> As far as WWII is concerned, for example, the secret
> underground hideout of the Evil Leader was
> a hole in the ground, not Dr. Evil's Secret HQ (tm).
Ever been to visit the Eagle's Nest? I'd recommend it. A stunning bit of engineering for its time, and a very good view from that far up in the mountains, too. Serious luxury inside, but I have to admit, no signs of any Persian cats to stroke.
> Similarly, Saddam's own hole in the ground.
You know, putting it that way brings a horrible
thought to mind.
"In a hole in the ground, there lived a hobbit".
> You're lucky to have a secure salaried job,
> probably.
I've got one, yes, but I wasn't aware there was any luck involved. And *this* job, unlike the last one, has very little to do with blowing people up. (The last one involved working for British Aerospace: the bit of it that makes missiles.)
> The world economy entered into a massive state of
> crisis
> as a direct result of the destruction of the WTC by
> the Evil Genius.
It did?
> Also, Britain has until now been relatively
> unaffected by the
> wave of political radicalization that's sweeping the
> world.
True, from my POV at least. But then as far as I can see it was only the USA that was much affected by that nasty crash landing. Everywhere else just carried on being as unpleasant as before (or as pleasant as before, if you live in Monaco, I suppose).
> I've a fascinating newspaper article saying that
> the ratio for male vs female genetic mutation is
> massively towards the male end of the scale.
That's *weird*. I wonder why?
> A scientific explanation of why most Gloranthaphile
> weirdoes and RPG enthusiast weirdoes are male ?
I think there are probably easier explanations than that, as gone into on many, many web sites.
> The article also suggests that 20% of
> men think like women, whereas only 10% of women
> think like men.
But since we're all in the final 1% of the weirdness scale anyway, I suspect that does not aid analysis of this group.
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