Comments by epicure

Comment #102468 by epicure on December 23, 2007 at 12:38 am

Bliar is still active in the EU, which means that the Vatican now has another adherent who will promote its agenda. And we all know how they like to stick their noses into the business of real states...

Not a good thing.

2. God rest you merry atheist

Comment #99949 by epicure on December 18, 2007 at 12:03 am

I doubt that I would don a sheet and join in hymns to the rising sun or whatever, because I think it is all fabricated modern nonsense.

And the difference is? OK, so most religion is not modern, but surely we can agree it's all fabricated nonsense?

3. The Rise of Atheist America

Comment #68855 by epicure on September 9, 2007 at 12:27 am

Somehow, atheism ... is now becoming hip, sophisticated, enlightened, even a badge of honor.

No, just the default position.

4. Atheists and believers have got religion wrong

Comment #63594 by epicure on August 15, 2007 at 3:19 am

There's a modern brand of militant atheist that can appear horribly smug and superior.

Jascha Heifetz wasn't far wrong when he said:
"No matter what side of the argument you are on, you always find people on your side that you wish were on the other."

5. Charles Brooker's screen burn

Comment #62719 by epicure on August 11, 2007 at 2:26 am

I must say that my experience of the Royal Homeopathic Hospital - admittedly it was thirty-odd years ago - was of a completely conventional medical establishment, that happened to have a dusty and dark woo-woo library attached to it. My operation entailed normal anaesthetic procedures and a well equipped theatre. No homeopathy...

I'm glad to hear that it has been refurbished, and can't see anything sinister about that.

6. Borehamwood eruv granted planning permission

Comment #56156 by epicure on July 14, 2007 at 6:02 am

Daft as this eruv business is, I can't see that anyone comes to harm as a result of it. There must be more important things to bitch about...

7. His word

Comment #51451 by epicure on June 23, 2007 at 1:54 am

I assume that by 'animals' we actually mean 'other animals'?

8. T. rex tissue shows they are related to chickens

Comment #31485 by epicure on April 12, 2007 at 11:32 pm

Roy_H: that 'someone' was Betty Marsden in character as 'Daphne Whitethigh' in the BBC radio series 'Round The Horne', written by Barry Took and Marty Feldman