http://www.metafilter.com/tags/brit Posts tagged with 'brit' at MetaFilter. Fri, 11 Apr 2008 15:27:04 -0800 Fri, 11 Apr 2008 15:27:04 -0800 en-us http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss 60 http://www.metafilter.com/70747/Go%2DFox%2DYourself <a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/04/11/smackdown-the-emdaily-sho_n_96185.html">John</a> <a href="http://www.mrjohnoliver.com/">Oliver</a>'s "<a href="http://www.thedailyshow.com/video/index.jhtml?videoId=165990&title=the-meter-is-running-pt.-1">The Meter</a><a href="http://www.thedailyshow.com/video/index.jhtml?videoId=165990&title=the-meter-is-running-pt.-2"> Is Running</a>" is a loving* look back at the history of <a href="http://www.fair.org/index.php?page=1067">FOX</a> <a href="http://www.outfoxed.org/">News</a>. *not really tag:metafilter.com,2008:site.70747 Fri, 11 Apr 2008 15:27:04 -0800 brit comedycentral john johnoliver jonstewart oliver thedailyshow chuckdarwin http://www.metafilter.com/6284/ <a href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/in_depth/uk/2001/foot_and_mouth/default.stm">Foot-and-mouth disease marches forward</a> in Europe. In order to try to slow down the spread of the virus, UK authorities are urging cancellations of any events that bring people and/or animals together. Which means no horse racing. Which means the Brits are going insane because they have nothing to bet on. (Unlike the US, they don't consider gambling to be an evil on the level of homicide.) What to do? <A href="http://dailynews.yahoo.com/h/ap/20010308/sp/hamster_bettors_1.html">Rodents to the rescue</a>! <a href="http://www.bluesq.com/">BlueSQ.com</a> is offering live webcasts of hamster races to satiate your betting jones. <a href="http://dailynews.yahoo.com/h/p/ap/20010308/wl/britain_hamster_bettors.html">Look at 'em go</a>! In other hamster news, some dork blew &pound;3000 on <a href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/uk/newsid_1193000/1193379.stm">a 6-foot-tall fiberglass hamster</a> left over from the carnage of the Millennium Dome. tag:metafilter.com,2001:site.6284 Thu, 08 Mar 2001 23:55:03 -0800 blog brit british disease europe footandmouth hamster madcow aaron