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BBC: Ex-royal valet 'sticks by claim'
An ex-royal valet who claimed he saw an incident involving Prince Charles has denied withdrawing the allegation.
So now we know that whatever it was that we were not allowed to know has been un-withdrawn.
Glad that's cleared that one up.
Well, last year I said it was a fix, but I was clearly wrong:
BBC: History made as man beats horse
A man has won the annual Man versus Horse race for the first time in its 25-year history. Crowds of spectators at Llanwrtyd Wells in mid Wales saw Huw Lobb pick up the £25,000 prize - until Saturday, one of the biggest unclaimed prizes in British athletics.
Which just goes to show that Huw can lead a horse to Llanwrtyd Wells.
Phasianus colchicus, unless I'm very much mistaken.
Email from Carolyn:
How about this one then: if you turn your right foot in circles clockwise then draw a number 6 in the air, your foot will be turning anti-clockwise.
Dammit, she's right!
Contrary to all expectations, I managed to view today's Transit of Venus. My improvised pin-hole telescope could see the sun, but didn't have enough resolution to distinguish Venus, so I resorted to a binocular image projected on to white card.
For those of you who didn't manage to see it, here is a scientifically accurate artist's impression of the momentous event. I bet you're kicking yourselves.
Reuters: Yuppies find peace in hippie hub
If you're going to Hebden Bridge, you no longer need to wear flowers in your hair. Times have changed—but although the beads and incense have gone, the spirit that has made this town a hub of alternative Britain remains.
The beads and insense have gone?! Have you been anywhere near Hebden Bridge lately? Beads and insense is all they bloody well sell (apart from psychic crystals, wind chimes and pot pourri, that is).
Welcome to Hippie Central.
The incomprehensible meets the inarticulate:
A couple of months back, Carolyn told me that, wherever she goes, she keeps seeing adult identical twins dressed in the same clothes. I told her she was imagining things.
Ever since Carolyn told me about this X-filesesque phenomenon, however, whenever she and I have met for our weekly coffee, she has pointed out adult identical twins dressed in the same clothes. They have been different identical twins each time.
I'm beginning to find it a bit freaky.
Child next to the scales in the fruit and veg. section of the Co-op:
Hey, my hand weighs five pounds!
From an email to Stense:
Hey, Stense, something's been bothering me all week. You know The Lone Ranger? Well, why's he called The Lone Ranger when he's got a sidekick, Tonto? It doesn't make sense. That's like calling me Richard 'Small Knob' Carter. By rights, our hero should be called The Accompanied Ranger.