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by Emma Woolgatherer
March 7th, 2012, 11:58 am
Forum: Miscellaneous Discussions...
Topic: On Intimations of the Ghost in the Machine.
Replies: 26
Views: 2633

Re: On Intimations of the Ghost in the Machine.

I don't use smiley faces Emma, (much too stuffy for that), but there was an exclamation mark after "wood" which I hoped would suffice to convey that I was teasing. Sorry if it didn't. It was clear that you were being light-hearted, and my response was also intended to be light-hearted, hence my own...
by Emma Woolgatherer
March 6th, 2012, 5:20 pm
Forum: Religion
Topic: Cardinal Keith O'Brien strikes again
Replies: 63
Views: 7855

Re: Cardinal Keith O'Brien strikes again

Lifelinking wrote:First blog on latest 'evidence' provided by John Deighan http://heathen-hub.com/blog.php?b=1532
Excellent!

Emma
by Emma Woolgatherer
March 6th, 2012, 5:14 pm
Forum: Religion
Topic: Cardinal Keith O'Brien strikes again
Replies: 63
Views: 7855

Re: Cardinal Keith O'Brien strikes again

In some ways, it is strange, as marriage was not such a major part of the church, in England at least, until Tudor times. After all, weren't marriages conducted at the church gate, rather than inside? I must see if I can find some references.... Yes, I remember the Wife of Bath saying that she'd ha...
by Emma Woolgatherer
March 6th, 2012, 4:19 pm
Forum: Miscellaneous Discussions...
Topic: The Falklands
Replies: 73
Views: 14640

Re: The Falklands

I suppose that sovereignty is something which is difficult to compromise over, particularly as the islands are largely self-governing, so it would be a diminution in democracy for Argentina to have any real say in their affairs ... If all the Falklanders were to be asked to put up with was a few Ar...
by Emma Woolgatherer
March 6th, 2012, 2:54 pm
Forum: Miscellaneous Discussions...
Topic: The Falklands
Replies: 73
Views: 14640

Re: The Falklands

Yes, stop that immediately, animist. I can take flattery from a penguin, but no one else!
by Emma Woolgatherer
March 6th, 2012, 2:53 pm
Forum: Miscellaneous Discussions...
Topic: The Falklands
Replies: 73
Views: 14640

Re: The Falklands

I must ask those who seem to be so sure that 3,000 people are not worth spending money on how they would feel if these islanders were the descendants of black slaves rather than of free whites. I think they most definitely are worth spending money on. Their lives are important. Their safety is impo...
by Emma Woolgatherer
March 6th, 2012, 2:28 pm
Forum: Miscellaneous Discussions...
Topic: The Falklands
Replies: 73
Views: 14640

Re: The Falklands

Ptecisely my point. If, and only if, international law says the residents of an area have the right to annexe themselves to some state, (for whatever reasons) then fine. If the people of both the disputed territory and their 'chosen state' are agreeable to the arrangement, then fine, no probs. But ...
by Emma Woolgatherer
March 6th, 2012, 11:31 am
Forum: Miscellaneous Discussions...
Topic: The Falklands
Replies: 73
Views: 14640

Re: The Falklands

"The wishes of the islanders must be paramount'??? WTF does that mean? There are Jewish settlements in Patestine. In international law they are illegal. Should 'the wishes of the settlers be paramount'? Of course not. International law should be paramount. There should be a legal agreement between ...
by Emma Woolgatherer
March 6th, 2012, 10:31 am
Forum: Miscellaneous Discussions...
Topic: The Falklands
Replies: 73
Views: 14640

Re: The Falklands

I think the British government should have negotiated a transfer of the Falkland Islands to Argentina a long, long time ago, with substantial financial compensation to any Falkland Islanders who wanted to emigrate. Funnily enough, I was in the Falkland Islands in 1966-7. My dad, a civil engineer, wa...
by Emma Woolgatherer
March 6th, 2012, 9:30 am
Forum: Club Soda
Topic: Word Association game
Replies: 19227
Views: 1295966

Re: Word Association game

unemployment
by Emma Woolgatherer
March 6th, 2012, 9:30 am
Forum: Club Soda
Topic: Quadruple alphabet game
Replies: 28
Views: 6324

Re: Quadruple alphabet game

... deters everyone from giving ...
by Emma Woolgatherer
March 5th, 2012, 11:22 am
Forum: Miscellaneous Discussions...
Topic: On Intimations of the Ghost in the Machine.
Replies: 26
Views: 2633

Re: On Intimations of the Ghost in the Machine.

Have you ever had a moment of Satori. I had to look this up. Not being a Zen Buddhist, it's not a concept that is particularly meaningful for me. However, at a more banal, commonplace level, I have certainly had moments of sudden understanding, sudden clarity. I might even have referred to such a m...
by Emma Woolgatherer
February 28th, 2012, 2:57 pm
Forum: Club Soda
Topic: Henny Penny
Replies: 968
Views: 168977

Re: Henny Penny

Yep. Over to you.
by Emma Woolgatherer
February 28th, 2012, 2:12 pm
Forum: Club Soda
Topic: Henny Penny
Replies: 968
Views: 168977

Re: Henny Penny

An unorthodox one, but easy, I think:

Henpen Kenken: Run-of-the-mill bullet like the ones that killed Jean Charles de Menezes?
by Emma Woolgatherer
February 28th, 2012, 11:42 am
Forum: Club Soda
Topic: Henny Penny
Replies: 968
Views: 168977

Re: Henny Penny

Hennikinsy Pennikinsy [---][/---] Substitute actor's meteorological research
by Emma Woolgatherer
February 28th, 2012, 10:17 am
Forum: Club Soda
Topic: Henny Penny
Replies: 968
Views: 168977

Re: Henny Penny

Zollverein Wolverine!

Oh, Pollux, now I've got two to think up!
by Emma Woolgatherer
February 26th, 2012, 7:52 am
Forum: Club Soda
Topic: Henny Penny
Replies: 968
Views: 168977

Re: Henny Penny

Oh, it must be

phalarope sell a rope

(which is better phonetically than phalarope ball o' rope)
by Emma Woolgatherer
February 25th, 2012, 3:18 pm
Forum: Comedy Club
Topic: Favourite humorous websites
Replies: 257
Views: 382493

Re: Favourite humorous websites

by Emma Woolgatherer
February 25th, 2012, 2:12 pm
Forum: Social Club
Topic: Grammer and phrases wot is irritating
Replies: 388
Views: 114214

Re: Grammer and phrases wot is irritating

yes, I suppose that with these phrasal verbs, the so-called preposition is not really a preposition at all, and I suppose that it seems wrong to end sentences with prepositions because of the word itself: its very name demands that it should have some word after it. In some of your examples, like "...
by Emma Woolgatherer
February 25th, 2012, 11:34 am
Forum: Club Soda
Topic: one jump ahead word game
Replies: 711
Views: 408075

Re: one jump ahead word game

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