Ahead of a new series of revelations on the website WikLeaks, the USA has been busy forewarning a number of countries, including the UK, Denmark, Australia, Israel and Canada, about the content of these revelations, saying that is going to create tension in relationships between American diplomats and its friends around the world. Sounds like they don’t know the meaning …
Prize time
The Nobel Prize has the ig Nobel Prize, the Oscars has the Razzies and the Turner Prize has the Turnip Prize. Turnip Prize 2010 entries…Just like the real thing, only much better.
Locked in
A 69 year old woman survived for twenty days on tap water after being trapped in the bathroom of her Paris apartment when the lock jammed. The room had no window and all she could do was tap on pipes during the night in the hope of alerting her neighbours.
In safe hands
It is reassuring to know that if Sarah Palin were to be elected President we would be in safe hands. CO-HOST: How would you handle a situation like the one that just developed in North Korea? PALIN: But obviously, we’ve got to stand with our North Korean allies. We’re bound to by treaty… CO-HOST: South Korean. PALIN: Eh, Yeah. And …
The sardine man speaks
Former kung-fu footballer Eric Cantona, no stranger to controversy of one sort or another, has now made a plea for people to protest by withdrawing all their money from banks to spark their collapse. But would such a move actually work? Who, what, why: Would a mass cash withdrawal bring down the banks?
Bridging the gap
Bridges come in all shapes, sizes and designs and some of these are certainly different…World’s Top Unique Bridges
Plans to curb drugs tourism
The Dutch government has apparently decided it wants to ban tourists from buying cannabis in the ‘coffee shops’ where hash is legally on sale.
They couldn’t hold out forever
They couldn’t remain in denial forever. Ireland is expected to request an EU and IMF (known as The Bailout Boys) bailout package of up to €100 billion on Monday and is preparing to unveil a four year programme of steep tax rises and deep spending cuts.
Smoking U-turn in Holland
Holland has become the first country in Europe to overturn, at least partially, the blanket ban on smoking in bars and cafes.