The Washington sniper!

[Cloud]

This is absolutely insane!
Check it out,

http://www.sky.com/skynews/article/0,,0-1066961,00.html

[jeng]

every day i listen to radio1 for the news- going down to the tv room and asking someone to change it to bbc news 24 is too much hassle- anyway, every day it sounds like a new person has been shot and in alot of cases killed. im not sure how many people hav bn targeted so far but who ever this is i hope they are caught soon- they are seriously sick! they must be trained tho cause evryone so far has only bn shot with one bullet...

[Thackary]

The thing that annoys me about Radio 1's news slots is that they don't leave a pause between stories.

And the newsreaders go so fast that they quickly become out of breath and have to gasp for oxygen in between sentences.

Why can't they take just a little more time to read the news? What's the point of actually announcing what's going on in the world if they don't give their audience chance to absorb what they're saying?

And furthermore - what's the deal with the music in the background? Why does the news need accompaniment?

[Al]

Perhaps their speed is somehow linked to what they think is the typical concentration span of the average Radio 1 listener. Just a thought.

[hr]"You know what charm is: a way of getting the answer yes without having asked any clear question."

[Prophet Tenebrae]

I hardly think that you should be lambasting a mindless channel such as the hopelessly populist Radio 1 for something as trivial as its "news".

[JamieMalk]

Does anyone remeber an episode of "Homicide: Life on the Streets" where a sniper killed people sl he could try and solve a hangman puzzel?

[Chris]

I'm actually from Washington D.C. and the media are making this issue into a circus. I know all the after-school activities at schools in the area as well as many local events were cancelled in the wake of these shootings.

By the way, I'm going to be attending St. Andrews in the Spring. Do you guys have any recommendations or advice? Thanks!

[Prophet Tenebrae]

Stay indoors and black out the windows.

[DJ Balloon]

Hehe! I think we've hit a new low. No pun intended.

[Prophet Tenebrae]

Quite likely - we aim to please.

[Prophet Tenebrae]

Oops, another pun - unintentional of course. How crass of me.

[Dj Balloon]

Well, I'll try not to recoil from that accidental joke...

[loveridge]

lol

[The Kaiser]

Looks like you've triggered a whole series of bad puns, what?

[Cloud]

At least no-ones started doing Basil Brush impressions yet

boom boom

[Pete]

Sign our death penalty petition, write articles, write letters to parties involved, send condolences and much more!

Visit http://www.washingtonsniper.org now!

[Al]

Why should people from a foreign country want to, or even be able to, sign a petition calling for the death penalty? Besides the fact that the men have not yet been tried, let alone convicted, since when did some US jurisdictions ever hesitate to put people to death? And weren't the majority of murders committed in a state that does not have the death penalty?

[hr]"Happiness is a time, a place...a chemical imbalance"

[Prophet Tenebrae]

Yes but Alabama is saying that the people involved killed in their state first - hence they prosecute the case and get to eat them once they've been fried.

[Amanda]

ten -you have such a nice way with words!

[hr][s]"don't frown...you never know who might be falling in love with your smile..."[/s]

[loveridge]

*sighs* Yet another excuse for campaign to scream "YES!" for the death pen.