D Wednesday, October 28, 2009 METRO 17 We brake for roos: A hybrid car streaks along the Stuart Highway en route to Adelaide, South Australia, the venue of the Global Green Challenge. The 3,000km challenge is one of the worlds toughest endurance races for hybrid and solar cars and aims to highlight advances in hybrid, electric and low-emission vehicles, as well as those propelled by the sun Picture: EPA The Big Picture Bible vs dinosaurs Tony Blair: A war criminal? Tom, the word dinosaur wasnt coined until 1841, however, Tanniyn or Behemoth occurs around 30 times in the Bible, and could be translated as dragon, serpent, sea monster, dinosaur, great creature, beast or reptile. Many Christian scientists suggest that Job the oldest book in the Bible is describing a dinosaur which eats grass like an ox, moves its tail like a cedar, and whose bones are like beams of bronze. Sceptics suggest this is an elephant or hippo, however, neither has a tail like a cedar. Many other references in the Bible may be describing dinosaurs. Interestingly, this means people actually saw and wrote about them! The Bible, if interpreted literally, suggests the Earth is only a few thousand years old, so why do experts find fossils millions of years old? The answer Christian scientists provide is that they were quickly formed as a result of rapidly- rising water during the Great Flood. Dont ask me to prove it, I wasnt there. But nor were the experts. Recessionosaurus I too am lit up like a Christmas tree with my high visibility jacket and back and front flashing lights as I merrily cycle to work. Lights Engineer, maybe you are the person I pass a couple of times a week on my bike only to see you breeze past me at the stop sign, pedestrian crossing and traffic lights. I wonder how you would react if you get knocked off your bike by someone doing the same thing? Would you bleat like a lamb and look for sympathy from the cycling public? You will be bleating a long time before you get any from me. Cop on, if you live in Ireland, abide by its laws! Kiwi G Dublins best-read letters page Metro Mail E-mail letters to mail@metroireland.ie with a name. Or text us. Text MAIL followed by comment and name to 53131. *Texts cost 30cent per message + standard network charges. SP. Oxygen8 Communications, Hospitality House, Cumberland Street South, D2. Customer service number 0818286606 talk to us Dodgems: Frustrated Aulwan, some of us dodging the barriers have the annual commuter ticket which only works in the ticket machine for about three weeks before it becomes unreadable were not all fare dodgers! And by the way, Im still waiting on someone to offer me a seat Im 31weeks pregnant now. Manners are a thing of the past! Clare B Rush and hurry: Frustrated Aulwan, I have an annual rail ticket but I sprint through the open barriers because it saves time. If we all queued patiently, wed be waiting for about ten minutes to get through! Places 2b Same again: To all the aul fellas in rural areas worried that their few pints will be ruined with this new lower drink-drive limit, have no fear! There is probably more chance of running into Elvis Presley than the garda on those rural back-roads. So never mind Arthur, raise a glass to Fianna Fil and those Garda overtime cut- backs! Same again, boss! AR Booty calls: So booty calls rely on text messaging? From the department of the obvious, eh? What else would we do, phallic smoke signals? Bless em! OT In Brief Radovan Karadzic is implicated in the massacre of more than 8,000 Bosnian Muslim men in Srebrenica and in the siege of Sarajevo in which an estimated 10,000 civilians died. As a result, hes standing trial before an International Criminal Tribunal in the Hague on 11 charges including genocide, war crimes and crimes against humanity. Just over the water, former prime minister Tony Blair is responsible for taking the UK into a war with Iraq. More than 1million Iraqi civilians have died as a result of that war and the subsequent occupation. Mr Blair also took the UK into a war with Afghanistan. However, the number of Afghan civilians killed since the invasion in 2001 has not yet been totalled. But Mr Blair is not standing trial before an International Criminal Tribunal in The Hague. Instead, fresh from his role as a peace envoy in the Middle East, Mr Blair is now being talked of as a serious candidate for the presidency of the European Union. What does that say about western justice? Sasha S Sendusyour txt I was so disgusted to see the X Factor claiming their guests Westlife were the UKs most successful band they are IRISH! L, Dublin Why arent dinosaurs in the Bible? Because the word was only coined in the 1800s, you muppet. Am I wrong to expect a bit more intelligence from my fellow atheists? Ralph P The reason dinosaurs are not mentioned in the Bible is that there was no room on Noahs Ark! SP Dancing Queen, dont you just love a good busker? Especially Firey Fagan on Grafton Street! Gwen I was bitten by a spider two days ago. Does anyone know how long before transformation takes place? Carlos Saw a dairy Co-op truck with the slogan: You can whip our cream, but you cant beat our milk. Ciaran, Dublin Saw a van belonging to a pet grooming service called Doggie Style... Iridium txt MAIL to 53131* index.html2.html3.html4.html5.html6.html7.html8.html9.html10.html11.html12.html13.html14.html15.html16.html17.html18.html19.html20.html21.html22.html23.html