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Old 07-10-2014, 06:39 AM   #2776
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I didn't think that was judgement of Grav - it was judgment of the guy who went vigilante. *shrugs* That's how I read it anyhow.
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Old 07-10-2014, 06:52 AM   #2777
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Oh. Shit. Well I did that ass ume thing then didn't I? More of an ass me though really. Sigh. Slipping.
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Old 07-10-2014, 07:17 AM   #2778
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Maybe. Also possible I missed a subtext.

I think it's nice you lookin out for Grav. He does probably get more stick than he should.
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Old 07-10-2014, 08:02 AM   #2779
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*waits for Sheldon to pick up on that last post*


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Old 07-19-2014, 01:12 PM   #2780
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Help! Help! I'm being repressed judged --

Something's going on. I think.


See if this brings it to a head:

If this is what more child molesters looked like, after the fact, maybe there would be less child molesters.
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Old 07-23-2014, 06:06 AM   #2781
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They've finally given up trying to sell it...

Brooklyn Bridge 'white flags' stump police

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Authorities in New York are investigating who raised two large white flags on the towers of the Brooklyn Bridge early on Tuesday.

The flags briefly flew atop two towers at either end of the landmark in the place of two American flags apparently removed by the perpetrators.
Yes, they've admitted defeat and stopped trying to sell it.

Damn. There goes my $10 deposit. I shall sue.


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Old 07-23-2014, 09:32 AM   #2782
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They didn't stop trying to sell it, the sale has been flagged.
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Old 08-01-2014, 12:17 PM   #2783
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Looking at the yellowed newsprint, it prolly ain't a 'current event', but, it is weird:

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By-the-by, that's four, not three.
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Old 08-07-2014, 05:40 AM   #2784
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Monty Python meets the Keystone Cops

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Village pub raided by police in hunt for Holy Grail

The team of 12 officers accused pub workers of hiding the stolen Nanteos Cup, but found it was just a salad bowl

A village pub was raided by police hunting for an ancient Holy Grail relic, only for them to discover it was just an old salad bowl.

The team of 12 officers accused pub workers of hiding the stolen Nanteos Cup, claimed to be the cup Christ drank from at the Last Supper.

Police and a dog handler locked all the staff inside while they searched every inch of the 15th century pub in their hunt for the stolen relic.

But after an hour the only thing they found that looked like the missing mediaeval cup was a wooden bowl used to serve mixed salad to customers.

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Old 08-08-2014, 12:26 AM   #2785
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As a side note, The Holy Hand Grenade of Antioch is still missing...
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Old 08-09-2014, 04:09 AM   #2786
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Get excited - tomorrow is Dull and Boring day



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The US town of Boring will celebrate its partnership with the Scottish village of Dull tomorrow
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If there was ever a day to do the ironing, mow the lawn or spend hours watching paint dry, tomorrow would probably be it.

The small rural town of Boring in Oregon has declared tomorow Dull and Boring Day, to celebrate their pairing with the village of Dull in Perthshire.

Residents are planning a “not too exciting” party to mark the occasion, including a five hour-long programme of bagpipes and folk singing.

Both farming communities, Boring has fewer than 7,500 residents and Dull has only around 80.

Since the inaugural event last year, the governor of Oregon has formally declared Saturday 9 August Boring and Dull Day across the entire state.

Boring's unofficial mayor, Steve Bates, struggles to recall the most exciting thing to happen in the town.

When pressed to think of something, the former fire engine salesman told the BBC: "Every once in a while we have an accident out here on the highway."

The idea for a partnership came from Dull resident Elizabeth Leighton,who stumbled on Boring during a trip from Flagstaff, Arizona to Seattle in 2012.
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She took a photo of the Boring town sign and sent it to a friend back home in Dull, and joked that the towns should pair up.

Within a few weeks, leaders from both towns were in contact to discuss the possibility of a partnership.

Bill Kennemer is the Boring politician who persuaded the Oregon state legislature to declare August the 9th as Boring and Dull Day.

He said: "People are starting to hear about Boring and they come and stop.

"Before it was kind of a small wayside on the way somewhere else. And now it's a place as you're out and about to stop and visit.”

Plans are reportedly now afoot in Boring to develop a new relationship with the Australian community of Bland.

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Must go. I've reserved a couple of hours to watch some dust settling.
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Old 08-09-2014, 07:25 AM   #2787
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Be sure to visit the museum of watching paint dry.
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Old 08-09-2014, 08:17 AM   #2788
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Be sure to visit the museum of watching paint dry.
I stayed for a day or two in Thermopolis, Wyoming, where one of the major tourist attractions was 'the World's second largest barbed wire museum'.

Not quite in the same league as the museum of watching paint dry, but probably a close second.


ETA: Saw this report on TV just after lunch: Party time for Boring and Dull (Hope it works outside the UK)
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Old 08-09-2014, 10:19 AM   #2789
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I stayed for a day or two in Thermopolis, Wyoming, where one of the major tourist attractions was 'the World's second largest barbed wire museum'. ...
Fancy there being more than one! Friends of mine happened across such a museum in De Kalb / Illinois, where its inventor Joseph F. Glidden lived.
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Old 08-09-2014, 10:50 AM   #2790
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...'the World's second largest barbed wire museum'.
That's positively Python-esque.
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