Famine in 2009 ?

[AlfredJPruffock]

Had we only listened to the Wisdom of the Tao before our folly in the Middle East ...all too late - all too late

Whenever you advise a ruler in the way of Tao,
Counsel him not to use force to conquer the universe.
For this would only cause resistance.
Thorn bushes spring up wherever the army has passed.
Lean years follow in the wake of a great war.

[expat]

Nothing supports as many people per acre as spuds. That's why, with the blight, Ireland was phooked: it already had too many people to support with any other crop or farming method, even if they could survive till harvest.

But they are a lot of work for little return: I wouldn't bother with them.

[Mich the Tester]

Nothing supports as many people per acre as spuds. That's why, with the blight, Ireland was phooked: it already had too many people to support with any other crop or farming method, even if they could survive till harvest.

Well that, and the fact they were still forced to export corn, wheat and the few good spuds they still had in the east of the country.

[Mich the Tester]

It's not so much the methane, it's the hydrogen sulphide...

I don’t know but I once had a vegetarian girlfriend and she could fart for England.

[Doggy Styles]

I don’t know but I once had a vegetarian girlfriend and she could fart for England.

Blimey! Where from?

[Mich the Tester]

Blimey! Where from?

Leeds.

[TimberWolf]

It's not so much the methane, it's the hydrogen sulphide...

Apparently most of us are not methane producers anyway.

[Mich the Tester]

Apparently most of us are not methane producers anyway.

You can find out quite easily by holding a cigarette lighter to your bum and then blowing off. If the flame is blue your fart contains methane. Seeing as not all farts produced by methane farters are methane farts, you'll need to repeat the test a number of times over the course of a few weeks, while sticking to your normal diet, to ascertain whether you are a methane farter. Make your own credit crunch entertainment by inviting some friends around for a methane testing party.

[Doggy Styles]

Gas giant Jupiter is made of methane and some other gases. It must be one of god's farts. Imagine the noise it made.

[Mich the Tester]

Gas giant Jupiter is made of methane and some other gases. It must be one of god's farts. Imagine the noise it made.

Hmmm, this has given me an idea. We could use taxpayers’ money to fire a massive canister of compressed oxygen at jupiter and watch the bang as it hits. No real economic benefit, but it would be laugh and provide a good night’s telly.