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[QUOTE=Xyzzy;394834][URL]http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2015/02/06/bacteria-subway-new-york-map_n_6629490.html[/URL][/QUOTE]

That is a bit scary, in spite of the explanations.

[url=http://mashable.com/2015/02/09/boston-dynamics-spot-robot/]Google’s dog robot looks too real for comfort when getting kicked[/url] | Mashable

One wag, channeling the story which inspired the movie [i]Blade Runner[/i], wonders "Do robot dogs dream of sniffing electric butt?"

Amusing film review of the 2014 film "Lucy".

[URL]http://www.tetherdcow.com/the-girl-with-kaleidoscope-eyes/[/URL]

[QUOTE][...]you can probably tell by the lack of any superlative attached to the mention of Mr Besson’s film, above, that I’m having trouble finding nice things to say about [I]Lucy[/I]. In fact, I was just going to add that this review will contain spoilers when I thought that there is nothing I could do in my wildest efforts to spoil this disaster of a movie any more than it thoroughly spoils itself.[...]
[/QUOTE]By the way, the whole blog "Tetherd Cow" is well worth browsing. The author is an expert debunker of rubbish in general, especially of fraudulent, pseudo-scientific practices and merchandise.

[QUOTE=Brian-E;395310]Amusing film review of the 2014 film "Lucy".[/QUOTE]I saw this movie on a flight from Vienna to Bangkok and actually found it to be okay. Once I allowed myself to buy in to the silly premise, and thus suspended my disbelief, it was mostly consistent and sensible. Unlike some other horrendous movies like "Loopers" (even though it did have Bruce Willis) that just plain screw it all up and trample on their own feet.

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One wag, channeling the story which inspired the movie [I]Blade Runner[/I], wonders "Do robot dogs dream of sniffing electric butt?"[/QUOTE]

The sound it makes walking reminds me of dogs who don't get out much to run around. Their long nails make an analogous click-clack sound on hard floors.

[QUOTE=Brian-E;395310]...By the way, the whole blog "Tetherd Cow" is well worth browsing. The author is an expert debunker of rubbish in general, especially of fraudulent, pseudo-scientific practices and merchandise.[/QUOTE]
I especially like the statement on the homepage in reference to a misspelling on a sign:
[quote]I hope St Peter is not a stickler for spelling, or there are going to be a lot of unhappy campers come Judgement Day.[/quote]

[QUOTE=xilman;392153]Or at least one bridge or tunnel. London is an example of a sea port with a ring road --- the M25.[/QUOTE]

A wee bit closer to home for yours truly, Baltimore is another (Interstate 695). It too sports a bridge - over the Patapsco (the pronunciation of which is probably slaughtered just as often as that of the Thames) River, just above where the river empties into the Chesapeake Bay. "Ring road" is not commonly used (and definitely never officially used) terminology in the USA, however. In the cases of Baltimore and Washington, their circumferential highways (I-695 and I-495, respectively) are known as "beltways", hence the (usually pejorative) "inside the Beltway" referring to the DC political machine.

[QUOTE=Brian-E;367296]Only our forum administrator is permitted to use the royal "we".:huh:[/QUOTE]

Might I ask what use he has for the King's piss? :wink:

[QUOTE=chalsall;372302]I know this was meant to be funny, but what Mr. Hedberg is missing is the receipt is not only for the customer's protection, but the retailer's.

At the end of the day there is (or, at least, should be) a reconciliation between the number of donuts made that day and no longer on the premises, and those logged in the cash registers as sold and the amount of cash in same.

I have actually witnessed (decades ago) cash register operators who were good at math who would, at the end of the day, walk away with several hundred dollars of the company's profit in their pocket.

There is a reason some retail outlets have signs that say "If you don't get a receipt, report it, and it's your's free".[/QUOTE]

Not to mention the receipt serves as an alibi should you happen to find yourself in the wrong place at the wrong time in the moments following your visit to the donut shop. I have heard of situations where people have been able to avoid becoming suspects in very serious crimes simply because they happened to have a gas receipt putting them hundreds of miles away from the crime scene.

[QUOTE=chalsall;372302]
There is a reason some retail outlets have signs that say "If you don't get a receipt, report it, and it's your's free".[/QUOTE]
Besides being unaware that possessive pronouns don't have apostrophes?