Most countries have legislation dictating this, both to protect the minority who only speak the native language, and simply to protect the use of the language so it doesn't gradually get forced out by english.

That isn't a Venn diagram; all the areas must be intersecting every other area.

I think you call other similar diagrams Euler diagrams? I honestly can't remember.

Actually, this story gave me a start, since I actually AM going to an all-night rave in an isolated field in Devon tonight.

You let your children play games other than nethack?

And you call yourself a slahdotter!

Edge is clearly intended as cutting edge in this usage, otherwise the blunt side would have two edges by itself..

That is rather the GP's point.

The only gas lighter than helium is hydrogen.

Perhaps he doesn't want anyone who knows his name to be able to see the details of his life..

And of course, you can get Netflix streaming on the Xbox in the US.

Far more content than Sky will be providing, for a fraction of the price..

Wait, this isn't a troll! I really do love watching old Celtic matches and the GAA!

I went up to Ruislip last weekend just to watch Galway destroy London.

I just hope there'll be some way to get setanta sports on this.

How can man live without old Celtic matches and the few bits of GAA they show?

Uh, he's the one that gets paid legal bills.

He's a lawyer.

No, GP's parent was most likely a reference to the colour of magic in Terry Pratchett's Discworld series.

I'm not surprised it'd be habit forming, with the amount of pills Dr Mario throws down patients' throats.

Damn, now I want to pull out a SNES and play Mixed Match..

No, but loads to Yugoslavia and Czechoslovakia. Taiwan, P.R.C. is a favourite too.

Please, as anyone who does sorting in RM will tell you, losing stuff is damned rare.

Most mail that doesn't reach its destination is because the public is apparently too damn stupid to write a proper address.

Hell, just last week I had two letters to Dublin, United Kingdom; three to West Germany and a couple of dozen with no town or city...

Never mind the people who just make up post codes.