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	"Smoking kills. If you're killed, you've lost a very important part of your life." (US anti-smoking campaign)     Posted by JT on 20 Aug 2009. (8) (0) Permalink Tweet Not to be prejudiced but I suspect the Americans could be some of our best contributors!     Posted by Wrongfellow on 21 Aug 2009. Ya think?     Posted by Tiger on 15 Dec 2009. I don't *quite* believe that.     Posted by breadbocks on 4 Apr 2010.

	Are we choosing a prime minister - or a primate?     Posted by Wrongfellow on 13 Apr 2010. (0) (0) Permalink Tweet From a well-known newspaper reporting on the coming UK election. Personally, I'd hope our next Prime Minister would be a member of the biological order that contains lemurs, lorises, galagos, tarsiers, monkeys, apes, gorillas and humans.     Posted by Wrongfellow on 13 Apr 2010. I wouldn't mind a different order altogether, just to lessen Cameron's chances.     Posted by JT on 14 Apr 2010.

	"Is there a way that we can throw out the whole government and replace it?" (Posted on a Q&A site based in the UK, where there'll be a General Election in a few months' time)     Posted by JT on 7 Mar 2010. (2) (0) Permalink Tweet Coup d'état anyone?     Posted by Socky on 7 Mar 2010. ...yes.     Posted by CheddarBBQ on 9 Mar 2010. I'll have two if you're offering.     Posted by JT on 9 Mar 2010.

	"Where will the next successful attack on the US take place?"     Posted by JT on 11 Jan 2010. (3) (1) Permalink Tweet America?     Posted by Balo on 24 Jan 2010. Wow. With sources as good as yours, you ought to work for the CIA.     Posted by JT on 24 Jan 2010.

	Dude #1: Terrorists did 911! We should go and kill all the terrorists! Dude #2: Dude, 911 was done with explosives. Just watch the videos. The towers drop in a perfect sequence. Dude #1: You're lying! You're one of them traitors sticking up for the terrorists! Dude #2: Whatever, dude.     Posted by Socky on 21 Nov 2009. (7) (1) Permalink Tweet Crazy assertions and where they come from.     Posted by Socky on 21 Nov 2009. Isn't 911 done with a phone?     Posted by CheddarBBQ on 21 Nov 2009. No! That's what they're trying to make you believe!     Posted by Socky on 21 Nov 2009.

	"Natural gas is hemispheric. I like to call it hemispheric in nature because it is a product that we can find in our neighborhoods." (George W. Bush)     Posted by JT on 16 Sep 2009. (1) (0) Permalink Tweet We have a general policy of avoiding Bushisms, because they're just too easy, but this is a classic...     Posted by JT on 16 Sep 2009.

	Newspaper: "Missippi's literacy program shows improvement"     Posted by JT on 3 Jan 2010. (4) (0) Permalink Tweet

	"I generally don't like England that much." (Prince Harry, third in line to the English throne)     Posted by JT on 15 Sep 2009. (3) (1) Permalink Tweet I think naming names is acceptable in this case, don't you? ;-)     Posted by JT on 15 Sep 2009. Well, I'm sure it's in the public domain already. That said, is there any particular reason why he shouldn't dislike England? And if he does dislike England (which he has a perfect right to do), why shouldn't he be honest about it? Another [-] from me I'm afraid.     Posted by Wrongfellow on 15 Sep 2009. As a possible (probable?) future king, he's expected to act as ambassador for the country and to sing its praises.     Posted by JT on 15 Sep 2009. Maybe by some people, but I'm not much of a royalist personally, and I don't think they should be obliged to have particular opinions purely because of who they are.     Posted by Wrongfellow on 15 Sep 2009. Me neither - but it's what they're expected to do in return for the money they get from the civil list. To me, it's much like a baker refusing to bake bread.     Posted by JT on 15 Sep 2009. Nah, we pay to maintain them because they're a quaint national treasure, much like a cathedral, or a nature reserve. Or a kind of living museum. :)     Posted by Wrongfellow on 15 Sep 2009. er...by which I mean, a stupid thing to say.     Posted by JT on 15 Sep 2009. I still reckon they'd pay their way a lot better if we beheaded one of them annually in Trafalgar Square and charged the Yanks and Japanese £100,000 each to watch.     Posted by JT on 15 Sep 2009. Heck, I'd watch that. I should make it clear that no-one in England likes the royals much - it's only the foreigners who don't have to pay for them who enjoy the soap opera that they provide.     Posted by Destrii on 9 Jan 2010.

	"Over the last 15 months, we've traveled to every corner of the United States. I've now been in 57 states, I think - one left to go." (President Barack Obama)     Posted by JT on 15 Sep 2009. (1) (0) Permalink Tweet

	Q: "Which Iraqi is most responsible for the country's upheaval?" A: "Yusuf Islam."     Posted by JT on 26 Sep 2009. (2) (0) Permalink Tweet Note: Yusuf Islam is better-known as Cat Stevens.     Posted by JT on 26 Sep 2009.