Friday, 31 May 2019

The Dragon King

Druid, and self styled king, Arthur Pendragon has accused English Heritage of 'ethnic cleansing'

King Arthur Pendragon .... Modern Druid
King Arthur Pendragon .... Modern Druid.

because they have raised the cost of parking at Stonehenge to £15 (about $18).

Medical Matters

Brushing your teeth can save you from a heart attack, because it removes germs that can harden your arteries .... in fact, apparently its a miracle defence against a myriad of illnesses.

Brushing Up Your Health
Brushing Up Your Health

.... apparently mum really did know best.

Strangely Addictive

Recently I joined the world of social media ....

Social Media Brings Moral Dilemmas ...

.... and discovered the terrible addictions and moral dilemmas that these platforms can engender in ones soul.

Sociology Bull Shit

In England and Wales the average rate of teen pregnancies per 1,000 girls in the year to December 2017 was 17.9

Worst Teen Pregnancy Hotspots - Labours Legacy

In Middlesbrough, there were 43.8 teen pregnancies per 1,000 girls in the year to December 2017. The next highest rate was in St Helens in Merseyside, with 37.1 pregnancies per 1,000 teenagers.

Friday, 24 May 2019

Brain Drain

The University of Texas is missing about 100 brains stored on behalf of Austin State Hospital.

Halloween Brains In Jars Sold On Websites
Halloween Brains In Jars Sold On Websites ...

The glass jars containing the brains in formaldehyde (including that of clock tower sniper Charles Whitman), may have been taken by students for pranks or room decorations.

Overkill Sentences?

The BBC report said that 'Ex-US Olympic gymnastics team doctor Larry Nassar was convicted as a serial child molester ...
 
Larry Nassar - Serial Child Molester
Larry Nassar - Serial Child Molester

and was sentenced to '40 to 175' years after the testimony from nearly 160 of his victims'. 

Religious Writes

Jesus v Jedi

A Halloween party at Dundee University student union became a battle of faiths, as a man dressed as Jesus clashed with a man dressed as a Jedi Knight. The early morning fight broke out at 3am when the Jedi left the party, and was punched in the face by Jesus.

Who Would Win?

The Jedi was taken to hospital with a broken ankle sustained as he fell over .... police are searching for "a man in his mid 20s, about 5ft 10, with long brown hair, a beard and long robes" ..... could be anyone.

Backdoor Blasphemy Laws

We are told by politicians, especially those on the left, that the arrival by back-door immigration (arranged marriages, or illegal immigrant/asylum seekers, not skilled immigration), hasn't done anything but enhance 'multicultural' Britain ...

European Civilisation Threatened?
European Civilisation Threatened?

...  however many of the rest of us, fear that the damage being done to the cohesion of this country (and Europe), is pretty well terminal.

Friday, 17 May 2019

Coke Express

In a sign of the times .....

Fast Coke - Coke Express
Fast Coke ....

..... its been reported that cocaine users in England and Scotland can get cocaine delivered faster than they can a pizza.

SHAT and FART

Some stories lend themselves to a smile, like it or not. In November the Journal of Paediatrics and Child Health's Christmas edition reported that child health experts in Australia and the UK created two experiments.

Someone Soiled The Air ......

These were given the acronyms 'SHAT' and 'FART' .....

Fat Matters

Fizzy drinks are the biggest cause of the world wide obesity epidemic. This was confirmed when 250,000 thousand peoples records were examined, in a study of a number of reports about obesity, and its drivers.

Fizzy Drinks Drive The Obesity Crisis
Fizzy Drinks Drive The Obesity Crisis

Both children and adults were included in the examination of diet and health records, from twenty eight, out of the thirty studies having been undertaken in past 3 years, with all confirming the pivotal role of fizzy carbonated sugar drinks in the world wide obesity crisis.

Non Election

Next weekend is an English Bank Holiday ....

Unwanted Elections .......

Its also the date of an election that the British people voted not to have.

Friday, 10 May 2019

Fighting Wimmin

Those fighting South Wales wimmin were at again (an old story from July 2017, but funny nonetheless) .... this time in Pembrokeshire, Wales, where Faye Jenkins was found not guilty of assaulting Kelsie Ormond

Faye Jenkins (L) Not Guilty Of Assaulting Kelsie Ormond (R)

The row occurred at a children’s birthday party in the Lion’s Den soft play area for under-12s.

Flesh At York Art Gallery

Victorian art collections can be an embarrassment for modern galleries but York Art Gallery decided to make the best of it.

Cleopatra's Arrival in Cilicia - Lots Of Flesh
Cleopatra's Arrival in Cilicia - William Etty - Typical Fleshy Work

William Etty of York, was a minor Victorian artist acquired a mastery of flesh tones and a penchant for painting nudes but whose reputation nosedived after his death. The Times critic led the objectors at the time ‘Nakedness without purity is offensive and indecent, and on Mr Etty’s canvases is mere dirty flesh.’ ...

The Trampoline Menace

In a row that all to many of us have to face at one time or another ...

Mr Croucher And The Trampoline
Mr Croucher And The Trampoline ...

Derrick Croucher, a 71 year old man from Droitwich, Worcestshire, England, is locked in a dispute with his neighbours over them placing a trampoline next to his fence.

Blues Versus Greens

In Glasgow football, there are two factions in place, forever contending for supremacy .....

Blues Versus Greens - An Historical Battle .....

Rangers Football Club and The Celtic Football Club .... who also represent the aspirations of many in the two Christian religious and social communities of that city and surrounding areas.

Friday, 3 May 2019

German Cheese Fondue

One man was killed in Germany after he clamped Christmas tree lights to his nipples and then accidentally electrocuted himself.

Trying For Heightened Sexual Arousal Takes Ever More Extreme Routes
Trying For Heightened Sexual Arousal
Takes Ever More Extreme Routes

It seems that there are between 80 and 100 Germans killed whilst performing solo sex acts every year ...

My Dad Was Right

If there is an afterlife, then right now my dad is saying "Told you so."

My Dad Was Right .... A Great Car

This after a poll run by Auto Express magazine in December 2017, asking for the most iconic car of all time placed the Citroen DS as the coolest of them all.

Five Fingered Widows

There are cons ....

AM Site - Not What It Seemed.

and then there are cons.

On The Topic Of Cancer

Apologies in advance for all these items on the one subject, which by chance I started collecting prior to my own battle with cancer, but have continued with ever since and they form an interesting collection:

No Ball Ache

Cancer awareness, and Testicular cancer awareness campaigns, have always made people uncomfortable. Most prefer to think that they will be in the lucky column of life and avoid this illness, so try to avoid thinking about it. However some health professionals are determined to make people think about it. 

No Ballache To Check

..... Lynda Kelley is one such chemist boss. She strung up a set of 'toy testicles' in her pharmacy window display, much to the discomfort of locals in Ivybridge, Devon. What struck me about this, was the idea that anyone makes 'toy testicles' ...