Switzerland, better known for cuckoo clocks and mountains (although cuckoo clocks are actually a German invention) seem to have quite a reputation for annoying the EU chattering classes these days. Eight months after a referendum to ban minaret construction was...
Waterwings are so last year darling!
When reading the news you occasionally come across an article about some traditional event or race, usually involving people in either weird costumes or doing rather strange things such as chasing a large cheese down a hill or battling your way through barbed wire...
Making mountains from molehills – BBC reporting.
Reading BBC news earlier, I came across another example of lamentable reporting involving bugger all facts and contorted conclusions. Introducing the article itself (emphasis mine) : An undercover investigation into UK car garages suggests the vast majority miss...
Musical Interlude
Madder Mortem from Norway. Where dream and day collide. Brilliant! _
Iran vs Israel Nuclear pissing match starts soon. MAD anyone?
Via ZeroHedge, the following article on the start of the war of word between Iran and the USA's middle east mouthpiece Israel. As has been widely anticipated, Iran is currently in the last stages of preparation before pushing the On button for its brand, spanking new...
Useful SQL expressions illustrated.
One of my Estonian co-conspirators sent the picture below as he knows how much I like SQL. Not often you get to see the code and intended result in the same picture though. And with results like that who says coding is for geeks?
NHS Blood and Maths do not mix.
A BBC article about efficiency savings being made by the NHS Blood and Transplant service caught my eye today as the maths seems decidedly wonky. The key parts from the article itself : NHS hospitals in England and North Wales are saving millions of pounds because the...
Evidence of slappers in Blackpool
This BBC News article confirms that Blackpool has slappers, confirming the views long held by the rest of the country. Exhibit A - The female in question : Exhibit B - pissing on a war memorial and then performing a "sex act" in public whilst being filmed by a...
Amazing photographs
Occasionally, newspapers have stunning photographs of some event which shows a snapshot in time and leaves you both amazed and wondering what happened next to the people in the image. I spotted a great example of this today on the front page of the Telegraph but,...
Met Office Forecasts
The Met Office have annoyed me for a long time now with their pitiful attempts at forecasting despite costing £83 million per year : Funding The PWSCG is mainly funded by the Ministry of Defence on behalf of Government. In addition, the Civil Aviation Authority pays...