Before CGI and (I think) all the lightning effects were hand-animated. I used to know a guy who knew the guy who did the lightning effects in "Highlander" by hand. If you see menacing cloud… (View Post)

In the Olympics * the UK are Team GB, and everybody in NI who identifies as British can play on that team. * Eire are Team IRE (sic), and everybody in NI who identifies as Irish can play on that team. (View Post)

before 1801: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kingdom_of_Great_Britain 1801-1922: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_Kingdom_of_Great_Britain_and_Ireland 1922-present: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Un… (View Post)

When was UKIP founded? (View Post)

Former PB contributor @SeanT has just caught on that Zulu is a class-based critique of the class structure in the British army. Next week, he'll write an article about how Rosebud is the sled (y… (View Post)