Considering reservoirs, particularly open ones, are filled with fish and other animal and plant life, are likely to be the recipients of all sorts of debris, living and dead, it seems strange that a reservoir would be drained because one man was seen relieving himself in the water. But it was.
Time to tend the roses
David Nunn, the senior orthopaedic surgeon at Guy’s Hospital in London who caused a stir by laying down the law to Prime Minister David Cameron, Nick Clegg and a herd of journalists during a photo opportunity has reportedly been reprimanded and sent on ‘garden leave’.
Stagger this way
Difficult to understand why concert-goers in Serbia would begrudge paying a whole week’s wages to see such a class act. But they did. And it went downhill from here apparently.
He’s obviously confused
Tory MP Matthew Offord is threatening to invoke human rights laws to overturn a ban on taking his dog to work at Westminster after he was given a one-week ultimatum to leave the six-month-old Jack Russell at home. He says: ‘If they try to push this, I will invoke the Human Rights Act because they’re breaching my right to a …
Zombie invasion
Just a week after a concerned citizen used the Freedom of Information Act to question Leicester’s preparedness for a zombie attack and forced civic leaders to admit they were unprepared for a zombie invasion, a flock of ‘undead’ has shuffled through the city. About 150 people in horror make-up took part in the a ‘mass shamble’, moaning, groaning and pressing …
On the offensive
Seeing the headline ‘Films that outraged viewers in 2010’ I was naturally curious to see which devilish silver screen offerings have been causing a stir.
Stress relief
Gaddafi plays chess as Libyans fight Can’t blame him really, it’s a bit traditional in some ways and probably very good for relieving stress levels. Nero fiddled while Rome burned, Drake played bowls as the Armada approached, the band played on as the Titanic went down and Brown twiddled his thumbs while the British economy went down the pan.
Still shining bright after 110 years
Whereas the bulbs I tend to buy explode in spectacular fashion after about one month, there is a light bulb in Fire Station 6 in Livermore, California, that was first switched on in 1901 and since then, with the exception of a brief period in 1903, a week or so in 1937 and the odd power outages, has been permanently …
Council found to be unprepared
The Freedom of Information Act in the UK allows a right of access to recorded information held by public authorities, so it was only a matter of time before something like this happened. A worried member of the public has forced Leicester City Council to admit it is unprepared for a zombie invasion after requesting to know what provisions the …
A treasure best left buried
Treasure-hunter Bill Warren, from California, is reportedly launching an underwater search to find the body of former Al Qaeda leader Osama Bin Laden, his reason being that he doesn’t trust his own government and does not believe President Obama gave enough proof of the terrorist’s death.