Oodles of lack of warm, bucket loads of skywater, more than
a cough of atmospheric movement and still bugger all solar stuff at the Castle
this morn, just returned from the Honda’s MOT-a nice pass with no “to do”
thingies so just the insurance in July and the road tax in September to look
forward to.
Is apparently still being abused about the Iraq war, ten years on from the start of the Iraq War, walnut
tan was asked in a candid interview
on BBC2’s Newsnight whether he minded if “people call you a
liar, some people call you a war criminal, protesters follow you.
"It’s difficult to walk down the street in a country”,
he replied: “It really doesn’t matter whether it’s taken its toll on me.
“The fact is yes there are people who will be very abusive,
by the way I do walk down the street and by the way I won an election in 2005
after Iraq. However, yes it remains extremely divisive and very difficult.”
Mr Bliar conceded that he had “long since given up trying to
persuade people it was the right decision”.
Good; because it wasn’t you warmonger....
The Ladies found the odour of sweat from men's shaved
armpits more attractive than the sharp smell of hairy armpits. The women, who
participated in the study, did not know what kind of samples they were given to
smell during the study.
The women could not tolerate the smell from unshaved
armpits. The researchers believe that the study showed the process of evolution
in action.
Under the pressure of society, women start to prefer
weakened odours of the male body or, rather, artificial smells (perfumes,
deodorants), while nature provided for a positive reaction to natural sweat
odours. Evolution left hair in armpits to attract opposite sexes to each other.
Bet the French are excited.....
It seems that Japan has faced an economic crisis tied with a
seriously declining birth rate and an increased aging population.
Economic analyst Morinaga Takuro suggested a novel and
rather unique solution to addressing the country’s problem: taxing handsome
men.
This proposition of taxing handsome men will supposedly
create a way for “homely” guys to find women, get married, and have babies.
Other than the “wealth gap,” Morinaga sees the “love gap” as
a fundamental factor of Japan’s declining birth-rate. Therefore, he concludes
that if Japan were to tax the ikemen (handsome men) and reduce the taxes
of not-so-handsome men, then maybe the country’s economy would be better in a
year’s time.
The proposed handsome-men tax would include doubling the
taxes of those unlikely chaps who qualify and reducing the taxes by 10-20% for
those who are not so handsome. As for the judging of whether someone is
handsome or not, there will be a panel of randomly selected women to decide.
Glad I don’t live in Japan, I can’t afford any more taxes…
Belted Galloway cow Hettie Moo was orphaned after her mother died while giving birth and she was
hand-reared at the Cairngorms Reindeer Centre in Aviemore.
After being spared
from the dinner table, she now wows thousands of admiring spectators every year
as she struts her stuff for Chariots of Fire.
Having only grown
up next to humans and horses, Hettie feels right at home being ridden and
attached to a carriage - conquering jumps as high as two foot.
Funny that because apparently there are loads of ‘Orses that
think they are Cows especially dahn Tesco's.
And finally:
People are paying
good money to stay in one of Holland's most feared prisons - after it was
transformed into a luxury hotel.
The 105 cells at Het Arresthuis have been converted into 40
spacious rooms, featuring modern furnishings and chic interior design, reports
the Daily Mail.
All of the rooms
are equipped with air conditioning, a flat screen TV, free WiFi, and a personal
coffee and tea machine.
The hotel also
features a sauna, fitness centre, central patio with olive trees, and an
organic herb garden.
It is voted the
best hotel in the Dutch town of Roermond and one of the best in all of Holland
by users of the Trip Advisor website.
Het Arresthuis -
which means The Judgement House - opened its doors in 1862 and quickly
established a reputation as an intimidating jail.
After being
abandoned for a number of years, the jail reopened in 2002. But in mid 2007 it
closed permanently after which construction of the hotel began.
Sounds just like one our normal nicks....
And today’s thought:
Angus
