This almost seems irrelevant now as the thread has wandered (that's what happens in Bedlam).

However, Rio, welcome to Bedlam...

Thanks man - yeah i see that it dont take long for a topic about... me making it to bedlam has turned into a snooker/pool related thread - oh and daleyboys holiday intinery

no worries

This almost seems irrelevant now as the thread has wandered (that's what happens in Bedlam).

However, Rio, welcome to Bedlam...

Thanks man - yeah i see that it dont take long for a topic about... me making it to bedlam has turned into a snooker/pool related thread - oh and daleyboys holiday intinery

no worries

Hey without me and tippy, this thread would have been hiacked by boony and UG and the thread would hve gone all politcal. Now tell me what would you rahter read?

This thread (your thread) has deviated much more than just to pool and Dale's itinery. There's also general Bedlam rules, rugby, my pussy of an avatar, and the juciest deviation, deviant Dale in his pink tutu.

Threads get hijacked and we don't care. Start a thread and after a few pages no one knows what the <deleted> we're talking about anymore.

Welcome to Bedlam, Rio.

Boonie is strangely absent lately. Regrettably, I'm forced to take over his duties.

A Cartoon of a War.

Newspapers rerun Islamic cartoons

February 2, 2006

From combined dispatches

PARIS -- Declaring that democracy includes the "right to blasphemy," French and German newspapers yesterday republished caricatures of the prophet Muhammad that have riled the Muslim world.

The front page of the daily France Soir, which is owned by an Egyptian businessman, carried the headline "Yes, We Have the Right to Caricature God" along with a cartoon of Buddhist, Jewish, Muslim and Christian gods floating on a cloud. Inside, the paper reran the drawings.

La Stampa in Italy, El Periodico in Spain and Dutch paper Volkskrank also carried some of the drawings, the British Broadcasting Corp. reported.

Late yesterday, France Soir owner Raymond Lakah said he would remove Jacques Lefranc as managing director. He expressed regret "to the Muslim community and all people who were shocked by the publication" of the cartoons, a statement said.

The Danish daily Jyllands-Posten originally published the cartoons in September after asking artists to depict Islam's prophet to challenge what it perceived was self-censorship among artists dealing with Islamic issues. A Norwegian newspaper reprinted the images last month.

The depictions include an image of Muhammad wearing a turban shaped as a bomb with a burning fuse. Another shows him saying that paradise was running short of virgins for suicide bombers. Islamic tradition bars any depiction of the prophet to prevent idolatry.

Angered by the drawings, masked Palestinian gunmen briefly took over a European Union office in Gaza on Monday. Saudi Arabia, Syria and Libya recalled their ambassadors to Denmark.

The Danish-Swedish dairy giant Arla Foods said its sales in the Middle East have dropped as a result of a boycott of Danish products across the region. The company is preparing to lay off 140 employees.

The Jyllands-Posten, which received a bomb threat over the drawings, has apologized for hurting Muslims' feelings but not for publishing the cartoons.

Editor Carsten Juste said the international furor amounted to a victory for opponents of free expression.

"Those who have won are dictatorships in the Middle East, in Saudi Arabia, where they cut criminals' hands and give women no rights," Mr. Juste said. "The dark dictatorships have won."

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There you go, Rio.

Anybody wanna fill in for B-Fly or zzap?

Whre is Booney anyway? Anyone know? Maybe he and Thomas have gone off for an illicit political relationship somewhere in the bear pit

Whre is Booney anyway?

He flys all over the world for his job

Probably in transport.

Boonie's got time for a job?? I thought posting was his full time job.

Whre is Booney anyway? Anyone know?

BM is the laundry boy on an Ocean going tug. With his onorous duties he doesn't have a lot of free time to post.

Boonie's got time for a job?? I thought posting was his full time job.

you mean...one can get paid for posting? Found the job of my dreams!

heres a list of places i will be

Sakaeo

Petchabun

Phuket

Bangkok

Surin

Pattaya

Korat

Look me up, i wanna see you in those hot pants

No worres fella, i will remember to pack them. I will let you know what dates we are heading that way once we get them booked up

Where's the puking smilie....

Answer to the first question is no.

Brit has answered the second.

You can safely resume selling sensitive information to North Korean spies now

cv

Not sure where this quote pops its head in from, but it's funny anyway.

Wow - what a perfect way to divert TV members off into the oblivion of cyber-world. Just took me 10 mins to get back here after being sucked into the vortex of searching for Peter Allen's " I go to Rio....."

Wow - what a perfect way to divert TV members off into the oblivion of cyber-world. Just took me 10 mins to get back here after being sucked into the vortex of searching for Peter Allen's " I go to Rio....."

yes - the force is strong in this one

Welcome rio.

Sorry I'm a bit late but, well, I've been a bit pissed.....!

redrus