M&S brand coconuts with their logo, expiry date, and the till code as well. I don't know if it's laser'd or just plain old branding, but they've been doing that for a while now.

They still wrap the bloody things in shrinkwrap for reasons unknown.

If that explodes and destroys the surrounding area it could do literally twenty quids worth of damage. Even more if it hits the local Argos.

They are excellent for drying paintbrushes. Seriously, put the brush in sideways, the air disturbs the brush and dries it almost instantly. Very handy.

Oh, and I suppose they're ok for drying hands too.

And speaking different languages.

I've had a stammer all my life, but it doesn't present when I speak another language, even on the sort of vowel sounds that would normally make me stick terribly.

Take a look at the Logitech Skype TV box. No computer to speak of, just plugs into a HDMI and Network (they do a wifi version)

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Logite...

hope that helps.

I had a go in the UK Plantronics anechoic chamber last year on a factory visit. They have a webcam, and an egg timer on the wall. It's not odd for people to weird out if they spend any time in the chamber. The (digital) egg timer was there so you could set it for 30 minutes and it would hopefully snap you out of any spin you got yourself into.

I was in there for no more than five minutes, and it was extremely disorientating. You really can hear the blood in your ears. It's very much like the sound you get from sea shells. I can easily imagine losing my shit in short order in there.

âoeJoe Pokaski and Martin Campbell have worked tirelessly with the Georgeville TV team to create an amazeballs reboot of this classic space opera"

AMAZEBALLS. In a press release. I was on the fence about it before I read that. Now I want this dead.

I live around the corner from GCHQ in Cheltenham. It has signs on it saying something like "This is a secret building under the official secrets act, and photography of it is forbidden."

And there's one of those signs every couple of meters. I can't remember the actual wording, because well - I can't photograph it.

Mind you, both bing and google earth have wonderful close ups of this totally secret building.

Yes, same Psion.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Psion

Grr! You changed the clock by observing it!

Damm kids!

incompletely illegal?

I can confirm that pseudoephedrine is legal here in the UK. I have some on my desk right now. You do have to ask for the correct sudafed as the good stuff is always behind the counter, but that's just modern life. ;)

sarcasm detection?

Oh, THAT'S useful...

Interesting stuff. Thanks for the clarification.

Now I've got a new phrase to google : "Morale Patches" brilliant!

I think my favourite thing about 2SOPS is their motto : "War to your door, +/- 16 Meters"

as seen on the patch here : http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:2_SOPS_space_systems_operator_040205-F-0000C-001.jpg

That's odd. I saw Avatar in Real3D and got an eyestrain headache that lasted for 48 hours.

I saw Tron Legacy in IMAX3D as was A1, no after effects or weird eye spoogleyness at all.