Comments on: Sir Humphrey Appleby is seriously ill

By: harry b

harry b — Mon, 22 Jan 2007 17:40:49 +0000

ajay—yes, but it is still serious to some of us!

By: ajay

ajay — Mon, 22 Jan 2007 17:25:04 +0000

Ben, it happened five years ago.

By: Ben

Ben — Mon, 22 Jan 2007 10:54:08 +0000

“Sir Nigel Hawthorne, one of Britain’s most respected actors, has died aged 72.”

That’s serious!

By: Jacob Christensen

Jacob Christensen — Sun, 21 Jan 2007 16:21:38 +0000

This definitively puts The Madness of King George in a new light: King George III was in fact the president of Cuba and he was married to the reigning Queen of Great Britain.

Fidel Castro, on the other hand, earned his place in the history books when the American colonies rebelled and left him the leader of a minor island state instead of a trans-Atlantic empire.

More silly games: Raúl Castro – governor, Raúl Castro – acting president. Or how was it now…?

By: abb1

abb1 — Sun, 21 Jan 2007 14:45:32 +0000

artificial anus

By: dearieme

dearieme — Sun, 21 Jan 2007 14:15:10 +0000

You don’t suppose that the phrase “gravely ill” is some sort of hint?

By: Chris

Chris — Sun, 21 Jan 2007 06:39:41 +0000

I think that the technical term for these is ‘Separated at birth?’ posts, and I think the technical term should be used in the header to enable educated skipping.

By: Charlie Whitaker

Charlie Whitaker — Sat, 20 Jan 2007 23:32:30 +0000

You missed the trick of switching the captions. But it’s not too late to fix it and I won’t tell …