angstrom - that's allegedly a "brown note".

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

Our downstairs loo uses just over a litre on half-flush and is rain-fed anyway so water isn't so much an issue in this house - but when the compost heap's too dry I give it a little sprinkle from time to time.

But not at the allotment - wouldn't want to frighten the ladies.

What a wonderfully elegant solution.

Can't win a Darwin Award unless he's removed himself from the genepool. A broken hand doesn't count - unless that's how Kiwi's do sex.

We had bomb-proof film over the plate-glass window at a place I worked at once - it was next to an army recruiting office while the IRA were busy. I always wondered whether instead of being hit with shards of glass we'd all just get pushed down the building like a piston instead.

Blue monster bag for me. Or possibly the used soccer ball or the zipper purse.

Seems like he has too much time on his hands.

I'm all for anything that evens up the odds!

Try making a pair - they really work! A couple of funnels with plastic tube so the can both face forward will do - the effect is amazing. Spread them well apart and you can locate sounds using stereophony really precisely.

Good job it isn't still controlled by moving his knee.

I thought Fiat Lux was stuff you washed your Italian car with.

Ugh - think how much of that you've been breathing in, too. Particularly the one from the mail-room.

Then again, my keyboard might be a good place to go hunting for new species of just about anything less than 1mm long.

Our kitten's called Meep - 'cos that's what she says.

The window washing one is easy. You charge whatever is consistent with maximising profits in the long term.

Though you /can/ toss a lawnmower onto a barbecue, they don't hold their flavour as well as a good goat, and they don't curry worth a damn.