Being trendy and having low slung jeans is not always the best way to go as this thief found out to his cost.
A year to the day
Today, April 27th, marks exactly one year since Belgium had a full government and, while other EU countries have been suffering debt-related problems, Belgium has not. One can only have the utmost sympathy for the people of Belgium who have had to suffer a whole year without posturing, self-serving, party faithful, back-stabbing politicians making decisions that are likely to make …
May the farce be with you
People always say that when you really want or need one there is never one available. Hardly surprising. At least four officers are said to have visited residents in the hamlet of Pitcombe, Somerset, on multiple occasions after a poster of the Conservative councillor Mike Beech had a Hitler-like moustache drawn on it.
Dumped
Wayward actor Charlie Sheen revealed last night during his live show in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, that Bree Olson, one of his ‘goddess’ girlfriends, has dumped him. She apparently did it the modern way, by text message. Some speculate that perhaps the 24-year-old porn star is tired of being shared with Sheen’s other girlfriends. Isn’t there an expression involving the words …
He’ll never live it down
A good job that Sergio Ramos wasn’t in goal for the Copa del Rey – The Spanish Cup – as he managed to drop the trophy from the top of the bus during the victory parade in Madrid, the cup ending up under the wheels of the vehicle. Enjoy the video here: Sergio Ramos Drops Copa del Rey Under Bus
Out of this world
Barely had the tears of laughter finished streaming down the face from reading about Gordon Brown wanting to be head of the IMF when this story appeared: Body of ‘dead alien’ found in Siberia. If this is an ‘elaborate’ hoax, the mind boggles as to what would be classified as a ‘simple’ one.
A laugh a day keeps the doctor away
Sometimes you just need a good belly laugh to brighten up the day, which was easily achieved when reading that former UK Prime Minister Gordon Brown is reportedly hoping to take on the £270,000-a-year role as head of the International Monetary Fund.
A pen for your thoughts
A video showing the Czech President, Vaclav Klaus, admiring a jewel-encrusted pen at a news conference with the Chilean president before discreetly sticking it in his pocket has become a big hit.
Adventures in Cell Block Ely
‘It’s not a prison’: Parents’ fury as 600 children receive detention in four days after rules crackdown. According to parents, some of whom are looking to take their children out of the City of Ely Community College in Cambridgeshire, England, the rules are ‘draconian’ and making the school more like a prison.
Whatever happened to R.I.P.?
Researchers, led by art historian Silvano Vinceti, are proposing to try and identify the woman who sat for Leonardo da Vinci’s Mona Lisa by digging up the remains of Italian noblewoman Lisa Gherardini.