Further to my last post, though, there would be one thing I would be pretty sad to see destroyed. It’s a small thing, which actually may not be particularly valuable. But it’s very unusual, and very old, and therefore it… Continue Reading
The police department in Tayside, Scotland was handed an unsolicited shitstorm recently when it circulated the poster illustrated to the left to advertise its new phone number for non-emergency calls. Now, if you ask me, it’s a perfectly nice, if… Continue Reading
The concept: Heinz’ mayonnaise is so good, you’ll think your wife turned in to a New York deli man. The pitch: A housewife who actually looks and talks like a New York deli man. The result: censorship by the UK… Continue Reading
This just in — hot young princess caught frolicking naked with other young college girls. The young lady in question, whose antics are described as nothing more than end-of-the-semester hijinks, is Princess Eugenie Windsor, who is sixth in line for… Continue Reading
Apparently back in Merry Olde England, there are going to be new judge’s robes very soon. They’ll look like this: The designer is the woman on the right; the model to the left is the “judge.” Which is strange, because… Continue Reading
IDeclining Marriage Rates Why aren’t Brits getting married anymore? The marriage rate is at a historic low in the UK – the marriage rate is lower now than since the Brits started keeping records of this sort of thing, and… Continue Reading
This is brilliant. It helps if you’ve read Chaucer (as will be immediately obvious upon clicking the link).
Rowan Williams, the Archbishop of Canterbury and the equivalent of the Pope for the Church of England, says that the adoption of Islamic Sharia law in the United Kingdom is “inevitable.” This seems like the best we could hope for… Continue Reading
A prize-winning cartoon based on the classic story of The Three Little Pigs has been deemed ineligible for British governmental award eligibility because… Wait for it…It might offend Muslims. The thing of it is, the kinds of Muslims who might… Continue Reading
A long-haul British Airways flight coming in to land at Heathrow Airport suddenly lost all power while on its final landing approach. Scary. Nearly a disaster. The pilot announced, “I’ll just have to glide her in” and did exactly that.… Continue Reading