tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-627081175329856970.post4288754710806093431..comments2024-03-28T16:59:30.099+00:00Comments on Ambush Predator: Science, Bitches!JuliaMhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07844126589712842477noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-627081175329856970.post-5008246486589902242016-07-10T06:01:18.277+01:002016-07-10T06:01:18.277+01:00"To eat sensibly is the only criteria..."...<i>"To eat sensibly is the only criteria..."</i><br /><br />Well, quite. But 'sensibly' seems to be a word lacking from so many people's vocabularies these days.<br /><br /><i>"...in the home town of the Beano. "</i><br /><br />I didn't know that!<br /><br /><i>"Teachers appear to be trying to see how low they can go..."</i><br /><br />I get the distinct feeling they haven't hit rock bottom yet, too...<br /><br /><i>"Hopefully the after-effects of Brexit will soon filter down to these CP pondlife and force them to teach again."</i><br /><br />The signs aren't encouraging, are they?<br /><br /><i>"Once the crystal healers start taking classes, that is the day Western Civilisation comes to an official end."</i><br /><br />I think it's in its death throes already.<br /><br /><i>"If they are going to reduce the amount of red in the classroom where does that leave members of the NUT? "</i><br /><br />LOL!<br />JuliaMhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07844126589712842477noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-627081175329856970.post-9577494648668837452016-07-07T23:48:06.636+01:002016-07-07T23:48:06.636+01:00If they are going to reduce the amount of red in t...If they are going to reduce the amount of red in the classroom where does that leave members of the NUT? Does that mean they'll recruit much shorter people?Lynne at Counting Catsnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-627081175329856970.post-55316667329938310912016-07-03T10:24:12.316+01:002016-07-03T10:24:12.316+01:00This sort of pseudo-babble is the reason I like bu...This sort of pseudo-babble is the reason I like burning stuff. Once the crystal healers start taking classes, that is the day Western Civilisation comes to an official end.Flaxen Saxonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03431645401478120921noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-627081175329856970.post-68571926546063101592016-07-02T13:36:06.144+01:002016-07-02T13:36:06.144+01:00"Education" by modern teachers has becom..."Education" by modern teachers has become just preparing the little darlings for a life of state-dependency. Hopefully the after-effects of Brexit will soon filter down to these CP pondlife and force them to teach again.Ed Pnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-627081175329856970.post-84117513888683810792016-07-02T12:34:12.118+01:002016-07-02T12:34:12.118+01:00It has to be anything but actual teaching of real ...It has to be anything but actual teaching of real subjects. <br /><br />Teachers appear to be trying to see how low they can go - not very good for the nation.ivannoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-627081175329856970.post-15175716366029546292016-07-02T11:44:12.230+01:002016-07-02T11:44:12.230+01:00Ah, beautiful Dundee. I do recommend it, especia...Ah, beautiful Dundee. I do recommend it, especially if you like Skandi Noir colouring. Dundee is granite grey sloping down to the silv'ry Tay. It is all the colours of water and rock, but because of the way the sunlight travels along the river it tends to bleach out the stronger blues and yellows. <br /><br />This means any splash of colour seems too strong, garish. Even black rims, such as on iron or window frames, is too pushy. The black rimmed spectacles so beloved of hipsters is cartoonish, which is just about tolerable in the home town of the Beano. <br /><br />The head has not expressed it very well but visually she is right; a touch of red is fine, like the hoops on Dennis the Menace's jersey, but too much of it looks over-bearing. Woman on a Rafthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08897415591130901416noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-627081175329856970.post-90954714085453467402016-07-02T11:37:11.273+01:002016-07-02T11:37:11.273+01:00Certain foods do have beneficial effects. Carrots ...Certain foods do have beneficial effects. Carrots do improve night vision for instance. To eat sensibly is the only criteria not to target specific products that is totally unjustified and smacks of a bizarre and obsessive mind set. No harm in making information available on what food products have what attributes. However there is some danger in that as too much reliance can be made on what is recommended as being particularly beneficial (carrots good but not going to substitute for a torch how many you eat). Also what is believed one day to be bad or good for you is not necessarily going to be true when more data is gathered or other research throws up different results. <br /><br />Quite often such advice is not gained from empirical observation but from anecdotal evidence or myth. The five a day for instance was born out of Californian fruit and vegetable growers need to sell more. They just coined the phrase that five a day was good for you and sales rocketed only for it to be hijacked by health freaks.Antistheneshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10120647617145756102noreply@blogger.com