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Well, if the oval were the symbol of a major world religion, the symbol of "crusades" which the fundamentalists responsible for these incidents think it's in their interests to rekindle, I would have said the shape was an oval. Let's not deliberately read this message against the grain, though. The "four points, east north west and south" pattern has repeated each time and been mentioned in the responsibility claims. Tony Blair has every interest in ignoring that message; we don't.
-- Momus (nic...), July 21st, 2005.

wtf are you on about?

― N_RQ, Thursday, 21 July 2005 14:09 (twenty years ago)

shepherd's bush is like a reference to burning bush and moses isn't it? moses momes momus now it's all clear!

― ken c (ken c), Thursday, 21 July 2005 14:09 (twenty years ago)

No wait Momus is onto something! Maybe the cross speculation indicates that there was a religious motive for the terrorist attacks!!!!!

― Tom (Groke), Thursday, 21 July 2005 14:10 (twenty years ago)

wtf does "We can't minimise incidents such as these" mean?? is he mad? maybe we can't prevent them, but minimising is surely pretty much by definition what we can do?

the reports from oval sound pretty crazy - guy runs on to train, drops back, runs off again.

― toby (tsg20), Thursday, 21 July 2005 14:10 (twenty years ago)

other oh-so-spooky signifiers - lyets lyook at the evidence...

Shepherds BUSH...

That Afghan warlord who relocated to Streatham probably HACKED a few KNEES in his time...

The signed photo from Paul Daniels...

Dyavid, it's over to you.

― Lloydiah T Grossahole (blueski), Thursday, 21 July 2005 14:11 (twenty years ago)

If you snap a Kit Kat and twist the two bars on top of each other... oh, forget it.

― Momus (Momus), Thursday, 21 July 2005 14:11 (twenty years ago)

No wait Momus is onto something! Maybe the cross speculation indicates that there was a religious motive for the terrorist attacks!!!!!
-- Tom (freakytrigge...), July 21st, 2005.

shhh! tony blairs want to cover it up.

― N_RQ, Thursday, 21 July 2005 14:11 (twenty years ago)

"We can't minimise incidents such as these"

er, right -- that whole war on terror thing?

― N_RQ, Thursday, 21 July 2005 14:12 (twenty years ago)

Then you end up with a crumbly chocolatey mess, Momus. Stick to the point won't you?
xxpost

― beanz (beanz), Thursday, 21 July 2005 14:12 (twenty years ago)

Tom, thank you for clarifying that and allowing the cool breeze of Momus's brilliance to waft through the Septic YTank of my mind.

― k/l (Ken L), Thursday, 21 July 2005 14:12 (twenty years ago)

oh my goodness! you Londoners are a resiliant group I'll say that - Flavor Flav jokes in the midst of second major bombing attack - our US news while not as reliable as what you're seeing there says it could have been pretty serious (AGAIN 4 places were affected by this mornings bomb "attempts") one person dead just from being perhaps trampled by folks running out of the tube stations. One of the wired backpack blokes is in hospital with injuries, but they will likely get info out of him at some point. Good luck to you all today, it's not a happy time in the world; particulalry London. Makes me feel sad and angry, but your kidding around here has helped me. Thanks.

― Wiggy (Wiggy), Thursday, 21 July 2005 14:13 (twenty years ago)

The Western Allies clearly need to stop trying to crumble the Kitkat and learn to suck tea through it instead.

― Sociah T Azzahole (blueski), Thursday, 21 July 2005 14:13 (twenty years ago)

Have just got message from mamagement here saying that Metropolitan Police said that they have the incident under control and to go home as usual. If your train is running.Which it might not be.

― Pete (Pete), Thursday, 21 July 2005 14:15 (twenty years ago)

I do apologize for interrupting the Kit Kat jokes. Carry On ILX.
-- Momus (nic...), July 21st, 2005 3:08 PM. (Momus) (later)

yeah. my hunger and suffering is all a fucking JOKE to you. fuck off.

fucking fanny fartface.

― ken c (ken c), Thursday, 21 July 2005 14:15 (twenty years ago)

And what colour is the Kit Kat wrapper? COMMUNIST RED

― tissp! (the impossible shortest specia), Thursday, 21 July 2005 14:16 (twenty years ago)

mamagement? is your mam in charge of soas now?

― CarsmileSteve (CarsmileSteve), Thursday, 21 July 2005 14:16 (twenty years ago)

You can't be an infidel AND invent the Caramac Kitkat.

― Sociah T Azzahole (blueski), Thursday, 21 July 2005 14:17 (twenty years ago)

and and and and and they stopped putting silver foil in kitkats so that you can't make tinfoil hats and and and and now the government can CONTROL YOU FROM SPACE.

― g-kit (g-kit), Thursday, 21 July 2005 14:18 (twenty years ago)

(if ever i wanted someone to say "g-kit OTM", it's now)

― g-kit (g-kit), Thursday, 21 July 2005 14:18 (twenty years ago)

Hope your 'suffering' doesn't last too long Ken

http://www.ucnet.com/papa/pizza.jpg

― Billy Dods (Billy Dods), Thursday, 21 July 2005 14:18 (twenty years ago)

N/S/E/W may just be a matter of trying to demonstrate coverage -- we span the city, no corner is safe, etc.

Llorott is both right and wrong.

― nabisco (nabisco), Thursday, 21 July 2005 14:18 (twenty years ago)

Five Live presenters saying they are not very good at geography. Prove it by saying that Westminster & UCH are five miles apart.

GET ONE MAP.

― Pete (Pete), Thursday, 21 July 2005 14:19 (twenty years ago)

i've heard the scots are to blame for no more foil in kitkats.

― lauren (laurenp), Thursday, 21 July 2005 14:19 (twenty years ago)

How so? Hein?

― Raston Warrior Robot (alix), Thursday, 21 July 2005 14:20 (twenty years ago)

Kitkat got our firm to research whether or not they shd get rid of the foil, our results said "NO!" but did they listen? Did they hell. I felt so impotent.

(Just like when I marched against the war and it still happened)

(That bracket just for you, Momus)

― Tom (Groke), Thursday, 21 July 2005 14:21 (twenty years ago)

WAit wait wait, when did kitkats lose the foil!?!?!

― tissp! (the impossible shortest specia), Thursday, 21 July 2005 14:21 (twenty years ago)

ah I thought the foil removal might have something to do with attempted deep-frying.

― sgs (sgs), Thursday, 21 July 2005 14:21 (twenty years ago)

oh it's okay billy dods. it's all under control now. alert's been stood down.

thanks for the pizza gif though.

― ken c (ken c), Thursday, 21 July 2005 14:22 (twenty years ago)

No confirmed dead, injured between 0 and 1, this is pretty low on the scale of bombing in London over the last 10 or so years; Bishposgate, Canary Warf, Brick Lane, Brixton and Old Compton St were all worse (IRA and white supremacist bombs)

― Ed (dali), Thursday, 21 July 2005 14:22 (twenty years ago)

no, we use the foil to keep our haggis fresh in the fridge.

― bg (creamolafoam), Thursday, 21 July 2005 14:22 (twenty years ago)

Won't get foiled again.

― Rogiah T Daltreole (blueski), Thursday, 21 July 2005 14:23 (twenty years ago)

the urban myth re: no foil in kitkats is that scummy junky scots using the wrappers to smoke bad drugs were such a problem that the foil packaging was banned. see also: all the uv lighting in public toilets.

― lauren (laurenp), Thursday, 21 July 2005 14:23 (twenty years ago)

llonrott is trapped in the web of his own textual cleverness

― mark s (mark s), Thursday, 21 July 2005 14:24 (twenty years ago)

I think you were supposed to print it out and eat it. Preferably printed to deep pan paper with cheese ink.

xxx-post

― NickB (NickB), Thursday, 21 July 2005 14:24 (twenty years ago)

Last place I lived in sheffield ths junkie would bang on my door at all hours and ask for 'tinfoil for me car'

― Ed (dali), Thursday, 21 July 2005 14:24 (twenty years ago)

WAit wait wait, when did kitkats lose the foil!?!?!

you obviously haven't had a kitkat in SO LONG that i don't believe you really care.

― g-kit (g-kit), Thursday, 21 July 2005 14:24 (twenty years ago)

ah I thought the foil removal might have something to do with attempted deep-frying.
I joined Sinister for about five minutes a few years back and all I can remember is somebody going on about deep-fried pizza or mars bars. I can't remember whether they were pro or con. For all I know it was ken himself!

― k/l (Ken L), Thursday, 21 July 2005 14:25 (twenty years ago)

There is a bus jam, but I think it's just a normal bus jam.

― PJ Miller (PJ Miller 68), Thursday, 21 July 2005 14:25 (twenty years ago)

no, as well as all being junkies, we're notoriously mean. and a tiny bit of haggis is worth saving. a kit kat's foil is just the right size to save a wee morsel for later.

― bg (creamolafoam), Thursday, 21 July 2005 14:25 (twenty years ago)

alert's been stood down

And Ken's been stood up! All's right in London.

― Andrew Farrell (afarrell), Thursday, 21 July 2005 14:26 (twenty years ago)

fire trucks have been going up cleveland st towards warren st.

― Ed (dali), Thursday, 21 July 2005 14:26 (twenty years ago)

the uv lighting is kind of freaky, though.

― lauren (laurenp), Thursday, 21 July 2005 14:27 (twenty years ago)

is it really true that you can't see your veins under UV light?

― ken c (ken c), Thursday, 21 July 2005 14:28 (twenty years ago)

i thought the uv ban was a bit much, we're all ginger you see, our veins are easily visible through our peely wally skin.

― bg (creamolafoam), Thursday, 21 July 2005 14:28 (twenty years ago)

i hereby vote for "fucking fanny fartface" to be adopted as an ilx meme!

― Marcello Carlin (nostudium), Thursday, 21 July 2005 14:28 (twenty years ago)

It's okay, I was worried bout the kitkats losing foil as the last few days I have been eaiting foil-wrapped kitkats. But then I realised after a discussion wit' the office that infact it's only 4-bar 'kats that have no foil. Mystery resolved.

― tissp! (the impossible shortest specia), Thursday, 21 July 2005 14:29 (twenty years ago)

Sky news now says armed police have gone back into that hospital.
and that they think the explosives on that bus may be the same as 2 weeks ago and not a nail bomb. But it hasnt gone off. When the 1st bangw as heard (detonators?) people were covered in a white powder type stuff (Acetone?)

I'm aware the white powder stuff is just waiting for a joke to be made...
but not from me.

― Last Of The Famous International Pfunkboys (Kerr), Thursday, 21 July 2005 14:29 (twenty years ago)

xpost Marcello seconded

― tissp! (the impossible shortest specia), Thursday, 21 July 2005 14:29 (twenty years ago)

the urban myth re: no foil in kitkats is that scummy junky scots using the wrappers to smoke bad drugs were such a problem that the foil packaging was banned

I thought my line way upthread about fighting drugs by banning bits of wrapping cellophane was a joke.

― Martin Skidmore (Martin Skidmore), Thursday, 21 July 2005 14:29 (twenty years ago)

www.bbc.co.uk is now reporting 2 men have been detained in connection with the tube blasts.

― Last Of The Famous International Pfunkboys (Kerr), Thursday, 21 July 2005 14:32 (twenty years ago)

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