The Off Topic Topic

[mongers]

Edward Farmer: My father, when working in the Ministry of Defence posting staff, received a telegram from one David Niven (the famous film actor) "Dear War Office, am resigning commission. Love Niven" as a prelude to him going back to Hollywood. Short and to the point, much to my father's amusement, but probably not to the rest of the Ministry of Defence, I suspect.

Full article here:
The official who put 'Love to Patrick' on letters to his boss -
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/blogs-magazine-monitor-29853684

[Tonitrus]

[Ideologue]

What if that arm is actually functioning perfectly?

[CountDeMoney]

That is the funniest gif I have seen in a very long time.

[Admiral Yi]

I got hit on by a 21 year old half Japanese girl at my karaoke joint tonight.

[Zanza]

Big installation in Berlin to remember the Berlin Wall that came down 25 years ago tomorrow:






With the remains of the real wall:


This looks photoshopped, still a cool picture:

[Syt]

The bank next door wanted to commemorate the Fall of the Wall, too.



They took the flag down after people pointed out that it kinda resembled this:

[Josquius]

It's surprising they haven't kept more of the wall considering the historic importance.
I hope to visit Berlin someday. Maybe for a weekend next year.

[Syt]

Some slidey-pic-thingies of East Berlin and the border in the 80s and now:

http://www.welt.de/reportage/article133927023/So-hat-sich-Berlin-seit-dem-Mauerfall-veraendert.html?wtrid=socialmedia.socialflow....socialflow_facebook

[Zanza]

It's surprising they haven't kept more of the wall considering the historic importance.

It's a bit impractical to have a wall separating the two halves of your city. 

[Sheilbh]

It's surprising they haven't kept more of the wall considering the historic importance.
I hope to visit Berlin someday. Maybe for a weekend next year.

Berlin's wonderful.

The gaps in the city give as much a sense of history as the presences.

[CountDeMoney]

I got hit on by a 21 year old half Japanese girl at my karaoke joint tonight.

AND

[Sheilbh]

Starting to get VERY excited about Christmas.

[Josquius]

It's surprising they haven't kept more of the wall considering the historic importance.

It's a bit impractical to have a wall separating the two halves of your city. 

Well, not all of it :p
But a bit more of it.
Incorporate it into buildings or somesuch.

[CountDeMoney]

Starting to get VERY excited about Christmas.

Why?