
That is the noise such a contraption should make.
Have a woo and a click
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Have a woo and a click

!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
!!!!!!
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!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
!!!!!!

I got through around a dozen for this piece.
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(inspiration from below) www.b3ta.com/board/8702671

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now FEED US YOUR LEMONS!
woo :-)
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woo :-)

I find they really work well.
Form AND function wins every time!
Woo

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Form AND function wins every time!
Woo


It's been suggested that excessive aluminium consumption promotes alzheimers.
Aluminium can be dissolved in acid.
Lemon juice is acid.
Stark lemon squeezers are made of aluminium.
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Aluminium can be dissolved in acid.
Lemon juice is acid.
Stark lemon squeezers are made of aluminium.


but lemon juice will still do the job. And you can't squeeze a vinegar.
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and this current film is *much* better than the first one...
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for more reasons than i feel prudent to list here
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and white is a shit colour to fill it with
p.s. woo
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p.s. woo

YOU DARE TO PUT YOUR FEETS ON ME?
muchos woo as per.
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muchos woo as per.

but I need to scan them all in again, tidy up all the imperfections, get copyright permission for a few of them and upload them all to lulu. To be honest it could take quite some time :(
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GO 'WAN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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I'm nice to cuddle, due to not having any sharp edges.
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*MIDDLE CLASS DRUGS SATIRE*
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The second best one is falling over.
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like Unicorns and Goths... although I can never remember which is which, always hanging around in Tescos, by the makeup, sharpening their collective horns with really hard cheese...
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you pokélunatic.
:D what pokémon did fissure anyhow?
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:D what pokémon did fissure anyhow?

*hides image*
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Since David is a robot, we might just get away with it.
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and with that, I'm off home.
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"No officer, I do not know anybody called ninj..."
*runs away*
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*runs away*

...don't quite know why I did that...*runs away with you*
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I don't know why anyone thought this was anything to do with lemons

Ben has been championing good science for yonks via his blog, his newspaper column and general aceness. He's officially a friend of b3ta coz he links to us via his site, and occasionally posts here too.
Now he's got a book out, and we're interviewing him and want your questions.
FYI
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ben_Goldacre
www.badscience.net/
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Now he's got a book out, and we're interviewing him and want your questions.
FYI
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ben_Goldacre
www.badscience.net/


It's an ingredient in the shampoo which makes the hair silky and smooth!
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That's nowhere near as good as Bifidus Digestivus! They almost bothered to think up a latin name for it.
ALMOST!
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ALMOST!

So fuck you
Edit: and I was quoting Spaced.
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Edit: and I was quoting Spaced.

I'VE SEEN YOU
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Sometimes this japanese stuff that smells of salad cream.
Never yoghurt.
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Never yoghurt.

Women have been using them for AGES on their hair.
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Stout makes it shiny, I forget what eggs do.
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Like a soldier running his hands through the liquidised guts of a comrade.
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but have still yet to see it!
Maybe tonight.
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Maybe tonight.

Its the magical bulemia that keeps 80% of the female students so thin
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Have you ever considered fighting crime with Good Science?
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It was fab to see how Hollywood made up science stuff.
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but how they represent the entire scientific environment
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I hate movies that get basic science wrong, especially physics.
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It's less forgivable that he seemed to be aiming at the target and then spinning it away, rather than aiming away and then spinning it at the target.
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All they would have to do is do it the other way round and it would have at least obeyed logic!
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I have not seen the film due to HAVING STANDARDS!
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but it won't kill someone to do some actual research in how thing do/might happen.
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Surely it's just fiction?
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especially down corridors
cos shockwaves only go at like 10mph don't they
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cos shockwaves only go at like 10mph don't they

are hated by these people
www.intuitor.com/moviephysics/
Though I do wonder if they take it too far from time to time.
The cigarettes as lighters bits looks fun to do...
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www.intuitor.com/moviephysics/
Though I do wonder if they take it too far from time to time.
The cigarettes as lighters bits looks fun to do...

I would also like to maintain that this would definitely be good science.
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Q2: How fast can you run?
Q3: What's in your fridge?
Q4: A cat, y/n?
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Q3: What's in your fridge?
Q4: A cat, y/n?

seems like it could be a good book. i might get it.
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I look forward to it with
question : do nanosphears exist I heard about them on a face cream advert and have always
wondered how they make skin look "visibly" younger. are they a type of midichlorine like
off that starwars. Yoda probably uses it because he has defined wrinkles.
sorry its such a shit question but I'm new here
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question : do nanosphears exist I heard about them on a face cream advert and have always
wondered how they make skin look "visibly" younger. are they a type of midichlorine like
off that starwars. Yoda probably uses it because he has defined wrinkles.
sorry its such a shit question but I'm new here

If they came into contact, would it cause a scientific paradox? An explosion that could destroy all reality? Create a new kind of "Super SCIENCE™"?
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Where can I join?
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Personally I'd go for a living hatstand which is supported by three slender female legs, and nipples on the end of the hooks.
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I mean why would it have windows?
Can science even materialise and stop muggings?
how many times have you been on the receiving end of a knife, HELD BY SCIENCE?
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Can science even materialise and stop muggings?
how many times have you been on the receiving end of a knife, HELD BY SCIENCE?

and can you invent some kind of chemical that gives people magic powers?
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The scientific community would try to cover for their mistake.
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but also hexapeptides, heptapentides, octapeptides, nonapeptides, and so on.
In fact all the way up to proteins, which are polypeptides....
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In fact all the way up to proteins, which are polypeptides....

But don't start eating vancomycin.
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or just downright hilarious?
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and the kids ask questions like "Why can't we feel the earth move", do you know the answers, and if so, do you say them out loud? (even if you're alone).
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often accompanied by the pleasing mental image of giving said kid a clip round the ear as i send it scurrying back to the mine.
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ONE IS WHOLLY FABRIC FIBRES WHILST THE OTHER IS A MIXTURE OF HAIR, DEAD SKIN CELLS AND MISCELLANEOUS MATERIAL FRAGMENTS YOU IDIOT CHILD!
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i'd either be the best or worst teacher ever. and i'd be either one, very briefly i expect.
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I shout at those telly-kids like there's no tomorrow.
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Will it create new cures for all ills, or will it create new causes for all ills?
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Shame he's dead, really.
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And especially, what impact would it have on global warming?
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And if so, were you any good?
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Why wouldn't it be possible to restart it with nuclear bombs?
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have you ever tried creating "recreational" chemicals for your own use?
and how long do I have to wait for a time machine to, oh hold on, one's just appeared next to me with me inside it....
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and how long do I have to wait for a time machine to, oh hold on, one's just appeared next to me with me inside it....

Do you have a crowbar handy if it does?
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I never thought I'd see a resonance cascade in my lifetime, much less create one...
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only 3 feet tall and he didn't cause any cancer.
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because lions are boy cats and tigers are girl cats. How hard would you slap her?
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What's your favourite bit of science to pull out at parties?
Lots of love,
Lightguy
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Lots of love,
Lightguy

your talk in the Edinburgh Cancer Research Centre, because my boss made me finish an experiment. Was it good?
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If yes, who and where?
If no, why not!!!!??? What can we do about it?
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If no, why not!!!!??? What can we do about it?


If Jenny has three counters in a bag, one blue, one green and one red, and Timmy has 6 counters in a small wooden container of unknown origin,
one green, three red and two blue, assuming Jenny is blind and Timmy is not, when Jenny removes a counter and counts on Timmy to tell her what colour it is,
and he tells her "blue", "green", "blue", "blue", "red", "green" and finally "yellow", not having told any lies before her first counter is shown to him,
has Timmy ever told Jenny that she was holding a warm sausage?
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one green, three red and two blue, assuming Jenny is blind and Timmy is not, when Jenny removes a counter and counts on Timmy to tell her what colour it is,
and he tells her "blue", "green", "blue", "blue", "red", "green" and finally "yellow", not having told any lies before her first counter is shown to him,
has Timmy ever told Jenny that she was holding a warm sausage?

Anything spring to mind which you got wrong, and turned out to be bad science on your part?
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it's set in the futuristic year of 1980 where we are battling aliens from a moon base and sexy women have purple hair. Why is the future (by which I mean the present) so shit? Where's my flying car dammit?!
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is your life morelike Bob Holness or Bob Monkhouse?
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I like to be a jerk on the internet and get naked at parties.
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*Which question that science does not have an answer to would you most like to know an answer to?
*If you worked in advertising what 'bad science' claims would you use to sell the following products - 1. Coco Pops 2. Red Bull 3. Tattoos
*Which is the best religion?
*I more or less live off Microwave meals. Will that ultimately kill me?
*Which science fiction invention do you most wish was real?
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*If you worked in advertising what 'bad science' claims would you use to sell the following products - 1. Coco Pops 2. Red Bull 3. Tattoos
*Which is the best religion?
*I more or less live off Microwave meals. Will that ultimately kill me?
*Which science fiction invention do you most wish was real?

will eventually kill you, and non-smokers have a 100% fatality rate.
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Or is it just insecurity that makes us fall for 'scientific-y'-sounding things that will get rid of our creases, hold back the march of time, make us smell like flowers, etc. It's the Emperor's New Clothes, all day, every day, isn't it?
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Is'nt it time you changed your name to Goldhectare?
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Think of all the free mugs and pens you'd get from pill companies?
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Will your royalties finally pay for some plastic-surgery neck-bolts?
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Do you fancy a pint?
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Mon 1 Sep 2008, 17:52,
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Would you go all Raj Persaud on us if you did?
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and would you bang Kelly LeBrock if you'd made her yourself?
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which nations come across as the most eager to swallow quackery, and which seem the most sceptical?
2) Which act of blatant charlatanry were you the most surprised to find people paying good money for?
3) Do you ever get tempted to threaten people with homeopathically diluted cyanide?
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2) Which act of blatant charlatanry were you the most surprised to find people paying good money for?
3) Do you ever get tempted to threaten people with homeopathically diluted cyanide?

... as in they've come to a conclusion you agree with but can't prove? Stopped clock right twice a day and all that. Does the ethical dilemma keep you awake at night? If so i can recommend Horlicks.
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I wrote to him to point out a scientific error in his column and he was,
to say the least, extremely brusque in his reply, even though the criticism was valid.
Thanks for his membership ID though, he can go on my ignore list now.
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to say the least, extremely brusque in his reply, even though the criticism was valid.
Thanks for his membership ID though, he can go on my ignore list now.

And is it really possible to suck a fart back up from whence it came? =)
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actually stop the mind control rays from space?
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and if you had to screw vanessa feltz would you use a blindfold, for science
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are food related?
If not, what do you believe is the most prolific bad science?

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If not, what do you believe is the most prolific bad science?


One million pounds to bump off Gillian McKeith and Patrick Holford - would you do it?
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Mon 1 Sep 2008, 19:03,
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or was The Sun newspaper lying to me today?
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what tips do you have for me to retain my cool, studying such a geeky subject?
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Isn't Lauren Laverne hot? I think it's the accent. You came across very well.
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(See also, The IT crowd etc.) and how long do you plan to milk it for all it's worth?
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what would you do, knowing there'd be no consequences?
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eating an endangered plant?
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Mon 1 Sep 2008, 19:37,
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Shoot the animal. Collect the plant and dry it. Sell both as "Chinese medicine". We're running out of these things, you know, so make money whilst you can.
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I'd be crushed to find out that they're Bad Science™.
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(the word 'science' may be superfluous in this question)
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I'm a poor science student who quit his job today. They were putting Boswelox in the coffee. It didn't sit well with me.
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Q: Now you're a celebrity doctor, have you noticed an increase in the number of weirdos patients reporting to you with injuries to their genitalia/lightbulbs up bottoms/strange sexual conditions?
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aka Where should I invest my dosh science-wise?
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that the Large Hadron Collider will kill us all with man-made black holes?
Edit: also, which is the most awesome variety of cheese, scientifically speaking?
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Edit: also, which is the most awesome variety of cheese, scientifically speaking?

Have you seen Mythbusters? Would you like to collaborate with them?
What is the best way to educate young people about science? How would you change the national curriculum to encourage more people to take up science?
What are the best examples of 'good' science in movies that you have seen.
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What is the best way to educate young people about science? How would you change the national curriculum to encourage more people to take up science?
What are the best examples of 'good' science in movies that you have seen.

Is anti-gravity actually possible? and would it create an Anti-god?
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What is the geekiest thing you own?
What annoys you more, celebrity 'experts' or scientologists?
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What annoys you more, celebrity 'experts' or scientologists?

are called MRI scanners, as people where afraid to use them as the N stands for nuclear. Have you experienced any other bad science based rebranding of medical/scientific practices?.
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and, if you had special magic non-science based powers, what would you do to improve the standard of science reporting?
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A task was to turn a scientific paper into a newspaper article. In other words, dumb it down. Given that this Is easily done by undergraduates, I think the answer is laziness.
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I read the extract from your book in G2 today - the portrait you paint is the big drug companies are acting dubiously at best in their pursuit of profit. Are they all equally bad, or are there ones who have a better ethical/moral stance that we could support as a model of good practice? Are you optimistic that this poor state of affairs will change at all in the near future?
You also say that all the 'low hanging fruit' in terms of medical cures have already been picked. What current area of research do you see as the most promising at present to provide genuine new breakthroughs?
What do you think will persuade the UK government to invest more in science? And where would you target the investment they are willing to make?
Answers to any or all of those should be interesting, and would be much appreciated.
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You also say that all the 'low hanging fruit' in terms of medical cures have already been picked. What current area of research do you see as the most promising at present to provide genuine new breakthroughs?
What do you think will persuade the UK government to invest more in science? And where would you target the investment they are willing to make?
Answers to any or all of those should be interesting, and would be much appreciated.

restrict the development of science because it's more difficult for revolutionary/outlandish (delete as applicable) theories to get published?
You can add credibility to an incoherent pub debate I was having. Obviously, if your answer doesn't support my argument, I'll bury it.
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You can add credibility to an incoherent pub debate I was having. Obviously, if your answer doesn't support my argument, I'll bury it.

sweaty science nerds who live with their parents? Be insultingly honest.
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I once chatted up online (before I knew what she looked like or who she was - oh the joys of the internet) the first ever woman who was subjected to Gillian McKeith's "scientific" analysis. She had been expected by the programmes producers to bow down to the pseudo-scientists better knowledge but came back fighting and gave as good as she got. She said she didn't care about being fat and didn't intend to change her ways as she was quite happy as she was. So my question: do you think G.M. is as happy in her own self-esteem?
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When GM had to drop the use of 'Doctor' before her name, did you take a certain pride that your rational but damning revalations about her idiotic nutritional ramblings had played a part?
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Do you have a list of woo-promoting journos that you'd quite like to visit with a staplegun and a copy of How To Lie With Statistics?
Who would be at the top of the list from the Guardian?
Would discovering that the Mail caused cancer destroy the universe?
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Who would be at the top of the list from the Guardian?
Would discovering that the Mail caused cancer destroy the universe?

She needs a good staple-gunning.
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On a scale of 1 to 10, how awesome an idea is it to propel our planet across space with giant engines?
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Tue 2 Sep 2008, 0:31,
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every copy of the book will have had your knob rubbed on it?
only amazon made no mention, you see
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Tue 2 Sep 2008, 0:54,
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only amazon made no mention, you see

Assuming both possess the same mass, which contain the greatest calorific value?
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and where is Lord Lucan?
Does anybody really care?
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Tue 2 Sep 2008, 2:27,
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Does anybody really care?

She claims that she sees no reason. I want to give her one.
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When wiping your arse, is it better, from a purely scientific point of view, to look at the paper after every wipe, or just scrap away until it feels dry?
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Every one I have met is, but I'm not sure if that counts as proof.
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So, do you think the rest of us (relatively) sane people should sue The Church of Scientology for missleading people with the use of the word "Science"?
Or should we just go round to Tom Cruise's house and bum rape that Kate girl he so loves (in a non gay way)in front of him as a just punishment?
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Or should we just go round to Tom Cruise's house and bum rape that Kate girl he so loves (in a non gay way)in front of him as a just punishment?

and you bum-rape a girl, wouldn't this automatically be classified as 'non-gay' and not need to be specified as such?
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Tom Cruise's heterosexual love.
To make sure all those who think he is in the closet know that he has only pure, hetero love for his gal kate
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To make sure all those who think he is in the closet know that he has only pure, hetero love for his gal kate

Is it not potentially misleading - and therefore A Bad Thing - for a medical doctor to use the honorific title when pronouncing on scientific research? Just as it would be for me to use my title - obtained from thermodynamics research - in a hospital.
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Teaming up with Richard Dawkins against the creationists and then he could tag along when you go and annoy the crap out of McKeith et al? That would be worth the BBC License fee.
Edit: /\ ....and the Scientologists, that would be awesome.
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Edit: /\ ....and the Scientologists, that would be awesome.

... in bad science than good science?
Why are active liposomes are supposed to be good if they are in a Garnier product but un-natural addatives if they are in a Body Shop product?
Why are E numbers always presumed to be bad? I can't get enough of them and actively avoid products that proclaim they don't have them.
Finally, is it true that bodies are lasting longer on the slab because of all the preservatives we are eating?
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Tue 2 Sep 2008, 10:34,
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Why are active liposomes are supposed to be good if they are in a Garnier product but un-natural addatives if they are in a Body Shop product?
Why are E numbers always presumed to be bad? I can't get enough of them and actively avoid products that proclaim they don't have them.
Finally, is it true that bodies are lasting longer on the slab because of all the preservatives we are eating?

I'm a copywriter in an ad agency, and my fellow "creatives" and I are often asked to include ridiculous "science" by pharmaceutical/beauty clients. Often, we will question their claims and, occasionally, even call them outright liars. Yet always, without fail, they force us to use their pseudo-plausible "science".
With this in mind, my two questions are these:
1) Can one copywriter change the world?
2) What should he wear while doing it?
Ta.
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With this in mind, my two questions are these:
1) Can one copywriter change the world?
2) What should he wear while doing it?
Ta.

I recently purchased a Harry Potter Magic Wand and uttered the words "Bifidus Digestivum" while holding it. Suddenly my digestive tract was on the outside of my body, wrapped like some sort of lumpy phython. As you can imagine, eating and going to the toilet is quite unpleasant.What is the 'undo' spell? Thank you.
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Your blog is great at notifying people about bogus cures, alarmist headlines or other dubious claims. My concern is its usually after the fact and doesn't go anywhere close to repairing the damage. What practical ways exist to immunize people to this nonsense in the first place? Would you advocate critical thinking classes as a core component of the school curriculum and even degrees in humanities? If so, how do you think you could get government to sign on without getting skittish at the thoughts of offending religious sensibilities?
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but then she remembered I don't have a telly so that I don't have to pay the licence fee.
What's the best article you've written that had to be spiked?
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What's the best article you've written that had to be spiked?

are they just jealous the carbons are getting more action than they are?
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Grumpy buggers keep saying we CANNOT get ALL our energy from renewables (solar, hydroelectric, wind etc {but you knew that}) but they never say WHY we cannot. Are they right?
Chris
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Chris

that they're wrong. It's just too expensive and impractical to do so at the moment.
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for example, if you knew of, say, a food supplement which was supposed to be beneficial. there was a plausible mechanism for how it worked, plenty of anectdotal reports in favour, maybe some small/not very well done studies that support the claim. but no proper trials yet, and they'd take years before the results were in
would you take it? (you personally, i mean, rather than advising others to)
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would you take it? (you personally, i mean, rather than advising others to)

(I asked this of a friend who's been visiting a chiropractor for 4 yeas and still has a bad back. He threatened to kick my head in if I ridiculed his choice of 'therapy' any more).
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he can barely lift his feet to knee level, so you're probably safe
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is the name of their greatest hits album which I bought in a charity shop the other week. It's dreadful.
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He has a similar view on pseudo science as you, and he actually demonstrates this well through his own techniques. Just a thought.
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Did you get caught out?
Do you use your knowledge of BAD SCIENCE to play tricks on your gullible friends?
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Do you use your knowledge of BAD SCIENCE to play tricks on your gullible friends?

should your subject therefore be "bad attempts at science" or "the misrepresentation of science" or even "unscience"?
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If so, which field of science features the most cake and robots?
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If you stayed in the bath long enough would you die? I mean not through lack of food or old age, but would the water from the bath pass into your body to equalise the concentration of stuff (salt?) in your body? You can probably guess that I gave up on Physics when I was 14...
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* What is the scariest bit of sciene you know?
* If Magic were real, who would win in a fair fight, Science or Magic?
* Will Science ultimately save us or kill us all?
* We've all seen that email by those evil people. You know, the one about Father Christmas containing various "scientific" facts relating to him trying to prove he doesn't exist. Is that Bad Science? Please consider your answer carefully so as not to disappoint any children reading this!
* Ninjas or Pirates?
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* If Magic were real, who would win in a fair fight, Science or Magic?
* Will Science ultimately save us or kill us all?
* We've all seen that email by those evil people. You know, the one about Father Christmas containing various "scientific" facts relating to him trying to prove he doesn't exist. Is that Bad Science? Please consider your answer carefully so as not to disappoint any children reading this!
* Ninjas or Pirates?

How do you find the time to be a doctor and a newspaper columnist and run a website AND write a book?
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in that you found actually doing science fucking dull?
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Tue 2 Sep 2008, 21:32,
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you're more about slagging off than championing - do you sometimes wish you'd come up with a less pessimistic title for your column?
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Tue 2 Sep 2008, 21:33,
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that were abject bollocks - did you shout at them?
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Tue 2 Sep 2008, 21:33,
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got any alternative ideas then or are you the David Cameron of science?
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and wanked onto a slide so you can look at your own spunk under a microscope?
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What about TV's Dr Alice Roberts?
Actually, that reminds me - when I was a scientist, there was a lot of fucking went on at conferences. Have you fucked any famous scientists?
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Actually, that reminds me - when I was a scientist, there was a lot of fucking went on at conferences. Have you fucked any famous scientists?

We are scientists?
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Tell us about the weirdest disease or condition you've treated someone for.
I'm a bit stupid, what's the first thing I should do to protect myself from being scammed or misled by nefarious pseudoscience-peddling advertisers or ignorant journalists?
Which is better, Casualty or House?
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I'm a bit stupid, what's the first thing I should do to protect myself from being scammed or misled by nefarious pseudoscience-peddling advertisers or ignorant journalists?
Which is better, Casualty or House?

How do you fight wrinkles?
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When you breathe in, do you get slightly heavier?
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Being so far down the page, is anyone actually going to read my questions?
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also, what is the specific heat capacity of Gillian McKeith?
PS my wife and I are very fond of you.
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PS my wife and I are very fond of you.

before people start realising it might be a bit silly?
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are you in danger of imploding?
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they didn't really teach science... you could do Combined Sciences (or Science lite) or you could do Farming... because playing computer games most of my life has taught me that the less obvious choice leads to greater riches I though this was a double bluff and plumbed for the farming course. I spent most of the lessons being beaten around the head with a stillborn calf and didn't really learn anything (except what it feels like to be beaten around the head with a stillborn calf) so it's left me wondering, who, in your opinion, is the most important scientist?
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Vegetarianism? I don't eat meat because it bothers me that Factory farmed animals may suffer.
Does increased stress levels in animals about to be slaughtered taint the meat with chemicals that one should not eat?
Does the use of drugs in animal production and pesticides on crops, cause health issues for us as consumers?
What do you think is the part of us that makes us conscious? why do I have an internal dialogue that knows what to say even when I am struggling for words?
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Does increased stress levels in animals about to be slaughtered taint the meat with chemicals that one should not eat?
Does the use of drugs in animal production and pesticides on crops, cause health issues for us as consumers?
What do you think is the part of us that makes us conscious? why do I have an internal dialogue that knows what to say even when I am struggling for words?

an example of pareidolia and not much of a miracle.
But this morning my muesli took on the uncanny appearance of Bernard Ingham. I was too rushed and hungry to photograph it.
How much would this be worth on e-bay?
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But this morning my muesli took on the uncanny appearance of Bernard Ingham. I was too rushed and hungry to photograph it.
How much would this be worth on e-bay?

What can be done to improve takeup of science in schools?
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for New Scientist's Last Word column/page/thing?
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If I grate a lump of sodium/pottasium into my kitchen sink whilst it's full of hot soapy water, will my wife kick me hard in the knackers for making so much mess?
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whose idea was it? how did you get in touch etc.?
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It's the obvious question isn't it. If they get benefits from placebos, should we let people have them on the NHS?
When my wife was pregnant last time, the consultant referred her to an acupuncturist. He did it through gritted teeth - I could see the pain it was causing him hidden beneath his smile. However, he did it, and she got poitive benefits from it. I didn't mention the research findings, as that might have broken the spell.
This backfired horribly when my back siezed up and she forced me to go through a session of the useless quackery myself, despite my endless protestations the "it won't work for me" - needless to say it was utterly pointless (not the needles - they were very pointy! hahahaaaaaa! I'm so funny!).
So what am I to do? What are we to do as a society? If people get positive outcomes from this kind of thing, shouldn't we be helping them to feel better? But then again, it feels so wrong to do it.
What would you do if it was your missus with the bad back? Would you let her go and keep schtum?
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When my wife was pregnant last time, the consultant referred her to an acupuncturist. He did it through gritted teeth - I could see the pain it was causing him hidden beneath his smile. However, he did it, and she got poitive benefits from it. I didn't mention the research findings, as that might have broken the spell.
This backfired horribly when my back siezed up and she forced me to go through a session of the useless quackery myself, despite my endless protestations the "it won't work for me" - needless to say it was utterly pointless (not the needles - they were very pointy! hahahaaaaaa! I'm so funny!).
So what am I to do? What are we to do as a society? If people get positive outcomes from this kind of thing, shouldn't we be helping them to feel better? But then again, it feels so wrong to do it.
What would you do if it was your missus with the bad back? Would you let her go and keep schtum?

but I find I'm just preaching to the converted. Do you have the same problem that only people already versed in science read your stuff, no matter how simple you make it? How do you reach those who really need to learn about science?
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My late mother-in-law actually believed that it was trees waving around that caused the wind. What old wife's tale do you wish was true?
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Is it true that you're not a real doctor and that you purchased the title from some bogus organisation for fifty quid?
Professor G. McKeith told me so.
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Professor G. McKeith told me so.



Big pharma, who bury their research findings and invent new illnesses for existing drugs, OR, the crazy nutritionist fringe who may actually believe in their own twaddle?
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I've heard about this LHC thing that will supposedly destroy the earth next Wednesday; it feels like I am brewing a shite with at least the critical mass required to form a black hole- should I try to hold it in until Wednesday to avoid the blame?
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"scientific fact" wind you up? Surely you cannot _prove_ anything scientifically, only empirically suggest?
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I've got about ten minutes tonight to get in the house, get changed and head out to band practice.
I won't eat till 11 :-(
Having thought about this, it's time for crisps from the machine.
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I won't eat till 11 :-(
Having thought about this, it's time for crisps from the machine.

With fried potatoes and stuff.
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Mon 1 Sep 2008, 17:03,
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It's from seeing Orange Goblin on saturday.
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So long as you cook it nice and slowly.
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:D
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und ich gebe dir den Schlüssel!
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and my D and J are NOFUCKINGWHERE TO BE FOUND.
This is terrible.
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This is terrible.


I won't post him though.
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Mon 1 Sep 2008, 16:48,
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And this took me about five hours and is repidly vanishing because of it. :(
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Even if you were twice as ugly as you are, which is very ugly indeed.
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I like whole cats!
best of all the varying ammounts of cattage!
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Mon 1 Sep 2008, 16:54,
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best of all the varying ammounts of cattage!

else we shall have to administer ultraviolence to your malenky gulliver
;P
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Mon 1 Sep 2008, 16:47,
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;P

Can't be arsed to finish it, sorry 'camel ;)
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Mon 1 Sep 2008, 16:43,
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Pointless.
Tis good so far, now go finish it.
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Tis good so far, now go finish it.

i thought that said *fatty*
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Woo
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Mon 1 Sep 2008, 16:38,
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Then you'd keep your eyes lubricated whilst still always looking at the evil statue.
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Mon 1 Sep 2008, 16:52,
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Well, we didn't call him that. Really I went to college with a chap called Pal, Pedigree Chum, Kitekat or Eukanuba.
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Mon 1 Sep 2008, 16:38,
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Although I was a little bit later and I was doing film, DTP, media, journalism and psychology.
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Mon 1 Sep 2008, 16:40,
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The woods which ARE NO LONGER THERE.
Bastards.
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Mon 1 Sep 2008, 16:42,
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Bastards.

Odd to think I've not been up there for, what, 8 years-ish?
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the cock ends, all of the bunnies and squirrels have no place to live now.
It's been 5 years for me.
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Mon 1 Sep 2008, 16:49,
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It's been 5 years for me.

what next? Hale and Pace? Hale Bop? (Tottenham) Hale?
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Mon 1 Sep 2008, 16:39,
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have this lump o shite

of throwing yourself in front of traffic to save a retard.
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Mon 1 Sep 2008, 16:37,
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That's some dedication there...
And what silverware have the mighty Bognor won in this period? The lot?
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Mon 1 Sep 2008, 16:26,
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And what silverware have the mighty Bognor won in this period? The lot?

What is it and why am I looking at it?
Is it a dog?
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Mon 1 Sep 2008, 16:32,
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Is it a dog?

We called him Paul Little Feet.
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Mon 1 Sep 2008, 16:19,
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he's been there since before they resurfaced the terminal
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Mon 1 Sep 2008, 16:12,
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although he'd not be flying into manchester airport to get to old trafford, there's a nice small airfield about half a mile away
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Also: you would wait until my football translator had disappeared, wouldn't you?
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The joke is that Ferg is waiting for a player he's been trying to sign for a long time
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Mon 1 Sep 2008, 16:14,
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sorry Captain, you're chucked
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Mon 1 Sep 2008, 16:16,
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I like the idea of a lady twice my size I can bury myself in.
Anyway, her hubby's a big black man, you've got nothing to offer her.
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Anyway, her hubby's a big black man, you've got nothing to offer her.

about the only thing she hasn't got is another vagina to play with (except Belladonna's)
That's where I come in.
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That's where I come in.

a vat of scented oils and some rope.
just planning my suicide
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Mon 1 Sep 2008, 16:21,
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just planning my suicide

I only care about Scottish football vicariously.
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Mon 1 Sep 2008, 16:18,
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6 goals, 2 sendings off and a member of the coaching staff getting beat up afterwards.
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Mon 1 Sep 2008, 16:23,
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I shall content myself with staring at your crotch and humming 'all things bright and beautiful'.
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Mon 1 Sep 2008, 16:24,
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jumpers for goalposts? rolling the ball in dogpoo and getting your team mate to head it? Oh no! 442? 342? 243? isn't it?
Marvelous.
/Ron Manager blog.
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Marvelous.
/Ron Manager blog.

he'll go mad when he doesn't show though...


best try to optimise it a bit more in future, chappie, or the boardnazis will introduce you to "surprise bumsex".
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Shouldn't she land on her feet?
EDIT: Her boobs look a little bigger in the second panel. Not that I'm complaning...
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EDIT: Her boobs look a little bigger in the second panel. Not that I'm complaning...

that would feature a dildo tree or a fisting bush (fnar!), so I expect it is the sound of some form of anal or vaginal penetration from the foliage, yes.
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Mon 1 Sep 2008, 16:06,
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I doubt you'd get a duf from her soppy distended animal twat.
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Mon 1 Sep 2008, 16:21,
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Have you changed the way you draw her eyes though? They don't look quite right to me in this and the last page.
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