I heard the news today, oh boy..

[wee quinnie]

ChavWivaLawDegree Wrote:

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> I think it's pretty shitty the way they have

> ripped her apart, even if she is a bit nuts and I

> don't think saint Paul is real. He seems like a

> slimy tw@t to me.

>

> I am in 100% agreement with you.

[Peckhamgatecrasher]

Beware the mean streets of Peckham

http://img.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2008/04_01/harmanDM3103_468x529.jpg

[lozzyloz]

Ably escorted by Colonel Daniels, McNulty and Carver . . .

[mockney piers]

My god, it's uncanny.

[david_carnell]

Is impersonating good po-lice not a crime?

[Brendan]

Considering all the talk about the whole property price/housing shortage malarkey, here?s a novel solution.

http://www.popularchitecture.com/supertower/

[david_carnell]

Holy mother of crap! That is the most unbelievable thing I've ever seen.

I don't even know if I like it....but my god!

Part of me thinks it's the greatest thing ever designed and part of me thinks it would be a living nightmare.

Cool idea though. Bagsy the penthouse!

[Brendan]

Just imagine the god awful hellhole it would be if there was major recession and it became a slum.

It is all a bit too Megacity 1 for my liking.

But not strictly impossible.

[mockney piers]

Can you imagine what that building would be like in 20 years (actually more like 2) time when the stairwells stink of urine?

Part of me is thinking "cooooooooooooool" though. Probably the same part that loved Logan's Run. I take it we will be able to get a scantily clad Jenny Agutter teleported into every room, yes?

[mockney piers]

he he - cross post.

[Brendan]

lol

[Moos]

This story wasn't dated 1st April by any chance, was it? I mean really - a huge pencil made of cheese?

Still, will provide despairing derivative traders with the perfect platform once the aforesaid recession really starts to bite.

[Brendan]

Nope. It was just a concept thought up by some architects. I collect weird stuff like this for one of the columns I write.

[mockney piers]

Bertie Ahern's resignation barely made a dent in the news yesterday, so I'm glad someone is covering it properly.

[Brendan]

This made me laugh this morning. It is from my favorite political cartoonist who is probably not that topical to you unless like me you have a vested interest in Southern (and specifically South) African politics.

This should however amuse: Zapiro

[Brendan]

Dam hyperlink won't work try this one. (It is todays cartoon.)

http://www.mg.co.za/zapiro/

[mockney piers]

a guffaw of cartoonists, nice. I like a good collective noun.

[mockney piers]

Zimbabwe shmabwe, the real news today is...CSI:Ambleside

[Ant]

Does grammar-nazism have its own Godwin's law?

http://blogs.guardian.co.uk/books/2008/04/colonic_irritation.html

[david_carnell]

Weirdly I was talking to mrs_david_carnell the other night about how I'm a big fan of under-used grammatical notations such the semi-colon but also the dash. Not the hyphen; the dash.

God I need a life.

[Jah Lush]

Yeah! you can stick you're semi-colon; up yer colon.

[SeanMacGabhann]

david_carnell: I find that quite endearing

[david_carnell]

;-(

[Brendan]

i once read an article which over about 3000 words explored a contrived yet convincing argument that punctuation is in fact a fascist constraint that infringes on our civil liberties

[david_carnell]

iguesstheotheroptionisforallpunctuationtoberemovedandallowthepopulationtobefreeofallfascistcontrolhoweverthismayleadtosomesmallelementofconfusionespeciallyatfirstwithhugechunksoftextbecomingpraticallyunreadablemightbeworthanexperimentthough