h2g2 The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy: Earth Edition

what are the rules for Gaelic footy

Either call it Gaeilc or Gaelic football or peile, but not Gaelic footie. We hate that.

You can run with the ball for three steps, after which you must bounce it off your instep. This gives you another three steps. In practise, no one actually bounces after three steps, but the referees rarely notice.

It is also permitted to hold the ball on the palm of the hand and punch it with the other hand to pass it to someone.

Putting the ball into the net scores a goal. Putting it over the net but between the posts scores a point, which is 1/3 goal. A game lasts for 70 minutes and is played on a field of approximately 1 hectare. There are almost certainly other rules I am not aware of, don't really pay attention to sport.

Apparently it is sufficiently similar to Aussie Rules for there to be a happy medium called 'International rules' that both national teams can play well and with ease.

I get it I think

Bush cheated!

http://www.commondreams.org/headlines04/1106-30.htm

Yep, that's been flying around the net for a few days now... I wonder when the mass media is going to pick it up?

Anyway, this might mean a recount!

They can't have a recount, there are no original votes to re count, they'd have three choices, carry the current result, repoll everywhere that used the dodgy system or disqualify Bush for cheating and work from there, either handing the election to Kerry or demanding a new Republican candidate.

Traveller in Time counting votes
"They should use systems without a user interface, and perhaps use a dual or triplicate way to collect the votes.

But even then they should use encryption to store and transmit any of the data.
Perhaps they need some weird programmers (not thinking of going to the states)."

Looks like we're stuck with Dubya. I just hope Tony loses so that we can divorce ourselves as much as possible should the US decide to invade the Moon for looking at it funny.

At least they give us politician's we can laugh at

I've posted this little gem on another thread but..

The new secretary of state, Condaleeza Rice is known in the press as Condi, now as all chef's will know Condé is a cold rice pudding, nuff said

Sorry to the American's out there but this was too good an oppotunity to miss

http://www.sorryeverybody.com
http://www.apologiesaccepted.com

Traveller in Time searching for railroads (railways) in afghanistan
"This must be a noisy minority ? "

I plan to be!