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09 Oct 2007, 9:37 pm

Here she is in 2006.

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I daresay she can hold her own.

But Dawkins is pretty gentle and much more moderate than he is sometimes portrayed. The media likes to put a controversial spin on his words. It would be very frustrating to be a man who cares about precision and the subtle distinctions between various words, and yet contantly have one's ideas twisted by others into something more inflammatory. I suppose that happens to anybody in the spotlight, but it must be especially agonizing when the subject matter is something scholarly in nature.

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Yes! She's great.


Stealth operations moving along swimmingly, Patrician?


I'm considering a possible successor to the current Ankh-Morpork Tax Collector......


Current one in line for a good mugging?


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09 Oct 2007, 9:50 pm

gwenevyn wrote:
Here she is in 2006.

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I daresay she can hold her own.

But Dawkins is pretty gentle and much more moderate than he is sometimes portrayed. The media likes to put a controversial spin on his words. It would be very frustrating to be a man who cares about precision and the subtle distinctions between various words, and yet contantly have one's ideas twisted by others into something more inflammatory. I suppose that happens to anybody in the spotlight, but it must be especially agonizing when the subject matter is something scholarly in nature.

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gwenevyn wrote:
Yes! She's great.


Stealth operations moving along swimmingly, Patrician?


I'm considering a possible successor to the current Ankh-Morpork Tax Collector......


Current one in line for a good mugging?


(As myself)

Yes, I daresay Lalla Ward could hold her own. After all, she was married to Tom Baker for about 18 months.

(As Lord Vetinari)

No. I need someone who could make people want to pay their taxes. Like Moist von Lipwig made people want to use the Post Office again, or use banknotes.....


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09 Oct 2007, 10:12 pm

Tom Baker?



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09 Oct 2007, 10:12 pm

Puddleglum? He was a bad husband?



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09 Oct 2007, 10:15 pm

Well, supposedly they divorced because they were more passionate about their respective careers than about each other. But he was a very heavy drinker.


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09 Oct 2007, 10:32 pm

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Tom Baker?


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The 4th Doctor.


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09 Oct 2007, 10:36 pm

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Well, supposedly they divorced because they were more passionate about their respective careers than about each other. But he was a very heavy drinker.


At the time. I think he's cleaned up his act a little, especially after marrying Sue Jerrard, who was an assistant editor on Who. They've been married for over 20 years now, so I guess third time's the charm (his first wife was not Lalla Ward, but Anna Wheatcroft, niece of a famous rose grower. That lasted 5 years and produced 2 sons).


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09 Oct 2007, 11:13 pm

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Dont eat poison ivy.


That would definitely be a bad idea. 8O



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09 Oct 2007, 11:28 pm

Mow



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09 Oct 2007, 11:40 pm

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Dont eat poison ivy.


I wonder what would happen if someone did.

*looks outside*

Hmm....a potential replacement for expensive lettuce.



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09 Oct 2007, 11:41 pm

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Dont eat poison ivy.


I wonder what would happen if someone did.

*looks outside*

Hmm....a potential replacement for expensive lettuce.


hey dumb



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09 Oct 2007, 11:50 pm

Hey.

*decides to save several dollars a month by eating poison ivy instead of lettuce*



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09 Oct 2007, 11:52 pm

Hola!

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09 Oct 2007, 11:58 pm

A lot less word filters on this website.



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10 Oct 2007, 12:00 am

*uses word filter to change "Hola" to "I lose this thread"*



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10 Oct 2007, 12:18 am

hi