I'd be surprised if a bipolar sufferer got a lighter sentence (I suffer from BP2). While I do act on impulse when manic, I still generally have a clear idea of what's right/wrong and I don't think bipolar would qualify on the same level as, say, psychopathy.

I just have to say (for about the millionth time) that I cannot stand American football but I bloody love this column.

I just Googled "figging". At work. I'm expecting a phone call from HR in 5…4…3…2…

I thought she was going for a Thatcher accent.

Why The Fuck Do I Keep Coming Back To This Site, Internet?

Having met some of the Real "Housewives" of OC, all I can say is that if they do drink blood to stay young-looking they're not doing a very good job of it.

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"But please try to understand that in the culture in which I took part, any kind of violence, sexual or otherwise, very much WAS a joke, specifically because the idea of enacting anything like it in reality was inconceivable."

Yeah, my brother-in-law is from Glasgow and uses the c-word in pretty much every sentence. I was amazed he made it through his wedding speech without using it.

And if the person dies, it's never God's fault. Win-win for the Almighty!

Wer has its moments too.

What was that… thing?

Ah, this is the show I remember watching - me and my then-girlfriend loved the one set in a local newspaper because we worked for one, and the characters were spot-on (the useless editor, the full-of-herself reporter, the lazy photographer).

As much as this comment made me laugh, I can actually see some NRA douchebag using this line of reasoning in the future.

Other countries *did* have that problem. Then they banned guns. No other so-called "civilized" country in the world has the number of gun murderers that the USA has.

Correction: Just like the TSA.

Thanks for clarifying that, Gene!

Holy shit, I had one of those! He was huge in the UK, too, although his attempt to jump a load of red double-decker buses ended in the usual way…

But when are they going to start checking patrons for leaf blowers?

It wasn't until about the 3,000,000th time* I watched Jaws that I realised Hooper's outburst as Brody opens the bottle is him saying, "You may want to let that breathe for a while!"