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people in glass houses want to be looked at, and grow faster than those outside.

The people that live in a glass house near a friend of mine put one of those scrolling LED displays above their kitchen, with quotations and stuff on it.

As you walked past, you read the display instead of looking at them walking around in a towel or picking their nose.

Is it more "ethical" to eat mutton or beef ?

"Cheese" is what happens when cows think about death.

This is why cheeseburgers are deeply ironic.

cost of Iraq war $3000 billion.....!!!!
Feed and educate every child in developing world for 5 years $465 billion....
Save the Amazon rainforest $21.....billion
feed every child in the world for a year $54....billion
Convert world to solar power and renewable energy $515.....billion
Cancel Africas debt....$200.......billion

The day following President Bush's second "State Of The Union" address, George W. strode into his office where defence secretary Gates was waiting for him.

"What's the latest news from Iraq, Bobby?"

"Not too good, Mr. President. There was another attack on our troops."

"Really?" said the president, raising one eyebrow. "How bad?"

"Thirty two soldiers were injured, sir. And 1 is missing. Also, 2 Brazilian soldiers were killed."

Bush went pale and his legs buckled. He let out a small gasp as he fell to the presidential carpet. Secretary Gates helped the President to his feet and handed him some water. Bush steadied himself on the desk. "Bobby, you wanna run that by me again?"

"Thirty two injured, 1 missing. 2 Brazilian soldiers killed."

"Geeze! We need to address the people again! Right away!" Bush mopped his brow with the palm of his hand. "We're gonna need some perspective on this, Bobby. Tell me - how many millions are there in two brazillion?"

Sorry. :(

The population density of the Outer Hebrides is in fact lower than that of Tokyo.

Turkey is an Islamic country near Greece and not, despite the popular misconception, a sort of bird.

Honey never spoils. Ever. Which is why honey in Egyptian tombs is still edible

Sherlock Holmes kept bees after he retired.

And if you're thinking wait, but isn't Sherlock Holmes a fictional character, you should know that he has an extraordinary honorary fellowship of the Royal Society of Chemistry in real life.

Martin Amis is a douche bag.

Fact.

Yes.

"Du-du-du, duuu-duuu, du-du-du" is Morse code for "SMS".

James Cameron uses a nailgun to nail crew members' mobile phones to a wall if they ring during filming.

Cameron's film Terminator 2: Judgement Day was once described as "a perfect masterpiece" by Kingsley Amis.

Kingsley Amis wrote a James Bond novel under the pseudonym Robert Markham.

James Bond is half Swiss.

Switzerland's bridges and tunnels are mined with explosives, so that the country can quickly be isolated in the event of invasion.

Switzerland accidently invaded Liechtenstein three years ago.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KUwQjGXj45A

FOTD : Windups are fun.
One of my Uncles if 16, i am 19.

Ha, fair play. :)

Also, wikipedia may not be the only source of info on the internet, but i cant find anything on Lion Philips.
He must be the one with the time machine.
Also what book was that from? i cant open your link

History in Dutch Studies, as found on Google Books.

It's mentioned offhand here and here and here.

You can also read Marx's letters to Lion Philips online.

So the guy who CO-founded Phillips, and didn't get his name in company title was his uncle.

You should have stuck to Gerard.

oh and i did think about it.
Marxism must equal time travel!

They're both called Philips...?

But maybe they should have called it the Philips(es) corporation. I'll write to them.

Also:

1) It's possible for an uncle to outlive a nephew(!!)
2) It's even possible for an uncle to be younger than his own nephew(!!)

Needs to be cited.

Winston's mum's tattoo

Anglo-French Wars

Suggested Anglo-French Union (followed by France offering to join the Commonwealth)

Can't dig up a source for deaths/injuries per tourist in Switzerland, so I'll let that one go as apocryphal.

@ Seeds
Marx died in 88
Philips founded in 91

Marxism = timetravel?

Not necessarily. Think about it.

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Lion, not Gerard. Wikipedia is not the only fruit.

England and France have had thirty or so wars since the Norman conquest.

England and France secretly considered joining into one country in the 1950s.

Iceland has the most nobel laureates / capita of any country in the world.

They've only ever won one prize (literature, 1955) but their population is very very small.

Related statistical artifact: the "most dangerous" country in the world (where tourists are most likely to be killed or injured) is... Switzerland.

Down to skiing, rather than Colonel Gaddafi.

Winston Churchill's mother had a snake tattooed on her wrist

Iceland has the most nobel laureates / capita of any country in the world.

They've only ever won one prize (literature, 1955) but their population is very very small.

The guy that founded

is this dude's uncle

You're right - that whale's feet definitely aren't touching the ground.

UTFS?

Enjoying it so far, really involving and rewarding. It just feels like slow going after a couple of weeks of binging on spy thrillers and books about Scandinavian journalists and computer hackers who bring wife beaters / serial killers /motorcycle gangs / Soviet defectors / secret policemen to justice.

oh noez you di'int
I dont get how its a ripoff

FOTD : Elepahnts are the only mammals that cant jump

Yes I did!!!!!!!!

It was the skinny guy all along, his brain is broken, he made it up!

PS Pretty sure whales can't jump

Pretentious cunt.

Self-hating bourgeoisie.

a few John Le Carres, working my way through Lord Jim, and reading this veeeery slowly in Spanish:

All about famous postwar writers in Paris, except for some reason they are all cartoon dogs who draw comics.

Pretentious cunt.