Posts by Mark Monaghan

@AC - Life imitates art

Not white mice but a stoat. An elderly stoat which just sat in the corner and wheezed a bit.

Its the one with "The Sanity Inspector" in the pocket.

Hasn't this been tried before?

An ineffective government burdened by huge debts and an antiquated financial system unable to manage them, decides to subcontract out the collecting of taxes...

France 1789

@GF - Need to starting arming the deer...

If I remember correctly what my US colleagues said, then arming deer is a logical extension of their existing right to arm bears.

It's the one with the Kevlar inserts...

@Snafu

>MS has a language called C-hash? How appropriate...

I believe the 'h' is silent.

@Extended countdowns?

>So does that mean when the do the "countdown to midnight" it should be...

>10...9...8...7...6...5...4...3...2..1...1... Midnight?

No ... but you'll have to start counting down at 23:59:51

It's the one with the stopwatch in the pocket

Shame

Part of the attraction of Cluedo is the timeless "Agatha Christie" setting.

Perhaps El Reg could introduce its own version...

"I think it was the PFY, in the Call Centre, with the Cattle Prod"

Mine's the one with the curious oriental dagger in the pocket.

Chalk and Cheese

"obesity in the UK is now a greater threat than terrorism"

That's the sort of interesting comparison we get from government advisors - especially when they have an axe to grind.

On that basis crossing the road is a greater threat than terrorism.