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A day or so ago came the news that the Iraqi equivalent of the British Museum had been looted.

It's sad (and an indictment of the US military) that it happened, but I wasn't that upset - I'd bet that the bulk of the contents will turn up sooner or later. It's worth money, and the looters knew that.

But the US military also stood by when the equivalents of the British Library were burned. And the historical records there have gone forever...

Grab grab grab

Before I'd heard about the library, I was wondering this morning about what would happen if someone had just invaded / 'liberated' London and people started looting...

( Poll, no doubt somewhat tasteless to some )

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Today at work was 'let's call Ian day' for photocopier sales people.

Each one was eager to buy out our current lease... until they found out how long it has to run (it was renewed not long before I started.)

My favourite was the one who said 'no problem' when I told him, but then wanted to end the call.

"So when you said 'no problem', you meant there was a problem?"

"Umm, er... yes."

Oh, the other sales call was fun. After we went through the wonderful sales call counterscript someone - who uses Colgate - wanted to tell me they could increase traffic to our website. Wonderful.

Q1. Do you have a website?

I'm afraid I collapsed laughing - if they can't be bothered to check that before calling, just how good can they be?