Errr.... Is the picture from the "reduced boobs" or "normal boobs" version?

I didn't play Mystery House (had King's Quest a couple of years later, I guess) but putting that aside, that was my life you just posted - from the 1980 PC clone to your even mentioning MUDs, which I had frankly almost forgotten. Thank you for reminding me of all those beautiful moments.

In a world in which sport has become so competitive that the actual sportmanship is most often overlooked, it is wonderful to read a story like this one. Good on yer, girls!

Jeez. *sigh*

Other than that I find it amusing how much chagrin such an ad can cause. It's obviously a massive success: the campaign is polemic and will draw partisan sympathy from all sides. However, it is somehow interesting to discern how it is sooo wrong to "bash" the USA, but some of the people who seem to have an issue with that don't seem to have a problem "bashing" Mexico. Food for thought, folks, food for thought.

A si, y para la raza: ya no anden lloriqueando. Ni queremos, ni necesitamos el terreno al norte. Mejor fijense en quien se esta comiendo nuestro pais, que no son los gringos, sino nuestror propios politicos. Como Santa Ana.

Brilliant! I do think, however, that most Brits would find it a bit more than "unusual" if a Masai warrior were to take their jewelry and wear it! Love the image it conveys (perhaps an idea for a cartoon?).

Not a bad idea, actually, seeing how much damage could result from the lack of medicinal, respectively hygienical standards. Just a pity it is necessary to purport such a sacrifice, seeing as how the church officials prefer the rather undimplomatic way instead. Without sacrificing much.

When all else fails, there is still hope: John Constantine, Hellblazer. :D

I thought watermelons, as well as cucumbers, were berries?

Hmmm... I can raise one eyebrow, gleek, twich my nose, touch my nose with my tongue, do the paralyzed finger trick, the six, and a couple of tongue tricks to boot. Do I get a prize or does that just make me a freak?

I can also flip my ankles. Figured that out while breakdancing in my early teens.

There seem to have been previous ballpoint pens:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ballpoint_pen

Actually, Paracelsian Laudanum was only 10% opium - the rest was wine.

Amazing! O.O

There is a pretty neat abandoned asylum near Middletown, CT - on the way to Durham, if I recall correctly. It includes a graveyard where the tombstones have numbers instead of names, most likely to "protect" the identities of the families who sent their people to the same. Massively freaky if you go there at night.

The show is (sadly and strangely enough) one of the biggest TV shows in Germany, spanning multiple hours at the absolute peak prime time during the weekend.

Actually, Wiki even has it listed as the most popular show in Europe (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wetten,_dass..%3F). YIKES!

I was in 9th grade Geography class. I think the principal (whose office was right across our classroom) ran into the room totally flustered and whispered something into the ear of our teacher who then walked up to and turned on the TV so that we could all watch the "horrible catastrophe that had just taken place in the USA" (his words). We were actually quite shocked, although one or two kids made a snide remark. I think half of the school's males (including me) quit their dream of becoming an astronaut on that day.