Quiz - Wed 23rd Sept 09

angieh · 23-09-2009, 09:27 PM

Pip has just crept in underneath my chair and bitten my ankle - little S*D!

yola · 23-09-2009, 09:28 PM

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Originally Posted by calismum

No -

It is a circlar prison with a hollow core in which the guard sits. From there the guard can see all the prisoners by turning in a circle.

That is very bizarre. A circular prison?? That's got to be some kind of wierd and slightly warped, Victorian invention

dandysmom · 23-09-2009, 09:29 PM

Kittens! Has little needle sharp teeth, doesn't he?

yola · 23-09-2009, 09:29 PM

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Originally Posted by angieh

Pip has just crept in underneath my chair and bitten my ankle - little S*D!

LOL!!! My Fifi used to do that to visitors when she was not much more than a kitten. She'd then roll over and lie down and look beseechingly at them so no-one ever got angry with her!

angieh · 23-09-2009, 09:29 PM

........ and the guards all get sea sick!

angieh · 23-09-2009, 09:31 PM

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Originally Posted by dandysmom

Kittens! Has little needle sharp teeth, doesn't he?

Yes he does! But he's not done that before! Sometimes I think he gets a bit jealous when he's not being the centre of attention.

dandysmom · 23-09-2009, 09:32 PM

It's very hard to ignore the kitten ....

calismum · 23-09-2009, 09:32 PM

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Originally Posted by yola

That is very bizarre. A circular prison?? That's got to be some kind of wierd and slightly warped, Victorian invention

The Panopticon is a type of prison building designed by English philosopher and social theorist Jeremy Bentham in 1785. The concept of the design is to allow an observer to observe (-opticon) all (pan-) prisoners without the prisoners being able to tell whether they are being watched, thereby conveying what one architect has called the "sentiment of an invisible omniscience."[1]

Bentham himself described the Panopticon as "a new mode of obtaining power of mind over mind, in a quantity hitherto without example."[2]

yola · 23-09-2009, 09:33 PM

I'm afraid a pain killer and bed beckons ladies . . . bowing out and heading northwards!

Thanks for a fun quiz with some really though-provoking questions

angieh · 23-09-2009, 09:34 PM

...... yes, so I picked him up and cradled him in my arms and tickled his tummy and he looked so sweet that I forgave him straight away. He does play bite, but nothing serious and always stops if I say ouch or no. He's a good boy generally squeaking ..................

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