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| 261 | We used to call it "Ik Ak Ok" because you would hold your hand behind your back while creating either scissors, paper or "stone", and both say, simultaneously, "Ik, Ak, Ok" and reveal the hands together. | Did you play rock, paper, scissors as a kid? |
| 262 | I listen to BBC Radio 4 which is an upmarket speech channel - news, drama, comedy, arts mostly. It's my main choice and I listen to about 3 hours a day. | Do you listen to talk radio? |
| 263 | Chocolate | What are the characteristics of your own personal comfort foods? |
| 264 | War and Peace | If you could keep only one book you currently own, which would you choose? |
| 265 | The pied piper | What are your favorite fairy tales? |
| 266 | If half woken-up then, apparently, I talk lucidly but complete rubbish. This is particularly bad if I am dreaming at the time as the dream comes across in what I say. When I was still living at home my Mum would wake me up and I was famous for saying mad things - "I can't get up because the waves will tear holes in the duvet" and "Don't forget to say thank-you for the flowers" were a couple that caused confusion untill we worked out what was going on. | What do you do in your sleep? |
| 267 | Esperanto! | What is your favorite languge |
| 268 | Dr. Strangelove was on BBC2 the Saturday before last. It's one of my favourite films and a made a point a watching it. | When did you last watch a black and white movie ? |
| 269 | WTF!? | Should the Rabbit be allowed to eat Trix? |
| 270 | jjg: You ask a searching question when you say "are we doing this ... because Yugoslavia has no chance of stopping us?" It has been widely reported that Serbia's air defences are far superior to those of Iraq. But for me the most serious question concerns the stage after the current air strikes. A ground force would probably required to achieve the stated goal of halting the "continued Serbian repression in Kosovo, in order to avert a continuation of the humanitarian disaster " - that quote is from Prime Minister's Questions in the House of Commons, Wed 24 March. A ground force would come under co-ordinated and heavy attack from Serb forces and there would be much bloodshed on both sides. At present no politician has been prepared to commit to such a force. So it seems that jjg has hit upon an important thread but perhaps one could temper it by saying that the risk of loss presented by air strikes is acceptable. For ground troops that risk is too great. There is an important point about the longer term in this part of Europe in that instability in what was Yugoslavia has settled to the point today where Serb aggression is the only major flashpoint. However, if unchecked there could be much worse on the horizon. Overall I am waiting to see whether these air strikes have any impact on the diplomatic approach by Serbia. If one week's attacks show a positive shift in that approach they will no doubt have been successful. The risks of a longer battle, both for the Balkans and for general East/West relations seem dangerously high at the moment. | Do you agree with NATO's recent air strikes on Serbian forces in Kosovo ? |
