[Janos]

The New Kalmari Union!

[Darkage]

We got weed.

[SadisticSid]

Actually the whole BSE handling thing in Britain, AFAIK, was exemplified when the moron who was found to be the source of the outbreak got compensation from the government.

[vyper]

[q]We got weed[/q]

We had opium.

[aldo_14]

Originally posted by SadisticSid
Actually the whole BSE handling thing in Britain, AFAIK, was exemplified when the moron who was found to be the source of the outbreak got compensation from the government.

Let's not forget the governments exemplarary handling of the whole 'foot and mouth' debacle - a disease which was not fatal to the animal, and which could only be transmitted to humans in very rare circumstances (close contact, i.e. to livestock workers...or maybe sheep-shaggers).  The obvious solution?  Quarentine half the country and kill every animal within a 100m radius.

[vyper]

That's called containment aldo mate, I'd rather that than a 1 in 2 million chance of it being passed to humans.

p.s. i pulled that number out my arse, you get my point tho

[aldo_14]

Originally posted by vyper
That's called containment aldo mate, I'd rather that than a 1 in 2 million chance of it being passed to humans.

p.s. i pulled that number out my arse, you get my point tho

Yeah, but foot and mouth wasn't even a threat.  The only problem with the infected livestock is that they could be considered 'lower quality' and fetch less money.  The disease was treatable, and vaccinatable.  It could not be contracted by humans (and even then wasn;t fatal - flu like symptoms IIRC) except in extreme circumsatances of close contact.  The reaction - nothing short of a full scale national emergency - seems nothing short of deliberate scaremongering.

EDIT - oh, and the 5 suspected cases were negative.  So no human contraction occurred.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/health/1300384.stm

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/health/1313007.stm
"The disease is extremely rare in humans and is not serious, with mild, flu-like symptoms and blisters on the mouth."

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/1893818.stm

[karajorma]

Originally posted by vyper
That's called containment aldo mate, I'd rather that than a 1 in 2 million chance of it being passed to humans.

p.s. i pulled that number out my arse, you get my point tho

I agree that the government had the right idea in containing foot and mouth. It could have caused much worse damage to the agricultural industry. My problem is that they just executed the plan incredibly sloppily.

[Janos]

Originally posted by vyper
[q]We got weed[/q]

We had opium.

On a side note and propably as much off-topic you can get, I give you a story of wonderful experience that is Life of Janos Kosminen. Morphine is among the best things I've ever experienced, yet somehow frightening. When faithfully serving my dear Finnish Defence Forces they decided I should be a part of some bizarre medical experiment, not that different from those seen in UFO/goverment conspiracy or zombie movies.
  As my comrades were doing their utmost in rain and hell that is shooting range, I was dragged into a hospital. After my initial night - which was pretty much listening to music, eating donuts and watching TV - I was pumped up with tranquilizers, painkillers and some other drugs I do not know. After this traumatizing experience they ripped my wisdom teeth away in a cruel and not-very-painful surgery that took 1½ minutes. Was I shocked and my life devastated!
   Delivering my nearly unconscious and very tender body back into bed, the Men in White penetrated my dear skin and flesh with a canyl, which lead straight into a medicine pump filled with morphine - why, I do not know. I was allowed to edit my state of pain by simply pressing a button, after which the hellish machine would inject .5mg on PCA Morphine into my blue veins. Being a masochist I am I suffered the delirious, orgasmic and very, very high 12 hours that followed. For if I was strapped into such a weird and inspirating object, wasn't it my duty to try and empty the entire medicine pump? So I tried, yet failed miserably.
After symptoms included terrible itching and urge to get some more. Brrr.

Morphine is evil. It feels better than sex, birds, sleep, weed, midsummer night alcohol or that moment when your hangover vanishes and new strenght twists your body. [Yes, I am living on the edge!]

[Liberator]

You couldn't empty the machine because it's set to only allow so many does an hour.

[aldo_14]

Originally posted by Liberator
You couldn't empty the machine because it's set to only allow so many does an hour.

No ****, sherlock.

[StratComm]

Aldo, go easy on Lib.  He misses the grand scheme of both "humor" and "sarcasm."

EDIT: Ok, so go easy on him when he's making it this easy.

[aldo_14]

Originally posted by StratComm
Aldo, go easy on Lib.  He misses the grand scheme of both "humor" and "sarcasm."

EDIT: Ok, so go easy on him when he's making it this easy.

Sorry, but sometimes it's hard to resist shooting into the barrel when the fish are so tightly picked

[Janos]

Originally posted by Liberator
You couldn't empty the machine because it's set to only allow so many does an hour.

But I tried!

It's ~25 mg over the course of 4 hours, which is actually really, really much. I didn't come even close.
Durr durr.

[Liberator]

So I'm a moron, what's new?

[Bobboau]

not that