Category Archives: Random

Coverage of a car crash on Merseyside. The odd thing for me though is that the piece reads as if the car was in control. There’s no mention of a driver losing control or anything like that. “The car” left … Continue reading →

This just seems completely mental. How can ten people have a brawl on an aeroplane? I imagine it was over something totally inconsequential too, never mind the inconvenience they caused to everyone else on the aircraft. Rather than turning back … Continue reading →

BBC News story. Honestly I don’t know if the average Japanese is more or less hairy than those of us in western Europe, but really? If the complainers can’t cope with this, where does it stop? Hair on arms? Fingers? … Continue reading →

From BBC News an alien language specialist was hired to help her translate it Alien language specialist? That’s a thing? Really? I guess at least we’ll know who to go to when we meet aliens for the first time.

Sad to hear about Kevin Keegan’s death. He was possibly the first “celebrity” sportsman that I was aware of, perhaps alongside James Hunt and Mark Spitz. When searching online to remind myself of things lost in the depths of my … Continue reading →

The apparent suspect in Ann Widdicombe’s murder would appear to have managed to drive from Rochdale to just outside Newton Abbot in four and a half hours if the timings released to the public are to be believed. That’s an … Continue reading →

Are they going to start charging for windows, now?

Full article But it’s one specific paragraph that caught my attention: A recent assessment, by the charity Action Aid in Ituri suggested about a third of respondents did not believe Ebola was a real disease, instead viewing it as a … Continue reading →