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• 1. At 4:56pm on 11 Jul 2008, Sid wrote:

  Too early to say, really ... but I'm expecting a good one.
  
  
  

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• 2. At 5:29pm on 11 Jul 2008, David_McNickle wrote:

  Sid 1, Still too early. I'll wait 'til after the six o'clock news.

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• 3. At 5:30pm on 11 Jul 2008, David_McNickle wrote:

  The plastic bag to fuel article is interesting.

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• 4. At 5:32pm on 11 Jul 2008, David_McNickle wrote:

  Oh boy, almost time for the PM mail. Will they read one of mine? Will I be a male or a female? Can't wait.

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• 5. At 5:34pm on 11 Jul 2008, U11235707 wrote:

  The piece on confabulation of memory opens up so many problems, among which:
  
  -The police synchronizing their accounts, leading to undue certainty.
  
  -The witness believing what the Zeitgeist has instilled in their minds.
  
  A solution would be to rank people due to give evidence according to their ability to remember for truth. Similar to an IQ test, each person will have a personal score which can be given to the judge and jury, to aid them in discriminating between two contradicting witnesses.

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• 6. At 5:37pm on 11 Jul 2008, David_McNickle wrote:

  Jimmy 5, A bit early to be drinking, innit?

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• 7. At 5:38pm on 11 Jul 2008, U11204129 wrote:

  Hey, you found an expert who says the Dow numbers aren't as bad as they might be.
  
  Well done!

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• 8. At 5:41pm on 11 Jul 2008, The Stainless Steel Cat wrote:

  Aaaarrrgh!
  
  Please *stop* interviewees from using the phrase "...it's a big ask." It's just wrong in so many ways.
  
  This is Radio 4, not Cbeebies!

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• 9. At 5:49pm on 11 Jul 2008, U11235707 wrote:

  @6
  I was thinking it was a bit late for you to be on the internet, does your mother know?

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• 10. At 5:52pm on 11 Jul 2008, steelpulse wrote:

  Ah memory. And its use in court cases. Thanks for it - Bob Hope style - and thank you, Carolyn.
  
  I know there may have been some reason why I should have been concerned by the Information Commissioner and one other producing together a report today on personal Information usage by everyone on behalf of Gordon Brown.
  
  But my memory. Perhaps a lawyer can winkle it out of me sometime.

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• 11. At 6:10pm on 11 Jul 2008, Sid wrote:

  My hopes were justified - it was a good one. I particularly liked hearing some experts shedding light on areas they know something about - like the Prof from Kent and the BPS man. The plastic bag item was good too - and the Zimbabwe right to work report. Good stuff.
  
  
  

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• 12. At 6:18pm on 11 Jul 2008, gadgyarab wrote:

  This comment was removed because the moderators found it broke the House Rules.

• 13. At 6:20pm on 11 Jul 2008, Sid wrote:

  SSC - with you on that one. But it's a big ask ...
  
  While I'm here - have you noticed how 'when' is turning into 'after'? E.g.: 'A man died after a ton of concrete fell on him.' If you haven't noticed it yet - you will now!
  
  
  

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• 14. At 6:30pm on 11 Jul 2008, singingdaveparry wrote:

  PM ? Is there an AM too ?

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• 15. At 6:54pm on 11 Jul 2008, Chris_Ghoti wrote:

  Sid @ 13, I hadn't spotted that one, but I have been noticing the loss of the word 'before'. We now have everyone saying 'this happened ahead of the other thing' (or will happen, or ought to happen, or whatever else). If they must add another syllable to avoid 'before', why not go for 'prior to', which doesn't sound quite so much like one runner arriving while another is still puffing to the finishing line and has the advantage of actually meaning 'first in time' rather than 'first in position'?
  
  As for 'behind', that is clearly too rude for anyone to contemplate saying.
  
  (But I thought ValP was the pedant on this blog. Do we have to ask permission before we come all over grumpy?)

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• 16. At 7:22pm on 11 Jul 2008, U11235707 wrote:

  Congratulations on Jill Saward's victory (492) over the 'The Official Monster Raving Looney Party' candidate (412).
  
  I guess the good people of Haltemprice and Howden do care after all.
  
  By the way, why didn't PM report on that By-election? Wasn't the result feminist enough?

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• 17. At 9:32pm on 11 Jul 2008, nikki noodle wrote:

  thanks sequin, have a great weekend!!
  
  Are you back on the westminster hour?!!

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• 18. At 11:33am on 12 Jul 2008, David_McNickle wrote:

  Jimmy 9, My mother is dead, so maybe she knows or maybe she doesn't.
  
  I was drinking as well, but at least I sounded sober.

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• 19. At 11:35am on 12 Jul 2008, David_McNickle wrote:

  singingdaveparry 14, Do I know you?

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• 20. At 12:16pm on 12 Jul 2008, U11204129 wrote:

  Sorry, got lost between posting my own complaint there was no pre-programme comment thread - whilst this was being setup (!) and reading the very important Eddie thread which arrived during the programme's 'Letters' item.
  
  As a result my memory is a blur, Was there something about it's reliability on the programme? It certainly would have helped.
  
  'Cos I can't trust mine at the moment 'cos it's telling me I heard an item deploring the fact that Saudi women can't drive gas guzzling 4X4s about Riyadh.
  
  Which would be like commiserating with less developed countries not being able to afford imperial wars. A jimmygiro satyr in fact.

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• 21. At 12:33pm on 12 Jul 2008, Roger_Sawyer wrote:

  Morning All...
  
  Thanks for posting.
  
  Not much around yesterday... until Ian Blair released his statement about the stabbings. The coverage led to a couple of emails accusing us of being London-centric. I don't buy that one... four fatal stabbings in a day is very unusual, even in London (I think the homicide rate is about three a week); and Ian Blair's statement was unusual, so newsworthy. It would have been covered whichever the city/town/village.
  
  On the language comments, I'm afraid there is not much we can do to tell interviewees how to speak... and nor would I want to. Language is an organic, evolving beast, full of new expressions and colloquialisms and while there are certain rules the BBC tries to adhere to, we can't make interviewees do the same... otherwise we'd just be interviewing a string of English all the time.
  
  And Sid (13), on the the 'when'-'after' issue, that's because 'after' is usually more accurate... your example of a ton of concrete being the exception. People don't often die instantly in collisions, stabbings etc. They usually die afterwards.
  
  That's all folks.
  
  Have good weekends.
  
  Rog

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• 22. At 12:51pm on 12 Jul 2008, U11204129 wrote:

  'Not much around..'
  
  FTSE 2 percent below 'bear' levels, Fanny and Freddie a complete mess (Bush to nationalise the banks?!?)
  
  And the news for Roger is that a senior policeman says the stabbings are worrying.
  
  It's an Eddie satyr this time.

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• 23. At 12:55pm on 12 Jul 2008, U11204129 wrote:

  Sorry, Jimmy, sorry, Eddie, sorry Roger. I should have said 'satire' of course.
  
  A satyr (as I so didn't know the day before wikigoogleday) is a fellow with an uncontrollable erection at first, and later a bit of a goat.

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• 24. At 2:09pm on 12 Jul 2008, U11235707 wrote:

  @23
  Glad you separated the sheep from the goats.
  
  Did you not consider the by-election newsworthy; especially the results?

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• 25. At 2:19pm on 12 Jul 2008, U11235707 wrote:

  @18
  Clearly you miss her.

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• 26. At 5:25pm on 12 Jul 2008, David_McNickle wrote:

  Jimmy 25, I didn't even go back to the US for her funeral, but hey, she won't be at mine. I did send flowers. Well, had my sister send some.

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• 27. At 5:39pm on 12 Jul 2008, U11235707 wrote:

  @26
  I wonder if our neurotic government will decide for us whether burial or cremation is the carbon friendly way to go.
  
  Vote for the "Soylent Green Party"; we're making unemployment a thing of the paste.

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• 28. At 5:50pm on 12 Jul 2008, David_McNickle wrote:

  Jimmy 27, Speaking of cremations, I used to work for a florist and knew several undertakers. One was discovered (nothing unusual, as it turned out) to have lots of unclaimed cremation urns in his basement. He also had lots of false teeth that he took with him when he played golf and put in the holes. I didn't ask him what he did with my father's teeth.... Hey, you work close to undertakers, you pick up an unusual sense of humor.

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• 29. At 5:52pm on 12 Jul 2008, Chris_Ghoti wrote:

  DMcN @ 29, people who work in path labs get that way too.
  
  They always seem to claim to have the fattest path lab cat in the world, too. Go figure.

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• 30. At 09:30am on 13 Jul 2008, David_McNickle wrote:

  Chris 29, And archaeologists. I took a photo of a Roman skeleton wearing my glasses.

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• 31. At 4:16pm on 14 Jul 2008, whisky-joe wrote:

  Sequin - Haste ye back!

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