Magere Hein

I'm not quite sure about the scale of this flooding. No casualties so far, and what amount worth of damage? The Dutch had serious river flooding in 1993 and 1995, which led to considerable government effort in improving barriers. I suppose any politician who would have whined about the cost would have been lynched.

And why does he have a tea spoon in his ear?

Oh, that's a pity. I had several of his posters on my walls in the 70s. This one, e.g.

Dutch comedian Youp van 't Hek underwent coronary artery bypass surgery last week and cancels shows till March. Link in Dutch. Not particularly life-threatening, it seems, but he may be worth a punt on my Theme Team.

The blessings of state capitalism.

I saw a few lines from an interview with PM Cameron on the floods. He denied government responsibility or neglect with an ease that made me think: mostly labour voters there, IIRC.

You got a link for those 'facts'. Yeah, I thought so. Hello again Sir Creep. You can't be bothered to find the facts for yourself, so I will put a couple of links in so you can try and find something to rant at me for. Asking for evidence for some claim is always on topic. Providing it is the responsibility of the one making the claim. Do you have a link for that?

C'est la mort! ==>Insert clever remark about la petite mort here<==

If the bolded part were true, it might explain a few things, but I think you made a mistake there.

I appreciate his effort, but he must try harder.

They could have had a hands-on conversation on the statement "No dead man is alive."

Have a good Xmas everybody, or Yule, Sol Invictus, Hanukkah, or whatever. Do be careful with the snow shovelling, though.

Indeed. If you were close to him, it hurts.

FTFY.

If that Roy is Roy D Mercer, it'd be hilarious.

If that's alright with you TMIB, I'd like to enter my xmas lecturers list in the DDP, as theme team Next slide, please, with proud captain and joker Morris and a single substitute: Lloyd Peck (strange that, no Wiki).

I don't like absolutes; Brian May!

People who gave a Royal Institution Christmas Lecture 1964 Desmond Morris (born 24 January 1928) 1 2 1965 Francis Graham-Smith (25 April 1923) 1965 Antony Hewish (11 May 1924) 1973 David Attenborough (8 May 1926) 1 1975 Heinz Wolff (29 April 1928) 1978 Erik Christopher Zeeman (4 February 1925) 1982 Colin Blakemore (1 June 1944) 1984 Walter Bodmer (10 January 1936) 1986 Lewis Wolpert (19 October 1929) 1987 John Meurig Thomas (15 December 1932) 1987 David Phillips (1939) 1990 Malcolm Longair (18 May 1941) 1991 Richard Dawkins (26 March 1941) 1 1993 Frank Close (24 July 1945) 1994 Susan Greenfield (1 October 1950) 1996 Simon Conway Morris (6 November 1951) 1 1997 Ian Stewart (24 September 1945) 1 1998 Nancy Rothwell (2 October 1955) 2001 John Sulston (27 March 1942) 2005 John Krebs (11 April 1945) 1 I've read one or more books by these. 2 What an interesting man! I wasn´t aware he´s also a painter and film maker. For me he´s just that The Naked Ape chap.

Quite an achievement, that.

I don't think I'd like that job, colourful character. I love his photo in the story. But most vagrants have awesome photos I suppose. Like every Western metropole1 Rotterdam has vagrants, but not very visibly. Not like Doc Murray, they're not. 1I never expected to use that phrase outside the context of RAF propaganda.

I don't think I'd like that job, colourful character.

Won't mention who?

I suppose the snow shovelling may well do him for.

He should get on fabulous with Dutch theologian Harry Kuitert (1924). I don't think Kuitert is obitable, though.

Is that a person who pretends to be a songwriter? I like it, I'll take this Pierre. SC Mind your manures. Consider it dung.