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Tuesday, 12 July 2016

Small Victories

Small Victories

My appeal to MNRAS not to use the percentage symbol % and not write "per cent" has been successful !! I take back every word I ever said about that stuffy, elitist institution and applaud its progressive, forward-thinking, liberal attitude ! Hurrah !

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  1. Ian Rawlings: How about renaming Britain? Then, when Brexit comes looking for its pound of land, it can just pretend it knows nothing: "Britain who?"

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  2. How about The Islands Beyond the Channel?

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  3. No, it's totally gonna be the Grand Duchy of Rhysyland.

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  4. Rhys Taylor: All the better to be confused with Roslagen.

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  5. %Oh, really, now% hehehe Come on, now Rhys Taylor, you knew I was gonna be a smart alec and write something with % signs... Love razzin' ya. But, congrats on getting them to address the issue;-)

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