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It can't be a coincidence that Spinal Tap is having their One Night Only "World" Tour at Wembley Stadium on June 30. Hmmm... though it looks like they've added a second date now.

Maybe this is rubble from their last performance at Stonehenge?

This list is based in part on "Large Solar Flares Since 1976" compiled by IPS Radio & Space Services.

Ranking Day/Month/Year X-Ray Class

1 02/04/01 X20.0
1 16/08/89 X20.0
2 28/10/03 X17.2
3 06/03/89 X15.0
3 11/07/78 X15.0
4 15/04/01 X14.4
5 24/04/84 X13.0
5 19/10/89 X13.0
etc.. etc..
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I would have suggested classifications go to 11, but clearly they go much higher...

yeah: <insert cool ASCII logo blocked by lameness filter here>, yeah.

ABBA Reforms

1) Linus Torvalds is one hunky piece of gourmet man-candy.
2) Richard M Stallman cannot say "GNU/Linux World" three times fast.
3) This year will feature the first shooting spree in Linux World history.
4) As a result, next year's Linux World will be devoted to the memory of Bill Claybrook of the Aberdeen Group, gunned down while interposing his body between the shooter and the visiting school children from Greater Houlton Christian Academy.
5) This will cause all Linux users to be branded as terrorists, even though the shooter is a disgruntled BSD user, because the authorities don't even know the difference.
6) When MS memos surface planning a publicity stunt / shooting spree at one of their own trade shows, no one will even care.
7) MS has secretly rented a theatre to showcase their line of Linux apps, including a Windows/GUI that runs on top of the Linux kernel.
8) No such products exist. Those entering the theatre will be brainwashed.
9) The Society of Women Engineers is sponsoring a special recruitment event for high school aged future women engineers in my hotel room; any woman aged 15-19 with an interest in pursuing a four year degree in engineering or the applied sciences is welcome to attend. Dress should be informal and not too complicated as I intend to be blasted.
10) Despite the best efforts of the conference organizers, funding was unavailable to spike the drinking water in the hotel with acid. Your generous donations could help make next year's Linux World that much more surreal.
11) Spinal Tap will play a free concert in front of the Expo on the last day. Yes, the volume will be turned all the way up to 11.

A little history into this young lad's lineage shows that his family has a history of making such breakthrough discoveries. His father, in fact, designed amplifiers for famed rock group Spinal Tap.

Sadly, his father was meeting with the third drummer of Spinal Tap one afternoon and was trampled by a herd of wild elephants before he ever got a chance to patent his auditory inventions.

-- Stealth Dave

Frighteningly apropos: "...These go to eleven."

And I think Pizza Hut should change their sizes to large, extra-large, and GALACTUS, DEVOURER OF WORLDS.

You need to check out Tapster, Spinal Tap's music distribution site. Nigel said that the real problem with Napster is "too many songs", so it originally had just one song, though now there're a few more Spinal Tap songs, posted by David, Nigel, Lars, and others.

To clarify your comment:
"I think the one where Michael Milkin guest starred, where Mulder and His character switched bodies would also qualify as this type of episode."
Michael Milkin was a Wall Street junk bond trader who did time...
The person you are referring to is Michael McKean, who has been involved in everything from Laverne and Shirley to Spinal Tap to Saturday Night Live.
Mmmm...Goooogle...and HTML posting... Yummy...

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Bill McNeal (Phil Hartman)