1. My mum was from Slough and I lived close to their on and off for many years.....I didn't care fot it.

2. There is a new book I heard reviewed on NPR along the Modest Proposal lines -- it speaks to a world where aging baby boomers voluntarily commit suicide at their own pace and on their own time (dammit - we like to be in control) in return for (decreasing) tax breaks the longer the suicide is put off.

3. Bush would bomb Iceland BECAUSE IT IS THERE ....if he noticed it was there......

4. I think Skarpi's appalled reactions are entirely appropriate to the horribleness of the suggestion, whether satirical or not.