Gin and Tonic

Something to read while having it. Why do people still drink it although there are no malarial mosquitoes where it is now had (such as, by me right now in Amersham)? Well, what can we say except that history is arbitrary and it has the advantage of being in the past and hence unquestionable.

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Town twinning indeed. Amersham is twinned with Benshiem Bensheim in Germany and Krynica in Poland sez a signboard in Amersham.
People live in places, like Namakkal and Amersham. Amersham is a place named after a heap of stones. Namakkal is also a place named after a stone, but a stone is not a place. A stone is something stuck in a place because it has no legs. People have legs.
Category error knows no boundaries. Well, that's why it is called a category error, I hear you say. Wait. Lend me your eyeballs for a minute and I'll show you what I mean: A category error that crosses continents and technology boundaries.
Yours truly is travelling to his beloved country early morning today for three weeks (real early, am sleepless in amersham). Expect a short break at this blog for the next few days.

Probably because they like it -it was never that effective against malaria. I came across a very amusing site earlier which had some great advice about the effectiveness of different anti-mosquito products along with some hilarious videos http://www.avoidingbites.com
fyi there are 33 species of mosquito in the UK & around half of them are capable of carrying malaria! Cheers, Dr A Funtz