hein

It doesn't surprise me a bit that his death, after 40 years of retirement from politics and no remarkable carreer, goes unnoticed. I don't follow British politics closely, but I can name a few UK politicians, present and past. Noel-Baker wasn't among those. regards, Hein

Who will be next, they ask At DeathList Headquarters One had a tumour, Another a fall Never despair, even Nonagenarians Find that eventually Death conquers all regards, Hein

Could it be a ******* ? I saw one of those recently. I used to have one of those. You can guess what happened, it was a few days of fun and ever since it's been gathering dust in the attic. regards, Hein

A Great White in the pond perchance? Russian circus bear kills manager. A bit drastic, perhaps, but a good initiative. regards, Hein

If everything fails, you can always become a politician. Or resident ranter on a web forum. regards, Hein

While browsing the ever trustworthy Wikipedia I learned that Dutch astronomer Adriaan Blaauw is still around at age 95. I know no particulars of his health and he may fail the DL Famousness Test, but he might be someone to keep an eye on. regards, Hein

Is the IQ test in fact all just a crock of sh*te? I noticed the ones on Fuckfacebook are far easier to score higher in. There are far too many rogue testers out there, perhaps disgusted has fallen foul of one? When I was at uni (I think Christiaan Huygens was still with us) I did a comparison of some 20 different IQ tests on the same sample of students. The results made clear that: Results correlate strongly Nevertheless, the same student often scores a difference of 10 to 20 IQ points between different tests Tests almost always have a strong cultural bias Most tests are testing language skills rather than intelligence Many tests are testing knowledge rather than intelligence Another observation was that students tended to score better in tests taken later, which implies that the results of IQ tests can be improved by training. Since I took the lot, I now have an Official IQ in the uppermost percentile. There's no such thing as general intelligence. As a matter of fact, if you ask a psychologist what intelligence actually is, chances are that he'll start with something like: "Ehrm, that's a good question.", which is scientific for: "I haven't the foggiest." Intelligence, like al human talents, is multidimensional and modular. Trying to express intelligence in a single number is meaningless. That said, IQ is a reasonably good predictor of learning ability. regards, Hein

From that site: Apart from the spelling error this raises the question: is that something like cruel and unusual punishment? If so, I'd recommend it to all courts. You are hereby sentenced to suffer a week of cruel and humiliating comedy. That'll teach the bastards. regards, Hein

[Frantic snippage ahead] Although not any sort of ignoramus (my IQ is well into triple figures) I think I'm already in over-my-head here...and with that final line Disgusted clambered off his high horse. and I shall clamber back on my toilet for another fun-filled day of home-based entertainment.Now, where's that copy of Razzle? PS It's generally frowned upon to count a leading zero. PS As you appear so interested in semantics, I feel I should point out that as "double digit" implies a number within the range 10 to 99, so "triple digit" implies a number within the range 100 to 999. Leading zeroes are never implied in this instance. If the concept of implication is so hard for you to grasp I would suggest starting off more gently with a word game from the television or perhaps "The Sun" newspaper. As we're mincing words anyway, I'd like to add that high intelligence in a person, whichever way expressed in numbers, doesn't mean that person isn't an ignoramus. regards, Hein

Dutch ethologist and inventor of displacement activity Adriaan Kortlandt died 18 October. regards, Hein