I can't see how this is not what Jamie predicted: https://www.thejournal.ie/israeli-troops-gaza-un-khan-yunis-6240561-Dec2023/ IDF moving south, tells Gazans to move, nowhere left to go? Ethnic cleansing by any other name. They might not be 'moving everyone into a grave' but removing them from thei...

Jamiet99uk wrote: ↑

Tue Dec 05, 2023 3:27 pm

Of course I should have said otherwise, if only to cause Octavious to waste time digging an enormous hole in his garden.

There's still time... and it's not as if the outcome of a bet is riding on it or anything

Has lived 3/4 of a century or more?

As the world hurtles towards the end of days, the omens are clear to see. Sure, it's easy to ignore the three headed goats being born and dreams of cows eating each other, but then two of the holy trinity of unlikely Margaret Thatcher praisers made themselves known. The leader of the British Labour ...

Jamiet99uk wrote: ↑

Mon Dec 04, 2023 12:31 am

Hominidae wrote: ↑

Mon Dec 04, 2023 12:20 am

Currently dead?

"Currently"?

You expect them to come back to life?

Jesus, King Arthur, The Inkarri, Sir Francis Drake, the men of Dunharrow (ish), Bobby Ewing... The list of people who have or are expected to return is quite long

From what I've read there were various low level ceasefire violations. But frankly there always are to some extent, especially when dealing with an organisation like Hamas that doesn't have the most disciplined rank and file. The chief reason for the ceasefire collapse is reportedly Hamas refusing t...

Only moderators should be authorized to post announcements and the comments should be closed to keep it clean. Discussion about announcements should take place in a forum. This keeps announcements in chronological order. Who put you in charge? Awfully bossy and opinionated for a new player. Indeed ...

We can all be wrong about things. I think it is only in being willing to recognise where we are wrong that we can learn I couldn't agree more, and I very much share Bert's curiosity regarding what lesson you have taken I have learned that sharing things without comment will lead people to believe t...

orathaic wrote: ↑

Wed Nov 29, 2023 11:54 am

We can all be wrong about things.

I think it is only in being willing to recognise where we are wrong that we can learn

I couldn't agree more, and I very much share Bert's curiosity regarding what lesson you have taken

damo666 wrote: ↑

Tue Nov 28, 2023 10:38 pm

What Octavious is asking is '>= 1/110 of a furlong in height?'

Succinctly put. Or, for our members more comfortable with the metric system, over 18288000000 angstroms

That's progress, I guess.

Does it concern you at all how quick you were to believe such claims?

Over 200lbs in weight? 200lbs? He's a human, not a tuna! Enough of this ridiculous Yank speak :razz: What Jamie means to ask is whether he's over 14st 4lb? Whilst we're in the habit of using inappropriate units, is he equal to or over a fathom in length? (for those of you unfamiliar with fathoms, t...

Wow, Jamie, that last joke damn near killed the thread.

Sadly all the best jokes are ruled out by forum guidelines, so we're reduced to schoolyard classics


Why do elephants paint their balls red?
So they can hide in cherry trees


What's the loudest noise in the jungle?
A giraffe eating cherries

Tricky one, this. If not for the not born in Ireland thing I'd have been tempted to guess they were Francis Bacon... Going to have to sleep on it...

If I was answering the questions I suspect that I would have either answered no (as he didn't seem to consider himself African from what I've read), or given a more detailed answer than yes or no. But Felix does seem to be one of those cases where the question master could justify answering either w...

Oh, a thing called the Arab World for Research and Development (AWRAD) apparently surveyed 668 Palestinians in the West Bank and Gaza Strip regarding the current crisis to get a measure of public feeling. It is pretty grim reading. Does anyone know if there's any truth to it? I've no idea whether it...

Though apparently the BBC is taking the kid gloves off: https://x.com/Tracking_Power/status/1725521502244634880 This one is a BBC news report on the evidence that the hospital was being used as a Hamas base that basically says there's not yet enough evidence for the argument to be convincing, and t...

The links work fine for me. Oh frak, I know this isn't recent, or related to Hamas, but I just learned: https://x.com/rafaelshimunov/status/1725515037966516355 This one is a post on Twitter by some bloke I've never heard of talking about the terror attacks against Iraqi Jews in the early 50s and cla...

I believe they prefer the trade name "Heinz Spaghetti", but yes

Is this person associated with a particular foodstuff? (For instance, as an example, in the manner in which former British Prime Minister, John Major, is associated with garden peas). Bit of a can of worms question, that one. I imagine that most people, if questioned, would honestly answer that Joh...