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(Sent in by John O'D)

M1 Gantry Message of the Day

"ANIMALS IN THE ROADWAY -SLOW"

Has the summer migration of the muntjaks started early this year?

And 3rd prize goes to....

Change Management Chinese-style

http://www.managementtoday.co.uk/channel/Leadership/news/922943/irate-chinese-steel-workers-kill-boss-scupper-merger/

Reports this morning state that employees of the state-owned Tunghua Iron and Steel company, in the industrial north-east of the country, were ‘unhappy’ about plans for a proposed takeover by private sector rival the Jianlong Steel Holding Company. The deal could apparently have resulted in the loss of as many of 25,000 of the 30,000 jobs at the plant.

In fact they were so ‘unhappy’ that when the general manager of Jianlong, one Chen Guojun, pitched up last Friday to give them a pep talk, some 3,000 workers took matters into their own hands and rioted. In the course of which disturbance, the unfortunate Chen was reportedly beaten to death, and 100 other people were injured. Makes those French militants and their crazy boss-napping antics look positively small-time by comparison.

Another award-winner

Contractor Award Winner 2008

Sent in by Peter B

Boolean algebra for beginners

Ancient Egyptian warning

Do not adjust reality

Not all that friendly?

Daphne writes to tell me that "While the south-west of the South Island moved about 30 centimetres closer to Australia, the east coast moved only 1 centimetre westwards".

So I think that a) NZ is getting bigger and b)not all of NZ is rushing to join Australia

A friendly gesture

Apparently New Zealand moved 12 inches closer to Australia as a result of today's quake

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/asia-pacific/8151530.stm

Rehab for Steven Gerrard?

Skinning up

"International swimming has been engulfed by "suit wars" since the LZR Racer broke the mould early last year. By the end of the year, 108 new records had been set. Even when doping was rife in the 1970s and 1980s, records did not fall with such abandon.

By the time swimming's governing body, Fina, met at Dubai in March, the second generation of super suits was launched. The second-generation suits are 100% polyurethane and impermeable, and are so tight that swimmers take up to 40 minutes to put them on."

It seems to me that there should be a LeMans start. Swimmers have to run to their suits, get in them, then do the race.

Signs explained

Thanks to Chris D for this little gem

Poor navigation?

For this submarine the war is definitely over.

Obama Babe in Mercy Dash to the Palace

First experiment results were inconclusive - although I did get one hit from "Hicksville" in the USA.

So, I try again.

Sex, drugs and rock & roll

This is an experiment. My site-meter (yes I am slightly geeky)tells me that readership picked up after I mentioned Michael Jackson. So this entry should get them flooding in!