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Shhhh, don't tell Kelly!!!
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Do they come in milk chocolate?
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lilBuddha
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Originally posted by Pigwidgeon:
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Originally posted by Albertus:
I've just learnt, from a crossword clue, that episcopal is an anagram of Pepsi Cola. Perhaps a sponsorship opportunity for TEC there.
I remember hearing that many years ago.
If the Mormon Church still owns Pepsi, I doubt that there's much hope for a sponsorship.
Snopes, people, snopes.
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Penny S
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Those rabbits may explain the passage I've lately read in Lindsey Davis' book "Master and God" about Domitian. In the description of Titus' games inaugurating what was to be called the Colisseum, rabbits were listed among the animals. "Rabbits?" queried the main character, but explanation there was none.
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It turns out that a seventeenth century play by an unknown author may have been written by Shakespeare.
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lilBuddha
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I want it! I want it! want it!!!
It is ugly, impractical, dangerous and oh so lovely.
Ladies and gentlemen, may I present to you......the Black Pearl
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Welease Woderwick
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Me too!
If we order two do you think we'll get a massive discount that makes it affordable?
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It's back!
The Englewood review of books has done their top 10 bad christian book covers (certainly beats our measly caption competition).
The 10th cover, and the whole premise of the book, is cringeworthy. Though I really, really want to read DOES GOD EVER SPEAK through CATS.
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Originally posted by Sipech:
...certainly beats our measly caption competition.
The way things have been going lately, anything would.
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Penny S
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Originally posted by Sipech:
It's back!
The Englewood review of books has done their top 10 bad christian book covers (certainly beats our measly caption competition).
The 10th cover, and the whole premise of the book, is cringeworthy. Though I really, really want to read DOES GOD EVER SPEAK through CATS.
My feeling about No. 10 is that it is a send-up. Surely?
And what happened on the 20th May, 2012?
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Originally posted by Penny S:
And what happened on the 20th May, 2012?
There was an annular solar eclipse and and earthquake in Italy. Maybe something to do with that?
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Wasn't the world supposed to end on May 20, 2012, according to some strange interpretation of the Mayan calendar?
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Penny S
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That book seemed to associate it with Joel. It would have been my mother's birthday, had she been alive.
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Alright the just plain weird.
I made a pasta sauce today (avocado, mayonnaise and poached salmon if you must know). The bowl it was in in the kitchen fell off the shelf before I could put it on the pasta. Fortunately very little split although still annoying.
What I do not get is how some managed to fall onto the door base between my living room and hallway while not hitting the living room carpet at all. The kitchen is off the living room!
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lilBuddha
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Originally posted by Sipech:
It's back!
The Englewood review of books has done their top 10 bad christian book covers (certainly beats our measly caption competition).
The 10th cover, and the whole premise of the book, is cringeworthy. Though I really, really want to read DOES GOD EVER SPEAK through CATS.
Yes! What is God telling us when Mr. Fluffles licks his own arse?
Most of the list are just bad book covers. Though that one, #10 and the angel bestiality porn cover are true disasters all way round.
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I think I disagree with this dog being named World's Ugliest Dog. He's not ugly, IMHO!
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lilBuddha
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I think the judges got bored with the Chinese Cresteds winning all the time.
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Originally posted by lilBuddha:
I think the judges got bored with the Chinese Cresteds winning all the time.
They always remind me of Bill the Cat!
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Sipech
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Did you hear what happened when Tim Berners-Lee was looking at some dodgy sites on the web?
He clicked 'Delete internet history' and now no one's ever heard of him.
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Not really thread worthy in itself, but I thought this XKCD would go down well here.
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lilBuddha
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Emmy Spoiler so look away now!
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Just a shout-out to Viola Davis and her history making win! And to Regina King for the sweet, surprised acceptance speech.
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Originally posted by Sandemaniac:
Not really thread worthy in itself, but I thought this XKCD would go down well here.
AG
Interesting spin! I particularly like the mouse-over message. I've had moments like that.
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Moo
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I came across this interesting article.
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Penny S
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I have no idea whether this belongs here or not - or anywhere.
Breaking News - Republican Congress members have hailed as an example of what good science looks like research revealing that members of the genus ursidae no longer defaecate in sylvan biomes.
Guardian leader
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lilBuddha
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Originally posted by Moo:
I came across this interesting article.
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Generation Narcissus
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It may well be thread-worthy, but I have had difficulty deciding what the thread would be about. For the time being, I will just mention here that Pope Francis has become the first Pope to address a joint session of the U.S. Congress. Here is the full text of the address.
The Pope pushes several hot buttons and yet in some ways his purpose seems to be just to encourage better dialogue rather than partisan bickering. This can clearly be seen when he states:
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But there is another temptation which we must especially guard against: the simplistic reductionism which sees only good or evil; or, if you will, the righteous and sinners. The contemporary world, with its open wounds which affect so many of our brothers and sisters, demands that we confront every form of polarization which would divide it into these two camps.
Every form of polarization.
The more I read the Address to Congress, the more layers I notice. There are lots of thought-provoking statements to chew on.
Also of some interest is his earlier address to the bishops of the U.S.
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Apropos nothing at all, when people capitalise the third person singular form of "to be" I now expect a news report from the Middle East. It's disconcerting.
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M.
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Apropos of nothing, I caught a bit on the radio the other day that the Holy Ghost had been found buried in mud in Hampshire.
I was contemplating fundamental changes to my theology when I realised that the article was about Henry VIII's warship of said name.....
M.
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Originally posted by Sioni Sais:
Apropos nothing at all, when people capitalise the third person singular form of "to be" I now expect a news report from the Middle East. It's disconcerting.
You think that's disconcerting? I bought a bottle of scent a while back in Marks & Sparks and only recently realised that it was called "Isis".
I bought it because it smelled nice; I don't remember noticing what it was called at the time.
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Originally posted by M.:
Apropos of nothing, I caught a bit on the radio the other day that the Holy Ghost had been found buried in mud in Hampshire.
I was contemplating fundamental changes to my theology when I realised that the article was about Henry VIII's warship of said name.....
M.
In the interests of accuracy, it's the warship of Henry V, not the Tudor madman ![[Razz]](tongue.gif)
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M.
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Ah! Sorry! I really wasn't listening properly, was I?
M.
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Originally posted by Piglet:
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Originally posted by Sioni Sais:
Apropos nothing at all, when people capitalise the third person singular form of "to be" I now expect a news report from the Middle East. It's disconcerting.
You think that's disconcerting? I bought a bottle of scent a while back in Marks & Sparks and only recently realised that it was called "Isis".
There's a hairdressers's on the main road between central London and Heathrow airport called Isis. I wonder how business is right now?
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A language school in Greenwich fell foul of that.
Wasn't there also a rumour about a god in Downton Abbey being killed off because it was called ISIS?
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I think it's a real shame. "Isis" has been around for centuries - I hope they're not going to rename one of Oxford's rivers because of this.
"Daesh" is a better choice - it spells out the acronym of the group's Arabic name, and is also an insulting pun. It can be understood as "to trample underfoot" or "bigots who impose their views on others." Besides, it annoys them.
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A group of British imams has suggested to prime minister David Cameron that he call the group "the Un-Islamic State".
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Originally posted by Sipech:
A language school in Greenwich fell foul of that.
Wasn't there also a rumour about a god in Downton Abbey being killed off because it was called ISIS?
I think it was a dog. Gods don't seem to be a very big presence in Downton ( nor dogs much now, come to that).
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And the cat, Ira, was shitting itself.
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I had a few friends in college who were alumni/alumnae of Inverness Royal Academy, which has rather unfortunate initials ... ![[Big Grin]](biggrin.gif)
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Sipech
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Originally posted by BroJames:
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Originally posted by Sipech:
Wasn't there also a rumour about a god in Downton Abbey being killed off because it was called ISIS?
I think it was a dog. Gods don't seem to be a very big presence in Downton ( nor dogs much now, come to that).
A) That is a rather embarrassing typo.
B) I dread to think what may have snuck into the church newsletter.
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Welease Woderwick
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I was coming home on the bus this evening and it suddenly occurred to me that there may be people here who can answer a little question of mine:
I wear bottle bottom specs, I have been shortsighted since I was about 12 and in the last dozen years have developed a squint so I now have 8 [a value, not a number] prisms in each lens. Fine, no issues and my sight is fine with that BUT ever since I got these new specs blue LEDS appear forward of where they actually are - non-LED blue light no problem [not that this is really a problem] and I wondered if it was something to do with wavelengths or my brain or something else entirely.
Anyone who can explain this to me?
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Originally posted by Piglet:
I had a few friends in college who were alumni/alumnae of Inverness Royal Academy, which has rather unfortunate initials ...
*waves*
There was an editorial column in the Inverness Courier in the late 70s by the late Evelyn Barron, pointing out that the original IRA was founded in 1792, and that the Irish johnny-come-latelies had a cheek nicking "our" initials. The Inverness Courier was going to stand proud in its use of IRA for the school.
IIRC we claimed to be the "real" IRA, though that has ceased to be an option, too.
Irvine Royal Academy had the same issue, though whether they had such a doughty champion as Evelyn Barron, I don't know.
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lilBuddha
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Originally posted by Welease Woderwick:
I was coming home on the bus this evening and it suddenly occurred to me that there may be people here who can answer a little question of mine:
I wear bottle bottom specs, I have been shortsighted since I was about 12 and in the last dozen years have developed a squint so I now have 8 [a value, not a number] prisms in each lens. Fine, no issues and my sight is fine with that BUT ever since I got these new specs blue LEDS appear forward of where they actually are - non-LED blue light no problem [not that this is really a problem] and I wondered if it was something to do with wavelengths or my brain or something else entirely.
Anyone who can explain this to me?
Not exactly certain. But blue LEDs are brighter than other colours* and the human eye resolves blue light poorly, making blue lights appear bigger. In short, I think it is an optical illusion. It may simplest be that with your old specs, everything was slightly blurrier. Whilst the new ones resolve better, they cannot compensate for blue light.
*Blue LEDs are manufactured differently. Also White LEDs are made by placing a yellow phosphor in front of the blue LED, producing white light.** So they are also more intense, but our eyes do better with a broad spectrum.
**Thogh this might not be always true. I have the vague impression of there being a newer method.
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Ancient treasure? Alien in stasis?
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Sipech: For fans of church architecture, these vertical panoramic photos of New York church buildings are rather wonderful.
Whoa, I'm getting dizzy ![[Ultra confused]](graemlins/confused2.gif)
But they are beautiful.
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Just as well St. John the Divine* is so big it's probably a photographic impossibility. Now that really would make you giddy.
* or "St. John the Unfinished" as D. calls it
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