We’ve been a bit busy in the pub cellar sorting out all the beer barrels so please talk amongst yourselves for a while. Normal service will be resumed soon. Talk about
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Angry Bird
No, not the game, the constellation or more specifically the nebula Lambda Centauri, also known as the “Running Chicken Nebula” or it could be the Angry Bird.
NASA has just released some new pictures of the nebula
Continue reading →Contrary Daily Mail readers
Being a man (well a sad lad), I couldn’t help but click on a Daily Mail article which was highlighted by a photo of four naked women. The Daily Mail know this is what men do
Continue reading →Turkeys voting for Christmas
In Leeds councillors have recently rejected a vote to stop paying union “Pilgrims” over £400,000 a year. Interestingly just about all the councillors who voted to reject the motion were Labour and all were union members.
Continue reading →Racial rioting
Race was a major factor in the London riots. Not because they were Black or even White. But because they were not Asian. In many countries where both Blacks and Whites live where these
Continue reading →Fear of Raccoons
Who’s scared of the Raccoon?
Many people have phobias. The phobia about the number 13 is Triskaidekaphobia whilst Friday the 13 is Paraskevidekatriaphobia. In Asian countries it isn’t 13 that’s an unlucky number but 4 and it
Continue reading →Ten Reasons against the Death Penalty
1 Timothy Evans – Executed on 9/3/1950 for killing his daughter at 10 Rillington Place. His neighbour John Reginald Halliday Christie was executed on 15/7/1953 for the crime after being found to be a
Continue reading →Taxi!
Via a relative in London comes some news that in itself is not earth shattering and won’t reach any dead tree press. It’s only a minor change in regulations related to
Continue reading →The Tail Wagging The Dog – Guest Post
If the energy expended on working out whether England subsidises Scotland or whether all North Sea oil is in Scottish territorial waters could be connected up to the National Grid, then the
Continue reading →I won the EuroMillions!
I won the Euro Millions too!
No, I’m not buying all 5 thousand readers of this blog a drink. Nor am I going to splurge it on a holiday, a mansion, or a fast car. And I definitely will
Continue reading →Stony Stratford – The Final Ban
Many of you will have already heard about Stony Stratford and it’s recent claim to infamy by a local councillor. No, it’s not a cock and bull story. For those of you who haven’t here is
Continue reading →Running a company on socially progressive lines
What would happen to a company if it was run the same way a state is run on social progressive lines? A progressive state where equality actually leads to greater inequality; where fairness leads to unfairness; where justice
Continue reading →I know your password
Odds are that I can guess your PIN in ten attempts.
It will be one of the following
- “1234” – I can’t be bothered to think about my password
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Open Thread!
Matt and I are very busy with real life issues. I personally am working 12 hour days to a tight deadline so cannot put in much into writing articles to keep you lot occupied. So please talk amongst yourselves.
Say anything,
Continue reading →Snow Globes
Risky Business
You see headlines like “Bacon increases your risk of cancer by 20%”, “One extra unit of alcohol a day increases a woman’s risk of breast cancer by 12%” and “Two units a day reduces the risk of heart disease by
Continue reading →Census 2011 – Hacked? Nope!
Another Census 2011 post to complement my previous post (one of the top read posts on AR). It seems from certain sections of the media that the census results have been hacked.
They are
Continue reading →Juan Sheet
Juan replaces Brenda and Audrey as icons for the kitchen towel product Plenty, which was called Bounty.
Does the company know what they are doing with changing the name of the product and
Continue reading →2 Cows
- Socialism: You have 2 cows. You give one to your neighbour.
- Communism: You have 2 cows. The state takes both and gives you some milk.
- Fascism: You have 2 cows. The state takes both Continue reading →
Schadenfreude
Normally when you see someone doing something naughty you always think “if only there was a policeman here” who would then nab the naughty person and give them a good talking to.
Well I hate
Continue reading →Why I shop at Tesco
It’s the in thing to hate Tesco. You’re cool if you reject Tesco and it’s plans to take over the world. The proponents of the anti-Tesco campaign have many
Continue reading →Red Tape Challenge
The government is asking for your help in cutting bureaucracy. It is admitting that it doesn’t know how to cut the red tape but at least it’s acknowledging that it could do with cutting. At least
Continue reading →Reading between the lines
Orville Smith, a store manager for Best Buy in Augusta, Georgia, told police he observed a male customer, later identified as Tyrone Jackson of Augusta, on surveillance cameras putting a laptop computer under his jacket.
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Takeway nappies
Nappies. Do you use reusable or disposable?
Everyone has a view as to which one to use. Both methods have their advantages and disadvantages.
Reusable – Con: messy, separate washing Pro: reused,
Continue reading →Different levels of crime
So Ken Clarke made a boo boo the other day and got his words in a twist and didn’t say exactly what he meant to say about the crime of rape.
Continue reading →Will the nanny state kill democracy?
Democracy is built on the idea that the people are intelligent enough to make their own decision about who they want to represent them.
The nanny state is based on the idea that
Continue reading →Unruly Head Teachers
Normally when you hear about someone being suspended from a school you can probably safely predicate that it is one of the pupil or a teacher. You don’t expect to hear of a head teacher
Continue reading →Suspicious package
Police had to call in the bomb squad yesterday morning. A potential bomb had been spotted and so it was their duty to ensure that the public
Continue reading →Greenpeace is not a charity
Over in New Zealand it’s been decided, at High Court level no less, that Greenpeace is not a charity. They do too much lobbying and their political activity is not in keeping with a charity.
Continue reading →Useful travel information
Going on holiday this year? The following might be useful to you.
In the case of any problems when travelling is not uncommon for people to give family or friends details of their flight numbers and
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