Cold and clement at the Castle this morn, just returned from
the stale bread, gruel and his Maj’s food run dahn Tesco-usual chaos-and as I
passed the go-juice bit I see that unleaded has reached £1.40 per litre and the
oily stuff is even more expensive.
While I dusted the fire yestermorn I had a bit of a shock-as
it is that week where being nailed to several large bits of wood seems to be in
certain people’s minds I noticed that the face of him upstairs has appeared on
a bit of my coal-oh-err-holy coal hole?
Politicians with large big toes are more likely to succeed
at the ballot box, American academics from the University of Strangersbarre,
writing in the Journal of Biomechanical Politics, claimed to have established a
striking relationship between the electoral success of politicians and the
length of their largest foot phalange.
Five hundred and eighty seven politicians, mostly at
state-level politics, participated in the research. Their careers were
monitored over a period of ten years after initial measurements were taken in
1998.
"Our study has shown toe size can be a surprisingly important
factor in the career success of a politician," lead researcher Professor
Kham Elto said.
Which explains why the Piss Poor Policies Millionaires Club
Coalition all have small feet...
Over the half arsed plans for a major expansion of the
Government's powers to monitor the email exchanges and website visits of every
person in the UK.
Under
legislation expected in next month's Queen's Speech, internet companies will be
instructed to install hardware enabling GCHQ - the Government's electronic
"listening" agency - to examine "on demand" any phone call
made, text message and email sent, and website accessed, in "real
time" without a warrant.
That’s me
buggered then...
Officials in Kfar Saba, Israel, have a bone to pick with an unruly
suspect after the man bit the police dog sent into a cell to subdue him.
The man was initially detained by authorities for breaching
a restraining order issued by his spouse. After the police showed up at the
woman's home, the suspect reportedly threatened to jump out of a window and
attempted to assault an officer with a screwdriver, according to Ynetnews.com.
After the officers took the suspect to the station, he again
became unruly, which prompted them to send in the dog. While the canine cop
managed to bring down the man, the suspect still managed to chomp down on the
animal's ear.
The suspect kept biting the dog's ear until cops finally
pried his jaws away and shepherded the German Shepherd away from its attacker, according
to the Jerusalem Post.
Police said the dog suffered very minor injuries to its ear,
and has already received treatment.
Num, num...
British charity Oxfam is calling on women in the UK to donate their
unwanted bras to help females in West Africa.
British
women are hoarding nearly STG1.2 billion ($A1.85 billion) worth of unworn bras,
or nine each, according to Oxfam.
The charity's Big Bra Hunt aims to collect one million bras
during April with the support of celebrities including Dame Helen Mirren, Zoe
Ball and Miquita Oliver.
Many of the bras will be sold in Oxfam's high-street shops
across the UK to raise money for the charity's work worldwide. Others will be
sent to the charity's Frip Ethique (ethical second-hand clothing) project in
Senegal.
A poll for Oxfam found that one-third of all women who have
bras they no longer wear keep them because they forget they own them. Ten per
cent did not know charities accepted second-hand bras.
Oxfam said the complex manufacturing required to make bras
meant very few developing countries produced their own, making them one of the
most desirable items in West African second-hand clothing markets.
Hanging out in Africa?
A prehistoric
monster snake is making a quick stopover in New York City's Grand Central
Terminal.
The full-scale
replica of the Titanoboa ty-(tan-uh-BOH'-ah) was unveiled Thursday as a
promotion for an exhibition at the Smithsonian's National Museum of Natural
History in Washington, D.C.
When it roamed the
Earth, the snake was 48 feet long and weighed 2,500 pounds.
Titanoboa was
discovered in 2005 among a trove of fossils in one of the world's largest
open-pit coal mines in Colombia. It lived more than 60 million years ago when
dinosaurs no longer ruled.
The travelling
exhibit runs from March 30 through Jan. 6, 2013. A special documentary will air
on the Smithsonian Channel on April 1.
The giant reptile
heads for Washington on Friday evening.
Good job it hasn’t got any toes-it could be the next
President...
And finally:
Louis Reardon got
the shock of his life when he leapt out of bed to his son's cries of
"Polar bear!"
Mr Reardon said his
29-year-old son, Damien, woke up to the bear breaking open their dining room
door in Newfoundland, Canada overnight.
The 55-year-old
father said he fired two shots over the bear's head to frighten it.
"A polar bear
doesn't usually back down," he said.
His cousin, Daniel
Reardon, said the bear broke in doors at three other homes and killed sheep and
ducks at a nearby stable without stopping to eat them.
Royal Canadian
Mounted Police said wildlife officers shot the bear, which witnesses estimate
weighed at least 135 kilograms.
Still, it will make a nice rug in front of the fire-but don’t
forget to check out your coal...
And today’s thought:
Does my bum look big in this?
Angus
2 comments:
The suspect kept biting the dog's ear until cops finally pried his jaws away
Now that really is newsworthy.
I have bben waiting a long time for that one James:)
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