utterly random picture thread.
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Re: utterly random picture thread.
I had to google that.
I knew I knew what it was from. Must be over 20 years since I last read Snowcrash!
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No, nanny state, also known as Her Maj's Government caught up with me and I was forced to dishonour Hiro Nakamura.
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The BBC reckon this is todays Daily Star front page...
I can't decide if it's brilliant or just ridiculous.
I can't decide if it's brilliant or just ridiculous.
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I read the baroque trilogy a while back and again recently....working my way thru fall or dodge in hell. Read diamond age, snowcrash. Seveneves recently.KungFooBob wrote: ↑Tue Mar 30, 2021 8:56 pmI had to google that.
I knew I knew what it was from. Must be over 20 years since I last read Snowcrash!
Bit addictive....
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Bit harsh...had you been a naughty boy with it?MrLongbeard wrote: ↑Tue Mar 30, 2021 9:19 pmNo, nanny state, also known as Her Maj's Government caught up with me and I was forced to dishonour Hiro Nakamura.
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Nope, but they're cracking down on ownership now after tightening buying restrictions many many many years ago
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Post night shift dog walk.
"Of all the stories you told me, which ones were true and which ones weren't?"
"My dear Doctor, they're all true."
"Even the lies?"
"Especially the lies."
"My dear Doctor, they're all true."
"Even the lies?"
"Especially the lies."
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Reamde I quite enjoyed.... you aren't wrong about Dodgeinewham wrote: ↑Wed Mar 31, 2021 1:25 pmFall or Dodge in hell is a bit of a trudge.David wrote: ↑Wed Mar 31, 2021 11:47 amI read the baroque trilogy a while back and again recently....working my way thru fall or dodge in hell. Read diamond age, snowcrash. Seveneves recently.KungFooBob wrote: ↑Tue Mar 30, 2021 8:56 pm
I had to google that.
I knew I knew what it was from. Must be over 20 years since I last read Snowcrash!
Bit addictive....
Anathem is OK, borrows a lot from Gene Wolfe
REAMDE isnt as bad as the critics suggest
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Socks and sandals???MingtheMerciless wrote: ↑Thu Apr 01, 2021 9:51 am Post night shift dog walk.2882CC55-C88D-4898-AB84-F1EFE6894104.jpeg
*plonk*
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We rarely agree, but on this one, fucking 100%Yorick wrote: ↑Thu Apr 01, 2021 12:03 pmSocks and sandals???MingtheMerciless wrote: ↑Thu Apr 01, 2021 9:51 am Post night shift dog walk.2882CC55-C88D-4898-AB84-F1EFE6894104.jpeg
*plonk*
Pass the mind bleach.
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Re: utterly random picture thread.
Priests and hippies at Glastonbury Festival 1971
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First thought: 'Never saw that episode of Father Ted'
Even bland can be a type of character
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Re: utterly random picture thread.
In my head David Attenborough is doing a voiceover about predators stalking their prey.
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"Be kind to past versions of yourself that didn't know what you know now."
Walt Whitman
https://soundcloud.com/skub1955
Walt Whitman
https://soundcloud.com/skub1955
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Re: utterly random picture thread.
Local TV station today posts a report on both their FB page & their website about Covid vaccine now available at Wally World.
Apparently no one checked the pic they used to illustrate the report...
Apparently no one checked the pic they used to illustrate the report...
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Well. Just because.
"Be kind to past versions of yourself that didn't know what you know now."
Walt Whitman
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Walt Whitman
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