The publishing company Penguin Australia was forced to pulp and reprint 7000 copies of Pasta Bible last week after a recipe called for “salt and freshly ground black people” – instead of pepper – to be added to the spelt tagliatelle with sardines and prosciutto….Penguin reprints book, peppered with an error, wants it taken with grain of salt… One just …
Mile high nibbles
Food and drink is not the business of low cost airlines and Ryanair even say that food is ‘entirely avoidable’ on their flights – and probably should be – as they are not a discount food retailer. Should you feel hungry or thirsty, however, food and drink is, of course, available. At a price. Of all the low cost airlines, …
Volcano travel chaos
Eurostar’s 58 services were full yesterday, with more than 46,000 passengers on its trains. The company denied charges of ‘ profiteering’ after customers found they could not book £58 tickets online and, when they phoned to book, were told they were no longer available and charged more than £200. Eurostar said it did operate a system where prices rise and …
Parasites
Why work when I can get £42,000 in benefits a year AND drive a Mercedes? Can you really blame these parasites when the system allows or encourages such behaviour? If the government wants to give me money, I’m happy to take it. We get what we’re entitled to. I don’t put in anything because I don’t pay taxes. Read the …
Favourite cars
A poll by Kwik-Fit in the UK asked people to vote for their favourite TV car. No Bond cars in the list, strangely. The results were:
Strange tale
It’s probably an idea that’s often been contemplated but one couple actually managed to do it. Leaving mother-in-law behind.
Times have changed
I remember when it used to be about horses.
In jail at last
Amazing, although hardly surprising these days, story about an 18 year old youth who has finally been sentenced to jail after carrying out nearly 700 burglaries and robberies. Bradley Wenham, who started his criminal career at the age of 12 years, was a walking one-man crimewave, robbing everywhere from homes to churches and even stealing a number of high-end cars, …