http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/forum.php?id=3 The NewsBiscuit Community en-US Fri, 24 May 2013 19:10:13 +0000 http://bbpress.org/?v=1.0.2 q http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/search.php http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/topic.php?id=61694#post-179451 Fri, 24 May 2013 19:09:46 +0000 bonjonelson 179451@http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/ <p>Ow ow ow ow ow ow ow. </p> <p>This deserves to be on the frontpage. Even without any additional story. </p> http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/topic.php?id=61692#post-179450 Fri, 24 May 2013 19:08:44 +0000 Titus 179450@http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/ <p>Weird and convoluted, but funny. Have some stars. </p> http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/topic.php?id=61694#post-179449 Fri, 24 May 2013 19:08:03 +0000 Wrenfoe 179449@http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/ <p>It hurts lol </p> http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/topic.php?id=61685#post-179448 Fri, 24 May 2013 19:03:09 +0000 Titus 179448@http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/ <p>I have visions of a column of weary, footsore hikers stumbling under the weight of their rucksacks during a long, seemingly endless walk calling out to their leader "For pity's sake, man, get to the point!" </p> http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/topic.php?id=61695#post-179447 Fri, 24 May 2013 19:01:25 +0000 Arthur 179447@http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/ <p>A non-stop programme of six informative presentations by leading PowerPoint users from around the world -- 1st July to 31st October inclusive. </p> http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/topic.php?id=61682#post-179446 Fri, 24 May 2013 18:59:08 +0000 Titus 179446@http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/ <p>Well, not really a pun - the military drones were named after the male bees I suppose. </p> http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/topic.php?id=61685#post-179445 Fri, 24 May 2013 18:54:40 +0000 Arthur 179445@http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/ <p>For suitable illustrations, search Google for "PowerPoint". </p> http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/topic.php?id=61688#post-179443 Fri, 24 May 2013 18:44:24 +0000 custard cream 179443@http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/ <p>As ever, you are ahead of me Al! </p> http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/topic.php?id=61694#post-179442 Fri, 24 May 2013 18:44:22 +0000 sredni vashta 179442@http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/ <p>Too silly for words really. I had to do it though. </p> http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/topic.php?id=61637#post-179441 Fri, 24 May 2013 18:06:11 +0000 Lindy Moone 179441@http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/ <p>Yikes, Al. Palpitations! Hope you enjoy your namesake and all the silly footnotes. If not, feel free to trash it on Amazon. (It's looking too good to be true over there. Haven't started promoting yet -- unless you count hiding under the bed, being very, very quiet -- and people have been too kind. I'm waiting for the other shoe to drop, so to speak.) </p> http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/topic.php?id=61685#post-179440 Fri, 24 May 2013 17:51:04 +0000 sredni vashta 179440@http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/ <p>5 from me as well. </p> http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/topic.php?id=61690#post-179439 Fri, 24 May 2013 17:40:10 +0000 Wrenfoe 179439@http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/ <p>Great headline </p> http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/topic.php?id=61689#post-179438 Fri, 24 May 2013 17:38:30 +0000 Al OPecia 179438@http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/ <p>Yep. </p> http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/topic.php?id=61685#post-179437 Fri, 24 May 2013 17:37:56 +0000 Al OPecia 179437@http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/ <p>Oh, superb 5. </p> http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/topic.php?id=61688#post-179436 Fri, 24 May 2013 17:36:02 +0000 Al OPecia 179436@http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/ <p><a href="http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/topic.php?id=53109" rel="nofollow">http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/topic.php?id=53109</a> </p> http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/topic.php?id=61677#post-179435 Fri, 24 May 2013 17:32:59 +0000 Al OPecia 179435@http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/ <p>"I don’t care, I don’t care, I don’t care if he comes round here<br /> I’ve got my beer in the sideboard here let Mother sort it out if he comes round here"</p> <p>Shakespeare - read it and weep. </p> http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/topic.php?id=61637#post-179434 Fri, 24 May 2013 17:29:57 +0000 Al OPecia 179434@http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/ <p>Hi Lindy, welcome, and have just downloaded "Hyperlink" to my Kindle and started reading. Was excited that I was a character, then the truth dawned. Will let you know how I get on, but enjoying it so far. </p> http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/topic.php?id=61677#post-179432 Fri, 24 May 2013 17:09:26 +0000 pinxit 179432@http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/ <p><a href="https://twitter.com/Brandy_Snap/status/336447156821057536/photo/1">The boys have impeccable cultural credentials.</a> </p> http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/topic.php?id=61637#post-179431 Fri, 24 May 2013 17:01:48 +0000 nickb 179431@http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/ <p>nuts </p> http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/topic.php?id=61688#post-179430 Fri, 24 May 2013 16:38:51 +0000 ronseal 179430@http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/ <p>Like it </p> http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/topic.php?id=61637#post-179428 Fri, 24 May 2013 16:30:57 +0000 Lindy Moone 179428@http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/ <p>That Back up Your Brain piece? Holy Cow is right. Comma roller coasters always bring on panting and drooling, but that content? Gave the old gopher guts a right heave-ho. </p> <p>Truly a cautionary tale. Thanks. </p> http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/topic.php?id=61637#post-179427 Fri, 24 May 2013 16:30:10 +0000 FlashArry 179427@http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/ <p>To clarify - in my mind's ear, turbo-ass deflating sounds akin to a mortally wounded bassoon : but should I be thinking about some sort of distressed brass ensemble ? </p> http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/topic.php?id=61692#post-179425 Fri, 24 May 2013 16:16:30 +0000 nickb 179425@http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/ <p>“It’s just lazy journalism,” says Dr Mike Smythe, Chair of Expertise at the University of Exeter. “You writers just put “Experts agree..” at the beginning of a sentence to add weight to a story. But sometimes, we experts <em>don’t</em> agree. Sometimes it’s just a <em>tad</em> more complicated than it seems. Many of my colleagues in fields as diverse as, well, nuclear science, will back me up here. Nuclear science is often <em>unclear</em> science! That little anagram is something we scientific experts are only just beginning to understand, that much is agreed upon!”</p> <p>“I couldn’t agree more”, says Dr Susan Smythurst, Head of Specialist Norwich at the University of Knowledge. “Mike’s hit the nail snack on the head. We experts, valued for our detailed Norwich, we’re not like nodding dogs, automatically joining a consensus on what are sometimes challenging subjects for the lay person. That much is not in contention. I think you’ll find most experts in the field of an expertise will agree they have nuanced, ever-so-slightly different views on the matter. And it’s only through expressing these in learned papers in the kind of journals that journalists don’t understand that these views can be aired. These very minor differences might appear to be splitting hairs to the average man without a beard in the street, but so often they lead to experts actually agreeing to differ. If only very slightly.”</p> <p>However, not all experts agree that widespread agreement leads to oversimplification, especially when it comes to technical matters. “Take that David Shukman,” says Jake Smytherton, Reader in reading at the University of Reading. “Classic example. With his oh-so-measured hand-movements and no-nonsense appeal to the lay person. He’s a classic “experts agree” merchant, and he often wears a safety helmet and goggles when it’s totally unnecessary. We experts agree he’s a bit of a wanker. Well most of us do. My wife loves him, though, and whenever he’s on she says “why can’t you get a job like that?’ Which I find annoying.” </p> http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/topic.php?id=61687#post-179424 Fri, 24 May 2013 16:08:54 +0000 Dick Everyman 179424@http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/ <p>Yes, what's the delay?</p> <p><img src="http://img12.mercador.ro/images_mercadorro/7394822_1_644x461_execut-zugraveli-de-calitate-la-pret-mic-ploiesti.jpg"> </p> http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/topic.php?id=61691#post-179423 Fri, 24 May 2013 16:07:55 +0000 custard cream 179423@http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/ <p>more soon... </p> http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/topic.php?id=61677#post-179422 Fri, 24 May 2013 16:07:48 +0000 FOAD 179422@http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/ <p><blockquote>But why the Len Goodman School of Dance (which I believe actually exists)? He was at least a competent dancer in his time? All the others are spot on.</blockquote><br /> There ain't no pleasin' you. </p> http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/topic.php?id=61690#post-179421 Fri, 24 May 2013 16:07:45 +0000 grottymonty 179421@http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/ <p>Want-away striker Rooney is expected to reverse his decision to leave Manchester United now that personnel have agreed to allow him on to the companies nursery voucher scheme. </p> http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/topic.php?id=61689#post-179420 Fri, 24 May 2013 16:06:40 +0000 Boutros 179420@http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/ <p>O.<br /> M.<br /> G. </p> http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/topic.php?id=61689#post-179419 Fri, 24 May 2013 16:05:45 +0000 custard cream 179419@http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/ <p>more soon.. </p> http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/topic.php?id=61688#post-179418 Fri, 24 May 2013 16:03:06 +0000 custard cream 179418@http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/ <p>more soon... </p>