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My 93-year-old mother-in-law constantly gets calls from people informing her she has an issue with her broadband internet or that they need access to her PC to fix a problem. Apparently they sound very convincing. The only slight giveaway is that my mother-in-law has no internet connection, and...

On a side note can people stop doing that thing where if more than one person posts it then loads of people do? It's not funny, it just makes you seem like you should be in care.

I would have though the English king turning the tide would be C n u t. (Apparently I can't write the name of a king down properly without it being asterisked out..) No idea what the anagram of his name would be though...

Don't mind me. I opened this thread thinking it was the name of the new Simple Minds single.

Mind the gap, I said.... No idea?

Yeah, but did they find the sniper?

That's the message the government would like to convey, but this is what they're actually saying: PdbpmeUODME

It's a repeat.

Soylent Green - coming soon to a supermarket near you.

Until it rebranded itself my old internet provider was called UPC Live. Trouble is, with the website URL all bunched together you couldn't help but read it as "Up Clive". I vote Up Clive.

I disagree. Their third album "Sorry, wrong thread" was a minor classic.

There are some places in the world where you might be caned for a comment like that.

Ah yes, fond memories of Pelni. That was how we got into East Timor (overnight boat from Kupang), as we'd heard that all foreigners trying to get there by bus were being taken off and turned back at the West/East Timor border. No such checks at the port - we just walked down the gangplank.

Aberdeen, ever since the 1970s. No idea why, other than they are not Rangers or Celtic. To this day I have never set foot there.

I spent quite a while in Indonesia during the time of "President" (Dictator really) Suharto, and it was true that most people on the surface (probably out of fear) claimed to have blind faith in the ruling Golkar party. But you could always find a few who would tell you what they really thought...

And in answer to the question, the Soviet Union under Brezhnev, 1980. Just after the Moscow Olympics. The only holiday I've ever been on where we had an 'official guide' to accompany us everywhere.

Don't know if it's changed, but it used to be dead easy to spot (and avoid) the government spies following you around in Vietnam: they were the only ones dressed in patent leather black shoes, while every 'normal person' wore flip-flops... Stood out like beacons.

Narcissism is a word that springs to mind...

Given the choice between Osaka and Kyoto, I'd say go for Kyoto 100 times out of 100. Kyoto is more manageable and prettier, and packed full of amazing temples. A side trip (from Kyoto) to Nara is also worthwhile. And definitely go to Hiroshima. The Peace Memorial Park and Museum are among...

Don't know if things have improved, but when I was there way back in 1992 it was trebly scary after dark. No vehicles ever used their lights, and the street lighting was so pathetic they may as well not have had any. As you crossed you could hear the traffic whizzing past your ears, but you...