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Since my last firefox add-on update, my spellchecker refuses to recognise the word 'recognise' and insists that it should be spelled 'recognize'.

Ditto for 'organize', 'commercialize', and pretty much anything else that ends 'ise'.

I've double checked my spelling add-on, I've definitely got the English UK one, not the English US one. I re-installed it, juts to make sure.

Grrrr.

Favourite Films Meme

Because it's friday, everyone at work is only pretending to work because it's nearly the weekend, and I'm still ill at home and probably not well enough to go out tonight.

These are quotes from IMDB from 10 of my favourite films. Without cheating, can you guess what they are?

1 - When I was your age, television was called books.

2 - I have turned the world upside down, and I have done it all for you. I am exhausted from living up to your expectations of me. Isn't that generous?

3 - This is the '90s. You don't just go around punching people. You have to say something cool first.

4 - That's a bullshit psyche job. There is 2 to 3 men out there at the most. Fucking lizard.

5- You don't have bones of glass. You can take life's knocks. If you let this chance pass, eventually, your heart will become as dry and brittle as my skeleton. So, go get him, for Pete's sake!

6- One of these days I am really going to let you teach that guy a lesson

7- I may have been bad. I may have kept you chained up in that room but it was for your own good.

8 - In one way or another I've always suffered. I didn't know why exactly. But I do know that I'm not so scared of suffering now.

9 - Believe me, I'd prefer not to. I may be synthetic, but I'm not stupid.

10- Merci Monsieur. I hope it rains every day of your fucking visit.

comments screened, first answer gets the point! Extra bonus points for character that says it...

Cover Versions

There are few truly excellent cover versions. They're probably rarer than really good sequels.

But here are a few that I think are bordering on genius, and possibly actually better than the originals.

Elvis Costello covering Christina Aguilera's 'Beautiful'

Snake River Conspiracy covering The Cure's 'Lovesong'¹

Queen Adreena covering Dolly Parton's 'Jolene'

The Futureheads covering Kate Bush's 'Hounds of Love'

Apologies for the you tube links, but I can't give you links to MP3s for the following reasons:

a - I don't know how

b - I only own the last one linked to there

c - that's technically illegal, right?

If anyone can rectify this by sending me directions on how to legally obtain MP3s of the first 3, that'd be awesome. I've only ever heard 2 and 3 in clubs, and I only heard the Elvis Costello one about 5 minutes ago for the first time.

Do you have any favorite cover versions?² Or any contenders for the *worst* cover of all time?

[1] - SRC's cover of how soon is now is also pretty awesome
[2] - and can you link to somewhere I could listen to it?.

Favourite Films Meme

If you want to have a go before you see the answers, go here.

For the rest of you, here are ( the answers )