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Wikipedia's entry for 'Mass Hysteria' now refers to something called 'Conversion disorder', which seems to be the current term for this kind of behaviour where a more or less isolated group of people get themselves worked up: "Conversion disorder is where patients suffer apparently neurological symptoms, such as numbness, blindness, paralysis, or fits, but without a neurological cause. It is thought that these problems arise in response to difficulties in the patient's life, and conversion is considered a psychiatric disorder in the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders fourth edition (DSM-IV).[1]" http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Conversion_disorder I'm just making the point that Portsea Island is a small and isolated community where the truth seems to be what they want it to be

That will be the Parkes Institute & its archive, I think http://www.southampton.ac.uk/parkes/

Nice link. If Allen's written output is not just empty rhetoric, and is at all consistent with what he actually thinks, then I do feel a bit sorry for him because at some point he's left the path of reason

Simples. The Omatatone players were trying to achieve something worthwhile and will probably improve

At this moment its a bit like a parent reassuring a child car passenger: 'Yes, we're nearly there' i.e. 'Yes, they're nearly dead' You have no idea how much pleasure it gives me to be able to say that truthfully

Banker? must have mis-typed the 1st letter

Hilarious. Rearrange the following into a common proverb: Home roost pigeons coming to

Its been a long time coming but I can hear the fat lady gargling and tuning up

Maybe, but you're forgetting that those were 50 of the bestest which more than makes up for their modest numbers

Lets wait & see. A bit like the crowd of ghouls gathering at the scene of an RTA - policeman waving his hands repeating 'nothing to see here, move along' - fat chance

Well quite - the fault could not possibly be with, for example, his leadership or preparations

I can see how that will attract a field of outstanding and well-qualified candidates keen to work for nothing.

Maybe, but its still hilarious.

Massive club. Massive LOLs

Chat disabled No more LOLs

Those stay-at-home reject senior players must be ROFL'ing tonight

I have had *so* much fun on the RockStream video chat tonight

The leopard doesn't change its shorts, as Terry Pratchett would say. They have shown that not only have they not changed their ways, they don't want to change their ways because they're special. And that is why they should be put out of their misery ASAP

And about time too

Seconded. Good post

People pay good money to watch films depicting chains of events like these. And we're getting it all for free right now as it happens, I'm loving it!

Classy

Quite right, one would expect that from a club with some integrity. So no chance then

Whoopee! I'm plugging the toaster in again

Right, they do seem to have an extended and consistent record of posturing and shouting the odds, before caving in without further comment. I can't help wondering what they hope to gain from this strategy? Perhaps they think its a case of 'There is no such thing as bad publicity', which of course was how Phineas T. Barnum (19th century American showman and circus owner) justified many of his less salubrious exploits. Not sure it works so well in the modern world though