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The new iteration of the Paterson Joseph rumour is that the Beeb deliberately leaked false information to catch whoever was passing it on to the Intersplat. I suppose that's possible, but I can't help being sceptical about how convenient it seems - it allows disgruntled fans to continue hating on the showmakers for their supposed racism, it allows the folks who started the rumour to retain some sort of credibility, and it allows everyone who uncritically swallowed the story to feel less foolish.

(I've now done a lot of searching - including misspellings of Joseph's first name! - and I haven't been able to find any mention of the rumour prior to the "Lying in the Gutters" entry of 13 October.)

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Phonological variation in English accents. (Click around the country and see which regions sound as though they have "no" accent to you.)

"Let's all go catch the Cannabus!"

The Altered State of Drugachusetts - a killer parody of H.R. Pufnstuf.

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Targetting terrorists who are shelling innocent people is one thing. Targetting UN schools you know to be packed with civilian families is another. I'm going to fax the Israeli Embassy in Australia with a plea for this to stop. (You may wish to email, fax, or phone Israel's embassy in the UK, the US, Canada, or your own country.)

(Hamas' vicious response deserves nothing but contempt, but they don't have an embassy.)

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1000 words. Now that's more like it. Took all day, though. I'm gonna have to knuckle down.