I don't know how we've managed, but in you we seem to have found someone with even less of a clue about politics than James! I got a 1st class honours in politics back in 1988, and I am now doing a phd. Fair enough, I do specialise in German politics, but I think I have a bit of a clue as far as br...

Conservative for me. At the massive risk of getting a massive kicking, I am nonetheless getting more and more tempted to vote BNP (if there were a candidate standing.) Although I believe that some of their practices are questionable, they have tried very hard to bring important issues to the countr...

Surely the new awful speaking clock must be a joke, albeit 24 hours late.

Yes, the current fifty is the original series E banknote, the same style the £5, £10 and £20 were before the last change. The current design is known as Series E Revised. Now that the design has undergone a radical change, it is the Series F. The £20 is the most forged note, contrary to popular beli...

The new £20 banknote is actually quite nice, and it's good that they have reverted to the style currently used for the £50 note. The £5 and £10 notes will follow in due course in the same style. . Err... have you ever seen the current £50. It is nothing like the new 20 (I have been withdrawing larg...

The Dandy is still weekly

Just got in from work and tuned into Sky news. Their source is suggesting that these guys were planning a plot involving a beheading to be shown on the internet. If this is true. Scary stuff! There are some right weirdos out there! * Shudders. The sooner they start automatic deportation of these ba...

Last night I bought a big mac meal on my way home. I was on my bike so I put the coke in the water bottle holder. When I got home I had to carry the bike upstairs to my flat. I was a bit pissed. I forgot about the coke. Result: trail of Coca-Cola all the way up the stairs. Any recommendations for c...

Hymagumba wrote:sainsburys have a colour wheel

I quite like that actually. Much more specific and efficient.

miss hellfire wrote:J.Christie

Was he not the one whose account was deleted when he threatened to top himself?

Since your're still walking/typing (presumably), you are probably not having a stroke, despite the symptoms being similar.

I would suggest that stress is probably the answer, or at a lesser chance, indigestion.