The madness continues
Just when you thought it was safe to go back on the net, some more greedy buggers try to bombard you with their useless offers. Having set up filters, virus checkers and other sundry devices to get rid of spam, it now takes over half an hour to download my mail! Once it has trawled […]
Spelling is not important
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Teaching English could be a dangerous occupation
Teaching English to terrorists unintentionally could be grounds for detention as an enemy combatant at Guantánamo Bay, according to US government lawyers. The assertion was made by Deputy Associate Attorney General Brian Boyle during federal court hearings last month into the supreme court’s ruling on the right of Guantánamo prisoners to challenge their detention in […]
You know what they say
Sent to me from James:- IF YOU’RE TOO OPEN MINDED, YOUR BRAINS WILL FALL OUT. AGE IS A VERY HIGH PRICE TO PAY FOR MATURITY. ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE IS NO MATCH FOR NATURAL STUPIDITY.IF YOU MUST CHOOSE BETWEEN TWO EVILS, PICK THE ONE YOU’VE NEVER TRIED BEFORE. MY IDEA OF HOUSEWORK IS TO SWEEP THE ROOM […]
Diet
I get sent lots of stuff and from time to time it is worth passing on:- To all who diet! Can’t eat beef = mad cow disease. Can’t eat chicken = bird flu. Can’t eat lamb = mad cow disease evolved from scrapie. Can’t eat pork = fears that bird flu will infect piggies Can’t […]