Why Conspiracy Theories?

Mr. Tea

Mr. Tea

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Mr. Tea

Mr. Tea

Let's Talk About Ceps
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Order_of_the_Occult_Hand

The Order of the Occult Hand is a whimsical secret society of American journalists who have been able to slip the meaningless and telltale phrase "It was as if an occult hand had…" in print as a sort of a game and inside joke.

The magic phrase was introduced by Joseph Flanders, then a police reporter of The Charlotte News, in the fall of 1965, when he reported a millworker who was shot by his own family when he came back home late at night. He wrote:

It was as if an occult hand had reached down from above and moved the players like pawns upon some giant chessboard.
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:D
 
slowtrain

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Haha, that's great.

Reminds me of that episode of the Simpsons where Homer finds out his Mum is alive via the Newspaper speaking to him.
 
Mr. Tea

Mr. Tea

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I'm going to make an effort to use that phrase in real life.

Let's say...I was absolutely sure I had at least one digestive biscuit left, yet when I made a cup of tea and opened the tin, it was empty save for a few crumbs. It was as if an occult hand had reached down from above and taken the last one.
 
slowtrain

slowtrain

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Mr. Tea said:
I'm going to make an effort to use that phrase in real life.

Let's say...I was absolutely sure I had at least one digestive biscuit left, yet when I made a cup of tea and opened the tin, it was empty save for a few crumbs. It was as if an occult hand had reached down from above and taken the last one.
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This is a good idea.

Me too.

I will try and keep track.

I will make a tymbrl listing all the times I have used it.
 
Mr. Tea

Mr. Tea

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I tell you what is a conspiracy, and that's best-before/use-by dates. It's a sinister plot involving producers, manufacturers and retailers to make us throw away perfectly good food. And the sad thing is, it works. You know, all those poor brainwashed muppets who'll chuck out an unopened item that's clearly perfectly edible just because it's the day after the date printed on the packet and is therefore, in their eyes, deadly poisonous.

There are some things you have to be careful about, like seafood, but for most food you can tell when it's off because it looks, smells and tastes off.
 
Mr. Tea

Mr. Tea

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Is a 99p supermarket pasty really a suitable meal for a two-year-old, whether it's in date or not?
 
slowtrain

slowtrain

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I remember my 7th form english teacher always reinforced the importance of knowing the difference between the 'best-by' and 'use-by' dates.
 
Mr. Tea

Mr. Tea

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I would respectfully suggest that your teacher needs to get laid, or at least to get out a bit more often.
 
slowtrain

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Mr. Tea said:
I would respectfully suggest that your teacher needs to get laid, or at least to get out a bit more often.
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She was also our classics teacher, and very keen on the story where Zeus does a nymph in his "true form" and she was "burnt beyond all recognition"
 
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