Category Archives: Random

I saw this when I parked at the surgery to pick up a prescription today. I can’t deny that I laughed out loud. If it wasn’t the owner of the vehicle who did it, I wonder how long it will … Continue reading →

This plan for mental health centres is, I think, commendable. What surprises me however is that they can still find enough open banks and libraries to make it work.

Interview with a West Bank Jew What the interviewee wants isn’t anything to do with punishment. It’s out and out genocide. Probably based on a hideously distorted view of his religion that tells him his views are right and anyone … Continue reading →

This is a bit of an odd one. I like the humour of the temporary name and I can see that it’s a benefit to the park in terms of bringing in cash and I don’t see that this specific … Continue reading →

But this piece made me laugh for totally unrelated reasons. Readers of Viz will have a little chuckle to themselves about the “outing” of Farmer Palmer, I’m sure 😀 Farmer Palmer Get orf moi laaaand!

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 →