Hey!

Tigerhawk linked to me-- Christmas has come early in Ithilien!

Moving on, you remember those end of the world posts? Well, it could be worse.

I could live in Britain, where enforcers from debt collection agencies have been given the go ahead to break into people's homes, pin the homeowners down, and ransack the home for belongings to appropriate to pay down the debt.

Don't worry though. They say they'll regulate it. Besides, these new powers "will not be used to search debtors’ pockets or to remove jewellery." So if you're into carrying everything of value on your person, you might be safe from these people, who, despite the word "bailiff", are not police.

Of course, Britons may wish to give their pockets snap and velcro closures, as things could fall out when the enforcers breaks into their home and tackles them. And they might want to ask national icon Doctor Who just who he gets his jackets from, as the pockets are bigger on the inside than they are on the outside.