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

Bruce Lee's iconic 1973 martial arts movie Enter the Dragon is to be remade for a new audience.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/6951185.stm

"Warner Bros has yet to reveal who will be cast in the lead role".

Bruce Lee?

Bruce Lee in CGI

That's what I've been thinking. Most surely doable? I'm sure he'd out-act Jar Jar Binks

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/6950731.stm

Shares recover all the money they lost yesterday. £60bn wiped on share values.

Doesn't quite say that though, does it? The Nooz Meeja love the "£xx billion wiped off shares" headline, but aren't quite so keen to print the opposite.

RF

There's been an outbreak of good taste in China.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/6951989.stm

'China bans "vulgar" talent show'

http://www.thedailymash.co.uk/news/health/fat-kids-to-be-chased-to-school-by-dogs-20070815346/

Fat kids to be chased to school by dogs.

BBC News24 is currently screening an extended advert for a chocolate bar, presented by Peter Sissons. How nice of them.

http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2007-08/15/content_6535837.htm

the Martians are here!

That is as rude as foreigners talking in their language in front of you.

Young people, eh?

http://www.gm.tv/index.cfm?articleid=26549

do not know if your British, but there is a Dutch expression: "who shoe fit wears it".

Just caught a snippet of a news story on channel 5 while flitting:

Some Hotel fire that's left the place half demolished and several guest unaccounted for.

ah here's a link
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/cornwall/6952947.stm

Well the part that caught my attention eye on the 5 report was that this place had a wooden fire escape.

Let me say that again: a WOODEN fire escape.

Surely that could never pass a health and safety inspection?

If there is actually a fire in the direct vicinity of a fire escape it doesn't matter what its made of. You ain't running down it whether its made of paper, metal, wood or tungsten carbide.

Yeas, I suppose that's true.

Never, ever give your grandmother a young, randy camel as a present.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/asia-pacific/6954728.stm

zdt

It's definitely the silly season. Man does a hold up armed with his girlfriends vibrator. The name of the judge? Judge Head. You couldn't make it up if you tried.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/leicestershire/6955496.stm

zdt

The secret history of the Nazi mascot.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/6945847.stm

It's difficult to say how genuine this is as there's no effort made in this feature to question or prove the story, which is a shame as this is a fascinating tale. Could be complete hokum though.

"In newsreels, he was paraded as 'the Reich's youngest Nazi'..."

Roymondo, if there are newsreels they could check it...

a google search on his name reveals quite a few sites quoting the story as fact. Not found anyone disagreeing with him.

Thought it interesting that this site ran the story?


http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/pages/ShArt.jhtml?itemNo=572395


then found this story and thought of that quote -

A sensible person learns from their mistakes.
A clever one learns fron someone else's.

Some never take part in the scheme.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/gloucestershire/6952502.stm

I've always thought of cellphone using drivers as idiots. But cellphone using walkers are right up there:

http://www.wlwt.com/news/13930136/detail.html