"Mr Hawking loses the plot" meshes very nicely with "Alice's Snail" Which brings us back to doh (a deer, a female.....) Hot off the press at Reuters http://www.reuters.com/news_article.jhtml?type=sciencenews&StoryID=205528 and a "who cares ?" http://www.reuters.com/news_article.jhtml?type=sciencenews&StoryID=204961 They claim 110lbs (50kg) for a schoolkid, which sounds a bit large. Perhaps they should have put the time into finding out why they are so pudgy. Anyway, no doubt film of 1,000,000 fat kids jumping up and down will be all over the TV news today and yet another PIClist-related story http://www.reuters.com/news_article.jhtml?type=sciencenews&StoryID=205429 James, I think Reuters are monitoring the list. Please instigate a modest charge for providing copy on slow news days -- http://www.piclist.com#nomail Going offline? Don't AutoReply us! email listserv@mitvma.mit.edu with SET PICList DIGEST in the body