I'm in shock

I emailed a certain FOM aka DC about something this morning and got a reply before lunchtime, actually within the hour.... That must be a record or something

and immense thanks to him for replying so fast :D

From: "DC"
To: me
Date: Fri 25 Jul 2008 11:25 AM

-----Original Message-----
From: Me
Sent: 25 July 2008 10:34

Must have caught him at just the right moment!!!

dumbing down?

I wonder why they feel the need to say who is whom in the caption for this picture on the bbc news website.


Presumably the editor was thinking "people might not be able to workout that the pretty blonde girl on the left _isn't_ Robert Plant?".

Quite good

Stuart's just shown me this

Hmm

Ok, I admit this is a little weird, but why on earth would you want to buy an inflatable "friend" for your dog?. Sure, it will reduce those embarrassing "why is your dog humping my leg/shoe/some other inanimate object" type moments, but its bound to create many more "WTF is that for!!" questions, and if the real doggie in question is nowhere to be seen, I think there are inevitable conclusions you would draw about the person who owns one......



Seriously, are dogs really ever _that_ lonely

more details

Misleading snippets

"... citing a study which estimates that beaver-tourism could be worth £101 per household".

scanning through some automated summaries, the above caught my eye. Somehow I was expecting a story about something else entirely. I'll get my coat...