Via Reuters, the following is their translation of the final moments from the plane crash that killed the Polish president and 95 others on 10 April at Smolensk in western Russia. I am not sure how they train pilots over there but I am pretty sure that when the plane...
Phrase for the day – followed through.
Randomly wandering around the net looking for amusing things, I happened across the photo below which, whilst rather unfortunate, also reminded me of the local phrase "followed through". Followed through refers to the results of farting whilst having loose motions...
The Daily Mash does Israel.
Once again, The Daily Mash cuts straight through a million column inches of liberal handwringing to bring out the really important issues : ISRAEL JUST MAKING IT EASIER FOR GUARDIAN READERS TO LOOK GOOD ISRAEL'S attack on a Palestinian aid ship will make it easier for...
Amusing URLs
Via The Telegraph, news of a new book listing some of the URLs being used around the world where there should have been a little more thought given to the choice of name : Experts Exchange – a site where programmers can trade advice – is found at...
Legalised police theft in the UK
I was amazed to read the following story in the Telegraph this morning where police in Leeds removed a mans legally parked car because he had left the window open and a CD case on view : Marcus Morris was told that police they had taken his VW Polo because the open...
Perfecting that signature look.
The lady below has certainly put some considerable effort into achieving her desired look but I think most people would be only too glad to "fuck off" out of her way without needing to be told to do so. If Carlsberg made beer goggles ...
US missiles arrive in Poland after all.
A little over 6 months after cancelling deployment of the missile defence system in Eastern Europe to encourage the Russians to engage in Nuclear Weapons reduction, the US slips a Patriot Missile battery into Poland at a base just 70km away from Russian enclave...
Musical Interlude.
Megadeth - Killing is my business. Do enjoy! _
Quote of the day.
Has to go to Al Jahom with this blinder from a piece about David Laws and his mother being Catholic : Ahh. Catholics. It’s a rather pluralist approach to sodomy they have, isn’t it? Apparently, it’s the ‘voluntary’ variety they object to. Good enough, I think, to...
You think the UK has weird laws? Think again.
Rather thin on detail and all the more intriguing for it, this from the Advertiser-Tribune in Tiffin Ohio : Christopher A. Dell, 23, of Tiffin, was charged for allegedly allowing a dog to bark Thursday evening. I am left wondering if it is only illegal on Thursday...