Cold, damp and a smidge dismal at the Castle this morn,
things are springing up in the garden that shouldn’t be there until...well
spring, and I have purchased a couple of vandalism tools-an axe and a three foot
bow saw which will come in very useful when I do a bit of “pruning”.
The new android phone is not bad, gets the internet OK,
works well on hands free, has loads of “apps”-you tube, Google etc, and even
makes phone calls...
And Blogger is behaving itself today.
This time the “presenters” have managed to piss orf the
whole of India.
During the 90 minute programme, Numpty Clarkson, one of the
BBC’s highest paid stars, was filmed speaking to locals while operating a
trouser press in his boxer shorts and with a Jaguar with a lavatory fixed to
the boot.
The programme makers also put banners on trains reading:
“British IT is good for your company”. Another said: “Eat English muffins”. The
messages became obscene when the carriages parted, ripping the signs-“shIT is
good for your company, and “eat English muff”.
21 July 2011
Letter from Chris Hale, producer, Top Gear to Indian High
Commission, London
“Jeremy Clarkson, Richard Hammond and James May will travel
across India in three cars filming a light hearted road trip focusing on the
journey and the inevitable idiosynacies of the cars they will drive, as well as
the country and scenary we see along the way.
“There will be spontaneous interaction between the
presenters and their environment, and potentially people they meet along the
way. This will be in an incidental manner, not interviews.
“Key ingredients of what we film will be beautiful scenery,
busy city scenes, local charm and colour within these locations, areas to
illustrate the local car culture that exists in India.”
6 January 2012
Letter from Indian High Commission, London to Chris Hale,
producer, Top Gear
cc Mark Thompson, director general, BBC
“The programme was replete with cheap jibes, tasteless
humour and lacked cultural sensitivity. This is not clearly what we expect of
the BBC. I write this to convey our deep disappointment over the documentary
for its content and the tone of the presentation.
“You are clearly in breach of the agreement that you had
entered into, completely negating our constructive and proactive facilitation.
We strongly protest and expect the BBC to make amends, especially to assuage
the hurt sentiments of a large number of people.”
No sense of humour these sub-continentals...
And:
Son of a B....aronet (and alien reptile in disguise) George (my dad’s richer than your dad) Osborne reckons that Britain may need to pour billions of pounds into the International Monetary Fund to give it the resources to deal with more financial crises.
The “chancellor” told MPs, in an appearance before the Treasury select committee, that Britain would be willing to make a contribution if there was a "well-argued case put forward". But he stressed that any extra funds must be used for general purposes, and not to bail out troubled eurozone countries directly – and reminded MPs that he might have to go parliament for approval for any sizable contribution.
"If it is a good case then ourselves and other countries like Japan, like Australia, will look at that, I am sure, favourably,"
Go and get a proper job Osborne.
Cait Reilly, who has been looking for work since leaving
Birmingham University, was volunteering at a museum until she was ordered to
take a work placement at a Poundland store in the city.
The geology graduate spent two weeks stacking shelves and
sweeping floors after being told she could lose her benefits if she did not
accept the ‘mandatory’ post. She is now asking the High Court to quash
regulations that her lawyers claim were created by the government ‘without
parliamentary authority’ and ‘forces people into futile, unpaid labour for
weeks or months at a time’.
The 22-year-old, who was not offered an interview
following her placement, told her Jobcentre Plus adviser of her previous retail
experience and that she did not want to give up volunteering at the Birmingham
Museum and Art Gallery.
The Department for Work and Pensions said: ‘Our priority
is to help people off benefits and into work. It is simply absurd to suggest
that we should not be providing this support and effectively leaving people at
home doing nothing.’
Poundland was unavailable for comment last night but said
earlier: ‘Our partnership with JobCentre Plus is a positive step to get people
back into work.’
Yeah right; especiallyif they don't have to pay them...
Dog walkers
discovered the mutilated carcass of a roe deer on National Trust land near Stroud last week.
The injuries to the
neck of the deer and the way the carcass had been consumed are believed to be
highly indicative of big cat activity.
Experts have taken
DNA samples from the remains of the deer to see whether a big cat, such as a
puma or panther, could have killed it.
Local big cat
expert Rick Minter, who has visited the site of the discovery at Woodchester
Park, said: "It is very helpful
to have this forensic study of the deer carcass.
According to Mr Minter "In the event of a close-up
encounter, you should stay calm and face towards the animal as you back off,
but not threaten or aggravate it.
"The chances are it will have backed off very
quickly first."
I do like an optimist....
Some people say they've seen the likeness of the Virgin Mary
in a stainless steel wall at a Tampa restaurant coincidentally named Hamburger
Mary's,
Streaks on the shiny wall near the kitchen bore an uncanny
resemblance to the Madonna, according to two women eating lunch in a nearby
booth, The Tampa Tribune says.
The holy vision was so powerful that one woman wept,
according to a manager who talked to The Tribune. Both ladies took
pictures to savour the moment.
It hasn't exactly become a pilgrimage site like Lourdes, but
word has spread in recent days and customers have been eager to see the wall,
according to The Tribune.
Some might be surprised that the so-called Mother of God
appeared at a diner known for gay karaoke nights and drag-queen shows, but hey,
the Lord works in mysterious ways.
No shit.....
A street artist, who creates amazing landscape pictures in
just three minutes despite using nothing but his fingers, has become an online
hit.
Fabian Gaete Maureira, from Chile, paints 'fingerscape'
images containing mountains, waterfalls, trees and sunsets without picking up a
paint brush.
Instead he simply dips his fingers in paint and then applies it directly to sheets of glass rather than canvas.
Preston James Phipps was detained by a police officer after
he hit the cop with a stuffed monkey.
Police officer Andrew Pirtle was struck by the stuffed
animal toy after trying to arrest 24-year-old Mr Phipps, a resident of Des
Moines in Iowa, who was seen by Pirtle after robbing a corner store.
Officer Pirtle had reported seeing Mr Phipps walking out of
the store carrying two stuffed animals, but thought nothing of it. It wasn't
until he was later informed about a robbery involving the toys that he reacted.
Pirtle approached Mr Phipps questioning him about his recent
whereabouts on the Saturday night when the incident took place. It was at this
point when the 24-year-old became aggressive towards the officer giving him a
right hook... with the stuffed monkey he was holding.
Police reports revealed that Mr Phipps had entered the
Git-N-Go convenience store robbing it of not only the two fluffy toys, but also
a pair of sunglasses and double packs of smokeless tobacco.
He was charged with fifth-degree theft, disorderly conduct
and assault on a police officer.
The monkey was unharmed....
That’s it: I’m orf to wind up the
Doomsday clock.
And today’s thought:
Angus
2 comments:
Oh to live on the sub-continent.
warm,cheap and interesting-I'm orf to heathrow...
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