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Great Scott?

Who was the greatest, Scott or Shackleton?

Published 04-Jan-2008
Filed under: Nonsense Tags: celebrities, meaningless comparisons

I have a cast-iron alibi!

Wind turbine collapses.

Published 02-Jan-2008
Filed under: Nonsense Tags: energy, irony, windpowerstations

Overheard at a New Year's party last night

Diet fads.

Published 01-Jan-2008
Filed under: Nonsense Tags: conversations, diets, fads

In retrospect

Shelley von Strunckel's 'predictions' for 2007 checked.

Published 31-Dec-2007
Filed under: Nonsense Tags: astrology, predictions

Salt & pepper

...my beard.

Published 31-Dec-2007
Filed under: Nonsense Tags: ageing, beards, stense

Stense's nurses' uniform photos!

Seeing the old year out with a bang!

Published 31-Dec-2007
Filed under: Nonsense Tags: nurses, stense

They tried to make me go to detox. I said, 'No, no, no!'

Food Standards Agency's chief scientist urges consumers to ditch detox diets.

Published 30-Dec-2007
Filed under: Nonsense Tags: diets, fads, pseudoscience

Administrative note about Gruts comments

I'm changing the commenting system for this site.

Published 30-Dec-2007
Filed under: Nonsense Tags: admin, gruts

Yorkshire Life

Conversation with Jen this morning.

Published 30-Dec-2007
Filed under: Nonsense Tags: conversations, jen

Local news

New plaque tells truth of Peterloo killings 188 years on.

Published 28-Dec-2007
Filed under: Nonsense Tags: history, media, newspapers

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