Posts by Geoff Spick 73 publicly visible posts • joined 5 Jul 2007
So the Swiss get sucked into the vortex with their mountains plugging the hole to save the rest of us. With Switzerland annihilated there will be nowhere for aviators to march too when shot down in the ensuing land grab of Euro-War XXVVXII, what with the existing border countries having been stretched by a few hundred miles to carpet over what will be known as the Swiss Gap.
Go as in gone, bye, tata, etc to the Swiss
that there hasn't yet been an incident where some mutterings from a nervous yankee passenger were passed on to the cockpit and the pilot came out packing, toting or possibly even slinging his pistols at some vaguely foreign-looking, yet harmless, passenger who had the misfortune to pray, sniff, tie his shoelace or eat his muffin in a vaguely threatening manner.
Coat with the parachute built-in please. Just like James Bond's stunt double whenever he has to hang outside of an aircraft.
The students have since apologised and pointed out that it was Facebook not Bebo they posted on. One party-goer also mentioned that some of the overspill crowd were patting and feeding the police dogs, so hardly a 'riot' then, more a kerfuffle.
Black Helicopter as it was dark and there was a helicopter (I live a couple of streets away)
If the original complainant was going to stick to traditional English, then surely his missive should have started...
"Good daye to thee merrie gentlemen of thou rogister,"
and gone downhill from there. With a hey-nonny or two.
Unless, of course, he accepts and uses the evolution of English after all
Can I point out that in the last three major wars, our aircraft spent less than 5% of their time in air-to-air action.
These days its all about supporting ground forces with bombs, and when they are fighting at very close quarters, guns. Planes need guns and since we don't have the new A-10Cs to hand, the Harrier and its replacement need a gun. Otherwise we blow our own side up, see many angry donkey-walloper comments on the mil forums about Harriers being crap in the support role.
The article ignores one major issue... the viewing public don't care where their TV comes from. The majority of people think that the BBC is the only Public Service Broadcaster, and treat everything else as extra...
When you upgrade from 5 channel analogue to 40+ channel digital the extra choice makes you feel like you've moved up in the world and without having to fork out monthly for Sky/Virgin that is a big difference to most folk's lives.
As the Spitting Image Paxman said.
Of course as a) Talent and b) BBC talent, he doesn't have to worry about the cost of production. However i'm guessing in America, where shows get axed after two episodes for a bad rating - they count every single cent and spend as little as possible.
Also, since its now down to about seven minutes between ad breaks over there, why not a rise in seven minute television shows? All of which would make cheap, fast TV the norm in just a few years...
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