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Author: Richard Carter

A fat, bearded chap with a Charles Darwin fixation.

Sound science

This week, I finally got to carry out a little experiment I've been planning for some time.

Published 12-Aug-2007
Filed under: Nonsense Tags: aircraft, ears, experiments, science, sound

Nostril venting

Newspaper snippets that made stuff come out of Jen's nose.

Published 12-Aug-2007
Filed under: Nonsense Tags: nostril ventings

Much less brighter

Sir Elton's illiterate tribute to Isabella Blow.

Published 12-Aug-2007
Filed under: Nonsense Tags: elton john

Sharper than a spiv's pencil

My homemade lemonade was a tad tangy.

Published 12-Aug-2007
Filed under: Nonsense Tags: recipes

Vector

Foot-and-mouth disease blamed on human movement.

Published 09-Aug-2007
Filed under: Nonsense Tags: badgers, foot and mouth

Raw Elk

Funny post from Emerald Bile.

Published 07-Aug-2007
Filed under: Nonsense Tags: emerald bile

Responsible journalism

Sunday Times flies helicopter over quarantined farm.

Published 05-Aug-2007
Filed under: Nonsense Tags: foot and mouth, journalism

Vocation

Why Carolyn's oldest daughter wants to be a teacher.

Published 02-Aug-2007
Filed under: Nonsense Tags: carolyn, carolyn's children

Putting the Dick in Dictionary

Telephone conversation with Carolyn.

Published 30-Jul-2007
Filed under: Nonsense Tags: carolyn, conversations

A union of two halves

Scotland exempt from UK flag plan.

Published 29-Jul-2007
Filed under: Nonsense Tags: britishness

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On the Moor

On the Moor: Science, History and Nature on a Country Walk
“…wonderfully droll, witty and entertaining… At their best Carter’s moorland walks and his meandering intellectual talk are part of a single, deeply coherent enterprise: a restless inquiry into the meaning of place and the nature of self.”
—Mark Cocker, author and naturalist
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