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Yes, that was it! Was Ronnie Barker also responsible for the famous "naff off" and "naffing" from "Porridge"?by Hermione - Humanities
Stephen Tonkin Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > "Futtock" is such a word -- it sounds as though it > should be exceptionally rude and is as good as > anything else when you knock your thumb-nail half > out with a hammer. :-) Wasn't there a Ronnie Barker film called "Futtocks End"?by Hermione - Humanities
Monsieur Sale Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > So Anthony, would you call your statement about > the national community a tad immature? If English isn't your first language, I wonder whether you meant "PREmature" rather than "IMmature"?by Hermione - Coffee Shop
Absolutely right, Roxana.by Hermione - Ancient History
Spooky wrote: > I have "been > there done that" with other similar forums. The > message is always the same. The Flood/God > detractors are basing their point of view on > severely bad data and think that Bible-dudes are > misguided mass virtual-opium-suckers of Fiedrich > Nietzsche's day (albeit some of us are! i.e. (R) > Pat Robertson). Rememberby Hermione - Ancient History
Very glad you're OK, Paul! (I suppose it's hardly top of your list of priorities just at the moment, but it would be interesting - in due course - to hear what you thought of the Bellamy book).by Hermione - Coffee Shop
Hi Spooky, Most of the points that you raise have been discussed at great length at one time or another, as you'll find if you do a search through the archives. You could also try this:by Hermione - Ancient History
kenuchelover Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > And why SHOULDN'T they be returned for proper > burial "even if" of interest to science. But you've just said it ... because they could be of continuing interest to science! Hell, > you'll find grad students desperate for a thesis > topic who'll study ANYTHING,by Hermione - Ancient History
Stephanie Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > "the claim of Kennewick, despite the time-gap, to > be be considered as the cultural property of > modern Native Americans" > > That's the point that I've been trying to express. > Human remains are not considered "cultural > property" by the tribes. Sorry! Iby Hermione - Ancient History
Stephanie Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > You'd probably be surprised at how ancestors are > revered in native cultures. Even the family > dynamic is massively different from European or > any "western" concept of family. Yes, I've gathered as much from your descriptions of present day Navajo life. In the case ofby Hermione - Ancient History
(I think our original posts might have crossed, kenuchelover) > > My view is that, if burials are no more than > > several centuries old, and there's evidence > that > > they were the ancestors of known Native > American > > groups, the wishes of the present day Native > > Americans should be followed to the last > detail: > > and itby Hermione - Ancient History
Stephanie Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > What we > see as simply remains of a person living in the > past, they see as a loved one...someone to be > respected...an immensely old elder. But how far back in prehistory is this perception of ancient remains to extend, Stephanie? It surely wouldn't embrace hominids, should any ever be found tby Hermione - Ancient History
Essan Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Sorry, but I find the whole issue > incomprehensible.....what purpose does denying > science the chance to understand the spread of man > through the Americas serve? > > Just because a person was buried thousands of > years ago on land now inhabited by a certain tribe > doesn't make himby Hermione - Ancient History
Anthony Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- regarding "cavalierly", I'm sure someone will > be along soon to tell you it's not a real word. No, Anthony - your speculations have not been coronated (groan) with success - "cavalierly" is a real adverb!by Hermione - Ancient History
Just looked like muddled cut-and-pasting to me ...by Hermione - Ancient History
John Wall Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > That's somewhat confused..... I think you meant "deeply" rather than "somewhat", John ... It looks to me as if, for some unexplained reason, there's been an attempt at a cut-and-paste from another webpage, quite irrelevant in this particular context. (And, just to add to the muby Hermione - Ancient History
John Wall Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Author Terry Pratchett has complained that the > status of Harry Potter author JK Rowling is being > elevated "at the expense of other writers". Or maybe it's just that more people prefer to read Harry Potter (or Peter Potter, as my mother persists in calling him) than want to read Pratchettby Hermione - Paper Lens
Well, if his doctor thinks there's some pressing medical reason why the chap shouldn't drive ...by Hermione - Coffee Shop
Steve LeMaster Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Here is the entire paragraph where I extracted > that question: > Quote:Alexander may have been the worlds first > superstar. Everybody knew about him, at least > according to the Greek historian Arrian, who wrote > a biography of Alexander about 200 years after his > death..., which heby Hermione - Ancient History
MikeS Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > I think the idea of the converse trainers are that > they are more than a bit old fashioned! > Oh dear ... well it just shows how out of touch I must be ... > No idea how much the outfit would cost though... > anyway moneys not an object for the Doctor he just > waves his sonic screwdriver at a caby Hermione - Paper Lens
cicely Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > An athletic shoe. I'd rather worked that one out, Cicely! Conversion trainers are obviously a new and - evidently - exceedingly fashionable form of shoe. But what distinguishes them from ordinary trainers? All I'm getting from Google is "fighter aircraft" ... so perhaps I shall never know ...by Hermione - Paper Lens
I wonder how much such an outfit would actually cost ?? (And what on EARTH are "converse trainers"?)by Hermione - Paper Lens
After 454, Orestes, a Pannonian who had been one of Attila's secretaries, entered Roman service, and took control of the army. In 475, his son was elected as Emperor during his father's regency. However, discontented German mercenaries demanded that the system for the handing over of land be reorganized in their favour, an ultimatum to which Orestes refused to listen. This was not onby Hermione - Ancient History
"Its life size suggests it may well have been used as a sex aid by its Ice Age makers, scientists report. "In addition to being a symbolic representation of male genitalia, it was also at times used for knapping flints," explained Professor Nicholas Conard" WERE there such things as sex aids in the Ice Age ??? If so, then I suppose this must be an interesting combinatioby Hermione - Humanities
Indeed, do you have to have the girdle round your waist? Could you wear it on your head, perhaps, as a fetching sun-hat ... ??? (Although I suppose you'd have to be careful about fluttering your eyelashes, or they'd get caught up in the hooks-and-eyes ... )by Hermione - Humanities
Katherine Reece Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Never be seen without your makeup and girdle. Er ... does this mean that the girdle has to be worn OVER your other clothes ... ?? (!)by Hermione - Humanities
$20 ... to read a directory ... which isn't actually working yet ... I'll save the money and put it towards "After the Ice" (or even the new Harry Potter) ...by Hermione - Ancient History