On the hunt for things to write about, I decided to break a personal rule and have a look at the Daily Mail website. I expected to find plenty of outraged colonels and retired vicars hyperventilating over some pregnant teenagers or something similar. Instead, I found...
Bag of Shite!
Around where I live, the phrase 'bag of shite' is used for either a thing or occurrence which is less than satisfactory. Wandering around the BBC website today, I found this wonderful 'bag of shite' story with a headline that could only have been improved if they had...
Bra theft shock.
From the crime reports section of the delightfully named Prattville Progress we have the following heinous crimes : Two bras were stolen from a department store on the 300 block of East Main Street on Jan. 13 at 5:20 p.m. On Jan. 13 between 9:45 a.m. and 5 p.m., a...
Up up and away.
Deflation my arse! CPI is only up by 2.9% so its all good until you look in the details : Fruit 6.8% Housing repair materials 8.6% Electrical appliances 12.3% Car Insurance 22.4% (who said bankers were greedy?) Household insurance 12.7% 2nd hand cars 15.8% So with the...
Feline Optical Illusions
The drive to work this morning was one of those tedious drives which seems to last forever and usually starts the mind wandering. As I was bumbling along (old Landrovers bumble and bounce) a thought suddenly occurred to me - if you stare at a cats arse for 30 seconds...
I can’t believe it’s not banned!
What is it with these medics? Do they have special lessons at medical school in being totalitarian arses or is it something to do with the looming budget restraints whereby they think that shouting loud enough for long enough will get them some extra funding? Maybe we...
Housekeeping.
Hello from the depths of the nest - things are being re-arranged in here and the Wasp will be with you soon. Have a look at some of the assorted loons on the blog roll while the Wasp is busy. Ta.