tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23400750.post3834725741029841459..comments2023-11-03T11:32:01.540+00:00Comments on Thought Experiments : The Blog: Birth of a NationBryan Appleyardhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08276787058430388582noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23400750.post-34835352625152028202007-07-19T09:58:00.000+00:002007-07-19T09:58:00.000+00:00Without that flood, it is impossible to imagine ho...Without that flood, it is impossible to imagine how different the world would be. The importance of the existence of the English Channel for humanity cannot be overestimated.Brithttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00390560583798960760noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23400750.post-39616595048298570052007-07-19T09:57:00.000+00:002007-07-19T09:57:00.000+00:00Very sound, Rumi...A propos the BBC's current (wel...Very sound, Rumi...<BR/>A propos the BBC's current (well deserved and long overdue) meltdown, I nominate Mark Thompson's stubble-covered chops to feature in the Hell In A Handcart set of commemorative stamps. Damn it, the man is Director General of the BBC and he can't even use a razor!Nigehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13314891387515045404noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23400750.post-16406350570939480012007-07-19T09:14:00.000+00:002007-07-19T09:14:00.000+00:00Without the French we would have had no Agincourt,...Without the French we would have had no Agincourt, no Trafalgar, and probably no Eurovision song contest. Or this, from Nelson: 'To serve my King and destroy the French, I consider as the great order of all, from which little ones spring; and if one of these militate against it (for who can tell exactly at a distance), I go back and obey the great order and object, to down - down with the damnedAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23400750.post-21723918372638047042007-07-19T08:18:00.000+00:002007-07-19T08:18:00.000+00:00Amos has an appropriate biblical name but writes c...Amos has an appropriate biblical name but writes crap science. If it didn't happen there might have been a publication called It's Crap Science! and he would be appointed editor-in-chief.Ian russellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11106519805045337505noreply@blogger.com