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Senior moment (slight return)

I had a major senior moment at work the other week. Actually, it was more than a moment really; it lasted several days.

Published 09-Aug-2008
Filed under: Nonsense Tags: ageing, senior moments

Pull the other one

Violent women 'stretching police'.

Published 09-Aug-2008
Filed under: Nonsense Tags: crime, police

The Darwinian Revolution

YouTube video.

Published 09-Aug-2008
Filed under: Nonsense Tags: beagle project, charles darwin, hms beagle, promos, videos

Bush tucker

Eat kangaroo to 'save the planet'.

Published 09-Aug-2008
Filed under: Nonsense Tags: australia

Oh, arse!

Simon Gray dies.

Published 07-Aug-2008
Filed under: Nonsense Tags: books, toasts

The engines couldnae take it, cap'n!

Scotty's ashes fail to reach final frontier.

Published 04-Aug-2008
Filed under: Nonsense Tags: science fiction, space, star trek

Yum!

Sesame Prawn Toasts recipe.

Published 03-Aug-2008
Filed under: Nonsense Tags: recipes

Incognito

Jill Dando—it could have been me, says Fiona Fullerton.

Published 03-Aug-2008
Filed under: Nonsense Tags: celebrities, newspapers

Uncongenial

Study shows the louder the music in pubs, the faster you drink.

Published 02-Aug-2008
Filed under: Nonsense Tags: music, nannyism, pubs

Oh, lordy, even local government is at it now

Salt shakers with fewer holes have been sent to fish and chip shops in an attempt to curb salt consumption.

Published 02-Aug-2008
Filed under: Nonsense Tags: nannyism

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