Getting beyond a joke

Please, for once in your sad, inadequate, gullible lives, listen, you stupid, naïve dupes—homeopathy doesn't work; homeopathy can't work because it's pseudo-scientific bullshit. These charlatans are fobbing you off with snake oil and taking your money. It won't make your kids any better. You are being irresponsible with their welfare, and if the government really… Continue reading Getting beyond a joke

Give us this gay…

BBC: Gay bishop 'catastrophic move' Evangelical and conservative Anglicans have described the appointment of a gay bishop as "catastrophic" for the Church of England. Who'd have thought it? Evangelical and conservative Anglicans bashing the bishop together. Apparently, the bishop was once a bit of a loose canon.

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Bra-dinage

Text message from Carolyn: Just noticed one of my bras hanging in an apple tree - slightly worrying! To which there could be only one reply: Are you sure it isn't a hammock? …OK, I admit it, my puerile sense of humour soon got the better of me, and I quickly fired off a second… Continue reading Bra-dinage

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Letting rip

BBC: Blair defends 'essential' shake-up Tony Blair has defended himself against Tory charges that he "ripped up the constitution in a matter of hours" in last week's controversial cabinet reshuffle. That would be the UK's famously unwritten constitution that he's ripped up.

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Das Boot

True story: Carolyn and her three children got trapped inside a WWII German U-boat last weekend (U-534, to be precise). To those of you who know Carolyn, this will come as no great surprise. Getting trapped inside a U-boat is a very Carolynish thing to do.

Pierced artist

BBC: Rembrandt victim of 'botched ear piercing' [12-Jun-03] The artist Rembrandt may have been one of the earliest victims of a bungled attempt at ear piercing, according to a British surgeon. I bet Vincent van Gogh used the same excuse.

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Freewheeling part 2

Exactly two months ago, I discovered that I could freewheel my car from my house all the way into town—a distance of just under a mile. Mile, schmile… This evening, on my way home from work, I discovered that I could freewheel my car all the way down the B6138 through Cragg Vale—that's a magnificent… Continue reading Freewheeling part 2

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Cheryl

I was sitting in a restaurant in Derbyshire with a colleague last night. I had already repositioned all the radiators and was searching for a network connection under the tablecloth, when the actress Cheryl Ladd, of 1970/80s Charlie’s Angels fame, entered the restaurant with a small entourage and sat at the table next to us.… Continue reading Cheryl

Fix

BBC: Horse defeats men in £24,000 race [07-Jun-03] Two legs have again lost out to four in one of Wales' most peculiar race events. Hundreds of spectators turned out to see 378 runners try and beat their equine opponents in the annual Man v Horse Marathon in mid Wales… No man has ever beaten the… Continue reading Fix

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