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I've just bought The God Delusion by Richard Dawkins.

Anyone read it?

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I both laughed and screamed out loud when I saw that guy having his chest waxed in "The 40 Year Old Virgin".......

I think that's called schadenfreude....

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I'd love to know more about the surname Rooke - which I'm told derives from O'Rourke.

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I got 13. I'm English. I've lived here all my life.

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(a) What sex ? and

(b) Where can I get some?

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<t>Dear Jim'll Fix It Can you fix it for me to have a gay affair with a rent boy? I've always wanted one and it would make me look sooooo metrosexual.....Besides, everyone else in the Party seems to have had one and I'm feeling a bit left out.... Yours sincerely Davi...

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Dear Jim'll Fix It

Can you fix it for me to have my lady lumps surgically enhanced?

Thanks in advance

Trinny Woodall

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Just wanted to wish all my fellow Wiccans, pagans, neo-pagans, Druids etc a Stunning Samhain!

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<t>We live in a crappy country with an infrastructure that has almost reached rock bottom. Warning : seriously bad-tempered but heartfelt rant imminent.......:-5 I reckon criminal behaviour has rocketed in the last 10 years ; not that it was at low levels before, but crimes of...

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<t>Hello all I have a gorgeous cat called Serafina Pekkala ; my cat flap is in the back door, which is a double-glazed unit. It's one of those standard 4-way cat flaps with a magnetic seal. I have always left it open (from both inside and out) so that Serafina can get access wh...

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<t>Well, without giving too much away about it, I hated it! I thought in an otherwise realistic film, that touch of symbolism was a step too far. I thought it represented Diana too - the beautiful, wild, free creature, being hunted, and finally ......kapow! It's hanging upside down from a meathook. ...

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<r>Helen Mirren is wonderful. I was watching her play Jane Tennison for the last time in Prime Suspect last night ; I went off that series after the second one, but have thoroughly enjoyed this one. Anyhoo, back to The Queen...I loved this film ; I saw it twice (which, LOTR films aside, i...

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<t>I've just got back from seeing The Queen, Pinky, and I really enjoyed. It has intelligent film-making and great actors. I remember Diana's death so clearly (and the mass demonstrations of grief which followed). For me, this was a film about a woman of a different generation trying to p...

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<r>I'm consider myself an expert arguer ; I like to weild a bit of the old sarcasm. It's quite a turn on in a way. <E>:D</E> Got to be better than my parents style of arguing ; their marriage has been one, long bicker which never really gets to a crescendo. That's because my father alway...

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<t>Has anyone been to see The Queen with Helen Mirren in it yet? It's had good reviews in the UK and she's a great actress. I remember Diana's death and the weeks that followed very clearly - can't wait to see how the Queen's reactions are portrayed. I've seen The Devil Wears Prada. Load ...

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<t>Diuretic wrote: Serious question - if somewhat provocative - why should anyone expect that anyone else should respect their religious beliefs? I'm not arguing that anyone should be prohibited from practising their religion (provided such practising doesn't breach secular laws) but why should anyo...

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<t>Kind of ; I find myself welling up really easily at ads for charities (ones for kids or animals always get me going) etc. But as far as reading is concerned, I don't feel the same ; I enjoy reading all sorts of books but generally don't enjoy "happy" or "frivolous" books much. I'd rat...

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LMAO :wah:

I'm going to write a Cornish version of BoRhap now....

I watched Still Life when it was on and loved it - best comedy on TV for a long while

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I love Bowie's Modern Love album - Let's Dance is blasting away on my PC at the moment

Anyone remember Kajagoogoo? I had such a crush on the blonde guitarist! :p

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<r>I thought the title of this thread meant the guy was suggesting we eat overweight people to save the planet or something....:rolleyes: About 5 years ago I was at my perfect weight for health reasons - doing Iyengar yoga three times a week, the gym etc. But since then I've been promote...

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<r>Really sorry, minks - it's a form of bereavement, to have a relationship end, so go through it like that, and mourn. Disbelief - rage - finally (hopefully) resignation ; don't they say those are the stages of loss? I also went through a "kick him in the nads and strip his hard drive" l...

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<t>Anyone like Ian McEwan? I re-read his latest book, "Saturday" again recently ; it's really top-notch. He writes with a kind of a pared-down, simple elegance and clarity that I think is really rare. He also does "normality suddenly turning into danger" brilliantly. I've just ...

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<t>ArnoldLayne wrote: So lets go there and we can all not pay income tax. The money you earn is entirely yours to do and spend as you wish Oh, the temptation! Think of all the lovely clothes I could buy! But I wouldn't go as far as that ; I do expect an infrastructure around me that...

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Heh, I can think of far worse ones for men........maybe I'll post 'em later if I can think up euphemisms for, umm,.......

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<t>Pinky wrote: That's one of my all time faves...that slug metaphor always cracks me up!:D I'm glad you said it's crap before I went to see it at the pics. I'll stick with the original. No, go and see it for the comedy value! It really is hilariously bad ; Nicholas Cage...

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<t>cherandbuster wrote: My favorite Lehane book is "Shutter Island". What did you think of that one? :-6 Hmm, not my favourite, actually ; he always writes well but I do prefer the day-to-day street stuff that he writes - Mystic River is still at number 1 for me. <...

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<t>See, what I can't help wondering is whether, regardless of the electoral system we choose, we would end up with the same problems - because they are systemic problems, rather than party political ones. By that I mean that it seems self-evident to me we have the following fundamental pr...

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<r>cherandbuster wrote: Hiya Y <E>:)</E> I have not read George Pelecanos, but I know he is good friends with one of my favorite authors, Dennis Lehane. Have you ever read "Mystic River"? It's an exceptional book. Yep, I'm a great fan of Lehane - I've read ev...

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<t>Clancy wrote: ......so can I put you down for a copy? Please say yes, it would mean so much. The Mussies put a jihad on me .....but what's more worrying is the Scottish Presbyterian's have built a wicker man just off the M8 ....:-6 Oh, go on then - I'll ha...

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I'd be willing to give proportional representation a go on the basis that if it's broke, mend it.

But without a demand for electoral reform that the leading parties hear, how will we ever get it? I demand a revolution!

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You should never, ever, open the damn door to the cellar. I mean, duh!:rolleyes:

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Can you give us some more quotes from the Fluffeh Bible, Clancy? I'd like to try 'em out on my evangelical mother....

:p

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<r>Hamster wrote: Sounds good Yavanna....What are we going to call ourselves? :wah: I quite like the sound of The Cowbag Coalition Party.......I'd like Ann Widdicombe and Janet Street-Porter to join..... Honestly, you start up a thread about a serious issue and end up tal...

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Shall thee and me start one up, then, lass?

(sorry - don't know you - just the Yorkshire thing in your avatar:D )

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<t>gmc wrote: What happened to the labour party? . It got into power, that's what happened. 'S funny you guys feel the same way about Thatcher ; I'm sure we're looking back with rose-tinted glasses - after all, we had the Falklands War, the decimation of the miners (I was...

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<t>I loathe Blair. I loathe him all the more because when he got into power I really believed that we had a great chance for a Labour government to achieve real change. The last 3 terms have been a long, slow slide for me towards cynicism, disillusionment and a secret hankering...

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I'm so bad at that game! I can't get my score about 350 :-5

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I do like a slice of walnut and coffee cake, with a really good cup of java. :yh_coffee

I've never been known to turn down lemon drizzle cake, either. Sounds so .......sumptuous, doesn't it? Dribble....mmmm.....:yh_drool

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I'm re-reading the Harry Potter books and George Pelecanos' "Right as Rain".

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annie58 wrote:

Correct Wendy. Bit too easy, eh! lol

Ummmm....Wendy Does Dallas ?

How about:

"That tall drink of water with the silver spoon up his ass"

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<r>annie58 wrote: <E>:)</E> However, I think this generation of film goers is so used to violence in video games that anything on a movie screen is nothing to them. They have become so numb to horror that they are not repelled by it. Such a shame! <E>:)</E> Well said. Hen...

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<r>I went to see the remake of The Wicker Man last week. Laughed like a drain the whole way through, it was so dire. Couldn't wait for Nicholas Cage to get burned to a crisp. Wanted to kick the director for daring to remake a classic 70s British horror film into a waste of 2 hours of my l...

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<t>The original Amityville Horror was scary, I thought ; more because of James Brolin's overhanging brow, but it still got me creeped out. I agree about The Exorcist ; that's an intelligent as well as terrifying film. And based on a true story. I wish the updated version hadn't added in s...

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<r>zinkyusa wrote: I just punch them in the pie hole:wah: can't quite reach spot though d^$n ocean:-5 I try that first. Spells come way down the list <E>:D</E> I also find staring at people in an intimidating manner, without saying anything at all, does wonde...

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<t>Spells definitely work! Not always (but as Pinky says, I think that's down to the intent you have) - but mostly! I favour candle magick - what about you, Pinky? It's great for focus and concentration. I also recommend knotwork (knotting a red thread whilst repeating my intent works wel...

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zinkyusa wrote: yeah, lewks gud two me...

Ahh....a Scottish American.....:p

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The Shining........there's something about that like kid pedalling through silent, empty, psychedelic-carpeted hotel corridors that gives me the heebie-jeebies. And when those dead, freaky twins appear!

And Jack Nicholson was just born to play that role.....

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Can you guys, like, stop quoting my spelling mistake please? :p

Hi cherandbuster!

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<r>Bill Sikes wrote: "Adolescent drunken prats" are not known to kill 20 sheep, mutilate their genitals (?), put their eyes out, and place the carcasses in the shape of a seven-pointed star You're right ; it's a group of people, they think, who are practising s...

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Hmmm, depends how much I get picked on by the fundementalists......:sneaky:

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