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Clever use of dreams to give two bites of the cherry at key scenes. To cause maximum distress to your readers. Bad girl. No, scrub that, bad bad bad very naughty wicked girl! (Oh no! Only one chapter left )

Hmm, I wonder. Do you think maybe the fact that most businesses, including TV companies, are largely run by str8 males might have a teensy bit to do with it?

Love and hate. They live right next door to each other

What a complex web of deceit you've woven. Pure evil!

Puts a whole new evil twist on the Clark Kent / Superman identity disguise thing gone bad

Like all good comedy this requires suspension of disbelief. I mean, the choice between honouring a prank promise to an evil best friend, or securing a wet-dream-adonis-Mr-Perfect boyfriend / partner and living happily ever after. It's a tough one isn't it?

“A d-dick?” Lady Bracknell couldn't have said it better

Wow. A lawyer with a heart. You're so inventive!

Just sitting here with a stupid grin on my face while I read this ...

Evil cliffhanger! Lucky I'm late to the story so the next chapter's ready + waiting

Office gossip! It's the cream cake no-one admits they love

It just gets better. I love tasteless ties (on other guys )

"they infected me" Hahah

Gaydar granddads - priceless! And little Man is a little star.

Hahah - love the Jenny character

Yeah, agree with comicfan body painting can be a very sexy "fancy dress" look Here's a sexy elf http://farm5.staticf...338692308_z.jpg

Present tense narratives. Don't know is this is a peeve because I just refuse to read them. I suppose the "peeve" is that at the back of my mind is the thought that it might be a really good story I'll never get to read because of my dislike. Sorry if this upsets any writers here

The US has gun crime, the UK has knife crime. Apart from the repugnance of State judicial killing, a major problem with the death penalty is where do you draw the line? Which type of killing should have the death penalty and which should not? And when you've decided on which type does / does not have the death penalty you then have the issue of evidence (where the defendant pleads not guilty) to prove the defendant killed the victim. Or (as in this case) evidence to prove the defendant had the necessary state of mind. The burden of proof is "beyond reasonable doubt". But that does not mean no doubt. This case seems clear cut in that there seems no doubt Roy killed Jack. But where the defendant denies the killing it is down to evidence. And we all know how fallible evidence can be even with modern forensics and DNA. We all know how fallible so-called "expert witness" testimony can be. There have even been cases where the police, convinced of someone's guilt, have tampered with evidence or even lied on oath to secure a conviction, so convinced were they that "cutting corners" was the right thing to do to "get that bastard put away". We also know of many cases where people wrongly convicted of murder have subsequently been acquitted - in some of these cases their innocence has been confirmed by the Crown and compensation paid. If these people had they been executed then the opportunity to right the wrong would no longer exist - because they would be dead. Emotionally I understand your reaction and wish to have the death penalty reinstated. But you must accept that if your wish was granted then more innocent people would inevitably be executed. You might think that was a reasonable price to pay. I suspect the innocent person being executed would think differently. Would I feel differently if Jack were my brother / lover? I'm sure I would. But that would be my personal emotional response. And States should not make policy decisions based on emotion.

Thanks for your link Dan. Made me all gooey inside reading it. This could be a GA story!

Walk on Water 2004 I watched this Israeli film over the weekend. It's a quality production involving a Mossad agent and a young gay German. Beautifully shot on location in Turkey, Israel and Germany and with dialogue in English, German and Hebrew, the film observes the complex attitudes between Israelis and Germans, and between Israelis and Palestinians. But the main focus of the film is the developing relationship between the agent, the young German and his sister. Worth seeing. http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0352994/

To lose one (ship) may be regarded as a misfortune; to lose (two) looks like carelessness (with apologies to Oscar Wilde ) http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2107175/Costa-Allegra-Ship-run-company-Concordia-adrift-Indian-Ocean-Seychelles.html

Hmm. Is that a herd of pigs I saw fly past the window? We should want change. Maybe you have in mind male / female roles just from a US perspective where, even though opportunities are supposedly equaled, powerful male vested interests still dominate (just look at the boards of the top 500 companies - how many female CEOs are there? Jeeze, how many senior board positions are held by women? Not a lot. And is there a realistic chance yet of a female US President?). But if you're talking globally then in many countries in areas like the Middle East or Africa, women are pretty much where women in Europe were in the Middle Ages, if not much worse. So your wish for roles to be eliminated "in another few decades" seems optimistic. For that to happen in those countries is going to require some kind of "cultural revolution". Males don't give up their territory, privilege and status willingly or easily wherever they are. Maybe that's another male stereotype but a true one I think.

Good one. And "sidewalkers" who don't indicate before swerving in front of you or just stopping altogether and causing a "crash". And horrid little shopping bags on wheels. Uuuurrgh.

That's the mystery of Agatha Christie - that she sells so many books containing cardboard cutout characters. Well obviously not her personally - not with being dead an' all.