September 4, 2010
Daily Quote – 4 Sep 2010
Cats have nine lives. Which makes them ideal for experimentation (Jimmy Carr)
September 4, 2010
Strip Monopoly Bust Up
A naked Gary Williamson, 22, was arrested and charged with assaulting his girlfriend, Leah McDonnell and her friend Micha Robinson.
The charge arose from a game of Strip Monopoly – whereby each player removed an item of clothing in lieu of rent when landing on another’s property.
McDonnell (aka the battleship) apparently became upset at the way her friend Robinson (aka racing car) was flaunting her Community Chest at Williamson (aka the boot). When the racing car made to seize the boot’s assets, a scuffle broke out between her and a jealous battleship, which soon embroiled the boot too.
When the police arrived, a naked boot was hauled off to jail without passing go and charged with assaulting the car and the battleship. (The defence lawyer argued that his client was simply trying to separate the two girls )
Neither girl turned up in court to give evidence against McDonnell, prompting magistrates to dimiss the charges against him – giving him a Get out of Jail Free card.
Source . . . http://tinyurl.com/38kwbwc
September 3, 2010
William Hague shoots himself in foot
For years a popular pair of comedians shared a bed during sketches shown in TV. There was never any thought or suggestion of them being ‘gay’
How times have changed.
A political blogger wrote about ex-PM William Hague sharing an hotel room with a young male aide during the last electioneering campaign, hinting (nudge, nudge, wink, wink) at an homosexual relationship.
In my humble opinion, Mr Hague should have ignored the innuendo, or if he felt the need to address the matter, made a simple , curt statement of denial.
Instead, he choose (rather unwisely) to . . .
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September 3, 2010
Gullibility test
Do you fancy your chances at picking the hoaxes from the genuine facts?
If you were a news editor, would you be able to (with hand on heart) say, “That’s true…get it printed sharpish!” , or would you end up working for The Daily Wail?
What’s needed is a gullibility Test.
Go on…give it a go.
It won’t cost you £37, or even $1…..honest.
September 3, 2010
We’re Doomed, Doomed . . .
Dr John Alroy, a palaeobiologist at Macquarie University in Australia – and a right cheery bugger – has published a paper in Science to say we’re doomed.
The Earth has gone through three mass extinctions in it’s history. Having studied the evidence, Dr Alroy believes we are currently goring through a new mass extinction event that will be worse than any previous ones
Worryingly, other scientists concur with his conclusions
Read more here - http://tinyurl.com/27sjqu6
Well that’s that, then. No point in cutting the grass this weekend – I’m off to the pub instead ! 
September 3, 2010
Hide and Seek
An un-named Atascadero woman was arrested for ‘driving under the influence’ after she crashed her car into the garage at her home.
The cops handcuffed her and placed her in the back of the car to take her down to the station.
It’s what happened next that makes this story ‘unusual’ . . .
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September 3, 2010
Daily Quote – 3 Sep 2010
Doctors prescribe medicines of which they know little, to cure diseases of which they know less, in human beings of which they know nothing (Voltaire)
September 2, 2010
Jan Brewer Bombs
Gov Jan Brewer, who steered through Arizona’s controversial anti-immigration law, fails to impress in TV debate amongst candidates seeking to be the next Governor of the State.
She flounders in her opening remarks –
then at the end of the debate she refuses to respond to a challenge from her democratic opponent to admit she lied about bodies being beheaded in the desert. When reporters pressed her to make the same admission afterwards – she refused to answer, then did a runner -
