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[Paulclem]

Virgil. Do you know the one when he addressed the troops in North Africa?

" I speak to you today from this famous ampitheatre in Carthage, where once the air was rent by the screams of Christian virgins as they were devoured by the Roman lions"

" Upon reflection, I may not be a lion. But then I am certainly not a virgin!"

Can you even imagine any of our current day politicians coming out with that?

Similarly, when he crossed the Rhine during the last big do, he had all the Chiefs of Staff line up and pee in that great river. He turned to Field Marshall Allenbrooke and said: " I've been meaning to do that for a long time!'

Ha ha!

Once Lady Astor said to Churchill:
"If you were my husband I would feed you poison"
Chuchill replied:
"Madam, if you were my wife then I would surely eat it."
(Paraphrased -not a direct quote).

[MANICHAEAN]

In William Manchester's book, either " The Last Lion" or "The Lion At Bay" he outlines when after the war a ruling Labour Party member attacked Churchill in the House of Commons in what is termed "unparliamentary language" The then Prime Minister Clement Attlee told the errant MP to apologise to Churchill. He duly proceeded to the great mans country seat in Chartwell and was instructed by the butler to take a seat while Churchill was found. The butler, eventually found Winston in the toilet. Knocking on the door, he said: "Mr Churchill, Mr x is here to see you". Churchill replied from behind the door: " He will have to wait. I can only deal with one sh-t at a time".

[Virgil]

Virgil. Do you know the one when he addressed the troops in North Africa?

" I speak to you today from this famous ampitheatre in Carthage, where once the air was rent by the screams of Christian virgins as they were devoured by the Roman lions"

" Upon reflection, I may not be a lion. But then I am certainly not a virgin!"

Can you even imagine any of our current day politicians coming out with that?

Similarly, when he crossed the Rhine during the last big do, he had all the Chiefs of Staff line up and pee in that great river. He turned to Field Marshall Allenbrooke and said: " I've been meaning to do that for a long time!'

No I don't know either of those!!!

In William Manchester's book, either " The Last Lion" or "The Lion At Bay" he outlines when after the war a ruling Labour Party member attacked Churchill in the House of Commons in what is termed "unparliamentary language" The then Prime Minister Clement Attlee told the errant MP to apologise to Churchill. He duly proceeded to the great mans country seat in Chartwell and was instructed by the butler to take a seat while Churchill was found. The butler, eventually found Winston in the toilet. Knocking on the door, he said: "Mr Churchill, Mr x is here to see you". Churchill replied from behind the door: " He will have to wait. I can only deal with one sh-t at a time".

Oh I just love him.

[Gilliatt Gurgle]

Just happened to notice a report about flooding in Great Britain and Ireland.
How are my friends across the pond are doing?

[soundofmusic]

Ha ha!

Once Lady Astor said to Churchill:
"If you were my husband I would feed you poison"
Chuchill replied:
"Madam, if you were my wife then I would surely eat it."
(Paraphrased -not a direct quote).

Love it; apparently, Churchill was not always long-winded and rather dull

[Paulclem]

Just happened to notice a report about flooding in Great Britain and Ireland.
How are my friends across the pond are doing?

The flooding susided last week in Cumbria, but we've hardly heard a thing about Ireland. (The TV news and press is terribly blinkered here. We hardly hear anything about important Euro events, or Ireland.)

The cleanup began pretty quickly, but a lot of the bridges were washed out or damaged. A policeman was unfortunately killed directing traffic over a bridge, but there weren't any more casualties.

[Scheherazade]

There has been no substantial change in the number of adult brain tumours since mobile phone usage sharply increased in the mid-1990s, Danish scientists say.

The Danish Cancer Society looked at the rates of brain tumours among 20 to 79 year olds from Denmark, Finland, Norway and Sweden.

They found that trends in cancer rates had not altered from the period before mobiles were introduced.

But they say longer follow-up studies are needed.

The research, published in the Journal of the National Cancer Institute, says radio frequency electromagnetic fields emitted from mobile phones have been proposed as a risk factor for brain tumours, but a biological mechanism that could explain the potential effects has not been identified.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/health/8393884.stm

[Gladys]

But, also this year, from Sweden: http://environment.about.com/od/heal...ncerphones.htm, and from the WHO: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/technolog...to-cancer.html.

[Scheherazade]

Dating and social network site BeautifulPeople.com has axed some 5,000 members following complaints that they had gained weight.

The members were singled out after posting pictures of themselves that reportedly showed they had put on pounds over the holiday period.

The site allows entry to new members only if existing members vote them as sufficiently attractive to warrant it.

The US, the UK, and Canada topped the list of excluded members.

The site has always been unrepentant about its selection process, calling itself "the largest network of attractive people in the world".

The move was reportedly prompted by members themselves, who police the membership of the site to maintain a high - if highly subjective - standard of attractiveness.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/8439495.stm

[Paulclem]

Dating and social network site BeautifulPeople.com has axed some 5,000 members following complaints that they had gained weight.

The members were singled out after posting pictures of themselves that reportedly showed they had put on pounds over the holiday period.

The site allows entry to new members only if existing members vote them as sufficiently attractive to warrant it.

The US, the UK, and Canada topped the list of excluded members.

The site has always been unrepentant about its selection process, calling itself "the largest network of attractive people in the world".

The move was reportedly prompted by members themselves, who police the membership of the site to maintain a high - if highly subjective - standard of attractiveness.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/8439495.stm

Perhaps there should be a itspersonalitythatmatters.com or a borderlineugly.com or even a talktomefirst.com

I think I'd get in the borderlineugly.com ok - I think ...

[Scheherazade]

I think I'd get in the borderlineugly.com ok - I think ...

Looking at your avatar, I know you are simply being -too- humble (or even might be fishing for compliments!)

[Paulclem]

Looking at your avatar, I know you are simply being -too- humble (or even might be fishing for compliments!)

No - best to say it before someone else does.

[Scheherazade]

Choosing a name for your baby is already difficult enough - but now researchers have upped the stakes by claiming that the right decision could add up to ten years to a child's life.

Psychologists have determined that your first initial has a major affect on your longevity, with people whose names begin with A significantly outliving those beginning with D.

And, they claim, it could all be down to a subconscious link to school grades, where A represents high achievement and D near failure.


http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/arti...ears-life.html

[Paulclem]

It's not the D it's the names beginning with D. Dennis, Derek, Desmond, Demetrius, Darren, Daffy, Derren, Daisy, Dilly, Dodo...

Watch out David Cameron.

[Scheherazade]

Attractive women may have the competitive edge by letting their temper flair more, research suggests.

Researchers found women who rated themselves as pretty displayed a war-like streak when fighting battles to get their own way.

The University of California interviewed 156 female students to gauge their temperament and how they handled conflict.

The findings appear in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

In the study, the women who believed they were good looking were more likely to respond angrily in disputes than those who rated themselves as less attractive.

Attractive women also had higher expectations of what they deserved.

Survival of the fittest

These were strategies that appeared to work because the same women were better at resolving situations in their favour.

When the researchers, led by Dr Aaron Sell, scrutinised the findings further, they found how attractive other people rated the women also tallied.

And so did hair colour - with blondes rated as more attractive than brunettes and redheads, as reported in an earlier version of this story.

However, Dr Sell insisted to the BBC that this link was less strong and his research had not set out to test this.

The researchers believe the findings have an evolutionary basis, ensuring that the "fittest" people mate and have offspring.

In men, they found a similar link but with physical strength rather than attractiveness per se.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/health/8464990.stm