Random Announcements
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On the basis that Mme B has just fecked off skiing for a few days. I have booked a week of fly fishing in June in my absolute 100% favourite place in the world…...
Well, this was not caught on a fly, but the fish I caught it on was......
Phillip my friend and guide
On-the-fly surgery required. I did manage to extract this from Phillips hand - no way we were going 17 miles back to base to get that sorted….
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Back in the UK, and suffering from beer and schnitzel withdrawal symptoms.
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going around "liking" old posts is great
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Sorry about the crummy German - I love you guys but Liebes Gott your language's difficult to master…
Gotta agree with Seul on this one; that nominativ, dativ, aktiv und genitiv stuff made my brain ache back in college.
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I got a BS in Political Science, which is appropriate, since the field is largely BS. I probably should have majored in something useful, like pig wrestling.
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Yeah, don't get me wrong, I enjoyed the subject and am still fascinated by international relations, public policy creation and the philosophy of law and governance, (yeah, I'm fully aware of how dorky I am) which is why I majored in it, but the attempts to promote it as some sport of quantifiable and objective field of study were absurd. As Butthead once said, "you can't polish a turd, Bevis." As for the idea that a degree in the subject could actually lead to a job doing "political science", whatever that may be, well, the less I discuss that, the better.;)
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I have to admit, I love that quote and use it all the time.
