Green slime

In the Mandelson/guacomole interface situation, did you hear the quote from the assailant's mother?

Apparently she said:

"I am very proud of my daughter. Usually her custard comes out quite lumpy, but in the photos it looked pretty smooth"

Words in Need

Reading University has created a computer model that analyses the rate of change of words in English and the languages that share a common heritage.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/7911645.stm

The team says it can predict which words are likely to become extinct - citing "squeeze", "guts", "stick" and "bad" as probable first casualties.

So please stick with bad expressions like "squeeze my guts" whenever possible

Also available in Tudor?

Metric Schmetric

The Mail on Sunday (it was in the pub alright?) criticises the BBC for giving the weights of the teams in kilograms rather than stones. However it does it with this sub-headline:

"Both rugby teams are British, the 4.5 million viewers are British.. so why does the BBC insist on weighing the players in kilograms?"

Surely that should have read "four and a half million" - or possibly 375,000 dozen.

Breaking news

The first reported traffic accident in space. US and Russian satellites collide over Siberia.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/7885051.stm


The Americans say the Russians pulled out of their orbit without looking or indicating.

Something to send to everybody

Happy Birthday Darwin

"Darwinian man, though well behaved, at best is only a monkey shaved." -Arthur Sullivan, 1884