Last week in Hermit's Cave

SID VISCOUS AND FLASHMAN reckon you get a tar.gz from Fmht and it's easy to do this weekly summary thing.

Sheesh. They must think I'm a geek or something, and not the jobbing hack I undoubtedly am.

TIME WASTERS
The Chinese guy who decided to write three separate letters to the editor claiming Paul Hales' story was racist. Paul confesses ignorance. He'd have replied himself but he's still getting XML messages when he tries to wibble into Hermit's Cave. Can't find the original post because I ain't got a tar.gz but he had a fantastic line in swearing for a member of the People's Republic... which led to someone finding a super page which lets you swear in 1,000 different languages. At last, a use for the Internet...

NIGERIAN SCAM
Someone has set up a call centre forwarding fevered calls to British businessmen who want to meet folks from Nigeria/South Africa/Scotland who can't get rid of $100,000,000,000 because they lost their credit cards or something. Thread starts here.

ANOTHER AIR SHOW CRASH
The Jungians in Hermit's Cave want to believe that synchronicity is at play and air shows attract crashes like kegs of beer attract fruitflies, or Segway Scooters attract OOFGers. Thread starts here.

TV ADVERTS THAT RAISE A LAUGH
Honestly...

TOO MUCH CHOCOLATE
The Silly Season starts on the BBC. When will it ever end?

BRITISH NEVER STOP TALKING...
About the bloody weather. Next thing Skaffman will be looking for strange lights in the sky. Someone tell him it's the Moon and the stars....

SPINOLA
Has Spinola gone stark staring bonkers?