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Eh? Why can't Rebellion/ Titan just print the reprints? BEing well up to date, I hear there is some kind of problem reprinting the Zenith stories. How can this be? Surely Rebellion own the strip and can just bung it out on the streets?

Not, I should add, that I care - I bought the Titan collections of Phases I, II and III (the only ones I've ever bought when I had the original comics).

Zenith is, however, such a good tale that any more recent converts really should have the chance to read it.

My wife, in a fit of kindness, has acquired two tickets for the Sisters of Mercy concert at the Braehead arena next Thursday.

I would rather not go because: (a) I'm off on a works jolly that day (clay pigeon shooting, off-road driving and other shenanigans at Gleneagles); (b) my brother's wedding is the next day and I'll need to practice my speech; (c) the Good Guys are playing in the UEFA cup and the game is on the telly.

Anyone want to buy them? A bargain at a tenner each!

If you're interested (or want to swap them for a prog 2) then e-mail me. It will help if you're in Glasgow, cos then I can hand them to you.

I need only four progs to complete my collection: the worst offenders are 300, 1163 and 1203 (the last two having mysteriously vanished during one of Mrs X's tidying frenzies). Does anyone have spare copies they're willing to sell? Or can you point me in the direction of somewhere I can get them? All of the sites and shops I've contacted seem only to have early progs.

The fourth prog is number 2. I suppose I'll eventutally bite the bullet and pay ?50 for a copy. I just need to wait until Devon's Daddy has his twenty billion copies.

My brother gets married on the 25th and I'm the best man. Any good one-liners? Any hints on the speech? How long should it be? I've never done this before, so any input would be helpful.

The changing of the clocks last weekend has really bollixed me. I am absolutely shattered every morning - more so than normal. I even had an argument with Mrs X this morning because I told her to "shhh" (I don't do mornings). Well, she haraunged me and I listened. Is this a sign of old age, or am I just working too hard (an average of 13 hours a day, for the last 14 days - including weekends. Poor me!) God help me, EVEN COFFEE DOESN'T WORK!

'at's what I am. In London for a week working. S'pretty pants. Wanna go back to Scotland where people talk proper. Anyway, off for a beer fore I go to bed.

I recently bought a load of old 2000ads from Logan, and finally got round to picking them up from the post office. Just a wee thanks, cos they were in good nick and a fraction of what you could be asked to pay on eBay.

There have been a few posts about games consoles recently. If anyone is interested, Argos are doing a Gamecube with a game and memory card for ?79, which is a bit of a bargain.

There have been a few recent references to this chap, and I had a look at his posts in the banned member section. His activity pre-dates me pitching up here. Apart from the objectionable Death script, which I never read, what did he do to get banned? Or shouldn't I ask?

I just figured out that "Ximoc" is Comix spelled backwards.

While this is with hindsight blindingly obvious, it only just occured to me and I am feeling quite proud of myself.

Does anyone else have a board name that has a hidden meaning (apart from DiGriz, I know who he's named after). If you do, why not explain it to the back of the class?

Today I took a copy of the soundtrack to 70s quasi-porn flick "Vampyros Lesbos" into work. I ordered it from Amazon for a colleague (hey-don't judge me, check out the reviews on Amazon - I think I've included a link). He DJs on a semi-professional basis and uses that kind of tune.

It did strike me, though, that I was probably the only person out of the hundreds on my train carrying the soundtrack to a 30 year old Italian softporn flick.

Which begs the question, what's the strangest thing anyone on the board has taken into work?

How about when you were drunk? I once found a kitchen sink on Buchanan Street (and seeing as how everyone on this board knows Glasgow, that should be familiar to you) on the 3am night bus from George Square.

Link: http://www.amazon.co.uk/exec/obidos/ASIN/B000005BBL/ref=sr_aps_music_1_1/202-0716064-9051859" target="_blank">A link with bite?

I spent ages trying to think of a good title for this thread and then gave up cos I need to start working (bugger). They would've been dead funny too, involving puns to do with Ring a Ring a Roses and Ring My Bell and stuff.

Anyway, I quite fancy the film "Ring". Has anyone seen it, or the Japanese original? Is it any good? Does it build up nicely fo the first hour before degenerating something incomprehsible? (I'm thinking of Event Horizon or this weeks Bec & Cawl). I suspect this might be the case, but am willing to put myself through it again.

Any thoughts?

The census results have just been released. When asked to give details of their religion, 367,000 respondents said they were "Jedi Knights". That's 100,000 Jedis than there are Jews.

While this is clearly a piss-take, the government has lumped the Jedi respondents in with heathens, atheists and pagans as having no religion.

This seems a bit rich to me. If someone has taken the time to indicate what they consider to be their religion, surely they deserve to be recognised? Who is the government to dictate what is, and is not, a religion?

I'm not very bright on the technical front but I think the link is: http://www.kli.org/

I was re-reading some old Invasion stuff last night and it suddenly struck me - surely Big Dave is the son of Bill Savage? They live in the same town and share the same outlook on life. Who else d'ya think is related?

Could D.R. be the rebellious teenage offspring of TMO?

If you were going to bunk off your work tomorrow, maybe to head off for the weekend somewhere, what would your excuse be? If illness related, is it better to bugger off early the night before and claim to be ill?

Not that I would do such a thing. Oh no, not me. No way siree. Absolutely not. Never. Uh-uh.

Can you believe that an 11 year old relative:-

Thinks Judge Dredd is a BBC1 programme?

Doesn't know that Strontium 90 causes hideous mutations (including X-Ray eyes, and odd animal hybrids)?

Doesn't know what a Dalek is (but thinks they look cool).

Isn't afraid of a nuclear holocaust.

Stares blankly at me if I suggest that 6 million dollars will rebuild him.

Thinks G-Force is some kind of shoe.

I don't know, what do they teach kids today?

I don't know if this has been posted before, being new here and all that, but whatever happened to Dredd's child, the Starborn Thing? Last we saw of it, the ST was being held for observation. It's gotta be in its late teens now, developing strange growths and taking an unhealthy interest in other Things, human possession, feeding on people's minds and running away to the stars. I demand to know what it's doing!!

PS I also think Cap'n Skank should be brought back. Being digested by a whale shouldn't be much of a problem for a psychotic cyborg.

I have a heat sensitive Rogue Trooper mug from the 90s. It has Friday on it, and when liquid is poured in a blackened speech bubble clears to reveal "Dispensing Coffee Now, Friday". It was a prize for having a letter printed and, as far as I know, was never avaialble in any shops. Any idea wha this is worth?