"Health groups said they were concerned the government could be using the consultation exercise to placate rebel MPs who oppose its plan to exclude pubs that don't serve food from a ban on smoking in public places." (Observer, 4/12/05, "Age limit for cigarettes may rise to 18")Okay, maybe this is just me, but it took me about six reads of all those double negatives to work out who the hell wasn't refraining from not doing what to everybody but whom. Of which.
On the observing of the Observer of the observers
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Pink is the new blog
So I'm not doing NaBloPoMo, obviously, because I can't guarantee getting enough time free to shower every day, let alone blog every day. However in…
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Sand on the run
There's feeling full of fail, and then there's feeling full of existential fail. I've spent most of today wanting to curl up under the desk in a…
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Markov distinction
While looking through the fragments I also found this one called "markov.txt", from which I infer that it's what you get if you put my journal…
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Pink is the new blog
So I'm not doing NaBloPoMo, obviously, because I can't guarantee getting enough time free to shower every day, let alone blog every day. However in…
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Sand on the run
There's feeling full of fail, and then there's feeling full of existential fail. I've spent most of today wanting to curl up under the desk in a…
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Markov distinction
While looking through the fragments I also found this one called "markov.txt", from which I infer that it's what you get if you put my journal…
