A banner we can all unite behind

Armed separatist group least likely to be taken seriously in the English-speaking West: the MILF.

10-second rule

At a barbecue the other day someone dropped a burger. We were on a roof five storeys up and the decking the burger landed on had been rained on the day before. They retrieved it swiftly and wondered whether they should go ahead and eat it. An American guest said it would be fine as it had been gathered up in time so that it didn’t contravene the five-second rule. I said I thought it was a 10-second rule. He replied, “That’s because you guys had rationing during the war. Standards were more lax.”

Now pageantmalarkey has muddied the waters still further with her mention of a four-second rule. This is all too confusing and I demand that we settle this question once and for all.

NB - Surely we can all agree that food can remain on the floor for some length of time and still be safe to eat; the only question is how long. Ask any doctor. Well, maybe not any doctor.


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Georgia on my mind

The Georgian regime may be seriously questionable but there’s no pleasure in watching them squaring up against a resurgent Russia keen to establish clearly, for an attentive world, that it is now batsh1t insane. The Russian army sometimes kills its own soldiers, for Christ’s sake; what do you think it’ll do to other people? Call as many ceasefires as you want, it’ll just keep on coming. How much do these people want to charge for their gas, again? I’ll get my wallet.

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Poetry: not dead

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Allah's Name In Stuff

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This is an isolated part of a larger picture. flaneurette maintains that most readers will be able to identify what it is. (I've got 5p riding on this.)



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