UK internet bombs out...

Today large parts of the UK's internet have gone missing. Sites such as Hotmail, MSN, NatWest bank, Sky etc are unreachable.

Various sources blame the outage on DNS problems, PSINet and the BT core router at Ilford.

All I know is I've no e-mail, bleh...

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Maybe "an evil lawyer in the family" has taken action.
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Armageddon tired of those guys...  
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Its a conspiracy I tell ya! Get out your tinfoil hats!
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Looks like ya'll forgot to pay Al Gore his royalty fees.........
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All I know is I've no e-mail, bleh...


But...look on the bright side - you also have no Spam either.

There's always an 'up' side
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Its a conspiracy I tell ya! Get out your tinfoil hats!


Got mine and wearing it
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It's back on - just got a pile of mail   
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Today large parts of the UK's internet have gone missing. Sites such as Hotmail, MSN,


Same here in Oz, Fuzzy.....MSN, Hotmail, Yahoo all down/playing up. Guess that's what we get for being a former part of the British Empire.

Darned Yanks, eh!!! It began with the Boston Tea Party....now they're dissing UK.com to celebrate its anniversary.

Oh well, I can become accustomed to coffee....if I must.
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I resemble that remark


Just don't RESEMBLE it too closely now, or ye'll be labeled DARNED fer life.

another failed conspiracy


Nope, it was down long enough for the C.I.A. to infiltrate Tony Blair's online activities to see if they could dig up any dirt on him.....apparently they'd prefer Rowan Atkinson (Mr Bean) as U.K. PM.

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Yes, Mr Bean for PM. At least he's funnier than that clown we have now.

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Yes, Mr Bean for PM. At least he's funnier than that clown we have now.


Right on, Mr Bean for U.K. PM. I can see it now....GWB summons him to the White House, and he drives his Mini Minor into the Oval Office, so as not to be late.

Oh, and Frank Spencer as Minister for War in a Bean Cabinet...instead of guns n' bombs, the enemy'd keel over laughing instead.

Sadly they're no more, but the Goons, Peter Cook & Dudley Moore, Sid James & Spike Milligan could've filled the remaining Cabinet posts, with Barbara Windsor as Entertainment Minister. Couldn't do any worse than the crowd you've already got....us too, for that matter. We've got lil Johnny short britches with Abbott & Costello running things around here.
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And John Cleese is already with the Ministry for Silly Walks...
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And John Cleese is already with the Ministry for Silly Walks..


Then all you need is Dr Who as Science Minister and you've got it made.....
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And anuvver fing....if Ronald Reagan can become U.S. Presisent, then Mr Bean would make an excellent Brit PM, with Bill Oddie as Deputy PM....Graham Chapman as Home Secretary ....Screaming Lord Sutch as Minister for Culture....Reg Varney as Minister for Transport .....and 'Eddie Boothe' as MultiCultural Minister....

Oh, and let's not forget Jennifer Saunders & Joanna Lumley for joint Health Minister ...now that'd be absolutely fabulous...
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'Eddie Boothe' as MultiCultural Minister

Close - I'd prefer Alf Garnet...

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Oh, and let's not forget Jennifer Saunders & Joanna Lumley for joint Health Minister ...now that'd be absolutely fabulous...


That would be absolutely fabulous...nothing worse than unhealthy joints...especially if you roll them to small...oh wait...I think you mean something else.
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Close - I'd prefer Alf Garnet...


Perhaps they could share the position....no point in half measures, now, is there!!!

That would be absolutely fabulous...nothing worse than unhealthy joints...especially if you roll them to small...oh wait...I think you mean something else


Dunno about meaning 'something else'....Patsy & Eddie (Lumley & Saunders) have turned champagne guzzling and toking into a fine art, so perhaps they should have a special Cabinet post created to ensure Brits aren't short changed and partake only of quality joints that are neither unhealthy or too thin.


Maybe they could become Export Ministers as well....so Oz ain't missing out.
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Ere, Fuzzy, what about appointing Heather Mills-McCartney to Chief Justice of the Divorce Courts.....you'd be sure to get yer scandal's....er, money's worth out of the News of the World each Sunday then.
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...guess thats what makes it pretty rare.



Not sure I'd wanna drink coffee thats been pooped by some jungle-dwelling possum wanna-be, anyway.

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Not sure I'd wanna drink coffee thats been pooped by some jungle-dwelling possum wanna-be, anyway.


Ah, but if you keep them in captivity and feed them just cocoa, hazelnuts n' coffee beans, you can save yerself a bucketload on those expensive Nescafe` special blends....

Oh, and they're cunning little buggers so ya gotta keep yer tea bags n' Bovril under lock n' key....your Fourex too, otherwise the resulting blend is none too pleasant.

Been trying to devise a way to get piping hot coffee with an expresso attachment, but I keep finding 'em sitting in a tub of chilled water...oh well, iced coffee it is, then....