Nonsense

It's official: spring is finally here - I've just found my first slug of the year in the garden. Time to dust off the old slug-slinger.

BBC: Britain Mourns Queen Mother That's as maybe, but it's her corgis I feel sorry for.

Following on from my letter to Estelle Morris, I have written a Letter to the Bishop of Oxford to congratulate him on his recent anti-creationist broadcast. [No, I'm not sure what my letter is trying to say either.]

I've just sent a letter to Estelle Morris, Secretary of State for Education and Skills,about a piece in yesterday's Guardian newspaper, which reported how science teaching at a school in Gateshead is being undermined by Christian fundamentalists.

Anne Robinson: In mathematics, how is one-half expressed as a decimal? Female contestant: Can you repeat the question please? Anne Robinson: In mathematics, how is one-half expressed as a decimal? Female contestant: A quarter? Later in the same round: Anne Robinson: The rock group The Manic Street Preachers come from which country in the United… Continue reading BBC: The Weakest Link Village (Idiots) Special

BBC: Italian statue 'weeps blood' Now there is a surprise: a statue of Padre Pio has reputedly started doing something truly miraculous; that's one more step on the path to sainthood for Padre Pio, then. I had never heard of Padre Pio until I went for a holiday to Sardinia in 1998, when the TV… Continue reading Padre Pio

Anne Robinson: "Which W is the capital of Poland?" Unrecognised US Celebrity: "Worcestershire."

BBC: First pet clone is a cat As if we didn't have enough of the evil, obnoxious creatures already; now they're cloning the bastards! (I'm not a cat person.)