“Suppose six castaways are stranded on a deserted island, five Asians and one American. Further, suppose that the castaways decide to divide the work load among them in the following manner: (for the purpose of simplicity, the only desire the castaways work to satisfy is hunger) one Asian is put in charge of hunting, another […]
No fun
Someone needs a sense of humour transplant. Voice of the Tube is fired for spoof announcements The woman who warns more than a billion London commuters a year to “mind the gap” has been sacked by Tube bosses after posting a series of spoof announcements on her website. They are here. The fridge magnet game […]
This really bugs me.
WALES’ sheep industry could be “decimated” within two years unless supermarkets increase payments to producers, an industry leader warns today. Rees Roberts, who chairs red meat promotion body Hybu Cig Cymru, said the industry was in “crisis” and could be reduced to half its present size, threatening rural life across Wales. IC Wales Now, when […]
What rights?
“A woman who became pregnant after a one-night stand has been given the right to keep the birth a secret from the father. The Court of Appeal ruling came after a county court ordered the 20-year-old to tell both her parents and the father. She said she wanted the baby girl, who is now 19 […]
Extreme Circumstances
This is not about money, this is about doing the right thing for the people of Hull, which is why Yorkshire Water will not be paying out compensation. Flood victims in Hull who suffered days of dirty water and sewage in their homes will not get compensation from Yorkshire Water. The company was heavily criticised […]
Now there’s a thought
Swedish model of ‘free schools’ “the Lundquists decided on a route currently not available to most British parents – they actually set up a brand new state school themselves with other local parents and helped run it just how they liked.” Raising the bar, closing the gap David Cameron today promised 220,000 extra school places […]
St Edmunds Day
Have a great day today, celebrating the feast day of England’s patron saint, St Edmund The Martyr
Holy Rat Race
…. Batman! In a move of unusual intelligence, the BBC has started airing the original 1960s series of Batman. In a move of unusual stupidity, they have put it on in the middle of the night on BBC3. So we nearly missed them entirely. Anyway, the smalls have just been watching “True Or False Face” […]
Rubbish Christmas 2007
Yes it’s that time of year, again, already. Noobs may want to find out what I am on about by reading this informative collection of posts from RC2006 Once again we are offering runners up prizes of special “Buy Anything In The Store” tokens for Poundland. The Grand Prize has yet to be chosen. I […]
Blair has said sorry to African slaves. Now Italy must apologise to Britain
“Look at Britain today and you see a blighted land, its atomised culture diluted by outside influences, its people resentful and divided. But who would blame a whipped dog for howling? The fact is, these islands are suffering from a collective trauma, harboured for two millennia. … … … And to add insult to injury, […]