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No, that was The A-Team. And they only destroyed TV because nothing could ever be as good as The A-Team ever. EVER.

I was saying "Boo-urns"....

Igor, the acid.

Actually, I am. Sorry. Dyslexia is word blindness, not brain stupidity. A friend of mine has just finished his PhD - he's dyslexic. I hear too many parents at the school "oh, we think our son is dyslexic, don't be so hard on him!" THAT EXPLAINS WHY HE DOESN'T WASH HIS HANDS AFTER PEEING HOW, EXACTLY? Anyone using the words "irregardless" "Crimbo" "pukka" "tuneage" or "jokes" requires immediate castration using caustic acid. To prevent them from breeding and spreading their stupidity any further. Proles, however, are free to use whatever words they feel necessary. We always need an adequate supply of proles for the mines, box factories or other low-grade jobs. Educated people have no excuse.

"irregardless" When you actually mean REGARDLESS. You goddamn turd.

That just raises further questions!

Scottish people have the internet? Well, that certainly explains \b\

I don't think she has even a basic understanding of sex or sexuality. Her idea of an erotic night in bed probably involves a crucifix, three shoelaces and a pair of rubber waders.

So would half the female population.

I would clearly be played by a broken pane of glass - it's the only way all my facets could be accurately represented.

Attagirl, Cube.

I said "tits"

What's that phrase ....? Oh yes: "Tits or it didn't happen".

Wait, wait... Rez is a guy?

Absolutely. Yes, it's a loss of life, but she did this to herself.

I know, it makes you want to go to their houses and punch them in the face, really, really hard. Thankfully they are in the minority. The difference between this and Facebook however, is that the China Daily is part of the Party in China - they will allow nothing on their site that is personally objectionable to the Party. Anything else is fine.

Terrible. A few choice comments from the China Daily website on this news: "Mr Nobel Laureate 2011-07-23 14:56 zzZZzz Wrote 2011-07-23 14:15 "Very sad to see innocent lives lost like that." Innocent my foot. These are the people who wanted to destroy China by doing dirty Nobel politics. No sympathy for the enemies of China. They have received what they deserved. God himself has punished them. " And: "Candidature 2011-07-23 15:00 The persons who executed these attacks should be nominated and given the Nobel Peace Prize. Lets vote for them. He he he he..." As you can see, China sends her sympathies.

If we could absolutely screw the government over on property tax when we sell the house, then yes. If not, no. If you sell the house within five years of purchase, the government help themselves to 5% tax, if after that period, they get 2-3%. As it stands, we'd lose £10,000 to the Chinese Comedy Party. After having given them £5000 last year just for the privilege of buying the place. In the event that she can't get any kind of job, the first thing to go will be the car. Then the house. Meanwhile, the government keeps raising the reserve ration, which increases the mortgage by around £30 a month. All because rich people are buying all the houses and no-one else can afford one. My mortgage goes up, the property price goes down... people who own houses have to sell and can't afford to get back on the ladder. It's actually quite a dangerous path they're treading: disenfranchise the middle classes and you risk revolution. By the way, what happened with the hamster?

Reasons to love China #389: Mrs Iun, a highly commended and twice winner of Shanghai Teacher of the Year award was offered a job by an International School. More pay. More holidays. Chance to improve English and other skills for when we eventually move to the UK. No brainer, right? Wrong. Her "old school" the one she wants to leave, offered her the poition of "Senior Teacher" for the three government-owned schools in the group. No pay rise (government teachers only get payrises after they pass exams, which she has done all of) but a big increase in responsibilities, work hours etc. She turned it down, they were asking why - like they need to ask. They started exerting pressure on her so she spoke to her "best friend" about the new job she wanted to accept at the international school. The "best friend" is deputy principal of one of the schools in the group Mrs Iun currently works in. She gave her advice on how to handle it... ...then the next morning, this "best friend" calls the other school's principal and tells her that Madam wants to leave. Then a volcano erupted. Now, this old school in their fury, is refusing to give Mrs Iun the release letter she needs to work for the new school. If she tries to work for them without having the letter, the government can imprison her. But what's better than that? The old school has simply dropped her, refuses to pay her what she's already worked and now they are refusing to give her the release letter until six months have passed. Net result: Mrs Iun could be legally prevented from working for six months, she'll be blacklisted by the government schools oh, and her son will be prevented from going to his first and second choice schools, possibly any government school. Dark Ages, China... have you met?

She always came off as so wishy-washy and whiny to me.

Wow, I'm watching the Dog Whisperer right now, how apt!

They need to pick up more people to use as "chaff". Though I have to say, it was pretty obvious who was going to die or disappear last time - they got absolutely no exposure.

I have.... absolutely no idea. Whatsoever. I just play for fun occasionally.

Yet to get "in" to Torchwood. Mainly because I have uncomfortable thoughts about John Barrowman whenever he's on screen. Big, throbbing, uncomfortable thoughts.

I play, I'm a fair amateur. Friend of mine is the CEO of Magic Stone - a Taiwan Go company. Truth be told, I'm much better at Mahjong than Go. First time I played, I won 3000 RMB. I wasn't allowed to play with my boss after that.