Mmm, takeaway portion sizes irritate me, and are part of why I don't eat them -- I usually want something like half to two thirds the standard size. Fish and chip shop portion sizes are usually … (View Post)

...but who has been working Boris up into this state of paranoia? Surely suspicion must fall on the only person who sees him once a week with no others ever present :-) (View Post)

It is of course purely coincidental that the type of more sensible candidate Major would presumably favour is likely to do poorly at the member's ballot stage :-) (View Post)

"now" ? (View Post)

This is a great book, incidentally, if you like popular linguistics and language and you spend time on the internet. Strongly recommended. (I am an Old Internet Person by her classification.) (View Post)