[Brilliant]

Looks like the end of the world is at hand.

[MikefromOhio]

Temperatures in London reached 90 Saturday, and forecasters called it England's hottest day in May since 1953.

OUCH!! I bet the Brits were melting!!!

[yarddog]

Wasn't big ben chiming in error used as a signal in one of the early James Bond movies?

[tiredoflaundry]

[Brofholdonow]

I'm sorry. I thought this was a thread about the great thespian and political philosopher Ben Afflecked.

[Benrand]

I don't care, as long as he can get the ball to Hines and El, with a good running attack, the Steelers should do well.

[righttackle44]

"Looks like the end of the world is at hand."

But now it should be delayed for a little over 90 minutes.

[isthisnickcool]

The changed the clocks operating system to Windows XP and someone set it to automatically update when there are new patches. It will be fine once Microsoft send them the next upgrade, or maybe the next on, or the next one, or the.....

[Normal4me]

They try winding it?

[hershey]

Mice?

[Capriole]

I've always thought it was hysterical that the British declare a heat wave and drought if the temperature goes above 60. I can still be shivering in sweaters while they are complaining about "this terrible heat."

And their weather forecasting is just as sidesplitting. There is always a lot of handwaving on the part of the weather forecaster, but it comes down to the same thing every day: some sun, some rain, spots of hail, heavy frost, balmy, windy, ice storms, a few tsunamis, a bit of hurricane, drought, broken cloud, glaciers, the Black Death, and searing heat. And that's just in the morning. Afternoon weather will be more changeable.

[newzjunkey]

Baffled Engineers? Where are they from, NASA?

[djf]

Are those crouton egghead scientists playing with that stop-light thingy again?

[Observer of Life]

I believe the bell is Big Ben, the clock is just a clock.

[watchin]

No doubt terrorists have just integrated it into their latest timebomb.

[Conservative Infidel]

It's Bush's fault!!

[rustbucket]

Did Hillary walk by?

[infocats]

Big Ben, the landmark London clock renowned for its accuracy and chimes, stopped ticking for 90 minutes, an engineer said Saturday.

Oh oh...looks like Y2K finally hit London ;-)

[muawiyah]

The key, man, give him the key!

[Babu]

English Dudes! -- Just take Old Ben down to the Mall and have the Watch bloke put a new batt in it and you're good to go!

What would you English do without us Americans?

[Dr.Zoidberg]

The England that witnessed the creation of Big Ben is no more.

Perhaps he was observing a moment of silence in respect for the passing of a once great nation.