| djgordy
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| 713107. Thu May 27, 2010 5:52 am |
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Oh, I forgot to do this one earlier in the month but the new President of Nigeria is called Goodluck Jonathan.
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Goodluck Jonathan takes the oath of office in front of Chief Justice Aloysius Katsina-Alu on 6 May
Goodluck Jonathan's rise has been described as "meteoric"
As his name suggests, Nigeria's new President Goodluck Jonathan has a habit of being in the right place at the right time.
Until November 2009, he was serving out his time as a low-key deputy to a low-key president.
But then, President Umaru Yar'Adua was taken to hospital in Saudi Arabia and was not seen in public until he died on 5 May 2010.
Step forward, Mr Jonathan. After months of political wrangling, Nigeria's elite finally accepted him as acting leader in February when the ailing president returned home, but remained too ill to govern.
Barely 12 hours after Mr Yar'Adua's death, Goodluck Jonathan was sworn in as the new president and commander-in-chief of the armed forces of Africa's most populous nation - one of its most fractious democracies.
Not bad for a man who has never been elected to major public office in his own right. |
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/africa/8510390.stm |
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| djgordy
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| 713648. Sat May 29, 2010 2:46 am |
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The case of the Swiss naturist who had his appeal against a fine for being naked in public upheld provides another fine example of nominative determinism.
| Quote: | Puistola Grottenpösch, his lawyer, a well-known naked rambler himself, pleaded for acquittal, saying: “He chose a quiet path, didn’t want to offend anyone, but was followed by a woman who made this accusation against him.”
He pointed out that the care home his client had sauntered past was built in the last century by a naturist called Ernst Buff, who bequeathed his name to the practice of taking everything off. |
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/europe/article7138711.ece
The Times is wrong on one aspect in that the use of the phrase "in the buff" to be naked is not a tribute to this Mr. Buff.
| Quote: | The later meaning of in the buff meaning naked is an allusion to the colour of the skin, which is somewhat like the colour buff (a light browny yellow). This was first recorded by Thomas Dekker, in his work Satiro-mastix or the untrussing of the humorous poet, 1602. In this he likens 'in buff' to 'in stag', which was a commonly used term for naked in the 17th century.
"No, come my little Cub, doe not scorne mee because I goe in Stag, in Buffe, heer's veluet too."
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http://www.phrases.org.uk/meanings/200300.html
So, although Mr. Buff did not lend his name to nakedness, being called that it was inevitable that he would become a naturist. |
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| 713652. Sat May 29, 2010 2:51 am |
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One for the Windows users.
I used to have a GP called Dr Watson. |
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| Spud McLaren
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| 713688. Sat May 29, 2010 4:33 am |
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| Alimentary specialist? |
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| monzac
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| 713721. Sat May 29, 2010 6:37 am |
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| :O |
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| djgordy
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| 733250. Thu Aug 12, 2010 2:47 pm |
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Praise the Lord.
| Quote: | A VICAR says he can't continue replacing the lead on his church roof after it was stolen four times in two weeks.
St Catherine's Church in Cossall has been regularly targeted by thieves over the past 18 months.
Now the vicar is considering replacing it with an alternative, despite English Heritage guidelines say that like materials must be replaced with like.
Rev Andy Lord said: "It's incredibly frustrating because you kind of feel like 'Oh, here we go again'. And also concern for local people. It's very upsetting." |
http://www.thisisnottingham.co.uk/news/Frustration-repeated-lead-thefts-church/article-2508489-detail/article.html |
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| NinOfEden
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| 733444. Fri Aug 13, 2010 10:14 am |
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| We've just got a new Town Crier in Donny - a Mr. Harry Cryer. |
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| tetsabb
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| 733509. Fri Aug 13, 2010 1:41 pm |
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A former colleague of mine now runs a pub.
He is Adrian Beer |
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| Spud McLaren
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| 733540. Fri Aug 13, 2010 4:04 pm |
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| Is he mild, bitter or stout? |
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| hobittual
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| 734009. Mon Aug 16, 2010 4:59 am |
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Our local tax officer was P. Doleman.
I once knew a really lovely girl who had extremely bad Alopecia. Unfortunately her name was Jxxxx Baldey. |
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| swot
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| 734012. Mon Aug 16, 2010 5:21 am |
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:D
Not really nominative determinism, but when I was doing my summer school, we had a lecture from Professor Snape. Not being a Harry Potter fan, I needed to have all the fuss explained to me. |
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| Efros
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| 734013. Mon Aug 16, 2010 5:24 am |
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| That wouldn't be Professor Colin Snape? If it was Colin I used to work in the same department, he used to be heavily involved in fuel chemistry IIRC.
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| masterfroggy
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| 734018. Mon Aug 16, 2010 5:32 am |
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| no1 school swot wrote: | :D
Not really nominative determinism, but when I was doing my summer school, we had a lecture from Professor Snape. Not being a Harry Potter fan, I needed to have all the fuss explained to me. |
When I worked at Hansons in early 2004 in Chipping Sodbury, there was a Prof S Snape working in the Chemistry Department, |
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| swot
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| 734020. Mon Aug 16, 2010 5:36 am |
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| :D No, Professor John Snape of the John Innes Centre, Norfolk. He was talking about crop sustainability and genetic fettling. It was very interesting. |
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| djgordy
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| 761308. Sat Nov 20, 2010 5:29 am |
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I don't think we've had this one; surely the ultimate case of nominative determinism.
The Lord Chief Justice and President of the Courts of England and Wales is Igor Judge (I Judge) aka the Lord Judge.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Igor_Judge,_Baron_Judge |
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