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Why Shouldn't We Speak Ill of the Dead?

I hope the proposal is successful. That way the fans can vent their anger in the most appropriate way - by booing and chanting throughout the minutes 'silence'. Perhaps then the whole country will see that she was and is the most hated Prime ...

humagaia, on 04/11/2013

Why Shouldn't We Speak Ill of the Dead?

Her father was no humble greengrocer. He was the town mayor and well up with the establishment. She fought exclusively for the interests of the classes with whom she identified. What is annoying me now is the proposal that football fans should ...

frankbeswick, on 04/11/2013

Why Shouldn't We Speak Ill of the Dead?

That's us then! *off to write about the Battle of the Beanfield* Who would like to take the rest of the 80s? Thank you for that, Humagaia. It's also a very reassuring thought, after all the sickening eulogies I've been reading on the BBC ...

JoHarrington, on 04/11/2013

Why Shouldn't We Speak Ill of the Dead?

"If there is anything in the concept of karma, Thatcher will be reborn in a South Yorkshire mining village." - as the daughter of an ex-miner with no job. Nice thought, but ... she was born the daughter of a humble greengrocer, in the town that ...

humagaia, on 04/11/2013

Is the Yeti Real?

Thank you for this. I've not read the book, so I hadn't heard about it before. It's little details like this which really strengthen the case for the yeti. I have to agree with your take on the notoriously narrow-minded scientists. Somewhat ...

JoHarrington, on 04/11/2013

Why Shouldn't We Speak Ill of the Dead?

That is such a delicious mental image, Frank. Thank you for that.

JoHarrington, on 04/11/2013

A Writer's Guide To Wizzley- A Gem of A Book

Thank you very much. :)

JoHarrington, on 04/11/2013

Why Shouldn't We Speak Ill of the Dead?

If there is anything in the concept of karma, Thatcher will be reborn in a South Yorkshire mining village.

frankbeswick, on 04/11/2013

Is the Yeti Real?

In the book, The Long Walk, a Polish p.o.w. who escaped from Russia by crossing the Gobi desert and the Himalayas saw what he thought were three large gorillas. He had never heard of the yeti, and with an adventure like his he had no need to ...

frankbeswick, on 04/11/2013

What to do When You Secretly Dislike a Friend or Co-Worker

Thrown together with a bunch of people in work and schools that we would otherwise have nothing to do with, and the competition of it all, to be the best of....great article, sad to see it still going on.

RubyHelenRose, on 04/11/2013