Loads of great jobs at the moment, the recession must be over. A Job Centre is advertising a vacancy for a ‘witch’ at the tourist site of Wookey Hole in Somerset, salary £50,000 a year, not bad. The witch, who has to live in the site’s caves, is expected to teach witchcraft and magic. The role is straightforward, just live …
Amazing the jobs on offer at the Job Centre
A UK Job Centre has been advertising for someone to host an Adult TV (Porno, in other words) channel. Requirements for the position include working ‘semi-nude’. The successful applicant will work three days a week, from 9pm until 5am, earn £220 per shift but will have no pension entitlement.
World Wife Carrying Championships
The 14th World Wife Carrying Championship has just finished in Sonkajarvi, Finland, with 36 competitors from 13 nations taking part. The winners hailed from the host country, the first time for many years.
Not the way to get rid of weeds
A man in Berlin is now homeless after doing a spot of gardening. Troubled by weeds, the 54 year old man decided that the best way to get rid of them was to use a flame-thrower! FAIL. First he managed to set a hedge on fire and then his garden shed. Herr Dumbo tried to put out the fire using …
Earth calling
A few weeks ago, a school in the UK banned parents from taking photographs of their children during the school’s Sports Day, quoting ‘health and safety’ concerns for their action. The school authorities were worried that ‘undesirables’, namely paedophiles, would possibly take advantage of the event to photograph the children. Now, a school in Bedfordshire has gone one step further, …
Jellyfish wrestling
In response to a UK Government Green Paper on policing, the Association of Chief Police Officers (ACPO) came up with: The promise of reform which the Green Paper heralds holds much for the public and Service alike; local policing, customised to local need with authentic answerability, strengthened accountabilities at force level through reforms to police authorities and HMIC, performance management …
Biggs to die in jail
In a rare, if not unprecedented move, Minister Jack Straw has rejected the advice of the Parole Board and ruled that Great Train Robber Ronnie Biggs must stay in jail. The decision has come as a total shock to many people.
Interesting idea
The website for the St Peters estate in Leicester keeps people up to date with what’s going on and one of their latest projects is ‘Risk it or Bin it’, a campaign to try and do something about litter louts who are spoiling the area.
Wonky is OK again
New EU regulations come into force today which clarify the rules relating to fruit and vegetables and this means that the wonky stuff will be back on the shelves.