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When Sex Lives of the Potato Men came out, I suggested the dilemma facing the British film industry was whether to put the gun barrel to our heads or in our mouths. But with the release of Shaun of the Dead, I'm inclined to say the dilemma is whether to opt for Mo�t or Veuve Clicquot. Because this cheerful horror comedy, starring and co-written by Simon Pegg of Channel 4's Spaced, is as smart as paint. It's pacily directed, nicely acted and boasts a script crammed with real gags.
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Originally posted by Thomas Paul:
is as smart as paint
Is this a British expression? Is paint especially intelligent in the UK? Do you require that gallon cans of paint take IQ tests before they are placed on shelves?
Originally posted by Eugene Kononov:
Have the courtesy of capitalizing the names of all the sheriffs, will you?
Originally posted by Richard Hawkes:
Two of my favourite entertainers are starring in one of my favourite storys, Around the World in Eighty Days. Steve Coogan and Jackie Chan! Lets hope the film doesn't suck...
Originally posted by Eugene Kononov:
As demonstrated by at least one case, the side effects of the Atkins' diet include the propensity to fall and swell after death.
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Originally posted by Jeroen Wenting:
Veggie version? Don't think so...
Lessee, limit to 100 grams of veggies a day (after the first month, during that 40 grams).
No meat, no grain products and beans.
Would get kinda limited I think. You'd loose a lot of weight, but whether it would serve you well I doubt
Originally posted by Don Stadler:
nothing but rice the first week then branches out to veggies, beans, and fruit.
Originally posted by Don Stadler:
Sounds like the Rice diet to me. There is a clinic at Duke Medical Center which runs a regime which starts with nothing but rice the first week then branches out to veggies, beans, and fruit.
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Originally posted by HS Thomas:
Funny, travelling in the tube gives a similar effect. i.e.
Ever felt you were surrounded by zombies.
[ April 14, 2004: Message edited by: HS Thomas ]
Originally posted by Jeroen Wenting:
Except that rice is rich in carbohydrates and Atkins is all about limiting carbohydrates...
Effectively Atkins is the arch-demon of the Vegan movement in advocating the consumption of meat and the strict limitation of products derived from plants (animals being protein-based life forms and plants being carbohydrate-based life forms).
As humans are themselves made up of mainly proteins that's not such a bad idea, is it
Originally posted by Jeroen Wenting:
Except that rice is rich in carbohydrates and Atkins is all about limiting carbohydrates...
Effectively Atkins is the arch-demon of the Vegan movement in advocating the consumption of meat and the strict limitation of products derived from plants (animals being protein-based life forms and plants being carbohydrate-based life forms).
As humans are themselves made up of mainly proteins that's not such a bad idea, is it
" I no longer inderstand what neoconservative means. The highest -toned description I suppose is a category of people who believe in the importance of American power in advancing liberal values. But there are times when I feel like neocon is a code-word for saying conservative Jew. We've got to the point of making sure we know who is and who is not a Jew in this debate." He adds in a tone of surprise. "This is not a reaction I usually have."
He has been rather puzzled by being repeatedly described as a neoconservative . He thinks of his foreign policy ideas as liberalism, but liberalism with power" associating himself as the stance with the Truman White House. He served a Republican Secretary of State as a speechwriter but he was also , he points out a "very harsh critic of 1990s Republicanism which was neo-isolationist".
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It may be due to the "great social inequality that now exists in the United States," John Komlos of Munich University who has spent decades researching the phenomenon, told the Observer."In Europe there is- in most countries- good health service provision for most members of society and plenty of protein in most people's diets. As a result children do not suffer illnesses that would blight their growth or suffer problems of malnutrition."
Originally posted by Don Stadler:
There is a paradox here in that the cities where the political establishment is most bothered about 'inequality' seem also to be the least equal (and least likely to equalize). San Francisco is a perfect example. It's probably the most left-wing polity in the US and certainly one of the most unequal in large part due to the fact that 'affordable housing' basically doesn't exist anywhere within 50 miles (I'm tempted to claim 100 miles) of San Francisco.
But how did the elephant get like that? What did you do? I think all we can do now is read this tiny ad:
a bit of art, as a gift, that will fit in a stocking
https://gardener-gift.com
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