paracommunications

She cried a river till
desembocar en la boca
of he who
lloraba a mares

Heard today on BBC Radio 4 at around 9.50am by James, about Roman Polanski:

The five-foot Pole you wouldn’t touch with a ten-foot pole.

It’s hard to deny something that has not happened, and almost impossible to deny something you haven’t done.

The Telegraph reports (via Slashdot): “MoD ‘how to stop leaks’ document is leaked“.

The Defence Manual of Security [...] 2,400-page restricted document has found its way on to Wikileaks.

By J.M. Ambrose, house mate.

Ironing: A private humiliation in preparation for a public triumph.

Who had the brilliant idea of using the universal sign of “Stop, don’t come here” as the logo for Madrid’s bid to host the Olympic Games in 2016? Why not the Vulcan hand sign?

Gallardón (Madrid's mayor), with the Spanish delegation, in Barajas | Efe

This note should be attached  to all Lonely Planet, Rough Guides, Let’s Go and similar guides!

Think what a great world revolution will take place when East meets West, finally, and it’ll be guys like us that can start the thing. Think of millions of guys all over the world with rucksacks on their backs tramping around the back country and hitchhiking and bringing the word down to everybody.

Jack Kerouac, ‘The Dharma Bums’, 1958.

Vegetarianos pacifistas contra la carne de cañón.

N: If you don’t mind, I’m going to baptise your toilet.

A female friend of J’s who was helping us to move into the new house.