Davey Boy 2.0

how many slices was that then, dinghbat?

anyone else hitting this then? stoked for some gutteral throat singing

:thumbup:

http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/fa_cup/6665099.stm

Tintin, arguably Belgium's most famous export, is on the threshold of superstardom. The fictional reporter created by Georges Remi, alias Herge, is to star in three animated films directed by the two of Hollywood's most celebrated directors -- Steven Spielberg and Peter Jackson. The filmmakers said they would each direct at least one film about the bequiffed hero, with the first instalment expected in 2009. Tintin and his companions, who include the whisky-soaked sea dog Captain Haddock and the idiosyncratic Professor Calculus, will be animated using performance capture technology, the technique that Jackson used to create Gollum in his Lord of the Rings trilogy. Actors wearing special body suits create movements that are recorded by a computer and augmented with digital effects. Spielberg said that one problem with a live-action version of Tintin's adventures was that it was difficult to recreate the look of the cartoon strip. "We want Tintin's adventures to have the reality of a live-action film, and yet Peter and I felt that shooting them in a traditional live-action format would simply not honour the distinctive look of the characters and world that Herge created," he said. Spielberg bought the option to create a Tintin film from Herge in 1982, a year before the cartoonist died. The option lapsed in the late 1980s and became the subject of negotiations with several producers until Spielberg bought the option again in 2003. His company DreamWorks exercised the option in February. A source at Moulinsart, the company that manages Herge's estate, said it had rejected other offers from Hollywood because none gave the company enough control over the script. Nick Rodwell, who is married to Herge's widow and is a producer on the films, will ensure that Spielberg and Jackson do not take liberties with the character. The source said that Tintin would not be allowed to have a love interest, for example. "We have approval over that just to make sure they don't totally ruin it ... but there is room for some artistic licence." The directors are understood to have chosen three stories from the 23 titles, but none has been confirmed. It is likely that later stories will be chosen because they feature colourful characters such as Captain Haddock, whose fondness for Scotch frequently throws Tintin's investigations off course. Variety magazine suggests that Spielberg will be free to direct his version in the fall after he finishes the fourth Indiana Jones film. Jackson is expected to begin work when he finishes his adaptation of Alice Sebold's The Lovely Bones at the end of the year. Tintin's adventures, which Herge drew between 1929 and 1976, have not been distributed widely in America. Although the stories were animated for television, his only cinema outings were a pair of French live-action films in the 1960s.

i've gone to the lost and found and asked if they'd found my small black umbrella on a rainy day when i'd forgotten to bring mine with me, had 3 to choose from

fook, i meant to flip between it and hockey. totally forgot

oh yes and i used "Dave's Part Mart" (on Merivale) for a new set of tires the other day- $125 for 4 new ones ::pencils in visit to DEM's Nitrous Palace of Wonder in very near future::

thinking of doing the homemade wine thing again, tough for us to work our way through dozens of bottles of the same kinda wine though, and haven't been drinking much vino lately...anyway it's on the radar snoots at festies is the obvious one i guess [color:#cccccc]i also may or may not occasionally take the stalk off of portabello mushrooms when buying them

whack-a-mole!

yes

awesome

maybe you should put a big lump mashed potatoes on top of yer colonnade then

Mourinho arrested Chelsea manager Jose Mourinho has been arrested and cautioned for obstructing police after they tried to quarantine his pet Yorkshire terrier, according to reports. Today's Sun claims Mourinho sprinted out of Chelsea's player of the year awards and rushed home to Belgravia after his wife called to tell him police had arrived at their home and were trying to take the dog away to quarantine. Officials feared the dog had been taken abroad, then back to Britain, without jabs. But Mourinho, apparently unwilling to surrender his pooch so soon after letting go of his Premiership title, is said to have confronted the police before grabbing the dog and releasing it onto the streets so that they couldn't take it with them. The Sun claims it was still on the loose last night. "A 44-year-old man was arrested on suspicion of obstructing police and was taken to a west London police station," said a Scotland Yard spokesman today. "He subsequently received a caution for obstructing police." The spokesman said the dog was to be seized for alleged offences under the Animal Health Act of 1981 and the Rabies Order of 1974.

i feel like i smell like cheese hours after eating colonnade. i suppose that beats my usual sweaty-boozy bouquet though pubwell's is an average size (thickness-wise)crust, quailty ingredients and a great sauce

^self'd

i don't think there's a way for any of us on here to know or to measure what sort of difference these things make doing something is better than doing nothing

how would you define "turd"?

has anyone tried Calabria? we got a flyer from them recently and i'm intrigued http://www.ottawaxpress.ca/food/food.aspx?iIDArticle=7527

Hemp!

Rolling Stones!

Enron! Cheney! Bushies! Saudis! Electric cars! Conspiracyyyyyyyy!

i can't wait to try this, MOBE ta very much

that's disgusting

i miss the Dow's Lake beer tent