Pugwash

Um ... there's not that much going on in Afghanistan, compared to the normal state of affairs.

... and western assumptions. Stuff is really, really cheap in China.

It's ok, you can expect Hambone to never revisit this thread. He'll pop up later as if nothing happened and continue to tell us whence the sun shines.

"Chicken tikka masala is now Britain's true national dish, not only because it is the most popular, but because it is a perfect illustration of the way Britain absorbs and adapts external influences." - Robin Cook, 1946-2005. The problem is that traditional British foods, like Cornish Pasties, pies and Yorkshire Pudding, are not the most exciting fare, and I say that as a fan of my examples. We Brits, however, were fans of meat and gravy and when Indian (or in the case of CTM, Bangaladeshi) cooks started selling their wares, it didn't take long for a Glaswegian Bangaladeshi to make meat and gravy for his customers and lo, the Chicken Tikka Massala was born. It is so popular in the UK because it is traditional meat and gravy (with the side order of stodge being rice in this case as opposed to pastry crust or potato) with a hint of our multi-cultural roots. I think it's as traditional as Fish and Chips, a dish no-one disputes as traditional, in spite of its recent age. If 1860s is traditional, so is 1950s. Oh, and if you want the finest Curries in the world (yes, even more so than India for our westernised pallets) then I would recommend Glasgow first, Birmingham second and then the usual Bradford, Leicester, Nottingham, etc., options. London is nowhere near the finest.

I thought his was DNA evidence-related.

Well, sure. But at that point, anything using a potato is suspect as well.

Traditional British fare can be amazing. Try a Chicken Tikka Massala or a decent Balti on your next UK visit.

Something different today So different I don't even have a wristshot of this combo ...

This is why I sometimes use jeweller's gloves when handling watches.

What flavour hat would you like to eat? http://www.trustytime88.com/index.php?main...roducts_id=1385 Oops.

And even per capita, that's still a 10:1 disparity, but it's not about numbers. It's about commemorating, surely. France didn't say, as a nation, that it's time to forget. What happened was one TV station ran one documentary that Ryyannon objected to. Let's not let this get out of hand here.

But we've seen the images, over and over again. Frame-by-frame dissections have been performed of every video of the event. There isn't an image that's not been plastered over the news as much as the images of the towers. We've seen it all and, frankly, if you weren't involved in some way, it's time to move on. First, the rest of the world will show less interest in digging up the images, then eventually most of the US will until finally, it's just a New York deal. We'll all still care or whatever, but we'll stop the morbid fascination. No-one will forget, don't worry. We don't need to be reminded every year.

I assumed it was something like this, but I dismissed it due to Mile High Club evidence rendering it exceedingly unlikely to be true.

I can read, even in that photo, 2824-2 and see the ETA logo.

Because you'll miss the flight? If you're supposed to be on a plane and are reading porn instead, you're pretty silly.

Not really, no. Your avatar, however, is funny.

At a guess, you're single and at an educated guess you have no kids.

That is one interpretation of the events, yes.

But you missed 7/7. As valid a comparison as there is.

Stephane replaced his new avatar.

While I agree, you have to remember that 11/9 (Europe even has a different name for it) is just another date for France. I doubt the US news plans their European news around Bastille day or 7/7, for instance. Yes, someone should have spotted it, but knowing a little about how news TV is scheduled, it was most likely an unintentional faux pas, as the French would say.

Me too. GioArmani took the picture on Sept 2nd, 2 days after the 31st August.

http://www.cbp.gov/xp/cgov/travel/clearing...egistration.xml

It was taken 2 days after.

That's what all those people were there for when you took the photo. Every year, the week surrounding Aug 31st, hundreds of visitors go to that flame to pay their respects to Diana. We Europeans don't try to commemorate 9/11 as it would simply be crass, much like you don't commemorate 7/7 or 5th November. Out of respect for the US, I believe it would be rather tacky for us Europeans to commemorate 9/11. It's your commemoration and, while your friends are there with you, we should keep well out of it. Peace. Our thoughts are with you.