Tag: news
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Silliest Thing I’ve Seen All Week
As this hilarious BBC news story tells it, an artist came home to his Liverpool house to find that:
(a) A criminal had broken in to his home.
(b) Mistaking a piece of his artwork as a human head in a jar, the criminal turned himself in to the police to tell them about it. He also … -
Hunting For Bambi
This news article, entitled Hunting For Bambi, amused me for a few minutes.
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Almost Passed This On The Way To Work
Another fantastic story from the BBC: this one took place yesterday, and so I missed it, as I didn't come in to work. Apparently this lorry full of cheese caught fire on the A44, on my usual route to the office. The driver said: "I saw the fire starting but by the time I'd gone …
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Sandplough
As this report by the BBC states, Danish soldiers in Iraq were surprised when their latest supplies shipment, instead of containing much-needed morphine and tent equipment, contained a snowplough and a supply of lawnmowers.
Now; okay - I understand that mistakes happen, and perhaps there was a mix-up between two supplies orders... but somebody must have … -
Anonymity For Beginners
Somebody obviously didn't understand the idea of the BBC's story on annoying work colleagues when they posted the following comment: see how they signed it off -
Why are there so many 'Anonymous' comments above? If people are so concerned about their colleagues, then say so with the courage of your convictions rather than snipe about … -
Mobile Phone Dangers
I can understand the warnings that you should not drive while talking on your mobile phone, but this extract from a report by the BBC about phone usage in Japan really says it all:
"People in Japan use their mobile phones to do much more than talk... ...only this weekend, newspaper ads warned phone users to … -
Ice-Cream Van Hijacked
How do you hold your head high in criminal circles after you pull off a crime like this:
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U.W.A. Professor Dies At ‘Massage’ Parlour
I laughed.
[picture rem0ved]
The chap pictured above, a certain Dr. Williams, professor in economics and astronomy, was found dead this morning at a massage parlour in Cardiff (full story here). Just out of curiosity, I looked up the parlour in question. sexywales.com reports it as follows:
A Touch Of Class Massage
112 Woodville Road, Cardiff
029 2023 6880 …