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• Commented on Lou Jing, half black Chinese girl, sparks race debate in China
  I'm not sure anyone believes the United States is a 'paradise of equality'. Canada, sadly, I have no experience of....
• Commented on Lou Jing, half black Chinese girl, sparks race debate in China
  If I may both elevate her and reduce her at the same time... damn, she is gorgeous....
• Commented on World's most awesome cheap Chinese toy
  Just for posterity, can I point out that I also knew the actual name of the Beverley Hills Cop theme, but wasn't aware that it was performed by Harold Faltermeyer. I assumed that his career had begun and ended with...
• Commented on Aren't You a Little Short For a Minuteman?
  "Why is the plucky, little rebel faction carrying the evil Sith lightsabers?" Presumably because the British were right all along....
• Commented on The Cove director on watching his film with the dolphin hunters
  Gosh. Did you miss the point intentionally, or do you genuinely think there's some kind of international competition going on?...
• Commented on Anvil Shooting: using explosives to fire anvils -- yes, ANVILS -- into the air
  If your parents do christen you "Gay", becoming a champion explosive anvil firer is probably the best way of cmoing back from that. Assuming you're a straight guy, of course....
• Commented on Royal Mail uses legal threats to shut down service that provided postcode lookups to charities and nonprofits
  The fact is, Royal Mail is crapping it. Their business model is becoming ever-less relevant as they try to move away from being a deliveries / logistics provider in a digital age. They're overstaffed, under-efficient and yet a source of...
• Commented on Britain seeks ban on glass pint-glasses to prevent bar-brawl injuries
  "I say bike through traffic, start a friendly drunken brawl outside, ski, hike, use a big frigging knife to chop onions, drink too much, and drink from a god damn pint glass that is actually made out of glass." I...
• Commented on @BBVBOX: recent guest-tweeted web video picks (boingboingvideo.com)
  Could someone post a translation of this?...
• Commented on Apple 1984 ad, updated for 2009
  Gosh, but aren't you guys the Apple fanboys? what do Apple charge developers for the app kit for iPhone? $99? Yeah, rock the system. We're almost poen-source....
• Commented on Cities as battlesuits for surviving the future
  Progeny? Protege? Prodigy? You keep using tha' word. I do no' think it means wha' you think it means....
• Commented on Rich Seattle suburbs install ubiquitous surveillance cameras, cops follow all "suspicious" vehicles
  I don't suppose I'll stop hearing barbs about how the UK is a surveillance society, then....
• Commented on List of books read by backpackers
  There aren't enough lists. More lists, dammit....
• Commented on Clickable map of Los Angeles area marijuana dispensaries
  "bikini-clad, hard-eyed Euro-hos" Charming....
• Commented on Artist takes $190,000 out of bank because they won't give him a mortgage
  Describing the NZ dollar as "irrelevant" seems a little harsh. Chuckle....
• Commented on Commissioned paintings using ashes of dead person
  "The LifeGem® is a certified, high-quality diamond created from the carbon of your loved one as a memorial to their unique life." http://www.lifegem.com/ And I fear that this is every bit as mawkish and tacky....
• Commented on CCTV density-maps of the UK
  "And does West Sussex have the highest number of cameras or the highest density of cameras relative to its population?" When all you'll be able to see is a quick knee-trembler between Steve and Steve outside the Escape Bar, who...
• Commented on Cryptic Alaska "blob" is an algae bloom
  "The fact that the locals say they've never seen anything like it suggests that it might represent some exotic species which has drifted into the region, perhaps as a result of global change. For the moment that's just a guess."...
• Commented on UK cops spot Facebook notice of "all night" party, scramble armed goons in a chopper to break up small, local BBQ
  "British cops spotted a Facebook message from a small-town guy..." Yup. That's not exactly true though, is it? "Locals feared a rave was to take place at Sowton, near Exeter, on Saturday and called the police, who closed the event...
• Commented on Death by Chocolate (no, really): worker dies in hot cocoa mixing vat
  "Hope someone at the scene had the presence of mind to question the oompah-loompahs" That was definitely in poor taste....
• Commented on Spherical pocket watch
  I haven't seen something I wanted so badly since I was 10 and first laid eyes on a Zoid....
• Commented on Same-gender sex no longer a crime in India's capital city
  http://www.beyondthepinkcurtain.com/ Great documentary made by a friend of mine recently about the LGBT community's problems in Eastern Europe....
• Commented on Richard Dawkins helps fund atheist summer camp
  I agree with many of the posters on here in thinking that this is appalling. After all, you'd never catch Christians running summer camps in an attempt to indoctrinate inappropriately young children in their view of... oh....
• Commented on In praise of Kitchen Aid's customer service -- UPDATED
  Excellent customer service indeed. Mind you, I'm sure I won't be the only one thinking that for £550, a decent response to a product fault would be the least I'd expect. Did they not offer to throw in a shiatsu?...
• Commented on UK cop: 'War on terror means no pictures of police vans in disabled parking spots'
  Well, it's not quite Paris in '68, but I guess our generation can only rebel against what's in front of it....
• Commented on London Times on the Honda Insight: "Biblically terrible"
  "Oh please, call it "The Times" or the "The Times newspaper". Anything else just sounds ridiculous." Agreed. For Christ's sake, Cory, you live here....
• Commented on Fight terrorism by arresting terrorists, not by looking at our genitals at airports
  "If terrorists are swayed from going through airports, they'll just target other locations, such as a hotel in Mumbai, India, he said." I'm not sure that's a reason not to try to protect airports, though, is it? Sounds rather like...
• Commented on Bush cronies land jobs charging for advice on not getting eaten by the monsters they created
  There is absolutely nothing odd about this. In fact, the linked article states that as many (if not more) figures from the Clinton administration do exactly the same. Hasn't this idiot got enough reasons for people to hate him without...
• Commented on Harper's Weekly for May 19, 2009
  "In the year 4,000 A.D., when Pluto is hollowed out and millions of people are living inside," said an amateur astronomer, "the name of Venetia Burney may be the only thing that Great Britain is remembered for." Brilliant. Although I'm...
• Commented on BB Video: "Ninja Assassin" - John Gaeta on Hybrid Entertainment Merging Film and Games.
  Gosh, I've never seen Xeni before. She certainly oozes comfort in front of the camera....