http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/topic.php?id=3265 The NewsBiscuit Community en-US Thu, 23 May 2013 01:35:40 +0000 http://bbpress.org/?v=1.0.2 q http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/search.php http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/topic.php?id=3265#post-9483 Mon, 26 Apr 2010 22:04:27 +0000 fernandomando 9483@http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/ <p>Norfolk. Twinned with Norfolk. </p> http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/topic.php?id=3265#post-9464 Mon, 26 Apr 2010 19:44:50 +0000 Genghis Cohen 9464@http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/ <p>Thanking you kindly folks. Never been to Reepham and I don't know the first thing about the place, but they probably don't get the internet there so I should be okay. </p> http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/topic.php?id=3265#post-9421 Mon, 26 Apr 2010 16:23:51 +0000 sauce 9421@http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/ <p>Looks like another FP from this angle. </p> http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/topic.php?id=3265#post-9415 Mon, 26 Apr 2010 15:58:04 +0000 Oxbridge 9415@http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/ <p>How dare you sir? Reepham is nothing like this. Now Shotesham on the other hand... </p> http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/topic.php?id=3265#post-9403 Mon, 26 Apr 2010 15:05:08 +0000 Zen 9403@http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/ <p>Bootiful..... </p> http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/topic.php?id=3265#post-9352 Mon, 26 Apr 2010 09:55:35 +0000 MightyBlair 9352@http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/ <p>'triffic. </p> http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/topic.php?id=3265#post-9350 Mon, 26 Apr 2010 09:50:38 +0000 Genghis Cohen 9350@http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/ <p>Conservationists have stepped in to help prevent the small Norfolk village of Reepham from dying out as its inhabitants are lured away by the bright lights of major metropolitan centres such as Fakenham, Norwich and King’s Lynn. The move is a last-ditch attempt to return Reepham to former its glory days when it boasted a population of several hundred and up to five distinct family names.</p> <p>‘The programme will draw on the region’s age-old customs,’ said Steve Jones today, professor of genetics at University College London. ’Adolescent brothers, sisters and cousins will be brought together in a specially designed enclosure called a family home, safe from the distractions of modern life such as skipping ropes and the wireless. We are confident that in these excellent inbreeding conditions, it will only be a matter of time before nature takes its course and a new generation of Reepham-ites come paddling forth.’</p> <p>Sociologists have warned that if the people of Reepham were allowed to die out, generations of proud heritage would be lost, including the practice of calling newborn babies Lesley until their gender can be determined and families using their members’ IQ scores as their lottery numbers. The future also appears uncertain for the thousands of special needs teachers and biologists employed in the region to teach children about the birds and the birds, while some are concerned that the extinction of Reepham would halt advances in our understanding of how things were a rung or two down the evolutionary ladder.</p> <p>But conservationists are confident that the scheme will be a success. ‘It’s exciting to be involved in a project to preserve such a really close-knit community,’ said Professor Jones. ‘All the residents have their fingers crossed, many since birth, and every face seems to carry that same look of dreamy hopefulness. Plus it’s great for us as scientists. For many of our team, this will be their first exposure to reproductive theory since GCSE biology.’ </p>