Posted in Rambles on Jul 24th, 2009 2 Comments »
In 1990 came the scare over vCJD from beef. We were warned that thousands of people might die. Tens of thousands of cows were destroyed to stop the spread of BSE – the bovine version of vCJD. The final death toll from vCJD stands at 164. In 2002 we had a global panic about Sars [...]
Posted in Rambles on Jul 23rd, 2009 No Comments »
Police officers across the country are wankers. That’s plain and simple fact. It’s rare for a day to pass where one doesn’t hear of another incident where a photographer is stopped, search, and even arrested for taking photographs on public land.
Posted in Rambles on Jul 16th, 2009 No Comments »
It isn’t that 0.5% of people who’ll require medical attention will die. Or that 100,000 people a day will get it. It’s the inaccurate use of language that everyone from Bill down the pub to the BBC is using when talking about it. For example, what does this really mean? He’s called the doctor and [...]
Posted in Rambles on Jul 15th, 2009 No Comments »
Ooh, someone’s getting testy. Actually loads of them are. That’s the thing with internet forums – cliques form and it becomes impossible to make any valid criticism without the fogies closing ranks and getting pissed off. The blog article they’re talking about may or may not be fair, but the guy is entitled to make [...]
Posted in Rambles on Jul 15th, 2009 1 Comment »
Jesus. How many stupid people are there in the UK? Did the NHS really need to produce these posters for people to download, print, laminate and stick up. Are you a washer or a walker?
Posted in Rambles on Jul 13th, 2009 No Comments »
Last week I received an email from some dumb-fuck based in Nigeria. I don’t know what it is about Nigeria, but a lot of dumb-fucks live there.
Posted in Angry, Rambles on Apr 7th, 2009 No Comments »
One hopes that the gutless uniformed wanker who pushed this guy, from behind as he was walking home from work, is found and charged with at least manslaughter. The two-handed push was in no way reasonable force – Mr. Tomlinson had his hands in his pockets. The officer who pushed Mr Tomlinson is in the [...]
Posted in Rambles on Apr 7th, 2009 No Comments »
You’ve got to love Americans. So many of them are so fucking stupid it stings. Take this from some cretin who, although apparently quite capable of understanding English, couldn’t follow the simple rules laid out in one of Flickr’s scoring groups:
Posted in Rambles on Mar 22nd, 2009 4 Comments »
Fuck me, this woman is annoying. Who the fuck is she to interrupt with the culture and tradition of the Afar tribes just because she thinks the women have a raw deal? Tonight’s episode ended with her saying to camera, “The decision now is whether we take the child and its mother by force.” You [...]
Posted in Rambles on Mar 20th, 2009 No Comments »
Postmaster’s foreign language ban A Nottingham postmaster has said he will refuse to serve people in his post office if they cannot speak English.