LavaMcLampson
LavaMcLampson t1_iyf1v3k wrote
Reply to comment by 008Zulu in Revealed: more than 70% of English water industry is in foreign ownership by greatdevonhope
Ofwat tells the water companies what to do and how much they can charge bill payers. Of course a lot of people don’t like the way they do that but if the government wanted to change their mandate they could do that very easily.
LavaMcLampson t1_ixyi4b4 wrote
Reply to comment by No_Pen9448 in TIL for the Untouchables Brian De Palma casted Bob Hoskins in case De Niro could not appear. De Palma mailed Hoskins a check for his contracted fee of $200,000 with a "Thank You" note, which prompted Hoskins to call up De Palma and ask him if there were any more films he didn't want him to be in. by KongoOtto
Unless you’re the producer it’s not your money so why would you care?
LavaMcLampson t1_ixuystb wrote
Reply to comment by thefirstgarbanzo in Tasmanian flower farmer ‘shocked’ to learn she planted opium poppies by mistake by AsslessBaboon
All poppies produce opium. Obviously some have been selectively bred to maximise yield but you can absolutely extract opium from any poppy with nothing more than hot water.
LavaMcLampson t1_ixot6hm wrote
Reply to comment by FederalSlutInspector in UK study suggests single dose of monkeypox vaccine is 78% effective by tonymmorley
It wasn’t that rare in the sub population of gay men in London for a period of several months which is the group they vaccinated.
LavaMcLampson t1_ivc0u3u wrote
Reply to comment by MabezJK in TIL that most non-human primate infants actively use their hands to help themselves out of the birth canal. Human infants do not, but their grip strength is much higher during the hours immediately after they are born. by afeeney
Coming out like the door droid on Jabba’s palace door.
LavaMcLampson t1_iv531fj wrote
Reply to comment by Miami_Beach_Man in Ugandan women drugs and robs men who suck her laced nipples. by insideoutcognito
Forwards from my uncle.
LavaMcLampson t1_iyuwepp wrote
Reply to Just finished Things Fall Apart (Chinua Achebe) and I LOVED it by SublimeLime1
Man of the People is also very good.