Quoting Bob W <[email protected]>:
Let's hope it's a good one. After a week of gloriously hot and sunny weather
the day itself has dawned wet, just in time.
You probably don't need this, but here is a guide for the perplexed:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-18983558
Here's an excerpt from the bit about newspaper humour:
'In the broadsheets it can be a little more acid, exemplified by AA Gill's
depiction of shadow chancellor Ed Balls ("the wide-eyed look of a man being
given a surprise prostate examination") ....
With a name like that I suspect he's used to journalists (and others)
taking the Micky (by the way, is that a purely British colloquialism?).
Of course the very best guide to this sort of thing is the incomparable:
<http://www.amazon.co.uk/How-Alien-Handbook-Beginners-Advanced/dp/0140025146
Once again, one of the great mysteries of modern Amazonian life. Why
is the Kindle edition more expensive than the paperback?
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Cheers
Brian
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Brian Walters
Western Sydney Australia
http://lyons-ryan.org/southernlight/
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