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Title: Merseyside mourns dead chicken
Post by: aldo_14 on October 25, 2005, 11:55:28 am: http://www.theregister.co.uk/2005/10/25/dead_chicken_tribute/

[q]Merseyside police have ordered the local community to "stop grieving" after Liverpudlians flocked to deposit flowers, cards and teddy bears in tribute to a dead chicken found in an alleyway. According to the BBC (http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/merseyside/4372230.stm), one card read: "RIP Little Baby. Safe in the arms of Jesus. From someone who is a loving mother xxxx."

A spokeswoman for Merseyside police explained to the BBC: "It seems a member of the public saw the remains of a foetus, which possibly resembled a human foetus, and called us. We cordoned off the area to investigate, as we would with any possible suspicious death, but it became apparent it was not a human foetus. The flowers and cards are obviously the result of local gossip, but we can assure people that the remains were not human."

Accordingly the Old Bill on Monday issued a "stop grieving, it's only a chicken" edict. The BBC rather unfairly concludes by noting that Spectator editor Boris Johnson last year attracted a hailstorm of flack for condemning Liverpudlians as "hooked on grief". ®[/q]
Title: Merseyside mourns dead chicken
Post by: Kie99 on October 25, 2005, 12:06:07 pm: Quote
The BBC rather unfairly concludes by noting that Spectator editor Boris Johnson last year attracted a hailstorm of flack for condemning Liverpudlians as "hooked on grief". ®

Fantastic :lol:
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Post by: Mongoose on October 25, 2005, 12:16:21 pm: What purpose does that extra 'o' in "foetus" serve, anyway? :p
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Post by: Grey Wolf on October 25, 2005, 01:06:56 pm: To make you ask that question.
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Post by: Martinus on October 25, 2005, 01:14:14 pm: [color=66ff00]And to educate you as to how it should be spelled.
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Title: Merseyside mourns dead chicken
Post by: Mongoose on October 25, 2005, 02:43:30 pm: "Should" be spelled? I call that inefficiency. Wastes too much printer ink to have 'o's and 'u's floating around all over the place when they're not necessary :p
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Post by: Kie99 on October 25, 2005, 03:08:10 pm: It's our language, at least let us spell it correctly, even if you don't want to.
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Post by: aldo_14 on October 25, 2005, 04:39:06 pm: Quote
Originally posted by Mongoose
"Should" be spelled? I call that inefficiency. Wastes too much printer ink to have 'o's and 'u's floating around all over the place when they're not necessary :p

i totly dsagre wit u n tht positn.
Title: Merseyside mourns dead chicken
Post by: Grey Wolf on October 25, 2005, 08:12:42 pm: A Plan for the Improvement of English Spelling
by Mark Twain

For example, in Year 1 that useless letter "c" would be dropped to be replased either by "k" or "s", and likewise "x" would no longer be part of the alphabet. The only kase in which "c" would be retained would be the "ch" formation, which will be dealt with later. Year 2 might reform "w" spelling, so that "which" and "one" would take the same konsonant, wile Year 3 might well abolish "y" replasing it with "i" and Iear 4 might fiks the "g/j" anomali wonse and for all. Jenerally, then, the improvement would kontinue iear bai iear with Iear 5 doing awai with useless double konsonants, and Iears 6-12 or so modifaiing vowlz and the rimeining voist and unvoist konsonants. Bai Iear 15 or sou, it wud fainali bi posibl tu meik ius ov thi ridandant letez "c", "y" and "x" -- bai now jast a memori in the maindz ov ould doderez -- tu riplais "ch", "sh", and "th" rispektivli. Fainali, xen, aafte sam 20 iers ov orxogrefkl riform, wi wud hev a lojikl, kohirnt speling in ius xrewawt xe Ingliy-spiking werld.
Title: Merseyside mourns dead chicken
Post by: Ace on October 25, 2005, 10:01:03 pm: What I found the most ironic is how someone thought that a chicken fetus was a human one and proceeded to write a funeral note.

Guess that fundies even in the UK fail biology each year ;)
Title: Merseyside mourns dead chicken
Post by: aldo_14 on October 26, 2005, 05:15:43 am: Not fundies, scousers.
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Post by: Grey Wolf on October 26, 2005, 12:27:14 pm: Idiots?
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Post by: aldo_14 on October 26, 2005, 12:30:42 pm: Um... if I say anything, they might drown (http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/wales/4354256.stm) me.......
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Post by: Taristin on October 26, 2005, 12:56:32 pm: When is Britain going to apologize for displacing all of the native americans back in the 15-1700's? India in the 17-1800's, Africa during the same period? The opium wars? Etc? :nervous:

And when is the US going to apologize for all if it's crimes against humanity? And France, and germany and japan and china and...
Title: Merseyside mourns dead chicken
Post by: Grey Wolf on October 26, 2005, 01:27:21 pm: I blame Homo erectus.
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Post by: vyper on October 26, 2005, 01:31:19 pm: We displaced Indians?
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Post by: Taristin on October 26, 2005, 01:32:21 pm: Oh no... the 13 settlement colonies were cohabitations. :rolleyes:
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Post by: Deepblue on October 26, 2005, 01:33:04 pm: You forgot the slave trade.
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Post by: Grey Wolf on October 26, 2005, 01:34:33 pm: I still blame homo erectus. If he hadn't gotten uppity and evolved, we'd have none of these problems :p
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Post by: Deepblue on October 26, 2005, 01:34:34 pm: No, the British obtained the land fair-and-square. They got the Indians rip-roaringly drunk and then made a fair deal. :D
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Post by: General Freak on October 27, 2005, 05:52:16 am: Poor chicken. Never had a chance.

At least it shows they (Liverpool) care. :p
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Post by: aldo_14 on October 27, 2005, 06:13:02 am: About chickens.
Title: Merseyside mourns dead chicken
Post by: Ace on October 27, 2005, 03:27:12 pm: Quote
Originally posted by Grey Wolf
I still blame homo erectus. If he hadn't gotten uppity and evolved, we'd have none of these problems :p

Nah, they were just as nasty and violent. Burning huge swaths of Australia just to grow different plants that they preferred to eat, etc.

Blame the dirty comets with their filthy organic meatbag molecules ;)
Title: Merseyside mourns dead chicken
Post by: Grey Wolf on October 27, 2005, 03:36:07 pm: I blame carbon. And Ghostavo.