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[psychiatric disorders]

Actually, I think I may also have inadvertently hit upon a possible explanation for Uncle Terry's temperament...

Chronic (long-term) effects of copper exposure can damage the liver and kidneys.[10] Mammals have efficient mechanisms to regulate copper stores such that they are generally protected from excess dietary copper levels.[10][11]

Those same protection mechanisms can cause milder symptoms, which are often misdiagnosed as psychiatric disorders. There is a lot of research going on regarding the function of the Cu/Zn ratio in many conditions, neurological, endocrinological and psychological.[12][13][14] The diagnostic difficulties arise from the fact that many of the substances that protect us from excess copper perform important functions in our neurological and endocrine systems. When they are used to bind copper in the plasma, to prevent it from being absorbed in the tissues, their own function may go unfulfilled. Such symptoms often include mood swings, irritability, depression, fatigue, excitation, difficulty focusing, feeling out of control, etc. To further complicate diagnosis, some symptoms of excess copper are similar to those of a copper deficit.

[psychiatric disorders]

Actually, I think I may also have hit upon a possible explanation for Uncle Terry's temperament...

Chronic (long-term) effects of copper exposure can damage the liver and kidneys.[10] Mammals have efficient mechanisms to regulate copper stores such that they are generally protected from excess dietary copper levels.[10][11]

Those same protection mechanisms can cause milder symptoms, which are often misdiagnosed as psychiatric disorders. There is a lot of research going on regarding the function of the Cu/Zn ratio in many conditions, neurological, endocrinological and psychological.[12][13][14] The diagnostic difficulties arise from the fact that many of the substances that protect us from excess copper perform important functions in our neurological and endocrine systems. When they are used to bind copper in the plasma, to prevent it from being absorbed in the tissues, their own function may go unfulfilled. Such symptoms often include mood swings, irritability, depression, fatigue, excitation, difficulty focusing, feeling out of control, etc. To further complicate diagnosis, some symptoms of excess copper are similar to those of a copper deficit.

But how come living in the attic for years turns Uncle Terry green?

Copper pipes.

Pete.  That previous entry of yours?  Chopper?

That made me incredibly angry.  I mean really properly angry.

...and it seems to me that's actually what you're still angry about. His previous entry was off-topic and potentially liable to cause offense and was disallowed, which most folk on here were fine with. His current entry is neither of those things. Calm doon.

Given that Rebellion are now taking advantage of (recently-introduced) parody exemption legislation to publish trademark-trampling Cursed Earth Uncensored, I would imagine these particular T-shirts are nudging into a grey area.

Not using that artwork they're not.

This'll probably be that comic archive thing that was first mentioned a couple of years ago, with interviews and an unpublished [spoiler]Nightcomers[/spoiler] story and stuff.

Ah dinnae hink sae.

Ba'heid and ba'heided, (or ba'heidit), are commonly used the same way as bighead and bigheaded, so I think it's mainly a way of way of saying somebody's got an inflated ego.

Scunnering is common Scots and therefore 'real'.

Hence 'The Scunner Campbell' in '80s telly programme, Supergran.

The only difference is that the court is presided over by a servant of the ruling class (in judges/ magistrates). The penknife wasn't taken away from me because of its (minimal) threat - I could have done far more damage without it if I'd been so inclined - but to put me in my place.

No, the difference is that people with unpredictably violent tendencies and reason to be agitated are far more likely to be present in a courtroom. People try to smuggle actual weapons into court all the time. The figures are quite mental.

My mum let me stay up to watch Alien when it first aired on UK telly. The bit that always stuck with me was Dallas trying to hunt it down in the air shaft tunnel things.

Which was when I'd first see it, which according to t'internets was on Sunday, 11th of July 1982, now 34 years ago to the day. Which means I'd be seven and would probably have been watching That's Life shortly beforehand. 

Can't remember precisely what age I was when I first saw Alien, but I was definitely quite a bit younger than 11.

The main takeaway for me at the time was... as bad as it must be to deal with a terrifying slimy killer alien with two sets of razor-sharp teeth and acid for blood, it must be a hell of a lot worse trying to deal with one in just your vest and pants.

...and anything I said about 'sticking to briefs' wasn't meant to sound dodgy either.

At this point I feel I should make it clear that 'very long chalk' in my last comment was not intended as a euphemism.

Also - what Zen said.