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BBC News: Oldest noodles unearthed in China

The remains of the world’s oldest noodles have been unearthed in China.

The 50cm-long, yellow strands were found in a pot that had probably been buried during a catastrophic flood.

Radiocarbon dating of the material taken from the Lajia archaeological site on the Yellow River indicates the food was about 4,000 years old.

Controversially if these are remnants of the Flying Spaghetti Monster during his creation of the Earth then the date of creation would be some 2000 years later than that accepted by many creationists as calculated by James Ussher (January 4, 1581–March 21, 1656), Archbishop of Armagh and Primate of All Ireland between 1625–1656 and a prolific religious scholar who most famously published a chronology which dated creation from 4004 BC.

It seems clear to me that in our modern times with greater archaeologically knowledge and technology for dating of items that evidence would suggest the Earth is much younger than even the Creationists believe.

As our date is later than theirs I believe that makes us the winners so Spaghetti-Monsterism triumphs.

Tags: religion

Frankly it looks like England don’t based on the first half of tonight’s match against Poland. He might well be the best English player but the team seems much more balanced without him in it.

Not only that but the movement has been excellent as has the movement of the ball and the possession of it with the structured passing to build up the pressure on the opposition.

This is the England team performance we should have been seeing throughout the qualifiers not now that we are in a position of already having qualified. Perhaps the relative easy group that we found ourselves in was of detriment to the team performance as I think the team only truly shines when the pressure is really on against a difficult opponent.

Conversely now having qualified the pressure is off a bit so the team can relax and this also allows the team to play it’s best now we are playing for the honour of topping the group against the only truly worthy rivals in the group.

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At last something to get your teeth into in the Intelligent Design debate some actual scientific evidence which lends credence to the theory. This experiment into the creation of the previously unobserved species Noodleous doubleous certainly has me convinced. The estimated probability of this spontaneous generation event is too low to be explained by thermodynamics and therefore apparently represents intelligent design.

I think the dissection is particularly illuminating.

Please note that as the experiment involves the extremely hazardous substance Dihydrogen Monoxide it should not be carried out at home by anybody other than trained professionals.

Whilst we are in the mood for learning why not check out the fun to be had at Sobics School. Damn those little pieces of wall, I can see they will be the bane of my life for days to come.

Stranger Things Happen by Kelly Link is available to download free under a Creative Commons license.

This first collection by award-winning author Kelly Link, takes fairy tales and cautionary tales, dictators and extraterrestrials, amnesiacs and honeymooners, revenants and readers alike, on a voyage into new, strange, and wonderful territory.

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A possibly dodgy penalty decision then another one that was more clear cut that wasn’t given and now two yellow cards within the space of a couple of minutes for Beckham.

Could a ref be any more controversial than in this match?

Well I guess this might solve the midfield problems as there remains very little option without Beckham in the picture.

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I’m crying with laughter having just watched this alternate trailer created for The Shining.

Tags: humour, movies

It’s funny what you discover when you have a day off and see television programs you don’t normally watch. I learned today through Newsround that Scotland have won the World Elephant Polo Championship for the second time running.

I never knew that there was such a thing as the World Championship in the sport of Elephant Polo let alone that Scotland had a world beating team in it.

I think it is wonderful.

Tags: TV

The England cricket team were worthy winners of The Ashes having outplayed the Australians in each match since the first one at Lords which they lost. We mustn’t forget the England women’s team either who also triumphed over the Australians in their Ashes Test series earlier this summer.

Both teams were celebrating their wins in a parade through London.

England’s cricketers were given a rapturous reception in Trafalgar Square at the end of the Ashes victory parade to celebrate their win over Australia.

Captain Michael Vaughan thanked the “fantastic” thronging crowd and admitted: “This is beyond a dream.”

The team later enjoyed a Downing Street reception and went to Lord’s to hand over the Ashes urn for safe-keeping.

England beat Australia in a series for the first time since 1987 after drawing the final Test at The Oval on Monday.

“It’s been a long night,” said Vaughan, who clasped the replica Ashes urn throughout the celebrations. “We’ve celebrated in true English fashion and this is incredible.

I almost wish it wasn’t over I’d love to see many more matches of the quality we’ve had this year. In fact given that the matches will no longer be shown on terrestrial TV following Sky buying the rights I wonder if I’ll ever watch test cricket again.

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In Affectionate Remembrance of AUSTRALIAN CRICKET, which died at the Oval on 12th SEPTEMBER, 2005, Deeply lamented by a large circle of sorrowing friends and acquaintances R.I.P.

N.B. — The body will be cremated and the ashes will be taken back from the Aussie bastards.”

It’s all over the match was drawn and the Ashes were won by England for the first time in 18 years.

Such a small thing it is to get so worked up over ain’t it.

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