Does it invert in the southern hemisphere?

I'm sure we had a Holy Handgrenade of Antioch lying around here, somewhere.

It's another variety of tool for getting Girl Guides out of Boy Scout tents.

Nah, the rythyms's all wrong. Should be more like a roll, then several beats of silence, then a roll.

I sometimes work with kids who have ASD or AD/HD. They find this intriguing because it's very predictable and has no human interference to clutter it up. Some of the other sequences on the DVDs are even more intricate.

Whalefalls are really amazing. There was an Attenborough programme about one a while back - the incredible activity that follows such a large pile of food arriving in such a delicate environment is so complex.

seefish3 - since I usually have the speakers turned down I just went and watched again but with the sound turned up. Nope - wasn't the sound that made it.

I'll bet Michael Parkinson would have paid to taser Emu.

If that seems overly crpytic...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sqrg_VCPgAQ

Quite right - a map of population per McDeadthings branch would be more informative.

Hey, this is fun...

http://www.skipweasel.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/images/wild_scream.jpg

Perhaps I'll do one that takes more than a couple of minutes...

As a devout atheist it doesn't find any rib to tickle on me. It's a rather poor play on words and, unlike good humour, doesn't pick away at the edges of your ideas.
My atheism isn't about "not being able to believe", it's about knowing there isn't anything in which to believe in the first place.

How do other countries do this? Are all military induction systems as harsh, and if not, do other armies have lesser quality troops as a result?

There's been considerable press attention in the UK to troubles at a the Deepcut Barracks
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/2372983.stm

We're not alone - the French have had similar problems with their military training, too.

Am I missing something obvious? I can't find a video clip of it - which seems odd.

Why?

I only know one person who's ever bought a cat, and that was a Maine Coon Cat. Everyone else has either had them wished upon them or they've just arrived one day and taken up residence without so much as a "by your leave".