In the UK while mayhem reigns on the streets those guardians of law and order have slapped a $150 fine on a pensioner because someone knocked a cigarette out of his hand! The ‘someone’ who knocked the cigarette out of the hand of Lazaris Michael (76) was a policeman who tackling a shoplifter. Before Mr Michael … More And in the UK?
Over here in Australia the law has decided that the characters drawn in the Simpsons cartoons are the equivalent of real people. Someone who was found to have accessed and downloaded drawing showing the chacters engaged in various sexual acts was fined $3000. He appealed and the appeal was denied. I’ll accept quite happily that … More Political Correctness gone mad.
New site set up for anyone interested. Not sure if anyone will ever visit it or comment… but it’s there just in case as much as a reminder that despite the doom and gloom pervading the worlds media, people *do* still care about each other! It’s called “The Magic of Strictly” and it’s purpose will … More The Magic of Strictly…
There’s so much that could be said but through my brother, my father has requested not. Cryptic or not, so long as some of us know what I’m on about that’ll do. Just wanted to say thanks… and well done… to my brother. I’ve been feeling the tears welling up for the past hour or so … More So much could be said…
Hot on the heels of the unprecedented arrest of a Damian Green, a Member of Parliament, and the police raid on his Parliamentary office comes news of the imminent arrival of ID’s for every person on UK soil and a threat of *arrest* if ID is *not* presented on demand by the police!! This move not … More For United Kingdom read 'Police State'.
That ancient astronomer Sir Alfred Patrick Caldwell-Moore, aka just Patrick Moore is one of that odd breed of eccentrics Britain seems to throw up from time to time. One of his ‘funnies’ was a 1976 jape when he announced on BBC Radio that at exactly 9:47 a.m. next morning the planet Pluto would pass behind … More Takes all sorts…
Yet another letter of the ‘Nigerian Scam’ type but it is *so* ridiculous I just had to share it… I might keep the name change tho!! Pasted in exactly as I received it: 🙂 Dear Compliment of season Forgive my indignation if this message comes to you as a surprise and may offend your personality … More You have to laugh…
Sometime in the next few days the world will be celebrating the 40th birthday of Doug Englebart’s ubiquitous pointing device, so common to all computer users… the mouse!! I’ve never been sure whether the plural of this kind of mouse is mice or mouses but it may not matter soon since there are claims that … More Happy birthday mouse!
Looks like the skies will be smiling at us tonight. The configuration of Venus and Jupiter along with a crescent moon means we’ll get a smiley face in the heavens tonight!! 🙂 Europe won;t see it because the moon will have moved position by the time it gets around to them, and the US will … More Lucky Australia!
I rang Customer Service at one of the local Shopping Malls (Castle Towers). The response was “I’m sorry, Customer Service is out today… please leave a message after the tone”. This conjured up all sorts of images in my mind… most of them bizarre. Still, nice to know that customers are so far down the … More Customer Service is out!
