You may (or possibly may not) have noticed that the post inviting you to look at our sister site, Fried Korn Flakes has gone.
The site itself still exists, but given that it was only receiving a handful of views per week, as opposed to the many hundred per day that this main blog receives, I decided to remove the permanent link to it from our front page.
The original idea behind FKF was that it would be . . . read more »
Shit is a serious health hazard for many people of the world. One man fighting to improve the lot of the estimated 2.6 billion people affected by poor sanitation is “Mr Toilet”
Some folk are just not cut out for a life of crime
They just don’t possess the necessary motor skills, eye-hand co-ordination, and coolness under pressure to become a successful career criminal
Take the guy captured in this CCTV footage. All he had to do, while his mates were inside robbing a Bank in Parana, Brazil, was to stand at the door and prevent anyone coming into the bank while the robbery was in progress.
Simple enough task one would have thought. Instead, this plonker accidentally shot himself in the foot and was arrested by the police later when he went to a hospital for treatment
Just to give you an idea of the gap that separates the small number of very rich folk in the USA and the much larger number of americans forced to make do on not very much money at all, “Slate.com” has a nifty wee income calculator where you can find out how long Mitt Romney would need to work to earn as much as you do in a year. Or, alternatively, how long you would need to work, at your current level of pay, before your earnings match what Romney makes in a year
I love a sunburnt country
With Chops-n Snags-n Chips
Kangaroos and Holden cars
I love this place to bits
Campin’ on the river
Or Swimmin’ by the sea
“Aussie, Aussie, Aussie”
It’s a wide brown land for me
So c’mon mates and grab a beer
A Rum or Bourbon an’ raise your glasses high
And get . . . read more »
Leader of the Scottish National Party and Leader of the Scottish Government, Alex Salmond, chose today – the anniversary of the birth of Rabbie Burns (Scotland’s national Bard) to announce details of the Referendum to be held in 2014 for the people of Scotland to decide whether they wish to continue as part of the UK or become once again an independent nation
In 2005, 24 unarmed Iraqi civilians were executed by US Marines
The soldiers burst into their homes and, following orders to shoot first ask questions later, they killed the occupants – including women, children, and a disabled man in a wheelchair. Many died from bullets in the head. No weapons were found on the Iraqis or in their houses
The Marines were charged with murder. This was downgraded to manslaughter. And then to ‘dereliction of duty’
7 were acquitted. The marine in charge, Frank Wuterich, has been . . . read more »