Loneliness Of The Short Distance Runner

Another 'Florida Man' story emerged recently ....

Naked Florida Man

.... when a naked man, crashed his car into a fence before fleeing on foot with the police in hot pursuit in Seminole County, Florida in March 2019.

Hadrian Was Here

Gelt Forest, near Brampton in Cumbria, was once a Roman Quarry and was used to get stones for the building, rebuilding and repair of Hadrian's Wall.

Hadrian's Wall As It Looked

We know this because in the 18th century, graffiti was found which had been carved by Roman legionaries around 207AD and almost certainly before (The Wall was built from 120AD onwards).

Snowflakes Not Falling On My Head

The University of Brighton is perhaps not exactly known as a hot bed of athletic competition, and therefore you wouldn't necessarily expect them to be great winners, unlike the great Brighton Olympian, Steve Ovett.

Steve Ovett From Brighton Was Very Competitive Despite Some Defeats ....

But you might think that they would be competitive.

False Promises

London Capital and Finance PLC (LCF) was an investment firm operating mainly by advertising on social media platforms.

Adverts Can Be Misleading - Or Make False Promises.

It collapsed into administration in January 2019, following an investigation by the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) into misleading advertising, but only after a total of 11,605 people had invested a total of £236m into it.

Florida Woman

Amie Nicole Carter, a 31 year old hairdresser is an example of why people really shouldn't do drugs, especially the hard drugs ....

Amie Carter - Proud Hairdresser.

One Sunday in February 2015, the police were called to the intersection of East Par Street and Formosa Avenue in Orlando, Florida, after drivers reported seeing a woman walking down Formosa Avenue with no clothes on.

Florida Man

In Florida, the news departments have a news item that they define as a 'Florida Man' story.

Florida Man Neme ...

It even developed its own meme and typically this item includes many of the following elements: firearms, locations such as bodies of water, theme parks, Walmart's, fast food joints, alligators, weird reasons for arrest, injuries, drugs and alcohol, could all be part of it, and always animals (especially reptiles).

Hospital Disorderly

The Accident and Emergency ward at the Vecchio Pellegrini Hospital, in Naples Italy had to be closed after an infestation of cockroaches .....

Someone Smelt A Rat .... Or Rather A Cockroaches

.... maybe not a surprise to some.

Romania Wants Motorways

Apparently Romania has amongst the least amount of motorways in Europe ....

Motorway Madness In Romania ....

.... a legacy of the Ceaușescu years.

No Barriers To The Stupid

You just can't cure stupid ....

Designed On A Computer?

That's a fact that this blog has highlighted on more than one occasion.

Whats In A Meme?

Apparently there has been a meme called .....

The 'Distracted Boyfriend' Meme ......

..... the "Distracted Boyfriend," which has been a main stay in social media posts for the past couple of years.

Lost Rivers Of Time

Nearly every capital city in the western world has lost a river or two (dozen) over the centuries and decades ....

The Entrance To The Fleet Canal 1750 - After River Straightened.

This is particularly true over the last 50-60 years in Europe, where a rush to redevelop after WWII, led to many smaller rivers being paved over.

Almost Inevitable

The sad news that 49 people have been killed in a terrorist attack on two Mosques in Christchurch, New Zealand, would almost have passed without me commenting (such is the frequency of these crimes in recent years) ...

Christchurch Mosques .....

.... but for the fact that it was apparently non-muslim terrorists, who attacked the Mosque worshippers.

Peppa Spray Needed?

There used to be joke about a particular type of person ....

No One Ever Thought This Job Was Needed ....

...... being a 'bouncer at Mothercare's'. 

Sympathy For Magic Cures

In the old days, sympathetic magic, often involved the idea that something that looked like something in or on the human body, would therefore have some impact on that part if used in a spell, potion or medicine.

Early Man Practised Sympathetic Magic To Aid The Hunt ......

It was also sometimes called imitative or correspondence magic.

Stabbing Pain

Margaret Parsons, a 53 year old from St Austell, Cornwall, England has been arrested .....

Knife Wielding Granny .....

..... charged and imprisoned over a knife stabbing of her 61 year old date (himself an alcoholic), in a row over the TV volume.

Show Trials In China

The blind admiration for the Communist government China is possibly finally wearing off ....

Cuddly China in Partnership With The USA As It Sees Itself ....

Ever since they joined the World Trade Organisation in 2000, there have been doubts that they were playing fair .....

Whale Of A Find

Some times even the experts are mystified ....

Marajo Mangrove Forest Brazil

When a flock of vultures were spotted flying above a decomposing mammal the local biologists raced to the scene at the Island of Marajo in Brazil's north, where the jungle and sea meet.

Crazy Turkmenistan

I have mentioned the eccentricities of law enforcement in Turkmenistan in an earlier post .... men should have no beards, and suggested clothing for women etc ....

President Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedow Isn't Shy .......

.... But it appears that I have barely touched upon the fun and games in that land, with presidential diktats setting the scene.

A Quota For Intelligence

Once the PC brigade gets into full flow, any appearance of logic of intelligence often flows out the window.

Are Boardrooms Too Macho?

The have little to start with and even less when they finish .... two examples.

More Than A Woman?

Recently I have written again about us not learning the lessons of history.

Death Of Robespierre ... A Lesson From History

Its a pity that some of the pressure groups who seem to believe that they run the Western world don't mark those words.