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Yup. My mum used to say cows lying down meant rain, and we live in the north of England, not Australia. It could have spread to Oz from England I suppose. Never saw any proof of it though. Apparently seaguls flying inland means the same thing.

Sorry to say I wasn't impressed by the film at all. It looks good, granted, but it just felt really half-arsed. Martin Freeman was alright, I thought Sam Rockwell was really good as Zaphod, but Trillian was an utter waste of celluloid. Marvin was ok, but I agree with an earlier poster, not...

Got it last night. The article about George Pyke is fantastic! We could do with a few more blokes like him I reckon. The "Fake Your Own UFOs" piece might lead to an interesting summer project for me....

I take it you moved my post then? Cheers, I thought there'd be a thread on this already but was in too much of a rush to find it. Lazy fool that I am. :wink:

Having watched the programme on Channel 4 last night about "Hobbits", I was very interested in the experiment where the researchers took a rudely built canoe accross the Java Straits just to prove that early hominids could have done it too. If the Hobbits are a dwarf form of Homo erectus, is...

Further to earlier posts by Colin and others regarding birds being able to vocalise quite complicated ideas, I remember reading an anecdote of a similar nature a few years ago. The author lived in India as a child, and these being the days of the Raj, their family had servants. One of these...

Yeah, they usually have a load of cheap artists materials in the window of our local one, so if that's a national thing you may not have realised they sell books and dvds and things. Usually worth a quick rootle on your way past though.

I also picked up the Secret Policeman's Ball DVD from The Works. Worth getting for the first one, in fact for the Michaelangelo sketch alone. Also got Dragon from Shaolin at the same time, for the same price. Sometimes, I really should try to control these urges... :roll:

Hello to you too Abraxas. It happened in Workington, Cumbria, UK. The house is in a village that grew into a suburb, called Stainburn, and the woods are called either Curwendale or Schoose Woods, depending on which person you ask. If you draw a line east from this point, you will pass very...

I've never heard anything else about a stone circle up there, either before or since the event. I have a sneaking suspicion that it wasn't a real ancient monument at all, just some conveniently shaped rubble that we mistook for something a bit more special. It had evidently been there for a...

I'm sure there was a thread about unexplained moments of panic somewhere,but for the life of me I can't find it. If the mods want to shift this to the right place, then please do. Anyway, my story is this: About twelve years ago, when I was in my late teens, I and a few mates had been...

I wouldn't dream of spoiling it for you. Just thought he was worth a mention as he was really good in the part, which I'm sure you'll be pleased to hear. Although I get the impression that he could wander round singing nursery rhymes with a duck up his arse and you wouldn't much care. :D

Just saw this last night. Utterly, utterly brilliant! It is more or less an exact shot for shot reconstruction of the books, which is fantastic, and all the actors look almost exactly right for their roles - I was even impressed with Clive Owen! :D However, I must not think about Jessica...

I was once "reliably" informed by the Old Dad that in the Guiness brewery, the vats are left open topped, and therefore it is full of birdshit from the pigeons that roost in the rafters. Consequently he won't touch the stuff.

It sounds like it probably would Mr. Snowman, yes. Is it by any chance an alternative title for Raiders of Wu Tang which has a young fellow being taught by two guys, one with no arms, and one with no legs? Made in the 'seventies, so no trick photography, just real kung fu experts with...

OK, then I have no idea either, sorry. Is there a supervisor or maintenance man you could call to have a look at it? They might have a better idea of what's causing it. You say it doesn't disappear when you try and block it with your hand or something? That doesn't sound like a projection...

This is highly unlikely, I know, but how thin is your ceiling? Could there be something upstairs/in the attic/etc causing the effect? Does it move a lot or just shimmer in the one place?

OK Emps, I finally got to see this movie. I loved it. Superb acting, good characters, crazy plot, cool effects. I thought it was a bit over influenced by some computer games like the Final Fantasy series, but that didn't spoil my enjoyment of it. My favourite bit has to be the armies of...

Since my childhood idea of heaven was an English country garden on a late summer afternoon, with tea and buns readily available, I would assume that something loose and comfortable would be acceptable. On the other hand, a one time acquaintance of mine, while under the influence of several...

It says in the original article that most Catholic Popes have been proxy baptised. Are we to assume that this only happens once they have passed on, or does the current Pope also get done? I suppose this could be the Mormon's idea of recognising him as the Vicar of Christ and God's...

I'm sure it happens to a lot of people. I often get the same thing, usually when I'm doing something that requires full hands, such as making the tea in your case, and I can bet my phone will ring. I can eerily predict when my girlfriend is going to text me as well, although if i said "it'll...

So it's just a teaser of the next movie? Ah, now that makes more sense, although you'd think they could have mentioned it somewhere. Right. Well, roll on part two, and the double extended superduperama fourteen disc boxed set that explains everything then. :D

Go for it mate. Teach 'em not to mess with Th' Emperor! Mwah-ha-ha-ha-ha!

Will do. :yeay: And for more info, the rules for Sunday Fu Fest are: 1. Lots of beer. 2. No girlfriends. They don't understand the attraction of watching people being kicked through walls. 3. Lots more beer. 4. At least one movie watched must be of Asian origin, although...

Limp. Pronounced: Liiiiiiiimp. Sorry. :D So, is there a sort of national character in Australia? I mean in the way that we (used to) have John Bull in the UK, or Uncle Sam in the US? I've never seen any representations of it anywhere if there is one, but then I've not actually been...

No, you're right Emps. I had been waiting to watch it with my mate on our regular Sunday kung fu movie night, but the bugger went and watched it without me. On the plus side, he said he'd been really disappointed by the ending as it just sort of stopped apart from the bits in the credits...

Having read through "The Visitor" I think it is a very interesting case, if it is at all true. If there is an element of truth to the tale, I don't think it's helped any by recording it as an online novella, and while I can understand wanting to protect people's privacy there is a real lack...

Yeah, I know it is, and I don't take it as anything more than a bit of daftness. But I would be interested to know whether this caricature Aussie bloke has any basis in fact, having heard of them for years and never actually having met one. I know that every country, hell every region in...

Although my parents will read my copy if I happen to have it on me while visiting, I haven't actually made any converts. The majority of my friends are sadly lacking in the breadth of imagination necessary to enjoy FT for what it is and seem to think it's just an upmarket version of the...

Ok, I saw this on tv last night and just had to ask. I was watching the new talking head series He Said She Said on BBC2 where all kinds of "celebrities" discuss the difference between the sexes. Kind of funny, but one thing stuck out. Australian author Kathy Lette was discussing her...

I used to get that comic when I was a kid, I'd forgotten about the 13th Floor strip though. I think that it eventually amalgamated with the new relaunched Eagle, as I was getting that at the same time. I used to love the strips though. Was House of Damien in that one as well? I wonder if...

That's a damn fine idea, Bobzilla, unfortunately the building doesn't have a number, just a name. That seems to be quite common over here in the UK, especially with conversions of older properties. Actually there's only about 20 houses on the road as well, so there wouldn't be a number as...

Maybe, but I would have thought that the number would have to repeat three times for that, and I can't think how that would work. A block of 12 flats, and you deliberately omit number six so you can have a number thirteen? I have it! A "Black Order" of Satanist nuns! that must have been it! :D

Curiously, in the flats where I live there is a missing apparment, although it is number 6 in this case. The building is converted from an old nunnery, and the layout doesn't follow any logical pattern as they seem to have divided it up into as many flats as possible. So, we have an annex...

Appropriately enough, for the last three days I have been enjoying repeated mental renditions of the song "In My Head" from the new Queens of the Stone Age album. Just the chorus, over and over again... It's a good job I like it really.

I had a book when I was a kid that described the ghosts of Culloden who would come back every year to re-fight the battle, or something similar. I was always under the impression that ghosts tended to be of people who didn't know they were dead, and if that's the case, then surely a lot of...

When archaeologists interpret things as being of a "ritual" nature, how exactly do they arive at that conclusion? I often see experts on tv programmes ascribing ritual significance to all sorts of artefacts and customs, simply because they can't think of any other reason why people might use...

Okay, now I've seen it I feel better placed to comment on it. It was... well, alright. And that was it. Not brilliant, not awful, just alright. Our Lass enjoyed it, but then she doesn't read comics and had no expectations. I agree with BlackRiverFalls that the first bit was best, very low...

Ahuh, I thought of a yellow hammer. What does this prove exactly? That I'm almost normal? Who's standards are we being judged by anyway? I'm quite normal, thank you, and all my dead wives think so too.

So, what, the Ancient Order of Free Masons is just a bunch of fratboys playing stupid practical jokes on each other? No wonder they want to keep it all secret, they're probably scared someone'll tell them how sad they all are! :laughing:

Ah, I see. So it could be that some people have known about a possible connection for years then. Not as new and exciting as anybody thought, after all. :(

Nope. Why?

Dessie, I agree with you that there are always trouble makers in any group, and I wouldn't defend anybody who's idea of a good time was antisocial behaviour and criminal damage. I wasn't trying to suggest that this sort of thing doersn't go on, but, albeit clumsily, highlight that a prolonged...

Since the competitions generally all appear on the same page anyway, could a small box not be added to the bottom to tell people who's won the last lot? Or would that eat into the available advertising space too much? Or maybe an extra little column along with all the editorial information in...

It is a bit mad the knee jerk reactions that Travellers generate wherever they go. I do not doubt that there are some extended family groups who cause trouble and are effectively a law unto themselves, but there are plenty of stationary families who have the same lack of respect for other...

Yep, I saw that last night. I must admit that the music did sound similar to me, and when Beckford followed the supposed path of how it evolved it did seem plausible at the time. On further reflection, I think that the theory might be having a little too much read into it, and some more...

Must.... see... exploding.... midgets! This has got to be worth a watch, preferably while half cut with a couple of mates. :D

Is it always the same house, or does it happen wherever you go? If it is always the same, I'd just find a different way home... :shock:

I know this isn't quite in the same league as cutting off your own extremities, but does anyone remember the farmer from Yorkshire (?) who was having problems with his bank? I heard about it ages ago, so sorry if the details aren't quite right, but AFAICR, they had been messing him about with...