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Behind Enemy Lines With a Suburban Counterterrorist

Hamster Shredder

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“You have two sides, one out in the field and one in. Each man that’s in goes out, and when he’s out he comes in and the next man goes in until he is out. When they are all out, the side that’s been out comes in and the side that’s been in goes out and tries to get those coming in, out. Sometimes you get men still in and not out.

When a man goes out to go in, the men who are out try to get him out, and when he is out, he goes in and the next man in goes out and goes in. There are two men called umpires who are all out all the time, and they decide when the men who are in are out. When both sides have been in and all the men have been out, and both sides have been out twice after all the men have been in, including those who are not out, that is the end of the game.”

– as stolen from somewhere on the internet. If you are looking for a more detailed version of the rules, you might find this Wikipedia article helpful…

Stare at this image until you see a giraffe:

Don’t Delete This Message is a fine example of the sort of emails you can get from real people. It’s amazing how worked up normal people can get about a simple, yet confusing, email…

The Official Rock Paper Scissors Strategy Guide is a great page for the ancient game.

Particularly interesting is the advanced RPS guide for accomplished players. Are you an agressive player (rock) or someone who has controlled agression (scissors), or a more peaceful style (paper)?

On the trip back from York this weekend we went past a motorway sign every few miles. Occasionally they would have fairly boring messages:

• “Don’t drive tired”
• “Debris on road: slow down”

Apparently they have had things like “Merry Christmas” at the right time last year. Which got me to thinking: surely the guys who write these things get bored. Just think of the devastation and disaster you could create with a few well-placed messages:

• “What’s the top speed of your car?”
• “Brake suddenly”
• “Slow down: T-Rex ahead”
• “See the road: always use full beam”
• “The driver behind you is giving you funny looks”

Think of any more?

New research based on this photo suggests that the pot of gold at the bottom of the rainbow is actually located between Raynes Park and Wimbledon train stations. Estate agents were quick to back up this theory.

I was looking at HuSi (specifically here) and found this:

Which made me chuckle. It took the edge off to learn that it’d been created by the Church Sign Generator, though…

Pure gold