Gordon Broon now controls the sun.....

[Toltec]

Diderot said:

XJSJohn said:

wonder if they have ever heard of the story of King Canute telling the tide to go back .......

Not Canute John, Broon's King .

the great said:

"Let all men know how empty and worthless is the power of kings, for there is none worthy of the name, but He whom heaven, earth, and sea obey by eternal laws."

Canute was making a point about the hubris of any man believing he could control nature, at least that is the story, apocryphal as it may be. So the story is even more appropriate to climate change than most people realise.

[odyssey2200]

[Bing o]

the great said:

"Let all men know how empty and worthless is the power of kings, for there is none worthy of the name, but He whom heaven, earth, and sea obey by eternal laws."

Canute was making a point about the hubris of any man believing he could control nature, at least that is the story, apocryphal as it may be. So the story is even more appropriate to climate change than most people realise.

Was that a smelling pistake on the quotes? And yes, Canute was proving the hubris of man.

If only we could learn from ancient history, it's still spectacularly accurate...

[Toltec]

Bing o said:

Was that a smelling pistake on the quotes?

Canute is the Anglicised version of c n u t or knut , but PH treats it like Shorpe

[Aussies5-Poms 0]

T89 Callan said:

There isn't a smiley for smacking your forhead so this will do

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/8141352.st...

Edited by Aussies5-Poms 0 on Thursday 9th July 22:56

[Diderot]

Bing o said:

Canute was making a point about the hubris of any man believing he could control nature, at least that is the story, apocryphal as it may be. So the story is even more appropriate to climate change than most people realise.

Edited by Diderot on Thursday 9th July 23:00

[Mr. Potato Head]

T89 Callan said:

Gordon Clown has declared that he won't let Global temperature rise by more than 2 degrees

Is there no beginning to this mans talent?

[mybrainhurts]

....Then you're going to attack the sun

[XJSJohn]

mybrainhurts said:

....Then you're going to attack the sun

can someone courtmarshal that bloketop right. Big gun, clear shot, and he didnt take it!!!

[T89 Callan]

XJSJohn said:

mybrainhurts said:

....Then you're going to attack the sun

can someone courtmarshal that bloketop right. Big gun, clear shot, and he didnt take it!!!

Oh man you would be SOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO tempted to just slip and knock the trigger....

I literally don't think I could resist.

[mybrainhurts]

T89 Callan said:

XJSJohn said:

mybrainhurts said:

....Then you're going to attack the sun

can someone courtmarshal that bloketop right. Big gun, clear shot, and he didnt take it!!!

Oh man you would be SOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO tempted to just slip and knock the trigger....

I literally don't think I could resist.

Is he singing The Sound of Music...?

[XJSJohn]

mybrainhurts said:

T89 Callan said:

XJSJohn said:

mybrainhurts said:

....Then you're going to attack the sun

can someone courtmarshal that bloketop right. Big gun, clear shot, and he didnt take it!!!

Oh man you would be SOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO tempted to just slip and knock the trigger....

I literally don't think I could resist.

Is he singing The Sound of Music...?

101% cace for glasshouse .......

[nigelfr]

XJSJohn said:

wonder if they have ever heard of the story of King Canute telling the tide to go back .......

Beaten to that by the ABD in 2001
"Association Of British Drivers Forecast:
Storm Brewing Over Global Warming
As global warming activists continue to pour out information pollution, the ABD casts serious doubt on any blame for climate change attached to mankind's activities.
ABD Environment Spokesman, Bernard Abrams, comments:

"There is overwhelming evidence that variable solar activity is responsible for climate change. The role of the Sun has been under-estimated all along, a fact recently confirmed by research from the European Space Agency. Given that mankind is not responsible for 'global warming', attempts to reverse climate change through carbon taxes are King Canute strategies - they are bound to fail. Gordon Brown might as well tax the Sun for shining."

"We are now, in any case, in a significant period of global cooling, something which the carbon dioxide alarmists cannot explain."

http://www.abd.org.uk/pr/274.htm

[mybrainhurts]

Grow up, Nigel...

[mybrainhurts]

[The Ben]

I dont think Winky MC Fu knows that we know what he doesn't! Which seems to be quite a lot as it happends.

[nigelfr]

You guys are sooo weird. What's wrong with pointing out that the Gordon Brown/King Canute meme isn't an original thought?

Are you stalking me across the forums or something?

[nigelfr]

Guam said:

nigelfr said:

You guys are sooo weird. What's wrong with pointing out that the Gordon Brown/King Canute meme isn't an original thought?

Are you stalking me across the forums or something?

Nah wrong Gender sorry Nige, not into guys, try Ladyboy he might be more your cup of tea

Relieved to hear it: I wouldn't want you after my arse.

God, I just realise what I wrote... what I meant to say is that I wouldn't want any one after my arse, and especially not you.


(Bit worried about MBH's silence though.)

[Aussies5-Poms 0]

That Bernard Abrams bloke seemed pretty much ahead of teh curve, if that's a quote from 2001.

Can you believe 8 years later they are still trying to ram this st down our throats.

The earth's climate changes. It has done so for millenia. There is no magic switch. Get over it you yoghurt weaving meddlers.

[ludo]

Aussies5-Poms 0 said:

That Bernard Abrams bloke seemed pretty much ahead of teh curve, if that's a quote from 2001.

Can you believe 8 years later they are still trying to ram this st down our throats.

The earth's climate changes. It has done so for millenia. There is no magic switch. Get over it you yoghurt weaving meddlers.

I'd quite like to see a description of exactly where the data for the plots came from, they look distinctly dodgy to me (note that none of them even have the y-axis labelled so you can tell what was actually plotted).